Re: [scifinoir2] Transmission speeds of 100Mbps over 1km on existing copper networks
I've seen the ads, but never one in person. On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: What they will more than likely end up doing is mimicking what T1 looks like with DSL. Or someone like Marvel (the tech company) will come out with the same thing on a chip. Have you seen their home servers for $99 that you just plug into the wall? On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: How many centuries before this filters all the way down to us? On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: Transmission speeds of 100Mbps over 1km on existing copper networks By Darren Quick http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/ *23:52 April 22, 2010* [image: Alcatel-Lucent has boosted the transmission speeds available over existing copper infrastr...]http://www.gizmag.com/alcatel-lucent-dsl-phantom-mode/14888/picture/113720/ Alcatel-Lucent has boosted the transmission speeds available over existing copper infrastructure Verizon DSL Official Sitehttp://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=lai=BYSLjSPjRS-m1GI_0jQTXmIHdDrvDl8EB14vE_g7AjbcB0LWaARABGAEgs9z6ASgEOABQovG7YGDJxs2GyKOgGaABybLL9wOyAQ53d3cuZ2l6bWFnLmNvbboBCjMwMHgyNTBfanPIAQHaAZABaHR0cDovL3d3dy5naXptYWcuY29tL2FsY2F0ZWwtbHVjZW50LWRzbC1waGFudG9tLW1vZGUvMTQ4ODgvP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9R2l6bWFnK1N1YnNjcmliZXJzJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj0zNDYzNzE5ZmFjLVVBLTIyMzUzNjAtNCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsyALzqIgSqAMB6AO3AugD6AXoAzToA_4C9QMAAABEnum=1sig=AGiWqtypg8BaVn-vPYhONaA6LwdNNSKuUAclient=ca-pub-1607124478120364adurl=http://clickserve.dartsearch.net/link/click%3Flid%3D4300281697534%26ds_s_kwgid%3D586095367%26ds_e_adid%3D3926274383%26ds_e_matchtype%3Dcontent%26ds_url_v%3D2- Verizon.com/dslhttp://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=lai=BYSLjSPjRS-m1GI_0jQTXmIHdDrvDl8EB14vE_g7AjbcB0LWaARABGAEgs9z6ASgEOABQovG7YGDJxs2GyKOgGaABybLL9wOyAQ53d3cuZ2l6bWFnLmNvbboBCjMwMHgyNTBfanPIAQHaAZABaHR0cDovL3d3dy5naXptYWcuY29tL2FsY2F0ZWwtbHVjZW50LWRzbC1waGFudG9tLW1vZGUvMTQ4ODgvP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9R2l6bWFnK1N1YnNjcmliZXJzJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj0zNDYzNzE5ZmFjLVVBLTIyMzUzNjAtNCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsyALzqIgSqAMB6AO3AugD6AXoAzToA_4C9QMAAABEnum=1sig=AGiWqtypg8BaVn-vPYhONaA6LwdNNSKuUAclient=ca-pub-1607124478120364adurl=http://clickserve.dartsearch.net/link/click%3Flid%3D4300281697534%26ds_s_kwgid%3D586095367%26ds_e_adid%3D3926274383%26ds_e_matchtype%3Dcontent%26ds_url_v%3D2 VZ Internet For Only $19.99/Month - Price Is Guaranteed To Never Go Up! Embarq is now CenturyLinkhttp://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=lai=BRLNVSPjRS-m1GI_0jQTXmIHdDsa4vKwB6Ni13RDAjbcBgMmyAxACGAIgs9z6ASgEOABQ0MTDMmDJxs2GyKOgGbIBDnd3dy5naXptYWcuY29tugEKMzAweDI1MF9qc8gBAdoBkAFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lmdpem1hZy5jb20vYWxjYXRlbC1sdWNlbnQtZHNsLXBoYW50b20tbW9kZS8xNDg4OC8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1HaXptYWcrU3Vic2NyaWJlcnMmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPTM0NjM3MTlmYWMtVUEtMjIzNTM2MC00JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWzIAr7h2BCoAwHoA7cC6APoBegDNOgD_gL1AwAAAEQnum=2sig=AGiWqtxC7C3SxxwvRBt1lRCLp-rjBO_xJAclient=ca-pub-1607124478120364