Never had that problem, nor did the vast majority of the people I've talked to who saw the movie. I guess it's kinda like that like 10% or whatever of people who didn't understand the Matrix after only seeing it once.
Seriously, what is with people complaining about his voice? Everywhere I go you find that ONE PERSON who complains about it. What would you prefer, that he was like all the previous actors and just used his normal voice? The whole point is that people can't tell that Bruce is Batman and to scare the crap out of people at the same time.
As for the Chicago thing, I didn't notice this detail because I was looking at what was going on, but one of my friends pointed out that Bruce's Lamborghini had an Indiana license plate.
On another note, how come html tags in here no longer let me put a space between my first and second paragraphs? This has happened the last few times I've posted and it really annoys me. I have identical html between the first and second and the second and third paragraphs, yet only one has a space between them. Grr.
"If, on the other hand, it is to reform perpetrators, make them ready to live in society, and try to ensure they don't lapse into recidivism, then remorse matters quite a great deal."
Except in the real world, criminals (and I'm not talking about Johnny football player who got caught with a bag of weed, I mean thieves, murderers, rapists, etc) rarely can or want to be "reformed". The "remorse" you see from these people is remorse for the fact that they got caught. If the system of "reform, not punish" works so well, how come there is such a large number of repeat offenders?
It's like with a child taking cookies when they're not supposed to. If you just say "That was a bad thing, go think about what you did", they'll continue to steal cookies. However, if you take them out and give them a good spanking, they'll usually think real hard before doing it again (at least anytime soon).
I have a laptop I bought recently that came with Vista -- and Vista's perfectly fine for simple use (browsing, typing, programming, etc), but it's HORRIBLE for gaming. Though, I don't think that's quite so much Vista's fault as it is DirectX 10's fault (but DirectX 10 is part of Vista). I ended up having to scour the internet to find laptops from other manufacturer's / older models using similar hardware to mine so that I could get some XP drivers and dual boot. The difference in playing games (not even counting the games that just don't run under Vista period) is unbelievable. So yes, I will definitely say that Vista sucks -- for gaming. For normal use, it's not too bad (though things like UAC are extremely annoying unless you turn them off).
and here's some VERY relevant (and never mentioned) information.
When it says "the two" at the beginning, it means Megan (13 year old) and her mother.
"the two got into an argument over the vulgar language Megan used in response to the messages and the fact that she did not log off when her mother told her to.[4] After the argument, Meier ran upstairs to her room. She was found twenty minutes later, hanging by the neck in a closet. Despite attempts to revive her,[14] she was pronounced dead the following day.[4] According to Ronald "Ron" Meier (Meier's father) and a neighbor who had discussed the hoax with Lori Drew, the last message sent by Evans read: "The world would be a better place without you." Investigators did not find a record of this message."
So, the woman actually driving her to suicide is highly suspect for a couple of reasons. The first is that so many people claim that the woman TOLD her to kill herself (which there is suspiciously no record of, yet ever other message was tracked. Secondly, it was after an argument WITH HER MOM that the girl ran off and killed herself. This sounds a LOT like the parents wanted a scapegoat and said "well, this person was mean to her so we'll tell everyone that Lori Drew's mean comments made her kill herself".
I'm willing to bet most people who are all pissed off against Lori Drew never heard that information.
You must drive American cars if you think a car only lasts 200k miles......it's not uncommon for Japanese or German cars to last several times that long. Also, it's not about the number of miles, it's how you drive the car and take care of it. You can buy the most reliable car in the world but if you don't do regular maintenance and shove the pedal through the floor all the time, it'll burn out pretty quick.
you think $30,000-$40,000 is too much for a car that gets 235 mpg??? Do you realize how much money you'd save in fuel costs each year? It would quickly drop down to probably less per-year over a 10 year span to own than a Civic (hybrid or non).
that those things only applied to actual businesses. For example, I buy Windows. It says "illegal to resell". However, nothing is stopping me from using it, deciding I want to switch to Linux, and selling it for $20 to my friend Steve. I also hardly think that MS is going to come after me even if they know I'm doing it. Also, just as many courts (at least in the US) have a tendency to say that EULA's are NOT binding since no one reads them and you're usually not aware of it until AFTER the purchase, I see the same thing here - if you have to buy Windows and then once you're home you find out that it is illegal to resell, I'd bet that most courts would not uphold it since it wasn't clearly stated before the transaction was made.
