Point is: they could have dealt with it much more creatively. Why did everyone in the movie have to die? Is it a problem that they would survive but not appear in A New Hope? Why did Darth Vader have to be on the scene? Would it not be more logical that once the transmission was detected DV would be called to intercept? The big clash between the 2 fleets (described as 'the first victory' in the introductory text of A New Hope') did not have to happen at the same time as the transmissing thing. So, that is why I don't agree with the original post claiming that 'Rogue One managed to have an original ending'
Well I kind of (dis)agree. I agree that the force awakens was not a great movie. And that Rogue One was better, but only marginally. I disagree on the Rogue One ending though. Once it occured to me that they were really going to make the end of Rogue One match the start of A New Hope to the letter the end became much less interesting. Halfway through the end scene it was clear that all involved were doomed. Of course the transmissing HAD to happen. But Darth Vader HAD to find out. The two main characters HAD to die etc. Not very interesting.
I was really hopefull afther The Force Awakens, since it was for me a great 'setting the scene' movie. I was looking forward to this Ray character developing and her training by Luke. The Force Awakens dealt (for me) with the past in a credible way and introduced a number of very interesting characters (Kylo Ren and his misterious master, Finn, etc.). I'm still eager to find out how they will develop further. So for me: more of the same please!
Hmm. It's off topic but here goes. Is it in Mercedes best interest to have a bad reputation? I think not. Just for kicks I did a small search on a mercedes S class of 10 years old. The minimum price (here in Belgium) is around €15.000 (but there were also some from around €30.000). I recently sold the Nissan Almera of my father which was also around that age and which worked perfectly - €500 was all I could get. thats at 30 times less (in the best case). A new Nissan of the same class of the Almera (Pulsar or Juke) is around €15.000 and a new S Class is around €85 000 which is 'only' about a factor 6. Even if you pimp up your Merc to the double of the price (which you could easily do) the Merc is still keeping its value much better (relative speaking).
For a farmer a tractor is a very big investment and much of their success as a farmer is riding on it (sorry for the pun). So I don't think a sane farmer will want to do anything to it that would ruin it.
Sure you allways will find some counter examples, like some people that first by a Mercedes S class and then run into all kind of issues with it because they are too cheap to have it properly maintained.
BTW one could make the same reasoning for normal cars: "Gee I'm fed up with all those cars comming in for repairs under waranty. From now on if you as much as change the oil yourself: that's it. Your on your own".
FTA: "It is against the law for anyone to distribute images of child exploitation.
"When the BBC sent us such images we followed our industry's standard practice and reported them to Ceop [Child Exploitation & Online Protection Centre].
After which we dutifully reported the employee that sent the material to the Ceop for the same reason. This could mean the end of Facebook!
I agree, except with the 'make big bucks on repairs' thing. I get the impression they aren't interested in repairs at all. Not by them and sure as hell not (gasp) by yourself! Just buy the latest new iPhone already. And yes if Apple tells you you need to buy a new headset for that, you do that too!
... and then inform him that he can either hand over day to day governance to Pence and then spend the rest of his term playing President on TV, or face impeachment. You get an effective Pence presidency without the nightmare that would be a forced removal from office.
And you think that's going to work on Trump?? The guy is a loose cannon. If you would pressure him like that anyting might happen but the 'effective Pence presidency' seem pretty unlikely to me.
Well, if they try to eliminate all fossil fuels and remain competitive with the rest of the developed world at the same time,
They aren't. They're going to remain cooperative with the rest of the developed world. You know, exactly unlike England and the USA. Brexit and Trump, two big fat signs saying "we're dumbshits".
Sorry, but I don't see the link with Brexit and Trump. They are not retreating out of any major agreements like Brexit (and Trump) nor are they planning to put up protectionist foreign trade walls around their country like Trump.
They just want to switch away from fossil fuel. That will require a huge investement in renewable energy sources electric cars and the associated infrastructure. It seems not unlikely that this investments will pay itself back in increased economic activity and less unemployment. In the end this is a classic case of an Keynesian economical measure, no?
Your opinion does not agree with the conclusions of the HTSA report. It looked at driver engegement and how it was affected by driver assisting features. Conclusion is that indeed some periode of inattentiveness exist but rarely bigger than 5 sec. So the 7 seconds in which the driver did not react to the truck crossing his path is very exceptional. Secondly they looked at the amount of accidents and collisions of Tesla's before and after the Autopilot was introduced. They fell by 40 percent.
In my opinion a good attentive driver, even with automatic systems engaged, will still keep his attention where it belongs: on the road.
Bad indeed. If true. I mean: it would be a really stupid error to make on a flagship product. My hunch is (but I have no proof) that it's something different entirely. The theory of the article says that simply applying some pressure on the body would already create the explosion. If that were the case I think many more phones would have exploded. And weren't there cases where the explosion took place without anyone touching the phone?
