I really like the T2 extended version. It changes the mood of the movie from a pure chase/action flick, to a top sci-fi flick with a lot more character depth. There are a couple of unecessary scenes... like in the dog pen, and I still can't resolve Sarah's gloating over stabbing Dickwad in the knee with a pen with her claim, 2 scenes later, that "she's shown improvement".
Even though Edward Furlong is unbelievable as some great "future leader", the gradual thawing of Sarah's... well.. bitchy personality, works a lot better in the long version.
So now we have Star Wars, Episode IV, designed by a committee edition. I may yet end up with the box set (we have a house full of furniture and need smaller things to put on our wedding "wannas" list.. yeah.. I hate the concept too, but practicality is winning on this one).
Have you ever tried to slice a fresh loaf of bread?
Yes. Do it all the time. And all you need is a decent quality bread knife. (Same for people who complain about slicing tomatos. Um.. get a tomato knife. Different foods have different physical properties. I have a set of only 7 knives that between them do everything I need. Most fun is the bone shattering 9" cleaver, that usually only comes out when my fiancee has turned the freezer up again and the ice-cream is too hard.. but man.. serving ice-cream has never been this fun).
Sliced bread sux because its usually like 3/8" thick. Even "thick sliced bread" is on 7/16".
When you slice it yourself, you can get the full inch that God intended.
Yep... but the corperate environment discourages employees from actually learning about stuff, as its valuable time that could be spent stuffing extended warranties down people's throats:
Why not instead make this only enforceable during wartime?
Because there is enough conflict going on around the world that the government can declare "wartime" pretty well whenever it feels like it.
Clintons bombing of the former Yugoslavia was done without a declaration of war, as was Bush's attack on Afghanistan (despite the events of 9/11/2001, there wasn't a formal declaration of war by either side)
That this thing hit the deck is about as suprising as finding Paris Hilton's sex video on edonkey.
Why don't they go back to dropping things in the ocean? Sure, hit water fast enough and its like hitting a brickwall, but slow down enough and at least you won't break everybody bone in your leg (figuratively, of course)
Can't believe the 'chute failed tho. Its not like parachutes are a new untested technology.
This is the problem brought in my the "de-genderization" of the language.
"They" is used as a non-gender specific singular personal pronoun to substitute for "he" or "she". While being easier to read than "he/she" or "(s)he", you are spot on when stating that it is technically incorrect as it doesn't preserve the plurality (?) from the first clause.
I'm open to suggestions for substitutes. "It" is impersonal by definition, electing either "he" causes political problems even though this is technically correct when describing somebody of unknown gender.
Another approach is to rewrite the second clause in the passive voice:
"For someone to really convey their ideals well, a blah blah would be needed". Yucky.
You clearly stated "there is no such thing as "The Essay Format".
There is, it exists, teachers teach it, teachers are taught to teach it (trust me, my brother's an english teacher), kids learn it, and then have to "unlearn it" later.
Most radio stations (or chains/groups whatever you want to call ClearChannel and their ilk) employ a program director who's job it is to survey the listening tastes for the station's target demographic in the local market and create playlists that will ensure that the highest possible number of people will listen to their station without channel switching, thus ensuring that the maximum number of ears catch their advertisers promotions and maximizing their return on investment.
Of course, what this guy really does is receive oral sex from hot young record company... um... "representatives" and ensure that they don't need to pay royalties for ad jingles.
95% of commerical radio blows goats. Unfortunately, college radio is now so afraid of offending somebody and being sued, very few of the real ground breaking programs are permitted to exist.
The only obvious errors are your use of commas, but I believe that the comma rules are different between British and American english, thus the following may not apply:
for a year, and I tried to
for substance, but it sure
error free, but I DO
In strict British grammar there should never be a comma before a conjunction. The conjunction itself joins the clauses (whether there is a spoken pause or not) and thus the comma is redundant.
for someone to really convey their ideas well they need
Here you need a comma after "well" to separate the two clauses as "they" is not a conjunction. Also, they need should be "they would need" as you are occupying the subjuctive mood and the conditionality needs to be stated.
My fiancee is currently writing in the essay format, but she's a non-native english speaker who is preparing to take a TOEFL test.
Basic essay format is 5 paragraphs: Introduction, 3 paragraphs with supporting points, conclusion. Each paragraph has rules, so essentially you don't need to think about structure when writing an essay.
As a result, its stilted and hard to read.
Essays are a very very basic overly structured way to introduce writing skills. They are probably appropriate for people new to stringing more a few sentences together... such as non-native speakers and 10 year olds.
