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RiKuToTheMiGhtY posted...

TFA had a lot of WTF things but if the sequels had given logical and good answers no one would be saying this. Yes there were many mystery boxes and questions to be answered but TLJ threw all the possible plot threads in the toilet making TFA retroactively a bad movie.

Well Disney's ideas were trash from the get go. But a lot of that blame goes to Lucas for selling his IP in the first place. GL planned to release a sequel after the prequel trilogy was over, but instead of releasing a sequel he sold his IP to Disney instead. His excuse was that he was 70 years old, and he didn't have a lot of time to live so he had to sell it.

The real problem is the copyright laws. This is why you don't you want the copyright term-limit to be a lifetime + 70 years which doesn't make sense. It incentives content creators to take forever to release new content. They can release new content once every 20 years and they don't care because copyright law encourages them to do that.

I agree TC, the recycle of old characters was so lame. I understand Han Solo and Luke coming back, but the rest was not needed. The sequel was pretty much meh to begin with, all 3 movies. The movie was so boring, nothing interesting of note. Kylo finally revealed his feeling for Rey, but had to die, what a waste of potential. imo Rey and Ben were the only interesting characters in the sequel.

The Rise of Skywalker.

Shotgunnova posted...

They're still fun. I'd definitely suggest playing through 'em before doing Shenmue 3, but if you're not up for it, S3 has a recap "movie" to watch.

The recap movie still doesn't give you a better grasp of the story. To the TC if you plan on buying Shenmue 3, I recommend you play part 1&2 before playing part 3. As others have said the game is outdated, but if you really want to understand the story playing part 1&2 is a must. If you play Shenmue 3 without playing the previous games, you are not going to enjoy part 3 that much, and you won't understand the story.

Uncle_Boobs posted...

https://i.imgur.com/K3GRgqn.jpg

Who is she?

lilJoe457 posted...

What has he pulled? Did you just start paying attention to politics? He is undoubtedly not worse than Obama and Bush. It's clear to find who doesn't pay attention

So called Mr Conservative Donald Trump has grown the size of the US government to the largest in US history at $4.4 trillion dollars. Yes even larger than Obama and Bush, how can you praise a man who said he was going to "drain the swamp" but only make the swamp larger?

Ethosian posted...

The thing is that we'd have a much better economy if he hadn't started the stupid trade war. So the economy is good in spite of Trump, not because of him.

The economy isn't good though. The economy is worse than it was under Obama, millions of Americans are still leaving the labor force. Inflation is worse, and more homeless people than any time in US history.

My birthday was a couple weeks ago. Sagittarius.

SK8T3R215 posted...

Are you saying the economy can be evaluated by looking at labor productivity alone?

No but there are other factors such as inflation, and the US debt and deficits. The current CPI is 1.8% but it cost over $5 to buy a big-mac in SoCal. The core CPI doesn't factor food and energy costs.

Hundreds of thousands of Americans left the labor force every month under Obama, and that trend has continued under Trump. Under Trump we have yet to reach 3% annual GDP growth something he criticized Obama for.

darkprince45 posted...

who cares about productivity? And everything you mentioned has been going up since the inception of time? Rent and buying houses isnt going to come down.

If our productivity is declining and the cost to make ends meet is getting more difficult, then our economy isn't strong. Trump has done nothing different than Obama except increase the size of government. Okay he's less of an environmentalist than Obama, but all the bad policies from Obama/Bush Jr/Clinton/Rega are still there.

Trump was elected to shake up Washington and he didn't do that. He just continued the status quo.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-productivity/u-s-productivity-drops-by-most-since-fourth-quarter-2015-idUSKBN1XG1ZM

US productivity fell at a 0.3% annualized rate between July and September, the biggest decline in almost four years

If our economy is so strong why is our productivity declining? Why is our debt and deficits rising? Why are food costs, insurance costs, and the cost to rent or buy a house rising? Here's a hint the economy is not getting better, it's much worse than it was under Obama. And Obama was bad too.

unknownhombre posted...

Yeah I remember that. He looked just as surprised as anyone else that he won.

Nah he was mad. He ran for president so he can sell more copies of his book "the art of the deal" and increase viewership of the "apprentice". In other words he ran for president to get himself richer. He didn't think he would win, he didn't want to win. He's a snake oil salesman.

