One of the things I see as a probable cause of conflict is that some of the key scenes in the movie, and key scenes of character development, is that Ender basically gets picked on, and then retaliates by beating is antagonizers to death.
They don't have to be bloody fights. If I understand the ratings system, blood and gore is more offensive than good clean pain and death. In fact, the deaths shouldn't be too obvious to the viewers, since Ender himself doesn't realize that he has killed anyone. The fights should demonstrate that although physically Ender is the underdog, he is a very intelligent fighter who goes all out, not stopping until his opponent is thoroughly whipped.
If they had it available, the Russians would love to rent WB an orbiting sound stage. It's not unthinkable and probably inevitable with the eventual commercialization of space. Between movies, it could be rented out for amazing corporate retreats. Would sure beat a ropes course.
I agree on both points. Science is the study of the laws of nature. Whether anything or anyone exists outside of nature is outside of the bounds of scientific inquiry. However, educated people should know about ideas that are not scientific. That is why science classes are normally allocated only an hour a day.
Although religous indocrination doesn't belong in school, an education that ignores the significance of religion is incomplete. Understanding the role of the supernatural in human thought does not mean agreeing or passing judgement on ideas that cannot be confirmed scientifically. A person who does't understand the influence of religion on our nation's history or doesn't understand the beliefs of the major religions of the modern world cannot interact properly with those who do have different faiths.
In the interest of keeping religous doctrination out of schools, I fear that the public education system is leaving out stuff that should be a required part of history, philosopy, or social studies. Just not science.
Jurassic Park is a great example of how to do an adaptation. The movie made perfect sense as a story even though it left out about half of the the events in the book and most of the "science education". Plus, they made the little girl more interesting, so that they had two complete characters instead of an interesting boy and a girl that just stood around taking up space.
LotR apparently makes a better movie than a book, because I can't stay awake when I try to read it. I'd have no idea what it's about without the movie.
Haven't read Princess Bride, but I love the movie, so maybe I should give it a try.
Assuming it is as well made and faithful as the reviews claim, you might consider the movie to be a trailer for the book. In most cases, when a movie adaptation is made of a classic book, if you enjoy the movie, you will love the book. Worst case is you'll get to see the most realistic talking CGI character.
Check out this documentary, in which Al-Jazeera compares favorably as less biased than Foxnews. Interesting interviews with our military spokespeople, too.
I agree that the ISP should have correct contact information on file. It makes good business sense as long as they don't abuse it. I just don't think it needs to be published in the whois directory. Buying a private domain listing is exactly like buying an unlisted landline from the phone company. People have been using the names of their pets for decades to avoid paying the fee to be unlisted.
That's why I pay the fee for the private registration. My Snail Mail box was filling up with Internet related spam. The fake info method used to be the only way to be private, so those who cared got into the habit early. Once a habit is established, it is difficult to change.
back when I was with BS, they charged me a fee for having no LD carrier. I couldn't get them to do away with the fee until I signed up with a LD carrier who didn't have a monthly minimum. But every other month BS figured out someone to overcharge me. They were always happy to remove the charge if I call customer service, but it happened too often, and the wait for person was much too long, so I switched to MCI, not exactly a saintly company either, but the bill is the same every month. MCI no longer sells in Georgia, but they didn't kick off the existing customers and they didn't raise the rates.
Ugh, my folks used to have them for landline with DSL until they moved closer to town. Their DSL was slower than my dialup. Now they have BellSouth DSL and thinks it's great. But, I think that says more about Alltel than Bell.
You have to price out the whole package, you can't have VOIP without broadband, BellSouth doesn't allow DSL (from anyone) unless you also have their landline. So in BellSouth land, you gotta have a landline anyway, unless you go to the cable company for everything and they are even more expensive.
Now, if the dorm has wifi or wired ethernet in the room for free, that makes the decision a lot simpler. If you need to use the phone away from the room, get cell, otherwise landline is fine, unless cell has free long distance that you need. Cell wins out most of the time unless your internet depends on landline.
