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2,700 | Wait, they still sold iPods? That should be news imho. | They do, but they did take it off their main navigation at some point so yes it is a bit less known. |
2,701 | Why's that? LSD has helped reduce my depression and anxiety and gave me the motivation and understanding I needed to achieve my dreams. I only take it 3, sometimes four times a year. | And there are healthy, legal ways to help that. Don't attempt to justify your drug use. |
2,702 | I really want this playing while I destroy Ganon. | It FITS really well. Make sure to come through the window and hit him with a lightning strike. EDIT: GANNY ARE YOU OK? Are you Ok? |
2,703 | I'd like to see the great Council of Light finally show up at the address of the Chosen One and find out he's in his late fifties looking to retire and go fishing. | Robert Jordan originally wanted Rand's father to be the protagonish/Chosen one in the Wheel of Time series. He had the idea that this world weary veteran who had settled down back home and put everything behind him would be the Dragon Reborn. |
2,704 | Run a search on "best novellas" and take a look at those lists. Goodreads has a few. Maybe *Breakfast at Tiffany's* for rather light but still quality. I'm stumped on "the joys of simple everyday living." It seems to me that anything that might qualify will see a steep drop in quality. So maybe a nonfiction work/memoir would be better. There might be one on that topic that reads like fiction and is higher quality. | That was quick. Did not know there was such a term as 'novellas'. Seems like it's easily available on the kindle. I'll give it a go! |
2,705 | This is my favorite REM song by miles and miles. I love them and think almost everything they've done is great, but this one is truly special in a way I can't explain. | The lyrics are pure poetry. This has always been one of my favorite songs ever. It's still absolutely moving after all these years. |
2,706 | Just remove the IP part. They have been doing it for decades and then companies get pissed when they come out with something that is too similar to their product that they have built in china. Top Gear did a segment on the Vehicle industry in china, they went from a 3 wheel shitmobile to Lexus level cars in under 10 years. | That's about as impressive as saying a kid went from baby level lego kits to adult level lego kits in two years. When the end product already exists, it's extremely easy to copy and produce. Can China create the next computer/light bulb level innovation? Doubtfully. |
2,707 | I'll just go ahead and name the best-written "sci-fi" book I've ever read, Gene Wolfe's [The Book of the New Sun] on the off-chance that's the book you're talking about. | I was going to say this. There are so many holes in my understanding of that books plot but I still love it to death for its breathtaking writing. Does any of this sound familiar SarahC? If so you should go back and read the whole series. If not...you should give the series a try. Also, it might have been The Fifth Head of Cerberus also by Gene Wolfe. |
2,708 | I'm about to migrate a big Access database to a SQL server. Fuck. | SQL Server is a fine product. It’s certainly not Access, but it’s fine. |
2,709 | Funny thing is the second death star was already way bigger than the first. | Deathstar II was lame. **Death Star I**: Kills one planet. **Death Star II**: Kills several ships. **Death Star III**: Kills 5ish planets. |
2,710 | S.C.I.E.N.C.E is Incubus' peak, for sure. Creatively, dynamically, and has to be their most skill-showcasing album. Probably because Dirk was still around. That dude could murder some bass. | It's probably my second favorite to Make Yourself, which I think is a little more tasteful and shows more restraint |
2,711 | Er they announced this last year. They were demoing it. And it isn't very impressive. | Both companies are massively over priced slow delivering companies, I'm surprised they got anything out other than the bill |
2,712 | He's a big fan of some sci-fi books. Notably *Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy* and Banks' *The Culture* series. He's named actual SpaceX drones/ships whatever after ships in those books. He named two *Of Course I Still Love You* and *Just Read the Instructions* after Banks died. | In this biography, he names *Foundation Series* and *The Moon is a Harsh Mistress* as influential. |
2,713 | Whataboutism is a made up concept by leftists like you. Just so you can deflect any blame towards yourself for being a hypocrite. | I'm surprised someone as mentally deficient as you can operate a computer, to be honest. |
2,714 | You flyover types aren't too big on geography, are you? | No, they don't know much. If they did they'd stop voting against their own self interests. |
