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409,900	If you brighten it. It should, unless I'm misinformed, look dark as shit because it took a dark as shit picture. The information is all there though and it can be brightened so your eyes can see it. It also does this really well because it can see in the dark that well so when it is brightened it'll look pretty normal. Can anyone confirm or correct what I'm saying?	ISO determines how sensitive the camera sensor is to light. The higher the ISO, the more light the sensor takes in, thus it appears brighter than to the naked eye.
409,901	Am I misunderstanding you? Each artist has a top songs and top albums section... Also what do you mean by there's no playlist support? Playlists are a huge aspect to Apple Music. I agree the sharing could be way better.	I think he means that there is no overall top list for all songs, like there is on Spotify.
409,902	Daft Punk: Contact. The Brainwasher. Touch It/Technologic (from alive 2007) Edit: Other awesome songs: Steam Machine, Rollin' and Scratchin', Prime Time of Your Life, Derezzed(duh), Giorgio by Moroder, Robot Rock, Digital Love, Something About Us, Da Funk, Funk Ad, Daftendirekt	Touch It/Technologic (from alive 2007) used to put this shit on repeat all day
409,903	See [this] for an example of what needs to be done and how. That's a big-ass cable, towed by a big-ass boat, a big-ass distance. (obligatory: big ass-cable, big ass-boat, big ass-distance. Still expensive).	Whats the procedure for getting rid of the balloons? do they pop each one individually or is there a second boat that runs along?
409,904	if you want his best album ever it's a soundtrack also. the under the cherry moon soundtrac, is a mixture of Cabaret, the pinnacle of high minded funk, smooth jazz, add futuristic for its time beats. the songs you want to hear are. mountains, kiss, another lover hole in your head, sometimes it snows in April, new position, and a song he doesn't even sing on called I wonder u... best track on the album also Christopher Tracy's parade is like a funky version of Sargent pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.	Why anyone would downvote you is beyond me, thank you for the information!!!
409,905	[Rich Kids Blues] is still my favorite song from the album.	Even though it is on a different album, Rich Kid Blues is definitely my favorite song by them. Did you know that it's a cover?
409,906	The main problem with nuclear power isn't the technology. It's government and bureaucratic stupidity. Three mile island, fukushima, and chernobyl, were the results of incompetence, not technology. Further, the failure mode of nuclear isn't pretty AT ALL.... If you have a solar panel fail, you just lose power and are out about $500... if you have a nuclear plant fail, you can destroy a whole country.	Please explain how you can destroy a whole country with a nuclear power plant? - Chernobyl was little more than a glorified roofed reactor-room with extremely poor safety measures in place using a dangerous design. Even that did not destroy a whole country. Radiation is what scares people, but coal power spews out even more radiation and the pollution combined with that manifolds more people. Risk of injury/radiation versus guaranteed deaths is the choice one is making when choosing between nuclear and coal power plants.
409,907	Sharon shooting those shots into the middle of the target at the end foreshadow whats to come <.<	Ohhhhh shit. You're totally right! I completely didn't put that together.
409,908	That is the most ignorant statement ever. The recent theater shootings were done by white people you racist fuck.	It's racist that black people are more violent than any other race?
409,909	If you haven't played Portal 2, you need to purchase it and play it. Start with Portal 1 though for context. That's all I'm gonna say.	Well I'll be damned, never realised that was JK Simmons...
409,910	[A British guy has it] although Canada does have second and third!	Crazy that the guy in fifth used a machine gun.
409,911	that article was much less arrogant than OP's at pointing out videolabs fraudulence	Agreed. The OP article was informative and correct, but kinda hard to sit through because you could cut the author's malice with a knife.
409,912	Putting your hand on the person you’re hugging’s upper back/back of the shoulder area is acceptable as well.	True. I was talking about the sideways hug. I should have included the shoulder as well.
409,913	Thank you for this beautiful music discovery. I love you so much.	I'm glad I was able to introduce you to his music :) And you are very welcome!
409,914	I've never heard you play. It's entirely possible that your version of "Stairway to Heaven" is horseshit.	Oh it definitely is. So basically you're saying you don't like sampling because you think it makes a song sound worse? Do you have any examples?
409,915	As someone who uses their guitar for the "snare" beats (combined with use of a bass drum) for my band I particularly enjoyed this. Seeing what exact setup he has going on as far as pickup was great as I have been trying to debate the best way to go about amplifying my guitar for certain shows where acoustic only just won't fly.	Yes, his setup is interesting and very informative for acoustic guitar amplification, i agree totally.
409,916	They (both Flash and Acrobat, actually) executed arbitrary code, and were designed before the modern sandboxing concepts were prevalent. They did try very hard to secure them, but the problem was that they were so fundamentally architecturally flawed that they couldn't be fixed. And maybe "flawed" is an unfair description, because they were designed before the problems they now face even existed, to a certain degree. By the time it became apparent how big the problem was, the only way to fix Flash and PDF was to basically abandon the languages/formats (alienating large developer bases) and breaking backward-compatibility. That strategy would have failed spectacularly, so they were stuck piloting a rusty boat until it finally sank.	What are these modern sandboxing concepts? Where can I read more about them?
409,917	We are so ready for a sequel; trump and family, Kim junior, Putin. This should so happen.	I seem to remember reading somewhere that it was such a pain in the ass using marionettes to film they vowed to never make a sequel.
409,918	Yeah, no matter if it's the Apple Watch or one of the Android competitors, I just don't see the point. Seems like more of a hassle than anything else.	Have you taken a solid look at how the Android Wear UI works? It's way less obtrusive and more user - friendly than Apple's. Honestly I find it very convenient.
409,919	Pass phrase with retina/fingerprint scanner and government ID card on one machine. Get waved over to the second machine where you vote and get a paper receipt with who you voted for and a vote ID # to verify against if needed later. Also second vote tally machine is no at all connected to the internet or intranet.	So it will take only seconds to change the voter rolls. Perfect.
409,920	This is definitely one of my favourites. Say what you will about that movie, but I fist-pumped pretty damn hard for that atomic fire down the throat. So incredibly badass.	Even better was when Godzilla slumps back into the water like 'uggh im tired. Just gotta go sleep it off'
409,921	Or why you would rather quibble about shot composition instead of the elements that make up the story? It's the same difference, really.	This comment wasn't even related to you, but rather about the endless parade of people above rambling about Plan A or Plan B. You're still not engaging in any meaningful way though, so please stop commenting
409,922	Quote from the producer Charles Roven: > I think that it just came about that this particular Batman, he’s been jaded by the process. There’s a really amazing line in the movie, ‘20 years in Gotham, how many good guys are left? How many stayed that way?’ And let’s face it, he’s a very damaged guy... We see Robin is not around. The character has evolved, and he’s definitely a more brutal guy, and we wanted him to be right on that edge, right on that razor. And he has to be on the razor’s edge, or why would he get Superman’s attention? >	Great quote. But he isn't on the "edge". He's passed the edge and descended into being a vengeful murderer. He's a villain. He's a bad guy. He's The Punisher except not as interesting.
409,923	I need to read the first Harry Potter book by Wednesday. How many hours will this take and how screwed am I?	310 pages, written fairly simply, you can probably knock it out in 5-8 hours depending on your reading speed.
409,924	I would love if it would be The Spectacular Spider-Man	I liked that title a lot more too. Homecoming just sounds really lame.
409,925	as long as everyone also knows she slept her way to a book deal, If folks judge one for that, that's just too damn bad for the prostitute	More people will have sympathy to those who I felt they had no choice then those in power who limited those choices. You obviously don't agree, but the fact he's fired shows the direction this is going.
409,926	They had similar (though not as bad) problems with the original XBox. I waited a year or two to get it. Never had a problem. Should have waited longer on the XBox 360 (waited a year 3 RRODs)	I personally know of no xbox's failing. That is to say, I've heard of them failing, but haven't ever seen it with my own eyes. I do recall HardOCP.com reporting that theirs (his?) had caught fire or some such.. a quick search of their site turned up nothing for me though.