However, I've come across university professors who want assignments submitted in "strict essay format". I think this is more a sign of laziness on their behalf (read the introduction and the conclusion and briefly check that the intervening points see vaguely reasonable) than something that promotes good writing. At University level, taking one point of view and defending it blindly should be the exception, rather than the rule. At this stage one should be able to see that there are very few "black and whites", and appreciate the shades of grey and spectrums of colour.
Every time I am "eligible" to metamoderate, there's a little disclaimer that "metamoderators are more likely to receive mod points".
I metamoderate every couple of days, I usually agree with the interesting, informative, underrated and funny mods, and agree with maybe half the troll, redundant and offtopics, because about 1/2 the time it appears that people mod this way because they don't agree with what somebody is saying, or because they are too shit-thick to understand an obvious joke.
I'm guessing that most people metamoderate by clicking "yes yes yes yes" and I don't get mod points because my metamoderation doesn't agree with the majority.
Of course, it could be that I don't have high enough karma or something:=)
A better question would be: "Does China need Microsoft?"
I think the answer to that question is an undisputed "no", and that's why the reversed was asked.
As you stated, China doesn't need Microsoft, as they have shown again and again that they are able to produce/reverse engineer (depending on your point of view) something a comparable or better (as in more suited to their needs) product than the west.
Thus the original question, "Does Microsoft Need China?" is the true discussion point. IE: Asking the reverse: "Can Microsoft continue to grow the marketshare at the rate expected by its executives and investors if it loses the billion and a half potential consumers found in China". I think the answer is probably "Yes, they can, but not under their current business model", so the longer answer to the original question is:
"No, Microsoft doesn't need China, but they need to come up with a refreshed business model that reflects this".
All business models have cycles, and Microsoft's has lasted a lot longer that it should have.
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I read that as rectalscan. I didn't know they were sufficiently unique.
I'm engaged, I get laid, and Greedo shoots first!
I really like the T2 extended version. It changes the mood of the movie from a pure chase/action flick, to a top sci-fi flick with a lot more character depth. There are a couple of unecessary scenes... like in the dog pen, and I still can't resolve Sarah's gloating over stabbing Dickwad in the knee with a pen with her claim, 2 scenes later, that "she's shown improvement".
Even though Edward Furlong is unbelievable as some great "future leader", the gradual thawing of Sarah's... well.. bitchy personality, works a lot better in the long version.
Han shouts first!
How tantric.. err..
So now we have Star Wars, Episode IV, designed by a committee edition. I may yet end up with the box set (we have a house full of furniture and need smaller things to put on our wedding "wannas" list.. yeah.. I hate the concept too, but practicality is winning on this one).
Yes. Do it all the time. And all you need is a decent quality bread knife. (Same for people who complain about slicing tomatos. Um.. get a tomato knife. Different foods have different physical properties. I have a set of only 7 knives that between them do everything I need. Most fun is the bone shattering 9" cleaver, that usually only comes out when my fiancee has turned the freezer up again and the ice-cream is too hard.. but man.. serving ice-cream has never been this fun).
Sliced bread sux because its usually like 3/8" thick. Even "thick sliced bread" is on 7/16".
When you slice it yourself, you can get the full inch that God intended.
See here
Yeah, but you'd have to buy that one afterwards.
Obviously, to fill that capacity you'll need one of these.
Okay... so its a dumb joke. Give me a break. I've got a chronic ear-wax build up and its giving me a migraine.
This adds a whole new meaning to
"y3r p4wn i5 0wn3d!!!"
That's why I post to /. as AC.
Because there is enough conflict going on around the world that the government can declare "wartime" pretty well whenever it feels like it.
Clintons bombing of the former Yugoslavia was done without a declaration of war, as was Bush's attack on Afghanistan (despite the events of 9/11/2001, there wasn't a formal declaration of war by either side)
There are levels of "immoral"
Personally, although I hate Spam, its not in the same box as Sex-slave trading.
Drug trafficking may be more on a par though.
Immoral, illegal, whatever. If they are really pulling in that amount of money, I'd consider doing it.
However, I have grave doubts that believing that the money is that good. You can buy a good wad of "regulators" with that cash.
Please explain (without diagrams!) the GoatSex guy's business model.
Gee... Who'da thordit!
That this thing hit the deck is about as suprising as finding Paris Hilton's sex video on edonkey.
