they're actually really incompetent at running airlines?
They're *all* incompetent? United? American? Virgin America? Delta? Southwest? JetBlue? Alaska? Spirit? Frontier? Hawaiian? Allegiant? Every single one of them, moving millions of people every week, they're all incompetent at running airlines?
Here in the USA it's all about screwing the traveller.
If this was true, why are the airlines constantly teetering on the edge of bankruptcy with razor-thin margins? They should be rolling in cash, and they're not. Why? Because air travel is hugely competitive and a great deal for the flying public.
But in the Star Trek world, what would human bad guys do? Steal stuff? Why? Just replicate whatever you want - There's no money. Smuggle? How? Just beam it. Murder people? OK, maybe, but presumably if you murder someone in Gene-world you're immediately diagnosed with a mental illness and treated.
I would not have pulled the movies. Those asshats would have done nothing.
So if you were an exec at Sony and you got an email that proved it was from the NK hackers that said "If you show this movie I'll kill your children," and it included pics of your kids coming and going from school, would you still release the movie? I strongly suspect that's what has happened here.
It boggles my mind that anyone seriously believes North Korea is going to start mounting attacks on North American theaters should they screen this film.
As I said in the other thread, I suspect what NK has done is threaten harm to the families of the Sony execs and the movie chain execs.
That's likely all it would take: "Show this movie and I'll kill your children."
The "attack the theaters" response is just a smokescreen against what has really been threatened.
[He] always makes sure to read the copies of Entertainment Weekly and People lying around the shop's break room, "just so he can point out all the stars and shows he's never heard of."
"Last week, in one of the magazines, there was a picture of Calista Flockhart," Elkins said, "and Jonathan announced, 'I have absolutely no idea who this woman is. Calista who? Am I supposed to have heard of her? I'm sorry, but I haven't.'"
In 1962, when Kennedy gave his famous "Choose to go to the moon" speech, the US still had 'white' and 'colored' drinking fountains. Many rural Americans in the Appalachians and the south were in deep poverty and had no indoor plumbing. Should America have fixed those things first before they went to the moon?
This wasn't / isn't "Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2." Even before the hacks this movie was being reported on all over the place due to its politically charged nature and unique storyline.
Not every day you create a black comedy about killing a world dictator starring Seth Rogen.
As soon as I heard this story, I realized it's not Sony Pictures giving in to threats to an AMC in Des Moines - It's likely Sony Pictures execs giving in to threats to themselves and their families: "If you release this movie we'll kill your children."
Of course I doubt NK has the reach to pull off those threats, but pretty chilling nonetheless...
What I want to know is what we (for any of the appropriate values of 'we') are going to do about this, because this kind of thing cannot be allowed to go on.
'We' have allowed unimaginable atrocities to 'go on' in North Korea against innocent men, women and children for decades and we've done nothing.
Yet NK makes empty threats against movie theatres and now we're supposed to do something about it?
How does NK survive? China. You want to do something about it then everyone in the USA needs to stop buying stuff from China. Once China turns off the NK money taps (money that comes from you, indirectly) then regime will collapse.
I don't have a horse in either race, but I'm curious - Have any blind studies been done to determine if vinyl does indeed sound better? My audiophile father-in-law would tell you HD-CD sounds better than vinyl, but I don't have the ears to tell either way...
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they're actually really incompetent at running airlines?
They're *all* incompetent? United? American? Virgin America? Delta? Southwest? JetBlue? Alaska? Spirit? Frontier? Hawaiian? Allegiant? Every single one of them, moving millions of people every week, they're all incompetent at running airlines?
Sorry, I don't buy it.
Here in the USA it's all about screwing the traveller.
If this was true, why are the airlines constantly teetering on the edge of bankruptcy with razor-thin margins? They should be rolling in cash, and they're not. Why? Because air travel is hugely competitive and a great deal for the flying public.
Gate check your large bag, you'll get it back at the arriving gate.
This is incorrect - When you gate-check a bag it's "checked through to your final destination" - You pick it up on the baggage carousel.
The exception is regional-jet and turboprop flights where you "leave your bag in the jetway." In these situations your bag is returned to the jetway.
Except that Sailing and Curling are both current olympic sports
Ever watched Olympics-level curling? The curlers are generaly in great shape.
So Kirk didn't have to steal the Enterprise in... whatever movie that was.. he could just have replicated it?
Kirk needed to steal a warship so he could fly into prohibited space.
Why do criminals steal cars / boats / planes today?
To get somewhere: No money in Gene-world, so just beam yourself or walk onto a starship going where you need to go.
To part it out our sell it stolen: No money in Gene-world, so what good is that - No customers to fence them too, and no means for them to pay you.
