In a pageant glorified for upholding traditional views of women, what could she possibly say? Any reply decrying the situation would also decry the pageant and would seem just a weeee bit ironic. Bad answer, but I can only imagine what was going through her head - knowing that male judges were listening.

I agree. And I certainly cannot imagine a single scenario in a game where an inhome doctor can be fun or enhance anything. My heartbeat can be read? Well woopty doo. Maybe someday it can monitor my cholesterol level. Think of the "innovative" things that could be done with that! Go ahead, I'll wait. :)

I agree. First thing I noticed. All those ambiguous promises to appease people? They will probably fall under that provisio - like when the newer PS3s removed BC, etc.

Yes, needs Classical - not pop.

That is good to hear... It is a good sign of a writer's skill when he can make a character's thoughts more compelling than a sword to the gut!

That definitely piques my interest a bit more. Would you say that it is effective, or that its self-consciousness takes away from it?

Ah, that suspension of belief gets messed with. I try not to think about it when I'm watching something, but there were a couple of years in which I could not watch movies because I was too aware of the fact that they were actors. I have to just go with it now. A similar feeling is when I watch a classical musician…

I once scanned and printed a five dollar bill to see how far off the difference would be, and it printed with "void" (or something like that - its been many years) on its face. I assumed there was something in the software that did this on purpose. Anyone else ever see this?

Only by us ignorant tv only people. Oops! Don't kill me, please.....

Thanks! Do the books have a similar internal dialogue around the speech, similar to Dune? I'm curious. :) That would be a good reason for reading them some day.

Thank you, I thought it was just me! :-)

I like Game of Thrones. I can't wait for the part when Paul Atreides rides Sandworms through the Wall. Oh wait a second...

Sounds like a businese owners right to forbid such things. If it affects his business financially - so be it. It is his choice - not some whining internet technophiles. Find another bar and then be sure to vocally condemn him for running his business the way he wants. Oh wait... that is what is happening, except for…

Bah. Less scoundrels and bounty hunters - more exotic characters. There's plenty of them that don't require us being bored to death with the more mundane characters of Star Wars - like Han Solo. He was great when I was a kid, but he's just a human. I was actually praying that nobody would focus on him.

Fair enough - if one's goal is to only be "productive". Is there not a time to criticize ever, in your eyes? We do have fee speech, and with that comes the ability to do that. I wouldn't have gotten very far in my career if I had only been fed "positive" judgments on my behavior and actions. But that's a specific…

I agree with your sentiment that generalizations are not the way to go. As you say - everyone is different. At least this article is trying to see both sides of the equation.

Dora, I think much of it has to do with a double-standard. One side decries the "objectification" of women as a bad thing that needs to be stopped (whether this is in advertising, scantily-clad female protagonists, etc.) - it reduces women to "objects"; while a segment of females actively "empower" themselves by…

This is going to make ordering books from Amazon more annoying, that's for sure. I don't know if other products are shipped via a different service or not, but removing one more day from the delivery/processing cycle would be extremely inconvenient. I DO agree with those people who hate the Junk Mail that the mail-men…

I dunno - I have to respectfully disagree. He's already gotten enough screen-time and story insertion with Jango and the whole "Stormtroopers ARE Boba Fett" thing. In such a large and fascinating Universe, I think a movie about a Bounty Hunter would be wasteful of such an opportunity. There are plenty of movies…

If I've learned anything from Looney Tunes, it's that my large piano can be used as a deadly weapon, given that it'S hoisted up in the air first and then allowed to drop on someone. And that the link between violence and music was best illustrated by Bugs Bunny and his rendition of a Hungarian Rhapsody by Franz…