I watched it twice while I was in the States. Comments within.
Bryon Daly wrote:
I just got back from seeing Return of the King (played hookey from work!),
and seeing no one's commented on it yet, I thought I'd post some of my
thoughts. I'll try to keep spoilers segregated to a separate
Robert Seeberger wrote:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?C5CB22435
I fall into the Idealism and Autonomy quadrant on the graph.
Me too.
George A
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Robert Seeberger wrote:
http://3sc.environics.net/surveys/3sc/main/3sc.asp
I'm an Autonomous Rebel,
and show a similarity to Disengaged Darwinists
Reverse it for me.
George A
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http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=477114
Tim Berners-Lee, the publicity-shy physicist who invented the world
wide web, has been awarded a knighthood.
An unsung hero of the modern age, Mr Berners-Lee is named in today's
New Year's Honours List for services to the
On 31 Dec 2003, at 11:36 am, Robert Seeberger wrote:
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=477114
Tim Berners-Lee, the publicity-shy physicist who invented the world
wide web, has been awarded a knighthood.
An unsung hero of the modern age, Mr Berners-Lee is named in
On 17 Dec 2003, at 3:32 am, William T Goodall wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3325573.stm
...of religion
French President Jacques Chirac is expected to express his support
for a law that would ban pupils wearing Islamic headscarves in
schools.
In a speech to the nation on
2004
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Responding to my own post 8^P
d.brin wrote:
So much for a prop beloved of sci-fi authors such as Neal Stephenson
(in 'The Diamond Age') and David Brin (in 'Kil'n People') (:-)}
And Greg Egan in Quarantine. But I wouldn't give up hope quite yet.
I'll bet the thing didn't have an on board
Ray wrote:
2004
Well, Happy New Year to you in another 15 hours or so. 8^)
--
Doug
Rou Regime Change!
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In a message dated 12/31/2003 10:03:53 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Ray wrote:
2004
Well, Happy New Year to you in another 15 hours or so. 8^)
--
Doug
Quick, somebody on the list move to New Zealand by next Dec 31st to deflate
Ray's
pride of being
Man trapped under mountain of books, papers
NEW YORK (AP) --A man who says he sells books and magazines on the street
was rescued after being trapped for two days under a mountain of reading
material in his apartment.
Patrice Moore, 43, had apparently been standing up when the books,
Does PowerPoint make us stupid?
Rock star David Byrne turns PowerPoint into art
SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) --David Byrne, an accomplished composer,
photographer and lead singer of Talking Heads, has evolved -- some would
say devolved -- into an unlikely artistic medium: PowerPoint.
Best
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 30 Dec 2003, at 10:06 pm, Jan Coffey wrote:
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.scifi.com/sfw/current/excess.html
He missed the train. So did we. He was the train we did
Atomic-based Coordinated Universal Time was implemented in 1972,
superseding the astronomically determined Greenwich Mean Time.
This reminds me of a neat book I read recently Einstein's Clocks and Poincare's Maps
by Peter Galison. He places the discovery of relativity within an historical
http://www.workingforchange.com/comic.cfm?itemid=16205
Tom Beck
www.mercerjewishsingles.org
I always knew I'd see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed I'd see the
last. - Dr Jerry Pournelle
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http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=2716
The real life horror story that began eighteen months ago when an Arab
illegal alien named Youseff Balaghi showed up at a San Diego hospital,
dying from what the Border Patrol initially—and erroneously—feared was
radiation sickness, has now
In a message dated 12/31/2003 6:07:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
The Scouring of the Shire was cut, and was not filmed. The Shire is in
fine shape when they arrive. Despite that, the ending does not feel
truncated. The movie continues for about 20 minutes past
This is just a quick reminder that the Wednesday Brin-L chat
is scheduled for 3 PM Eastern/2 PM Central time in the US, or
7 PM Greenwich time, about five-and-a-half hours ago. There
will probably be somebody there to talk to for at least eight
hours after the start time. See my instruction page
From: Travis Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Calculating God (Robert J Sawyer/Anyone heard of him or the book?/He has
won a Nebula)
This is sitting on my pile of to-be-read books. I thought my pile was
large, with about 40 or so sitting on the shelf, but it's dwarfed by Julia's
pile. (Julia -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In a message dated 12/31/2003 6:07:05 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I was originally upset when I heard the Scouring was not only not in the
movie, but not even filmed. That part of the books is one
of my very favorites
I am glad they removed the
In answer to zMUD question of ever having seen Andy Sirkis, Gollum/Smeagol,
in anything else, he was in Topsy-Turvy as the chicken walking Choregrapher.
Something I would have never realized without IMDB.
William Taylor
-
Off for a libation at
the Coal Hole.
http://www.forbes.com/technology/newswire/2003/12/31/rtr1195252.html
Apple users threaten to sue over iBook, iPod
The difficulties stem from the iBook's logic board, or motherboard, users
say in discussion forums and on message boards -- including boards on
Apple's own Web site. Many users
Unless you are west of here . . .
-- Ronn in Birmingham, AL :)
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Bryon wrote:
The anti-industrial angle doesn't bother me at all. It's a running theme
that Saruman is a spoiler of nature, so it's no surprise he'd do the
same to the Shire. But then, The Lorax is one of my favorite stories,
so maybe that disqualifies me from judgement on this.
I don't
Jim wrote:
Personally, I'm Going for the One. But that's just me.
Great, now I'll have that song going through my head for weeks. :-)
By the way, studio version or the version from YesShows?
Reggie Bautista
Get in the way as the tons of water
Racing with you crashing thru the rudder
Once at
On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:18:17 -0600, Ronn!Blankenship
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Unless you are west of here . . .
I imagine us'ns out here on the left coast will be the last to celebrate,
unless we have someone in Hawaii or Alaska. It's still an hour and
fifteen minutes away here.
--
Doug
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