HellRatUFO posted...

Validation of being loved by his base and ego. Im still under the impression he ran as one big joke to see how far he could take it. Just look at his face from Election Night and the morning after when he met up with Obama, it seemed even he himself was legitimately thinking to himself Holy fuck...I won... D:

His face looked like "this wasn't suppose to happen". He didn't want to be president.

Trumps presidential run in 2016 was a publicity stunt. The whole point of the campaign was to increase sales of his book "Art of the Deal" and to boost ratings for the "Apprentice". Howard Stern conforms it, skip to 2:32 in the video. Unfortunately for Trump he won the presidency, which wasn't his plan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgqyrkJaXY0&t=168s

Why is he running for reelection in 2020? Who knows why, but if he was wiling to run for president to boost his name brand and get richer, who knows what he is scheming.

averagejoel posted...

darkstar4221 posted...

averagejoel posted...

none of that is inherent to capitalism, but it can all coexist with capitalism, because those characteristics are not exclusive to socialism. neither is government regulation

Taken from wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_economy#Typology
This meaning of a mixed economy refers to a combination of market forces with state intervention in the form of regulations, macroeconomic policies and social welfare interventions aimed at improving market outcomes. As such, this type of mixed economy falls under the framework of a capitalistic market economy, with macroeconomic interventions aimed at promoting the stability of capitalism.[30] Other examples of common government activity in this form of mixed economy include environmental protection, maintenance of employment standards, a standardized welfare system and maintenance of competition.

Also capitalism is based on voluntarism, minimum wage laws and regulations that artificially increase the cost of hiring an employee is compulsory. The business owner does not have full control over their business because of regulations, that is anti-capitalism. Because capitalism means private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.

it's not anti-capitalism. a "mixed economy" is just capitalism with some social programs. it's not a fundamentally different economic system

One of the characteristics of capitalism is voluntary exchange. When the government sets wages for low-skilled workers, that is not a voluntary exchange, it's a form of price control actually.

averagejoel posted...

none of that is inherent to capitalism, but it can all coexist with capitalism, because those characteristics are not exclusive to socialism. neither is government regulation

Taken from wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_economy#Typology
This meaning of a mixed economy refers to a combination of market forces with state intervention in the form of regulations, macroeconomic policies and social welfare interventions aimed at improving market outcomes. As such, this type of mixed economy falls under the framework of a capitalistic market economy, with macroeconomic interventions aimed at promoting the stability of capitalism.[30] Other examples of common government activity in this form of mixed economy include environmental protection, maintenance of employment standards, a standardized welfare system and maintenance of competition.

Also capitalism is based on voluntarism, minimum wage laws and regulations that artificially increase the cost of hiring an employee is compulsory. The business owner does not have full control over their business because of regulations, that is anti-capitalism. Because capitalism means private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.

averagejoel posted...

darkstar4221 posted...

I like free market capitalism. I don't like the mixed economy we currently have.

correction: the existence of some social programs does not make an economy "mixed." socialism and capitalism are fundamentally different economic systems. they are mutually exclusive.

tax-funded social programs tend to be supported by socialists, but they are not what defines the ideology or the economic system

No we have a mixed economy.
Definition taking from wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism
Capitalism means private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit. Characteristics central to capitalism include private property, capital accumulation, wage labor, voluntary exchange, a price system and competitive markets.

The government still controls a business indirectly through minimum wage laws, employee based healthcare, an income tax, environmental regulations, child labor laws, workmans comp, etc. None of that is capitalism. A person still owns the business, they do most of the operations that is the capitalistic part, but they are heavy regulated by the government.

I like free market capitalism. I don't like the mixed economy we currently have.

No we will peacefully dissolve and the federal government will be no more, and every state will become their own independent country.

If you vote for Adam Kokesh in 2020, he wants to abolish the federal government now, and that's not a bad idea. States are just way too different from one another, it's difficult for 50 states to be governed by one central government.

She was in that TV series House of Lies.

He blacklisted Huawei, that alone makes his presidency a failure.

And not surprisingly US productivity fell to a 0.3% annualized rate in the 3rd quarter of 2019. I don't know what exactly is going on.

