The idea is that it promotes commerce for all American's (citizens and companies), not just a few living in big cities. So by lowering the barrier to sending information and goods, it strengthens the country as a whole.
That said, I could see it still being within those guidelines to charge large players a progressive rate. The more one uses a subsidized service, the more one has to pay.
Language does affect mindset. I can see how certain advancements, like certain mathematical principles or technological advancements, would take longer (if at all?) with a population all having the same language. The languages you speak do shade how you look at the world. I am in no position to claim that given enough time, all known advancements would happen under any language - nor am I claiming that one language will have a monopoly on all advancements - but it certainly seems like some languages do lead towards outside of the box thinking in different ways than others.
But how much diversity? I can accept that if everyone spoke one language that we might not advance as a species as quickly. But there's a difference between losing one of the 7,000 remaining spoken languages and everyone speaking one language. What if we were able to reduce the number of spoken languages to the current predominate 20. Would that provide sufficient diversity?
This is true, but you cannot seriously tell me that the best leaders leave their people totally in the dark, or that convincing your subordinate that he and everyone else are all about to die is a good teaching technique.
There are times in movies when it does work, and that's when they suspect there's a mole on board. They could have easily patched this up with a subplot of ferreting out a spy.
I get they were going for an Empire Strikes Back again with ending on a down note, and you're right; what a down note. At least in the ESB the hero's were safe with the fleet. Now the entire Rebellion fits into the Millennium Falcon. Hopefully the writers will pull something off and make it all the more glorious in the next movie.
It's hardcore fans who seem to be unable to accept that Rey doesn't come from some deep mysterious Force bloodline
I'm a hardcore fan and I like that Rey doesn't come from some mysterious Force bloodline. It's just odd to have so much of The Force Awakens be about Rey's parents, just to have it tossed aside in The Last Jedi.
last one had much tighter scripts with less gaping plot holes.
Han dropping out of Hyperspace past a gravity well, past a planetary shield, and into atmosphere. And it wasn't even timed, he just did it by hand. If that was possible, why even have space ships, why not just hyper from one plant to another? If it is possible to be in hyperspace close to a gravity well, why even have a Death Star, why not just hyperspace rockets raining down on indefensible targets? The Force Awakens had so many inconsistent plot devices in it, it completely makes every suspenseful thing in every other Star Wars movie nonsensical.
If you like watching your heros turn out to be miserable failures as people, then it's a great movie.
I think if you like that you still wouldn't like this movie. Luke does come around in the end. And the movie isn't about Luke failing; it's about getting him to get over his failure.
I liked it. I didn't like how Luke was a prick at the beginning, but if you spend a decade running away from every thing, you're not going to flip to be sociable in a day. It doesn't bother me too much. It was great "seeing" come to save the day - even though he didn't really. I like they were able to get both Kylo Ren striking Luke down, and sending Luke off with a send off that feels proper and fitting.
The plot device of having an old hero try to convince protagonists that they're not really that great, and are done trying, has been done before. I think it was appropriate here. I didn't like quite how they handled it, but o'well. If Luke is upset about how he failed, Yoda has way more to be upset about and hide from. But Yoda was still willing to train Luke.
I like how Luke talked about the Force. Way better than anything in the prequals.
The music was good. The graphics were spot on. I liked how we got to see different worlds and environments. Very space opera; very Star Wars.
The whole tracking through hyperspace was odd. Previously it could only be done with a homing device of some sort. Not whatever plot device they came up with. The writers even had a great way to make it happen during the first battle with Poe giving the First Order extra time to plant a tracker in the extended battle.
Overall I really liked it. It didn't have any real universe defying inconsistencies like The Force Awakens did. It tied in some themes from all of the previous movies, without being too overt like the Force Awakens. It certainly had more originality than The Force Awakens.
I don't like how the whole Resistance now fits onto the Millennium Falcon, but I guess there going for a major low point so they can rise all the higher in the next movie.
