Sentences with phrase «taking pot shots»

While we have yet to see Samsung taking pot shots at its competitors (apart from the events) we can tell that the company has changed; and a recent infographic posted on the Samsung Tomorrow website is proof of that.

From day one, the company's strategy was to grab everyone's attention by taking pot shots at biggies such as Apple, Samsung, and HTC.

If Microsoft had such a problem in Windows, Apple executives would be taking pot shots at Windows in presentations for years to come.

The solicitor is more positive about the idea of compulsory mediation as long as it doesn't drive up costs — «One of the frustrations is people digging in behind their bunkers, taking pot shots at each other.»

There are 4 or 5 people that take up 75 % of the threads taking pot shots at each other and going of on wild tangents.

I began taking pot shots at their heads then tragedy struck, my gun clicked empty.

It's up to you to lean out of cover, line up the sights and gun down the hired goons and gangsters, and taking pot shots at the enemy as you break from one piece of cover to the next and intermittently planting C4 feels simply awesome.

Good Kill is at its best when it is unflinching; while Tommy pushes back against «taking pot shots» at people from the sky, it becomes more and more clear that there isn't another solution on the table.

Shot by Amir Mokri (TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION) and produced by the team from THE HURT LOCKER, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB and KILLER JOE, the film centres upon fighter - pilot turned drone pilot Tom Egan (Hawke) who questions the ethics of his mission taking pot shots against an enemy half way around the world.

Clearly my politics would suggest that taking pot shots at Cheney and Bush is only natural, but my politics aside, the film just can't justify its politicking, particularly when the rest of the dialogue is some variation of «Oh, my god,» and, «I've never seen anything like it.»

Critics «will be taking pot shots from the sidelines at every turn».

Senator Gianaris should focus on governing for five minutes and quit taking pot shots.»

But that hasn't stopped her taking pot shots at his elder brother, David, whose speech demanding Labour never forgets the middle classes was met by a sarcastic laugh from the Hackney North MP.

that's great, i'm secure in mine... taking pot shots at eachothers ideas isn't going to change anything so drop it and quit being jerks okay?

When non-theists can point to what it is they exactly do for humanity, outside of taking pot shots at the religious, I'll listen.

imagine the suffering in this world atheists and Christians alike could be contributing to... but rather they are dumping money into taking pot shots at one another.

People taking pot shots at others while hiding behind pseudonyms.

If people feel that the CEO is taking pot shots at their ideas, they'll turn into resentful sheep rather than enthusiastic problem solvers.

By the mid-1990s, when Oracle had effectively neutered its competition, Ellison had begun making a sport of taking pot shots at Microsoft and its founder Bill Gates, though both were, by most measures, entirely out of his league.

«Look at it this way, imagine what a prime opportunity it would be for some rabid gun hater to take a pot shot at the VP AT the NRA Annual Convention,» one commenter who self - identified as an NRA instructor said Saturday.

Start with Perpetua, throw in a part about a book that takes pot shots at the GOP (an easy enough target), Refute what was just written, add some questionable «readers digest» history, then end back with Perpetua?

Also, they were not my former pastor that I was choosing to take pot shots at in a public forum... Andrew was making threatening remarks.

You took the pot shot.

The media encourages us to take pot shots at the other side.

Gilfi would have been an interesting replacement for Ozil, good in the air, creative, and takes pot shots but gets stuck in, yeah, I don't rate him as highly as some others do but it could have been an interesting one.

It's very easy as a defender to stand JUST in blocking range and tempt the opposition to take pot shots.

I wish our present lot could take a pot shot like he did.

Recently, Mr Hain took a pot shot at the US government, saying it was the most right - wing administration in Washington «in living memory» and noting this had made relations with a Labour government in London difficult over the years.

Low - April 7th: Infighting - The DUP's William McCrea took pot shots at other unionist parties and the UUP / Conservative alliance.

«Sadly, the ragged band of nutcase Europhiles will find any excuse to take a pot shot at the Prime Minister.

Forum: Taking a pot shot at the truth mongers — Amorey Gethin claims that social scientists should explain themselves

Studies of sex workers and drug abusers are an easy target, and a conservative member of Congress took pot shots at three such overseas projects.

When written out as a list like this, one might expect the film to go through these problems like a tick - box of «working - class misery», or for the inhabitants of Bradford to be manipulated by a director wanting to take pot shots at modern Britain.

The ai becomes too easy to just run away from and take pot shots from a distance and the traps and gadgets just become a waste of time.

Each take pot shots at the other, the way juveniles do, getting off some funny lines but I can not remember any quip from any comic.

It would be wonderful to live the life of Castle — less the murderers and other crooks trying to take pot shots at you every week.

So take a pot shot, right?

Judging exact shots in Worms was always a mixture of luck and skill, but the physics engine was forgiving, allowing you to take pot shots at each other across the map with the Worms player's weapon of choice: the bazooka.

I would have to dodge an attacking bird, while also keeping an eye on enemy archers who would take pot shots at me until I could land a total MLG turnaround no scope arrow shot on both enemies while hitting just the right jump.

And yes, if you red my review you know a large part of my love of the game is that it gave me the chance to take pot shots at the kinds of backwards - thinking renecks I grew up around, and I do like taking potshots and backward - thinking redneck troglodytes.

Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 — Review Pc, Xbox One, PS4 MA15 + Let me set the scene for you: 19 years ago, somewhere in the Rocky Mountains, a young boy named Robert lines up a scoped rifle hoping to take pot shots at glass bottles.

In a general sense the game consists of this, over and over again: open a door, peek into the room, and take pot shots at the enemies until they're all dead.

There's a wicked sense of humour underneath the fun aesthetic too — you've not felt awkwardness until you've laughed out loud at the ghostly version of Office Assistant Paperclip that's just turned itself into the shape of a tommy gun to take pot shots at you.

Defenders have a lot of cover in and around the bomb points which makes it easy for them to take pot shots at anyone moving in and then move back into cover to heal up.

Californian Assemblyman takes pots shots at Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and the ESRB over alleged sexual content.

There is a new first person cover mechanic where you can take shelter behind objects to take pot shots at enemies.

This only annoyed me a few times where I had to cower behind a wall or box and take pot shots at a large group of enemies.

The tangential, GTA - inspired fun of building up your Alert level, or the co-op-exclusive diversion of watching your friend take pot shots at other cars from the trunk of yours as you drive, only do so much.

Until they answer in the affirmative, convincingly, then I will ignore their blathering and take pot shots as the mood moves me.

Scott Greenfield soon joined in, and this last week took another pot shot at this micro-blogging service.