I've read that the original screenplay was written by a woman who died early in production who didn't get much credit for her influence on the script. Any more info, Fandom?
I worked in a high school for 2 years. Parents don't want to hear that they're kids are brats. They want any evidence they can get to rationalize the myth that poor teachers are the problem with our education system. One quick story...
The junior class at the school was turning into a bunch of fuck-ups. Poor academics, drugs, mediocre sports performance, etc. So, the principal who was a really good guy calls an assembly, sends *ALL* the teachers out except for the VP and has a "man-to-man" talk with the whole junior class. He basically told them they were screwing up their lives and needed to straighten up before they've ruined their opportunity there. Well, all the kids run home and tell exaggerated...scratch that flat out lies about what he said to them. Saying he called them worthless, stupid, etc. This caused an uproar with all the parents bitching to the administration for daring to suggest that their sweet little babies could be anything short of Sainthood-candidates. I'd been working at the school for a while at this point and I knew the deal, and I was a computer lab tech. Kids would come in all the time to hang out during breaks. So, I'd get the lowdown from them and surreptitiously steer them into telling me *exactly* what he said. Of course, it was quite different from the cry baby story they all ran home and told mommy and daddy. And, that's our education system in microcosm. Parents sending less disciplined children to school to be simultaneously educated and parented because so many of them aren't getting the job done at home.
Coincidentally, about 10 years later I found out a friend had attended that school when I struck up a conversation with her mother. Just to reinforce the point, her daughters were habitual skippers (though they did get their acts together). But, she blamed the principal when he threatened police action (I never knew you could be charged with this!) if she didn't get her girls to start coming to classes. Kind of sad to hear her mother saying this, because her daughter was really hot too (really turned me off on the girl after seeing that side of her family).
Unfortunately, that won't happen with all of the pro-corporate trade laws. I think it's actually illegal to levy tariffs like this under WTO membership rules. I think the Bush administration got sued for trying to use tariffs to protect US steel manufacturing.
IANA biologist, but what I've read has made the point that socialization in a species causes increases in intelligence. If you're a socializing animal, you have to be able to recognize individuals, communicate with them through body language and sometimes vocally, and draw distinctions between your family and that of others. That's on top of what you have to do normally. I wish people would stop making the silly analogy to "well I live in my basement and *I'm* smarter than a bimbo with friends who parties all the time." You are a member of a cliche, not a subspecies of humans. Nineteenth century intellectuals were very social and you probably are too if you consider your virtual human contacts.
The problem with the analogy is you're the same species. And, there are equally smart people who are also gregarious within the species. There are also dumb people who are hermits as well. You're taking characteristics of a cliche and making generalizations about humanity.
Horrible analogy. Social species have to evolve a host of new behavioral traits; individual identification, communication, family recognition, etc. Just because you decide to live in your basement doesn't make you a subspecies.
You're wrong about dog conditioning. Dogs don't just do tricks for rewards or the chance of a reward. Dogs are pack animals and part of training them is teaching them pack rules and where they fit in the hierarchy. My last dog I almost never rewarded her, I *praised* her which was telling her "yes, you're following our pack's rules properly." Subtly different from reward response.
I wouldn't use your story as a bad example. Any idiot can walk into city hall and file a suit. How far it goes is the measure of the justice system. And, that's where our problem is.
Now, you're all experts in astronomical nomenclature? Have any of you even heard the term "extragalactic" before this article? People are whining like the planet has to come screaming out of the void from the edge of the universe to be "extragalactic". You don't like the definition, get your PhD in astrophysics and make up a new one.
I think hybrid and electric vehicles should be all based on modifications to existing designs. Yes, you're hammering a square peg into a round hole, but I'd rather EV or hybrid technology be an option, not a car.
The Volt really irks me. The prototype was beautiful in a Art Deco sci-fi kind of way. Then, the accountants got a hold of the design and turned it into a classic "sporty" chick sedan. I was most definitely looking to get it, but after I saw they turned it into a Honda Civic I got turned off.
Yes, it's impressive to zoom in on a flying aircraft and right through the glass into the interior. It's impressive to follow a bomb dropping from the plane until it goes down the stack of a battleship or fly down Orthanc into the flaming pits below it.
Oh, these shots are very possible without CGI, but that damned whiny cameramen's union put a stop to the cheap way of doing it.
I've been receiving mail for 4 years for the previous occupants of my house and getting phone calls for 2-3 for the previous owners of my phone number from debt collectors. What recourse do you have when these guys screw up because your name is John Smith and your a slightly obese farmer in Oklahoma who happens to resemble another couple dozen guys in your city with the same name?
Yeah, I'm sure it's not practical, but Mars apparently has some jaw-dropping vistas. I'd love to see a robotic blimp traversing the planet snapping pictures.
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And, have it covered with veins. Which I'm sure the Macoholics will appreciate just in time for Christmas.
I've been using these for years to rape snipers and campers. One of the most versatile weapons in the game.
Sounds like a typical friend to me!
I've read that the original screenplay was written by a woman who died early in production who didn't get much credit for her influence on the script. Any more info, Fandom?
Banks chain pens to their counters. We have the technology!
