I know this is about Bell Canada, but I thought the situation was pretty much the same there as here in the US; that is - very little competition.
The first thing I thought when I read "there is plenty of competition" was "Bahahahaha, yeah right! Good one!".
Most places you get one or maybe two choices (and no, satellite doesn't count).
And hey, more choice would be good, but the opposite wouldn't be bad either: municipal fiber being more common. As far as I'm concerned, broadband is a utility.
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They made Children of Dune in a tv mini-series sequel to Dune on the sci-fi channel.
Not technically a movie, but only because of length and presentation format. It had the production values easily - so it was pretty much a 4-5 hour long movie (and was sold on DVD that way).
It's telling you never spoke to the original point, just went off on a tanget about something completely different. Who's evading who?
My position on the issue you ask about has no relevance to the specific point to which I posted, which are what all these reply portions of the thread are ostensibly about. And indeed, after your trollish behavior, I certainly wasn't going to indulge you in going off-topic - so yes I specifically avoided it - no hysterics necessary.
You seem to have misinterpreted my initial post as an invitation to go through the entire subject with you. It plainly wasn't. You can call me whatever names you want for not feeding the trolls.
A "discussion" with the likes of you is scarcely a discussion at all. As stated, it was never intended to be a discussion of the larger issue - so by your definition, yeah it isn't much of one and wasn't supposed to be. The reason the "actual" discussion isn't being had is because you ignored that and moved on to the thing you obviously want to talk about instead.
Me: "Equating Saddam's behavior to the US is erroneous." You: "But what is you personal position on torture???!!!"
You can see how that doesn't really follow - actually you probably can't - but anyway it doesn't. My position is irrelevant to the point I made, no matter how incredibly obsessed with it you are.
I have no interest in discussing something with someone that puts ad hominem's in every single post. I had no other purpose in posting at all, than the point of my first post. Go back and read it. It was simple. Equating the two things you were equating is absurd. All the posts that follow are targeted at NOTHING more than proving that point - I didn't say being in prison is "having it good". You can use the posts to sit and guess at my position on issues using supposition and conjecture all you like - doesn't mean a thing.
You can continue trying to change the subject all you like. My first post did nothing but call your equating misplaced and ludicrous. I was trying to make no other point, and won't engage you on any other.
I was referring to the government's treatment of detainees, not its citizens.
Well the post you were replying to was referring to citizens. Regardless, it's your EQUATION of the two that is ridiculous. It's this "we're just as bad as them" nonsense.
Yes, I do see a difference between "kidnapping, raping and murdering civilians" (literally, for the fun of it, in some cases) and "capturing (you can used kidnapping if you like) suspected terrorists from other countries, putting them in prison, feeding them 2-3 meals a day using food that complies with their religion, allowing them to worship as they please (even accommodating their religious holidays), rewarding good behavior with privileges, giving the international red cross access to them, and using waterboarding on the vast minority of them".
You can still argue it's wrong. Just don't argue it's the same. It's crazy.
If you can seriously equate the stuff that Saddam's thugs (and sociopathic sons) did to the state of civil liberties in the US, than you are so far out of touch with reality that nothing is going to get you back. Enjoy your indefinite stay in wacko land.
I knew people that were over there and saw what went on in those palaces.
From what I recall about both the last two presidential elections, it was more about who you were voting against than who you were voting for.
In that light, it would be phrased "6/10 voted against Kerry"
In discussions since then it seems people all immediately equate voting for Bush to liking Bush, or thinking he was good, or agreeing with him or whatever. That is where you get those chestnuts like "60% voted for Bush, so this country is dumb". I don't think you can make that equation. Everyone I could find that said they voted Bush just didn't like Kerry or didn't want him to win. I bet they would have voted for someone better, if someone better would have been available.
I don't think people remember how crappy the candidates were in that election.
I've experimented with PAYG Internet using a couple of wireless data cards (GPRS/3G networks). Once you start being billed by the kilobyte, it's straight back to text only browsers (those advertising banners, corporate logo frames that fill the entire screen and flash intro's are real bandwidth munchers). Which is why this is could be harmful. A lot of Good Things(TM) and innovation have come out of having tons of bandwidth at everyone's disposal. The promise of FTTH is just that; what would we be able to do if everyone had a massive pipe coming in and out? You certainly wouldn't have Youtube if people were trying to be miserly with bandwidth because they are being charged the equivalent of the old "Long Distance" telephone rates.
