...the spoilers don't have the whole story? Ever thought of that? Perhaps the two are fighting on a platform *over* lava that falls into the lava having been ripped from its base. Maybe Palaptine does the ripping. Maybe it's cut by a lightsaber. Do you ACTUALLY think that we will see Jedi "surfing?" That would be *too* stupid. Not going to happen.
Go ahead, mod me down as though I were some sort of nerd heretic. Although it's really odd how being a Star Wars fan used to be a nerd prereq, and now you have to despise the movies in order to get your loser cap.
Which "upperlevel business types in corporate America" are the ones that are installing Windows themselves? Not even the "midlevel business types" do their own tech support.
I'd just like to pipe up and say that you are the first person on the internet to spell the word "discrete" properly. "Discreet" means "secret," folks.:)
Another notable quote from Valenti is that he is a "great persuader". We need people advocating for consumer's rights who are just as smooth and soothing to technophobe politicians and Valenti is.
The problem with that is that advocating consumers' rights does not pay nearly as well as advocating corporate rights. Maybe if we made the corporations pay taxes they wouldn't be able to afford shithooks like Jack Valenti, who has yet to contribute anything worthwhile to the world.
Ummm...read that again. Moore's Law is not the basis of this paper. Physicists and mathematicians using economic theories (yes, Moore's Law is economic in nature) to predict physical laws are neither published nor credentialed. The finiteness of Moore's Law is an implication of the findings of this paper.
The Best minds in the world are happy to share with you how it was done... it is the no talent hacks with something to hide that favor hiding everything from view.
"And what software development processes does this remind us of, class?"
An excellent point, and one that we should remind ourselves of daily.
Personally I believe this is because the solvent in the ink evaporates within seconds. I could be wrong, however...there might not even be solvent in the ink. I personally write on the Fuji (aka TY) and Kodak discs in my massive Phish archive with an ultra fine-point Sharpie. I haven't seen the first problem, although I've only been archiving for about 2-3 years.
Having read about this topic (and replied to it in disgust) about a thousand times, I can honestly say this is the most thoughtful response to the change in the film I've ever seen.
Here's another thought...Han is *still* a smuggler. He *still* charges an outlandish fee to Luke and Han for ferrying them to Alderaan ("we could almost buy our own ship for that!"). Taken out of context, the Greedo scene makes Han a little "nicer." Unfortunately that's not who Han is at the beginning of the film.
Two more things to consider: Han's shot comes too quickly after Greedo's to have been reflex. he must have shot at the same time as Greedo or a fraction of a second later. Also, there is no way that Greedo, a bounty hunter and professional killer, would have missed at such close range. These facts lead me to believe that this scene, now more of a western-style gunfight, is to underscore the fact that Han very nearly could have died but a higher power (the Force, duh) kept him alive. The scene still shows that the galaxy is a dangerous place, particularly when the criminal underworld is involved. It also still shows that Han is willing to do what is necessary to stay alive (Greedo would certainly have taken a second shot, given the opporunity).
I would argue that the new effect does not change Han's character significantly, and actually adds a little more to the story.
Time to quit procrastinating and write my finance paper...
Please learn to use commas effectively. If you don't know how (and it appears that you don't), don't use them at all. See the previous sentence for the proper use of a comma.
Sorry to be a pedant, but you mean that skirting creates a partial vacuum, thus inducing the downforce. The original poster had it fine and you had to go and muck it up with all your "science" and "technical expertise." Such things have no place in a/. discussion. You probably use Windows too, you philistine.;)
Where does the staircase of other games end? Nirvana? Complete happiness? All-knowing-ness? Did Jesus come back to Earth when you finished Super Mario? Did fireworks go off when you beat Legend of Zelda? Was world peace achieved when you finished GTA3?
Games are all about the fun you have while you're playing them. When they're not fun anymore, stop playing them and give them to me.:)
Each of the cases described in the replies to this post seem to revolve around people not having good business training. Obviously the "median" was wrong (he meant "mean"), but knowing the average profit for a division is a standard accounting procedure. It's not nearly as useful or common as a weighted average, but including the percentage of profit for each division is useful. The guy wasn't totally clueless.
...that the editors only post stories about Star Wars so that the irritated minority of SW "fans" can bitch and whine about the Special Editions and how the quality of the prequels is not the same as the classic trilogy and Lucas is going to screw us all by releasing and rereleasing it over and over again and blah blah blah.
That's the way it's going to be no matter how much you complain, no matter how many petitions you sign, and no matter how much you think Lucas is a sellout. Please do those of us who still ejoy Star Wars a favor and take your petty little geekery to the starwars.com forums. Thank you.
WRONG. Algebra is found in nearly every single occupation that uses math at all. In particular the business sector uses algebra on a daily basis. There is no end to the number of problems where one has at least two known values and needs to find a third unknown value.
Besides, it's not necessarily the skill used to "factor this quadratic equation," it's the abstract level of thinking required to perform the calculation.
Hmmm...wait a second...your email address includes mathlete and perhaps I am preaching to the choir...
The average layperson WILL know this report exists, and even possibly understand it, if you help them to. Part of being a good citizen is to help educate the other citizens. So grab all your friends and point them to this document. I do this all the time...I get labelled as a rabblerouser and my Republican friends all laugh at me, but at least they are aware of such documents.
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...the spoilers don't have the whole story? Ever thought of that? Perhaps the two are fighting on a platform *over* lava that falls into the lava having been ripped from its base. Maybe Palaptine does the ripping. Maybe it's cut by a lightsaber. Do you ACTUALLY think that we will see Jedi "surfing?" That would be *too* stupid. Not going to happen.
Go ahead, mod me down as though I were some sort of nerd heretic. Although it's really odd how being a Star Wars fan used to be a nerd prereq, and now you have to despise the movies in order to get your loser cap.
