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- Tue Jan 31, 2023 10:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: California Has One Year of Water Left
- Replies: 107
- Views: 5886
Re: California Has One Year of Water Left
Department of Interior announcing that without a stated plan by Jan 31 from seven Southwest states to reduce water usage from the Colorado River, the Feds will propose their own cuts for each state. From the Guardian: "Six western states that rely on water from the Colorado River have agreed on a mo...
- Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:13 am
- Forum: Football Arch Rivals
- Topic: Conference Realignment
- Replies: 4330
- Views: 3559266
Re: Conference Realignment
San Diego State and SMU are speculated as two preferable additions should the conference chose to return to 12 teams. San Diego State makes geographic sense, but as for SMU I don't think it's culturally worked out when conferences chase schools because of their surrounding market share. Maryland and...
- Sat Jan 28, 2023 5:14 pm
- Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
- Topic: Game #22 vs Washington
- Replies: 113
- Views: 2078
Re: Game #22 vs Washington
First Pac 12 game in a while I haven’t had to think about (iffy) reffing.
- Sat Jan 28, 2023 12:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Artificial Intelligence thread
- Replies: 49
- Views: 3684
Artificial Intelligence thread
Going to offshoot this topic of A.I. from our Science/Technology thread - When it comes to Artificial Intelligence tools making consumer headlines – from AI rendered images upsetting the artworld to the academic quandary of ChatGPT writing essays for college students, I'm convinced we look back and ...
- Wed Jan 25, 2023 3:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Haha Florida
- Replies: 161
- Views: 13788
Re: Haha Florida
Nobody try the triple chocolate fudge cake at Joe's Crab shack anytime soon
- Tue Jan 24, 2023 3:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: University recommendations - medical
- Replies: 8
- Views: 631
Re: University recommendations - medical
Hey all, looking at recommendations for a university path for my son. She did her undergrad work at Columbia with honors and had a heck of a time finding acceptance to a medical school To a parent my advice would be to please temper your child's expectations. Many high schoolers and undergrads are ...
- Tue Jan 24, 2023 12:23 pm
- Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
- Topic: 2022-23 non PAC-12 games
- Replies: 250
- Views: 10111
Re: 2022-23 non PAC-12 games
Lol Duke. 24 point loss to NCST Duke has tread water since that loss, losing at Clemson and last night at Virginia Tech. They are unranked, 14-6, and might be without a key freshman contributor after Dariq Whitehead left the floor with a leg injury Vs the Hokies. As a whole the Blue Devils look pre...
- Sun Jan 22, 2023 4:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: News of the weird
- Replies: 827
- Views: 83843
Re: News of the weird
Heard this on the radio this morning... "For nearly a year and a half, a Massachusetts high school has been lit up around the clock because the district can’t turn off the roughly 7,000 lights in the sprawling building. The lighting system was installed at Minnechaug Regional High School when it was...
- Sat Jan 21, 2023 2:12 pm
- Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
- Topic: Game #20 vs UCLA
- Replies: 189
- Views: 3085
Re: Game #20 vs UCLA
whewww!
- Sat Jan 21, 2023 1:16 pm
- Forum: Arizona Football
- Topic: 2023 Recruit/Commitment Thread
- Replies: 257
- Views: 36102
Re: 2023 Recruit/Commitment Thread
Welcome Leviticus - fantastic offer sheet!
Stanford, California, Colorado, Louisville, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, Oregon, Oregon State, Penn State, Texas, UCLA, Washington
Stanford, California, Colorado, Louisville, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, Oregon, Oregon State, Penn State, Texas, UCLA, Washington
- Fri Jan 20, 2023 5:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bad Celebrity Behavior Thread
- Replies: 131
- Views: 8789
- Thu Jan 19, 2023 9:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: University recommendations - medical
- Replies: 8
- Views: 631
Re: University recommendations - medical
Hi WSC, give me some time on this...as an outsider, but as someone who keeps up with 5 - 7 friends who attained their MDs over the past 2 - 4 years, and knew most of them and witnessed first hand their long roads from undergrad through finishing medical school there's a lot I can say about what to e...
- Thu Jan 19, 2023 9:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Marijuana
- Replies: 196
- Views: 16418
Re: Marijuana
Quite a hilarious NY Post article on how high Manhattan’s morning commuters are getting since New York ushered in legal weed last month: “The ubiquitous reek of pot smoke is making NYC’s streets stink to high heaven. And with NYC’s first legal dispensary for recreational marijuana open since late la...