adurl=http://m1339.ic-live.com/710/%3F45953168%26OVMTC%3Dcontent%26site%3Dwww.gizmag.com%26creative%3D4397039962%26OVKEY%3Ddsl- embarq.centurylink.com/businesshttp://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=lai=BRLNVSPjRS-m1GI_0jQTXmIHdDsa4vKwB6Ni13RDAjbcBgMmyAxACGAIgs9z6ASgEOABQ0MTDMmDJxs2GyKOgGbIBDnd3dy5naXptYWcuY29tugEKMzAweDI1MF9qc8gBAdoBkAFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lmdpem1hZy5jb20vYWxjYXRlbC1sdWNlbnQtZHNsLXBoYW50b20tbW9kZS8xNDg4OC8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1HaXptYWcrU3Vic2NyaWJlcnMmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPTM0NjM3MTlmYWMtVUEtMjIzNTM2MC00JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWzIAr7h2BCoAwHoA7cC6APoBegDNOgD_gL1AwAAAEQnum=2sig=AGiWqtxC7C3SxxwvRBt1lRCLp-rjBO_xJAclient=ca-pub-1607124478120364adurl=http://m1339.ic-live.com/710/%3F45953168%26OVMTC%3Dcontent%26site%3Dwww.gizmag.com%26creative%3D4397039962%26OVKEY%3Ddsl Save $10/mo on Business High Speed Internet starting at $19.95/mo. T1 $249/Month - CAhttp://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=lai=BKzbYSPjRS-m1GI_0jQTXmIHdDtTy8b0BqrGlrQ7AjbcB0N3dAhADGAMgs9z6ASgEOABQj_OfsAFgycbNhsijoBmgAab10_0DsgEOd3d3Lmdpem1hZy5jb226AQozMDB4MjUwX2pzyAEB2gGQAWh0dHA6Ly93d3cuZ2l6bWFnLmNvbS9hbGNhdGVsLWx1Y2VudC1kc2wtcGhhbnRvbS1tb2RlLzE0ODg4Lz91dG1fc291cmNlPUdpem1hZytTdWJzY3JpYmVycyZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249MzQ2MzcxOWZhYy1VQS0yMjM1MzYwLTQmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbIACAcgCzoW7AagDAegDtwLoA-gF6AM06AP-AvUDRAnum=3sig=AGiWqtxoZ821CCxav15uGUAnMvePa5WBmAclient=ca-pub-1607124478120364adurl=http://www.speakeasy.net/promos/t1279d/%3Fc_id%3D7017000LGT6-
Re: [scifinoir2] Lawsuit against Lee, Marvel tossed
DUH. Should've gotten on the boat a year earlier, they. On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 8:01 PM, brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us wrote: http://jam.canoe.ca/Books/2010/04/05/13472016-wenn-story.html Lawsuit against Lee, Marvel tossed By WENN.COM Comic book icon Stan Lee is breathing a sigh of relief after a New York judge dismissed a $750 million suit filed against him and Marvel Entertainment bosses challenging the copyright of his most famous superhero characters. Lee was taken to court last year by Jose Abadin and Christopher Belland, the shareholders of Stan Lee Media Inc. (SLMI), which was declared bankrupt in 2001. They claimed Lee had harmed their interests when he signed away all his rights in the Marvel Entertainment brand and the copyright to characters like Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, the Fantastic Four and X-Men to the company in 1998 - a year before they acquired their shares in SLMI. Representatives for Lee and Marvel executives denied the allegations in the lawsuit, stating it was filled with ridiculous claims, and a Manhattan federal judge ruled in their favour last week. U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty decided Abadin and Belland had no legal standing to sue because they were not shareholders at the time of Lee's Marvel deal. They were also criticized for only filing their lawsuit 10 years after acquiring their company shares, insisting they cannot wait a decade to enforce their rights. Marvel Entertainment was taken over by Disney in December. -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] Doctor Strange and more getting thrifty?
