Sentences with phrase «pointless an exercise as»

By achieving this you learn that chasing feelings, whether they be positive or negative is ultimately a pointless exercise as feelings and emotions are fleeting and come and go.

There other flubs in The Next Best Thing (such as a line where Robert mentions it's the 21st Century in a scene that, in the film's time frame, should be set around 1993; or the fact that Robert's sole love interest, a cardiologist, has no name and is rather comically listed in the closing credits as «Cardiologist»), but to go over them would be as pointless an exercise as the entire film is.

For the little credits mining brings in, it quickly becomes a pointless exercise as doing faction missions will net you far more cash at a much quicker pace.

Not exact matches

I will not engage in a contest of pitting «experts» opinions against each other as such an exercise is as pointless as biblical proof texting.

If, and it does appear to be the case, a deal has been done and everyone knows this to be the case, then surely holding off announcing the deal to avoid a fan revolt is a pointless exercise, seeing as everyone knows that the German international is set to leave Koln in the summer.

Citing it as an example of what the Spurs should do is a pointless exercise because it shouldn't be the standard in the first place.

Killing foxes is also a pointless exercise, as a new fox will fill the gap left by a dead one within three or four days.

I know walking can seem pointless as you don't feel like you're exercising hard, but in my experience, it's the best exercise for getting rid of fat on your lower half.

Hitting Blu - ray combo pack and DVD last week from STX video partner Universal, Secret is even worse on a second viewing, the knowledge of its twists and mysteries casting nearly its every move as a pointless exercise and meaningless misdirect.

It might be as good as you can make one of these «ridiculous to sublime» zombie flicks, but that's just not good enough; its appeal is mostly to an audience that can appreciate its gross - out camp humor and can overlook that it's a pointless exercise — totally falling apart when it tries in an existential way to explore the moral boundaries between the present and the beyond, but thankfully for only a brief period.

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).

In some sense, rating the summer as a whole is a pointless exercise; despite outdated assumptions from both industry insiders and film critics, good and bad movies alike are a year - round business.

Although this might strike you as a pointless exercise, what if you later revise your publication and add an introduction to it?

-- Ignore the Problem: As tempting as self - flagellation is, why indulge in such a pointless exercisAs tempting as self - flagellation is, why indulge in such a pointless exercisas self - flagellation is, why indulge in such a pointless exercise?

Focusing on the «warmest year» is a pointless exercise, unless the warm anomaly is as large as 1998.

Lost in all the comments on CO2 plant food and nitrate starvation (most important point of this blog is we should agree to cut all the mindless banter), Judith Curry said: «Focusing on the «warmest year» is a pointless exercise, unless the warm anomaly is as large as 1998.

Judith said: «Focusing on the «warmest year» is a pointless exercise, unless the warm anomaly is as large as 1998.»

I just engaged in the completely pointless exercise of, over on WUWT, trying to point out that Wegman stated in figure 4.4 that M&M's red noise was generated using AR1 -LRB-.2), when in fact it can be conclusively proven (as above by DC in the last diagramme and the accompanying text), that it could not possibly have been AR1 -LRB-.2).

Those who believe strongly one way or the other should not be discouraged from trying to make their case, but ultimately the debate about this affair will just continue as a rather pointless and sterile exercise if either side thinks it can win the argument.

As we see it, for professor Brand's claim to be accurate, it must be demonstrated that there is risk, i.e. that some consumers WILL litigate, otherwise the exercise is pointless.