"The ring was never hinted as being a _bad_ thing necessarily in The Hobbit, other than the fact that Gollum seemed to act a little strange in its presence."
It wasn't in the very *first* publication of the Hobbit. However, after Tolkien started working on the remaining three (he envisioned six) books he re-wrote a chapter of the Hobbit to bring the ring more in line with what it was in the Lord of the Rings. In fact, Tom Shippey, notes Tolkien had no concept of the "One Ring" while writing the Hobbit.
The chapter Tolkien modified after he began work on the Lord of the Rings and developed the idea of the One Ring has the contest between Bilbo and Gollum, where Bilbo tricks Gollum out of the ring - Chapter 5, Riddles in the Dark.
Also, there are several hints, especially when Bilbo lies to Gandalf about the power of the ring, that sould alert readers to the Ring's darker side.
You didn't specify what laptop you have - but the Brenthaven Mobility 1 holds a 12" or 14" iBook computer. The straps are perma-straps: no cheap $.79 buckle to bite the dust while you $1500 laptop and $79 laptop hit the pavement. I never trust buckles so I go for bags with the straps sewn in.
This bag has a padded compartment for the iBook with a second internal slot for a small book (currently holding Learning UML) and two other smaller pockets - one for my iPod the other for various cables.
The flap opens to reveal a second pocket (Palm) and smaller ones for business cards and pens and a stun gun or my iSight. On either end are two pockets that can hold water a water bottle (it has a leash to keep it in the pocket) or sunglasses or whatever.
Is a mighty pen. I'm not sure how much more mightier than the sword, though I'm not rough and tough so I will have to pit wit against sword...
This pen is classic - torpedo shaped with the widest portion of the pen near the clip and hence where the pen rests in the space between thumb and index finger. This is important when writing fast.
Because it is titanium it is extremely light - but this places a premium on the refills. Always buy Cross refills! That's important with a light pen because it's very easy to push down and tire the hand out - easy to do when so much writing is done with a word processor. I use the ballpoint model.
I have the pen and pencil and each retails for about $110.00 - though there are models starting at around &75.00.
This has been my exclusive pen for three years now. The pen seems to stand up to any weight of paper and the refills are of high enough quality it can draw lines without losing ink on the ballpoint. This is great for making quick workflow and functional drawings on paper. Seems to work on a single sheet on the table or in a notebook with no loss of writing quality.
Is a single box containing all STNG episodes. You know the job hunt is largely worseless, and if you spent (any) severance money on something like this buyer's remorse would be steep ("Honey... you spent how much on what?!).
This is the perfect severance package: great shows and lots of time to watch them.
"With the current advances in biology, we as a society are facing the real possibility that "immortality" could some day be the norm."
"We as a society" (whatever that means) can't get anything close to an even distribution of medical products and services, and haven't, for pobably the better part of all of recorded history.
I significantly doubt that's going to happen when people are dying of preventable diseases because their health insurance company won't cover the treatment or the co-pay it too high for an average person to afford.
At least coffins and burial plots and headstones keep pace with inflation. The only immortality you and I will see is when we swoop down on (hopefully) angel wings and read our tombstones.
"Purchases from the iTunes Music Store are available only in the United States and are not available in any other location. You agree not to use or attempt to use the service from outside of the available territory."
iTunes (a service) is not available outside the U.S. iPods and Apple, to best of my knowledge, do not delete songs if you listen to them outside of the U.S.
"A set is composed of elements"
Which means Mozilla is composed of a browser, email client, and HTML editor.
"A set is comprising element"
Which means Mozilla combines a browser, email client, and HTML editor?
But what do we do about the name of the Mozilla editor: "Mozilla"? Does that comprise Mozilla or is Mozilla composed because of it?
Can we compose sites with Mozilla's Composer, or does that compromise the composition of your argument?
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LOL. Could not have been stated better.
"The ring was never hinted as being a _bad_ thing necessarily in The Hobbit, other than the fact that Gollum seemed to act a little strange in its presence."
It wasn't in the very *first* publication of the Hobbit. However, after Tolkien started working on the remaining three (he envisioned six) books he re-wrote a chapter of the Hobbit to bring the ring more in line with what it was in the Lord of the Rings. In fact, Tom Shippey, notes Tolkien had no concept of the "One Ring" while writing the Hobbit.
