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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Jan 1, 2011 14:08:28 GMT -5
The Huntress (JLU).
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Dec 31, 2010 20:08:14 GMT -5
That SUV episode had some sort of online poll gimmick attached to it. That's why they didn't pronounce the verdict. And that's a good example of how to do an open ending.
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Dec 31, 2010 19:58:03 GMT -5
I bet she was bi-furious.
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Dec 31, 2010 15:14:34 GMT -5
It's New Year's Eve. Exactly how is it different from any other friday night, aside from that feeling you can make a difference with your life?
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Dec 31, 2010 15:02:44 GMT -5
There's a joke about her fondness for miscegenation here somewhere.
But isn't she semi retired, and approaching her late twenties? Her figure wasn't going to remain in a state of college girl perfection forever.
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Dec 30, 2010 22:42:20 GMT -5
Final Fantasy, or Final Fantasy I, or whatever it's called. "LIGHT WARRIORS save the ORBS." I mean, don't get me wrong, the characters were animated, but over all, dull empty heroes fighting a dull empty quest against a villian with a purpose that would make the Emperor's head hurt.
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Dec 30, 2010 22:37:42 GMT -5
No, because as a Gotham Leader, you would be on the take, and the mob wants those buildings up.
Also, Alan Scott, worst superhero ever.
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Dec 30, 2010 20:20:31 GMT -5
In all fairness, Women's Wrestling isn't worth the risk.
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Dec 30, 2010 20:16:10 GMT -5
I think the real question is, why would you buy a first generation product from Apple after the iPhone 1.
Other than that, a pretty good article.
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Dec 30, 2010 20:10:17 GMT -5
Look, the 3-D is an annoying gimmick anyways, that will probably pass by the time the system comes out. Just give me a souped up DS with Virtual COnsole and Zelda 64 and I'll be set.
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Dec 30, 2010 16:14:59 GMT -5
Watergate? You are using Watergate to prove large scale political conspiracies exist. Really, a group of the president's sort of friends get caught investigating err, something, and the attempts to prevent the investigation of the crime from reaching the president, and that vindicates political gnosticism? Watergate was nothing, in the grand scheme of things.
I usually reject outright mega-conspiracies, largely because I am aware of the history of such fire in the minds of men. If you look up accustations against the Jews, or Witchcraft craze, it's pretty much the same as it is today. Now, paranormal activity, that's fun.
Care should be taken, extraterrestial life is a mathmatical probability, the question is, are ETs the overlords of the UFOs is the actual question. Both are very different.
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Dec 29, 2010 23:33:03 GMT -5
Yeah, there are some good points, but there are three big missing pieces 1. Textbooks are Expensive: Please remember, that most textbooks do not benefit from economies of scale. So, instead of publishing several hundred thousand, you are really only publishing a few dozen. In addition, once you start add pictures, photos and large binding, the costs will add up fast. 2. Textbooks are cheap. When you say, "textbooks are expensive," I say, "compared to what?" Tutition? Fees? Meal Plans? Room? Board? Travel? The problem is, you are college students, Books are the only thing you usually directly pay for. I mean, at least you get to keep those. 3. College as a whole is wasteful. Most colleges raise their tutition rates six percent a year for a reason, because they can get away with it. Students can always borrow more, there is no financial incentive on behalf of the college to restrict expenses. To argue that books are expensive when the whole freaken system just keeps growing and growing without any real restraint. There's a few problems with some of your points. First off, textbooks increase at a rate (with conservative estimates) about 2x the rate of inflation for finished goods. Then, you have to consider that new editions with minor changes (at best) get released every two to three years and when those new editions are released, price increases about 12 percent. It's not inflation driving it up, the prices are actually outpacing inflation. As for their cost compared to school, Some estimates show that, at state schools, textbooks make up 1/4 the cost of school, and 3/4 the cost of school at community colleges. I don't know what classes you were taking to only pay that for books, but for many majors, those are the types of prices you'll see for 1 book. And these are for goods you're expected to use for 1 semester (at most, 2) and not look at again. And even then, you use textbooks less than you use you're room. When people say textbooks are expensive, it's pretty justified even when tuition costs are increasing. Textbooks are best compared to luxury goods, something with a relatively high price and very limited use, one class. Then you have the bundling, where textbook publishers will now shrink wrap a CD Rom (often times useless to the class) that can increase the price as much as 50 percent, oh, and they're not available without the CD Rom, regardless of whether the professor uses it. And all those new editions that just get more and more expensive, most professors say they're not needed or justified. They just release them every few years to purge the used book market. And the biggest sign that it's not the cost of actually producing the book that's at the center of the cost? The fact that textbooks are around 20 percent cheaper outside of the US. Sorry, if there's one industry that doesn't need the defenders, it's that one. I would generally argue that Higher Education as a whole is managed primarily as a means of getting as much federal subsidy as it can, textbook companies are no exception, and that the system is corrupt. However, my primary complaint is that, 1. Textbooks are still expensive on their own, and 2. Student outcry is caused because textbooks are the only thing students directly pay for. Everything else is paid with loans, or with state subsidy. I mean, as long as the price of education is governed by how much the Federal Government has to loan out, textbook companies would be fools not to gouge the students.
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Dec 29, 2010 22:03:24 GMT -5
I've become very cheap on Video Media in recent years. Most Blu Rays will drop $10-15 in price in about 3 to 6 months after release. If I still care enough, I'll buy it then.
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Dec 29, 2010 19:53:13 GMT -5
It works in some circumstances, but for the most part, you should try to finish your work. Cinema may be art, but it's also showmanship, and showman reward their audiances for sticking around.
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Dec 29, 2010 19:37:57 GMT -5
Yeah, there are some good points, but there are three big missing pieces
1. Textbooks are Expensive: Please remember, that most textbooks do not benefit from economies of scale. So, instead of publishing several hundred thousand, you are really only publishing a few dozen. In addition, once you start add pictures, photos and large binding, the costs will add up fast.
2. Textbooks are cheap. When you say, "textbooks are expensive," I say, "compared to what?" Tutition? Fees? Meal Plans? Room? Board? Travel? The problem is, you are college students, Books are the only thing you usually directly pay for. I mean, at least you get to keep those.
3. College as a whole is wasteful. Most colleges raise their tutition rates six percent a year for a reason, because they can get away with it. Students can always borrow more, there is no financial incentive on behalf of the college to restrict expenses. To argue that books are expensive when the whole freaken system just keeps growing and growing without any real restraint.
Besides, I paid about $150.00 to $300.00 for books every term. I pay $390.00 in monthly student loan payments now. In the passage of time we are all dead.
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Dec 28, 2010 22:12:54 GMT -5
Wow, a hairless canine, it must be a alien hybrid monster.
It's the montaukk monster again, only without the hot girl.
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Dec 28, 2010 21:07:26 GMT -5
Leviathan is a Sea Monster, that's a bit more impressive than a dragon.
My anwser is Megalania.
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Dec 27, 2010 23:18:47 GMT -5
Most of this stuff seems like a regional generation gap rather than an issue with racism. Old men get stuck in their ways, without any malice behind it. That's why Booker thinks nothing of it, but Lashley gets upset.
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Dec 27, 2010 22:50:37 GMT -5
Your IRA. Adjustments to Income > Itemized Deductions.
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Dec 27, 2010 22:47:30 GMT -5
I thought it was Rambo: First Blood: Part II.
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