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My copy came in the mail the other day and I can't wait to have time to crack it open.

I know the feeling! I had the exact same. It is a really valuable piece of history.

GoPro is starting to remind me of Blackberry. Ride on the coat tails of your previous success, milking it as long as possible - all the while doing the bare minimum to innovate or improve the products that keep them alive. The Karma is below average and costs more than other offerings. It was a mediocre effort at best.

What other alternatives are there to the karma? I was looking to get this

I inherited a first edition of Lucy Maud Montgomery's Kilmeny of the Orchard from my grandparents in quite good condition. I honestly have no idea if there's any value to it at all.

Definitely some value, Montgomery still has her fans. Not as popular as any of her Anne of Green Gables books but a first impression in average condition is still worth around $100.

What exactly are they protesting? What did Amazon do? >protest corruption and injustice in a wide range of corporate and government institutions. I get the gist, but is there not something specific that directly sparked this?

Amazon runs the massive storage and grid computing environments used by government and law enforcement. Maybe not the NSA but much of the other stuff on a global scale.

They don't want your brain to interface with computers, they want computers to interface with your brain.

Personally I'm OK with either, if I get what I want out of it.

he's realt talented and all, but i dont know theres something about this guy that really bothers me

like what? He is very humble, kind, and generous. does lots of charity work and benefit shows and whatnot. Most of his songs are about social justice, protecting the environment, ending war and encouraging peace, and treating people with love and respect. If you dont dig the music that i.s cool, but I don't what is unlikeable about the guy.

They've swapped a mildly disgusting hobby with very disgusting censorship. Good work, Admins. Keep up the good socialism.

Socialism? You might want to look that one up before using it again.

They gave the album 4 1/2 stars, everyone knows their lists are fucked. They reviewed it right though.

It's even more damning, in my opinion, for them to omit a 4.5 star album from their end of year list. It's a joke. This is by no means the "final straw," but it's a great illustration of how the publication is not based in the here and now. Also, as I've mentioned elsewhere, reviews are written by staff writers but end of year lists are determined by management and the editor. The end of year list is a clear look at the publication's mantra. It speaks greater volumes, in my opinion.

Yeah,read about the actress who played Dorothy. They fucked her life up.

judy garland aged very poorly. at 35, she looked like she was 40+. and she abused alcohol and prescription drugs. pretty sad story.

Try "The Handmaid's Tale," Margaret Atwood. Try Specimen Days" by Michael Cunningham--3 novellas set in different genres/periods, but with the same characters: a Victoria ghost story, a police procedural, a sci fi. None of the women are cliches.

If you really wanna break out of the gender cliche try [Ursula Le Guin's "The Left Hand of Darkness"]

There are some who didn't like those films. I don't number myself among them, but this isn't objective analysis.

There's a difference between not liking a film, and saying it is literally the worst movie of the year in the year Battleship came out.

Makes me think about why John Frusciante left RHCP, twice.

I miss John so much. Josh is pretty good, but John was the creative soul of RHCP when they were at their best. Please come back John

Straight 24 year old male reporting in, i'd also date Michelle Rodriguez.

Straight 21 year old mare checking in, I would also court Michelle Rodriguez. But really, she is an awesome lady.

The Raid series is hands down my favorite action movies. No bullshit, no needless romance, no overload of kek dialogue between 5 characters trying to out-kek eachother, just action.

Yea the fight with the two brothers and the head bad guy from the first and the entire final push by Rama in the 2nd are the greatest action scenes to date.

[plaid - prague radio] [LIGHTS OUT ASIA - six points of fire ] [clark - winter linn] [this will destroy you - burial on the presidio banks]

i understand prague radio by plaid may not fit this entirely but i couldn't help but to include it bc of how drastically the song shifts around 1:30

Which was part of the inspiration for 1984. Very similar plot...

Exceedingly similar plots. Honestly I’m pretty salty about how Orwell basically rewrote the core of the story and took all of the credit. I’d wager most people don’t even know about *We*

of your remaining stack, imo it goes Brave New World, 84, Catcher (havent brought myself to read hitchhikers yet because i am a soulless void of humorlessness, but that book has been lauded by my friends) that said, reading those 3 in a row is a commitment to a specific kind of headspace i wouldnt recommend to everyone, ahhaahhah

yeah I just dove right in, not thinking about the topic of all 3 books. I'm not a smart man lol

What "content"? Virtually no ad-supported content is worth reading or watching. Code isn't supported by ads.

