MikeAI, seems like Mr. Korbin is not the only one who wants us to manage the proggy.
;-))

I wonder when Steve Case ask us to manage his new aqusition
;-)))

check your e!
Serge (if we don't help, who will?????)

Thanks Art, gotta check out tgp2 to find out what's it all about! :)
AlexS

AlexS,

It's http://www.oprano.com/tgp2/


Art Baby Snakes

Morning all, anyone got the URL to the tgp2 board (the one that's part of Oprano) ? thanks! /Alex
AlexS

cj, I think i might have already turned myself inside out :(....I know I shouldn't take my work home with me :)
smithy

cj, nope, but if videotaped, could eanr me a cool $10K on America's Funniest Home Videos maybe....they actually brought that show back...

I don't have the gore sites up (yet) ;) actually, refer to them as horror art sites ;))))
SykkBoy she was black black black number one...black black black number one

smithy, i watched this stupid movie on cable the other day with tim allen and their matter transfer device turned an alien inside out :-))))

be careful with your experiments or that could get really gory!! (something for sykk's sites) :-)))


cj (nipple pink 'vaginator') $70 per FREE signup

sykk, but that doesn't help you skate over water like that really cool scene in the movie ... you'd end up awfully wet!
cj (nipple pink 'vaginator') $70 per FREE signup

I want to invent " immediate matter transportation" and zap Bin Lardin to the Pentagon.....and claim the reward :)
smithy

naaahhhh,
I am NOT sleeping, I am a freaking insomniac nowadays
;_))
Serge I used their content to start MY business

serge, ya got me ;)

I mistook pith for bliss...


cj, you should see me skateboard, that fucker flies right out from under me dumping my ass onto the concrete...
SykkBoy she was black black black number one...black black black number one

Ouch, Ouch, Ouch, Ouch.

Had headphones on. Now bleeding from the ears. Thanks for that Marty. :)

And Sykkboy, by the way, no, of course they weren't Ninja Turtles. They're all Types of pasta. Except Jordano Bruno, who's a running back for the Pittsburg Steelers.
whitegold Porn4Gurls

>>Hi cj...in 500years they will be so advanced that anything we do now will be of little significance
--

I'm sure that's what scientists 500 years ago we're thinking :-)

History always gives us an insite into the future - no matter how advanced we may get ...

I'm still waiting for all those things we we're promised in the year 2000 though ... where are the flying cars that 'back to the future' promised????!!!! I've never even seen a flying skateboard!!

>>hello cj....$70 per signup....highest payout I've seen yet
--

smithy, it sure is!! :-)

cj (nipple pink 'vaginator') $70 per FREE signup

You sleeping with the borzoi again????

:-)


Marty Good Mornin' Afghanistan

Sykk, smithy,
glad to see blissful folks around here!

;-)))
Serge I used their content to start MY business

Marty, you woke up my dog!
;-)))
Serge I used their content to start MY business

I'm sure Michelangello, DaVinci, Petrarka, Murillio, Jordano Bruno
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weren't those the names of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles??
SykkBoy she was black black black number one...black black black number one

SykkBoy,
bringing interesting points is my specialty
;-)))
Serge I used their content to start MY business

Hey Serge...
Ride that sucker!

http://www.adultone.com/serge/atomicserge.html
Marty Good Mornin' Afghanistan

I'm sure Michelangello, DaVinci, Petrarka, Murillio, Jordano Bruno

who?? :)
smithy

but was the author of those comments always right?
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interesting point...it's kind of like if you ask a liar if he's a lair and he says yes, is he lying?
SykkBoy she was black black black number one...black black black number one

I notice in a prior comment someone said you were never wrong! :)
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but was the author of those comments always right?
;-))
Serge I used their content to start MY business

in 500years they will be so advanced that anything we do now will be of little significance
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I'm sure Michelangello, DaVinci, Petrarka, Murillio, Jordano Bruno

laugh so loud in their graves that the Earth shakes somewhere!
Serge I used their content to start MY business

hello cj....$70 per signup....highest payout I've seen yet
smithy

yeah serge ....you are probably right....I notice in a prior comment someone said you were never wrong! :)
smithy

hope so but maybe not a good time to join?!
*********************

I was telling that since 1998...and I was wrong!

