No, I am saying that a species could conceivably develop advanced technology without language. What if they were able to pass on information genetically? What if they had amazingly long life spans and individuals could actually make significant technological progress in their own lifetimes? What if their lack of…

I really want to like a MacGyver reboot; but this looks absolutely terrible. Where’s the lightheartedness of the original? This seems to take itself so seriously. And the kid playing Mac just seems to fucking arrogant and insufferable, everything he says makes me want to punch him in the mouth.

No, it just seems like you were making a pretty outlandish claim that language has to have certain elements; and I wanted to see if you were really going to stand by your statements. Since you’re not, that’s the end of it.

Because you are assuming that communication is important to every race. Maybe it’s not. Maybe a race that wasn’t social like ours, where individuals only interacted with other individuals a few times in their lives, wouldn’t need advanced communication at all. Maybe a lifestyle of long range travel would be compatible…

Maybe the issue here is that, in the context of communication with extraterrestrials, the subject of linguistics isn’t actually directly applicable, and we’re really talking about xenolinguistics. In that context, you would consider the communication of dogs to be an exceedingly language, albeit an exceedingly limited…

Really? Because your saying that a language can’t exist without syntax was literally the only reason I felt compelled to post.

As long as it conveys information, yes.

Sorry, but I don’t buy your argument. If that’s really the consensus among linguists, then it sounds like your field just suffers from a lack of imagination. For instance: I see no reason a language could not be completely devoid of syntax; where a phoneme or glyph is uniquely tied a complete and discreet concept;…

Do iOS devices even have USB ports? If not, you might be waiting for the bluetooth version of this device.

Even if what you were saying was true; it doesn’t actually support your point. Even if every single language on earth does have syntax, grammar, and lexical items; that doesn’t prove that every language must have those same items.

If there is some theory that suggests a language requires these items, I’d be interested…

Don’t forget that the card was likely driven by VR requirements, and there are definitely plenty of games being delivered now and in the near future that would max out a 1070 if you ran it in VR. If we assume the a headset has a resolution of 2160 x 1200 and a field of view of 270 deg x 90 deg, then we can say that…

I don’t think even Texas allows open carry inside the airport; but I see your point.

Yes. But the important thing is why I want one but not the other.

Your entitled to your opinion obviously, but you’re basically just saying that you wanted answers to those questions about Indy, but you don’t want answers to a similar set of questions about Han. How did he come to own the Millenium Falcon? How did he and Chewbacca become a team? How did he meet Lando Calrissian? How…

It took me a few seconds to realize that the date ranges were those of employment, and did not indicate that this was a list of recently deceased children.

People would probably make the same argument about Indiana Jones; but The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles was fairly well received, and Jones is probably one of the most comparable to Solo for several obvious reasons. I’m cautiously optimistic.

Not the Sabacc game, but I would be very dissappointed in a stand alone Han Solo movie not to see a Sabacc game.

It makes me wonder: is the retraction mechanism strong enough to overpower you if you have a good grip? If not, seems like a shitty feature. If so, seems like a possible lawsuit for the owner. I can see someone suing (and winning) because this device broke their fingers while they were trying to steal a hood ornament.

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I guess this is probably the best narrative the Trump campaign can employ to try and stop the hemorrhaging from that comment; but it’s still not a very good one. The best they can manage here is “our guy isn’t capable of expressing his views clearly enough that most Americans can tell if he’s calling for violence or…