I think that function name is malformed. You forgot the verb.:) Should it have been getBadEvolutionJokes, putBadEvolutionJokes, listBadEvolutionJokes or modDownBadEvolutionJokes?
> Is the next step going to be that if I hold a strong religious and ethical belief about the speed limit, I'm not bound by it?
I very much doubt it. People who strongly believe and then practice in human sacrifice would still be charged with murder by the state, since the freedom to choose and to express one's religious beliefs does mean one has the right to kill people with impunity. In the same way, a having strong belief that speed limits are bogus does not entitle one to drive recklessly.
> I was on Zoloft for a couple of years way back when I was a teenager.
I think you identified part of the problem right there. Zoloft and adolescents are a volatile combination. IANAPsychiatrist, but I would guess that anyone under the age of about 22 who takes Zoloft has an even chance of thinking about suicide just as often when their moods are elevated as when they were severely depressed and the drug was first administered.
The rest of the problem is as you noted: people often try to treat symptoms rather than illnesses. Sometimes the meds do the trick. Sometimes they're just the first step. I'm glad you survived.
I offer a few specific options for other: e) Attack Mr Brennan's kneecaps with a ballpeen hammer. f) Hire some guy named innie to hit the judge over the head with a shovel g) Go the Miskatonic University and do research on resurrecting CowboyNeal.
"You don't want to sell me a new series. You want to go home and rethink your profession."
"That's no franchise. That's a merchandising opportunity!"
"Don't try to frighten us with your director's ways, Lord Lucas. Your hidebound dedication to that re-imagined franchise hasn't given you the clairvoyance to see what the fans want or the insight to leave things well enough alone."
On that note, what are your predictions related to the possible DGA SAG strikes? They could shut the industry down just as completely as the WGA strike.
Actually, they are taking a risk. Writers make their investment in time and opportunity costs up front. If the show flops (read: never airs in its entirety), they will never collect any residual income on those unaired episodes. No reruns, no royalties. No DVD release, no royalties. They're still out the time and effort required to write the original scripts, even if they were paid, because they could have spent the same time writing another series with more chance of success.
I think you have some defaults turned on in your preferences.
When configuring your preferences, choose the discussion section and look for this: [snip] Display Link Domains? (shows the actual domain of any link in brackets)
Never show link domains
Show the links domain only in recommended situations
Always show link domains [/snip]
(I always post in flat text, so the page snippet is a little munged, but the three options have radio buttons beside them.)
The story isn't that the strike is over or even that the strike might be over soon (though it might be). The "story" is that Michael Eisner thinks the strike is (or should be) over. Eisner sided with the AMPTP, so this announcement of opinion is no surprise.
The truth is, the strike ends when the WGA says it does. The WGA membership hasn't yet voted on the latest proposals, so the picketing continues.
As a Texan who was recently required to go to New Jersey on business, I can confirm that it is indeed brutally cold and utterly unfit for human habitation. The only liveable areas are the areas where no one currently lives.
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I think that function name is malformed. You forgot the verb. :) Should it have been getBadEvolutionJokes, putBadEvolutionJokes, listBadEvolutionJokes or modDownBadEvolutionJokes?
> Is the next step going to be that if I hold a strong religious and ethical belief about the speed limit, I'm not bound by it?
I very much doubt it. People who strongly believe and then practice in human sacrifice would still be charged with murder by the state, since the freedom to choose and to express one's religious beliefs does mean one has the right to kill people with impunity. In the same way, a having strong belief that speed limits are bogus does not entitle one to drive recklessly.
> I was on Zoloft for a couple of years way back when I was a teenager.
I think you identified part of the problem right there. Zoloft and adolescents are a volatile combination. IANAPsychiatrist, but I would guess that anyone under the age of about 22 who takes Zoloft has an even chance of thinking about suicide just as often when their moods are elevated as when they were severely depressed and the drug was first administered.
The rest of the problem is as you noted: people often try to treat symptoms rather than illnesses. Sometimes the meds do the trick. Sometimes they're just the first step. I'm glad you survived.
I offer a few specific options for other:
e) Attack Mr Brennan's kneecaps with a ballpeen hammer.
f) Hire some guy named innie to hit the judge over the head with a shovel
g) Go the Miskatonic University and do research on resurrecting CowboyNeal.
Why even send the HD-DVD? Just send a bobcat.
Have 7,8,and 9 been published? Is so, what are the titles? Are you referring to the Thrawn Trilogy?
LolChewie says: "I can haz a b0wcatzur?"
"You don't want to sell me a new series. You want to go home and rethink your profession."
"That's no franchise. That's a merchandising opportunity!"
"Don't try to frighten us with your director's ways, Lord Lucas. Your hidebound dedication to that re-imagined franchise hasn't given you the clairvoyance to see what the fans want or the insight to leave things well enough alone."
"I find your lack of plot disturbing."
and finally
"It's a Trap!"
That's no surprise. Puns are heavily language dependent. The joke was written in English, so of course it will only be funny in English.
On that note, what are your predictions related to the possible DGA SAG strikes? They could shut the industry down just as completely as the WGA strike.
Actually, they are taking a risk. Writers make their investment in time and opportunity costs up front. If the show flops (read: never airs in its entirety), they will never collect any residual income on those unaired episodes. No reruns, no royalties. No DVD release, no royalties. They're still out the time and effort required to write the original scripts, even if they were paid, because they could have spent the same time writing another series with more chance of success.
Until, of course, the planet's name is changed to do away with the joke.
I think you have some defaults turned on in your preferences.
When configuring your preferences, choose the discussion section and look for this:
[snip]
Display Link Domains? (shows the actual domain of any link in brackets)
Never show link domains
Show the links domain only in recommended situations
Always show link domains
[/snip]
(I always post in flat text, so the page snippet is a little munged, but the three options have radio buttons beside them.)
Choose whatever it is you want.
So, what are you now? A bloggerttorney? A oarapundit? Wait, no, that's PJ.
You're exactly right.
The story isn't that the strike is over or even that the strike might be over soon (though it might be). The "story" is that Michael Eisner thinks the strike is (or should be) over. Eisner sided with the AMPTP, so this announcement of opinion is no surprise.
The truth is, the strike ends when the WGA says it does. The WGA membership hasn't yet voted on the latest proposals, so the picketing continues.
They're only 0/2 until you put them into a powered dive. Things get very messy when they hit the target.
Am I right in thinking you're talking about Magic the Retailing?
Let's use a really scary car metaphor: the car, hypothetically named Christine, tries to kill you if you try to stop driving it.
And if the Sun won't take them, how about the Weekly World News? Their plight should be recorded in a periodical as worthwhile as they are, after all.
That all depends. Is cow manure carbon neutral?
"He was afraid you might follow old Obi-Wan on another damnfool idealistic crusade. Or accidentally take your protocol Droid's head off."
So . . . from Taoism to Monty Python in one swell foop?
This is Slashdot, after all.
The Tao that can be expressed . . .
As a Texan who was recently required to go to New Jersey on business, I can confirm that it is indeed brutally cold and utterly unfit for human habitation. The only liveable areas are the areas where no one currently lives.
I have to wonder: is this better or worse than the cell phone text message novels?
It must be Bunniiiieeess!