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You don't have to preach to me, I've never used that phrase in my life before today. I'm just showing you an example that's related to the thread. Most of the "Tropes" are like that though, they are devices we've all seen for years, like immunity from storm trooper shots (Which supposedly is a...

Plot Armoris a protective shield the main character derives because the story can't go on without him. Ned Stark did not have Plot Armor. (Enjoy the couple hours lost on tropes!)

Did you not finish the episode?

Honestly, I'd fire him just for his complete ignorance towards the market he's supposedly targeting. If I was his boss, the insulting of the customers would be a distant secondary concern (Lets face it, ADD kids will forget his trolls in a week or two). However, the clear lack of ability on his...

This is some serious Deja Vu. It's like a fucking cycle with this thread...It starts with out moderated for only ACTUAL spoilers (You know, about future events or things currently happening off screen). However, because a lot of people enjoy having certain more in depth aspects of the book...

I think most people here are NOT indicative of the greater U.S. Some of us are so hardcore we actually chose our housing based off of internet availability (It was a question I asked before my wife and I bought ours, lol) The fact is, the reason why his comparison to electricity was idiotic is...

Sutk, you want to know why people give Tyrion a pass and think Dany is annoying? It's because of character development. The main problem I have with Dany's story is she feels like she isshrinkingas a character. She is the Khaleesi that pushed down andmountedDrogo(Other women have probably...

They've done this in at least 4 episodes--they explain a little, but the carefully avoid any "meat". It's really just become too frustrating. They know that sci fi element is the only thing a lot of people tune in for, so they continue to dangle it out there.

The fuck? Didn't he just get diagnosed with more cancer a few days ago? I didn't even think he started treatment yet.

Well, people with money there are nervous, far more so than when NK shelled that island...lots of far more educated people than myself have said shit is getting dicey over there, more than we know. Their propaganda might have finally come home to roost. They've blamed everything on The West for...

Yeah, he was one of the Nostrodouches.

Well, Westeros itself is based on English history--but yeah, it's loose. Westeros is Britain. It starts with the "first men" conquering the Children of the Forest, which is supposed to be the Saxon conquest of Britain--they merge cultures with the Children of the Forest, just like Ethelbert...

Been re-watching old episodes. The Monarch is one of the few characters that can make me laugh out loud, I don't know why, the voice actors delivery is just fucking amazing.

I don't think the AH was the culprit at all here, not one bit. I actually really hope the real money AH hasn't poisoned the well for future F2P MMO's to use the exchange model (Rather than an item shop..IMO, taking a small chunk of in game sales>>>>Selling in game items...as long as games take...

Sure there would. The largest growths in population come from low technology societies. Where technology doesn't exist, the power of each individual person to augment the power of a single actor is greater. So, more people have children to increase their power--where as now, technology and...

I wish I could magically show people an alternate reality where technology and genetic manipulation didn't exist--and they could see the wars, famine and ultimate despair that earth would be in as people kill each other to feed their children. I think it would cure most people of this hippy...

Just a heads up--If you're looking to buy Gods and Kings, just buy the "Gold Upgrade" pack instead. It has God and Kings included, and is 10$ cheaper, plus you get all the scenario packs. Steam is usually better about showing deals like that, but it's not on the God and Kings page. You have to...

The only good part of MIB3 was Mr. WU showing up as...MR. WU.

There are people with bachelors in those fields called examiners. They try to vet things before it goes to the lawyers. Problem is, they don't have the expertise to really vet higher tech items and even if they did, there is an absolutely tiny amount of them compared to the deluge of incoming...

Doesn't that negate just about everything else you said? I'll be the first to admit my understand is iffy here--but he's saying they didn't manipulate it at all. They simply discovered it's existence. What you're saying is that Alexander Fleming (Discovered Penicillin) should have been able to...

I can't wait for Blonde Kristen Stewart to start crying again. Excellent drinking game.

