It's not really that much slower... You can still press the first letter of the menu or menu item to select it. The only difference is that if there are two items with the same letter, you have to either press that first letter multiple times, or type the subsequent characters of the name.

It actually works exactly like the list-related controls in the rest of the OS.

I agree with you for the most part, but I would note that Christopher Tolkien has been instrumental in editing and releasing huge amounts of his father's unreleased material. He appears to have both a geniune love for the material and a fairly encyclopedic knowledge of even the most esoteric Tolkien works (of which there is probably more raw material than LOTR and the Hobbit combined).

For example, the Silmarillion (which covers much of the backstory that is only implied during LOTR) would probably not have been able to be released without the extensive editing and reorganization that Christopher performed.

Given that LOTR and the Hobbit are part of an extremely vast mythology that is hugely important in explaining the details of those stories, I can't say that he shouldn't have some claim and control of his father's material.

er, "Yivo", of course

I started responding and this got long, so, apologies in advance....

I don't think it's fair to say it reset any relationships. Amy has always been promiscuous and easily manipulated, but as far as we know has been completely faithful to Kif, and did think he was permanently dead. Despite Kif's anger over her affair with Zapp, by 'Green Yonder' it was clear that he wanted her back, and the ending set us up to believe they are together again.

As for Fry and Leela, there are constant scenarios throughout the continuity where it seemed obvious they cared for each other and wanted to be together, but one or the other pursued another relationship instead. Think of "The Sting" or "Devil's Hands", where we're taken out on very poignant examples of how close they are, only to be followed by "Bender's Score" when Leela has no compunctions about going after 'Lars'.

That same fickleness about relationships (you know, like what happens all the time in real life) have been going on throughout the series, which is why they're in a dangerous position now. The Fry/Leela dynamic is easily one of the most significant focus points of the show, which is why I'm afraid the authors will be compelled to escalate their relationship, which could easily be disastrous.

I enjoyed all the movies a great deal, so I can't agree with you about "Beast" sucking, but I think the writers' intent was to cover both sides of the issues of polyamory and promiscuity. Depending on your perspective, you could read it both ways. Obviously one perspective is to see how happy Universe Gamma was and assume it was a pro-polyamory (or anti-jealousy) piece.

Myself, at no point did I perceive Yeebo as anything but an antagonist, and assumed Bender's demonic army plans were meant to give him the Anti-Hero attitude that he does so well. I thought his closing statement of, "There is no great love without great jealousy!" caps everything off and reverts the continuity appropriately, as long as you were prepared to assume that human happiness is *NOT* always the highest goal.

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I would think so. That was the whole point of that ending, to give them either a final conclusion (the crew is dead, or basically gone from our universe), or an easy way to back out of that conclusion.

Remember, they went through a wormhole earlier in the plot (the final hole of the golf course), and it only took them a "short" distance away, so they can pretty much pop up anywhere and go back to business as usual. There's no need (as someone else mentioned above) to 'reboot', or have them in a different universe, or anything like that.

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One of the best things about Futurama is the characterization of the universe in the future. Basically anything can happen anytime anywhere, so there's never any need to use major plot devices to 'reboot' the plot.

OTOH, Futurama, unlike the Simpsons, is far more willing to make major continuity events, like the Fry and Leela situation. I'll be interested to see how they handle that; I'm embarrassed to say I knew enough about the show Friends that I wouldn't want to see the "Ross and Rachel" debacle take place on Futurama.

hmm, so instead you focused on a detail of the GP's comment to the extent that you took the time to translate (or find/paste the translation of) the text, despite the fact that the actual meaning of said text was clearly not required.

clearly a network admin ;-)

One distinction I would like to point out is that ASCAP is *not* like the RIAA -- ASCAP actually pays the artists they represent when they force someone to pay up for licensing purposes.

I don't agree with their stance on this particular issue, or their attempts to charge people who are playing radio (stations that have already paid the ASCAP fees).

But it's an important distinction that they are actually defending the rights of artists, even if those rights are overblown. It's a far cry from the RIAA who will never be handing down a penny of the handful of successful lawsuits they've filed.

The reality of the situation is that there is basically no such thing as a Composers' Union in the US, so ASCAP/BMI association is the only way a composer or songwriter can get reimbursed for the use of their works on an international level.

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Agreed. Then we can ask the friends and relatives of the 30,000 people who died from the "regular" flu last year.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/28/regular.flu/?iref=mpstoryview

This is a serious outbreak, but the reporting is needlessly sensational. I don't think it's unreasonable for people to make light of something that is being blown completely out of proportion.

I didn't know this, but it only makes me more angry. The places that have Cablevision are the places that I would never live, either because of crime issues, or huge distance from Manhattan (where I work). Yeah, it's a lot of Brooklyn....