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Entertainment / Re: Brian Herbert v Christopher Tolkien: Who's worse?« on: November 13, 2009, 02:52:23 PM »
Is she enjoying it on its own merits or just because she's a Dune fan and she'd rather read bad Dune than most other stuff?
I didn't make it that far, I read Dune: House (X), I can't remember which ones, and didn't care for it. 102
Entertainment / Brian Herbert v Christopher Tolkien: Who's worse?« on: November 13, 2009, 01:48:50 PM »
I'm as big of an LOTR fan as the next dork, and while I don't think the entirety of Frank Herbert's Dune novels are as good as J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth novels, I would say that I probably like the first Dune book better than any of the LOTR books on their own.
Both J.R.R. Tolkien and Frank Herbert are dead, and their sons have chosen to carry on their IP, for lack of a better word. Brian Herbert (with another hack, Kevin J. Anderson) have written new novels in the Dune universe, carrying on the story, expanding on the background, etc. To me they completely lack the philosophy, the overarching themes, the thoughtfulness of Frank Herbert's Dune books. So while I think it's shallow hackery, at least something new has been created, and I can appreciate that even if I'm not a fan. Christopher Tolkien has taken all of his father's notes, which by all accounts were copious, made sense of them, edited them, made a true scholarly endeavor to understand and disseminate his father's work. He hasn't really created anything or contributed to the IP himself, just releasing reworks of notes and manuscripts, sort of how Jimi or Tupac have more posthumous releases than they did when they were alive. What's more, he comes across to me as a bit overly litigious, considering he didn't actually create any of the things he sues over. So who's more of a whore trying to milk their father's legacy for all it's worth? The low quality original contributor, or the high quality regurgitator? 103
Anarchy / Re: Thanks.« on: November 11, 2009, 08:15:29 PM »
You mean being on boats for long periods of time with men, just men, for many days at a time? Up on the deck with lots of men, or down in the galley with lots of men?
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Political Opinions / Re: Random Rants/Health Care« on: November 10, 2009, 05:11:01 PM »
You probably don't even take time to remove your tophat and monacle.
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Political Opinions / Re: Random Rants/Health Care« on: November 10, 2009, 02:05:39 PM »The problem is most of them are not lazy slob's joe, a lot of them will be the hard working class. People who work long hours for shit pay and don't get health insurance as a benefit. What about those people? There's lots of things I want that I can't afford. I don't see why someone else's shitty job, lack of motivation, or any other shitty trait means I should be penalized. *I am playing devil's advocate, but only a little bit. 106
Political Opinions / Re: Random Rants/Health Care« on: November 10, 2009, 11:43:37 AM »
Why should the gov plunder my paycheck in order to pay for some lazy slob's doctor's visits?
Start a charity and let me contribute to it what I feel is appropriate and affordable. 107
Anarchy / Re: Happy Birthday, pbSaurus!« on: October 30, 2009, 10:13:15 PM »
Your vast wisdom says your old, possibly centuries old. But that sweet ass says you're 17 going on 18.
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Entertainment / Someone found a good use for twitter« on: October 30, 2009, 06:30:21 PM »Quote This week, one of Dockett's targets was Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw, who punched Dockett in the fourth quarter of New York's loss to Arizona. Oh, and then there's this guy: http://twitter.com/Shitmydadsays 109
New Geeks on the Block / Re: legend is back« on: October 28, 2009, 12:45:34 PM »
I heard they're into that.
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Hardware, Software, and Other Imperialist Crap / Re: Windows 7« on: October 28, 2009, 09:00:26 AM »
Windows 2
Windows 3.x Windows 4 (Win95/98/Me) Windows 5 (Win2000/XP Windows 6 (Vista I guess) Windows 7 111
Flamer's Corner / Re: Out of ideas.« on: October 27, 2009, 04:16:08 PM »
Are you saying you're not a sharepoint admin now?
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Homework Help / Re: "cold" steam?« on: October 27, 2009, 03:54:52 PM »
I didn't say anything to contradict any of that, it is self evident. I'm only saying that a power plant is not some Orwellian black hole used to eat up the products labor. It produces more energy than it takes to run it. I didn't say it was a closed system, just the opposite.
And there are no straw men here because regardless of how it looks, I'm not arguing with you! 113
Homework Help / Re: "cold" steam?« on: October 27, 2009, 02:49:20 PM »Well, if it makes more than it takes to run it, then why not take some of what it makes and loop it back in, and eliminate the coal, as 12AX7 suggested? Good idea, eh? Because without the coal it doesn't make more than it takes to run it. Thermodynamics and all that, you know 
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New Geeks on the Block / Re: Newbie« on: October 27, 2009, 01:13:20 PM »
Wow
How does jlrm11 know about teh geekery??? 115
Homework Help / Re: "cold" steam?« on: October 27, 2009, 12:53:40 PM »
It's not a question of thermodynamics. Coal goes in, is burned, creates steam, turns turbine, electricity is created, runs the lights and heat, and the extra comes out. It makes more than it takes to run it. That's all I'm saying.
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Hardware, Software, and Other Imperialist Crap / Re: Windows 7« on: October 27, 2009, 10:57:10 AM »
95 did come on something like 15 floppies or 1 cdrom. I think you could even get either XP or 2000 on floppy as well, and there were something like 30 of them.
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Homework Help / Re: "cold" steam?« on: October 27, 2009, 10:38:16 AM »As a matter of fact, due to things like friction, you actually lose energy in the transmission process.^^ This is why you have the term "brake horsepower" to indicate the power that actually makes it to the road, as opposed to what the engine actually produces. bHP is usually something like 10-20% less. 118
Homework Help / Re: "cold" steam?« on: October 27, 2009, 10:32:45 AM »
Even if I did, I'm sure you could find a better example. Especially when it comes to 12's cockamamie threads
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Homework Help / Re: "cold" steam?« on: October 27, 2009, 09:23:29 AM »
The plant (itself, as a black box, say) does make more energy than it takes to run it, or we wouldn't build it.
This is not a thermodynamic/closed system/perpetual motion statement, the universe is the only closed system, and maybe not even then. That's all. I'm not arguing for 12's scheme or against ivan. And you probably couldn't make millions even if it worked, because the USPTO won't accept patents for this type of thing. So even if it did work someone would come along and steal it from you. 120
Homework Help / Re: "cold" steam?« on: October 26, 2009, 08:44:50 AM »
Well, we do have power plants that produce more energy than they consume, if you want to get technical. They just produce it by burning coal, not by using electricity to heat the steam to turn a turbine to make electricity to heat the steam...
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Sticky Stuff (no pun intended) / Re: The Apparently Necessary Random Stuff Thread« on: October 22, 2009, 09:29:43 PM »
I do not shit all over my Opus Magnum with my ass
I shit all over it with my word processor -Stephen King 122
Sticky Stuff (no pun intended) / Re: Internet.txt« on: October 20, 2009, 08:08:23 PM »
Dad, what's a blowhole for?
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Entertainment / Re: What are your favourite Fantasy Novels?« on: October 20, 2009, 10:03:13 AM »
I tried one or the other at one point but it was James Patterson bad...
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Entertainment / Re: What are your favourite Fantasy Novels?« on: October 16, 2009, 01:54:30 PM »
Basically all of Neil Gaiman's stuff.
Demo, I always had you figured as a bit high brow for Piers Anthony. 125
Writer's Block / Re: Sparkling water = The biggest mistake of my life« on: October 15, 2009, 08:57:39 AM »
If you're a vegetarian your judgement is in question anyway.
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