On April 8, 2009, it was announced that Leonard Nimoy would appear as Walter Bishop's former lab partner, Dr. William Bell in the first season's finale, which explores the existence of an ominous parallel universe. Nimoy will return as Dr. Bell for an extended arc, and according to Orci, Bell will be "the beginning of the answers to even bigger questions."[29][30] This choice led one reviewer to question if Fringe's plot might be an homage to the Star Trek episode "Mirror, Mirror", which featured an alternate reality "mirror universe" concept and an evil version of Spock distinguished by a goatee.[31] He will reprise his role in the second season finale, where his character and Walter will meet for a "showdown".[32]
the second season finale is a month away. granted, the second season has already finished shooting. and we'll find out in a few weeks if they kill off nimoy's character in the series. so he really might be done with acting
but i wouldn't count on nimoy being done with acting for good as long as fringe pulls in the ratings and they don't kill off his character
42 22 "Over There: Part 1"[26] Akiva Goldsman[27] Jeff Pinkner & J.H. Wyman[27] May 13, 2010[24] In the part one of the two-part season finale, Walter and Olivia travel to the parallel universe, and the anticipated face-off between Walter Bishop and William Bell occurs. Seth Gabel guest stars as the principal investigator in the Alternative Fringe division.
and words shift in meaning all the time. the way they spoke in 1960, 1910, 1860... the meanings of words you use today as they were in 1960, 1910, 1860... its completely fluid and outside of anyone's control
so why do you fucking care so much about a fucking word?
"hacking" has evolved to have different meanings. big fucking deal
for whatever bizarre reason, you have a huge attachment to the meaning of "hacking"
you can work hard, and still not succeed due to bad luck, but how do you succeed f you don't work hard? how do you work hard if you don't believe you will succeed? where't he motivation?
i would say that i suppose a successful pessimist is someone who just had good luck (since he certainly wouldn't have worked hard), but even then, most pessimists wouldn't even buy that lottery ticket
no: life is mostly made up of your own self-fulfilling philosophy. and if you are pessimistic, of your life, you reap exactly what you sow. pessimism is merely the ideology and psychological solace of the slave
it screams conspiracies and secret government involvement
but real life is not a hollywood movie, occam's razor is unfortunately mundane and boring. the simplest, lamest, conspiracy-free explanation is the truth
but flame on paranoid schizophrenics: this story is made for you. wig out and bug out while you can
99% chance of failure is better than 100% chance of failure
that's why you should always try, no matter how bleak the circumstances
pessimism is guaranteed loserville. optimism is mostly loserville. and psychologically, you're simply a happier nicer person to be around if you tried, and lost, rather than never tried at all: who wants to be around such a wormy slavelike self-powerless mind?
if you prepare for the worst, you can't prepare for the best. when you prepare for the worst, that's exactly what you get
and yes: optimists ARE disappointed, most of them. a few succeed. no pessimists succeed
so basically you are asking me to choose between near certainty of failure, and certainty of failure. obviously, to try and lose is far better a life experience than openly choosing to lose and doing exactly that
the world belongs to the optimists. pessimists, this is a merely psychologogical solace for those who freely and openly choose not to matter in this world. fucking pathetic
you say "entire media organisations and even political parties" commit the fallacy of ascribing to all of islam the crimes of a few kooks. really?
"entire media organization and even political parties"
why is this any different than citing "entire religions and even nationalities"?
