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1,200 | Yeah, just imagine Maynard having free reign with all of their amazing instrumentals! | Damn yeah! That kind of voice would have put them leagues ahead for me. I just always kind of tried to downplay his voice's quality but over the years it just wore on me and I can't stand the band as much. |
1,201 | This is something I don't like about Reddit. Even if the question says, "And why," people still don't elaborate on their answers. Isn't the whole point of these threads to actually discuss movies? And didn't they learn how to actually elaborate on their answers in grade school? Seriously, if every single person just answered these threads by simply saying the movie's title, and not elaborating, they would be so boring to read. /rant | I honestly think it's because many people don't have the knowledge to convincingly explain their points (that isn't a bad thing). Rather than trying to explain and fail they just make a point and never expand on it. And some people don't care about detailed discussion. |
1,202 | You can both like how she looks and still not like how small she is. She's a cool WW but she's not what I picture when I think Amazonian Warrior Goddess. | I'm not saying otherwise, or even disagreeing, I'm saying people were saying she couldn't be a good Wonder Woman because she wasn't a strong enough looking woman. I think that's not true, especially at this point. |
1,203 | You know what really bugs me about that scene? Why wouldn't Eric try to kill Shaw in his rage? I mean he killed the two nazi guards and destroyed the entire room, why didn't he kill shaw? Shaw just laughs evilly and claps Erik on the shoulder, then leaves the room. I'm not trying to nitpick, it just never made sense to me. | Erik couldn't control his powers then, and Shaw's powers would protect him from any *real* damage Erik could have done. |
1,204 | You argued this very well in a hostile environment. Respect. | See [my reply] S/he hasn't argued anything except "nuh uh! lalalalala!" |
1,205 | I know! I get a little thrill of delight every time I spot one :) | I started to go back and re read them just so I could see them better. somewhere in the internet I am sure someone has created a list. |
1,206 | I know that feel, I'm trying to get my production way tighter, but then I really want to delve into music theory so I actually know what I'm doing. | I'm in the exact same position man. I guess we've just gotta keep at it. |
1,207 | The problem is this is not "predicting future malware", this is basic security analysis, which is not even remotely noteworthy or unique in the slightest. | > Having a good solution or approach. They are probably spending way more money on it than other companies are or just have a very talented team. They are good enough in it that it's a noteworthy quality of their company, and I wouldn't put it beyond them that they sell their "predictions" to other companies that don't want to spend the resources doing their own research. Edit: I actually went and checked out their website, it seem that I was on the right track. Everything I said seems to be true, with the exception that they don't sell their predictions and instead sell their protection services against said predicted malware. Once again so that other companies don't need to do it themselves. |
1,208 | Lemon jelly is great, I love their experiment number 6, such a good sound | I'm not sure I know that one..I'm going to peep it on Spotify now. Thanks! EDIT: Ah I dig it..it kinda reminds me of RJD2's song that they use for the opening of Mad Men, certain aspects anyways. |
1,209 | Im 18 year old high school student I don't know what im doing and im open to all music . Yes I do mean YouTube like a hub channel and calm the hell down | ...I wasn't worked up? I'm not trying to be a dick, I just think it's best if you include some more information in your post. |
1,210 | not a rock person but what happened in 2008 specifically? | They got older and their tastes didn't adapt to the genre is my guess. Rather than admit that your tastes change, or rather don't change with how music is evolving, people want to blame the genre and claim "They just don't make it like they used to." |
1,211 | Any time you order off of a sketchy site, use a reloable gift card instead of your real card. Use a virtual card if your financial institution offers them. | Ya this is a good tip, I will definitely do this in the future |
1,212 | I don't like the look of the female mummy yet. Looks too creature from the lagoonish/ dark mermaid even at the moment (like enchantress from suicide squad) not enough monster/mummy if that make sense. I like tom cruise but he seems too much like his mission impossible character here. I will remain hopeful though | Let's hope that she undergoes a gradual transformation from corpse to human like what Arnold Voosloo. Remember how creepy that gaping howl was? |
