Saw it opening night
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Tron: Legacy
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· Score: 3, Interesting
and all I'll say is that the new one made me feel the same way (as an adult) that the original made me feel as a child. Yes, the graphics are cool, but the coolest thing is the sense of infinite possibility you get from the scenery. CGI jeff bridges looked alright but didn't sound great as they had to use old jeff bridges voice with young jeff bridges face. Lots of nods to the original, definitely rewatch before seeing the new one. Overall very good. Some pacing issues, but that is similar to the original.
it's just one of these, basically: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourke_engine plus the option of having a hybrid system. The Bourke is the cold fusion of the automotive world. We've been hearing how magical and amazingly efficient it is since it was invented in the 1920s and yet no one has managed to build one that is actually more than slightly better than a normal 4 cycle.
I was one of the few people who PAID for SoundJam... it WAS that good.
iTunes has been nothing but a continuing series of disappointments. Uglier interface, no extra features that I even remotely care about.
I'm in the same boat as you, but I bought the nook with no intention of ever buying ebooks from B&N so I'm not really too upset about it. There are many places to get ebooks. Also, if you haven't tried Calibre to manage your library, you owe it to yourself to try it out.
Ideally they would be structured like a highway with multiple lanes, one going 10mph, next one over is 20mph, fastest is 30mph.
um, they'd need to be a lot closer together, speed-wise. 10mph difference=sprinting for most people, you need them 3-5mph apart so that people wouldn't have to run at top speed when changing from one to the next.
for a more detailed treatment of the subject, read the Robot City series by Asimov.
Did I say that I wouldn't do this? All I said was that if a human life is on the line you would be justified in breaking into a drug store to obtain needed supplies to keep that person alive until help could arrive.
The ends do justify the means sometimes. Your view seemed excessively black and white to me. Would you also argue in favor of writing speeding tickets to the man driving his wife to the hospital as she goes into labor? If I'm lost in the wilderness and close to freezing to death should I be charged with breaking and entering if I come across a locked cabin and seek shelter inside of it? What if I kill some animal outside of hunting season in that same scenario to feed myself?
to answer your questions:
1. you didn't say you WOULD, either, which (to me) implies that you did not. if you made restitution to the store owner, I would not favor conviction for breaking and entering, because you have (attempted to) made whole the store owner.
2. my view may seem that way to you, but I suspect we will have to agree to disagree. my personal philosophy is uncompromising when it comes to unlawfully depriving others of their property.
3. there are many well established precedents for the pregnant woman scenario, in any event speeding tickets are a civil matter rather than a criminal one. personally, I would not speed, because causing a car wreck isn't going to help anyone; but this is only the way my wife and I have planned (yes, we've had this discussion) the scenario, and we have decided that driving the speed limit gets us to the hospital fast enough that increasing the risk of collision does not merit the small amount of time gained.
4. if you break into the cabin to save your life, you have still broken into the cabin. presumably, you prefer a misdemeanor charge to death, and that's why you made the decision. a charitable cabin owner may not press charges, or may only ask you to pay for his broken door, but this does not change the fact that you DID break the law.
5. there are many animals that can be killed for food year 'round and are not classified as game animals. furthermore, the act of unlicensed hunting is usually a civil matter punishable by a small monetary fine (in my state, anyhow) and again, you have presumably made the choice to risk a fine rather than starve or find a non-limited animal.
In the end, the law is the law. Just like every other aspect of life, you must weight the risks and consequences with the gains to be made and decide whatever you decide. I'm not saying I wouldn't make some of the same choices, but I'm not going to delude myself into thinking they aren't against the law.
I'm not saying I wouldn't try to save a life. I'm saying I wouldn't resort to stealing. Worst case scenario, I'd pay for the bandages AND a new window, because otherwise I'm just another worthless thief.
Would you vote for conviction if you were on that jury?
unhesitatingly. theft is theft. if you buy the bandages, or rip up your shirt to use as a bandage, fine, but the minute you unlawfully deprive the store owner of his property you become a criminal.
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and all I'll say is that the new one made me feel the same way (as an adult) that the original made me feel as a child. Yes, the graphics are cool, but the coolest thing is the sense of infinite possibility you get from the scenery. CGI jeff bridges looked alright but didn't sound great as they had to use old jeff bridges voice with young jeff bridges face. Lots of nods to the original, definitely rewatch before seeing the new one. Overall very good. Some pacing issues, but that is similar to the original.
just keep an eye out for wormsign... shai hulud might hear the rythmic vibration of the transformers...
oh hell yes!
Wherever you go, there you are.
... scrotal temperature...
