It's the same with being on-call in an IT-support gig. Some people are happy to carry a pager and responded to it now and then, others for some reason that I don't understand get really stressed by it and feel on edge the whole time the pager is on their belt.
When it's in addition to your normal workday hours, and you have a week where you don't know what you're doing at night or over the weekend because you can't really make plans or go out to dinner or have too many beers, because some system might go down or need a restart or whatever, so you need to be home to VPN in, or lug around a work laptop w/ a cellular connection, that can work on the nerves. Especially so in a rotating schedule where some of the systems we may have to troubleshoot aren't really our own (our group is broken into logical specialties but the on-call thing is general). Worse, in my group's case anyway, we're expected to actively check our cellphone email (not a pager) regularly during that time, so we have to constantly be edgy.
Took no chances? No implied interracial love triangle? No "female persona" for the robot?
Implied, perhaps... perhaps not. They never seemed to have anything more really than a friendship, a sort of "sharing the foxhole" relationship. Many would argue that itself to be a cop out, probably. With Luke, Leia, and Han, it was a lover's thing right from the start, up until the brother/sister thing came up. I never really thought of BB8 as any sex, actually. Unlike C-3PO who is clearly male, the less androgenic shaped droids like R2D2 just seem like "beings". They don't reproduce and so aren't sexual anyway, but even if BB8 is somehow feminine (it's just cute, actually).. meh, that's not edgy.
Yeah, totally safe. Like having.... a strong female protagonist and (spoiler) killing off a major character.
Those are both things that happened in the original episode back in 1977. And having a major black character these days is nothing remarkable, or at least, it shouldn't be. I just don't understand why they John Boyega use an american accent, he's british as hell, which I think sounds better.
I would agree with you but it seems my bladder won't. By the last 15 minutes I'm sitting there in the theatre crosslegged, wondering if I can run out and get back before the ending. I've missed a couple of endings by "taking a quick break". Why must they sell such huge drinks? (and why can't I just stop drinking?)
I just saw Force Awakens this Wednesday, and while it was not bad, it also isn't deserving of all the hype, there are some curious "since when does that happen" kind of moments which could be better addressed with a little back story and dialog; it definitely had the Mark of Disney upon it, particularly Finn's character.
I love bookstores, used and otherwise. I think this is good news. The vast majority of my books, fiction and non-fiction (and some in-between) have never left my bedroom, and every once in a while, I'll take a load of those I don't want to keep for reference or rereading anymore down to a used bookstore in the next town over and trade them in. So anyone eventually buying them is getting a clean, well-cared for book.
So not all are dirty, but I know what you mean, I sometimes wonder if the used book I just bought was held by someone while they were on the toilet, wiping their ass, and if they swapped hands at some point. You never know, but I think the chances are rather on the low side, actually. I think it also depends on the subject matter: "coffee table" or trivia style books are probably more likely to have taken up residence in someone's bathroom (to kill time) than something more focused or specific, and I tend not to buy the former kind used. And these days, more people are likely to use their smartphones or tablets than books while sitting on the porcelain throne.
It's not race, per se, this issue is far more likely due to cultural influences, upbringing, that kind of thing. There is a cultural problem among the lowest classes in the US. Same is true of the "white trash" culture as is ghetto culture. Too many of these people see nothing wrong with their viewpoint, treating their kids like crap, and eschewing education. A few rise above it, but not many.
He'd watched "The Thing" one too many times and thought it'd be cool if his head could separate from his body, sprout crab legs, and walk across the floor on its own.
And you're gonna die someday (long before the Universe ends), so what's the point of living? Yet, here you are. Let's just try to have a good time while we can, though some personal sacrifice is necessary for the benefit of a society in totality, so don't get too hedonistic.
In the Star Wars universe, or in general? I've seen worse outside the Star Wars realm. Within, I didn't really find him more annoying than say, the muppet thing that hung around Jabba In Episode IV and snickered a lot, though at least it got a lot less screen time than Jar Jar did. I found the Ewoks ridiculous for the most part too. Not sure if it' so much a case of "worse" or better, more like, "just as bad" I guess. The Trade Feds were silly too. I hope there's none of that in the new movie, so far, it sounds pretty good.
Who is a worse character than Jar-Jar Binks? I'm open to having my mind changed.
Why? It's a subjective opinion, valid either way, not a matter of factual debate, unless you look at it statistically, maybe.
In some ways, he reminded me of Roger Rabbit.
Surely your company would have other evidence than emails to support your prior art? Didn't your company apply for a patent? If so but you got denied, you have no case anyway. If you got approved, then the patent is your evidence. If you never applied, well.. I dunno if the patent office retains those records, probably not. What about the actual drafts and invoices themselves? Are they stored on a data server, or printed out and kept on file? I would never use an email server as a data repository, though it's convenient to have the date stamps and all.
Pretty sure those pagans would still count as "humanity", so the statement, "Odds are that religion predates humanity." still doesn't fly. Perhaps he meant "civilization".
Well clearly, that was not intentional. People shouldn't leave old wardrobes just lying around willy-nilly, you never know where they'll form a portal to.
