In your particular case, I'd buy a burner phone in Canada. Transfer your main number to the burner if necessary. If your carrier doesn't support that feature, change your voicemail message to something like "My dumb-ass wireless carrier wants me to pay roaming charges in Canada, and I refuse to play that game. Please call me at 587-...."
That's kind of what I'm getting at. It's an odd circumstance, where you own the object, and can make all kinds of changes to it, but make one particular change, and the feds will show up with handcuffs. Curious.
Granted, but regarding the phone, I don't think we're talking about twisting the phone in half and replacing it with tin cans and a string. Unlocking the phone doesn't substantially change the value, as far as I know, except it might increase it.
In a different thread, it was generally agreed that blowing Jar Jar to bloody scraps (Meesa...no...feelgooBOOM) in the first five minutes would add to the appeal of the new film.
I think the argument can be made that contrary to "assassinate the director", "not watch it" is a practical alternative. Life is too short for bad cinema. Or even for mediocre cinema. It is not necessary to watch every sequel and spin-off of a film no matter how successful. For instance, Lilo & Stitch was a great film. The rest of the franchise is not therefore worth watching, merely because they have the same characters and some of the same actors.
It's the mouse's money, and the mouse's properties, and they have a perfect right to do whatever they want with them. And we have a perfect right to say "that's crap, and they'd have to duct tape me to the chair to get me to watch it" if appropriate.
I find it interesting that here and on other websites, fans express interest in bringing back actors from the original trilogy, but nobody has expressed any interest in seeing actors from the prequels reprise their roles.
Depending on where you live, it can be lousy, or *really* lousy.
> We had frost two days ago. How's the weather?
Snow interspersed with freezing rain. But at least I can afford a house.
I grew up in the Sacramento area. Frost this time of year was common in the seventies, from my direct experience. Then, it got rare. Now, according to my relatives who still live there, it's making a comeback.
I don't really care who directs it. I'm more interested in finding out if Ford, Hamill and Fisher are going to be in it. I know they're old fogies now, but frankly after the horrors that were the prequels, I'd like nothing more than Han Solo with a blaster.
They have all expressed interest, and the story idea that's been floated so far has Luke being the head of a new academy. It's possible.
Not sure if Carrie would still fit into the bikini, though.
NO NO! We hate it here! It's terrible! Don't move to California, the weather isn't nearly as nice as you think! And there are all these liberals everywhere! And the GAYS!
By all means move to the East Coast; or Texas! Anywhere else but here.
(wink wink).
signed, lifelong Californian
I grew up in California, but when it became time to buy a house in an area where I could be gainfully employed, I had to move out of state. Just sayin'.
Yes, as opposed to conservatives who can fund their spending based upon sunshine and puppy farts.
It's astonishing to me how many conservatives seem to believe that you don't need taxes to pay for services. You can just keep lowering taxes on the rich and wind up with more money than you had before.
I'm neither, but in all fairness I think the idea is to spend less on services, or have fewer services.
I suppose. And if monkeys fly out of my ass, that'll probably alarm the other passengers.
Ok, but more to the point I think you may be trying to make, true story -- I am a photographer, rarely use flash, but when I do, I use high current rechargeables. I was driving back from an assignment, and happened to have a set in my front left pocket. I smelled burning fabric shortly before feeling it, managed to get off the road with my pants smouldering but not yet bursting into flames. My house keys had shorted out one or more of the batteries.
...which is why I keep the spare phone battery in it's own pocket with nothing else in there.
But batteries left to themselves don't spontaneously explode, in my experience. If this were common, nobody would carry portable electronics. Or at very least, the viewing balcony at any large mall would be very entertaining. "There goes another one." "Wow, that skirt ignited quickly." "Must have been an import." "Here's someone trying to put her purse out." "Pants on fire, 3 o'clock!"
The thing is, there are separate chargers available for most phone batteries, and it's fairly trivial to keep one battery in the charger and one battery in the phone. A friend that has a...4S or 5 or whatever is the most recent Apple toy, complains about forgetting to have put his phone on the charger the previous nite, and having to keep it on the charger on his desk while he goes to meetings. I opine that it takes less than 15 seconds to bring my phone to a full charge. Pop off back, pull battery, snap in charged battery, pop on back, put discharged battery in charger. About once a year, order two new batteries on Amazon, discard old batteries, continue process. Before trips, charge both batteries, put one in phone, one in pants pocket, (the little "5th pocket" in jeans is ideal) put charger in luggage.
I discovered early on that the small "5th pocket" in a standard pair of jeans is a perfect place for a spare phone battery. I use the Kindle app extensively on long plane trips, and being able to swap out the battery is a godsend.
...really. But at this moment, I can't think of any two commercial IT companies I trust less than HP and Microsoft. By a slim margin perhaps, but nevertheless.
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I think his last three movies qualify.
In your particular case, I'd buy a burner phone in Canada. Transfer your main number to the burner if necessary. If your carrier doesn't support that feature, change your voicemail message to something like "My dumb-ass wireless carrier wants me to pay roaming charges in Canada, and I refuse to play that game. Please call me at 587-...."
