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I don't believe it! Miley Cyrus is wooden one dimensional, never mind 2 or 3. This has to be a hoax.
Someone didn't watch last night's Family Guy -- Miley Cyrus is an android, not a clone.
My daughter and I watched Miley's concert in 3D. She's definitely not 1D or 2D. More like DD. It was fun watching her bounce... and wiggle... and gyrate...
Ooops gotta go.
Something came up
My daughter and I watched Miley's concert in 3D
No, actually, you didn't. You watched it in stereo - two static viewing angles, one per eye, that give you exactly one perspective on the content. 3D would allow you to see the performance from many viewing angles -- for instance, from the left or from the right. Stereo is a far more limited approach. It is a common error, propounded by bad marketing, that characterizes stereo media as 3D. Geeks should know better.
Wouldn't 1-dimensionality make her a macroscopic manifestation of string theory? I say, put her in the LHC and see what happens.
So this is the way the world ends, not with a whimper, but with a skank.
> I don't believe it! Miley Cyrus is wooden one dimensional, never mind 2 or 3. This has to be a hoax.
I guess you are unaware of the power of modern CGI tools to fix this
No, 16th November
Dimensions In Time which was a Doctor Who/Eastenders crossover for Children In Need.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimensions_in_Time [wikipedia.org]
To wind up a Doctor Who fanatic, all you have to do is tell them that you believe that the story is canon.
So Red Dwarf WASN'T The first Sci-fi show to ruin itself by cross-polinating itself with a soap opera...
Is this the Doctor Who equivalent to the Star Wars Christmas Special?
The BBC is still dabbling in it. I saw the BBC Research labs demonstrating two different 3D display technologies at IBC in Amersterdam back in September. With the advent of 3-D for Blu-ray, and TV manufacturers pushing 3-D, I imagine we will see more from them.
Oh, I don't know about that.
Part of the 3D season is 'Flesh for Frankenstein'.
I picked up a pair in Sainsburys yesterday. They are blue and yellow.
They were between the checkouts and the door. You can just walk in and pick a pair up.
>>>American produced Dr Who special really doesn't deserve to exist
Okay I'm sick of hearing this again-and-again-and-again over the last two decades.
Yes it aired on FOX, an american network, but it was written by a BBC writer, starred a BBC actor, was funded almost-entirely by BBC money, and first aired on BBC TV. If you don't like that mid-90s series pilot, fine, but don't blame americans since it was largely the BBC in charge of it.
ALSO: remember it was the British that produced the abomination
Blue and Yellow glasses. No color 3D. Nothing to see here, move along.
Blue and Yellow glasses. No color 3D. Nothing to see here, move along.
Apparently you have no idea what you're talking about. [wikipedia.org]
Blue and Yellow glasses. No color 3D. Nothing to see here, move along.
Apparently you have no idea what you're talking about. [wikipedia.org]
Apparently he knows more about it than you do. Try watching something with them. The blue side's so dark it causes a big shift in what you're seeing. The result is very monochromatic and not very believable to boot.
Try watching something with them. The blue side's so dark it causes a big shift in what you're seeing. The result is very monochromatic and not very believable to boot.
The whole concept of ColorCode glasses is that they allow for better quality color to come through the pale yellow eye than red/green where both eyes have their color screwed up.
Unfortunately, I think ColorCode perceived quality may be different depending on your eye dominance. If the yellow one is over your dominant eye, it probably looks
Why don't just everybody produce thing for free?
They're not the first in the UK to screen a show using this system ; Virgin 1 screened an episode of "Chuck" in this system. I tried to watch it using my red / cyan glasses without knowing this first. They included the glasses with one of our TV guide publication and Virgin 1 has much lower ratings than Channel 4 so I doubt many people saw it in 3D.
Channel 4 are having a major supermarket chain hand out the glasses free and are much more watched so it could gain some traction.
From what I can tell blue / orange is supposed to reduce the colour problems that red / cyan has by reducing the luminance in one eye a lot and using it effectively just for depth cues.
The only effective glasses for viewing "Chuck" are ones that make you blind.
The C4 3D thing will use the same "ColorCode" kind of glasses.
That would explain what I thought was poor image quality (yellow/blue jaggies around stuff) in that particular episode.
Back then I just thought it was a bad quality rip.
I remember trying the blue/red glasses in the 80s with special TV shows. They never seemed to do anything for me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulfrich_effect [wikipedia.org]
unfortunatly, for that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutti_Frutti_(1990_TV_series) [wikipedia.org]
Or just use a very small television.
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When you hear the trigger-word "cleaner", you will send all your money to me; (the bank account details will follow soon by e-mail).
Thank you very much for doing business with you, we love customers like you.
Toodooloo, and remember, customer is always right!
This sort of thing has been done before, and in the past hasn't exactly set off a golden age of 3d television. The BBC broadcast several 3d shows in 1993, among them a Dr. Who special [wikipedia.org], but the experiment didn't catch on then. Discovery Channel did a 3d Shark Week a few years ago, also.
I'm sure that movie studios are spitting with rage over home 3D. It's about the only qualitative USP that cinema has over home theatre right now.
This sort of thing has been done before, and in the past hasn't exactly set off a golden age of 3d television.
This happens every 10-15 years (just like it does in the cinema). I remember Channel 4 (I think) doing more or less exactly the same thing they are doing now some back in the 80s using red/cyan (which, unlike red/green gave some, limited, colour).
Its easy to pooh-pooh ideas as "never gonna catch on" - but this one has failed to catch on so many times that its about time they got the message. Even if the systems improve, that the fundamental question of how you reconcile a moving, 3D scene with a 20" windo
A week ago or so here in Japan they were broadcasting live 3D in a concert, you had to have 3D glasses of course, first time i have seen something like this live. After this they asked the audience to call and vote if they could see it, 96% (or 94%?) said yes.
You can see the video in YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTvqRBP9r8Y [youtube.com]
The right corner is the countdown timer for the 3D broadcast to start (so you can safely skip 45 seconds).
I imagine that the people who couldn't see 3D didn't stick around to see the phone-in number after the show.
The scientific implications of this are staggering. 4% of people called into a show they couldn't see when asked to call in on said show. HOW! We NEED TO KNOW! Why is the government trying to cover this up!
Yay! Goodbye brainless 2D crap, hello brainless 3D crap and migraines!
Sooo, presumably the downside is greatly reduced quality and increased annoyance. Almost certainly there will be a large number of viewers without the glasses, or who strongly dislike wearing them (for instance, glasses wearers whose glasses are incompatible with the distributed 3d glasses); for these people, the effect is a fuzzy almost unwatchable program.
Given that in the vast majority of cases, 3d is essentially a tacky gimmick with little real benefit, what on earth are they thinking?!
Almost certainly there will be a large number of viewers without the glasses
3D GLASSES NOT AVAILABLE IN ALL AREAS! It's like I can touch you [youtube.com]
what on earth are they thinking?!
That's an easy one.
From the Channel 4 remit as laid out in the statement of programme policy [channel4.com], attached to the Channel 4 licence:
"[channel 4 shall] foster the new and experimental in television. It will encourage pluralism, provide a favoured place for the untried and encourage innovation in style content perspective and talent on and off screen".
They're testing the waters to see how difficult 3D programming will be to produce, in advance of an anticipated uptake of proper 3D TVs within the next few years. Sky announced that it was developing a software update to add stereo video to its existing HD receivers last year, and 3D was added to the HDMI spec a couple of months ago, so there's a definite push to get people watching 3D content. It seems hilariously premature to me, but it's certainly a worthwhile experiment for a content creator and broadca
They are thinking that it is a great way to advertise.... and since this is on
It's a gimmick and nothing else.... all these 3D system's are low resolution, eye strain inducing, and will put people off who don't have the glasses, or cannot use them
In a 3D cinema you expect to wear glasses and expect to sit through a movie length presentation
When 3D at home is without glasses and can be vi
essentially a tacky gimmick with little real benefit
A phrase which describes a lot of the output from Channel 4, so no change there.
(Deal or No Deal, The 50 Greatest..., The 100 Greatest..., Wife Swap, Come Dine With me, How to Look Good Naked, Real Housewives of New Jersey, Gok's Fashion Fix, Gordon Ramsay (anything he's in really)...and the liost goes on!)