409,927	Uhhhh....you sure about that? I don't think you'll have been glad that you picked it when you hit that scene with the 'Swamp of Infinite Sorrow' or whatever it's called. Great flick, but in this case - PICK SOMETHING ELSE!!!!	I loved this movie as a child. I'm going to watch it for nostalgia's sake. Might be good to watch that pony flounder and have a good man-cry.
409,928	There was a great movie about him a year or two ago	A movie which, had he been alive, he would never have wanted made or agreed to be a part of and which, in his stead, his wife and literary estate were vehemently opposed to and did not give permission for or blessings in any sense of the word, and which the producers/director/etc. went right ahead and made anyway. DFW is and will probably always be my absolute favorite author and I will never, ever see this film; frankly, I'm still upset about the fact that it was even made at all.
409,929	Burying a tree wouldn't really help because it would decompose	Not if you bury it sufficiently deep. How do you think coal formed?
409,930	Never said there aren't adults that don't contribute to its success, just that kids movies doing well isn't that impressive because of the reasons I cited.	You could say the exact same thing about Comic Book movies. Replace kid with 18-45yo. It's odd to discount something based solet on one of it's core demos. It's not like all kids movies are universally successful.
409,931	Yes, but every.single.ride they do now uses this tech. I want them to innovate. The introduction to Nintendo in the theme park better utilize something other than the same tech they've been using.	Nintendo is almost 100% going to be something like the Transformers ride, a mix of a basic moving track and 3-D screens. They don't have the space or legal clearances to build coasters.
409,932	I disagree on that part - no-one gives classical musicians shit for not writing their own music. Heck, if anything, they get extra credit as musicians because the music they play is frequently considered more difficult than modern pop. Not writing your own stuff has nothing to do with your skill as a musician. That said, Beyonce is still a solid, but not mind-blowing, singer.	And how many classical artists playing someone else's songs get nominated for grammys?
409,933	I love that movie. The rock standing outside grilling hands just kills me.	And the reminder of it being a true story.
409,934	ready player one - by ernest cline (VR / gaming / 80's pop culture) daemon - by daniel suarez. I don't want to give out much about these books... the less you know the more you will enjoy them IMO.	is Ready Player One still coming out as a movie? I remember there being a lot of hype for it a few years back
409,935	Ha. With Wise Man's Fear you might as well line up for the circle jerk	At this point, I wonder if the final book is going to be 400 pages dedicated to Kvothe's physical appearance and how he "sexed all the maidens in the land" while simultaneously fighting all the gods and beating all the magicians with only one hand. Bonus points if one of the maidens screams "Patrick" somewhere. Then it just...ends, with Kote telling the scrivener, "Yup, that's how it happened." The end.
409,936	Wish You Were Here. Meddle. Animals. That's just from me, a casual fan. A real fan will give you a few more for sure.	Piper at the Gates of Dawn, A Saucerful of Secrets, Atom Heart Mother, Obscured by Clouds (mostly), and The Final Cut. The rest is either too experimental or too David Gilmour.
409,937	But that is in the past, he is changing fast, he's switching up his stance	Cause he just wants to, He just wants to. DANCE!
409,938	After I'm done with Crime and Punishment, I would start Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar.	You're gonna love Hopscotch. But I do recommend reading straight until Chapter 56 first. If you like the story and characters enough, re-read by jumping. Otherwise what can be insightful risks becoming boring and redundant.
409,939	The Fast & The Furious. I'm trying to catch up on the series in time for Furious 7. Do you have to watch 2 Fast 2 Furious to understand Fast & Furious (2009)?	Yes. 2 Fast 2 Furious is the introduction of a few key characters throughout the later films.
409,940	It’s relentlessly morbid but the way the narrator describes the joy he gets from the simple pleasures of life (the warmth of the sun, the beauty of a woman, a coffee and a cigarette), amidst the absurdity of modern life is great.	I had an entirely different take on this, but I don't really want to ruin the book for would-be readers.
409,941	Because they don't want to waste money and actually check expense reports? What?	This is not what I was saying. To get a true picture you have to look at things the way they are wont to be than to take a different perspective from another angle. So if you look at expenses in that way, in then believe that companies would too, then you are looking at it wrong and get mistaken into thinking that it's an expense that needs checking although it's not to be treated that way. Then there are companies that don't take this approach and in the end they have lower overheads and rigamarole and the employees get treated better.
409,942	ET is a childhood favorite but with Donner and Spielberg talking about the Goonies 2 I'm scared it's only a matter of time before ET is digitized.	unfortunately, you are probably right. We plan for the worst as well...try to hope for the best.
409,943	I couldn't care less about how you enjoy driving. I enjoy driving as well, but being a decent human being I believe that the tens of thousands of lives that can be saved every year by autonomous cars are worth a lot more than my enjoyment of driving. Besides, there will be a lot of tracks opening up for people who still want to drive after the big switch.	I completely see your point, at the same time I don't want some basic rights taken away from me, as well as what happens to the 100's of thousands of jobs that would go away with autonomous cars? Here is another article that shows its not a good idea by default:
409,944	If everyone is going to make use of a money pool (everyone will become sick) then insurance isn’t the appropriate model to fund it.	👏👏👏 Yessss. It always cracks me up when people think healthcare is, should be, or even can be a free market. You can’t have a free market if the alternative to participation in said market is death. Voluntary participation is an absolute requirement for a free market. Yet, they keep trying to force it to work. No matter how inefficient it is, no matter how many people are bankrupted or dead. But I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that they’ve got a death grip on a system where people have to buy their products/services for exorbitant prices with minimal transparency and choice.
409,945	I think he is bad :/ So yeah, incredibly disappointed but at least reassured that the longer he's attached to DC projects, the less likely he is to direct a Star Wars film in the near future. I do get a nasty feeling that if he directs a bunch of mediocre DC films which make a lot of money, he will end up like Michael Bay and be able to make anything he wants because he makes money even when the films aren't good.	They'll make a lot of money. Any critical fallout will rest on his shoulders though but that won't matter because money.
409,946	MASH did it from the patients 1st person thirty years ago	Entire episodes or just scenes? I think this is the sticking point.
409,947	They're a team of villains that go on suicide missions (hence the name) for the government. They have bombs planted in the back of their necks in case they try to do anything funny. The film is pretty much being used to establish these villains for the DCCU. Or least a few of them, like Joker, Harley Quinn, Killer Croc. The main team will probably be portrayed as anti-heroes for the most part	This is what I find most interesting. The biggest complaint on most Marvel films is that their villains, usually, aren't very good. It seems that DC is aiming to gain an edge, by directly countering this. Establishing great villains on the onset of their upcoming universe. As another post pointed out a few days ago, one of the best things about MoS was the great villain they had In Zod, even people who hated that film seem to agree on this. That's just my two cents, but I think it's a really good idea to differentiate their films and their universe from Marvel's.
409,948	It took scene groups ages to jump to h.264, I'm not about to hold my breath for AV1 just yet.	That was because people in scene groups thought it was important to stick with CODECs that the original Xbox (of XBMC fame) could support. Now that scene people tend to use cheap and easy to replace hardware advancement shouldn't lag as much. So basically once Raspberry Pi or some Android board like an Orange or a Dragonboard supports AV1 or h.265 then the clock will start ticking on those being acceptable for rips.
409,949	WE GON BREAK THIS THING DOWN IN JUST A FEW SECONDS	Now don't have me to break this thing down for nothing. Now I wanna see y'all on your baddest behavior
409,950	Julian Casablancas was so drunk when I saw him with the Voidz.	He's been sober for the past decade so that's unlikely.
409,951	Word to the wise - use Fedex shipping, even if it costs extra. Newegg's packaging practices when it comes to bare hard drives leave something to be desired.	Basically they come in busted up Styrofoam trays but they are well wrapped and protected with popcorn. There are no worries.
