The bombs now look like footballs.

Dude, stop trying to make out that this is logical, you're just making a fool out of yourself. 64, Sunshine, Galaxy; these didn't somehow obligate a '3D' title. Virtually every modern video game is 3D. The Mario games which are explicitly called '3D' are done so indicate that they use 3D displays.

So the headline was bullshit. Thanks.

You could replace this whole article with the sentence "stuff flows, okay"? Saying that flowiness is measured by the "Deborah Number" and everything should have one doesn't add any interesting information.

No, that's gibberish...

If he finds them 'washed up' after crashing into the lake, why are they perched on branches?

The fact you were under the impression it was an "oversight" suggests to me that you really don't understand the entire point of Lupin's death and its manner.

Sorry, I misread it as saying you were a fan.

You sound incredibly upset about it.

What should they have done differently..? Shown him choking and collapsing onto the floor? Death often comes quickly, and with no regard for the current arcs of your life.

That's a bit odd, considering the exact same thing happened in the book.

It wasn't an oversight. Lupin was JKR's favourite character.

They were essential to the narrative. You're just used to your fiction making copouts.

The fact you're trying to find some kind of "point" in their deaths pretty neatly illustrates JKR's entire point.

It both is and isn't a paradox, contingent upon a subtle difference in the circumstance. The paradox comes when the jury decides to grant Euathlus the case. Let's clarify things a bit.

He sounds like a little prick really. Bringing a real gun to a water pistol fight... not cool, man. Tyrion would never have done this... his style is way more devious and subtle.

I learned about this not so long ago, on the rather awesome History of Philosophy With No Gaps podcast. Check it out at historyofphilosophy.net.

I'd happily go eat there if the food didn't taste awful.

It's a response to the sentence before the question mark. :P

I think both are a case of a misuse of what Daniel Dennett terms 'intuition pumps' - strong images and analogies - to derive some general moral principle and then deduce a moral system from it. In the case of libertarianism, the principle is even termed such - the 'non-aggression principle'. Libertarians treat this as…