Given that in the vast majority of cases, 3d is essentially a tacky gimmick with little real benefit, what on earth are they thinking?!
Where's your sense of fun? We get a couple of hours of entertainingly tacky gimmickry, and then once we've had our fun, things go back to normal.
I'm thinking back fondly to the time the cinema I worked at did had a midnight showing of Creature From The Black Lagoon in 3D.
Yes, 3D in cinemas is impressive, quite stunning in fact, a far bigger, better improvement to film than HD and probably the most important change to film since colour in fact- I'd argue it beats surround sound for sure.
But from what I understand they use special lense caps on the projectors and this technique can't be imitated on TV panels. Instead they're still using this crappy old technique that never really worked and that has flopped numerous times.
Why is it that because the new technique in use at cinemas is impressive and works they think this shitty old version that never really worked well will take off?
In fact, I'm not even convinced living room TV wants 3D terribly often, I think having to find your glasses to watch certain programs would become an annoyance after a while even if you don't mind it for the odd film.
Yes, 3D in cinemas is impressive, quite stunning in fact, a far bigger, better improvement to film than HD and probably the most important change to film since colour in fact- I'd argue it beats surround sound for sure.
If only it worked for me when I tilt my head over on one side. Yes, it's a silly habit I picked up somewhere, but I really do have an issue with the 3D systems based on polarization because it's really hard for me to stop. Color works better, but then you're watching in (effective) monochrome.
The best system I've seen was a special monitor (this was back in a lab in 1994!) that directed a different image at each of about 16 directions at once. This meant that your eyes picked up different images naturally,
Why is it that because the new technique in use at cinemas is impressive and works they think this shitty old version that never really worked well will take off?
I think C4 know full well that it's ineffective, but they are attempting to jump on the 3D bandwagon mainly to attract advertisers (snoop around their press office and you can find an appeal to advertisers, asking if they'd like to be the first to broadcast a 3D commercial)
A bad movie is a bad movie, no matter how many gimmicks you throw at it.
The heart of a good movie is a good screenplay, that is a good, consistent, plot.
Most people that have watched 3D films so far agree that 3D adds precious little to what makes a film good or bad, 3D is mostly a gimmick aimed at children first (or child like minded people) and at piracy second, which is why you will see several efforts in the next couple of years to translate the 3D experience to TV screens: they will want to replicate t
"Gag effects" can be quite fun, though, and I'll always take 90 minutes of vertigo and manhandling my "duck" reflex over 3 hours of robots arguing about matrices and sparks when it comes to winding down my brain on a Friday night. My Bloody Valentine also showed occasional flashes of what might be possible, from an artistic perspective, once you start playing around with depth: one dialogue scene was staged as though for the theatre, using the 3D to support the movement of the characters through the space t
I'll always take 90 minutes of vertigo and manhandling my "duck" reflex over 3 hours of robots arguing about matrices and sparks
It took me a second, but I think you're referring to a Transformers movie... and I can only imagine you don't realize that there was an epic animated version released back in the 80s that didn't suck. Go find a copy, and revel in Orson Welles last great role. In stunning Two Dimensions!
Generally the 3D technology is only used for "gag" effects in children's and horror movies anyway.
Be at least honest. Thats not the fault of ANY 3D technology. This WILL have to end, if 3d wants to really stay alive.
if you aren't, go and try if you can find the 3D-Version of "Dial M for murder" somewhere.
And from what I saw in the "Christmas Carol" trailer et al - avoid the other 98% of 3d movies!
That's what they said about photography, computer games, theme parks, and pretty much any other form of entertainment out there.
"It's just a fad. It will never become serious. No matter how much progress humanity makes, and how many new use cases spring up. Never ever ever something new will become a normal part of life! Gaaahhh!!"
Wait for porn to save it again!
Generally the 3D technology is only used for "gag" effects in children's and horror movies anyway.
I thought so too, but I had to watch Up [imdb.com] in 3D (didn't notice the theater only showed it in 3D until it was too late) and came away pretty impressed. No "gag" effect that I can remember. Instead I had the impression of looking through a window, rather than looking at a poster on a wall.
Real 3D, as seen on a theater screen or an IMAX screen, is mind-blowing. Broadcast tv red/cyan stereo is terrible.
There was a product designed to do this ; I think it had the existing polarised layer composed of 1-pixel wide vertical stripes of alternate polarization. I'm not sure how well it actually worked.
I have a $2500 3D setup at home. 2 720p projectors, each going through polarized lenses, onto a silver screen that maintains polarization of reflected light. I took my gaming computer (cost not included), installed the iz3d drivers, and now every game I play is in full 3D. Yeah, I have to wear glasses, but so what? I wear glasses when it's bright outside, too. Other 3D gamers use 2 monitors, polarized sheets, and a teleprompter's mirror. If you have something with a high refresh-rate, you can also use shutt
nVidia looks like they have a nice, simple solution. I'll be buying their monitor + shutterglasses combo soon. My graphics card is a bit dated though (9600 GTX); hopefully it can handle rendering the extra frames. I just need 120hz right, not 120fps?
Welcome back to 1990. Same dodgy 3D glasses that probably every household in England had, same rubbish colours and fairly iffy 3D once the novelty wears off. Only with blue/yellow instead of red/green. Progress!
It's stereo.
Similar to stereo audio not being binaural audio.
Because there is only one fixed viewing angle and focus plane. Which is also the reason for the additional eye strain.
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to Ola - additional fin for my wave board
Since I could not find any technical support related to your windsurfing equipment available on the web site, I would like to ask you one question. My idea is to use my crazy wave board 80 L (250 cm x 56 from 2004) with slightly bigger sail that is recommended (3.3 - 5.3). Which fin size should I put into my board with 5.8 sail to get the right feeling. Standard fin supplied with the board was 21.5 cm. My weight is 74kg and I am 1.79 m.
Sailing mainly in the Baltic sea in onshore conditions with small to middle size waves, sometimes choppy. I was considering a typical onshore fin with size up to 24cm. It seems that early planning and upwind abbilities are major importances.
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RE: to Ola - additional fin for my wave board
Its extremely difficult to give general fin advice since both people of a given size and fins of a given size are very different. To zoom in a bit on the subject, it would be good to know how you find your current 21.5 fin with a 5.3? If that combo is OK, a similar fin of around 22.5 would probably work OK for the 5.8. But since your approaching the max size sail the board will likely take, it might be good to go a tad bigger, especially for onshore. You can also do a lot of board tuning by looking at different types of wave fins. There are the Maui Fin RON type with a very wide base which you can choose with less depth and keep a sharp tunring board but still get more planing power. You can also choose a wave fin with a thicker profile to especially help with slow upwind work or you can go with a soft flexing thin profile fin but instead go up in size to keep a good fast carving feel and tune the board for full power sailing also with the 5.8.
Lots of choices and in the end it comes down to compromising between turning perforance and upwind/early planing and such things. A "typical" onshore wave fin at 25cm does sound a tad big, but it might work fine. The best thing would be if a friend has a big wave fin you coulr try, to see how you like the style and size.
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|27th December 2006, 10:26 PM
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RE: to Ola - additional fin for my wave board
Thank you for your speedy and accurate answer. I am not an expert in wave sailing. What I can add, is that 5.3 on my board is a sweet combination on the flat water. There are some problems going upwind on the sea, occasionally I have spinouts.
As you stated it is always a tunning job to find the best possible feeling. For me it is more important to get better fast planing and upwind performance than turning abbilities. Therefore as you suggested, I will find someone to test other fins. Will try to find the following fins available on the market:
WHITE WATER Wave League 24.1 cm
PROLIMIT Wave On Shore 23 or 24 cm
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Following this topic on fins lenght for a mistral ecstasy should I use a 240mm one??
I have a 220 and I was always going downwind...
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That's a board that is a few years old and I don't know it very well. But surely, if your 22cm fins makes it hard to go upwind, then you can always try a bigger one. But there is also a lot of technique involved in going upwind and you can only come so far by upsizing the fin.
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Actually, for the last few years Will Smith has been one of my favourite actors. Have you seen Seven Pounds, The Pursuit of Happyness or Ali for example? All serious movies in which he does a good job, and of course he still does a good job in lighter movies too. The fact that I can take him seriously in the serious movies after watching so much Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as a kid says to me that he's a good actor..