409,952	Technically we have had that for a while and technically we haven't. Fusion reactors have provided net positive energy for a while, not much, but still more than is put in. The problem has been that the damn machine melts every few minutes/hours to be able to effectively utilize it, which, if you take that into account, is not a net positive energy gain considering the cost of the materials and such. It's always been a case of developing a method to either keep the machine from melting or developing it in such a way that it can produce enough energy during its lifespan to be worth it before needing to replace it/it's parts. It seems they went for the former.	I'm fairly sure you're wrong on the net output point, for any period of time. Do you have any source that substantiates that?
409,953	Is it just me or does that thing look weak in the middle. Seems like a crossmember in the back is missing or needed.	I had the same thought. I'm guessing the center span is very reinforced since it's carrying the payload.
409,954	My favorite books to hold and fondle as physical books include a beautifully illustrated first edition of James and the Giant Peach; my new Folio Society edition of Dune; Penguin paperback first edition of Orlando; firsts of The Loved One, Collected Poems of Robert Graves, and Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays; and my majestic, virtually unreadable (for me, anyway) two-volume Oswald Spengler, The Decline of the West. Plus The Wigmakers.	Omg I'm jealous of your James and the Giant Peach and Dune editions. It sounds like you have a collection curated with love.
409,955	Just as nothing is going to save you from cyanide, nothing is going to save you if you double click on the Frozen.xVid.BluRayRip.exe your mate swears is legit.	There are plenty of things an OS could technically do to prevent harm. It could do what Android does and make apps run in a sandbox with only the permissions a user explicitly grants it. Assuming a perfect sandbox malware wouldn't be able to do anything on the PC unless a user explicitly allows it to. Now, [preventing the user from ignoring these security warnings] is another matter...
409,956	I really kind of wish that [Peeta didn't try to kill Katniss when he returned,](/spoiler) and the subsequent aftermath of that. I would have liked that story. :-/ I missed [the Peeta with the unshakeable love for Katniss](/spoiler).	I wish [spoiler](#g "she didn't end up with Peeta. Personally, I dont see that working. She never really loved him like whats his face...drawing a blank and too lazy to look it up.")
409,957	my new 3D printer says otherwise... (but please consider going out and buying the book, you know if you have the money to.)	TBH im not all that interested in it, and i dont know why im being downvoted. Ohhh reddit.
409,958	I don't believe reverse engineering is illegal in any way. As long as you steer clear of using somebody else's patents, anything that's not patented (or in the process of being patented) is fair game.	Might skirt on trade secrets but idk; that would have to do with how much energy they put into reverse engineering it.
409,959	I'm a huge Kick Ass fan, but the second one honestly sucks both in comic and movie form.	I watched the 1st and 2nd movie and thought they were both OK. Could you explain why one is loved and one is hated?
409,960	I'm no expert on the subject of reading or ADD but good on you for trying. I can try to help with some book recommendations: Anything by Roald Dhal, he has some very funny adult short stories. Ready player one - earnest cline : mixed reviews on this one. Some hate it some love it. Who moved my cheese.	> Who moved my cheese. Oh dear god no!
409,961	I think we as the audience kinda needed it though to pick out Finn from the rest of the Stormtroopers.	That's what I got from it too. Storm Troopers are otherwise impossible to distinguish and the audience would be confused
409,962	>It seems like you'd get better performance with a traditional suspension on the axle rather than putting it inside the wheel. for wheelchairs and bikes, this is great, because it saves weight, and frame complexity.	Does it really? You need 6 absorbers for a bike that would normally have 3. If these things are so much lighter than the absorbers and springs normally used on bikes, wouldn't it make more sense to use these lighter weight components in the traditional way that needs half as much hardware?
409,963	The Harry Potter series. The Picture of Dorian Gray 1984 Fight Club Dracula Sea-wolf Tuesdays With Morrie Stories by Lovecraft.	Lovecraft is always a good read for me. 1984 is astonishingly terrifying, but a great read none-the-less.
409,964	I didn't like Scalzi's work much so far, are there any particularly good ones of his? Collapsing Empire wasn't very good.	I've now read four of his. I enjoyed Collapsing Empire, primarily as the beginning of something, as I thought the idea of how a culture based on FTL travel dealing with the loss or impending loss of FTL travel was interesting. Redshirts was amusing for what it was, but likely my least favorite of what I've read. That said, it's a quick read and it's an amusing tongue in cheek fourth wall breaking kind of Star Trek parody. Old Man's War and Ghost Brigade were both enjoyable. I liked Old Man's War a little better. With all of that said though, if he's not your cup of tea, then he's not, and that's fine too.
409,965	Hah! One of the facts under 'references' is a submission from me. Not been on there since about '04...	Nice one - I used to frequent the Kraftwerk Mailing List too - back when such things were the fashion of the day.
409,966	Did you only watch the movies and not read the books? Harry was constantly doing reckless things and trying to save or avenge people because of his guilt.	Constantly trying to avenge people? Please.. I read the books. They contain countless pages of Harry resorting to disarming his foes instead of taking violent action against them. We started reading the series as children, and I wished that she had made the last few books a little darker than she did. The death eaters had it coming & should've been fodder for the unforgivable curses. I kept on with them, but was always hoping that he would turn into a badass & start using the unforgivable curses on the death eaters.
409,967	Those two things have nothing to do with each other. Proper VR is also a subjective moving target. Stationary computers will always be faster than mobile computers.	Those two things are highly related, since it's the advent of mobile phones that made it possible for VR to re-emerge. I think you just don't really know what you're talking about.
409,968	Oh come on.... Scientology is ridiculous. That alien dropped off all those soul suckers. Absurd. Are you suggesting that that nonsense should somehow sway me from the True Word? And that Virgin births, healing the blind, walking on water, people rising from the dead etc is somehow similar? You seem confused my friend. ;-)	Of course I wasn't referring to your One True religion gentle reader; your One True Religion is the only True One out of all the many, many, many thousands of Non True One other religions!
409,969	Yes. As you get older and the more you read the better you will get at it. Just as with anything in life, practice and repetition make for expertise.	This. I've noticed that as I started reading more and more it became easier to go through official documents in my office. I didn't see a change gradually but it was just realization that happened one day while working in office.
409,970	Out of all these, kind of weird that Tom Cruise is posing for Minority Report. I liked the movie, but you'd think something like Top Gun might be a bit more well known.	Not to mention Jack Nicholson as... whatever the hell that was. If it's not One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, it's wrong. Also, Clint Eastwood's "best known" is certainly not Gran Torino. Bah.
409,971	Really? The entire character of Hammond was completely different. I love the movie, but the book is so much more rounded out.	The book was ok, but the movie had, like, giant fucking dinosaurs and shit.
409,972	I hope I'm not posting out of bounds by asking this here. Higher internet speeds, to most people, simply mean better Skype, Netflix and Youtube. Indeed, video was a direct consequence of DSL, and HD Video a direct consequence of better broadband. What services do you believe will emerge with even higher download/upload speeds ?	I've been on 100Mbit (100/100) connection for half a year and now I'm on 1Gbit for a year, and in most cases I don't really see the difference. For one, most servers can't serve you data at the full speed, and those that can... it's not really a big deal if downloading a game on Steam takes two minutes instead of twenty seconds. I actually often get the "busy writing to disc" message and can't use the full potential of my connection there either.
409,973	It could be a cheaper "workstation" card than the Titan, even though the Titan Z DID just come out.	The Titan still has better double precision compute power. Which is an important aspect of a workstation card. Still the Titan is far from the Quadro cards in that aspect.
409,974	Watched this a couple of days ago. It really reignited my love for Jewel. :)	I didn't realize how much I liked jewel. - I'm probably missing out on the best songs - the singles are never the best it seems. And the radio ruins them. I'll have to go look for a bside or something.
409,975	I hope it never does become a movie, just because its my favorite book. I dont want it even trying to be good for the screen. It is a must read, imo ~ and can be finished in one sitting	Why would it becoming a film have any effect on your enjoyment of the book?
