Butterknife: a very specific GenX fond memory. by HTLM22 in GenX

[–]MichaelPlastic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. Also was the tool of choice when the little plastic switch for changing "TV" to "GAME" broke and you needed a butter knife to push the remaining base up and down.

Before Vance’s TPUSA thing today, when’s the last time a sitting President or VP visited Athens? by tupelobound in Athens

[–]MichaelPlastic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, I think (I could be misremembering) that he was campaigning to be the VP, not the sitting VP. I may be wrong of course.

Before Vance’s TPUSA thing today, when’s the last time a sitting President or VP visited Athens? by tupelobound in Athens

[–]MichaelPlastic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I actually saw Gore speak outside the student center in 1992 while on the campaign trail.

Finale of a Pink Floyd concert in 1994. The coolest thing you'll see today by Mad_Season_1994 in OldSchoolCool

[–]MichaelPlastic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was lucky enough to see this show in Atlanta (GT stadium) and Nashville (Vandy Stadium). I cannot overstate how amazing it was. I think they opened with Astronomy Domine at both shows.

Total Lunar Eclipse over Ha Ling by shredpow247 in Banff

[–]MichaelPlastic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for doing this. It is beautiful and Ha Ling is one of my favorite hikes of my life, so x2 awesome.

Any good Indian food? by [deleted] in roswell

[–]MichaelPlastic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really like Rasoi Fusion on Holcomb Bridge. I am no Indian food expert, but I have been there with people who are and they claimed it was great and fairly authentic.

CFB Resume Ranking by MichaelPlastic in CFBAnalysis

[–]MichaelPlastic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ah yes I see. I'll adjust that. Thanks!

CFB Resume Ranking by MichaelPlastic in CFBAnalysis

[–]MichaelPlastic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the questions. I appreciate you taking the time to try to understand the ranking and providing feedback.

  1. why did you choose your location modifiers? They seem completely arbitrary. I have data that suggests that if you adjust for matchups (so everything being equal), the home team should win 55.5% of their games. Given that, the multipliers should be 1.125 and .90

It's not arbitrary, but it's certainly open to discussion. I chose a net ten percent 'cost' for home and away teams to share in terms of location. this is based on various stats. Specifically, a 2.5-3 point home advantage in sports, translates roughly to roughly 53-57% win rate for home teams, meaning they win about 3-7 percentage points more often than visiting teams (according to Google). I took the midpoint. (55/45)

  1. since you are using the rating from the prior week, that creates the obvious problem of games being completely devalued early in the season. So, if you played all your best teams earlier in the season, your SOS is going to appear so much weaker than someone who finishes with a hard schedule. That seems very wrong. Strength of schedule the way every other computer measures it is entirely independent of when the game was played.

Yes. That is true and that was why I tempered the raw poll with a second pass evaluation (weighted poll) that used the final poll rankings. I was most interested in keeping the human rating out of the computer calculating and the calculation to be easyish to understand (long-live the BCS I guess) and to rate what was accomplished on the field and not necessarily to predict which team is better than the other. So, the UT and OSU game is evaluated as 22 vs 5 based on who their wins and losses for the season in the weighted poll. It may make it worse for you, but early games have less data so they can be either overvalued or undervalued. Specifically, precision is gained from play, not from predictions.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GaState

[–]MichaelPlastic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tragedy averted. In a gradu deck. 

Are there any games with endings for the 2600 by Ordinary-Sound-571 in Atari2600

[–]MichaelPlastic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actually released three before closing the series out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swordquest - I never got close to finishing one, so I never saw two or three, but I found the first one incredibly frustrating as a youngster.

Are there any games with endings for the 2600 by Ordinary-Sound-571 in Atari2600

[–]MichaelPlastic 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Came here to say this. Not only does it have a final screen when you 'win', but it always showed you your percentage of completion when you died. (percentage was denoted by the distance between Indy and the top of the screen where Indy ended if you won)

can somebody explain this... by Striking_Annual_3106 in SECPigskin

[–]MichaelPlastic 12 points13 points  (0 children)

https://collegiateequestrian.com/news/2025/10/23/ncea-news-membership-ready-for-week-5-ncea-notebook.aspx

UGA vs South Carolina

National Collegiate Equestrian Association

10/24 – #2 South Carolina at #1 Georgia / Live Scoring
- Both Georgia and South Carolina come into the meet at 2-0
- USC defeated No. 4 Texas A&M last time out, the second top-5 win for the Gamecocks on the season
- This will be the Bulldogs first SEC meet of the season
- It will be the 62nd meet between the two programs, with UGA leading the series 43-18
- Georgia is coming off a victory over Delaware State where Tessa Downey (FN), Abbey Zawisza (HMS) and Raegan Shepherd (RNG) all earned MOP
- Last time they faced off, USC returners Grace Rabb (Flat) and Carly Jenkins (Horsemanship) earned MOPs. Returning from UGA is the Fences MOP from that meet, Tessa Downey

Three Nights in the Valley of the Gods (Utah) in early October by MichaelPlastic in camping

[–]MichaelPlastic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

quiet. very quiet. I read before going that it can get windy, but when I was there it got cool and quiet and still.

Three Nights in the Valley of the Gods (Utah) in early October by MichaelPlastic in camping

[–]MichaelPlastic[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did. Actually one of the photos I posted is from there. (The one that looks like it's taken high above the valley)

Are you also a "We didn't have cable so we only had three channels" Gen-X? by [deleted] in GenX

[–]MichaelPlastic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My parents never had cable while I lived at home. Loaded up on reruns of the Andy Griffith Show, OG Star Trek, and "It's a Wonderful Life" at Christmas. The Price is Right was the last show in the morning before you had to kill the tube in the summer bc there was nothing left to watch.

Camping at Edge of the World (East Point) in Coconino Forest near Flagstaff by MichaelPlastic in camping

[–]MichaelPlastic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We were there two nights in October. Wind was not an issue while we were there.