I wouldn't mind either, Brent... but the phrase take risks gives me the willies. On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:34 PM, brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us wrote: A Dr. Strange feature wouldn't be amiss. Brent -- http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=27664 23 April 2010 Marvel Plans Low-Budget Pics Doctor Strange and more getting thrifty? Source: CHUD [ http://chud.com/articles/articles/23473/1/EXCLUSIVE-MARVEL039S-EXCITING-SMALL-MOVIE-PLANS/Page1.html ] Marvel Studios has been eager to keep us all up to date with the films it has in the works for the next couple of years, and featuring some of its biggest names (Iron Man, Thor, Captain America etc). But according to Devin over at CHUD, it has also been quietly plotting an idea to fill its production pipeline after the likes of The Avengers are in cinemas. But while that Joss Whedon-helmed (probably) film will be their biggest project to date, their future plans also include them thinking small. And thinking creatively. The company is busy taking meetings with writers and directors to figure out films based on lesser-known, third-tier characters like Dr Strange, Luke Cage, Dazzler and Power Pack. The idea is that the filmmakers will work from a much lower budget than Iron Man and co – between $20 - $40 million – but in return will be given more creative freedom to take risks. There’s no word yet on when the first film might start gearing up, or even whether anything will come from it, but this news does at least prove that the top bods at Marvel are ready to experiment with ideas and have solid plans ahead for their universe outside of the heavy hitters. So come on then, people – which lower-level Marvel characters would you want to see on screen, and which leftfield filmmaker should have a crack at them? James White -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] Lando a fave with 'Star Wars' fans
I am too, Mr Worf. And I never really thought of what Lando did as selling out. Don't really know why, but I don't. I know what it's like to be backed into a corner on a sitch, having no option but to keep silent until the shoe falls. On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 8:04 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I'm glad that someone took time out to talk to Mr.Williams. He is one of the few people that doesn't get mentioned much when they talk about star wars stuff. Although Robot Chicken loves it when he does their show. On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 4:59 PM, brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us wrote: http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Artists/W/Williams_Billy_Dee/2010/04/23/13690026-qmi.html Artist: Williams, Billy Dee Lando a fave with 'Star Wars' fans By LISA WILTON - QMI Agency CALGARY - As far as Stars Wars characters go, Lando Calrissian is a relatively minor one. But he is also considered one of the more memorable characters, thanks to the cool-as-a-cucumber performance of Billy Dee Williams. The actor also has another theory as to why Lando is a favourite with Star Wars fans. He was cute, the 73-year-old says with a laugh. There was a roguish kind of thing about him that people liked. Sure, fans may have been slightly peeved when Lando stabbed hero Han Solo in the back, handing him over to intergalactic bounty hunter Boba Fett in The Empire Strikes Back. But they couldn't stay mad at the handsome Rebel Alliance general for long. I think I succeeded in making him a kind of palatable, likable character. A character needs a certain amount of vulnerability that people can relate to. Williams says he didn't realize the Star Wars films would have such a lasting influence on popular culture, although he knew right away he was working with a very talented director and cast. I knew that with George Lucas I was working with someone very special, he recalls. I was a little bit familiar with some of the work he had done before the Star Wars saga. But one never really knows how a film is going to turn out. When you're an actor, you're just happy to be working. And if you're working for people who have the kind of reputation that George Lucas has then you're very lucky. Williams, who's appearing this weekend at the Calgary Comic Entertainment Expo, doesn't mind he regularly gets called upon to revive Lando Calrissian. It's fun for me, he says. At this point in my life, I'm just enjoying myself. lisa.wil...@sunmedia.ca Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] Top Ten Space Weapons
Holy CRAP Dropping tungsten rods on targets from outer space? What if they MISS? MAN, but humanity is dumb. On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 10:18 PM, brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us wrote: http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/top10_space_weapons.html -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] Third Degree Burns