I only know how to use chopsticks for noodles or picking up large food items like broccoli.

bnui posted...

darkstar4221 posted...

An authors work is meant for public consumption, so pirating a pc video game or hacking your console to play pirated video games is completely game. They are not in anyway similar.

Because I'd work my ass off with my team to give everything away for free

That's not the point, anyways there is a difference between personal information and an author's work is my point. You assume that without copyright or if there was lot less copyright that content creators wouldn't be profitable.

Just remember copyright even when it was first became law back in 1710 always benefited the publishers, and that is true today.

Tyranthraxus posted...

darkstar4221 posted...

But as someone said earlier copyright violation and theft isn't technically the same thing. Since most content is still protected by copyright, all the roms and emulation I have of older video games would be considered stealing since I never bought the original copy.

I have already said theft is taking something that doesn't belong to you without permission is theft. There's no condition required for the original object to be removed. If I use your SSN and birthday to open a bunch of new credit accounts, I've stolen your identity / committed identity theft. You're still very much in possession of your identity however. No one disputes that identity theft is theft.

Identity theft and pirating an authors work are two different things. Your SSN and birthday is your personal information, it's not meant for public consumption. An authors work is meant for public consumption, so pirating a pc video game or hacking your console to play pirated video games is completely game. They are not in anyway similar.

ledbowman posted...

darkstar4221 posted...

But as someone said earlier copyright violation and theft isn't technically the same thing. Since most content is still protected by copyright, all the roms and emulation I have of older video games would be considered stealing since I never bought the original copy.

You're so close dude i know you can do this

As someone said earlier copyright violation and theft are not the same thing. If the government wanted to they can shorten the copyright duration to 7 years. If pirating is the same thing as actual theft, there would be no such thing as term-limits or public domain.

Copyright infringement is not stealing. There is difference between making a "copy" of a work, and "stealing" a work.

Tyranthraxus posted...

darkstar4221 posted...

To all those who oppose piracy in every single way, that you believe intellectual property is a legitimate property right. Let's say hypothetically the copyright duration was 10 years, so all nes/snes/genesis/psx/ps2/sega saturn/dreamcast/neo-geo/xbox games are in the public domain. If you pirate a video game that is no longer protected by copyright, is that still stealing?

No. As I said earlier, theft it's taking something that doesn't belong to you without permission. If something is considered public domain, then that is permission to copy it. You fundamentally cannot pirate a public domain media.

You can still plagiarize it however.

But as someone said earlier copyright violation and theft isn't technically the same thing. Since most content is still protected by copyright, all the roms and emulation I have of older video games would be considered stealing since I never bought the original copy.

Clovershroom posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f35i5AVzpsg

Emulation is just a natural progression of the free market. What is killing emulation is copyright. There is a lot less emulation than there was before, now that companies are cracking down on hacked consoles. Copyright laws like the unconstitutional DMCA.

To all those who oppose piracy in every single way, that you believe intellectual property is a legitimate property right. Let's say hypothetically the copyright duration was 10 years, so all nes/snes/genesis/psx/ps2/sega saturn/dreamcast/neo-geo/xbox games are in the public domain. If you pirate a video game that is no longer protected by copyright, is that still stealing?

Probably the most useless cabinet department. Abolishing the department of homeland security should be a no-brainer, there is no need for it. I thought Trump was draining the swamp?

The fact that Trump's presidential run was nothing more then a publicity stunt, and he never wanted to be president, but ended up being president anyway, anyone who voted for him should feel embarrassed. Trump was never vetted for his lack of knowledge in government or economics, and we are paying the price.

Skip to 2:32 in the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgqyrkJaXY0

Third party libertarian.

kingdrake2 posted...

darkstar4221 posted...

Tax cuts don't mean anything, because he's not going to cut any spending. Notice on his twitter he never talks about the federal budget, deficit, or the debt. If Trump gets reelected again (which he won't), most likely the budget will be $5 trillion dollars, and we are going to experience inflation like we have never seen before.

tax cuts must be done with cutting spending. you lose money when more money isn't going into the treasury through taxes.

plus our deficit is ballooning hard.

Trump didn't cut any spending though. The federal budget is $4.4 trillion dollars, government under Trump is larger than it was under Obama, and what is the result? We are seeing a lot more inflation.

