And forget the kopi luwak stuff. You can have really fabulous coffee for much, much cheaper by buying quality green coffee beans and roasting and grinding them yourself.
"But to others, the term "journalist" is but a ticket to fine dinings in posh surroundings, with important people"
Oh, dude, you have no idea of the realities of journalism. Too many movie cliches, I suspect. Any journalists out there who care to share their stories of copious lavish lunches with the rich and famous?
Yes, you could look at the government as having the legal authority to extort money from its citizens. Or you could look at it as the result of a valid need to collect money to pay for things that we as citizens (generally) wanted, as indicated by our votes.
I'm not really supporting the health care initiative per se, but if I don't get to complain about extortion for paying for the death industry I don't think you should get to complain about having to help pay for the health industry.
Looks like Rumsfeld was right. Democracy is messy.
To really take care of the NSA problem we need to get the brilliant people who go to work for them to stop violating our Constitution just because they think they know what's best.
Until we rein in secret government we only have the illusion of democracy. Just like a student in an airplane has the illusion that control of the plane is all up to him or her. When the instructor gets nervous you suddenly find yourself going where the instructor wants to go.
I think I get your point, but Sony paid somewhere around 5.75 million it looks like. The interesting thing you'll note from the article is that if you have enough money you can pay a state to stop its investigation into your case.
I would like to posit that in addition to "neither" it is also possible to be both. Being effective sometimes means knowing when to step back and let someone else lead as well as stepping up to the task when you are asked to or when you see the situation in need of leadership.
The article is not informative enough. For instance, malicious code determines what web sites you've visited based upon the rendering time for a link. However, that begs the question that it must require rendering a page that has the links someone is interested in finding out you're visited. The article doesn't elaborate much so it doesn't seem as though there is arbitrary access to the browsing history.
I would love to hear more from someone more knowledgable about this technique.
I agree, but I think we're phasing out that whole inconvenient "rule of law" thingy. Besides, no one really likes it anyway. When was the last time you saw someone get busted for something and then complain bitterly that he shouldn't have been busted for breaking the law? (Speeding does not count as civil disobedience). Personal responsibility and fairness in action always seems to be someone else's job.
"Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race." -- Calvin Coolidge
"dragging scenes, no real narrative, bland characters, scenes continuing well past any need for them to"
It's not a crime to have completely missed the point of the movie, but you might not want to trumpet it so loudly.
The whole idea of the "dragging scenes" was realism. Nothing happens quickly under those conditions. Contrary to movies that pass for science fiction these days, which are in fact just basically action flicks set in space, 2001 sought to show what it might really be like to have to live and work in space. And in these "dragging scenes" you're supposed to be thinking about what is going on and appreciating the solitude that the astronauts would have to endure and the amount of time it takes to get anywhere in space.
The characters were anything but bland. They were, especially in Bowman's and Poole's case, excellent examples of the engineering-type that would be necessary on a mission of that sort. If you think they were bland then you obviously did not watch the scene were Bowman is on the edge of losing his cool with Hal as he tries to regain entry to Discovery. It's one of my favorite movies scenes of all time.
The entire story is so fascinating that I find it hard to believe you watched it at all. Or perhaps people are now beyond the ability to watch anything that isn't full of jump cuts and explosions. The idea that some entity or race planted a device on the moon that waited for millions of years for us to discover it is mind bending if you take to the time really think about it. Also, plot lines are not the end-all of a movie. Sometimes it's enough to just put something up for consideration and the awe that it can inspire.
We do agree on one point however. There is one of Kubrick's movies that is different from the rest and it is 2001. It's just that I think it is way better than the others.
"Citation needed. What reason do you have to believe that food quality has diminished in the last 50 years?"
It remains to be seen what the final effect is, but to be sure farm fields are increasingly devoid of the organic ecosystem that used to provide us with that rich, loamy earth that grew things so well.
You have an exceptionally twisted definition of "exceptionally violent." The alleged bridge bomber may not even have been part of Occupy. And most of the violence I read about during the protests was cops against protesters. Not to mention probable infiltration by the FBI by people who actually did harmful things to make the protesters look bad.
Well, why not? It was only last year that the Republicans stopped blaming Clinton for everything.
However, on a serious note, Bush was definitely part of the problem, but only a part in a chain of what seems like increasing governmental paranoia and abuse. I still think we have more to fear from our government than we do from terrorists. For instance, the FBI was aware of a plan to assassinate organizers of the Occupy movement in Texas and did nothing about it. Think about that. A legal, non-violent protest was targeted for the ultimate in deprival of civil rights and the FBI did nothing about it.
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Bingo.
And forget the kopi luwak stuff. You can have really fabulous coffee for much, much cheaper by buying quality green coffee beans and roasting and grinding them yourself.
"But to others, the term "journalist" is but a ticket to fine dinings in posh surroundings, with important people"
Oh, dude, you have no idea of the realities of journalism. Too many movie cliches, I suspect. Any journalists out there who care to share their stories of copious lavish lunches with the rich and famous?
Yes, you could look at the government as having the legal authority to extort money from its citizens. Or you could look at it as the result of a valid need to collect money to pay for things that we as citizens (generally) wanted, as indicated by our votes.
I'm not really supporting the health care initiative per se, but if I don't get to complain about extortion for paying for the death industry I don't think you should get to complain about having to help pay for the health industry.
Looks like Rumsfeld was right. Democracy is messy.
