Yeah, instead of "Obscure St." and "Mystery Way," we can have __logical__ layouts so we don't have to get intricate driving directions with large margins for ERROR.
Instead of "The corner of Smith St. and Foobar Ct.," we can have "The corner of 144 st. and 336 Ct.," and you can follow the numbers in an increasing or decreasing odrer (depending on where you are) instead of the People. Do you know all of your presidents in order? =)
I was disgusted that so many things were FAR FROM THE BOOK.
:::Things that were wrong:::
Merry and Pippin escape by means of greedy ingnorant Orc that wants the ring
The Battle at Hornburg lasted 3 days
Eomer wasn't banished bu Grima Wormtongue. On the contrary, Eomer
banished Grima!
Grima fled to Saruman
Merry and Pippin visited an Enthouse
The Entmoot lasted 3 days, and they did decide then to go to war
The water from Isen that flowed into Isenguard was stagnant and stank
The Hurons (once ents, now trees) were in the thousands at Isenguard and
blocked off many passages to the Helm's Deep Caves.
Aragorn's sword during the Hornburg battle was none but Anduril, the
reforged sword of that which smote the finger of Sauron. It glowed while
Aragorn Wielded it.
Gimli was led to the Caves of Helms Deep and made a deal with Legolas to
revisit it together if they would go to Mirkwood (Legolas' home).
Gimli won the Orc-slaying contest by one Orc with a score of 41 to 40.
I MUST STRESS THAT Frodo and Sam were never lead to Osgoliath (however
you spell it), and were actually given walking sticks by Faramir. The
fire of Sam cooking coneys led Faramir and his men to them.
Smeagol doesn't reveal Frodo's secrets, but Frodo does, and Faramir
understands
:::THINGS LEFT OUT FOR WHATEVER REASON:::
Gandalf and the others, after fighting for 3 days in hornburg, charge to
Isenguard but find it laid waste by the Ents
Theoden, Aragorn, Eomer, and Gandalf pay Saruman a "visit", where Gandalf
breaks Saruman's staff and Grima tosses the palantir off of the Balcony
of Orthanc
Smeagol led them up the stairs of Cirith Ungol on the path to Minas
Morgul and run into Shelob (the 'Her' and 'She' Smeagol mentioned)
:::THINGS NEEDLESSLY IN THE MOVIE:::
Lady Eowyn of the Mark (from Rohan) doesn't ask Aragorn to come with
until ch.2 of Return of the King (3rd book)
Being the son of a self proclaimed gun-nut, I have been informed of the situation (willingly or not...). Here's my medilogical point of view:
Why guns can not be regulated any more then they are now:
1) If you have ever been to jail, you can not own a gun. 2) If you want a gun (namely a pistol) in some states you have to wait up to three days, or even more (depending on the state you live in), just to get it. 3) Rifle magazine clips can not be manufactured (today) with more than a 15 bullet capacity, although you can buy clips with more at gun shows and other stores for extravogant overprices. 4) Concealed Liscence permits require yearly re-testing of marksmanship, etc.
What more could you want?
Plus, gun control supporters and gun activists are bitter enemies. The subject is darkly concealed by a thick veil of propoganda. What are people to think about video games and guns when gun control activists appear on 'NBC Today' saying that when gamers play snipers in games such as Half-Life are considered to be in (Direct Quote) "God Mode?" Not to say that gun activists do not have their problems...
While we would all like to think that the government could regulate ALL guns, it is somewhat of a false hope. Some of the current laws today are hopelessly irrational. For instance, There are two gun models that are exactly the same in shape, shell, and charge, but one was made several deckades ago. Now, one of them is legal, and the other is not. This same law put a man in jail for years because the person who identified the gun was mistaken and provided false evidence to that hearing. Not to rant, or anything, but that person did not look carefully at the serial number.
One can not hope to right every wrong. Some things are not always certain. If the government took all of the civilian firearms away, would criminals still be able to access any through illegal means? Likely? Yes. Certain? No. Another situation would involve the complete opposite; that is, give everyone a chance to have a gun (within certain prerequisites!). What would happen? Would the number of carjackings-at-gunpoint go down? It could. For certain? Not at all. Still, I would be more cautious when I was (hypothetically) robbing a bank if 90% of the people present could have a loaded firearm.
That plan has problems, as well. It would be much more likely for a child/teenager to acquire a gun. While increasing public awareness, especially in schools, would remedy some, but not all. The possability of death by firearm increases. What if a thurough test was required to all who wanted a gun? Still, the abscence of certainty looms before us.
I bought a Samsung MP3/CD player and I think it works quite well. It was cheap, too, around $70. It can play a full 700MB of MP3 on CD with 120 second anti-shock. Not really too suitable for 8 miles of running, but good for something like a bumpy car ride. Never had any problems, and you can burn.mp3's to a CD. Even if you have something else on the CD, the player will skip it. You can use whatever CD writing program, whatever CD media, whatever OS. I'm happy...