I'm sorry, my ability to keep reading, without giggling, after seeing this is basically nonexistent...
thanks for clarifying, all streaming video is blocked at work so I was going just off the article text.
it's just one of these, basically:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourke_engine
plus the option of having a hybrid system. The Bourke is the cold fusion of the automotive world. We've been hearing how magical and amazingly efficient it is since it was invented in the 1920s and yet no one has managed to build one that is actually more than slightly better than a normal 4 cycle.
not really. most halfway competent cyclists can put out 200W for hours on end.
Good ones can continuously generate around 5W/kg: http://www.sportsscientists.com/2010/07/power-outputs-from-tour-de-france.html
No, but they were designed by engineers. Not built.
Engineers design the product, then they design the process (by which the product is mass produced.) Then laborers build it.
I was one of the few people who PAID for SoundJam... it WAS that good. iTunes has been nothing but a continuing series of disappointments. Uglier interface, no extra features that I even remotely care about.
when will it be out of beta? Will it be releasing on-time?
I spent over a decade and almost $70,000 of my own money on personal growth.
I'm trying really hard not to be cynical here, but how does somebody spend $70K on personal growth?
college?
Old enough to have typed on a typewriter as a child, so twice.
As an interesting note, the iPhone auto-enters a period when you double space, so the tradition is still partially alive, at least.
I'm in the same boat as you, but I bought the nook with no intention of ever buying ebooks from B&N so I'm not really too upset about it. There are many places to get ebooks. Also, if you haven't tried Calibre to manage your library, you owe it to yourself to try it out.
I am absolutely shocked that Courtney Love has read Snow Crash. Nice piece, good read.
some? from 0-10mph in one foot step isn't some, it's enough to yank your foot out from under you and possibly tear tendons.
Ideally they would be structured like a highway with multiple lanes, one going 10mph, next one over is 20mph, fastest is 30mph.
um, they'd need to be a lot closer together, speed-wise. 10mph difference=sprinting for most people, you need them 3-5mph apart so that people wouldn't have to run at top speed when changing from one to the next.
for a more detailed treatment of the subject, read the Robot City series by Asimov.
Because I'm easy come, easy go
P=NP? die, heretic scum!
P != NP
or is he just born with a heart full of neutrality?
I'd like two scoops of death penalty with sprinkles on top, please!
Did I say that I wouldn't do this? All I said was that if a human life is on the line you would be justified in breaking into a drug store to obtain needed supplies to keep that person alive until help could arrive.
The ends do justify the means sometimes. Your view seemed excessively black and white to me. Would you also argue in favor of writing speeding tickets to the man driving his wife to the hospital as she goes into labor? If I'm lost in the wilderness and close to freezing to death should I be charged with breaking and entering if I come across a locked cabin and seek shelter inside of it? What if I kill some animal outside of hunting season in that same scenario to feed myself?
to answer your questions:
1. you didn't say you WOULD, either, which (to me) implies that you did not. if you made restitution to the store owner, I would not favor conviction for breaking and entering, because you have (attempted to) made whole the store owner.
2. my view may seem that way to you, but I suspect we will have to agree to disagree. my personal philosophy is uncompromising when it comes to unlawfully depriving others of their property.
3. there are many well established precedents for the pregnant woman scenario, in any event speeding tickets are a civil matter rather than a criminal one. personally, I would not speed, because causing a car wreck isn't going to help anyone; but this is only the way my wife and I have planned (yes, we've had this discussion) the scenario, and we have decided that driving the speed limit gets us to the hospital fast enough that increasing the risk of collision does not merit the small amount of time gained.
4. if you break into the cabin to save your life, you have still broken into the cabin. presumably, you prefer a misdemeanor charge to death, and that's why you made the decision. a charitable cabin owner may not press charges, or may only ask you to pay for his broken door, but this does not change the fact that you DID break the law.
5. there are many animals that can be killed for food year 'round and are not classified as game animals. furthermore, the act of unlicensed hunting is usually a civil matter punishable by a small monetary fine (in my state, anyhow) and again, you have presumably made the choice to risk a fine rather than starve or find a non-limited animal.
In the end, the law is the law. Just like every other aspect of life, you must weight the risks and consequences with the gains to be made and decide whatever you decide. I'm not saying I wouldn't make some of the same choices, but I'm not going to delude myself into thinking they aren't against the law.
I'm not saying I wouldn't try to save a life. I'm saying I wouldn't resort to stealing. Worst case scenario, I'd pay for the bandages AND a new window, because otherwise I'm just another worthless thief.
Would you vote for conviction if you were on that jury?
unhesitatingly. theft is theft. if you buy the bandages, or rip up your shirt to use as a bandage, fine, but the minute you unlawfully deprive the store owner of his property you become a criminal.
There are around half a dozen yoyo forums with members numbering from hundreds to a few thousand. I don't post on all of them so I can't comment.