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    Sunday, November 15th, 2009
    deadmonywalking
         		1:50p
    ND-Pitt Scarecrow
     I put this up even though 99% of the neighbors won't get it. I don't blame them since scarecrows wear paper bags anyway.

    deadmonywalking
         		3:55a
    Not Complete Bias
     They called an offsides on Pitt in the 3rd quarter, chopping our 2nd and 25 to 2nd and 20. And thus, Pitt finished with a total of 5 penalty yards.
    Saturday, November 14th, 2009
    deadmonywalking
         		9:29p
    Duh
    hmm.

    [ x ] Nd sucked.
    [ x ] Big East refs screwed us.
    [ x ] Clausen choked under pressure.
    [ x ] Need new coach.
    [ x ] Exactly what was expected.
    deadmonywalking
         		6:43p
    Game Notes: ND@Pitt 2009
     1st: At least we aren't getting blown out. Lol, standards sunk this low.

    We can move the ball too, as we could against everyone except USC. There is no reason why we can't beat anyone except USC. I guess the Pac10 is really stacked because USC never loses ooc except Texas.

    2nd: Our D is holding them and the O is not throwing all over them? We should have points.

    Seriously.

    3rd:

    WTF is going on? How can we not have 400 yards against these people.

    4th: Clausen being Clausen. Can't risk throwin the ball on 3rd and long.

    EVERY CALL goes against Notre Dame AGAIN.
    deadmonywalking
         		3:11p
    Pitt is It
     I don't know what to think about tonight. This could have been a very important clash (in which the Big East refs would and still do have a huge financial interest) between an 8-1 ND vs an undefeated Pitt. But ND choked twice and Pitt had an close loss to NC St.

    Back when it happened I told the 4rons that Pitt was good and should be ranked. They said something like "lol Wannstedt" to refute me.

    The nail in Ty's coffin was hammered in with the rigged game in 2004.
    The Charlie Weis era began with a clash @ Pitt 2005 and all of sudden ND was good again.
    Now does the last hope for Weis vanish?

    It is looking grim for Charlie, even I have thrown him under the bus. though I feel sorry for the passengers. Technically he won't be fired if he finishes 10-3, but that means he beat Pitt and a Stanford team, who is currently up 14 against USC.

    So I'm in that icky gray area where I worry that Notre Dame success might result in the retention of Weis and Clausen, both of whom I would prefer in the NFL next year.
    Thursday, November 12th, 2009
    deadmonywalking
         		9:44p
    They Did It, Again
     For the 3rd time, the hourly's at Cox Cable disconnected me. In one day, without warning or notice, cable and internet is turned off.

    The previous two times it was because they hadn't realized the name on this address's account had been changed. "Someone"* goes to the apartment complex to check and disconnect people from one center. Said person doesn't verify with the company before turning off my cable. I am tilted because I have a bunch of stuff to do tonight.

    3 weeks ago I told the techincians (who drove out to re-connnect me) "could you put a note on my switch telling that person that it's a new tenant so he won't shut me off?" Of course they told me that it was all taken care of and I wouldn't be disconnected again.

    * I suspect this job is done by and independant contractor of sorts as no one from Cox Cable seems to know who he is.
    news
    [ theljstaff ]
         		1:53p
    LiveJournal Major Notes: Notes, Tweaks, Bug Kills, LJ_Cares!

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    Photos of the week

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    You can see a sample of this week's gorgeous photos and check out spotlight communities and awesome user content after the jump!

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    Curtains

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    deadmonywalking
         		12:30a
    Sensible Journalist Population at CNN Decreases
     http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ap_en_ot/us_tv_lou_dobbs

    He was the only reason I ever turned on CNN, I should have guessed it couldn't last.
    Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
    deadmonywalking
         		7:20p
    Math and Law Geeks: Help Joe Put Bayes Theorum in a Presentation
    We have a presentation Thursday in Torts on a school bus crash that happened in Kentucky. A drunk driver hit the bus which soon caught fire in a disaster. I am doing "duty" which refers mostly whether Ford has a duty to build a safe bus and how safe it should be in a collision.

    Can I make use of Bayes theorum in the design of buses? That is the question.