2,715 | I agree with you, and I think that while Truman's side of it is different from a reality-tv participant, the viewer sides are very similar. Either way we're voyueristically devouring the intimate details of another persons life, the difference is with Truman it was more authentic, whereas we watch a farce and don't even realize it. | >we watch a farce and don't even realize it. Suspension of disbelief goes a long way. |
2,716 | Just so you're aware, Google does the same kind of shit. So does Facebook. But I'm sure you don't use Facebook nor any of Google's numerous apps/services. | Nope. I do not. I have some digital self respect. |
2,717 | Just because they think there is doesn't mean there is. And that this kind of thing is still being written about by bitcoin pump and dumpers instead of actually being in practical use says a lot about the situation. | I'm sure they have a better idea of their needs than you do. |
2,718 | Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For the Deaf | I've listened to this one so many times during a long trip, it's perfect driving music |
2,719 | I like views, but I wouldn't say I like it a lot. I've been describing it as popcorn. It's a good snack, but it's no one's favorite food. There's little to no nutritional value to it. | I was gonna leave it at "like" but I've listened to it way too many times to just say I like it alone. It's really, really listenable. Something I can put on in the background and just chill with for a while to the hooks and beats. Not necessarily the hallmark of a great album, but I like it well enough. |
2,720 | One thing is that unintended touching the screen is going to be a major issue. It already is somewhat a problem on my note 3 especially when taking photos. | I think software bezels would be a great solution. The user could simply set the bezels however he needs them and the according pixels would remain black and touchscreen inputs on the bezel would be ignored. |
2,721 | I thought the same! I wonder if it only works in certain browsers, or something. | Oh it was working, we just can’t stand it. I guess it’s a matter of personal taste? |
2,722 | > In some cases, Google also provides significant financial incentives for those device makers to adopt Android and pre-install the search giant’s full suite of apps — a practice that the E.U. said Wednesday “harmed competition by significantly reducing [device makers'] incentives to pre-install competing search apps.” Isn't that just how businesses work? Offering something to get something in return? As long as they aren't being effectively forced to do it (which *is* what they're basically doing higher up in the article), that doesn't seem unreasonable. Also kind of unrelated, but I like Google's apps already being on my phone. It saves me the trouble of downloading them manually. edit: clarity | It's similar in practice to [tying] and amounts to the same thing: using a monopoly in one market sector to try and crush competition in another sector. |
2,723 | "What day is it?", asked Winnie the Pooh. "It's today," squeaked Piglet. "My favorite day," said Pooh. A.A. Milne. | I like that line, but I also really like [this cartoon] |
2,724 | I usually find this sort of thing banal and boring, but having met Mr. Herzog, I have to admit that you've really captured him here. This is impressive work. You either were very lucky or have a real eye. I'd like to see more of your work. Well done. | That is a high compliment. Herzog has completely captured my imagination and I think he is a very worthy painting subject. It is somewhat difficult to paint someone when you've never met them, but we live in an age of high definition video and even a 3 minute interview can yield a great deal of great material if you can extract it. |
2,725 | Yup, awesome movie. Great lines for quoting. And an early example of a positively portrayed Muslim character back when people were like "what's a Muslim?" | I only realised in my adult life why he wanted to know where East was. |
2,726 | The Mother, The Mechanic, The Path came out when I was in 6th grade, and it really spoke to me as a 6th grader for some reason, and even more now that I'm a sophomore in college. I've always wondered what albums inspired some of my favorite artists when they were that young. What albums spoke to you guys at that age? | i think Weezers's blue album spoke to me the most in 6th grade. still speaks but not as loudly as Pinkerton. |
2,727 | Have you seen the Yale lectures on Blood Meridian? There's two great lectures on the book on youtube, and the professor talks quite a bit about the similarities to Moby Dick and its influence on the novel. | I have never watched them. I might do that right now, thanks. |