I've seen a herd mentality in SF for many years, much like the music industry kicking out The Sound in lieu of actually developing real music. Run down to your local bookstore and check out the titles, and don't be surprised at how many of them are SS,DC (Same Sh*t, Different Characters). It's downright depressing. On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:24 PM, brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us wrote: I find this piece not unrelated to the scifi genre. What are your thoughts? Brent http://www.guernicamag.com/features/1688/third_degree_burns/ Third Degree Burns by Jay Baron Nicorvo, April 2010 It’s not navel-gazing MFA graduates who are killing literary fiction, says Jay Nicorvo. It’s blockbuster-hungry book editors and their habit of anticipating anticipations. A response to Ted Genoways in Mother Jones. In January, in an article published in Mother Jones, Virginia Quarterly Review editor Ted Genoways warned that struggling literary magazines were a harbinger for the demise of literary fiction. In “The Death of Fiction?” [ http://motherjones.com/media/2010/01/death-of-literary-fiction-magazines-journals ] he writes, “Once strongholds of literature and learned discussion in our country, university-based quarterlies have seen steadily declining subscriber bases since their heyday a half-century ago - and an even greater dent in their cultural relevance.” The reason for this? Creative writing programs, and the glut of solipsistic writers they produce. The expansion of the guild system - academic, institutional - he says has bogged down editorial offices and bored readers with work that is insular, self-centered and often unreadable, when fictions should be concerned with big issues, radiant and reflecting the larger world. This is the same basic point Dana Gioia made about poetry nearly twenty years ago in “Can Poetry Matter?” but the point applied to fiction is a little wide-right. If fiction is indeed faltering, the university system isn’t at fault, nor are the navel-gazing writers who come out of it. The purpose of a Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing might be to produce professional writers, but most don’t - a hundred or so books have been published by Emerson College MFA alumni in the twenty-four year history of the program; compare that to the three thousand plus books published by Iowa Writers’ Workshop grads during its seventy-five years cited by Edward J. Delaney in his ’07 Atlantic article, “Where Great Writers are Made.” What MFA programs do graduate are people who have mastered some of the uses of written English. And while this mastery might not be the most lucrative skill set, I would argue that it is the skill most widely applicable to making an honest living. Words are everywhere. If you can manage them well, chances are there’s a job for you, even in this economy. An MFA in creative writing, more often than it leads to authors who’ve published books, leads to lawyering, teaching, editing, librarian-ing, agenting, advertising, speech-writing, nursing, you name it. More than one quarter of the attendees of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs 2008 Conference in New York City listed “Other” for their vocation, but it’s safe to assume these professionals continue reading even if they no longer write. There’s no guarantee that a graduate of an MFA program will go on to publish a book, but there’s no doubt that MFA programs produce more proficient readers. According to the 2007 NEA survey “To Read or Not to Read: A Question of National Consequence,” prose readers with graduate degrees are on average 10 percent more proficient. And readers read books. Almost as an afterthought in “The Death of Fiction?” - one that’s overshadowed by the easy generalization that academically trained writers ignore the larger world - is the following: “the blockbuster mentality of book publishing in the age of corporate conglomeration (to the point of nearly exterminating the midlist) has conspired to squash the market for new fiction.” Here, Ted lights upon the real reason to be concerned for the health and well-being of literary fiction. I’d like to take this time to ask a rhetorical question that sounds at first like a bad joke: What do acquiring editors at large publishing houses and investment bankers at big banks have in common? In The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, published in 1936, (incidentally, the same year the Writers’ Workshop began) John Maynard Keynes, in trying to make sense of the forces at work during the Great Depression, says that financiers are required to keep a close watch on the “mass psychology of the market,” which could change at any moment. This is an attention to the mentality of the mob, rather than to the value of the individual. These days, editors at commercial publishing houses are required to do the same. They
Re: [scifinoir2] Young Mad Scientist Alphabet Blocks
Why is there a painful-yet-joyful grin on my face right now? On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/23/young-mad-scientist.html Young Mad Scientist Alphabet Blocks from Xylocopa in 2008. Now, these wooden cubes, laser-etched with mad science concepts, are available in the Boing Boing Bazaar. Here are the illustrations on the blocks: A – Appendages#8232; B – Bioengineering#8232; C – Caffeine#8232; D – Dirigible#8232; E – Experiment#8232; F – Freeze ray#8232; G – Goggles#8232; H – Henchmen#8232; I – Invention#8232; J – Jargon#8232; K – Potassium#8232; L – Laser#8232; M – Maniacal#8232; N – Nanotechnology#8232; O – Organs#8232; P – Peasants (with Pitchforks)#8232; Q – Quantum physics#8232; R – Robot#8232; S – Self-experimentation#8232; T – Tentacles#8232; U – Underground Lair#8232; V – Virus#8232; W – Wrench#8232; X – X-Ray#8232; Y – You, the Mad Scientist of Tomorrow#8232; Z – Zombies -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] Top Ten Space Weapons
