As I'm sure some people would be wearing these while driving (and other things; that's the first to mind), I don't know that making pop-ups for glasses would be worth the potential lawsuits.
Do you want to unacceptably bad Republicans, or the acceptably not so great Democrats?
If that's the Democrats message, no wonder they lost two elections in a row to Bush. Sorry, but I don't accept not-so-great. I don't accept "better".
Show me a good president, not a "better" one. Anyone can be "better". We need "good", and that's all I'm going to accept.
Oh, we tried. Eric Burns, the Websnark, who many consider to be one of if not the leading voice in webcomic criticism, stepped up to fight it along with a number of others, including myself. Sadly, both his and my votes were discounted, apparently due to a "low post count".
Ironically, as I look up the relevant Wikipedia pages, I found that it was eventually voted "keep". Guess the system worked out in the end. Apologies for a few of the shots I have taken at Wikipedia. Though discounting votes as was done still bothers me.
You're right; Star Trek was never meant to be hard science fiction. Star Trek was a space opera serving as a platform for Roddenberry's ideals. The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine were, at their very best, character dramas. The Star Trek universe just serves as a backdrop for studies in human nature. Anyone who says different is deluding themselves.
Just to be clear, I don't mean this is a bad thing. The best and deepest moments had little to do with the sci-fi or the action. It is the personal struggles of the characters that defines Star Trek. Kirk's coming to terms with the passing of time. Data's search for humanity. Sisko exploring the dark sides of both himself and the war. For me, the defining moment of Star Trek will be the finale of TNG ("All good things..."), with Picard sitting down at the poker table with his crew, his friends. In my personal opinion, that is what Star Trek is. Friends together reaching for the unknown and finding themselves within it.
And that, I think, is what the recent incarnations lack. The heart. The writers (and by this, I mean those "creatively" in charge, not necessarily the writers themselves (I'm looking at you, Berman)) seem to have put their attention on the sci-fi. The alien enemy of the week. What technology will get them out of the impossible dilemma. Any real character growth seems just tossed on out of obligation. It was starting to become about sticking $HOT_ALIEN_CHICK with $SOME_DUDE in a decontamination chamber rubbing each other down with antimicrobial gel for the ratings. That's not Star Trek, and honestly it disgusts me to call it Star Trek.
If their objective was to capture the entirety of human knowledge, they wouldn't be deleting articles based on the decisions of a group who literally know nothing of the significance of a certain work within its field.
Well, we wouldn't be working if all those holier-than-thous wouldn't keep us in business on Sundays and leave me stuck working.
(I say this as one who does go to church as often as work lets me.)
I would think the difference is between "That's so obvious, why didn't I think of that?" and "Well, yeah, that's just obvious. You just now notice that? Duh."
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As I'm sure some people would be wearing these while driving (and other things; that's the first to mind), I don't know that making pop-ups for glasses would be worth the potential lawsuits.
"Electronic Arts" is a company. So is Firaxis. It's not entirely Microsoft's fault other companies are morons.
No, no, I can't see how anything with Lucas cut out of it could make it significantly worse nowadays. ;)
Suddenly all the rhetoric, philosophy, and law that I've read in school is falling into place. It's like a giant Tetris chain.
It's just as well. His dance only authors web browsers.
All Geos are small. That's why I'm driving a Mitsubishi right now.
You don't know Wikipedia very well, do you?
No, you're thinking of Parasite Eve.
Yeah, it's more like Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
And I've been easily getting away with it in college for the past couple semesters. My junior year of high school was the most work for me.
Odd how that works.
You've not seen my sister's driving. ;-)
Indeed. perhaps the best moment Mythbusters ever showed on TV was when they blasted the cement truck to nearly nothing.
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I'm sure anyone smart enough to be running Linux with Wine would be smart enough not to use it. ;)
Oh, we tried. Eric Burns, the Websnark, who many consider to be one of if not the leading voice in webcomic criticism, stepped up to fight it along with a number of others, including myself. Sadly, both his and my votes were discounted, apparently due to a "low post count".
Ironically, as I look up the relevant Wikipedia pages, I found that it was eventually voted "keep". Guess the system worked out in the end. Apologies for a few of the shots I have taken at Wikipedia. Though discounting votes as was done still bothers me.
You're right; Star Trek was never meant to be hard science fiction. Star Trek was a space opera serving as a platform for Roddenberry's ideals. The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine were, at their very best, character dramas. The Star Trek universe just serves as a backdrop for studies in human nature. Anyone who says different is deluding themselves.
Just to be clear, I don't mean this is a bad thing. The best and deepest moments had little to do with the sci-fi or the action. It is the personal struggles of the characters that defines Star Trek. Kirk's coming to terms with the passing of time. Data's search for humanity. Sisko exploring the dark sides of both himself and the war. For me, the defining moment of Star Trek will be the finale of TNG ("All good things..."), with Picard sitting down at the poker table with his crew, his friends. In my personal opinion, that is what Star Trek is. Friends together reaching for the unknown and finding themselves within it.
And that, I think, is what the recent incarnations lack. The heart. The writers (and by this, I mean those "creatively" in charge, not necessarily the writers themselves (I'm looking at you, Berman)) seem to have put their attention on the sci-fi. The alien enemy of the week. What technology will get them out of the impossible dilemma. Any real character growth seems just tossed on out of obligation. It was starting to become about sticking $HOT_ALIEN_CHICK with $SOME_DUDE in a decontamination chamber rubbing each other down with antimicrobial gel for the ratings. That's not Star Trek, and honestly it disgusts me to call it Star Trek.
If their objective was to capture the entirety of human knowledge, they wouldn't be deleting articles based on the decisions of a group who literally know nothing of the significance of a certain work within its field.
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If you're gonna do it, why not do it all the way? Toss some Dave's Ultimate Insanity or Pure Cap into the mix.
Well, we wouldn't be working if all those holier-than-thous wouldn't keep us in business on Sundays and leave me stuck working. (I say this as one who does go to church as often as work lets me.)
I would think the difference is between "That's so obvious, why didn't I think of that?" and "Well, yeah, that's just obvious. You just now notice that? Duh."
If this sort of attack on each other's work is the basis for modern Mathematical debate, sign me up! This is hilarious!
Aarpnet? I guess it'd need good insurance, as much as it's aging.
And I'm still human!?
Good lord, what does one have to do to get superpowers around here?