Eh, no. Its practically dead. Thats why every delay to this service mission is so critical - if another couple of gyros go, it won't even be able to orient itself well enough to allow the astronauts to get up close. As it is, most of its main instruments are currently out of action.
I think this is a terrible idea. The original story didn't really lend itself to a sequel, and given that the whole "electric sheep" aspect of the book wasn't really dealt with in the movie (at least not in any sort of enlightening detail) I'd much prefer to see a prequel that examined the society from the story.
I was very dissapointed that the movie didn't even touch on Mercerism, which is a central theme in the novel, and I think would make for an engaging angle in a screenplay. Deckard's desire for a live animal, the Owls at Tyrell, the electric sheep he bought and kept on the roof of his building, trying to convince his neighbour that it was real.... There's so much more that could have been explored that got cut from the first movie (not that I didn't like it). I think a prequel that dealt with the world surrounding the events in the original Blade Runner would be a much more entertaining story than having some hack gin up a 'sequel' for no other reason than putting bums in seats.
You had my mod point (two if I could have given them to you) until you said
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I'm a big fan of complementary and alternative medicine: my father practiced acupuncture and chiropractic. He had a solid track record of clinical outcomes (he frequently received referrals from MDs because of this), his prices were quite reasonable and he held himself to very high levels of ethical behavior.
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There's absolutely nothing ethical about taking someone's money for doing nothing but talking to them and touching/manipulating them in various ways while you call it "medical treatment".
Oh, and the whole vaccine/autism thing? The original study was retracted by the Lancet because Dr Wakefield (the author) "was doing paid research for a group of parents of autistic children who were planning to sue the makers of the MMR vaccine." To this day there isn't a shred of proof to support the autism allegations. Please don't encourage the crazy people to continue not vaccinating their children, even by calling the notion 'specious at best' you're giving them some wiggle room.
That said, the rest of your post is quite informative. It's a shame you had to throw in the plug for pseudoscience, it really takes away from the rest of your comment.
"Here's a bunch of new units, but you can't use them in multiplayer. Especially not with all of these shiny new maps!
Why don't you go play by yourself, it's not as if multiplayer hasn't supported this franchise for a decade or anything."
Toronto? Good Transportation System? Sorry but I must disagree. I'll assume that you haven't sardined yourself onto a TTC rush hour bus lately. These days, I call it "The Bitter Way". What good transportation system runs out of monthly passes in the first week of the month?
Please FUCK OFF already. You've been bullying me ever since I've been old enough to buy my own music or more recently (2003), any blank media.
You've been bullying my friends and local businesses running restaurants/bars who have the audacity to play CD's, or turn on the radio - two things that you're already paid for. Those who operate all live music establishments, supporting local and other Canadian artists of all types (not just music) have had you send threatening letters demanding your tithe. I have been present in a restaurant when one of your hired goons strolled in unannounced and began loudly suggesting that the proprietor was engaging in illegal behaviour by not paying up, right there, on the spot. In front of a room full of customers.
To top it all off, I now have the great (mis)fortune of working in the building next to the SOCAN Toronto offices. Of course this means that the line at the coffee shop downstairs is filled with SOCAN's sometimes offensive-smelling, unkempt, unprofessional, "working here while I'm waiting for the album to hit it big" employees. Now they're taking my TIME too. Get lunch in your own damned building and stay the hell away from my wallet while you're at it.
Or the result of the experiment is politically incorrect, like for example that video games really do increase the likelihood of violent behavior, which is more than proven
Ignoring the rest of your spew, I'd be interested in any sort of evidence you can produce to back up this statement.
Other than that, you seem to be doing a good job of "knowing everything" - why don't we just crown you king and you can sort things out from your obviously superior vantage point?
I hate to burst your bubble, but the problems with access to doctors in Canada is mostly in rural areas, although I'm sure there are some urban issues.
When I had kidney stones, I went to the emergency room around 10pm. I was admitted and administered pain relief within 1/2h of arrival, had ultrasound and xray within 2 hours of arrival and had a single room assigned to me within 4 hours of arrival.
I had surgery 2 nights later and was home a day after that.
total cost to me: $0.00
While I'm happy that many of the horror stories about US hospital fees I've heard aren't true in your case, I am sorry to see that you're talking out of your ass when it comes to Canada's system.
