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Re: Out of the Blue |
Nov 4, 2012, 21:37 |
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Perhaps a nice thought, but a thought that has neither foot in reality. We need trillions, yes trillions with a 't', of dollars to repair or replace existing infrastructure. That's prior to building additional flood control systems for coastal areas. As far as an early warning and detection network goes, we had plenty of warning.
And how about some personal responsibility? Part of the problem was people ignoring mandatory evacuation notices. If my neighborhood was in danger of getting wiped off the map, assuming I get a 7 day warning, I could and probably would be 500 miles away in an extended stay hotel by the time the storm hit. |
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| News Comments > Roberts on PC Star Citizen |
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Re: Roberts on PC Star Citizen |
Nov 4, 2012, 09:12 |
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ItBurn wrote on Nov 4, 2012, 09:01:
It isn't an MMO. You can host your own private server with no microtransactions or whatever. You can even mod it any way you like. This is going to be like Freelancer, so if you played that, you'd know this isn't an MMO. Everyone here hopes you are right, most of us will only believe it when we see it. |
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Re: Roberts on PC Star Citizen |
Nov 4, 2012, 00:40 |
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PHJF wrote on Nov 3, 2012, 23:31:
What if the major investor were Leonard Nimoy? When I read that I heard in my head, "What if the major investor were Curt Shilling?"  |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
Nov 3, 2012, 23:26 |
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| Yeah, it would be confusing at first. But just think, you could be talking to anyone in the world and set a time for your next call/meeting/whatever and it would be so simple. None of that I'm in this time zone, you are in that time zone, but I'm doing DST, blah, blah. The gains will be well worth the initial weirdness. After a few years you'd wonder why anyone ever did it any other way. |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
Nov 3, 2012, 21:18 |
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Ant wrote on Nov 3, 2012, 19:13:
I really wished we stick with daylight saving forever and not have to go back and forth. Argh. We need to end the cycle. Even better just have everyone use GMT all the time. |
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Re: Fox Still Owns The Original |
Nov 3, 2012, 21:11 |
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Sepharo wrote on Nov 3, 2012, 15:04:
It's been said that there is no longer any original film for Star Wars. That Lucas directly cut up and edited the original reels. I don't think he was bullshitting that one. The best quality we're ever going to get is that Laserdisc. Cut it up? JFC, the man is even crazier than I thought. |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
Nov 3, 2012, 13:49 |
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I simply couldn't live in Florida permanently. I was in Montgomery, AL for 3 years and that was bad enough. When I got there and I told people I disliked (didn't bother telling them I hated it) the warmer weather, the response was generally the same. "You'll get used to it and never want to move back north." Uh, no.
I like the seasons. I like that sometimes it's cool, sometimes it's warm, sometimes it's bloody hot and sometimes it's bitterly cold. Personally I find it much easier to deal with extremely cold weather than extremely hot weather. |
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Re: Fox Still Owns The Original "Star Wars" |
Nov 3, 2012, 09:39 |
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| So many questions, so few answers. Starting with even if Disney could make a deal with Fox to Blu-ray the original film, is the original film/negative in an usable state? Will Fox even be willing to make any deals? They strike me as the kind of company which might say, "We own it, screw you. We'll just keep releasing it as it is." Until we learn there are signed contracts saying otherwise, I'm going to assume that Fox will be an obstacle to anything I might want/like to see happen. |
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| News Comments > Into the Black |
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Re: Into the Black |
Nov 3, 2012, 09:17 |
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| Actually, I would say it was less than interesting -- but, meh... opinions vary. |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
Oct 31, 2012, 10:02 |
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| Perhaps I wasn't clear enough. It wasn't my intention to criticize anyone flooded by Sandy (although there might be some portion that qualify). I was addressing broader issues raised by Bats. There are people in the Midwest and South (and probably other regions) that live in flood plains and literally get flooded out every few years. I have no sympathy for those people. If you live in a flood plain and have to rebuild your home multiple times take a hint and rebuild out of the flood plain. |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
Oct 31, 2012, 08:52 |
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Bats, I'm with you on criticizing people who live in flood plains and get flooded out every 3 years or so. They don't get my sympathy either. I mean how many times does your house need to have 3 ft or more of water in it before you realize it's not a good place to build a house?
But comparing that to living in tornado alley is quite the leap. I have lived in a tornado region for the better part of three decades and only ever seen a tornado once and only twice lived in a community that had significant damage. And one of those really wasn't that big a deal.
And I realize the media is running the hype machine at full force, but Sandy did cause billions of dollars of damage. Your dismissive attitude toward it seems unwarranted and uncharacteristic for you. |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
Oct 30, 2012, 21:25 |
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PHJF wrote on Oct 30, 2012, 21:19:
Snow White was written like a million years ago, as were most of Disney's other earlier films. Yeah, you are right. I spoke quickly, and forgot it is all based on a Grimms tale. Oh well. I still think Disney can't do any worse that Lucas was doing... |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
Oct 30, 2012, 20:20 |
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PHJF wrote on Oct 30, 2012, 20:05:
Movie has nothing to do with Disney. I was assuming they had to license the IP, is that not the case? |
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Oct 30, 2012, 19:35 |
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Disney doing Star Wars is not without hope. I haven't seen "Snow White and the Huntsman" but it looked promising (it's actually in the mail from Netflix at this moment). And as others have said, it couldn't be any worse than Lucas already did to his own creation.
This comment was edited on Oct 30, 2012, 19:50. |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
Oct 30, 2012, 19:33 |
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Ruddrage wrote on Oct 30, 2012, 17:20:
Don't mention the midi-chlorians. *blood curdling scream*
Lucas deserved death for that -- I'm almost serious. Almost. |
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Re: Out of the Blue |
Oct 30, 2012, 14:01 |
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Dev wrote on Oct 30, 2012, 13:43:
On a side note, is there an easier way to see what threads have new posts in them? A way that doesn't involve me getting lots of email? The News Forum link at the top of the page. |
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