Bullshit. You can enforce your trademarks and still allow fan works. For instance, CBS allows use of Star Trek properties for non-profit use. Nintendo should be encouraging their most enthusiastic fans, not threatening them with legal action.
Rather, people should be led into a waiting hall and put under with a sleeping gas, then loaded into explosion proof containers and loaded onto cargo planes for delivery
That's just about the only way I would fly at all, with or without the TSA. Flying is fucking hell.
Paracetamol is metabolized whether there is alcohol involved or not; Paracetamol is unhealthy for the liver regardless.
Acetaminophen (*ahem*) is metabolized through two pathways. One uses reducing equivalents (-SH groups) and the other not. The first produces a non-toxic metabolite, the other does not. (check out this diagram) As long as you have reducing equivalents, you're fairly safe. Metabolizing alcohol uses up those reducing equivalents, so it makes acetaminophen toxicity a lot worse.
It is more flexible in laying out content than browser mode.
Why and how would you "lay out content" in a file manager?
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I agree that killing people for not converting to Christianity is wrong. But, by definition, those who practice such things are not Christians.
If you limit the definition of Christian to those who only follow all the rules of Christianity, no one is a Christian. How many so-called Christians do you know who eat shellfish?
I saw the film in 3D, which incidentally is the only way to see it -- accept no substitutes -- and while I was amazed overall at the technology, I was somewhat chagrined at the shockingly pedestrian plot
Honestly, this movie didn't need a plot. I'd be just as happy to sit for 3 hours watching that 3D CG with no setting at all. I'm thinking something like this, in IMAX 3d of course. Special effects on a big screen is the ONLY reason to actually go to a theater anymore, if I want a movie with a plot, I'll get a DVD and pause it when I need to, rewind and rewatch important scenes etc. Why doesn't Hollywood accept it and stop slapping crappy plots onto what could otherwise be really awesome pieces of abstract art?
Essentially, this stems from the concept that juries are intended to be finders of fact, not judges of law.
Yes, but where does that erroneous concept come from? Chief Justice John Jay said "It is presumed, that juries are the best judges of facts; it is, on the other hand, presumed that courts are the best judges of law. But still both objects are within your power of decision... you [juries] have a right to take it upon yourselves to judge of both, and to determine the law as well as the fact in controversy"
Frankly the whole film smacks of a bunch of CGI geeks being given an unlimited budget and no rules,
And I'm glad they were.
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the creatures have eyes. That seems like a pretty odd thing to develop on a different planet.
Not really. The eye has actually evolved independently more than once on this planet. Given the evolutionary advantage, it would be surprising if eyes did not evolve on other planets.
And separately, what would be believable is that if eyes develop, most large creatures would have the same number
Large animals on earth have differing numbers of nipples, in an alternate evolutionary history, why not eyes?
Even if something so utterly like us could develop somewhere else (which itself seems incredibly unlikely, given the infinitude of possibilities), why would it be the dominant life form?
I didn't see anything in the movie that suggested the navi were dominant.
Maybe you should repeat to yourself "it's just a movie, I should really just relax". Go see it in IMAX. When you're that visually stimulated, you won't really care about the nitpicks. And if you do, there's plenty of opportunity for MST3K style riffing. If you don't see it in IMAX, it's probably not worth seeing at all though.
It's not sucking heat out, that would actually require extra energy input. It's not a pump, it's more like a water wheel.
But my question has been answered. It doesn't get below ambient temperature. We just don't feel ambient temperature as cold as it actually is, because air is a pretty good insulator.
I don't understand how it can get cold. You can harvest energy from a temperature gradient, but once the headband is at ambient temperature, there's no more gradient. How does it get cold?
How about commissioning new open source software? A government agency must have need for some specialty software that's only available commercially. Hire someone to write a replacement and open source it. It'll be cheaper in the long run, and the community gets the source code.
Ew, no thanks. Even the British can't drink tea without loading it with milk and sugar. Plus, I'd have to drink at least twice the volume to get the same amount of caffeine. Worst case scenario, I'd switch to caffeine pills before drinking tea daily.
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Do not confuse one group's good will with something that should be expected from everyone.
Good will should be expected from everyone. Without it, you're a dick, by definition. And when you give good will, you get it back.
Bullshit. You can enforce your trademarks and still allow fan works. For instance, CBS allows use of Star Trek properties for non-profit use. Nintendo should be encouraging their most enthusiastic fans, not threatening them with legal action.
Personally, I think we should get rid of the notion that everyone is qualified to vote.
That's an attractive idea, but who gets to decide who isn't qualified to vote? How do you ensure that they are qualified?
Sounds like they should do some tests on this "placebo" stuff to see what makes it as good as ginkgo.
