Went and saw WALLâ¢E today. Highly recommended, didn't check the time once.
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Every time I read David Foster Wallace, I think, that's just classic David Foster Wallace. Which is to say it's completely unexpected, novel, different from the way almost anyone else thinks, including David Foster Wallace the last time I read him.
Today is the anniversary of Charles Darwin's 197th birthday.
Lest it be said that I never say anything nice about anyone from Duke, let me second Dave's recommendation of Al Featherston's article about coaching consistency at the Duk
If you haven't had enough of Wallace and Darwin yet, head on over to the Beagle Project Blog where there is a guest post b
You appear to be unaware that WALL-E is a left-wing plot to brainwash children into thinking pollution is bad and that failure to protect the environment will destroy the earth's habitability. I heard this on the radio while listening to a right-wing talk show, so I know it must be true!
(Are paranoia pills available over the counter or is a prescription required?)
Yes, I thought it was a really good movie too!
Joke about "brainwashing children" all you want, but I actually didn't like the whole Buy & Large anti-capitalism theme that was going on. Too Karl Marx for me.
Othewise, it's a breathtaking film.
Joke about "brainwashing children" all you want, but I actually didn't like the whole Buy & Large anti-capitalism theme that was going on. Too Karl Marx for me.
you could take it in many ways. b & l obviously became a corporate monopoly that ended up typifying a command economy; i don't think there's a difference between it and the total state really.
1. How did the humans maintain a 700 year consumption based culture in the ship when they had no incoming resources?
2. Why did EVE shoot a gun at any sign of movement, especially at the cockroach? Shouldn't movement be considered a sign of life?
3. At the end, how did the humans walk on earth when their bone density was nonexistent?
4. The system of depositing the probes on earth. What's more likely, this movie's system or, say, Star Wars' system? (i.e. individual probes making the journey themselves versus a huge probe ship individually making drop-offs and pickups over and over)
5. How did Wall-E hang on to the returning probe ship during warp drive?
6. If the humans had warp drive, why didn't they find another planet to colonize instead of pining for a decayed waste dump? Are the creators of Wall-E suggesting that earth is the only habitable planet in the galaxy?
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The only real question might be - how did they fit all of humanity into a ship that seems to be relatively small? Perhaps they are expecting some massive die-off in the future which is why there weren't any asians or mexicans in the movie.