[scifinoir2] The Incredible Guide to NEW Ubuntu (Karmic Koala), Free Makeuseof.com Guide

2010-06-22 Thread Mr. Worf
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Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Machine Girl

2010-06-22 Thread Mr. Worf
You can do it on your pc too. The only thing I don't like about it is that you can't view all of their films that way. I ended up with two huge lists of movies. The dvd one was 500 and the downloadable one was 275. On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: The ability

[scifinoir2] 7th-Graders Discover Mysterious Cave on Mars

2010-06-22 Thread Amy Harlib
ahar...@earthlink.net How cool is that! http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/students-discover-mars-cave-100621.html 7th-Graders Discover Mysterious Cave on Mars By Clara Moskowitz Senior Writer posted: 21 June 2010 A group of seventh-graders in California has discovered a mysterious

Re: [scifinoir2] 7th-Graders Discover Mysterious Cave on Mars

2010-06-22 Thread Mr. Worf
Guess we're going back to Mars huh? :) I know some 7th graders that got a gold star for the year On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 8:34 PM, brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us wrote: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/students-discover-mars-cave-100621.html 7th-Graders Discover

[scifinoir2] ExamForce IT Certification Study Guide Bundle, Free ExamForce Study Guide

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2010-06-22 Thread Mr. Worf
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[scifinoir2] Logan's Run Last Day comic

2010-06-22 Thread George Arterberry
Anyone famliair with th the new William Nolan comic? Heard is tur to the book and not the 70's cheeseball movie. Which I liked and saw in the movies as a kid back in 76.

[scifinoir2] Scoop: Get Ready for the God of War comic book series

2010-06-22 Thread Mr. Worf
I just read it in merchandising magazine. They have the best scoops but little details. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/

[scifinoir2] Octavia Butler

2010-06-22 Thread George Arterberry
Noir, Thoughts on her writings?

[scifinoir2] VIDEO: Snoop Dogg Becomes A True “Blood” Hound

2010-06-22 Thread Mr. Worf
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[scifinoir2] Burning Question: Why Do We Still Have Power Cords?

2010-06-22 Thread Mr. Worf
Burning Question: Why Do We Still Have Power Cords? - By Bryan Gardiner [image: Email Author] ra...@wired.com - May 24, 2010 | - 12:00 pm | - Wired June 2010 http://www.wired.com/magazine/18-06/ - [image: Illustration: Don Clark] Illustration: Don Clark It’s a good thing

Re: [scifinoir2] Burning Question: Why Do We Still Have Power Cords?

2010-06-22 Thread Martin Baxter
Something I've wondered about many a day, Mr Worf. Here's hoping that this comes to light. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 5:58 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Burning Question: Why Do We Still Have Power Cords? - By Bryan Gardiner [image: Email Author] ra...@wired.com - May 24,

[scifinoir2] Fwd: Vatican names 'Blues Brothers Catholic classic

2010-06-22 Thread Martin Baxter
-- Forwarded message -- From: Martin Baxter martin.baxter@gmail.com Date: Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 4:04 PM Subject: Vatican names 'Blues Brothers Catholic classic To: martinbaxt...@gmail.com Funny... yesterday, I quoted from this. Apparently, the Church has seen the light as

[scifinoir2] CNN drops Associated Press

2010-06-22 Thread Mr. Worf
This may be the beginning of the end of Associated Press. CNN drops Associated Press By Agence France-Presse http://rawstory.com/rs/author/raw111/ Monday, June 21st, 2010 -- 4:34 pm [image: submit to reddit] http://www.reddit.com/submit Stumble

Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Vatican names 'Blues Brothers Catholic classic

2010-06-22 Thread Mr. Worf
So the flying nun that can hit them like a ninja with a ruler was cool to them? Or was it the mission from god thing? On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 3:39 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Martin Baxter martin.baxter@gmail.com Date:

