It's wonderful that only 2 years into college, you've got the real world all figured out. In reality, you haven't reached the best part of an undergraduate education yet, and you certainly haven't gotten an education in the real world
Well I'm a fella with a B.S. degree, 3 years out (working experience), who is halfway to the end of my M.S. and I largely agree with the poster that school bears little resemblance to the real world.
School favors those that can test well, thrive under intense time restraints, and have good memorization skills. With the exception of the intense time restraints, these skills carry over very poorly to the job market, where we use references and tools regularly to assist in our work. Oh, and understanding a concept/theory and applying it effectively are also two entirely different ballparks as well.
Sure. Basic math, science, and writing skills are a complete waste of time, as are history and the social sciences. Right. You were ready for the real world right out of middle school!
Back to reality again. The general education classes will teach you a LOT about a wide range of things if you're willing to put a little effort into them.
Reality? How much of grade/middle/highschool do YOU remember? I remember being forced to memorize all the presidents in order, as well as all the states and their capitals. Needless to say, this random bout of memorization proved to be just about as useless as I'd imagined it would be (and to this day I've already forgotten a whole slew of them as well). Why you feel a need to criticize people who see early schooling as largely a busywork exercise with lots of the above is beyond me. I'm all for being diverse and learning new things, but don't waste my time (no, not even as a child)
I still don't understand why they couldn't have built some low-power-consumption air blowers to clear the panels now and again. These things wouldn't have to run all the time, so technically if there were energy concerns, couldn't they divert power from other system components temporarily to blow dust off the solar panels, before goin back into "working" mode? I couldn't imagine a bare minimum simple air compressor taking that much power.
More importantly, it gives me the ability to customize.
Customization you speak of is done through applications, not OSes
If my task is CPU/memory intensive (graphics), I choose a very simple window manager
Tho you really can't change Window's window manager, you could shut off all the crap that slows it down (animations, active desktop, etc)...with modern day computers, I've never had a speed issue with my machines related to windowing
Do I have to repeat a task? All it takes for me is a simple two liner script to do it, while on Windows I almost always end up having to install Cygwin to do my tasks (do not give me the batch file crap, batch does not do regex or any of that stuff, nor can I pipe my outputs and inputs)
Now this one I'll give you. Piping/regexing/etc are infinestimally easier on linux, as is most anything that requires a command line.
if I do not like the messages during bootup, I can change that
TweakUI lets you configure alot of things involving bootup. Or you could manually edit the boot.ini file. Though you may not get the "bare metal" control you seem to desire, how often have you changed anything so trivial in your kernel? I certainly haven't on any of my UNIX boxen.
And another thing that pisses me off to no end in Windows is permissions. I have to be logged in as administrator to install the simplest of applications.
Name a few? I know many people that regularly run in non-privledged mode on Windows.
Anyways, overall I think you suffer from the same bias as alot of UNIX users. You seem to think Windows isn't customizable at all, thus leading you to not even spend time researching all the stuff that Windows can in fact be tweaked to do.
Just look over at WinCustomize and tell me if you still think you can't make Windows to look and behave how you wish it to.
The tweaking, however, is *exactly* what most Linux users get a charge out of. Using an OS which is infinitely customizable, with dozens of options for most any type of application you can imagine, is appealing to many people (present company included).
Windows presents a similar level of tweaking for people who desire such finer-grained control. It's called the registry. There's an _enormous_ amount of fine-tuned control you can exert on Windows. Most UNIX users are too ignorant and/or lazy to find out about them. One of my favorite registry tweaks is forcing IE to open each new window in a new process, so that a single browser crash doesn't wipe out all your windows/downloads.
It's ironic - George Lucas can't make a good movie to save his life. And yet, if you took a LucasArts/BioWare game, recorded it all the way through, edited out about 2/3 of the combat and "walking around town" between quests, you'd have about 2 hours of video that would better Star Wars movie than either of Episodes I or II
Fifthly, answer my question: how would you feel if me and a bunch of pals were to come around to your place, forcibly rape you and submit you to terrible indignities, and then distribute the film on the net for the rest of eternity?