My little pet theory: the dendrites inside the ultra thin cells of the new type of battery were growing bigger than foreseen. In my mind Samsung engineers were aware of this potential problem that is strongly dependend on how you use your battery. I think (just my fatanasy) that they changed the software for charging the phone to keep the problem under control. They succeeded... in the lab... and outside the lab...for the most part...
I must say that I'm sceptical too. Especially when they conclude that 'the smalles pressure' would cause the explosion to occur. 1. I'm not an expert on what kind of testing is done on a phone during development but I consider it extremely unlikely that no scenario involving a high level of pressure on the body to be part of it. 2. I didn't study the reports on these explosions but a seem to remember that at least one of them happened when the device was simply lying on a table or something with nobody touching it??
My personaly theory (based on just my lively fantasy only): remeber that article on those batteries with a window in it. Through the window they could study the creation of 'dendrites'. A kind of chemical plant like structures that 'grow' on the walls of the battery cell as the result of charging and uncharging of the battery. When they touch the other side of the battery cell they create tiny wires that induces a small 'short circuit' thus reducing the capacity of the battery. I think they created a new type of battery with layers that were closer than before. They applied special software to control the charging and uncharging cycles in such a way that they could control the growth of this dendrites sufficiently... in lab conditions. But in the real world people used their phone in a way that they did not take into account. Too many dendrites touching==> short circuit.
I'm sorry but this seems not very 'insightful' to me. When whas a US aircraft carrier last attacked by a missile?
So the US marine could do without all this expensive Phalanx nonsense, right? When was the last time they fired a nuclear missile? So they should eliminate those too etc...
No. All we have to do is switch to cleaner environmentally safe sources of energy like wind and solar power. The full potential of these energy sources have not been reached at all.
Sure. A higher temperature has nothing to do with the chance on wildfires. Everyone knows that! Oh, yes. I forgot. You don't 'believe' that average temperature has risen by 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit...
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Point is: they could have dealt with it much more creatively.
Why did everyone in the movie have to die? Is it a problem that they would survive but not appear in A New Hope?
Why did Darth Vader have to be on the scene? Would it not be more logical that once the transmission was detected DV would be called to intercept?
The big clash between the 2 fleets (described as 'the first victory' in the introductory text of A New Hope') did not have to happen at the same time as the transmissing thing.
So, that is why I don't agree with the original post claiming that 'Rogue One managed to have an original ending'
Well I kind of (dis)agree.
I agree that the force awakens was not a great movie. And that Rogue One was better, but only marginally.
I disagree on the Rogue One ending though. Once it occured to me that they were really going to make the end of Rogue One match the start of A New Hope to the letter the end became much less interesting. Halfway through the end scene it was clear that all involved were doomed. Of course the transmissing HAD to happen. But Darth Vader HAD to find out. The two main characters HAD to die etc. Not very interesting.
I was really hopefull afther The Force Awakens, since it was for me a great 'setting the scene' movie. I was looking forward to this Ray character developing and her training by Luke. The Force Awakens dealt (for me) with the past in a credible way and introduced a number of very interesting characters (Kylo Ren and his misterious master, Finn, etc.). I'm still eager to find out how they will develop further.
So for me: more of the same please!
The Brexit has been started. And the clock is ticking.
UK can delay the starting of the talks but the deadline cannot be moved...
Quite the contrary. I win!
And BTW I find your lack of faith disturbing.
So basically, no matter how infinitely fast it is we would find a way to make it slow (network access anyone?)
Yep. All those mallocs and frees are sure to boost productivity!
Hmm. It's off topic but here goes.
Is it in Mercedes best interest to have a bad reputation? I think not.
Just for kicks I did a small search on a mercedes S class of 10 years old. The minimum price (here in Belgium) is around €15.000 (but there were also some from around €30.000).
I recently sold the Nissan Almera of my father which was also around that age and which worked perfectly - €500 was all I could get. thats at 30 times less (in the best case).
A new Nissan of the same class of the Almera (Pulsar or Juke) is around €15.000 and a new S Class is around €85 000 which is 'only' about a factor 6. Even if you pimp up your Merc to the double of the price (which you could easily do) the Merc is still keeping its value much better (relative speaking).
That should have been "You're on your own". Sorry for my abuse of the english language.
For a farmer a tractor is a very big investment and much of their success as a farmer is riding on it (sorry for the pun).
So I don't think a sane farmer will want to do anything to it that would ruin it.
Sure you allways will find some counter examples, like some people that first by a Mercedes S class and then run into all kind of issues with it because they are too cheap to have it properly maintained.
BTW one could make the same reasoning for normal cars: "Gee I'm fed up with all those cars comming in for repairs under waranty. From now on if you as much as change the oil yourself: that's it. Your on your own".