Why don't they go back to dropping things in the ocean? Sure, hit water fast enough and its like hitting a brickwall, but slow down enough and at least you won't break everybody bone in your leg (figuratively, of course)
Can't believe the 'chute failed tho. Its not like parachutes are a new untested technology.
Bugger, you're right.
Let me wipe the bile off so I can throw it at the intended recipient.
True. Ya' got me.
This is the problem brought in my the "de-genderization" of the language.
"They" is used as a non-gender specific singular personal pronoun to substitute for "he" or "she". While being easier to read than "he/she" or "(s)he", you are spot on when stating that it is technically incorrect as it doesn't preserve the plurality (?) from the first clause.
I'm open to suggestions for substitutes. "It" is impersonal by definition, electing either "he" causes political problems even though this is technically correct when describing somebody of unknown gender.
Another approach is to rewrite the second clause in the passive voice:
"For someone to really convey their ideals well, a blah blah would be needed". Yucky.
You've changed your argument.
You clearly stated "there is no such thing as "The Essay Format".
There is, it exists, teachers teach it, teachers are taught to teach it (trust me, my brother's an english teacher), kids learn it, and then have to "unlearn it" later.
Bollocks.
The definition of an essay, at school level at least, is purely structural.
Most radio stations (or chains/groups whatever you want to call ClearChannel and their ilk) employ a program director who's job it is to survey the listening tastes for the station's target demographic in the local market and create playlists that will ensure that the highest possible number of people will listen to their station without channel switching, thus ensuring that the maximum number of ears catch their advertisers promotions and maximizing their return on investment.
Of course, what this guy really does is receive oral sex from hot young record company... um... "representatives" and ensure that they don't need to pay royalties for ad jingles.
95% of commerical radio blows goats. Unfortunately, college radio is now so afraid of offending somebody and being sued, very few of the real ground breaking programs are permitted to exist.
The only obvious errors are your use of commas, but I believe that the comma rules are different between British and American english, thus the following may not apply:
In strict British grammar there should never be a comma before a conjunction. The conjunction itself joins the clauses (whether there is a spoken pause or not) and thus the comma is redundant.
for someone to really convey their ideas well they need
Here you need a comma after "well" to separate the two clauses as "they" is not a conjunction. Also, they need should be "they would need" as you are occupying the subjuctive mood and the conditionality needs to be stated.
My fiancee is currently writing in the essay format, but she's a non-native english speaker who is preparing to take a TOEFL test.
Basic essay format is 5 paragraphs: Introduction, 3 paragraphs with supporting points, conclusion. Each paragraph has rules, so essentially you don't need to think about structure when writing an essay.
As a result, its stilted and hard to read.
Essays are a very very basic overly structured way to introduce writing skills. They are probably appropriate for people new to stringing more a few sentences together... such as non-native speakers and 10 year olds.
However, I've come across university professors who want assignments submitted in "strict essay format". I think this is more a sign of laziness on their behalf (read the introduction and the conclusion and briefly check that the intervening points see vaguely reasonable) than something that promotes good writing. At University level, taking one point of view and defending it blindly should be the exception, rather than the rule. At this stage one should be able to see that there are very few "black and whites", and appreciate the shades of grey and spectrums of colour.
Np, I'm not writing a fucking conclusion.
Every time I am "eligible" to metamoderate, there's a little disclaimer that "metamoderators are more likely to receive mod points".
:=)
I metamoderate every couple of days, I usually agree with the interesting, informative, underrated and funny mods, and agree with maybe half the troll, redundant and offtopics, because about 1/2 the time it appears that people mod this way because they don't agree with what somebody is saying, or because they are too shit-thick to understand an obvious joke.
I'm guessing that most people metamoderate by clicking "yes yes yes yes" and I don't get mod points because my metamoderation doesn't agree with the majority.
Of course, it could be that I don't have high enough karma or something
I think the answer to that question is an undisputed "no", and that's why the reversed was asked.
As you stated, China doesn't need Microsoft, as they have shown again and again that they are able to produce/reverse engineer (depending on your point of view) something a comparable or better (as in more suited to their needs) product than the west.
Thus the original question, "Does Microsoft Need China?" is the true discussion point. IE: Asking the reverse: "Can Microsoft continue to grow the marketshare at the rate expected by its executives and investors if it loses the billion and a half potential consumers found in China". I think the answer is probably "Yes, they can, but not under their current business model", so the longer answer to the original question is:
"No, Microsoft doesn't need China, but they need to come up with a refreshed business model that reflects this".
All business models have cycles, and Microsoft's has lasted a lot longer that it should have.