"Why do mirrors reverse left and right but not up and down?"
They don't do either. They only reverse front and back.
Think about it. Look straight into a mirror placed perpendicular to the ground. If you are facing north (for instance) your reflection is a person facing south. It's because left and right aren't reversed that lettering and such looks backwards.
Wasn't America eager to intervene in Vietnam because the North and South were going to reunite in a free election, and the Communist North was predicted to win said free election?
Yup, as soon as the spaceship touches down, about fifty brightly costumed extras will jump out of the lander and perform an elaborately choreographed song-and-dance number while the astronauts (played by Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit) profess their undying love for each other. I honestly can't wait.
I don't think it was in the films, but the DVD special features (for Two Towers) shows it off at every opportunity. Same with the troll from Fellowship of the Ring. Loincloth in the movies; going commando on DVD.
It is true that his premises have something to be desired. However, he does get at something when talking about China and North Korea being in cahoots. However, I get my information from people who live around there and have a handle on the situation, and I doubt the AC does.
In fact, one of my Japanese friends did use the wording "effectively the same country".
Wel, we're talking about bacteria here. They can survive quite a bit, even immigrating to another planet. They might be able to adapt within a few genrations.
While I can't stand this AC, it should be noted that this is the first time he has made a valid point. Whether it was accidently or on purpose, I don't know.
I've noticed this too. I agree that the Chinese government is one of the most repressive regimes in the world, and that Chinese industries have done damage to the environment, but when someone takes so much time making malicious accusations about this, you have to wonder what goes on in this guy's mind.
In another article several months ago, I tried to reason with this AC, and I got a reply calling me a smelly Chinese bigot. He also said that Caucasians and Chinese do not think about things differently because they were raised in different cultures, but that they are fundamentally different in some way.
Actually, the trailer showed Saruman tossing a fireball down at Gandalf. That entire scene, compared to the book, will be as bad as the debacle with Greedo and George Lucas.
They obviously believe in a geocentric solar system.;-)
Yes, I realise these words are part of the vernacular. The point I was trying to make was that this word use, as well as Aristotelian philosophy, was the main reason the Roman Catholic Church was opposed to a heliocentric worldview.
As for the Young-Earth/Old-Earth argument, if we continue that, we'd just be trading websites for weeks.
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"Why do mirrors reverse left and right but not up and down?"
They don't do either. They only reverse front and back.
Think about it. Look straight into a mirror placed perpendicular to the ground. If you are facing north (for instance) your reflection is a person facing south. It's because left and right aren't reversed that lettering and such looks backwards.
Not to mention "Ron Vibbentrop" and "Mr. MacGoering".
Could be. I doesn't look too much like him and he's not wearing Shepard Book clothes.
What, 'cause he's Chinese or something like that? I don't get your reasoning...
40 years subjective, 3000 years objective. He would look 40 anyway.
Very funny, but Ender is 40-something in Speaker for the Dead.
"Das Boot" was truly an excellent film. It is the submarine movie, and nothing else comes close.
The funny thing is actual WWII U-boat veterans hate that movie. They don't think it has a shred of realism to it.
at least in Canada, this sentiment was fostered by people who basically stole these citizens' property without compensation.
Don't worry, this happened in the USA, too.
Wasn't America eager to intervene in Vietnam because the North and South were going to reunite in a free election, and the Communist North was predicted to win said free election?
Yup, as soon as the spaceship touches down, about fifty brightly costumed extras will jump out of the lander and perform an elaborately choreographed song-and-dance number while the astronauts (played by Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit) profess their undying love for each other. I honestly can't wait.
Or we could just go socialist and make everyone's wages equal.
Why is this offtopic?
(I can't sing the Tom Lehrer song, though)
There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...
I don't think it was in the films, but the DVD special features (for Two Towers) shows it off at every opportunity. Same with the troll from Fellowship of the Ring. Loincloth in the movies; going commando on DVD.
The police are conducting an investigation around here, and I'm in America.
You do realize that Giant is the program that's being bought out by MS, right?
It is true that his premises have something to be desired. However, he does get at something when talking about China and North Korea being in cahoots. However, I get my information from people who live around there and have a handle on the situation, and I doubt the AC does.
In fact, one of my Japanese friends did use the wording "effectively the same country".
Wel, we're talking about bacteria here. They can survive quite a bit, even immigrating to another planet. They might be able to adapt within a few genrations.
While I can't stand this AC, it should be noted that this is the first time he has made a valid point. Whether it was accidently or on purpose, I don't know.
I've noticed this too. I agree that the Chinese government is one of the most repressive regimes in the world, and that Chinese industries have done damage to the environment, but when someone takes so much time making malicious accusations about this, you have to wonder what goes on in this guy's mind.
In another article several months ago, I tried to reason with this AC, and I got a reply calling me a smelly Chinese bigot. He also said that Caucasians and Chinese do not think about things differently because they were raised in different cultures, but that they are fundamentally different in some way.
I, for one, welcome our new elderly Korean overlords!
Now Sauroman shoots first!
Actually, the trailer showed Saruman tossing a fireball down at Gandalf. That entire scene, compared to the book, will be as bad as the debacle with Greedo and George Lucas.
I'm not saying they're wrong. I'm not saying that France-bashers are all wrong, either. All I'm saying is that it's overdone and tired.
Wow, China-bashing for nerds is like France-bashing for rednecks.
They obviously believe in a geocentric solar system. ;-)
Yes, I realise these words are part of the vernacular. The point I was trying to make was that this word use, as well as Aristotelian philosophy, was the main reason the Roman Catholic Church was opposed to a heliocentric worldview.
As for the Young-Earth/Old-Earth argument, if we continue that, we'd just be trading websites for weeks.