In fact, that is kind of what this reminds me of. I mean, hey, if I don't use my whole allotment this month, I want the extra back next month! I can just see the future now: "Rollover bandwith", "Night and weekend bandwidth", "Free mobile to mobile bandwith with other TW customers!"
Yeah, Bloodrayne ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BloodRayne_(film) ) was a disaster. Cost $25 million and made $3.5 million at the theatres. Throw in advertising, and I doubt even DVD sales are going to make that profitable. I want an accountant to figure out how this works!
I used to play that game a lot:) I wouldn't mind a remake version with better AI and some balance fixes (Carriers were pretty much an auto-win strategy vs. the computer).
I guess other 4X Strategy games have come out, like GalCiv 2, but I never got into them as much for some reason.
These "guide" books all reference EU stuff and are part of EU. They just aggregate the EU information on a given topic (planets, species, moons, equipment and the chronology one that smashes all the EU books together in the right order and gives summaries of the events.)
Yeah they use the term laser, but the description of them in the various Star Wars materials says they are not the lasers (focused light only) that we term as such. And they do use the same technology as blasters. Quoting from "Star Wars: The essential guide to weapons and technology":
A number of standardized terms are used in the discussion of starship weapons. Energy weapons include lasers, turbolasers, and ion cannons. Their beams carry high-energy particles that interact with the target to cause explosive damage. Quoting from the laser cannon entry (specifically talking about those found on the x-wing, y-wing, and falcon):
Laser cannons are similar to blasters, only much more powerful. The cannon's laser actuator combines high-energy blaster gas with a large power charge. (The actuator's prismatic crystal produces the high-energy bream of charged particle coupled with light.)
Yeah I am surprised this didn't get more mention, for that very reason.
For all the griping about linux gaming, there was little fanfare when a top-tier title was released and has great linux support. It's a really fun game too!
Except most of the ones you listed were not actually supposed to be lasers! All the ship weapons were forms of "blaster". Ship-level versions of the same type as Han's blaster. (Which he shot first!)
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Everyone is of course entitled to their opinion, but I prefer the security policies of RAZOR 1911.
Just fyi
They added the 5th button back for the G5 (revision 2) because people complained.
The G9 has them as well, iirc.
I guess it didn't have the "cheap" feeling to me that I get from most TV movies.
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I'm certainly not poo-pooing a new, better movie if they can it. But I thought the sci-fi one did a good job.
Just MHO though
I know this is about Bell Canada, but I thought the situation was pretty much the same there as here in the US; that is - very little competition.
The first thing I thought when I read "there is plenty of competition" was "Bahahahaha, yeah right! Good one!".
Most places you get one or maybe two choices (and no, satellite doesn't count).
And hey, more choice would be good, but the opposite wouldn't be bad either: municipal fiber being more common. As far as I'm concerned, broadband is a utility.
They made Children of Dune in a tv mini-series sequel to Dune on the sci-fi channel.
Not technically a movie, but only because of length and presentation format. It had the production values easily - so it was pretty much a 4-5 hour long movie (and was sold on DVD that way).
I mean, I like Dune, but how many remakes is enough?
Ok ok, the first one was a bit off (but it had Patrick Stewart and Sting!).
But the Sci-fi Channel version was pretty good.
I just wonder what is to be gained by doing it again.
The computer has to be run at very low temperatures.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_Zero
That quantum computer that made news a while ago was the same way.
See my sig:
My position on the issue you ask about has no relevance to the specific point to which I posted, which are what all these reply portions of the thread are ostensibly about. And indeed, after your trollish behavior, I certainly wasn't going to indulge you in going off-topic - so yes I specifically avoided it - no hysterics necessary.
You seem to have misinterpreted my initial post as an invitation to go through the entire subject with you. It plainly wasn't. You can call me whatever names you want for not feeding the trolls. A "discussion" with the likes of you is scarcely a discussion at all. As stated, it was never intended to be a discussion of the larger issue - so by your definition, yeah it isn't much of one and wasn't supposed to be. The reason the "actual" discussion isn't being had is because you ignored that and moved on to the thing you obviously want to talk about instead.
