Re: [scifinoir2] Unmask Spoofed Web Sites
Thanks, Tracey! I downloaded it and installed it. Works pretty well so far I'll see what happens when I get to some of the really UGLEEE urls! :o) Maurice ---Original Message--- From: Tracey de Morsella \(formerly Tracey L. Minor\) Date: 08/01/05 20:18:31 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [scifinoir2] Unmask Spoofed Web Sites http://pcworld.about.com/magazine/2307p074id120784.htm That Web site may look just like your bank's, but is it really? Find out by downloading Corestreet's free Spoofstick applet. It displays the real domain of the site in your browser toolbar, regardless of what the address window says--an invaluable tool for fighting phishers. The toolbar is available for both IE 6.x and Firefox 1.x. http://www.corestreet.com/spoofstick/ Tracey deMorsella, Managing Producer Convergence Media, Inc. Home of The Multicultural Advantage Phone: 215-849-0946 E-mail: tdemorsella @multiculturaladvantage.com http://www.multiculturaladvantage.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.7/60 - Release Date: 7/28/2005 YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group scifinoir2 on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- font face=arial size=-1a href=http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hchpcde/M=362335.6886444.7839734.2575449/D=groups/S=1705034827:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1122983672/A=2894362/R=0/SIG=138c78jl6/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/arts_culture/?source=YAHOOcmpgn=GRPRTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/;What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater?Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good/a./font ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [scifinoir2] Zeta-Jones and Bullock 'Too Old' for 'Wonder Woman'
None! She only has eyes for me! :) -Original Message- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 23:33 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Zeta-Jones and Bullock 'Too Old' for 'Wonder Woman' Based on your Brazil message and this one I can see that Morena Baccarin has join Charisma Carpenter and Kenya Moore on your list of Hot women. My husband agrees with you. I'm curious, which hollywood men are Phylis drawn to? Tracey -Original Message- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 10:13 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Zeta-Jones and Bullock 'Too Old' for 'Wonder Woman' Speaking for myself, I don't see either Holmes or Barton as the Wonder Woman I'd like to see. I've always liked having my heroes be a little older, more mature. I like Whedon a lot, but his leaning toward these women concerns me. Last thing I want is him bringing a Buffy-type sensibility to Diana's story. I'd love to see a Charisma Carpenter type--both in age and body type. Or how about going with Firefly beauty Morena Baccarin? It'd be nice to see someone who's not simply Caucasian play the Themysciran princess. Zeta-Jones and Bullock 'Too Old' for 'Wonder Woman' Hollywood beauties Catherine Zeta-Jones and Sandra Bullock have been dismissed as too old to play superheroine Wonder Woman in a new movie version of the TV series - by the show's original star. Lynda Carter, who starred in the original 1970s show, would prefer to see Buffy The Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon cast a young actress in the lead role rather than any established stars who have been linked with the part. She says, It should be an unknown actress who's about 20. The OC's Mischa Barton and Tom Cruise's fiancee Katie Holmes are said to be amongst Whedon's prime candidates for his 2007 release. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.7/60 - Release Date: 7/28/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.7/60 - Release Date: 7/28/2005 Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- font face=arial size=-1a href=http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hfitl4b/M=362335.6886444.7839734.2575449/D=groups/S=1705034827:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1122986717/A=2894362/R=0/SIG=138c78jl6/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/arts_culture/?source=YAHOOcmpgn=GRPRTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/;What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater?Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good/a./font ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: Zeta-Jones and Bullock 'Too Old' for 'Wonder Woman'
I don't know much about Wonder Woman other than she was a DC Comics heroine and the 70's TV series featured Linda Carter. Does Wonder Woman have to be caucasian? In her youth, Linda Carter was pretty hot. Her portrayal of WW was a fairly stiff and stationary one, similar to Adam West's Batman of the same period late 60's and early 70's. I was more of a DC comics reader than a Marvel reader. WW had some acrobatic capabilities and her magic lasso (which didn't do much memorable in the TV series given the SFX limitations of the early 70's). Given the emphasis today on action heroes with a fair amount of athleticism and martial arts capabilities with wire work, plus the fact that WW was always presented as a princess, a younger actress probably would be a better choice. Now, all of that said... Katie Holmes would still be a poor... no a terrible choice. WW had some leadership qualities which Holmes can't deliver. Jessica Alba *might* be a good choice, as she