Or you could leave the computer on.
Which "upperlevel business types in corporate America" are the ones that are installing Windows themselves? Not even the "midlevel business types" do their own tech support.
I'd just like to pipe up and say that you are the first person on the internet to spell the word "discrete" properly. "Discreet" means "secret," folks. :)
Another notable quote from Valenti is that he is a "great persuader". We need people advocating for consumer's rights who are just as smooth and soothing to technophobe politicians and Valenti is.
The problem with that is that advocating consumers' rights does not pay nearly as well as advocating corporate rights. Maybe if we made the corporations pay taxes they wouldn't be able to afford shithooks like Jack Valenti, who has yet to contribute anything worthwhile to the world.
Ah...so the joke would have been funnier if I had remembered the paper I wrote about Galileo 11 years ago. :) Thanks for the pointer!
Coleman, who should quit being a smartass for the day
Your sig would be funnier if it were Galileo and not Copernicus that postulated a solar-centric system.
Ummm...read that again. Moore's Law is not the basis of this paper. Physicists and mathematicians using economic theories (yes, Moore's Law is economic in nature) to predict physical laws are neither published nor credentialed. The finiteness of Moore's Law is an implication of the findings of this paper.
Ummmmmmmm...I think you guys missed the joke...
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The Best minds in the world are happy to share with you how it was done... it is the no talent hacks with something to hide that favor hiding everything from view.
"And what software development processes does this remind us of, class?"
An excellent point, and one that we should remind ourselves of daily.
Personally I believe this is because the solvent in the ink evaporates within seconds. I could be wrong, however...there might not even be solvent in the ink. I personally write on the Fuji (aka TY) and Kodak discs in my massive Phish archive with an ultra fine-point Sharpie. I haven't seen the first problem, although I've only been archiving for about 2-3 years.
Having read about this topic (and replied to it in disgust) about a thousand times, I can honestly say this is the most thoughtful response to the change in the film I've ever seen.
Here's another thought...Han is *still* a smuggler. He *still* charges an outlandish fee to Luke and Han for ferrying them to Alderaan ("we could almost buy our own ship for that!"). Taken out of context, the Greedo scene makes Han a little "nicer." Unfortunately that's not who Han is at the beginning of the film.
Two more things to consider: Han's shot comes too quickly after Greedo's to have been reflex. he must have shot at the same time as Greedo or a fraction of a second later. Also, there is no way that Greedo, a bounty hunter and professional killer, would have missed at such close range. These facts lead me to believe that this scene, now more of a western-style gunfight, is to underscore the fact that Han very nearly could have died but a higher power (the Force, duh) kept him alive. The scene still shows that the galaxy is a dangerous place, particularly when the criminal underworld is involved. It also still shows that Han is willing to do what is necessary to stay alive (Greedo would certainly have taken a second shot, given the opporunity).
I would argue that the new effect does not change Han's character significantly, and actually adds a little more to the story.
Time to quit procrastinating and write my finance paper...
Coleman
Please learn to use commas effectively. If you don't know how (and it appears that you don't), don't use them at all. See the previous sentence for the proper use of a comma.
Sorry to be a pedant, but you mean that skirting creates a partial vacuum, thus inducing the downforce. The original poster had it fine and you had to go and muck it up with all your "science" and "technical expertise." Such things have no place in a /. discussion. You probably use Windows too, you philistine. ;)
Insightful? Are you fucking kidding me?
Where does the staircase of other games end? Nirvana? Complete happiness? All-knowing-ness? Did Jesus come back to Earth when you finished Super Mario? Did fireworks go off when you beat Legend of Zelda? Was world peace achieved when you finished GTA3?
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Games are all about the fun you have while you're playing them. When they're not fun anymore, stop playing them and give them to me.
Do I get anything free with this book? Or does it cost just a few cents more than the book next to it?
Each of the cases described in the replies to this post seem to revolve around people not having good business training. Obviously the "median" was wrong (he meant "mean"), but knowing the average profit for a division is a standard accounting procedure. It's not nearly as useful or common as a weighted average, but including the percentage of profit for each division is useful. The guy wasn't totally clueless.
I've been wanting this for so long. I hate paying for things I don't need.
Why do you have cable TV in the first place, then?
Where is the food court? And more importantly, the arcade?
Ms. Pac Man actually had more machines produced, was a bigger seller, and was a bigger profit-maker. The thing was that girls played Ms. Pac Man too.
Perhaps if you *did* have a tv, you'd recognize that your handmade clothing is not in fashion and that's why no one is buying it.
...that the editors only post stories about Star Wars so that the irritated minority of SW "fans" can bitch and whine about the Special Editions and how the quality of the prequels is not the same as the classic trilogy and Lucas is going to screw us all by releasing and rereleasing it over and over again and blah blah blah.
That's the way it's going to be no matter how much you complain, no matter how many petitions you sign, and no matter how much you think Lucas is a sellout. Please do those of us who still ejoy Star Wars a favor and take your petty little geekery to the starwars.com forums. Thank you.
WRONG. Algebra is found in nearly every single occupation that uses math at all. In particular the business sector uses algebra on a daily basis. There is no end to the number of problems where one has at least two known values and needs to find a third unknown value.
Besides, it's not necessarily the skill used to "factor this quadratic equation," it's the abstract level of thinking required to perform the calculation.
Hmmm...wait a second...your email address includes mathlete and perhaps I am preaching to the choir...
The average layperson WILL know this report exists, and even possibly understand it, if you help them to. Part of being a good citizen is to help educate the other citizens. So grab all your friends and point them to this document. I do this all the time...I get labelled as a rabblerouser and my Republican friends all laugh at me, but at least they are aware of such documents.