Forum: Other Other Topics
11-15-2007, 06:38 AM
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Replies: 73
Views: 826
Re: Recommend me some beer, plz
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If you are in fact in Pittsburgh as your Loc says you have to go to Penn Brewery (http://www.pennbrew.com/) and get some sort of sampling of different types of beer...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
11-15-2007, 02:53 AM
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Replies: 784
Views: 4,747
Re: TLDR Beer Club
KT,
The Rodenbach grand cru is much much better than the classic. I don't care for the classic, but the grand cru is a very nice example of using sourness well outside of lambic styles.
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Forum: Other Other Topics
11-15-2007, 02:48 AM
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Replies: 73
Views: 826
Re: Recommend me some beer, plz
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If you are in fact in Pittsburgh as your Loc says you have to go to Penn Brewery (http://www.pennbrew.com/) and get some sort of sampling of different types of beer to see which kinds suit...
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Forum: Sporting Events
11-13-2007, 10:10 PM
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Replies: 313
Views: 3,263
Re: **Fantasy Basketball Advice Thread**
is it a lock that varejao won't play at all this season? I got him with my last pick and thought he might be a decent pickup if he starts playing in a few weeks. It's not like there's a lot of...
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Forum: Sporting Events
11-12-2007, 09:35 PM
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Replies: 173
Views: 1,218
Re: Assani vs the StatHeads: Evaluating NFL QBs
To put it another way, if opponents never tired and games were 100 quarters rather than 4, the patriots would never lose this year, whereas if games were only 5 minutes long the patriots would prolly...
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Forum: Sporting Events
11-12-2007, 09:30 PM
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Replies: 173
Views: 1,218
Re: Assani vs the StatHeads: Evaluating NFL QBs
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If you were coaching the titans, with a historically great defense, why would you try to control the ball a lot and minimize the amount of possessions your historically great...
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Forum: Sporting Events
11-12-2007, 08:59 PM
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Replies: 313
Views: 3,263
Re: **Fantasy Basketball Advice Thread**
13 team league picking 5th
PG,SG,G,SF,PF,F,C,C, Util, Util, BN, BN, BN
picking 5th my team is
PG Barbosa
SG Pierce
G Andre Miller
SF David Lee
PF Dirk
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Forum: Sporting Events
11-12-2007, 08:46 PM
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Replies: 173
Views: 1,218
Re: Assani vs the StatHeads: Evaluating NFL QBs
If you were coaching the titans, with a historically great defense, why would you try to control the ball a lot and minimize the amount of possessions your historically great defense plays? It seems...
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Forum: Sporting Events
08-30-2007, 01:02 PM
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Replies: 73
Views: 456
Re: PokerFink\'s 2007 NFC Rankings (Preseason)
MeB,
games the packers will definitely be favored in
Vs. detroit
@detroit
Vs Oakland
Vs minnesota
The one thing that the packers have going for them is that all their toughest games are at...
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Forum: Sporting Events
08-01-2007, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 401
Views: 4,905
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Forum: Sporting Events
05-18-2007, 01:18 AM
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Replies: 426
Views: 3,059
Re: Is Lidge Back!?
mosdef,
He walked about a third more people, his K rate dropped a little bit as he pitched 5 more innings (not that significant), but more importantly he gave up twice as many homeruns. He...
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Forum: Sporting Events
05-10-2007, 08:47 PM
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Replies: 157
Views: 1,301
Re: Top Five Players by position in the NBA
Ralph, thank you for the link, but I've read the thread before and I come away thinking after reading Berri's responses that Berri does the best job evaluating talent. The problem I have with most...
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Forum: Sporting Events
05-10-2007, 08:21 PM
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Replies: 157
Views: 1,301
Re: Top Five Players by position in the NBA
Rather than PER why not use Wins Produced per 48 minutes, the stat that dave berri came up with in wages of wins which gives us .325 for Chandler and .202 for Yao. The reason I don't use PER is that...
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Forum: Sporting Events
05-10-2007, 07:37 PM
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Replies: 157
Views: 1,301
Re: Top Five Players by position in the NBA
Since there's so much opposition to chandler over yao I'll do a quick comparison.
Assumptions:
(1) I never watch either one play and don't think that makes a huge difference, all the yao homers...
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Forum: Sporting Events
05-10-2007, 07:12 PM
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Replies: 157
Views: 1,301
Re: Top Five Players by position in the NBA
capone0, he's not horrible, but then again we aren't talking about whether or not Yao is an average center but whether or not he's one of the top 5. Andre Miller's assist numbers aren't horrible, but...
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Forum: Sporting Events
05-10-2007, 07:10 PM
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Replies: 80
Views: 538
Re: Are these sports?
I voted yes on billiards and no on bowling because both take physical skill, and there's a dynamic element to billiards that there isn't to bowling so I put bowling out and billiards in. Golf is...
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Forum: Sporting Events
05-10-2007, 07:07 PM
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Replies: 157
Views: 1,301
Re: Top Five Players by position in the NBA
assani,
it all depends on how valuable you think rebounds are, although I was mistaken earlier. If you don't think they are that valuable, the howard drops to 4 yao becomes 3 and amare 2, I think...
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Forum: Sporting Events
05-10-2007, 06:52 PM
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Replies: 157
Views: 1,301
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Forum: Other Other Topics
05-06-2007, 10:08 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 444
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Forum: Other Other Topics
04-11-2007, 07:08 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 341
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Forum: Politics
04-11-2007, 11:25 AM
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Replies: 71
Views: 394
Re: Is freedom of speech alive anywhere?
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A while ago, I posted a story about a man who is serving 5 years in jail in Germany for the simple act of expressing an unpopular opinion: namely, that the Holocaust did not occur.
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Forum: Politics
04-09-2007, 03:31 PM
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Replies: 134
Views: 798
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
04-06-2007, 04:32 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 63
The need for evidence
Very often in this forum I see people reject theistic beliefs on the basis that there isn't good evidence that make these beliefs true, and that it is irrational to have a belief if one does not have...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
03-30-2007, 02:37 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 72
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Forum: Sporting Events
03-30-2007, 04:31 AM
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Replies: 87
Views: 497
Re: t-mac or melo
melo's d isn't .5 worse, it's 5.5 points per 100 possessions worse. when melo is off the court the nuggets give up 6 fewer points, when tmac is off the court the rockets give up .5 fewer points.
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