Seriously. This.
Thanks, somebody had to say it.
I enjoyed reading 2001 immensively and really appreciated the whole left turn Clarke threw into the idea of human evolution both past and future. But the movie? No. Sorry, but the movie really begins when they are on their way to Jupiter. The previous bit is just head scratching filler.
I guess I'm not properly schooled to appreciate it. This is the text book example of why you have to throw some characters or something relate-able into a movie rather than just relying on long visuals. Maybe something was lost on me by not being part of the movie going generation of that time: like someone today seeing SW:ANH for the first time instead of back in 77 when it wowed an entire generation - despite being a very basic plot film.

I believe the word you are looking for is 'monolith'.

Ummm....what are you wearing?

Awesome troll.

Even the most fundamental bible thumpers I know recognize that poor child rearing(by opposite sex parents) causes its own damage to the societal fabric. Having children doesn't automatically exault you into any other status other than 'parent' and even that needs to be earned.

We all know what epidemic means. It's what is making us and our kids fat.

If 20 lines of codes is your boundary of complexity, then programming is not for you. Breaking code into screen sized 'called once' sections adds unnecessary complexity, especially if you validate your inputs(as all good programmers should).
Some things are just inheritently complex and the most efficient implementation might be rather abstract and not obvious at first. If you can't understand it at a first pass, the problem isn't necessarily the code.

This could had been an epic troll if the AC had only posted the first paragraph.

I used to get a percentage of tips as a dishwasher. But there was never any feedback about my performance unless something wasn't clean.

Deer != Elephant

I just finished Chapterhouse Dune. Despite the opinion of everyone I know, I rather enjoyed the latter Dune books.

I would suggest reading it simply because it's culturally relevant right now. A very vocal group of people spout philosophies based on Ayn Rand's principle of Objectivism. I don't agree with any of it, but it's good to be aware of the roots of things happening in the culture. And in another 30 years her popularity will peak again and you'll be in the know with your own opinions. She has a very interesting life story btw.

I really enjoyed playing EVE Online because it does break the mold of MMORPGs with something unique. It's a shame that CCP is their own worst enemy. EVE will never go mainstream and that's the way the CCP wants it - which is why it will die.

If the conversation 3 choice cut-scenes are the point of the game, then indeed I am looking in the wrong place. Perhaps the choices I make now will have an impact later, but right now at level 14, they still feel hokey. Same thing with the conversation rolls during missions. We're all going down the same predetermined track, it's all a matter of nice-neutral-mean window dressing variations.
    Perhaps that's the nature of MMOs. I'll enjoy playing for a while, but this is an incremental improvement.

Agreed. I've been playing since early access started on the 15th and although I'm enjoying it, it's basically WoW with a few improvements. Nothing jaw droppingly new.

I think it would be only fair, since I was too young to participate in all of the free sex of the 70s