Yoda tells Obi-Wan that Qui-Gon learned the secret to immortality by becoming a "force ghost." He also tells Obi-Wan that he has some new training for him so Obi-Wan can also learn this ability. So if only Yoda and Obi-Wan have the training to do this, how does Anakin/Vader learn how to become the force ghost we see at the end of ROTJ? Did Sidious also have this ability?
I don't have cable. I'm a college student so I can't afford it (or DVDs of seasons.) There are a couple of shows I like to keep up with ("The Shield" is one) so I download weekly torrents to watch it. I don't keep the episodes. After I watch them, I delete the files (yes, I REALLY do. I rarely watch an episode of anything more than once.) So the only way I'm really "stealing" is because the video files are commercial-free, right? If the commercials were left in the files and I keep deleting them after I watch them once, is that still technically illegal?
I wish more TV networks made their shows available for download or stream. They could air the commercials like normal and still get their ad-revenue. Or do they all have some kind of agreement to prevent viewers from bypassing the cable companies and having direct access to the shows?
I was referring to the portion of the post which I quoted in italics (arguing about the "advertised" price), not the beer purchase situation.
In the case of the grocery store, you're correct in that it was an assanine thing to do. I would have politely asked for the store manager to make a decision. If he/she said the same thing, I would have probably left everything at the register and left as well.
In fact, I've always thought it would be entertaining, if a store advertised (eg) "39.95 (in huge print) - after $30 and $50 rebates (in tiny print)" to go to the store, bringing exactly 39.95 (plus enough for tax, etc) and take the item to the register, and hand them that amount at the check out, and when they wanted more, pointed out (very vocally and very angrily) that the price displayed was 39.95, not the higher amount, and then after they (presumably) refused to let me out the door paying only the "advertised" price, walked out the door leaving the item there, and making lots of noise about it as I did so - the whold point being to A. force them to deal with an unhappy (lost) customer, B. have to carry the item back and put it on the shelf again, and C. call as much attention to I could (both to the store, as well as any other customers at the registers, etc) that they had lost a sale over the stupidity.
No offense, but you'd be a real assholes for that. Consider that a big retail store like Best Buy is staffed with worker bees who have zero say in policy. Treating them badly will accomplish nothing to change the way the company works (which I'm sure you realize is decided by faceless corporate execs out of an office building in some unknown location.) The "worker bees" are your only one-on-one interface to the company for this very reason. If anything, you should try being polite and understanding to the them. It won't do any more to change things, but you might be surprised how much a good employee will try to do something extra for a good customer. No employee, good or bad, wants to do anything at all for an asshole customer.
but I ignore rebates altogether when I'm shopping for electronics and such. I don't even allow them to be a factor in my buying decision. The amount I'm paying for an item will always be, in my mind, the amount they charge me at the register, regardless of whatever rebate it promises me.
If BestBuy has something for $100 with a $50 MIR, but the guys down the street are selling the same thing for $75, I'm buying it from the guys down the street. I've never found MIRs to be reliable and I have and always will be willing to pay a bit more than the "after-rebate-price" to avoid them. Now, if I do buy something that has a rebate, I'll go ahead and send it in, provided it's a worthwhile amount ($20 or more) and I'm not too concerned about destroying the packaging of the item by cutting the UPC off the box. In this case, I just consider MIR a sort of bonus win (like a lucky lottery ticket) and not part of the amount I'm saving from the store.
Am I just being a stubborn consumer or do others have a similar attitude?
"Selling is legal and f*cking is legal. Why isn't selling f*cking legal? Why is it illegal to sell something that it's perfectly legal to give away?" - George Carlin
Let's try again. You said it only takes two seconds for something to happen that might keep you from doing something you need or really want to do. I simply related that to refusing to show a ID (takes about two seconds, right?) and a need or want to fly. You can keep arguing that showing an ID does nothing, but the fact remains that NOT showing an ID keeps you off the airplane. If Gilmore somehow gets that changed, then good for you and him.
Now, point out in my original post where I said showing an ID increases security. Point at any reference to security at all. If you're only rebuttal is built by putting words in my mouth, you have a weak point indeed.
Besides, everytime I've ever been through the airport "security" gate, they were just making sure the ticket name matched the ID. That's not really tracking unless you think the guard was making mental notes of everyone that passes through. Oh no, Big Brother has mentats at the airport!! Better strap that tinfoil hat on extra tight. (By the way, I'm teasing you...not jumping on you.)