Not that I support kiddy porn (I don't), but equating it with forced rape is far from accurate.
A willing 17-year-old participant falls under kiddie porn, but certainly not under forced rape. And there's plenty of them. And the fact that some 17-year-olds look remarkably like they're 21 makes this a scary, scary world to live in. Who knows what you're downloading nowadays? Who knows what they'll construe agewise without solid proof?
Anyways, the backlash of kiddie porn crackdowns can already be seen in innocuous anime bannings due to "childlike depictions" *pish* Things will only get worse.
And you thought you got pissed when someone Zerg Rushed you.
Actually that's an excellent test of the skill level of the player. Most people with little to no skills whine about rushes.
A single-person zerg rush is _easily_ beaten by any race, protoss probably being the hardest (2 person zerg rush is harder, almost impossible to beat without supporting allies)
Zerg: you have your own 'lings Terran: SCVs are _beastly_ 60 hps, damn near equivalent to a zergling...and most terrans can have at least 1 bunker + 1 marine by initial rush time, depending on placement (and they can always float away) Protoss: Three groups of keyed probes + 1 zealot can take out 6 lings no problem, you just cant let the zealot fight alone.
Personally, I love when people ling rush me, I fight it off and get my allies to counterattack wherever that zerg is stationed...most ling rushers never have the resources for adequate defenses in time.
Or in other words, innovation. What was the last real innovation in gaming? Hint: it wasn't 1280x1024 resolution! And it happened long before the PS2 even hit the shelves. Iwata knows what he's talking about: the video game industry is about novelty.
There's been plenty of innovation in modern day video games, the last that comes to mind being Freedom Fighters. Just because innovation in gaming doesn't happen at the degree it used to should be expected. It's no longer a brand new market, and alot of stuff has already been done. Worst of all, it's BECOME popular. God I cursed the day that gaming switched over from a niche market to the "trendy" thing. Now, like the movie industry, people are more interested in pumping out rehashes than coming up with interesting plotlines and actual quality. But anyways, my point is that innovation still does occur, simply not at the rate you're apparently accustomed to.
Take a look at a game made by, say, the Gamecube, the Xbox, and a PC. Quick, which one looks the best?
Now, odds are you'll say "The PC". Which, at $1000 - $2000 for the hardware, that's certainly true.
For the Gamecube and the Xbox, the systems are pretty well matched. From what I've seen, the Xbox can do lighting better thanks to the shaders, while the Gamecube seems to have better anti-aliasing (take a look at Super Monkey Ball 2).
Fast forward 18 months when the Xbox 2, PS3, and Gamecube 2 come out, all with chips made by IBM, 2 of which have chips made by ATI. Now which look better?
Once we reach a point of technical ability, all of the consoles will start to look the same in graphical and processing power. So then it's going to come down to one thing:
Who has the better games?
Surely you're joking...the Geforce 3 was the latest greatest thing when the Xbox first came out. You can't somehow pretend that the fact a console has the upgradability of a toaster is gonna go away in 18 months. Also, you honestly think you're going to get the same performance out of something that is 6 inches by 12 inches vs a full sized computer case of parts (w/ necessary cooling components?)
Not a chance.
PCs will _always_ be better/sharper/faster/more upgradeable. The fact that the parts of a console are damn near obsolete by the time it hits shelves is enough to clinch that in the first place.
I can't believe there's actually people trying to make the argument that cheese doesn't exist and people are just whiners. Man, I can think all the way back to Techmo Bowl of Nintendo fame where you had the infamous-play-that-could-never-be-stopped...I could've _swore_ that sucker made enough fan-attention to prove a point. The other examples he brings up are good ones too...like E Honda's trap in corner technique.
More to the point...there ARE games with nearly _infallible_ strategies, which are VERY akin to game flaws. Hell, I don't think I've crossed a football game yet that accurately simulates a real passing game...practically every one out there you can throw 40 yards passes every down and expect at least one to complete.