Youtubers? Certain blogs can be fun to read. Reddit? Porn?

The Brothers Karamazov. Went back to rereading it after i finished it. Felt damn good.

I almost picked this book up the other day, but got Paradise Lost instead. Wondering if I made the right decision.

If you search for technical information, you want to keep a lot of tabs open so you can compare what you find and you will want to keep that open for several hours or days because you never know when you have an idea and want to check that information again. You probably rephrased your question several times until you got the right results and maybe even went past the first page.

Admittedly, if I am searching out technical info, I will have many more tabs open than normal operation.

Our Lady Peace, Thousand Foot Krutch, RED, Silversun Pickups, Rise Against, Against Me!, The Naked and Famous, Metric. I listen to pretty mainstream music so I couldn't tell you anything too indie, but most of those bands fit what you're looking for haha.

Haha thanks, I'll take a look at these ones and check them out! XD. Edit: I found a few I like! (Thousand Foot Krutch, RED, and Rise Against.) Thanks for the help! :)

Everyone is recommending all this deep heavy shit like vonegut. Personally when I am really needing a break, after I get my kit kat and coffee, I reread something I liked from my younger years. For example I just read the first 3 dune books and was needing to chill out so I picked up a Brian Jacques book written for 9-12 year olds. Its a light happy jaunt through yesteryear before I get back into dune followed by Johnathan Strange and Mr Norrel

Oh man, I just sold all my Brian Jacques books at a garage sale, and now you make me want to go back and read one.

One that's a quick read and might fill the bill is The Giver. It's a utopia/distopia kind of read, but very entertaining and fits your theme and short (so if it didn't work like you wanted, you'd have time to do something else). Good luck!!

I read this in jr. high and still really like the theme now that I'm an adult.

didn't say that, but making arbitrary decision that are designed to exclude people of a certain race is racist. It's like saying, ok we only have enough movie tickets for 100 people. let's get rid of the people who wears wigs or have hair extensions, hair weaves, or extensive hair braiding. oh that's affecting mostly black females? well too bad.

But there's literally nothing in the rules that mentions race, these rules aren't gonna change the diversity of the industry as a whole, nor will they dramatically alter the diversity of the Academy for the next few years. The new rules simply allow for a quicker rotation of members by getting rid of inactive ones, that won't necessarily increase the amount of minority members but it will get rid of the inactive members who shouldn't really be voting in the first place (alot of whom are white men).

I think Searching for a Former Clarity hits the hardest now though, the whole album really, but that song in particular.

It's an unpopular opinion, but SFAFC has always been 1 or 2 for me. Toss up between that and Cowboy. But yeah, title track is pretty revealing now.

Fuel savings are also 1-2k usd a year for most people in the US, which is fairly significant over total term of ownership. In most euro markets the fuel cost savings are even more significant as US fuel costs are so low. Of course there is variance between maintenance costs, insurance, etc that has to also be considered, but as a marketing tool it's very effective. Especially because many people finance cars with monthly payments and fuel savings effectively bump down monthly ownership a bit, so people may consider spending a bit more.

What is the Life span of the battery? How much to replace the battery?

Because someone actually good could have his place in the culture and industry

It's not a place to be occupied or removed from. He's drake and he makes music that appeals to a lot of people. Other people are also making music and the music they choose to make has placed them where they are.

>I feel like there is a lot more to the film than what I saw, and if I understood it more, I would like it even more. kinda felt the opposite, really; i was surprised by how shallow it seemed. aging actors struggling to stay relevant, half-hearted critiques of social media/blockbusters, a lot of themes we've seen a thousand times with no interesting insights or any real depth to them. what was being presented in the movie that we weren't beaten over the head with?

Fair point. That's why I wonder if I was missing something, or if they wanted me to think I missed something! They being illuminati of course

I actually really enjoyed the viral campaign for The Dark Knight. When they released the first four minutes, or however long it was, I couldn't wait for the rest of the movie.

Right, the bank robbery in the first five minutes. I remember seeing that as a preview when I watched I Am Legend. I was so excited, man that robbery was epic.

The “smartest” doesn’t really mean high IQ or anything. By whatever silly metric, Einstein wasn’t particularly brilliant either. He’s made actual groundbreaking contributions to physics, but in sort of a specific area on blackholes in the 70’s. It’s not central because we’ve had 40-50 more years and hundreds of other topics to investigate and discover. Physics isn’t just a singular thing you study.

