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Comment Re:Why does this need a sequel? (Score 1) 299

If Deckard is a replicant, then Roy's final act of saving Deckard, and his beautiful value of life speech means nothing.

I don't how this is, unless you think the replicants are less than human (which the movie, as you point out, is showing us is not true).

Also, Roy had no way of knowing whether Deckard was a replicant or not. Roy was obviously operating on the assumption that Deckard was a normal human.

Comment Re:Under US Jurisdiction? (Score 4, Interesting) 281

at this point we should be storming the Pentagon / White House / Senate en masse to demand and take real freedom. There is no terrorist threat that actually warrants this level of intrusion, our own police seem to be better at killing defenceless citizens than terrorists anyway over the last year.

The problem is that most Americans are perfectly happy with the police acting this way. Yes, there's a minority of Americans who are outraged, but most of them thing it's just fine. Just look at the online comments any time one of these incidents happens; most Americans think the victim got what he deserved.

Comment Re:Check your math. (Score 4, Insightful) 880

Conservative Christians do indeed suck, but I can't think of any serious terrorist or even violent activity by Christians in a very long time, except for a couple cases of some lone wacko shooting an abortion doctor. Muslims, however, are infamous for organizing to do violent deeds. Advocating for various laws (which aren't very successful BTW, gay marriage is becoming more and more accepted in America now and is becoming legal all over; these days I think most ultraconservatives are more worried about illegal immigration, gun control, and various other issues than about gay marriage) is not similar to carrying out violent, terroristic acts.

Comment Re:Don't worry guys... (Score 2, Interesting) 880

Hey, I'm not a big fan of Judaism, but working to free your people from slavery does not make you a "warlord". Also, I don't remember anything in Exodus about Moses or his people resorting to violence; the story just has them fleeing the Egyptian army, and the Egyptians being swallowed by the Red Sea after they tried to follow the Jews through it. Of course, this story also claims the Red Sea was parted somehow so they could walk across, so it's highly questionable just how accurate this story is....

Also, I'm not sure how you give credit to Constantine for founding Christianity; I thought that honor went to Jesus, or perhaps Paul or even Peter.

Australia

Apparent Islamic Terrorism Strikes Sydney 880

An anonymous reader send this link to a developing situation in Sydney, Australia, being reported on via live feed at the Guardian, and covered by various other news outlets as well. According to CNN's coverage, "CNN affiliate Seven Network said that at least 13 people are being held at the Lindt Chocolate Cafe. It published a photograph of people inside the cafe holding a black flag with Arabic writing on it. The flag reads: "There is no God but God and Mohammed is the prophet of God." From The New York Times' coverage: The police have shut down parts of the city’s transport system, and closed off the mall area. They would not confirm how many people were being held hostage inside the cafe, nor whether those inside are armed. Local media reports said that the airspace over Sydney had been closed and the famed Sydney Opera House evacuated. Television images showed heavily armed officers with their weapons trained on the cafe.

Comment Re: Why does this need a sequel? (Score 1) 299

That doesn't prove anything. Rachel is the "latest and greatest", but how does she do in fights? We don't know, because she never gets in a fight in the movie, or does anything at all where her physical abilities are tested.

It's entirely possible that Deckard (and maybe Rachel too) is a different version which was designed to have human-like abilities, so that he would pass more easily as human; it's also likely they have a longer lifespan as a result: Tyrell told Roy that he was a "candle that burns twice as bright", meaning basically their greater physical abilities came at a cost: a short lifespan.

Comment Re:Why do I care what Harrison Ford thinks? (Score 1) 299

There's other problems with the idea of a sequel: the original was made in the early 1980s, and the visual style while still great does show some aging, especially if you look at the vehicles, which look basically like souped-up 80s cars. Modern cars have far more curves and complex surfaces thanks to modern technology (look at the headlights in particular). Finally, the beginning of the movie explicitly states it takes place in 2017 (IIRC), which is only a couple years away, and obviously the present doesn't look that much like BR, not yet at least. Like a lot of sci-fi, it was overly optimistic with the dates, and they should have added 50 years or so to the dates. The same goes for 2001: A Space Odyssey, which should have been named 2100 instead. We don't have antigravity tech yet (pictured in BR with the flying cars), and are unlikely to get it anytime soon since our understanding of physics doesn't allow it.

Comment Re:More anecdotes (Score 1) 219

The moral is that I will never, ever trust that company again. It's a shame, since they used to be (mid-90s) the best in the industry, imho

That's funny; back around 1990 I knew some people who ran a huge BBS (a whopping 2GB online!!), and they absolutely hated Seagates.

It seems like many of these companies go through phases.

Comment Re:There is no vaccine for the worst diseases (Score 1) 1051

Sounds pretty accurate. I'm just curious, with these people you know who think Obama is going to declare martial law, how do you handle that? Get in an argument? Stay off the topic? Say "ok" and change the subject?

Honestly, I don't remember this much nuttiness 10-20 years ago.

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