And what's this right to be anonymous? As much as I enjoy that privilege sometimes, I never considered it a right. Care to link some law or legislature that solidifies this so called right? Or is it just something you assume you should have and lay claim to without any legal backing?
How valuable is that two seconds if some event that happened in your past comes back to haunt you in the future, and keeps you from doing something you need or really want to do?
Like fly on an airplane?
Take those two seconds and use them loosen the chin strap on your tinfoil hat to get the blood flowing back to your brain. Nobody likes the idea of being tracked, but nobody likes paranoid delusionists either.
Better analogy: Sheep tend to fair better when following the shepherd instead of the wolf.
I nevered started. Sure, I'm a religious person and unashamedly so, but that doesn't mean I feel the urge to convert everyone else to my particular belief system. Quite the opposite actually. I hate it when fanatics aggressively campaign for their religion to be forced on other people, especially thru something like legislature which should be completely objective to matters of faith. Who the hell am I or anyone else to say "I'm right, you're wrong" when it comes to spiritual matters. Nobody can really prove their religion is the correct one. If we had proof, the whole idea of faith would be invalid and I think that would undermind one of the more significant aspects of spirituality.
Then again, that's just my belief. You are free and well-supported by me to form your own, heathen.;)
Sorry, but when you argue anything in favor of Christianity (or any other religion) to the slashdot community, you're fighting a losing battle. Hence, your "troll" score as compared to the opposing "insightful" posts.
Now if you had said something like "Christians dumb, Linux good." Then you'd have +5 insightful for sure. Better luck next time.
True, 99% of people won't do that or just don't know they can do it. Someone should code an extension to take the url out of the javascript link and open it in the browser.
I'm using Firefox with popup blocking enabled and the Adblock extension and I haven't seen a single popup in longer than I can remember (unless I intentionally click a link to a popup.) I'm also using Mike's Ad-blocking Host file. Maybe that helps tip the scales my way.
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Yoda tells Obi-Wan that Qui-Gon learned the secret to immortality by becoming a "force ghost." He also tells Obi-Wan that he has some new training for him so Obi-Wan can also learn this ability. So if only Yoda and Obi-Wan have the training to do this, how does Anakin/Vader learn how to become the force ghost we see at the end of ROTJ? Did Sidious also have this ability?
I don't have cable. I'm a college student so I can't afford it (or DVDs of seasons.) There are a couple of shows I like to keep up with ("The Shield" is one) so I download weekly torrents to watch it. I don't keep the episodes. After I watch them, I delete the files (yes, I REALLY do. I rarely watch an episode of anything more than once.) So the only way I'm really "stealing" is because the video files are commercial-free, right? If the commercials were left in the files and I keep deleting them after I watch them once, is that still technically illegal?
I wish more TV networks made their shows available for download or stream. They could air the commercials like normal and still get their ad-revenue. Or do they all have some kind of agreement to prevent viewers from bypassing the cable companies and having direct access to the shows?
f you want that go read Dune...popular because of the wit and humor.
I thought it was because of the Spice Orgies.
I was referring to the portion of the post which I quoted in italics (arguing about the "advertised" price), not the beer purchase situation.
In the case of the grocery store, you're correct in that it was an assanine thing to do. I would have politely asked for the store manager to make a decision. If he/she said the same thing, I would have probably left everything at the register and left as well.
In fact, I've always thought it would be entertaining, if a store advertised (eg) "39.95 (in huge print) - after $30 and $50 rebates (in tiny print)" to go to the store, bringing exactly 39.95 (plus enough for tax, etc) and take the item to the register, and hand them that amount at the check out, and when they wanted more, pointed out (very vocally and very angrily) that the price displayed was 39.95, not the higher amount, and then after they (presumably) refused to let me out the door paying only the "advertised" price, walked out the door leaving the item there, and making lots of noise about it as I did so - the whold point being to A. force them to deal with an unhappy (lost) customer, B. have to carry the item back and put it on the shelf again, and C. call as much attention to I could (both to the store, as well as any other customers at the registers, etc) that they had lost a sale over the stupidity.
No offense, but you'd be a real assholes for that. Consider that a big retail store like Best Buy is staffed with worker bees who have zero say in policy. Treating them badly will accomplish nothing to change the way the company works (which I'm sure you realize is decided by faceless corporate execs out of an office building in some unknown location.) The "worker bees" are your only one-on-one interface to the company for this very reason. If anything, you should try being polite and understanding to the them. It won't do any more to change things, but you might be surprised how much a good employee will try to do something extra for a good customer. No employee, good or bad, wants to do anything at all for an asshole customer.
but I ignore rebates altogether when I'm shopping for electronics and such. I don't even allow them to be a factor in my buying decision. The amount I'm paying for an item will always be, in my mind, the amount they charge me at the register, regardless of whatever rebate it promises me.
