Tolkien wanted "Lord of the Rings" and the "Silmarillion" to be published as a four volume work; he almost fell out with his publisher over trying to make this a condition.
You'll want to go ahead and check your facts here. Lord of the Rings was a single book, a completed book, which he attempted to get published. Publishers refused to accept such a gigantic tome, so he begrudgingly broke LotR into three books. He wasn't fighting for a 4 book deal, he was fighting for a 1 book deal that included... you know... the work ready for publishing, which was LotR.
Will really come out of the woodwork on this one:-)
Did you notice that you wanted to talk about Apple before anyone else did? Instead of talking about the benefits or drawbacks of Android, you wanted to troll about Apple. Think about it.
Until this process is fixed so that this cannot happen, Congress MUST reject every single such law. No exceptions.
"just deal" is how we ended up with 8 years of bush.
Unwavering devotion in the face of truth and reality are the reason why the 8 years of Bush were so horrible.
Retroactive immunity should not exist, and he shouldn't have voted for it in any incarnation. End of.
Yeah, because absolute, "end of discussion" statements are the core of a truly intelligent leader. After all, blind-faith absolutism has served us so well in a Bush Whiteshouse, huh?
Voting for the bill in whole is exactly the same as voting for its constituent parts seperately.
Ok, so now if he follows your narrow-minded, right-or-wrong view of the world he has voted against several things that ARE beneficial and he DOES support.
You see, in an adult world, there are generally very few perfect decisions to be made. Just about all decisions have some good effects balanced by some bad effects. As adults though, as leaders sometimes, we have to look at the options and weigh them. He voted against the immunity many times trying to get it changed. Unfortunately, it came to a point where it was clear that provision wasn't going to change no matter what he did and he did support other parts of the bill, so he voted for it. That makes him a good leader, in my opinion. He worked hard for a good change, but understood when it was time to take the moderate change instead of no action at all.
As a congress critter, if there is a part of a bill you don't like IT IS YOUR JOB TO VOTE AGAINST THE WHOLE THING!!!!
Yeah! Because, you know, that bastard should vote against it if it has something in it he doesn't agree with even though it contains stuff he does agree with.
Of course, that means he's voting against things he does actually support. Hm, that can't possibly be used to decry him as well, could it?
How DARE that bastard actually understand the complexities of an issue and how they are related to all of the other complex issues included in the same Bill. Doesn't he know that we live in a binary world?! It's all yes or no! There is no middle ground here, that would be LUDICROUS!!!! *LOUD NOISES*
Did you even compare the changes or did you just know that appealing to the "yeah! the system sucks!" attitude would get you modded up?
The changes on the website just make the page more concise. Ever since the Saddleback "forum" news commentators have said that citizens liked McCain's answers because they were short and to the point while Obama's answers were long and complex. So, now he provides a more concise, to the point explanation of his views/policies and you complain.
Maybe you should based your political support on reading comprehension instead of a diff output.
I don't get the hate for Christopher Tolkien. Without his work, we would have The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings - nothing else at all.
Amusingly, I think you answered your own question here. The Silmarillion was a horrible book. The scattered notes, often contradictory, were not finished nor meant to be published. The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings was what should have been published. Nothing else.
in addition to my $15 soul-snatching-blizzard-fee. I do it because I love the game, and I (apparently like you) will justify it as a necessary cost.
This is such bullshit and it's been said so many times in these comments. Soul snatching? Really? That $15 per month (something you can easily spend in food each DAY) is really stealing your soul? You love playing game, by your own admission... yet it's stealing your soul? Give me a fucking break.
indeed according to climatologists this past summer should have been warmer than average, yet instead it was cooler.
It must be comforting to ignore all the temperature data for the last 10 years or that glaciers are disappearing... just because this summer was a little cooler than anticipated.
No, it wouldn't. Neither has shown itself to be the clear winner. I'd assume that women are more likely to choose a dependable monogamist as their mate. However (and please forgive the potentially bad imagery), the "shotgun" approach to mating with women will make up in volume what is lost in a lower individual success rate.