1,213 | "The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed." - the opening line of The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. I can't adequately describe why. | It's an excellent sentence. King isn't usually the type to use twelve words to set the tone when sixty will suffice, and I think that kind of direct brevity is jarring to the reader in a memorable way. He then goes on to describe the desert in detail (the apotheosis of all deserts), but that juxtaposition helps the first sentence stand out more, I think. The Gunslinger is fairly short, but the Dark Tower series is quite long, and I don't think I've ever met someone who enjoyed them who wasn't taken in from the very first line (and most of them still remember it word for word). |
1,214 | Elvis Costello. * [Watching the Detectives] * [This Years Girl] * [I want You] <- Give this one a minute to transition. | I want you does not have the exposure it deserves, that song is gut wrenching. |
1,215 | Oh I know who Kilgrave is :) OP intially forgot Kilgrave, I suggested it to him. Now that he posted him I will delete my intial one. | Oh my bad! Good suggestion though, Tennant is electric. |
1,216 | I just remember what page I was on.... How hard is that? Page 26 of the Steven King comic adaptation I'm reading. Episode 27 page 5 of DMZ. And page 72 of Batman a Visual History. | I find it especially hard to go by page numbers when reading comics since most of them arent really numbered.. Also, DMZ rocks |
1,217 | MIKE DEXTER BROKE UP WITH AMANDA BECKETT? edit: KISSING ISN'T WHAT KEEPS ME UP TO MY ELBOWS IN PLACENTA ALL DAY LONG | I think you're getting your 90's high school comedies confused. It's in 10 Things I Hate About You, not Can't Hardly Wait. |
1,218 | It’s Pop/Alternative mostly, though that Breaking Benjamin song is more hard rock. It’s not bad taste, but I think you could broaden your horizons a little bit, listen to some lesser known artists. If you want I can recommend a few bands. | I don’t know about them, but I wouldn’t mind some recommendations. Always looking for new music to explore! |
1,219 | Depends on what you mean by sickening. If the content of the book--namely the Humbert Humbert/Lolita dynamic--makes you nauseous, then yes, put the book down. It doesn't all become lovely eventually. But if you are sickened by the pace or lack of interesting segments or are struggling to engage with the characters...I would continue. I think Lolita is a well written book and a novel that I am glad I encountered in my literary journey. The topic may be taboo, but Nabakov handles it in a manner that truly makes reading the book an...experience. | I think it was too well written, because it has succeeded in making me feel that way. |
1,220 | Wow thanks!! She's due May 18th so hopefully before then. And good suggestion on the two copy idea. I'd like to get one old copy for keeping, then probably one newer copy with more colorful pictures for reading. I'm more concerned with the old copy for now though. | I forgot about aleph bet booksellers--they specialize in children's rare & collectible..should find them searching for collectible children's first editions, sorry I'm on my mobile this morning. edit: Just checked there: beautiful books, but no joy unless you're super rich. |
1,221 | most people have heard of Rise Against: I know a few who might have heard of Bad Religion. I know all of one other person who listens to Senses Fail. I'm one of the few people who listen to Joey Cape. | senses fail just played in a hole in the wall in my town. |
1,222 | HOW DID IT BURN! HOW DID IT BURN! HOW DID IT BURNNNNNNNNNN! | Come on you guys...I know you are all joking. These scenes are all taken out of context and its a pretty decent movie. |
1,223 | This will be the grimiest and most terrifyingly real iteration yet. My opinion. | Has the potential to be. The only way we could ignore 3 is to write in that Wey-Yu actually intercepted RIPLEY and company while they were still in cryo. (After Aliens) they then cloned RIPLEY and sent one off to unknowingly play her part, hence the world thinks RIPLEY died, when in fact, it was just another clone. The real RIPLEY, Higgs, Newt were taken back to some facility and studied, etc. |
1,224 | I have not seen Annie Hall but heard great things. Tell me, what's so great about it? | 'he sucks! now granted, i haven't seen what everyone considers his masterpiece...' |
1,225 | I got it for Christmas and absolutely loved it. i think it's just a sort of random look inside of Auri's mind. The book is just a simplistic, and in my opinion beautiful, snapshot of how Auri views the world. Is it sporadic? Yes. Does it always make sense? Of course not. I think that that's the point. Auri is an animal not easily tamed, and naturally, not easily understood. | I thought that it also implied that she had a solid handle on the true nature of her surroundings as well as the naming of things. I could of course be mistaken but it was fun to get a glimpse inside her head. |
1,226 | Oh man I love High Fidelity, forgot it in my top 5 for some reason even though I reread it about every other year. | I usually reread HF and A Long Way Down every July since 2013. Nick Hornby has some good stories. |
