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Wow, I didn't know that Pat Riley posts here!

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Think about it; at first policemen had no weapons (like Bobbies in U.K.). Then criminals got (machine)guns and the policemen got guns and partial protective shielding.

If this becomes standard practice what will the criminals do? Well, they'll build their own version. And what's to stop a criminal to build one with a machine gun, simple grenade launcher or something equally troublesome? They are criminals, after all, and usually have bigger account than you local police service.

Number 5 would be disappointed.

Because fear sells these days.

The shuttle would be a death trap if you did the re-entry just fine but ended up 100 miles away from the nearest airport with gargantuan runways. I'm not sure how well it would do ditching in an ocean or field.

This documentary is far better, if you want to learn about Cuban medical/humanitarian aid.

- RG>

But.. but.. I thought Cuba is a utopian society with perfect free healthcare that the rest of the world should aspire to emulate!? ( see movies by fat slobs who don't know what they're talking about )

Oh come on! You're trying to give fictional example of a airplane using a mind reading helmet to target planes and the best you can do is Stargate?!

Someone needs to watch Firefox

And remember "You must think in Russian."

Strange Days!

Email for things should be like in Mercano, el marciano.

I won't explain in detail to avoid spoiling it, in case anyone will watch it.
It's a really great movie, I highly recommend.
(As iMDB doesn't show it available for purchase, I'll hit that I downloaded it from edonkey.
Btw, I first saw it in the theater at a local animation festival.)

Damn Interesting has a very, ahem, interesting article on the building of the atmospheric railway under Broadway in New York - imagine a subway car propelled in the same way as the pneumatic telegraph...

A scene from Brazil springs to mind...

That's not a sequel, it's the typical The asylum copycat version of a popular film. Check their filmography for other jewels like The DaVinci Treasure (The DaVinci Code), I Am Omega (I Am Legend), Transmorphers (Transformers) or 100 Million BC (10,000 BC).

http://imdb.com/title/tt0058530/ Seriously, though, I think a one way trip is a great idea. Crew of about 6 and the supplies to create a self sustaining colony, rather than a stupid return trip. Get the colony established and the next explorers can bring a return stage for the first crew, about like the Space Station is doing now with rotating crews. If you build a colony the landing stage can be your backup habitat if an emergency arises.

Sadly, it's been done....

A decent movie with the 'stranded on Mars' theme is http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058530/ which (preMariner) shows Martian landscape with surprising accuracy.

Then it would be a one-way trip for two (or more) wouldn't it?

see also: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062827/

Then it would be a one-way trip for two (or more) wouldn't it?

see also: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062827/

How many "good" movies see a big theatrical box office?

No Country For Old Men grossed $64 million in the U.S., Ratatouille $206 million.

Both are fine films, but play to a very different audience.

How many "good" movies see a big theatrical box office?

No Country For Old Men grossed $64 million in the U.S., Ratatouille $206 million.

Both are fine films, but play to a very different audience.

I bought our family of five a new clothes washer two days ago. We went from a worn out 15 year old top-loading Maytag truck to a front-loading top-of-the-line auto-everything "Epic", by Maytag. Yesterday it got installed and last night my wife and I watched $1,100 worth of automation for at least 45 minutes. People like shiny new things. That doesn't mean they will be watching them every night for the foreseeable future.

HDTV costs too much, requires a TV the size of a 4'x8' sheet of plywood (or what is the point?), and offers nothing I want. I'd take an HD movie if only the studios would ship one. Have a look at the file sizes on DVDs -- maybe only half the time do they actually fill a dual-layer. Ironically, Disney is rah rah on Blu-Ray, when their product could ship on a CD, contains the least amount of extras of any studio, and doesn't benefit from extras anyway.

The Corporation shipped with the movie and 6 hours of interviews on the second DVD. I think there is enough room on a DVD for pretty much any video I can think of, and if there isn't, well Lawrence of Arabia had an intermission in the theaters, why not at home?

Personally I will never even have digital TV (again). I don't want someone monitoring what I watch, the digital jaggies happened all to often, and the Outdoor Life Channel is now in the "lower 48" so what is the point?

I think the Discovery/NG channels are cow feed. Compare when the History Channel and Discovery do a subject. History, you get the facts. Discovery, you get the faux drama.

So, when do Rock Hudson, Mia Farrow, and Robert Forster show up for their 2008 remake of "Avalanche!" the movie? 1978 - imdb

What does Gordon Sumner's http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001776/ theories have to do with anything?

Layne

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364343/

I'm sure you meant "28 Days Later" the Danny Boyle movie about the zombie-like humans that contracted the "Rage" virus, not "28 Days" the Sandra Bullock movie where she's in rehab for 28 Days. :) http://imdb.com/title/tt0191754/

You must have meant 28 Days Later, not 28 Days.

You must have meant 28 Days Later, not 28 Days.

There's a spin-off in the works -- here and here -- set around the time the Cylons were created by the humans on Caprica. Apparently it's been "in the works" for quite a while, so, no real telling if/when it'll be released.