My socialist society has universal health care paid for through taxes. Never once have I had to pay at any hospital in Canada for anything - ranging from an emergency room visit for some stitches up to a week's stay for while recovering from lung surgery (and not paying for the surgery either).
Why not try it? You might actually like it. It's not like what you've got is working all that well anyway.
I couldn't agree more. I set up an ecommerce site for a client and she uses Moneris as her transaction processor. So we got the enormous Moneris manual and got to work - it turns out that they have several specific items that must be present in each transaction over and above the card number, the expiry date, the amount and the person's name.
Yet what baffled me is that in every single "sample" transaction presented in the manual, at least 4 or 5 "must-have" items according to their list, were absent. Calling them on it produced something of a "do as we say, not as we do" response.
If your insurance rates go up for a dirty license plate ticket then you're using the wrong insurance company.
I'm also in Toronto and there are no demerit points attached to a dirty plate or a "407 proof" reflective plate cover so their toll cameras can't get see your plate. --at least I didn't lose any points when I was pulled for each of these reasons - in fact I didn't get a ticket for the dirty plate, I just had to clean it off right then and there. The reflective cover cost me a $103.75 fine though. (still a hell of a lot cheaper than paying the 407)
For those of you who are interested: http://www.407etr.com/ this is an express toll highway that goes over the top of the Greater Toronto Area.
Our provincial government built it and then decided that they didn't want to manage it any longer so they sold it off to a private company for pennies compared to what it cost to build.
My favourite part is that if the 407 decides that you owe them money (whether they're right or wrong) then you must pay that bill before you're allowed to renew your license plate with the Province. Yes, you read that right. A private company, with just one small clerical error, can prevent me from renewing my car's plate.
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It looks like it's for everyone, unless someone bought me a gift?
I think you mean iGor, the Mad Scientist's assistant for the 21st Century.
Eh, no. Its practically dead. Thats why every delay to this service mission is so critical - if another couple of gyros go, it won't even be able to orient itself well enough to allow the astronauts to get up close. As it is, most of its main instruments are currently out of action.
Funny, it was working fine just last week.
Only a Sith deals in absolutes.
I think this is a terrible idea. The original story didn't really lend itself to a sequel, and given that the whole "electric sheep" aspect of the book wasn't really dealt with in the movie (at least not in any sort of enlightening detail) I'd much prefer to see a prequel that examined the society from the story.
I was very dissapointed that the movie didn't even touch on Mercerism, which is a central theme in the novel, and I think would make for an engaging angle in a screenplay. Deckard's desire for a live animal, the Owls at Tyrell, the electric sheep he bought and kept on the roof of his building, trying to convince his neighbour that it was real.... There's so much more that could have been explored that got cut from the first movie (not that I didn't like it). I think a prequel that dealt with the world surrounding the events in the original Blade Runner would be a much more entertaining story than having some hack gin up a 'sequel' for no other reason than putting bums in seats.
You had my mod point (two if I could have given them to you) until you said
---
I'm a big fan of complementary and alternative medicine: my father practiced acupuncture and chiropractic. He had a solid track record of clinical outcomes (he frequently received referrals from MDs because of this), his prices were quite reasonable and he held himself to very high levels of ethical behavior.
---
There's absolutely nothing ethical about taking someone's money for doing nothing but talking to them and touching/manipulating them in various ways while you call it "medical treatment".
Oh, and the whole vaccine/autism thing? The original study was retracted by the Lancet because Dr Wakefield (the author) "was doing paid research for a group of parents of autistic children who were planning to sue the makers of the MMR vaccine." To this day there isn't a shred of proof to support the autism allegations. Please don't encourage the crazy people to continue not vaccinating their children, even by calling the notion 'specious at best' you're giving them some wiggle room.
That said, the rest of your post is quite informative. It's a shame you had to throw in the plug for pseudoscience, it really takes away from the rest of your comment.
"Here's a bunch of new units, but you can't use them in multiplayer. Especially not with all of these shiny new maps!
Why don't you go play by yourself, it's not as if multiplayer hasn't supported this franchise for a decade or anything."
Toronto? Good Transportation System? Sorry but I must disagree. I'll assume that you haven't sardined yourself onto a TTC rush hour bus lately. These days, I call it "The Bitter Way".