2,728 | I wonder if one day ultrasonic imaging will be good enough to map the brain connectome. | Higher frequency sound doesn't travel very far. Attenuation scales like f^4. You can increase frequency essentially as high as you want, but you're not going to get any penetration... this unit can already only image down 3 cm. |
2,729 | It's a bitch to do, especially with a label with a lot of artists which means a shit ton of mixes to go through. I'm an audiophile so I'll always take higher kbps and etc. | Once you get above 256K, it really doesnt matter. Go for FLAC for the freedom to convert to anything. Not for the sound quality. |
2,730 | This version made me sad...but in a nice way. Totally different emotional take on it. I really like it! Thanks for the link! | No problem! Have you ever heard Prize Fighter Inferno? |
2,731 | > I have literally never heard a foreign artist who actually has that strong of an accent while performing. To be fair, is this not likely to be just because performers who *do* have thick accents don't become as popular in English countries? | It's actually kind of hard to sing with an accent. Most country artists you hear, for example, purposefully add an accent to their songs. Also anyone with choir experience/training (which should realistically be everyone in an international A Capella group) would know the international standard for pronouncing vowels and diphthongs in songs. P.S. Sorry for the 2 week later reply, I just saw the movie tonight and like going back through the discussion threads. |
2,732 | I think that the most shocking combo was The Black Angels and The Black Keys 2006. | I hate what the lead singer of arctic monkeys has done with his hair. Also bums me out that they leave out "fake tales of san francisco" from alot of their shows. |
2,733 | Journey. Seriously, you don't like at least one Journey song? | Journey is impervious to mass hatred? I'm pretty sure that they are one of the most hated bands of all time. The only time I've ever seen someone sing a Journey song is when it's either ironic or the band itself. |
2,734 | My Panasonic had a small banner ad pop up every fourth or fifth time I changed volume. Now, I have it hooked to an external speaker and never touch the TV volume again. | Go burn down your local Panasonic warehouse. I'm pretty sure you've got a solid defense for arson charges, here. |
2,735 | The fact that it's an ebook is irrelevant. Someone has to pay for the digital license of that ebook somehow and individual libraries have budgets for digital materials that they purchase. You have to search each individual library page because some libraries order things that other libraries do not. New York Public orders ebooks that Houston Public may not order. Plus, since a lot of libraries are supported by taxes, you have to be a card holding/tax paying member of that library system in order to download that digital book. That's not an Overdrive thing; that's just how libraries work. | The navigating of that complex web of bureaucracy is what I'm saying the app should handle to provide a smoother end user experience. |
2,736 | I'll be clearer: If you could accurately predict that you would work there. | If you think people that work there make $10MM, then you're more naive than I initially thought. |
2,737 | No, but thanks. That font is the title font. I'm looking for the font that says "I've been especially bad." It looks kind of like [Anime Ace] but it has some differences. I will do more research! | Holy shit this is really cool, I took a screenshot of the higher res version and ran it through [MyFonts] and it came up with these 5 really similar ones, not sure if it found the exact one you're looking for but it's pretty impressive. |
2,738 | Common misconception, they do just smoke tobacco of a sort. | Movies would imply otherwise. Look at Radagast sampling some Old Toby. |
2,739 | > John M. Simpson, privacy project director for advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, said the crash "is more proof that robot car technology is not ready for auto pilot." Robot car technology should be considered ready for auto pilot the moment it is safer than human drivers. For Google cars, this milestone was probably passed at some early alpha testing period few years ago. Humans are, on average, horrible drivers. Even if robot cars crash every now and then, but do it less than humans (which is not that great achievement even), we should seek to replace normal cars with them. | I don't think we need to worry about computers catching up to robots but the laws catching up to robots. |
2,740 | Even better, just screen record. If you've got a decent enough GPU, couldn't you just screen record the 4k version? Near perfect quality | That's what DRM stops - there are lot of things that won't even let you cast to a different display. |
