Some might argue that getting a broadband internet connection does not constitute going "to great lengths." These same hypothetical some might also argue that being able to brag to your college friends that you saw Return of the King a week before it was released doesn't count as "great value."
Maybe you should check your paperwork, but I'd be surprised if the ISP didn't have you sign an agreement that spells out exactly how they will limit your use of their bandwidth. For example, no mail servers, no hosting porn sites, etc. So no, you're not within your rights and no, you CAN'T do anything you damn well please - legal or not - if you signed a contract agreeing not to do it.
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm out of plug-in space. I'm not rich, and I don't have a house full of outlets, but I do have a few outlets -- and several power strips -- and I'm sick of adapters. I'm especially sick of the goddam adapters that are big. I've gotten to the point where I won't buy a product if it's got one of those fatass adapters that's so big that it blocks two other plugs just to get it to fit in my power strip.
Amen! Is it really so hard to come up with an adapter design that doesn't block at least one or two free sockets? Is it THAT much more difficult/expensive to put the adapter box in the middle of the cord instead of at the wall end?
Wonderful, just what we need - more reasons for insurance payments to go up. How about instead we leave the insurance the way it is and drastically increase the fines/punishments when someone plows through an intersection, regardless of whether they were on the phone, putting on makeup, eating, reading, watching tv, daydreaming, etc.?
It's easier (at least it seems to be around here) to talk your way out of a ticket for actually getting into an accident than it is for speeding. Shouldn't that be the other way around?
Somehow I have a feeling that if Apple waited 3 years before the next major OS release, critics would come out of the woodwork asking why users let Apple treat them so badly, waiting so long for new OS features. No doubt followed by claims that it marked the impending end of Apple...
Actually, the bottom line is that the OT came out about 20 years before Episodes 1-3, and most people find it hard to generate the same kind of pee-your-pants excitement about something as adults as they did when they were kids. Not to put too fine a point on things (and don't get me wrong, I love the OT - I've seen them all probably hundreds of times by now) but objectively the story/dialogue in the OT wasn't all that much better than any in 1-3. Fans need to quit being so derogatory and critical and just enjoy them for what they are.
I could give you more than five examples for either film, no doubt, but it's Friday and I'm lazy. That said, the fact that you apparently didn't care for Matrix doesn't make it any less of a film, nor does it make LOTR any more of a film. I long for the days before the internet gave millions of people an opportunity to trash a great movie franchise because they liked another great franchise better.
If you don't like LOTR or Matrix, fair enough. But what makes you think the rest of us who do like either (or in my case, both) care that you don't? We'll still like them regardless.
Perhaps because not all stories can be condensed into 90 minutes without losing significant parts. Personally I wouldn't mind if they continue to make films even longer - it would help justify in my mind the exorbitant cost of a movie ticket these days, plus I hate when important plot or character development is glossed over for the sake of cutting down to 90 minutes. (although an intermission in the 3+ hrs films would be nice)
The only problem I have with traffic fines is that (IMO) they've become less about the safety of travellers and more about revenue generation for local law enforcement. Police, either because they don't have enough manpower/funding/etc or because it would take more effort than they're willing to invest, can't/won't go after the greedy strategists whipping through traffic and changing lanes rapidly, but instead set up speed traps to catch people doing 40 in a 35. Not that I am bitter.
Why would a large "e" give the impression that it's an internet browser? Or a compass? Or even a globe?
It really is consistency that give the impression, more than anything else. If your friend saw the same image of a lizard every time he/she opened a browser, he/she would start to associate the lizard in the picture with browsing. For this to work though, the picture of the lizard has to maintain a consistent look. If it's a gecko one day, a t-rex the next, and an iguana three days from now, the effectiveness of the icon will be next to nothing.
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Some might argue that getting a broadband internet connection does not constitute going "to great lengths." These same hypothetical some might also argue that being able to brag to your college friends that you saw Return of the King a week before it was released doesn't count as "great value."
One would think a lawyer would be able to make his/her argument without using the word "lameasses"...