What good transportation system runs out of monthly passes in the first week of the month?
Happy Holidays! Now go patch the server.
Parchment.
I miss Mel. I was far too young to understand why He and Flo were funny, but they were still funny to me!
Please FUCK OFF already. You've been bullying me ever since I've been old enough to buy my own music or more recently (2003), any blank media.
You've been bullying my friends and local businesses running restaurants/bars who have the audacity to play CD's, or turn on the radio - two things that you're already paid for. Those who operate all live music establishments, supporting local and other Canadian artists of all types (not just music) have had you send threatening letters demanding your tithe. I have been present in a restaurant when one of your hired goons strolled in unannounced and began loudly suggesting that the proprietor was engaging in illegal behaviour by not paying up, right there, on the spot. In front of a room full of customers.
To top it all off, I now have the great (mis)fortune of working in the building next to the SOCAN Toronto offices. Of course this means that the line at the coffee shop downstairs is filled with SOCAN's sometimes offensive-smelling, unkempt, unprofessional, "working here while I'm waiting for the album to hit it big" employees. Now they're taking my TIME too. Get lunch in your own damned building and stay the hell away from my wallet while you're at it.
Fuck right off,
Sincerely,
The Yuckinator
Where's the "+1 Crazy" when you need it?
likely because of who posted it.
For Every animal you don't eat...
Or the result of the experiment is politically incorrect, like for example that video games really do increase the likelihood of violent behavior, which is more than proven
Ignoring the rest of your spew, I'd be interested in any sort of evidence you can produce to back up this statement.
Other than that, you seem to be doing a good job of "knowing everything" - why don't we just crown you king and you can sort things out from your obviously superior vantage point?
In a silent PC no one can hear you scream.
I hate to burst your bubble, but the problems with access to doctors in Canada is mostly in rural areas, although I'm sure there are some urban issues.
When I had kidney stones, I went to the emergency room around 10pm. I was admitted and administered pain relief within 1/2h of arrival, had ultrasound and xray within 2 hours of arrival and had a single room assigned to me within 4 hours of arrival.
I had surgery 2 nights later and was home a day after that.
total cost to me: $0.00
While I'm happy that many of the horror stories about US hospital fees I've heard aren't true in your case, I am sorry to see that you're talking out of your ass when it comes to Canada's system.
My socialist society has universal health care paid for through taxes. Never once have I had to pay at any hospital in Canada for anything - ranging from an emergency room visit for some stitches up to a week's stay for while recovering from lung surgery (and not paying for the surgery either). Why not try it? You might actually like it. It's not like what you've got is working all that well anyway.
Sounds kind of uncomfortable, but I wonder if you get any higher that way? It's gotta be better for the lungs.
Yes.
I couldn't agree more. I set up an ecommerce site for a client and she uses Moneris as her transaction processor. So we got the enormous Moneris manual and got to work - it turns out that they have several specific items that must be present in each transaction over and above the card number, the expiry date, the amount and the person's name.
Yet what baffled me is that in every single "sample" transaction presented in the manual, at least 4 or 5 "must-have" items according to their list, were absent. Calling them on it produced something of a "do as we say, not as we do" response.
If your insurance rates go up for a dirty license plate ticket then you're using the wrong insurance company.
I'm also in Toronto and there are no demerit points attached to a dirty plate or a "407 proof" reflective plate cover so their toll cameras can't get see your plate. --at least I didn't lose any points when I was pulled for each of these reasons - in fact I didn't get a ticket for the dirty plate, I just had to clean it off right then and there. The reflective cover cost me a $103.75 fine though. (still a hell of a lot cheaper than paying the 407)
For those of you who are interested: http://www.407etr.com/ this is an express toll highway that goes over the top of the Greater Toronto Area.
Our provincial government built it and then decided that they didn't want to manage it any longer so they sold it off to a private company for pennies compared to what it cost to build.
My favourite part is that if the 407 decides that you owe them money (whether they're right or wrong) then you must pay that bill before you're allowed to renew your license plate with the Province. Yes, you read that right. A private company, with just one small clerical error, can prevent me from renewing my car's plate.
Liberals: Just so you know, Ann Coulter is funny!
---Yeah, just not "ha-ha" funny.
Because Toronto didn't grease enough IOC palms or perhaps they didn't grease them enough?