[OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by Trotsky
[OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: Trotsky (---.cust-rtr.swbell.net)
Date: July 01, 2005 12:07PM
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Excerpt:
The first two innings of the July 16th game between the Kansas City T-Bones and the Schaumburg Flyers will be played virtually.
Equipped with Microsoft Xbox game controllers instead of baseball gloves and bats, two video gamers will climb into recliner chairs around home plate at CommunityAmerica Ballpark and slug it out on the park’s 16- by 24-foot video screen.
Their scores from playing two innings of MVP Baseball 2005 on an Xbox will stand when the T-Bones and Flyers take the field to finish the last seven innings of the game.
Mike Stone, commissioner of the minor-league baseball Northern League, said the idea "brings new meaning to the term ‘fan involvement."
Excerpt:
The first two innings of the July 16th game between the Kansas City T-Bones and the Schaumburg Flyers will be played virtually.
Equipped with Microsoft Xbox game controllers instead of baseball gloves and bats, two video gamers will climb into recliner chairs around home plate at CommunityAmerica Ballpark and slug it out on the park’s 16- by 24-foot video screen.
Their scores from playing two innings of MVP Baseball 2005 on an Xbox will stand when the T-Bones and Flyers take the field to finish the last seven innings of the game.
Mike Stone, commissioner of the minor-league baseball Northern League, said the idea "brings new meaning to the term ‘fan involvement."
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/01/2005 12:07PM by Trotsky.
Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: Jordan 04 (---.nyc.res.rr.com)
Date: July 01, 2005 12:30PM
That's pretty cool.
Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: Tub(a) (---.resnet.cornell.edu)
Date: July 01, 2005 12:41PM
If they want to make it more realistic they should check the lucky fans' thumbs for steroids and open up the controllers in search of illegal circuits.
EDIT - At first I thought this might be about Sandra Day O'Connor retiring
EDIT - At first I thought this might be about Sandra Day O'Connor retiring
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/01/2005 12:42PM by Tub(a).
Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: jtwcornell91 (---.loyno.edu)
Date: July 01, 2005 01:03PM
[Q]Jordan 04 Wrote:
That's pretty cool.[/q]
Where by "pretty cool" you mean "an abomination"?
That's pretty cool.[/q]
Where by "pretty cool" you mean "an abomination"?
Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: Will (---.cable.mindspring.com)
Date: July 01, 2005 01:15PM
[Q]jtwcornell91 Wrote:
Jordan 04 Wrote:
That's pretty cool.[/Q]
Where by "pretty cool" you mean "an abomination"?[/q]
I don't know if it's an abomination, but I do think it's totally unnecessary and pointless.
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Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: DeltaOne81 (---.bu.edu)
Date: July 01, 2005 02:10PM
No, it's an abomination. Maybe next year they can decide the World Series based on a game of GTA3. Okay, on second thouht, that'd be *kinda* cool
Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: KeithK (---.external.lmco.com)
Date: July 01, 2005 02:18PM
Yes, abomination with a capital ABOMINATION.
Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: Lauren '06 (---.research.cornell.edu)
Date: July 01, 2005 02:38PM
[Q]Tub(a) Wrote:
If they want to make it more realistic they should check the lucky fans' thumbs for steroids and open up the controllers in search of illegal circuits.[/q]
In terms of embarrassing things with which sports businesses have associated themselves, "Rock the Rink" beats the pants off this.
If they want to make it more realistic they should check the lucky fans' thumbs for steroids and open up the controllers in search of illegal circuits.[/q]
In terms of embarrassing things with which sports businesses have associated themselves, "Rock the Rink" beats the pants off this.
Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: Jordan 04 (---.nyc.res.rr.com)
Date: July 01, 2005 03:12PM
[Q]DeltaOne81 Wrote:
No, it's an abomination. Maybe next year they can decide the World Series based on a game of GTA3. Okay, on second thouht, that'd be *kinda* cool [/q]
No, it's not, precisely because they're not deciding the World Series with this.
The Northern League is a low-level independent league, in the business of entertainment, not carrying the torch of the national pastime. As an entertainment entity, I don't see much wrong with them getting gimmicky. It's not as if MLB is in danger of being played completely be gamers or robots or computer chips a few years down the road. Heck, MLB couldn't even summon the 'nads to put a Spiderman logo on the bases last year.
