Don't you mean their Verizon bill is going to suck?
I thought about making a Verizon joke, but since that also offer fiber service, which doesn't charge you per transferred byte, I was afraid the joke would be too confusing.
Though your case study of two units is hardly statistically meaningful, I do share your sentiment.
Agreed. I would have preferred to know the failure rate before buying them. Are those data even publicly known?
I would have had to buy the PS3 anyway, since I needed to do some research involving the Cell processor. But I sure regret looking like a jerk to the random Craigslist guy.
Of the two PS3 owners that I know (a friend and myself), both have had the Blue-ray drive fail. And mine failed just after I sold the console on Craigslist, making me look like a fraud.
An extra sentence is hardly wordy especially if it makes you look like you have a clue.
I got modded troll? Oh how I love this place sometimes.
As the expression says, "Brevity is the soul of wit." Sometimes you have to sacrifice precision in order to make a joke work at all.
As far as why you were modded a troll, I have two guesses:
(1) It was kind of mean-spirited to call for my post being modded as a troll, when it wasn't obvious to the moderator that I was actually trolling. It could have seemed like you were a little quick to call for a lynching. Or...
(2) The moderator was being funny. I.e., "Someone mode this guy a troll", and they interpreted "this" to mean "the author of this present post." If that's what was going on, it was actually pretty funny for the moderator to do that, in a dry humor kind of way.
An unbiased review of a movie? Someone buy this guy a dictionary and highlight the words subjectivity, opinion and art. A review isn't a scientific document. Are you really that new to the world?
A review can also be an estimation about whether or not most of the people reading the review would like the movie. As an estimate, it would be potentially subject to bias.
I was trying to say that the Matrix sequels sucked, and the Star Wars prequels sucked. But I thought making such a distinction would make my post too wordy.
There lies the dilemma... do you avoid the sequels or just the prequels? On one hand the sequels could rock, and the prequels... well, think Prawns bouncing around going "meesa peeeeple gonnna die?!"
Then on the other hand, the sequels could be total crap... it's a tough call.
Please put a bullet in these shaky cams. For whatever reason they're being used, it's not worth it.
I agree, but for a different reason. I Netflix a lot of movies so that I don't get bored while on my treadmill. Scenes with shaky cameras actually make it a little harder to keep my balance, especially if the other lights in the room are turned off so that the video is my main visual frame of reference.
Most of us can't even reliably archive our family photos on a computer.
Some companies charged with keeping people frozen cryogenicly can't even be trusted to do that job, and in those scenarios, the frozen person's potential future life is at stake.
All those important post-mortem details mentioned in the summary can very reliably be handled with a safe deposit box, and one or more executors.
Also, I don't know if you took your kids to see it and then said "omg I didn't want them to see that", but you can look up the reasons why a movie was given a particular rating and that would definitely tip you off to the sex stuff.
It was the "OMG" scenario you mentioned. I got careless with this, and Transformers bit me in the ass.
And I don't see why a sci fi series dealing with adult themes should be made child friendly.
Interesting that you'd say that. After growing up with original series, I couldn't see why a fun, cool sci-fi show that needed to become a sometimes-brutal, sexualized thriller.
I agree that the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises have been devastated by recent films, but I'd say that has far more to do with George Lucas' touch-of-death, than with an industry-wide attempt to make movies suitable for kids.
As far as Transformers, I'm not sure what they were trying to accomplish. With the vulgarity and sex scenes, they actually ruined the movie for kids. (Or more specifically, they made parents like me unwilling to bring our kids. Obviously different parents have different ideas about what constitutes good parenting.) But at the same time, the lack of plot made Transformers entirely unsuitable for adults as well. I'm guessing it was thoroughly enjoyed from boys aged 13-16, and that's about it.
And I'm not required to watch the drek the movie'll be.
But even if every bit of onscreen violence is taken out, the main idea that mankind has almost been obliterated and is now being hunted by remorseless machines is adult and not all that suitable for kids.
I wasn't proposing having the BSG movie be "Elmo in Space." I'd be perfectly willing to bring my older kids to a movie with space fights, Centurions vs. Colonial warriors shooting each other with side-arms, etc. Even with scenes showing the nuking of their home planet and possibly having to leave some behind.
What I won't bring my kids to is babies having their necks snapped, or the sex scene where the Cylon skin-job mounted on top of Baltar, with her spine lighting up as she has an orgasm.