it's the same logical error: you've ascribed to huge diverse groups the opinion of a tiny fringe. you're part of the problem. you're a blind partisan: you've stopped seeing issues and you have begun to attack people in groups. you're guilty of prejudice, of labeling and then attacking. you're as bad as the problem you describe
and with that, you've lost all credibility, because you see a monolithic block where there is only a fringe few acting badly, which is doubly a vile error you've made because it is the exact same crime you accuse someone else of
complete hypocrisy. you wind up using language and thought processes that you condemn. in pretty much the same sentence. you are 100% guilty of the same heinous error in thought you are trying to expose: stereotyping
even if NYC were nuked, after they perfect the radiation eating nanobots in 2398, it will still be a nice place for a city, since most other coastal cities are built at river mouths on silt, and will mostly likely be sunk under water, or, if on the west coast, taking a ride to alaska on the san andreas fault express
nyc is actually one of the best natural places to have a city in terms of seismic stability, metereological stability, geological strength, stable high quality aquifer, geographic strategical location (the hudson river->erie canal->great lakes), political stability, etc
", we tend to give their faith, in this case baptist, the benefit of the doubt."
who is "we"?
there are indeed a MINORITY of western morons who think that a violent fundamentalist muslim asshole represents the entirety of islam, and violent fundamentalist christian assholes get a free pass
but i don't think that, and you don't think that, and plenty others understand this obvious point
so stop condemning ALL westerners/ americans/ media for committing a sin only a MINORITY commit
currently you are a massive hypocrite, because you are committing the same logical fallacy you condemn: that a few wester idiots represent all of western opinion
there are indeed a MINORITY of western morons who think that a violent fundamentalist muslim asshole represents the entire of islam faith
but i don't think that, and you don't think that, and plenty others understand this obvious point
so stop condemning ALL westerners/ americans/ media for committing a sin only a MINORITY commit
currently you are a massive hypocrite, because you are committing the same logical fallacy you condemn: that a few wester idiots represent all of western opinion
pessimism leads people to give up, and accept the unacceptable. pessimism is the ideology of slaves
luckily for the rest of us, pragmatists and optimists alike, your world view doesn't actually decide how the real world plays out. it defines the sad arc of your life, not my life. so step aside, give in to your ignorant helplessness and shut up, and let those of who think we can actually still make difference actually make a fucking difference
the only morally coherent position when faced with intolerant fundamentalist thugs is to fight them. we cannot live with them. they have already declared war on our tolerant societies
more mohammad
picture of mohammad everywhere
pictures of mohammad every day
not because we hate islam
but because we hate intolerance, and we value freedom of thought
any true muslim does not have a problem with this. any true muslim does not believe their entire religion depends upon insane insecurity
in a nutshell: lansing michigan got a $900,000 federal grant to monitor sex offenders. but a journalist, spending five minutes using google and facebook, found an offender working at a daycare center... an offender on the Michigan State Police's most-wanted fugitives list! and someone the lansing police describe as "always one step ahead of us"... since 2007. the fucking pedo is posting on facebook with his real name and picture... posing with children on his fucking lap, working at a fucking daycare center
seriously?!
the only justice that exists in this particular case is vigilante justice. and i agree with you: vigilante justice sucks. however, vigilante justice is better than NO justice
therefore, it is nice to know vigilante justice is out there to pick up the slack, for when the responsible authorities are outright BUMBLING INCOMPETENTS who never heard of google search and waste NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND of our tax dollars... doing what exactly?
put it this way: the responsible authorities better do their fucking jobs, or we'll do it for them
we're not talking cell phone company contracts here, we're talking common decency
if you won't be decent to your fellow man in your relations with them, and instead use the logic that comcast uses when they gouge your bill, then you will reap ill will and you won't be doing any research again
comcast and verizon get away with their gouging because they are abusing an imbalnace of power. you don't benefit from the weasel room you cite above when the footing is between equal entitities
i fear for whomever considers you a friend or girlfriend, in such low regard do you value their trust. assuming you have any friends. with the colossal lack of common decency you display, i don't think anyone would want to be around you. you're a snake
but the truth is, science does not operate in a vacuum
you have to be sensitive to people's beliefs, no matter how self-serving, hypocritical, or absurd, not because their beliefs are valid, but because otherwise the peasants rise up and burn down your lab
for all of the creationists, all if the jenny mccarthies, all of the anti-global warming corporate apologists: there is a grain not of truth in their resistance, but of atavistic reactionary distrust: "i don't understand this science stuff, and i am afraid. is it good for me? is it bad for me?"
