Cheater?

As I watched Bonds hit that homer last night and break the record I was indifferent. I’ve always jumped on people who single out Bonds as a steroid user. Well there is quite a bit to consider when asking if this record is tainted. Should there be an asterisk? Consider this, there are a ton of players using performance enhancing drugs, pain medications, cortisone shots, new faster technology enhanced rehabilitation methods, more weight training, better knowledge of diet and exercise, and protective gear in the game. Those are 7 factors that have totally changed this game from what it was when Aaron played, but we only talk about the one. But Shaheen, those other things didn’t have as much of an impact as the first one…steroids. Oh but they do. If you were to look at each one of those things for awhile I think it will come to you, but you just maybe didn’t consider them before. Here is the main point I want to make, Bonds played in both worlds. He played in 80’s where men were normal and injuries were all serious. Now, he plays in this freak show of a game. He not only did everything on my list, but went against guys doing the same. I’ve come to terms with the fact that you cannot compare Bonds to Aaron. They played in 2 different worlds. So there will be no asterisk in my opinion, but I can’t say I’m overly excited for him. Many people, including players don’t like Bonds because of his arrogance and lack of humility. Don’t let his soft spoken words deter you from his blimped ego. When I was in Junior High, Andy Van Slyke, former teammate of Bonds, came to our school and bashed him. He told us how none of his teammates in Pittsburg liked him. Now this may have just been his opinion, but I have seen that opinion grow. So let’s just say this…Bonds…hit 50 more and we’ll call it even. I don’t know what else to say…these records don’t mean as much anymore. How can you say they do, when a 260lb man beast hits his 756 HR wearing a full arm protector and picks and chooses his games/at bats. Oh well…we are in a new time.

Going at it again....

Just so you know this conversation does not reflect any animosity between Danny and I. We just like to debate and this is how we do it.....good times...

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sheener20 (3:31:33 PM): whatare these shannanagans

sheener20 (3:32:19 PM): what kinda stuff you pullin

better1day (3:57:45 PM): that's the app i was showing yo

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better1day (3:57:48 PM): virtual machines

better1day (3:58:00 PM): so you can install linux side by side if you want

sheener20 (4:17:30 PM): does it come from here www.vmware.com

better1day (4:17:37 PM): no

better1day (4:17:40 PM): parallels

sheener20 (4:18:05 PM): ok. cause the same day you were showing me that another guy was telling me about vmware

sheener20 (4:18:30 PM): justin james just told me that you told him that having the iphone was life changing

sheener20 (4:18:31 PM): haha

better1day (4:37:53 PM): i'm not sure i said that

sheener20 (4:38:11 PM): that is rephrased

sheener20 (4:38:20 PM): but you said that you don't remember you life without it

better1day (4:38:22 PM): oh, i think i said "soon you'll wonder how you ever managed without it"

sheener20 (4:38:39 PM): but you implied that it was life changing

sheener20 (4:38:40 PM): haha

sheener20 (4:38:45 PM): what a dork

better1day (4:38:43 PM): just like the standard cell phone

sheener20 (4:38:50 PM): haha

better1day (4:38:53 PM): i did nothing of the sort

sheener20 (4:39:03 PM): haha

sheener20 (4:39:07 PM): you of all people

better1day (4:39:13 PM): i am all people

sheener20 (4:39:19 PM): with your speeches of don't let your cell phone dictate your life

sheener20 (4:39:20 PM): haha

sheener20 (4:39:32 PM): you are the pinnacle of hipocracy

better1day (4:39:35 PM): epitome?