The chapter Tolkien modified after he began work on the Lord of the Rings and developed the idea of the One Ring has the contest between Bilbo and Gollum, where Bilbo tricks Gollum out of the ring - Chapter 5, Riddles in the Dark.
Also, there are several hints, especially when Bilbo lies to Gandalf about the power of the ring, that sould alert readers to the Ring's darker side.
You didn't specify what laptop you have - but the Brenthaven Mobility 1 holds a 12" or 14" iBook computer. The straps are perma-straps: no cheap $.79 buckle to bite the dust while you $1500 laptop and $79 laptop hit the pavement. I never trust buckles so I go for bags with the straps sewn in.
This bag has a padded compartment for the iBook with a second internal slot for a small book (currently holding Learning UML) and two other smaller pockets - one for my iPod the other for various cables.
The flap opens to reveal a second pocket (Palm) and smaller ones for business cards and pens and a stun gun or my iSight. On either end are two pockets that can hold water a water bottle (it has a leash to keep it in the pocket) or sunglasses or whatever.
They make various sizes. Here's mine.
ROTFLMAO. What a great idea! Patent violations for folks like the blaster author. You oughta patent that!
"Most skeptics think pirates are the real cause of disappearances."
Maybe it was a combination of the pirates and their gas!
Is a mighty pen. I'm not sure how much more mightier than the sword, though I'm not rough and tough so I will have to pit wit against sword ...
This pen is classic - torpedo shaped with the widest portion of the pen near the clip and hence where the pen rests in the space between thumb and index finger. This is important when writing fast.
Because it is titanium it is extremely light - but this places a premium on the refills. Always buy Cross refills! That's important with a light pen because it's very easy to push down and tire the hand out - easy to do when so much writing is done with a word processor. I use the ballpoint model.
I have the pen and pencil and each retails for about $110.00 - though there are models starting at around &75.00.
This has been my exclusive pen for three years now. The pen seems to stand up to any weight of paper and the refills are of high enough quality it can draw lines without losing ink on the ballpoint. This is great for making quick workflow and functional drawings on paper. Seems to work on a single sheet on the table or in a notebook with no loss of writing quality.
Cross Townsend Ball-Point Pens.
Is a single box containing all STNG episodes. You know the job hunt is largely worseless, and if you spent (any) severance money on something like this buyer's remorse would be steep ("Honey ... you spent how much on what?!).
This is the perfect severance package: great shows and lots of time to watch them.
Imagine the poor slob running a version of Linux on his PalmOS with a pirated MP3 file. SCO, RIAA, and E-Pass should coordinate their efforts.
"May you litigate in interesting times".
"With the current advances in biology, we as a society are facing the real possibility that "immortality" could some day be the norm." "We as a society" (whatever that means) can't get anything close to an even distribution of medical products and services, and haven't, for pobably the better part of all of recorded history. I significantly doubt that's going to happen when people are dying of preventable diseases because their health insurance company won't cover the treatment or the co-pay it too high for an average person to afford. At least coffins and burial plots and headstones keep pace with inflation. The only immortality you and I will see is when we swoop down on (hopefully) angel wings and read our tombstones.
"And, it is trival compared to creating a floating hologram." Build it, then.
From the first paragraph:
"Purchases from the iTunes Music Store are available only in the United States and are not available in any other location. You agree not to use or attempt to use the service from outside of the available territory."
iTunes (a service) is not available outside the U.S. iPods and Apple, to best of my knowledge, do not delete songs if you listen to them outside of the U.S.
I hail from Idaho. We step on Lizards up there. Then toss them, by the tail, to Washington state hoping they make it to Redmond. ;-)
"A set is composed of elements" Which means Mozilla is composed of a browser, email client, and HTML editor. "A set is comprising element" Which means Mozilla combines a browser, email client, and HTML editor? But what do we do about the name of the Mozilla editor: "Mozilla"? Does that comprise Mozilla or is Mozilla composed because of it? Can we compose sites with Mozilla's Composer, or does that compromise the composition of your argument?