I find it sad that busy bodies decided to defend children by making it so bothersome for broadcast channels to show fun kids shows that none of them exist on broadcast channels anymore.
There was so much self inflicted drama in Halt and Catch Fire. I tried watching it, but after the first few episodes I honestly didn't care what happened to the characters, or what gender they were, or what sexual orientation they may or may not have.
They're just testing to see if this makes it in above the pain threshold of the American voter, because everything that you can suffer, you will be made to suffer.
48% of the country will willing to destroy the internet in hopes that another Democrat won't be able to nominate a Supreme Court Judge. There is not pain threshold that will surpass that.
So instead of a simple rule saying that ISP's are supposed to pass along traffic, you find series of committees and investigations, specially catered for each company, based off of what companies promises, to be less heavy handed regulation? Right.
Now once someone produces a tape of Donald Trump have sex with Russian prostitutes while married, he'll be able to claim that deepfakes created it and is innocent of everything. This will be the greatest tool for people weaseling out of video evidence.
There badly need to be restrictions in order to stop people from doing things like stupidly trying to sell out of 1000s of coins at once during a high volume moment or shorting it in the futures, dumping a bunch all at once, and collecting on the shorts.
That sounds like government, and the whole point of bitcoin is to have a government free currency.
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It destroys a ton of existing extended universe canon and even effectively destroys a fair amount of "movie only" canon.
Are you talking about The Force Awakens or The Last Jedi? Because it was The Force Awakens that destroyed the EU.
The idea is that it promotes commerce for all American's (citizens and companies), not just a few living in big cities. So by lowering the barrier to sending information and goods, it strengthens the country as a whole.
That said, I could see it still being within those guidelines to charge large players a progressive rate. The more one uses a subsidized service, the more one has to pay.
Language does affect mindset. I can see how certain advancements, like certain mathematical principles or technological advancements, would take longer (if at all?) with a population all having the same language. The languages you speak do shade how you look at the world. I am in no position to claim that given enough time, all known advancements would happen under any language - nor am I claiming that one language will have a monopoly on all advancements - but it certainly seems like some languages do lead towards outside of the box thinking in different ways than others.
But how much diversity? I can accept that if everyone spoke one language that we might not advance as a species as quickly. But there's a difference between losing one of the 7,000 remaining spoken languages and everyone speaking one language. What if we were able to reduce the number of spoken languages to the current predominate 20. Would that provide sufficient diversity?
She used Snokes personal escape craft. It's a line in the movie.
This is true, but you cannot seriously tell me that the best leaders leave their people totally in the dark, or that convincing your subordinate that he and everyone else are all about to die is a good teaching technique.
There are times in movies when it does work, and that's when they suspect there's a mole on board. They could have easily patched this up with a subplot of ferreting out a spy.
I get they were going for an Empire Strikes Back again with ending on a down note, and you're right; what a down note. At least in the ESB the hero's were safe with the fleet. Now the entire Rebellion fits into the Millennium Falcon. Hopefully the writers will pull something off and make it all the more glorious in the next movie.
It's hardcore fans who seem to be unable to accept that Rey doesn't come from some deep mysterious Force bloodline
I'm a hardcore fan and I like that Rey doesn't come from some mysterious Force bloodline. It's just odd to have so much of The Force Awakens be about Rey's parents, just to have it tossed aside in The Last Jedi.
last one had much tighter scripts with less gaping plot holes.
Han dropping out of Hyperspace past a gravity well, past a planetary shield, and into atmosphere. And it wasn't even timed, he just did it by hand. If that was possible, why even have space ships, why not just hyper from one plant to another? If it is possible to be in hyperspace close to a gravity well, why even have a Death Star, why not just hyperspace rockets raining down on indefensible targets? The Force Awakens had so many inconsistent plot devices in it, it completely makes every suspenseful thing in every other Star Wars movie nonsensical.
