The Chinese Theatre should just change their sign to "Star Wars" when the date comes up, and keep showing whatever Nic Cage or Charlize Theron or Will Smith movie they were going to show anyway. Let the fans see whatever movie this is while the theatre says it is "Star Wars".
The Star Wars fans will see it, and leave the theatre mildy annoyed by the lack of lightsabres in the movie, but you will hear comments like "When did George Lucas learn to write dialogue? Wow!" and "I was kind of worried going into it, but there was no Jar Jar in the ENTIRE movie!"
"Politically, though, Britain is a socialist state"
On the spectrum of things, Britain is much less than half socialist: the people still control most of the ecomony, not the State. It is not anywhere near completely socialist like North Korea is. In fact, on this kind of spectrum, Britain and the others in Europe are not much different from America. Just a few points apart.
"given that the Celts invented Socialism in the first place and that virtually every country in the Old World that is socialist is Celtic."
I always considered the Old World as Eurasia and Africa. This would add China, Vietnam, and North Korea to your list of socialist countries. I am guessing that you mean Europe-only as the "Old World".
Are you counting Germans such as Marx as "Celts"? I am kind of rusty in my Celtic history. Also, the Celtic nature of European socialism is a short and recent phenomenon: for a much longer time (about 1945 to 1989) most of the socialist countries (also the most strongly socialist) were Slavic, not Celtic.
"If there's so much damn mystique, maybe Americans should stop and think about what it is that makes those cultures so different from America"
Like how this culture (through the Germans) produced through Marx and Hitler two extremely deadly ideologies, both named socialist, that resulted in the deaths of well over 100 million?
"Good idea. Free iballs, supported by adware. The liberals will complain, of course"
They'll complain until the iBall manufacturer concedes and installs in each iBall a sort of advanced Foxblocker that blanks from your vision anything that Michael Moore would not want you to see.
"Yet another reason to keep your helmet on while out on the moon."
You are just saying that since you are so looking forward to being able to wear your Darth Vader helmet and costume SOMEWHERE without everyone laughing at you. Even if you have to go to the moon to do it.
The funniest moment on the "ALF" show was when the Tanners prepare a thanksgiving dinner, leave briefly, and return. When they get back, the turkey is gone.
They ask Alf if he ate it. He jabs a finger in his mouth and wretches and gags: "Not in Stomach #1". He again jabs a finger in his mouth and wretches and gags: "Not in Stomach #2". He yet again jabs a finger in his mouth and wretches and gags: "Not in Stomach #3". He stops. The Tanners remember that Alf has a 4th stomach, and point it out. Alf is BUSTED.
Clever, Saddam. Hiding those WMD's in distant star cluster. But you never thought the hiding place would be betrayed when Waphoon Zugbart carelessly detonated it when he dropped a cigaratte butt from one of his 5 hands. Never trust those Altarians to guard anything again.
If the first thing you want to buy with the $100 is an upgrade from Windows ME (which has worked so perfectly for you) to Windows XP Home, you obviously missed the geek bus. Move along...
"The robot can last up to 25 minutes with a NiCD 600MaH battery."
Let me know what batteries I can use so I can still use the robot later even after the batteries die. I don't want these Nicads which destroy the robot after 25 minutes.
Forget the sand in central park. Can anyone tell me what's going on here??"[Roy Utah air photo link at Google]
I think you have found the top-secret Moving Pictures Experts Group proving grounds. This is where they test out the next versions of JPG and MPG compression, in an out-of-the-way part of the country where they think no-one will ever see it. They need some work on this one; methinks: looks pretty lossy. It looks like they messed up that lake pretty bad, but we all know how lax Utah's water quality regulations are.
"Novi? No "V" and no No VI! But maybe Emacs, and a few eMACS and iMACS and UMAX. No MiniMacs. Yes MiniMe: Verne Troyer is guest of honor! We are serving him Mac and cheese.
"
There, does that clear it up for you? And since it is a SciFi AND Linux convention, Nichelle Nichols will be dressed as Ubuntu instead of Uhura.
If you don't like what someone says in "mass media", just ignore it. There is no need to censor it. Learn some tolerance.
"I sure as hell wouldn't want to go into a courtroom as a defendant and be judged by people who had already been presented with all the details of my case"
That might save some time in the courtroom, right?
"The problem with all of this isn't information security. It's not peer review. It's not informations need to be free. "
It is not "information needs to be free". It is a matter of protecting basic Constitutional rights and avoiding censorship.
"Tres cool. So what are those patches of sand in Central Park anyway?"
Without looking, I am guessing that if the patches are vaguely fan-shaped, they are baseball/softball/etc diamonds. I've seen these on many other air photos.
"Using this, I see that my lawn is the worst looking in the whole neighborhood. If only I could use the satellite's laser weapons to destroy my neighbors' lawns, then I would rule the area! Bwahahaha!"
