Anyone who has ever worked with Hawaiian natives can tell you this has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with money. Basically, whoever is trying to build this telescope must not have realized that building anything big in Hawaii requires a big kickback to the natives.
Yes, it's slumming it a bit for Oswald. But it's really playing to his strengths and he knows it. Even if the show is a dismal failure, people will still remember him as being the one good thing about it. The only way he can lose is if they're stupid enough to force shitty dialogue on him and not let him improvise. And if they did that, he would probably just quit.
As for Felicia Day, I could care less. The only reason she has "nerd cred" is because she was on that awful Guild show. And that show would have been remembered as one of the shittiest online sitcoms ever made were it not for the fact that they made a MMO reference every now and then, giving everyone a nerdgasm. "OMG, the acting and writing on this show is TERRIBLE, but they said 'aggroed' so I think it's great!"
Are they Muslims? Well in that case they're oppressed and we must defend them and their religion no matter what they do. anyway, we know Muslims can do no wrong, because all evil in the world is caused by white heterosexual Christian males. Everyone else is an oppressed child who must be coddled, indulged, and taken care of by the evil oppressive white Christian patriarchy. And if you dare say any differently, you're a racist, sexist, bigot who should be banned from speaking in public, banned from the internet, kicked out of university, and arrested. -- signed, Democrat Simbot v0.5a
Or more accurately, he's like 99.99% of activists out there--in that he wants someone else to fix the problem while he pats himself on the back for making no real sacrifice whatsoever.
Any hope of reviving Firefly ended when its follow-up movie barely broke $10 million on its opening weekend. Having a few *very vocal* fans is just no substitute for having a large *number* of fans.
Yeah, I hate to say it, but I don't particularly relish the idea of an aging Joel or Mike besmirching the memory of the original by attempting to reclaim the old magic. There have been very few reboots that have worked (Battlestar Galactica), but the vast majority that have failed miserably (pretty much everything else).
Even stuff that should have been bulletproof (like animated shows, where the cast never ages) have mostly failed. When Futurama came back, it was a sad shell of its former self. And Beavis and Butthead seemed completely out of place in a world where music videos are no longer even on TV, and in a time when kids barely even still watch TV anyway. Sure Family Guy worked, but it had only been gone for a few years and they were able to get the entire team back together again pretty easily.
Most of the time it's better to go out on top of your game and move on. Did MST3K still have some years left in it when it was cancelled? Absolutely! Are those lost years still reclaimable in 2015? Probably not.
Yeah, unfortunately, you can hardly find a "dumb" TV anymore with decent features. I had to buy a smart TV the last time I upgraded only because it was the only model I could find with a decent set of inputs and outputs. But I've found that it's a lot less "smart" and intrusive when you don't plug it into the router or give it your wifi password.
Many of the engineers I've worked with stayed on the verge of a nervous breakdown most of the time and were prone to extreme misanthropy. So I'm not surprised they would be attracted to a line of work where they get to blow people up.
I want to take down all of Taylor Swift's songs and videos from the web. Can I, by any chance, hire you to force the internet to take them all down until she proves that I *don't* own the copyright?
Those parties are not really fighting amongst themselves; but they do have different interests in Syria. While their common goal is to fight IS, they each want to use this conflict as an opportunity to back their own horse in this race.
I shudder to think how WWII would have ended if the alliance powers had each worried so much about what the other sides would do AFTER they defeated Hitler that they refused to ally with one another to begin with.
Destroy ISIS. Worry about the other squabbling bullshit later.
The U.S. once had the balls to support JOSEPH STALIN to defeat a nasty threat. Now you won't even support some petty little dictators like Putin/Assad to defeat a religious movement that threatens the entire modern world?
The H1B visa shuffle has become an almost ritualistic dance at this point:
Congress: May we have this backdoor into your software, for 'merica security and shit? Silicon Valley: Sure, may we have more H1B visas to drive down wages? Congress: Sure!
And I guarantee you that they'll be standing in line right behind Zuckerberg and every other tech/media company before Congress complaining that they need more H1B visas because they can't find American workers.
Its not a scientific debate unless the critics argument is science, backed by evidence.
It's also not scientific debate if one side has created an unfalsifiable hypothesis and alters any contradictory data until it supports said hypothesis.
However, it doesn't follow that we should put any of the blame on victims of rape who dress a certain way or who consume alcohol.
Yes, that absolutely CAN follow. If I walk around the worst neighborhood in town alone at 2 a.m.waving around a stack of $100 bills, and I get mugged as a result--the mugger is still absolutely guilty of the crime, but you can also ABSOLUTELY call me FUCKING STUPID for doing it and criticize me for setting myself up as such an obvious target. Calling me fucking stupid for acting so foolishly in the lead-up to the crime isn't "victim blaming." It's just a common sense observation that anyone who isn't high on the smell of their own farts could see is obvious.
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Anyone who has ever worked with Hawaiian natives can tell you this has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with money. Basically, whoever is trying to build this telescope must not have realized that building anything big in Hawaii requires a big kickback to the natives.
Yes, it's slumming it a bit for Oswald. But it's really playing to his strengths and he knows it. Even if the show is a dismal failure, people will still remember him as being the one good thing about it. The only way he can lose is if they're stupid enough to force shitty dialogue on him and not let him improvise. And if they did that, he would probably just quit.
