NoCalMike

Yeah, I have a 46" I am going to be trying to sell when I am ready to get the new tv set and the only person remotely interested is my Mom and that's merely because it's a big TV, she can careless about "HD" LOL. The TV I have I bought for $999 and it came with a free upconvert DVD player and this was back in 2005, so you'd think the next step up in technology would be at least THAT price by now, but most models at the same size are still a few hundred dollars higher w/o factoring in any type of warranty.

In most cases these tax cuts/stimulus packages are examples of throwing crumbs to the peasants in order to give the bread to the wealthy. I mean, yeah a little extra cash in my pocket would be nice I suppose, but if the tradeoff is that the wealthy and super-wealthy don't have to pay the millions in taxes into the system that they owe, I dunno if it is worth it for the economy, but it is always going to be a hard-sell to get people in desperate need, to turn down some free cash.

For those that missed it live (me) Here it is while the link lasts.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_RD_s6PMVg Even though Arlovsky lost, you can see where Freddie Roach's training on boxing did help and was actually somewhat effective, early on in keeping Fedor at a distance. It is a shame that Arlovsky acted a fool by jumping in the air towards his opponent.......I am sure Roach was like "umm....WTF"

The thing is there are so many intangibles that go into a championship team that it is hard to nail down one certain type of formula. Hell, I have seen a lot of good QBs get lucky as hell during playoff games as the opposing defense drops sure INTs. I also watch McNabb last week against the Cardinals have an OVERALL good statistical game but some of his throws to wide open receivers could have been difference makers if he makes a good throw. There is always a certain amount of luck to go along with the skill for a team to win a championship. That is why the cliche of "football is a game of inches" is so true because most of us could look back at just about every close game in the history of the league and see how the outcomes could have been very different. I think that is also what makes the NFL so special is that WINNING trumps everything. No one cares that a QB could have easily thrown 3 INTS in a certain game if the opposing defense could actually catch a ball....as long as said team WINS, it doesn't matter and is instantly forgotten about.

So is "120hz" going to be the new justification for not lowering prices fast enough. It seems like most mid-level HDTV sets are ready to start dropping below $1000 but now with 120hz being the hot new thing, it seems it is going to automatically add at least $200 to the price of the TV regardless of the model.

Is the show this saturday, the 24th?

I can respect debate on the issue of Global Warming, but I don't respect when people are being intellectually dishonest in their arguments. When a pundit points out that it is snowing in Michigan as proof that Global Warming is false, it just makes me want to throw something through my TV. And to be honest what makes me mad is that I know damn well they personally know that what they just said has no validiity to it(whether they believe in Global Warmning or not) but they will keep saying those types of things because it will go over with the ignorant people.

I have a question for any conservatives or republicans or anyone in general that doesn't believe in global warming/climate change etc..... Are conservative pundits capable of at least being intellectually honest when debating the subject? I was at work and listening to various talk radio and I heard three different radio hosts go back to the well with this "yuk-yuk" schtick.... Host "Hello, so-and-so (from a cold-weather city) yer on the air" Caller "Hi, yeah it sure is cold here" Host "Yeah I bet it is, you might wanna ask these liberals whatever happened to global warming LOLOLOZ!!!" I mean really, yes I am sure there are some people still out there that think Global Warming means every spot on the earth is going to become a volcano, but these talk show hosts are smarter then that, they know that isn't what the argument is or what the science says, but they continue to falsely put out this notion that Global Warming proponents are somehow trying to argue that we are all melting off the earth.....

Terrorists took down the World Trade Center. Do you not think they could take down some silly prison to break them out if they wanted (which would be more likely than the prisoners themselves escaping on their own)? Really far fetched but so is taking two planes and knocking down 2 skyscrapers. You are directing that towards the wrong group of people, we're not the ones that were sitting in front of a panel of our peers looking like clueless dumbshits trying to explain our way out of a paperbag saying how impossible it was to fathom THAT very idea when our own intelligence put that information under our very noses. I believe that was Condaleeza Rice..... But hey, here's hoping from here on out our executives actually pay attention to those kinds of warnings....

http://www.zombiereportingcenter.com/index...s=george+romero a poster for Romero's new dead film, and a trailer if you can get to it before it gets taken down....

lets go ahead and keep this bumped *bump*

The nWo worked initially because marks were on the cusp of actually believing Hall & Nash were WWF guys invading WCW. And then Hall & Nash did enough smarky things to entertain smarks. I just listened to the Scott Hall shoot and apparently Sting was originally supposed to be the 3rd member, but since Hogan had creative control, he decided to gravy train the nWo angle and become the third member. nWo worked best when they were looked at as outsiders invading. They lost pretty much all luster when it seemed at one point half the WCW roster was in one of the nWo groups.

