I believe that to be true of 1-5 scale ratings. Not enough granularity. 1-10 scales are better, and 1-100 are even better. I think granularity creates better reviews, because not every movie is a 100. But a lot of movies can be 5 stars.
If you think about it this way, 5 Star ratings are divided into 20% ranges, 10 star is 10% ranges, and point scoring is 1%. 20% isn't anywhere close to accurate.
I am a fan of the Original Mad Max movies (Mad Max, Road Warrior). Having perused the wonderful reviews of Fury Road, i decided I would watch it.
As a movie it was passable, but not 5 Star great.
I really liked the movie Avatar, except for the Fern Gully / Pocahontas plot lines it was fantastic experience. But I only would give it 4 stars (because of the plot), so something like Fury Road was at best (IMHO) a 2.5 It was fair, plot lines were fairly flat, characters were mostly one dimensional. I'm glad I didn't see it in theaters, I would have been disappointed in wasting that kind of money on it.
While I see the draw of an internet connected thermostat, it isn't enough to outweigh the "Please hack me" that is inevitable. It isn't that hard to program a decent thermostat to function within the 90% of normal range, and manually change it for the 10% of the time that isn't normal. So, I get off work a little early and want the house cooled down (summer) or warmed up (winter) when I get home, I'll suffer the 30 minutes it takes.
And why hasn't anyone of these people watched BattleStar Galactica, you don't network critical systems that are capable of being hacked.
You need to pay off my student loans AND guarantee me that job.
Now, just imagine the problems when the (D) plan of "Free Education for everyone!" comes out, and we have a million new "Womyn Studies" graduates all wondering why they can't get a job. The next election, Democrats will be offering "Free Jobs for everyone" and we'll have meaningless jobs just like the old days in the USSR.
IF you don't vote, you vote doesn't count. If you don't vote for the winner, your vote doesn't count, The only way your vote counts (using your example) is if you vote for the winner. And as long as you think that way, nothing will change. Which is why people like you who want change, but don't actually change, can't actually change anything. So please stop spewing your "anti-change" logic and let those of us who are not tied to broken system of two parties (who are more or less the same) actually change the system.
Because right now, you only say you want to change, but are unwilling to actually do it.
IF Clinton was only accused once, you might have a case. The problem is, there is a long string of allegations against him, that continue to this day. Google Search Pedophile Island for a glimpse.
Go ahead, keep defending him, and you enable it to continue.
Yeah, just is one rape allegation. Depending upon what the definition of "is" is.
And I bet you don't know Clinton's close association with a Pedophile on "Pedophile Island" (google it)
But keep telling yourself it is a vast right wing conspiracy (remember, that was the allegation during Monica's scandal, which later was proven by DNA to be... not a right wing conspiracy)
I had a Palm Pilot and a cell phone back in that day. I can tell you that I wanted them to be integrated from the moment I was carrying two devices. All it would have taken was someone somewhere designing a Palm Phone. Palm had full opportunity to make this work, the problem is, they were a PDA company, not a Phone company (until it was too late).
This goes to Apple's credit, when people wanted an MP3 Player built into a phone, and Apple licensed iTunes to Motorola. I knew at that moment, Apple was using that as a place holder for their own version that actually was tied together in a nice slick package. Get the idea out there, let someone else figure out the weak spots and then release your own better version.
In the end, Palm blew it, by thinking small ("we're PDA") not big ("We're consumer electronics").
Actually, they found exactly the opposite when the (D) operative hacked her account and they actually found nothing. But keep reading the DailyKos and HuffPo... they never lie.
Actually, female plumbing only matters to (D) people, who can't stand criticism and will play the "sexist" card all day long. But when a (D) starts calling females of the (R) persuasion "cunt", its "humor" and not misogyny. Nothing like having a double-standard for sexism. Bill Clinton can rape people, and it is okay, but Clarance Thomas is accused of putting a pubic hair on a coke (You really believe that story?) and the left goes nuts.
Personally, I would love to see everyone stop being hypocrites for just one day. (Yes, the Rs are just as hypocritical)
were they more or less secure than the State Dept's servers?
There is a difference, and if you can't see the difference you're the worst kind of apologist.
The difference is, in case you're wondering, is that we'll never know the state of Hillary's server. Which is, absolutely worse. And if you're assuming the best case, the answer is still no, it wasn't, and we have proof of that already (Server housed in a Denver Apt bathroom!).
I'm guessing, this is your version of "What difference does it matter, at this point?"
Even I know that was supposed to be a humorous quip, avoiding answering the question. She won't say the server was wiped, because that is bad optics during a presidential race, but it was, she (via her "team) has admitted to it.
The question is, how many people would still vote for her simply because she has a (D) behind her name? That is the really sorry state of our politics.
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I believe that to be true of 1-5 scale ratings. Not enough granularity. 1-10 scales are better, and 1-100 are even better. I think granularity creates better reviews, because not every movie is a 100. But a lot of movies can be 5 stars.
If you think about it this way, 5 Star ratings are divided into 20% ranges, 10 star is 10% ranges, and point scoring is 1%. 20% isn't anywhere close to accurate.
I am a fan of the Original Mad Max movies (Mad Max, Road Warrior). Having perused the wonderful reviews of Fury Road, i decided I would watch it.
As a movie it was passable, but not 5 Star great.