Will Smith seems like one of those actors who is really dependent on good direction. By that I mean someone who doesn't just let him run out of control with a scene. Personally I see that in a lot of comedians - they've got talent, but you need someone who can direct that talent instead of just letting them go on way past the point where the joke was funny or the character was believable.
He had a funny role playing himself on TV for a while, but really, these days - have you seen any recent interviews? Many of his statements haven't been good. He aligns himself with the cult of $cientology, never claiming to "join" but always talking them up.
And then there's the weirdness of his buying his talentless son a star role in a movie, and getting the desperate-for-money Jackie Chan to star in what is blasphemously being called now "the Karate Kid" (or in China, "the Kung-Fu Kid")... ack.
Far as I c
Maybe if he does join scientology he can create a Battlefield Earth sequel.
Actually, for the last few years Will Smith has been one of my favourite actors
Especially for the type of roles he's good at. Acting classes for Will Smith... for INDEPENDENCE DAY 2 OR 3? What kind of nonsense is that? Did GP not actually see ID1? It doesn't require acting, it requires big explosions and cheesy one liners. If you go into it expecting an oscar worthy performance, then there is something really wrong with your expectations or the marketing for the movie. This must be the type of guy who watches a porn and gets mad because the actresses break character briefly.
I agree. Smith has shown himself capable of doing drama, just as Robin Williams did two decades ago. TRIVIA - Independence Day was nominated for the Worldcon's Hugo Award:
Independence Day
Mars Attacks!
(winner) "Severed Dreams" (Babylon 5)
Star Trek: First Contact
"Trials and Tribble-ations" (DS9)
I used to hate Will Smith. Particularly around the time of Independence Day. Before Hitch, most of his stuff was crap, but Enemy of the State was quite (surprisingly) good, and the first acting I saw from the man that didn't agitate me.
Now, he's one of my favorites - not of all time, but certainly one of my favorite current actors. His movies have been predictably good for the past 5 or so years, and not only because they're "good movies":
Will Smith is a fine actor. Look at any film that is about a character, and not about action.
Early in his career, Will Smith decided to do Sci-Fi films bacause 8 of the top 10 grossing movies are Sci-Fi. Not a bad career decsion, but that means most of his movies are about themes outside the character.
Watch Ali. The man can act.
The 1st Matrix movie was good. I don't see the analogy.
Just imagine if the second two ID4 movies are good. Alanis Morissette might write a song about it.
They should call it ID4^2 and ID4^3 instead.
you really should see 'Mars attacks' then. now THAT was a fun movie.
Yeah, something about duty and honour really chokes me up these days... it must be the "guy" equivalent of whatever romance means to girls.
This predidential speech and the one in Armageddon both have me close to tears, as does the moment when Bruce Willis pushes the button to blow up the asteroid, and the bit where Robert Duvall flies the spaceship into the comet in Deep Impact.
The 1st Matrix movie was good. I don't see the analogy.
In the same way that when I watch the Matrix Now, it's "Gritty-ness" is lost, the mysteriousness of it is cliche, and the slow motion seems gimmicky.
Now when I watch Independence Day - it was always a cheesey, laugh at me, "oh my gawdz aliens!" flick. It poked more fun at itself then I ever could have hoped to achieve. It is even funnier today than it was when it was released. Because now the meme has gone around to fear Jeff Goldblum's powerbook.
However, I feel that Independance day deserves to remain a si
The "1st"?
You speak as if there were Matrix sequels.
It's a pity they never made any sequels to that movie.
It was really fantastic.
It's a pity they never made any sequels to that movie.
It was really fantastic.
Matrix 2: A complete re-telling of the first story, this time told as a documentary with dramatic re-enactments, produced by a mainstream media infopinionewstainment law enforcement/most wanted show, colluding with the government of the Matrix world. Morpheus and Neo demonized and shown to be degenerate, immoral, psychopaths, and terrorists. By allegory this would show what our own culture does to radicals. The film ends with Neo being captured, the cliffhanger being his arraignment. Albino milli vanilli twins are conspicuously absent, and there is no goth night club anywhere.
Matrix 3: The trial of Neo. Rather than using kung fu, he has to use legal fu to get out of his predicament. The trial is mostly a show trial, the charges are bogus, well, ok the charges are legitimate but the order that Neo was trying to bring down was anything but... and somehow Neo's got to be able to take the stand in order to expose the truth of what the Matrix is to the virtual public.
That would have made the trilogy completely awesome.
and somehow Neo's got to be able to take the stand in order to expose the truth
I don't think we're talking about the same Neo.
Leave it at "...and somehow Neo's got to be able to stand".
You know, for inanimate objects, standing is already quite a feat.
P.S.: I was going to suggest "...be able to transmit some information". But that could be solved by writing on his face.
In this vein:
Independence Day 2: Aliens show up in a ship that makes the mothership from the first movie look like a civilian pleasure cruise, which, in fact it was. The aliens that attacked had signed up for an exotic "most dangerous game" type hunting vacation, only to be destroyed by said game. The Alien's Coast Guard/FBI shows up to investigate what happened and piece together the attacking aliens illegal activities. Together with humanity, the alien FBI raids the evil cruise line's headquarters for
Seriously, why do movies generate so much nerd rage? It's not like it was called "Independence Day: the real life prophecy of the truths to come."
It was a movie, made to entertain the masses. Was it any worse than Men in Black? I happened to have enjoyed both films actually. Queue the continued nerd rage in 3...2...1...
Queue the continued nerd rage in 3...2...1...
Righto. Should we form the line to the left or the right?
Well-ordered nerd rages have only been proven if you assume the axiom of choice though, which I thought we weren't accepting in this thread.
How can you possibly make a sequel to Independence Day? They defeated the aliens.
Independence Day 2 - The aliens are back with a vengeance!
Independence Day 3 - After hijacking a mothership using an iPad nano, Will Smith and Jeff Goldbloom take the fight to the alien homeworld!
Also, were the aliens migratory, as in the moved from planet to planet like a swarm of locusts?
They blew up the mothership, they blew up many of the ships hovering the globe. There is no indication that the whole race was eradicated.
It's not inconceivable that such a civilization would split periodically ; they're obviously in love with the idea of unsustainable growth, or they would presumably just get ahold of their birth rate and settle down on some world or even an artificial habitat.
Of course, it could just be a different hostile alien civilization. It would be nice to explore different dynamics of trying to take over the earth. Of course, this is Roland Emmerich we're talking about. Lots of Boom Boom Pow for sure...
Independence Day 2:
The aliens were the ships. What we thought were the aliens were the ship's parasites. Having discovered a planet that cleans them of parasites, the aliens come en masse to be cleaned. The earth fight endless "alien" hordes, never understanding we've become a galactic "spa" for the aliens.
Independence Day 3:
The aliens finally aknowledge the existance of the parasite cleaners who call themselves "hunams". They decide that the "hunams" are Earth's parasites and, fearing contagion, declare the solar system a bio-hazard zone and nuke it from galactical orbit.
JESUS, dude! SPOILERS!
Please let it be an early April Fools' Day joke.
Please let it be an early April Fools' Day joke.
It had already gone midnight in New Zealand when this was posted. I assumed that this marked the start of the crap day of
Wednesday March 31, @09:29AM
I think they jumped the gun. At least I hope that's the case.
Aren't there other interesting stories that could be told through the art of movies that are not stupid?
Can't they finally shoot the Ring World or something like that with the same Will Smith as the main character?
Jesus holly fucker.
Why not Wu? Wu was not supposed to be identifiable as someone of a specific race, is that why? The age is somewhat appropriate, but seriously, if they can do 15 feet tall blue Sigourney Weaver (I haven't seen yet, but I hear) then can't they do a bit of a makeover with Smith?
The huddled masses of special effects lovers will pay their last drop of blood to see it too. You don't even need a storyline.
Of course, why do you think they've announced Men in Black 3 [ugo.com], Hancock 2 [hancock2.net] and (*shudder*) I, Robot 2 [nytimes.com]?