You try telling millions of nerds that the new (and now decent) Windows PB (Post Bill) will no longer run any of the games they've played for the last 20 years. I'd punch someone if I could no longer run my games from the 90's. Do I play them a lot? No. But sometimes I'm in the mood for Baldur's Gate or Heroes of Might and Magic (1, 2, or 3) or some other old game.
"Children need social interaction with their parents from time to time."
When they're a little kid, sure. Once you're 13, unless you have some sort of physical or mental disability, you should be pretty self-sufficient. Plus, I don't recall the last time I ever heard of a teenager actually WANTING their parents to pay attention to them (every teen I ever knew, including myself, just wanted to be left the hell alone by their parents and only wanted / needed parents for things like food and housing).
My honest advice to the kid? Try being more interesting. If all you care about is your stupid baseball game, then I can't blame mom for not being interested. If you had actual interesting hobbies or real accomplishments to be proud of, then maybe Mom is being a bitch.
I'm not trying to be an ass, but the kid really does come across as a whiny bitch. But maybe that's just another example of me being different from most people. *shrug*
Amazon's recommendations are usually pretty good for me. There's many books I've bought because they were recommended by amazon in the same area (such as economics or history). My only complaint with their algorithm is that EVERYTHING you search for gets put into it, so if I'm logged in an buy something for my aunt (say a book on San Francisco) then I start getting recommendations for that too.
All in all though, I'd say they do a pretty good job.
Well the relevant thing in the case of the speeding ticket is, was the change in the speed limit clearly marked? I know many places around where I live where you can be on a road with a speed limit of say 45 or 50, turn onto another road, and not see a speed limit sign for several miles. If I was on one of those roads and got a ticket because I had to guess at the speed limit due to a lack of signs, you'd better believe I'd be suing.
The point is that there's no difference in weight, size, appearance, etc. So yes, it is for all purposes a marketing gimmick that "It's not a SUV, SUV's get bad mpg, this is a Crossover!" That is what I was getting at with the "I've yet to see a distinction..." comment.
Since pretty much your whole argument focuses on "Tell me, how did you find these sources? Googling "Little Ice Age" and reading skeptic web sites?"....
What part of "universities and environmental research groups" did you not understand?
The IPCC is run by *shocker!* governments. How much more political can you get? Politicians decided a long time ago on an agenda regarding global warming and those scientists are paid to back up the politicians funding them. Could they be right? Sure. Should you take their word as law? No. Also, I've met many people like you who expect everyone to memorize everything they ever read, hear, or see if they are going to be able to prove you wrong. All I did was come here and state something factual I found on accident while researching something else. You claim that since I don't remember every source I've used when doing research out of the dozens of topics I've researched that I'm obviously making it up. Hah. But yes, I'm going to stop feeding the troll now. *tosses a steak* Enjoy that Mr. Troll, cuz it's going to have to last you a long time.
It depends on your definition of lighter. Are they typically lighter than many trucks? Yes. However, given that it's quite common to see 4,000 lb mid-size sedans (or heavier), most of these crossovers still come in around the 4,000 lb mark, if not more. Part of this though is the idiotic belief that every time a new model of a car is released that it needs to be longer, wider, taller, and have another 5 airbags to add useless weight.
I've yet to see any distinction between a "crossover" and an SUV, other than the fact that SUV's are typically based off a truck frame (though not always) and "crossovers" are based on a car frame. They still end up being almost the same vehicle, because once you break 4,000 lb's, an extra 200 lb's to make it an SUV instead of a "crossover" is pretty meaningless, especially when it comes to gas mileage.
To keep it short and to the point, the research was done years ago, I no longer know which universities and environmental research groups I used as sources. Also, I was NOT looking for anything involving global warming, which is why I was so surprised that every source came back to the same point, that temperatures are NOT as warm as they were pre-Little Ice Age (just one example of this is the fact that there were once large vineyards in places that are now too cold to grow grapes, which would NOT happen if we were as warm or warmer as things were pre Little Ice Age).
