Whatever makes you sleep at night.Quote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan
The part that offends me the most through all of this is you calling my religion a bunch of fairy tales and fallacies. That's not cool.
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Whatever makes you sleep at night.Quote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan
The part that offends me the most through all of this is you calling my religion a bunch of fairy tales and fallacies. That's not cool.
Like you said earlier, religion is a touchy subject. You can't expect to have a reasonable discussion on the subject. Really best just to let it.
We try to let conversations go here, but can we drop the religion discussion/debate? It's an intense issue that no one is going to see change the opinions of others. All that's going to happen is that friends/acquaintances are going to get mad at each other for no good reason and it doesn't look good for the site.
Thank you.
I don't know the source of the text quoted here, but apparently not enough people are playing DraftKings. Maybe a few more ads will rectify that.
Somehow not enough people are playing DraftKings. http://t.co/qYgK5kH6mK pic.twitter.com/pDA5XOJJAr
— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) September 24, 2015
Good. I hope the annoying bastards die and go out of business.
That's surprising - perhaps I overestimated the # of morons in America that think they can outsmart people using computers with Vegas-like analytical programs to make money because "they watch allot of football"
All they need is 1 copy of the master script and they're good to go.Quote:
Originally Posted by CLW
It's national coffee day yaaaaay!
I don't drink coffee yaaaaay !
You can't fix stupid :DQuote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-no...ted_at_um.html
A community college about an hour and a half from me.
Today is also the first day of legal weed stores in this State.
. Lol it was supposed to be safer out here.
JB might like to know there's a strip club every few miles in this State.
1) Prayers, thoughts, condolences to those families and community. This happens way too much.
2) I'm sure weed won't be this guys problem. We'll hear of his mental history in a few days.
3)We need to destigmatize mental illness. Calling people crazy isn't helpful. Like any other organ, the brain can get sick and it needs proper treatment.
Thoughts and condolences to those who are affected by this. This bullshit of mass murder is getting very stale. I don't want to start another hot-button debate here but - yeah.
You don't want to upset the pro mass murder crowdQuote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan
Doesn't help that 24 hour news channels cover it constantly; which is glorifying it in a way.
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Another thing, is stop giving these cunts publicity. The sheriff there in Oregon said it best at their news conference earlier today.
"I will not name the shooter. I will not give him the credit he probably sought prior to this horrific and cowardly act."
That's exactly how it should be. Their name should never be said or reported. Their pictures should never be shown. They should either die on site, in a jail cell or in an execution chamber as nothing more than a completely anonymous cocksucking fuck to the world so that they never receive any notoriety or credit for the crime, especially for those these who do this shit because "it'll make them famous".
Let them die alone as an anonymous nobody that not a single person in the world gives a fuck about.
Not sure if it was real or a hoax, but last night I read that on one of his social media account he had been taking lots of pills. IIRC, the quote was something along the lines of 'needed my sleeping pill, but didn't know which one it was of my medicines, so I just took five pills.'Quote:
Originally Posted by souljahbill
Maybe it's conspiracy theory or fodder, but there's a belief by some that all of these young male shooters are hopped up on anti-depressants and other over-prescribed meds. That rarely, if ever, gets discussed by all of the expert talking heads following one of these events.
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Originally Posted by JBHuskers
Between the news channels, personal outrage machines social media, and politicians jumping over this to get their share of the limelight, these killers get more attention than they could ever imagine. We won't hear nearly as much about the victims or those who stopped the attack, which is a travesty.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
Can't help to pay particular attention to one part of your post CDJ. "Other over prescribed medicines"
We have medicines that are given for things that the side effects are worse than what it's usually being given to treat. So quick to give out medication that may give you suicidal thoughts, this, this, this, etc.
Shame this keeps happening like it's GTA or something. Condolences to the families who suffered loss
Watching commercials for medications makes me never want to take any medicines, especially once they start giving the side effects disclaimer. Yikes.Quote:
Originally Posted by skipwondah33
I know that there are some 'medical professionals' more than willing to diagnose a young person with ADHD, ADD, depression, etc. - and there are also some parents willing for that to happen, for a variety of reasons. These aspects probably need a much closer look than what they are being given. There are definitely people who benefit from modern medicine, but I wonder/worry that some are suffering from just too many meds being given/prescribed.
I would be a case study. While I take plenty of other medications for my heart and Wegener's granulomatosis, we will just stick to the brain.
