Leading up to this book, I had been railing on and on about how, if it turned out that... he didn't go study magic in the restricted section of the Hogwarts library, then the final battle between him and Voldemort would be ultra-lame and unbelievable...
I also think the final duel between Harry and Voldemort was pretty good.
He defeated Voldemort with Expelliarmus. So really, your prediction ended up being both true (the spell was, itself, very basic) and false (it did indeed end up being Harry's "trademark," and the events surrounding the duel were compelling) at the same time!
Okay, five. I see that she probably was trying to do what you said, but even with those, most of the characters were either evil people, who liked to eat babies and deserved nothing but the basest treatment (Fenrir Greyback, the Lestranges, the Malfoys...
Go re-read the end of the book; you missed something rather important.
She didn't bother trying to mess around with any deeper commentary, and regardless of what your high-school teacher says, that's a good thing.
Spoilers:
Think about Dumbledore's old friend, G--. Now consider Dumbledore's age, and realize that friendship would have been about 60-70 years ago. Finally, recall what was happening (in real life) in Germany about that time.
Compare the changes in the Ministry's policies over the latter three books (note when they were written) to the (again, real life) policies of the British and American governments.
Of course humans in the story can use magic without wands! Remember in the first book, of Harry removing the glass of the snake display? Or in the seventh book, of Snape's early memories with Lily?
Besides, it isn't only that Griphook implies that; it's pretty much stated outright.
I'm not "playing a gotcha game," I'm trying to make a point. And anyway, quit trying to weasel out of the question! You were the one who started this by spreading FUD! Let me remind you of what you said:
Most of their objections are due to the GPL 3's attempt to control hardware design and usage.
Also, let me remind you of what else you said:
The FSF has sent some squads to the LKML (Linux Kernel Mail List) to argue why the kernel developers "misunderstand", but so far I don't think they've convinced anyone, made any solid arguments, or overcome the kernel developers objections.
So, hypocritical much? It seems to me that you're the one failing to make any solid arguments!
So, how's about it: will you finally stand behind what you say, and substantiate your claim? Or will you continue to whine, and whinge, and spread FUD like the coward and shill you are?
Isn't it part of the FCC's responsibility, as given to them by Congress, to monitor/police the airwaves and to determine what would be considered "indecent"?
What type of TV are you planning on watching with your seven year old child that contains the word "fuck" anyway?
Unless I'm misreading the article, this legislation is about the kind of accidental profanity that occurs, say, during the (live broadcast) evening news when the guy holding the boom mike slips and knocks the anchor in the head, who then exclaims "fuck, that hurt!" without thinking.
What, you're saying you're incapable of properly raising your kids (e.g. by turning off the TV when it's playing something you don't want them to see)? Fine, then you're an incompetant, bad parent and we should have DFACS take them away from you! How's that sound?
Are you arguing that a hardware designer can use GPL 3 code and not worry about whether his hardware design fits today's FSF requirements?
Yes! I assert that there is no possible arrangement of transistors that the GPLv3 does not allow, including arrangements that function to enable DRM. Prove me wrong!
Police find suspected malware author Fucking Killed(TM) in his apartment
Dateline: Redmond, WA
Police today are baffled by the scene discovered in the home of Grigori Kuznetsov, a young programmer from the former Soviet Union. The unfortunate fellow had not only been apparently murdered via blunt trauma to the head, but his chest had been ripped open and the heart removed. The only clues left at the scene were the broken remains of a chair and an "impossibly large" pool of sweat.
When questioned, neighbors reported hearing some strange noises the night before. "It sounded almost like someone yelling 'developers! developers! developers! developers!'," Bob, who lives directly below Grigori, said. "My wife [Ms. Bob] also says she heard a weird scream, like "Yeeearrrgghhhh!" Another resident of the complex, a barber who identified himself by his nickname, "Clippy," reported seeing a bald, ape-like creature running away from the scene. "I think it was Sasquatch," Clippy said. "By the way, it looks like you're trying to investigate a murder. Can I help you with that?"