1,227 | You can always make a robot to carry an angry sign to stand in front of their whatever. | What is this, 2010? Surely we've moved into drones that follow the target repeatedly shouting the message at the congress man/woman. |
1,228 | There's no proving it - it's one of those things we can't access data to verify, since it hinges on the opinions of voters. We run on anecdata and deduction. Which lets the argument keep going around in circles. There is at least one demonstrable fact, though: in the last year before a Sad Puppy pouted his way onto the ballot, the Hugo for Best Novel went to John Scalzi's Star Trek fanfic. Anyone trying to argue that Redshirts was distractingly political can never hide in Heinlein's shadow again. For the Puppy claims, it's weirdly both not particularly political in purpose, and incredibly commercially successful. | In 2014 free thought bloggers like PZ Myers were literally pushing for books based on political ideological agendas. They were adman shaky against one entry. I was under the impression this started the whole thing, cause I never see mention of the sad puppies until 2015. There is definitely a political ideological the influence on the awards in the most recent years. Such a shame, people should let make a literary award the battleground for a particular political agenda. If people tend to gravitate towards liberal books it's just how the current zeigest is, people should deal with it. |
1,229 | No idea why everyone thinks this movie is so great. It's just an average romantic comedy. | Your life turns into a disaster. Upturned, and you don't have control over anything. With the exception of your family, most people have either forgotten you, or choose to avoid you. You realize you can get help, and try and pull your life back together;when you realize and are told that that life no longer exists. So you keep moving forward. While you do, out of blind luck, you meet someone who is also misunderstood. That person grows to love you and would do anything in the world for you. Out of all the negative things in your life, look for the good things. They're there, just reach out and hold on. |
1,230 | Yes but don't we see something fall into the ocean from the sky at the end of Cloverfield? When the footage cuts back to them at the carnival you see it real quick. Pretty sure they were showing that the monster did in fact come from space. | I'd forgotten about that. Guess I'll take a wait and see approach, they might have more connections than I thought. |
1,231 | Dark Knight. Everything that wasn't Heath Ledger killing it as the joker was pretty lame. Sappy lawyer drama mixed with Batman doesn't fair well for me. Plus the whole two boats with a bomb thing was hilariously bad, with fucking Deebo coming out of nowhere lol. Just....lol | I love the movie, but every time I watch it something stands out as awkward to me. |
1,232 | Oh god.. you poor soul. Go and read it now. I'll limit what I say, but if you think Nighteyes was a punch to the gut... And liveship is definitely a close second after Fitz, the amount of love, then hate, then pity with Kennit.. The infuriating Malta and the gradual love that grew for her character, and of course, Amber and Paragon. | Oh no! I just remembered Nighteyes! I cried so much.... T.T |
1,233 | That one bit in Man of Steel where Zod breaks out the classic, "There can only be one outcome; either I die... Or you do!" | "I will find him. I WILL find him. I will find him. I will find him. I WILL FIND HIM. I WILL FIND HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!" |
1,234 | >sound like a pig being sodomized. And how exactly did you come about to know what that sounds like? | Do you really want an answer to that? Or can you just accept that he knows? |
1,235 | 35k base with current 7500 tax rebate so far. | The rebate is capped and the pre-orders already pass the cap so anything being ordered from this point forward will not qualify. Source: I went to a Tesla showroom to learn more and was told this by their salesman. |
1,236 | Oops, I actually meant that I didn't really know if modern literature really references Milton all that much. | The only off hand example I can think of is Pullman |
1,237 | Not so much the romantic element, but definitely yes for the sexual element! Game of Thrones is a definite example. I think it's pretty obvious GRRM has never had sex with a real person. Lots of wack sex scenes that sound like a 14 year old romantic might write. | He tends to get a little over the top with his descriptions in general. Luckily he's half decent at writing women and children, even if the sex is awkward. |
1,238 | *looks at how a bunch of the Asian countries respect him for his tough stances on certain issues* *hmm*. | Sooo in your book that makes everything he does okay? I'm sure Xi Jinping would be very impressed if Trump decided he wanted to get rid of elections and the term limit, because that's basically what China are doing, but does that mean he should do it? |
1,239 | Google Play Music seems better to me. Can get it with youtube red and the offline playback will write to the sdcard when Amazon's solution did not. | Everybody's talking about Amazon vs Spotify and I'm sitting here with my $7.99 Google Play Music sub with free YouTube Red. |