Bad times provide lots of opportunities, just ask Kennedies
;_)
Serge

Hi cj...in 500years they will be so advanced that anything we do now will be of little significance
smithy

In response to CJ:

Me.
whitegold Porn4Gurls

oops, i meant luther :-)

cj (nipple pink 'vaginator') $70 per FREE signup

hello serge....read a bit about you....hope so but maybe not a good time to join?!
smithy

Hi, smithy,
ready to make your mark in
Pussy Exploration Business?
Serge

I'm a new guy in the business and just wanted to say hello to everyone :)
smithy

another point to consider, with scientists (einstein), baseballers (babe ruth) , activists (martin leuther king - i have a dream!!), nuns (mother theresa) - anyone who has a place in history as a 'brilliant' achiever - they have all passed on - and several hundred years have passed to allow us to ... not exagerate, but to perhaps magnifify their place in history.

I wonder, in 500 years, who will be the 'greats' of the world from this time ...


cj (nipple pink 'vaginator') $70 per FREE signup

Yeah, in 2001 my mum is on the internet now.

I told her not to get those photos taken. No one needed to see that.
whitegold Porn4Gurls

I think the 5 man pitching rotation is more responsible for the power surges...but for higher batting averages, it's a more grueling travel schedule now. There are baseball teams in all time zones and they constantly travel back and forth and I'm sure that has to take some toll...plus, before Ruth started making home runs fashionable, you had the deadball era where guys like Homerun Baker led the league with 13 homeruns. When Ruth started hitting homers, it brought in higher attendances, so they juiced the ball up a bit. So before then, hitters had to get by on hitting cleanly over hitting for power. Also, seeing the same pitcher a lot more times during a season may have helped better hitters hit .400+, now teams play shorter series against each other...

I'm sure there are other factors too...The reason Tony Gwynn often flirted with .400 but couldn't quite make it was his lack of speed...for someone to hit .400, they'd have to get some infield singles in there.

Is anyone else really loving the baseball season this year? Sure, the Braves aren't the team they were, but all the different records that are being broken/challenged..Sammy Sosa, only man to hit 60+ homers 4 times, Ricky Henderson 1 away from the all time runs scored record and 3 hits away from 3000...two legends that are pure class retiring: Cal Rikpen and Tony Gwynn, Ripken's all-star homer to win the game...McGwire hitting below .200 yet still on track for 30 homers...a team like the Mariners who everyone dimissed after A-Rod left with the best record in baseball thanks to two guys who speak almost no english, Bret Boone having a career year (where were those numbers when he was with the Braves? ;))...

All in all, a great year for baseball...
SykkBoy for us, every day is halloween

mutt... do you think overall quality of pitching was better in 1894 than it is now?

not true. you could look at the cumulative effects of a 5 man rotation, the number of pitchers who got a shot do to an expanded rotation, and therefore the overal quality of the pitchingg seen by todays batters..yadda yadda but that is not quantifiable.


what is quantifiable is the nature of the game. Faster pitches with more action on them, pitchers not pulling nearly as many complete games, meaning frehs arms from inning 7 up on average, maybe?

as for a 4 man rotation, isnt there some kind of rule prohibiting that? but that is only during the regular season...


grimm

longer season i can understand hurting batting averages......tho we don't see guys hitting .400 in August very often......one year I remember John Olerud hitting over.400 late in August, George Brett in September, Rod Carew maybe and some others.
But the 5 man pitching rotation I don't buy. Pitching is so bad now that most teams are lucky to have TWO quality pitchers. Rested or not they still suck! I am old enough to remember some amazing 4 man pitching rotations, Baltimore always seemed to have 4 No.1 starter guys at one time.
They should be able to pitch on 4 days rest. I don't know why some team doesn't try it.
mutt

pitchers not pitches
grimm

mutt..that is interesting, but you can attribute lack of .400 hitters primarily to expanded seasons.. adding 20 or thirty games to a season can kill a hitters average, as well as push a 5 man rotation, meaning better, more rested pitchers, and more variety of pitches seen.