[scifinoir2] Re: The Machine Girl

2010-06-22 Thread Kelwyn
I was aware of the PC download option but I have never enjoyed watching movies on my PC - besides I need my computer to access IMDB while I am watching my movies. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: You can do it on your pc too. The only thing I don't

Re: [scifinoir2] The Machine Girl

2010-06-22 Thread Omari Confer
And its streaming. On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 5:47 AM, Mike Street streetfor...@gmail.com wrote: This is one of my favorite movies. It's on Netflix. On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:08 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: The Machine Girl (aka Kataude Mashin Garu) is about a young woman

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Jaden Smith's Karate Kid Defies Hollywood wisdom

2010-06-22 Thread Tracy Curtis
I'll offer this speculation about Drew Barrymore. She's not dumb. She either is or behaves as though she's weird or flaky in part because she knew from the time she was a child that she would not be able to pull off the glamorous waif look that might otherwise keep her popularity high enough to

Re: [scifinoir2] Burning Question: Why Do We Still Have Power Cords?

2010-06-22 Thread Tracy Curtis
There's probably a little of the If it ain't broke. . . idea. But I imagine the biggest reason is to protect billing. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 5:41 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Something I've wondered about many a day, Mr Worf. Here's hoping that this comes to light.

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Asking for Movie Suggestions

2010-06-22 Thread Keith Johnson
Thanks for responding. I was afraid that was the deal. People like Worf, Rave, BSmith and I usually load this forum up with movie reviews and such. But I've noticed that Worf and Rave, for example, have done mostly reviews of movies they've seen on cable stations like IFC, or rented. I've

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Asking for Movie Suggestions

2010-06-22 Thread Keith Johnson
Yeah, I think a lot of us are feeling that way. There's nothing that makes you run to the theatre. My list of films I'm excited to see is leaning more toward the indie theatres here, and unfortunately, the movies there cost too much. (I live near a theatre where I can see first-run H'Wood films

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Asking for Movie Suggestions

2010-06-22 Thread Keith Johnson
There used to be an Asian channel on Comcast that showed a lot of Asian movies, stuff from Kirosawa, as well as other Japanese, Chinese, and Korean filmmakers. It was great: I saw all kinds of cool period pieces and miniseries I'd never seen before. Alas, the station went black a couple of

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Jaden Smith's Karate Kid Defies Hollywood wisdom

2010-06-22 Thread Keith Johnson
If you listen to her in interviews, she's not really shallow, dumb, or opportunistic. Sure, she's had her wild days of partying and acting out, such as lifting her shirt on Letterman. But I got the impression she really is someone who's trying to make good movies, not just popular ones. She

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Jaden Smith's Karate Kid Defies Hollywood wisdom

2010-06-22 Thread Keith Johnson
Speaking of listening to NPR, director/writer Judd Apatow also listens to Fresh Air. He says he often plays a podcast of it late at night, instead of having the TV on in the bedroom. He likes to drift off to sleep listening to Terry Gross's voice! What's funny is I do the same thing. I have

Re: [scifinoir2] Burning Question: Why Do We Still Have Power Cords?

2010-06-22 Thread Martin Baxter
I see your logic there, Tracy. If there were energy out there in the aether, some mad genius (pointing at self) would puzzle out a way to get more of it without paying full freight. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@gmail.com wrote: There's probably a little of the If

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Machine Girl

2010-06-22 Thread Martin Baxter
Sounds deliciously evil, rave. [?][?][?] On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: I gifted myself with a black wii console this Father's Day weekend, hooked everything up, inserted my Netflix wii disk and watched The Machine Girl on my 42 inch flat screen

Re: [scifinoir2] CNN drops Associated Press

2010-06-22 Thread Martin Baxter
I honestly didn't know that anyone still used the AP, Mr Worf, the nature of newsgathering having done such an earth-sea shift. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 7:09 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: This may be the beginning of the end of Associated Press. CNN drops Associated Press By

Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Vatican names 'Blues Brothers Catholic classic

2010-06-22 Thread Martin Baxter
I think it was the whole thing, Mr Worf, the collective journey toward redemption. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 7:15 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: So the flying nun that can hit them like a ninja with a ruler was cool to them? Or was it the mission from god thing? On Tue, Jun 22,

Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Vatican names 'Blues Brothers Catholic classic

2010-06-22 Thread Martin Baxter
Though I have to admit that two of my dearest friends, both priests long since passed, both loved the movie for those reasons. I even gifted them with VHS copies. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: I think it was the whole thing, Mr Worf, the collective

Re: [scifinoir2] Scoop: Get Ready for the God of War comic book series

2010-06-22 Thread Martin Baxter
I saw something about that too, Mr Worf. I'd planned to hit my comics store to ask about it and a few other teasers I'd heard about after picking up my meds, but the pharmacy mucked it up, had me waiting about three hours longer than I could spare. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 4:42 AM, Mr. Worf

Re: [scifinoir2] Burning Question: Why Do We Still Have Power Cords?

2010-06-22 Thread Keith Johnson
Martin, I have to give big ups for someone who still uses the classical spelling (a)ether, with the leading a. I do that all the time in words like (a)eon, which always gives the Microsoft of Firefox spellcheckers fits. I also love to use British spellings like gr(ey or humo(u)r, instead of

Re: [scifinoir2] CNN drops Associated Press

2010-06-22 Thread Keith Johnson
Actually a lot do. Indeed, many newspapers and outlets had been using AP or UP or Reuters even more now that their own foreign staffs have been reduced or cut altogether. Our own Atlanta Journal-Constitution, for example, lists a lot of AP News stories. And I think just about everything I see

Re: [scifinoir2] CNN drops Associated Press

2010-06-22 Thread Martin Baxter
Okay, Keith, makes sense. Those are the news sources I pay the least attention to... On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Actually a lot do. Indeed, many newspapers and outlets had been using AP or UP or Reuters even more now that their own foreign

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Jaden Smith's Karate Kid Defies Hollywood wisdom

2010-06-22 Thread Keith Johnson
Daryle, Here's the interview link, and some info about the movie she was discussing at the time, Grey Gardens. It's a good interview. * http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103063394 Enlarge Peter Stranks / HBO Films

[scifinoir2] Drew Barrymore in One-Liners

2010-06-22 Thread Keith Johnson
Here are some quotes from Barrymore, from the esteemed source of IMDB, that give insight into her character. One correction: I said she likes to make good movies, but I must amend it per her quote where she does like to make movies for the audience to enjoy, not just artistic projects for her

Re: [scifinoir2] Drew Barrymore in One-Liners

2010-06-22 Thread Martin Baxter
Have I ever said how much I [?] this woman? She went through fire, and came out wearing a shell even more glorious than the one she had before. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Here are some quotes from Barrymore, from the esteemed source of IMDB,

Re: [scifinoir2] 7th-Graders Discover Mysterious Cave on Mars

2010-06-22 Thread Martin Baxter
Brent, the folks at NASA are kicking themselves after this... incredible find, and thanks for the post. On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:34 PM, brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us wrote: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/students-discover-mars-cave-100621.html 7th-Graders Discover

Re: [scifinoir2] Freebies

2010-06-22 Thread Martin Baxter
Thanks, Mr Worf. A couple of these look like something I can use. On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Just in case you were wondering, I was poking my way around the trade publications website today and found a bunch of freebies that you all may be

Re: [scifinoir2] In California, license plates might go electronic

2010-06-22 Thread Martin Baxter
Now I see why the Guv'mint hires SF writers as a think tank. We're dangerous folk. On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Daryle Lockhart dar...@darylelockhart.com wrote: KID? This is hackable at the concept level. Display ads on an LED screen? Great fun. Finding color combinations that

Re: [scifinoir2] DNA Test Could Explain Why Ozzy Osbourne is Still Alive

2010-06-22 Thread Martin Baxter
So many of us -- uh, *them* would follow... [?] On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Its either him or Keith Richards. Maybe they are both the rock n roll dark siths for the devil? :) On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Martin Baxter

Re: [scifinoir2] CBS enters India TV market with Reliance

2010-06-22 Thread Martin Baxter
Oh... this is just US inflicting our mediocre fare on India. Was hoping for the other way round. They'll love us. [?][?] On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: (Deal was signed on June 20, 2010) http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/73327710-6cdf-11df-91c8-00144feab49a.html

Re: [scifinoir2] CNN drops Associated Press

2010-06-22 Thread Mr. Worf
Associated press and Reuters pretty much had the reporting game for the English speaking press. Over the years they have been losing ground and CNN has been beating them to the story. Some of the best stories ever written have come from Associated Press. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Martin

[scifinoir2] Cryptozoica--Where the Past Not stopped breathing

2010-06-22 Thread James Axler
CRYPTOZOICA--Where the past has not stopped breathing-and can still eat you alive! A non-human language spoken by Biblical patriarchs...coded secrets scribbled in the suppressed logbook of Charles Darwin...an elite society of scholars dedicated to preventing humankind from learning that life's

Re: [scifinoir2] Octavia Butler

2010-06-22 Thread Tracy Curtis
I like it a lot and taught both *Parable of the Sower* and the short story Bloodchild last semester. Most of her work is not hard sci-fi. She picks a set of circumstances (biological anomalies, time anomalies, different planetary settings, etc.) to explore primarily the ways that people treat

Re: [scifinoir2] Cryptozoica--Where the Past Not stopped breathing

2010-06-22 Thread Martin Baxter
Would someone please pass the spare bib? Thanks, James, and this is on my To-Read List. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 4:55 PM, James Axler jaxl...@yahoo.com wrote: *CRYPTOZOICA*--Where the past has not stopped breathing-and can still eat you alive! A non-human language spoken by Biblical

Re: [scifinoir2] Burning Question: Why Do We Still Have Power Cords?

2010-06-22 Thread Martin Baxter
Thank you, Keith! Ever since I found steampunk, it's seemed natural. And I've always spelled grey this way, instead of gray. Drove my second-grade teacher at PS 23 in Noo Yawk City crazy. Even moreso when I found a dictionary to back me up. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Keith Johnson

Re: [scifinoir2] Drew Barrymore in One-Liners

2010-06-22 Thread Daryle Lockhart
Sci-Fi Noir has changed the world. I tell you, as well as I know my name, I knew that I disliked Drew Barrymore. But now I'm sitting here reading these quotes, many of these things are things I have said myself in other contexts. I did not give her room to change and grow. Shame on

Re: [scifinoir2] Burning Question: Why Do We Still Have Power Cords?

2010-06-22 Thread Keith Johnson
I hear you. I just love different versions of words than we get in modern, often informal America. I like to throw in Olde or Middle English when possible too. When my wife and I went to church Sunday, I noticed I was the only person around with a KJV of the Bible. All those provided by the

Re: [scifinoir2] Drew Barrymore in One-Liners

2010-06-22 Thread Keith Johnson
Exactly! I'm the same way. I'm not a super fan of her movies, though Ever After, the modern take on Cinderalla, was very fun. They're usually harmless fun like Charlie's Angels, or dreck like He's Not Into You. She's done a couple of good things like The Wedding Singer (or was it Fifty First

[scifinoir2] Memphis Beat Debuts after Hawthorne Tonight

2010-06-22 Thread Keith Johnson
Yet another original series from a cable station! After NBC unwisely canceled My Name is Earl, it's good to see him back on his feet already. Looks like it might be quirky fun, in the same way the Kentucky-based Justified is a fun ride. My only quibble? I hate when shows are supposedly based in