This promotion is no doubt driving additional traffic to the CompUSA involved, to this specific game, and likely to games in the future. And because it's so far beyond the realm of reality, it's no threat to the integrity of any meaninful league. No reason they shouldn't be able to have a little bit of fun in Kansas City.
No, it's an abomination. Maybe next year they can decide the World Series based on a game of GTA3. Okay, on second thouht, that'd be *kinda* cool [/q]
No, it's not, precisely because they're not deciding the World Series with this.
The Northern League is a low-level independent league, in the business of entertainment, not carrying the torch of the national pastime. As an entertainment entity, I don't see much wrong with them getting gimmicky. It's not as if MLB is in danger of being played completely be gamers or robots or computer chips a few years down the road. Heck, MLB couldn't even summon the 'nads to put a Spiderman logo on the bases last year.
This promotion is no doubt driving additional traffic to the CompUSA involved, to this specific game, and likely to games in the future. And because it's so far beyond the realm of reality, it's no threat to the integrity of any meaninful league. No reason they shouldn't be able to have a little bit of fun in Kansas City.
Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: jtwcornell91 (---.loyno.edu)
Date: July 01, 2005 06:24PM
[Q]Jordan 04 Wrote:
DeltaOne81 Wrote:
No, it's an abomination. Maybe next year they can decide the World Series based on a game of GTA3. Okay, on second thouht, that'd be *kinda* cool [/Q]
No, it's not, precisely because they're not deciding the World Series with this.
The Northern League is a low-level independent league, in the business of entertainment, not carrying the torch of the national pastime
[...]
And because it's so far beyond the realm of reality, it's no threat to the integrity of any meaninful league. No reason they shouldn't be able to have a little bit of fun in Kansas City.[/q]
So, basically, you're saying it's a bush-league stunt which is okay because it's occurring in the bush leagues?
Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: DeltaOne81 (---.bu.edu)
Date: July 01, 2005 07:02PM
Well, yes, it's not worth making a huge controversy about because it's occuring at such a low level. That doesn't make it any less wrong, however.
Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: KeithK (---.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net)
Date: July 01, 2005 08:57PM
It's an abomination, but it's an abomination that we can largely ignore because the Northern League is so unimportant.
Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: Trotsky (---.cust-rtr.swbell.net)
Date: July 05, 2005 02:52PM
I created this thread prior to learning that the Merriam Webster Dictionary includes an entry for "bootylicious."
I retract the statement. The Eschatology Express has long left the station.
I retract the statement. The Eschatology Express has long left the station.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/05/2005 02:54PM by Trotsky.
Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: Will (---.cable.mindspring.com)
Date: July 05, 2005 04:10PM
[Q]Trotsky Wrote:
I created this thread prior to learning that the Merriam Webster Dictionary includes an entry for "bootylicious."[/q]
This is the unabridged dictionary, I take it?
I created this thread prior to learning that the Merriam Webster Dictionary includes an entry for "bootylicious."[/q]
This is the unabridged dictionary, I take it?
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Is next year here yet?
Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: Jacob '06 (---.twcny.res.rr.com)
Date: July 06, 2005 12:33AM
[Q]Trotsky Wrote:
I created this thread prior to learning that the Merriam Webster Dictionary includes an entry for "bootylicious."
I retract the statement. The Eschatology Express has long left the station.
Edited 1 times. Last edit at 07/05/05 02:54PM by Trotsky.[/q]
It also has nucular as an accepted pronunciation for nuclear. The wonderful things our president does for our speaking skills.
I created this thread prior to learning that the Merriam Webster Dictionary includes an entry for "bootylicious."
I retract the statement. The Eschatology Express has long left the station.
Edited 1 times. Last edit at 07/05/05 02:54PM by Trotsky.[/q]
It also has nucular as an accepted pronunciation for nuclear. The wonderful things our president does for our speaking skills.
Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: Tom Lento (---.walngs01.pa.comcast.net)
Date: July 06, 2005 09:07AM
[Q]Jacob '06 Wrote:
It also has nucular as an accepted pronunciation for nuclear. The wonderful things our president does for our speaking skills.[/q]
Wouldn't be the first time. Ever say normalcy instead of normality? You can thank Warren G. Harding for that one.
