Prince had a series of concerts in London that were $10 bucks a show....I mean, damn lol. At one point, a show was advertised at $70 a ticket and people were lined up around the block ready to buy, and he changed it so that it was back to $10 instead.

34 minutes ago, youngestson said:

The share screen option on Zoom has been very useful to us. The video makes it somehow more clear who is talking. Visuals are often pretty important. 

31 minutes ago, PleaseBlitz said:

 

Not in my line of work.  I've been doing concalls long enough to know that starting a sentence with "This is PB...." solves that problem.  

I've been using webex and gotomeeting for online meetings for like 12 years. Never needed to see anyone else. Plus, the UI tells you who is talking at any given moment, and we can share our screens to show the interface work we're conducting or the usability test results PPT. We've had a few perspective clients use video on their end to talk to us and it always come across as tacky and unprofessional. Bad lighting, half-drawn horizontal blinds, trash can in the corner, etc, etc...it's distracting, actually. Much prefer talk-only meetings where you just pay attention to what's being said.

 

 

 

 

18 minutes ago, Jumbo said:

a little more on this one (more at link)

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/three-members-of-the-same-family-are-charged-with-murder-in-fatal-shooting-of-family-dollar-security-guard-43-after-he-told-a-customer-she-needed-to-wear-a-face-mask/ar-BB13Bxep?li=BBnb7Kz

Thanks for that update...that story pissed me off to no end.

 

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, EmirOfShmo said:

Cinco de Mayo Menu 

Frozen Margaritas with Trader Joe's mix

Grilled black bean & roasted corn quesadilla

Chicken enchiladas with green enchilada sauce - cooking these on the grill 

 

Cinco de Mayo Menu

Diet Coke

Microwave popcorn

2020 in a nutshell...

Stimulus Proposal: $2,000 Payment Plus $1,000 Per Month Until 1 Year After Crisis Ends

😐

I feel like the government knows something is about to happen...

We survived the Bowling Green Massacre, we can survive Covfefe-19!!  #OpenTheStripclubsNow

21 hours ago, China said:

 

 

 

 

21 hours ago, China said:

 

How To Nab Suspects While Social Distancing? Indian Police Try Giant Tongs

 

Maybe they should use these:

 

 

In that first one, there's a disembodied hand holding a football lol 😐

Some family portraits after a month and a half of quarantine...

10 hours ago, twa said:

<moderator edit---rule 18 violation>

 

 

I love that song...

7 hours ago, The Evil Genius said:

 

 

Status finally changed overnight. Says our funding will be deposited May 6th.

 

Fingers crossed, I've got unnecessary things to buy. 

7 hours ago, KAOSkins said:

I got that same message today as well.  Baited breath.

7 hours ago, EmirOfShmo said:

Same message I got today! Fingers crossed for sure!

Add me to the club lol.. Actually had a date this time.

5 hours ago, Dont Taze Me Bro said:

 

You in Charlotte, NC too dawg?  

4 hours ago, Mr. Sinister said:

Last I remembered Cali was way out in San Bernadino

Hence the name lol...

But right now I'm stuck in Ohio (I'm really close to my daughter, though, so "stuck" isn't the right word to use there).

Some severely underrated 80s funk...

39 minutes ago, Stadium-Armory said:

Breeland arrested and tasered in the process

 

https://www.tmz.com/2020/05/01/bashaud-breeland-cop-arrest-video-gun-kansas-city-chiefs-nfl/

Pretty sure he didn't get tasered.

39 minutes ago, Larry said:

 

I would assume it's along the lines of "Number of patients who may or may not have tested positive, but we're treating them like they have it, based on their symptoms."  

 

That's a number that's a lot bigger than the "tested positive" number.  But I think @Bacon 's point is that the article is pointing out that the "tested positive" number is going up, but the "being treated like they have it" number is going down.  

I thought the point @Bacon was making was that since there are empty beds in the hospital, it actually means the strain on hospitals has not gone up even though the number of confirmed COVID cases increased (along with what we can assume would be increases in the ICU and increases in those needing ventilators). People who do not have COVID would rarely require trips to the ICU or to be put on ventilators, I would assume.

29 minutes ago, Dont Taze Me Bro said:

 

He was asking if it's against the law to point the gun at someone.  Not if they can open carry.

Got my threads mixed up lol...I was actually responding to another poster on the COVID thread but assumed the discussion continued over here by mod directive. The other poster said, among other things:

"I’m sure there is a no weapons law in state houses and any other government building, there are here in Charlotte. Every one of those people armed in that building are breaking the law, and our law enforcement should act accordingly. As was stated, if they were black, you can bet some **** would hit the fan. "

The Great Buzz responded with "If you are so sure, would you mind providing a link to said law?"

When I came over here I saw TGB going back and forth with Dat T and just assumed Dan was the one who asked that first question on the other thread...whoops lol.

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, tshile said:

No. I didn’t. 
 

it doesn’t matter why someone would want to do it. They can do it. 

Then yeah, you missed my point.

My point was not about gun laws. Whether or not they're allowed to do it is one billion percent irrelevant to the point I was making.

1 hour ago, Bacon said:

I hate selective reporting. 