Was that Hawking radiation? I take it that’s been what has been useful?

Can you elaborate? I don't experience this on mine that I can notice

It has been noted across all carriers that have the M8, the texts will stall or fail to send out, even with full signal. They will also send multiple copies to your recipient, this is not the same multiple copy texts as the users who upgraded from an iphone to an M8

I'm with you there, mass construction with concrete is a far more effective medium for machine-based manufacturing - depending on your location, brick properties might be the preferred choice so you don't stand out (here in Boston for example, brick buildings are EVERYWHERE). This is where this machine will find it's real market share.

Yeah I thought of this too... pretty much for the niche market of people who like brick houses which typically live in brick house communities. I also thought of maddprof's idea of spraying concrete. It could even be a textured spray to get rid of the flatness that is created by the structure itself.

OK. What sort of food did you order? Or did you smuggle snacks in? You're one of those people... aren't you?!

I had popcorn and water. I don't understand you question.

> can you make money. I think power costs is going to be the big factor.

It's not easy to make money alone. That's the reason most miners join a pool, where the work and rewards are shared.

exactly my thoughts - The Hobbit is the most anticipated film for me next year and Peter Jackson + 3D + 500million (250mill/movie) budget = Epic levels of movie making

Absolutely. I loved the LOTR series and Jackson did fantastic work with it. To hear that Jackson was taking the reigns after Guillermo del Toro dropped was fantastic news for me. I remember watching the trailer the day it was released and when that Shire music came on, I melted. I simply can't wait.

I would love to see a few artists put out some albums this year. Tool. Them Crooked Vultures. Jack White. The Raconteurs. The Black Keys. Animal Collective. Queens of the Stone Age. Mastodon. Primus. Red Hot Chili Peppers (with John Frusciante) Just to name a few..all of these bands I feel just know what's up when it comes to making music and I would hate to wait even longer to listen to new material! (I'm looking at you, Tool)

We'll be lucky to get a new queens of the stone age by 2016. The last album before ...like clockwork was released in 2007.

"We have heard tell that Legolas took Gimli Gloin’s son with him because of their great friendship, greater than any that has been between Elf and Dwarf. If it is true, then it is strange indeed: that a Dwarf should be willing to leave Middle-earth for any love, or that the Eldar should receive him, or that the Lords of the West should permit it. But it is said that Gimli went also out of desire to see again the beauty of Galadriel; and it may be that she, being mighty among the Eldar, obtained this grace for him. More cannot be said of the matter." - End of Appendix A

tldr- Galadriel pulled strings for Gimli, and he was still infatuated with her. Galadriel must've been the biggest cocktease in all of the third age.

All systems can be broken drown/turned inside out over time. Democracy can turn into tyranny by the majority, and every other type of government we have ever used is open to being turned on its head and used in a distasteful way. Strong institutions and checks and balances are necessary to keep things like this from happening, and that is the failing of the system named in animal farm and the failing of the actual government of the USSR.

Democracies also have a nifty little propensity for passing tonnes of control to the top when people feel like they need safety A.K.A. Dictatorships don't just come from nowhere, they come from the Weimar republic, Zimbabwean democracy, Attaturk's democratic Turkey etc.

That's why smart TVs are silly. I'd rather the TV leave that crap out, save me some money, and I'll use the savings towards a roku/apple tv/chromecast/etc.

Smart TVs do not have to be silly, they are just being poorly managed and neglected.

Artist:Megadeth Album:Rust in Peace. Holy Wars...The Punishment Due. Hanger 18. Take No Prisoners. Five Magics

Five Magics is just my favorite Megadeth song ever, so I'm inclined to agree with you! :)

I grew up listening to American Idiot, and for a long time it was my absolute favorite of theirs. I never paid much attention to Nimrod, until I bought it a while ago. I swear it gets better every time I listen to it. It's pretty quickly becoming my new favorite.

Many would argue that American Idiot is where they all went wrong, but it was also my favorite for a long time. It's still up there, but Nimrod is a masterpiece imho

Why would something like this start at midnight? Usually marathons of this nature begin so that the feature starts at midnight.

They probably wanted the theater to be available for the selling of tickets to normal people during prime movie watching hours.

