I agree that the Tom scenes were unnecessary, however I felt that Frodo was castrated. They made him a coward, when in the book he amazingly brave. The Barrow Wight scene should have been included to convey Frodo's bravery. Also that stupid brood Liv Tyler should be cut. She saves Frodo where in the book he saves himself.
I thought the movie would have been much improved if they had filled all those shots with a narration. Maybe some of the elvish lore that was missing from the movie. It could have given the movie far more depth. Some of those great dwarven songs, or elvish epics would have made the movie truly great.
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"therefore its loyalty is to its own kind, not to us."
What a hilarious thing to say. That is a human trait, and it would not be present in AI unless we put it there. I find the idea that an advanced AI would not think in a human manner comforting. Human nature is far to brutal and selfish for my taste. I guess we have evolution to blame.
Actually the US wasn't caught with it's pants down. Pearl Harbor occurred cause the US needed public backing to jump into the war. The US failed to warn the generals at Pearl Harbor of the threat. There is evidence that the government knew the planned date of the attack but withheld the information.
People mention money interests because that is what drives American policy, especially surrounding globalization. Why does the WTO exist? So the US can make sure it's contractors get the most business. Why did we sign the NAFTA agreement? Cause corporations own enough congressmen, to get it put through. The NAFTA agreement is no good for any country, only corporations.
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Funny you should mention peanut butter and jelly. I've eaten several MRE's and they DO have peanut butter and JELLY. The best is the beef soup. I was camping with a member of the finish army, who served in cosovo, he said that there equavalent of MRE's tasted much better. He was probably just saying that because their's comes with vodka.
That's really cool just a few billionths of a degree above zero. I was always fascinated by quantum effects on super cooled liquids. Like that one experiment where water climbs out of the glass. I forget who it was that said, "If you think you understand Quantum Physics you don't"
Does this mean that since modern day man has increased contact with carcinogens, evolution will now favor those with higher cancer resistance and therefore shorter life-spans?
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I agree that the Tom scenes were unnecessary, however I felt that Frodo was castrated. They made him a coward, when in the book he amazingly brave. The Barrow Wight scene should have been included to convey Frodo's bravery. Also that stupid brood Liv Tyler should be cut. She saves Frodo where in the book he saves himself.
I thought the movie would have been much improved if they had filled all those shots with a narration. Maybe some of the elvish lore that was missing from the movie. It could have given the movie far more depth. Some of those great dwarven songs, or elvish epics would have made the movie truly great.
What a hilarious thing to say. That is a human trait, and it would not be present in AI unless we put it there. I find the idea that an advanced AI would not think in a human manner comforting. Human nature is far to brutal and selfish for my taste. I guess we have evolution to blame.
>someone... yourself. You obviously did not go to public school.
If I wasn't hung over, I'd mod you down.
People mention money interests because that is what drives American policy, especially surrounding globalization. Why does the WTO exist? So the US can make sure it's contractors get the most business. Why did we sign the NAFTA agreement? Cause corporations own enough congressmen, to get it put through. The NAFTA agreement is no good for any country, only corporations.
No blink tags!
Funny you should mention peanut butter and jelly. I've eaten several MRE's and they DO have peanut butter and JELLY. The best is the beef soup. I was camping with a member of the finish army, who served in cosovo, he said that there equavalent of MRE's tasted much better. He was probably just saying that because their's comes with vodka.
But if you die of cancer at the age of 20 than your odds of reproducing successfully are rather limited.
Does this mean that since modern day man has increased contact with carcinogens, evolution will now favor those with higher cancer resistance and therefore shorter life-spans?
This product looks to be about what you want, http://www.linux-wlan.com/products/dk80211b.html I don't think it says anything about the price though.