So does the "Star Wars Christmas Special" count as canon? It is, after all, a movie... of sorts.
The fact that a completely fictional universe even has a notion of "canon" goes to show just how deep in Lucas' pocket so many fans are.
If he were so concerned about the continuity, integrity, and quality of his little universe to begin with, he would never have allowed all those "non-canonical" profit mines to have been dug in the first place.
You can't have it both ways: Either your art is a thing in and unto itself for its own sake (however stimulating it might be to outside contribution,) or it's a calculated commercial project designed not for any internal continuity or viewer-enlightenment/satisfaction, but only to encourage the sort of fetishism that translates to "spending lots of money on 'collectible' crap." I think Lucas has made it abundantly clear which side of that particular fence he walks his dog on.
Inter-state agreements are the way they get around this. My mom bought a car in Pennsylvania and paid the sales tax there. When she brought it to New York, she had to pay the difference between the Pennsylvania tax and the higher New York tax upon registration.
While this clearly violates the spirit of the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution, it actually dances around it, because the two states have an agreement with each other, so New York isn't technically "regulating" the interstate commerce in question. I don't know what Pennsylvania gets out of the deal. Maybe the agreement includes some provision for revenue sharing. In any case, this kind of collusion should be illegal.
It's not based on whether they have "personnel" in your state, it's whether they have a business presence. Before Apple opened Apple Stores in NY, they didn't have to collect sales tax on orders from NY. Now they do.
I'm not sure exactly what constitutes a "business presence"; it does encompass more than just retail outlets, but just having a PR office or helpdesk or something doesn't qualify.
You think blind people like tapping those canes so much that they just walk everywhere? Why do you assume only the driver of a car is going to be the one using the ATM?
No, deceptive advertising is not commerce. Commerce doesn't occur until you place an order for what's being advertised.
The spammer's argument is ludicrous; if it held any water, you could fire bullets over state lines as long as you engraved "EAT AT JOE'S" on them first.
Second, Christianity is well known for destroying and suppressing knowledge.
No argument there, but evidence suggests that neither a Christian nor a Muslim (as is elsewhere alleged) was responsible for the burning of the library at Alexandria:
The ACLU focuses on the things that need attention; for instance, they're able to ignore the Third Amendment because the issue of soldiers forcibly quartering in private homes without permission doesn't really come up these days, and they're able to ignore the gun issue because there's already a powerful lobby dedicated to that one amendment.
You might as well chastise the EFF for not taking a position on marijuana legalization.
Postscript Printer Descriptions are not drivers, they're files that describe the characteristics of the printer -- available page sizes, number of trays, maximum imageable area, that sort of thing. They're not necessary for basic functionality, but you need them to take advantage of envelope feeders, duplexing, etc.
MYOB AccountEdge is a very popular Quicken replacement for OS X. UK-specific version, and I believe it can easily import all your old Quicken data as well.
you have to always use the "Apple approved" hardware,
No you don't. The only thing keeping all those answering machine/TV/industrial control cards incompatible with Macs is their manufacturer's failure to write Mac drivers. But since you're "more than the 'average user'" you must already know that.
"Absorption medium?" "Luminous medium?" The fact that you don't even know to refer to additive primaries and subtractive primaries reveals your lack of understanding.
If you really think that CMYK is nothing but a buzzword thrown around by marketing people, then you have no idea what you're talking about. Go talk to anyone who actually works in publishing or printing and tell them CMYK is a buzzword -- I'm sure they'll get a big laugh out of it. The point of being able to work in CMYK is that you get a very close representation of the printed color on screen. The limitations of a "luminous medium" in representing a reflective medium are minimal (can't show fluorescent or metallic inks); equating them with the inverse (trying to represent RGB with CMYK) is idiotic.
The upgrade price doesn't apply to you because the coupon price applies to you. It's illegal to hand out coupons for a free anything and then unilaterally declare them void. What exactly does the fine print on the coupon say?
A different "stink" is the lack of Macdrive support for other OSses. Whereas Apps and special hardware are their own deal, the lack of support for mac disk formats is another. In the best interest of Apple buyers, and people sharing data with them, it is _needed_ to buy third party stuff like MacOpener for windows from dataviz.
Now THATS reason number one for oldschool MacFreaks to eventually switch;their customers run windows, and are tired of converting files and disks. This is the stupidist thing from Apple since quicktime.
Sounds like Windows' problem to me. Mac OS has supported reading, writing, and formatting of MSDOSFS and ISO9660 for many many years now. Anyone getting a removable disk from a Mac user just needs to ask. Of course, with Sneakernet becoming more deprecated and unneccessary every passing day, "floppy compatibility" is hardly a compelling reason to switch OSes.
I was surprised to see them define "wealthy" as "having a net worth of >$500K." That's a lot of cash to walk around a bad neighborhood with, but it's not much when it comes to net worth. I believe the rule of thumb these days is to plan on having twice that just to retire at 65. By the time space tourism becomes viable, it may be cheaper, but the cost of living sure won't be.
Of course, "natural" clones would not have the same finger prints, etc. But with the technology involved here I'm sure Sidious (and the Kaminoans?) could overcome this.
