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I don’t get it. The end of the article goes on to say how ALL carriers do the same thing… so what? This makes At&t as horrible as all the others? For 61 cents a month? Oh the horror!

“…it’s true that both Verizon and Sprint actually have higher administrative line charges "

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What I really want to know is if the HDMI IN port is ONLY for cable/sat boxes?

What if I plugged in my Roku?
What if I plugged in my HTPC?
What if I jacked in an Android tab, or an Android-on-a-stick PC?
Er… what if I plugged a gaming rig with Steam big picture mode?

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I just learned that same fact this year from my dentist. He gave me a toothpaste that has a higher amount of flouride (for my wife, he prescribed a flouride rinse) and told us to NOT rinse with water. Spit it out, don’t swallow (that’s what she said), and don’t rinse. Funny thing though, the toothpaste he gave me, made by 3M, actually DOES say to ‘Expectorate, but do not rinse’ in the directions.

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Also… I too originally didn’t understand the people in the torpedoes thing… then I saw the film a 2nd time and I realized what an idiot I was. My problem was not understanding that the actions of Harrison depicted in the movie were NOT a part of Marcus’ plans. So its goes:

- Previously, someone discovers Harrison and his people. Wakes Harrison, realizes he’s a great warrior/tactician and uses him to design new weapons, while holding his people ‘hostage’
- Wanting to be ‘free’, Harrison tries to smuggle his people out by hiding them in torpedoes. His plan is foiled, the torpedoes are confiscated
- Fed up, Harrisson commits acts of terror (i.e., this is where Into Darkness begins).

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Not trying to be apologetic for the film, but she kind of volunteered. Granted, someone in charge still let her go rather than send a whole team of people in her place.

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Well… most of those are legit plotholes except for the nerve pinch… he’s not ‘immune’ to it… his genetics just allowed him to fight back from it. You can clearly see Harrison struggling for a moment to fight back.
If there is such thing as the ‘nerve cluster’ argument, then it could reasoned that his body’s nervous system reacts to immediate threats… so not so much he was ‘designed to resist a nerve pinch’ specifically, but that his body reacted to the area where pain receptors where going crazy.

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He doesn’t have/won’t have much creative say, you’re right… that would fall on the actual producers, not ‘executive’, but exec producer still means he has a vested, financial interest. If the show fails, he loses money.

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The format wars were fought and there was a victor… that’s that. What is all this ‘wonderment’ about MS including Blu-ray this go around?

Hold on, I need to send Germany and Japan a message to not eat McDonalds and not buy iPhones because the Axis lost in WW2….

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Because… you’re forced to use it as a cable box and forced to use guessture controls and forced to learn how to minimize the screen to answer a Skype call?

There’s lot of valid comments, but ‘extra crap to fiddle with’ isn’t one of them.

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