Without prescription medication: Severe Panic Attacks and Anxiety. Some severe enough to think I was having a Heart Attack and numerous ER visits.
With: The occasional panic attack, never severe.
Side Effects: Tired but that has the variable of my limited lung capacity. Occasional malaise. Can socialize with people, yet still prefer not to.
Without prescription medication: OCD so crazy it had overtaken my life. Hours wasted doing routines.
With: Hours have been cut to just a few routines that take up no more than 30 minutes.
Side Effects: People stay on my friends lists just a bit longer. ;)
I take pretty heavy dosages and the side effects exist but the results far outweigh the negatives. This is also after years of "alternative therapy" and "Eastern Medicine" in my early 30's. One of my doctors was from the Philippines and he eventually had to turn me onto the prescriptions because the alternative method was not working. Everyone is different and there are always misdiagnosed patients. I have had all these symptoms, since as long as I remember. It had an impact on my relationships since I was a young pup. So on the flip side, these issues were not as frequently diagnosed and/or medicated back in the 20th century. Pretty confident that my childhood would have been much different had I been diagnosed and without question in my mind, for the better.
Only have suicidal thoughts when Oklahoma is on TV.
Mass killings have been around long before ADHD was first uttered. The story is terrible but as mentioned already, everyone wants to jump to the conclusion that suits their agenda(s). The media glorifies it and then wonders why it is happening, failing to see they are a part of the problem. What was once fifteen minutes of "fame/infamy" is now two weeks of beating the viewer over the head with why "x" is the reason "y" happened and substitute "x" for "z" depending on what media you are viewing/watching. Glorify anything and others will follow.
My wife is also on medication for anxiety and panic attacks.
Her mother had her put on the medication since she was a little girl...and after having been on it for 10+ years never thought anything of it...because hey she's taking her medicine it makes it all go away.
Not thinking that hey thus medicine is making her depressed all the time...gain over 50 pounds in weight as a teenager after Mom had Dr put her on Paxil. She wasn't eating any more than she was before on that particular medicine. Changed Dr's at my advice and he immediately took her off that saying that was a prime side effect. Of course weight gain made her more depressed...meanwhile not getting to the root of the issue. It was always just medicate medicate...take more medication, take a Xanax and it will all go away.
She is now just at the age of 28 just at the point where she is tired of being on it and wanting to get away from medications on medications.
Buspar is a great substitute for Xanax. My additive nature and Xanax was not a good mix. Of course it varies from person to person. I can say that trying to get off certain prescriptions is like trying to stop using meth (not that I have used meth) but the withdrawl has made me want to sit in a dark closet for days.
Yes, it does take someone already screwed up in the head, but all these pills and medications are not helping. For you, they help and work. For others, especially those already with numerous screws loose, the pill cocktails can only make it worse.
And it's not just the pills themselves, but how they interact with each other. There really is a problem with doctors over prescribing medication. These days you can go in for a simple running nose and you'll walk out with a bag of pills. Know why? The pharmaceutical companies.
They are constantly bombarding doctors with people who do literally nothing but go from doctor to doctor sales pitching drug after drug after drug. Show up with a hot lunch or some other food and meet with the doctor during his lunch hours or another time to push your drugs. If the doctor agrees, they get sales and the doctor may get some easy money by being a public speaker for the company or drugs. Some of these companies are spending tens of millions of dollars buying free food and other stuff to bring with them to sales pitch doctors.
And then these doctors, if they agree to use the drug, start getting hounded by the companies if those companies don't feel like the doctors are prescribing it enough. So the doctors may feel the need to over prescribe and give these drugs out to patients unnecessarily. It's a never ending cycle.
The HOTTEST women on earth are pharmaceutical sales reps. :nod:
That is true. My current doctor is a female and her primary care is OB/GYN. So I am pretty she is worn out by vaginas by the time a rep comes calling. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by steelerfan
Smooth.
I am sure it happens in very rare cases but in my time dealing with numerous doctors have never seen it (putting a repped drug ahead of their patient care). Seen it in movies and on Law and Order but they like to dramatize things. Doctors take that oath, invest ten or so years to become a doctor and generally are fairly smart individuals. Pretty girl and the free meals are a nice perk but not something they are going to risk their profession over. I think you are not giving them enough credit. Had my share of free lunches, golf rounds and trips, just to add their product line to our catalog. Part of doing business and in most cases nothing more.