grimm

Becca!!!
grimm

Colin is right. I didn't realise there were that many .400 hitters in the early days of professional baseball. When Ted Williams hit .400, last guy to do it, in 1941, it hadn't been done in about 15 years. And now it's over 60 years.
And another thing is that these old timers made alot of contact but damn they were weak. When Babe Ruth came along he would hit more home runs than entire teams. They year he hit 60 the next closest guy had 17. The juiced up Bonds and McGwire's can hit 70,80,90 or 150 and they won't come close to Ruth's achievments.


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* .400 CLUB *
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Hugh Duffy .440 (.43970) 1894 Boston NL
Tip O'Neill .435 (.43520) 1887 St. Louis AA
Ross Barnes .429 (.42857) 1876 Chicago NL
Nap Lajoie .426 (.42647) 1901 Philadelphia AL
Willie Keeler .424 (.42376) 1897 Baltimore NL
Rogers Hornsby .424 (.42351) 1924 St. Louis NL
George Sisler .420 (.41980) 1922 St. Louis AL
Ty Cobb .420 (.41963) 1911 Detroit AL
Fred Dunlap .412 (.41202) 1884 St. Louis UA
Ed Delahanty .410 (.40964) 1899 Philadelphia NL
Jesse Burkett .410 (.40956) 1896 Cleveland NL
Jesse Burkett .409 (.40909) 1895 Cleveland NL
Ty Cobb .409 (.40868) 1912 Detroit AL
Joe Jackson .408 (.40806) 1911 Cleveland AL
George Sisler .407 (.40729) 1920 St. Louis AL
Ed Delahanty .407 (.40695) 1894 Philadelphia NL
Sam Thompson .407 (.40732) 1894 Philadelphia NL
Ted Williams .406 (.40570) 1941 Boston AL
Billy Hamilton .404 (.40441) 1894 Philadelphia NL
Ed Delahanty .404 (.40417) 1895 Philadelphia NL
Harry Heilmann .403 (.40267) 1923 Detroit AL
Rogers Hornsby .403 (.40278) 1925 St. Louis NL
Pete Browning .402 (.40219) 1887 Louisville AA
Rogers Hornsby .401 (.40128) 1922 St. Louis NL
Bill Terry .401 (.40126) 1930 New York NL
Hughie Jennings .401 (.40115) 1896 Baltimore NL
Ty Cobb .401 (.40114) 1922 Detroit AL




mutt

My mom is on the internet in 2001. She wasn't on in 1995. Same with my grandparents.

Colin Do you TGP2?
Tue, 02 Oct 2001 07:47:31 - IP: 24.164.51.72 - Post # 21812
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I want Corkys email addy!! :)


Miss Eve

Hey Colin, when was this period in baseball history when we had an abundance of .400 hitters?


Ulfie tgp2, is it for real?
Tue, 02 Oct 2001 09:44:51 - IP: 208.40.151.76 - Post # 21830


Im all ears;)
grimm

Hmm, still no SykkBoy on http://www.isjustanasshole.com

guess I'll have to start kicking nuns in the ass and making babies cry....

;)))
SykkBoy she was black black black number one...black black black number one

Blow me Billy.

Congrats Vick ;)
KK

I know it's later but I did not want to hold it back any longer...

Vick "Nature Boy" is the Asshole of the month for October 2001 !!

This was one month when a lot of people stepped up and showed they were true assholes, in fact we have a few new names on the list, thanks for reminding me about them !

