Comment Re:sometimes, you have to ask yourself... (Score 1) 280
See points #1, #2, #5, and #6 in reverse.
See points #1, #2, #5, and #6 in reverse.
FarmVille is already available on iPhone:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/farmville-by-zynga/id375562663?mt=8
Not to mention MafiaWars:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mafia-wars-by-zynga/id305904856?mt=8
Etc.
Most of the Lord of the Rings was absolutely brilliant, but that section was mostly boring and tedious, doing little to advance the story.
It does a ton to advance the reader's attachment to the hobbits, as well as a lot toward distancing (literally) the Shire from the outside world.
If the hobbits leave Farmer Maggot's, cross a river, and find themselves walking in the front doors of Rivendell with a "Hey we found a cool sword and a pony on the way! Oh, and this creepy Ranger guy." it's no where near as impressive a journey.
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Why, is it too MonoTonous?
Never tell me the odds!
Sci/fi to sci/fact?
No. SyFy to SyFak
Personally...I wouldn't rescue them. They and their kids can die from their stupidity...means taking them/future progeny out of the gene pool for the betterment of society.
"If they would rather die," said Scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."
What a factboy!
Er, sorry, carry on...
A trekkie troll in a Star Wars article? Really?
Hokey phasers and ancient "captains" are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.
I do or I do not, there is no try.
I count myself amongst the freeloaders, shamefully
Why should you or anyone be ashamed of making free use of a public domain resource? That freedom is your right, and Project Gutenberg facilitates the process. Good for both of you!
I agree the donating poster should be lauded, as should the Project itself, but you needn't throw on the sackcloth and ashes in response.
By the way, if others are cash poor yet want to help out, another way of donating to the Project is with your time. Why not help them digitize old books or record audio books? I've done the former (it's actually rather fun, but I'm an editing geek), and the latter seems like an intriguing idea.
Of course, it's possible that a goodly portion of LA's pollution is actually China's fault too:
Ozone from Asia is wafting across the Pacific on springtime winds and boosting the amount of the smog-producing chemical found in the skies above the Western United States, researchers said in a study released Wednesday.
The study, published in the journal Nature, probes a phenomenon that has puzzled scientists in the last decade: Ground-level ozone has dropped in cities thanks to tighter pollution controls, but it has risen in rural areas in the Western U.S., where there is little industry or automobile traffic.
At the Mensa society meeting
Lisa: Now next week is our "state of the city" address. Has everyone finished their proposals?
Comic Book Guy: Well first of all I've a plan to eliminate obesity in women.
Lyndsey Nagle: Oh please, for a nickel-a-person tax increase we could build a theatre for shadow puppets.
Dr. Hibbert: Balinese or Thai?
Lyndsey Nagle: Why not both, then everybody's happy.
CBG: Oh yeah, everyone's real happy then.
Lyndsey Nagle: Do I detect a note of sarcasm?
Frink: (With sarcasm detector) Are you kidding? This baby is off the charts mm-hai.
CBG: A sarcasm detector, that's a real useful invention.
(Sarcasm detector explodes)
The only bright side to all this is that Irish babies are, in fact, delicious.
Well, that certainly gives a whole new spin to "Swiftboating."
I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning. -- Plato
