...thank God.

I think you misunderstand my meaning. The people who had slaves were not worrying about taking Saturday and Sunday off because they had slaves. It was a seven-day weekend for them.

And they SUCKED!

Sega learned the hard way one of the eternal laws of gaming: Gimmicks and buzzwords are a great starter, but they're a poor sticker. They may let you sell a few units, but once the new car smell is off, players will want to, ya know, be able to play their games.

For reference, see all the various recent "real life input" bullshit, from WiiMote to Kinect. MS caught on and realized that gimmicks ain't selling. Let's hope Nintendo will before it's too late.

Well, corporations don't give a shit about their customers, why should their customers give a shit about them? Whoever delivers what I want is who I buy from.

Well, I might reconsider if it's Sony and wonder "ok, how're they gonna screw me over?", but in general...

I think "weekend" is a more recent development. More likely, they traveled out to the villa in the 'burbs when the smell in the city got to be too much or there was sweltering heat. I wonder if people who owned slaves back then even thought in terms of "workday" or "vacation".

This is why we can't have nice things!

These are the stories I want to see

"Never let the truth get in the way of a good story." - Mark Twain.

Telling such a complex story in 90 minutes is not trivial. All dramatizations require fictional mechanisms that leave certain things out and include other things. I will bet that even those wikipedia entries you describe are incomplete, self-serving, and miss the truth by varying degrees. It's OK. Stories are how we pass along meaning. An exact 1:1 match with reality is not desirable, nor does it make it more likely that the viewer will come away with understanding. And devotion to the precise truth will definitely not make for indelible absorption of meaning.

If someone saw The Imitation Game and learned of Turing and then went on to maybe read a book or look him up online, then it's done its job. People who are not curious enough to do that will probably not be harmed by being told a good story.

The Imitation Game has been out almost six months and there are no new Turings yet! It has clearly failed to inspire the next Turing.

Also, the magic green beans I planted yesterday still haven't grown, so I'm gonna chalk that up as a failure, too. The subzero temperatures should not matter.

Has the internet made everyone stupid, or just headline writers?

Use more force to ensure success.

I'm not joking but what the hell are they going to get by attacking a mall for god sakes!

Mentioned on Slashdot?

Seriously, I think it's all about being as shitty as possible. It's like 8chan with religious self-justification.

What could be funnier that exploding babies?

We have that game already: http://youtu.be/RH1u2kzd0Zg

Russia might just be interested enough in having an ally inside the EU to consider striking a deal. I could well see Greece dropping any kind of embargo on the grounds that if the EU shits on me, I'm under no obligation to play along with their embargo anymore.

If part of the "deal" was that I have to starve my population but I have to buy German submarines for the money instead, I guess I'd be a tad bid pissed as well.

You nuts? The seas are already polluted enough. Find a different way to get rid of your trash!

Greece and the EU are currently like two poker players going all-in with their mortgage money, knowing that if the other one doesn't fold they can't pay and lose their house.