Remember in a few months we are going to have to vote for ASSHOLE of the year !! This year in Vegas at the show in January the Asshole of the year will get a special suprise : ) SO.. if you were an asshole of the month winner don't stop now !!

Congrats Vick !!

Keep up the good work and good luck with the new program http://www.cloud9cash.com !!




Billy (Oprano Sergeant at Arms) Vick is a BIG asshole !!

Ted Nugent's words on this board perhaps is the most fucking intelligent and with out a doubt
the best words to have ever appeared on this board.

ALIEN
Wed, 03 Oct 2001 12:24:45 - IP: 63.102.173.56 - Post # 21851
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I agree with most of what the MotorCity Madman has to say but it's far from the best words ever posted on this board.

I agree with KB, "I'm doing pretty good for an idiot" quote out of Meni's mouth is classic.
Also anytime Serge inserts the words
"cum gorgling" or "Evans" into a sentence it's Hall of Fame material to me.
mutt

I'd like to remind the portly Green Bay Packer fan from Wisconsin and the super sexy soccer mom from Georgia that one shouldn't correct and/or contradict me in a public forum ;)))

(I'm practicing for my political career)
SykkBoy for us, every day is halloween

http://www.jsonline.com/images/oct01/attack-shark100201.jpg

Now that's a shark I can like and not be afraid of!!



TheEnforcer Isn't it about time you started Making bank?

Ted Nugent's words on this board perhaps is the most fucking intelligent and with out a doubt the best words to have ever appeared on this board.

Hands down the truth.
Nice one JohnIP.
ALIEN You can get with this, or you can get with that...

Oops, sorry Peaches, my bad :)

Enforcer and I usuually discuss a lot of wrestling and tv on ICQ, so I get confused...
SykkBoy
Tue, 02 Oct 2001 10:51:28 - IP: 216.67.211.69 - Post # 21843
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Sykkboy confused?? Whoulda thunk?? ;>))


TheEnforcer Isn't it about time you started Making bank?

Billy,
Check your e, funny attachment ;-)

JohnIP - I swear George Carlin said some of the same stuff


Vick Start spreading the News

Oh, the nemesis quote from Snatch

great movie


Meni (The Golden Tongue)

Ted Nugent Speaks out;))...
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I'm a Bad American-this pretty much sums it up for me. I like big
trucks,
big boats, big houses, and naturally, pretty women.

I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some
midlevel governmental functionary with a bad comb-over who wants to
give it away to crack addicts squirting out babies.

I don't care about appearing compassionate. I think playing with toy
guns doesn't make you a killer. I believe ignoring your kids and
giving them Prozac might.

I think I'm doing better than the homeless.

I don't think being a minority makes you noble or victimized. I have
the right not to be tolerant of others because they are different,
weird or make me mad. This is my life to live, and not necessarily up
to others expectations. I know what SEX is and there are not varying
degrees of it.

I don't celebrate Kwanzaa. But if you want to that's fine; I just
don't feel like everyone else should have to.

I believe that if you are selling me a Dairy Queen shake, a pack of
cigarettes, or hotel room you do it in English. As of matter of fact,
if you are an American citizen you should speak English. My uncles and
forefathers shouldn't have had to die in vain so you can leave the
countries you were born in to come disrespect ours, and make us bend
to your will. Get over it.

I think the cops have every right to shoot your sorry butt if you're
running from them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand
the word 'freeze' or 'stop' in English, see the previous line. I don't
use the excuse "it's for the children" as a shield for unpopular
opinions or actions.

I know how to count votes and I feel much safer letting a machine with
no political affiliation do a recount when needed. I know what the
definition of lying is, and it isn't based on the word "is" - ever.

I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you
qualify for any special loan programs, gov't sponsored bank loans,
etc., so you can open a hotel, 7-Eleven, trinket shop, or any thing
else, while the indigenous peoples can't get past a high school
education because they can't afford it. I didn't take the initiative
in inventing the Internet. I thought the Taco Bell dog was funny. I
want them to bring back safe and sane fireworks. I believe no one ever
died because of something Ozzy Osbourne, Ice-T or Marilyn Manson sang,
but that doesn't mean I want to listen to that crap from someone
else's car when I'm stopped at a red light. But I respect your right
to.