409,976	That audience for Jem is old enough to know a movie blows from the trailer. I loved watching Jem and playing with the dolls and my heart broke when I saw the trailer.	I've never actually watched an episode of Jem in my life and I've still picked up enough to know that trailer looked genericized and boring by comparison. Jem is pretty much sparkly neon 80's cheese with holograms and lasers and evil goth bands, right?
409,977	As an engineer I would rate this comment 10/10, sir! christianbalethrowingupvote.gif	Upvote for fellow engineer (well I'm technically only in my first year at uni, but I'll claim it)
409,978	Per the law: "The public safety exception applies where circumstances present a clear and present danger to the public's safety and the officers have reason to believe that the suspect has information that can end the emergency." That is not a slippery slope. It's a clearly defined exception to be applied on a case-by-case basis, also as per the law.	> It's a clearly defined exception to be applied on a case-by-case basis, also as per the law. That doesn't stop it from being a slippery slope, you make an exception for this, what do you make an exception for next? What other rights do you deem necessary to take away to end the clear and present danger? Not to mention that several of those phrases I would consider open to definition and interpretation.
409,979	This movie is about a handsome smart lonely kid, with some mayor problems. If they'd make him different, then other people couldn't relate to him maybe.	I don't but into that argument. The fault is in the writing of the character and the conflicts he face, not what type of person he is. I'm not an Okie but I sure as hell feel for the family in Grapes of Wrath.
409,980	I believe Monarchy is a bad thing - even if it exists in an essentially powerless state.	So you look down on people for taking a powerless title just because you don't agree with the concept of a monarchy.
409,981	I can't believe it's not butter. Seriously though they sound super American to me. I don't really know if they are or not because almost every singer sounds American	Their voices are pretty American, but it's not uncommon for British artists to sing with "less accent." Their style was really influenced by British rock at the time, though, which is why a lot of people just assumed they were.
409,982	shit man, I'm trying to raise money for a biotech startup, and I would hire you, but you are not in the right part of biotech for me =( I don't want yes men or women.	Thanks! What part of biotech is your start-up? My advice... Get a really good team of experienced individuals (where necessary). Hire smart people and listen to them. Stay grounded. For the most part, I don't think the majority of people start as "yes" people, they are created. Form a culture where you don't create "yes" people.
409,983	Judging from it being the only books at my mother's growing up Danielle Steel. She's really got a knack for twisting and squeezing every last drop of creativity from an idea.	I can still remember Stinson Beach and Frye boots being mentioned in all of the 4 books of hers that I read.
409,984	I mean, I guess my follow-up is to ask what 500 movies would be in your top 500, which would be silly. I respect you having a different opinion and such, I just don't quite understand. What are your main problems with it?	I think the characterization is weak, and the entire premise revolves around obscuring information that would otherwise be clear. Of course, that's a conceit of film noir, but its artifice never allows us to understand the main character's expression, it's just another layer piled on top of it. This isn't very clear without going into detail, but I feel a better film wouldn't feel so artificial and contrived. It's an intriguing film, but I don't think it lends itself to multiple viewings, mostly because the characters are all weak and one-dimensional (and the crutch of the film is, of course, its confused narrative). I still like the movie, it's just no where close to the best out there.
409,985	Not everything is for everyone. I personally LOVE mistborn and hate a song of fire and ice. But like you said, its all about fun!	Yeah Asoiaf is about the only "fantasy" I would say I love, at least in terms of books. Perhaps mistborn is overdue for a video game? I would play the shit out of it.
409,986	> The last huge band of a classic rock formation I can even name is Coldplay. Do the Foo Fighters not count? They are much more rock and roll and still do sold out stadium tours.	Yeah, Foo Fighters definitely count, but I kind of group them more with the big acts of the 90s, than anything else. Not only did they come right out of Nirvana and the 90s grunge scene, but they already became huge in the 90s. They simply managed to _stay_ relevant and big into the 00s and even the 10s. Pearl Jam did the same, they still sell out stadiums as well, and their songs are popular enough to be featured in TV shows. But they still ride on their 90s rock legacy, they are not a band _of_ the 2000s, just _in_ the 2000s.
409,987	I thought we're talking about data firms here, rather than apps. Does Facebook share data in other forms other than the usual way where a user agrees to giving permissions?	Yes Facebook catalogs and indexes troves of data about their users and they make their money selling access to that data to firms who can process it for whatever purpose they want. Marketing, influencing the outcome of elections to name a few
409,988	["Know Your Enemy"] among other songs by Rage Against the Machine	I read this as "Know Your Enemy" - Green Day, and threw up in my mouth a little
409,989	Pretty much. The only way it would be more obvious is if the damn lion had a giant JESUS sign around his neck.	I had no idea it was Christian allegory when I read it; I don't think I realized it until I heard people complaining about the Christian symbolism in the first movie. But allegory and satire are usually lost on me, generally speaking.
409,990	Aquaman is like second only to The Flash in terms of bullshit powers in DC tho.	All comicbooks super heroes have bullshit powers, just watch and enjoy anything enjoyable and stop being fanboy.
409,991	De-facto immunity for class action lawsuits, which means they can get away with things like small 'mystery fees' not specified in contracts. The only reconciliation is if each consumer sues Google separately, which means every person has to afford a lawyer separately, instead of pooling money to share the burden of having a lawyer. Most people won't do that over small fees. So they can do this to everyone in theory.	I suppose that the good part of this is that Google Fiber isn't a monopoly in markets where it is available, so if they did begin charging bullshit add on fees consumers technically have other choices to switch to, although the competition is generally going to be a step down in every way possible.
409,992	Well, in the DVD commentary, he said that it was such an important part that he wanted the greatest actor available, and the two names that came to mind were Brando and Olivier. Olivier actually had a slight edge because he was at just the right age for the part, but in the auditions Brando improvised that orange trick and that convinced Coppola that he was the man for the part.	So, does he just walk around with and orange in his pocket for a snack, or what?
409,993	The real question is, how can I buy a VR headset without any money going to Palmer Luckey?	Does he get money from the Vive? I hadn't heard that.
409,994	Early talk had it being about Brad Pitt trying to prevent the zombie outbreak, if that is what the movie is about it may or may not be good but it won't be World War Z.	Ugh... I want it to be the same type of reporter thing as the book, with flashbacks and whatnot. That was a really good concept.
409,995	I've read The Sisters Brothers and The Beach. I found both to be pretty entertaining, but neither was, IMO, "hilarious." The Beach in particular turns into a pretty horrific Lord of the Flies-type story.	for me, the caricature of travel culture was so word-for-word spot-on with multiple groups i had met that i burst out laughing every time they had conversations with the regular travelers, and the whole idea of creating this dark and inaccessible paradise struck me as very funny.
409,996	I think its absolutely hilarious that you have no idea about his other films.	Which ones? Bad Taste, with the exploding sheep? Meet the Feebles? Braindead? All monster hits. I am probably more familiar that you are with Jackson's oeuvre. I quite like many of his films, including the aforementioned, as well as Heavenly Creatures, which showed he had chops well beyond the splatter genre. But his blockbusters have all been based on other people's work. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
409,997	We don't use the word scrub. We say cans. She beat a lot of cans.	I use whatever word I want. Scrub. Can. Jobber. Freak show. Eat it.
409,998	I think one of the most interesting aspects of Milwaukee is that fact that it's the only major American city to elect three socialist mayors.	For anyone curious, this is actually true, not just a movie joke
409,999	Isn't it a Stephen King story? I heard that somewhere.	Yes. It's based on one of his short stories. The director, Frank Darabont (sp?) also directed the Mist which is another King story. And Stand By Me, a great movie from the late 80's is based on the Body by King.

