2010 Off topic thread(basketball,movies,etc whatever)

[Mr. IWS]

BTW, if any of ya'll are interested in I have another article in Ultimate MMA this month:

"Crash Course: Beginner's Guide to MMA Organizations, Part 1"

[Svino]

The freakonomics guys pretty much sealed the argument for me (I already was skeptical). But I value the economics approach to truth finding above all other approaches. Economics is by far my favorite intellectual pursuit, and it is really the only intellectual pursuit that I enjoy. Plus once you get good at economist thinking, you can predict the future.

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2 ... fact-quiz/

From that link, it seems that Levitt and Dunber aren't skeptics of global warming, they just believe "geoengineering" solutions would address the problem more efficiently than trying to reduce carbon emissions.

[SPX]

Thumbsdown to YOU, motherfucker!

[Luke]

Would it be offensive if this were my Halloween costume?

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[Mr. IWS]

Thumbsdown to YOU, motherfucker!

[SPX]

This is for you, Scientist. Shit's hilarious.


[youtube:79oyhkx6]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMvARy0lBLE[/youtube:79oyhkx6]

[poopoo333]

http://mmaweekly.com/espn-report-ufc-to ... etwork-mma

[Luke]

This is for you, Scientist. Shit's hilarious.


[youtube:3chywbj2]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMvARy0lBLE[/youtube:3chywbj2]

What the heck was that?

[Luke]

http://mmaweekly.com/espn-report-ufc-to-start-its-own-network-mma

Wonder what the computer link for that channel will be?

[Luke]

According to someone who's really close in the industry, some sponsors insist that fighters get their opponent in the clinch and pin them on the cage in order for their logo to get the most airtime. Other sponsors insist that a fighter maintains an active mount in order for the camera to capture their 'rear-end' and thus, their company logo. If a fighter adheres to these request, an additional sponsorship bonus is awarded.

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[poopoo333]

According to someone who's really close in the industry, some sponsors insist that fighters get their opponent in the clinch and pin them on the cage in order for their logo to get the most airtime. Other sponsors insist that a fighter maintains an active mount in order for the camera to capture their 'rear-end' and thus, their company logo. If a fighter adheres to these request, an additional sponsorship bonus is awarded.

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Couture banked in the vera fight.

[SPX]

That's some fucked up shit.

[zY|]

I don't believe anything that comes from Middleeasy.com

[SPX]

I don't believe anything that comes from Middleeasy.com

Did you just arbitrarily decide they're not to be trusted or do you have solid reasons for not doing so?

[zY|]

I don't believe anything that comes from Middleeasy.com

Did you just arbitrarily decide they're not to be trusted or do you have solid reasons for not doing so?

Why you challenge everything I say these days homie?

Anyways, they are the ones who started the whole 'canned oxygen' nonsense without doing any research at all to see if it was legal in Texas (it was). And also, just go read their rumor mill on any given day, it's full of complete nonsense. I'm not saying they don't have some fun articles, but I take it all with a grain of salt.

[SPX]

Why you challenge everything I say these days homie?

Do you get the impression that I am?

Anyways, they are the ones who started the whole 'canned oxygen' nonsense without doing any research at all to see if it was legal in Texas (it was). And also, just go read their rumor mill on any given day, it's full of complete nonsense. I'm not saying they don't have some fun articles, but I take it all with a grain of salt.

Their rumor mill has a bunch of wacky shit in it, but I don't think I've ever seen any of it actually disproved.

Usually it just goes away. Like GSP liking non-skinny girls. Just because GSP didn't come out and confirm that doesn't mean it wasn't true.

[Luke]

Anyways, they are the ones who started the whole 'canned oxygen' nonsense without doing any research at all to see if it was legal in Texas (it was). And also, just go read their rumor mill on any given day, it's full of complete nonsense. I'm not saying they don't have some fun articles, but I take it all with a grain of salt.

Well there's a reason its called "rumor mill" and not "fact mill" . They break alot of stories from the rumor mill but not all the stories are legit hence the term rumor

[zY|]

Christ, maybe you guys should just marry the place.

They also happen to have the 2nd most disgustingly bad MMA website design (behind only the UG).

[SPX]

They also happen to have the 2nd most disgustingly bad MMA website design (behind only the UG).

I like their little banner at the top.

It's creative and different.

[zY|]

You would.

It's gaudy and terrible. Looks like a geocities site I made in 96.