As for Felicia Day, I could care less. The only reason she has "nerd cred" is because she was on that awful Guild show. And that show would have been remembered as one of the shittiest online sitcoms ever made were it not for the fact that they made a MMO reference every now and then, giving everyone a nerdgasm. "OMG, the acting and writing on this show is TERRIBLE, but they said 'aggroed' so I think it's great!"
Are they Muslims? Well in that case they're oppressed and we must defend them and their religion no matter what they do. anyway, we know Muslims can do no wrong, because all evil in the world is caused by white heterosexual Christian males. Everyone else is an oppressed child who must be coddled, indulged, and taken care of by the evil oppressive white Christian patriarchy. And if you dare say any differently, you're a racist, sexist, bigot who should be banned from speaking in public, banned from the internet, kicked out of university, and arrested.
-- signed, Democrat Simbot v0.5a
Because he's an ACTIVIST!!!
Or more accurately, he's like 99.99% of activists out there--in that he wants someone else to fix the problem while he pats himself on the back for making no real sacrifice whatsoever.
Any hope of reviving Firefly ended when its follow-up movie barely broke $10 million on its opening weekend. Having a few *very vocal* fans is just no substitute for having a large *number* of fans.
Yeah, I hate to say it, but I don't particularly relish the idea of an aging Joel or Mike besmirching the memory of the original by attempting to reclaim the old magic. There have been very few reboots that have worked (Battlestar Galactica), but the vast majority that have failed miserably (pretty much everything else).
Even stuff that should have been bulletproof (like animated shows, where the cast never ages) have mostly failed. When Futurama came back, it was a sad shell of its former self. And Beavis and Butthead seemed completely out of place in a world where music videos are no longer even on TV, and in a time when kids barely even still watch TV anyway. Sure Family Guy worked, but it had only been gone for a few years and they were able to get the entire team back together again pretty easily.
Most of the time it's better to go out on top of your game and move on. Did MST3K still have some years left in it when it was cancelled? Absolutely! Are those lost years still reclaimable in 2015? Probably not.
The man who saved the world in 1983.
Yeah, unfortunately, you can hardly find a "dumb" TV anymore with decent features. I had to buy a smart TV the last time I upgraded only because it was the only model I could find with a decent set of inputs and outputs. But I've found that it's a lot less "smart" and intrusive when you don't plug it into the router or give it your wifi password.
Many of the engineers I've worked with stayed on the verge of a nervous breakdown most of the time and were prone to extreme misanthropy. So I'm not surprised they would be attracted to a line of work where they get to blow people up.
I'm retired.
I want to take down all of Taylor Swift's songs and videos from the web. Can I, by any chance, hire you to force the internet to take them all down until she proves that I *don't* own the copyright?
"Innocent until proven guilty is for liberal pussies!" said the judge.
Yeah, I think the tech community is mostly all in agreement with everyone else when they say "Wait...Yahoo is still around...and has email?"
Those parties are not really fighting amongst themselves; but they do have different interests in Syria. While their common goal is to fight IS, they each want to use this conflict as an opportunity to back their own horse in this race.
I shudder to think how WWII would have ended if the alliance powers had each worried so much about what the other sides would do AFTER they defeated Hitler that they refused to ally with one another to begin with.
Destroy ISIS. Worry about the other squabbling bullshit later.
The U.S. once had the balls to support JOSEPH STALIN to defeat a nasty threat. Now you won't even support some petty little dictators like Putin/Assad to defeat a religious movement that threatens the entire modern world?
U.S., Iran, Turkey, Assad, Russia. All hate ISIS. All have an interest in destroying the ISIS "caliphate."
Can't stop fighting among themselves for even a minute to even consider an alliance.
Meanwhile, ISIS just slips across some other border that the side who happens to be fighting them at that moment can't cross.
The H1B visa shuffle has become an almost ritualistic dance at this point:
Congress: May we have this backdoor into your software, for 'merica security and shit?
Silicon Valley: Sure, may we have more H1B visas to drive down wages?
Congress: Sure!
And I guarantee you that they'll be standing in line right behind Zuckerberg and every other tech/media company before Congress complaining that they need more H1B visas because they can't find American workers.
It's no secret that curlers are probably using performance enhancing drugs.
You got me. I'm just an oil industry shill who spits on scientists for fun on weekends.
Well, now you know how bible-thumpers feel about removing all references to evolution, don't you?
You both know that silencing your critics is right because your critics' opinions are so obviously wrong.
Its not a scientific debate unless the critics argument is science, backed by evidence.
It's also not scientific debate if one side has created an unfalsifiable hypothesis and alters any contradictory data until it supports said hypothesis.
However, it doesn't follow that we should put any of the blame on victims of rape who dress a certain way or who consume alcohol.
Yes, that absolutely CAN follow. If I walk around the worst neighborhood in town alone at 2 a.m.waving around a stack of $100 bills, and I get mugged as a result--the mugger is still absolutely guilty of the crime, but you can also ABSOLUTELY call me FUCKING STUPID for doing it and criticize me for setting myself up as such an obvious target. Calling me fucking stupid for acting so foolishly in the lead-up to the crime isn't "victim blaming." It's just a common sense observation that anyone who isn't high on the smell of their own farts could see is obvious.
Look at the guy who thinks fraternities are more important than not being raped.
Look at the guy who thinks that punishing every fraternity for a crime at one fraternity that never even happened is more important than the truth.
I'm pretty sure he intends to teach his son that rape, murder, etc. are wrong. That's pretty much a given with any responsible parent, I dare say.*
* My apologies to any responsible parents out there teaching their children that rape and murder are cool.