While this is true, it did not go far enough. A constitution is a technical document and needs to be written as such. Unfortunately, ours was written as poetry and took way too much for granted.
Is that even legal? My boss has said, on more than one occasion, that the expectation is that I will answer my phone when I am *not* at work and *not* on call. I've told him explicitly that that, by definition, means that I *am* on call and that he *will* pay me to be on call.
IANAL, but if I was told what you were told, I would be immediately talking to an attorney.
to ask for a classic-style game console built with modern tech/processing power?
Yes, I'd like to be able to play online with friends. That is the only other thing that I really want out of my console. I don't care if plays music or movies. I don't want it to be the center of my entertainment center. I sure as hell don't want it always on and spying on me.
I just want to play games, and that includes used ones.
Actually, objectively, I *am* right. There is a difference between liking something and knowing whether or not it is any good. There are plenty of movies that I "like," with full knowledge that they're actually horrible movies.
Why do people keep saying that JJ Trek 1 was a good movie? No, no it wasn't. Ignore whether it was Trek or not. Ignore whether it was SciFi or not. It was a bad movie. The casting was great (except for Chekov), the performances were great. The sets were... like watching how Apple would design something...
But the plot. Ugh. The entire time I was thinking about how I saw that exact scene in some other movie. Hey, JJ, you know the Spinning Blades of Doom (TM)? Yeah, Galaxy Quest was making fun of you with that, not encouraging you. Sure, make Kirk the youngest CO ever. I'm cool with that. Right up until, apparently, there's not a single officer on the entire ship... except for Spock... and you can just bring up his mommy issues to take command.
I'm not a Trekkie. This isn't about not liking how things are now. I find much of Old Trek to be unwatchable. That was just a crap movie, and I saw absolutely nothing to make me want to watch this new one, and every reason to just skip it.
In principle I'm not against Disney having Star Wars, but they've already made two bad decisions. 1st, they're going away from all of the Expanded Universe. Hand of Thrawn was really the way to go for the next trilogy. Beyond that, you don't have 20 years of additional product be part of the official continuity and then *poof* decide to crap on everyone and declare it persona non grata. That's just plain rude.
Just as bad, they brought in Abrams to direct. Seriously? There's a lot of good directing and writing talent out there, and JJ is not it. He already trashed Trek. I'm glad you enjoyed his version of Trek. Yes, it had much higher production values than the mess that was all of the TNG movies, but his movie was crap. One huge plot hole after another and things that frankly just didn't make any kinds of sense. I haven't seen anything from his latest Trek endeavor that makes me want to see it, and I haven't heard anything from Disney that makes me want to see the new Star Wars.
Three bad decisions. I love them as much as the next geek, but rolling out Ford, Fisher and Hamill?! Really?! Ugh.
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While this is true, it did not go far enough. A constitution is a technical document and needs to be written as such. Unfortunately, ours was written as poetry and took way too much for granted.
"They have for decades. It's an undeletable, all-seeing database called "the Pastor's Wife"
I just call her "Mom"
Tell me more! I'll just grab some Twinkies first and... oh... wait...
As always, the happiness is in the middle ground.
I like how I can interact with everything, how everything is deformable, and the limitless changes to the plot due to my actions.
Is that even legal? My boss has said, on more than one occasion, that the expectation is that I will answer my phone when I am *not* at work and *not* on call. I've told him explicitly that that, by definition, means that I *am* on call and that he *will* pay me to be on call.
IANAL, but if I was told what you were told, I would be immediately talking to an attorney.
You mean the new XBox is a PC? Yes, yes it is. It's just more limited.
You know, I have never once seen someone use a game console for watching movies.
The rest of your comment was just trollish. Kindly go fuck yourself.
I wouldn't consider the Wii U to be modern processing power.
to ask for a classic-style game console built with modern tech/processing power?
Yes, I'd like to be able to play online with friends. That is the only other thing that I really want out of my console. I don't care if plays music or movies. I don't want it to be the center of my entertainment center. I sure as hell don't want it always on and spying on me.
I just want to play games, and that includes used ones.
I do. All of you pulling out your smartphone to check the time look pretty stupid.
I do have a smartphone. I don't use it to see what time it is.
Actually, objectively, I *am* right. There is a difference between liking something and knowing whether or not it is any good. There are plenty of movies that I "like," with full knowledge that they're actually horrible movies.
Why do people keep saying that JJ Trek 1 was a good movie? No, no it wasn't. Ignore whether it was Trek or not. Ignore whether it was SciFi or not. It was a bad movie. The casting was great (except for Chekov), the performances were great. The sets were... like watching how Apple would design something...
But the plot. Ugh. The entire time I was thinking about how I saw that exact scene in some other movie. Hey, JJ, you know the Spinning Blades of Doom (TM)? Yeah, Galaxy Quest was making fun of you with that, not encouraging you. Sure, make Kirk the youngest CO ever. I'm cool with that. Right up until, apparently, there's not a single officer on the entire ship... except for Spock... and you can just bring up his mommy issues to take command.
I'm not a Trekkie. This isn't about not liking how things are now. I find much of Old Trek to be unwatchable. That was just a crap movie, and I saw absolutely nothing to make me want to watch this new one, and every reason to just skip it.
Pass.
""just like I can... write "I saw Soulskill touch a dogs wiener" ""
You saw it too? We should tell Google. And Germany.
MPAA and RIAA... Standing in the way of progress for 100 years. Thank you for continuing to provide added value to our shared culture.
In other words you don't actually believe in free speech. Good to know.
The kid is an idiot for saying that in charged political times. Doesn't mean he doesn't have the right to say it.
I don't have hardwood floors. I have tile. I'm safe.
to comply with all the laws and this is the thanks you get.
Sometimes it's just easier to higher an assassin.
I thought HAL was a homicidal computer?
In principle I'm not against Disney having Star Wars, but they've already made two bad decisions. 1st, they're going away from all of the Expanded Universe. Hand of Thrawn was really the way to go for the next trilogy. Beyond that, you don't have 20 years of additional product be part of the official continuity and then *poof* decide to crap on everyone and declare it persona non grata. That's just plain rude.
Just as bad, they brought in Abrams to direct. Seriously? There's a lot of good directing and writing talent out there, and JJ is not it. He already trashed Trek. I'm glad you enjoyed his version of Trek. Yes, it had much higher production values than the mess that was all of the TNG movies, but his movie was crap. One huge plot hole after another and things that frankly just didn't make any kinds of sense. I haven't seen anything from his latest Trek endeavor that makes me want to see it, and I haven't heard anything from Disney that makes me want to see the new Star Wars.
Three bad decisions. I love them as much as the next geek, but rolling out Ford, Fisher and Hamill?! Really?! Ugh.
I hear we're about 40 years away from viable fusion technology.
Well, once they start committing suicide...
A shame, really, because it would be on the bleeding edge...
Commercial, instrumented-rated, flight instructor here
last thing you do before trying to put it on the ground, even when flying by instruments, is confirm that you can actually see the ground.
Kind of like how you blow a gasket every time some kook with an MBA starts trying to tell you how to develop software?
"Always" and "Never" are two words that we should always never use.