News Article: News & Notes XXXVI: We're not leaving

[Canes]

Can't there be another thread for this? Once again you guys hijack a thread meant for hockey......

You mean this is a hockey forum? I only found HFboards in my research to prove mustard based BBQ is superior.

Also I need to say Lenovo sucks donkey dick just like literally 90+ percent of Windows laptop manufacturers.

 

[Daeavorn]

Lenovo stuff is overpriced for what it is, but I don't really think any of the major laptop manufacturers do a good job.

 

[Canes]

Lenovo stuff is overpriced for what it is, but I don't really think any of the major laptop manufacturers do a good job.

Honestly I think Windows itself is probably the best these days. I have a base model Surface Pro 4 from like 2015 or 2016 that still runs like a champ. Also ironically Macbooks (at least Intel based ones) that people install Windows on are probably one of the better options as well. Don't really know much about the new M1 ones as I have a base model 2019 (or maybe early 2020, can't remember, the one with the revised keyboard) Macbook Air

 

[cptjeff]

Lenovo stuff is overpriced for what it is, but I don't really think any of the major laptop manufacturers do a good job.

Are you buying the consumer grade garbage or the enterprise grade stuff? The enterprise grade stuff is really great stuff from just about every manufacturer. A laptop designed to be built at a $400 price point is gonna be shit from any maker. The reason apple gets love for quality is they only build the higher end stuff so people don't buy a laptop that costs a fifth of what their flagship costs and badmouth the brand because of how cheap the cheap laptop feels, but the other makers have similarly high quality products at the top end.

The trick is to buy refurbs- an enterprise grade laptop that's a few years old will cost the same as a new consumer grade one, and will still make the consumer grade laptop look silly with its performance. And the build quality will be far better. Also, Lenovo installs spyware on the consumer grade computers.

 

[Lempo]

Are you buying the consumer grade garbage or the enterprise grade stuff? The enterprise grade stuff is really great stuff from just about every manufacturer. A laptop designed to be built at a $400 price point is gonna be shit from any maker. The reason apple gets love for quality is they only build the higher end stuff so people don't buy a laptop that costs a fifth of what their flagship costs and badmouth the brand because of how cheap the cheap laptop feels, but the other makers have similarly high quality products at the top end.

The trick is to buy refurbs- an enterprise grade laptop that's a few years old will cost the same as a new consumer grade one, and will still make the consumer grade laptop look silly with its performance. And the build quality will be far better. Also, Lenovo installs spyware on the consumer grade computers.

Yes, yes and yes. I got my money's worth of use from a 2007 entry-level MacBook. Battery has been essentially dead for years now obviously, and it hasn't had up-to-date OS X since... a long time, but hardwarewise the laptop was a good argument for me for getting a new one now that I chose I needed a new one.

I was looking into the enterprise grade ones for which the original owner's ~3 years of company lease time had come up, and honestly one of those would really have fitted my needs... and there really seems to be a lot of vendors wanting to sell you corporate pre-owned ones, so the competition is good in the market.

I think in the end it was my wants that that made for me the decision to now go for a middle tear consumer one, one of the wants being not wanting yet another second-hand one like the Macbook that I took from my wife after getting her a new one. I wanted the street-creditable raw specs and the ventilation to go with it this time around, but I know I may come to curse the plastiqueness in due time.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Guys, it's absolutely imperative that @PredsV82 doesn't find out about this, so nobody tell him.

 

[PredsV82]

Guys, it's absolutely imperative that @PredsV82 doesn't find out about this, so nobody tell him.

I lost my "like" button battling COVIDiots on the main board so I'll just reply and point out that they didnt put "presented by Bridgestone" after Central Division... and kudos for taking advantage of your one opportunity in the division to take home the banner.

 

[Daeavorn]

Are you buying the consumer grade garbage or the enterprise grade stuff? The enterprise grade stuff is really great stuff from just about every manufacturer. A laptop designed to be built at a $400 price point is gonna be shit from any maker. The reason apple gets love for quality is they only build the higher end stuff so people don't buy a laptop that costs a fifth of what their flagship costs and badmouth the brand because of how cheap the cheap laptop feels, but the other makers have similarly high quality products at the top end.