Cheese IS a reality, and it really _DOES_ detract from the enjoyment of a game. The passing conundrum is a perfect example. Here I am, wanting to play a true-to-life, semi-realistic game of football, but once my opponent learns all he has to do is pass deep all game, what's the point of playing then? Why not just release a game called "Throw the Ball Far"?
Meh, you people make me sick. We don't whine. We just want enjoyment from the game, winning is not that big a concern.
post your email address on a web page that is not robot protected from web crawlers
There is no such thing as "robot protected"...the robots.txt isn't a server-enforcable implement. It's a courtesy thing, the robot can choose to ignore it and map the site anyways simply by masquerading as some other User-Agent (like a web browser)...and you can bet they all do.
If being conniving, crooked and dishonest are your ideas of how a political philosophy should work, please point me to the other side.
I thought that was the definition of politics. I haven't met the politician who didn't have his own personal agenda in mind, trading/shelving one thing to gain another, or attaching unrelated controversial issues into essential bills to have them passed, or other underhanded means to get what he/she wants.
These sort of political games have been going on for years, and I believe they're the de facto standard. Why do you think politics disgusts me so? It's a business, like everything else. You don't play to be fair and do what's right. You play to get votes, get more money, and get re-elected.
Yes, ok, I'm a girl. I'm sorry, but I can't change a flat tire.
Well I'm sorry, but LEARN
Everyone should know how to change a tire
Not having the strength to loosen a lugnut is another issue...but pleading ignorance simply to allow yourself to be lazily needy is a poor way to go through life.
Agreed though, cell phones are nice in case of emergencies
Dude, I hate to be the first to tell you this, but humans breathe air. This means that, from a pure economic standpoint, Mars won't be settled until Antarctica is full.
Ya know, even the most generous estimates for Mars terraforming puts it in the realm of millenia. The estimates for a self-contained habitat range from decades to centuries from achievable. Now you're suggesting we wait until every square inch of this planet is full, most all its resources consumed, and we're in DIRE (aka, immediate) need for more space before we look into the possibilities? Please.
I'll bite. Which ore is this, exactly? Dilithium? Here's a homework assignment: after you realistically estimate the cost of mining an asteroid and shipping it back here, tell us which asteroidal element could be mined profitably
Who says it needs to be shipped here? It could be shipped to Mars relatively cheaply. Anyways, who knows what would be possible if we invested more than mere pennies towards our space budget to develop new, more efficient technologies.
There may not be an immediate need or even an immediate financial motive. But achievement comes from forward-thinking, not stagnating and waiting for disaster to force our hand.
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Yes, women are no longer barred from most educational institutions, but in spite of massive evidence showing that test like the SAT and ACT are biased against women
You have got to be joking. I'm a white male who has experienced full well the measure of "fairness" in college acceptance. I was 7th in my class with a 1350 SAT (above-average, not genius-like) but many minority friends of mine got into the same or similar schools I was applying to with _considerably_ lower SATs and grades. Many were average students at best, but were accepted to schools of the likes of MIT, which even the smartest male students in my class weren't allowed into. The reverse-discrimination card is heavy in schools in my mind (under the guise of "diversity"). I'm shocked you think it's not in your favor.
It's still the case in most US states that, if a couple divorces, the mother generally gets the lion's share of custody of the kids
Yet if this were ever changed to be truly "fair", practically every woman out there would be up in arms about it. Women don't want fairness, they just want.
Frankly, I'm angry with the feminist movement for getting rid of the compensations that we had without *first* fixing the problems we have.
What getting rid of? Men still often pay for dates and are still often expected to open the doors (at least the ones that are termed "gentlemen" are)
Still, in a world where so many metaphoric doors are closed in your face, having real-world doors opened for you is a small comfort.
This statement alone makes me view you as less credible. You acknowledge a sexist trend, but instead of simply decrying it, you consider it a boon. That sentence just reeks of "i'm so oppressed, cry for me"...which is shocking, as it immediately follows a paragraph where you mention many of the sexist perks in your favor.