I'd be happy with a DN3D sequel that uses the same engine. DN3D has everything you need to make a great game. We just need some new levels.
I have to HOPO
You have to what?
I'm sure it's cheaper than getting their asses sued for negligence.
h1b drove down american IT salaries
Did anyone think it would do otherwise? Increased competition drives down prices. That's the way any market works, including the labor market.
Rather, people should be led into a waiting hall and put under with a sleeping gas, then loaded into explosion proof containers and loaded onto cargo planes for delivery
That's just about the only way I would fly at all, with or without the TSA. Flying is fucking hell.
That's a good rule for every phone.
I can't help that people are too stupid to understand the difference between GB and GiB
Yeah, those stupid OS coders. They're idiots. Every last one of them.
So, I guess Hans Reiser has a lot of experience with tail packing then.
Paracetamol is metabolized whether there is alcohol involved or not; Paracetamol is unhealthy for the liver regardless.
Acetaminophen (*ahem*) is metabolized through two pathways. One uses reducing equivalents (-SH groups) and the other not. The first produces a non-toxic metabolite, the other does not. (check out this diagram) As long as you have reducing equivalents, you're fairly safe. Metabolizing alcohol uses up those reducing equivalents, so it makes acetaminophen toxicity a lot worse.
It is more flexible in laying out content than browser mode.
Why and how would you "lay out content" in a file manager?
I agree that killing people for not converting to Christianity is wrong. But, by definition, those who practice such things are not Christians.
If you limit the definition of Christian to those who only follow all the rules of Christianity, no one is a Christian. How many so-called Christians do you know who eat shellfish?
Yes, they have copied the "split view" (one of the killer features of dolphin/konqueror).
Of course, dolphin/konqueror copied that from norton commander/midnight commander. And I'm glad they did.
I saw the film in 3D, which incidentally is the only way to see it -- accept no substitutes -- and while I was amazed overall at the technology, I was somewhat chagrined at the shockingly pedestrian plot
Honestly, this movie didn't need a plot. I'd be just as happy to sit for 3 hours watching that 3D CG with no setting at all. I'm thinking something like this, in IMAX 3d of course. Special effects on a big screen is the ONLY reason to actually go to a theater anymore, if I want a movie with a plot, I'll get a DVD and pause it when I need to, rewind and rewatch important scenes etc. Why doesn't Hollywood accept it and stop slapping crappy plots onto what could otherwise be really awesome pieces of abstract art?
Essentially, this stems from the concept that juries are intended to be finders of fact, not judges of law.
Yes, but where does that erroneous concept come from? Chief Justice John Jay said "It is presumed, that juries are the best judges of facts; it is, on the other hand, presumed that courts are the best judges of law. But still both objects are within your power of decision... you [juries] have a right to take it upon yourselves to judge of both, and to determine the law as well as the fact in controversy"
Frankly the whole film smacks of a bunch of CGI geeks being given an unlimited budget and no rules,
And I'm glad they were.
the creatures have eyes. That seems like a pretty odd thing to develop on a different planet.
Not really. The eye has actually evolved independently more than once on this planet. Given the evolutionary advantage, it would be surprising if eyes did not evolve on other planets.
And separately, what would be believable is that if eyes develop, most large creatures would have the same number
Large animals on earth have differing numbers of nipples, in an alternate evolutionary history, why not eyes?
Even if something so utterly like us could develop somewhere else (which itself seems incredibly unlikely, given the infinitude of possibilities), why would it be the dominant life form?
I didn't see anything in the movie that suggested the navi were dominant.
Maybe you should repeat to yourself "it's just a movie, I should really just relax". Go see it in IMAX. When you're that visually stimulated, you won't really care about the nitpicks. And if you do, there's plenty of opportunity for MST3K style riffing. If you don't see it in IMAX, it's probably not worth seeing at all though.
That's exactly what it was. And it sure was pretty in IMAX 3d. It's nothing I'd ever watch on DVD at home, but absolutely worth seeing in the theater.
It's not sucking heat out, that would actually require extra energy input. It's not a pump, it's more like a water wheel.
But my question has been answered. It doesn't get below ambient temperature. We just don't feel ambient temperature as cold as it actually is, because air is a pretty good insulator.
I don't understand how it can get cold. You can harvest energy from a temperature gradient, but once the headband is at ambient temperature, there's no more gradient. How does it get cold?
How about commissioning new open source software? A government agency must have need for some specialty software that's only available commercially. Hire someone to write a replacement and open source it. It'll be cheaper in the long run, and the community gets the source code.
Ew, no thanks. Even the British can't drink tea without loading it with milk and sugar. Plus, I'd have to drink at least twice the volume to get the same amount of caffeine. Worst case scenario, I'd switch to caffeine pills before drinking tea daily.