better1day (4:39:42 PM): i disagree

better1day (4:39:52 PM): there is no hipocracy to be found here

better1day (4:40:03 PM): hypocrisy

sheener20 (4:40:19 PM): well...let's just say the iphone does not stay in the car anymore

sheener20 (4:40:22 PM): haha

better1day (4:40:23 PM): cell phone != iphone

better1day (4:40:34 PM): shaheen = fail

sheener20 (4:40:41 PM): cell phone is the latest smart phone

sheener20 (4:40:47 PM): iphone

better1day (4:40:47 PM): nope

better1day (4:41:08 PM): iphone = ipod + ultraportable + cell phone + genius

sheener20 (4:41:19 PM): iphone == smartphone++;

better1day (4:41:23 PM): how could i possibly not have it with me all the time?

better1day (4:41:31 PM): you are wrong

better1day (4:41:39 PM): according to wiki.org/smartphone

sheener20 (4:41:42 PM): i'm as right as the mail

better1day (4:41:49 PM): they say iphone is not a smartphone at all

better1day (4:42:05 PM): due to lack of 3rd party native applications

sheener20 (4:42:07 PM): what do they say...it's a genius phone

sheener20 (4:42:08 PM): haha

sheener20 (4:42:43 PM): it's a neat little cell phone

better1day (4:42:43 PM): pretty funny, there were massive edits and re-edits on the smartphone article about it when iphone was first announced and even now

better1day (4:42:56 PM): a lot of people got their panties twisted up over it

sheener20 (4:43:07 PM): just a phone

sheener20 (4:43:11 PM): with cool gadgets

better1day (4:43:13 PM): a lot of people were offended that their precious blackberries were not 1337 anymore

sheener20 (4:43:18 PM): i'm sure i'll be taking a bunch of them up this year

sheener20 (4:43:36 PM): the blackberries are still good devices

sheener20 (4:43:41 PM): prolly more affordable

better1day (4:43:46 PM): your attempts are futile

sheener20 (4:44:08 PM): my statements are defining...not attempts

better1day (4:44:07 PM): your anti-apple itis

sheener20 (4:44:20 PM): i'm not anit-apple

better1day (4:44:25 PM): you and all the smartphone apologists hahaha

sheener20 (4:44:30 PM): i'm anti apple users

better1day (4:44:41 PM): you are anti anything having to do with apple

sheener20 (4:44:48 PM): nope

better1day (4:44:53 PM): it goes against your training

better1day (4:45:01 PM): and your java fetish

sheener20 (4:45:14 PM): nope..i've bragged about apple many a times

sheener20 (4:45:21 PM): but i don't diss windows as i do it

better1day (4:45:27 PM): it's like the PC repair guy who warns people not to buy macs... he's afraid he'll be out of work

sheener20 (4:45:35 PM): that makes me different from the apple elitists

better1day (4:45:45 PM): i often complain about windows

better1day (4:45:53 PM): because i'm forced to put up with it where i work

better1day (4:46:08 PM): i wonder how in the world they continue to get it so wrong

better1day (4:46:15 PM): how people put up with it

sheener20 (4:46:26 PM): where you see road blocks and dead ends...i see opportunity

better1day (4:46:34 PM): that is a true statement

better1day (4:46:42 PM): partly

sheener20 (4:47:07 PM): i also don't have a java fetish...just like ease of the language

better1day (4:47:22 PM): i see the road blocks, i put up with them to get my paycheck and do my job, then take the "road less traveled" when i'm on my own time

sheener20 (4:47:32 PM): but you are a mac user...so if it isn't all done for you, then you woudln't like it

better1day (4:47:50 PM): did you read that on digg somewhere?