And keep in mind that these are just sequels that Will Smith is involved with. Rarely I go to the theater but one of the big detractors is when every single goddamn preview before the feature film is about a sequel. It started happening frequently a couple years ago and now is just completely out of hand.
I imagine the 3D effect is going to exacerbate this situation. "Yeah, we done did Watchmen but
To be fair, there have actually been some decent sequels out in the last few years though - definitely as far as superhero movies go. Probably not so much when it comes to other types of movie (though I have to say I did enjoy AvP2, it's much better than the first at least). Can't wait for Iron Man 2, it is going to kick some serious ass
Maybe someone finally showed them how to make an alien 'invasion' movie correctly [wikipedia.org], so now they think they should give it another go.
What it boils down to is that every alien invasion movie and TV show ever made comes up against at least two fatal flaws. First, there's no logical reason for aliens capable of interstellar travel to attack us. If we're assuming aliens that can live on Earth the assumption must be that Earth-like planets are common, why would the aliens risk starting interstellar war for reso
Okay. I know I'm about to get into one of those hypothetical nerd arguments that nobody can win, but what the hell. I'm waiting for an utterly inadequate laptop to deploy a shamefully bloated enterprise app to a local instance of Websphere, so I've got 10 minutes to kill.
If we're assuming aliens that can live on Earth the assumption must be that Earth-like planets are common, why would the aliens risk starting interstellar war for resources that are apparently quite common
There is no reason to assume that interstellar travel is fast or inexpensive. Maybe it took the aliens a thousand years and 10 generations to get here, and they haven't got the resources to get to the next closest earth-like planet.
Second, aliens capable of interstellar travel would be capable of wiping us out with little to no effort.
What are you basing this on? Oh yes of course, the idea that "Technology" constitutes a single field, and that advancement in one area automatically means advancement in others. Where did everyone get this idea? If we invent a cure for cancer tomorrow, will we suddenly know how to build a matter teleporter? It is perfectly conceivable that a species could develop interstellar travel without inventing a way to instantly and selectively kill off a particular species on a planet. Saying it is laughable is like being surprised that we can put a man on the moon, but still can't cure the common cold. The two things have nothing to do with one another.
Have to agree with you about Jeff Goldblum -- in a single afternoon -- deciphering the alien equivalent of TCP/IP and hacking up a computer virus capable of running on alien hardware. Beyond ridiculous.
Have to agree with you about Jeff Goldblum -- in a single afternoon -- deciphering the alien equivalent of TCP/IP and hacking up a computer virus capable of running on alien hardware. Beyond ridiculous.
That was absolutely one of the most cringeworthy aspects of the movie, and they could have fixed it with a single scene.
Data: "But it's strange - despite their formidable technology, their computer and communications networks are extremely straightforward - no encryption at all. We've spent years reverse-engineering the command codes for their systems. We've had a lot of success - for all the good it has done us."
Goldblum: "What - an advanced race like this, and the idea of passwords and encryption didn't occur to them?"
Pullman: "No - they're telepaths. They can't lie or hide anything from each other - and we're the only other advanced civilization they're ever encountered. No other race they've destroyed had computers."
Goldblum: "Give me everything you have on their computer systems and command codes. I have an idea
Sure, it would have still been a stretch, but a lot easier to swallow.
Sure, it would have still been a stretch, but a lot easier to swallow.
But he used a mac, they "just work".
...who found it ironic that a film with "Independence" in the title had quite so many product placements in it.
epic film, you've seen them all.
Same emotional highs and lows, same treatment of relationships, same everything.
You'd think a creative person would want to move on and do something different.
Well, from film to film he somewhat increased the amount of destruction. How he will ever top 2012 in that regard is unclear to me. But hey, Emmerich is basically making disaster porn... You are not saying that anyone watches that stuff for the storý, are you?
In ID4 2 (ID5?), we take the fight to the aliens' conquered planets. We destroy more than one planet! That's how the devastation increases. In ID6, Humanity destroys the aliens' whole home galaxy. 'Cause we're that cool.
like maybe a biopic on shakespeare?
The article says,
"If true, this is bad news for the already delayed Asimov Foundation trilogy: it's likely Roland Emmerich will direct the Independance Day film after his latest film Anonymous about the life of William Shakespeare, delaying the Foundation start date even further."
Bad news? No. They seem to be under the impression that we want him to direct the Foundation Trilogy. Anything bringing the possibility of him not doing it is good news indeed.
No, it might not.
In these two sequels, it will be the House of Representatives and the Senate buildings that get vaporized. In 3D.
This will shatter all revenue records.
Tim Burton did that with Mars Attacks!
Does anyone remember all of the advertising that branded it as "ID4" (July 4...)
So we're going back... Back in time!
Just make new goddamn movies, how hard is that???
You want my movie-going dollar? Stop giving me an experience I could rent more than 10 years ago.
If for no other reason than the attendant publicity might finally teach the people of the Internet how to correctly spell "independence".
I would also like to see "You, Your and You're", a romantic comedy starring Jennifer Aniston or Sandra Bullock.
Jennifer Aniston AND Sandra Bullock
That works better for me.
Please tell me that this is an early April Fools joke? Please? I'm begging, here!
could live without both smith and emmerich. would like to see goldblum though. but hey, since we're dreaming, how about a sequel to buckaroo bonzai there bigboot?
bigboo tay
- js.
In this one, the aliens come back with a different OS, and now running Antivirus!
I really hate the complaints over the ending of Independence Day.
-It was already established that the aliens were using our computer systems, at the very least our satellite networking to communicate, it isn't a stretch
-The ending is a nod to War of the Worlds where a virus stopped and killed them.
-It's an EFF'ING MOVIE. It's supposed to be entertaining and it's a movie about aliens, it's already asking you to suspend belief about the world around us.
Isn't it a little early to be starting up the April 1st jokes?
God I've come to hate this "holiday"/tradition/whatever. For the first 2-3 years on Slashdot, yep, the jokes were funny. Now, they're repetitive. And I get a whole day of having to parse a level of ridiculousness of a story to determine whether it's real or not.
Here's a little exercise: watch the 1938 Soviet film "Alexander Nevsky". Then watch "Independence Day".
Can't find it now, but it was along the lines of:
"Independence Day. Aliens arrive on Earth in giant spaceships and proceed to destroy the White House.
However, they later turn out not top be friendly after all".
Garbage In -- Gospel Out.


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For years now the weather forecast has rarely, if ever, been accurate. Naturally, last week, I refused to believe that we were getting a cold spell with rain, wind and snow. I smugly believed my wax begonias and geraniums would be fine in my unheated, attached to the house green house. Usually I get them accustomed to being indoors in stages. I was about to bring them into the back room when we had several freezing nights.
Remarkably, the geraniums survived but not the begonias. I've had geraniums make it through some late fall freezes outside so I know they are quite hardy.
Sadly, I ripped up most of the begonias. One thing I like about myself is my resourcefulness. I used the soil and pots to finish planting the rest of my spring bulbs.
I know! I go on about being able to plant them late into the season if you can get into the ground, but, frankly, I was skeptical last Friday and Saturday. They should bloom early in the pots.
Sunday's warm rain was a welcome relief. Do not get me wrong . . . I do love snow, but not quite yet. There is still much to be done outside.
Violet and I have been admiring various Christmas outside decorations in our daily travels. We do make fun of the blow-up Santas and Frostys during the day. They seem to be sad plastic puddles until evening when folks reinflate them.
Christmas is a time of reflection and perhaps a little sadness. It is easy to get nostalgic about all that has passed. Why would this year be any different?
As I mentioned last week, I've been busy going through my mother's belongings. I found my Grandma Kate's Dresden plate quilt made in the 1920s or 30s. It's a beauty with all hand-stitches. She was consistent in her nine stitches to the inch. I remember her telling me about her and her sister during the hard times of the depression. Kate had 12 children but would stitch quilts like crazy and sell them for $5. I cannot imagine.
I do know I'm grateful to have the quilt. It represents some hard work and artistry.
On Sunday morning I received news of the death of my friend Karen Berube, nee Allen. An Island girl, she had many stories of how it was here in the 1950s and 60s.
Married to David, she was an extraordinarily hard worker. She could cut scallops like the best of them after she and David spent many a cold morning on the Island ponds.