Maybe you should check your paperwork, but I'd be surprised if the ISP didn't have you sign an agreement that spells out exactly how they will limit your use of their bandwidth. For example, no mail servers, no hosting porn sites, etc. So no, you're not within your rights and no, you CAN'T do anything you damn well please - legal or not - if you signed a contract agreeing not to do it.
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm out of plug-in space. I'm not rich, and I don't have a house full of outlets, but I do have a few outlets -- and several power strips -- and I'm sick of adapters. I'm especially sick of the goddam adapters that are big. I've gotten to the point where I won't buy a product if it's got one of those fatass adapters that's so big that it blocks two other plugs just to get it to fit in my power strip.
Amen! Is it really so hard to come up with an adapter design that doesn't block at least one or two free sockets? Is it THAT much more difficult/expensive to put the adapter box in the middle of the cord instead of at the wall end?
Wonderful, just what we need - more reasons for insurance payments to go up. How about instead we leave the insurance the way it is and drastically increase the fines/punishments when someone plows through an intersection, regardless of whether they were on the phone, putting on makeup, eating, reading, watching tv, daydreaming, etc.?
It's easier (at least it seems to be around here) to talk your way out of a ticket for actually getting into an accident than it is for speeding. Shouldn't that be the other way around?
Somehow I have a feeling that if Apple waited 3 years before the next major OS release, critics would come out of the woodwork asking why users let Apple treat them so badly, waiting so long for new OS features. No doubt followed by claims that it marked the impending end of Apple...
Sarcastic spoiler warning:
Darth Vader is really Anakin.
So technically that would make 2 who are around for all 6.
Actually, the bottom line is that the OT came out about 20 years before Episodes 1-3, and most people find it hard to generate the same kind of pee-your-pants excitement about something as adults as they did when they were kids. Not to put too fine a point on things (and don't get me wrong, I love the OT - I've seen them all probably hundreds of times by now) but objectively the story/dialogue in the OT wasn't all that much better than any in 1-3. Fans need to quit being so derogatory and critical and just enjoy them for what they are.
I could give you more than five examples for either film, no doubt, but it's Friday and I'm lazy. That said, the fact that you apparently didn't care for Matrix doesn't make it any less of a film, nor does it make LOTR any more of a film. I long for the days before the internet gave millions of people an opportunity to trash a great movie franchise because they liked another great franchise better.
If you don't like LOTR or Matrix, fair enough. But what makes you think the rest of us who do like either (or in my case, both) care that you don't? We'll still like them regardless.
You're going to have a hard time selling these to collectors if they're non-mint... ;)
Perhaps because not all stories can be condensed into 90 minutes without losing significant parts. Personally I wouldn't mind if they continue to make films even longer - it would help justify in my mind the exorbitant cost of a movie ticket these days, plus I hate when important plot or character development is glossed over for the sake of cutting down to 90 minutes. (although an intermission in the 3+ hrs films would be nice)
Maybe he's trying to watch his figure.
Throw in a Jr Western Bacon Chee too. A JUNIOR Western Bacon Chee. I'm trying to watch my figure...
The only problem I have with traffic fines is that (IMO) they've become less about the safety of travellers and more about revenue generation for local law enforcement. Police, either because they don't have enough manpower/funding/etc or because it would take more effort than they're willing to invest, can't/won't go after the greedy strategists whipping through traffic and changing lanes rapidly, but instead set up speed traps to catch people doing 40 in a 35. Not that I am bitter.
And if there's one thing NO ONE wants to see, it's wrinkly old Palpatine nak...oh, wait - wrong franchise.
Lucky you - I'm still waiting on a story for my alma mater, GUE Tech, where I studied Alchemy.
Why would a large "e" give the impression that it's an internet browser? Or a compass? Or even a globe?
It really is consistency that give the impression, more than anything else. If your friend saw the same image of a lizard every time he/she opened a browser, he/she would start to associate the lizard in the picture with browsing. For this to work though, the picture of the lizard has to maintain a consistent look. If it's a gecko one day, a t-rex the next, and an iguana three days from now, the effectiveness of the icon will be next to nothing.