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Comment Character Depth (Score 1) 207

I'm not sure this really matters. (Caveat: I'm not a fan and haven't read the books since I was very young.)

The BBC Benedict Cumberbatch/Martin Freeman incarnation is closer kin to the show Monk than to the Robert Downey Jr/Jude Law incarnation. Using the name Sherlock Holmes is more of a marketing decision than a creative one. Basically, the original stories donate two things: the pairing of a genius with a more ordinary sidekick and the names.

Meanwhile, there have been decades of stories with Holmes influence, which have suffered very little if at all from using different names.

Comment Re:Nothing else to do but whine? Try planning ahea (Score 3, Insightful) 234

Besides, why the heck do you allow animals if you aren't willing to put up with the results of your decision? Charge a fee for animals and pay somebody to come around and clean up the poop, there are services that do that very thing.

Dog poop on the lawn is a result of dogs and not picking up the poop. If the poop is cleaned any less often than continuously; people will step in, fall in, and roll through (with a wheel chair) dog poop. Owners should pick up dog poop from common spaces.

Comment Speculation (Score 1) 98

You invest in something that can create wealth.
You speculate in something whose market value might change.

LEGO sealed off in a tub doesn't produce wealth. Speculating in the LEGO market isn't investing.

LEGO does have value, because it is fun and educational, but only in the quantities that you are actually using.

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