You show one source that doesn't match what I found, when I had over half a dozen scholarly sources that did. It seems pretty obvious that you're pushing an agenda instead of just looking at the evidence. I've met people like you, and even if I did take the time to track down all my sources again, you'd come up with some bogus reason as to why they're not valid (like in Liar Liar "Objection your Honor!" "On what grounds?" "Because it's devastating to my case!"). Feel free to do some research on the Little Ice Age and NOT on global warming, and you'll probably find what I did. Why? The best explanation is that anything related to global warming is mostly about politics and personal agendas and not about science. No one has a political agenda about a natural event that happened hundreds of years ago.
The Little Ice age only ended roughly 150 years ago, and we're still warming back up from it. Temperatures in Europe are still several degrees C lower than they were pre-Little Ice Age (which started between 1350-1450). There's plenty of evidence to support this from many universities and various environmental research groups. If the predicted effects of an increase of 5 degrees C are so catastrophic, how come we weren't wiped out 1,000 years ago when temperatures ACTUALLY were where they're predicted to go?
I had to do some research on the Little Ice Age a few years ago and every single source I found came back to the same thing, that we're still warming back up and that it's still significantly colder than it was 1,000 years ago.
Disclaimer: No, referencing research by various groups that contradict "the sky is falling" mentality of global warming is NOT flaimbait. Yes, temperatures most likely will go up. No, we will most likely not have a huge catastrophe that destroys mankind.
Ever since my dad got an AMD processor when upgrading our PC in the early 90's, we've always been an AMD family. I know that right now the Core 2 Duo is better than the Athlon64 X2, but I want to keep giving AMD my business so I can do my part to help keep them from getting crushed by Intel due to Intel buying off companies like Dell.
While I know I'd be getting a better product, I'd rather make sure my money goes to a company I support instead of one who tries to force people out of business instead of JUST making better products and letting consumers decide what they like best.
"Does having a population under surveillance make them easier to control?"
Yes, actually, it does because it allows them to keep track of the "trouble makers" who dare to think for themselves and then those trouble makers can be dealt with easily. Once the people saying "think for yourself" are gone, the idiots will be much easier to control.
I'm about to graduate with a degree in economics and it irritates the hell out of me that people keep ranting about "the bad economy" / "huge recession". First off, we still have positive GDP growth, which means that overall, things are better this year than last. Secondly, all of these comments CAN make the economy turn bad, and then we'll hear them say "Well, we were right!". A huge part of investment is what your expectations are - when the news constantly cries that the sky is falling, what do you think many investors will do? Sell, which then leads to the economy doing worse and it's a vicious cycle. Can't we please do something to get all of this "the sky is falling" crap off the headlines for a few days? You'd be amazed at how big of an effect that can have on the stock market (and as a result the economy as a whole).
I'm making a guess here, but maybe it's because more people like Ubuntu? I've used a few different distros and Ubuntu is by far my favorite. Generally if people don't like something, they don't talk about it (unless they hate it so much that they feel the need to bash it).......so maybe that's why other distros don't get nearly as much press as Ubuntu?
Honestly, not trolling, just offering a possible explanation to answer your question.
I'd also say that cults tend to have more bizarre / possibly insane aspects to them. Am I the only one who remembers Tom Cruise saying he was going to eat the placenta after Suri was born?
I mean, at least terrorists admit their evil intentions! Scientology pretends to be all nice, then the next thing you know Katie Holmes is being held against her will and Tommy boy is running around jumping on everyone's couch! Also -- dammit Tom, get off my couch!!
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Never had that problem, nor did the vast majority of the people I've talked to who saw the movie. I guess it's kinda like that like 10% or whatever of people who didn't understand the Matrix after only seeing it once.
As for the Chicago thing, I didn't notice this detail because I was looking at what was going on, but one of my friends pointed out that Bruce's Lamborghini had an Indiana license plate.
On another note, how come html tags in here no longer let me put a space between my first and second paragraphs? This has happened the last few times I've posted and it really annoys me. I have identical html between the first and second and the second and third paragraphs, yet only one has a space between them. Grr.
Except in the real world, criminals (and I'm not talking about Johnny football player who got caught with a bag of weed, I mean thieves, murderers, rapists, etc) rarely can or want to be "reformed". The "remorse" you see from these people is remorse for the fact that they got caught. If the system of "reform, not punish" works so well, how come there is such a large number of repeat offenders?