Wait, I thought the writer's strike was over. Why are they still recycling plot lines?

captial 'N', capital 'I', captial 'A'. It's new, it's from OCZ, and it's here... right now.

Perhaps what's called for is a book vault, in the spirit of the recently built Norwegian seed vault.

I'm reminded of something from Max Headroom (a truly brilliant show for anyone who is not familiar with it, on par with greats like Blade Runner and Demolition Man for its crisp and witty vision of a possible future dominated by television). In the series, nearly everyone has given up all their privacy information to the computers, of course, except for a small few who refused, a long time ago, and have no records. They're called Blanks because society can't easily track or understand them. One of them, who is called just Blank Reg in order to have a name at all, gives someone a book at one point and says, "It's a book. It's a non-volatile storage medium. It's very rare. You should 'ave one." The insight of the throwaway remark has the deep understanding and precision targeting of many of the throwaway lines in The Simpsons or South Park.

The issue is not so simple as the loss of a thing we're all fond of. It creates the risk of a catastrophic loss of all of humanity's information, since books are more than just outmoded relics. What is not outmoded about them is their accessibility and their duration, which even given the lifetime of paper still well exceeds the lifetime of a typical CD or a storage format. The area of survivability seems like it comes quickly into play as a serious matter.

This is not to say that it's bad that Google and others have been scanning things, since that adds redundancy of survivability to the system. But it's to say that there's a risk in the other direction of the loss of technology that would allow Google to operate, and in that case, books are a very reasonable backup.

Perhaps what's called for is a book vault, in the spirit of the recently built Norwegian seed vault.

I'm reminded of something from Max Headroom (a truly brilliant show for anyone who is not familiar with it, on par with greats like Blade Runner and Demolition Man for its crisp and witty vision of a possible future dominated by television). In the series, nearly everyone has given up all their privacy information to the computers, of course, except for a small few who refused, a long time ago, and have no records. They're called Blanks because society can't easily track or understand them. One of them, who is called just Blank Reg in order to have a name at all, gives someone a book at one point and says, "It's a book. It's a non-volatile storage medium. It's very rare. You should 'ave one." The insight of the throwaway remark has the deep understanding and precision targeting of many of the throwaway lines in The Simpsons or South Park.

The issue is not so simple as the loss of a thing we're all fond of. It creates the risk of a catastrophic loss of all of humanity's information, since books are more than just outmoded relics. What is not outmoded about them is their accessibility and their duration, which even given the lifetime of paper still well exceeds the lifetime of a typical CD or a storage format. The area of survivability seems like it comes quickly into play as a serious matter.

This is not to say that it's bad that Google and others have been scanning things, since that adds redundancy of survivability to the system. But it's to say that there's a risk in the other direction of the loss of technology that would allow Google to operate, and in that case, books are a very reasonable backup.

Perhaps what's called for is a book vault, in the spirit of the recently built Norwegian seed vault.

I'm reminded of something from Max Headroom (a truly brilliant show for anyone who is not familiar with it, on par with greats like Blade Runner and Demolition Man for its crisp and witty vision of a possible future dominated by television). In the series, nearly everyone has given up all their privacy information to the computers, of course, except for a small few who refused, a long time ago, and have no records. They're called Blanks because society can't easily track or understand them. One of them, who is called just Blank Reg in order to have a name at all, gives someone a book at one point and says, "It's a book. It's a non-volatile storage medium. It's very rare. You should 'ave one." The insight of the throwaway remark has the deep understanding and precision targeting of many of the throwaway lines in The Simpsons or South Park.

The issue is not so simple as the loss of a thing we're all fond of. It creates the risk of a catastrophic loss of all of humanity's information, since books are more than just outmoded relics. What is not outmoded about them is their accessibility and their duration, which even given the lifetime of paper still well exceeds the lifetime of a typical CD or a storage format. The area of survivability seems like it comes quickly into play as a serious matter.

This is not to say that it's bad that Google and others have been scanning things, since that adds redundancy of survivability to the system. But it's to say that there's a risk in the other direction of the loss of technology that would allow Google to operate, and in that case, books are a very reasonable backup.

Perhaps what's called for is a book vault, in the spirit of the recently built Norwegian seed vault.

I'm reminded of something from Max Headroom (a truly brilliant show for anyone who is not familiar with it, on par with greats like Blade Runner and Demolition Man for its crisp and witty vision of a possible future dominated by television). In the series, nearly everyone has given up all their privacy information to the computers, of course, except for a small few who refused, a long time ago, and have no records. They're called Blanks because society can't easily track or understand them. One of them, who is called just Blank Reg in order to have a name at all, gives someone a book at one point and says, "It's a book. It's a non-volatile storage medium. It's very rare. You should 'ave one." The insight of the throwaway remark has the deep understanding and precision targeting of many of the throwaway lines in The Simpsons or South Park.

The issue is not so simple as the loss of a thing we're all fond of. It creates the risk of a catastrophic loss of all of humanity's information, since books are more than just outmoded relics. What is not outmoded about them is their accessibility and their duration, which even given the lifetime of paper still well exceeds the lifetime of a typical CD or a storage format. The area of survivability seems like it comes quickly into play as a serious matter.