sheener20 (4:47:56 PM): nope...you get in your sports car when you get home

sheener20 (4:48:09 PM): nope...my own derivation

better1day (4:48:26 PM): i am a mac user and i appreciate attention to detail

sheener20 (4:48:54 PM): you have lost all detail

sheener20 (4:49:29 PM): you don't know how anything works unless you dig and dig for explanation

better1day (4:49:51 PM): you make no sense

sheener20 (4:49:55 PM): it never breaks...so how can you say you appreciate detail from a company that doesn't disclose their details

better1day (4:50:21 PM): you mean all the open source projects they contribute to and advance? :rolleyes:

better1day (4:50:59 PM): you arguments and statements have no basis -- no grounds

sheener20 (4:51:05 PM): yeah....all the things we have reverse engineered...thanks apple

sheener20 (4:51:17 PM):

better1day (4:51:18 PM): your ignorance is shining through now

better1day (4:51:28 PM): grasping at straws

sheener20 (4:52:29 PM): haha..the only ingnorance that exists is a mac user who reads headlines about windows failures and his only campaign is to slam windows...rather promote his machine

better1day (4:52:44 PM): once again false

sheener20 (4:52:53 PM): not false

sheener20 (4:53:06 PM): i tell people how nice macs are...you make fun of them for using windows

better1day (4:53:06 PM): i don't even read the headlines

sheener20 (4:53:13 PM): you are an idiot salesman

better1day (4:53:13 PM): it's not "news to me" LOL

better1day (4:53:26 PM): i don't make fun of anyone for using windows

sheener20 (4:53:44 PM): you bash the car the people drive up in to sell them a sports car

better1day (4:53:44 PM): it is true that I don't understand why so many people put up with windows, but i don't make fun of them

better1day (4:53:58 PM): not true once again

sheener20 (4:54:04 PM): i like windows

better1day (4:54:11 PM): just yesterday a coworker was telling me his story about his new dell

better1day (4:54:32 PM): he said he was having some issues with vista getting it to connect to his wifi

sheener20 (4:54:49 PM): maybe if apple hadn't been so proprietary..which is what made it solid...they might be the big dogs in the business

better1day (4:54:49 PM): he gave his daughter a copy of vista too to have her learn it

better1day (4:54:53 PM): she had the same problem

better1day (4:55:29 PM): HE said he was not enjoying the vista experience, that it reminded him of win98 more than anything

better1day (4:55:41 PM): I just listened

better1day (4:56:03 PM): i didn't call him an idiot for buying a dell

better1day (4:56:23 PM): i suggested he should put XP on it, as you had done, and I told him about your story

better1day (4:56:29 PM): with your new xps

better1day (4:56:39 PM): he agreed

better1day (4:57:07 PM): then HE said, he thinks he should have gotten a Mac, since if he had to learn a new OS, he might as well learn the Mac

better1day (4:57:36 PM): I told him, "well, the good thing is that computers don't last long these days, in a couple years you can take the plunge"

sheener20 (4:57:51 PM): well...all i have to say is thank you apple for coming out with a solid OS and a cool gadget...where were they in the early 80's when pc's where taking off...why did they lose the most important battle in the world...oh yeah...they were self contained price gaugers

better1day (4:58:06 PM): LOL, wrong again

sheener20 (4:58:22 PM): why did they lose danny?

sheener20 (4:58:23 PM): tell me?

better1day (4:58:31 PM): go find out

better1day (4:58:36 PM): you won't believe me anyway

sheener20 (4:58:51 PM): tell me why people bought an os that makes you click start to shutdown?

better1day (4:58:51 PM): Show that video to your kids this fall

sheener20 (4:58:56 PM): how did this happen?

sheener20 (4:59:04 PM): what happened...tell me

sheener20 (4:59:06 PM): i want to know

better1day (4:59:27 PM): http://youtube.com/watch?v=3BJu2GAkf2k

better1day (4:59:48 PM): it's "fairly" accurate

better1day (4:59:59 PM): and it's actually a good film

sheener20 (5:00:19 PM): oh this is the movie where pc put into production what mac failed to do?

sheener20 (5:00:24 PM): i mean windows

sheener20 (5:00:33 PM): i mean microsoft?

better1day (5:00:37 PM): see how bill sold a product he didn't even have yet

sheener20 (5:01:00 PM): well..you do that? does that make you a crappy person

sheener20 (5:01:32 PM): does that piss on your whole enterprise?

