It's was pretty widely released here in the U.S. a few weeks ago. It even played in one of my local multi-plexes (though there was only me and three other people in the theater when I went to see it, sadly). I really wish more people would show up for this excellent and thoughtful piece of science fiction, instead of just turning out in droves for Michael Bay blow-em-up movies that just use sci-fi as an excuse for a lot of gee-whiz FX shots.
Personally, I just love the delightful irony of this bill being signed into law by Arnold Schwarzenegger. What's next, a law against the sexual exploitation of women--championed by Ron Jeremy?
A couple of hundred years?!? I don't think you appreciate the scale we're talking here to the nearest solar systems. The fastest probes we've ever launched took like 9-10 years just to reach the edge of the solar system--just a few light *hours* away. The nearest solar systems are several light *years* away. So you're not looking at a few hundred years--more like tens of thousands of years. Not only that, but we also don't have the math or craft to hit anything with the kind of precision that far away, and no way to stop them once they get there even if you could make it.
If it looks like a scam, walks like a scam, and quacks like a scam--then it probably *is* a duck. In that case, you should probably shoot it and cook it with orange sauce.
Anytime the company you're dealing with is hard-selling you on ambitious investments, with business addresses that all point to rented P.O. boxes and non-existent offices, I'd say it's a sure thing. You should invest your life savings with them immediately.
There are a number of trailer park kids out there that seem capable of choking on anything. And, sadly enough, I think there are a number of trailer park parents willing to kill their kid for a shot at a "big money" lawsuit (so they can get a settlement check that they'll use to buy a new meth lab, lottery tickets, and NASCAR memorabilia).
I had a friend who got divorced and his wife (who had left HIM, incidentally), had his dog put to sleep. I bullshit you not. Divorcing women can be vicious and spiteful in ways that men never even DREAM of.
China insists that a system be put into place to jail WoW characters who advocate democracy for Azeroth.
It's actually kind of scary
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I'm actually surprised at how quickly some of these platforms like the iPhone have developed completely closed programming environments with barely a peep of protest from the normally pretty libertarian tech crowd. Even on/., there doesn't seem to be much of a stir about it. Every now and then someone complains, or advocates jailbreaking, but I hear more howling when MS proposes to make IE a default browser than when Apple completely locks down an entire product line to outside developers.
Ah yes, "zero tolerance," the handy crutch for teachers and administrators who are either too stupid to be trusted with making decisions on their own or who are too lazy to make said decisions. Thank you lazy and stupid people for keeping our police officers and courts busy dealing with stupid shit like this when they could be dealing with actual crimes.
IIRC, the Mythbusters tested this very thing about as objectively as they could (with multiple passes by various drivers on a set obstacle course) and did indeed find that cellphone usage had more of a negative effect on driving than moderate intoxication. For what it's worth.
Develop thicker skin. You don't throw out all the good stuff just because you find one element offensive. If the U.S. government had told Von Braun to fuck off on his rocket ideas just because he used slave labor in his factories and was a SS officer, we wouldn't be celebrating the Apollo landing anniversary today.
Amen! Amazon is the best out there. DRM-free MP3's, 99 cents a piece, and a HUGE library. Amazon actually convinced me to lower the Jolly Roger and start buying legit music. I won't use iTunes (Apple software is too aggressive and they use proprietary formats). So Amazon is just perfect for me. Just wish they would do the same thing for videos.
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The moment after that, when James Caan realizes they don't have testicles, is hilarious too.
It's was pretty widely released here in the U.S. a few weeks ago. It even played in one of my local multi-plexes (though there was only me and three other people in the theater when I went to see it, sadly). I really wish more people would show up for this excellent and thoughtful piece of science fiction, instead of just turning out in droves for Michael Bay blow-em-up movies that just use sci-fi as an excuse for a lot of gee-whiz FX shots.
Personally, I just love the delightful irony of this bill being signed into law by Arnold Schwarzenegger. What's next, a law against the sexual exploitation of women--championed by Ron Jeremy?
A couple of hundred years?!? I don't think you appreciate the scale we're talking here to the nearest solar systems. The fastest probes we've ever launched took like 9-10 years just to reach the edge of the solar system--just a few light *hours* away. The nearest solar systems are several light *years* away. So you're not looking at a few hundred years--more like tens of thousands of years. Not only that, but we also don't have the math or craft to hit anything with the kind of precision that far away, and no way to stop them once they get there even if you could make it.
You're right. We should be building a theme park there instead, with blackjack and hookers.
If it looks like a scam, walks like a scam, and quacks like a scam--then it probably *is* a duck. In that case, you should probably shoot it and cook it with orange sauce.
Anytime the company you're dealing with is hard-selling you on ambitious investments, with business addresses that all point to rented P.O. boxes and non-existent offices, I'd say it's a sure thing. You should invest your life savings with them immediately.
UK, US, what's the difference? They're both populated by overweight lazy assholes who speak English.
Raimi is WAY past his prime. But then, so is WoW.
There are a number of trailer park kids out there that seem capable of choking on anything. And, sadly enough, I think there are a number of trailer park parents willing to kill their kid for a shot at a "big money" lawsuit (so they can get a settlement check that they'll use to buy a new meth lab, lottery tickets, and NASCAR memorabilia).
I had a friend who got divorced and his wife (who had left HIM, incidentally), had his dog put to sleep. I bullshit you not. Divorcing women can be vicious and spiteful in ways that men never even DREAM of.
China insists that a system be put into place to jail WoW characters who advocate democracy for Azeroth.
I'm actually surprised at how quickly some of these platforms like the iPhone have developed completely closed programming environments with barely a peep of protest from the normally pretty libertarian tech crowd. Even on /., there doesn't seem to be much of a stir about it. Every now and then someone complains, or advocates jailbreaking, but I hear more howling when MS proposes to make IE a default browser than when Apple completely locks down an entire product line to outside developers.
Ah yes, "zero tolerance," the handy crutch for teachers and administrators who are either too stupid to be trusted with making decisions on their own or who are too lazy to make said decisions. Thank you lazy and stupid people for keeping our police officers and courts busy dealing with stupid shit like this when they could be dealing with actual crimes.
IIRC, the Mythbusters tested this very thing about as objectively as they could (with multiple passes by various drivers on a set obstacle course) and did indeed find that cellphone usage had more of a negative effect on driving than moderate intoxication. For what it's worth.
I have it on good authority that neither one of them is actually a real cowboy or a taco. They built this house on LIES!
I sure hope it's not fake code. I'm a time traveling entrepreneur, and I'm going to make a FORTUNE selling this to the Russians in 1965.
Develop thicker skin. You don't throw out all the good stuff just because you find one element offensive. If the U.S. government had told Von Braun to fuck off on his rocket ideas just because he used slave labor in his factories and was a SS officer, we wouldn't be celebrating the Apollo landing anniversary today.
It also doesn't say who exactly is supposed to ENFORCE the conventions if someone breaks them.
Living here certainly makes you fell enslaved, all right.
Amen! Amazon is the best out there. DRM-free MP3's, 99 cents a piece, and a HUGE library. Amazon actually convinced me to lower the Jolly Roger and start buying legit music. I won't use iTunes (Apple software is too aggressive and they use proprietary formats). So Amazon is just perfect for me. Just wish they would do the same thing for videos.
That's because you live in Portland. Move down to Alabama sometime.
BLASPHEMY! Burn the heretic!
If they didn't think they were doing anything wrong, they wouldn't lie to the cops when they get caught.
You had hills? Man, we would have killed for even one hill when *I* was a kid.