She fought the good fight against breast cancer for a decade, never wavering in her grace, good humor and gratitude for all the good in her life.
I would be remiss in failing to mention her countless friends (you know who you are) who stood by her with household chores, errands and evening meals. It makes one proud to live in such a caring community.
To David, you took seriously that vow made years ago — "in sickness and in health." Good job.
My life is richer for having known Karen. She picked me up hitchhiking when I arrived here in May of 1970 and pretty much entertained me ever since. Goodbye, my friend. Vaya con Dios!


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I did some searching around when I sat down to start this install... I was looking for some tips and pictures of things I should be doing. I couldn't find much, especially in the way of pics. I found enough info to get it done but I figured id take my own set of pics as I went and post up a step by step how to... might be helpful for those looking to do the same upgrade. I did NOT install caps on the motor... Im not sure if I should have... I can always go back and do it later if someone could suggest a proper cap to use. I had also previously installed 5mm castle bullets on my truck, thats why your seeing them installed. The process would obviously be the same if you were using stock wires. Here we go:
+++As always, click the pics for a MUCH larger version in Photobucket+++
Heres a shot of the motor. I bought the new 14.4 volt motor. The number stamped on it is 396505-21...
The next step is to solder your power wires onto the brushes. To do this you must first remove the brushes from the motor. I had to go online to figure out how to do this and found a helpful video on youtube. Bascially, you just slide the entire brush structure and plastic hold out as one piece. Just put a flat screwdriver in the little gap at the motor shaft end of the brush and holder and pry it out. It slides out very easily. Be careful when as it releases from the motor as its under spring pressure and will pop out.
Heres a shot of the whole brush unit... very slick and easy to use system. Spring and everything is all in one piece.
Next you need to tin the brush end and install the wires. You'll see the section of the brush that would typically have a flat connector attached from the drill... I chose to attach my motor wires to that area. Remember to use flux and remember you don't need a GLOB of solder...
When you done with both sides you simply slide the brushes back into the motor housing. They can really only go in one way from what I can tell. When your done... the motor should look like this:
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Heres a few comparison shots of the Titan 775 and the Dewalt 14.4. Most would do this first... but not me. I save it for the middle.
Next is to remove the pinion. Im sure there are many ways to do this... the one I read about and liked was to cut the pinion off in a width wise cut... across the top of the pinion and taking off a small section of the shaft also. This does 2 things... first, it removes the pinion and 2nd, it cuts a flat spot on the shaft... all at the same time. Once I got the pinion cut all the way through I used a flat blade screwdriver to pry the 2 halves off the shaft in 2 pieces.
O.K.... now we need to think about mounting the motor. This is the most annoying part. The holes on the dewalt motor can are just SLIGHTLY farther apart than the holes on the 775... so you need to widen the holes on your motor mount. I did this with a metal drill bit... I just pushed the drill bit sideways against the hole where you want it to be wider... kind of like a CNC bit. But WAY more ghetto. Heres how the holes look when they're done:
Once you get the holes widened on the mount and the motor will bolt up... you just install it like you would the stock one. I went back to using 14/68 gearing because the Dewalt motor is physically larger than the 775 by a tiny bit and I really don't think I could have got it to fit with the 12/58 gearing I was running before. I didn't need any spacers or shims or anything...
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Heres an overhead shot of the install when its done. This shot also shows the batteries installed. I cut the fins out of the rear battery vents so my battery wires now come through there instead of the little openings on the battery doors. I also installed a balance lead extension and mounted my LVA beside the ESC. Overall this is a pretty slick install I think. What do you think?
i think its a pritty clean install
like the blacked out look
to which battery do you have your LVA hooked up to left or right? what brand pinion do you have?
The pinion is a Novak 14t... Im not going for speed... just cool temps and LOTS of torque. If this motor has the power I think it does I will likely go up to a 15 or 16t but it all depends.
I have the LVA hooked up to the BEC side of the ESC... in my case it was the one with the red tag on it... but it might be different for others. Not sure.
I ask about which side it's hooked up to(LVA) 'cause according to what I read the green lite is supposed to blink when you connect the batt on the BEC side, I've done it with both batt's independently and do not see any light blink, what mine does is that when i connect the left batt and press the "set" button on the ESC the system will power up for a few seconds (lights, receiver led, servos come on) and when right side is connected nothing happens, so I'm unsure which side is the BEC side.
My 14.4 Dewalt motor will be here Monday so thank you for the helpful tips and the pictures.
Rotarynut... the BEC side is the side that allows the system to power up for a second. The other side does nothing... When they say "makes the light blink" they mean it makes the system come on, but not stay on. So you've found it and your doing it right...
Thanks YZmoto... just figured it could help someone so its nice to know it might.
No, just finished it tonight and theres 8 inches of wet snow on the ground. Im hoping ill get one more good run in soon before we get a full winter of snow. Not that I won't run in the snow, but I need to compare it to running in the dirt and crawling like I've been doing all summer... otherwise I have no way to know if its better.
I have been searching too & found these. In this first link the OP built an alum spacer, to space over the motor, to line up the pinion. You did not have to do this. Reason I ask, I have a couple of motors on the way. I have been looking for the (3ea - 100nF Capacitors) (second link) found them on Ebay. Need to read more about them tho. I am hoping it is eveything I have read about. Feedback run her yet? Looks like a clean install. Congrat's
Would you go flip my truck back over??
Thanks for the links 87GN... I could not find those when I started looking but I knew they did exist somewhere. I see they were all hiding the ERBE forum.
I flipped my pinion around... no spacer needed. The set screw bites on just more than half of its surface on the very end of the shaft. If I was to grind off the excess metal from where the sides of the motor are crimped over the end I could probably gain another 1/16 but this seems to hold very tight. I like it this way VS using a spacer anyway. The farther that motor hangs off the motor plate the more likely it is to flex and effect mesh... that was my feeling anyway.
I haven't been able to run this thing yet at all... there was still alot of snow on the ground today and I didnt feel like hiking through it. The temps have come up so its all melted now and I'm going to try and get out for a test run tomorrow after church and before the race (homestead). Ill let you know how it goes when I do get a chance.
Im very interested to see how this does with no caps on it... I see most people use 3 of them... all the brushed motors I've ever run only had 2... if its fine for the 100 or so feet I need I won't bother. If I get glitching at this close range... ill get some.
Thanks for the heads up on the pinion. My motor's showed up today so have to see about the 100nF Cap..IDK I don't get why they are soldering the +&- together..
Would you go flip my truck back over??
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^ I remember that thread.
The last link I posted. On post #9 has a real good pic. of all 3 caps.
Would you go flip my truck back over??
You can get the caps at Radio Shack or even Kershaw sells them.
Pav - Thanks for sharing all this.. I will be waiting for your feedback on this upgrade.
Once you are done with this mod and have reached a conclusion, another thing that I wish you would try out and provide feedback are the P1 rockers instead of LT. I have actually tried them and to my surprise they were very good (part of me even feels that they were better in terms of trail crawling etc.) The problem with the LT was that the rig does not to raise itself when one of the tires gets on top of an object, and the other objects close to the arms and chassis rub against them. Yes, the articulation is reduced, but because of the locked diffs the tires that has the grip pulls the truck pretty well, even if the other tire goes up in the air (due to reduced articulation). Then i realized that not all scale rigs have that much articulation (although ofcourse they have linked suspension what changes almost every thing). But yeah, I tried discussing this over here on the form and no one came up with a feedback. I wish you could try it and share your thoughts.
Mountains cant stop me
they have tried
I got a chance to run this thing tonight... and I can say that while I'm impressed... its not an upgrade I feel is "necessary" unless you really need more torque... and I recon few truly "need" more.
But, heres my assessment. I ran it with stock gearing... top speed is less, but torque is certainly up in a big way. I also perceive a smoother power curve... or at least the feeling that power is delivered more smoothly. I made NO other changes to my setup. So this is all motor.
I will gear up 2 teeth on the pinion to a 16... I'm sure that will get me most of my speed back and I have NO doubt the torque will still be incredible.
Its freezing cold here and I was running my new 8200mah packs from SPC so theres no way I could test run times with the new motor. I ran for about 45 minutes and my BEC pack was at 3.96vpc... not sure what that really means but I think its a good sign.