 

 

This is technically true because they're only measuring positive cases. Deaths aren't counted that way by the CDC though and should not be the way we measure the strain on our hospitals. 

 

https://calmatters.org/health/coronavirus/2020/04/california-coronavirus-covid-patient-hospitalization-data-icu/

 

Suspected COVID-19 cases dropped by 1,850 in April, accounting fully for new subsequent positives, deaths and recoveries. On balance, we have around 800 fewer people in our hospitals with COVID-19 symptoms than we did a month ago. 

 

I don't think we should reopen this month, but I don't like misinformation either. 

What's the point the article is trying to make?...I can't read it without subscribing.

And would the strain on hospitals be best measured by the number of confirmed COVID cases? It feels like those patients would require the most hospital resources (equipment and human resources).

18 minutes ago, Die Hard said:

 

Is it against the law though? What’s the actual line other than shooting off a firearm in a public place?

For Minny anyway, they have this:

State Capitol / State House / State Offices

Concealed carry - allowed. Open carry - prohibited.

Courthouses and Courtrooms

Concealed carry - allowed. Open carry - prohibited.

Then there's' this:

Six states (California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota and New Jersey), as well as the District of Columbia, generally ban the open carrying of long guns (rifles and shotguns). 

6 hours ago, mistertim said:

 

Christian had a much more limited sample size last season but per PFF's grades overall he didn't seem much worse than Penn or Moses. In fact, on pass blocking he was graded higher than both of them. His biggest issue was run blocking it seems (by a large margin).

 

 

In 146 snaps played in 2019, Christian had the following PFF grades:

 

Overall: 63.0

Pass Blocking: 72.0

Run Blocking: 53.1

 

 

In 885 snaps played in 2019, Penn had the following PFF grades:

 

Overall: 64.1

Pass Blocking: 64.1

Run Blocking: 63.2

 

 

In 858 snaps played in 2019, Moses had the following PFF grades:

 

Overall: 65.2

Pass Blocking: 69.5

Run Blocking: 60.8

 

 

Seems that if Christian can improve his run blocking he could be a really good Tackle as that pass blocking grade is pretty good, especially for a young guy who's still relatively new to the NFL.

Thanks for looking up some stats...even if you don't agree with them or with PFF's grading system in general, it's always better than the Fan Eye Test lol...

4 minutes ago, tshile said:

It’s just the law here. 
 

if you don’t want people to be able to cary guns in your building you have to put up the sign. If you dint then people can carry. You can then specifically ask people on a case by case business to leave if you’d like. 
 

but if you care you just put up a sign 

 

it’s not ****ed up at all. It’s perfectly good compromise. 

You missed my point.

Why would anyone feel the need to bring a gun into a dentist's office? The fact that anyone would need to tell you NOT to is kinda like putting a warning label on a microwave telling people not to dry their cat in it lol...things would have to be seriously ****ed up for that label to even be needed. If you can't drive from your home to the dentist without feeling you need a gun, something somewhere is wrong.

 

 

 

 

7 minutes ago, China said:

Reminds me of this sign I saw at the entrance of a park in China:

Ok, that one in the last row in the middle...wtf is that supposed to mean? lol

I saw this sign on the door of a commercial building a few years ago...first time I've ever seen one, so I took a photo to show my brother and sister.

It was a dentist's office.

All I could think was how ****ed up do things have to be that you actually have to tell people not to bring their guns when getting their teeth cleaned.

New Test Shows That IHME COVID-19 Death Projections Display Optimism Bias

Unrealistic optimism in IHME projections is a serious issue because the White House relies on these projections. My concern is that biased projections support excessively optimistic messaging and imprudent policy for relaxing containment measures when reopening the economy.

Excessively optimistic expectations set the stage for eventual disappointment and can impact the mental health of a stressed nation. Excessively optimistic expectations can drive premature relaxation of containment measures that result in unnecessary deaths. Indeed, IHME director Christopher Murray has emphasized that relaxing containment measures too soon would lead to much higher deaths than IHME projections. When he talks about too soon, he is talking about now, the beginning of May.

Just to be clear: In mid-April, IHME was projecting that the U.S. would achieve 95% containment of COVID-19 by May 5, and 100% containment by August 4. May 5 is almost here.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hershshefrin/2020/05/01/new-test-shows-that-ihme-covid-19-death-projections-display-optimism-bias/#71cd81f02038

2 hours ago, visionary said:

I remember when this happened in Libya.  They had to move the general assembly to a boat.  

 

 

 

I have an idea that should get the "protesters" to vacate the building pronto:

1) Buy 12 of the biggest, loudest, strongest stereo speakers known to mankind. Place them so that they surround the "protesters" except for where the door is located.

2) Buy the biggest, highest def TVs known to mankind, place them so that they surround the "protesters" except for where the door is located.

3) Buy everyone sound-canceling headphones and earplugs to wear beneath the headphones, pass them out to everyone in the building except the "protesters"

4) Play this video nonstop, on loop, on all the monitors and as loud as possible from all the speakers, so that it drowns out every possible sound, especially the"protesters' " chants:

5) Use your iPhone to take a video of the "protesters" running for the hills and post it to twitter.

There. Done.