I think that being a student doesn't give you any more enlightenment
than working at Blockbuster or Jack In The Box. I don't want to eat or
drink anything with the words light, lite or fat-free on the package.
Our soldiers did not go to some foreign country and risk their lives
in vain and defend our Constitution so that decades later you can tell
me it's a living document ever changing and is open to interpretation.
The guys who wrote it were light years ahead of anyone today, and they
meant what they said - now leave the document alone, or there's going
to be trouble.

I don't hate the rich. I help the poor. I know wrestling is fake. I've
never owned, or was a slave, and a large percentage of our forefathers
weren't wealthy enough to own one either. Please stop blaming me
because some prior white people were idiots - and remember, tons of
white, Indian, Chinese, and other races have been enslaved too - it
was wrong for every one of them.

I believe a self-righteous liberal Democrat with a cause is more
dangerous than a Hell's Angel with an attitude. I want to know exactly
which church is it where the "Reverend" Jessie Jackson preaches; and,
what exactly is his job function.

I own a gun, you can own a gun, and any red blooded American should be
allowed to own a gun, but if you use it in a crime, then you will
serve the time.

I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and
continue to make more. If it makes you mad, then invent the next
operating system that's better and put your name on the building. Ask
your buddy that invented the Internet to help you.

I don't believe in hate crime legislation. Even suggesting it makes me
mad. You're telling me that someone who is a minority, gay, disabled,
another nationality, or otherwise different from the mainstream of
this country has more value as a human being that I do as a white
male. If someone kills anyone, I'd say that it's a hate crime. We
don't need more laws! Let's enforce the ones we already have.

I think turkey bacon, turkey beef, turkey fake anything sucks.

I believe that it doesn't take a village to raise a child- it takes a
parent with the guts to stand up to the kid and spank his butt and say
"NO!" when it's necessary to do so.

I'll admit that the only movie that ever made me cry was Ole Yeller.

I didn't realize Dr. Seuss was a genius until I had a kid. I will not
be frowned upon or be looked down upon or be made to keep silent
because I have these beliefs and opinions. I thought this country
allowed me that right. I will not conform or compromise just to keep
from hurting somebody's feelings. I'm neither angry nor
disenfranchised, no matter how desperately the mainstream media would
like the world to believe otherwise.

Yes, I guess by some people's definition, I may be a bad American. But
that's tough.

Ted Nugent
___________________________

Now whose goin to Katmandu;))


JohnIP

Vick check your email or email me : )
Billy (Oprano Sergeant at Arms)

got it Vick, thanks for the head's up man :)

getting taken care of
SykkBoy fight the power

Sykk,
Check your E


Vick Need a different Sponsor Proggy- We're Here !

Oops, sorry Peaches, my bad :)

Enforcer and I usuually discuss a lot of wrestling and tv on ICQ, so I get confused...
SykkBoy

Lance, you've mentioned it here a few times ;) Now I must watch it because as much as it frightens me, we seem to have the same sense of humor ;))

And thank you, Ken (and RRRed) for keeping the auction open - I bet Shok stepped in and made you do that just for me, right? RIGHT??!!!
Peaches

Vick, my darkdollars mail doesn't seem to be forwarding, can you re-send to lance@buildpage.com please?
thanks
SykkBoy

enforcer, it is

actually, I think it's the fierst time on boards, but I mentioned it to you on ICQ a time or two ;)
SykkBoy fight the power

Sykk
Check your dark dollars email
Very important


Vick Need a different Sponsor Proggy- We're Here !

Damn Sykk.. that's about the 5th or 6th time you've mentioned that show on the boards.. must be funny as hell...


TheEnforcer Isn't it about time you started Making Bank?