We are still talking about minuscule of occurrences (mass muders) compared to number of people on these medications and that is assuming all of the killers were even on them. Far more confederate flags flying around, which are obviously more dangerous and therefore the call to eliminate them. Gotta have something to blame. Video games, metal music, devil worshiping, working for the postal service have all been used in the past.
A major scandal is erupting in the multibillion dollar industry of fantasy sports, the online and unregulated business in which players assemble their fantasy teams with real athletes. On Monday, the two major fantasy companies were forced to release statements defending their businesses’ integrity after what amounted to allegations of insider trading, that employees were placing bets on information not available to the public.
Last week, a DraftKings employee admitted to inadvertently releasing data before the start of the third week of N.F.L. games, a move akin to insider trading in the stock market. The employee – a midlevel content manager — won $350,000 at rival site FanDuel that same week.
The incident has raised questions about who at daily fantasy companies has access to valuable data, how it is protected and whether the industry can — or wants — to police itself.
Courtesy: NY Times
:smh:
What information did they have? A secret injury report?
In this case, the data that was leaked by the DraftKings employee, Ethan Haskell, showed what particular players were most used in all lineups submiited to the site’s Millionaire Maker contests. Usually, that data is not released until the lineups for all games are finalized. Getting it early, however, is of great advantage to make tactical decisions, especially when your opponents do not have the information at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by souljahbill
I don't play daily fantasy, so I am unsure on the exact advantages this provides.
Yep there is NOTHING preventing an employee on the take from telling your opponent your lineup in head to head matchups and/or giving out this type of information to people who slip them some extra money. Bottom line, you are a FOOL if you think DraftKings and/or Fan Duel are on the up and up.
Basically, you want to pick players noone (or fewer people have) = > chance to rise up the rankings.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdj
Employees of DK can use this inside info to their advantage at FD (presumably there are rules against employees gambling on their own site but apparently not at others) and vice versa.
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Originally Posted by CLW
- I understand that, but don't some fantasy football sites tell you % ownage of a player? Isn't that the same thing? The user would still not know how each athlete will perform that week, which is the top factor. Don't get me wrong, I think this was shady and shouldn't happen - but I'm not sure it's on the level of insider trading as some articles are claiming.
- They probably shouldn't allow employees to wager on either site, but that seems like a tough one to enforce.
I don't anything about the sites show - i presumed they didn't b/c otherwise the tweet giving you the data is no big dealQuote:
Originally Posted by cdj
yes they don't know how they will perform but if you are looking to maximize your chances of winning (in the big pools) you need to pick the best players that aren't heavily used hoping to make the right combo of those players to pay off the most
it's not a direct correlation from insider trading but its about as close of a comparrison that I can think of
on the rules enforcement issue - stock analysts at various companies are PROHIBITED from buying/selling/owning stocks that they cover. seems to me that if these companies can monitor their employees stock ownings the fantasy gambling sites could do the same at other daily fantasy sites (i don't think there are that many out there)
DraftKings employees reportedly won nearly $6 million playing daily fantasy sports at rival FanDuel
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/draftk...190600043.html
basically - they are using their data and computer formulas to win money from the average joe sports guy who is a MORON for gambling on their sites.
Unless I am misreading something, it doesn't sound like they are necessarily wanting regulations (as Rovell stated), but just establishing some guidelines to keep that from happening and avoid (more) bad press.New FanDuel statement this morning in entirety, welcomes regulation of industry pic.twitter.com/pxnViLl0hE
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) October 7, 2015
Though, if they are looking to be regulated that means they must be the industry leader by a mile. The only companies that look for regulations are those who know they can withstand them (if not formulate & shape them) and it will keep the competition (DraftKings) down and/or out.
I still think within a couple years one company will end up buying the other out.
Today's USA Today contains an insert with the fictional Back to the Future II USA Today front page.
One real-life event caused one headline to be edited:
I think I found a late edition of the "Back To The Future" newspaper. Check out what's highlighted in yellow pic.twitter.com/GzkBItyRfb
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) October 21, 2015
Awesome :D
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Multiple casualties at :Oklahoma_State: homecoming parade. Details sketchy but apparently a car drove into a bunch of people/pedestrians.
http://www.si.com/college-football/2...people-hit-car
3 dead 8 more critical condition - driver arrested for DUI.