Since the whole thing takes place in a DIFFERENT GALAXY THAN OURS your assumption that their race would share particulars with humans such as unique fingerprints is ridiculous on its face.
The scene with Biggs and Wormy? "Did a young noise just blast through here?"
I don't recall that from the movie, and I saw it pretty much the day it came out. I do recall it from the screenplay and comic book, though, along with the original non-fat Jabba.
So choosing to skip an ad, whether by fast-forwarding through your Tivo's buffer or simply going to the kitchen or bathroom during breaks is "theft." So what exactly is the term for broadcasters' government-sanctioned hijacking of publicly-owned airwaves for their own profit?
Everyone who wanted 17 more channels of WWF pay-per-view in lieu of HDTV that's actually HD, raise your hand.
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The fact that a completely fictional universe even has a notion of "canon" goes to show just how deep in Lucas' pocket so many fans are.
If he were so concerned about the continuity, integrity, and quality of his little universe to begin with, he would never have allowed all those "non-canonical" profit mines to have been dug in the first place.
You can't have it both ways: Either your art is a thing in and unto itself for its own sake (however stimulating it might be to outside contribution,) or it's a calculated commercial project designed not for any internal continuity or viewer-enlightenment/satisfaction, but only to encourage the sort of fetishism that translates to "spending lots of money on 'collectible' crap." I think Lucas has made it abundantly clear which side of that particular fence he walks his dog on.
While this clearly violates the spirit of the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution, it actually dances around it, because the two states have an agreement with each other, so New York isn't technically "regulating" the interstate commerce in question. I don't know what Pennsylvania gets out of the deal. Maybe the agreement includes some provision for revenue sharing. In any case, this kind of collusion should be illegal.
I'm not sure exactly what constitutes a "business presence"; it does encompass more than just retail outlets, but just having a PR office or helpdesk or something doesn't qualify.
Quicktime doesn't have a GUI. "Quicktime Player" (or whatever the Windows version is called) does, and there's no need to use that.
P.S. It's spelled "braille."
I guess they don't. Better write a lengthy post on Slashdot about them.
The spammer's argument is ludicrous; if it held any water, you could fire bullets over state lines as long as you engraved "EAT AT JOE'S" on them first.
No argument there, but evidence suggests that neither a Christian nor a Muslim (as is elsewhere alleged) was responsible for the burning of the library at Alexandria:
http://www.bede.org.uk/library.htmw .cfm?AID=9 i a
http://www.ehistory.com/world/articles/ArticleVie
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandr
You might as well chastise the EFF for not taking a position on marijuana legalization.
Postscript Printer Descriptions are not drivers, they're files that describe the characteristics of the printer -- available page sizes, number of trays, maximum imageable area, that sort of thing. They're not necessary for basic functionality, but you need them to take advantage of envelope feeders, duplexing, etc.
MYOB AccountEdge is a very popular Quicken replacement for OS X. UK-specific version, and I believe it can easily import all your old Quicken data as well.
Multiple workspaces? This might help.
No you don't. The only thing keeping all those answering machine/TV/industrial control cards incompatible with Macs is their manufacturer's failure to write Mac drivers. But since you're "more than the 'average user'" you must already know that.
But you're right, the parent statement was stupid.
If you really think that CMYK is nothing but a buzzword thrown around by marketing people, then you have no idea what you're talking about. Go talk to anyone who actually works in publishing or printing and tell them CMYK is a buzzword -- I'm sure they'll get a big laugh out of it. The point of being able to work in CMYK is that you get a very close representation of the printed color on screen. The limitations of a "luminous medium" in representing a reflective medium are minimal (can't show fluorescent or metallic inks); equating them with the inverse (trying to represent RGB with CMYK) is idiotic.
The upgrade price doesn't apply to you because the coupon price applies to you. It's illegal to hand out coupons for a free anything and then unilaterally declare them void. What exactly does the fine print on the coupon say?
This is teal. Should be easy enough to remember now.
Great... now could you please translate "dish clothes," too?
I was surprised to see them define "wealthy" as "having a net worth of >$500K." That's a lot of cash to walk around a bad neighborhood with, but it's not much when it comes to net worth. I believe the rule of thumb these days is to plan on having twice that just to retire at 65. By the time space tourism becomes viable, it may be cheaper, but the cost of living sure won't be.
Since the whole thing takes place in a DIFFERENT GALAXY THAN OURS your assumption that their race would share particulars with humans such as unique fingerprints is ridiculous on its face.
The scene with Biggs and Wormy? "Did a young noise just blast through here?" I don't recall that from the movie, and I saw it pretty much the day it came out. I do recall it from the screenplay and comic book, though, along with the original non-fat Jabba.
I'm on my third Nextel phone and the only interference I've ever noticed is if it's sitting right on top of my monitor when it rings.
So choosing to skip an ad, whether by fast-forwarding through your Tivo's buffer or simply going to the kitchen or bathroom during breaks is "theft." So what exactly is the term for broadcasters' government-sanctioned hijacking of publicly-owned airwaves for their own profit? Everyone who wanted 17 more channels of WWF pay-per-view in lieu of HDTV that's actually HD, raise your hand.
It bears noting that the Dreamcast didn't exactly fail. If you beat a kid to death halfway through the SATs, does the kid "fail?"