better1day (5:01:31 PM): you'll see

sheener20 (5:01:39 PM): haha

sheener20 (5:01:41 PM): tell me

sheener20 (5:02:26 PM): apples are nice...still pricy...but i guess we must pay for their sporty machines that never fail

sheener20 (5:02:46 PM): how can you put a price on excellence?

sheener20 (5:03:22 PM): apple is slowly whoring themselves to stay on top...realizing they can't do it all

better1day (5:03:33 PM): you still think macs are overpriced

sheener20 (5:03:46 PM): yeah..by at least 200 bucks

better1day (5:03:55 PM): you are wrong again

sheener20 (5:04:30 PM): i guess...but time and time agian...they don't match up

better1day (5:04:38 PM): you are right

better1day (5:04:53 PM): macs are usually first to come with the latest features and specs

sheener20 (5:05:07 PM): i've never said windows was better than mac...never

better1day (5:05:31 PM): from the top of the line Mac Pros with the 3.0Ghz quad chips that were only available on that machine, and no other PC maker had it, all the way down to the ipod

sheener20 (5:05:56 PM): no other pc buyer could afford it...what's the point

sheener20 (5:05:57 PM): haha

better1day (5:06:02 PM): hardward superior, software superior

sheener20 (5:06:11 PM): price superior

better1day (5:06:39 PM): you get what you pay for. you can't compare a mac and a $600 dell or hp machine.. the specs are completely different

better1day (5:07:10 PM): it is true apple doesn't offer the low end machines that many other makers do

sheener20 (5:07:13 PM): make the specs the same..and you'll see that it's about 200 bucks cheaper to get the dell

better1day (5:07:26 PM): but the machines they do offer are not higher priced than equal machines from other vendors

better1day (5:07:30 PM): nope

sheener20 (5:07:35 PM): yep

better1day (5:07:55 PM): you'll have to show me

sheener20 (5:08:05 PM): i showed you once already

better1day (5:08:07 PM): you did?

better1day (5:08:11 PM): do tell

sheener20 (5:08:33 PM): you tried to show me a refurbished mac with less than what i was getting for the same price...not the mention the intangibles

better1day (5:08:35 PM): you mean when you showed me your xps 12.1" laptop and compared it to a 15" laptop?

sheener20 (5:08:45 PM): yep

better1day (5:08:49 PM): there is areason you got a 12.1 laptop i think

better1day (5:08:55 PM): i would bet i had to do with price

sheener20 (5:09:10 PM): nope..i. like the size

sheener20 (5:09:27 PM): i didn't want to carry around a 17" lappy anymore

better1day (5:09:33 PM): that may be true, but you would be a fool to think you could get the same spec machine iwth a 15" screen instead of 12" for the same price

better1day (5:10:07 PM): you could have gotten a macbook 13.3" for $999

better1day (5:10:12 PM): your dell was overpriced

sheener20 (5:10:20 PM): you didn't show me the same specs..the hardware was inferior...you had a chip in it that would do 16 million more operations...but oh well

sheener20 (5:10:39 PM): the rest pwned that mac

better1day (5:10:43 PM): i simply showed you what your 1500 could have bought

better1day (5:10:57 PM): trade screen size for a gig of ram

better1day (5:11:21 PM): you can't add screen size and not expect the price to go up, even on your dell

sheener20 (5:11:25 PM): what about a better g card or a 40 GB more storage

better1day (5:11:31 PM): a better g card?

better1day (5:11:39 PM): hahaha

better1day (5:11:42 PM): the dell still has g?

sheener20 (5:11:51 PM): graphics

better1day (5:11:50 PM): the macbook has N

sheener20 (5:12:38 PM): i got a way better deal on my lappy than that slick lookin machine you showed me

better1day (5:12:41 PM): give and take, you get a little more here and a little less there, just like any other laptop

sheener20 (5:12:55 PM): no...i got more across the board

sheener20 (5:13:03 PM): you are really arguing screensize?

