He acts like he's all about facts, but really it's all about politics. As you point out, getting kicked out of China should be a good thing if it happened because they wouldn't compromise on their principles and filter search results... In other words, they got kicked out because they wouldn't be a government's lackey, but he's trying to use them getting kicked out as a reason not to trust them, somehow tying it to being our government's lackey.
In reality, it's probably all about net neutrality, which Glenn Beck describes as being all about giving free broadband internet access to poor people, social justice, and government censorship, in spite of the fact that all of the FCC's proposals and their approved regulations are out there and they contain none of that.
It doesn't matter what you do right, if you do something that Beck doesn't like, he'll find a way to use the good things against you.
And all we've heard from Republicans in recent weeks is how they're not going to compromise on their principles, yet Democrats are demonized for trying to stick to theirs. Nice.
Republican health care ideas might have lead to some savings in some areas, but they aren't going to fix the real problems.
The distinction I was making was that Apple took a break completely from mobile after the Newton for a while.
Microsoft's Windows CE branched into PocketPC which then became Windows Mobile and lasted for several versions, then they started pulled out Zune, started work on WinPho7, puked out the Kin then ignored it, and now seem to be settling on WP7 for good. They've constantly been working on mobile, constantly been doing it wrong, constantly fragmenting their efforts. They weren't late to the party, they were the idiot at the party that's in the corner by himself and nobody wants to talk to him.
Apple, in the meantime, got out of the mobile/PDA game altogether, then after making a well-respected portable media player (iPod) built a new smartphone (iPhone - which wasn't actually all that smart at first) that people were actually interested in, and found runaway success. They then proceeded to use that phone as the platform for the rest of their brand new mobile ecosystem (iPod Touch, iPad). Apple was the one that was late to the party... but it didn't really matter, because the party was kind of sucking until they got there.
Also, they explain Windows Media Center as being "Content in the cloud"... I realize WMC does NetFlix, and a few other internet-based sources, but my understanding is that it has always been primarily focused on local media, particularly DVR-ing TV.
Does the writer know anything about Microsoft?
Microsoft has been late to the game in crucial modern technologies like mobile, search, media, gaming and tablets.
Microsoft was doing tablets (since 2002!) and mobile long before Apple kicked out the iPhone and the iPad (yes, I'm aware of the Newton, but it wasn't directly involved in the successes of the recent mobile efforts).
Just because they haven't been doing it right doesn't mean they haven't been doing it.
I also miss characters like Doc Brown. Smart, quirky, ultimate DIY guy instead of only buying cheap junk made overseas.
"No wonder this part failed... It says 'Made in Japan!"
"What do you mean? All the best stuff is made in Japan?!"
How long before we start saying all the best stuff is made in China?
Seriously, though, I miss characters and shows like this too. My kids have been getting loaded up lately on classic movies like BTTF, Goonies, Christmas Vacation and the original Star Wars movies. Lately, every time we put a movie on, my 3 year old insists that we watch Back to the Future ("the cowboy one").
I'm trying to reconcile the events in the movie with your description, but it's impossible because you're remembering it completely wrong... So wrong that it sounds like a different show altogether.
A) There was no high school in the 3rd film. Not in the beginning or the end or anywhere in between.
B) It was the ravine whose name was changed. Marty sees a map that shows the name of the ravine as Sonash Ravine, but Marty only knows it as Clayton Ravine, and after Doc saves Clara Clayton from going over the edge, Marty remembers that the ravine got its name because a teacher fell into it 100 years ago... ("Wait, that's this year!") At the end of the movie, Marty coasts across the ravine bridge in 1985 and it's named Eastwood Ravine because Marty (under the name of Clint Eastwood) supposedly drove the train into the Ravine.
You could call paradox on the fact that Marty even remembers the "Clayton" name of the ravine after Doc saves her, since that would have made it so the name "Clayton Ravine" never would have existed for Marty to know about it, but if the writers would have tried to fix every possible inconsistency, the movies would have been incredibly boring.
Maybe the speed was a design decision, and doesn't have anything to do with any natural law of time travel or with the flux capacitor. Maybe Doc set up the DeLorean to only travel through time at 88 mph because he didn't wantanyone accidentally traveling through time.
Although that would be a pretty terrible design decision, because if you're moving at 90 mph and suddenly travel back/forward in time, you won't know what who/what you're going to run over when you make the jump. Not to mention, Marty traveled though time on accident, so as a safety feature 88 mph didn't do anyone any good.
Also, I can't get to TFA because of a block at work, but I've always wondered how the DeLorean in the cave can be in as good condition as it was, considering it not only got struck by lightning, but subsequently must have fallen 20 feet out of the air. Actually, Doc should have been roughed up pretty good, too.