Actually, the funny thing is, I think it was Gannicus that tried to do that for Spartacus in the "real" history right? I might be remembering wrong, but the slaves were on the run, and Gannicus lead a suicide charge to slow down the chasing legion. Either way, I don't think any of the leaders...

The fact is this all needs a specific agency to oversee this. The patent office needs the same kinds of systems the FDA has for pharmaceutical patents. This kind of thing is only going to get worse as technology becomes more complex--I mean, I KNOW people who work at the patent office, they are...

No, it's inference. (Sorry my posts have been lean, normally I'm pretty open in work, but have been busy today.)Hereis a break down of not just above board, or "open channel" lobbying money, but also soft donations, like to PAC's and those filtered through employees. What you have to understand...

Tell me something, how would you prove inaction? The thing is, BIO's lobby was something like 200+ people, and they are fucking good at getting a congressman's ear. (The disclosure act really doesn't cover everything, and what gets poured out can be very muddled as to it's purpose, everything...

But again, this is what I posted earlier in terms of lobbying--they don't lobby to change the laws, they lobby to keep patent law under the nebulous set of rules they've produced ad hoc through the patent office and the courts. Now, I don't work around agriculture but going off of tech...

I agree--that's what I was talking about when I said a lot of issues (Constantly government interference). My contention is that the money ultimately flows to a few private hands who have essentially made themselves the power brokers for government capital. If we're going to have market based...

Individual from an economics perspective does not mean family farm. It means farms which compete with each other, rather than cooperating in a larger conglomerate. Part of the reason you get this competition is the ability for smaller companies to expend capital to carve out profits in markets...

Yeah, but the problem is, the individual farmer gets crushed and from an economics perspective it becomes an increasingly hostile environment for competitors with less capital to spar legally with these guys. This, like in many industries now, is what is driving market irregularities which is...

From how I understand the issue--and this isn't my area, so I might be wrong. But these "new" strains are often just small derivations on old ones, that tend to lock down older crops under their control for longer and longer periods. From what I've seen with tech companies, this is the process...

Which is why I said the problem is with how big companies are lobbying the government to subvert patent laws.....Again, I'm not saying we should pay attention to Monsanto for the product they make. I'm saying we should pay attention to how patents are handled in this country and how companies...

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You should care because you still (Maybe not you, but a lot of people) still pay something like a 400% mark up for an Iphone, or clones of Iphones. A lot of the high prices you see in everyday products are now happening because companies hold patents--not because they make the product better or...

The important thing everyone should be looking at Monsanto for is not genetics in food (That shit isgreatfor mankind--go go spider silk goat!)...But because companies like Monsanto, Record Labels and even EA are the first legal "battles" that will dictate how the war is fought during our...

Season 1 DTB=Great crime/detective noir. Season 2 DTB=Magical Girl with abusive father figure.

It would be catastrophic, really. Even China wasn't able to extricate itself from the financial system the U.S. uses to control trade--and I say the U.S. but it's not all the U.S., the EU collaborates with our Fed/Treasury on all of this (Britain's financial claws run deep still, as does...

This episode.....Jumping from a birth scene, to long, really awkward, love dialogues (Crix and Argon's), to the rape of Caesar--Christ, it really felt like someone was trolling this episode, like they were trying to make the whole episode awkward and uncomfortable.

I'm not upset because it's "outside the scope"...I'm simply trying to show that you can't see the forest through the trees. (Sorry, I wasn't going to reply but I have actually never in my life found an more appropriate place to say this idiom--it's really the only reason for this post.)

Numbers, where did anyone say anything about "being nice"--it's all profit motivated. We do it to protect our interests, you trade in our currency to protect yours and continue the gravy train. The only difference is you get to by a hypocrite and say you don't like it, while indulging yourself...

I think I see why you're misunderstanding--you view Canada as only what it does in terms of it's government, within the realm of international relations. It's a pretty myopic view of the sum total of "Canada". Canada is not just your government, it's the logging company exporting lumber, or the...