I really don't care whether or not a BSG movie exists with the qualities described in the paragraph immediately above this one. Have a blast. I'm just saying I hope there's a movie in the BSG franchise that has the cool stuff I liked from the 70's series, without the stuff that makes me unwilling to bring my kids to mentioned in the paragraph above. I'm really pretty baffled as to why this is such an inflamatory view.
Except that the new BSG ISN'T the show you enjoyed as a kid. If you want your kids to enjoy the BSG you liked when you were young, go buy the original BSG series on dvd for them.
Correct. But the new BSG movie isn't required to be like either the 70's TV show, or the recent SciFi Channel remake.
All I was saying is that I hope the movie is suitable for kids.
Are we not allowed to have adult sci-fi now? If you want to let your kids watch sci-fi theres plenty of sacharrine shit from Pixar and the like available.
"The SciFi remake even bothered me as an adult (the part where at the beginning of the series, the Cylon chick snaps a human baby's neck.)"
You're coming across as just a teensy bit wet my friend.
You say I should go to Pixar films. I say you should watch the Saw movies. People with your tastes have no more claim on the BSG franchise than people with my tastes.
I was just saying that I wanted my kids to be able to enjoy something that I enjoyed when I was their age. I'm sorry that's hard for you to handle.
the new movie will not be related to the recently concluded SyFy Network series
I can only hope. The 1970's show was something I loved as a kid (I remember running to the TV when I heard the theme song come one), and it's something my little kids have enjoyed. The SciFi remake even bothered me as an adult (the part where at the beginning of the series, the Cylon chick snaps a human baby's neck.)
There's an audience for this kind of fiction (as I'm sure SciFi's ratings proved), but I'd much rather have something I could take my kids to and just plain enjoy.
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Don't you mean their Verizon bill is going to suck?
I thought about making a Verizon joke, but since that also offer fiber service, which doesn't charge you per transferred byte, I was afraid the joke would be too confusing.
Their Cingular bill is going to suck.
My friend told me he saw a few of these and he was very upset. Not about the portrayl of Obama, but that they don't understand the Joker at all.
He got really upset about that? He must have a head full of bad wiring or something.
Though your case study of two units is hardly statistically meaningful, I do share your sentiment.
Agreed. I would have preferred to know the failure rate before buying them. Are those data even publicly known?
I would have had to buy the PS3 anyway, since I needed to do some research involving the Cell processor. But I sure regret looking like a jerk to the random Craigslist guy.
How about they release "PS3 Reliable edition"?
Of the two PS3 owners that I know (a friend and myself), both have had the Blue-ray drive fail. And mine failed just after I sold the console on Craigslist, making me look like a fraud.
An extra sentence is hardly wordy especially if it makes you look like you have a clue.
I got modded troll? Oh how I love this place sometimes.
As the expression says, "Brevity is the soul of wit." Sometimes you have to sacrifice precision in order to make a joke work at all.
As far as why you were modded a troll, I have two guesses:
(1) It was kind of mean-spirited to call for my post being modded as a troll, when it wasn't obvious to the moderator that I was actually trolling. It could have seemed like you were a little quick to call for a lynching. Or...
(2) The moderator was being funny. I.e., "Someone mode this guy a troll", and they interpreted "this" to mean "the author of this present post." If that's what was going on, it was actually pretty funny for the moderator to do that, in a dry humor kind of way.
An unbiased review of a movie? Someone buy this guy a dictionary and highlight the words subjectivity, opinion and art. A review isn't a scientific document. Are you really that new to the world?
A review can also be an estimation about whether or not most of the people reading the review would like the movie. As an estimate, it would be potentially subject to bias.
Must be a very large ass if he needs a nuclear powered photocopier.
It's mean to call him that. You've never even met him!
No it will just continue to work with on-site power after I send the photocopy to the power company in place of my bill.
Maybe a sign that you should hit the gym more?
Then they can give the reactor to me and I can finally send the power company a photocopy of my ass
What, your photocopier only works with on-site nuclear power?
I was trying to say that the Matrix sequels sucked, and the Star Wars prequels sucked. But I thought making such a distinction would make my post too wordy.
There lies the dilemma... do you avoid the sequels or just the prequels? On one hand the sequels could rock, and the prequels... well, think Prawns bouncing around going "meesa peeeeple gonnna die?!"
Then on the other hand, the sequels could be total crap... it's a tough call.
