CELEBRITY DEATH POOL 2009!!! - Page 10

classicman · 12-28-2009, 02:26 PM

OMG - lets not rehash all this please - I was bustin his chops on a year old bet borne from virtually this same discussion.

Shawnee123 · 12-28-2009, 03:06 PM

It's just pars and courses and status quos.

Undertoad · 12-28-2009, 04:15 PM

It's not a discussion. Again, if you want to start your own, go for it. Final word.

Radar · 12-28-2009, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

It's not a discussion. Again, if you want to start your own, go for it. Final word.

I've never disputed that this is your site Tony. Of course you can run it any way you like. You could run it just as well for less money, and I just have a hard time doing the math on why you wouldn't. It would be a lot less stressful to worry about coming up with the money every month if the bill were cheaper, and the donations you get would last a lot longer.

Clearly you've got some personal reason for wanting to spend more money and have the server where you can touch it because there is no technological reason you couldn't run it on a virtual server elsewhere just as fast and stable and secure for a lot less money.

As for me, I'll come up with the $50 to honor my bet with classicman in the next couple of weeks so you can put it toward your bills.

Radar · 12-28-2009, 04:48 PM

My employment status has nothing to do with my skill and everything to do with there being no IT jobs where I live. I've been getting calls from people in Los Angeles who recognize my skill and experience to come back to work for them and I've been weighing the decision to return to Los Angeles carefully.

I have strong business contacts out there, but I really don't want to raise my daughter there. I believe Tony had his own stint being unemployed too. That's the nature of the IT business.

Radar · 12-29-2009, 10:24 AM

I never heard of him, but after a little research it seems that you are correct, which puts you in second place barring the death of anyone else on the list in the next 2 days.

Monster - 43 Points (Patrick Swayze)
Sundae Girl - 39 Points (John Mortimer & Bobby Robson)
Shawnee - 34 Points (Ted Kennedy (23), Karl Malden (3) & Walter Cronkite (8))
Classicman – 23 Points (Ted Kennedy)
Spudcon – 3 Points (Karl Malden)

Radar · 12-29-2009, 10:27 AM

It seems as though Monster kicked all of our butts by picking someone young. I'm wondering if I should change my strategy and pick 10 young people who live dangerously (Olsen Twins, Artie Lang, etc.) and hope I catch just 1 of them.

I've been going with the "so old they have one foot in the grave" method and it hasn't been paying off for me.

Shawnee123 · 12-29-2009, 10:30 AM

I got three dead people, man.

Radar · 12-29-2009, 10:31 AM

I know. That's why I'm saying a young person strategy might be better. You're batting 300 which is good enough for the majors.

Shawnee123 · 12-29-2009, 10:33 AM

I picked young people who didn't happen to die. Most pick young AND old.

I think 3 dead people to only one person having two dead people and then only one dead person is pretty good, especially since Swayze had admitted to a cancer with a bad prognosis...leveled the playing field.

Oh well, there's still time for Tara Reid to kick it.

Radar · 12-29-2009, 10:38 AM

Anyone who had Heath Ledger or Brittany Murphy would have won big this year. You'd get 139 points for both.

Shawnee123 · 12-29-2009, 10:43 AM

True. Who woulda thunk?

Those are always the surprising and sad ones.

Undertoad · 04-22-2011, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Radar

But even if this is your argument it has no merit because Amazon EC2 will allow you to setup a server in minutes on a GIGANTIC server farm with guaranteed uptime, with auto backups, upgrades, etc. and it would still cost a fraction of what you're paying.

http://aws.amazon.com/ec2

Do you really think the cellar is going to outlast Amazon?

I never answered Radar's question because he was being a gigantic dick. The answer was yes, yes, yes! I believe that the Cellar is going to outlast Amazon. That's exactly what I thought at the time of posting and I still believe it today.

Especially today!