1,240 | >rural: never. Well no duh. You’d be hard pressed to find a street light in a rural area, let alone a high speed hard line internet connection. | In many places, electrical co-ops are starting to pick up the slack. There are far fewer regulatory roadblocks you can throw up against them. They already have the right of way as the power company, etc. This is happening even in Tennessee, historically the worst state on these sorts of obstructionist laws and regulations. Marsha Blackburn is basically AT&T's seat in congress, and the State legislature isn't far behind her in licking boots. People & towns are desperate, and that's winning out at a local level. But shit has to be super dysfunctional before the political cost to politicians is worth going against Telcos. |
1,241 | People who are otherwise charming or likable committing rape is realistic though. The scene wasn't by any means glorified. Is telling audiences that only thugs are capable of rape really combating rape culture? If anything, I'd say that mentality makes it even more difficult to prosecute rapists. | Oh, I agree. I don't think that Jaime in the show could not rape. But it's going to be really hard to continue his redemption arc with that rape hanging over him alongside his other crimes. |
1,242 | Surprise! Microsoft had it before apple did, but since its a smaller platform no one seems to know this. I've been able to remotely wipe, lock, or whatever else I want on my windows phone for over 3 years now. | Find my iPhone debuted in June 2010, adding remote lock, wipe, and phone tracking a year before you were enjoying it on Windows Phone. Sorry. |
1,243 | And this adaptation is seemingly a lot more Ultimate inspired, in which Aunt May was quite a bit younger, probably 50s. So it's not really even that unfaithful. | *All* of the MCU is mostly Ultimate-inspired. Black Nick Fury, robot Jarvis, Peter Parker never fucking growing up, etc. It's so weird considering that apparently they canceled all of the Ultimate comic titles after the most recent Secret Wars ended. |
1,244 | I think the issue is scale. Loss-leading for Amazon is like a mutated uber-version, made possible by a near endless well of resources. When you are so big that you can price below-cost and lose money on your sales, it's impossible for any "normal" seller to compete. Then that growth of industry power can be turned against everyone else you deal with, including your vendors (like Hachette). So yeah, loss-leading is used against competing sellers, *and* it is used against Hachette, because loss-leading is part of what consolidates the power which creates the conflict in the first place. | One might as well say that money is an advantage that Amazon has against Hachette, then. |
1,245 | no Beirut's "The Rip Tide"? I am disappoint. anyway, other favourites that haven't been mentioned: * tUnE-yArDs - w h o k i l l. * Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost. * Cults - Cults. | I wanted to love The Rip Tide, I really did. but it just didn't blow me away like some of the other releases of the year. tUnE-yArDs' "Gangsta" however, is one of my favorite tracks of the year! |
1,246 | Also, Toby Maguire. It had the innocent role but seemed too naive to pull off the superman routine. | I don't think there's anybody who would disagree with that statement. |
1,247 | I am sure no one knows Star Girl by Jerry Spinelli. I love Star Girl, never Susan Caraway for those who get my reference. | Yes! I had a huge crush on another character of his, Maniac Magee |
1,248 | Maybe kanye will win next year, otherwise he will set stage on fire :-) | That's if he and Scott Disick and Rob Kardashian and Lamar Odom aren't all in rehab somewhere. |
1,249 | Yeah, what a bunch of jerks, making music they want to make, and not the music that phusion wants. | LOL! Yeah for sure, they ARE artists and this is the progression they are going with... so, no shots at them as artists, fuck me, right? I just don't understand the progression from their early stuff to here... or Plastic Beach, blech what the fuck was that garbage. |
1,250 | So. Have to take extra steps because the admin twat is mad about what people like in the sub? Again, BS. | No a lot of people are tired of "wow this is best cover ever Johnny Cash - Hurt" and the comments "can't believe ppl like this more than NIN lol." They desperately needed to add this, especially with the weight Reddit uses on the first 10 upvotes propelling threads to the front page. Everyone has heard them so they don't need to listen and then upvote. They just go "oh I like Pink Floyd" and hit the arrow and move on. It instantly just clogs the front page because it's familiar. |
1,251 | Thanks! I'd heard of raw shark texts and to a degree Pale fire. I'll definitely look into Nox and obviously MZD's others. | The raw shark texts was a fantastic read. Highly recommend it. |