That's kind of what I'm getting at. It's an odd circumstance, where you own the object, and can make all kinds of changes to it, but make one particular change, and the feds will show up with handcuffs. Curious.
Granted, but regarding the phone, I don't think we're talking about twisting the phone in half and replacing it with tin cans and a string. Unlocking the phone doesn't substantially change the value, as far as I know, except it might increase it.
If you're talking about a mortgage, and not a rental, I don't think that's true. I'd like to see references.
Now, granted, in some rental arrangements you can't even hang up a picture.
One of the true tragedies of Hollywood.
Apartments are not the same thing. Rental does not imply ownership -- quite the opposite.
In a different thread, it was generally agreed that blowing Jar Jar to bloody scraps (Meesa...no...feelgooBOOM) in the first five minutes would add to the appeal of the new film.
I think the argument can be made that contrary to "assassinate the director", "not watch it" is a practical alternative. Life is too short for bad cinema. Or even for mediocre cinema. It is not necessary to watch every sequel and spin-off of a film no matter how successful. For instance, Lilo & Stitch was a great film. The rest of the franchise is not therefore worth watching, merely because they have the same characters and some of the same actors.
It's the mouse's money, and the mouse's properties, and they have a perfect right to do whatever they want with them. And we have a perfect right to say "that's crap, and they'd have to duct tape me to the chair to get me to watch it" if appropriate.
True. By extension, my house isn't truly mine until I pay off the mortgage. Does this mean I can't make any changes to it?
Jar Jar may still be around.
> But there are hundreds of lesser-known directors who might have done something.
Duncan Jones.
I have to confess, I like the idea of Ewoks and Jar Jar exploding into fleshy scraps, but I don't like the idea of going to another Michael Bay movie.
I find it interesting that here and on other websites, fans express interest in bringing back actors from the original trilogy, but nobody has expressed any interest in seeing actors from the prequels reprise their roles.
> California has a lousy public school system.
Depending on where you live, it can be lousy, or *really* lousy.
> We had frost two days ago. How's the weather?
Snow interspersed with freezing rain. But at least I can afford a house.
I grew up in the Sacramento area. Frost this time of year was common in the seventies, from my direct experience. Then, it got rare. Now, according to my relatives who still live there, it's making a comeback.
I don't really care who directs it. I'm more interested in finding out if Ford, Hamill and Fisher are going to be in it. I know they're old fogies now, but frankly after the horrors that were the prequels, I'd like nothing more than Han Solo with a blaster.
They have all expressed interest, and the story idea that's been floated so far has Luke being the head of a new academy. It's possible.
Not sure if Carrie would still fit into the bikini, though.
We could always.... not watch it.
Um, woosh?
NO NO! We hate it here! It's terrible! Don't move to California, the weather isn't nearly as nice as you think! And there are all these liberals everywhere! And the GAYS!
By all means move to the East Coast; or Texas! Anywhere else but here.
(wink wink).
signed,
lifelong Californian
I grew up in California, but when it became time to buy a house in an area where I could be gainfully employed, I had to move out of state. Just sayin'.
Yes, as opposed to conservatives who can fund their spending based upon sunshine and puppy farts.
It's astonishing to me how many conservatives seem to believe that you don't need taxes to pay for services. You can just keep lowering taxes on the rich and wind up with more money than you had before.
I'm neither, but in all fairness I think the idea is to spend less on services, or have fewer services.
SCO still exists?
Intellectual Ventures; I concede the point.
Never heard of Vringo.
But if it explodes, you may be hosed.
I suppose. And if monkeys fly out of my ass, that'll probably alarm the other passengers.
Ok, but more to the point I think you may be trying to make, true story -- I am a photographer, rarely use flash, but when I do, I use high current rechargeables. I was driving back from an assignment, and happened to have a set in my front left pocket. I smelled burning fabric shortly before feeling it, managed to get off the road with my pants smouldering but not yet bursting into flames. My house keys had shorted out one or more of the batteries.
But batteries left to themselves don't spontaneously explode, in my experience. If this were common, nobody would carry portable electronics. Or at very least, the viewing balcony at any large mall would be very entertaining. "There goes another one." "Wow, that skirt ignited quickly." "Must have been an import." "Here's someone trying to put her purse out." "Pants on fire, 3 o'clock!"
The thing is, there are separate chargers available for most phone batteries, and it's fairly trivial to keep one battery in the charger and one battery in the phone. A friend that has a ...4S or 5 or whatever is the most recent Apple toy, complains about forgetting to have put his phone on the charger the previous nite, and having to keep it on the charger on his desk while he goes to meetings. I opine that it takes less than 15 seconds to bring my phone to a full charge. Pop off back, pull battery, snap in charged battery, pop on back, put discharged battery in charger. About once a year, order two new batteries on Amazon, discard old batteries, continue process. Before trips, charge both batteries, put one in phone, one in pants pocket, (the little "5th pocket" in jeans is ideal) put charger in luggage.
I discovered early on that the small "5th pocket" in a standard pair of jeans is a perfect place for a spare phone battery. I use the Kindle app extensively on long plane trips, and being able to swap out the battery is a godsend.