2,741 | You can see a video of the handheld inkjet printing on clothes [here] | Direct to substrate printers are pretty standard. Last time I looked into it LogoJet seemed ok. Those handhelds are super low res and single color. |
2,742 | oh come on! this isn't /r/moviescirclejerk/ the movie is great but all the CGI hasn't aged that well | But I thought it looked really good... How am I circle jerking? |
2,743 | That's the context, so if not computers, what *are* you arguing for? | He's merely arguing that books are destructible and will over time degrade. |
2,744 | I hate people who feel they have to justify collecting vinyls. You can spend your money however you want, I don't need to know about how you "like the crackle" which btw, big sign you haven't a clue. There are plenty of reasons to collect vinyl; I grew up sitting by the turntable surrounded by 10k albums and singles, some people do for the album art but when I notice you have a collection, and the first thing you do is justify I loose a little respect for you. | Your response is somewhat incoherent, I am not sure what point you are trying to make. I grew up with vinyl and was very happy when digital reached maturity, it solved the things I found most annoying about analog. If you buy vinyl for the cover art then more power to you but anyone who says they buy it for the superior sound doesn't know what they are talking about but then that is just my subjective opinion feel free to have your own. |
2,745 | So long as its just for a dress up party or something like that, I wouldn't really have an issue with it. The one thing that does surprise me is where are they getting all these jackets from? How many companies supply that specific jacket?! | The company that supplied it for the movie now makes it for the consumer market. I'd pull the link but I'm on my phone :( |
2,746 | Listen to the song deliverance and tell me again that opeth is not metal. | Bands can play more than one genre, even if they primarily focus on one. This song is not metal. This song is soft rock. |
2,747 | I think it holds its ground as a fantasy movie but I've definitely gotten more out of it as a fan. It doesn't want to be a LotR style epic and I was fine with that. That said, I'm not sure how faithful it is to the lore so I can't comment on how it looks to a fan who is more invested. Here's a review that I agree with | They actively stated it wasn't going to be a 100% recreation of the original story. It follows the same events but it does so in a slightly altered way that they decided upon. |
2,748 | On the [insert controversial rapper] hype at the moment so heres mine. Only One by A certain controversial rapper and Paul McCartney. Automod made me censor the name. | >Only One by Kanyeezy and Paul McCartney. [Added] thanks for sharing your song. Edit: Why are you having to censor home boy's name? some one else in this thread is using his name. I've already added a couple songs by him. |
2,749 | As if a multibillion dollar company would heed a petition. | Yea, wait until the poor bastards at the Apple store have to explain to the every day user why they can literally only use 1 specific Apple branded type of headphones. Or they can buy ugly bulky bluetooth headphones that are usually expensive. Great times... |
2,750 | Hot air rises. High ceiling in summer, low in winter. | While efficient it would require an extremely well insulated house. And would it would require a house with just one giant room or one floor. Or a really tall house. (Remember, ceilings affect the floor above you). I can't see self adjusting ceilings as being really all that useful. You would have to wire the house in such a strange manor it wouldn't even be worth the effort. Plumbing would be a nightmare as well. |
2,751 | I don't see it. I watched the DR1 race on Science Channel(?) the other day, and it wasn't too exciting. They had to fill it up with *a lot* of crafted drama, just to fill the hour - it was more of a reality TV show surrounding the races, interspersed with an occasional race. Oh, and they would cut to commercial in the *middle* of races, and then come back to show the same thing over again. Maybe if they'd left out the cruft, and showed the 20 or so minutes of racing only, but I don't even think that would have been too exciting. I don't know what they need to do to engage people, but whatever they're doing now ain't it. | That sounds more like Discovery being shitty American television than any reflection of the sport. |
2,752 | I thought I was the only one. I just don't get it. | The cult following comes from the midnight showings where there's a shadowcast and audience participation that relentlessly mocks the film. I could definitely see people who watch the flick by itself wouldn't be very impressed. I dig the music though and Tim Curry is just fucking perfect. |