OTOH, turkish delight.
Return of the Jedi became pretty much, "Revenge of the Muppets". That's when it all started going downhill.
I do think the anti Jar-Jar hype is over the top, (he was annoying but I've seen worse) but everyone has to be on board with it now, because of the "racist" connotation.. despite the fact that other characters (the Trade Federation) who seemed to be little more than shallow caricatures of Asians didn't so much as raise an eyebrow.
But then you might have the problem of floating cows. Especially those with digestive problems and gastrointestinal blockages. Imagine the exasperation air traffic controllers, as if drones weren't bad enough; we'd have helium-heifers!
And it's worth remembering that every field of science started as philosophy, and only with the tools and the mindset did it eventually become practical, become science.
Thus, early scientists were were usually referred to as "Natural Philosophers". Though I'm not sure what an UNnatural philosophy would refer to.:-) The difference between natural and unnatural is in itself a philosophical debate.
I'd agree with this the really classic stuff is very dated looking. Start with Eccelston (1 season only), then Tennant (my personal favorite), and if you're still into it, follow along with Matt Smith. I am not liking Capaldi or the new writing though, it just tries too hard to be deep and avant garde anymore.
Who said they were all western.. I agree there are certainly different levels of civilization to the point where some others might not consider them civilizations, there's no clear delineation. That's why I disagree with the term "pagan savages", not to mention the obvious religious connotation. Being pagan doesn't make one a savage. But at the same time, there is no "noble savage", not the Zulus, Maori, Navajo or Apache..etc... they all practiced their own cruelty and abuses. It never really changed. All through history, even as civilizations grew more complex: Mayan, Aztec, Babylonian, Persian, Greek, Roman, Ottoman, Mongol, Viking, as well as pretty much all of Europe in the middle ages, China, and Japan (Feudal period).. there was no shortage of ignoble and inhuman, selfish acts. People have always abused other people.
It's probably no less valid though than mindlessly subscribing to the romantic "noble savage" narrative. That feel good frivolity belongs back in the 19th century where is was born, not the 21st century, when historical and archaeological evidence says otherwise.
That said, I don't think his "pagan savages" remark was called for. Civilization doesn't really reduce cruelty all that much, it just hides it much better.
This. In a sense, philosophically, every action a person takes has an ulterior motive, whether be increasing the coffers or a sense of self-fulfillment/satisfaction. Both can be dopamine highs.
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You'd probably appreciate it more if you had to manage GroupWise. That's one of our nightmares.
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It's the same with being on-call in an IT-support gig. Some people are happy to carry a pager and responded to it now and then, others for some reason that I don't understand get really stressed by it and feel on edge the whole time the pager is on their belt.
When it's in addition to your normal workday hours, and you have a week where you don't know what you're doing at night or over the weekend because you can't really make plans or go out to dinner or have too many beers, because some system might go down or need a restart or whatever, so you need to be home to VPN in, or lug around a work laptop w/ a cellular connection, that can work on the nerves. Especially so in a rotating schedule where some of the systems we may have to troubleshoot aren't really our own (our group is broken into logical specialties but the on-call thing is general). Worse, in my group's case anyway, we're expected to actively check our cellphone email (not a pager) regularly during that time, so we have to constantly be edgy.
Took no chances? No implied interracial love triangle? No "female persona" for the robot?
Implied, perhaps... perhaps not. They never seemed to have anything more really than a friendship, a sort of "sharing the foxhole" relationship. Many would argue that itself to be a cop out, probably. With Luke, Leia, and Han, it was a lover's thing right from the start, up until the brother/sister thing came up. I never really thought of BB8 as any sex, actually. Unlike C-3PO who is clearly male, the less androgenic shaped droids like R2D2 just seem like "beings". They don't reproduce and so aren't sexual anyway, but even if BB8 is somehow feminine (it's just cute, actually).. meh, that's not edgy.
it played it totally safe
Yeah, totally safe. Like having .... a strong female protagonist and (spoiler) killing off a major character.
Those are both things that happened in the original episode back in 1977. And having a major black character these days is nothing remarkable, or at least, it shouldn't be. I just don't understand why they John Boyega use an american accent, he's british as hell, which I think sounds better.
I would agree with you but it seems my bladder won't. By the last 15 minutes I'm sitting there in the theatre crosslegged, wondering if I can run out and get back before the ending. I've missed a couple of endings by "taking a quick break". Why must they sell such huge drinks? (and why can't I just stop drinking?)
I just saw Force Awakens this Wednesday, and while it was not bad, it also isn't deserving of all the hype, there are some curious "since when does that happen" kind of moments which could be better addressed with a little back story and dialog; it definitely had the Mark of Disney upon it, particularly Finn's character.
I love bookstores, used and otherwise. I think this is good news. The vast majority of my books, fiction and non-fiction (and some in-between) have never left my bedroom, and every once in a while, I'll take a load of those I don't want to keep for reference or rereading anymore down to a used bookstore in the next town over and trade them in. So anyone eventually buying them is getting a clean, well-cared for book.