A afirer test would be to build websites and see which are the most successful.

hahahahahahahahahaha
Nick

Hey look, research into thigmotropic polymerization within radioactive environments leads to... oooh! Survivor Three is in Africa!" :)
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Hahaha.. that probably sums it up quite nicely!!

:>))



TheEnforcer Isn't it about time you started Making Bank?

Thunderdome? I think it would be better suited to "Let's Bowl". That show is funny as hell...people settling scores by bowling...and they win stuff like snowmobiles and Sunday night the prize was a '67 Charger...

whitegold, I had the same thoughts...hehehehe...the late great comedian Bill Hicks used to use "American Gladiators" as the distraction, but same idea....heheheh


SykkBoy fight the power

"Nice title. Colin says Meni gets 7 next week. +/-2. "
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hmmm, that's not really the way it works in sportsbooks Colin... is 7 or 5 the under? ;)



KK send traffic, make Serge wonder ;)

Just a little comment. I think that the same level of genius and skill in science is around. Maybe more so with the better education available now. But I think what is happening now is that the true genius scientists are now "invisible" as they are working on secured projects, either for government or for corporations.

That being said, there's probably also a lot of amazing research being done that's so far above our knowledge that it kind of doesn't get mentioned on cNet... "Hey look, research into thigmotropic polymerization within radioactive environments leads to... oooh! Survivor Three is in Africa!" :)
whitegold

Far L
Its ok,I'll wait for karma to even the score ;))
Nick

Nick: I think you need to take that dispute on ANS to Thunderdome...two webmasters enter, one webmaster leaves (a post)...

Far-L Homegrown makes amateur content like your momma used to make...

Hey Colin, when was this period in baseball history when we had an abundance of .400 hitters?


Ulfie tgp2, is it for real?

The Enforcer, key board is $15 item...

do you need a loan?
Serge The best Content on the net
Tue, 02 Oct 2001 08:40:40 - IP: 172.172.170.111 - Post # 21820

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Hehe.. no that's ok Serge.. I'm just a cheap bastard who will ride it as long as I can and take Patteycake's advice of banging the shit out of it on my desk until it works right. Worked last time!! Should work again!!

:>))




TheEnforcer Isn't it about time you started Making Bank?

Damn.. why can't all conservative women look like Ann Coulter??

:>))




TheEnforcer Isn't it about time you started Making Bank?

**** Correction ****

The bidding is NOT closed.

So glad to hear it. :)
Blondy bid on a dinner and bottle of wine with Blondy

Colin: Then there are scientists like Dr. Kary Mullis, who experienced a scientific revelation while on acid that won him a Nobel Prize...

Far-L Homegrown is an ongoing social expirement that has yielded amazing results

Nice going Nick!
Elliot Offen Player Hater

Look what some evil bastard posted on netsurprise ;))
******************************
Multiple Choice Question
The reason we’ve allowed anonymous posting is that:

a.)we have no posters
b.)we have only staff posters
c.)we may soon have no posters except Kaiser
d.)all of the above

Do you know what Nemesis means? A ritious infliction of retribution manifested by an appropriate agent. Personified in this case, by and honorable cunt, ME


regds,
Nick

Anonymous, The Devil Himself
email post Tuesday Oct 02 18:23:55 2001 PT RE: Anons view thread Message #29286

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;))))
hope it is ok for me to post a copy here,Mike and Serge?
Nick

Some people like keyboards that suck


Cleo Oink

Enforcer,

yeh I saw that also, she is running in a seat that a Republican has had I think for 6 terms, gonna be a wild and tough battle for the dems;)

Johnip, I like sex many ways bro, Politically, or Sensually:))


sextoyking

Serge,

what would be the interest rate on $25 for a printer cartridge? ;-)))
geeky

The Enforcer, key board is $15 item...

do you need a loan?
Serge The best Content on the net

Damn.. this keyboard sucks..


TheEnforcer Isn't it about time you started Making Bank?