Another observation I made tonight was that in really cold weather the stock tires are crap on rocks. Obviously as temps go up the rubber gets harder and will grip less but traction was simply terrible in places it was excellent when temps were higher. I think the stock tires and their less than aggressive tread rely mostly on the soft rubber for their excellent traction on rocks and not the actual tread itself. Whereas a tire like a trencher would probably have given me better traction due to the sharper lugs... just a thought.
Nice, I think you could gear up a few more than 2 pinion teeth. Especially when it's cold out. Does that dewalt have a KV rating?
XO-1, Roadrunner Slash
The 12 volt motor is 1650kv, 14.4 volt motor is 1350kv and the 18 volt is 1100kv.
Would you go flip my truck back over??
hey silly question but with that mod to the motor mount can you still mount the stock 775 without any issue?
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Another stupid question...what function do the caps perform with the DeWalt setup?
Somebody can confirm but I thnk it is for radio interference. IDK yet but I have read with the 2.4 GHz radio it in not such a prob. (interference)
Would you go flip my truck back over??
I'm running my 14.4v without any caps no issues(2.4). with the AM i knew the second a cap broke started glitching immediately
on mine anything more than 5 feet it would glitch badly
Mountains cant stop me
they have tried
No caps here with 2.4 and no interference at all.
Reod12x2- Yes you could mount a stock motor back in the mount. All you have to do for the Dewalt motor is elongate the stock holes out a little bit. Took me 5 minutes with a dremel and I have switched back and forth between the titan and Dewalt a couple times now.
I had no interference when running the other day... everything was smooth as butter. Im going to gear up for the next run and see how that effects things. Hopefully get my speed back without hurting that awesome low end smoothness.
Got a great run in tonight, almost an hour of straight crawling in some of the gnarliest conditions I've run in so far (gnarly as in big falls when you make a mistake).
Heres what Ive found after 2 hours of running (approx). I didn't break the dewalt motor in... I know I know... but I figured, who breaks their drill in before they use it? No one... After about an hour and a half of running I noticed a BIG increase in power... top speed is now pretty close to equal to stock IMO but torque is way up. After an hour straight of crawling motor was only warm to the touch. It is close to 0 degrees here so thats having an effect but still... barely warm is darn good. Im still going to gear up.
The motor is smoother for sure, but i notice that brushed motor whining sound is WAY louder with this motor when your crawling really slow.
Other than that, no big news to report. Im very impressed with this upgrade. Still, its not a "must do" by any means. The improvements are very marginal for the average summit trail runner/crawler.
Just a quick comment, I can't believe how tough this truck is. That exo cage is insane. I rolled off a rock cut and the truck dropped at least 6 feet straight onto its lid... no damage at all. Scratches sure, but any other body would be dinged or cracked... my body is not hurt AT ALL. Im also VERY impressed with the aftermarket light buckets on the roof... I figured they would be busted after the first bad crash... but seriously, they are scratched and dinged but they still work and aren't falling off. Im amazed.
I attempted to change gearing today and learned something. The traxxas 32p 5mm bore pinions that come with the summit/ERBE/EMBE stock have a MUCH shorter non toothed shank area than the Novak pinions I have. This means they can be mounted as I have done in the above pictures, with the pinion reversed WITHOUT spacers.
The novak pinions can NOT be mounted this way and would need to be mounted with the set screw on the motor side and a spacer between the motor and motor mount as many others have done.
I believe traxxas makes their own line of 32p 5mm bore pinions so I think ill order a 16t and see how that works. I have a selection of Novak pinions but I only have a 14 and 18t traxxas pinion. I thought about using the 18 but thats a pretty drastic jump in gear ratio for a truck I want to crawl with mostly.
any news with the 16t pinion? I'm starting to gather up parts for my convertion, I was thinking of getting a 15t, 16t and maybe a 17t what do you think on the 17t ? overkill? got a motor mount coming that way I can swap motor quickly if I need to. I can pick up the motor any time Dewalt place is 1/2 mile away from my work. Got my second set of lipo's in Gens Ace 5000mah 40C , so I'll be set to run well over an hour for sure.
Ill have to look at them... its quit a bit larger than the stock pinions. Ill get a pic of them side by side so you guys can see what I'm talking about.
Tooth Thickness Brand
12T 12.20mm RRP Xtra Hard
13T 12.15mm RRP Xtra Hard
14T 13.00mm Traxxas!
16T 12.10mm
17T 16.15mm
18T 13.00mm Traxxas!
18T 12.05mm
21T 14.45mm
21T (installed in E-Revo but same as 22T)
22T 12.10mm
24T 12.10mm
26T 12.10mm
27T 14.55mm
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Your 17t is a novak im guessing. Thats the same size as all my novak pinions. The rest of them are the same as my traxxas pinions. So IMO they would all fit just fine with no spacers... the novak pinion would need a spacer with the dewalt motor.
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it was worth mentioning, sometimes there's more than one way to skin a cat,
Do you think the Dewalt can pull 17/68 gearing? in high and low gear?
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Summit 1/10 on Gens Ace 5000mah 40C
I have an 18t Traxxas pinion here but for me it's not worth risking the smooth torque for higher top end. I'm sure the dewalt could do it though.
My Novak pinions have the set screw centered in the shank... So you can't cut anything off.


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Metascore®Generally unfavorable reviewsbased on a weighted average of allcritic review scores.
Director Robert Luketic's thriller Paranoia has a host of problems, but the biggest seems to be that no one in it is nearly paranoid enough.
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The actors do their best. The problem here is simply a formulaic screenplay and less-than-inspired direction.
It plays more like a "21 Jump Street," full of pretty people and a thumping soundtrack but offering little in the way of something to say.
There's nothing wrong with Paranoia that a stronger director, livelier leading actors and several hundred fewer narrative conveniences wouldn't cure.
The filmmakers may have hoped to make a timely commentary on the amorality in our executive suites, but they end up merely restating the obvious. Maybe the whole thing would have played better as a corporate comedy, the kind that Doris Day and Rock Hudson made some 50 years ago.
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OK for kids 13+
Incredibly dumb corporate espionage thriller.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Paranoia is a corporate espionage thriller. There are no fights or blood, but characters are involved in plenty of tense chases and threats. One character is deliberately run over by a car, but he survives and is shown later with only a leg brace and a scratch on his cheek. The main character is shown shirtless as often as possible and has implied sex with a female character, but there's no actual nudity. As for language, "f--k" is said once, and "s--t" is used a couple of times. Characters are shown drinking socially throughout the movie, though they're rarely drunk. One character smokes a cigar. Some teen girls may want to ogle Hunger Games co-star Liam Hemsworth, but otherwise there's not much worth seeing here.
Why is drinking such a part of this corporate world?
Messages: The movie is a basic "selling your soul to the devil" story -- i.e. a cautionary tale about taking the easy road to untold riches and glory. The main character suffers and eventually learns his lesson. The movie preaches hard work over backstabbing to get ahead in the world. It also advocates for privacy.
Role models: The main character isn't much of a role model. While he accepts a "deal with the devil" and eventually learns his lesson, the things he does while working for the devil are pretty much unforgivable: He says horrible things to his loved ones and betrays them many times. He also isn't very smart and seems to get by mostly on luck and on his looks.
Violence: Some tense chases and threats, but little actual violent contact, and no blood. A couple of characters crash into cars while crossing the street, but they get up again. A secondary character is deliberately hit by a car and is later shown wearing a leg brace and with a scratch on his face. The main character trashes his apartment looking for surveillance cameras.
Sex: The main character is shown shirtless at every conceivable opportunity. He sleeps with a woman he meets in a bar, though nothing graphic is shown. (The scene goes from dancing and brief kissing to him waking up in her bed.) Later, they fall in love and sleep together again, with kissing and naked shoulders/backs shown. The main character's father is shown ogling his nurse, and there's crude innuendo that he's sleeping with her.
Language: One "f--k," plus a few uses of "s--t," "ass," "damn," and "goddamn."
Consumerism: Apple products (phones, laptops, etc.) are displayed throughout. A Pepsi bottle is on display in one shot.