2,753 | > GIFs were already succeeded by WebMs which already has a humongous amount of support. Technically, MP4 has better browser support than WebM. h.264 (mp4) is a superior compression format than VP8 (webm) and the webpage shows how this format is better than h.264 (although they don't mention which h.264 profile). I really wonder how they achieved that though. | mp4 has been around since 2001 and is better suited for movie-quality multimedia with its innate advantage in quality. Compare to WebM which is relatively new (in terms of when its popularity exploded), it's not going to have much support outside of web browsers, but it's only a matter of time for the technologies to develop. In hindsight, yes, I would prefer mp4 files over WebM for keepsakes, but because the latter has superiority over its ability to stream its content rather than having to preload it like you have to do with mp4s, I'd say WebM has the upper hand in being a replacement of the GIF. Damn does it feel good to have options. |
2,754 | Literally came here to say this. Love the album, everyone ITT has great things to say and I'm enjoying the discussion but right when "Poplar St" started playing I was like "holy shit, they're gonna get sued" | Could've sampled it. As rare as it is, bands, not just hip hop artists, can sample stuff too. Especially a band like Glass Animals; it wouldn't surprise me at all. |
2,755 | it WOULD give energy companies a good reason to bury the power lines... | They already pump nitrogen or oil through older higher voltage lines |
2,756 | The series and books really parted at the end of season 1. Season 2 had some similarities but moved away from the books fairly quickly. | This is very true. At least partly, this is due to the fact that the books were told in the first person, from only Sookie's point of view. The TV show had to incorporate the lives of the other characters and develop them, too. |
2,757 | Original trilogy first. Those are just better movies. Don't wanna turn them off early with bad movies. Then, if they're still interested, either hate or appreciate the prequel trilogy. And part of what makes the prequel movies cool is knowing where these characters are headed. | I completely agree, but I do like Ep. III of the prequels. I think that one is by far the best of the prequels. So far everyone is saying start with Ep. 4. At least I wasn't considering showing the 4th Indiana Jones first! |
2,758 | I think I use post-its more as bookmarks than as post-its. I fold them in half, so they make a handy tiny little bookmark. Really, though, I just use whatever is nearest at hand, so usually a store receipt. | Me, too. I used to have a job that actually *required* the use of copious amounts of post-its, and I've never really used them since. Like you, store receipts are my bookmark of choice, if I even use one. |
2,759 | Artists get literally nothing from used book sales. Your argument there is the same for piracy. | Yeah, it’s an unfortunate byproduct that can’t be helped. Kindle has an okayish share system where the artist gets $1.50 each time it’s shared though if they enroll in kindle unlimited. And I wouldn’t say literally nothing. They get publicity and potential future sales. Not that I’d condone it, it would be ideal if everyone paid; but we all know that’s not going to happen. |
2,760 | I doubt he died from weed, but I hope you got to feed your ego at the expense of someone else's grief you FUK. | What? How is me roasting him about him doing something totally irrelevant and bragging about smoking weed in someones honor feeding my ego? What the fuck are you on about? |
2,761 | Dave... why you gotta make a video about pissing on people? | ...it's like motherfucker how YOU gonna make a video about pissing on somebody? |
2,762 | Something like that. Around 8 or 9nm (in silicon at least) [quantum tunneling]])becomes an issue as elections start deciding to just exist in a different channel instead of where you expect them to be. This makes it harder to get reliable and predictable results or if the processor; where in a larger processor A+B always = C, in a processor where quantum tunneling is a factor A+B will sometimes = 0x00F. * disclaimer: it's been a little while since I've read stuff on quantum tunneling, so some of this may be not up to date. | AFAIK it wasn't that it would change the state of the transistor, it's that the principle of transistors is controlling the resistivity of the material. Quantum tunneling is a kind of leakage current that you can't control, which defeats the purpose. There are supposedly TFETs now that actually modulate the tunneling effect, rather than modulating the resistivity of the semiconductor. |