So not all are dirty, but I know what you mean, I sometimes wonder if the used book I just bought was held by someone while they were on the toilet, wiping their ass, and if they swapped hands at some point. You never know, but I think the chances are rather on the low side, actually. I think it also depends on the subject matter: "coffee table" or trivia style books are probably more likely to have taken up residence in someone's bathroom (to kill time) than something more focused or specific, and I tend not to buy the former kind used. And these days, more people are likely to use their smartphones or tablets than books while sitting on the porcelain throne.
But you were hoping for Sgt. Angua, admit it.
It's not race, per se, this issue is far more likely due to cultural influences, upbringing, that kind of thing. There is a cultural problem among the lowest classes in the US. Same is true of the "white trash" culture as is ghetto culture. Too many of these people see nothing wrong with their viewpoint, treating their kids like crap, and eschewing education. A few rise above it, but not many.
He'd watched "The Thing" one too many times and thought it'd be cool if his head could separate from his body, sprout crab legs, and walk across the floor on its own.
And you're gonna die someday (long before the Universe ends), so what's the point of living? Yet, here you are. Let's just try to have a good time while we can, though some personal sacrifice is necessary for the benefit of a society in totality, so don't get too hedonistic.
In the Star Wars universe, or in general? I've seen worse outside the Star Wars realm. Within, I didn't really find him more annoying than say, the muppet thing that hung around Jabba In Episode IV and snickered a lot, though at least it got a lot less screen time than Jar Jar did. I found the Ewoks ridiculous for the most part too. Not sure if it' so much a case of "worse" or better, more like, "just as bad" I guess. The Trade Feds were silly too. I hope there's none of that in the new movie, so far, it sounds pretty good.
Who is a worse character than Jar-Jar Binks? I'm open to having my mind changed.
Why? It's a subjective opinion, valid either way, not a matter of factual debate, unless you look at it statistically, maybe.
In some ways, he reminded me of Roger Rabbit.
Well, good luck in any case. Are these tape backups from the late '90s?
Surely your company would have other evidence than emails to support your prior art? Didn't your company apply for a patent? If so but you got denied, you have no case anyway. If you got approved, then the patent is your evidence. If you never applied, well.. I dunno if the patent office retains those records, probably not. What about the actual drafts and invoices themselves? Are they stored on a data server, or printed out and kept on file? I would never use an email server as a data repository, though it's convenient to have the date stamps and all.
Pretty sure those pagans would still count as "humanity", so the statement, "Odds are that religion predates humanity." still doesn't fly. Perhaps he meant "civilization".
Viagra might help that.
Or even Narnia.
Well clearly, that was not intentional. People shouldn't leave old wardrobes just lying around willy-nilly, you never know where they'll form a portal to.
OTOH, turkish delight.
Return of the Jedi became pretty much, "Revenge of the Muppets". That's when it all started going downhill.
I do think the anti Jar-Jar hype is over the top, (he was annoying but I've seen worse) but everyone has to be on board with it now, because of the "racist" connotation.. despite the fact that other characters (the Trade Federation) who seemed to be little more than shallow caricatures of Asians didn't so much as raise an eyebrow.
But then you might have the problem of floating cows. Especially those with digestive problems and gastrointestinal blockages. Imagine the exasperation air traffic controllers, as if drones weren't bad enough; we'd have helium-heifers!
And it's worth remembering that every field of science started as philosophy, and only with the tools and the mindset did it eventually become practical, become science.
Thus, early scientists were were usually referred to as "Natural Philosophers". Though I'm not sure what an UNnatural philosophy would refer to. :-) The difference between natural and unnatural is in itself a philosophical debate.
Now they've got story arcs spanning different Doctors, pretty much (like the 'impossible girl' Clara Oswald arc)
I'd agree with this the really classic stuff is very dated looking. Start with Eccelston (1 season only), then Tennant (my personal favorite), and if you're still into it, follow along with Matt Smith. I am not liking Capaldi or the new writing though, it just tries too hard to be deep and avant garde anymore.
Who said they were all western.. I agree there are certainly different levels of civilization to the point where some others might not consider them civilizations, there's no clear delineation. That's why I disagree with the term "pagan savages", not to mention the obvious religious connotation. Being pagan doesn't make one a savage. But at the same time, there is no "noble savage", not the Zulus, Maori, Navajo or Apache..etc... they all practiced their own cruelty and abuses. It never really changed. All through history, even as civilizations grew more complex: Mayan, Aztec, Babylonian, Persian, Greek, Roman, Ottoman, Mongol, Viking, as well as pretty much all of Europe in the middle ages, China, and Japan (Feudal period).. there was no shortage of ignoble and inhuman, selfish acts. People have always abused other people.
It's probably no less valid though than mindlessly subscribing to the romantic "noble savage" narrative. That feel good frivolity belongs back in the 19th century where is was born, not the 21st century, when historical and archaeological evidence says otherwise.
That said, I don't think his "pagan savages" remark was called for. Civilization doesn't really reduce cruelty all that much, it just hides it much better.
This. In a sense, philosophically, every action a person takes has an ulterior motive, whether be increasing the coffers or a sense of self-fulfillment/satisfaction. Both can be dopamine highs.