sheener20 (5:13:12 PM): i didn't think a mac guy would stoop to that

better1day (5:13:12 PM): you think the screen size is not a big deal?

sheener20 (5:13:23 PM): no..not even a little bit

better1day (5:13:29 PM): you think you could get your dell the exact same specs with a bigger screen for the same price?

sheener20 (5:14:02 PM): i'm surprised you aren't saying that with all that extra room the mac had they didint' have more hardware in there

sheener20 (5:14:03 PM): haha

better1day (5:14:19 PM): you forgot that the mac didn't have a battery sticking out the back

better1day (5:14:25 PM): haha, back at ya

sheener20 (5:14:52 PM): you forgot...you are arguing design..not practicality and i happen to lilke my spoiler

better1day (5:15:06 PM): you are the one that brought up "extra room"

better1day (5:15:24 PM): i wonder if the 15" woudl have been the same footprint size as yours

better1day (5:15:43 PM): does yours have a built in camera?

sheener20 (5:15:59 PM): nope..i didn't want that

sheener20 (5:16:08 PM): oh and i had that option

better1day (5:16:07 PM): DVI?

better1day (5:16:20 PM): (but it would have cost more, so we won't mention it)

better1day (5:16:29 PM): firewire 800?

better1day (5:16:34 PM): 802.11n?

sheener20 (5:16:41 PM): firewire yes

better1day (5:16:42 PM): illuminated keyboard?

sheener20 (5:16:45 PM): wireless n yes

sheener20 (5:16:51 PM): keyboard no

better1day (5:16:48 PM): firewire 800 - no

sheener20 (5:16:55 PM): i dunno

better1day (5:16:59 PM): expresscard slot?

sheener20 (5:17:05 PM): yes

better1day (5:17:05 PM): gig-e?

sheener20 (5:17:12 PM): what is that?

better1day (5:17:12 PM): gigabit

better1day (5:17:14 PM): ethernet

sheener20 (5:18:01 PM): nope, but when we get to that point...i'll have it

better1day (5:18:37 PM): i do admit, i think apple should do a 13" macbook PRO, but the pro only comes in 15 or 17

better1day (5:21:01 PM): optical input and output?

sheener20 (5:21:25 PM): nope

better1day (5:22:43 PM): How much would a PC cost with all of this?

better1day (5:22:44 PM): • 15-inch screen
• 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
• 1440 x 900 resolution
• 2GB memory
• 120GB Serial ATA hard drive
• 8x double-layer SuperDrive
• NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics with 128MB SDRAM
• Backlit Keyboard
• 802.11n Wireless & Bluetooth
• USB 2.0, Firewire 400, Firewire 800
• MagSafe power adapter
• Optical input & output
• 1.0 inch x 9.5 inches x 14.1 inches
• 5.4 pounds with battery and optical drive installed

better1day (5:23:03 PM): Oh, and the ability to run OS X?

better1day (5:23:47 PM): (or any other OS that you want)

sheener20 (5:26:31 PM): ?

better1day (5:26:52 PM): what

sheener20 (5:27:08 PM): that's nice...where are you going?

sheener20 (5:27:11 PM): or did you forget?

better1day (5:27:15 PM): i'm waiting for you to tell me

better1day (5:27:20 PM): the specs above

sheener20 (5:27:31 PM): what about em?

better1day (5:27:35 PM): how much from dell?