1,252 | Youre so lucky. I tried this on reddit with an episode of Top Gear (US version) when James May was introducing a car designed by Victoria Beckham. The music played for about 8 seconds and no one in /r/music, /r/topgear, or /r/askreddit could figure it out. I went to top gear websites that listed every single track in the show, but it was all for the UK aired version. I still have that sample on my desktop. | It's "Home Part 1" by Mezzowave, courtesy of SoundHound. |
1,253 | Okay, fine. I retract everything I've said. Here's what I'm going to say: US companies aren't installing hardware backdoors into devices before shipping them, instead the hardware backdoors are installed in some devices during shipping, and the manufacturer of the device likely found out shortly after, and it's weird that we've not heard before now, which to me amounts to compliance. | In response to that, how would they go about finding the backdoor on a piece of hardware that is outside of their control since it left the factory.. Why would they even be looking for a backdoor on their systems when they should "know" what's going on with them if they hadn't been tampered with and how would they know they had been tampered with? |
1,254 | Fuck off dude. This man has donated something like half of his very substantial fortune to causes like preventing the spread of AIDS in Africa. | butbutbut i saw a very convincing .gif of bill gates turning into the devil! Also, I spell Microsoft with a dollar sign replacing the 's.' |
1,255 | :( Definitely bit off more than I could chew with this one. Do you happen to know the type of cable I'd need for it to work? (Or what it'd look like, heh. ) I may find myself rummaging through cable bins in the near future.. | What video output ports do you have in the Toshiba? Lets assume you have VGA and HDMI ports, these signals don't easily convert to RCA. There are VGA to RCA cables out on the market, but if your video card doesn't convert the signal on its own, they won't help you. To perform this arduous task, you will have to purchase a device that converts the digital signal to analogue. These aren't cheap in the slightest. If you can, see if you can borrow a friend or relative's television with either an HDMI, VGA or DVI input. It will save you lots of time, energy and money. Edit: or just pick up one if these: |
1,256 | Then you probably listen to derivative 00s radio-"indie" or some variation thereof. | actually, i probably know who several of them are but only by their music not their picture. is that weird? |
1,257 | it isn't a mistake though. This law was written before digital broadcasting. This law was written before the tiny antennas existed and were affordable. The reason no one did this before was because it would have been too expensive. The law is fair and correct, the broadcasters have a business model that took advantage of a scarcity that no longer exists, that they failed to anticipate. They need to adapt their business to reality and not try to make the law recreate an artificial scarcity now that reality has eliminated it. | >This law was written before digital broadcasting. This law was written before the tiny antennas existed and were affordable. The reason no one did this before was because it would have been too expensive. That's what differentiates a "loophole" from "something legal but people don't like". This isn't legal because Congress decided it *should* be legal; it's legal because Congress didn't consider it when the law was crafted. *That* is what makes it a loophole. |
1,258 | Only two from post-2000 were Mulholland Drive and There Will Be Blood. | And In the Mood for Love. Three of my all time favorites, so I can't complain. |
1,259 | Well #1 is The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress. #3 is probably between The Man In The High Castle, Fahrenheit 451, and The Foundation Trilogy. | Really like The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress. Never heard of The Man In The High Castle. guess ill read that next. |
1,260 | "Small demographic". I don't think over 4.5 million steam users paint a small demographic. And remember that PC gaming is fragmented, so there are many more people who play video games on PC. | 4.5 million steam users is a drop in the bucket compared to overall PC sales. |
1,261 | The action scenes when she fought looked really badass. When she is jumping around and fighting this doomguy. I watched the ultimate cut yesterday and thought its fucking boring. The first 45 minutes are total useless. But at the end when fight starts she saves the day ... | The fact that you think the big climatic villain at the end of the film is called "doomguy", makes me think the film probably isn't very memorable. |
1,262 | Rambo is **not** about gun toting, throat ripping, knife wielding madness. First Blood is about a man with PTSD coming home only to find out that he no longer has a place in society. He killed one man in that movie, not more. | First Blood is the least Rambo of the Rambo movies. I agree. |
1,263 | wow the titles of those books really........... really drive the point home | Are you saying "Cum with Me, Daddy," is a little too subtle? ;) |