Of course there are two Deloreans. Doc's and Marty's. It's not a plot hole at all, the whole point is that they can't gut Doc's DeLorean for parts since it would create a paradox and prevent Marty from going back in time to 1885.
It's been a long time since I've seen the movies, but I'm pretty (75%) sure that they not only discuss this, but show Doc's DeLorean broken down in a mine or somewhere.
Nope. On both counts.
In any case, I don't think there were any parts on the busted DeLorean that would have helped. Obviously Doc was able to fix the leak in the fuel line before he tried running the car on whiskey. The problem wasn't parts, it was the lack of gasoline.
I haven't updated my Wii yet (and I'm using NetFlix on my Blu-Ray player these days instead of the Wii), but it seems like you could scroll a page at a time using the + and - buttons. Does that work on the installable version?
I think the airport's position is that there's no reason to believe the cars were damaged at the airport, as it could have happened at any other places the cars have been.
Isn't the switch usually closer to the lamp than to the outlet? (It's been a while since I've used a lamp like that, so I'm not sure). If so, then the longest part, which is also that part that would be within a rabbit's easy reach on the floor is the part that is live all the time.
It's about time you fixed that. I can't believe how long you left your previous vague statement stand. I wonder how many bunnies died in the meantime, because their owners thought that they didn't need the expensive gear. And the helicopter. I, for one, am glad that someone called you out on it.
Obviously it's not right. The only reason for knowing it and posting it is because there's a logical but not necessarily obvious (to everyone, anyway) flaw that leads to an apparent contradiction. I was mostly responding to the joke posted by the parent above me, and I wasn't trying to claim that the logic in the summary/article was wrong at all.
I mostly just remember that "paradox" problem to remember that just because someone (political pundits, for example) gives you a bunch of information tied together with logic that appears sound at each step, it doesn't mean their overall logic is correct, or that they are right.
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He acts like he's all about facts, but really it's all about politics. As you point out, getting kicked out of China should be a good thing if it happened because they wouldn't compromise on their principles and filter search results... In other words, they got kicked out because they wouldn't be a government's lackey, but he's trying to use them getting kicked out as a reason not to trust them, somehow tying it to being our government's lackey. In reality, it's probably all about net neutrality, which Glenn Beck describes as being all about giving free broadband internet access to poor people, social justice, and government censorship, in spite of the fact that all of the FCC's proposals and their approved regulations are out there and they contain none of that. It doesn't matter what you do right, if you do something that Beck doesn't like, he'll find a way to use the good things against you.
If i was paranormally inclined i'd claim to have psychic powers, but i guess it's just coincidence.
Or the Golden Child effect
The Ewoks were only in Return of the Jedi, and he didn't direct that one.
And all we've heard from Republicans in recent weeks is how they're not going to compromise on their principles, yet Democrats are demonized for trying to stick to theirs. Nice.
Republican health care ideas might have lead to some savings in some areas, but they aren't going to fix the real problems.
Recent weeks? You mean like the last 104 weeks?
The Star Wars Christmas Special is a masterpiece compared to Caravan of Courage.
Wait, no that's not right.
The distinction I was making was that Apple took a break completely from mobile after the Newton for a while.
Microsoft's Windows CE branched into PocketPC which then became Windows Mobile and lasted for several versions, then they started pulled out Zune, started work on WinPho7, puked out the Kin then ignored it, and now seem to be settling on WP7 for good. They've constantly been working on mobile, constantly been doing it wrong, constantly fragmenting their efforts. They weren't late to the party, they were the idiot at the party that's in the corner by himself and nobody wants to talk to him.
Apple, in the meantime, got out of the mobile/PDA game altogether, then after making a well-respected portable media player (iPod) built a new smartphone (iPhone - which wasn't actually all that smart at first) that people were actually interested in, and found runaway success. They then proceeded to use that phone as the platform for the rest of their brand new mobile ecosystem (iPod Touch, iPad). Apple was the one that was late to the party... but it didn't really matter, because the party was kind of sucking until they got there.
Also, they explain Windows Media Center as being "Content in the cloud"... I realize WMC does NetFlix, and a few other internet-based sources, but my understanding is that it has always been primarily focused on local media, particularly DVR-ing TV.
Does the writer know anything about Microsoft?
Microsoft has been late to the game in crucial modern technologies like mobile, search, media, gaming and tablets.
Microsoft was doing tablets (since 2002!) and mobile long before Apple kicked out the iPhone and the iPad (yes, I'm aware of the Newton, but it wasn't directly involved in the successes of the recent mobile efforts).
Just because they haven't been doing it right doesn't mean they haven't been doing it.
TimeCube guy is that you?
I also miss characters like Doc Brown. Smart, quirky, ultimate DIY guy instead of only buying cheap junk made overseas.
"No wonder this part failed... It says 'Made in Japan!"
"What do you mean? All the best stuff is made in Japan?!"
How long before we start saying all the best stuff is made in China?
