What an amazing season ending episode to an amazing show.My thinking for next season is:Of all the people John and Finch helped throughout the season, they've made some contacts, like the guy from last week, zooey, and etc. And for next season, John builds a team of the previously mentioned 2, Fusco, and Carter work to find Finch, and get him back. Along with the machine of course, who i think is going to give them numbers not to people who are in danger(but possibly also for people in danger), but people who know or connected to Root or Finch, since its a see-all machine.But, just saying :)#duplicate(Edit comment)
The advancement made by Gutenberg is, in fact, the mechanical PRESS, not the concept of printing nor movable type. The prior existence of block printing (used in China and broadly elsewhere) and the development of "movable type" by Bi Sheng (arguably, it is not true movable type because Chinese of the period is non-alphabetic, being comprised of ideograms, not letter-based words) have never gone unacknowledged within any responsible professional academic recounting of the history of printing. Gutenberg's contribution for which he is rightly credited is his tinkering with Western mechanical presses (used for wine and oils) to adapt them to the process of printing. He was the first to mechanize printing in this fashion; and, his mechanical printing presses facilitated the mass production of reading material on an enormous scale never previously achieved anywhere in the world. Gutenberg's invention was a true watershed event that was followed by a sea change in literacy on a global scale. It is merely an accident of history that a Bible was the first work to proliferate via Gutenberg's invention, it being that most popular shred of literate civilization that survived through the Dark Ages in that neck of the woods.#duplicate(Edit comment)
Burton is very hit and miss. Sweeney Todd was the last movie I liked from him and that was five years ago. Prior to that Big Fish which was roughly another five years. And a whopping 10 years before that Ed Wood. So three movies in twenty years.#duplicate(Edit comment)
corrections« Back to alipied Mon 30 Apr 2012 1:51 PM please don't put book spoilers in to a review of the tv show. ''the assassin Jaqen H'ghar, who can change his face and kill anyone without being seen. (Jaqen's face-changing powers and other fantastical traits haven't really shown up yet, though.)'' that really sucked Chuck, i expect better of you. Charlie Jane Anders moved this comment from Game of Thrones Week 5: What wins wars: magic, money or manpower? (see Community Policy) Mike Huberty @alipied Mon 30 Apr 2012 1:50 PM I second this, why book spoilers in the TV recap?#duplicate(Edit comment)
Apologize if this gets double posted. What is the correct pronunciation for Temeraire, Iskierka, Kulingule, and Lung Tien Lien? I love the names throughout the book, but I want to make sure I'm saying them correctly!#duplicate(Edit comment)
On this news and bolstered by his huge success from the Star Wars re-releases, George Lucas decided to help Steven Spielberg update Jurassic Park. Here is an exclusive clip of the updated Tyrannosaurus:[www.youtube.com]#duplicate(Edit comment)
Tried to post earlier, so I'm trying again... hopefully no double post.Interesting that several commenters here describe themselves as lonely, either before they had their smartphone or with it. Loneliness is a social construct and is therefore relative. To me, it all comes down to how comfortable you are with yourself. Are you happy with yourself and do you respect yourself, even though you aren't perfect? If you are, you shouldn't feel lonely, because you are truly your best friend and ally, right? Truly happy, self-aware people don't need others to tell them how nice or great they are, either in person or via online. However, they still express appreciation for compliments, and don't hesitate to communicate positively in turn. The key with any type of new medium of communication is to create and seek out -postitive- social interaction. Smartphones allow us more access to groups and conversations, and not all of them are positive, but you can still communicate positively even if others do not.As this article points out, humans are social by design. Not only that, but our intelligence allows us to analyze and compartmentalize people and social interactions. Unless you are sleeping or meditating, you still create and analyze social interactions even while you are thinking, reading, or watching a show that reminds you of people in your life, or of how you would interact in the story you're reading or watching. If you're writing, you're not just verbalizing your own thoughts, but you're hopefully thinking of how people might react when they read it. So, interacting with people on your smartphone isn't that different, because either way, you're creating and analyzing perceived or imagined social connections in your head. With smartphones, at least you now have the convenience to seek out and initiate positive social connections with people you WANT to talk with. Even if you don't receive feedback from your comments, posts, or tweets, you shouldn't feel "lonely" or "invalid" if you are truly happy with yourself. With so many people seeking validation online (and in real life) that's often easier said than done, and that's a whole other topic for discussion... what steps can you take to develop yourself into your own best friend, and not have your smartphone fill that role?#duplicate(Edit comment)