Tax cuts don't mean anything, because he's not going to cut any spending. Notice on his twitter he never talks about the federal budget, deficit, or the debt. If Trump gets reelected again (which he won't), most likely the budget will be $5 trillion dollars, and we are going to experience inflation like we have never seen before.

why alligators should be legal to own as pets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiyWXQyAJ44

Spooking posted...

What the hell is going on in California: outrageous gas prices, fires all over, out of control homeless population, banning straws because "it helps", pension crisis, ect... What a mess!

Our politicians are liberal, but the majority of Californians are not liberal.

Mainly because of stupid environmental regulations
https://www.pacificresearch.org/why-are-california-gas-prices-so-high-these-days-thank-sacramento/

Adopted as part of Californias efforts to address global warming, the states low carbon fuel standard currently adds around 16 cents per gallon to the price of gas. And these costs will increase. A December 2018 report by Californias nonpartisan Legislative Analysts office predicts that the low carbon fuel standard will increase to approximately 46 cents per gallon by the year 2030.

Separately, the controversial cap-and-trade program, which was extended by the State Legislature in 2017, is estimated to add about 13 cents per gallon presently to the price of gas, according to the Legislative Analysts office. This too is expected to increase in the coming years.

Insects. I hate ants, I hate wasps.

-Drastically increased government spending. The US budget under Trump is the largest in US history at $4.4 trillion dollars with a $1 trillion dollar budget deficit.
-Trade war with China created more inflation.
-Blacklisted Huawei, a company that makes great products and makes the best smartphones.
-All the bad policies from Obama, Bush Jr, Clinton all the way to Carter are still in place. The patriot act and fisa haven't been repealed, and we have the useless department of homeland security. No welfare reform which ironically makes our country poorer and continues to inflate the the over-bloated US budget.
-Is a warhawk and ignorantly believes that the US military has out of date weapons, and increased government spending on the military.
-Continues to lie that he is anti-establishment and is against the "deep state" when Trump himself is supporting the deep state.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bear-attack-russia-circus-trainer-caught-on-video-no-barrier-front-of-horrified-audience-2019-10-25/

I guess the bear was pissed off and had a bad day. Maybe the bear was tired of taking orders from his handler. I don't know.

EDIT: The bear was suffering joint pain at the time of the attack, the bear just didn't feel like doing the routine.

She ain't bad.

Probably my favorite song of all-time

There is a lot of reasons why people are depressed. I think economics plays a major factor and the US being a police state. The cost of living (food/housing/healthcare/education) has gone through the roof so people are stuck in toxic environments. With the cost of living being very expensive, Americans are not as mobile as they used to be so they are stuck in a really bad house or city. For example in California prices are out of this world. The other is broken relationships.

It was the memory cards and Sony's anti-piracy policies. A lot PSP owners were used to pirating PSP games or getting very cheap PSP games. A lot of PSP owners were waiting for an exploit on the Vita, and when they found it wasn't going to happen anytime soon, they didn't buy it. But consumers were willing to give Sony a chance, but Sony just wanted to have full control of the system, and the proprietary memory cards was the nail in the coffin.

Had Sony simply used SD cards, the Vita would have sold a lot better.

That's inflation for you, also it depends on where you live. If you live in a state or city where restaurant prices are high, then $4-5 dollars is normal.

She has to be at least 17 years old.

Politics posted...

Do you think getting rid of the USSR was a mistake? Could we have left it intact but reformed it?

Things don't exactly look good now with Putin. >_>

A lot of Russians are traveling now because of capitalism. And they are also exporting their hot babes.

Kolibri X posted...

darkstar4221 posted...

marthsheretoo posted...

Is this inaguration night lol

According to the book "Fire and Fury - Inside The Trump White House", Trump never wanted to be president. Trump was actually surprised he became the Republican nominee. Trump ran for president hoping it would boost his company, he didn't think he would actually win.

Which makes me question why he's running for reelection.

Maybe question the info in that book.

Well Trump did try to prevent the book from being released.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_and_Fury#Reception
On January 4, Harder sought to stop the release of the book, sending a cease-and-desist letter to the author and publisher with the threat of a lawsuit for libel.[26]