- Wed Jan 18, 2023 12:08 pm
- Forum: Arizona Football
- Topic: 2023 Season Thread
- Replies: 752
- Views: 2746162
Re: 2023 Season Thread
Thinking I'll make the November 4th game Vs UCLA the home game I'll attend this coming season.
- Tue Jan 17, 2023 1:39 pm
- Forum: Arizona Football
- Topic: Assistant Coach Hotboard
- Replies: 476
- Views: 412403
Re: Assistant Coach Hotboard
Trying to think back but didn't we hire Akina during Stoops' tenure? Only for him to bail after like two weeks? Went to Texas? 2009 or 2010?
- Mon Jan 16, 2023 1:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: official science and technology thread
- Replies: 781
- Views: 333609
Re: official science and technology thread
This "lifeless gibberish" as you put it serves perfectly in political-speak, doesn't it. Came across this conversation with scientist Bret Weinstein, professor of evolutionary biology, who lays out two useful concerns questioning how ready we are to experience the advancement of AI Writers, most no...
- Sun Jan 15, 2023 2:00 pm
- Forum: Football Arch Rivals
- Topic: Colorado
- Replies: 153
- Views: 12578
Re: Colorado
It was fun while the hope lasted - NCAA denied the waiver request to move an ASU/Colorado matchup to Zero Week:
- Sun Jan 15, 2023 7:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another plane crash
- Replies: 208
- Views: 17515
- Sat Jan 14, 2023 11:47 am
- Forum: Football Arch Rivals
- Topic: Fuck asu
- Replies: 1198
- Views: 132308
Re: Fuck asu
And now starting LB Conner Soelle, and their starting K Carter Brown. So, by my unofficial scorecard, that's about 5 good gets coming in, and about 10 significant losses going out via the transfer portal. With back-to-back league-worst recruiting classes, that's not "housecleaning" by a new coach, ...
- Sat Jan 14, 2023 10:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bad Celebrity Behavior Thread
- Replies: 131
- Views: 8789
Re: Bad Celebrity Behavior Thread
Fresh off a prison sentance, guess who wastes no time getting arrested AGAIN? "The disgraced funnyman was thrown in jail again after a caller reported him drunk or possibly high on a lakeside street in the Los Angeles suburb of Lake Elsinore, Calif., at around 12:30 a.m., according to the Riverside ...
- Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:28 pm
- Forum: Travel & Leisure
- Topic: St Louis and Kentucky.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2263
Re: St Louis and Kentucky.
One of the High Schools I went to was outside St. Louis. It's unfortunately a pretty generic Midwestern city not unlike Cincinnati or Cleveland, to include the expected crime spikes in the "inner city," a gigantic interstate loop, and all the typical chain restaurants dotting the suburbs - Applebee'...
- Fri Jan 13, 2023 9:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Post your unpopular opinions
- Replies: 1094
- Views: 50084
Re: Post your unpopular opinions
Chicken shouldn't be a pizza topping
- Thu Jan 12, 2023 3:09 pm
- Forum: Arizona Football
- Topic: 2024 Recruit/Commitment Thread
- Replies: 370
- Views: 39565
Re: 2024 Recruit/Commitment Thread
Jordan Washington listed as a commit. Running back from Long Beach.
https://247sports.com/Player/Jordan-Was ... -46133636/
https://247sports.com/Player/Jordan-Was ... -46133636/
- Wed Jan 11, 2023 2:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: official science and technology thread
- Replies: 781
- Views: 333609
Re: official science and technology thread
Thanks for the explanation and the link. I can see how this is a great time saving program that has potentially bizarre follow-on consequences. And I thought auto-tune made reality weird. Here are examples of what the AI langage bot I'm using can do: using the "Rephrase" and "Paragraph" features on...
- Wed Jan 11, 2023 6:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone know jack shit about the airline industry?
- Replies: 445
- Views: 45786
Re: Anyone know jack shit about the airline industry?
Wow, nationwide flights temporarily grounded?!?!
- Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:44 am
- Forum: Football Arch Rivals
- Topic: Colorado
- Replies: 153
- Views: 12578
Re: Colorado
https://twitter.com/FBSchedules/status/1612665806332084225 ^ ^ ^ After this was stated plenty of speculation ensued as to where this game might be played. At a nuetral site - LA, Vegas, or Glendale? If ASU doesn't want to give up a home game kickoff will have to be a 7PM late start in Tempe to avoi...
