To quote Mr. Zimmerman... "You're a liar."
For what it's worth, I run my lil' Dell netbook through my 720p HDTV via VGA, and I've been digging it for the better part of a year. My primary uses are email, web browsing, and Winamp; so nothing too taxing. I have no problem reading text at a distance of about ten feet, though I do have Firefox maximized and I zoom all pages to the biggest size that will fit without a scrollbar.
The only time I find it less convenient is when I need to type text into an app that doesn't give me the option of enlarging the text. That's a pretty small part of my computer usage, however, so it's not a deal-breaker for me by any stretch.
The netbook doesn't handle video all that well, so I don't even use it for that. I have a Roku to stream Netflix, etc., and an external hard drive full of HD movies connected directly to the USB port on the HDTV. All that plus an HD cable box I almost never turn on. It's been working great for me.
It's not even necessarily controversial in terms of whether it's happening or not. What's controversial is whether or not the lead scientists involved in the research have been politicized to the degree that they are falsifying data to meet a pre-determined conclusion, and using their influence among peer review journals to suppress opposing research. The emails leaked in Climategate and Climategate 2.0 strongly suggest that this is the case. When the scientists can't be trusted, the science must be questioned.
This also speaks to the authors comment, "In addition, just because one scientist or study has evidence for something does not mean all scientists in their field agree." We have been told many times that "the science is settled" and that there is a consensus in the climatology field as to the facts of anthropomorphic global climate change. Yet the Climategate emails feature many, many examples of top climatologists expressing their strong discomfort with, and desire to be distanced from, such things as Mann's "hockey stick graph" and other IPCC publications, on the grounds that the science simply isn't there.
It sure is... um... green.
Of course some scientists are doing a fine job of censoring the contents of scientific journals already...
And when that fails to stop the flow of information, just have their homes raided and their blogs taken down...
@Danzig: "What a completely irresponsible article. While it is true that the increase in genetic defects from a single incidence of first cousin breeding is relatively small (though I would argue still unacceptable), the social groups in which cousin marriage tend to take place usually repeat the practice across generations."
A danger the author states, quite clearly and responsibly, early in the article:
"While the dangers of inbreeding are generally overstated, they certainly do exist, and can get quite extreme over multiple generations."
I see nothing in this article that is demonstrably false, nor any significant omissions of the kind you (incorrectly) describe. Therefore I must challenge your assertion that the article is "completely irresponsible."
A danger the author states, quite clearly and responsibly, early in the article:
"While the dangers of inbreeding are generally overstated, they certainly do exist, and can get quite extreme over multiple generations."
I see nothing in this article that is demonstrably false, nor any significant omissions of the kind you (incorrectly) describe. Therefore I must challenge your assertion that the article is "completely irresponsible."
I see what you did there.
"In Time really is Occupy Wall Street: The Movie"
So it's loud, disorganized, and doesn't really know what it's about?
So it's loud, disorganized, and doesn't really know what it's about?
Not only *say* the wrong lyrics, but display them on the screen in giant letters. Nobody involved in this project bothered to Google the lyrics? Bismillah!
I've never managed to get through the first fifteen minutes of Buckaroo Banzai, and I've tried several times. It's just too douche-chill-inducing... but I assume it gets better? How long do I have to wait until the cringing ends and the fun begins? At least until after the first musical number, I would think, yeah?
It's like 2008 all over again...
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...though I'm not surprised at the differing levels of skepticism from Gawker. Quite typical, really.
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...though I'm not surprised at the differing levels of skepticism from Gawker. Quite typical, really.
I have to agree. These shots make the revamped suit look really stupid. Hopefully a bit of color correction will address that.
Lucas can tinker with the prequels all he wants as far as I'm concerned. After all, they don't exist in my world, so who cares? Anything that keeps him too busy to futz with the original trilogy any further.
My wife recently visited Baltimore, and I asked her to take a picture of the bust for me. Sadly, her host refused to drive her to that part of town out of fear for their safety.
This of course explains the events in Yeast Wars: The Bronco Years.
And how is it that io9 wrote an article about it without providing a single link? I know, Google, but still... isn't it standard operating procedure to at least offer a link to the game you're getting people all worked up about?
I've yet to hear one person outside an Internet comment board (which, I'm sorry, is not an accurate barometer of a real-world population) raise a stink about this. Obviously it presents a convenient opportunity for so-inclined people like neolex to sling their bile, but it's a straw man as far as I can tell. I don't care what they call the movie overseas, or even here in the States. And neither do any of several million other reasonable-minded Americans.
That's been well-established for years. Montalban himself confirmed it many times.
I'm so glad I don't read monthly comics anymore. Out of curiosity I just picked up the Final Crisis softcover, and I can honestly say there was not one single page where I had any idea what was going on. By mid-way through the book I was just looking at the cool pictures and that was about it. If I need to have Wikipedia open next to me just to understand the book I'm reading (and that didn't help either) then forget it.
Trying to read the Sinestro Corps books was even worse, because not only didn't I understand the text, the art was so chaotic I often couldn't tell what I was looking at. Guess I'll just wait for the next comic movie to come out, and keep reading Walking Dead and the occasional Mark Waid book.
Trying to read the Sinestro Corps books was even worse, because not only didn't I understand the text, the art was so chaotic I often couldn't tell what I was looking at. Guess I'll just wait for the next comic movie to come out, and keep reading Walking Dead and the occasional Mark Waid book.
I just watched The Golden Child again last week, and it looks to me like they scripted a really good movie, and they shot a reasonably good movie, and then they massacred it in post.
First the god-awful score. Listen to the theme that introduces the bad guys... sounds more like something out of Fletch than anything you'd use to introduce your antagonists. And that 80s twank recurs throughout the film, killing any sense of intrigue.
Now the editing... there is not one competently-edited scene in the entire film. Not. One. Someone give me the original reels and I will personally edit and score a far better film than these people barfed out.
The casting is mostly excellent. The direction is okay, nothing great, but competent. But I have to chalk up The Golden Child as a missed opportunity more than anything else.
First the god-awful score. Listen to the theme that introduces the bad guys... sounds more like something out of Fletch than anything you'd use to introduce your antagonists. And that 80s twank recurs throughout the film, killing any sense of intrigue.
Now the editing... there is not one competently-edited scene in the entire film. Not. One. Someone give me the original reels and I will personally edit and score a far better film than these people barfed out.
The casting is mostly excellent. The direction is okay, nothing great, but competent. But I have to chalk up The Golden Child as a missed opportunity more than anything else.
