Sentences with phrase «in pointless»

Check yourself if you become absorbed in pointless activities.

I had no interest in pointless controversy over whether some bizarre MBH98 step had been correctly guessed at or not.

Besides Hank's comment noting that you are indulging yourself in pointless speculation, positing a question that remains unanswered purely as your own personal artifact in your own head, let's establish one important point of agreement or disagreement.

This is exactly where ExxonMobil and Koch Industries want the world's climate scientists to remain bogged down: engaging in pointless «dialogue» with pseudo-skeptics, rather than bringing the authority of their expertise to bear on pressuring governments and corporations to do what needs to be done.

Not only would EPA resources that might otherwise be devoted to wrecking more vulnerable programs be engaged in a pointless exercise, but this would be a tremendous organizing, fundraising, and media opportunity for the green lobby.

In a recent conversation, one of my friends - let's call him X - argued that we waste too much money in pointless scientific studies.

OHC changes are constrained by the global energy budget as you would expect if not engaged in pointless and misleading thought experiments.

I'm just here to keep this discussion «balanced» so that we don't go down dark alleys to nowhere and spend energy in pointless analysis.

Wasting of money in pointless security analyses is almost the rule.

As usual it is the liberal idea of subsidizing AGW and then proposing a carbon tax to shuffle the money around in a pointless tax and spend that can't possibly work, compared to an actual conservative approach of paying a fair price for a needed service in the open market that contrasts the two options available.

Often, though, I find myself in a pointless debate of the most basic, well - established physical principles.

Jan Verwoert: «What makes the Sculpture Projects exciting is that it seeks to prove the continued relevance of a genre that, by and large, we have come to associate with awkward art in pointless places commissioned by city council apparatchiks.

It's caked in pointless filigree, both literally and metaphorically.

The area in which it excels the most is with the sniping, although even that's wrapped up in a pointless open world setting that barely adds anything at all to the overall experience.

sign extorts them onward in a pointless cycle, like Waiting for Godot meets Bionic Commando.

In other words there's been little change in Logitech's system, but as they say if it ain't broke don't try to cover it in pointless layers of tape.

The thing is the casual xbots who are actually interested in pointless BS like adds spam and shiny objects with there ignorance and untrained eyes won't see the difference.

Rather than rushing out to put in pointless pre-orders to net DLC or items which should have been included in the game anyway we can opt to wait until after launch to read reviews and gather opinions.

There's not a single memorable character to be encountered, and in a pointless nod to standard game design there's selectable dialogue options, none of which matter because the responses received are exactly the same, regardless of which selection you make.

In addition, given the level of support for Lamassu's slate of director nominees, we remain completely perplexed by your apparent desire to engage in a pointless proxy fight and waste Company resources to protect your own interests.

Comments: A good overall firm that for some reason dabbles in pointless nickel and diming every so often.

The Green Mountains have just recently turned green again after a freakish late - spring dump of wet, sloppy snow, and you can just barely see Puppy in the early dark, doing his morning laps up and down the side of our slope in his pointless, happy Puppy way.

Last week a friend of mine observed that our culture is fascinated by zombies because they reflect back to us our worst selves in relation to our technologies: a need to engage interminably in pointless activities; a hapless desire to be in contact with others like ourselves without sharing any meaningful emotional or intellectual matters; the compulsion to devour rather than use a brain.

Last week a friend of mine observed that our culture is fascinated by zombies because they reflect back to us our worst selves in relation to our technologies: a need to engage interminably in pointless activities; a hapless desire to be in contact with others like ourselves

Arsenal offers the sight of actors slumming in a pointless, dull attempt at a thriller.

It's clear immediately that something's gone seriously awry in terms of Misconduct's production and execution, as the movie, directed by Shintaro Shimosawa, comes off as a dull, terminally flat exercise in pointless virtually from beginning to end - with the far - from - engrossing vibe perpetuated by a whole host of half - baked and underwhelming attributes (including a series of lazy, phoned - in performances from an unusually talented cast).

John Travolta gives another horrible performance in this pointless action movie about a U.S agent who is sent to Paris in order to stop a terrorist attack.

