Re: Weekly Chat Reminder
On Dec 23, 2009, at 11:03 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: The Weekly Brin-L chat is scheduled for Wednesday 3 PM Eastern/2 PM Central time in the US, or 7 PM Greenwich time. There's usually somebody there to talk to for at least eight hours after the start time. If no-one is there when you arrive just wait around a while for the next person to show up! Maybe I will get there tonight to remember you that Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Christ :-P Of course, we all know that it started that way, but it is very much a secular holiday, too. And even we Christians have to acknowledge that it is celebrated in December only in order to co-opt the winter solstice celebrations of the pagans. That said, a very merry Christmas to you, Alberto, and to William and the rest of the Brin-L crew, enjoy the blessings of whatever you may or may not believe or celebrate at this time of year. Dave ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Avatar
On 12/23/2009 13:11, Julia wrote: When I've seen the preview, I've had "uncanny valley" issues. I don't think I could sit through the whole thing without having a brain-ache. :( I don't think the previews do justice to the film because this really is one of those rare films that needs 3D to do it justice and is better the bigger the screen that you watch it on. I particularly think the "uncanny valley" issues with the film dissolve the more you let the film immerse you and large screens and 3D are key to that. This is something that James Cameron seems to have known all along, and part of why it has become the message to get out to encourage people to pay for that 3D or IMAX upgrade at their local popcorn stadium. -- --Max Battcher-- http://worldmaker.net ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Weekly Chat Reminder
> > The Weekly Brin-L chat is scheduled for Wednesday 3 PM > Eastern/2 PM Central time in the US, or 7 PM Greenwich time. > There's usually somebody there to talk to for at least eight > hours after the start time. If no-one is there when you arrive > just wait around a while for the next person to show up! > Maybe I will get there tonight to remember you that Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Christ :-P Alberto Monteiro ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Weekly Chat Reminder
The Brin-L weekly chat has been a list tradition for over ten years. Way back on 27 May, 1998, Marco Maisenhelder first set up a chatroom for the list, and on the next day, he established a weekly chat time. We've been through several servers, chat technologies, and even casts of regulars over the years, but the chat goes on... and we want more recruits! Whether you're an active poster or a lurker, whether you've been a member of the list from the beginning or just joined today, we would really like for you to join us. We have less politics, more Uplift talk, and more light-hearted discussion. We're non-fattening and 100% environmentally friendly... -(_() Though sometimes marshmallows do get thrown. The Weekly Brin-L chat is scheduled for Wednesday 3 PM Eastern/2 PM Central time in the US, or 7 PM Greenwich time. There's usually somebody there to talk to for at least eight hours after the start time. If no-one is there when you arrive just wait around a while for the next person to show up! If you want to attend, it's really easy now. All you have to do is send your web browser to: http://wtgab.demon.co.uk/~brinl/mud/ ..And you can connect directly from the NEW new web interface! -- William T Goodall Mail : w...@wtgab.demon.co.uk Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ "This message was sent automatically using launchd. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up." ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
RE: Avatar
I saw Avatar last night in the Imax/3D format. It was by far the most awesome audio/visual experience I've ever had. The story was fair to good, but the eye candy was spectacular. I wouldn't have thought I could get vertigo while sitting in a comfortable arm chair. Cool; see it and pay the extra for Imax. Doug ___ When I've seen the preview, I've had "uncanny valley" issues. I don't think I could sit through the whole thing without having a brain-ache. :( Julia ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Films of the year (was Avatar)
On 21 Dec 2009, at 21:53, Doug Pensinger wrote: > I saw Avatar last night in the Imax/3D format. It was by far the most > awesome audio/visual experience I've ever had. The story was fair to > good, but the eye candy was spectacular. I wouldn't have thought I > could get vertigo while sitting in a comfortable arm chair. Cool; see > it and pay the extra for Imax. > > Doug I don't think I'll get to see that until 2010. My favourite of the films I did get to see in 2009 was _Let The Right One In_ And other movies I rated highly were (in the order I saw them) _Slumdog Millionaire_ _Watchmen_ _Anything For Her_ _Moon_ _District 9_ _Fish Tank_ _The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus_ Lists Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : w...@wtgab.demon.co.uk Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://blog.williamgoodall.name/ “Babies are born every day without an iPod. We will get there.” - Adam Sohn, the head of public relations for Microsoft’s Zune division. ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
