hedwards was complaining that HE had to buy a different sort of computer to avoid Microsoft. Non-geeks, for the most part, aren't even aware of the issue.
I'm not at all surprised, because I know quite a few. That is exactly what I was saying. And while social engineering may not be their forte, there are other security topics being taught here as well.
Speaking of innumeracy. You have a kid who is running amok with your credit card to the tune of $650 a year. To make a point about how bad this is, you confiscate the funds for his ongoing science fair project, into which he has been putting $0.08 a year.
Right, because Obama stopped all of the abuses, and Bush never overthrew dictatorships as part of an international alliance. Oh. Right. Nevermind. That's just that whole selective memory thing again. Silly me.
But...do you, for one, welcome your new football/BDSM themed overlords?
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If anything, I would suggest that the Scouring is THE thematic center of the trilogy and that (other than the character assassinations of Faramir, Treebeard, and Elrond) it was the single worst crime Jackson committed against the books. Cinematically, it isn't an "epic" follow up to the grand battles of Helm's Deep or the Battle of Pelennor Fields, but its message is essential to Tolkien's work.
The incident with the Witch King is just one of many incidents that "wimp out" Gandalf, but it certainly represents a major departure from canon. Gandalf is one of the Maiar - an angelic being who existed before the creation of the world and is a closer peer to Sauron than to some wraith. As far as the fear of Moria goes - in the source material Gandalf recommended Moria from the start, and it was Aragorn's fear for Gandalf's sake that prevented them from doing so earlier.
And all this still leaves the aforementioned character assassinations. Faramir of the movie bears no resemblance to his namesake in the books (if anything he is the polar opposite), and the Ents most certainly did NOT have to be tricked into their attack on Isengard. It also seemed as if Hugo Weaving was still playing Agent Smith rather than one of the oldest and most noble living beings in Middle Earth.
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Yeah, that one too - which falls more into the category of unnecessary (ala Aragorn falling off a cliff), rather than missing something important or over the top character assassination like the rest (Frodo slowly losing control to the ring IS a theme).
Correct. But my point was the file format involved.
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My father is a Tolkien scholar, I've watched the theatrical releases 3 times each (in theaters), and extended editions 4 times each - it is possible, but extremely unlikely, that I've missed something.
* Elrond, Faramir, and the Ents for starters.
* Missing the Houses of Healing, the Scouring of the Shire
* (also, but less importantly, missing Ghan-buri-ghan and Bombadil)
* Plus some retarded scene with Aragorn falling off a cliff.
* Gandalf was a pansy (cf. showdown with the Witch-King and being scared to go into Moria) and Aragorn was whiny (cf. everything).
Whoosh, I think. Unless I'm getting meta-whooshed.
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I refuse to believe that anyone who cared about Tolkien was involved with the making of the LOTR movie trilogy. They were good movies if viewed on their own, but they committed a travesty on the books.
The Mac App Store just downloads.dmg's last I remember (or something similar). See the whole fiasco with trying to ugprade Xcode through the store - it makes you redownload the whole disk image.
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Learn to significant digits.
hedwards was complaining that HE had to buy a different sort of computer to avoid Microsoft. Non-geeks, for the most part, aren't even aware of the issue.
Nope, it came with a house too.
There's this funny little thing called Newegg.
Move to Vermont. We got 60 acres for less than $200,000. Actually don't though, because we like it rural.
I'm not at all surprised, because I know quite a few. That is exactly what I was saying. And while social engineering may not be their forte, there are other security topics being taught here as well.
My point was mostly attention span + impaired interpersonal skills/lack of social understanding.
You are aware of Asperger's, are you not?
Analog to digital conversions inherently are going to miss some data. Did your first sample of the waveform come at 0:00.02 or 0:00.01?
Hi. My personal library is approaching 150, and I was born in 1990.
Speaking of innumeracy. You have a kid who is running amok with your credit card to the tune of $650 a year. To make a point about how bad this is, you confiscate the funds for his ongoing science fair project, into which he has been putting $0.08 a year.
Right, because Obama stopped all of the abuses, and Bush never overthrew dictatorships as part of an international alliance. Oh. Right. Nevermind. That's just that whole selective memory thing again. Silly me.
I, for one, welcome our new Zerg Overlords.
Eli sacrificed himself to write it for everyone to use when they come out of stasis.
That wasn't the one I thought you were going to post.
You must not have met any Lisp Machine cultists.
But...do you, for one, welcome your new football/BDSM themed overlords?
If anything, I would suggest that the Scouring is THE thematic center of the trilogy and that (other than the character assassinations of Faramir, Treebeard, and Elrond) it was the single worst crime Jackson committed against the books. Cinematically, it isn't an "epic" follow up to the grand battles of Helm's Deep or the Battle of Pelennor Fields, but its message is essential to Tolkien's work.
The incident with the Witch King is just one of many incidents that "wimp out" Gandalf, but it certainly represents a major departure from canon. Gandalf is one of the Maiar - an angelic being who existed before the creation of the world and is a closer peer to Sauron than to some wraith. As far as the fear of Moria goes - in the source material Gandalf recommended Moria from the start, and it was Aragorn's fear for Gandalf's sake that prevented them from doing so earlier.
And all this still leaves the aforementioned character assassinations. Faramir of the movie bears no resemblance to his namesake in the books (if anything he is the polar opposite), and the Ents most certainly did NOT have to be tricked into their attack on Isengard. It also seemed as if Hugo Weaving was still playing Agent Smith rather than one of the oldest and most noble living beings in Middle Earth.
Yeah, that one too - which falls more into the category of unnecessary (ala Aragorn falling off a cliff), rather than missing something important or over the top character assassination like the rest (Frodo slowly losing control to the ring IS a theme).
Correct. But my point was the file format involved.
My father is a Tolkien scholar, I've watched the theatrical releases 3 times each (in theaters), and extended editions 4 times each - it is possible, but extremely unlikely, that I've missed something. * Elrond, Faramir, and the Ents for starters. * Missing the Houses of Healing, the Scouring of the Shire * (also, but less importantly, missing Ghan-buri-ghan and Bombadil) * Plus some retarded scene with Aragorn falling off a cliff. * Gandalf was a pansy (cf. showdown with the Witch-King and being scared to go into Moria) and Aragorn was whiny (cf. everything).
Whoosh, I think. Unless I'm getting meta-whooshed.
I refuse to believe that anyone who cared about Tolkien was involved with the making of the LOTR movie trilogy. They were good movies if viewed on their own, but they committed a travesty on the books.
The continuity of Wolverine has been publicly and intentionally discarded with respect to the rest of the franchise.
The Mac App Store just downloads .dmg's last I remember (or something similar). See the whole fiasco with trying to ugprade Xcode through the store - it makes you redownload the whole disk image.