It's like with a child taking cookies when they're not supposed to. If you just say "That was a bad thing, go think about what you did", they'll continue to steal cookies. However, if you take them out and give them a good spanking, they'll usually think real hard before doing it again (at least anytime soon).
I have a laptop I bought recently that came with Vista -- and Vista's perfectly fine for simple use (browsing, typing, programming, etc), but it's HORRIBLE for gaming. Though, I don't think that's quite so much Vista's fault as it is DirectX 10's fault (but DirectX 10 is part of Vista). I ended up having to scour the internet to find laptops from other manufacturer's / older models using similar hardware to mine so that I could get some XP drivers and dual boot. The difference in playing games (not even counting the games that just don't run under Vista period) is unbelievable. So yes, I will definitely say that Vista sucks -- for gaming. For normal use, it's not too bad (though things like UAC are extremely annoying unless you turn them off).
When it says "the two" at the beginning, it means Megan (13 year old) and her mother.
"the two got into an argument over the vulgar language Megan used in response to the messages and the fact that she did not log off when her mother told her to.[4] After the argument, Meier ran upstairs to her room. She was found twenty minutes later, hanging by the neck in a closet. Despite attempts to revive her,[14] she was pronounced dead the following day.[4] According to Ronald "Ron" Meier (Meier's father) and a neighbor who had discussed the hoax with Lori Drew, the last message sent by Evans read: "The world would be a better place without you." Investigators did not find a record of this message."
So, the woman actually driving her to suicide is highly suspect for a couple of reasons. The first is that so many people claim that the woman TOLD her to kill herself (which there is suspiciously no record of, yet ever other message was tracked. Secondly, it was after an argument WITH HER MOM that the girl ran off and killed herself. This sounds a LOT like the parents wanted a scapegoat and said "well, this person was mean to her so we'll tell everyone that Lori Drew's mean comments made her kill herself".
I'm willing to bet most people who are all pissed off against Lori Drew never heard that information.
You must drive American cars if you think a car only lasts 200k miles......it's not uncommon for Japanese or German cars to last several times that long. Also, it's not about the number of miles, it's how you drive the car and take care of it. You can buy the most reliable car in the world but if you don't do regular maintenance and shove the pedal through the floor all the time, it'll burn out pretty quick.
you think $30,000-$40,000 is too much for a car that gets 235 mpg??? Do you realize how much money you'd save in fuel costs each year? It would quickly drop down to probably less per-year over a 10 year span to own than a Civic (hybrid or non).
that those things only applied to actual businesses. For example, I buy Windows. It says "illegal to resell". However, nothing is stopping me from using it, deciding I want to switch to Linux, and selling it for $20 to my friend Steve. I also hardly think that MS is going to come after me even if they know I'm doing it. Also, just as many courts (at least in the US) have a tendency to say that EULA's are NOT binding since no one reads them and you're usually not aware of it until AFTER the purchase, I see the same thing here - if you have to buy Windows and then once you're home you find out that it is illegal to resell, I'd bet that most courts would not uphold it since it wasn't clearly stated before the transaction was made.
You try telling millions of nerds that the new (and now decent) Windows PB (Post Bill) will no longer run any of the games they've played for the last 20 years. I'd punch someone if I could no longer run my games from the 90's. Do I play them a lot? No. But sometimes I'm in the mood for Baldur's Gate or Heroes of Might and Magic (1, 2, or 3) or some other old game.
Why whould I want to buy Diablo if I'm burned out on WOW?
You don't have to pay $15 a month for Diablo, so at least that way if you don't play every day you don't feel guilty about the wasted money.
When they're a little kid, sure. Once you're 13, unless you have some sort of physical or mental disability, you should be pretty self-sufficient. Plus, I don't recall the last time I ever heard of a teenager actually WANTING their parents to pay attention to them (every teen I ever knew, including myself, just wanted to be left the hell alone by their parents and only wanted / needed parents for things like food and housing).
My honest advice to the kid? Try being more interesting. If all you care about is your stupid baseball game, then I can't blame mom for not being interested. If you had actual interesting hobbies or real accomplishments to be proud of, then maybe Mom is being a bitch.
I'm not trying to be an ass, but the kid really does come across as a whiny bitch. But maybe that's just another example of me being different from most people. *shrug*
All in all though, I'd say they do a pretty good job.
