I think it has to do with tax brackets. For instance, let's say that I make X number of dollars in a given year. In in the 40% tax bracket, however, if I give $X-x dollars in donations I can write that off and I'm in the 30% tax bracket. Therefore I have to pay less in taxes which could result in me paying less total (taxes + donation). Not only that benefit, but I look like I care about others to boot.
Think about it, Pixar's films are great, they're extremely kid friendly but they _DO_ explore mature themes as well. The characters evolve, they learn new lessons, they're _NOT_ perfect. Some of the things in them will completely go over kids heads, but give the adults a good chuckle.
Interesting point, my wife and I really enjoyed The Incredibles because of this fact. The interaction between the husband and wife was quite humorous and somewhat realistic.
Currently anime has a fairly large following, but if Disney were to go that route and give up on conventional cartoons or CGI, what happens if anime is just a fad. It may help Disney pull through in the short term, but will it be a long term solution for the lack of good cartoons from Disney? I wonder how many years anime has left?
Of course I could be completely wrong and anime would be more than just a fad, in which case this would be a good move for Disney. I guess that's the gamble.
Re:Microsoft has planned this for quite awhile.
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It sounds similar to how GMail groups messages together. There are no folders, but labels that help organize your mail. I found it interesting, yet odd at first; but it's grown on me and I think I like it better.
I can hear ISP support technicians across the globe groaning in expectation of the increase in these type of calls (not to mention UserFriendly having more material).
The spoof affects IE as well. I'd be interested to see who fixes it first, Mozilla or Microsoft. From the article, it seems that this spoof was orginally found in 1998.
Wrong, it's from the bridge scene. Aurthur keeps saying they have to answer 5 questions, Galahad keeps correcting him saying it was 3.
ARTHUR:
He is the keeper of the Bridge of Death. He asks each traveller five questions-- GALAHAD:
Three questions. ARTHUR:
Three questions. He who answers the five questions-- GALAHAD:
Three questions. ARTHUR:
Three questions may cross in safety.
And you call yourselves geeks. You empty headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries! Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time.
A coworker stopped by my office one day bemoaning the fact that he couldn't tell anyone his password (without changing it). Apparently it was so clever and funny that he wanted to tell everyone what it was so they would think he was a clever and funny guy.
Isn't that the job of politicians? To twist opponents words into a lie, and push the lie to paint opponent as an exaggerator and liar for political gain.
It seems there's a lot of arguments over: "my political candidate is better than your candidate" when there really are very few good politicians. In one way or another they are going to screw up and either say something stupid, or do something that half of the population thinks is stupid whearas the other half cheers for this accomplishment. Politicians are never going to please everyone. Show me a politician who attempts to please everyone, and I'll show you a politician who tells more lies and does more twisting of opponents words than any other politician. I find it strange that we live in a (mostly) bi-partisan country (sorry non-US citizens, not trying to alienate you here) and we are surprised that we don't like what most of the politicians are doing.
No tsunami, but the first brother holds the sea in his mouth so the townspeople can gather shells, fish, etc. He can only hold it a certain amount of time, the people got greedy and wouldn't leave the ocean floor, they got drowned. Sounded similar to the situation you were speaking of.
Ahhh, yes, I tend to forget that it's possible to have beaches and elevation. Here where I live (mid-atlantic), the highest point is probably not more than 20 feet above sea level. In fact, I think the highest point in Delaware is 142 feet above sea level (give or take 10 feet, and that's up north near the PA border).
Apparently they don't teach that on the Atlantic Coast (at least in my area). Grew up on the coast and never heard that. Not sure if I would know if a tsunami was coming just because the sea "retreated," but I sure as heck would know something big was going down and would NOT head out to sea to see what happened.
If you are used to the ocean, you get used to the sea going back and forth. Notice the rhythm, back and forth. If it goes back REAL far, it's going to come forward REAL far. Guess we coast dwellers take all that knowledge for granted. I would think it was common sense. Just follows the common saying, "What goes up, must come down."
I'm thinking though, that even with that knowledge, you probably wouldn't have enough time to escape a tsunami, especially if everyone else was doing the same. Try getting out of OC after the 4th of July fireworks; there's no way you would get out if everyone knew something big was coming their way (be it Godzilla or a tsunami). I'm sure coastal areas can be quite different, but the only coast I'm familiar with, there are bridges to get the beach, creates a massive bottleneck -- both ways.
I don't know of many people who know what Zork is, great pull from the past. Now that's a game that will make you use your brain to play, not exercise thumbs.
My wife bought me the Activision Anthology for Christmas, her (15) year old brother and my nephews (=12) couldn't quite understand the joy I got out of playing Pitfall and River Raid again. Heck, I didn't even know they had a River Raid II until I played the game. I've been WAY out of the loop. I was practically jumping for joy when I found out about that.
Since you brought up the Bible, I'll make a(nother) comment on that. It seems from the Old Testament that MOST of the Benjamites were left-handed, and VERY skilled with a slingshot, being able to hit a hair from a great (can't remember how far) distance.