But most importantly, the feminist movement has masked the real and important *differences* between men and women. Men are almost always stronger. This means that threats and harrassment feel different depending on the genders involved. But it's not illegal for a guy to pull up next to me as I'm walking home and describe what filthy things he wants to do to me... that's protected under the First Amendment.
I honestly do not know what world you're living in...our society is such a mess of PC-terrified people that even complimenting a girl on what she's wearing, or a new haircut, could get you fired or tossed in prison nowadays. "Date rape" standards are so immeasurably high that any woman with no proof whatsoever can accuse a male and have a fairly good chance of winning a court case. That "male strength" often works in the female's favor. When was the last time you've ever feared for your freedom and refrained from making even the most innocent of comments?
*Why* are women not as good at negotiation? Is it because they are somehow innately, due to that extra leg on the 43rd chromosome, missing some vital genetic code required for salary negotiation? Or maybe it's because women are consistently socialized to believe they're worth less than men?
Pardon me while I get out my tissue. Christ, no one is holding a gun to your head. This "social conditioning" crap is bull. In fact, I think it works against your argument. Everything society has tried to condition into me (including my parents and their infernal religion) has only make me work harder against it. Everyone has a goddamn mind and free will. A huge chunk of the world may be Catholic and believe-me they do a damn good job of trying to condition it into the rest of it, but I have my own mind and I used it. So can the rest of the world. Conditioning my ass.
I could also start bringing up hundreds of ways men are discriminatated against, from every
I personally think case modding is kind of idiotic. I suppose it gives bragging rights in some circles, but strikes me that anyone you would really want to impress wouldn't give a crap about your computer case.
Many (most?) artists create for their own sake, not to impress others.
It's just a form of expression. Some people mod cars, some people mod cases, some people create fancy looking food, some people take perfectly functional furniture and make it more aesthetically pleasing. None of this stuff is practically necessary, but it's still done.
Highways are a great situation where the tragedy of the commons come into play. Somebody wants to go faster than everybody else, faster than they themselves can go, and as a result causes a crash that ruins the ride home for everybody behind them.
Have you considered the opposite, that somebody wants to go slower than everybody else, obstructing traffic and inciting crashes through road rage due to negligence and ignorance? Worst is that they know they are being ignorant and revel in it...that's why they cease to move even if you flash your headlights or close tightly on their bumper, and simply laugh at you if you finally manage to pass them.
For these kind of people, I wish that their dearest family members are near death, and they have but a few moments to see them before they die, and the road is blocked by a similar set of asshole jackoffs that show them exactly what it means to be ignorant. Who knows why a person is going faster than you, and who knows if they can handle that speed? Who are you to judge them? It's called common road courtesy, and blocking the passing lane is called illegal. What a shame only speeders get pinned with the blame.
Although I see where you are coming from, Trillian has been very responsive to the community for a long time, has never had ad/spyware in any of their iterations
No, though they do have annoyware in their free variants. Every now and again you'll get a window that says something along the lines of "You've been using Trillian for X hours, wouldn't you like to try Trillian Pro for the low low cost of X dollars?" As much as I respect the company, I would think they would be above such harassing, berating tactics. When I say "no" once, that means "no"
I just saw the 6:30 Am screening in Glendale, CA. My take: the 2nd best of the series. Less phony Kung Fu, more Sci-fi-ish. Fewer overt religious overtones.
No offense man, but are you ON CRACK?
As if the whole movie didn't already suggest that with all the "believe" statements, etc, etc, I could've sworn the CRUCIFIXTION at the end would have got that overtone across for ya.
That so many people are (mis)pronouncing the title, calling it "Revelations" You couldn't be more right. I thought these guys had more sense than to go the awful religious wanna-be Jesus route.
The movie sucked.
The relgious rhetoric and innuendo was so much it could make me puke.
NOTHING relevant was answered
NO depth was added...#2 left SO many possible ways to go with the movie. #3 persued NONE of them. At least it didn't end with a cheesy "love conquers all" ending. Instead it was some spiritual crucifixtion crap...if I heard "believe" one more time in that movie, I woulda torn my ears off.