And, if I may humbly offer a better name for the #1... Quoting Dylan, Everybody Must Get Stoned (You *didn't* think I'd stay *serious*, did you?) On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 6:51 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Holy CRAP Dropping tungsten rods on targets from outer space? What if they MISS? MAN, but humanity is dumb. On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 10:18 PM, brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us wrote: http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/top10_space_weapons.html -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
[scifinoir2] Re: Why Young Black Superheros gotta have Blond Hair?
Whycome YOUNG Black Superheros gotta have WHITE hair? If I didn't know better you would think the streets are full young black guys with WHITE hair. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Omari Confer clockwork...@... wrote: Looks like his hair is white to me... On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@... wrote: http://blackgeekdom.com/blog/2010/04/23/animated-young-justice-is-offically-announced-by-dc/ You can read more about the show at MTV Splash Page, but I do have one question that needs to be answered, whats up with the blonde hair on the the black guys. First it was Spyke in X-men Evolution and now with Aqualad in Young Justice, if I didn't know better you would think the streets are full young black guys with blonde hair who secretly want to be Sysko for Dru Hill. -- READ MY BLOG http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com STRING THEORY http://stringtheory.podbean.com
[scifinoir2] Facebook Accounts Sold by Russian Hacker Kirilos; User Logins For Sale
I'm going to close my account. NOW. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-accounts-sold-russian-hacker-kirllos-user-logins/story?id=10461717 -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] Top Ten Space Weapons
Discovery Science did a piece on it last year or so. It was a way of taking out a city or base without radiation. On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 3:51 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Holy CRAP Dropping tungsten rods on targets from outer space? What if they MISS? MAN, but humanity is dumb. On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 10:18 PM, brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us wrote: http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/top10_space_weapons.html -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Why Young Black Superheros gotta have Blond Hair?
Good question! On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 4:48 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: Whycome YOUNG Black Superheros gotta have WHITE hair? If I didn't know better you would think the streets are full young black guys with WHITE hair. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Omari Confer clockwork...@... wrote: Looks like his hair is white to me... On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@... wrote: http://blackgeekdom.com/blog/2010/04/23/animated-young-justice-is-offically-announced-by-dc/ You can read more about the show at MTV Splash Page, but I do have one question that needs to be answered, whats up with the blonde hair on the the black guys. First it was Spyke in X-men Evolution and now with Aqualad in Young Justice, if I didn't know better you would think the streets are full young black guys with blonde hair who secretly want to be Sysko for Dru Hill. -- READ MY BLOG http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com STRING THEORY http://stringtheory.podbean.com Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Top Ten Space Weapons
Have any of you ever posted something, then realized, ten seconds after it sends, that it was a REALLY bad idea? On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: I remember that. I didn't see it, but someone sent me a link to the video. Still one loopy idea, IMO. Well, they could put GPS tracking capability on it. On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Discovery Science did a piece on it last year or so. It was a way of taking out a city or base without radiation. On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 3:51 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Holy CRAP Dropping tungsten rods on targets from outer space? What if they MISS? MAN, but humanity is dumb. On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 10:18 PM, brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us wrote: http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/top10_space_weapons.html -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] Facebook Accounts Sold by Russian Hacker Kirilos; User Logins For Sale
When I first joined up, I had the Mafia Wars app for about a week. Then I heard bad things about it from a friend there, and I dumped it. Which reminds me that I forgot to tell him that I was leaving. Need to zap him a line. On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I had one of my accounts hacked a couple of months ago. I think it was an add on program to mafia wars but maybe it was someone that bought it? They tried to access it by mobile phone. On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: I'm going to close my account. NOW. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-accounts-sold-russian-hacker-kirllos-user-logins/story?id=10461717 -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
