max Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 "Pointless" being that its impossible to predict but not void of reason or logic. This kid claims he has reason for his realignments, but he can never articulate what the reasoning or logic is. Even though the title says its pointless, you still have to stay on track. You can't just on the carpet and call it art.I am creating the science of dreams. Like the art of , anybody can weigh in at any time in hopes that their two cents (or usually about two sentences) are committed to the work we appreciate doing collectively for no reason.- While you have been climbing the walls of text I have posted, I have at the same time been repelling down the cliff handing out water and Cracker-Jack. *I read upside-down*We'll see if I'm interested in youmax: 7.41 PV/AP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 "Pointless" being that its impossible to predict but not void of reason or logic. This kid claims he has reason for his realignments, but he can never articulate what the reasoning or logic is. Even though the title says its pointless, you still have to stay on track. You can't just on the carpet and call it art.I am creating the science of dreams. Like the art of , anybody can weigh in at any time in hopes that their two cents (or usually about two sentences) are committed to the work we appreciate doing collectively for no reason.*Reports poster to Chinese authorities for recreational drug abuse.* Quote On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 *Reports poster to Chinese authorities for recreational drug abuse.*"Dianhua yao yao ling ruguo ni yao jingcha zai zhongguo."Dial 110 if you need the police in China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Central Hockey League with (parenthetical NHL affiliations) listed:SouthAllen, TX Americans (Stars)Fort Worth Brahmas (None)NorthWichita Thunder (None)Missouri Mavericks (Canucks)Tulsa Oilers (None)WestDenver Cutthroats (Avalanche)Arizona Sundogs (Coyotes)Rapid City Rush (None)EastBloomington, IL Blaze (None)Quad City, IL Mallards (None) *owned by the CHL, league offices located in ArizonaDivision Champs to the playoffs.Key point: The "division" (the sole geographic factor I used to base this formulation on) already "exists" in the geography of league and is based on all teams' geographical relative location to every other team. Every team is partnered with their closest geographical neighbor within the group; if that team is not the closest geographical neighbor of the first team, the third team is included until two teams are each others' closest geographical neighbors.*Missouri closest to Wichita, Tulsa closest to Wichita, Wichita closest to Missouri, therefore, Wichita, Missouri, and Tulsa are in one group because they all share "Wichita" as a rival. The group names above are arbitrary.**In fact, in the groups with three teams, there is one city that both of the other cities are rivals with, and those two other cities cannot be rivals with each other (this formulation is not based on pairing teams' "two closest geographical rivals," so the most descriptive names of these groups are inherently "Wichita Division" and "Denver Division."***As it stands now, in the 2012-13 season standings, Wichita and Denver would be the leaders of their respective groups...Is it unfair? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaytonBlue Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 And this is the pointless realignment outpost. The place for us to share all the crazy realignment ideas that run through our heads while keeping us from posting a new NCAA realignment in the NCAA realignment thread every time one new team jumps conferences."Pointless" being that its impossible to predict but not void of reason or logic. This kid claims he has reason for his realignments, but he can never articulate what the reasoning or logic is. Even though the title says its pointless, you still have to stay on track. You can't just on the carpet and call it art.Oh I agree, I can barely even tell what his realignments are (except for this last one of 2 and 3 team divisions, but I still don't understand the "logic" behind it) and some of his posts are just thoughts about how one should do a realignment. We've all had those thoughts since we've posted them before. Quote "I did absolutely nothing and it was everything I thought it could be." -Peter Gibbons RIP Demitra #38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 The first NCAA Football Game was played between two teams with no apparent "playoff incenive" to motivate either team.Today NCAA Division I playoffs are totally determined by factors weighed by statistical referees (BCS Standings and RPI for football and basketball, respectively)In 100 years, Princeton and Rutgers will play the last "college football" game with computers.I imagine that, before then, college sports will become non-profit, the NFL will fold, and "Watson" will hand us a print-out of the league standings on Super Bowl Sunday and people will be more excited for this than an actual football game.I think the ultimate goal here is to create balance among the teams in a league in all possible ways we can and we need to prove our theories.Now is the time for more pointless theories.Begin by answering my question, Griffinmarlins... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still MIGHTY Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 STAHP Quote | ANA | LAA | LAR | LAL | ASU | CSULB | USMNT | USWNT | LAFC | OCSC | MAN UTD | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Popularity is the only way to articulate time's passage.Lacanian theories could be used to form new league realignments... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Like this one:P.S. > Let me post whatever I want that "pertains to" realignment. I am not sure what you all think I am ruining for you here. That said, you can judge my trolling (I have no idea what a troll is, but you all seem to know pretty well).How to align divisions based on "time" (past performance like the NFL schedule, I don't want to explain this again) does not require a definition of whether time has passed, in this case, but rather the answering of the question, "when does time start?"If we want to go back to the 1400s, where history really starts (according to Anatoli Fomenko, author of "New Chronology"), we can start the placement of current NFL teams like this, based on geographical location (for grouping purposes and in comparing team identities that "match" identities established in the past) and a qualitative analysis of current team nicknames as representations of identity, representations established in history. The Los Angeles Lakers: Lakers moved from Minneapolis, therefore the city of Los Angeles has no bearing on placement within league groups until the Lakers move there and whether "Lakes" or basketball existed upon establishment of the city.Beginning in 1400, Native American Indian populations were spread throughout the continent...How's this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Or this one:Same idea as the geographic rivals baby-feed, but with team sanctioned "dates of establishment."And this question:should the electoral college be done away with? If you say yes, you think that every vote should count, regardless of geography (indicating a penchant for a balanced schedule). If you say no, you believe states should gather more votes depending on their populations and the structure of Congress (to be interpreted as a penchant for grouping teams based on playoff format or having divisions/conferences for the sake of divisions/conferences because of tradition, etc.).Maybe I'm trying to gerrymander with no bias (prove I am a fan of the Wichita Wranglers, better yet, I'll change my avatar - I just remember the logo on Minor League Baseball cards I bought a long time ago). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aci Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I'm not sure how much of what you're smoking, but I'd like to speak to your dealer. Quote Hamilton Eagles- 2012 and 2013 Continental Hockey League Champions! 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015 CHL East Division Champions! Niagara Dragoons- 2012 United League and CCSLC World Series Champions! 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 UL Robinson Division Champions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESTONES6 Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Or this one:Same idea as the geographic rivals baby-feed, but with team sanctioned "dates of establishment."And this question:should the electoral college be done away with? If you say yes, you think that every vote should count, regardless of geography (indicating a penchant for a balanced schedule). If you say no, you believe states should gather more votes depending on their populations and the structure of Congress (to be interpreted as a penchant for grouping teams based on playoff format or having divisions/conferences for the sake of divisions/conferences because of tradition, etc.).Maybe I'm trying to gerrymander with no bias (prove I am a fan of the Wichita Wranglers, better yet, I'll change my avatar - I just remember the logo on Minor League Baseball cards I bought a long time ago).Seriously... STFU and GTFOutta here. Quote SAINT IGNATIUS WILDCATS | CLEVELAND BROWNS | CLEVELAND CAVALIERS | CLEVELAND INDIANS | THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Or this one:Same idea as the geographic rivals baby-feed, but with team sanctioned "dates of establishment."And this question:should the electoral college be done away with? If you say yes, you think that every vote should count, regardless of geography (indicating a penchant for a balanced schedule). If you say no, you believe states should gather more votes depending on their populations and the structure of Congress (to be interpreted as a penchant for grouping teams based on playoff format or having divisions/conferences for the sake of divisions/conferences because of tradition, etc.).Maybe I'm trying to gerrymander with no bias (prove I am a fan of the Wichita Wranglers, better yet, I'll change my avatar - I just remember the logo on Minor League Baseball cards I bought a long time ago).Look, you go from the electoral college to proving you're a Wichita Wranglers fan. What the hell, man?STOP!I remember when this thread used to be enjoyable. Now it's maddening. I blame you for that. Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Look, you go from the electoral college to proving you're a Wichita Wranglers fan. What the hell, man?I'm saying you can't prove bias if I change my avatar. "Gerrymandering" is notorious, and probably synonymous with "biased realignment."I should change this theory, bold added:should the electoral college be done away with? If you say yes, you think that every vote should count, regardless of geography (indicating a penchant for a balanced schedule and therefore less interest in a playoff championship like the Super Bowl, World Series, Stanley Cup). If you say no, you believe states should gather more votes depending on their populations and the structure of Congress (to be interpreted as a penchant for grouping teams based on playoff format or having divisions/conferences for the sake of divisions/conferences because of tradition, etc.). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Look, you go from the electoral college to proving you're a Wichita Wranglers fan. What the hell, man?I'm saying you can't prove bias if I change my avatar. "Gerrymandering" is notorious, and probably synonymous with "biased realignment."I should change this theory, bold added:should the electoral college be done away with? If you say yes, you think that every vote should count, regardless of geography (indicating a penchant for a balanced schedule and therefore less interest in a playoff championship like the Super Bowl, World Series, Stanley Cup). If you say no, you believe states should gather more votes depending on their populations and the structure of Congress (to be interpreted as a penchant for grouping teams based on playoff format or having divisions/conferences for the sake of divisions/conferences because of tradition, etc.).No one said anything about your damn avatar. Only you did. The only thing anyone's said at all about any of your posts is how they make absolutely no sense and how we're all sick of seeing them. Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 http://www.rawstory....ctoral-college/To all gerrymanderers,Bring your best work. Show off your talent.Quote from article:“If Republicans in 2011 had abused their monopoly control of state government in several key swing states and passed new laws for allocating electoral votes, the exact same votes cast in the exact same way in the 2012 election would have converted Barack Obama’s advantage of nearly five million popular votes and 126 electoral votes into a resounding Electoral College defeat,” FairVote election expert Rob Richie explained last month.Raw Story (http://s.tt/1yqfc)According to my hypothesis, Republicans would not be in favor of an European soccer-style balanced-schedule, favor dividing major league teams into groups for no reason (considering a balanced schedule, no divisions are necessary), and such a balanced system would deem any playoffs at all arbitrary. They aren't really ever on the side of fairness anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESTONES6 Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Look, you go from the electoral college to proving you're a Wichita Wranglers fan. What the hell, man?I'm saying you can't prove bias if I change my avatar. "Gerrymandering" is notorious, and probably synonymous with "biased realignment."I should change this theory, bold added:should the electoral college be done away with? If you say yes, you think that every vote should count, regardless of geography (indicating a penchant for a balanced schedule and therefore less interest in a playoff championship like the Super Bowl, World Series, Stanley Cup). If you say no, you believe states should gather more votes depending on their populations and the structure of Congress (to be interpreted as a penchant for grouping teams based on playoff format or having divisions/conferences for the sake of divisions/conferences because of tradition, etc.).No one said anything about your damn avatar. Only you did. The only thing anyone's said at all about any of your posts is how they make absolutely no sense and how we're all sick of seeing them.Am I the only other person who thinks Max is on his second semester of college and is trying to show off his new, extensive vocabulary and liberated thought process? I mean it sounds like, he just completed English 1000 and General History 1010 in the Fall. Unfortunatly, Logic 1000 and English 2000 aren't given until next Fall semester. So, putting cohesive and logical arguements together haven't been taught to him yet by the Hippy TA with dread locks yet. Quote SAINT IGNATIUS WILDCATS | CLEVELAND BROWNS | CLEVELAND CAVALIERS | CLEVELAND INDIANS | THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 http://www.rawstory....ctoral-college/To all gerrymanderers,Bring your best work. Show off your talent.Quote from article:“If Republicans in 2011 had abused their monopoly control of state government in several key swing states and passed new laws for allocating electoral votes, the exact same votes cast in the exact same way in the 2012 election would have converted Barack Obama’s advantage of nearly five million popular votes and 126 electoral votes into a resounding Electoral College defeat,” FairVote election expert Rob Richie explained last month.Raw Story (http://s.tt/1yqfc)According to my hypothesis, Republicans would not be in favor of an European soccer-style balanced-schedule, favor dividing major league teams into groups for no reason (considering a balanced schedule, no divisions are necessary), and such a balanced system would deem any playoffs at all arbitrary. They aren't really ever on the side of fairness anyway. Is your neighbor's dog telling you what to write? Quote https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Quote Athletic Director: KTU Blue Grassers Football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 There are also only five "states" in the United States, North-West, North-East, South, Alaska and Hawaii (because they have no land borders with other states). List includes Washington, DC:North-WestWashington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, MichiganNorth-EastNew Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, DC, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, IllinoisSouthArizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, California, Nevada, Utah, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, GeorgiaAlaska, Hawaii, *Puerto RicoThese are the "states" that exist within the current structure geographical structure of the United States.States are paired with the one state they share the longest border with, and then those groupings of states are paired with the one group they share the longest border with (a border that could include more than one State).Electoral College:North-West = 82, 61 to Obama in 2012North-East = 238, 163 to Obama in 2012South = 211, 104 to Obama in 2012Others (AK, HI) = 7, 4 to Obama in 2012A third iteration would group the North-West and South groups together and create two "states" ("East," which would include Missouri and Arkansas, and "West," which would include the Southeastern States, Iowa, and Michigan).East = 238, 163 to Obama in 2012West = 293, 165 to Obama in 2012Others (AK, HI) = 7, 4 to Obama in 2012Here is the first iteration, 14 divisions, 12 groups from contiguous USA:AlaskaHawaiiAlabamaMississippiLouisianaFloridaGeorgiaIowaMinnesotaWisconsinMichiganArizonaNew MexicoTexas (Texas' electoral vote would override the sum of all other states in this group)OklahomaColoradoKansasNebraskaSouth DakotaNorth DakotaNew JerseyPennsylvaniaNew YorkOregonWashington (Washington's electoral vote overrides Oregon's)ArkansasMissouriIllinois (Illinois' electoral vote overrides the sum of all other states in the group)California (California's electoral vote overrides the sum of all others in the group)NevadaUtahConnecticutMassachusettsNew HampshireVermontMaineRhode IslandDelawareMarylandVirginiaWest VirginiaDCNorth CarolinaOhioSouth CarolinaIdahoMontanaWyomingIndianaKentuckyTennessee*Now I want to do this with counties!Source: There are 109 land-borders in the USA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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