Shut them down. Shut them all down, R2!!!
I agree, but for a different reason. I Netflix a lot of movies so that I don't get bored while on my treadmill. Scenes with shaky cameras actually make it a little harder to keep my balance, especially if the other lights in the room are turned off so that the video is my main visual frame of reference.
Okay, thanks for heads up! I will definitely avoid the sequels!
We can only hope that they're one Administration too late to pull it off.
Thank goodness for the extra effort required to walk into a gas station to buy a state-run-lottery ticket.
I'm glad the FBI is thinking of the children.
Most of us can't even reliably archive our family photos on a computer.
Some companies charged with keeping people frozen cryogenicly can't even be trusted to do that job, and in those scenarios, the frozen person's potential future life is at stake.
All those important post-mortem details mentioned in the summary can very reliably be handled with a safe deposit box, and one or more executors.
Also, I don't know if you took your kids to see it and then said "omg I didn't want them to see that", but you can look up the reasons why a movie was given a particular rating and that would definitely tip you off to the sex stuff.
It was the "OMG" scenario you mentioned. I got careless with this, and Transformers bit me in the ass.
Interesting that you'd say that. After growing up with original series, I couldn't see why a fun, cool sci-fi show that needed to become a sometimes-brutal, sexualized thriller.
I agree that the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises have been devastated by recent films, but I'd say that has far more to do with George Lucas' touch-of-death, than with an industry-wide attempt to make movies suitable for kids.
As far as Transformers, I'm not sure what they were trying to accomplish. With the vulgarity and sex scenes, they actually ruined the movie for kids. (Or more specifically, they made parents like me unwilling to bring our kids. Obviously different parents have different ideas about what constitutes good parenting.) But at the same time, the lack of plot made Transformers entirely unsuitable for adults as well. I'm guessing it was thoroughly enjoyed from boys aged 13-16, and that's about it.
And I'm not required to watch the drek the movie'll be.
But even if every bit of onscreen violence is taken out, the main idea that mankind has almost been obliterated and is now being hunted by remorseless machines is adult and not all that suitable for kids.
I wasn't proposing having the BSG movie be "Elmo in Space." I'd be perfectly willing to bring my older kids to a movie with space fights, Centurions vs. Colonial warriors shooting each other with side-arms, etc. Even with scenes showing the nuking of their home planet and possibly having to leave some behind.
What I won't bring my kids to is babies having their necks snapped, or the sex scene where the Cylon skin-job mounted on top of Baltar, with her spine lighting up as she has an orgasm.
I really don't care whether or not a BSG movie exists with the qualities described in the paragraph immediately above this one. Have a blast. I'm just saying I hope there's a movie in the BSG franchise that has the cool stuff I liked from the 70's series, without the stuff that makes me unwilling to bring my kids to mentioned in the paragraph above. I'm really pretty baffled as to why this is such an inflamatory view.
Except that the new BSG ISN'T the show you enjoyed as a kid. If you want your kids to enjoy the BSG you liked when you were young, go buy the original BSG series on dvd for them.
Correct. But the new BSG movie isn't required to be like either the 70's TV show, or the recent SciFi Channel remake.
All I was saying is that I hope the movie is suitable for kids.
Are we not allowed to have adult sci-fi now? If you want to let your kids watch sci-fi theres plenty of sacharrine shit from Pixar and the like available.
"The SciFi remake even bothered me as an adult (the part where at the beginning of the series, the Cylon chick snaps a human baby's neck.)"
You're coming across as just a teensy bit wet my friend.
You say I should go to Pixar films. I say you should watch the Saw movies. People with your tastes have no more claim on the BSG franchise than people with my tastes.
I was just saying that I wanted my kids to be able to enjoy something that I enjoyed when I was their age. I'm sorry that's hard for you to handle.
I can only hope. The 1970's show was something I loved as a kid (I remember running to the TV when I heard the theme song come one), and it's something my little kids have enjoyed. The SciFi remake even bothered me as an adult (the part where at the beginning of the series, the Cylon chick snaps a human baby's neck.)
There's an audience for this kind of fiction (as I'm sure SciFi's ratings proved), but I'd much rather have something I could take my kids to and just plain enjoy.
Price-wise, I'd say yes. Motherboards with > 2 CPU sockets tend to be super-expensive.
I believe it's a lot cheaper to get 8 cores using 2 chips than it is using 4 chips, for example.