I worked in a high school for 2 years. Parents don't want to hear that they're kids are brats. They want any evidence they can get to rationalize the myth that poor teachers are the problem with our education system. One quick story...
The junior class at the school was turning into a bunch of fuck-ups. Poor academics, drugs, mediocre sports performance, etc. So, the principal who was a really good guy calls an assembly, sends *ALL* the teachers out except for the VP and has a "man-to-man" talk with the whole junior class. He basically told them they were screwing up their lives and needed to straighten up before they've ruined their opportunity there. Well, all the kids run home and tell exaggerated...scratch that flat out lies about what he said to them. Saying he called them worthless, stupid, etc. This caused an uproar with all the parents bitching to the administration for daring to suggest that their sweet little babies could be anything short of Sainthood-candidates. I'd been working at the school for a while at this point and I knew the deal, and I was a computer lab tech. Kids would come in all the time to hang out during breaks. So, I'd get the lowdown from them and surreptitiously steer them into telling me *exactly* what he said. Of course, it was quite different from the cry baby story they all ran home and told mommy and daddy. And, that's our education system in microcosm. Parents sending less disciplined children to school to be simultaneously educated and parented because so many of them aren't getting the job done at home.
Coincidentally, about 10 years later I found out a friend had attended that school when I struck up a conversation with her mother. Just to reinforce the point, her daughters were habitual skippers (though they did get their acts together). But, she blamed the principal when he threatened police action (I never knew you could be charged with this!) if she didn't get her girls to start coming to classes. Kind of sad to hear her mother saying this, because her daughter was really hot too (really turned me off on the girl after seeing that side of her family).
Unfortunately, that won't happen with all of the pro-corporate trade laws. I think it's actually illegal to levy tariffs like this under WTO membership rules. I think the Bush administration got sued for trying to use tariffs to protect US steel manufacturing.
The only time I have pumpkin pie is when I'm with my family on Thanksgiving. That's a very disturbing Pavlovian response.
IANA biologist, but what I've read has made the point that socialization in a species causes increases in intelligence. If you're a socializing animal, you have to be able to recognize individuals, communicate with them through body language and sometimes vocally, and draw distinctions between your family and that of others. That's on top of what you have to do normally. I wish people would stop making the silly analogy to "well I live in my basement and *I'm* smarter than a bimbo with friends who parties all the time." You are a member of a cliche, not a subspecies of humans. Nineteenth century intellectuals were very social and you probably are too if you consider your virtual human contacts.
By your logic, house plants are geniuses.
The problem with the analogy is you're the same species. And, there are equally smart people who are also gregarious within the species. There are also dumb people who are hermits as well. You're taking characteristics of a cliche and making generalizations about humanity.
Horrible analogy. Social species have to evolve a host of new behavioral traits; individual identification, communication, family recognition, etc. Just because you decide to live in your basement doesn't make you a subspecies.
You're wrong about dog conditioning. Dogs don't just do tricks for rewards or the chance of a reward. Dogs are pack animals and part of training them is teaching them pack rules and where they fit in the hierarchy. My last dog I almost never rewarded her, I *praised* her which was telling her "yes, you're following our pack's rules properly." Subtly different from reward response.
No, "Snowflake" isn't a "little stinker." He's an asshole. Get a dog and stop pretending your cat is as cool as one.
Only if it turns out to be a phenomenal waste of money as the GP warns us about.
Speak for yourselves. I'm waiting for them to find a Balrog.
How is it possible for the free market to not result in better products and service?
I wouldn't use your story as a bad example. Any idiot can walk into city hall and file a suit. How far it goes is the measure of the justice system. And, that's where our problem is.
Now, you're all experts in astronomical nomenclature? Have any of you even heard the term "extragalactic" before this article? People are whining like the planet has to come screaming out of the void from the edge of the universe to be "extragalactic". You don't like the definition, get your PhD in astrophysics and make up a new one.
Like Canadians?
I think hybrid and electric vehicles should be all based on modifications to existing designs. Yes, you're hammering a square peg into a round hole, but I'd rather EV or hybrid technology be an option, not a car.
The Volt really irks me. The prototype was beautiful in a Art Deco sci-fi kind of way. Then, the accountants got a hold of the design and turned it into a classic "sporty" chick sedan. I was most definitely looking to get it, but after I saw they turned it into a Honda Civic I got turned off.
Yes, it's impressive to zoom in on a flying aircraft and right through the glass into the interior. It's impressive to follow a bomb dropping from the plane until it goes down the stack of a battleship or fly down Orthanc into the flaming pits below it.
Oh, these shots are very possible without CGI, but that damned whiny cameramen's union put a stop to the cheap way of doing it.
I've been receiving mail for 4 years for the previous occupants of my house and getting phone calls for 2-3 for the previous owners of my phone number from debt collectors. What recourse do you have when these guys screw up because your name is John Smith and your a slightly obese farmer in Oklahoma who happens to resemble another couple dozen guys in your city with the same name?
Yeah, I'm sure it's not practical, but Mars apparently has some jaw-dropping vistas. I'd love to see a robotic blimp traversing the planet snapping pictures.