1,264 | I got mine in a great format for my Kindle - I think from [mobilereads.con] Someone did a lot of work to make the set easy to read. | There are a [couple of versions up on mobileread.com] I personally prefer the epub version, but I don't think they're all complete yet. But user GeorgeH is working on them. And yes, the formatting is great. |
1,265 | Is it accurate? I wouldn't want to read an inaccurate or fictionalized account, thinking it honest and earnest. | It's accurate, but there are inaccuracies that the author later corrects. It reads like the story is being updated in real time, journal-like, explaining how the author came upon the information and relating it to modern historical media adaptations. The chapters are short and usually deal with once moment of the history at a time, much like Vonnegut. |
1,266 | there wasn't billions of people in poverty before the industrial revolution, brain genius. when the industrial revolution started around 1760 there was less than a billion people alive with a total population of 770MM. By the time it ended around 1840 there was just over a billion people alive at 1.2+ billion. Now, in our current state, somewhere around 3 billion+ people live in poverty. By 2024 it's projected that 6.4 billion people will be living on less than $25 per day, 5.3 billion on less than $10 & 4 billion on less than $5 per day. | Of the 770 million living in 1760 almost all of them were living in poverty though. It's true that saying it's lifted billions out of poverty is inaccurate when those billions would not exist without it in the first place, but we clearly have transitioned from a world where extreme poverty is almost universal to one where it affects a lower and lower fraction of people - and in absolute terms there are fewer people living on less than $1.90 per day now than there were in 1760 (706 million today vs ~730 million in 1760). |
1,267 | How did you manage to bring hipster into it? What does hipster have anything to do with questioning the potential that people are advertising his music or that advertisers are heavily involved in the exposure he is getting on here? | Because nowadays, hipster just means what reddit wants it to mean. You don't like the music i listen to? Go away, fucking hipster. |
1,268 | It's not as if people are going to stop buying iPhones over this. | This is happening all over the world, how will people buy anything when they are unemployed and dont have money? |
1,269 | New Portugal The Man and new RTJ on the same day? That's a great way to start the day! | Could you possibly link to the new Portugal the Man song? I'm frantically looking but it's not popping up anywhere. |
1,270 | I don't mean to suggest that this is actually what has happened - but the article seems to assume it's impossible for Tesla's R&D to have had a major battery breakthrough that they have not unveiled. I find that a bit shortsighted. | There have been major battery breakthroughs announced outside of Tesla this year. Most notably, [Ionic Materials] supposedly discovered a way to make decent rechargeable alkaline batteries which could stand to revolutionize the battery world. |
1,271 | This. The only way it could be done is a Game of Thrones like TV show, and even then they would have to make big changes for it to work. | Well, they're making a Dark Tower series, based on Roland's past. The showrunner looks like a big fan, so there's hope |
1,272 | What makes it a neo-western? Just out of curiosity. Because you could make that point that noir and western can certainly blur into one thing. | I'm not sure that point could be made, at least I can't think of one that wouldn't also apply to practically any hero's quest. Anyway, the connections between Drive and old-school Westerns are numerous. A hero without a name, who rarely speaks. He drives (There are many metaphors comparing horses and cars, most obviously horsepower.). He develops a relationship with a woman and her child and endeavors to save their lives. That's just the easy ones I can rattle off. Plus it's got that whole "open-range, lone rider" feel to it. It screamed "WESTERN" to me from the get-go. |
1,273 | /r/buildapc (Just in case you weren't aware of it already. Never hurts.) | /r/buildapcforme for those that aren't prepared to trust themselves to choose all the components on their own for their first build. I'd recommend using it as a tool rather than as a crutch, though. |
1,274 | A big part of the draw to Tom Waits is his original songwriting. I think it would be pretty much lost on the American Idol audience. I hope the judges would recognize his talent, but I certainly wouldn't hold my breath. They don't seem to have any talent of their own. In my mind, Nikki Minaj is the most talented AI judge, and she just sounds like a cartoon character. | Because Nicki Minaj is more talented than Mariah Carey... right... |
1,275 | If they ever lose Cartoon Network/Adult Swim on top of losing Criterion and classic Doctor Who, I'm done with Hulu. | Correct me if I'm wrong, but twc owns cartoon network and they also own Hulu |