Same reason I never understood the "Gold Pressed Latinum" nonsense. Even if you couldn't replicate it, what would you buy with it? Everything is free.
there must be bad guys or genetic manipulation.
But in the Star Trek world, what would human bad guys do? Steal stuff? Why? Just replicate whatever you want - There's no money. Smuggle? How? Just beam it. Murder people? OK, maybe, but presumably if you murder someone in Gene-world you're immediately diagnosed with a mental illness and treated.
I have no idea what to watch.
1) Go to http://www.rottentomatoes.com/
2) Click "Movies"
3) Click "Certified Fresh Movies"
Enjoy.
Then burn them and drag a magnet through the ashes to collect the nails.
Where I live (Pacific Northwest) you can't drag a magnet through sand on a beach - It becomes covered in the sand grains that are ferrous.
Some episodes you can try watching (even if out-of-sequence and spoilery), to get a feel for Trek:
I'm sorry, but it's Geek Law that every list of ST episodes to 'try' must include TNG's "Yesterday's Enterprise."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Can we retire this joke? Please?
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these jokes!
Can we retire this joke? Please?
In Soviet Russia, joke retire you!
I would not have pulled the movies. Those asshats would have done nothing.
So if you were an exec at Sony and you got an email that proved it was from the NK hackers that said "If you show this movie I'll kill your children," and it included pics of your kids coming and going from school, would you still release the movie? I strongly suspect that's what has happened here.
Sigh.
You can't nuke North Korea or Kim Jong-Un's BIG brother would retaliate: China.
China could retaliate either militarily (unlikely) or economically (very possible). In either case, the result would be devastating the the USA.
NK exists at the behest of China, pure and simple.
It boggles my mind that anyone seriously believes North Korea is going to start mounting attacks on North American theaters should they screen this film.
As I said in the other thread, I suspect what NK has done is threaten harm to the families of the Sony execs and the movie chain execs.
That's likely all it would take: "Show this movie and I'll kill your children."
The "attack the theaters" response is just a smokescreen against what has really been threatened.
[He] always makes sure to read the copies of Entertainment Weekly and People lying around the shop's break room, "just so he can point out all the stars and shows he's never heard of."
"Last week, in one of the magazines, there was a picture of Calista Flockhart," Elkins said, "and Jonathan announced, 'I have absolutely no idea who this woman is. Calista who? Am I supposed to have heard of her? I'm sorry, but I haven't.'"
http://www.theonion.com/articl...
In 1962, when Kennedy gave his famous "Choose to go to the moon" speech, the US still had 'white' and 'colored' drinking fountains. Many rural Americans in the Appalachians and the south were in deep poverty and had no indoor plumbing. Should America have fixed those things first before they went to the moon?
This wasn't / isn't "Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2." Even before the hacks this movie was being reported on all over the place due to its politically charged nature and unique storyline.
Not every day you create a black comedy about killing a world dictator starring Seth Rogen.
Alternately, nobody I know had even heard of the movie before the hacks
Do you all live under a rock?
As soon as I heard this story, I realized it's not Sony Pictures giving in to threats to an AMC in Des Moines - It's likely Sony Pictures execs giving in to threats to themselves and their families: "If you release this movie we'll kill your children."
Of course I doubt NK has the reach to pull off those threats, but pretty chilling nonetheless...
Outside of the 'neat' factor of buying a cuban cigar, there are equally good makers in other countries.
Do other countries make good cigars? Sure. An Arturo Fuente is a good cigar.
But are they equal to a Cuban cigar? No. Any blind tasting will demonstrate that Cubans are better, every time.
What I want to know is what we (for any of the appropriate values of 'we') are going to do about this, because this kind of thing cannot be allowed to go on.
'We' have allowed unimaginable atrocities to 'go on' in North Korea against innocent men, women and children for decades and we've done nothing.
Yet NK makes empty threats against movie theatres and now we're supposed to do something about it?
How does NK survive? China. You want to do something about it then everyone in the USA needs to stop buying stuff from China. Once China turns off the NK money taps (money that comes from you, indirectly) then regime will collapse.
You left 80 Micro off the list!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8...
I don't have a horse in either race, but I'm curious - Have any blind studies been done to determine if vinyl does indeed sound better? My audiophile father-in-law would tell you HD-CD sounds better than vinyl, but I don't have the ears to tell either way...
If you ever watch CNN (TV) you will see continuous false information and it is managed by The Whitehouse personally.
You really telling me that programs like Fareed Zakaria's GPS are 'false information managed by the White House?'
Have you even watched a few episodes?
Saying things like this completely blow your credibility.
I have no clue what this even means.