and then, if you talk to the people, if you remain sensitive to what they want and fear, and you give them feedback and assuage their concerns, their fears subside and they grow appreciative and cooperative
but if you rain down insults and abuse and derision from your ivory tower like you do in your comment above, you will find their distrust deepens, their fear grows. and what you get is that seed of atavistic reactionary anger grows into a lynch mob: "see: the wizard in that castle is doing evil things, burn him at the stake!" and then you aren't doing science anymore, you're dead... you're research grant is defunded
so you should be sensitive to what the common man thinks and believes. ridicule him at your own folly. when he tells you his concerns, do not belittle him, patiently console him and explain to him
because if you don't you will find that your ivory tower is being tipped over by peasants with pitchforks
all you really demonstrate in your comment above is a profound lack of social intelligence and an intense insulation from the real world. work on your humility. a little grace and decency to your fellow human beings, no matter in how little regard you hold their thoughts, is all you need. but instead, to engage in the hostility you do, simply means you are arrogant and full of blind pride, hubris
you're setting yourself up for a fall mr. ivory tower
with the understanding it would only be used in certain ways
it's not like giving you my bike or my car. with physical objects: do whatever you want with them, who cares, the new owner is the 100% owner
but these people are giving their genetic identity to someone else. that's not like the transfer of ownership of a physical object. it's not free and clear of any continuing considerations, because the continued use of their dna has implications and meaning about how they view themselves, how they live their lives, and the way others see them
simple ethics means that whatever you do with these people's dna, you have to ask them first, forever
Slashdot Mirror
but i don't know how to be a bigger flammer. i don't know what a flammer is
you suffer from asperger syndrome. you have clear social defects
no one cares, and you can't control the meaning of words
deal with it
not a legal document
by any common sense conversational logic, i am obviously referring to the aquifer from which new york city gets its water
duh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_(TV_series)
the second season finale is a month away. granted, the second season has already finished shooting. and we'll find out in a few weeks if they kill off nimoy's character in the series. so he really might be done with acting
but i wouldn't count on nimoy being done with acting for good as long as fringe pulls in the ratings and they don't kill off his character
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_(season_2)
so be watching may 13 if you want to see possibly nimoy's last performance ever
and words shift in meaning all the time. the way they spoke in 1960, 1910, 1860... the meanings of words you use today as they were in 1960, 1910, 1860... its completely fluid and outside of anyone's control
so why do you fucking care so much about a fucking word?
"hacking" has evolved to have different meanings. big fucking deal
for whatever bizarre reason, you have a huge attachment to the meaning of "hacking"
whatever, drama queen. get a life
what did you think of last night's episode of "fringe"?
isn't it great the truth is finally coming out?
success is a matter of hard work and luck
you can work hard, and still not succeed due to bad luck, but how do you succeed f you don't work hard? how do you work hard if you don't believe you will succeed? where't he motivation?
i would say that i suppose a successful pessimist is someone who just had good luck (since he certainly wouldn't have worked hard), but even then, most pessimists wouldn't even buy that lottery ticket
no: life is mostly made up of your own self-fulfilling philosophy. and if you are pessimistic, of your life, you reap exactly what you sow. pessimism is merely the ideology and psychological solace of the slave
in terms of taste, quality, quantity, and stability
and here's some breaking news for you on the subject:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/science/earth/24drill.html
it screams conspiracies and secret government involvement
but real life is not a hollywood movie, occam's razor is unfortunately mundane and boring. the simplest, lamest, conspiracy-free explanation is the truth
but flame on paranoid schizophrenics: this story is made for you. wig out and bug out while you can
99% chance of failure is better than 100% chance of failure
that's why you should always try, no matter how bleak the circumstances
pessimism is guaranteed loserville. optimism is mostly loserville. and psychologically, you're simply a happier nicer person to be around if you tried, and lost, rather than never tried at all: who wants to be around such a wormy slavelike self-powerless mind?