More the sense that parents ban books that have content they don't want their kids to deal with. "Oh no, my son can't be hearing about sex!" "OH no, not violence!" and so kids aren't exposed to things in a way where they can think about them and form their own opinions. Instead they get to hear about all of those things anyways, but from their peers, or they don't get to hear about them until they live them when they're older, and then they don't know how to deal with those things.

The whole sheltering kids from reality thing is kind of funny. I guess you want to preserve their innocence a little longer. As if your special little children are as innocent as you think they are.

Yea because Maynard wasn't one of the best a creating, driving, and releasing tension. And Carey wasn't the second best drummer of all time behind Vinnie Paul. You either like Nickelback or Dream Theater. Chad whats his fucking face is geared toward 40 year old women and DT likes solos that are so damn bright that even gays have to wear sun glasses.

[Vinnie Paul] the greatest drummer of all time? I'm sorry, I love Pantera, but no. [Martin Lopez] of Opeth and [Blake Richardson] of Between the Buried and Me are both better than VP, and they're not even the greatest drummers of all time.

My favourite miniseries of all time. What an experience for your father. If I may, does he have any stories about Duvall or Tommy Lee Jones?

yeah lots of good stories...i guess Duvall and the director were going at it pretty bad and my dad didnt think the director would stick it out but he did.

I like the browser. It's fast. At the moment it is kind of annoying how the tabs are extremely thin when there is so much space that isn't being utilized outside the page title. I still like that more from Chrome.

It's not *that* fast. Check out that [address bar input lag] Been that way for six months with no fix in sight.

The whole movie is funny. It's a comedy/thriller I dont find him getting killed with the axe funny but the scene leading up to it is pretty funny.

The axe swing is the crescendo of it all, and when I start cackling maniacally.

So you're generalizing? Because I doubt you've listened to all music made after 2000. There's more music than what's played on the radio.

I'm not crazy about new music, so I'm not a genius when it comes to knowing music made in recent years. There aren't any recent bands that I like, give me a name of a good one.

This really wouldn't be a big deal (to me at least) if they would just be up front with the difficulties they're experiencing. We've known for decades that we would eventually reach a point where physics would start pushing back. There's no shame in admitting that we're finally approaching that point. Hell it's a testament to what we can accomplish and how far we've come.

On top of that, they have very little competition in the way of AMD. Less competition means less drive for innovation.

World Go Round is skipped a lot by me. Other than that, it’s all gold

And the one before that, that nobody knows the name (track 11) :P

Do you use a case? i just bought my first kindle and dont know if I should?

Only recently have I started using a case. Sometimes I like it, other times I think it's in the way.

It also has Tommy Lee Jones, plus Gary Busey dressed as a woman. How could you go wrong!!

[Hover for Spoiler](#s "Tommy Lee Jones and Steven Seagal get in a knife fight.") If that doesn't sell you on *Under Siege*, I don't know what will.

>Interesting aside: a one-pass overwrite of a hard drive is still recoverable, and even multiple passes can be recovered with enough time and effort. AFAIK, that's not been true for a long time. The relevant PoCs are from the 80s, and people never went far beyond that. And it's completely different for Flash storage.

You are correct. Basically it comes down to, you might be able to recover random bits here and there across the drive, but not enough to make any sense of what you've recovered.

This is great! I checked /r/technology yesterday and somehow wondered if the mods' point of pre-filtering out political content actually made sense because since they removed the automod, the sub went to hell with endless political posts about net neutrality and the FCC. So it's good to see you all being straightforward about this. The reality is that with a sub this big, you do need to pre-moderate at some point in order to prevent hot topics from flooding the front page and swaying things away from what the sub is really about.

It's important to note that those hot button topics only flare up from time to time. Usually there would not be a situation as shown in that screenshot.

You want cool rock. Try *Spoon* [Spoon--I saw the light] [Spoon--Rainy Taxi] [Spoon--Rhthm and Soul]

Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, Gimme Fiction, Girls Can Tell = Awesome.

For some the sell out point was ...And Justice For All, for most the sell out point was Load...

Black Album is where it all went wrong. Everything after that was mediocre, bad, really bad and absolutely godawful. Death Magnet was the dying gasp of a formerly great band.

Or make it so mounting these drives isn't automatic. Make it so a user that knows what they're doing can find and press the "mount usb drive" button, but someone that doesn't know how it works will just think it's messed up.

I'm coming to a loss as to why any use would need to open files from a flash drive on a nuclear plant's electrical pump system.

