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    I've always liked the computers and robots from early science fiction that have to devote huge resources to solving complicated mathematical equations but seem to have no trouble communicating in colloquial english or walking around. Turns out the things that are hard for us aren't necessarily hard for computers, and

    No, a live studio audience is still a laugh track. You don't call it that at a movie because it's not part of the movie. If it was it would be a laugh track.

    I don't know if a squarish flat thing with a touchscreen on one side and rounded edges is enough to get that far. I mean…
    http://www.tabletblog.de/wp…

    If we ever make one a safety switch shutting it down wouldn't be a bad idea. Asking it some stupid logic puzzle would be as good as any other option, and a lot more hilarious than most.

    I've always loved the bald-faced nonsense of the "enhance!" scene in Bladerunner. It's hard to watch it, at least now after that kind of scene has become a cliche, and not think the movie is making fun of the idea that you can "enhance" like that (though, I dunno, with future space photos maybe you can).

    The flat screen future has been around for a surprisingly long time, though. I mean, eventually something will show up to replace it, but Star Trek The Next Generation did pretty much the same thing and that was the early '90s.

    Darkh!

    They're certainly doing their best to portray it that way, at least.

    A laugh track just means a separately recorded track of laughter, either from a live studio audience (when the episode was filmed) or just canned. So that would absolutely count as a laugh track. And since you already pointed out that they edit the laugh track in order to make it work better for the show it's hard

    It didn't for Bush, I don't know it would now.

    Okay but to be fair to them you couldn't use it to provoke a war later on because Iran cheerfully returned them to us within like 12 hours. You've got to strike while the iron is hot.

    I was amazed he went there too - "you city-folk" type attacks are totally normal in Republican circles, but he was pretty baldfaced about this one and I still don't know who his intended audience was for it.

    I'm pretty sure that's what Cruz was doing in the debate last night, when he referred to "New York values" focused around money and the media.

    CRUZ 2016: ALL HAIL THE NEW FLESH!

    And yet, after watching another video of Ted Cruz I'm thinking that it's better to be safe than sorry.

    I fail to see the problem here.

    Hey, even contrarianism can only go so far.

    I think Stonewall should have gotten a nomination for Best Picture.