[scifinoir2] Re: Asking for Movie Suggestions

2010-06-22 Thread angelababycat
Keith, I also love the movie theater experience. I have a high-end surround sound system and flat screen at home, but it's not quite the same. I go in the middle of the day during the week--it's a select crowd of true movie lovers (with some unemployed folks thrown in). We all talk to each

[scifinoir2] Something a little different: Baloji

2010-06-22 Thread Mr. Worf
Siku Ya Baadaye The latest Afropean music videos from Congolese artist Baloji by Aaron Kohn http://www.coolhunting.com/author/aaron-kohn/ in Culture http://www.coolhunting.com/culture/ on 21 June 2010 The images and sounds of Europe and Africa clash in Congolese artist Baloji's new music video

[scifinoir2] Gentlemen of Bacongo

2010-06-22 Thread Mr. Worf
Gentlemen of Bacongo by Maggie York-Worthhttp://www.coolhunting.com/author/maggie-york-worth/in Culture http://www.coolhunting.com/culture/ on 3 December 2009 [image: BacongoCoverUS.jpg] Photographer Daniele Tamagni's new book Gentlemen of

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Asking for Movie Suggestions

2010-06-22 Thread Keith Johnson
Popcorn with *fake* butter?! Ha-ha, that's funny! Is it the butter that makes you sick? My wife and I typically take food with us. I always ask her to bring her movie purse, and we stuff it--and my jacket pockets--with sandwiches, plastic bags filled with *good* popcorn, cookies, etc. I've done

[scifinoir2] Bollywood

2010-06-22 Thread Mr. Worf
To be honest a lot of the stuff that comes out of Bollywood is a rip off of American films in one way or another. There's a Bollywood version of every American hit from the Godfather to Memento to Spiderman. They do however put a slightly different Indian spin on it which can make it sometimes

[scifinoir2] Way OT: Obama 'angry' after reading McChrystal's remarks

2010-06-22 Thread Keith Johnson
Warning: Long, late night, sleepiness-induced rant coming... Oh, he's got to go---and maybe some of these loose-lip top aides as well. I am not at all understanding why generals who sat silent while Bush, Rumsfeld, and Cheney ran a bad Iraqi invasion are suddenly acting like this. Since when

Re: [scifinoir2] Bollywood

2010-06-22 Thread Keith Johnson
I guess most of us only think of the musical productions as Bollywood. Does it encompass the whole gamut, like Hollywood, which would include the dramas and such? If so, is any of the serious stuff good, or just derivative as you mentioned? And what is the appeal of the lavish musical movies if

Re: [scifinoir2] Bollywood

2010-06-22 Thread Mr. Worf
Some of them have musical numbers in the middle of the movies. (J-Pop (Japanese Pop movies) does the same thing. ) But not all of their movies have musical numbers, or they write it so that blends into the plot. For example, the main character might go to a performance, or work for a movie company

[scifinoir2] Hong Kong Phooey The Movie!

2010-06-22 Thread Mr. Worf
This one movie that would be on a never thought that would make it to the screen list. Guess I was wrong on that Hong Kong Phooey The Movie! By bbwhirlhttp://www.nerdles.com/author/admin/ [image: hong kong phooey]http://www.nerdles.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/hong-kong-phooey.jpgWe’ve had

Re: [scifinoir2] Memphis Beat Debuts after Hawthorne Tonight

2010-06-22 Thread Mr. Worf
I'm adding it to the list. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 5:33 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Yet another original series from a cable station! After NBC unwisely canceled My Name is Earl, it's good to see him back on his feet already. Looks like it might be quirky fun, in the

Re: [scifinoir2] CBS enters India TV market with Reliance

2010-06-22 Thread Mr. Worf
I dunno. I think that there will be problems in India because of the things we have in our shows like people kissing that are not married, autopsies, and lots of gun violence. On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Oh... this is just US inflicting our