Seriously, though, I miss characters and shows like this too. My kids have been getting loaded up lately on classic movies like BTTF, Goonies, Christmas Vacation and the original Star Wars movies. Lately, every time we put a movie on, my 3 year old insists that we watch Back to the Future ("the cowboy one").
I'm trying to reconcile the events in the movie with your description, but it's impossible because you're remembering it completely wrong... So wrong that it sounds like a different show altogether.
A) There was no high school in the 3rd film. Not in the beginning or the end or anywhere in between.
B) It was the ravine whose name was changed. Marty sees a map that shows the name of the ravine as Sonash Ravine, but Marty only knows it as Clayton Ravine, and after Doc saves Clara Clayton from going over the edge, Marty remembers that the ravine got its name because a teacher fell into it 100 years ago... ("Wait, that's this year!") At the end of the movie, Marty coasts across the ravine bridge in 1985 and it's named Eastwood Ravine because Marty (under the name of Clint Eastwood) supposedly drove the train into the Ravine.
You could call paradox on the fact that Marty even remembers the "Clayton" name of the ravine after Doc saves her, since that would have made it so the name "Clayton Ravine" never would have existed for Marty to know about it, but if the writers would have tried to fix every possible inconsistency, the movies would have been incredibly boring.
Maybe the speed was a design decision, and doesn't have anything to do with any natural law of time travel or with the flux capacitor. Maybe Doc set up the DeLorean to only travel through time at 88 mph because he didn't wantanyone accidentally traveling through time.
Although that would be a pretty terrible design decision, because if you're moving at 90 mph and suddenly travel back/forward in time, you won't know what who/what you're going to run over when you make the jump. Not to mention, Marty traveled though time on accident, so as a safety feature 88 mph didn't do anyone any good.
Also, I can't get to TFA because of a block at work, but I've always wondered how the DeLorean in the cave can be in as good condition as it was, considering it not only got struck by lightning, but subsequently must have fallen 20 feet out of the air. Actually, Doc should have been roughed up pretty good, too.
Of course there are two Deloreans. Doc's and Marty's. It's not a plot hole at all, the whole point is that they can't gut Doc's DeLorean for parts since it would create a paradox and prevent Marty from going back in time to 1885.
It's been a long time since I've seen the movies, but I'm pretty (75%) sure that they not only discuss this, but show Doc's DeLorean broken down in a mine or somewhere.
Nope. On both counts.
In any case, I don't think there were any parts on the busted DeLorean that would have helped. Obviously Doc was able to fix the leak in the fuel line before he tried running the car on whiskey. The problem wasn't parts, it was the lack of gasoline.
Hitler never owned a minivan. (Sure he wanted to, but he was afraid it would make him look gay,...
Wasn't he behind the creation of the VW Beelte, though?
Pro: Tons of bathrooms
Con: All the bathrooms are barely big enough to stand up in.
I haven't updated my Wii yet (and I'm using NetFlix on my Blu-Ray player these days instead of the Wii), but it seems like you could scroll a page at a time using the + and - buttons. Does that work on the installable version?
I'm sure most people here have already seen this, but just because it's relevant, I'll post itt again: http://www.ex-parrot.com/pete/upside-down-ternet.html
I think the airport's position is that there's no reason to believe the cars were damaged at the airport, as it could have happened at any other places the cars have been.
Isn't the switch usually closer to the lamp than to the outlet? (It's been a while since I've used a lamp like that, so I'm not sure). If so, then the longest part, which is also that part that would be within a rabbit's easy reach on the floor is the part that is live all the time.
Woooweeee! If that cat had nine lives, she just spent 'em all!
If you don't mind, I'd like to fumigate this here chair.
(I know we're not talking about cats, but the quotes and images from Christmas Vacation keep popping up in my head.)
It's about time you fixed that. I can't believe how long you left your previous vague statement stand. I wonder how many bunnies died in the meantime, because their owners thought that they didn't need the expensive gear. And the helicopter. I, for one, am glad that someone called you out on it.
/sarcasm
Boil 'em up, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew.
Obviously it's not right. The only reason for knowing it and posting it is because there's a logical but not necessarily obvious (to everyone, anyway) flaw that leads to an apparent contradiction. I was mostly responding to the joke posted by the parent above me, and I wasn't trying to claim that the logic in the summary/article was wrong at all.
I mostly just remember that "paradox" problem to remember that just because someone (political pundits, for example) gives you a bunch of information tied together with logic that appears sound at each step, it doesn't mean their overall logic is correct, or that they are right.
Yeah, I was being facetious (hence the *prove* in the subject). And I just realized that my superscript 2's didn't get included. Crap.
a = b
ab = b
ab - b = a - b
b (a - b) = (a+b)(a-b)
b = a + b
b = b + b
b = 2*b
1 = 2