How long do you expect someone to watch a single man yelling at the top of his lungs while shooting huge guns at the same boring stream of robots? The dock seem was the BIGGEST waste of time (and I thought they couldn't outdo the orgy scene in #2...well they DID)
Same canned, stupid, cheesy speeches...I think Smith was the only redeemable dialouge.
Where's the kung fu? A grand total of maybe 15 minutes? maybe 20? Hell, even the last battle was boring as sin. They did the whole "fly towards each other and collide" attack like 10 times during that fight.
SOOOO much was rehashed...Trinity's kick move...the "gunfire with pillars" scene...everything!
How the hell did he even win at the end? Smith wins the battle, Neo wins the war? None of that made sense, nor was even a HINT of an explanation given...bah.
This movie had such potential, and they blew it. Another case of "woo, we can do special effects and try to be deep by rehashing the same tired plotlines of 100 other movies" I'll take solace in that it could have been much much worse.
One thing people always forget is that speeding and runing reds rarely gets you there faster. People who dodge and weave through rush hour highway traffic are a whole 2 or 3 cars in front of me when I get to the off ramp. I've learned the timing of lights around my office and home so now I can actually get there faster by driving just few miles under the limit. Usually it's the impatient people that create traffic in the first place. The more that people obey speed limits the better the timing of intersections gets.
Incorrect.
By simple laws of averages, someone doing ~70 dodging and weaving will get where they're going ALOT faster than someone doing ~55. If they end up only a few cars in front of you when you exit, then:
A) You weren't travelling very far at all.
B) A bunch of "patient" people (normally 80 year old blind people with licenses) are doing sub-50 in all 4 lanes, allowing you to catch up with them.
Impatient people don't cause traffic. They wouldn't even NEED to weave if people would obey common road courtesy and move out of the way of faster traffic (and obey LAWS stating that the fast lane is a PASSING lane). Traffic is caused by ignorant assholes who believe everyone should be doing the speed limit they're accustomed to, blocking the road and encouraging road rage.
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School favors those that can test well, thrive under intense time restraints, and have good memorization skills. With the exception of the intense time restraints, these skills carry over very poorly to the job market, where we use references and tools regularly to assist in our work. Oh, and understanding a concept/theory and applying it effectively are also two entirely different ballparks as well.
Reality? How much of grade/middle/highschool do YOU remember? I remember being forced to memorize all the presidents in order, as well as all the states and their capitals. Needless to say, this random bout of memorization proved to be just about as useless as I'd imagined it would be (and to this day I've already forgotten a whole slew of them as well). Why you feel a need to criticize people who see early schooling as largely a busywork exercise with lots of the above is beyond me. I'm all for being diverse and learning new things, but don't waste my time (no, not even as a child)I still don't understand why they couldn't have built some low-power-consumption air blowers to clear the panels now and again. These things wouldn't have to run all the time, so technically if there were energy concerns, couldn't they divert power from other system components temporarily to blow dust off the solar panels, before goin back into "working" mode? I couldn't imagine a bare minimum simple air compressor taking that much power.
Customization you speak of is done through applications, not OSes
If my task is CPU/memory intensive (graphics), I choose a very simple window manager
Tho you really can't change Window's window manager, you could shut off all the crap that slows it down (animations, active desktop, etc)...with modern day computers, I've never had a speed issue with my machines related to windowing
Do I have to repeat a task? All it takes for me is a simple two liner script to do it, while on Windows I almost always end up having to install Cygwin to do my tasks (do not give me the batch file crap, batch does not do regex or any of that stuff, nor can I pipe my outputs and inputs)
Now this one I'll give you. Piping/regexing/etc are infinestimally easier on linux, as is most anything that requires a command line.
if I do not like the messages during bootup, I can change that
TweakUI lets you configure alot of things involving bootup. Or you could manually edit the boot.ini file. Though you may not get the "bare metal" control you seem to desire, how often have you changed anything so trivial in your kernel? I certainly haven't on any of my UNIX boxen.
And another thing that pisses me off to no end in Windows is permissions. I have to be logged in as administrator to install the simplest of applications.