Yesterday Amazon's EC2 suffered a massive, massive failure which brought down many of the net's biggest websites. Affected for going on 24 hours are Reddit, Foursquare, Quora and many, many more sites and services.

Now, because their service level guarantee of 99.995% uptime was not met, these websites can demand a refund from their next Amazon bill...

a refund of 10%.

Able to do no business for an entire day and counting, and they get 10% off.

Gravdigr · 04-22-2011, 03:40 AM

ZenGum · 04-23-2011, 10:02 PM

Speaking of which, was there a cellar outage yesterday? I was just wiping the last tears of laughter from my eyes when all connectivity to the cellar failed. I tried the TRACERT command and it got to what I know is the penultimate step (ptr.us.xo.net ) and declared "destination net unreachable". I was quite irritated.

This happens sometimes but yesterday was particularly annoying. Usually the break occurs earlier, somewhere between Sydney and LA.

12-28-2009, 02:26 PM	#1
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	OMG - lets not rehash all this please - I was bustin his chops on a year old bet borne from virtually this same discussion. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

12-28-2009, 03:06 PM	#2
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	It's just pars and courses and status quos. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby Last edited by Shawnee123; 12-28-2009 at 03:11 PM.

12-28-2009, 04:48 PM	#5
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	My employment status has nothing to do with my skill and everything to do with there being no IT jobs where I live. I've been getting calls from people in Los Angeles who recognize my skill and experience to come back to work for them and I've been weighing the decision to return to Los Angeles carefully. I have strong business contacts out there, but I really don't want to raise my daughter there. I believe Tony had his own stint being unemployed too. That's the nature of the IT business. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

12-29-2009, 10:24 AM	#6
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	I never heard of him, but after a little research it seems that you are correct, which puts you in second place barring the death of anyone else on the list in the next 2 days. Monster - 43 Points (Patrick Swayze) Sundae Girl - 39 Points (John Mortimer & Bobby Robson) Shawnee - 34 Points (Ted Kennedy (23), Karl Malden (3) & Walter Cronkite (8)) Classicman – 23 Points (Ted Kennedy) Spudcon – 3 Points (Karl Malden) __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

12-29-2009, 10:27 AM	#7
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	It seems as though Monster kicked all of our butts by picking someone young. I'm wondering if I should change my strategy and pick 10 young people who live dangerously (Olsen Twins, Artie Lang, etc.) and hope I catch just 1 of them. I've been going with the "so old they have one foot in the grave" method and it hasn't been paying off for me. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

12-28-2009, 04:15 PM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It's not a discussion. Again, if you want to start your own, go for it. Final word.

12-29-2009, 10:30 AM	#8
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I got three dead people, man. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

12-29-2009, 10:31 AM	#9
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	I know. That's why I'm saying a young person strategy might be better. You're batting 300 which is good enough for the majors. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

12-29-2009, 10:33 AM	#10
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I picked young people who didn't happen to die. Most pick young AND old. I think 3 dead people to only one person having two dead people and then only one dead person is pretty good, especially since Swayze had admitted to a cancer with a bad prognosis...leveled the playing field. Oh well, there's still time for Tara Reid to kick it. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

12-29-2009, 10:38 AM	#11
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	Anyone who had Heath Ledger or Brittany Murphy would have won big this year. You'd get 139 points for both. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

12-29-2009, 10:43 AM	#12
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	True. Who woulda thunk? Those are always the surprising and sad ones. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-22-2011, 03:40 AM	#14
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	__________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

04-23-2011, 10:02 PM	#15
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Speaking of which, was there a cellar outage yesterday? I was just wiping the last tears of laughter from my eyes when all connectivity to the cellar failed. I tried the TRACERT command and it got to what I know is the penultimate step (ptr.us.xo.net ) and declared "destination net unreachable". I was quite irritated. This happens sometimes but yesterday was particularly annoying. Usually the break occurs earlier, somewhere between Sydney and LA. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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