Maybe it'll be different, since it's 8 years instead of 4, but GHW Bush's mangling of the word "harrassment" during the Clarence Thomas hearings seems like it's fallen out of common usage, even though just about every newscaster started mispronouncing it. Seems like they've stopped, but maybe there haven't been as many sexual harrassment cases in the news lately.
Am I the only one who thinks of Homer Simpson every time Bush says nucular? "Nucular, Lisa. It's pronounced nucular."
It also has nucular as an accepted pronunciation for nuclear. The wonderful things our president does for our speaking skills.[/q]
Wouldn't be the first time. Ever say normalcy instead of normality? You can thank Warren G. Harding for that one.
Maybe it'll be different, since it's 8 years instead of 4, but GHW Bush's mangling of the word "harrassment" during the Clarence Thomas hearings seems like it's fallen out of common usage, even though just about every newscaster started mispronouncing it. Seems like they've stopped, but maybe there haven't been as many sexual harrassment cases in the news lately.
Am I the only one who thinks of Homer Simpson every time Bush says nucular? "Nucular, Lisa. It's pronounced nucular."
Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: nyc94 (66.147.179.---)
Date: July 06, 2005 01:20PM
[Q]Tom Lento Wrote:
Am I the only one who thinks of Homer Simpson every time Bush says nucular? "Nucular, Lisa. It's pronounced nucular."[/q]
And Marge saying to Lisa, "It doesn't take a nucular scientist to pronounce foilage."
Am I the only one who thinks of Homer Simpson every time Bush says nucular? "Nucular, Lisa. It's pronounced nucular."[/q]
And Marge saying to Lisa, "It doesn't take a nucular scientist to pronounce foilage."
Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: Trotsky (---.cust-rtr.swbell.net)
Date: July 06, 2005 03:22PM
People who insist on correct pronunciation are giving comfort to the enemy and hate America.
Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: Kyle Rose (---.krose.org)
Date: July 06, 2005 09:51PM
[Q]
It also has nucular as an accepted pronunciation for nuclear. The wonderful things our president does for our speaking skills.[/q]
"Nucular" as a pronunciation long predates Bush's presidency. I recall my grandmother using it at least 15 years ago. It doesn't even seem to be a southern thing, since she was from Long Island.
Kyle
It also has nucular as an accepted pronunciation for nuclear. The wonderful things our president does for our speaking skills.[/q]
"Nucular" as a pronunciation long predates Bush's presidency. I recall my grandmother using it at least 15 years ago. It doesn't even seem to be a southern thing, since she was from Long Island.
Kyle
Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: min (---.hsd1.ga.comcast.net)
Date: July 06, 2005 11:51PM
krose is right. I recall hearing on NPR sometime ago that president Eisenhower also pronounced "nucular." I guess Dubya is not the first president to say nucular, and likely not to be the last.... 
Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: jtwcornell91 (---.no.no.cox.net)
Date: July 07, 2005 12:21AM
[Q]min Wrote:
krose is right. I recall hearing on NPR sometime ago that president Eisenhower also pronounced "nucular." I guess Dubya is not the first president to say nucular, and likely not to be the last.... [/q]
Didn't Carter say it as well?
krose is right. I recall hearing on NPR sometime ago that president Eisenhower also pronounced "nucular." I guess Dubya is not the first president to say nucular, and likely not to be the last.... [/q]
Didn't Carter say it as well?
Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: min (---.hsd1.ga.comcast.net)
Date: July 07, 2005 09:30AM
Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: Tom Lento (---.walngs01.pa.comcast.net)
Date: July 07, 2005 09:41PM
[Q]krose Wrote:
"Nucular" as a pronunciation long predates Bush's presidency. I recall my grandmother using it at least 15 years ago. It doesn't even seem to be a southern thing, since she was from Long Island.
[/q]
I wonder if that pronounciation started with an earlier president, or if it's just a scattered regional pronounciation - like coupon (koo-pon vs que-pon - sorry, I don't know a better way to write that out).
Normalcy for normality definitely started with Harding, but something like nucular/nuclear is harder to pin down. I'm not at all surprised it predates GW Bush, since the Simpsons episodes in question were before his presidency.
"Nucular" as a pronunciation long predates Bush's presidency. I recall my grandmother using it at least 15 years ago. It doesn't even seem to be a southern thing, since she was from Long Island.
