"No," said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the coffee forced down him, "nothing so simple. Nothing anything like so straightforward. On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people."
"Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy."
"I did," said ford. "It is."
"So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?"
"It honestly doesn't occur to them," said Ford. "They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates to the government they want."
"You mean they actually vote for the lizards?"
"Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course."
"But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?"
"Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in. Got any gin?"
Of course, the banning of Manhunt 2 has absolutely nothing - nothing whatsoever - with the recent furore over Manchester Cathedral playing a cameo in Resistance Fall Of Man. Also, in no way are the censors being seen to be actively doing something in light of that situation.
This isn't completely true. You're only obliged to pay the TV license if your equipment is capable of receiving and displaying TV, not for merely owning a TV.
I have a plasma TV and use that solely for playing games and watching DVDs. I have agreement from TV licensing that I'm not obliged to pay the TV license since the screen - even though it contains a functioning TV receiver - isn't connected to an antenna and so unable to display TV signals.
"Followed by Vader whining about where Padme is, and then, of course... "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!""
Yes, you're absolutely right of course. It would have been much more credible for the character not to have given a damn about his wife because at that point he's wearing a mask and cloak.
The Women's Institute Sunday morning inspection of nuclear waste disposal.
Maggie: "Oh this is really nicely disposed. I especially like the welded seal around the top." Judy: "Yes, it is lovely." Maggie: "Who did it?" Judy (checks clipboard): "Oh that would be Darpinder Singh." Maggie: "Who?" Judy: "You know, the young Asian lad." Maggie: SPpppppeeewwwwaaaaarrrghhhhhhh.... Oh.... Oh... Sspppppewwwaaaaaargghhhhhh!!!
Indeed. Though I imagine that a commonsense, practical, simple and inexpensive solution such as this doesn't have the potential for revenue generation through licensing to other studios or anyone else who might want to 'protect' video content.
Having made a couple of visits to family in NYC I have to agree. Last time I was there was in March and my brother and I attempted to watch The Shawshank Redemption on some channel or other. After 90 minutes we gave up as we were barely half way through the movie.
Tell you what, watching some TV in North America really does make me appreciate how good in comparison the quality is here in the UK and does sort of justify the license fee. (The BBC web content alone is worth it!)
Oh for fucks sake when are these lame "Soviet Russia" etc. comments going to stop? It's a seemingly endless irritation to have to read that bullshit here.
He better remember to bring some air with him. I'm no astronaut but I'll take the experts' word for it that there isn't any of the stuff in space what with that vacuum thingie that's up there sucking it all away.
Hang on... Shouldn't some or all of the blame for this rest on the shoulders of the Taiwanese company who developed the firmware?
Even if NetGear should have discovered this in testing or quality control, surely it's not their fault that this undocumented feature wasn't brought to their attention?
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You mean like this? Or maybe even like this?
"You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?"
"No," said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the coffee forced down him, "nothing so simple. Nothing anything like so straightforward. On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people."
"Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy."
"I did," said ford. "It is."
"So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't the people get rid of the lizards?"
"It honestly doesn't occur to them," said Ford. "They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates to the government they want."
"You mean they actually vote for the lizards?"
"Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course."
"But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?"
"Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in. Got any gin?"
Looks more like a Honda Prelude than a DeLorean.
And multithreading.
"If someone is severely punished by an autonomous robot, who are you going to take to a tribunal?"
OCP.
"United State's"
Whatever happened to the United States? Have they disbanded overnight?Of course, the banning of Manhunt 2 has absolutely nothing - nothing whatsoever - with the recent furore over Manchester Cathedral playing a cameo in Resistance Fall Of Man. Also, in no way are the censors being seen to be actively doing something in light of that situation.
An "immature war like animal", you say?
No, no, no!!! It's because you can do this with it.
This isn't completely true. You're only obliged to pay the TV license if your equipment is capable of receiving and displaying TV, not for merely owning a TV.
I have a plasma TV and use that solely for playing games and watching DVDs. I have agreement from TV licensing that I'm not obliged to pay the TV license since the screen - even though it contains a functioning TV receiver - isn't connected to an antenna and so unable to display TV signals.
More info here.
And it better be the same for snakes on a plane cos if it ain't they deserve to die and I hope they burn in hell!
Past experience would suggest that we should be wary of franchise prequels where principal characters have sidekicks with funny ears.
Probably in the same way that 'hoover' is what any vacuum cleaner is often called.
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"Followed by Vader whining about where Padme is, and then, of course... "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!""
Yes, you're absolutely right of course. It would have been much more credible for the character not to have given a damn about his wife because at that point he's wearing a mask and cloak.
The Women's Institute Sunday morning inspection of nuclear waste disposal.
Maggie: "Oh this is really nicely disposed. I especially like the welded seal around the top."
Judy: "Yes, it is lovely."
Maggie: "Who did it?"
Judy (checks clipboard): "Oh that would be Darpinder Singh."
Maggie: "Who?"
Judy: "You know, the young Asian lad."
Maggie: SPpppppeeewwwwaaaaarrrghhhhhhh.... Oh.... Oh... Sspppppewwwaaaaaargghhhhhh!!!
Indeed. Though I imagine that a commonsense, practical, simple and inexpensive solution such as this doesn't have the potential for revenue generation through licensing to other studios or anyone else who might want to 'protect' video content.
Having made a couple of visits to family in NYC I have to agree. Last time I was there was in March and my brother and I attempted to watch The Shawshank Redemption on some channel or other. After 90 minutes we gave up as we were barely half way through the movie.
Tell you what, watching some TV in North America really does make me appreciate how good in comparison the quality is here in the UK and does sort of justify the license fee. (The BBC web content alone is worth it!)
And wearing long trousers, shirt and tie to work isn't following a trend?
Oh for fucks sake when are these lame "Soviet Russia" etc. comments going to stop? It's a seemingly endless irritation to have to read that bullshit here.
What you're talking about there is a lack of knowledge and experience. That doesn't necessarily mean those people are stupid.
A bit like Iraq, Afghanistan, the UK, etc. then?
A bit like, say, Linux then. A shame that all Windows installations don't work this way.
What about HTTP? I hear Google are planning email accounts with 1GB storage limits.
He better remember to bring some air with him. I'm no astronaut but I'll take the experts' word for it that there isn't any of the stuff in space what with that vacuum thingie that's up there sucking it all away.
Hang on... Shouldn't some or all of the blame for this rest on the shoulders of the Taiwanese company who developed the firmware? Even if NetGear should have discovered this in testing or quality control, surely it's not their fault that this undocumented feature wasn't brought to their attention?