the very idea of a cute friendly and cuddly borg makes as little sense
That would be a valid complaint if that was *at all what 7 of 9's character actually was.* The whole point of the character was that she *wasn't* friendly and cuddly. But apparently you're speaking on episodes you haven't watched, so what should I have expected.
This planet has – or rather had – a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.
And so the problem remained; lots of the people were mean, and most of them were miserable, even the ones with digital watches.
Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans.
And then, one Thursday, nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change, a girl sitting on her own in a small cafe in Rickmansworth suddenly realized what it was that had been going wrong all this time, and she finally knew how the world could be made a good and happy place. This time it was right, it would work, and no one would have to get nailed to anything.
Sadly, however, before she could get to a phone to tell anyone about it, a terrible stupid catastrophe occurred, and the idea was lost for ever.
I expect we'd find that in those circles back then it was (also) pretty regular practice to consider women adults (in the sense of ready for sexual relations) after their first menstruation.
Other than the fact that biologically speaking, that's pretty much true...?
And then there's the weird bits like how God would tell the Israelites to not have more than one wife but all the patriarchs had like 5 anyway.
Is being constantly surveilled really the problem, or...
Is being surveilled by people who will nail you to the wall with any minor infraction they can drum up, all of which any one person cannot possibly be aware of at once, the problem?
And that it has been shown that we somehow have no practical accountability for such positions of authority.
Considering that we don't seem to be offered the choice of whether or not we're wiretapped, I feel no sympathy towards law enforcement being recorded while on duty. At least with cops, there is actually a good reason to do so.
I'm guessing because from the sounds of it, it would probably require the entire energy generation output of the state of Arizona to fire it...and probably wear out after about 5 shots.
This Jono Bacon guy seems to be becoming the next Bennett Haselton. I don't know or care what his qualifications are and wish they would stop throwing his articles at my eyeballs. I'm suspicious of anyone in Ubuntu PR at this point. Maybe they're not Microsoft, Sony, or Google ("we're still not evil!"), but they're their own brand of spanner-in-the-works these days.
I'm curious to hear what grammatical errors you think he's making in his signature, as I only see the one, and one error is not enough for me to call someone illiterate and insult their education.
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Could you elaborate on that? I mean, her relationship to Neelix was obvious, and Neelix was rather irritating, but...
Unbelievable in regards to the Ocampa lifespan? I'll give you that. Incoherent?
There was also the minor plot point of the Borg being in the process of getting curb-stomped by Species 8472 or whatever at the time...
the very idea of a cute friendly and cuddly borg makes as little sense
That would be a valid complaint if that was *at all what 7 of 9's character actually was.* The whole point of the character was that she *wasn't* friendly and cuddly. But apparently you're speaking on episodes you haven't watched, so what should I have expected.
Mod up...would that I hadn't posted already in here...
Because I'm sure telling long, rambling stories about a different planet we wouldn't get to for 2000 years wouldn't possibly be mocked by anyone...
Note which one of those was assassinated...
This planet has – or rather had – a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.
And so the problem remained; lots of the people were mean, and most of them were miserable, even the ones with digital watches.
Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans.
And then, one Thursday, nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change, a girl sitting on her own in a small cafe in Rickmansworth suddenly realized what it was that had been going wrong all this time, and she finally knew how the world could be made a good and happy place. This time it was right, it would work, and no one would have to get nailed to anything.
Sadly, however, before she could get to a phone to tell anyone about it, a terrible stupid catastrophe occurred, and the idea was lost for ever.
Ah crap, misfire. Sorry :P
Because obviously when you grow up, you have to throw away all of your core beliefs.
Muslims claim both worship the same invisible bearded man in the sky and that peace is their highest value.
FTFY. I get the feeling a lot of Christians would be offended at the suggestion.
Well, if you count metropolitan areas, Tokyo is apparently almost 37. But the next-biggest is 28...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...
None of the 35 million Muslims in my city have ever celebrated an atrocity
That's a pretty bold statement to make. You personally know all 35 million of them? If so, good on 'em, but come on.
The only thing I can conclude from your Islamophobia is that you don't actually, personally, KNOW a single Muslim. Not really *know*.
You really think it's more likely that 35 million Muslims are all 100% peaceful to a man, than it is that the GP knows a single Muslim himself? Wow.
Climate change = Science If you don't believe in Science, why are you here?
Trollin'.
I expect we'd find that in those circles back then it was (also) pretty regular practice to consider women adults (in the sense of ready for sexual relations) after their first menstruation.
Other than the fact that biologically speaking, that's pretty much true...?
And then there's the weird bits like how God would tell the Israelites to not have more than one wife but all the patriarchs had like 5 anyway.
e.g. http://slashdot.org/comments.p...
They're kind of hard to find because he doesn't log in and he doesn't seem as active as he used to be, lately.
And a recurring bit part on Warehouse 13. And according to IMDB, NTSF:SD:SUV:: is in its third season, too; God knows how...
Good point. However, if he was caught and imprisoned because he DID commit the crime...well...
Is being constantly surveilled really the problem, or...
Is being surveilled by people who will nail you to the wall with any minor infraction they can drum up, all of which any one person cannot possibly be aware of at once, the problem?
And that it has been shown that we somehow have no practical accountability for such positions of authority.
Considering that we don't seem to be offered the choice of whether or not we're wiretapped, I feel no sympathy towards law enforcement being recorded while on duty. At least with cops, there is actually a good reason to do so.
I'm guessing because from the sounds of it, it would probably require the entire energy generation output of the state of Arizona to fire it...and probably wear out after about 5 shots.
Assuming the physics involved even work at all.
If oxygen was both fuel and air, why the hell would we have two separate categories then?
This Jono Bacon guy seems to be becoming the next Bennett Haselton. I don't know or care what his qualifications are and wish they would stop throwing his articles at my eyeballs. I'm suspicious of anyone in Ubuntu PR at this point. Maybe they're not Microsoft, Sony, or Google ("we're still not evil!"), but they're their own brand of spanner-in-the-works these days.
Haven't you heard? They're getting ready to roll out x265 now.
I was half-joking, dude. I'm not claiming compilers can't optimize.
Well, neither Miriam-Webster Online nor Wikipedia has that definition, but apparently the argument can be made.
I'm curious to hear what grammatical errors you think he's making in his signature, as I only see the one, and one error is not enough for me to call someone illiterate and insult their education.