Everyone need to study the entire history of film to understand why "The Emoji Movie" was a pile of crap because clearly we aren't competent to judge things on our own without that knowledge.
But who am I kidding? Pedants are rarely aware of anything other than their desire to make themselves feel smart by correcting others, even when they're wrong to do so.
Considering there are price caps in place where there isn't enough competition and Trump's FCC is the one trying to declare a single provider monopoly to be a competitive market so that they can remove those price caps, this sounds like you're grasping at straws to blame the Obama administration rather than Trump's.
Most people don't want to deal with trying to wear two separate sets of gear on their head. You might be okay with the hassel, but you aren't going to buy a billion headsets and the software to go with them, so you aren't the market.
It's funny how you translated "more registered voters than residents" into "voted democrat".
The errors in the registration lists are largely due to people moving, dying, etc. and not contacting the state to deregister. It's a common problem and it's not just among Democrats, despite your obvious desire to paint it as such.
After Trump bitched about fraudulent voting and people being registered where they shouldn't, it came out that Steve Bannon, Tiffany Trump, Sean Spicer, Jared Kushner and Steven Mnuchin were all registered in more than one state because they hadn't deregistered themselves when they moved.
If you honestly believe that someone being registered in two states means they're voting in both states, then you should be demanding that all those Republicans be arrested for voter fraud.
It's like getting back together with your skanky ex that cheated on you, but now she's grown up, mature, and dignified looking and you're somehow in a functional relationship.
Windows 10 is still sending fuckloads of your data to Microsoft. The skanky ex hasn't grown up or matured. She's had a boob job and you're too distracted by the tits to notice that she's swiping the contents of your wallet.
I...wouldn't exactly...want to be Puerto Rico trying to float the bonds required to build that shiny new infrastructure
So what are you saying? They should stick to trying to float the bonds required to rebuilt the old, crappy infrastructure that badly needed to be replaced?
Yes, money is an issue, but it's not like they have much choice about trying to raise it to rebuild. It's rebuild, go back to living without electricity or abandon the island.
The modern CEO is never to blame and, even if they are, they get their bonus and a golden parachute and cash out their stock options on the way out. If they were particularly bad, they might lose a some or all of their final yearly bonus, but they'll still walk away with more wealth than any of the 99% will earn in their entire lives.
The FCC, of course, refused to remove the comments even when the supposed submitters sent a letter explaining that the comments were fraudulent.
In other words... yes, it was a bot. Whoever did it used a list of names and information to submit the anti-neutrality posts in other people's names. There were no signatures or approvals from the people whose identities were used fraudulently.
The definition of "car" that you just made up would include skateboards, horses, elephants and people who give piggyback rides. You might need to refine that a bit.
The net neutrality rules didn't ban QoS or put the definition of it into the hands of the government. They did require that companies show technical, rather than financial, justifications for managing traffic.
People arguing that rules should be repealed based on hearsay without taking the time to find out what the rules actually say? What could go wrong?
And the human race did fine for tens of thousands of years without any sort of regulation on nuclear weapons, so clearly we need to stop regulating them and let everyone have access to them... right?
You should probably have taken the time to find out what net neutrality actually refers to before spending all that time typing. Net neutrality has nothing to do with DRM or video rental systems beyond making sure your ISP can't dictate what you use with selective bandwidth throttling.
There are 83 sources cited at the bottom of the Wikipedia article. If you think something in the article is inaccurate, you are free to go to the sources and check.
Now tell me how many sources your favorite news provider cites in their articles.
And you can earn extra characters by tweeting short, positive reviews for their advertising partner's products! The more likes and retweets your review gets, the more characters you get!
And somewhere out there, some shitbag advertising executive just splooged his pants at the thought of this.
Yet another thing we've described in black and white terms turns out to be an entire spectrum of variation.
Consciousness is not an on/off switch. It develops gradually over time as the child's brain grows and matures. Trying to pick one particular moment to declare that a child has become conscious is a pointless exercise that accomplishes nothing of use.
Consciousness has many levels. A newborn has no concept of object permanence and won't recognize itself in a mirror. Both of those are signs of consciousness, but object permanence shows up around 4-7 months while self recognition takes 12-18 months to develop. Picking one or the other as the moment that consciousness develops ignores the fact that the development occurs over time and affects many behaviors.
The human condition is never just black and white, so why does everyone spend so much time trying to figure out a way to describe it as if it is?
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Everyone need to study the entire history of film to understand why "The Emoji Movie" was a pile of crap because clearly we aren't competent to judge things on our own without that knowledge.
One would think a pedant would be aware that the word octopus originates from Greek and wouldn't use Latin pluralization rules on it.
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But who am I kidding? Pedants are rarely aware of anything other than their desire to make themselves feel smart by correcting others, even when they're wrong to do so.
