After reading a few reviews, I'm going to watch the film.
Maybe I'll have to re-imagine the last 15 minutes when I'm done, but from what I've heard, the first 90% of the movie is great, and probably worth my money.
And I've found that going in expecting to be disappointed generally leaves me pleasantly surprised:)
Actually, that depends on how plastic the brain is. If the brain can decode a wide range of encodings, then we could just throw all the different encoding schemes we can think of at it until one sticks.
Are you sure? Maybe the point-"particle" phenomenon known as "the electron" is simply the result of a self-perpetuating magnetic field.
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For the enlightened on/.: please tell me that you are capable of sitting down and enjoying a film without nitpicking
Depending on the type of film and the extent of the flaw, sometimes I can't. I don't mind utterly outrageous premises as long as they're part of the story. In a cartoon, I'll accept that someone is blown apart by dynamite, and then appears in the very next scene. If it were to happen in CSI, I'd quickly stop watching.
I want a world to at least be internally consistent, so I can tell what's going on. If real-world technology is a significant plot point, and then magically does things it is utterly incapable of doing, I can't enjoy it because I have no anchor to the story. The next scene could literally show a computer program that solves the entire crisis. A deus ex machina like that can ruin a story.
The same applies though. Obama didn't mention any specifics, he merely said (paraphrasing) "'Look before you leap' is sound advice, no matter who it comes from".
I'm withholding judgment until I see what he does once he does have all the facts (or until he holds off for months doing nothing and never mentioning it again)
That's not approval, that's a diplomatic way of saying "there was lots of bullshit, but this purely common sense soundbite is basically correct".
If he'd followed that up with ", also, torture is great. And now if you'll excuse me I have an old man to shoot in the face", then you might have something.
Whoa, whoa, buddy. We're going for "acceptable" now? I was just aiming for "plausible".
I honestly think some great storyteller could tie this all together, and a true master could have planned for things to be this confused just before it all falls together with a few pieces of missing information.
But let's just be honest, and be prepared to drink our way to forgetting the last episode.
When Dan Quayle spoke about the negative impacts on society when Murphy Brown deliberately became a single parent, everyone was falling all over themselves claiming "it's just a TV show" and claiming that Quayle was an idiot for even suggesting that TV might have some relevance to real life. When they find deep, meaningful parallels to real life, "TV will never be the same". Please, pick one and stick with it.
I completely agree. Why can't every single person you've ever spoken to simply pick their across-the-board-consistent position and stick with it?
I can see a ton of ways that it can make sense. I'm just wondering if the writers have any idea what they are.
12-tribe humans created the mechanical cylons, but the survivors from 2000-year-old-earth (who are humanoid cylons, and are presumably the 12 Lords of Kobal) inserted a virus causing all 12-tribe-mechanical-cylons to turn against their masters. The humanoid cylons watched from a distance as the war went on. There, solved.
That said, I agree with the sentiments a few posts up - the whole narrative just doesn't seem to be designed beginning-to-end. I'd be pleasantly surprised if my biggest questions are answered when the series is over.
It's tongue-in-cheek, but you raise what may be the most important point about extending our reach to space - the high cost of resupplying. What's really needed is to produce a space infrastructure capable of producing some basic necessities. Oxygen, water, and protein mines/factories would be a great first step. Then manufacturing materials so that our space stations can be created entirely in space and won't have to be launched piece-by-piece from earth.
Of course, this means a need for raw materials in space, which pretty much amounts to asteroid/comet mining (anything larger has so much gravity that we might as well ship from earth).
It's a science fiction concept now, but all it takes is for one group to prove the possibility, and within a few decades dozens of asteroids would be mined.
Look, this is no different from when Europeans first landed in America (okay - maybe a bit different, but still) - they had no raw metals, no cement, no manufactured items - they were completely dependent on shipments for a lot of their necessities. Until they could produce them from scratch in the new land, they were still just a colony of their motherland.
I'm sorry, you'll have to justify your use of the phrase "overwhelming support". Hitler never even got 50% of the vote. And (speculation) judging from his later acts, I expect he got that 50% using dirty tricks and lies. If the internet had been around at the time, his political enemies would have made damn sure the truth got out.
I fully expect that an internet in 1932 would have shown a deep divide between Nazi's and Nazi opponents, and certainly would not have simply been a lovefest for Hitler. He stole their democracy, pure and simple.
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After reading a few reviews, I'm going to watch the film.
Maybe I'll have to re-imagine the last 15 minutes when I'm done, but from what I've heard, the first 90% of the movie is great, and probably worth my money.
And I've found that going in expecting to be disappointed generally leaves me pleasantly surprised :)
I just voted.
After all, it's got Atmosphere Revitalization System and Water Recovery System. It's relatively on-topic.
And I think I'd rather see a rant about Rain beating him out again than a node named Colbert.
Note to moderators: That "Informative" mod. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Actually, that depends on how plastic the brain is. If the brain can decode a wide range of encodings, then we could just throw all the different encoding schemes we can think of at it until one sticks.
Wow, thank you.
You knew I wouldn't be able to resist clicking that link, and you had the courtesy to make it *anything* other than goatse.
You, sir, are a saint.
And for the love of god, don't click this.
Tranquility? Serenity? Peace? Hope?
Talk about getting your expectations up.
