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AT&T iPhones with 5.1 just sort of say 4G now, even if they're only on 3G. They don't have the antennas or means to parse a 4G signal. So you might not actually have 4G coverage, and your network is being a lying punk.

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Better black levels and contrast ratios, better glass coatings, and getting the screen as close to the surface as possible. But you're right, those are small beans compared to passing the limits of human perception.

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Might get the new one some time this year, maybe next. My first generation one is still kicking, but I fear this is the kind of cycle where all the apps start stepping up and start to lag on older hardware.

It's always funny to see that some people still think that the premise of that macro still reflects reality. Different thoughts on what "equivalent" means, I suppose.

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Satyr issues. Can't trust anyone without pants.

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Some super powerful magic guy that would run into the Fellowship, be like, "sup guys!" sing a song, and leave.

EDIT: Several times.

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sad Bombadil

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Righto! Just the kind of research I was referring to, high five.

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I'd try downloading it again or loading it in a different player, mine finished on time.

EDIT: Wait no, same.

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Re: my game v. movie idea:

The Joker as an in-world character that's always ten steps ahead of the audience and in-world opposition?  Sounds like an intellectual Mary Sue for Nolan. There's an obsession with the idea of the "mastermind" in his work. The scene from Dark Knight Rises before Mission Impossible 4 leads me to believe Bane has become that super-manipulator character. Seems like Nolan's only interested in being as antagonistic and subversive to expectations as possible.

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Nolan doesn't like to tell stories, he likes to play games.

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Anyone mind if I just pretend that's how that movie went down? Like, from now on?

No?

Cool.

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Vampire David Bowie? VAMPIRE DAVID BOWIE?

-regains composure-

I've been thinking if there's anything in the distinction between what makes someone a good director vs. a good filmmaker. A good director can make an excellent movie, but the result will never be better than the script. Whereas, a good filmmaker bends all of the disciplines that go into making a movie towards something, uh, want to say, "greater than the sum of its parts", but that would put this bullshit thought way over the edge. Oof, sorry to get so Bresson-y.