was fairly athletic in her Dark Angel role. But Alba wasn't athletic enough IMHO with the martial arts, and I doubt that she's tall enough physically. WW definitely had black hair. Not a blonde. Jessica Simpson had to hit the weight room just to fill out a pair of Daisey Duke shorts. She was that skinny. LOL! No way she could portray WW. Does WW have to be Caucasian? To answer that question, requires more space and time than I care to in this e-mail message. Think of it this way, does Superman or Spiderman *have* to be Caucasian? Of course not, but I highly doubt that Hollywood has the balls to divert from the traditional and incur the wrath of traditionalist comic book fans. I suspect that Carter made the comment she said in order to help the director, who was probably getting some heat from some empty suits at the studio to hire an established actress that'll guarantee box office $$$ and Bullock and Zeta-Jones are both good box office draws. I just hope that they don't pick any of several 20-something, non-acting, skinny blonde pop stars for the lead role. Could Renee Zellwegger pull off the WW role? I wonder. George Captain The USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston) Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- font face=arial size=-1a href=http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12h76qvn2/M=362335.6886444.7839734.2575449/D=groups/S=1705034827:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123015307/A=2894362/R=0/SIG=138c78jl6/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/arts_culture/?source=YAHOOcmpgn=GRPRTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/;What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater?Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good/a./font ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [scifinoir2] Zeta-Jones and Bullock 'Too Old' for 'Wonder Woman'
Charisma Carpenter won't get it, Joss Whedon fired her from Angel, so I'm not thinking he wants to work with her again. Too bad, because she is perfect! Alexa Davalos would be really good, and she is not too well known, so I think she would be a good choice. I agree with Linda Carter that it should be an unknown actress, not anyone established. JMHO. I think the movie has a better shot at succeeding that way - Original Message - From: Keith Johnson To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 8:33 PM Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Zeta-Jones and Bullock 'Too Old' for 'Wonder Woman' Wonder Woman's always been portrayed as Caucasian, odd considering her people are influenced by the Greek gods. But hey, Kevin Sorbo wasn't exactly Greek either! Either way, I agree about Torres, but you know there's as much a chance of that as Tyrease playing Superman. So, looking at non-Black women, I think the girl who plays the Companion on Firefly has the looks, not sure if she has the attitude. But her Brazilian-Italian heritage definitely fits the look better. How about the dark-haired beauty from Angel who had electrical powers? She was a thief that Angel and the gang encountered. She was tough... -Original Message- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bosco Bosco Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 22:51 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Zeta-Jones and Bullock 'Too Old' for 'Wonder Woman' I don't know much about Wonder Woman other than she was a DC Comics heroine and the 70's TV series featured Linda Carter. Does Wonder Woman have to be caucasian? On the Fire Fly front, Why not Gina Torres? She'd make an awesome Wonder Woman. She exudes power, strength and confidence as Zoe. Plus she's about 110% totally hawt. Bosco --- Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Speaking for myself, I don't see either Holmes or Barton as the Wonder Woman I'd like to see. I've always liked having my heroes be a little older, more mature. I like Whedon a lot, but his leaning toward these women concerns me. Last thing I want is him bringing a Buffy-type sensibility to Diana's story. I'd love to see a Charisma Carpenter type--both in age and body type. Or how about going with Firefly beauty Morena Baccarin? It'd be nice to see someone who's not simply Caucasian play the Themysciran princess. Zeta-Jones and Bullock 'Too Old' for 'Wonder Woman' Hollywood beauties Catherine Zeta-Jones and Sandra Bullock have been dismissed as too old to play superheroine Wonder Woman in a new movie version of the TV series - by the show's original star. Lynda Carter, who starred in the original 1970s show, would prefer to see Buffy The Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon cast a young actress in the lead role rather than any established stars who have been linked with the part. She says, It should be an unknown actress who's about 20. The OC's Mischa Barton and Tom Cruise's fiancee Katie Holmes are said to be amongst Whedon's prime candidates for his 2007 release. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] I got friends who are in prison and Friends who are dead. I'm gonna tell ya something that I've often said. You know these things that happen, That's just the way it's supposed to be. And I can't help but wonder, Don't ya know it coulda been me. Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS * Visit your group scifinoir2 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2 on the web. * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ . _ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS a.. Visit your group scifinoir2 on the web. b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. -- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- font face=arial size=-1a href=http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12h01pu87/M=362335.6886444.7839734.2575449/D=groups/S=1705034827:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123048254/A=2894362/R=0/SIG=138c78jl6/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/arts_culture/?source=YAHOOcmpgn=GRPRTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/;What would our lives be
