Jump to content
The Community Blog (An Invitation)

Hurlshort

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    10157

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    92

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Hurlshort

  1. Hurlshort
    I was pretty worried about the Niners defense this season, but thankfully the Cowboys are just going to hand the ball over and plead for mercy.
  2. Hurlshort
    Skylar, our deviant 7-year old, was upset at her brother for him beating her in Mario Kart. So she whipped up a batch of yellow food coloring and spread it around his bed and floor. We even had him apologize before we found the food color evidence in the kitchen.
  3. Hurlshort
    EA earned my enmity when they assimilated Bullfrog Software, and took them off DK3 and put them to work on a Harry Potter game. (And then they gobbled up Westwood Studios.) I doubt you can find many current EA employees that were even around for that, it was like 20 years ago.
  4. Hurlshort
    Is your space bar broken? I think your english is fine, Darth Deven, but your lack of spacing and capitalization makes it very hard to read your posts. Honestly I do remember we had a poster years back who was using a broken keyboard, and there were certain issues with his posts. It helped when he explained that to us.
  5. Hurlshort
    Bojack Horseman was amazing. It started off as a pretty standard animated show with some good humor, but then the narrative really came into focus. It was more than just funny, it was thought provoking and a bit melancholy. It was brilliant.
  6. Hurlshort
  7. Hurlshort
    They make six thousand per week. You can beat me with a stick for that kind of money. I read a book from an NFL bench player, and he said after all is said and done (agents, taxes, etc.), that paycheck is pretty much cut in half. So sure, $60k is a decent haul for 17 weeks of work, but it's hardly a windfall.
  8. Hurlshort
    LoF was the gay communist right? Yep, I think he was also Krezack. He really put his heart into his drivel.
  9. Hurlshort
    Overcorrection is pretty much par for the course whenever you have a group that is discriminated and repressed for generations. That being said, practice squad players aren't exactly glorified, they make very little and still take a bunch of hits. I'm a bit surprised he didn't opt to go to the CFL or something along those lines. Also, if there is a decent player in any pro sport right now that is gay and is concealing it, they are missing out on a huge marketing opportunity. I know they probably grew up in a culture that spurns revealing something like that, but anyone who steps forward right now is going to be set for life with speaking engagements, book deals, etc. Then again, I doubt you become a pro athlete by focusing on that long term stuff, you are too busy trying to stay in the league.
  10. Hurlshort
    I'm not sure it's worthwhile to argue with Bester. Sure, it's fun to call him on his lackadaisical approach to trolling (I still miss Lord of Flies) but it's not like he's here to engage in actual discussion.
  11. Hurlshort
    Ikea totally stole my classroom material, I give that same speech when I introduce the textbooks and atlases.
  12. Hurlshort
    Not really. The 16 year old actually beat a toddler to death. So yeah, you are wrong.
  13. Hurlshort
    Well you (whoever the 'we' is) can call it whatever you like, doesn't really make it fit. Invasion of privacy would be best, privacy is still invaded and abused when the photos are shared. I suppose it is piracy as well, as they are distributing content without the owner's permission. I just don't understand why you want to pigeon-hole theft into referring to physical items. As mentioned, identity theft is well accepted, even though you aren't losing your identity when someone commits that crime against you. Piracy, to me, refers more to taking something available commercially and not paying for it. But lets avoid that can of worms. I agree there is an invasion of privacy here, but once they were downloaded, I'd call it digital theft.
  14. Hurlshort
    That's why we call it digital theft, which is a real thing. What would you rather call it? Piracy sounds silly. Invasion of privacy doesn't really cover it, because that would just be the act of hacking in and seeing the pictures. Taking the pictures and posting them up is closer to theft than anything else.
  15. Hurlshort
    I've never understood how people get hung up on the idea of digital theft. Do you argue over identity theft as well?
  16. Hurlshort
    I'm not even sure the invasion of privacy claim is that strong. This is clearly theft, but most of these pictures were taken by the victims with full knowledge. The Erin Andrews story was a lot more invasive and creepy than this one.
  17. Hurlshort
    Completely disregarding user and critic reviews seems just as foolhardy as completely buying into user and critic reviews. It is perfectly possible to read through that stuff with a critical eye and get a good idea about how a game will fit your interests.
  18. Hurlshort
    Do you realistically expect the US to lose?
  19. Hurlshort
    I watched Fales a lot, given that he's at my alma mater, so I'm clearly biased. That being said, he is a very accurate QB with fantastic anticipation, and those are two traits that are very difficult to coach. Derek Carr is starting for the Raiders, and he actually lost in a huge game to Fales at the end of the last football season. Both QB's played out of their heads, but Fales was a step ahead. That being said, I think it is bad that Carr is starting, I want every good QB to get a year on the sidelines learning the NFL.
  20. Hurlshort
    Origin is solid and I'm really enjoying Madden, so I don't have any beef with EA. Plus it's a video game company, so I don't get real emotional with them. Now when I went through a short sale with Wells Fargo, that was cause for some real consternation towards a company. So yeah, your problems are petty.
  21. Hurlshort
    So my wife has chronic pancreatitis, and she has to take these enzyme pills with every meal to help process the food. She also tries to avoid high fat and sugar. I don't know if that will help your dog.
  22. Hurlshort
    Hey, I was under a lot of pressure!
  23. Hurlshort
    Well that sounds like rubbish. Stop at book 9 Bester.
  24. Hurlshort
    Yeah I avoided them like the plague. It is not going to be the same type of year, at least until they get Bowman and Aldon Smith back.
  25. Hurlshort
    I feel like 9 books probably would have been the right number to devote to Drizzt. I enjoyed the stuff in High School, and then it just kinda hit a point where I was like meh.
×
×
  • Create New...