409,900

If you brighten it. It should, unless I'm misinformed, look dark as shit because it took a dark as shit picture. The information is all there though and it can be brightened so your eyes can see it. It also does this really well because *it* can see in the dark that well so when it is brightened it'll look pretty normal. Can anyone confirm or correct what I'm saying?

ISO determines how sensitive the camera sensor is to light. The higher the ISO, the more light the sensor takes in, thus it appears brighter than to the naked eye.

409,901

Am I misunderstanding you? Each artist has a top songs and top albums section... Also what do you mean by there's no playlist support? Playlists are a huge aspect to Apple Music. I agree the sharing could be way better.

I think he means that there is no overall top list for all songs, like there is on Spotify.

409,902

Daft Punk: Contact. The Brainwasher. Touch It/Technologic (from alive 2007) Edit: Other awesome songs: Steam Machine, Rollin' and Scratchin', Prime Time of Your Life, Derezzed(duh), Giorgio by Moroder, Robot Rock, Digital Love, Something About Us, Da Funk, Funk Ad, Daftendirekt

Touch It/Technologic (from alive 2007) used to put this shit on repeat all day

409,903

See [this] for an example of what needs to be done and how. That's a big-ass cable, towed by a big-ass boat, a big-ass distance. (obligatory: big ass-cable, big ass-boat, big ass-distance. Still expensive).

Whats the procedure for getting rid of the balloons? do they pop each one individually or is there a second boat that runs along?

409,904

if you want his best album ever it's a soundtrack also. the under the cherry moon soundtrac, is a mixture of Cabaret, the pinnacle of high minded funk, smooth jazz, add futuristic for its time beats. the songs you want to hear are. mountains, kiss, another lover hole in your head, sometimes it snows in April, new position, and a song he doesn't even sing on called I wonder u... best track on the album also Christopher Tracy's parade is like a funky version of Sargent pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Why anyone would downvote you is beyond me, thank you for the information!!!

409,905

[Rich Kids Blues] is still my favorite song from the album.

Even though it is on a different album, Rich Kid Blues is definitely my favorite song by them. Did you know that it's a cover?

409,906

The main problem with nuclear power isn't the technology. It's government and bureaucratic stupidity. Three mile island, fukushima, and chernobyl, were the results of incompetence, not technology. Further, the failure mode of nuclear isn't pretty AT ALL.... If you have a solar panel fail, you just lose power and are out about $500... if you have a nuclear plant fail, you can destroy a whole country.

Please explain how you can destroy a whole country with a nuclear power plant? - Chernobyl was little more than a glorified roofed reactor-room with extremely poor safety measures in place using a dangerous design. Even that did not destroy a whole country. Radiation is what scares people, but coal power spews out even more radiation and the pollution combined with that manifolds more people. Risk of injury/radiation versus guaranteed deaths is the choice one is making when choosing between nuclear and coal power plants.

409,907

Sharon shooting those shots into the middle of the target at the end foreshadow whats to come <.<

Ohhhhh shit. You're totally right! I completely didn't put that together.

409,908

That is the most ignorant statement ever. The recent theater shootings were done by white people you racist fuck.

It's racist that black people are more violent than any other race?

409,909

If you haven't played Portal 2, you need to purchase it and play it. Start with Portal 1 though for context. That's all I'm gonna say.

Well I'll be damned, never realised that was JK Simmons...

409,910

[A British guy has it] although Canada does have second and third!

Crazy that the guy in fifth used a machine gun.

409,911

that article was much less arrogant than OP's at pointing out videolabs fraudulence

Agreed. The OP article was informative and correct, but kinda hard to sit through because you could cut the author's malice with a knife.

409,912

Putting your hand on the person you’re hugging’s upper back/back of the shoulder area is acceptable as well.

True. I was talking about the sideways hug. I should have included the shoulder as well.

409,913

Thank you for this beautiful music discovery. I love you so much.

I'm glad I was able to introduce you to his music :) And you are very welcome!

409,914

I've never heard you play. It's entirely possible that your version of "Stairway to Heaven" is horseshit.

Oh it definitely is. So basically you're saying you don't like sampling because you think it makes a song sound worse? Do you have any examples?

409,915

As someone who uses their guitar for the "snare" beats (combined with use of a bass drum) for my band I particularly enjoyed this. Seeing what exact setup he has going on as far as pickup was great as I have been trying to debate the best way to go about amplifying my guitar for certain shows where acoustic only just won't fly.

Yes, his setup is interesting and very informative for acoustic guitar amplification, i agree totally.

409,916

They (both Flash and Acrobat, actually) executed arbitrary code, and were designed before the modern sandboxing concepts were prevalent. They did try very hard to secure them, but the problem was that they were so fundamentally architecturally flawed that they couldn't be fixed. And maybe "flawed" is an unfair description, because they were designed before the problems they now face even existed, to a certain degree. By the time it became apparent how big the problem was, the only way to fix Flash and PDF was to basically abandon the languages/formats (alienating large developer bases) and breaking backward-compatibility. That strategy would have failed spectacularly, so they were stuck piloting a rusty boat until it finally sank.

What are these modern sandboxing concepts? Where can I read more about them?

409,917

We are so ready for a sequel; trump and family, Kim junior, Putin. This should so happen.

I seem to remember reading somewhere that it was such a pain in the ass using marionettes to film they vowed to never make a sequel.

409,918

Yeah, no matter if it's the Apple Watch or one of the Android competitors, I just don't see the point. Seems like more of a hassle than anything else.

Have you taken a solid look at how the Android Wear UI works? It's way less obtrusive and more user - friendly than Apple's. Honestly I find it very convenient.

409,919

Pass phrase with retina/fingerprint scanner and government ID card on one machine. Get waved over to the second machine where you vote and get a paper receipt with who you voted for and a vote ID # to verify against if needed later. Also second vote tally machine is no at all connected to the internet or intranet.

So it will take only seconds to change the voter rolls. Perfect.

409,920

This is definitely one of my favourites. Say what you will about that movie, but I fist-pumped pretty damn hard for that atomic fire down the throat. So incredibly badass.

Even better was when Godzilla slumps back into the water like 'uggh im tired. Just gotta go sleep it off'

409,921

Or why you would rather quibble about shot composition instead of the elements that make up the story? It's the same difference, really.

This comment wasn't even related to you, but rather about the endless parade of people above rambling about Plan A or Plan B. You're still not engaging in any meaningful way though, so please stop commenting

409,922

Quote from the producer Charles Roven: > I think that it just came about that this particular Batman, he’s been jaded by the process. There’s a really amazing line in the movie, ‘20 years in Gotham, how many good guys are left? How many stayed that way?’ And let’s face it, he’s a very damaged guy... We see Robin is not around. The character has evolved, and he’s definitely a more brutal guy, and we wanted him to be right on that edge, right on that razor. And he has to be on the razor’s edge, or why would he get Superman’s attention? >

Great quote. But he isn't on the "edge". He's passed the edge and descended into being a vengeful murderer. He's a villain. He's a bad guy. He's The Punisher except not as interesting.

409,923

I need to read the first Harry Potter book by Wednesday. How many hours will this take and how screwed am I?

310 pages, written fairly simply, you can probably knock it out in 5-8 hours depending on your reading speed.

409,924

I would love if it would be The Spectacular Spider-Man

I liked that title a lot more too. Homecoming just sounds really lame.

409,925

as long as everyone also knows she slept her way to a book deal, If folks judge one for that, that's just too damn bad for the prostitute

More people will have sympathy to those who I felt they had no choice then those in power who limited those choices. You obviously don't agree, but the fact he's fired shows the direction this is going.

409,926

They had similar (though not as bad) problems with the original XBox. I waited a year or two to get it. Never had a problem. Should have waited longer on the XBox 360 (waited a year 3 RRODs)

I personally know of no xbox's failing. That is to say, I've heard of them failing, but haven't ever seen it with my own eyes. I do recall HardOCP.com reporting that theirs (his?) had caught fire or some such.. a quick search of their site turned up nothing for me though.