[scifinoir2] Mars or Bust
[EMAIL PROTECTED] More good Mars stuff! August 2, 2005 Mars or Bust By JOHN TIERNEY DEVON ISLAND, Nunavut President Bush wants humans to go to Mars, which is the best undeveloped real estate left in the solar system. But I'm afraid we won't get there unless he comes to the meteor crater here and puts on a spacesuit. The crater on this Canadian island 500 miles north of the Arctic Circle is about the closest earthly approximation of the Martian surface, which is why scientists from the Mars Society are roaming it in spacesuits. When I joined them, I quickly learned several lessons about extraterrestrial exploration. Lesson 1: Be careful sipping water. I began the extravehicular activity by breaking off the tip of the water tube and flooding my helmet. The mission leader declared me the first drowning fatality on Mars, which was a useful reminder of the perils of sending humans to space. But after my reincarnation, I began to see the offsetting advantages. In one afternoon we covered more ground than either of NASA's Rover robots has traveled in two years. The scientists used all-terrain vehicles to cruise the rocky desert looking for signs of life: slivers of green, beds of fossils. When they spotted something, they quickly dismounted and clambered over the rocks to investigate and retrieve samples. The Mars Society scientists have tried using robots to explore here, but the machines took 1,000 times as long as humans to do the work, even when they were getting instantaneous instructions from scientists nearby. On Mars the robots would be much slower. They'd have to wait for radio signals to travel to Earth and back, which could take more than half an hour. If we want to explore much of Mars any time soon, we need to send humans, and they need to be in good shape when they land after the six-month flight. If President Bush put on a spacesuit and a backpack and tried climbing to the top of this crater's ridge, or lifting an A.T.V. out of a crevice, he'd see what's wrong with NASA's plans for Mars. For decades NASA's doctors have been trying to find some physical therapy to mitigate the effects of weightlessness, but astronauts can still barely walk after six months of it. Meanwhile, NASA has largely ignored an obvious alternative: redesign the spaceship instead of the human body. Artificial gravity could be created during the flight to Mars by twirling the ship. Such a ship was designed during the 1990's by Robert Zubrin, the president of the Mars Society, but NASA just went on watching astronauts' bones and muscles deteriorate in orbit. The zero-gravity research provided a rationale for its chief programs, the space shuttle and the space station - which have always been in desperate search of a rationale. Imagine, Mr. Zubrin said, that Prince Henry the Navigator had sent one ship out in the Atlantic Ocean 50 miles and put sailors there for six months at a time and measured the rate at which they got scurvy - and that was all he did. That would be ludicrous enough. But now imagine he did that even though it was already known you could cure scurvy by giving the sailors limes. What Henry, the 15th-century Portuguese prince, actually did was to set a goal: reaching India by sea. Instead of paying for never-ending programs that went nowhere - like the shuttle and the space station that Congress keeps financing at the expense of a Mars mission - he rewarded mariners who made progress down the African coast. NASA has started to buy into that philosophy by offering a few prizes, like a $250,000 reward for the best new glove for astronauts. But it could think a lot bigger: prizes to any public or private groups that build a Mars A.T.V., Mars rocket or Mars spaceship. Even if NASA won't spring for the prizes, there's no reason someone else couldn't afford the tab. The 19th-century British Navy, bound by the same kind of bureaucracy and politics as NASA, foundered in its search for the Northwest Passage and the North Pole because its huge ships got trapped in the ice near here. But explorers like Roald Amundsen and Robert Peary had much better luck with small expeditions financed privately. Peary had a millionaires' club that paid for his treks toward the North Pole. Mars is a tougher mission, but Mr. Zubrin figures he could get there within a decade for less than $10 billion, a sum that doesn't even require a club of billionaires, when you consider the fortunes of a Paul Allen or a Bill Gates. One angel would be enough to pay for this flight. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For Further Reading: The Mars Society homepage: www.marssociety.org Mars on Eath: The Adventures of Space Pioneers in the High Arctic by Robert Zubrin. Jeremy P. Tarcher, 351 pp., September 2003. The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the Northwest Passage and The North Pole, 1818-1909 by Pierre Berton.
