Our first live chat during the Bears' preseason game Thursday was a rousing success. We had over 300 people in our chat room during the game, so join us Sunday starting around 6 p.m.
We post stats, polls, updates from Brad Biggs live from Lucas Oil Stadium and lively debate. Watch the game on TV, but keep your laptop close. Once you start with us, you won't leave. Go to www.suntimes.com/sports at 6 p.m. on Sunday.
I'm not sure what to expect Sunday. In these situations, I usually think the underdog will do better than expected.
It's a good time to catch Peyton Manning. He hasn't done anything all preseason and he can't be 100 percent physically.
I fully expect the Bears' defense to play a lot better than it did in the preseason. If the Bears can get to Manning, it could be intersting.
And with the Colts using a rookie center, their running game might not be as strong.
Who knows, but for some reason, I'm looking for the Bears to cover the 10-point spread.
I thought it was just me, you, Ricky and Mark re-logging in 297 times. He did take a lot of bathroom breaks??
Ahem.....
You mean I was talking to 300 people?
If I had known that I would have worn my dress pajamas.
...and JB showed up in the late 3rd quarter..via remote vacation wi-fi hookup!
Just can't seem to get on the Kyle Orton bandwagon...hope the team does better at QB than I expect. Watched 1 full preseason game, and half another, I am out of touch with this team, the coaching staff, and the whole ordeal....gotta get in 2008 shape real quick. A sarcastic comment from Culz won't even help me this season.
What about Culpepper? any talks??
Roman responds: He retired yesterday. You knew that.
He only retired, because he couldn't command starter money and a chance to fight for time anywhere.
I would throw him into our carousel.
OMG..THE BLOG NOW HAS SPELL CHECKER!!!!!!
YAHOOOOOOOO
"OMG..THE BLOG NOW HAS SPELL CHECKER!!!!!!
YAHOOOOOOOO"
Where can I locate this feature?
I'll have to take a pass tonight Roman.
I get up at 4:00 AM, and I hate paying the price of staying up to watch these prime time games.
The old body doesn't respond as well to 5 hours of sleep like it used to.
I might watch the first half, but I'm sure that I'll be recording the rest of the game. I only hope that it's worth the space it takes up on my DVR.
Anyway, I'm sure Culzie will keep all of you entertained in my absence. I can't type nearly as fast as him. He's tall, and he probably has long fingers. I'd need a handicap to play the course with him. He'd have to spot me at least 8 key strokes a second.
Detroit loses = Bears in first place!!!
For possibly the last time this season.
Mark...you cant come for just a half?
hey...i figured it out, i downloaded the new web browser by google...called CHROME its like EXPLORER
its pretty good. I use a buncha google apps and google docs and the google calendar, so it goes well with my systems. And...added BONUS...
SPELL CHECK ON FCP
http://www.google.com/chrome/index.html?hl=en&brand=CHMG&utm_source=en-hpp&utm_medium=hpp&utm_campaign=en
OR JUST GO TO GOOGLE AND LOOK FOR THE CHROME DOWNLOAD.
Roman responds: Yeah Mark, it's going to go live around 5:30, maybe sooner. Join us.
When is this going live? I cant find the link on cst.com/sports?
Roman responds: Soon, maybe 5.
MOUNTAIN TIME?
FYI, I tried to dowload Chrome a few days ago, but it's not available for Mac yet.
See you guys later!!!
:)
hey...i figured it out, i downloaded the new web browser by google...called CHROME its like EXPLORER
its pretty good. I use a buncha google apps and google docs and the google calendar, so it goes well with my systems. And...added BONUS...
I just heard about this new browser, and I'm going to check it out.
Looks like it might be as good or better than Firefox.
But there are other browsers, applications, and operating systems that intrigue me too. As an example, the following is a missive that a friend of mine posted to our discussion group.
If it's over your head don't feel bad ... it's WAY over mine.
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From "The Bat":
Actually, I got Fedora 9 up & running nicely on this old Celeron box I used to run as a co-lo server before I moved everything to a new dedicated machine at Mediatemple. I had it shipped here from Brooklyn and use it for a test platform and to just play around with other things.
