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SaberDance
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 Forum: Sports Posted: 16-Sep-2007 14:00 Subject: NFL: Week 2 |
I searched NFL.com for "TMQ", and got no results.
I searched ESPN for "TMQ", and could only find one of Easterbrooks' columns on the subject, and that doesn't really say what ... |
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SaberDance
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Forum: Sports Posted: 15-Sep-2007 12:49 Subject: NFL: Week 2 |
Follow-up to that.
The relevant starting law is the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 (so maybe I was 20 years off... must've been thinking of the fairness doctrine when I placed it in the 80s).
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SaberDance
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Forum: Sports Posted: 15-Sep-2007 12:36 Subject: NFL: Week 2 |
I'd love to hear how you came about that information. 
I'm not a fan of wiki for most things, but this (fairly long) section will give you a good idea about why it happens:
http://en.wik ... |
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SaberDance
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Forum: Sports Posted: 14-Sep-2007 19:05 Subject: NFL: Week 2 |
So no 4pm FOX game here in MA?
Can someone explain to me how/why they show games and sometimes they don't?
Short form:
The NFL is a regulated monopoly. Part of the agreement between the NFL ... |
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SaberDance
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Forum: General Off Topic Posted: 07-Sep-2007 16:54 Subject: PWNED |
That's gotta be like lawsuit waiting to happen.
And it didn't even have a punchline.
I mean, really, next time get a ringer! |
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SaberDance
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: 07-Sep-2007 16:49 Subject: What current nations do the Great Houses seem to resemble? |
Interesting.
I don't know that I see a lot of Modern France in it. As I said before, just the left-overs of 1066 and the Quebecois, but interesting nonetheless.
There is something to the Davion ... |
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SaberDance
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: 07-Sep-2007 16:40 Subject: Battletech Movie... Maybe |
If I recall that correctly one of the 'Mechs had a chaisaw between his legs 
Movie also had some of the worst lines ever delivered in a film.
"I'm gonna get back in this robot! And ... |
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SaberDance
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: 03-Sep-2007 00:08 Subject: What current nations do the Great Houses seem to resemble? |
I will second SD's opinion but i've seen Marik as a mirror of the Balkan.
Especially Ex-Yugoslavia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and yes maybe Austria/Hungary. States suffering from forced union to bru ... |
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SaberDance
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Forum: General Off Topic Posted: 03-Sep-2007 00:02 Subject: What Be Your Nerd Type? |
Lit nerd with solid follow-ups in computer/gaming and drama.
And I think my inner Math nerd is getting squelched in this test because the author of the quiz has clearly never taken a high level sta ... |
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SaberDance
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Forum: Movies, Books, and other Entertainment Posted: 30-Aug-2007 22:08 Subject: Transformers approaching US box office top 20 |
According to the "net" numbers declared by the studios, Forrest Gump lost money. 
I supose I should say Net before the studios do their accounting tricks to prevent a movie from eve ... |
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SaberDance
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Forum: Movies, Books, and other Entertainment Posted: 28-Aug-2007 14:44 Subject: Transformers approaching US box office top 20 |
I don't see the argument Karagin.
When Star Wars was released, it was released as a stand-alone film. So was Godfather.
Both movies got sequels based on the success of the first movie. Regardl ... |
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SaberDance
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Forum: General Off Topic Posted: 20-Aug-2007 22:24 Subject: I'm worried! |
Grandmother had cataract replacement surgery done in the late 80s. Still going fine on the plastic lenses. And doesn't need glasses anymore either.
Dad's getting the same surgery in a couple year ... |
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SaberDance
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: 06-Aug-2007 00:09 Subject: BTech cartoon series |
Well, that's a different complaint.
You'll get no argument out of me that the show didn't age well.
And yeah, the show has a lot of the Stackpole syndrome in it.
Your complaints about the num ... |
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SaberDance
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Forum: General Off Topic Posted: 05-Aug-2007 23:57 Subject: Pistols |
| [quote="Kalo Osis"]I think you are mistaken there on the topic of Dragon Scale armor. Reports that I've read, as well as seen on Futureweapons, states it took thirty rounds of 7.62mm Soviet ... |
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SaberDance
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Forum: General Discussion Posted: 05-Aug-2007 23:47 Subject: BTech cartoon series |
Exactly! Now that I'm older, looking at it with a much more critical eye, it does seem kinda bad; but at the time, when I was a child, it was a highlight of my saturday morning, right alongside sh ... |