[scifinoir2] Batman Characters
This is from the fine folks at Cracked, aptly enough a study of the mental health of Gotham's most famous citizens. Disturbingly enough, I see a lot of myself in Ra's al Ghul... http://www.cracked.com/funny-4419-batman-characters/ Martin (not disclosing filmography) -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] Facebook Accounts Sold by Russian Hacker Kirilos; User Logins For Sale
Zynga is a bit behind on keeping up with what is allowed in the game. They seem to be still overwhelmed by the amount of people that play their games while trying to generate cash flow. (I did an interview there.) Facebook's setup allows anyone with PHP skills to alter or add to any software that is being ran on facebook. That is crazy. On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: When I first joined up, I had the Mafia Wars app for about a week. Then I heard bad things about it from a friend there, and I dumped it. Which reminds me that I forgot to tell him that I was leaving. Need to zap him a line. On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I had one of my accounts hacked a couple of months ago. I think it was an add on program to mafia wars but maybe it was someone that bought it? They tried to access it by mobile phone. On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: I'm going to close my account. NOW. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-accounts-sold-russian-hacker-kirllos-user-logins/story?id=10461717 -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Top Ten Space Weapons
They will need the next gen gps to make sure they don't accidentally sink one into a school or church. On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: I remember that. I didn't see it, but someone sent me a link to the video. Still one loopy idea, IMO. Well, they could put GPS tracking capability on it. On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Discovery Science did a piece on it last year or so. It was a way of taking out a city or base without radiation. On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 3:51 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Holy CRAP Dropping tungsten rods on targets from outer space? What if they MISS? MAN, but humanity is dumb. On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 10:18 PM, brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us wrote: http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/top10_space_weapons.html -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Doctor Strange and more getting thrifty?
I find it interesting the article calls both Dr. Strange and Luke Cage third tier, and compares them to Power Pack?? Among the mainstream they're obviously not known as well as Spider-Man or the X-Men, but anyone who knows anything about comics knows both have been active in the center for a while now. Cage, especially, has been everywhere, including being one of the anti-Registration forces, and one of the New Avengers, who are currently battling Norman Osborn and his nutty agenda. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 6:41:12 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Doctor Strange and more getting thrifty? I wouldn't mind either, Brent... but the phrase take risks gives me the willies. On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:34 PM, brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us wrote: A Dr. Strange feature wouldn't be amiss. Brent -- http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=27664 23 April 2010 Marvel Plans Low-Budget Pics Doctor Strange and more getting thrifty? Source: CHUD [ http://chud.com/articles/articles/23473/1/EXCLUSIVE-MARVEL039S-EXCITING-SMALL-MOVIE-PLANS/Page1.html ] Marvel Studios has been eager to keep us all up to date with the films it has in the works for the next couple of years, and featuring some of its biggest names (Iron Man, Thor, Captain America etc). But according to Devin over at CHUD, it has also been quietly plotting an idea to fill its production pipeline after the likes of The Avengers are in cinemas. But while that Joss Whedon-helmed (probably) film will be their biggest project to date, their future plans also include them thinking small. And thinking creatively. The company is busy taking meetings with writers and directors to figure out films based on lesser-known, third-tier characters like Dr Strange, Luke Cage, Dazzler and Power Pack. The idea is that the filmmakers will work from a much lower budget than Iron Man and co – between $20 - $40 million – but in return will be given more creative freedom to take risks. There’s no word yet on when the first film might start gearing up, or even whether anything will come from it, but this news does at least prove that the top bods at Marvel are ready to experiment with ideas and have solid plans ahead for their universe outside of the heavy hitters. So come on then, people – which lower-level Marvel characters would you want to see on screen, and which leftfield filmmaker should have a crack at them? James White -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] Top Ten Space Weapons