[/q]
I wonder if that pronounciation started with an earlier president, or if it's just a scattered regional pronounciation - like coupon (koo-pon vs que-pon - sorry, I don't know a better way to write that out).
Normalcy for normality definitely started with Harding, but something like nucular/nuclear is harder to pin down. I'm not at all surprised it predates GW Bush, since the Simpsons episodes in question were before his presidency.
Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: ninian '72 (---.ed.gov)
Date: July 11, 2005 11:27AM
Jimmy Carter also used this pronunciation, even more surprising, given his background:
"Carter began his career as a naval engineer after receiving a B.S. degree from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946. In 1950 the navy decided to build its first ship since the end of World War II and Lt. Carter, who had become a submariner, was assigned to represent the navy with the precommissioning engineering for a new type of submarine. After the navy decided to build two nuclear submarines, he was selected for this service. He was assigned first to the Atomic Energy Commission in Washington, D.C, then to Schenectady, N.Y. as senior officer of the crew of the "Sea Wolf," which was under construction. He took graduate work from Union College in reactor technology and nuclear physics, supervised the training of the crew, and assisted with the construction of the power plant."
(from: [www.engology.com])
"Carter began his career as a naval engineer after receiving a B.S. degree from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946. In 1950 the navy decided to build its first ship since the end of World War II and Lt. Carter, who had become a submariner, was assigned to represent the navy with the precommissioning engineering for a new type of submarine. After the navy decided to build two nuclear submarines, he was selected for this service. He was assigned first to the Atomic Energy Commission in Washington, D.C, then to Schenectady, N.Y. as senior officer of the crew of the "Sea Wolf," which was under construction. He took graduate work from Union College in reactor technology and nuclear physics, supervised the training of the crew, and assisted with the construction of the power plant."
(from: [www.engology.com])
Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: Trotsky (---.frdrmd.adelphia.net)
Date: July 11, 2005 03:50PM
[Q]ninian '72 Wrote:
Jimmy Carter also used this pronunciation, even more surprising, given his background[/q]
Not really "surprising," since the pronunciation is regional and doesn't connote ignorance (in the same way that Cantabs can't pronounce "Harvard" correctly, and residents of the state of Washington throw an "r" in).
Saying Bush is a moron because he can't pronounce "nuclear" is like saying Stalin was evil because he had a moustache. The assessment is correct, but the given reason is irrelevant.
Jimmy Carter also used this pronunciation, even more surprising, given his background[/q]
Not really "surprising," since the pronunciation is regional and doesn't connote ignorance (in the same way that Cantabs can't pronounce "Harvard" correctly, and residents of the state of Washington throw an "r" in).
Saying Bush is a moron because he can't pronounce "nuclear" is like saying Stalin was evil because he had a moustache. The assessment is correct, but the given reason is irrelevant.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/11/2005 03:51PM by Trotsky.
Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: KeithK (---.external.lmco.com)
Date: July 11, 2005 05:48PM
May the Lord bless me such that some day I am half as moronically successful in life...
Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: Jeff Hopkins '82 (---.mis.prserv.net)
Date: July 11, 2005 10:46PM
May the Lord forgive you for using that success to cause American soldiers to die for a misplaced ideology or for outright corporate greed.
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Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: Erica (---.nrockv01.md.comcast.net)
Date: July 19, 2005 10:07PM
It obviously didn't start with GWB. There are plenty of people that pronounce nuclear like that. It seems like just a lazy pronuciation stemming from dialect. People brush it off as just being his accent, but the reason why it bothers me is because it's completely random. If you reverse the n and the u, you have unclear. Have you ever heard anyone pronounce that "uncular." It's just the word "nuclear" that the accent seems to affect, and it seems like a lazy thing more than anything.
Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: David Harding (---.hsd1.il.comcast.net)
Date: July 19, 2005 11:39PM
Hmm. There is no mention of anything special on either team's web site account of the game.
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Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: Jordan 04 (---.ny5030.east.verizon.net)
Date: July 20, 2005 12:21AM
Re: [OT] The Apocalypse is Officially Upon Us
Posted by: RichH (---.chvlva.adelphia.net)
Date: July 30, 2005 03:03AM
Yeah. It was such a weird feeling when I found that it took me months to pronounce "Revenue" correctly after the 2003 Frozen Four.
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