"Oh So Very Many Questions Than Before Not Worth Their Own Thread" Thread Vol. XXVI

[Takhisis]

Actually, it was a trick question. You should've answered 'roasted'.

 

[Zelig]

Microwave is obviously the correct way of making pizzas.

 

[Takhisis]

Oh, Mars, you've shared many delightful recipes, but you're wrong on this one. A mud oven or a wood fire is far better than your suggested method of cooking.

 

[Farm Boy]

Oh, Mars, you've shared many delightful recipes, but you're wrong on this one. A mud oven or a wood fire is far better than your suggested method of cooking.

Only way to get the flavor right.

Spoiler :

Link to video. If he says anything too crazyballs I watched it muted.

 

[Chukchi Husky]

I'm planning on watching Blade Runner for the first time pretty soon. Now which version would you guys recommend watching first?

I'm told by a film student the theatrical cut is the better one, as the voice over work makes it a true film noir.

The only cut I've seen is the Final Cut, which is nearly the same as the Director's Cut but cleaned up a bit. The main difference between the theatrical and the director's/final cut is the removal of the voice over and changing the ending, as the theatrical has a forced happy ending. The Final Cut is the only version where Ridley Scott had complete control over the cut.

 

[Hygro]

Then you have to identify who is winning because they're already on top. Hint: it isn't simply Americans.

Talking about countries here.

 

[Farm Boy]

Talking about countries here.

A country is a lot of people. The "U.S.A." does not necessarily win because free trade/high trading volume. I might, being related to an exporting industry. You might, if you fit into the income/education echelon that profits from having tons of cheap stuff. If you happen to be in the middle class, particularly the lower half(of which no small percentage of the country is) your labor market gets hammered. Shifting a large percentage of the populace into service based employment is talking about the darned country. A more important part of it than the economy for the economy's sake or the currency for the currency's sake or the market for the market's sake or the trade balance for the trade balance's sake. This isn't OMGz the debil is trade with China! But it certainly does not only mean "we get cheap stuff." It also means a lot of people work crap jobs for crap compensation to go along with all those cheap iPhones and TVs for the children of the wealthy while they're at University.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

It's an interesting subject regardless.

I don't doubt that it is. It's just that it got prioritized on my 20th-century history reading project. Even though there are quite a few regions that require attention...

Spoiler :

 

[Traitorfish]

How serious is this whole Heart Bleed thing? The media's giving a lot of panic/don't panic/panic again signals.

 

[Zelig]

How serious is this whole Heart Bleed thing? The media's giving a lot of panic/don't panic/panic again signals.

Serious.

Essentially, you need to change any password you were using on a site/service using an affected version of OpenSSL. (There are a lot of them.) However, there's no point in changing your password for a given site/service until after you've verified that they've patched OpenSSL and updated to a new SSL certificate.

 

[Arakhor]

How do we know if the site in question has patched its service?

 

[Mango Elephant]

Why is Breaking Bad so slow and depressing? I'm almost tempted not to even watch the fifth season because of how long I have to wait for any kind of payoff. At this point it's just a way to keep the show going on a minimum of content, not anything as artistically respectable as "pacing" or "realism." There are episodes where literally nothing happens to move the plot forward. It reminds me of nothing so much as a soap opera.

I've watched all of Breaking Bad, sans the last 8 episodes that got released on Netflix late February, and I can only think of a single episode that was not significant to the plot or characterization. Breaking Bad has a lot of symbolism, which can often be cryptic but which also gives a depth to the show that very few other shows have.

In terms of depth, emotion, and brutality, I can't think of any TV show that comes close to Breaking Bad. Of course, it is depressing. If that's not your thing, I can see how you wouldn't like the show.

(The only episode that I didn't get was the one about the fly. If anyone can enlighten me, I'd appreciate it.)

Read up on cinematography, editing, and the visual language, then come back and try again.

You're missing what makes the show so remarkable.

 

[Zelig]

How do we know if the site in question has patched its service?

Check their news/blog/twitter for a note, most quality sites have something posted already.

Otherwise, contact them and tell them to stop sucking.

 

[Mouthwash]

Breaking Bad is a tragedy, which means it's character-driven rather than plot-driven, so developing the characters is naturally going to be more important that advancing the plot. That might not be to everyone's taste, but it's basically just how the genre works, like how martial arts films are going to involve a lot of punching. Look at Hamlet: four hours long by the original script, but most productions cut it down to half the length without missing any major plot points.

I don't think that excuse can be made for Breaking Bad. The last couple of episodes in season 3 were brilliant, and they moved just as slowly as the rest. The difference was that things actually happened. Genres shouldn't be immutable frameworks within which the writer can operate.

I was scared out of my wits at the end of 'Crawl Space.' Did they follow up on the emotional climax? Not even a bit. Walter was a useless, angry loser for the entire season and he remains a useless loser until the final episode.

To me, Breaking Bad is just a very, very high quality soap opera. I don't know how else to define it. Why do we need pointless interludes on Marie and Hank's marital tension? Only a soap opera would feel the need to include stuff like that. They could have used the running time to cover up some of the plot holes.

Read up on cinematography, editing, and the visual language, then come back and try again.

You're missing what makes the show so remarkable.

I think that they're brilliantly done. Look at the Gus's reaction in Box Cutter. It's incredibly writing. That doesn't stop me from being bored out of my wits. I'm not interested in it academically.

In terms of depth, emotion, and brutality, I can't think of any TV show that comes close to Breaking Bad. Of course, it is depressing. If that's not your thing, I can see how you wouldn't like the show.

I love it. I just wish I could actually get some payoff more than once a season.

(The only episode that I didn't get was the one about the fly. If anyone can enlighten me, I'd appreciate it.)

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the answer was related to a dare or bet on the writer's part. Just to see how far they can take the whole 'characters without plot' thing.

Walter's reaction to the fly reminded me heavily of obsessive compulsive behavior. Does that mean anything?

I watched series one of Breaking Bad. Never got into it. Cut your losses Mouthwash.
Overrated much?

The first season was a bit of a false start. Third is undoubtedly the best out of the first four.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

How do we know if the site in question has patched its service?

Go here. Some sites weren't vulnerable though, like Google.

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

I found this last month.

http://www.theguardian.com/environm...sation-irreversible-collapse-study-scientists

Any credibility to this, or safe to dismiss as easy as the wave of an Illuminati's Jedi's hand?

 

[The_J]

How serious is this whole Heart Bleed thing? The media's giving a lot of panic/don't panic/panic again signals.

Besides Zelig: The bug essentially means that if an attacker sends malicious stuff (which is easy to do in this case) to an affected website (e.g. your email provider), he can get random information (e.g. your email password) back from that website.
Why is this in general bad, because nobody cares about your password? Because they could as well get the information back how to break into all the email accounts at once.
(that's for sure a simplified version)

 

[Hygro]

A country is a lot of people. The "U.S.A." does not necessarily win because free trade/high trading volume. I might, being related to an exporting industry. You might, if you fit into the income/education echelon that profits from having tons of cheap stuff. If you happen to be in the middle class, particularly the lower half(of which no small percentage of the country is) your labor market gets hammered. Shifting a large percentage of the populace into service based employment is talking about the darned country. A more important part of it than the economy for the economy's sake or the currency for the currency's sake or the market for the market's sake or the trade balance for the trade balance's sake. This isn't OMGz the debil is trade with China! But it certainly does not only mean "we get cheap stuff." It also means a lot of people work crap jobs for crap compensation to go along with all those cheap iPhones and TVs for the children of the wealthy while they're at University.

But this isn't a consequence of free trade, this is a consequence of bad domestic policy. We can fix this problem without reducing imports for the sake of it.

 

[Hygro]

(The only episode that I didn't get was the one about the fly. If anyone can enlighten me, I'd appreciate it.)

That's my favorite episode.

 

[GenMarshall]

I'm starting to wonder; what is going on when I'm noticing that I can left objects easier and with no effort when a few months back it was heavy? I noticed this when carrying a gallon of cleaning solution from the chemical closet to my workstation a few yards away.