2,763 | You've probably heard of Interstellar. You might have heard of Inglourious Basterds. You probably haven't heard of Drive. You've never heard of Dredd | Don't think there's a British movie fan alive that hasn't heard of Dredd and very few movie fans, from anywhere in the world, who haven't heard of Drive. It was named above as one of the movies that everyone would have heard of. Still fantastic movies though... |
2,764 | First person I've seen that's read it too. Great book. Really forces you to reexamine your beliefs and the actions and purpose of the US and its military's role in the world. My brother did two tours in Afghanistan, and I'm always trying to get him to read this book when he's complaining about the politics of it. The part where he's talking to the American special forces guy, and the soldier says that he'd really like to talk to the commander of the Taliban column he made contact with, then the next chapter is an interview with that Taliban commander was phenomenal. | Yeah I loved the story line with heela too. Really amazing to read |
2,765 | I love the frame in which he is doing practically nothing and decides to show off his cat. Does he do that in other videos? | Yes! He does that in almost all of his videos, and it is awesome. |
2,766 | It also throws into question that whole "Is Dr. Manhattan a god?" idea that kept reoccurring throughout the story. Dr. Manhattan not being involved in preventing the destruction broke anybody's faith in him as a weapon and/or a totally omniscient deity. The alien was a totally exotic, unexpected threat. Blaming Dr. Manhattan for unleashing his rage on humanity has a strange Old Testament connotation that completely changes the theme of his character arc. And I really have to ask, would it bring everybody together or would it result in a full-blown global holy war? | That's an excellent point. I always felt the ending embodied the expression "wishful thinking". Sure, everyone could come together....but they could also fight endlessly over the deeper meaning of Dr. Manhattan's actions. |
2,767 | I think goldeneye counts as a reboot, Judi Dench as M changed a lot of things. | Judy Dench may have been the new M, but it's still the same universe. She speaks about his past and makes references to the older movies, such as (iirc) his marriage in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and of being 'a relic of the Cold War'. And of course, the old Q (Desmond Llewellyn) was still around. Realism wasn't such a high priority back then - Bond was basically taken to be ageless. |
2,768 | They don't have to be zero sum to be dangerous. There are many past and present examples of this already in 5 pharmaceutical world. I agree with you though. I think we're headed toward a star trek world where people have biological and mechanical enhancements. We already have many examples of these too. | We'd be stupid not too, obviously we have ethical issues we'd need to tackle, and issues of personal freedom and control that would need dealing with. But, all of that is worth it imo, for a future in which humans transcend our current biological limitations. |
2,769 | No Question Id rather have Full albums. The idea of having a cohesive album will never die in the eyes of an artist. a 3-4 minute single just doesn't have the artistic impact a 45 minute album has. | Totally agree. I understand the purpose of releasing singles, but there is nothing that can replace the way that songs flow through in a thoughtfully crafted album. |
2,770 | Games will have to be upgraded (or only new games would use it). | The same is true of all games. Games are made for the technology that exists when the game is developed. Games for the original Xbox don't use the full power of the Xbox 360. |
2,771 | Approximately $200 million budget so its already earned much more then it cost. | It needs to go way beyond that to profit considering the differen't parties that get a cut. Plus the marketing costs. |
2,772 | They don't really call them vampires or zombies. Same goes for the movies. I never saw the creatures in the new I Am Legend as "zombies" | In the book he does grow garlic and do other stuff that is normally associated with warding off vampires. |
2,773 | Try "ctrl F" and type in "Coheed" next time. I do this every time I see a music related post that I think Coheed would be included in. | Thought about it. But I'm on my phone. Plus I enjoyed some of th other entries. Disappointed Brandon Boyd wasn't on here yet. I added him immediately. |
2,774 | Avenged Sevenfold. Used to be a fan (you know, in sixth grade) but the fanbase completely ruined it, as well as there seemingly endless parade of very similar music. But it's mostly the diehard fans that get my blood boiling | They also are one of the most hated bands. Their fans suck but I think they are extremely talented. The first 3 albums were awesome. Now it's just generic hard rock. |