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I think it has to do with tax brackets. For instance, let's say that I make X number of dollars in a given year. In in the 40% tax bracket, however, if I give $X-x dollars in donations I can write that off and I'm in the 30% tax bracket. Therefore I have to pay less in taxes which could result in me paying less total (taxes + donation). Not only that benefit, but I look like I care about others to boot.
Interesting point, my wife and I really enjoyed The Incredibles because of this fact. The interaction between the husband and wife was quite humorous and somewhat realistic.
Of course I could be completely wrong and anime would be more than just a fad, in which case this would be a good move for Disney. I guess that's the gamble.
It sounds similar to how GMail groups messages together. There are no folders, but labels that help organize your mail. I found it interesting, yet odd at first; but it's grown on me and I think I like it better.
--> I WANT MY SMILES!
I can hear ISP support technicians across the globe groaning in expectation of the increase in these type of calls (not to mention UserFriendly having more material).
The spoof affects IE as well. I'd be interested to see who fixes it first, Mozilla or Microsoft. From the article, it seems that this spoof was orginally found in 1998.
I tried it in tabs, spoof does not work across tabs; just seperate windows.
Apparently someone missed the intended humor of my previous post.
Wrong, it's from the bridge scene. Aurthur keeps saying they have to answer 5 questions, Galahad keeps correcting him saying it was 3.
ARTHUR:
He is the keeper of the Bridge of Death. He asks each traveller five questions--
GALAHAD:
Three questions.
ARTHUR:
Three questions. He who answers the five questions--
GALAHAD:
Three questions.
ARTHUR:
Three questions may cross in safety.
And you call yourselves geeks. You empty headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries! Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time.
Oroborous huh? Watch Red Dwarf much?
A coworker stopped by my office one day bemoaning the fact that he couldn't tell anyone his password (without changing it). Apparently it was so clever and funny that he wanted to tell everyone what it was so they would think he was a clever and funny guy.
Odd? When I try to middle click it attempts to open whatever is in my clipboard.
I prefer nano for normal text editing. However, for anything needing more formatting than that, emacs is the way to go.
Isn't that the job of politicians? To twist opponents words into a lie, and push the lie to paint opponent as an exaggerator and liar for political gain.
It seems there's a lot of arguments over: "my political candidate is better than your candidate" when there really are very few good politicians. In one way or another they are going to screw up and either say something stupid, or do something that half of the population thinks is stupid whearas the other half cheers for this accomplishment. Politicians are never going to please everyone. Show me a politician who attempts to please everyone, and I'll show you a politician who tells more lies and does more twisting of opponents words than any other politician. I find it strange that we live in a (mostly) bi-partisan country (sorry non-US citizens, not trying to alienate you here) and we are surprised that we don't like what most of the politicians are doing.
Why do you say this? How can you not have respect for C.S. Lewis?
No tsunami, but the first brother holds the sea in his mouth so the townspeople can gather shells, fish, etc. He can only hold it a certain amount of time, the people got greedy and wouldn't leave the ocean floor, they got drowned. Sounded similar to the situation you were speaking of.
Ahhh, yes, I tend to forget that it's possible to have beaches and elevation. Here where I live (mid-atlantic), the highest point is probably not more than 20 feet above sea level. In fact, I think the highest point in Delaware is 142 feet above sea level (give or take 10 feet, and that's up north near the PA border).
In reading your post I was reminded of the story of the Five Chinese Brothers, could that be the story of which you are thinking?
Apparently they don't teach that on the Atlantic Coast (at least in my area). Grew up on the coast and never heard that. Not sure if I would know if a tsunami was coming just because the sea "retreated," but I sure as heck would know something big was going down and would NOT head out to sea to see what happened. If you are used to the ocean, you get used to the sea going back and forth. Notice the rhythm, back and forth. If it goes back REAL far, it's going to come forward REAL far. Guess we coast dwellers take all that knowledge for granted. I would think it was common sense. Just follows the common saying, "What goes up, must come down." I'm thinking though, that even with that knowledge, you probably wouldn't have enough time to escape a tsunami, especially if everyone else was doing the same. Try getting out of OC after the 4th of July fireworks; there's no way you would get out if everyone knew something big was coming their way (be it Godzilla or a tsunami). I'm sure coastal areas can be quite different, but the only coast I'm familiar with, there are bridges to get the beach, creates a massive bottleneck -- both ways.
South Jersey especially. That cooling tower on the Delaware looks quite ominous at times.
I don't know of many people who know what Zork is, great pull from the past. Now that's a game that will make you use your brain to play, not exercise thumbs.
My wife bought me the Activision Anthology for Christmas, her (15) year old brother and my nephews (=12) couldn't quite understand the joy I got out of playing Pitfall and River Raid again. Heck, I didn't even know they had a River Raid II until I played the game. I've been WAY out of the loop. I was practically jumping for joy when I found out about that.
Isn't this essentially the premise of Isaac Asimov's book?
Please, I'm begging you, no more Java. *whimper*
Since you brought up the Bible, I'll make a(nother) comment on that. It seems from the Old Testament that MOST of the Benjamites were left-handed, and VERY skilled with a slingshot, being able to hit a hair from a great (can't remember how far) distance.