The trick is to buy refurbs- an enterprise grade laptop that's a few years old will cost the same as a new consumer grade one, and will still make the consumer grade laptop look silly with its performance. And the build quality will be far better. Also, Lenovo installs spyware on the consumer grade computers.

Interesting, I had not thought about buying refurbs but I like that idea.

My current employer uses HPs and they are very nice but pricey at 1100+.

Where do you buy the refurbs at?

 

[Svechhammer]

I lost my "like" button battling COVIDiots on the main board so I'll just reply and point out that they didnt put "presented by Bridgestone" after Central Division... and kudos for taking advantage of your one opportunity in the division to take home the banner.

Its an honest job, but someone has to do it. We salute you!

And yeah, I'm surprised we didn't have the banner say the Discover Central Division Champions.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Can't there be another thread for this? Once again you guys hijack a thread meant for hockey......

Pretty sure this thread is about music, specifically Huey Lewis and the News, and Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes

 

[Svechhammer]

So LeBrun just put out an interview with Dundon. Couple things

1 - There was no grand plan about the offer sheet. It just happened to be the best option that made the most sense after they had all their other pieces set that would allow them to spend to the cap.

2 - He's tried to reach out to Molson, the owner of the Habs, who refuses to take his calls.

3 - The team is working with the NC government to legalize sports betting with intention to open up an in-house sportsbook ASAP. Expects every arena to have one in the very near future.

 

[cptjeff]

Interesting, I had not thought about buying refurbs but I like that idea.

My current employer uses HPs and they are very nice but pricey at 1100+.

Where do you buy the refurbs at?

Newegg, but they're sold by outside vendors through them, and I think you can get more customization on hard drive, processor and RAM if you go to the sites of those vendors. I was buying for an office though, so it was easiest to just go through Newegg. When that office shut down I inherited one of the computers, a 2011 HP elitebook, and am typing on that as we speak. It was 4 years old when I bought it, SSD and i7, 8gigs RAM. Still more than capable of handling just about anything I can throw at it- it's currently streaming HD video to the TV while I'm bopping around on the internet. I also still have an old T400 (2009) in the basement, but that's Core 2 era, and pretty dicey with video these days. Still, many HF posts still originate with that one while I'm watching TV.

 

[cptjeff]

Its an honest job, but someone has to do it. We salute you!

And yeah, I'm surprised we didn't have the banner say the Discover Central Division Champions.

I'm not really surprised, the NHL got the sponsorship money, banners are a team thing. The Hurricanes are hanging the banner for all time, they're not going to care about the NHL's one year and widely resented sponsorship deal. Have any of the other division champs included it?

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

So LeBrun just put out an interview with Dundon. Couple things

1 - There was no grand plan about the offer sheet. It just happened to be the best option that made the most sense after they had all their other pieces set that would allow them to spend to the cap.

2 - He's tried to reach out to Molson, the owner of the Habs, who refuses to take his calls.

3 - The team is working with the NC government to legalize sports betting with intention to open up an in-house sportsbook ASAP. Expects every arena to have one in the very near future.

outside of the Molson thing, TD has remained steady in his answers about the offer sheet in 3(?) interviews now.

 

[MinJaBen]

So LeBrun just put out an interview with Dundon. Couple things

1 - There was no grand plan about the offer sheet. It just happened to be the best option that made the most sense after they had all their other pieces set that would allow them to spend to the cap.

2 - He's tried to reach out to Molson, the owner of the Habs, who refuses to take his calls.

3 - The team is working with the NC government to legalize sports betting with intention to open up an in-house sportsbook ASAP. Expects every arena to have one in the very near future.

In this state? Good luck. There is a large portion of the right leaning voters that are still upset about the lottery vote.

And I predict that this will be a bigger factor in motivation for teams to relocate in the future than arena deals if they can find a market that allows gambling.