Politics to me is better then Sex!!
sextoyking
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Hmm Todd...that must mean symbolic sex means more to you then substanance sex...I dont think the ladies are impressed;)))
JohnIP Quality and Quantity!!!

I think there are scientists that are just as smart today as those in days of old, but with these factors it really dampens the REALLY BIG results.
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which is kind of sad.

I pretty muchagreewitheverything yousaid there. seems thatapproach would take a lot of the joy out of being a scientist.


TheEnforcer Isn't it about time you started Making Bank?

Items will be randomly selected from this lists during this time and auctioned off LIVE with Dokk from Albumside as our host :) If we do not get to each and every item during this time frame, it will go to the current highest bidder as it stands on the website.

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For those of us that are radio-impaired (don't ask, cuz I don't know - I just know I haven't been able to get a damn freaking adult internet radio show to work and I've given up), and didn't get bids in on time - 2 strikes - will there be a way to bid on the site or am I burnt toast?


Peaches

Colin,

and how do we explain Meni statistically? ;-)))))
geeky

Colin,

that is a good point. The average webmaster these days may not be the most technologically savvy, or most technologically "interested". The Internet has evolved into a way of life for so much of society.

When a sport is in its infancy, then there will be some who are standouts just by skill and knowledge. Then when more people become knowledgeable, the difference becomes talent, or the cliche of "thinking outside the box".

I think that things like tgp2 are new ways of looking at old ideas.
geeky

1995 my mom was selling potato chips on the corner
"Lays.. Lays"
Meni (The Golden Tongue)

Geeky,

I look at it this way:

On average, what kind of person was attracted to the web in 1995?

On average, what kind of person is attracted to the web in 2001?

My mom is on the internet in 2001. She wasn't on in 1995. Same with my grandparents.

Colin Do you TGP2?

Sometimes I think that it is the case that today's webmasters might not be as good as yesterday's.. but then I also think the business used to be much easier, so some webmasters only _appeared_ to be really good... so better pitching, better equipment, better nutrition...
geeky

Geeky,

I've been wondering where you've been!

The variation shrinks when there is a right wall (max ability) and the average gets better. This doesn't happen with any increasing population. It only happens when the average is better. I do NOT think today's webmaster is better on average than yesterdays. In fact, I think it's probably the opposite.


Colin Do you TGP2?

Colin,
so there are so many webmasters, their variations shrink? ;-)))))
geeky

peak even.
Colin Do you TGP2?

.. because the average moves closer to the peek.
Colin Do you TGP2?

There is also a feature that shows up in baseball too. You have to look at the full range of variation. There used to be a bunch of .400 hitters, now they have disappeared. They were just so much better than their peers. Over the years, as hitters got better on average, the variation shrinks.

Same thing with scientists. There are SO MANY good scientists that the variation has shrunk and individuals don't stand out as well.
Colin Do you TGP2?

Enforcer, I think there are many reasons for what you mention. Work at the frontiers of science today requires extreme levels of funding and collaboration. I've seen a paper on particle physics with more than 50 names on it! People working alone usually tackle small problems.

Also .. a lot of fundamental things, beautiful theories that describe much of nature can only be desribed once.

Then you have the fact that you have to study for 8-10 years just to get the basics of your field down. 400 years ago you could get all the basics down in a few years.

Universities place so much emphasis on publishing that many scientists choose more tractable problems just to make sure they get more funding.

I think there are scientists that are just as smart today as those in days of old, but with these factors it really dampens the REALLY BIG results.


Colin Do you TGP2?

Todd.. from what I understand she's in a traditional Repub area and is pretty much a shoo-in.


TheEnforcer Isn't it about time you started Making Bank?

Cauchy, Laplace, Pascal, Poisson, Descartes.

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You know.. I gotta wonder... are there many, if any, people in ANY field today, math, science, etc... that match up to past greats like those mentioned above and others like Newton, Einstein, etc. or are our best today just a collection of above average schmoes even in the top echelon of people when it comes to stuff like that??




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