Name a few? I know many people that regularly run in non-privledged mode on Windows.
Anyways, overall I think you suffer from the same bias as alot of UNIX users. You seem to think Windows isn't customizable at all, thus leading you to not even spend time researching all the stuff that Windows can in fact be tweaked to do.
Just look over at WinCustomize and tell me if you still think you can't make Windows to look and behave how you wish it to.
A willing 17-year-old participant falls under kiddie porn, but certainly not under forced rape. And there's plenty of them. And the fact that some 17-year-olds look remarkably like they're 21 makes this a scary, scary world to live in. Who knows what you're downloading nowadays? Who knows what they'll construe agewise without solid proof?
Anyways, the backlash of kiddie porn crackdowns can already be seen in innocuous anime bannings due to "childlike depictions" *pish* Things will only get worse.
Actually that's an excellent test of the skill level of the player. Most people with little to no skills whine about rushes.
A single-person zerg rush is _easily_ beaten by any race, protoss probably being the hardest (2 person zerg rush is harder, almost impossible to beat without supporting allies)
Zerg: you have your own 'lings
Terran: SCVs are _beastly_ 60 hps, damn near equivalent to a zergling...and most terrans can have at least 1 bunker + 1 marine by initial rush time, depending on placement (and they can always float away)
Protoss: Three groups of keyed probes + 1 zealot can take out 6 lings no problem, you just cant let the zealot fight alone.
Personally, I love when people ling rush me, I fight it off and get my allies to counterattack wherever that zerg is stationed...most ling rushers never have the resources for adequate defenses in time.
Not a chance.
PCs will _always_ be better/sharper/faster/more upgradeable. The fact that the parts of a console are damn near obsolete by the time it hits shelves is enough to clinch that in the first place.
More to the point...there ARE games with nearly _infallible_ strategies, which are VERY akin to game flaws. Hell, I don't think I've crossed a football game yet that accurately simulates a real passing game...practically every one out there you can throw 40 yards passes every down and expect at least one to complete.
Cheese IS a reality, and it really _DOES_ detract from the enjoyment of a game. The passing conundrum is a perfect example. Here I am, wanting to play a true-to-life, semi-realistic game of football, but once my opponent learns all he has to do is pass deep all game, what's the point of playing then? Why not just release a game called "Throw the Ball Far"?
Meh, you people make me sick. We don't whine. We just want enjoyment from the game, winning is not that big a concern.
These sort of political games have been going on for years, and I believe they're the de facto standard. Why do you think politics disgusts me so? It's a business, like everything else. You don't play to be fair and do what's right. You play to get votes, get more money, and get re-elected.
Well I'm sorry, but LEARN
Everyone should know how to change a tire
Not having the strength to loosen a lugnut is another issue...but pleading ignorance simply to allow yourself to be lazily needy is a poor way to go through life.
Agreed though, cell phones are nice in case of emergencies
There may not be an immediate need or even an immediate financial motive. But achievement comes from forward-thinking, not stagnating and waiting for disaster to force our hand.
You have got to be joking. I'm a white male who has experienced full well the measure of "fairness" in college acceptance. I was 7th in my class with a 1350 SAT (above-average, not genius-like) but many minority friends of mine got into the same or similar schools I was applying to with _considerably_ lower SATs and grades. Many were average students at best, but were accepted to schools of the likes of MIT, which even the smartest male students in my class weren't allowed into. The reverse-discrimination card is heavy in schools in my mind (under the guise of "diversity"). I'm shocked you think it's not in your favor.
Yet if this were ever changed to be truly "fair", practically every woman out there would be up in arms about it. Women don't want fairness, they just want.
What getting rid of? Men still often pay for dates and are still often expected to open the doors (at least the ones that are termed "gentlemen" are)
This statement alone makes me view you as less credible. You acknowledge a sexist trend, but instead of simply decrying it, you consider it a boon. That sentence just reeks of "i'm so oppressed, cry for me"...which is shocking, as it immediately follows a paragraph where you mention many of the sexist perks in your favor.