 

[cptjeff]

In this state? Good luck. There is a large portion of the right leaning voters that are still upset about the lottery vote.

And I predict that this will be a bigger factor in motivation for teams to relocate in the future than arena deals if they can find a market that allows gambling.

And honestly? Good. The way sports leagues have so openly embraced gambling makes me queasy.

 

[Canes]

I despise the lottery myself since it seems like whenever I have to go into a gas station I'm always behind 2 or 3 people wanting to buy 10 different types of scratch offs and such. And there's literally no way 99.999% of them are coming out ahead. Sports betting isn't much better because the majority of people there lose out as well. But I guess as long as both can generate revenue for state local governments to fund stuff like education it's somewhat acceptable.

 

[DaveG]

outside of the Molson thing, TD has remained steady in his answers about the offer sheet in 3(?) interviews now.

I mean this had been known for a while. Koko was not our initial thought but the ones we were in on either went somewhere else as FA (Saad, Tatar) or were never traded (Tank). When you're that late in the off-season and low on options you get creative. And the balls it took to offer Koko a deal that doesn't really f*** with our cap structure but would have put Montreal above the 10% threshold if they had matched is if anything creative.

 

[raynman]

I despise the lottery myself since it seems like whenever I have to go into a gas station I'm always behind 2 or 3 people wanting to buy 10 different types of scratch offs and such. And there's literally no way 99.999% of them are coming out ahead. Sports betting isn't much better because the majority of people there lose out as well. But I guess as long as both can generate revenue for state local governments to fund stuff like education it's somewhat acceptable.

It always happens when you’re running a few minutes behind too. Which for me is every time.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I despise the lottery myself since it seems like whenever I have to go into a gas station I'm always behind 2 or 3 people wanting to buy 10 different types of scratch offs and such. And there's literally no way 99.999% of them are coming out ahead. Sports betting isn't much better because the majority of people there lose out as well. But I guess as long as both can generate revenue for state local governments to fund stuff like education it's somewhat acceptable.

I honestly can't remember the last time I've been in line at a gas station. I always pay at the pump and rarely ever buy anything at one, even when traveling.

 

[Svechhammer]

COVID protocols announced for games.

Canes Announce 2021-22 Health and Safety Protocols

Masks required at all times inside the arena. All fans must complete a survey at CanesCheckIn.com prior to the game, the results of which must be presented and scanned at arena entry. Only diaper bags, medical bags, and small clutches will be allowed in, and all must go through an x-ray machine at entry.

Masks, I figured as much. The bag policy is not really a change from last year. But scanning surveys on entry? Man, it's gonna be a nightmare getting into the arena for the first few games.

 

[toastmasterbone]

Remember to fill the bubble in completely with a Number 2 pencil.

 

[TheOllieC]

People melting down about the policy being tyranny (lol) fail to see the bigger picture (shock) that it could’ve absolutely been stricter. This came out on the more relaxed end of what I was expecting to be honest.

Regardless, while 5% whine online, the other 95% of people will just go to games and still enjoy themselves as it’s only another small inconvenience to hopefully protect those most at-risk or even those who have been Facebook-ed out of protecting themselves.

 

[Canes]

I honestly can't remember the last time I've been in line at a gas station. I always pay at the pump and rarely ever buy anything at one, even when traveling.

Not saying this is you but I hear lots of people who almost seem prideful they never go inside gas stations, Wal-Mart or a non Whole Foods grocery store. Can't stand be around the poors?

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Not saying this is you but I hear lots of people who almost seem prideful they never go inside gas stations, Wal-Mart or a non Whole Foods grocery store. Can't stand be around the poors?

Nothing prideful about it, it just practicality. I regularly go into Home Depot, Walmart, Lowes, Food Lion, Aldi, Harris Teeter, and a bunch of other stores. I just rarely go into gas stations because typically, all I ever buy at a gas station is gasoline, so I pay at the pump. And unless the pump ran out of paper for a receipt, I just usually don't go in.

When we travel long distances, we will hit the restroom at a Sheetz or something like that while we fill up with gasoline, but that's about it.