I think of the devastation the Centauri caused to the Narn in B5, as they used mass drivers to essentially send giant boulders screaming toward the planet below. As fancy as all the EM and robotic stuff is, just dropping junk on someone--or even sending simple ballistic missiles ship-to-shop--would be most devastating. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 6:51:34 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Top Ten Space Weapons Holy CRAP Dropping tungsten rods on targets from outer space? What if they MISS? MAN, but humanity is dumb. On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 10:18 PM, brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us wrote: http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/top10_space_weapons.html -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
[scifinoir2] Re: Facebook Sci-Fi Groups
io9 had a page but not a group. I liked their page (or whatever the heck you call adding it to your wall). Nothing else jumped out at me. I also did not find a facebook group re sci-fi people of color. If Tracy and/or someone else wanted to start such a group, it might be a first. I for one would like it and participate. Nevertheless I still prefer the privacy of Yahoo groups. That's one reason I created the Book Movie Recommendation databases. Yahoo has features that go unused, but are useful for sharing info as well. Tracy already set up a profile page for us too. (Full disclosure: I am a Yahoo stockholder.) The question would be do we want to perhaps blaze a trail and supplement what we have in Yahoo with a facebook group? I think it's almost a question of when, not if. Angela --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@... wrote: Frankly, Daryle, the social aspect worries me a bit, looking at all of the other social networks out there. Here, I feel safe in talking. Not so much in the rest. On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Daryle Lockhart dar...@...wrote: I'm in 12 groups across social media and this is the best sci-fi discussion group I've ever been a part of. We could create social media presences for this group. That would grow the membership, and I'm not entirely sure that's a good thing. I like the energy Tracey started with, and with very few exceptions, it's remained that way all these years. Which is fantastic. What do you all think? Is it time for Sci-Fi Noir to take over the world? On Apr 22, 2010, at 6:50 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: Angela, I'm technically in a couple, but I haven't been in either for... I don't know *how* long. I have issues with that site. On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:21 PM, angelababycat asrobin...@... wrote: I decided to enter the 21st century and finally set up a facebook page. Well, that's a week worth of work Anyway, I was searching sci-fi groups to see if any interested me and there's one called Fans of crappy sci-fi channel original movies. LMAO! But, seriously, anyone a fan of any sci-fi groups on facebook? Angela -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
[scifinoir2] Re: ISO good book recommendations
The sad thing is, if I had more time to read, I'd say all of the above. But since that's not the case, I think the tech needs to be pretty up-to-date (I'm pretty techy for a girl). Re the story being deep, isn't all sci-fi deep? I think everything I read involved the protaganist coming of age, be it a pig herder, an orphan, a hobbit, or some other wayward soul. So I'm probably expecting that. But fun is nice too. I'm taking all recommendatins to the book store with me. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: How techie does it need to be? Modern and up-to-date, with the tech pretty realistic, or can it be older stuff written from the 50s and later, where the science wouldn't now be considered cutting edge? Does it need to be deep and socially relevant, or just fun? I can think of EE Doc Smith's Lensmen series, which dates back to the '50s era. It's fun, but definitely of its time. Let me ask about old classics. Ever read any of Larry Niven's or Jerry Pournelle's stuff? Footfall is a good book, about a race of intelligent pachyderms that invade Earth. Then there's the Ringworld series, which is really good. - Original Message - From: angelababycat asrobin...@... To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 4:05:02 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: ISO good book recommendations That's a good point. I guess I need to think about the kinds of books I used to read...they were probably more fantasy, but I think I want something with a little techy edge to it too. So like Lord of the Rings (all which I've read) with space ships and other planets. MEANWHILE, I took the liberty of making a table in the Database section with the recommendations. Everyone is free to add/edit/delete their recommendations as they wish. When I go to the bookstore, I'm taking the table with me. Thanks. Angela --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Keith Johnson KeithBJohnson@ wrote: Pure scifi only, or are you open to fantasy as well? - Original Message - From: Angela Robinson asrobinson@ To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 10:30:48 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] ISO good book recommendations It's been a while since I've made time/had time to curl up with a book, but now am looking for a good sci-fi novel to sink my teeth into. If you could maybe only get through one sci-fi book this year, what would it be? Angela
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Why Young Black Superheros gotta have Blond Hair?