409,927

Uhhhh....you sure about that? I don't think you'll have been glad that you picked it when you hit that scene with the 'Swamp of Infinite Sorrow' or whatever it's called. Great flick, but in this case - PICK SOMETHING ELSE!!!!

I loved this movie as a child. I'm going to watch it for nostalgia's sake. Might be good to watch that pony flounder and have a good man-cry.

409,928

There was a great movie about him a year or two ago

A movie which, had he been alive, he would never have wanted made or agreed to be a part of and which, in his stead, his wife and literary estate were vehemently opposed to and did not give permission for or blessings in any sense of the word, and which the producers/director/etc. went right ahead and made anyway. DFW is and will probably always be my absolute favorite author and I will never, ever see this film; frankly, I'm still upset about the fact that it was even made at all.

409,929

Burying a tree wouldn't really help because it would decompose

Not if you bury it sufficiently deep. How do you think coal formed?

409,930

Never said there aren't adults that don't contribute to its success, just that kids movies doing well isn't that impressive because of the reasons I cited.

You could say the exact same thing about Comic Book movies. Replace kid with 18-45yo. It's odd to discount something based solet on one of it's core demos. It's not like all kids movies are universally successful.

409,931

Yes, but every.single.ride they do now uses this tech. I want them to innovate. The introduction to Nintendo in the theme park better utilize something other than the same tech they've been using.

Nintendo is almost 100% going to be something like the Transformers ride, a mix of a basic moving track and 3-D screens. They don't have the space or legal clearances to build coasters.

409,932

I disagree on that part - no-one gives classical musicians shit for not writing their own music. Heck, if anything, they get extra credit as musicians because the music they play is frequently considered more difficult than modern pop. Not writing your own stuff has nothing to do with your skill as a musician. That said, Beyonce is still a solid, but not mind-blowing, singer.

And how many classical artists playing someone else's songs get nominated for grammys?

409,933

I love that movie. The rock standing outside grilling hands just kills me.

And the reminder of it being a true story.

409,934

ready player one - by ernest cline (VR / gaming / 80's pop culture) daemon - by daniel suarez. I don't want to give out much about these books... the less you know the more you will enjoy them IMO.

is Ready Player One still coming out as a movie? I remember there being a lot of hype for it a few years back

409,935

Ha. With Wise Man's Fear you might as well line up for the circle jerk

At this point, I wonder if the final book is going to be 400 pages dedicated to Kvothe's physical appearance and how he "sexed all the maidens in the land" while simultaneously fighting all the gods and beating all the magicians with only one hand. Bonus points if one of the maidens screams "Patrick" somewhere. Then it just...ends, with Kote telling the scrivener, "Yup, that's how it happened." The end.

409,936

Wish You Were Here. Meddle. Animals. That's just from me, a casual fan. A real fan will give you a few more for sure.

Piper at the Gates of Dawn, A Saucerful of Secrets, Atom Heart Mother, Obscured by Clouds (mostly), and The Final Cut. The rest is either too experimental or too David Gilmour.

409,937

But that is in the past, he is changing fast, he's switching up his stance

Cause he just wants to, He just wants to. DANCE!

409,938

After I'm done with Crime and Punishment, I would start Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar.

You're gonna love Hopscotch. But I do recommend reading straight until Chapter 56 first. If you like the story and characters enough, re-read by jumping. Otherwise what can be insightful risks becoming boring and redundant.

409,939

The Fast & The Furious. I'm trying to catch up on the series in time for Furious 7. Do you *have* to watch 2 Fast 2 Furious to understand Fast & Furious (2009)?

Yes. 2 Fast 2 Furious is the introduction of a few key characters throughout the later films.

409,940

It’s relentlessly morbid but the way the narrator describes the joy he gets from the simple pleasures of life (the warmth of the sun, the beauty of a woman, a coffee and a cigarette), amidst the absurdity of modern life is great.

I had an entirely different take on this, but I don't really want to ruin the book for would-be readers.

409,941

Because they don't want to waste money and actually check expense reports? What?

This is not what I was saying. To get a true picture you have to look at things the way they are wont to be than to take a different perspective from another angle. So if you look at expenses in that way, in then believe that companies would too, then you are looking at it wrong and get mistaken into thinking that it's an expense that needs checking although it's not to be treated that way. Then there are companies that don't take this approach and in the end they have lower overheads and rigamarole and the employees get treated better.

409,942

ET is a childhood favorite but with Donner and Spielberg talking about the Goonies 2 I'm scared it's only a matter of time before ET is digitized.

unfortunately, you are probably right. We plan for the worst as well...try to hope for the best.

409,943

I couldn't care less about how you enjoy driving. I enjoy driving as well, but being a decent human being I believe that the tens of thousands of lives that can be saved every year by autonomous cars are worth a lot more than my enjoyment of driving. Besides, there will be a lot of tracks opening up for people who still want to drive after the big switch.

I completely see your point, at the same time I don't want some basic rights taken away from me, as well as what happens to the 100's of thousands of jobs that would go away with autonomous cars? Here is another article that shows its not a good idea by default:

409,944

If everyone is going to make use of a money pool (everyone will become sick) then insurance isn’t the appropriate model to fund it.

👏👏👏 Yessss. It always cracks me up when people think healthcare is, should be, or even can be a free market. You can’t have a free market if the alternative to participation in said market is death. Voluntary participation is an absolute requirement for a free market. Yet, they keep trying to force it to work. No matter how inefficient it is, no matter how many people are bankrupted or dead. But I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that they’ve got a death grip on a system where people *have* to buy their products/services for exorbitant prices with minimal transparency and choice.

409,945

I think he is bad :/ So yeah, incredibly disappointed but at least reassured that the longer he's attached to DC projects, the less likely he is to direct a Star Wars film in the near future. I do get a nasty feeling that if he directs a bunch of mediocre DC films which make a lot of money, he will end up like Michael Bay and be able to make anything he wants because he makes money even when the films aren't good.

They'll make a lot of money. Any critical fallout will rest on his shoulders though but that won't matter because money.

409,946

MASH did it from the patients 1st person thirty years ago

Entire episodes or just scenes? I think this is the sticking point.

409,947

They're a team of villains that go on suicide missions (hence the name) for the government. They have bombs planted in the back of their necks in case they try to do anything funny. The film is pretty much being used to establish these villains for the DCCU. Or least a few of them, like Joker, Harley Quinn, Killer Croc. The main team will probably be portrayed as anti-heroes for the most part

This is what I find most interesting. The biggest complaint on most Marvel films is that their villains, usually, aren't very good. It seems that DC is aiming to gain an edge, by directly countering this. Establishing great villains on the onset of their upcoming universe. As another post pointed out a few days ago, one of the best things about MoS was the great villain they had In Zod, even people who hated that film seem to agree on this. That's just my two cents, but I think it's a really good idea to differentiate their films and their universe from Marvel's.

409,948

It took scene groups ages to jump to h.264, I'm not about to hold my breath for AV1 just yet.

That was because people in scene groups thought it was important to stick with CODECs that the original Xbox (of XBMC fame) could support. Now that scene people tend to use cheap and easy to replace hardware advancement shouldn't lag as much. So basically once Raspberry Pi or some Android board like an Orange or a Dragonboard supports AV1 or h.265 then the clock will start ticking on those being acceptable for rips.

409,949

WE GON BREAK THIS THING DOWN IN JUST A FEW SECONDS

Now don't have me to break this thing down for nothing. Now I wanna see y'all on your baddest behavior

409,950

Julian Casablancas was so drunk when I saw him with the Voidz.

He's been sober for the past decade so that's unlikely.

409,951

Word to the wise - use Fedex shipping, even if it costs extra. Newegg's packaging practices when it comes to bare hard drives leave something to be desired.