All the hallmarks of Roger Waters. Well consider me amused to death.

You said that sir with all the bravery of being out of range.

The SCOTUS isn't completely convinced of their argument. I think it was Roberts that made the comment, the use of the multiple antennas seems more of an exploitation of a loophole. Another stated that Aereo is behaving very similar to a cable/satellite provider.

But their job is to figure out if it violates the letter, not the spirit, of the law. It's legislator's job to change it if there's a loophole.

it doesn't seem to me like any of the protesters are thinking nearly this hard.

I don't know about how it "seems" but plenty of people have laid out well articulated thoughts on what it is they are trying to do and none of them have said "kill the rich!"

okay, so i have a Samsung hdmi smart tv. and my laptop (hdmi capable) so if i get an hdmi cord, hook it up to my tv and laptop, will the tv display the laptop screen? i really need a quick answer

Thanks for all your answers! I worked it out with just the hdmi cable. My laptop did it automatically, and all i had to do was configure the tv so that the edges didn't get cut off.

>Action/FPS because you have to constantly stop to move anywhere. Onward, Doom 3, Pavlov, BAM, Gunheart, Compound, Sairento, and a bunch of others say hi bud.

I've only seen Doom on PS4 and it was that point click then shoot type, been a long time since I've looked into VR gaming, I knew racing was amazing in it and a few others but nothing at the time really took advantage of run and gun types.

The attitude reflected in this post is probably the #1 reason bass players quit bands.

Bass players that line the groove and play in the pocket no matter what a reddit asshole says will not quit... Give up if you don't got it!!! (make it a hobby)

AFI's lists seem to be a good combo of quality and legacy or social impact, so the "big" movies off the top of my head since ~~are~~ 2000 are Return of the King, The Departed, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood, The Social Network, and maybe Inception or The Dark Knight.

That's a solid list, but I'd have to add 12 Years A Slave to it. Even though it was only released a year and a half ago, it just seems like one of those movies that people will still remember a long time from now.

What makes a man, is it the power in his hand?

Ummmm, sure. That and a pair of testicles.

And doing it at the magical age of 27.

I know, right? I remember being 27. Pure freedom. The perfect combination of being completely grown up and independent, a little money in your pocket, the future stretching out ahead of you, but tempered by uncertainty and the realization that whatever happens, *it's all your problem now.* That shit is scary. Glad I survived it.

Didn't know he was on heroin.. Wanted to ask what happened. According to IMDB he's acting again.

He's been in and out of rehab, had a couple arrests, was dating some woman who was twice his age at when he was fourteen, and who later became his manager and sued him, he became estranged from his family, etc. Just a total trainwreck.

Finished: **The Occult, Witchcraft and Magic, by Christopher Dell** It's an illustrated coffee table book. It's not as scary as I wanted it to be. Too many dates and names and not enough spooky pictures. I gave it three stars.

this is interesting to me as someone who had been studying the occult recently from a agnostic perspective. I never imagined it would scary to learn about or see pictures of. Like were you thinking there would be skulls inside pentagrams or something? The real Occult and Witchcraft just seems a lot different than public perception of it, is my point.

Is it just me, or is this not the greatest way to answer the question of a 12 year old?

What do you want her to say? That she's gonna write 50 sequels to The Giver?

i got scoffed at when i said my goal for the year was 50 books, like i was some amateur. these monsters exist, i tell you!

Sounds like you've encountered a douchebag. Proceed to the nearest exit.

Possibly matched by Chris Cornell, but I agree - Chris and Layne were the best vocalists of that era hands down. Their harmony on Right Turn is fantastic.

Cornell, really? great voice but none of the passion Layne had... Cornell never made me feel anything.

Any suggestions on good albums or specific tunes I should check out?

Middle Brother only has one record, self-titled. It's members of Delta Spirit, Dawes, and Deer Tick. Deer Tick, I would start with War Elephant & Born on Flag Day and go forth from there! They have a really diverse catalog. They used to tour with Dr. Dog.

He is not homosexual. He has a crush on Gazelle, Shakira's character in the movie.

You can have a crush on the opposite sex even if you lean gay and have a boyfriend. I had friends who had crushes on Madonna, Lady Gaga and Beyonce.

Spoilers - (#s "How on earth are they going to maintain the twist at the end when they're blatantly spelling it out? 'And command school is when you're playing games with real spaceships'. Are they just forgetting about the twist? Even though I've read the book, I still want to see the climax/twist/whole point.")

