a Communist government (modified, granted, but still not democratic)
Would you PLEASE, for the love of all that is good and holy, learn the freakin' difference between "communist" and "totalitarian".
A country can be communist AND totalitarian, but that doesn't make those two things interchangeable.
The worst part of the whole thing is that China is a capitalist's dream, cheap labor, who have no chance to redress grievances. No wonder we can't compete. To those who say that economic capitalism leads to democracy, we'll just have to wait and see. I'm not holding my breath.
See, China is moving away from communism, but not from totalitarianism. You've noticed that capitalism doesn't magically bring about the end of totalitarian states: Please adjust your vocabulary accordingly.
A cool tidbit is the most we should expect from this franchise-exploitation effort.
Mixing videogames and movies is like mixing milk and orange juice: they are both good on their own, but put 'em together and you end up with a foul brew.
Yeah... well.. snopes... what do you expect. Putting a true/false/unknown on things that can only really be determined to a certain order of accuracy is bound to be riddled with innaccuracies and half truths.
But this claim, the claim that Al Gore said "I invented the internet", is simple to determine. You look at the transcript of when he's supposed to have sid it, you see it's not what he said, done.
How can people read that sentence and see the word "invented"? If it hadn't been for his policies, the internets would still be mostly military constructs. He made it public, good job Al.
I was actually thinking of the ol' time cartoon character The Phantom, who's super power was to be the son of the last Phantom and pretending to be immortal. Oh, and he had a dog...
I have always detested that about the James Bond series.
I just tell myself that "James Bond" was never that guy's real name. Nor was it the real name of the James Bond before him, and when he dies, it won't be the real name of the next James Bond. To me, it is not the same role with a different actor, to me it is a secret identity that is granted to one special agent every generation, and then he's relaced with another kid with the same psych profile and skill set later on, and everyone stays quiet about it.
Don't you remember thinking "Oh, an Alien VS Predator would be neat!" or "Man, I can't wait for the Matrix sequels!" or "Hurrah! SW: Episode One comes out today!"?
Videogames are neat. Movies are neat. Put 'em together and you have crap. Either a crappy videogame based on a movie or a crappy movie based on a game. Stop deluding yourself, it's not healthy.
I still have some crappy McToys from when Mario3 came out in north america (ahhh... remember those adapters you needed to play the import? Good times...).
7am: friends arrive, pancake breakfast. 8am: Fellowship of the Ring (~4+ hrs) 12:30pm: Lunch 2:00pm: The Two Towers (~3 1/2 hrs) 5:30pm: Dinner 7:00pm: Return of the King (~ 4 1/2 hrs) 11:30pm: Eyes ooze out of our sockets, bedsores open on our asses.
But what about second breakfast? And elevensies? And the 4 o'clock snack? and at five, you simply must have tea and biscuits and jams and jellies and muffins...
And I assume that you are going to drink beer and smoke hobbit's weed throughout the day, of course.
I wonder how this shapes the thinking of a native Choktaw speaker - for example, if George tells Fred something using the "definitely true" tense, will Fred be more likely to swallow it without thinking than if the "uncheck third-party" tense were used?
And if so, would that mean that an unscrupulous person would be more likely to use the "definitely true" tense?
If he votes for Bush, yes.
If he's using the damn grammar correctly, he'll use the "unchecked third party" when discussing an unchecked third party's information, no matter how much the other guy believed it. People believe all kind of crazy shit, doesn't mean aliens really did take them up to meet Jesus on Mars.
Would marketing types use it exclusively?
Not exclusively, they'd still use pretty people and shiny things too, but they'd never use the other tense!
Somehow the "166 2/3 club" lacks the pizzaz of the "300 Club"
Yeah, right, I see the problem now, we've been getting ahead of ourselves. So the new goal is to first introduce the decimal system to the U.S., when they learn that, they'll be ready for the international unit system.
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a Communist government (modified, granted, but still not democratic)
Would you PLEASE, for the love of all that is good and holy, learn the freakin' difference between "communist" and "totalitarian".
A country can be communist AND totalitarian, but that doesn't make those two things interchangeable.
The worst part of the whole thing is that China is a capitalist's dream, cheap labor, who have no chance to redress grievances. No wonder we can't compete.
To those who say that economic capitalism leads to democracy, we'll just have to wait and see. I'm not holding my breath.
See, China is moving away from communism, but not from totalitarianism. You've noticed that capitalism doesn't magically bring about the end of totalitarian states: Please adjust your vocabulary accordingly.
Any time you see every scientist agree on a very controversial topic, be very suspicious.
It can't be a controversy if they all agree, now can it?
"the future of humanity is at stake."
Don't exagerate. I know of no global warming scenario that predicts the extinction of humanity.
Wonderfull, you quote his saying "future", and you claim he said "extinction". Neat.
Orange Julius.
Isn't there eggs in that?
It is much better to post honestly than to post easy lies in a quest to obtain some strange sense of acceptance through them!
wtf? Oh, you're the guy who was whinning that he's being modded down for trolling...
How's that going for you?
Aqualad? I mean, come on, his power is to swim and talk to fish.