Basically they come in busted up Styrofoam trays but they are well wrapped and protected with popcorn. There are no worries.

409,952

Technically we have had that for a while and technically we haven't. Fusion reactors have provided net positive energy for a while, not much, but still more than is put in. The problem has been that the damn machine melts every few minutes/hours to be able to effectively utilize it, which, if you take that into account, is not a net positive energy gain considering the cost of the materials and such. It's always been a case of developing a method to either keep the machine from melting or developing it in such a way that it can produce enough energy during its lifespan to be worth it before needing to replace it/it's parts. It seems they went for the former.

I'm fairly sure you're wrong on the net output point, for any period of time. Do you have any source that substantiates that?

409,953

Is it just me or does that thing look weak in the middle. Seems like a crossmember in the back is missing or needed.

I had the same thought. I'm guessing the center span is very reinforced since it's carrying the payload.

409,954

My favorite books to hold and fondle as physical books include a beautifully illustrated first edition of *James and the Giant Peach*; my new Folio Society edition of *Dune*; Penguin paperback first edition of *Orlando*; firsts of *The Loved One*, *Collected Poems of Robert Graves*, and *Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays*; and my majestic, virtually unreadable (for me, anyway) two-volume Oswald Spengler, *The Decline of the West*. Plus *The Wigmakers*.

Omg I'm jealous of your James and the Giant Peach and Dune editions. It sounds like you have a collection curated with love.

409,955

Just as nothing is going to save you from cyanide, nothing is going to save you if you double click on the Frozen.xVid.BluRayRip.exe your mate swears is legit.

There are plenty of things an OS could technically do to prevent harm. It could do what Android does and make apps run in a sandbox with only the permissions a user explicitly grants it. Assuming a perfect sandbox malware wouldn't be able to do anything on the PC unless a user explicitly allows it to. Now, [preventing the user from ignoring these security warnings] is another matter...

409,956

I really kind of wish that [Peeta didn't try to kill Katniss when he returned,](/spoiler) and the subsequent aftermath of that. I would have liked that story. :-/ I missed [the Peeta with the unshakeable love for Katniss](/spoiler).

I wish [spoiler](#g "she didn't end up with Peeta. Personally, I dont see that working. She never really loved him like whats his face...drawing a blank and too lazy to look it up.")

409,957

my new 3D printer says otherwise... (but please consider going out and buying the book, you know if you have the money to.)

TBH im not all that interested in it, and i dont know why im being downvoted. Ohhh reddit.

409,958

I don't believe reverse engineering is illegal in any way. As long as you steer clear of using somebody else's patents, anything that's not patented (or in the process of being patented) is fair game.

Might skirt on trade secrets but idk; that would have to do with how much energy they put into reverse engineering it.

409,959

I'm a **huge** Kick Ass fan, but the second one honestly sucks both in comic and movie form.

I watched the 1st and 2nd movie and thought they were both OK. Could you explain why one is loved and one is hated?

409,960

I'm no expert on the subject of reading or ADD but good on you for trying. I can try to help with some book recommendations: Anything by Roald Dhal, he has some very funny adult short stories. Ready player one - earnest cline : mixed reviews on this one. Some hate it some love it. Who moved my cheese.

> Who moved my cheese. Oh dear god no!

409,961

I think we as the audience kinda needed it though to pick out Finn from the rest of the Stormtroopers.

That's what I got from it too. Storm Troopers are otherwise impossible to distinguish and the audience would be confused

409,962

>It seems like you'd get better performance with a traditional suspension on the axle rather than putting it inside the wheel. for wheelchairs and bikes, this is great, because it saves weight, and frame complexity.

Does it really? You need 6 absorbers for a bike that would normally have 3. If these things are so much lighter than the absorbers and springs normally used on bikes, wouldn't it make more sense to use these lighter weight components in the traditional way that needs half as much hardware?

409,963

The *Harry Potter* series. *The Picture of Dorian Gray* *1984* *Fight Club* *Dracula* *Sea-wolf* *Tuesdays With Morrie* Stories by Lovecraft.

Lovecraft is always a good read for me. 1984 is astonishingly terrifying, but a great read none-the-less.

409,964

I didn't like Scalzi's work much so far, are there any particularly good ones of his? *Collapsing Empire* wasn't very good.

I've now read four of his. I enjoyed Collapsing Empire, primarily as the beginning of something, as I thought the idea of how a culture based on FTL travel dealing with the loss or impending loss of FTL travel was interesting. Redshirts was amusing for what it was, but likely my least favorite of what I've read. That said, it's a quick read and it's an amusing tongue in cheek fourth wall breaking kind of Star Trek parody. Old Man's War and Ghost Brigade were both enjoyable. I liked Old Man's War a little better. With all of that said though, if he's not your cup of tea, then he's not, and that's fine too.

409,965

Hah! One of the facts under 'references' is a submission from me. Not been on there since about '04...

Nice one - I used to frequent the Kraftwerk Mailing List too - back when such things were the fashion of the day.

409,966

Did you only watch the movies and not read the books? Harry was constantly doing reckless things and trying to save or avenge people because of his guilt.

Constantly trying to avenge people? Please.. I read the books. They contain countless pages of Harry resorting to disarming his foes instead of taking violent action against them. We started reading the series as children, and I wished that she had made the last few books a little darker than she did. The death eaters had it coming & should've been fodder for the unforgivable curses. I kept on with them, but was always hoping that he would turn into a badass & start using the unforgivable curses on the death eaters.

409,967

Those two things have nothing to do with each other. Proper VR is also a subjective moving target. Stationary computers will always be faster than mobile computers.

Those two things are highly related, since it's the advent of mobile phones that made it possible for VR to re-emerge. I think you just don't really know what you're talking about.

409,968

Oh come on.... Scientology is ridiculous. That alien dropped off all those soul suckers. Absurd. Are you suggesting that that nonsense should somehow sway me from the True Word? And that Virgin births, healing the blind, walking on water, people rising from the dead etc is somehow similar? You seem confused my friend. ;-)

Of course I wasn't referring to *your* One True religion gentle reader; your One True Religion is the only True One out of all the many, many, many thousands of Non True One other religions!

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Yes. As you get older and the more you read the better you will get at it. Just as with anything in life, practice and repetition make for expertise.

This. I've noticed that as I started reading more and more it became easier to go through official documents in my office. I didn't see a change gradually but it was just realization that happened one day while working in office.

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Out of all these, kind of weird that Tom Cruise is posing for Minority Report. I liked the movie, but you'd think something like Top Gun might be a bit more well known.

Not to mention Jack Nicholson as... whatever the hell that was. If it's not One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, it's wrong. Also, Clint Eastwood's "best known" is certainly not Gran Torino. Bah.

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Really? The entire character of Hammond was completely different. I love the movie, but the book is so much more rounded out.

The book was ok, but the movie had, like, giant fucking dinosaurs and shit.

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I hope I'm not posting out of bounds by asking this here. Higher internet speeds, to most people, simply mean better Skype, Netflix and Youtube. Indeed, video was a direct consequence of DSL, and HD Video a direct consequence of better broadband. What services do you believe will emerge with even higher download/upload speeds ?

I've been on 100Mbit (100/100) connection for half a year and now I'm on 1Gbit for a year, and in most cases I don't really see the difference. For one, most servers can't serve you data at the full speed, and those that can... it's not really a big deal if downloading a game on Steam takes two minutes instead of twenty seconds. I actually often get the "busy writing to disc" message and can't use the full potential of my connection there either.

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It could be a cheaper "workstation" card than the Titan, even though the Titan Z DID just come out.

The Titan still has better double precision compute power. Which is an important aspect of a workstation card. Still the Titan is far from the Quadro cards in that aspect.