You don't by chance live near Duluth, Ga. This accept thing happened with a Walmart here and it was a huge deal in the news who for some reason expected the high school principal to accept responsibility since most of the kids went to his school. But, the scheme went on for months before being discovered and involved quite a few kids.
I will tell you right now that there are many many scientists who "use themselves" for their research.
Which isn't at all what happened here. Pressuring subordinates, even if unintentional, isn't the same thing. It's sort of like mistaking masturbation for prostitution.
Damn that's expensive! are students allowed to borrow/share/steal? I can see paying this kind of money if it is necessary for your job, but for someone who might not ever be able to work, this would be a major gamble with money they don't have. This is more than a monthly benefits check in the USA.
Here's a solution. Smuggle guns and ammo into countries with no respect for private property. Let the inner hope of revolution make real change. Rights won't be protected with sanctions. Only by blood do we truly stop those who dare to take our lives, our properties and our natural right to both.
I'm all for creating revolution and anarchy in badmanistan, but we must be careful which revolutionaries we help out. This is essentially what we did in Afganistan with the help of Bin Laden before we realized that he wasn't on our side either.
Rather than having one transformer and a bunch of inefficient DC-DC inverters, it would be simpler and more efficient to have one multitap transformer located in your home office. It wouldn't be much bigger than today's state of the art wall wart. Using different shaped plugs and jacks for different DC levels would make it virtually idiot proof.
"A person may not purposely hinder the rights of another to use their computers and must not purposely attempt to harm or destroy another's computer."
You could just as easily say:
"A person may not purposely hinder the rights of another to use their property and must not purposely attempt to harm or destroy another's property."
You need to be more specific if you want to distinguish crimes using technology from other property crimes. New laws must do more than simply restate old laws with different words. They should add meaning, not narrow the existing law to only one type of property as yours does.
One thing you missed in your explanation of why kids don't get held back. The fragile psyches is just a cover story, the real reason is that schools don't think they can afford to keep the kids around an extra year.
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One of the things I see as a probable cause of conflict is that some of the key scenes in the movie, and key scenes of character development, is that Ender basically gets picked on, and then retaliates by beating is antagonizers to death.
They don't have to be bloody fights. If I understand the ratings system, blood and gore is more offensive than good clean pain and death. In fact, the deaths shouldn't be too obvious to the viewers, since Ender himself doesn't realize that he has killed anyone. The fights should demonstrate that although physically Ender is the underdog, he is a very intelligent fighter who goes all out, not stopping until his opponent is thoroughly whipped.
If they had it available, the Russians would love to rent WB an orbiting sound stage. It's not unthinkable and probably inevitable with the eventual commercialization of space. Between movies, it could be rented out for amazing corporate retreats. Would sure beat a ropes course.
I agree on both points. Science is the study of the laws of nature. Whether anything or anyone exists outside of nature is outside of the bounds of scientific inquiry. However, educated people should know about ideas that are not scientific. That is why science classes are normally allocated only an hour a day.
Although religous indocrination doesn't belong in school, an education that ignores the significance of religion is incomplete. Understanding the role of the supernatural in human thought does not mean agreeing or passing judgement on ideas that cannot be confirmed scientifically. A person who does't understand the influence of religion on our nation's history or doesn't understand the beliefs of the major religions of the modern world cannot interact properly with those who do have different faiths.
In the interest of keeping religous doctrination out of schools, I fear that the public education system is leaving out stuff that should be a required part of history, philosopy, or social studies. Just not science.
Jurassic Park is a great example of how to do an adaptation. The movie made perfect sense as a story even though it left out about half of the the events in the book and most of the "science education". Plus, they made the little girl more interesting, so that they had two complete characters instead of an interesting boy and a girl that just stood around taking up space.
LotR apparently makes a better movie than a book, because I can't stay awake when I try to read it. I'd have no idea what it's about without the movie.
Haven't read Princess Bride, but I love the movie, so maybe I should give it a try.
Assuming it is as well made and faithful as the reviews claim, you might consider the movie to be a trailer for the book. In most cases, when a movie adaptation is made of a classic book, if you enjoy the movie, you will love the book. Worst case is you'll get to see the most realistic talking CGI character.