Better question is...why does it matter? On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Good question! On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 4:48 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: Whycome YOUNG Black Superheros gotta have WHITE hair? If I didn't know better you would think the streets are full young black guys with WHITE hair. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Omari Confer clockwork...@... wrote: Looks like his hair is white to me... On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@... wrote: http://blackgeekdom.com/blog/2010/04/23/animated-young-justice-is-offically-announced-by-dc/ You can read more about the show at MTV Splash Page, but I do have one question that needs to be answered, whats up with the blonde hair on the the black guys. First it was Spyke in X-men Evolution and now with Aqualad in Young Justice, if I didn't know better you would think the streets are full young black guys with blonde hair who secretly want to be Sysko for Dru Hill. -- READ MY BLOG http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com STRING THEORY http://stringtheory.podbean.com Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- READ MY BLOG http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com STRING THEORY http://stringtheory.podbean.com
[scifinoir2] Re: Why Young Black Superheros gotta have Blond Hair?
You are so right! In this post-racial world where everything Afrocentric is as valued as everything European - why does it matter? ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Omari Confer clockwork...@... wrote: Better question is...why does it matter? On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: Good question! On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 4:48 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@... wrote: Whycome YOUNG Black Superheros gotta have WHITE hair? If I didn't know better you would think the streets are full young black guys with WHITE hair. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Omari Confer clockworkman@ wrote: Looks like his hair is white to me... On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Kelwyn ravenadal@ wrote: http://blackgeekdom.com/blog/2010/04/23/animated-young-justice-is-offically-announced-by-dc/ You can read more about the show at MTV Splash Page, but I do have one question that needs to be answered, whats up with the blonde hair on the the black guys. First it was Spyke in X-men Evolution and now with Aqualad in Young Justice, if I didn't know better you would think the streets are full young black guys with blonde hair who secretly want to be Sysko for Dru Hill. -- READ MY BLOG http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com STRING THEORY http://stringtheory.podbean.com Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- READ MY BLOG http://centralheatingblog.blogspot.com STRING THEORY http://stringtheory.podbean.com
[scifinoir2] If you ain't White - get ready to carry papers in Arizona
http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2010/04/if-you-aint-white-get-ready-to-carry-papers-in-arizona/ The latest bill would make it a state crime for illegal immigrants to not have an alien registration document. It also would require police to question people about their immigration status if there's reason to suspect they're in the country illegally. Other provisions allow citizen lawsuits against government agencies that hinder enforcement of immigration laws, and make it illegal for people to hire illegal immigrants for day labor or knowingly transport them. Republican Sen. Russell Pearce of Mesa, who sponsored the bill, said it will take handcuffs off police and put them on violent criminals. Enough is enough, Pearce said. Is this a great country or what? ~(no)rave!
[scifinoir2] Face Off - first full face transplant
http://www.techjackal.net/other/2010/04/24/first-full-face-transplant-conducted-in-a-spanish-hospital/ In Madrid, Spain a first for the medical field has been accomplished. Doctors have completed the first full face transplant. The surgery took place at Barcelona's Vall d'Hebron Hospital. In total, the surgery took approximately twenty four hours. This accomplishment is sure to change the medical transplant field as a whole. Doctors had done partial face transplants in the past but this surgery gives hope to other patients who need new faces because of injuries that they have suffered. Only eleven other face transplants have ever been attempted in the entire world.
[scifinoir2] Avatar king of Blu-ray, too
FOX says the studio shipped more than 1.5 million Blu-ray copies of Avatar on Thursday, the first day on DVD for the highest grossing movie of all time, according to TheWrap.com. The total fractured the previous first-day Blu-ray sales record of 600,000, set by The Black Knight in 2008.