Apparently the audience is going to be clued into the twist earlier on, sort of a dramatic irony thing. I feel like that's the only way it can be done, without that foresight the ending would feel like a pretty big cop out to the people who haven't read the book

Yes,i'm pretty into sci-fi, will read it as soon as possible!

Isaac Asimov is good if you like sci-fi, similar to Bradbury. Robot Dreams is probably my favorite collection of his that I've read. I, Robot is good too.

NoTW is a very good book but very different than Martin. Their styles are almost polar opposites; while Martin almost never employs fancy writing techniques and analogies are few and far between, Rothfuss takes great pains in crafting each sentence to perfectly set the mood. On the other hand, you can tell that the energy Martin saves on trying to wax poetically in every paragraph he puts into world building, dialog, character development. All in all, NoTW is a very fun, not near as ambitious, and enjoyable quick read.

Thanks for the rundown between the two, always wondered what made people so crazy over NoTW. Didn't want to read what the story was about before reading the novel so never dared ask. One other question: Is NoTW gritty like ASoIF? A simple "Yes" or "No" would suffice. Sometimes not knowing what the story of a novel is, is a great delight until you sink your teeth into it ;)

The Island is the only movie of Michael Bay's that I'll completely forgive the ridiculous product placement, because it's set in the future, so it doesn't seem out of place at all. I saw it before I'd realized Bay's reputation as a wanton industry money whore, and I seriously didn't bat an eye at it, because that's exactly what the future is going to be like, anyway.

I dunno, I like that movie, but the Xbox product placement inside of the island was kind of weird.

Thank you; the insightful response is appreciated, but I didn't mean a detector of whether something is true; I meant a detector of whether what someone says is purposely deceitful.

I still think I covered that. People can fool others, but they can also fool themselves. Their perception of events and what is true or not it's always the same as us. So while we may get something more accurate than what we have now, it will never been foolproof.

There was a plan to do a Christmas special where some aliens or some shit make all Rowling's books come to life and the Doctor has to go through the magic world to find her and ~~kill her~~do something to stop it. It never happened though, because it would have been fucking stupid.

That would have been stupid. My version is much better.

According to an interview i heard there are two: "Blockly" which is derived from MIT's Scratch, and the other is a Microsoft-supported touch-friendly programming system. The picture looks vaguely like Object Pascal (Delphi) but clearly is another language entirely.

To be fair it doesn't really look like object pascal.

You need to read it again. Damm things was never meant for a movie adaptation.

How many books are meant for a movie adaptation? I enjoyed the book very much, just like I did with everything I have read from HST and have read it 3 or 4 times. Depp managed to bring it to life imo. He spent so much time shadowing HST Depp still carries a bit of him in almost every roll he has played since. Maybe you need to watch it again? Either way, all are entitled to their own opinion.

Kendrick Lamar seems to be there right now. He's achieved both critical and commercial success.

Kendrick hasn't reached The lowest levels of Eminems success yet

This is so exciting. Trank nailed telekinesis in Chronicle, and I'm sure he'll do just as good with Star Wars! Also does this mean well get Michael B. Jordan in Star Wars now?

I'm sure some "scoop" site is already writing the "Michael B. Jordan wanted for young Lando" story as we speak.

I wanted to go to that show but it was too far of a travel, and it would cost too much. I'd have to fly from Halifax and that meant I would have to buy a plane ticket, and a hotel room. I got to see them open for Metallica a few years ago though, and that was awesome.

Metallica and Coheed?! That sounds awesome. Thank You, Scientist opened for Coheed in Toronto. Check them out if you haven't listened to them yet.

I'm sure this is a fallacy, I'm just too lazy to look up which fancy french word it is. Edit: this is one of my most controversial comments, I'd like to thank rationale, Jesus, and white people who aren't racist but are really angry about race.

I was making an opinion based on experience, it's not meant to be a deductive argument. Also, I think you mean latin.

I agree. Steve Wilson's lyrics can get a bit angsty and melodramatic. I, too, had a huge prog rock phase through middle and high school, but I still can't help but appreciate the instrumentation ;)

Yeah, I feel the same way about the vocals vs instrumentation. Not necessarily this song, but some of the others I just went back and listened to.

So, what is the difference between Qualcomm being sued for unreasonable licensing schemes and Apple not licensing anything?

