I think it’s because people hear high definition technology marketed as a new thing and see TV shows shot on tape as the old thing. I’m not sure if people really know how high-quality 35 mm film can be.
I recently saw a truck with both the Confederate and American flag flying on the back of it.
I think this guy is confused as to where to pledge his allegiance.
I don’t really find it that depressing anymore.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/us/politics/john-kelly-son-trump.html
WASHINGTON — John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, delivered a searing, personal defense of President Trump’s phone call this week to the widow of a slain Army soldier, describing on Thursday the trauma of learning about his own son’s death in Afghanistan and calling the criticism of Mr. Trump’s condolences unfair.
In a public relations mission that was part emotional catharsis and part political attack, Mr. Kelly lashed out at Representative Frederica S. Wilson, Democrat of Florida, for publicizing the call between Mr. Trump and Myeshia Johnson, whose husband, Sgt. La David T. Johnson, was one of four American soldiers killed in an Oct. 4 ambush in Niger.
Mr. Kelly accused Ms. Wilson — who was in a car with Ms. Johnson when Mr. Trump called and is a longtime family friend — of being a publicity-seeking opportunist. He said that the congresswoman’s willingness to breach the confidentiality of Mr. Trump’s words is evidence of a broader decline in the values of an American society that no longer treats women, religion, “life” or Gold Star families as sacred.
“It stuns me that a member of Congress would have listened in on that conversation — absolutely stuns me,” Mr. Kelly said during a somber, 18-minute appearance in the White House briefing room. He said that he was so upset by Ms. Wilson’s appearances on TV news shows that he had to collect his thoughts by walking through the graves at Arlington National Cemetery for more than an hour.
He also displayed scorn for a society that he said does not appreciate the sacrifice of those in the military. “Most of you as Americans don’t know them,” he said, bemoaning that “there’s nothing in our country anymore that seems to suggest that selfless service to the nation is not only appropriate but required.”
A retired Marine general whose son Second Lt. Robert Kelly was slain in battle in 2010, Mr. Kelly has long guarded his personal story of loss even as he served as a high-profile public official. He broke that silence in dramatic fashion on Thursday, offering — from his personal and professional experience — a detailed, even excruciating description of what happens to the remains of those killed in combat, and how the grieving families back home are notified.
“Their buddies wrap them up in whatever passes as a shroud,” Mr. Kelly told an unusually hushed room filled with reporters. “They’re packed in ice, typically at the air head, and then they’re flown to — usually Europe, where they’re then packed in ice again and flown to Dover Air Force Base, where Dover takes care of the remains, embalms them, meticulously dresses them in their uniform with the medals that they’ve earned, the emblems of their service.”
He testified to the deep pain that parents feel when they get an early-morning knock on the door from an official to tell them that their son or daughter has been killed in action. “The casualty officer proceeds to break the heart of a family member,” Mr. Kelly said, his eyes reddening as he spoke.
Seriously, I am growing very concerned about the improvements in computers and computer intelligence. It is not out of the realm of possibility that computers will able to replace every human at every job. Imagine what it will do to the economy if humans are no long employable? What if computers do take over. I’m serious.
Universal basic income. It’s going to happen.
Yep.
Thanks guys, human civilization was ok while it lasted…
Seriously, I am growing very concerned about the improvements in computers and computer intelligence. It is not out of the realm of possibility that computers will able to replace every human at every job. Imagine what it will do to the economy if humans are no long employable? What if computers do take over. I’m serious. As we become more and more dependent on computers and allow them to control more and more and artificial intelligence gets better and better, computers could potentially take control of us if they decide to.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU
I think we need to slow things down and see just where we want to go with computers and limit what they control and put some limits on how far we want to go with artificial intelligence.
That’s probably impossible.
For the sake of it, here’s my original ranking quoted and my updated ranking from April.
- The Empire Strikes Back
Everything is bigger and better. Plot and script are great. May be considered one of the best films of all time.- Return of the Jedi
The needed sequel to The Empire Strikes Back. You can’t have one without the other. I can tolerate some of the lower points of the film. Overall, a great end to the trilogy.- The Force Awakens
A modern film in all the good ways. I like the diverse cast, the script, and the plot. Rey is great. Edges out Star Wars for me.- Star Wars
A solid film. Not as good as the other ones, but still great. It is very important in that it introduces all the characters.- The Phantom Menace
A terrible, terrible film. Edges out the two other prequels because it’s at lease semi-entertaining in its badness. Also contains some questionably racist characters.- Attack of the Clones
Absolutely horrendous. Bad for the same reasons all the prequels are bad: A terrible script. The “romance” story is spectacularly bad.- Revenge of the Sith
Taken on its own, Revenge of the Sith may be the best of the prequels. However, it finds its place at the bottom of the list because it failed at what it was supposed to do: Tell the story of how the good man who was Anakin Skywalker turn to Darth Vader. The first two also failed at this, and the last one failing is just sad. If I removed this factor, I might have put Attack of the Clones here.Updated ranking, which I am not completely satisfied with:
The Empire Strikes Back
This will always be the best Star Wars movie. Great plot, characters, and dialog.Star Wars
I didn’t want to bump this one all the way down to the number five spot with my addition of Rogue One, so I bumped it up here.Return of the Jedi / The Force Awakens
No extra thoughts.Rogue One
I think I liked Rogue One more than the average Star Wars fan. A great plot with some standout characters make it a great film.The Phantom Menace
At some points The Phantom Menace gets to the so bad it’s good point, so that at least makes it half-watchable, plus it doesn’t really have anything to do with the rest of the movies.Attack of the Clones
Ugh.Revenge of the Sith
No.