I really liked the movie Avatar, except for the Fern Gully / Pocahontas plot lines it was fantastic experience. But I only would give it 4 stars (because of the plot), so something like Fury Road was at best (IMHO) a 2.5 It was fair, plot lines were fairly flat, characters were mostly one dimensional. I'm glad I didn't see it in theaters, I would have been disappointed in wasting that kind of money on it.
Oh wait, that is Racist of me.
We can't do that because it might offend China.
I wonder if any American company will get to see any of China's source code.
While I see the draw of an internet connected thermostat, it isn't enough to outweigh the "Please hack me" that is inevitable. It isn't that hard to program a decent thermostat to function within the 90% of normal range, and manually change it for the 10% of the time that isn't normal. So, I get off work a little early and want the house cooled down (summer) or warmed up (winter) when I get home, I'll suffer the 30 minutes it takes.
And why hasn't anyone of these people watched BattleStar Galactica, you don't network critical systems that are capable of being hacked.
You need to pay off my student loans AND guarantee me that job.
Now, just imagine the problems when the (D) plan of "Free Education for everyone!" comes out, and we have a million new "Womyn Studies" graduates all wondering why they can't get a job. The next election, Democrats will be offering "Free Jobs for everyone" and we'll have meaningless jobs just like the old days in the USSR.
IF you don't vote, you vote doesn't count. If you don't vote for the winner, your vote doesn't count, The only way your vote counts (using your example) is if you vote for the winner. And as long as you think that way, nothing will change. Which is why people like you who want change, but don't actually change, can't actually change anything. So please stop spewing your "anti-change" logic and let those of us who are not tied to broken system of two parties (who are more or less the same) actually change the system.
Because right now, you only say you want to change, but are unwilling to actually do it.
Yeah, no bias here. Democrats are as pure as the driven snow (rolleyes)
This is how people like Hillary and Jeb get elected, dumb people who only see (D) or (R) when they vote.
These are sheeple, so no arms. But your math still works fine. Excellent algorithm
IF Clinton was only accused once, you might have a case. The problem is, there is a long string of allegations against him, that continue to this day. Google Search Pedophile Island for a glimpse.
Go ahead, keep defending him, and you enable it to continue.
I have found that Atheists have almost (not 100% but close) universal belief in Aliens.
http://www.albertpeia.com/oxfo...
Yeah only one rape. If that is all that matters.
http://www.albertpeia.com/oxfo...
Yeah, just is one rape allegation. Depending upon what the definition of "is" is.
And I bet you don't know Clinton's close association with a Pedophile on "Pedophile Island" (google it)
But keep telling yourself it is a vast right wing conspiracy (remember, that was the allegation during Monica's scandal, which later was proven by DNA to be ... not a right wing conspiracy)
But such is the same for Clarence Thomas. No credible evidence other than vain accusation.
Or Bob Packwood.
In politics, accusation is usually enough for liberals to go apeshit crazy, unless it is Clinton.
... But its Aliens!
-Filed under "we want to believe in aliens so bad, we're willing to entertain that idea even without any credible evidence"
I had a Palm Pilot and a cell phone back in that day. I can tell you that I wanted them to be integrated from the moment I was carrying two devices. All it would have taken was someone somewhere designing a Palm Phone. Palm had full opportunity to make this work, the problem is, they were a PDA company, not a Phone company (until it was too late).
This goes to Apple's credit, when people wanted an MP3 Player built into a phone, and Apple licensed iTunes to Motorola. I knew at that moment, Apple was using that as a place holder for their own version that actually was tied together in a nice slick package. Get the idea out there, let someone else figure out the weak spots and then release your own better version.
In the end, Palm blew it, by thinking small ("we're PDA") not big ("We're consumer electronics").
If they have a warrant to seize your guns, you ask for a lawyer be present during the warrant search. They can wait.
"I am not refusing the test. I am asking for my lawyer be present during its administration."
Then I will listen to what my lawyer tells me.
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And cars.
Because we always blame inanimate objects for the actions of their users.
Actually, they found exactly the opposite when the (D) operative hacked her account and they actually found nothing. But keep reading the DailyKos and HuffPo ... they never lie.
Actually, female plumbing only matters to (D) people, who can't stand criticism and will play the "sexist" card all day long. But when a (D) starts calling females of the (R) persuasion "cunt", its "humor" and not misogyny. Nothing like having a double-standard for sexism. Bill Clinton can rape people, and it is okay, but Clarance Thomas is accused of putting a pubic hair on a coke (You really believe that story?) and the left goes nuts.
Personally, I would love to see everyone stop being hypocrites for just one day. (Yes, the Rs are just as hypocritical)
Colin Powell used a PUBLIC email server, not a private one. Slightly different, and enough different that it matters.
were they more or less secure than the State Dept's servers?
There is a difference, and if you can't see the difference you're the worst kind of apologist.
The difference is, in case you're wondering, is that we'll never know the state of Hillary's server. Which is, absolutely worse. And if you're assuming the best case, the answer is still no, it wasn't, and we have proof of that already (Server housed in a Denver Apt bathroom!).
I'm guessing, this is your version of "What difference does it matter, at this point?"
Even I know that was supposed to be a humorous quip, avoiding answering the question. She won't say the server was wiped, because that is bad optics during a presidential race, but it was, she (via her "team) has admitted to it.
The question is, how many people would still vote for her simply because she has a (D) behind her name? That is the really sorry state of our politics.
My fear is that this becomes a Jeb vs Bernie race, which would all but give us Bush trifecta.