Do you have sharks living in those satellites? If not, you might wish to consult with Dr. Alan Parsons. He has a project which might help you.
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The Star Wars fans will see it, and leave the theatre mildy annoyed by the lack of lightsabres in the movie, but you will hear comments like "When did George Lucas learn to write dialogue? Wow!" and "I was kind of worried going into it, but there was no Jar Jar in the ENTIRE movie!"
On the spectrum of things, Britain is much less than half socialist: the people still control most of the ecomony, not the State. It is not anywhere near completely socialist like North Korea is. In fact, on this kind of spectrum, Britain and the others in Europe are not much different from America. Just a few points apart.
"given that the Celts invented Socialism in the first place and that virtually every country in the Old World that is socialist is Celtic."
I always considered the Old World as Eurasia and Africa. This would add China, Vietnam, and North Korea to your list of socialist countries. I am guessing that you mean Europe-only as the "Old World".
Are you counting Germans such as Marx as "Celts"? I am kind of rusty in my Celtic history. Also, the Celtic nature of European socialism is a short and recent phenomenon: for a much longer time (about 1945 to 1989) most of the socialist countries (also the most strongly socialist) were Slavic, not Celtic.
"If there's so much damn mystique, maybe Americans should stop and think about what it is that makes those cultures so different from America"
Like how this culture (through the Germans) produced through Marx and Hitler two extremely deadly ideologies, both named socialist, that resulted in the deaths of well over 100 million?
They'll complain until the iBall manufacturer concedes and installs in each iBall a sort of advanced Foxblocker that blanks from your vision anything that Michael Moore would not want you to see.
Ted Kennedy's rummy nose? Look while you can.
You are just saying that since you are so looking forward to being able to wear your Darth Vader helmet and costume SOMEWHERE without everyone laughing at you. Even if you have to go to the moon to do it.
Regardless, it is good to learn now that even when I migrate to a moon colony, I can go outside and club baby seals to death for fun and profit.
They ask Alf if he ate it. He jabs a finger in his mouth and wretches and gags: "Not in Stomach #1". He again jabs a finger in his mouth and wretches and gags: "Not in Stomach #2". He yet again jabs a finger in his mouth and wretches and gags: "Not in Stomach #3". He stops. The Tanners remember that Alf has a 4th stomach, and point it out. Alf is BUSTED.
Long reign Helob.
Nothing like seeing the world for the first time, and all of the sudden a damn online casino pop-up ad fills your vision, blinking furiously.
I'm sure that Puffy has a lot of little brats running about the mansions bedecked in bling.
Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da...
See close-up view of its license plate.
Clever, Saddam. Hiding those WMD's in distant star cluster. But you never thought the hiding place would be betrayed when Waphoon Zugbart carelessly detonated it when he dropped a cigaratte butt from one of his 5 hands. Never trust those Altarians to guard anything again.
If the first thing you want to buy with the $100 is an upgrade from Windows ME (which has worked so perfectly for you) to Windows XP Home, you obviously missed the geek bus. Move along...
Don't you, too, love the smell of self-immolating spelling nazis in the morning?
Would this be limited to domain names? What about misleading signs on the street, and yellow pages listings.
Let me know what batteries I can use so I can still use the robot later even after the batteries die. I don't want these Nicads which destroy the robot after 25 minutes.
I think you have found the top-secret Moving Pictures Experts Group proving grounds. This is where they test out the next versions of JPG and MPG compression, in an out-of-the-way part of the country where they think no-one will ever see it. They need some work on this one; methinks: looks pretty lossy. It looks like they messed up that lake pretty bad, but we all know how lax Utah's water quality regulations are.
There, does that clear it up for you? And since it is a SciFi AND Linux convention, Nichelle Nichols will be dressed as Ubuntu instead of Uhura.
"I sure as hell wouldn't want to go into a courtroom as a defendant and be judged by people who had already been presented with all the details of my case"
That might save some time in the courtroom, right?
"The problem with all of this isn't information security. It's not peer review. It's not informations need to be free. "
It is not "information needs to be free". It is a matter of protecting basic Constitutional rights and avoiding censorship.
Wish you would have hyped this one more than just a few days before it started!
Confirmed: those clusters of sandy patches north and south of the reservior are in fact baseball diamonds.
Too many problems with Ted Kennedy forgetting his pants when he goes to work, you know?
Without looking, I am guessing that if the patches are vaguely fan-shaped, they are baseball/softball/etc diamonds. I've seen these on many other air photos.
You insensitive clod!
Ever see those COPS and courtroom shows? They always blur the guilty parties.
Do you have sharks living in those satellites? If not, you might wish to consult with Dr. Alan Parsons. He has a project which might help you.