1,276 | Quentin Tarantino. His own scripts are sometimes awful (Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained) and he turns them into these really memorable films. Edit: Look, I am as big of a Tarantino fan as anyone else here, but have you guys actually read his scripts. Go read Django or Inglourious Basterds, this is not masterful writing, far from it. Tarantino's strengths are in his eye for aesthetics and his ability to direct talent, not in his writing. | DJango Unchained won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay... |
1,277 | I don't see why it's a problem. I know edm isn't performance, but I go for the atmosphere, not a performance, and enjoy it. Don't project your reasons to go to concerts onto other people. | I think you're neglecting the fact that I did say I go to EDM shows. I enjoy it as well. To an extent. Dancing and the atmosphere can only keep me entertained for so long. Why am I paying 60-80 dollars to go see Deadmau5 press play on a laptop at a glorified party, when I can either A. see an actual band put on an actual performance for much cheaper, or B. listen to his music while at my fraternity house during a mixer while drinking? |
1,278 | They should have said, "51% of Americans are complete retards when it comes to technology and security." | Had it been that, it would have been just as imprecise as the original title. Survey statistics divorced from their margins of error can give falsely definitive impressions, and that's no exception. |
1,279 | You can also share the scenes you create by pressing the gears and copying the link. Let me know what you think! (BTW if you visit another day, or hour, the musical scales and tempo will be different) **Edit:** Woah, thanks for the uptokes. Anyone interested in some promocodes for the iOS version? **Edit2:** I posted the codes here: -- **Edit3:** If you liked Circuli, I have another audio toy called Otomata: But I suspect you know it by now. | yes, please. this an interesting take on music generators.... definitely feelin it. |
1,280 | Yeah, when I was watching this I kept thinking it should be named "Scott Pilgrim vs the Underworld" | Now I want a tshirt of Scott Pilgrim vs the Underworld. And now I want there to be a sequel to Scott Pilgrim CALLED Scott Pilgrim vs the Underworld. THE SEVEN EVIL EXES HAVE ARSEN! |
1,281 | Probably my favorite actor ever. Literally every movie I've seen him in was fantastic, at least starting with Titanic. Catch Me If You Can, The Aviator, Shutter Island, Inception. HOLY FUCK! | I hated on him when I was younger because of Titanic, but he really is a pretty awesome actor. |
1,282 | Not my bag. Not sure why it's so popular. But...good for the fans, I guess? | As I fan of them, yes, it’s an incredibly big deal. For me, at least. |
1,283 | I felt like this movie was somewhere between a Dalton Bond film and Die Another Day. The physical weakness and being old combined with the pretty much nonexistent plot. I thought that the movie was better than Quantum, but not as good as 75% of other bonds. Craig is a fine Bond, and Casino Royale is in my top 5 Bond Films, but these last two are just abysmal. | This was nowhere near Die Another Day. It was similar to From Russia With Love and For Your Eyes Only. FYEO was about chasing down an encryption drive, and FRWL was a personal story rather than an epic take over the world plot. >I thought that the movie was better than Quantum, but not as good as 75% of other bonds. It HAS to be in the top 10. I would argue it's in the top five but I need to watch it again to see if I liked it more than Casino Royale. I think I did. |
1,284 | I love finding people's grocery lists and laughing at the stuff they put on it. There's a book called "milk eggs and vodka." Some guy collected a bunch of people's grocery lists and made a book making fun of what people put on their lists. | I have seen that book, it's in my Amazon cart, I just never get around to actually buying it. |
1,285 | Yeah, and their business model is "We love music and piracy is killing it, let's fill a hole in the market" | No, it's not. Their *actual* business model is music-streaming (with offline playback for some customers), deriving revenue through advertising and customer-subscription. Also, piracy isn't 'killing' music. Don't let the ever-dramatic RIAA fool you. (Taping didn't kill music either.) The thinking is not *We love music and piracy is killing it, let's fill a hole in the market*, it's *There's a hole in the market, let's fill it*. There's no need to dress it up as kinda-sorta altruism. |
1,286 | thats not true at all. I don't believe any of this. THe ones and nobles near me is fucking massive, and the reason it is massive is because it sells a lot of books. | Just because a person is fat now doesn't mean they eat a lot. They could be eating very little, but it'd take years before you see the difference. Your store was built ages ago. Size doesn't indicate health. See: BlockBuster. |
1,287 | Muse: [Knights of Cydonia] [Supermassive Black Hole] [Time Is Running Out] | I would say. *Knights of Cydonia. *Supremacy. *Plug in Baby |