Trumpy claims to have proof of what he said. It’s probably on the same shelf as those Comey recordings though.
Which is too bad in a way, because if these most recent recordings existed, they would violate Florida wiretapping laws.
I believe that the White House used to have a phone call recording system. That’s how we got the infamous LBJ ordering pants tape. I’m not sure if this system is in place today, however.
That sig does look great…but in my opinion, it’s a bad idea. We’ve obviously struggled with people not knowing who the moderators are. The moderator signature is a good step forward, however a lot of people tend to glaze over signatures. Allowing non-moderators to have very similar signatures strikes me as a step backward as it may just lead to further confusion.
I state my belated agree.
Also it’s “canon.”
Head Cannon.
The continued support for ROTS, which failed on every level regardless of any voice dubbing, continues to amaze me.
Agreed.
Didn’t expect this one!
Why ImpsCum hasn’t been banned is beyond me.
Unlike you (with this name-calling), I am not breaking forum rules.
Yeah, but you’ve been excessively annoying, since… well, when you first signed up here, from what I’ve heard.
Actually not really, I think it’s just a shtick he’s developed in recent years for “comedy.” I’ve also had a pm conversation with him that was perfectly pleasant. I think for some misguided reason he just finds it amusing to post that way.
Sthick or not, the effect on the forum is the same.
JEDIT: Thid would also mean that he’s a troll which is no better anyway.
Why ImpsCum hasn’t been banned is beyond me.
Unlike you (with this name-calling), I am not breaking forum rules.
Yeah, but you’ve been excessively annoying, since… well, when you first signed up here, from what I’ve heard.
To clarify, I’ve no problem with the simple existence of the “A Star Wars Story” suffix. Its use here with a solo word just kind of blends wrong to me.
This topic has been locked by a moderator.
Why was this topic locked?temp-locked to sift through later.I saw that, but there’s nothing to sift through, it wasn’t an ongoing issue, just sudden trolling from one poster.
Yeah, the “sift-through” part confused me too.
I think it’s the Star Wars Story shit that’s throwing me off. Solo is a fair title.
I was literally just about to post this here. I’ve no beef with the Solo part.
Okay, I’ll concede that. My memory was faulty.
But, I’m pretty sure Han was alive during the time that the Jedi were around, and it seemed like they were a pretty extensive organization. If he really travelled the whole galaxy, I think it’d be pretty odd for him not to see one.
Lastly, my problem here is not with the OT, but with the PT.
Isn’t it a little weird how in the first movie, Han says that he’s never heard of the Jedi or the Force, but the Jedi only went extinct twenty years earlier?
It still stuns me that people would vote for such a total creep.
That still stuns me. There are tons of shady people running for office every day, but Trump is the only one I can think of who presented his awfulness in plain view as the reasons for people to vote for him, and won.
Well, at least he’s honest in that regard.
Despite all three showing “warning signs,” it’s a false equivalence to compare them all. And regardless, we are still not living in a fascist state.
Haseo’s been banned for 2 weeks. Starting to look like a permaban.
Temp bans usually last for a month.
Well this isn’t good.
We discovered serious weaknesses in WPA2, a protocol that secures all modern protected Wi-Fi networks. An attacker within range of a victim can exploit these weaknesses using key reinstallation attacks (KRACKs). Concretely, attackers can use this novel attack technique to read information that was previously assumed to be safely encrypted. This can be abused to steal sensitive information such as credit card numbers, passwords, chat messages, emails, photos, and so on. The attack works against all modern protected Wi-Fi networks. Depending on the network configuration, it is also possible to inject and manipulate data. For example, an attacker might be able to inject ransomware or other malware into websites.
The weaknesses are in the Wi-Fi standard itself, and not in individual products or implementations. Therefore, any correct implementation of WPA2 is likely affected. To prevent the attack, users must update affected products as soon as security updates become available. Note that if your device supports Wi-Fi, it is most likely affected. During our initial research, we discovered ourselves that Android, Linux, Apple, Windows, OpenBSD, MediaTek, Linksys, and others, are all affected by some variant of the attacks. For more information about specific products, consult the database of CERT/CC, or contact your vendor.
Feels like fall. Cool. Crisp. Windy.
That’s what she said.
That’s what he said.