Compared to TV today is very tame in comparison. the US was still weaning itself off westerns, detective shows and sitcoms and Twin Peaks was edgy in comparison. Quite a few shows we loved in the 80/90's are like that. they were great at the time but didn't really stand the test of time.
Just the fact that its episodes weren't self-contained, it's subject matter was the rape and murder of a teenage girl, and the fact that it had supernatural elements made it pretty revolutionary for 1990. Add to that David Lynch's signature weird style and it truly was ground-breaking for the time.
The X-files, for all its hype, is pretty tame in comparison. Its episodes are almost entirely self-contained, for example. With the exception of a handful of mythology episodes, every episode begins and ends with the characters in exactly the same place. There are no real character arcs to speak of. By the end of the series Mulder is basically the same guy and Scully is SLIGHTLY less skeptical maybe. But that's about it. There are some great individual episodes (mostly the Darin Morgan ones), but taken as a whole it's a pretty conventional procedural detective show.
First off - congrats on losing the weight. 30lbs is nothing to scoff at.
Not to be too much of a dick about it, but I never congratulate someone for losing weight. If pushed, I'll tell them I'll congratulate them in 5 years, if they've managed to KEEP it off.
Losing weight is actually not that hard. Some of us have done it many, many, many times. It's keeping it off in the years that follow that's really tough.
Why on earth would you find this offensive if you made the swap?
I tell you what. Call a meeting with all of your minority and women programmers and ask them if they would find a requirement that all future code "must feature at least one function written by a white male developer, that calls a function written by another white male developer" offensive. If they say "No, it's fine, we're cool with it," then I'll concede the point.
If you can substitute the term "white male" into your premise and suddenly find it offensive, then was actually racist/sexist all along.
"a project that passes the test must feature at least one function written by a white male developer, that calls a function written by another white male developer. "
A billion dollar program to tell screeners that the Arab guy or black guy who is shaking like a leaf, mumbling "allah-ackbar" over-and-over under his breath, and wants to check a huge bag should maybe be singled out for additional screening.
It wouldn't be so bad if this were just part of a natural evolution of NASA. But at its heart it's the result of the dramatic slashing of the NASA budget after Apollo, the end of the "space race," and constant political interference (mostly in the form of pork projects that Congressmen wanted NASA to lend credibility to). NASA is a sad shell of its 1960's self, and these facilities are a very literal reminder of that fact.
Environmentalists tend to seize on the fads of the moment and stick to them like a religious cause (until the next fad comes along). They will ignore or shoot down any proposed alternative and they WILL NOT compromise. It's their way or the highway.
Right now their religion supports solar and wind power, and solar and wind power ONLY. Even though nuclear and hydro are much more practical and have the potential to reduce CO2 than any other current power generation methods, they will oppose both--because they fell out of favor with the religion in the past. Nuclear fell out of favor when a bunch of hippies began to complain about nuclear waste (never mind that we have a facility in Yucca that COULD make this a non-issue). And hydro fell out when a bunch of hippies discovered that it hurt salmon spawning or some shit. Again, never mind that this problem was solved a long time ago with fish ladders (once you fall out of favor with the hippies, you're a heresy forever).
Wind and Solar. All other energy generation is blasphemy to the environmentalist religion.
Sure, you're free to compete--just as long as you don't compete with any of the state-sanctioned monopolies or any existing company that makes generous campaign contributions to our politicians.
If the government wasn't fighting some drugs the users would simply buy them from their local booze store with little if any risk to anyone.
I'm pretty sure meth and heroin are still going to pose serious risks to their users whether they're legal or not. Legalizing alcohol certainly didn't remove *its* risk.
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Yeah, but the door locks will interface directly with your smart watch!
Compared to TV today is very tame in comparison. the US was still weaning itself off westerns, detective shows and sitcoms and Twin Peaks was edgy in comparison. Quite a few shows we loved in the 80/90's are like that. they were great at the time but didn't really stand the test of time.
Just the fact that its episodes weren't self-contained, it's subject matter was the rape and murder of a teenage girl, and the fact that it had supernatural elements made it pretty revolutionary for 1990. Add to that David Lynch's signature weird style and it truly was ground-breaking for the time.