Check out this documentary, in which Al-Jazeera compares favorably as less biased than Foxnews. Interesting interviews with our military spokespeople, too.
Control Room
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0449908577/103-09 72882-3463854?v=glance&n=283155
You forgot Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Maybe the others are nicknames of other former Prime Ministers?
I agree that the ISP should have correct contact information on file. It makes good business sense as long as they don't abuse it. I just don't think it needs to be published in the whois directory. Buying a private domain listing is exactly like buying an unlisted landline from the phone company. People have been using the names of their pets for decades to avoid paying the fee to be unlisted.
That's why I pay the fee for the private registration. My Snail Mail box was filling up with Internet related spam. The fake info method used to be the only way to be private, so those who cared got into the habit early. Once a habit is established, it is difficult to change.
back when I was with BS, they charged me a fee for having no LD carrier. I couldn't get them to do away with the fee until I signed up with a LD carrier who didn't have a monthly minimum. But every other month BS figured out someone to overcharge me. They were always happy to remove the charge if I call customer service, but it happened too often, and the wait for person was much too long, so I switched to MCI, not exactly a saintly company either, but the bill is the same every month. MCI no longer sells in Georgia, but they didn't kick off the existing customers and they didn't raise the rates.
Ugh, my folks used to have them for landline with DSL until they moved closer to town. Their DSL was slower than my dialup. Now they have BellSouth DSL and thinks it's great. But, I think that says more about Alltel than Bell.
You have to price out the whole package, you can't have VOIP without broadband, BellSouth doesn't allow DSL (from anyone) unless you also have their landline. So in BellSouth land, you gotta have a landline anyway, unless you go to the cable company for everything and they are even more expensive.
Now, if the dorm has wifi or wired ethernet in the room for free, that makes the decision a lot simpler. If you need to use the phone away from the room, get cell, otherwise landline is fine, unless cell has free long distance that you need. Cell wins out most of the time unless your internet depends on landline.
Now that is petty. Who's running Bellsouth, teenage girls?
You don't by chance live near Duluth, Ga. This accept thing happened with a Walmart here and it was a huge deal in the news who for some reason expected the high school principal to accept responsibility since most of the kids went to his school. But, the scheme went on for months before being discovered and involved quite a few kids.
" If this list is for the still living..."
It's not, fictional characters were never ever alive to begin with.
I will tell you right now that there are many many scientists who "use themselves" for their research.
Which isn't at all what happened here. Pressuring subordinates, even if unintentional, isn't the same thing. It's sort of like mistaking masturbation for prostitution.
Here's a solution. Smuggle guns and ammo into countries with no respect for private property. Let the inner hope of revolution make real change. Rights won't be protected with sanctions. Only by blood do we truly stop those who dare to take our lives, our properties and our natural right to both.
I'm all for creating revolution and anarchy in badmanistan, but we must be careful which revolutionaries we help out. This is essentially what we did in Afganistan with the help of Bin Laden before we realized that he wasn't on our side either.
Rather than having one transformer and a bunch of inefficient DC-DC inverters, it would be simpler and more efficient to have one multitap transformer located in your home office. It wouldn't be much bigger than today's state of the art wall wart. Using different shaped plugs and jacks for different DC levels would make it virtually idiot proof.
Surely this catagory is completely unneccesary:
_ Slashdot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Linked_from
"A person may not purposely hinder the rights of another to use their computers and must not purposely attempt to harm or destroy another's computer."
You could just as easily say:
"A person may not purposely hinder the rights of another to use their property and must not purposely attempt to harm or destroy another's property."
You need to be more specific if you want to distinguish crimes using technology from other property crimes. New laws must do more than simply restate old laws with different words. They should add meaning, not narrow the existing law to only one type of property as yours does.
One thing you missed in your explanation of why kids don't get held back. The fragile psyches is just a cover story, the real reason is that schools don't think they can afford to keep the kids around an extra year.
If you add in all the taxes your grocer, department store, and other suppliers pass along, you'll get even closer.
Or maybe I'm thinking of inciteful.