2,775 | oh god is that even legal. what if you were like 10 and liked the song and then BAM SURPRISE CHILDHOOD TRAUMA | My friends dad showed me Limewire as a way to download music when I was like 8 so I dodged a HUGE bullet there! ^too ^bad ^YouTube ^was ^also ^in ^its ^infancy ^and ^also ^had ^graphic ^videos ^like ^that ^at ^the ^time |
2,776 | Am I the only one who doesn't like the idea of not driving yourself ? | Eh, in the current set up, I do enjoy driving. But I enjoy *my* driving, not most other people's. The crashes, the hit and runs, all the idiotic danger and life endangering, drinking and driving. Sure, it's not something that I experience every day, but it is something that happens every day. Given the chance to sacrifice my own minor pleasure of driving, to get rid of all of that? Not even a moment's hesitation. |
2,777 | I read the book before watching the show and I advise you do finish the book before watching (mainly because the show doesn't deviate too much from the novel). | Second season goes off-book. Have you watched any? It's *brutal*. |
2,778 | **The good news:** Photonic hypercrystals offer similar propertie to metamaterials with less of the disadvantages, and according to one of the researchers, better hopes of application for practical devices. **The bad news**: >"Of course, the design of a device architecture that could integrate a hypercrystal remains one of the key engineering challenges for this material " Even taking the optimism of Menon into account, the good news/bad news ratio of this post is pretty great. | I would assume that a naive implementation for solar panels would be relatively speaking straight-forward conceptually, but the Li-Fi application does seem to be super complex. |
2,779 | His music is very moving. A bunch of his music is featured in the soundtrack to Walter Mitty. Also "Stay alive" might be the song that reminds me of my relationship. | I just realized that all of his songs now remind me of Walter Mitty. |
2,780 | Are you fucking with me? He's on the cover of the DVD. | The kangaroo is important, but not as a talking character. Basically, they're transporting an item for the Mob and they accidentally give it to the kangaroo before it hops away, so they need to get the item back before the Mob kills them. The talking kangaroo bit is a hallucination and the kangaroo itself isn't even around for much after that. You can tell that they edited the movie later in production to add more kangaroo. Basically imagine if The Hangover was renamed Tyson's Tiger and marketed as a movie starring Mike Tyson. |
2,781 | He was a wonderful writer. My favorite piece by him is "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved". "The Great Shark Hunt" is a terrific collection of his articles and essays. And, of course, the "Fear and Loathing" books are great. | Rum Diary is another awesome book of his, actually rereading it now. |
2,782 | > It's perhaps best if they take it and move on now to something more profitable and steadfast. You do realise that currently they are one of the most profitable tech companies, right? Apple currently makes more profit than Microsoft and Google combined. | The iPhone currently makes 68% of Apple's revenue, the Mac only 6% and the iPad 10%. Apple got the way they are by innovating with new products and dominating that field as long as possible. It's a company that's morphing to stay alive and when it runs out of track the race is over. It was Steve Jobs that made Apple, it was a knack he had as the founder that can't be replaced. Come June, Apple either lives on or it begins to die a slow and painful death. It's why Apple split the stock 7 ways, the purchase of Beats is also rather strange, it's not Apple's typical customer install base, which sounds like desperation is alive and well at Cupertino HQ. |
2,783 | I loved Sci Fi Crimes, and Hats Off. But I can't get into La Gargola for the life of me. So interesting how people's opinions can vary | La Gargola is the only album I've listened to and it just feels like a Tool tribute album to me. Tell me their other albums aren't so heavily similar and I could be persuaded to listen to some of their old stuff. |
2,784 | Phantom menace made 1 billion after its re release. Check *your* facts. Also avatar made more money than the entire prequel trilogy combined | What does Avatar have to do with Jurassic Park? Also, none of the JP movies made over a Bil except the first one (which includes re-release). Just stfu already. |
2,785 | What are you interested in? History? Sci-Fi? Non-Fiction? It seems that suggesting a book without knowing even a basic preference would be like throwing darts in the dark. | As I said in the description, I tend to like fantasy and modern sci-fi, and right now was sorta itching for a good modern sci-fi book |