So far, police say there are no real leads. "From the evidence and testimony given by the witnesses," the detective in charge, Paul Allen, says, "it seems like some kind of supernatural vicious beast attacked the poor guy, beat him to death with a chair, and then ripped his heart out and ate it. But of course, that's impossible."
Readers with any information or leads should contact the Redmond police department.
So you want to add massive increases in costs (I do mean massive) for what comes out to a false sense of security. Likely since it will have less overview than existing OSes
Bullshit! It's a voting machine, for crying out loud! All it does is count! My pocket calculator has a fancier OS than a voting machine needs!
I was under impression linksys products required a hack via insecure web form to get into the os to replace it, but apparently thats no longer the case.
As far as I can tell from looking at the installation page for one of the replacement firmwares, there's no hack involved.
So, what did Tivo do that was ALWAYS wrong?
Disabling the hardware from running user-modified (and therefore, unsigned) software.
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He defeated Voldemort with Expelliarmus. So really, your prediction ended up being both true (the spell was, itself, very basic) and false (it did indeed end up being Harry's "trademark," and the events surrounding the duel were compelling) at the same time!
Go re-read the end of the book; you missed something rather important.
I think you're confused. The study of language is "linguistics." It's the study of literature that's (often) bullshit.
For what it's worth, I think the Harry Potter series is just as valuable as literature as those books, in it's own way.
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I hate to break it to you, but that more-or-less happens in every book.
Of course humans in the story can use magic without wands! Remember in the first book, of Harry removing the glass of the snake display? Or in the seventh book, of Snape's early memories with Lily?
Besides, it isn't only that Griphook implies that; it's pretty much stated outright.
Fine. Substantiate your claims, please. That is all.
I'm not "playing a gotcha game," I'm trying to make a point. And anyway, quit trying to weasel out of the question! You were the one who started this by spreading FUD! Let me remind you of what you said:
Also, let me remind you of what else you said:
So, hypocritical much? It seems to me that you're the one failing to make any solid arguments!
So, how's about it: will you finally stand behind what you say, and substantiate your claim? Or will you continue to whine, and whinge, and spread FUD like the coward and shill you are?
Put up or shut up, damnit!
Oh, so you're a spammer too? Or does "targeted communications" mean you're an (equally scummy) telemarketer or bulk-[snail-]mailer?
Hmm... I'm gonna have to say that's a tie.
No, it had the potential to be a damn good piece of hardware. Unfortunately you can't access the GPU from Linux, so it isn't.
So, people should have to pay to subscribe to cable to see other people's free speech? You advocate censoring children and poor people?
It sure as Hell shouldn't be!
I was going to try to think up a counterexample, such as an adult video store or an alley containing a drug dealer, but then I realized you're right!
Unless I'm misreading the article, this legislation is about the kind of accidental profanity that occurs, say, during the (live broadcast) evening news when the guy holding the boom mike slips and knocks the anchor in the head, who then exclaims "fuck, that hurt!" without thinking.
What, you're saying you're incapable of properly raising your kids (e.g. by turning off the TV when it's playing something you don't want them to see)? Fine, then you're an incompetant, bad parent and we should have DFACS take them away from you! How's that sound?
Yes! I assert that there is no possible arrangement of transistors that the GPLv3 does not allow, including arrangements that function to enable DRM. Prove me wrong!
Good job evading the question!
Perhaps you should update the Wikipedia entry to mention all that then, so people (like me) don't get the wrong idea.
Bullshit! It's a voting machine, for crying out loud! All it does is count! My pocket calculator has a fancier OS than a voting machine needs!
Worse than wanting to destroy a national park in Alaska by drilling into it for oil?
(That's the issue that made me reject Bush the first time, before he had a chance to make all the other fuck-ups!)
As far as I can tell from looking at the installation page for one of the replacement firmwares, there's no hack involved.
Disabling the hardware from running user-modified (and therefore, unsigned) software.
QUIT SPREADING THE FUCKING FUD ALREADY!
Name one "hardware design" that the GPLv3 "attempt[s] to control", and I'll concede your point. Otherwise, quit lying!