Me: "Equating Saddam's behavior to the US is erroneous."
You: "But what is you personal position on torture???!!!"
You can see how that doesn't really follow - actually you probably can't - but anyway it doesn't. My position is irrelevant to the point I made, no matter how incredibly obsessed with it you are.
I have no interest in discussing something with someone that puts ad hominem's in every single post. I had no other purpose in posting at all, than the point of my first post. Go back and read it. It was simple. Equating the two things you were equating is absurd. All the posts that follow are targeted at NOTHING more than proving that point - I didn't say being in prison is "having it good". You can use the posts to sit and guess at my position on issues using supposition and conjecture all you like - doesn't mean a thing.
You can continue trying to change the subject all you like. My first post did nothing but call your equating misplaced and ludicrous. I was trying to make no other point, and won't engage you on any other.
Well the post you were replying to was referring to citizens. Regardless, it's your EQUATION of the two that is ridiculous. It's this "we're just as bad as them" nonsense.
Yes, I do see a difference between "kidnapping, raping and murdering civilians" (literally, for the fun of it, in some cases) and "capturing (you can used kidnapping if you like) suspected terrorists from other countries, putting them in prison, feeding them 2-3 meals a day using food that complies with their religion, allowing them to worship as they please (even accommodating their religious holidays), rewarding good behavior with privileges, giving the international red cross access to them, and using waterboarding on the vast minority of them".
You can still argue it's wrong. Just don't argue it's the same. It's crazy.If you can seriously equate the stuff that Saddam's thugs (and sociopathic sons) did to the state of civil liberties in the US, than you are so far out of touch with reality that nothing is going to get you back. Enjoy your indefinite stay in wacko land.
I knew people that were over there and saw what went on in those palaces.
Forged Alliance Patch
We have released a patch for Forged Alliance. This patch only removes Secure-Rom. It will not invalidate existing replays.
Just an fyi since you mentioned the game: they released a patch to remove the CD check for Supreme Commander just a couple weeks after release.
From what I recall about both the last two presidential elections, it was more about who you were voting against than who you were voting for.
In that light, it would be phrased "6/10 voted against Kerry"
In discussions since then it seems people all immediately equate voting for Bush to liking Bush, or thinking he was good, or agreeing with him or whatever. That is where you get those chestnuts like "60% voted for Bush, so this country is dumb". I don't think you can make that equation. Everyone I could find that said they voted Bush just didn't like Kerry or didn't want him to win. I bet they would have voted for someone better, if someone better would have been available.
I don't think people remember how crappy the candidates were in that election.
In fact, that is kind of what this reminds me of. I mean, hey, if I don't use my whole allotment this month, I want the extra back next month! I can just see the future now: "Rollover bandwith", "Night and weekend bandwidth", "Free mobile to mobile bandwith with other TW customers!"
Meh. No thanks.
Somebody posted just such a link above :)
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23060778-13762,00.html
... according to wikipedia, his movies still cost millions and it doesn't seem like they break even, let alone make money:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwe_boll#Financing
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Yeah, Bloodrayne ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BloodRayne_(film) ) was a disaster. Cost $25 million and made $3.5 million at the theatres. Throw in advertising, and I doubt even DVD sales are going to make that profitable. I want an accountant to figure out how this works!
I used to play that game a lot :) I wouldn't mind a remake version with better AI and some balance fixes (Carriers were pretty much an auto-win strategy vs. the computer).
I guess other 4X Strategy games have come out, like GalCiv 2, but I never got into them as much for some reason.
Sorry, that was the first thing that came to mind when I read that
True to your sig :)
These "guide" books all reference EU stuff and are part of EU. They just aggregate the EU information on a given topic (planets, species, moons, equipment and the chronology one that smashes all the EU books together in the right order and gives summaries of the events.)
And I prefer geek.
Yeah I am surprised this didn't get more mention, for that very reason.
For all the griping about linux gaming, there was little fanfare when a top-tier title was released and has great linux support. It's a really fun game too!
Except most of the ones you listed were not actually supposed to be lasers! All the ship weapons were forms of "blaster". Ship-level versions of the same type as Han's blaster. (Which he shot first!)