I wouldn't go as far as to say he is washed up, I mean he gave Cotto almost all he could handle last year, but in boxing moving up and down in weight can be a huge deal as far as performance goes. Some guys have early success they can't match later because of moving up or down in order to go after big money fights, and then people think they are done as a fighter, but then they move back to their natural weight and they once again become dominant. Is the Affliction fight on the 24th? I wonder if Hooters is showing it, I know they didn't show the last one but that was because UFC had a show the same night.

Check out the intro Killzone 2 a PS3 exclusive coming out late February...looks wicked... http://n4g.com/ps3/News-262789.aspx

I had something similar happen a long time ago. My system is configured for 1080i, and this one time I was watching a movie and when I went to take out the movie the PS3 went black instead of going back to the default startup screen. So I reset the system and all of the sudden it went back to the default display with the red/white/yellow cables....I had to redo the display detection for HDMI and it was a headache cause I had to basically select HDMI and then instantly pull the standard RCA cables out or else it would pick up the weaker connection and select it.....eventually I got it squared away but not before I was about to throw the PS3 through the window...lol. Hasn't happened since.....

I have Resistence 2 as well. I really like it and I have only played single player so far with the exception of some short stints on deathmatch. I can't wait though to get into some of the team-based campaign game....if anyone is up for it send me an invite if you see me online....I've got a headset too.

Yes and it is especially annoying because after playing a human opponent for a couple of quarters you can usually pick up some tendencies and play better defense, but then switching to a CPU opponent is like starting over against an opponent you know nothing about, so it takes any advantage away. If someone punks out and leaves the game, it should be an automatic win.

Umm....really? It's that drastic? Right now I am running a scan on windowsecurity.com's trojan scanner....it has already found a shitload of stuff.......hopefully when this is done it will have taken care of the problem.....

You have a trojan that is similar to XP Antispyware 2009. Boot in safe mode and run whatever tools you have. Let us know if it doesn't work. It didn't work What should I do now?

Question: Are they charging extra money to see the flick cause it is in 3D? I remember when Journey to the Center of the Earth came out, it was $1.00 extra to see the 3D version.

Is this on PPV? Why the hell is Dave Kaplan on a PPV card? Even it is on the undercard?

Yeah the Circuit City liquidation out here is a bunch of bullshit, you have guys with flyers and banners outside the store saying, "35% off everything" then once you actually go in the store you find it, that it doesn't apply to TVs, and if the TV is "already on sale" then there is no markdown, and if it isn't on sale, only 10% off............BULLSHIT. They are expected to have inventory to last through March, so if I haven't already got my tax return back and bought a TV elsewhere, I might check back in there to see if the discounts have gone up some due to being more desperate to get rid of stuff..... I was just amazed at the number of idiots in there thinking they were getting any kind of good deal on something.

Yup. And then on top of that to hear Rogan blabbering on about how great the skills are being displayed is laughable. Neither guy looked to have much "skills" looked a lot more like sloppy brawling. Now, I understand not everyone is an elite fighter, but I am sure there are enough quality fighters out there that could have pushed that opening match off the televised card.

Overall the show was decent, however I dunno why a lot of people are so ga-ga over the opening bout. It looked like a glorified toughman fight except with better cardio. This is supposed to be MMA, I am kinda getting tired of fighters throwing someone down or taking them down only to stand there and let the fallen fighter stand back up. Now in certain situations, like when you are fighting a black belt in BJJ then I understand, but were both guys in the opening bout so one-dimensional that all they were going to do the entire fight was throw sloppy haymakers? And the way the crowd(live and at the bar) just ate it up......UGH.

Do you think we should abandon our current league and start a new one with people who you know, actually participate? It seems like maybe 3-5 of us actually do it with relative consistency, while others just kind of pop in every few shows.