Considering there are price caps in place where there isn't enough competition and Trump's FCC is the one trying to declare a single provider monopoly to be a competitive market so that they can remove those price caps, this sounds like you're grasping at straws to blame the Obama administration rather than Trump's.
Most people don't want to deal with trying to wear two separate sets of gear on their head. You might be okay with the hassel, but you aren't going to buy a billion headsets and the software to go with them, so you aren't the market.
It's funny how you translated "more registered voters than residents" into "voted democrat".
The errors in the registration lists are largely due to people moving, dying, etc. and not contacting the state to deregister. It's a common problem and it's not just among Democrats, despite your obvious desire to paint it as such.
After Trump bitched about fraudulent voting and people being registered where they shouldn't, it came out that Steve Bannon, Tiffany Trump, Sean Spicer, Jared Kushner and Steven Mnuchin were all registered in more than one state because they hadn't deregistered themselves when they moved.
If you honestly believe that someone being registered in two states means they're voting in both states, then you should be demanding that all those Republicans be arrested for voter fraud.
It's like getting back together with your skanky ex that cheated on you, but now she's grown up, mature, and dignified looking and you're somehow in a functional relationship.
Windows 10 is still sending fuckloads of your data to Microsoft. The skanky ex hasn't grown up or matured. She's had a boob job and you're too distracted by the tits to notice that she's swiping the contents of your wallet.
Any new regulations issued by the FCC under the current leadership will be heavily weighted in favor of the corporations, not the people.
You're going to get what you deserve
I...wouldn't exactly...want to be Puerto Rico trying to float the bonds required to build that shiny new infrastructure
So what are you saying? They should stick to trying to float the bonds required to rebuilt the old, crappy infrastructure that badly needed to be replaced?
Yes, money is an issue, but it's not like they have much choice about trying to raise it to rebuild. It's rebuild, go back to living without electricity or abandon the island.
A difficult election season is coming up and Congress would appreciate it if the pharmaceutical industry increased their campaign donations.
My, aren't you the naive summer child.
The modern CEO is never to blame and, even if they are, they get their bonus and a golden parachute and cash out their stock options on the way out. If they were particularly bad, they might lose a some or all of their final yearly bonus, but they'll still walk away with more wealth than any of the 99% will earn in their entire lives.
And by "aggregating signatures", you mean "posting the same anti-neutrality comment using the names of people who did not submit those comments.
The FCC, of course, refused to remove the comments even when the supposed submitters sent a letter explaining that the comments were fraudulent.
In other words... yes, it was a bot. Whoever did it used a list of names and information to submit the anti-neutrality posts in other people's names. There were no signatures or approvals from the people whose identities were used fraudulently.
That's why nobody cared about the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, right?
Says the guy posting as an anonymous coward.
The definition of "car" that you just made up would include skateboards, horses, elephants and people who give piggyback rides. You might need to refine that a bit.
Nothing a 10 gauge goose gun can't fix.
It's a protected species. Hope you like spending time in jail.
The net neutrality rules didn't ban QoS or put the definition of it into the hands of the government. They did require that companies show technical, rather than financial, justifications for managing traffic.
People arguing that rules should be repealed based on hearsay without taking the time to find out what the rules actually say? What could go wrong?
And the human race did fine for tens of thousands of years without any sort of regulation on nuclear weapons, so clearly we need to stop regulating them and let everyone have access to them... right?
You should probably have taken the time to find out what net neutrality actually refers to before spending all that time typing. Net neutrality has nothing to do with DRM or video rental systems beyond making sure your ISP can't dictate what you use with selective bandwidth throttling.
There are 83 sources cited at the bottom of the Wikipedia article. If you think something in the article is inaccurate, you are free to go to the sources and check.
Now tell me how many sources your favorite news provider cites in their articles.
Lots of exclamation marks usually show up after missing period.
And you can earn extra characters by tweeting short, positive reviews for their advertising partner's products! The more likes and retweets your review gets, the more characters you get!
And somewhere out there, some shitbag advertising executive just splooged his pants at the thought of this.
"Despite the constant negative press covefefe"
While simple can be harder than complex, it's usually just simplistic and stupid.
FAA rule 107 provides the 400' ceiling requirement and a lot of other regulations covering both commercial and non-commercial drone flight.
Yet another thing we've described in black and white terms turns out to be an entire spectrum of variation.
Consciousness is not an on/off switch. It develops gradually over time as the child's brain grows and matures. Trying to pick one particular moment to declare that a child has become conscious is a pointless exercise that accomplishes nothing of use.
Consciousness has many levels. A newborn has no concept of object permanence and won't recognize itself in a mirror. Both of those are signs of consciousness, but object permanence shows up around 4-7 months while self recognition takes 12-18 months to develop. Picking one or the other as the moment that consciousness develops ignores the fact that the development occurs over time and affects many behaviors.
The human condition is never just black and white, so why does everyone spend so much time trying to figure out a way to describe it as if it is?