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"Airbus revels [in a] Self piloting, modular [Concept] Car"
FTA: "It is against the law for anyone to distribute images of child exploitation.
"When the BBC sent us such images we followed our industry's standard practice and reported them to Ceop [Child Exploitation & Online Protection Centre].
After which we dutifully reported the employee that sent the material to the Ceop for the same reason. This could mean the end of Facebook!
Obvously he's using vi..
I agree, except with the 'make big bucks on repairs' thing.
I get the impression they aren't interested in repairs at all. Not by them and sure as hell not (gasp) by yourself!
Just buy the latest new iPhone already. And yes if Apple tells you you need to buy a new headset for that, you do that too!
... and then inform him that he can either hand over day to day governance to Pence and then spend the rest of his term playing President on TV, or face impeachment. You get an effective Pence presidency without the nightmare that would be a forced removal from office.
And you think that's going to work on Trump??
The guy is a loose cannon. If you would pressure him like that anyting might happen but the 'effective Pence presidency' seem pretty unlikely to me.
Well, if they try to eliminate all fossil fuels and remain competitive with the rest of the developed world at the same time,
They aren't. They're going to remain cooperative with the rest of the developed world. You know, exactly unlike England and the USA. Brexit and Trump, two big fat signs saying "we're dumbshits".
Sorry, but I don't see the link with Brexit and Trump. They are not retreating out of any major agreements like Brexit (and Trump) nor are they planning to put up protectionist foreign trade walls around their country like Trump.
They just want to switch away from fossil fuel. That will require a huge investement in renewable energy sources electric cars and the associated infrastructure. It seems not unlikely that this investments will pay itself back in increased economic activity and less unemployment. In the end this is a classic case of an Keynesian economical measure, no?
Your opinion does not agree with the conclusions of the HTSA report.
It looked at driver engegement and how it was affected by driver assisting features. Conclusion is that indeed some periode of inattentiveness exist but rarely bigger than 5 sec. So the 7 seconds in which the driver did not react to the truck crossing his path is very exceptional.
Secondly they looked at the amount of accidents and collisions of Tesla's before and after the Autopilot was introduced. They fell by 40 percent.
In my opinion a good attentive driver, even with automatic systems engaged, will still keep his attention where it belongs: on the road.
...lethal
Bad indeed. If true.
I mean: it would be a really stupid error to make on a flagship product. My hunch is (but I have no proof) that it's something different entirely.
The theory of the article says that simply applying some pressure on the body would already create the explosion. If that were the case I think many more phones would have exploded. And weren't there cases where the explosion took place without anyone touching the phone?
My little pet theory: the dendrites inside the ultra thin cells of the new type of battery were growing bigger than foreseen. In my mind Samsung engineers were aware of this potential problem that is strongly dependend on how you use your battery. I think (just my fatanasy) that they changed the software for charging the phone to keep the problem under control. They succeeded ... in the lab... and outside the lab...for the most part...
I must say that I'm sceptical too.
Especially when they conclude that 'the smalles pressure' would cause the explosion to occur.
1. I'm not an expert on what kind of testing is done on a phone during development but I consider it extremely unlikely that no scenario involving a high level of pressure on the body to be part of it.
2. I didn't study the reports on these explosions but a seem to remember that at least one of them happened when the device was simply lying on a table or something with nobody touching it??
My personaly theory (based on just my lively fantasy only): remeber that article on those batteries with a window in it. Through the window they could study the creation of 'dendrites'. A kind of chemical plant like structures that 'grow' on the walls of the battery cell as the result of charging and uncharging of the battery. When they touch the other side of the battery cell they create tiny wires that induces a small 'short circuit' thus reducing the capacity of the battery.
I think they created a new type of battery with layers that were closer than before. They applied special software to control the charging and uncharging cycles in such a way that they could control the growth of this dendrites sufficiently... in lab conditions. But in the real world people used their phone in a way that they did not take into account. Too many dendrites touching==> short circuit.
So you are at stage 4 then?
I'm sorry but this seems not very 'insightful' to me.
When whas a US aircraft carrier last attacked by a missile?
So the US marine could do without all this expensive Phalanx nonsense, right?
When was the last time they fired a nuclear missile? So they should eliminate those too etc...
No.
All we have to do is switch to cleaner environmentally safe sources of energy like wind and solar power. The full potential of these energy sources have not been reached at all.
Relly? Which source did you use?
I quick search in google on 'Temperature west USA 1970 till now' gave the following 2 links:
EPA and NOAA
Both are for the US as a whole, and both show a temperature increase of approx 2.5 F.
Sure. A higher temperature has nothing to do with the chance on wildfires. Everyone knows that!
Oh, yes. I forgot. You don't 'believe' that average temperature has risen by 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit...