TIL: Today I Learned

[Colon]

Good point, its legislative body is all clerics.
OK, only 2 countries with reserved seats for clerics in their legislative assemblies. VC doesn't have one of those.

What the UK does have in common with the Vatican is that the head of state is also head of a Church.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Long Live King Charles!!

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

TIL about contrast dye.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

It tastddses awgfful

 

[Farm Boy]

Bleh. Sorry Aimee.

Talk about the most innocent use of "sadder but wiser girl." That stuff nastay.

 

[Takhisis]

TIL about contrast dye.

It tastddses awgfful

??

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

In hospital. Posting on phone. Might be appendix. TIL about phone autocomplete too

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Feel better @aimeeandbeatles !!!

 

[Takhisis]

In hospital. Posting on phone. Might be appendix. TIL about phone autocomplete too

Hospital can only solve the former. Get better.

 

[BenitoChavez]

TIL that Apple products can't be used by "bad guys" in movies.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

TIL that Apple products can't be used by "bad guys" in movies.

Is that an Apple requirement? Or do they come with a Detect Bad Guys feature that means they stop working when in contact with someone who is Chaotic Evil?

 

[Timsup2nothin]

TIL that Apple products can't be used by "bad guys" in movies.

So their product placement contract specifies that said placement can't be with the villains? I guess that makes at least some limited sort of sense.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

So their product placement contract specifies that said placement can't be with the villains? I guess that makes at least some limited sort of sense.

Well, they want their products to be associated with good people, I guess, since they want their customers to feel good about using their stuff ("I use Apple products so that means I'm a good person").

 

[Timsup2nothin]

That, plus they probably understand the possibilities of resulting memes. After all, what kind of captions could you put to a screen cap of Darth Vader tapping on an iPad?

 

[Takhisis]

Star Wars had datapads on screen as early as Episode I, long before the iPad.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Branded electronics are all over movies and TV. Apple just wants their product placement dollars to be shown being used by good people and not criminals.

 

[BenitoChavez]

Is that an Apple requirement?

So their product placement contract specifies that said placement can't be with the villains?

I'd assume it's something like that. I heard about it in this video at about 3:00.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

There is (or was; I first read this 10-15 years ago ) a clause in iTune's EULA saying you couldn't use it for nuclear weaponry.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

That, plus they probably understand the possibilities of resulting memes. After all, what kind of captions could you put to a screen cap of Darth Vader tapping on an iPad?

Luke, I really am your father. [send]

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Today I learned about the "FAIL_MAIL_OVER_500_MILES" option.

Spoiler :

But I would email 500 miles
And I would email 500 more
Just to be the man who emails a thousand miles
Just to fall down at your door...