if you prepare for the worst, you can't prepare for the best. when you prepare for the worst, that's exactly what you get
and yes: optimists ARE disappointed, most of them. a few succeed. no pessimists succeed
so basically you are asking me to choose between near certainty of failure, and certainty of failure. obviously, to try and lose is far better a life experience than openly choosing to lose and doing exactly that
the world belongs to the optimists. pessimists, this is a merely psychologogical solace for those who freely and openly choose not to matter in this world. fucking pathetic
you say "entire media organisations and even political parties" commit the fallacy of ascribing to all of islam the crimes of a few kooks. really?
"entire media organization and even political parties"
why is this any different than citing "entire religions and even nationalities"?
it's the same logical error: you've ascribed to huge diverse groups the opinion of a tiny fringe. you're part of the problem. you're a blind partisan: you've stopped seeing issues and you have begun to attack people in groups. you're guilty of prejudice, of labeling and then attacking. you're as bad as the problem you describe
and with that, you've lost all credibility, because you see a monolithic block where there is only a fringe few acting badly, which is doubly a vile error you've made because it is the exact same crime you accuse someone else of
complete hypocrisy. you wind up using language and thought processes that you condemn. in pretty much the same sentence. you are 100% guilty of the same heinous error in thought you are trying to expose: stereotyping
even if NYC were nuked, after they perfect the radiation eating nanobots in 2398, it will still be a nice place for a city, since most other coastal cities are built at river mouths on silt, and will mostly likely be sunk under water, or, if on the west coast, taking a ride to alaska on the san andreas fault express
nyc is actually one of the best natural places to have a city in terms of seismic stability, metereological stability, geological strength, stable high quality aquifer, geographic strategical location (the hudson river->erie canal->great lakes), political stability, etc
yes sir, sir!
it's an honor sir!
", we tend to give their faith, in this case baptist, the benefit of the doubt."
who is "we"?
there are indeed a MINORITY of western morons who think that a violent fundamentalist muslim asshole represents the entirety of islam, and violent fundamentalist christian assholes get a free pass
but i don't think that, and you don't think that, and plenty others understand this obvious point
so stop condemning ALL westerners/ americans/ media for committing a sin only a MINORITY commit
currently you are a massive hypocrite, because you are committing the same logical fallacy you condemn: that a few wester idiots represent all of western opinion
"Yet we condemn them all."
who is "we"?
there are indeed a MINORITY of western morons who think that a violent fundamentalist muslim asshole represents the entire of islam faith
but i don't think that, and you don't think that, and plenty others understand this obvious point
so stop condemning ALL westerners/ americans/ media for committing a sin only a MINORITY commit
currently you are a massive hypocrite, because you are committing the same logical fallacy you condemn: that a few wester idiots represent all of western opinion
christians do violent things. ok. that implies what? that it is therefore ok that muslims do violent things?
the proper response is that when christians do violent things, we denounce them. and when muslims do violent things, we denounce them
your argument seems to be "because christians do violent things we can't criticize the muslims who do violent things"
bullshit. i condemn both. so stand with me and condemn these violent muslim fundamentalist assholes
for anonymous
where are you hordes of slovenly /b/tards?
scientology was a dwarf. before you stands the goliath of muslim fundamentalism. take an aim and swing. i want images of muhammad every fucking where
do you what you do best oh great low iq hivemind
do it for the EPIC LULZ
UNLEASH THE MUHAMMAKRAKEN
NINE THOUSAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND ONE NIGHTS!!!!!!