This is not to say that it's bad that Google and others have been scanning things, since that adds redundancy of survivability to the system. But it's to say that there's a risk in the other direction of the loss of technology that would allow Google to operate, and in that case, books are a very reasonable backup.

Perhaps what's called for is a book vault, in the spirit of the recently built Norwegian seed vault.

I'm reminded of something from Max Headroom (a truly brilliant show for anyone who is not familiar with it, on par with greats like Blade Runner and Demolition Man for its crisp and witty vision of a possible future dominated by television). In the series, nearly everyone has given up all their privacy information to the computers, of course, except for a small few who refused, a long time ago, and have no records. They're called Blanks because society can't easily track or understand them. One of them, who is called just Blank Reg in order to have a name at all, gives someone a book at one point and says, "It's a book. It's a non-volatile storage medium. It's very rare. You should 'ave one." The insight of the throwaway remark has the deep understanding and precision targeting of many of the throwaway lines in The Simpsons or South Park.

The issue is not so simple as the loss of a thing we're all fond of. It creates the risk of a catastrophic loss of all of humanity's information, since books are more than just outmoded relics. What is not outmoded about them is their accessibility and their duration, which even given the lifetime of paper still well exceeds the lifetime of a typical CD or a storage format. The area of survivability seems like it comes quickly into play as a serious matter.

This is not to say that it's bad that Google and others have been scanning things, since that adds redundancy of survivability to the system. But it's to say that there's a risk in the other direction of the loss of technology that would allow Google to operate, and in that case, books are a very reasonable backup.

Perhaps what's called for is a book vault, in the spirit of the recently built Norwegian seed vault.

I'm reminded of something from Max Headroom (a truly brilliant show for anyone who is not familiar with it, on par with greats like Blade Runner and Demolition Man for its crisp and witty vision of a possible future dominated by television). In the series, nearly everyone has given up all their privacy information to the computers, of course, except for a small few who refused, a long time ago, and have no records. They're called Blanks because society can't easily track or understand them. One of them, who is called just Blank Reg in order to have a name at all, gives someone a book at one point and says, "It's a book. It's a non-volatile storage medium. It's very rare. You should 'ave one." The insight of the throwaway remark has the deep understanding and precision targeting of many of the throwaway lines in The Simpsons or South Park.

The issue is not so simple as the loss of a thing we're all fond of. It creates the risk of a catastrophic loss of all of humanity's information, since books are more than just outmoded relics. What is not outmoded about them is their accessibility and their duration, which even given the lifetime of paper still well exceeds the lifetime of a typical CD or a storage format. The area of survivability seems like it comes quickly into play as a serious matter.

This is not to say that it's bad that Google and others have been scanning things, since that adds redundancy of survivability to the system. But it's to say that there's a risk in the other direction of the loss of technology that would allow Google to operate, and in that case, books are a very reasonable backup.

Who should you watch Matchstick Men with

1. Everyone who thinks spamming is innocuous or justifiable
2. All your (usually older) relatives who get conned into ordering magazines they never read
3. All your (usually older) relatives who get conned by door-to-door salesmen to sign up for expensive "therapeutic beds", overpriced "home repairs", etc.

Heck, just go watch it. And The Sting. A certain amount of cynicism is healthy.

Who should you watch Matchstick Men with

1. Everyone who thinks spamming is innocuous or justifiable
2. All your (usually older) relatives who get conned into ordering magazines they never read
3. All your (usually older) relatives who get conned by door-to-door salesmen to sign up for expensive "therapeutic beds", overpriced "home repairs", etc.

Heck, just go watch it. And The Sting. A certain amount of cynicism is healthy.

Modify the rabies virus for use as a vaccine, and see how well it turns out.

No, but thank you for playing. He played a Martian in Zombies of the Stratosphere, in 1952. Having seen it, I can assure you Commando Cody had nothing to do with it. The Sky Marshall of the Universe was busy at that time fighting The Leader, who wanted (what else?) to conquer the Earth.

I guess FOX didn't learn from one of their earlier attempts to make a spin-off of one of their hit sitcoms:
Married...With Children Spin-offs
Top of the Heap (1991)

Lois
http://tv.yahoo.com/alex-borstein/contributor/198110/photos/1

or Meg
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/4529/Events/4529/MilaKunis_Grant_8069156_400.jpg.html?path=pgallery&path_key=Kunis,%20Mila

Cleveland doesnt have a wife they divorced after she slept with Quagmire http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0576966/plotsummary

Hah, not always.

Too bad they canceled Century city ( http://imdb.com/title/tt0377153/ )
  This could have been the basis of a good episode.

The boat, a 3-ton catamaran named the Suntory Mermaid II

That's a lot of cows.</walken>

its xmas time and a soldier comes back with a broken down robot as a present for his g/f to make sculptures out of

its self replicating and cant distinguish enemy from friendly, cuzz all us humans look the same

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099740/

I thought it was the working title for Weird Science!

"You can wake up now, the universe has ended. " rebel w/o a cause