    I want to work it in because last week I asked another group about it, and was cut off before I could tell anyone what it is. Their group was presenting on suing Hospitals for emotional distress stemming from false positives on HIV tests.* That is a common application for Bayes so I am a little tiffed that no one in the law school seems to have heard of it, or realizes that a great test can still yield a lot of misses: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayes_theorum#Example_1:_Drug_testing

    But this is bus liability. I am not sure if it applies here I am wondering if it is proper to go along the lines of: a mostly safe bus has a small chance of catching fire in a collision that itself is very rare...


    *Yeah, the legal system irritates me too.  Fortunately most of the claims were denied.
    deadmonywalking
         		8:56a
    No Spoilers Dodging
     I knew from past exerience that there was no dodging the spoilers from the WSOP.  Last year ESPN announced it the next morning even though they were the network that was airing the episode that night. 

    I figured there was no way to avoid it as the web blares the headlines in front you constantly.  Today's culprit was yahoo.com which flashed the name and picture of the winner when I tried to check my email.  Email providers and Leno's monologue are where I get 99% of the pop culture news I don't seek out. 
    Monday, November 9th, 2009
    deadmonywalking
         		1:35a
    Sunday, November 8th, 2009
    deadmonywalking
         		9:03p
    Saturday, November 7th, 2009
    deadmonywalking
         		3:28p
    Endgame: ND-Navy. COMEBACK in PROGRESS
     ( Did go wrong )

    Clausen you suck, please go to the NFL and take Weis with you.
    deadmonywalking
         		2:03p
    deadmonywalking
         		4:59a
    We Can Beat Navy
     Our rival is our friend. The only matchup in college football where this is true.
    Thursday, November 5th, 2009
    deadmonywalking
         		10:34p
    Good News Keeps on Coming
    Seems crass to complain about other stuff on the evening of a shooting. But I will anyway lest I forget tomorrow. The good news just keeps on rolling in on censoring the internet. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10390779-38.html

    Now a U.S. House of Representatives bill is taking the unusual step of requiring Internet providers to block access to online financial scams that fraudulently invoke the Securities Investor Protection Corporation--or face fines and federal court injunctions. If passed, where do you think it's going?
    deadmonywalking
         		10:21p
    We Have Him Alive
     I heard a shooting in Texas once glancing at yahoo today.  I didn't start getting info until I got home.  Then the story started changing. 

    Said loon is a phsychiatrist, and a Muslim, and native born American citizen of Jordanian descent. 

    And they got him alive, as the shots didn't kill him.  Very rare aquisition.
    news
    [ theljstaff ]
         		1:15p
    LiveJournal Major Notes: Spam counter-attack, RSS feeds again, CSI Deadly Intent contest

    The empire strikes back

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    Enveloped in postcards

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    Photos of the week

    If you haven't visited our new LiveJournal photo community, you're in for an amazing visual trip. LiveJournal users from around the world will take you on a scenic journey to everywhere. Post your own pictures or kick back and enjoy at [info]lj_photophile. You can view some of this week's awesome photos after the jump. Please start tagging with geographic location, since we'd like to track all the places around the world represented in this community. Keep on commenting too!
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    Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
    deadmonywalking
         		8:14a
    Splitters
     Conservatives won in NJ, Va, and on gay marriage in Me.  We didn't win in NY on the only congress seat that was up.  So it wasn't a sweep but tilted in direction of conservatives.  JPmassar denied that governships are indicators, which is likely to be true since I think the number of swing voters who pick their governor on party winds of change is small.  Still I would think that races in off years give a better indicator of momentum.

    But it was still kind of a split decision and President Obama's approval ratings are kind of above 50%, so the country is still behind him.
    Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
    deadmonywalking
         		9:25p
    deadmonywalking
         		7:27p
    Off Year Elections
     Are boring.  I heard they are indicators, in 2005 Laura Ingram was warning us [correctly] about 2006 but I am not sure that applies in a President's first year.  Especially when there are only 3 and all on the east coast. 
    Monday, November 2nd, 2009
    deadmonywalking
         		8:08a
    November Sun
     It's burning hot in here on our first 8:00am class in Novmber.  I don't know if the cause is that they turned of the AC or that my blood is boiling from our case from the F#ing 9th Circuit ruling that it was unconscionable to hold a Californian franchisee to submit to arbitration in Boston; despite the fact that she signed a franchise-contract with a Boston-based company, stipulating that disputes must be arbitrated in Boson.

    edit: and in the news, plenty of new litigants  http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/108045/top-15-franchise-failures?mod=career-selfemployment
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