He gets all the mermaids though...
Ah, yeah, I never actually bothered to care about the Guy Who Has A Real Neat Horse : )
Just read a few.
A cool tidbit is the most we should expect from this franchise-exploitation effort.
Mixing videogames and movies is like mixing milk and orange juice: they are both good on their own, but put 'em together and you end up with a foul brew.
Yeah... well.. snopes... what do you expect.
Putting a true/false/unknown on things that can only really be determined to a certain order of accuracy is bound to be riddled with innaccuracies and half truths.
But this claim, the claim that Al Gore said "I invented the internet", is simple to determine. You look at the transcript of when he's supposed to have sid it, you see it's not what he said, done.
So taking "the initiative in creating" something isn't inventing it? Am I unreasonable in thinking otherwise?
J.F.K. took the initiative in creating the lunar landers. He didn't invent them, and it is completely unreasonnable to think otherwise.
"I took the initiative in creating the Internet."
How can people read that sentence and see the word "invented"?
If it hadn't been for his policies, the internets would still be mostly military constructs. He made it public, good job Al.
Mr Walker* ?* For Ghost Who Walks.
I have no idea who/what that is.
I was actually thinking of the ol' time cartoon character The Phantom, who's super power was to be the son of the last Phantom and pretending to be immortal. Oh, and he had a dog...
I say: STFU and start your own America if you think you can do better.
You are a troll for that.
So I am a troll for [...] I mean, really, how can you discuss anything in realistic fashion when it only takes one or two people who disagree
Quit playing the victim. If you don't want to be modded down, don't troll.
I like this. When do you supposed they changed his name from "Roberts" to "James" (and dropped the "Dread Pirate" title)?
Sometime around WWII : )
That's how I read it when you say things like that.
I have always detested that about the James Bond series.
I just tell myself that "James Bond" was never that guy's real name. Nor was it the real name of the James Bond before him, and when he dies, it won't be the real name of the next James Bond.
To me, it is not the same role with a different actor, to me it is a secret identity that is granted to one special agent every generation, and then he's relaced with another kid with the same psych profile and skill set later on, and everyone stays quiet about it.
Although a Zelda movie would be pretty neat.
No, it wouldn't.
Don't you remember thinking "Oh, an Alien VS Predator would be neat!" or "Man, I can't wait for the Matrix sequels!" or "Hurrah! SW: Episode One comes out today!"?
Videogames are neat. Movies are neat.
Put 'em together and you have crap. Either a crappy videogame based on a movie or a crappy movie based on a game. Stop deluding yourself, it's not healthy.
The McSuper McMario Happy Meal!
I still have some crappy McToys from when Mario3 came out in north america (ahhh... remember those adapters you needed to play the import? Good times...).
7am: friends arrive, pancake breakfast.
8am: Fellowship of the Ring (~4+ hrs)
12:30pm: Lunch
2:00pm: The Two Towers (~3 1/2 hrs)
5:30pm: Dinner
7:00pm: Return of the King (~ 4 1/2 hrs)
11:30pm: Eyes ooze out of our sockets, bedsores open on our asses.
But what about second breakfast? And elevensies? And the 4 o'clock snack? and at five, you simply must have tea and biscuits and jams and jellies and muffins...
And I assume that you are going to drink beer and smoke hobbit's weed throughout the day, of course.
Sounds like a fun, light day : )
Oh? Well, that certainly clears things up, no privacy concerns then, its not like anyone bribeable will have access to it...
1 -- The distinction between direct and reported speech is not one of tense
2 -- Choctaw has _three_ past tenses
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That sure was interresting, but it ain't informative at all.
What's the 3rd tense? "I dunno: I was drunk"?
44. Modify a computer to look like something else
:D
Does "heap of smoking debris" count?
'cause if so, I'm way ahead of you!
the cow projectile-shat all over me. Surprising? yes; moving? I'm not so sure.
;-)
Well, you SHOULD have moved
I wonder how this shapes the thinking of a native Choktaw speaker - for example, if George tells Fred something using the "definitely true" tense, will Fred be more likely to swallow it without thinking than if the "uncheck third-party" tense were used?
And if so, would that mean that an unscrupulous person would be more likely to use the "definitely true" tense?
If he votes for Bush, yes.
If he's using the damn grammar correctly, he'll use the "unchecked third party" when discussing an unchecked third party's information, no matter how much the other guy believed it.
People believe all kind of crazy shit, doesn't mean aliens really did take them up to meet Jesus on Mars.
Would marketing types use it exclusively?
Not exclusively, they'd still use pretty people and shiny things too, but they'd never use the other tense!
Somehow the "166 2/3 club" lacks the pizzaz of the "300 Club"
;-)
Yeah, right, I see the problem now, we've been getting ahead of ourselves.
So the new goal is to first introduce the decimal system to the U.S., when they learn that, they'll be ready for the international unit system.
Silly world, assuming you guys had a clue
Human cadavers are used for two purposes: calibrating test instruments and assessing traumatic effects of measured forces.
There's, hem, a... third thing... they're used for...