The X-files, for all its hype, is pretty tame in comparison. Its episodes are almost entirely self-contained, for example. With the exception of a handful of mythology episodes, every episode begins and ends with the characters in exactly the same place. There are no real character arcs to speak of. By the end of the series Mulder is basically the same guy and Scully is SLIGHTLY less skeptical maybe. But that's about it. There are some great individual episodes (mostly the Darin Morgan ones), but taken as a whole it's a pretty conventional procedural detective show.
"Yeah great. How does it work when there's no reliable power source?"
"Uhhhhh....well"
JJ Abrams is actually scheduled to be a reboot of the comfort bubble in 2019.
2016 could prove to be a good year for David Duchovny
There, I said it.
First off - congrats on losing the weight. 30lbs is nothing to scoff at.
Not to be too much of a dick about it, but I never congratulate someone for losing weight. If pushed, I'll tell them I'll congratulate them in 5 years, if they've managed to KEEP it off.
Losing weight is actually not that hard. Some of us have done it many, many, many times. It's keeping it off in the years that follow that's really tough.
Why on earth would you find this offensive if you made the swap?
I tell you what. Call a meeting with all of your minority and women programmers and ask them if they would find a requirement that all future code "must feature at least one function written by a white male developer, that calls a function written by another white male developer" offensive. If they say "No, it's fine, we're cool with it," then I'll concede the point.
If you can substitute the term "white male" into your premise and suddenly find it offensive, then was actually racist/sexist all along.
"a project that passes the test must feature at least one function written by a white male developer, that calls a function written by another white male developer. "
Now let's see what you can deliver.
A billion dollar program to tell screeners that the Arab guy or black guy who is shaking like a leaf, mumbling "allah-ackbar" over-and-over under his breath, and wants to check a huge bag should maybe be singled out for additional screening.
Couldn't resist.
It wouldn't be so bad if this were just part of a natural evolution of NASA. But at its heart it's the result of the dramatic slashing of the NASA budget after Apollo, the end of the "space race," and constant political interference (mostly in the form of pork projects that Congressmen wanted NASA to lend credibility to). NASA is a sad shell of its 1960's self, and these facilities are a very literal reminder of that fact.
Is very important part of treaty!
Translation: Sorry poor white boy in Appalachia. Your scholarship is going to a rich girl in Grosse Pointe.
Environmentalists tend to seize on the fads of the moment and stick to them like a religious cause (until the next fad comes along). They will ignore or shoot down any proposed alternative and they WILL NOT compromise. It's their way or the highway.
Right now their religion supports solar and wind power, and solar and wind power ONLY. Even though nuclear and hydro are much more practical and have the potential to reduce CO2 than any other current power generation methods, they will oppose both--because they fell out of favor with the religion in the past. Nuclear fell out of favor when a bunch of hippies began to complain about nuclear waste (never mind that we have a facility in Yucca that COULD make this a non-issue). And hydro fell out when a bunch of hippies discovered that it hurt salmon spawning or some shit. Again, never mind that this problem was solved a long time ago with fish ladders (once you fall out of favor with the hippies, you're a heresy forever).
Wind and Solar. All other energy generation is blasphemy to the environmentalist religion.
It's so bad!
....is at ARNAR'S HOUSE!!!!
Amiright?!?
Sure, you're free to compete--just as long as you don't compete with any of the state-sanctioned monopolies or any existing company that makes generous campaign contributions to our politicians.
Ewwwh, you owned a non-Apple product??? You must not be a free-thinker, like those of us who do everything Apple tells us to do.
Click report to police.
Bitch!
If the government wasn't fighting some drugs the users would simply buy them from their local booze store with little if any risk to anyone.
I'm pretty sure meth and heroin are still going to pose serious risks to their users whether they're legal or not. Legalizing alcohol certainly didn't remove *its* risk.
And once the technological system and legal precedent are in place to block one group, it becomes all the easier to block the next group.
THAT'S the relevant question here.
The Chinese people are too big to flail.