pessimism leads people to give up, and accept the unacceptable. pessimism is the ideology of slaves
luckily for the rest of us, pragmatists and optimists alike, your world view doesn't actually decide how the real world plays out. it defines the sad arc of your life, not my life. so step aside, give in to your ignorant helplessness and shut up, and let those of who think we can actually still make difference actually make a fucking difference
is merely an extension of intolerance
when we acquiesce to thugs, we all lose
the only morally coherent position when faced with intolerant fundamentalist thugs is to fight them. we cannot live with them. they have already declared war on our tolerant societies
more mohammad
picture of mohammad everywhere
pictures of mohammad every day
not because we hate islam
but because we hate intolerance, and we value freedom of thought
any true muslim does not have a problem with this. any true muslim does not believe their entire religion depends upon insane insecurity
http://michiganmessenger.com/36610/arrest-of-most-wanted-sex-offender-raises-policy-questions
in a nutshell: lansing michigan got a $900,000 federal grant to monitor sex offenders. but a journalist, spending five minutes using google and facebook, found an offender working at a daycare center... an offender on the Michigan State Police's most-wanted fugitives list! and someone the lansing police describe as "always one step ahead of us"... since 2007. the fucking pedo is posting on facebook with his real name and picture... posing with children on his fucking lap, working at a fucking daycare center
seriously?!
the only justice that exists in this particular case is vigilante justice. and i agree with you: vigilante justice sucks. however, vigilante justice is better than NO justice
therefore, it is nice to know vigilante justice is out there to pick up the slack, for when the responsible authorities are outright BUMBLING INCOMPETENTS who never heard of google search and waste NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND of our tax dollars... doing what exactly?
put it this way: the responsible authorities better do their fucking jobs, or we'll do it for them
You offend ME sir! I am a georheologist and my science doesn't even exist below 10,000 kilopascals!
we're not talking cell phone company contracts here, we're talking common decency
if you won't be decent to your fellow man in your relations with them, and instead use the logic that comcast uses when they gouge your bill, then you will reap ill will and you won't be doing any research again
comcast and verizon get away with their gouging because they are abusing an imbalnace of power. you don't benefit from the weasel room you cite above when the footing is between equal entitities
i fear for whomever considers you a friend or girlfriend, in such low regard do you value their trust. assuming you have any friends. with the colossal lack of common decency you display, i don't think anyone would want to be around you. you're a snake
but the truth is, science does not operate in a vacuum
you have to be sensitive to people's beliefs, no matter how self-serving, hypocritical, or absurd, not because their beliefs are valid, but because otherwise the peasants rise up and burn down your lab
for all of the creationists, all if the jenny mccarthies, all of the anti-global warming corporate apologists: there is a grain not of truth in their resistance, but of atavistic reactionary distrust: "i don't understand this science stuff, and i am afraid. is it good for me? is it bad for me?"
and then, if you talk to the people, if you remain sensitive to what they want and fear, and you give them feedback and assuage their concerns, their fears subside and they grow appreciative and cooperative
but if you rain down insults and abuse and derision from your ivory tower like you do in your comment above, you will find their distrust deepens, their fear grows. and what you get is that seed of atavistic reactionary anger grows into a lynch mob: "see: the wizard in that castle is doing evil things, burn him at the stake!" and then you aren't doing science anymore, you're dead... you're research grant is defunded
so you should be sensitive to what the common man thinks and believes. ridicule him at your own folly. when he tells you his concerns, do not belittle him, patiently console him and explain to him
because if you don't you will find that your ivory tower is being tipped over by peasants with pitchforks
all you really demonstrate in your comment above is a profound lack of social intelligence and an intense insulation from the real world. work on your humility. a little grace and decency to your fellow human beings, no matter in how little regard you hold their thoughts, is all you need. but instead, to engage in the hostility you do, simply means you are arrogant and full of blind pride, hubris
you're setting yourself up for a fall mr. ivory tower
with the understanding it would only be used in certain ways
it's not like giving you my bike or my car. with physical objects: do whatever you want with them, who cares, the new owner is the 100% owner
but these people are giving their genetic identity to someone else. that's not like the transfer of ownership of a physical object. it's not free and clear of any continuing considerations, because the continued use of their dna has implications and meaning about how they view themselves, how they live their lives, and the way others see them
simple ethics means that whatever you do with these people's dna, you have to ask them first, forever