Taking away headphone jacks and USB ports to rely on Qualcomm Bluetooth connections was Apple’s choice. Now they don’t want to pay. Seems pretty clear to me.

Well I think the guy is great, but that's just my opinion. Let's just say he's not shit, ey?

Agreed, always had a spot for Tech. Helps that I too believe in the deaths of kingpins and CEOs alike. Plus he gave Snow tha Product a chance when no one else was doing so.

Harry Potter was written for the younger audience, so it's not exactly a complicated read. A Song of Ice and Fire, however is a complicated read. The books are long and drawn out, full of sex, murder, incest and torture. And as free_karma_giveaway said, if you ask you're probably not. And you probably shouldn't be on reddit at 14 as well.

Yeah, maybe his parents should keep the computer in the living room for easy monitoring too. You sound awesome.

9 year old me loved Attack of the Clones and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. I no longer care for AotC other than for nostalgia's sake, but I think SCatWoT was an amazing concept that was executed in such a way that it's still enjoyable even though it's not the greatest movie ever.

Have you seen the [original short film] that was basically the movie's proof of concept?

The [anti-Semitic sentiment]~jkatz/expulsions.html) already existed for a long while throughout Europe before Hitler. What Hitler did was unite Germans against a common enemy. I'd also argue that the Jews were monolithic, but only in the sense that their culture is rigid and unchanging.

If you think the Jewish people and their culture is rigid and unchanging I would encourage you to do some more research into Jewish history. Even in ancient times there were many different sects within Judaism that had very different religious and philosophical ideas. In over 2000 years of Jewish history that number has only increased.

Do people not understand that not only are there already headphones with lightning plugs on them instead of 3.5mm but also that the new earbuds will have at as well. Plus you'll easily be able to get an adaptor that won't make it any harder to plug 3.5mm headphones into your phone. Also, why not just use Bluetooth? Any Bluetooth headset is more than capable of matching the quality of any streaming service anyway.

How many adapters, dongles, or spliters do I have to carry to use my headphones and connect my iPhone to my Mac at the same time? Fuck that.

How so? (I'm a film n00b, so I don't know anything about shots or lenses or anything.)

Ummm he's mainly known for balancing serious grit and punchy violence with a with a somewhat dark but fun sense of humor. By comparison, Ghost Protocol felt much more bubbly and *retro cool* with Brad Bird at the helm (he brought on his composer from The Incredibles and Ratatouille. It showed). Bird also had a lot of "floating camera" type shots, with crazy movement, a product of his work in animation (not to discredit cinematographer Robert Elswit, but Elswit has even said how Bird really maps out exact shots and how they tie together for a whole scene, rather than thinking about covering the scene and editing it together, because this is the limitation of animation). One approach isn't better or worse, just different.

I'm not sure if I'd use the word "shame" - I do read sometimes when drunk and trying to fall asleep (or stay awake long enough for the world to stop spinning quite so much...) but I'll often not remember what I read well enough and go back and reread it.

yeah, this is the problem, memory, and having to close one eye to stop double vision.

I think she's Luke's. That's why his light saber called to her.

Could be! Some other comments have me leaning that way now too, but I'm not sure.

> For Military it can allow better battlespace awareness and IFF management. I don't think you want your gun broadcasting in the clear. Also I think the military already has pretty good battlespace management systems.

No not in the clear, you wouldn't take the civilian version and incorporate it but the idea is already being worked on for the TALOS suit.

I mean sit him in front of a drum kit and see what happens

Id expect to see some Lars Ulrich level of tomfoolery.

I read The Death of Ivan Ilyich the other day, and there was a dude called Mikhail Mikhailovich, it almost felt like someone trying to make fun of Russian names after a while.

In the epilogue of The Master and Margarita, there's a scene that features both a Nikolai Ivanovitch and a Ivan Nikolayevich. I'm pretty sure he did it on purpose.

It's a shame that it takes a giant company with a vested interest in faster internet to actually get the established ISPs to compete.

Maybe if it weren't illegal to start your own ISP....

Maybe I've not given them a fair shake but I'm going to say **Ghost.** They look really cool, their album art is awesome, but they're so damn poppy. I have a lot of friends who are really into metal who rave about them. Maybe I'm missing something. They're good live though. Saw them open for Maiden.

Idk man I LOVE ghost. Meliora and Prequelle are both really great albums IMO, meliora is probably one of my favorite albums, any genre, of the decade.