Drinking, drugs and smoking: Characters drink wine, vodka, and other alcohol throughout the movie, in social situations. No one is ever shown excessively drunk. The main character's father smokes cigars, although it's shown that he has a medical condition from smoking and should be quitting.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Mr. Reliable is taking a seat.
Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said Tuesday he has a fractured left collarbone and has no idea yet how long he will be out.
The 2011 NFL MVP offered details of the injury on his weekly radio show on 540-AM ESPN. He got hurt after getting sacked by Shea McClellin on a third-down play during the Packers' first series while he was scrambling outside the pocket. He hurt his left, non-throwing shoulder.
"I do have a fractured collarbone. That's a significant injury," Rodgers said. "We'll know more about the severity and the timetable later this week."
Rodgers said he was holding out hope he would heal quickly. "In this case, it was considerably more pain than I've felt in a long time," he added.
That collective groan you heard came from the state of Wisconsin.
On a team rocked all season by injuries, Rodgers had been the constant and the Packers had reeled off four straight wins despite being without top players like linebacker Clay Matthews (thumb), Randall Cobb (leg) and Jermichael Finley (neck).
Losing Rodgers might be the most devastating blow of all.
His timing, accuracy and footwork have been typically top-notch. Protected by an improved offensive line, and complemented by a rejuvenated running game, the Packers looked to be serious NFC contenders again considering guys like Matthews and Cobb were expected to return.
Rodgers entered Monday night having completed 67 percent of his 249 pass attempts for 2,191 yards and a 108.0 quarterback rating. He has 15 touchdown passes and four interceptions.
And since taking over for the equally dependable Brett Favre in 2008, Rodgers has only missed a game due to injury once -- on Dec. 19, 2010, for a concussion.
Now he's out and the offense is in the hands of backup Seneca Wallace, who finished 11 for 19 for 114 yards and an interception against the Bears. The 27-20 loss left Green Bay in a three-way tie atop the NFC North with Chicago and the Detroit Lions, who were idle last week. The Packers host the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday.
Rodgers got emotional at one point during his 15-minute radio appearance when he described the reception he got from fans as he walked back to sideline in green warmups in the third quarter.
"We put our bodies on the line. We do it because we love this game. But when I walked back out on that field -- I'm getting a little choked up here just thinking about it," Rodgers said, "that was one of the top five moments of my career there."


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There are 5 umpires from the international list in Richard Kettleborough, Bruce Oxenford, Khumar Dharmasena, Nigel Llong & Tarapore included.
PAKISTAN vs WEST INDIES
Umps: BOWDEN & DAVIS
3rd: HARPER
INDIA vs AUSTRALIA
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3rd: KETTLEBORUGH
4th: RAUF
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Workers will be installing spans in both directions, with work beginning near Kualakai Parkway, also known as North-South Road. Beginning this summer, column construction will proceed down Farrington Highway through Waipahu. The guideway will cross over Ft. Weaver Road in the near future, with span placement following column installation down the median of the roadway.


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The rain has started, it is dark at 5 p.m., and the leaves are falling. A young pediatrician's thoughts turn, naturally, to … preventing injuries around the holidays.
I think every pediatrician can tell you horror stories about bad things that happened to great families during the chaos of the holiday season. It is my job to help make sure that your family is as safe as possible.
The Tom Sargent Children's Safety Center at OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital has a list of Holiday Safety Tips that I think every family should review. I want to take a minute to highlight a couple of key things that sometimes get overlooked.
One of the best parts of the holidays is that families get together — OK, usually this is a good thing. If you will be visiting relatives, you will need to be sure that the home is a safe as possible for your kids. You have spent a lot of time safety-proofing your own homes, and we sometimes take for granted that others homes will be just as safe.
- Choking Risks: Curious kids often lead with their hands and want to touch and explore everything they can find. First, apply the TubeTest. Anything they can get their hands on should not be small enough to fit inside of a toilet paper tube. If it fits, get it up and out of harm's way!
- Household Hazards: Crawl around in the rooms where they will be, and see what you can get your hands on. I use the 10-Second Rule to help me think about whether or not something might be safe for a toddler. If you would trust your child alone with something for 10 seconds or longer, then it might be OK. If you think it could cause injury in 10 seconds, then get it out of there. Think especially about poisons, cleaning supplies, medications and sharp things. The home you're visiting may not have cabinet or drawer locks, so double -heck what your kids could get into.
- Hot Foods and Liquids: With a bunch of people milling about, sometimes kids slip through the cracks. During holiday celebrations, there tends to be tons of hot food and liquids sitting on tablecloths or placemats, or hot things with electrical cords, like crock pots and coffee makers. I have seen horrible burns from a child pulling a coffee maker off a placemat with a soupbowl on it. Be aware of where the kids are and where the hot stuff is because they usually do not mix well!
- Strangers With Medicine: If you are visiting, or have visitors, they may have medications that you might not be aware of. Ask about storage of these in guest bathrooms and bedrooms so you can be certain that your little ones cannot get into something that they should not. One thing that may make your life easier is knowing that the number for the poison center nearest you will always be the same"
Poison Center: 1-800-222-1222, from Dubuque to Pittsburgh to Pensacola or Yuma.
- Young Kids and Fire: Candles, lamps and fireplaces put kids at risk of burns. Keep candles away from kids — they are a constant source of fascination, but not a good mix. Oil lamps look great, but the oil may be confused for juice and consumed by young children, which can cause severe respiratory problems — be sure to store the oil well out of reach. We all love to curl up by the fireplace on a cold day, and it makes sense to keep our hands out of the flames. However, remember that fireplace screens and glass fireplace doors can get really hot (more than 1,000 degrees!). You may need to put up child gates or otherwise blockade the fireplace to prevent curious little ones from getting hurt.
The bottom line is that with a little forethought and preparation, you can insure that everyone has a safe and healthy holiday season. We at the Tom Sargent Children's Safety Center wish you the best and hope that if you have any questions or needs for safety equipment, that you will give us a call at 503-418-5666.
Ben Hoffman, M.D.
Medical Director, OHSU Doernbecher Tom Sargent Children's Safety Center
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital


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TNT Racers Provides Explosive, Competitive Racing At A Great Price [REVIEW]
Take a fun, arcade-style racing game. Add some very colorful graphics. Load it up with a ton of explosive weaponry, upgrades and multi-player functionality to keep you coming back for more and you have TNT Racers for your PlayStation Network.
We buy a lot of games through the PlayStation Network for convenience and price reasons. TNT Racers is one of the easiest 'pick up and play' games we've played in years. You start with your choice of 4 different cars, choose your color and off you go. Most will compare this to the Mario Kart series which we don't quite agree with. We find it more of an R.C. Pro Am / Rock n' Roll Racing style of game which we also love. One idea we haven't seen in other racing games like this is that if you fall behind, you're out. As in, there's no chance of you catching up so you shouldn't even bother. If being the fastest isn't your style, but you're good at causing carnage you can play based on points rather than laps. You'll get points for each lap you complete as well as points for using your weapons, getting hang time from going off jumps and more.
Racing is one thing, but you have to utilize the weapons as well, both offensive and defensive. Plenty of items to pick up on the tracks including cannons, rockets – there was even a confetti mine that was interesting, to say the least, but it helped us get 1st place. Scoring big is also how you unlock the game's many unlockable features including more cars to choose from, new tracks and more. Play against the computer or online in 4 player races/battles with players around the world.
TNT Racers is cartoony by nature, both in colors and driving mechanics so if you're hardcore when it comes to realistic racing games you'll want to pass on this one. But if you enjoy fun racing battles with friends as your car will seem to float every time you fly off a jump and over-exaggerated weapons, you'll want to check this game out.