- Mon Jan 09, 2023 2:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Depression and Anxiety Thread
- Replies: 350
- Views: 19290
Re: Depression and Anxiety Thread
Once the post-holiday letdown sets in and the month-by-month parade of festive holidays are over, from Halloween to Thanksgiving, Christmas, and through the New Year’s celebrations, January’s emptiness and gray skies mirror my inevitable state of mind, slowed and downturned by the overstimulation o...
- Mon Jan 09, 2023 10:12 am
- Forum: NFL
- Topic: 2022 Arizona Cardinals
- Replies: 68
- Views: 5425
- Sun Jan 08, 2023 6:53 pm
- Forum: NFL
- Topic: 2022 Arizona Cardinals
- Replies: 68
- Views: 5425
Re: 2022 Arizona Cardinals
Here's to hoping Kliff Kingsbury had his last day with the Cardinals today. Seven straight losses to end the season. Dude can go float around as a coordinator.
- Sat Jan 07, 2023 2:49 pm
- Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
- Topic: Non-PAC-12 team news
- Replies: 133
- Views: 25706
Re: Non-PAC-12 team news
So far just rumors, but Alabama's fan were chanting "Call Texas" at Calipari during Kentucky's game @ Alabama today. Wouldn't it be great if, in turn, Kentucky hired Beard?
- Fri Jan 06, 2023 1:57 pm
- Forum: Football Arch Rivals
- Topic: Fuck asu
- Replies: 1198
- Views: 132308
Re: Fuck asu
Video assessment on ASU hiring Kenny Dillingham, posted two weeks ago: “So, he was going to become the youngest power five head coach in the country, but was he qualified for the job? The short answer was yes. Kenny’s offenses were ridiculously effective. Oregon had one of the most productive units ...
- Thu Jan 05, 2023 3:07 pm
- Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
- Topic: Non-PAC-12 team news
- Replies: 133
- Views: 25706
Re: Non-PAC-12 team news
And it will be a school in a fellow Dixie state
- Thu Jan 05, 2023 1:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Depression and Anxiety Thread
- Replies: 350
- Views: 19290
Re: Depression and Anxiety Thread
It’s that time of year again: January – my most depressing month. Not to end an otherwise OK 2022 on a bummer, but January arrives like a hangover. Once the post-holiday letdown sets in and the month-by-month parade of festive holidays are over, from Halloween to Thanksgiving, Christmas, and through...
- Wed Jan 04, 2023 10:51 am
- Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
- Topic: 2022-23 non PAC-12 games
- Replies: 250
- Views: 10111
Re: 2022-23 non PAC-12 games
The nation's last unbeaten team, 14-0 New Mexico, lost last night @ Fresno State. Was reading up on the Lobos roster and learning their two highest scorers are sons of familiar NBA names. Jaelen House, from Phoenix, is the son of Eddie House and nephew of Mike Bibby. Transferred to New Mexico from A...
- Wed Jan 04, 2023 9:39 am
- Forum: Football Arch Rivals
- Topic: UCLA
- Replies: 234
- Views: 18079
Re: UCLA
I mean we have a whole thread for UCLA footballEastCoastCat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 11:36 am You do realize that nobody really cares about UCLA football, especially here.
- Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:55 am
- Forum: Football Arch Rivals
- Topic: UCLA
- Replies: 234
- Views: 18079
Re: UCLA
Of course Bruins backers wanted a feel-good last chapter for DTR, but if you’re playing in the Sun Bowl, after painful loss to your crosstown rival, the stakes are already so low and anticlimactic if you’re finishing your season in El Pass Gasso. The Holiday Bowl didn’t want UCLA after they cowed ou...
- Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:01 am
- Forum: NFL
- Topic: Fuck Skip Bayless
- Replies: 8
- Views: 733
Re: Fuck Skip Bayless
And our boy Greg Hansen deleted this oblivious comment:
- Mon Jan 02, 2023 9:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dive Bars
- Replies: 108
- Views: 5636
Re: Dive Bars
Anybody remember those very catchy Wildcat House radio ads? Running in heavy rotation around 2008/09? They parodied the Happy Days theme and, along with those Jack Furrier commercials, always got my attention.
- Sat Dec 31, 2022 12:44 pm
- Forum: Official Basketball Game Threads
- Topic: Game #14 vs Arizona State
- Replies: 119
- Views: 2851
Re: Game #14 vs Arizona State
Midrange game is
- Wed Dec 28, 2022 7:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: official science and technology thread
- Replies: 781
- Views: 333609
Re: official science and technology thread
Answering this from the Outrageous Purchases thread: I am buying an AI Writing Assistant in order to automatically produce sentences and paragraphs. I write a lot. For work and outside of work. Emails, Message Boards, Power Points, Reference Material, Journals, Social Media, Reports, Home Work, Rese...