How did a stone age Ewok tribe defeat the Empire?
The Ewoks didn't The Ewoks were a distraction that pulled the Storm Troopers away.
Why can't the Storm Troopers hit anything?
Storm Troopers do hit things. That's why the Rebels are constantly running from them.
Why does the Empire love ground assaults when it can just bombard stuff from orbit?
Because there's a deflector shield strong enough to repel any bombardment.
They can't to that to Snoke?
You're assuming Snoke is human. Maybe that's just how his species looks.
If you like watching your heros turn out to be miserable failures as people, then it's a great movie.
I think if you like that you still wouldn't like this movie. Luke does come around in the end. And the movie isn't about Luke failing; it's about getting him to get over his failure.
I liked it. I didn't like how Luke was a prick at the beginning, but if you spend a decade running away from every thing, you're not going to flip to be sociable in a day. It doesn't bother me too much. It was great "seeing" come to save the day - even though he didn't really. I like they were able to get both Kylo Ren striking Luke down, and sending Luke off with a send off that feels proper and fitting.
The plot device of having an old hero try to convince protagonists that they're not really that great, and are done trying, has been done before. I think it was appropriate here. I didn't like quite how they handled it, but o'well. If Luke is upset about how he failed, Yoda has way more to be upset about and hide from. But Yoda was still willing to train Luke.
I like how Luke talked about the Force. Way better than anything in the prequals.
The music was good. The graphics were spot on. I liked how we got to see different worlds and environments. Very space opera; very Star Wars.
The whole tracking through hyperspace was odd. Previously it could only be done with a homing device of some sort. Not whatever plot device they came up with. The writers even had a great way to make it happen during the first battle with Poe giving the First Order extra time to plant a tracker in the extended battle.
Overall I really liked it. It didn't have any real universe defying inconsistencies like The Force Awakens did. It tied in some themes from all of the previous movies, without being too overt like the Force Awakens. It certainly had more originality than The Force Awakens.
I don't like how the whole Resistance now fits onto the Millennium Falcon, but I guess there going for a major low point so they can rise all the higher in the next movie.
Government agencies can only operate in the bounds that Congress sets for them. Congress can bind them however they want.
I don't recall Slashdot having a bit coin story yesterday. Bitcoin felt ignored and wanted to do something to get attention again.
I find it sad that busy bodies decided to defend children by making it so bothersome for broadcast channels to show fun kids shows that none of them exist on broadcast channels anymore.
There was so much self inflicted drama in Halt and Catch Fire. I tried watching it, but after the first few episodes I honestly didn't care what happened to the characters, or what gender they were, or what sexual orientation they may or may not have.
They're just testing to see if this makes it in above the pain threshold of the American voter, because everything that you can suffer, you will be made to suffer.
48% of the country will willing to destroy the internet in hopes that another Democrat won't be able to nominate a Supreme Court Judge. There is not pain threshold that will surpass that.
So instead of a simple rule saying that ISP's are supposed to pass along traffic, you find series of committees and investigations, specially catered for each company, based off of what companies promises, to be less heavy handed regulation? Right.
You'd revert society to the state where women couldn't be hired.
What were we talking about?
Squirrels.
It's one thing to create edited video that fools a casual observer
aka: A voter.
Now once someone produces a tape of Donald Trump have sex with Russian prostitutes while married, he'll be able to claim that deepfakes created it and is innocent of everything. This will be the greatest tool for people weaseling out of video evidence.
There badly need to be restrictions in order to stop people from doing things like stupidly trying to sell out of 1000s of coins at once during a high volume moment or shorting it in the futures, dumping a bunch all at once, and collecting on the shorts.
That sounds like government, and the whole point of bitcoin is to have a government free currency.
it should have been implemented from the ISPs all the way to many of the big tech companies as well.
No, no it does not. ISP's should be big dumb pipes, but any end point can do whatever they want to with the content they host.