2,786 | Welcome to 2013 where everything that isn't 4/4 is "math" rock. | no shit, huh? Nevermind that we've been doing it for years. |
2,787 | Totally disagree. With the makeup and voice mods, it took a strong actor to shine through and he totally did. | When actors like Tom Hardy give performances like Bane with similar scripts and similar limitations, you cant pretend Oscar Issac was anything but pedestrian. (clearly just my opinion though) |
2,788 | Every time I've ever the seen the word used its been 'slash' for m/m and 'femslash' for y/y. I've always read Character/character as 'char x char' | That all seems needlessly complicated, especially given that the word "slash" doesn't inherently mention any gender in the first place, it's literally just a descriptor of the punctuation, which can be placed between any two gendered individuals. Why not just call them all plain old "slash fiction"? I'm pretty sure most people do anyways. |
2,789 | I can't believe how incredibly unethical they are being about this. People need security updates in order to be, you know, *secure*. They purchased a license for the OS and are entitled to those updates. That was the deal! By using a feature that is intended to keep your system secure as a pathway for unrelated software, they are crippling the users' ability to easily keep their system up to date. They have attached strings to a feature that was previously included as a benefit of purchasing the OS. | Keeping your system up to date means switching to Windows 10. Stop resisting you whiner. |
2,790 | Why 8GB? Why not faster memory bus? 8GB seems pointless. | Its a prototype card. Just like the end result wont have 2x6+1x8 pin, it also very, very likely wont have 8GB, at least not initially. |
2,791 | I did, and had no issues. Had the black screen and the WGA notification popping up every 45 mins. | "Had the black screen and the WGA notification popping up every 45 mins." That's not an issue? |
2,792 | Different times. Studio time was expensive back then. Buffalo Springfield wasn't exactly a superstar band with a big budget. Probably a tape edit of best takes | Man studio time is STILL expensive. That's why no one plays with their real band anymore :/ |
2,793 | > a history of your device's location. In case anyone is interested in this [you can go to your timeline here] (provided you're signed into Google). | I’ve had my location history off since I had a google account, apparently. |
2,794 | If so, then Eyedea and Abilities would have taken over the airways and/or planet. | Being white isn't the only prerequisite ;) Rhymesayers DID enjoy quite a bit of success in the early 2000s. I've been to very large sold out Atmosphere shows. Eyedea and Abilities weren't particularly marketable. A lot of the more hardcore backpackers saw Rhymesayers as watered down whiny white rap. Atmosphere had its place, and Brother Ali was probably the biggest talent to come out of the label. Aside from that though, Def Jux had much more street cred. Still, Rhymesayers was a bit too "underground" to have a lot of mainstream appeal. So really, they were in no man's land, stuck between the backpackers and the mainstream. It's alright though, at least they weren't Anticon. |
2,795 | The Thirteenth Tale is kind of like that I think? Really good. | Was about to suggest that one! The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is also a good choice. |
2,796 | I went with [RHA MA-350s] I bought them back in July and I could not be happier. They feel excellent quality, give great audio quality and are still like-new. If such things matter to you, they are also a UK-based company. Glasgow, I believe. I really do recommend them. | They look nice, I might give them a shot if I dont go with sennheiser again:) |
2,797 | I think a very small percentage of the world does road trips. | It is more than just road trips though. If we can make the charge time fast enough and the density high enough, we might in the future see electric powered semi-trucks. That really would go a long way to cutting pollution in the US. |
2,798 | Funny thing about how cops work in different countries. In Taiwan, whenever you see a cop car, it will almost always have their lights on and flashing. Their goal is to tell you that "I'm here and its safe" not "I'm hiding and waiting for you to do something bad so I can arrest you" | The times in which police and feeling safe were synonymous it's been over for a while |
2,799 | Yeah. Watching that, I was like, "Or he could have just crawled right past those guys..." | its a superhero movie, logic has no place in it. |
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