"That should also take care of your NSA problem"
To really take care of the NSA problem we need to get the brilliant people who go to work for them to stop violating our Constitution just because they think they know what's best.
Until we rein in secret government we only have the illusion of democracy. Just like a student in an airplane has the illusion that control of the plane is all up to him or her. When the instructor gets nervous you suddenly find yourself going where the instructor wants to go.
"Cheney isn't running NYC."
Never underestimate the power of The Force.
Wow, I had no idea. I just Googled the Fort Hood thing. What a bunch of bullshit.
http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials/080813-666892-shawn-manning-says-fort-hood-not-workplace-violence.htm
I think I get your point, but Sony paid somewhere around 5.75 million it looks like. The interesting thing you'll note from the article is that if you have enough money you can pay a state to stop its investigation into your case.
http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/sony-rootkit-settlement-states-reaches-575m-558
I would like to posit that in addition to "neither" it is also possible to be both. Being effective sometimes means knowing when to step back and let someone else lead as well as stepping up to the task when you are asked to or when you see the situation in need of leadership.
Shh! You'll hurt its feelings.
Is that anywhere near the Swanee River?
The article is not informative enough. For instance, malicious code determines what web sites you've visited based upon the rendering time for a link. However, that begs the question that it must require rendering a page that has the links someone is interested in finding out you're visited. The article doesn't elaborate much so it doesn't seem as though there is arbitrary access to the browsing history.
I would love to hear more from someone more knowledgable about this technique.
I agree, but I think we're phasing out that whole inconvenient "rule of law" thingy. Besides, no one really likes it anyway. When was the last time you saw someone get busted for something and then complain bitterly that he shouldn't have been busted for breaking the law? (Speeding does not count as civil disobedience). Personal responsibility and fairness in action always seems to be someone else's job.
Except that for some reason when ONE of Apple's apps has a problem their stock plunges.
As I said, contrary for the sake of being contrary.
Great. Now I'd like to hear your take on Edison's quote, "genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration."
I think you're being contrary just for the sake of being contrary.
I'm going with Coolidge on this one.
"Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."
-- Calvin Coolidge
"dragging scenes, no real narrative, bland characters, scenes continuing well past any need for them to"
It's not a crime to have completely missed the point of the movie, but you might not want to trumpet it so loudly.
The whole idea of the "dragging scenes" was realism. Nothing happens quickly under those conditions. Contrary to movies that pass for science fiction these days, which are in fact just basically action flicks set in space, 2001 sought to show what it might really be like to have to live and work in space. And in these "dragging scenes" you're supposed to be thinking about what is going on and appreciating the solitude that the astronauts would have to endure and the amount of time it takes to get anywhere in space.
The characters were anything but bland. They were, especially in Bowman's and Poole's case, excellent examples of the engineering-type that would be necessary on a mission of that sort. If you think they were bland then you obviously did not watch the scene were Bowman is on the edge of losing his cool with Hal as he tries to regain entry to Discovery. It's one of my favorite movies scenes of all time.
The entire story is so fascinating that I find it hard to believe you watched it at all. Or perhaps people are now beyond the ability to watch anything that isn't full of jump cuts and explosions. The idea that some entity or race planted a device on the moon that waited for millions of years for us to discover it is mind bending if you take to the time really think about it. Also, plot lines are not the end-all of a movie. Sometimes it's enough to just put something up for consideration and the awe that it can inspire.
We do agree on one point however. There is one of Kubrick's movies that is different from the rest and it is 2001. It's just that I think it is way better than the others.
In any case...bring out yer dead!
It would be nice if we could bronze this post and revisit it on a regular basis.
"Citation needed. What reason do you have to believe that food quality has diminished in the last 50 years?"
It remains to be seen what the final effect is, but to be sure farm fields are increasingly devoid of the organic ecosystem that used to provide us with that rich, loamy earth that grew things so well.
Here is one small example of what effect that might have:
http://www.nutritionsecurity.org/PDF/Mineral%20Content%20of%20One%20Apple.pdf
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I mean, as long as we're at it...
"You can create very dangerous things in the chemistry lab, should we ban chemistry as well?"
They are already working on that. A 3D printer is more akin to a home chemistry kit. This is what a chemistry kit from the 40's looked like:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/1940s_Gilbert_chemistry_set_04.jpg
And this is an intro kit from today:
http://www.hometrainingtools.com/classic-chemistry-kit/p/KT-CLACHEM/
Notice anything missing?
Give it a rest. Besides, everyone knows Al Gore invented the internet.
You have an exceptionally twisted definition of "exceptionally violent." The alleged bridge bomber may not even have been part of Occupy. And most of the violence I read about during the protests was cops against protesters. Not to mention probable infiltration by the FBI by people who actually did harmful things to make the protesters look bad.
Well, why not? It was only last year that the Republicans stopped blaming Clinton for everything.
However, on a serious note, Bush was definitely part of the problem, but only a part in a chain of what seems like increasing governmental paranoia and abuse. I still think we have more to fear from our government than we do from terrorists. For instance, the FBI was aware of a plan to assassinate organizers of the Occupy movement in Texas and did nothing about it. Think about that. A legal, non-violent protest was targeted for the ultimate in deprival of civil rights and the FBI did nothing about it.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130102/09481421547/fbi-working-with-banks-chose-not-to-inform-occupy-leadership-assassination-plot-its-leaders.shtml