What's your problem with students receiving a more well-rounded education on the different views that are out there?
The problem here is that teaching Creationism in a Science class doesn't provide a "well-rounded education." Putting unrelated topics into a science class doesn't make your education well-rounded, it makes it dumb. No one is calling for Creationism to be taught in Economics classes or in Basketball classes, so why the hell should it be taught in a science class? There is no science to it. Science is about understanding the universe through experimentation and evidence. Creationism doesn't look for answers, it just says "God made it." YOu want to teach that in school? Fine by me as long as it is in a Theology class. NOT a science class.
He could have used that speech to lay out specific plans for what he wants to do and all we got was more vague philosophical platitudes. Not good at all.
Wait, what? Did you even WATCH the speech? Seriously, dude, are you high?
How about the specifics of the health care plan that he spelled out? How about the specifics of how much funding for alternate fuel research and which ones he was going to focus on and his 10 year pledge to be off of foreign oil? How about his specific promises that the government will pay for college if you serve in the military or if the military isn't something you can do that he'd set up a community service requirement so you could earn your college tuition that way?
Seriously, man, you must have been watching the wrong channel to think he didn't give any specifics. Please do us all a favor and not comment on politics.
For all we know, the divorce triggered the event, and the only reason she knew about it was family, but it really does seem as though the officer should have been fired. It is, from the information available, at least conceivable that the safety officer was not doing his job.
You've missed the point that in no way was it her or her office's responsibility or duty to fire this guy. She strong-armed the guy's boss into firing him. It wasn't something she should have even been involved with. She overstepped her bounds and used her political office to gain revenge for a family member.
You apparently missed the whole point. This information is already out there because the government is mishandling it. The reason the judge isn't forcing them off the web is because it's the perfect way to show the government is incompetent so that it can be FIXED. It won't be fixed if it gets buried.
Your comments about him being irrelevent are trollish - he does have experience with the product, and decided for himself.
The problem here is that TFA is about an upcoming content expansion to WoW. The people who play WoW are getting some more neat things to experience. He doesn't play the game anymore, he clearly doesn't like it, so this announcement of new content doesn't affect him at all. Yet, he wants announce that he's "meh" about the release of new content in a game that he doesn't play. So who the hell cares if he's not excited about the release of new content. He's not going to experience it because he doesn't play the game... and therefore, his feelings on the expansion are completely irrelevant.
Saying someone is boring because they dislike the grind? Not that cool, dude.
Oh cmon, his description of the game was push button, wait, push button, repeat. If he wants to view the game in such lifeless and mechanical terms, then there is definitely something wrong with this guy's ability to enjoy ANYTHING. Seriously, what video game isn't just pushing buttons and waiting if you break it down to it's most basic mechanical functions? His lack of enjoyment of the game is not a problem with the game. His lack of the enjoyment of the game comes from him.
I see, so your opinion about this game that you don't enjoy and don't play is incredibly relevant.
It was the same thing over and over. Push number, wait for bar to fill, push another number, wait for bar, then loot. Rebuff, and start again.
I feel sorry that you remember such a beautifully artistic game with a great storyline and other fun people to play with was so grey and empty. Perhaps the game is interesting and you are the boring one.
The WGA strike was stupid and was more harmful to the writer's of America than it was helpful. The Daily Show and the Colbert Report protected their people from losing their livelihoods because of some arrogant and stubborn management.
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*sigh* Yes, there was government business conducted from the account. Are you even paying attention?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.....but, what are their 0-60mph times??
Pretty darn good considering an electric motor exerts more torque at lower speeds than a combustion engine. ;)
Tolkien wanted "Lord of the Rings" and the "Silmarillion" to be published as a four volume work; he almost fell out with his publisher over trying to make this a condition.