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Yeah, instead of "Obscure St." and "Mystery Way," we can have __logical__ layouts so we don't have to get intricate driving directions with large margins for ERROR.
Instead of "The corner of Smith St. and Foobar Ct.," we can have "The corner of 144 st. and 336 Ct.," and you can follow the numbers in an increasing or decreasing odrer (depending on where you are) instead of the People. Do you know all of your presidents in order? =)
Merry and Pippin escape by means of greedy ingnorant Orc that wants the ring
The Battle at Hornburg lasted 3 days
Eomer wasn't banished bu Grima Wormtongue. On the contrary, Eomer banished Grima!
Grima fled to Saruman
Merry and Pippin visited an Enthouse
The Entmoot lasted 3 days, and they did decide then to go to war
The water from Isen that flowed into Isenguard was stagnant and stank
The Hurons (once ents, now trees) were in the thousands at Isenguard and blocked off many passages to the Helm's Deep Caves.
Aragorn's sword during the Hornburg battle was none but Anduril, the reforged sword of that which smote the finger of Sauron. It glowed while Aragorn Wielded it.
Gimli was led to the Caves of Helms Deep and made a deal with Legolas to revisit it together if they would go to Mirkwood (Legolas' home).
Gimli won the Orc-slaying contest by one Orc with a score of 41 to 40.
I MUST STRESS THAT Frodo and Sam were never lead to Osgoliath (however you spell it), and were actually given walking sticks by Faramir. The fire of Sam cooking coneys led Faramir and his men to them.
Smeagol doesn't reveal Frodo's secrets, but Frodo does, and Faramir understands
Gandalf and the others, after fighting for 3 days in hornburg, charge to Isenguard but find it laid waste by the Ents
Theoden, Aragorn, Eomer, and Gandalf pay Saruman a "visit", where Gandalf breaks Saruman's staff and Grima tosses the palantir off of the Balcony of Orthanc
Smeagol led them up the stairs of Cirith Ungol on the path to Minas Morgul and run into Shelob (the 'Her' and 'She' Smeagol mentioned)
Lady Eowyn of the Mark (from Rohan) doesn't ask Aragorn to come with until ch.2 of Return of the King (3rd book)
Being the son of a self proclaimed gun-nut, I have been informed of the situation (willingly or not...). Here's my medilogical point of view:
Why guns can not be regulated any more then they are now:
1) If you have ever been to jail, you can not own a gun.
2) If you want a gun (namely a pistol) in some states you have to wait up to three days, or even more (depending on the state you live in), just to get it.
3) Rifle magazine clips can not be manufactured (today) with more than a 15 bullet capacity, although you can buy clips with more at gun shows and other stores for extravogant overprices.
4) Concealed Liscence permits require yearly re-testing of marksmanship, etc.
What more could you want?
Plus, gun control supporters and gun activists are bitter enemies. The subject is darkly concealed by a thick veil of propoganda. What are people to think about video games and guns when gun control activists appear on 'NBC Today' saying that when gamers play snipers in games such as Half-Life are considered to be in (Direct Quote) "God Mode?" Not to say that gun activists do not have their problems...
While we would all like to think that the government could regulate ALL guns, it is somewhat of a false hope. Some of the current laws today are hopelessly irrational. For instance, There are two gun models that are exactly the same in shape, shell, and charge, but one was made several deckades ago. Now, one of them is legal, and the other is not. This same law put a man in jail for years because the person who identified the gun was mistaken and provided false evidence to that hearing. Not to rant, or anything, but that person did not look carefully at the serial number.
One can not hope to right every wrong. Some things are not always certain. If the government took all of the civilian firearms away, would criminals still be able to access any through illegal means? Likely? Yes. Certain? No. Another situation would involve the complete opposite; that is, give everyone a chance to have a gun (within certain prerequisites!). What would happen? Would the number of carjackings-at-gunpoint go down? It could. For certain? Not at all. Still, I would be more cautious when I was (hypothetically) robbing a bank if 90% of the people present could have a loaded firearm.
That plan has problems, as well. It would be much more likely for a child/teenager to acquire a gun. While increasing public awareness, especially in schools, would remedy some, but not all. The possability of death by firearm increases. What if a thurough test was required to all who wanted a gun? Still, the abscence of certainty looms before us.
What the...?! The installer for Libranet is FINE! Jeez... how could you ever say that?! ;)
I bought a Samsung MP3/CD player and I think it works quite well. It was cheap, too, around $70. It can play a full 700MB of MP3 on CD with 120 second anti-shock. Not really too suitable for 8 miles of running, but good for something like a bumpy car ride. Never had any problems, and you can burn .mp3's to a CD. Even if you have something else on the CD, the player will skip it. You can use whatever CD writing program, whatever CD media, whatever OS. I'm happy...