This started when a circuit breaker tripped and killed the Redhat 7 install I had running. Couldn't fix that without the Redhat discs which I never had, so I sent off for a set of Fedora 9 disks which came to a whopping $16.99 which included the install discs and shipping plus a $5.00 donation for the Free Fedora Media Program to send a set to somebody who can't afford even that nominal sum (just another typical little act of benevolence on the part of another Rich Republican Scumbag - like when I order cigars online and send a stogie gift package to our troops overseas). I had to get disks because the old system was so totally hosed I couldn't repair it or restore it. Anyway, Fedora came, I installed it, and I'm impressed. Doing an "upgrade" install, I got a working os without losing all the site files, installers, media backups, and email archives I had backed up on the machine which, although all the same stuff is backed up yet again in another location, was convenient.
Admittedly, Fedora, or any linux install, might be a bit daunting to a user who's not familiar with much besides the user-friendly interfaces of the Mac OS or the point & click/Installer Wizard world of Windows, but I also think somebody who's getting fed up with Microsoft and all it's licenses, restrictions, DRM/Digital Rights Management, and it's endless stream of bugs and vulnerabilities as well as Mac aficionados who might like to play around with something new or who might be getting tired of the $129.00 OS X upgrades every few months that are starting, like Windows, to almost require a new machine or hardware upgrade to really run well, might find it worth exploring. And, you can find a Fedora distribution you can run on about any Intel or Mac machine (PowerPC or MacIntel), be it old or be it new. It's open source and, unless you go for something like one of the commercial Redhat versions, it's mostly free.
Installed, Fedora comes with an elegant GUI that will feel familiar to fans of Windows XP as well as maybe look not too weird to OS X users. Of course, you still have the terminal window if you're comfortable and familiar with that, and comes well fleshed out with an extensive list of apps and tools for a variety of uses. And it can dual function as a web server. Imagine that! By default it installs Firefox as a web browser (Lynx as a text based browser in the terminal window), but other options include Konquerer, Opera, and more (http://linux.about.com/od/softbrowser/Linux_Software_Web_Browsers.htm).
You aspiring web designer/developers out there, I'll let you in on a little secret: Look at your pages in a text based browser like Lynx. It'll show you something more akin to what search indexes like Google actually see. Including all your meaningless images if you've neglected to add the vital alt tags. If, for example, you have text in an image, Google, Yahoo, and all the rest have no idea what that reads as without the alt tag. Image splash screens on the home page? Same problem.
For a graphic/text browser, so far I'm mostly using Opera because of it's easy window scaling feature (lower right hand corner) until I can get video card that will support something besides 640x480 and 800x600 on this machine. You can try tweaking that by editing the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, but results are iffy. Getting a larger and you'd probably want to make sure you make a backup copy of xorg.conf before you do (cp xorg.conf xorg.conf_orig). Then you can use vi to edit xorg.conf. I think a video card upgrade along with a ram boost will probably be the better course, though.
In the process of getting Fedora, troubleshooting some hardware and install issues, and getting it up and running, I discovered something kind of interesting; there ain't a heck of a lot of computer stores or system consultants in my area that are familiar with or support linux. Trying to figure out a couple of things, I joined an area linux users group and posted a couple of questions to their forum. Imagine my surprise when I actually got emails from members of the group with possible solutions. I even got a phone call from the group leader, the next day, who was concerned I figure out the problem. Imagine that. Learn enough about the various desktop distros, or even just Fedora, and it soon might be a good time to set up shop as a linux consultant.
...See, a whole post and no mention of Sarah Palin or John McCain.
Roman:
You guys are great. I appreciate the invitation and I sent you an email inquiring as to how I can access this chat.
If I'm able to stay awake for a few more hours, I'll be happy to join in the discussion. Just tell Culzie to take it easy on the old man. I have a hard time keeping up with these young studs.
LETS GO BEARS!!!
My friend Pete from Austrilia responds:
I try new Linux distributions all the time. Arch Linux is by far the best and the fastest IMHO. However it is bleeding-edge stuff and not for beginners.
Ubuntu is great for anyone trying Linux for the first time.
http://www.ubuntu.com/
Knoppix is even easier. You download the Live Disk and just boot your PC with it in the drive. I doesn't affect your existing OS at all and runs from the CD, albeit rather slower than if it was installed on the hard drive.
Make that, "Australia"
Bears rule detroit can lick a you know what, green bay is just terrible bears for division winners.