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Watched this a couple of days ago. It really reignited my love for Jewel. :)

I didn't realize how much I liked jewel. - I'm probably missing out on the best songs - the singles are never the best it seems. And the radio ruins them. I'll have to go look for a bside or something.

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I hope it never does become a movie, just because its my favorite book. I dont want it even trying to be good for the screen. It is a must read, imo ~ and can be finished in one sitting

Why would it becoming a film have any effect on your enjoyment of the book?

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That audience for Jem is old enough to know a movie blows from the trailer. I loved watching Jem and playing with the dolls and my heart broke when I saw the trailer.

I've never actually watched an episode of Jem in my life and I've still picked up enough to know that trailer looked genericized and boring by comparison. Jem is pretty much sparkly neon 80's cheese with holograms and lasers and evil goth bands, right?

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As an engineer I would rate this comment 10/10, sir! christianbalethrowingupvote.gif

Upvote for fellow engineer (well I'm technically only in my first year at uni, but I'll claim it)

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Per the law: "The public safety exception applies where circumstances present a clear and present danger to the public's safety and the officers have reason to believe that the suspect has information that can end the emergency." That is not a slippery slope. It's a clearly defined exception to be applied on a case-by-case basis, also as per the law.

> It's a clearly defined exception to be applied on a case-by-case basis, also as per the law. That doesn't stop it from being a slippery slope, you make an exception for this, what do you make an exception for next? What other rights do you deem necessary to take away to end the clear and present danger? Not to mention that several of those phrases I would consider open to definition and interpretation.

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This movie is about a handsome smart lonely kid, with some mayor problems. If they'd make him different, then other people couldn't relate to him maybe.

I don't but into that argument. The fault is in the writing of the character and the conflicts he face, not what type of person he is. I'm not an Okie but I sure as hell feel for the family in Grapes of Wrath.

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I believe Monarchy is a bad thing - even if it exists in an essentially powerless state.

So you look down on people for taking a powerless title just because you don't agree with the concept of a monarchy.

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I can't believe it's not butter. Seriously though they sound super American to me. I don't really know if they are or not because almost every singer sounds American

Their voices are pretty American, but it's not uncommon for British artists to sing with "less accent." Their style was really influenced by British rock at the time, though, which is why a lot of people just assumed they were.

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shit man, I'm trying to raise money for a biotech startup, and I would hire you, but you are not in the right part of biotech for me =( I don't want yes men or women.

Thanks! What part of biotech is your start-up? My advice... Get a really good team of experienced individuals (where necessary). Hire smart people and listen to them. Stay grounded. For the most part, I don't think the majority of people start as "yes" people, they are created. Form a culture where you don't create "yes" people.

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Judging from it being the only books at my mother's growing up Danielle Steel. She's really got a knack for twisting and squeezing every last drop of creativity from an idea.

I can still remember Stinson Beach and Frye boots being mentioned in all of the 4 books of hers that I read.

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I mean, I guess my follow-up is to ask what 500 movies would be in your top 500, which would be silly. I respect you having a different opinion and such, I just don't quite understand. What are your main problems with it?

I think the characterization is weak, and the entire premise revolves around obscuring information that would otherwise be clear. Of course, that's a conceit of film noir, but its artifice never allows us to understand the main character's expression, it's just another layer piled on top of it. This isn't very clear without going into detail, but I feel a better film wouldn't feel so artificial and contrived. It's an intriguing film, but I don't think it lends itself to multiple viewings, mostly because the characters are all weak and one-dimensional (and the crutch of the film is, of course, its confused narrative). I still like the movie, it's just no where close to the best out there.

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Not everything is for everyone. I personally LOVE mistborn and hate a song of fire and ice. But like you said, its all about fun!

Yeah Asoiaf is about the only "fantasy" I would say I love, at least in terms of books. Perhaps mistborn is overdue for a video game? I would play the shit out of it.

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> The last huge band of a classic rock formation I can even name is Coldplay. Do the Foo Fighters not count? They are much more rock and roll and still do sold out stadium tours.

Yeah, Foo Fighters definitely count, but I kind of group them more with the big acts of the 90s, than anything else. Not only did they come right out of Nirvana and the 90s grunge scene, but they already became huge in the 90s. They simply managed to _stay_ relevant and big into the 00s and even the 10s. Pearl Jam did the same, they still sell out stadiums as well, and their songs are popular enough to be featured in TV shows. But they still ride on their 90s rock legacy, they are not a band _of_ the 2000s, just _in_ the 2000s.

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I thought we're talking about data firms here, rather than apps. Does Facebook share data in other forms other than the usual way where a user agrees to giving permissions?

Yes Facebook catalogs and indexes troves of data about their users and they make their money selling access to that data to firms who can process it for whatever purpose they want. Marketing, influencing the outcome of elections to name a few

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["Know Your Enemy"] among other songs by Rage Against the Machine

I read this as "Know Your Enemy" - Green Day, and threw up in my mouth a little

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Pretty much. The only way it would be more obvious is if the damn lion had a giant JESUS sign around his neck.

I had no idea it was Christian allegory when I read it; I don't think I realized it until I heard people complaining about the Christian symbolism in the first movie. But allegory and satire are usually lost on me, generally speaking.

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Aquaman is like second only to The Flash in terms of bullshit powers in DC tho.

All comicbooks super heroes have bullshit powers, just watch and enjoy anything enjoyable and stop being fanboy.

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De-facto immunity for class action lawsuits, which means they can get away with things like small 'mystery fees' not specified in contracts. The only reconciliation is if each consumer sues Google separately, which means every person has to afford a lawyer separately, instead of pooling money to share the burden of having a lawyer. Most people won't do that over small fees. So they can do this to everyone in theory.

I suppose that the good part of this is that Google Fiber isn't a monopoly in markets where it is available, so if they did begin charging bullshit add on fees consumers technically have other choices to switch to, although the competition is generally going to be a step down in every way possible.

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Well, in the DVD commentary, he said that it was such an important part that he wanted the greatest actor available, and the two names that came to mind were Brando and Olivier. Olivier actually had a slight edge because he was at just the right age for the part, but in the auditions Brando improvised that orange trick and that convinced Coppola that he was the man for the part.

So, does he just walk around with and orange in his pocket for a snack, or what?

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The real question is, how can I buy a VR headset without any money going to Palmer Luckey?

Does he get money from the Vive? I hadn't heard that.

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Early talk had it being about Brad Pitt trying to prevent the zombie outbreak, if that is what the movie is about it may or may not be good but it won't be World War Z.

Ugh... I want it to be the same type of reporter thing as the book, with flashbacks and whatnot. That was a really good concept.

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I've read *The Sisters Brothers* and *The Beach*. I found both to be pretty entertaining, but neither was, IMO, "hilarious." *The Beach* in particular turns into a pretty horrific *Lord of the Flies*-type story.

for me, the caricature of travel culture was so word-for-word spot-on with multiple groups i had met that i burst out laughing every time they had conversations with the regular travelers, and the whole idea of creating this dark and inaccessible paradise struck me as very funny.

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I think its absolutely hilarious that you have no idea about his other films.

Which ones? *Bad Taste*, with the exploding sheep? *Meet the Feebles*? *Braindead*? All monster hits. I am probably more familiar that you are with Jackson's oeuvre. I quite like many of his films, including the aforementioned, as well as *Heavenly Creatures*, which showed he had chops well beyond the splatter genre. But his blockbusters have all been based on other people's work. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

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We don't use the word scrub. We say cans. She beat a lot of cans.

I use whatever word I want. Scrub. Can. Jobber. Freak show. Eat it.

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I think one of the most interesting aspects of Milwaukee is that fact that it's the only major American city to elect three socialist mayors.

For anyone curious, this is actually true, not just a movie joke

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Isn't it a Stephen King story? I heard that somewhere.

Yes. It's based on one of his short stories. The director, Frank Darabont (sp?) also directed the Mist which is another King story. And Stand By Me, a great movie from the late 80's is based on the Body by King.