You'll want to go ahead and check your facts here. Lord of the Rings was a single book, a completed book, which he attempted to get published. Publishers refused to accept such a gigantic tome, so he begrudgingly broke LotR into three books. He wasn't fighting for a 4 book deal, he was fighting for a 1 book deal that included... you know... the work ready for publishing, which was LotR.
Will really come out of the woodwork on this one :-)
Did you notice that you wanted to talk about Apple before anyone else did? Instead of talking about the benefits or drawbacks of Android, you wanted to troll about Apple. Think about it.
Until this process is fixed so that this cannot happen, Congress MUST reject every single such law. No exceptions. "just deal" is how we ended up with 8 years of bush.
Unwavering devotion in the face of truth and reality are the reason why the 8 years of Bush were so horrible.
Retroactive immunity should not exist, and he shouldn't have voted for it in any incarnation. End of.
Yeah, because absolute, "end of discussion" statements are the core of a truly intelligent leader. After all, blind-faith absolutism has served us so well in a Bush Whiteshouse, huh?
Voting for the bill in whole is exactly the same as voting for its constituent parts seperately.
Ok, so now if he follows your narrow-minded, right-or-wrong view of the world he has voted against several things that ARE beneficial and he DOES support.
You see, in an adult world, there are generally very few perfect decisions to be made. Just about all decisions have some good effects balanced by some bad effects. As adults though, as leaders sometimes, we have to look at the options and weigh them. He voted against the immunity many times trying to get it changed. Unfortunately, it came to a point where it was clear that provision wasn't going to change no matter what he did and he did support other parts of the bill, so he voted for it. That makes him a good leader, in my opinion. He worked hard for a good change, but understood when it was time to take the moderate change instead of no action at all.
As a congress critter, if there is a part of a bill you don't like IT IS YOUR JOB TO VOTE AGAINST THE WHOLE THING!!!!
Yeah! Because, you know, that bastard should vote against it if it has something in it he doesn't agree with even though it contains stuff he does agree with.
Of course, that means he's voting against things he does actually support. Hm, that can't possibly be used to decry him as well, could it?
How DARE that bastard actually understand the complexities of an issue and how they are related to all of the other complex issues included in the same Bill. Doesn't he know that we live in a binary world?! It's all yes or no! There is no middle ground here, that would be LUDICROUS!!!! *LOUD NOISES*
Did you even compare the changes or did you just know that appealing to the "yeah! the system sucks!" attitude would get you modded up?
The changes on the website just make the page more concise. Ever since the Saddleback "forum" news commentators have said that citizens liked McCain's answers because they were short and to the point while Obama's answers were long and complex. So, now he provides a more concise, to the point explanation of his views/policies and you complain.
Maybe you should based your political support on reading comprehension instead of a diff output.
I don't get the hate for Christopher Tolkien. Without his work, we would have The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings - nothing else at all.
Amusingly, I think you answered your own question here. The Silmarillion was a horrible book. The scattered notes, often contradictory, were not finished nor meant to be published. The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings was what should have been published. Nothing else.
in addition to my $15 soul-snatching-blizzard-fee. I do it because I love the game, and I (apparently like you) will justify it as a necessary cost.
This is such bullshit and it's been said so many times in these comments. Soul snatching? Really? That $15 per month (something you can easily spend in food each DAY) is really stealing your soul? You love playing game, by your own admission... yet it's stealing your soul? Give me a fucking break.
I wonder if each ship would be able to cancel out its own carbon emissions from Burned Fuel, and of course multiply that by 1500 ships.
Wow. Not only could you not be bothered to Read The Fucking article... you couldn't even be bothered to Read The Fucking Summary.
I'm sorry guys, the data is not in.
The only people who say the data isn't in are the people who haven't looked at the data.
indeed according to climatologists this past summer should have been warmer than average, yet instead it was cooler.
It must be comforting to ignore all the temperature data for the last 10 years or that glaciers are disappearing... just because this summer was a little cooler than anticipated.