Why do I feel like that will never happen for another ten years are so. Who I am i kidding I don't even feel like it will happen in my lifetime.#duplicate(Edit comment)
Or...or..and here's an idea. Just like the people on the internet reared up on their hind legs over Net Freedom, why not have a movement to keep their personal accounts private and not be a factor on getting or keeping a job?In the past, the olds successfully got federal protections over the US Postal service to protect people's privacy and over their telephone conversations. You don't hand over phone records to HR for a reason (unless your employer pays for your cell phone). People forget that instead of contortions of creating false accounts, hey....what about getting legal protection? After all, all employers have to do is get you to sign a statement that the private account you're handing the password to is your sole and only account. If you lie, then you also get fired. So. That's no protection to think you can overgame the skanky employers.#duplicate(Edit comment)
The Butterfly Kid is one of my all-time favorite books. The world is in danger, and only the Fugs can save it. Here's the original 1967 cover, with its dumb blurb and its faux-Peter-Max art and its fax-Mouse-Studios lettering.#duplicate(Edit comment)
Miss Morgenstern,Wonderfully enchanting novel. My "Lamplighters" book group read it this last month and we all enjoyed it a great deal! The mystery and taut description of the sights, sounds and smells in the book make it so tactile and engaging. Thank You for this. You may have even received an email from us (at the baily [at] [nightcircus.com] email last night simply asking when the circus was coming to town. We wanted to test it.We had a couple bits of confusion toward the end of the book as the timelines were coming together. Why did the Circus leave early the night that Bailey was supposed to leave home and join Poppet? This felt a little off to us and we couldn't place it.I very much look forward to your next novel and hope it is as equally enchanting! When Tara Burgess steps in front of the train some of us thought Mr. A.H. had something do with it. While others thought she was simply distracted and not thinking as she tried to walk toward him and Prospero arguing. She was of course away from the circus, but we couldn't tell if it was intentional on Mr. A.H.'s part.-Spencer Newlin-Cushing#duplicate(Edit comment)
Morgenstern also has a Tarot deck. It's not mass-produced, sadly, but it's quite beautiful, very Edward Gorey: [www.phantomwise.com]I liked the book quite a bit. I loved the lushness of the descriptions, which reminded me of Angela Carter (who, perhaps not coincidentally, wrote Nights At The Circus). I liked that she avoided the (forgive me here) preciousness that I find plagues a lot of Neil Gaimain's writing.Another influence that came to mind was The Master And Margarita. This makes me wonder about the exact nature of the "wagers" between Prospero and the Man In Gray. How far do they go back, exactly.....?#duplicate(Edit comment)
Really?!? June 1961 changed the world! Grok?#duplicate (Edit comment)
oops, this posted twice.#duplicate (Edit comment)
alipied
Mon 30 Apr 2012 1:51 PM
please don't put book spoilers in to a review of the tv show. ''the assassin Jaqen H'ghar, who can change his face and kill anyone without being seen. (Jaqen's face-changing powers and other fantastical traits haven't really shown up yet, though.)'' that really sucked Chuck, i expect better of you.
Charlie Jane Anders moved this comment from Game of Thrones Week 5: What wins wars: magic, money or manpower? (see Community Policy)
Mike Huberty @alipied
Mon 30 Apr 2012 1:50 PM
I second this, why book spoilers in the TV recap?#duplicate (Edit comment)
Joseph Campbell couldn't hurt either#duplicate (Edit comment)
The Butterfly Kid is one of my all-time favorite books. The world is in danger, and only the Fugs can save it. Here's the original 1967 cover, with its dumb blurb and its faux-Peter-Max art and its fax-Mouse-Studios lettering.#duplicate (Edit comment)
Image fail. Lets try again.Edit: And another fail. I guess Ill just link to it. [i.imgur.com]#duplicate (Edit comment)
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