I honestly do not know what world you're living in...our society is such a mess of PC-terrified people that even complimenting a girl on what she's wearing, or a new haircut, could get you fired or tossed in prison nowadays. "Date rape" standards are so immeasurably high that any woman with no proof whatsoever can accuse a male and have a fairly good chance of winning a court case. That "male strength" often works in the female's favor. When was the last time you've ever feared for your freedom and refrained from making even the most innocent of comments?
Pardon me while I get out my tissue. Christ, no one is holding a gun to your head. This "social conditioning" crap is bull. In fact, I think it works against your argument. Everything society has tried to condition into me (including my parents and their infernal religion) has only make me work harder against it. Everyone has a goddamn mind and free will. A huge chunk of the world may be Catholic and believe-me they do a damn good job of trying to condition it into the rest of it, but I have my own mind and I used it. So can the rest of the world. Conditioning my ass.
I could also start bringing up hundreds of ways men are discriminatated against, from every
It's just a form of expression. Some people mod cars, some people mod cases, some people create fancy looking food, some people take perfectly functional furniture and make it more aesthetically pleasing. None of this stuff is practically necessary, but it's still done.
For these kind of people, I wish that their dearest family members are near death, and they have but a few moments to see them before they die, and the road is blocked by a similar set of asshole jackoffs that show them exactly what it means to be ignorant. Who knows why a person is going faster than you, and who knows if they can handle that speed? Who are you to judge them? It's called common road courtesy, and blocking the passing lane is called illegal. What a shame only speeders get pinned with the blame.
Want a cure? Switch with me. I'm still stuck in the damn cube farm. I'd trade anyday.
Basically, if you don't like these movies you are not intellectual enough.
Weird, I mostly see the opposite form of snobbery:
If you appreciate/see anything intellectual in this movie, you're looked down on by "true philosophers"
I hate such snobbery attitudes myself, whatever side they take place on.
As if the whole movie didn't already suggest that with all the "believe" statements, etc, etc, I could've sworn the CRUCIFIXTION at the end would have got that overtone across for ya.
The movie sucked.
The relgious rhetoric and innuendo was so much it could make me puke.
NOTHING relevant was answered
NO depth was added...#2 left SO many possible ways to go with the movie. #3 persued NONE of them. At least it didn't end with a cheesy "love conquers all" ending. Instead it was some spiritual crucifixtion crap...if I heard "believe" one more time in that movie, I woulda torn my ears off.
How long do you expect someone to watch a single man yelling at the top of his lungs while shooting huge guns at the same boring stream of robots? The dock seem was the BIGGEST waste of time (and I thought they couldn't outdo the orgy scene in #2...well they DID)
Same canned, stupid, cheesy speeches...I think Smith was the only redeemable dialouge.
Where's the kung fu? A grand total of maybe 15 minutes? maybe 20? Hell, even the last battle was boring as sin. They did the whole "fly towards each other and collide" attack like 10 times during that fight.
SOOOO much was rehashed...Trinity's kick move...the "gunfire with pillars" scene...everything!
How the hell did he even win at the end? Smith wins the battle, Neo wins the war? None of that made sense, nor was even a HINT of an explanation given...bah.
This movie had such potential, and they blew it. Another case of "woo, we can do special effects and try to be deep by rehashing the same tired plotlines of 100 other movies" I'll take solace in that it could have been much much worse.
By simple laws of averages, someone doing ~70 dodging and weaving will get where they're going ALOT faster than someone doing ~55. If they end up only a few cars in front of you when you exit, then:
A) You weren't travelling very far at all.
B) A bunch of "patient" people (normally 80 year old blind people with licenses) are doing sub-50 in all 4 lanes, allowing you to catch up with them.
Impatient people don't cause traffic. They wouldn't even NEED to weave if people would obey common road courtesy and move out of the way of faster traffic (and obey LAWS stating that the fast lane is a PASSING lane). Traffic is caused by ignorant assholes who believe everyone should be doing the speed limit they're accustomed to, blocking the road and encouraging road rage.