After reading your post, it's clear to me why you are having trouble finding a woman who is willing to let you touch it.
No, it wouldn't. Neither has shown itself to be the clear winner. I'd assume that women are more likely to choose a dependable monogamist as their mate. However (and please forgive the potentially bad imagery), the "shotgun" approach to mating with women will make up in volume what is lost in a lower individual success rate.
What's your problem with students receiving a more well-rounded education on the different views that are out there?
The problem here is that teaching Creationism in a Science class doesn't provide a "well-rounded education." Putting unrelated topics into a science class doesn't make your education well-rounded, it makes it dumb. No one is calling for Creationism to be taught in Economics classes or in Basketball classes, so why the hell should it be taught in a science class? There is no science to it. Science is about understanding the universe through experimentation and evidence. Creationism doesn't look for answers, it just says "God made it." YOu want to teach that in school? Fine by me as long as it is in a Theology class. NOT a science class.
He could have used that speech to lay out specific plans for what he wants to do and all we got was more vague philosophical platitudes. Not good at all.
Wait, what? Did you even WATCH the speech? Seriously, dude, are you high?
How about the specifics of the health care plan that he spelled out? How about the specifics of how much funding for alternate fuel research and which ones he was going to focus on and his 10 year pledge to be off of foreign oil? How about his specific promises that the government will pay for college if you serve in the military or if the military isn't something you can do that he'd set up a community service requirement so you could earn your college tuition that way?
Seriously, man, you must have been watching the wrong channel to think he didn't give any specifics. Please do us all a favor and not comment on politics.
For all we know, the divorce triggered the event, and the only reason she knew about it was family, but it really does seem as though the officer should have been fired. It is, from the information available, at least conceivable that the safety officer was not doing his job.
You've missed the point that in no way was it her or her office's responsibility or duty to fire this guy. She strong-armed the guy's boss into firing him. It wasn't something she should have even been involved with. She overstepped her bounds and used her political office to gain revenge for a family member.
You apparently missed the whole point. This information is already out there because the government is mishandling it. The reason the judge isn't forcing them off the web is because it's the perfect way to show the government is incompetent so that it can be FIXED. It won't be fixed if it gets buried.
Your comments about him being irrelevent are trollish - he does have experience with the product, and decided for himself.
The problem here is that TFA is about an upcoming content expansion to WoW. The people who play WoW are getting some more neat things to experience. He doesn't play the game anymore, he clearly doesn't like it, so this announcement of new content doesn't affect him at all. Yet, he wants announce that he's "meh" about the release of new content in a game that he doesn't play. So who the hell cares if he's not excited about the release of new content. He's not going to experience it because he doesn't play the game... and therefore, his feelings on the expansion are completely irrelevant.
Saying someone is boring because they dislike the grind? Not that cool, dude.
Oh cmon, his description of the game was push button, wait, push button, repeat. If he wants to view the game in such lifeless and mechanical terms, then there is definitely something wrong with this guy's ability to enjoy ANYTHING. Seriously, what video game isn't just pushing buttons and waiting if you break it down to it's most basic mechanical functions? His lack of enjoyment of the game is not a problem with the game. His lack of the enjoyment of the game comes from him.
I stopped playing WOW about a year ago.
I see, so your opinion about this game that you don't enjoy and don't play is incredibly relevant.
It was the same thing over and over. Push number, wait for bar to fill, push another number, wait for bar, then loot. Rebuff, and start again.
I feel sorry that you remember such a beautifully artistic game with a great storyline and other fun people to play with was so grey and empty. Perhaps the game is interesting and you are the boring one.
The WGA strike was stupid and was more harmful to the writer's of America than it was helpful. The Daily Show and the Colbert Report protected their people from losing their livelihoods because of some arrogant and stubborn management.
Is anybody beginning to understand why I would prefer that these devices not be allowed on airplanes?
Yeah, how DARE those bastards bring potentially flammable materials on board an aircraft?!
Can I get another vodka, please?