If BestBuy has something for $100 with a $50 MIR, but the guys down the street are selling the same thing for $75, I'm buying it from the guys down the street. I've never found MIRs to be reliable and I have and always will be willing to pay a bit more than the "after-rebate-price" to avoid them. Now, if I do buy something that has a rebate, I'll go ahead and send it in, provided it's a worthwhile amount ($20 or more) and I'm not too concerned about destroying the packaging of the item by cutting the UPC off the box. In this case, I just consider MIR a sort of bonus win (like a lucky lottery ticket) and not part of the amount I'm saving from the store.
Am I just being a stubborn consumer or do others have a similar attitude?
If that's the reason, they'll probably add "The Magic of Flight" to the list. I'm pretty sure it mentions the evolution of birds.
Another thing that doesn't make sense.
"Selling is legal and f*cking is legal. Why isn't selling f*cking legal? Why is it illegal to sell something that it's perfectly legal to give away?" - George Carlin
Gilmore's point is simple (RTFA)
So is mine. (RMFP)
Let's try again. You said it only takes two seconds for something to happen that might keep you from doing something you need or really want to do. I simply related that to refusing to show a ID (takes about two seconds, right?) and a need or want to fly. You can keep arguing that showing an ID does nothing, but the fact remains that NOT showing an ID keeps you off the airplane. If Gilmore somehow gets that changed, then good for you and him.
Now, point out in my original post where I said showing an ID increases security. Point at any reference to security at all. If you're only rebuttal is built by putting words in my mouth, you have a weak point indeed.
Besides, everytime I've ever been through the airport "security" gate, they were just making sure the ticket name matched the ID. That's not really tracking unless you think the guard was making mental notes of everyone that passes through. Oh no, Big Brother has mentats at the airport!! Better strap that tinfoil hat on extra tight. (By the way, I'm teasing you...not jumping on you.)
And what's this right to be anonymous? As much as I enjoy that privilege sometimes, I never considered it a right. Care to link some law or legislature that solidifies this so called right? Or is it just something you assume you should have and lay claim to without any legal backing?
How valuable is that two seconds if some event that happened in your past comes back to haunt you in the future, and keeps you from doing something you need or really want to do?
Like fly on an airplane?
Take those two seconds and use them loosen the chin strap on your tinfoil hat to get the blood flowing back to your brain. Nobody likes the idea of being tracked, but nobody likes paranoid delusionists either.
Better analogy: Sheep tend to fair better when following the shepherd instead of the wolf.
Photoshop? Hell, I could do that with Windows Paint.
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Sounds like a movie the MST3K crew would watch.
I nevered started. Sure, I'm a religious person and unashamedly so, but that doesn't mean I feel the urge to convert everyone else to my particular belief system. Quite the opposite actually. I hate it when fanatics aggressively campaign for their religion to be forced on other people, especially thru something like legislature which should be completely objective to matters of faith. Who the hell am I or anyone else to say "I'm right, you're wrong" when it comes to spiritual matters. Nobody can really prove their religion is the correct one. If we had proof, the whole idea of faith would be invalid and I think that would undermind one of the more significant aspects of spirituality.
;)
Then again, that's just my belief. You are free and well-supported by me to form your own, heathen.
Sorry, but when you argue anything in favor of Christianity (or any other religion) to the slashdot community, you're fighting a losing battle. Hence, your "troll" score as compared to the opposing "insightful" posts.
Now if you had said something like "Christians dumb, Linux good." Then you'd have +5 insightful for sure. Better luck next time.
...when my neighbor got a wifi router that he didn't know how to secure. Lucky me, my neighborhood is full of them.
True, 99% of people won't do that or just don't know they can do it. Someone should code an extension to take the url out of the javascript link and open it in the browser.
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And what's to stop me from right-clicking on your link, copying the link location, and pasting the url without the javascript into my address bar?
I believe the late prophet, Bill Hicks, referred to them as "suckers of Satan's cock." That seems fitting.
I'm using Firefox with popup blocking enabled and the Adblock extension and I haven't seen a single popup in longer than I can remember (unless I intentionally click a link to a popup.) I'm also using Mike's Ad-blocking Host file. Maybe that helps tip the scales my way.
In gamma rays, the event equaled the brightness of the full Moon's reflected visible light
So if it had been closer, we all would have be turned into Hulks?