1,288 | Are those free? I've never really listened to anything but the OpTic podcast and they put it on YouTube so I'll usually just pull the video/podcast up and listen while working. I've always loved to read but I've been really into audiobooks for about a year and a half, almost two years now. I usually listen during my commute. I've been thinking about podcasts, but I don't really know much about them or where to begin. | They are all free. Pick anything that's somewhat popular around a topic that your somewhat interested in and you'll love it. Just start with the most recent episode, normally. |
1,289 | Those scenes have really fallen out of favor since the early 90s, though. It's actually kind of hard to find one in a modern book. | I'll take your word. Not my genre. The fantasy appears to still be common though, based on some of the comments in r/sex. I don't get the appeal, but I'm always seeing "my gf/wife told me she has a rape fetish. What do I do?" "I keep having this fantasy. Is it normal?" etc. |
1,290 | In my experience, if you aren't using a mac it still sucks :/ | Is the program itself a RAM hog on Windows or is it just a shitty program? If the latter I might install it to back up my iPad but if the former (which is what I recall), no way. |
1,291 | LOC is the same way: BL-BQ --> Religion (general), Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism. BR-BX --> Christianity, Bible | Interesting... I'm actually unfamiliar with their system of organization. I'm a page at a library so I've unintentionally memorized weird things about the dewey decimal system. It's an odd but fun skill to have... haha |
1,292 | Springsteen's Live 1975-85 album destroys the studio albums leading up to it. [Born to Run] for example is so much more passionate and strong in the live version. If someone is looking to get into Springsteen start with the Live 1975-85 with the tracks Born to Run and [The River] It's hard to find this video, but this is [Jungleland live in NYC in 2001] Even after decades Clarence Clemons sax solo (starting at 4:20) could put the Boss into tears. This is just an incredible live performance. The instruments are just alive and Springsteen puts so much emotion in the story. | Honestly the greatest live album I've ever heard, and possibly the finest moment in the Springsteen canon. "I said, 'I went to take my physical.' And he said, 'what happened?' And I said, 'I failed...' ...and he said 'that's good.'" |
1,293 | You may be interested in this TED talk from Eli Pariser on the [skewing of online search results] | That was really interesting. I think that is one of the reasons I enjoy Reddit as much as I do. I can get my information Choco Taco over at /r/aww, and some brussel sprouts at /r/worldnews. And with people all over the globe contributing, I get things I (now know I) wouldn't necessarily find myself. Thank you for sharing that! |
1,294 | Stick with it, it's very rewarding. I read the whole series three times | That's what they always say about the good ones. I love fantasy once I'm really into it, but investing the time is not always easy! |
1,295 | very strange how this is on the front page with 3 points and 1 comment. my suggestion: right now get the Nook. When the Notion Ink Adam comes out in a few months, you can just sell the Nook and get the Adam (hopefully the Adam will work with Amazon &/or B&N). | Nook doesn't meet the OP's requirements. They specified video and web surfing. |
1,296 | >What most disturbed commenters I saw getting angry about it was the fact that the director of the scene apparently didn't intend that to be rape at all. that's highly, HIGHLY disturbing. | It shows a real disconnect and also a very poor understanding of the boundaries of consent and how they should be presented. |
1,297 | I give all of the books I buy a chance, but give up if I hate the story. This happens most frequently for me with "critics' darlings" like *A Self-Indulgent Work of Navel-Gazing Inanity* By David Eggers, or *2666* by some dead guy from South America. I suffered through every excruciatingly boring page of *A Thousand Years Of Solitude* until I decided I would rather read a thousand crime novels by Elmore Leonard. I would say I quit on about 20% of the books I buy. | I'm about 30 pages in to *2666* by Roberto Bolano, and I'm finding it very interesting. |
1,298 | Did you go to the special event where they showed all The Hobbit movies in succession? | No...friend hooked it up with some tickets to battle of the five armies. Nothing special but a lot of fun! I would have loved that but my wife can barely make through 90 minutes without falling asleep so more than one movie is too much for her. |
1,299 | You could look for another library in your area that has a larger collection. I live in a rural area and paid to join the local library since I was outside of city limits. They had ~5000 books. Then I found out as a resident of my state, I could join another library for free!! They have ~70,000 e-books!! Happy reading! | I'm already technically doing that. I live in a town that has a tiny library and no online resources, so I went to the big city library next to the town. I'm going to keep my membership because I'm sure they'll update their selection sometime. |
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