Well the relevant thing in the case of the speeding ticket is, was the change in the speed limit clearly marked? I know many places around where I live where you can be on a road with a speed limit of say 45 or 50, turn onto another road, and not see a speed limit sign for several miles. If I was on one of those roads and got a ticket because I had to guess at the speed limit due to a lack of signs, you'd better believe I'd be suing.
They still have 10 more years to develop video cards before Duke Nukem Forever comes out!
The point is that there's no difference in weight, size, appearance, etc. So yes, it is for all purposes a marketing gimmick that "It's not a SUV, SUV's get bad mpg, this is a Crossover!" That is what I was getting at with the "I've yet to see a distinction..." comment.
What part of "universities and environmental research groups" did you not understand?
The IPCC is run by *shocker!* governments. How much more political can you get? Politicians decided a long time ago on an agenda regarding global warming and those scientists are paid to back up the politicians funding them. Could they be right? Sure. Should you take their word as law? No. Also, I've met many people like you who expect everyone to memorize everything they ever read, hear, or see if they are going to be able to prove you wrong. All I did was come here and state something factual I found on accident while researching something else. You claim that since I don't remember every source I've used when doing research out of the dozens of topics I've researched that I'm obviously making it up. Hah. But yes, I'm going to stop feeding the troll now. *tosses a steak* Enjoy that Mr. Troll, cuz it's going to have to last you a long time.
I've yet to see any distinction between a "crossover" and an SUV, other than the fact that SUV's are typically based off a truck frame (though not always) and "crossovers" are based on a car frame. They still end up being almost the same vehicle, because once you break 4,000 lb's, an extra 200 lb's to make it an SUV instead of a "crossover" is pretty meaningless, especially when it comes to gas mileage.
You show one source that doesn't match what I found, when I had over half a dozen scholarly sources that did. It seems pretty obvious that you're pushing an agenda instead of just looking at the evidence. I've met people like you, and even if I did take the time to track down all my sources again, you'd come up with some bogus reason as to why they're not valid (like in Liar Liar "Objection your Honor!" "On what grounds?" "Because it's devastating to my case!"). Feel free to do some research on the Little Ice Age and NOT on global warming, and you'll probably find what I did. Why? The best explanation is that anything related to global warming is mostly about politics and personal agendas and not about science. No one has a political agenda about a natural event that happened hundreds of years ago.
I had to do some research on the Little Ice Age a few years ago and every single source I found came back to the same thing, that we're still warming back up and that it's still significantly colder than it was 1,000 years ago.
Disclaimer: No, referencing research by various groups that contradict "the sky is falling" mentality of global warming is NOT flaimbait. Yes, temperatures most likely will go up. No, we will most likely not have a huge catastrophe that destroys mankind.
While I know I'd be getting a better product, I'd rather make sure my money goes to a company I support instead of one who tries to force people out of business instead of JUST making better products and letting consumers decide what they like best.
Yes, actually, it does because it allows them to keep track of the "trouble makers" who dare to think for themselves and then those trouble makers can be dealt with easily. Once the people saying "think for yourself" are gone, the idiots will be much easier to control.
I'm about to graduate with a degree in economics and it irritates the hell out of me that people keep ranting about "the bad economy" / "huge recession". First off, we still have positive GDP growth, which means that overall, things are better this year than last. Secondly, all of these comments CAN make the economy turn bad, and then we'll hear them say "Well, we were right!". A huge part of investment is what your expectations are - when the news constantly cries that the sky is falling, what do you think many investors will do? Sell, which then leads to the economy doing worse and it's a vicious cycle. Can't we please do something to get all of this "the sky is falling" crap off the headlines for a few days? You'd be amazed at how big of an effect that can have on the stock market (and as a result the economy as a whole).
Honestly, not trolling, just offering a possible explanation to answer your question.
I'd also say that cults tend to have more bizarre / possibly insane aspects to them. Am I the only one who remembers Tom Cruise saying he was going to eat the placenta after Suri was born?
I mean, at least terrorists admit their evil intentions! Scientology pretends to be all nice, then the next thing you know Katie Holmes is being held against her will and Tommy boy is running around jumping on everyone's couch! Also -- dammit Tom, get off my couch!!