- Wed Dec 28, 2022 10:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Outrageous Purchases Thread
- Replies: 601
- Views: 49260
Re: Outrageous Purchases Thread
Not financially an outrageous purchase, but more so suspicious in ethical and professional terms. I am buying an AI Writing Assistant in order to automatically produce sentences and paragraphs. I write a lot. For work and outside of work. Emails, Message Boards, Power Points, Reference Material, Jou...
- Wed Dec 28, 2022 10:10 am
- Forum: Football Arch Rivals
- Topic: Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl
- Replies: 136
- Views: 11979
Re: Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl
Anyone doing this year's Arizona Bowl? Wyoming returns (with hopefully another 15-20K fans) to face the Ohio Bobcats. Of note this game isn't set for broadcast anywhere on TV? Instead Barstool will be streaming from their social media accounts? Where Barstool's legacy heads Dave Portnoy and Dan Katz...
- Tue Dec 27, 2022 8:21 am
- Forum: Football Arch Rivals
- Topic: Fuck asu
- Replies: 1198
- Views: 132308
Re: Fuck asu
Exactly a month after Arizona State hired Kenny Dillingham, two sets of fan opinions have emerged: Group 1) Wait & See by those more so looking past Kenny Dillingham to recognize with caution how the Sun Devils program is going on over 20 years stuck in a purgatory of consistently cycling through co...
- Mon Dec 26, 2022 9:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone know jack shit about the airline industry?
- Replies: 445
- Views: 45786
Re: Anyone know jack shit about the airline industry?
This isn’t the first recent time this has happened w/ Southwest. In October of last year my Southwest flight from Atlanta was abruptly cancelled hours before takeoff. When I tried rebooking the soonest subsequent flight out was THREE DAYS later. I do not at all regret ponying up the $400 it take to ...
- Thu Dec 22, 2022 10:07 am
- Forum: Basketball Arch Rivals
- Topic: 2022-23 non PAC-12 games
- Replies: 250
- Views: 10111
Re: 2022-23 non PAC-12 games
Iowa chokes away homegame to Eastern Illinois - from CBS Sports : "Eastern Illinois pulled off the biggest upset in men's college basketball in decades on Wednesday as it stunned Iowa in Iowa City, 92-83. The win for the Panthers, who were 31.5-point underdogs at Caesars Sportsbook, marked the large...
- Wed Dec 21, 2022 2:54 pm
- Forum: Arizona Football
- Topic: 2023 Recruit/Commitment Thread
- Replies: 257
- Views: 36102
Re: 2023 Recruit/Commitment Thread
Wilson's offer list is quite strong - USC, Oregon, Washington, among most of the rest of the conference.
- Wed Dec 21, 2022 10:41 am
- Forum: Travel & Leisure
- Topic: Vegas
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4797
Re: Vegas
Lately I've been staying at the Flamingo but this past weekend I couldn't get the usual deal I wanted so I stayed down the strip at the Tropicana for the first time. In a lot of ways the Trop is like the Plaza (on Fremont) where the rooms are great but the casino floor is lagging. Trop's gaming floo...
- Tue Dec 20, 2022 12:47 pm
- Forum: NFL
- Topic: 2022 Defending World Champion Los Angeles Rams
- Replies: 64
- Views: 3497
Re: 2022 Defending World Champion Los Angeles Rams
So two weeks ago the Rams running backs coach Ra’Shaad Samples accepted a job at Arizona State to become the Sun Devils’ wide receivers coach and pass game coordinator. This week the Rams OC Liam Coen accepts a job with the Kentucky Wildcats for the same position. Two NFL coaches going to middling c...
- Tue Dec 20, 2022 10:31 am
- Forum: Football Arch Rivals
- Topic: UCLA
- Replies: 234
- Views: 18079
Re: UCLA
Nationally Top QB recruit Donte Moore flips from Oregon to UCLA, giving Chip Kelly his next half decade DTR project. IMO, a win for both parties, at least from the standpoint of maximizing the potential for both setting each other up for the most success. It makes sense why Moore cooled on Oregon. N...
- Mon Dec 19, 2022 1:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Why I Own The World
- Replies: 853
- Views: 52509
Re: Why I Own The World
Just to brag a little more - last Thursday's Engineering graduation ceremony began with a recognition of outstanding graduates. Of the roughly 150 degrees conferred across the department, my brother was one of only 5 undergraduates asked to stand for applause. We had no idea his GPA was so high or h...