sheener20 (5:27:42 PM): i dunno

better1day (5:27:55 PM): I'll figure it out and let you know then

sheener20 (5:29:22 PM): good

sheener20 (5:29:27 PM): haha

better1day (5:29:57 PM): one sec, taking a while to say "NO" to page after page of extras

sheener20 (5:31:58 PM): nice to have the option isn't it

better1day (5:32:11 PM): only if you like getting suckered into a bunch of carp

better1day (5:32:14 PM): crap

better1day (5:32:24 PM): reminds me of all the trial ware you had to delete on yours

sheener20 (5:32:34 PM): nope..apple just puts the top of the line right on their machine for ya

better1day (5:32:45 PM): i'm not talking about hardware

better1day (5:33:10 PM): i'm talking about the books on how to use a pc and the anti-virus and anti this and anti that and extra carrying cases and on and on and on

sheener20 (5:33:26 PM): people like that

better1day (5:33:36 PM): people who sell the garbage

sheener20 (5:33:39 PM): guess apple doesn't understand that?

better1day (5:34:08 PM): it's called "nickel and diming" shaheen

better1day (5:34:18 PM): and it is generally regarded as being a scam

better1day (5:34:31 PM): "oh, you want floormats and a gas cap?

sheener20 (5:34:48 PM): oh i know apple doesn't try to accessorize the crap out of ya..hahahahhahaha

sheener20 (5:34:56 PM): that's funny danny

sheener20 (5:34:58 PM): haha

better1day (5:34:58 PM): for once you are right

sheener20 (5:35:25 PM): he who bought a 600 dollar iphone and prolly didn't even get a charger

sheener20 (5:35:26 PM): haha

sheener20 (5:35:27 PM): hahahahaha

better1day (5:35:44 PM): got 2 actually

better1day (5:36:24 PM): well, after all the 23 pages of "you want this too?" i was unable to put together a comparable machine

better1day (5:36:50 PM): i guess dell doesn't have the options i want

better1day (5:39:27 PM): did you make sure you installed anti spyware on your new xps?

better1day (5:39:33 PM): (now i'm making fun)

sheener20 (5:40:27 PM): have you seen that infomercial that comes on at 2 am on the pbs channel?

better1day (5:40:41 PM): probably

sheener20 (5:43:32 PM): where are the apple stores located?

sheener20 (5:44:06 PM): guess they haven't gotten that whole advertising thing down yet...except for the bashing commercials

better1day (5:44:15 PM): huh?

sheener20 (5:44:22 PM): i honestly couldn't tell you where one is

better1day (5:44:29 PM): i bet you could figure it out pretty quick

sheener20 (5:44:42 PM): i'd have to google it

better1day (5:45:48 PM): i bet most people would think to go to apple.com

sheener20 (5:46:42 PM): yes..but many people can tell you where certain places are without ever actually shopping them

better1day (5:47:11 PM): um, yeah if they live next to a best buy, they can tell you where it is

better1day (5:47:23 PM): you live in rendon, there are no apple stores in rendon

sheener20 (5:47:31 PM): burleson?

sheener20 (5:47:34 PM): mansfield?

better1day (5:47:32 PM): nope

better1day (5:47:35 PM): ha

sheener20 (5:47:49 PM): ft worth?

better1day (5:48:17 PM): people who don't know where one is, usually can figure out where to look if they want to go

sheener20 (5:48:29 PM): i like that marketing plan

sheener20 (5:48:33 PM): can i use that?

sheener20 (5:48:35 PM): haha

better1day (5:48:34 PM): i wonder where the dell stores are

sheener20 (5:49:11 PM): yep..i think i will promote that plan of marketing

sheener20 (5:49:26 PM): people who don't know where one is, usually can figure out where to look if they want to go

sheener20 (5:49:33 PM): i love it

better1day (5:49:53 PM): i guess they should have one on every street corner like starbucks

sheener20 (5:49:56 PM): you have deprived me too much of my thursday with this nonsense

better1day (5:50:00 PM): oh wait, is there a starbucks in rendon?

sheener20 (5:50:06 PM): moving on

better1day (5:50:13 PM): you make no sense

sheener20 (5:50:35 PM): i made 2 cents

sheener20 (5:50:36 PM): haha

sheener20 (5:50:38 PM): i love it

sheener20 (5:50:45 PM): i can't stop

sheener20 (5:50:46 PM): haha