Rated E for Everyone
Published by DTP (Digital Entertainment Pool)
Price: $9.99
Rating: 7.5/10


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I am from the Mississippi Gulf Coast and I work at one of the local Casino's here. I moved to Las Vegas after Hurricane Katrina for work. After living there for a few weeks, I had to get a car because I was depending on other ppl to get me to work. I bought this car in Oct. of '05 and it had barely over 60k miles and I got it for $6k out the door. Pretty good deal I think. No body damage and the inside was pretty clean. After moving back to MS in June of '06, the Mountain Cat came with me and made the 2k mile trip with no problem. In January of '08 I hit some debris on the road coming home one night from work and totaled my car! I bought her back from the insurance Co. and repaired the damage, but the fuel lines were destroyed and, with my luck, they were discontinued from the factory. So began my 2yr search for fuel lines! After finally finding some in good shape, the Cat is purring again. Another yr passes before I get the work on the front end completed, Upper and Lower Control Arms, tires, etc........, and get the road inspection so I can get my tag. Now I have my "Rebuilt Title" and the car isn't worth much to anyone but me. Now, I begin my quest to really make this Cat purr! This is all real new to me, so I'm not real sure where to begin, but I do need new rims for her because I believe mine are warped from the accident and I would love to have her painted. The body is in excellent condition. No dings or rust. Just oxidation, scratches and what looks like the clear coat wearing off. Any input would be greatly excepted!
Well i got it 8/29/08. One day at work i was working out in the yard at an old job and my boss called me "chris get your ass in the office now" so i get in there "heres your bonus" threw me two keys title and some other paper clipped together "you know that red beretta on the northside of the lot? its yours take it, i have no clue how long its been there it was there when i started here 2 years ago so i know nothing about it" so i ran out to check it out. On my lunch break i went bought a battery, stuck it in and it woared to life, then the alternator gave. And it only had the manifolds to the cat. pissed one dude off cuz he didnt have a car and been looking for one but oh well. the odometer is stuck on 173870.
1997 Cougar XR7 Modular 4.6L 235hp/320tq
4 Speed Trans. 4R70W
Just swapped a '93 Olds Cutlass Supreme 3.1 on 4-12-2010
Accel 8mm wires.
cross braces from olds cutlass supreme.
'96 Grand am GT 16s (got a sweet deal and they had nice tires on them, why not?)
30th Anniversary Edition, so it has all the Factory ops!
gt sway bars,
power steering,
am/fm radio.
pretty much it.
silver stripe down the sides.
i run the vin and it pops up as a gt. so idk.
Med. Garnet red Met. paint job with a garnet red interior.
3spd at.
K&N drop in filter
Walbro GSS340 255LPH Fuel Pump
Kooks 3/4 Headers
2 1/2", True dual exhaust, Hpipe and no cats w/MagnaFlows
SCT tuned
Saleen Speedstars 245/45ZR18
14inch aluminum mags (were on there when i got it)
Z51 rear sway bar.
energy sway bar links up front.
top end rebuilt
upper intake plenum,valve covers, painted black, and polished a little
high volume oil pump
Z26 solid grille
93 cav strut tower brace
93 cav Z24 steering wheel
olds intrigue shifter handle.
96 grand am GT 16s.
Z04 kit
8mm accel plug wires
94 front brake upgrade
gutted cat.
headlight covers.
pioneer deck.
pioneer 6x9s.
motorjoy 4s.
z26 front seats.
matching fold down back seat.
diagonal braces.
xenon plazma blue headlight bulbs.
clear corner lights.
factory tinted filler panels from 96 base beretta
3.1 swap
A/c deleted. (quit working anyways so why not)
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The rural Pacific Northwest of the 1920s and 1930s was a far cry from what we know today. The promise of the Oregon Trail had been good to many farm families, but many parts of the region experienced abject poverty — even during the boom time of the Roaring Twenties. When the boom went bust at the end of the decade, economic conditions became even worse.
Then came Franklin D. Roosevelt and a promise delivered in Portland during the 1932 presidential campaign. Roosevelt vowed a great federal hydroelectric project would be built on the Columbia River, providing protection against extortionate power rates by the private electric utilities dominant in the region.
The idea was a compassionate one: to bring down the barriers between the rural poor and dreams of a better life through delivery of power at cost, rather than for profit.
Today, Northwest residents reap the largest benefits from the federal hydropower system that encompasses the Pacific Northwest all the way to the crest of the Rocky Mountains in Montana.
"The value of this incredible hydropower system is the envy of the rest of the world," said Steven Wright, Bonneville Power administrator. Wright visited the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center Dec. 17 to present a retrospective slide show on Bonneville's first 75 years. The event was also a reception in honor of Wright, who will retire at the end of January after 12 years as administrator and 31 years as a whole with Bonneville.
Wright has given the presentation at least 20 times during Bonneville's diamond jubilee year, but after all those years with the power marketing agency, he knows it by heart — and has lived through almost half of it. He is proud to be able to share the story with others.
"There is less and less understanding of this incredible hydropower system," Wright said. His goal is to make sure there is broader understanding. "It's a public system. You own it. If you don't understand it, this tremendous opportunity could be lost forever."
A river for the people
The story starts with the Columbia River and its major tributaries.
"It's the fourth-largest river in North America and it's on an incredibly steep hill," Wright said.
He uses the Mississippi River as a comparison. From its origins near the crest of the Rockies, the Mississippi travels four times as far to reach sea level in the Gulf of Mexico as the Columbia does from the western side of that crest to reach the same level as it empties into the Pacific Ocean, meaning a much steeper river fall over its run.
"It's an opportunity to produce lots and lots of energy," Wright said.
Lewis and Clark recognized the inherent power of the river when they heard a great roaring long before they caught sight of the river.
"It had the power to unite people," Wright said. Historically, the river was the reason native peoples gathered at Celilo Falls and Kettle Falls to fish, trade and celebrate.
"It was the reason people came in Conestoga wagons, Model A's and Model T's."
Editor Rufus Woods of the Wenatchee World was one of the first to urge the development of hydropower dams. He recognized that the large ravine — or grand coulee — through which the Columbia poured between Grant and Okanogan counties in Washington could be the source of tremendous electrical power.
The distribution of electrical power at cost to hundreds of communities in the region promised a variety of economic benefits, as did improved navigation, irrigation and flood control.
Roosevelt made sure the largest share of system benefits were available to the people of the Pacific Northwest, Wright said. The 1937 law establishing Bonneville Power Administration promised that the hydropower would be for "the benefit of the people of the United States or the several states."
And the people of the Northwest would pay back the massive federal investment in the hydropower system through the cost of the power they use.
An economic engine
People flocked to the Northwest for the jobs the massive projects provided. It was hard, dangerous work in an age when mules were still being used in construction. But the jobs were a lifeline during the Great Depression. They also had deeper meaning for the workers, Wright said.
The idea that the federal government would build these power giants and the people would repay the cost of the investment didn't make a lot of sense to some people, so Bonneville Power Administration launched a publicity campaign designed to help give the public a sense of the vision and opportunity behind the investment.
As part of that campaign, they called on a politically controversial out-of-work folk singer named Woody Guthrie to write and perform songs about the virtues of the hydropower system.
Guthrie penned dozens of songs during the 30 days he worked and toured the Columbia River System including the most famous, "Roll on, Columbia," with a line that offers the essence of the dam system philosophy: "River, while you're ramblin' you can do some work for me."
That work became vital to the nation on Dec. 7, 1941, when the bombing of Pearl Harbor launched the United States into World War II. Cheap hydropower and the industrialization that followed was put to the task of mobilizing for war. Some 45,000 planes were built from Pacific Northwest aluminum, Wright said, and a quarter of the naval fleet benefitted from Northwest manufacture.
Northwest power was used in plutonium production at Hanford under the Manhattan Project, which produced nuclear bombs that hastened the end of the war.
From that beginning, the Columbia River hydropower system now numbers 31 federal hydropower projects, which provide power at cost to the region's public utilities and a few large industries. The utilities in turn sell the power to homes, businesses and other consumers. Today, about one-third of the power consumed in the Pacific Northwest comes from Bonneville.
Reaping the benefits
The demand for cheap public power continues to grow, Wright said. That power has allowed the Pacific Northwest to enjoy energy rates much lower than the national average. It has also provided an environmental advantage.
"If it hadn't been for the development of the federal hydropower system we would have something like 15 more coal plants here … We produce electricity with zero air emissions," Wright said.
The energy is also an attraction to economic growth, initially drawing major manufacturers like mid-Columbia aluminum plants, and now drawing high-tech firms like Google to the region.
The federal dams also provide vital flood control. Wright points to 1948, when a devastating flood on the Columbia swept away Vanport, Oregon's second-largest city. Today the dam system manages flood waters to prevent such devastation.
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