I propose THE TERRORBOX
Magnetic fields are caused by electrons moving
Are you sure? Maybe the point-"particle" phenomenon known as "the electron" is simply the result of a self-perpetuating magnetic field.
For the enlightened on /.: please tell me that you are capable of sitting down and enjoying a film without nitpicking
Depending on the type of film and the extent of the flaw, sometimes I can't. I don't mind utterly outrageous premises as long as they're part of the story. In a cartoon, I'll accept that someone is blown apart by dynamite, and then appears in the very next scene. If it were to happen in CSI, I'd quickly stop watching.
I want a world to at least be internally consistent, so I can tell what's going on. If real-world technology is a significant plot point, and then magically does things it is utterly incapable of doing, I can't enjoy it because I have no anchor to the story. The next scene could literally show a computer program that solves the entire crisis. A deus ex machina like that can ruin a story.
It's even worse than *that*!
Earth and Venus are known as "sister planets".
And as hot as that is, I'm still going to have to disapprove.
The same applies though. Obama didn't mention any specifics, he merely said (paraphrasing) "'Look before you leap' is sound advice, no matter who it comes from".
I'm withholding judgment until I see what he does once he does have all the facts (or until he holds off for months doing nothing and never mentioning it again)
That's not approval, that's a diplomatic way of saying "there was lots of bullshit, but this purely common sense soundbite is basically correct".
If he'd followed that up with ", also, torture is great. And now if you'll excuse me I have an old man to shoot in the face", then you might have something.
Whoa, whoa, buddy. We're going for "acceptable" now? I was just aiming for "plausible".
I honestly think some great storyteller could tie this all together, and a true master could have planned for things to be this confused just before it all falls together with a few pieces of missing information.
But let's just be honest, and be prepared to drink our way to forgetting the last episode.
...sneak into wast expanses of silly and often extreme fields of what is referred to as porn...
Chekov? Is that you?
When Dan Quayle spoke about the negative impacts on society when Murphy Brown deliberately became a single parent, everyone was falling all over themselves claiming "it's just a TV show" and claiming that Quayle was an idiot for even suggesting that TV might have some relevance to real life. When they find deep, meaningful parallels to real life, "TV will never be the same". Please, pick one and stick with it.
I completely agree. Why can't every single person you've ever spoken to simply pick their across-the-board-consistent position and stick with it?
Seriously?
I can see a ton of ways that it can make sense. I'm just wondering if the writers have any idea what they are.
12-tribe humans created the mechanical cylons, but the survivors from 2000-year-old-earth (who are humanoid cylons, and are presumably the 12 Lords of Kobal) inserted a virus causing all 12-tribe-mechanical-cylons to turn against their masters. The humanoid cylons watched from a distance as the war went on. There, solved.
That said, I agree with the sentiments a few posts up - the whole narrative just doesn't seem to be designed beginning-to-end. I'd be pleasantly surprised if my biggest questions are answered when the series is over.
But I *didn't* think of porn. I should go see a doctor, there must be something wrong with me.
Hmm - do a quick check between your legs and see if you have a vagina. If so, that's perfectly normal.
It's tongue-in-cheek, but you raise what may be the most important point about extending our reach to space - the high cost of resupplying. What's really needed is to produce a space infrastructure capable of producing some basic necessities. Oxygen, water, and protein mines/factories would be a great first step. Then manufacturing materials so that our space stations can be created entirely in space and won't have to be launched piece-by-piece from earth.
Of course, this means a need for raw materials in space, which pretty much amounts to asteroid/comet mining (anything larger has so much gravity that we might as well ship from earth).
It's a science fiction concept now, but all it takes is for one group to prove the possibility, and within a few decades dozens of asteroids would be mined.
Look, this is no different from when Europeans first landed in America (okay - maybe a bit different, but still) - they had no raw metals, no cement, no manufactured items - they were completely dependent on shipments for a lot of their necessities. Until they could produce them from scratch in the new land, they were still just a colony of their motherland.
the libraries available for doing such analysis are unparalleled.
With multi-core processors becoming more and more prevalent, R's developers should remedy this as soon as possible.
Sorry, but you're mixing up your spacetime continuum.
*ahem* - "continua"
Unless you're referring to a singular, but it really looked plural in that sentence.
I'm sorry, you'll have to justify your use of the phrase "overwhelming support". Hitler never even got 50% of the vote. And (speculation) judging from his later acts, I expect he got that 50% using dirty tricks and lies. If the internet had been around at the time, his political enemies would have made damn sure the truth got out.
I fully expect that an internet in 1932 would have shown a deep divide between Nazi's and Nazi opponents, and certainly would not have simply been a lovefest for Hitler. He stole their democracy, pure and simple.
You don't steal one because it's not your "preferred method".
But do you build your own, using the original as a template?
Never fails - I never have mod points when I see posts worthy of them. (worth a try :)
Why do people think 'professional' equals 'unfun'?
Don't worry - "unprofessional" can equal "unfun" too. Just type "=GAME("Star Wars")" into any cell in OpenOffice and you'll see what I mean.
(I mean, I appreciate the effort, but I played better Space Invaders clones in DOS with ASCII graphics in '86)
I think the exact phrase was "Dog and Pony Show" - the story where I made my first (disastrous) attempt at a Funny post (-1 Overrated).
Okay, maybe I'm a bit slow, but someone's going to have to explain the joke in that post. +4 Funny? Seriously?