With the possible exception of fanboys and girls who eagerly visit Internet forums to loudly voice their support for Microsoft or Sony in the pointless «console war», most folks are aware of the fact that these companies care more about our wallets than they ever will us.

However, Robertson - Dworet pilfers everyone from Spielberg's Indiana Jones series (you can't miss some striking similarities to Raiders of the Lost Ark and Last Crusade) to H. Rider Haggard's classic adventure novels (particularly She), and churns up a flimsy tornado of top soil in this pointless, incredibly lazy rehash of a fan boy facsimile.

In its pointless awfulness, it just evoked something from you: hatred, yes, but something all the same.

in a pointless sub-plot; Andie MacDowell (Four Weddings and a Funeral) as one of those older women yearning to be set free; and Amber Heard (The Rum Diary) as Mike's jailbait love interest (well, she looks really young, though in real life she's closer to Tatum's age than I thought).

The supporting American stars — Morgan Freeman and Melissa Leo among them — are all stuck back on a single set in D.C., in pointless, hastily shot scenes of them watching it all unfold on a giant video screen.

(In a pointless digression, Amy Ryan plays his separated wife.)

Two forces driven by religious fanatics goad each other into using thinly conceived excuses to waste their mismatched resources in pointless wars of expansion and naked plunder of earthly resources.

Sometimes Ritchie goes too far in avoiding the family - movie cliches the subject invites and indulges in some pointless vulgarity, but all in all, it's one of his best films.

Emily Blunt is great but i think her talents are wasted in this pointless gay interest drama!

The scariest thing to be found in this pointless horror film is that its director, Rob Schmidt, has less prowess as a genre filmmaker in his third film than Eli Roth did in his first.

Images of the «perfect» gift, outfit, or home stimulate an irresistible need to «like» and comment on friend's feeds and join in the pointless competition by posting our own snaps so they can return the compliment.

I lost a dear friend in a pointless argument.

Why indulge in pointless, counterproductive mudslinging over such a petty issue?

«The Governor should be the last one accusing anyone of playing politics because that is exactly what he has been doing with New York City's residents in this pointless feud with the Mayor.

Well if the tiny number of people who take part in the pointless publicity stunt, sorry open primary want a MP who overreacts at the slightest provocation and is easily fooled, I think the nomination is yours.

«The governor should be the last one accusing anyone of playing politics because that is exactly what he has been doing with New York City's residents in this pointless feud with the mayor.

I was trying to think of a gender neutral analogy of going after «big business» in a pointless way which involved nudity, which is why I thought of that.

Maybe we share photos of superior school meals in other countries — not in the pointless and misleading way I excoriated in «Why I'm Fed Up With Those Photos of «School Lunches Around the World,» but in a meaningful way that would inform and inspire parents to demand better?

Bolton's league position of 16th won't stun too many footballing folk but they are, after two difficult games it must be said, in a pointless rut after two emphatic defeats.

It is only speculation that someone is «overplayed» until it is played out on the field and it is an exercise in pointless self promotion, it may make you feel better to get an unprovable opinion out there first, but you can't argue it into a fact.

Earlier reports suggested that the Spanish club were ready to sell the defender in order to balance the books though, and if they were about to do this then I could understand them not wanting to risk the deal by playing him in a pointless match.

They'd rather wait for the one time it fails so they can bash You blame the manager for being favourist yet a fellow blogger praising a player he previously bashed is called being two faced You kill Ramsey for a blind pass attempting to enter the opposition final third yet you won't blame Sanchez for turning over the ball in a pointless dribble with three free team mates You kill metersacker for deflecting a shot into his own net but won't touch kos for getting out of the way of a shot he could have sufficiency blocked You claim with no substantial proof that arteta, mert, Ramsey, can not lead arsenal anywhere substantial yet they have each at a point been a massive cause for stability and progress when called upon Even after reading this comment, you will ignore the fact that kos was awful until partnerd with mert, our defensive mid with song leaked more goals than the one with arteta and we've struggled to win without him at least until late last season.

It's that International (boring) break time again and while England play Estonia in a pointless game of football where the only interesting news are if Walcott is going to get that front role again, we can take a look at how the squad is doing since August.