[scifinoir2] Fw: Destruction Caused By Intolerance....great reading!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 33% of the world's population is made up of Christians who believe that Christianity is the only true religion. 25% of the world's population is made up of people who believe that Islam is the only true religion. 14% of the world's population is made up of Hindus who are convinced that Hinduism is the only true religion. And these 72% of people would be hard pressed to convince the 4% of who are Buddhists that they are wrong and should change their beliefs. And so it is in most religions: they should be seen as opinions, because no one can decide which belief is right or true - until they die, and find out for themselves. Force changes nothing. Violence changes nothing. And terrorism doesn't change anything either. No one has ever come back to earth to tell us what goes on on the other side. And that is as it should be, because it allows us to respect each other's beliefs, as different as they may be from our own. The enemy we have to overcome is not in the Occident or the Orient, not in the Middle East or the Far East. The enemy is intolerance, in all its forms. We are all Londoners, and we all have a duty to continue seeking the best in our lives, despite the obstacles and tragedies that may appear on our path. Being positive means acting positive. It means finding, in this test, even more reasons to appreciate each instant of happiness, of love, recognition and well being that is given to us. It won't help anyone if we cast a shadow over our life, and that is no way to render homage to those who were affected. Let us cultivate tolerance and happiness which, paradoxically, are certainly the best responses to the destruction caused by intolerance. And let us pray, whether it be to Vishnu, Mohammed, Jesus Christ, Buddha, or simply to God: Give us the courage to change what can be changed, the serenity to accept what cannot be changed, and the wisdom to tell the difference. Forward this e-mail if it evokes something in you that you would like to share. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- font face=arial size=-1a href=http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12h4ke9sd/M=362335.6886444.7839734.2575449/D=groups/S=1705034827:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123048987/A=2894362/R=0/SIG=138c78jl6/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/arts_culture/?source=YAHOOcmpgn=GRPRTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/;What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater?Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good/a./font ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Zeta-Jones and Bullock 'Too Old' for 'Wonder Woman'
You ask the question if Wonder Woman had to be white? If that is not the case, Hally's got the body for the part...but me being the purist, I'd be hard pressed to come up with anybody white who could fit the part as well as Lynda Carter (who, as quiet as it is kept, is hispanic...) The problem I kep running into with a white actress is they are either too short or too old for the part... g123curious [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know much about Wonder Woman other than she was a DC Comics heroine and the 70's TV series featured Linda Carter. Does Wonder Woman have to be caucasian? In her youth, Linda Carter was pretty hot. Her portrayal of WW was a fairly stiff and stationary one, similar to Adam West's Batman of the same period late 60's and early 70's. I was more of a DC comics reader than a Marvel reader. WW had some acrobatic capabilities and her magic lasso (which didn't do much memorable in the TV series given the SFX limitations of the early 70's). Given the emphasis today on action heroes with a fair amount of athleticism and martial arts capabilities with wire work, plus the fact that WW was always presented as a princess, a younger actress probably would be a better choice. Now, all of that said... Katie Holmes would still be a poor... no a terrible choice. WW had some leadership qualities which Holmes can't deliver. Jessica Alba *might* be a good choice, as she was fairly athletic in her Dark Angel role. But Alba wasn't athletic enough IMHO with the martial arts, and I doubt that she's tall enough physically. WW definitely had black hair. Not a blonde. Jessica Simpson had to hit the weight room just to fill out a pair of Daisey Duke shorts. She was that skinny. LOL! No way she could portray WW. Does WW have to be Caucasian? To answer that question, requires more space and time than I care to in this e-mail message. Think of it this way, does Superman or Spiderman *have* to be Caucasian? Of course not, but I highly doubt that Hollywood has the balls to divert from the traditional and incur the wrath of traditionalist comic book fans. I suspect that Carter made the comment she said in order to help the director, who was probably getting some heat from some empty suits at the studio to hire an established actress that'll guarantee box office $$$ and Bullock and Zeta-Jones are both good box office draws. I just hope that they don't pick any of several 20-something, non-acting, skinny blonde pop stars for the lead role. Could Renee Zellwegger pull off the WW role? I wonder. George Captain The USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston) - YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group scifinoir2 on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. - __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- font face=arial size=-1a href=http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12h2pjck0/M=362335.6886444.7839734.2575449/D=groups/S=1705034827:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123054795/A=2894362/R=0/SIG=138c78jl6/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/arts_culture/?source=YAHOOcmpgn=GRPRTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/;What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater?Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good/a./font ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
