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neither did I, until I saw a decent documentary on it, that focuses on shipbreaking in the Gujurat region of India. Unfortunately I can't find any pieces of the documentary online, but there is a CBS 60 minutes segment on shipbreaking on http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-620230815 8044631485&q=shipbreakers">google video.

So... anyone have an english translation of that polish movie Sara? http://imdb.com/title/tt0120066/ ;)

Your use of the word "current" in this context is interesting.
It's all one giant blob of government, with a wee ice-berg tip coming up for public review at election time.
For an amusing take on a government across the pond that reveals why hope for change is rather optimistic, see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080306/ and the sequel, Yes Prime Minister.
While you'll readily show that your point #2 is indeed true (economies of scale being a no-brainer), think about the tight coupling with your government, and both the explicit and implicit loss of personal sovereignty involved.
Hence the stiff resistance to the idea, especially at the federal level, where too much power is concentrated in the hands of the few, which point I think you were making in #1.

Well, according to his bio on IMDb:

He is a very close friend of writer/director George Lucas from whom he often seeks advice.

Zeus help us...

> Why would they waste so much money on creating totally new
> designs, much more complex mechanics and try to animate all this?

Obligatory snark:

Because Michael Bay is a total and utter hack?

> Why would they waste so much money on creating totally new
> designs, much more complex mechanics and try to animate all this?

Obligatory snark:

Because Michael Bay is a total and utter hack?

My mom rented that movie for me when I was 12, sick with the flu, knowing that I loved sci-fi. But all it did was give me really fucked up fever-induced dreams. She followed that up with Zardoz. More crazy-ass dreams. I have to give her credit-- at least she tried. But man... I've seen way more Sean Connery than I ever wanted to.

If you want a bad implementation check out Robot Jox http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102800/

Have you seen Thunderbirds?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418279/

Damn bbcode habits.

They are going to speak. They hired Peter Cullen, the original voice of Optimus Prime, to perform his voice in the film, and for a while also had Frank Welker, the actor who voiced Megatron, to reprise his role (which he is still doing in the video game; you can hear it in some clips on the site). You can hear some voicework on the official movie site. Cullen sounds a bit older, but still very much like Prime. On the video game site, you can hear that Welker's voice has changed a bit, which may be the reason why he was dropped for Hugo Weaving, which means Agent Smith is going to voice Megatron (see the IMDb entry).

There's a clear strategy behind the trailers so far: they reveal more and more to keep old fans aching for more information, and this new information comes out bit by bit. And I guess they want to leave some things obscured so people actually go and see the movie...

• No sound in space.
• Correct orbital mechanics (eg, thrust behind made the robot go up instead of ahead)
• When the "good guys" says, "Wait! We don't need to fight! We can both walk away from this fight before we kill each other!" the "bad guy" thinks about it for a minute and then agrees. They walk away from it. The end.

That's right, Jeff K killed himself!

JFK IS NOT DEAD. The CIA cloned him and that was what was really shot. He faked his death so that he could live with Marylon Monroe,

Actually he's living with Elvis (who had switched identities with an Elvis impersonator (who is the person who really died) but unfortunately fell and broke his hip) in an old folks home in East Texas somewhere (the wound in his head was filled with saw dust to keep him alive).

Deliberate reference or a happy accident? I need to dig up a copy of this for the kids.

It's Blue Thunder! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086671/plotsummary

Obviously you're a car thief or some other sort of two-bit criminal.

Exhibit 1: Danny De Vito. Short, bald, ugly (sorry, Danny...) and still a Hollywood 'name'.

http://imdb.com/name/nm0000362/ if you don't believe me!

Ya see after the game, a lot of guys like to ice up their arm. Still other fellas think that heat is the way to go. But I have discovered the secret - hot ice! That's right, hot ice! I heat up the ice cubes! It's the best of both worlds!

sounds a lot like The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

Here's to Rambo IV, where he goes back and kicks the ass of the Tabliban guys he freed in III.

You do know that the reason Sly was in Australia in the first place was probably because he was on his way to Thailand to film Rambo IV -- right? (Actual new title: "John Rambo.") The topic under discussion this time is Burma, not Afghanistan. Just FYI.

Like all evil whiteys, I live in fear of a black hat.

Ha! Black!

Actually, I've been messing with you. My first post was in agreement with you. But the whole I-hope-you-enjoy-dieing spiel was too silly to let pass. My point was that some other people (i.e. not you) believe that we should imprison people for minor crimes and that by ruining their lives we can thus improve them. It's very much like a scene out of Harrison Bergeron where a concerned group of citizens is campaigning for capital punishment for parking violations because "it's the only way they'll learn".

A quick note for anyone interested in this sort of thing who hsn't already run across it: there is a great documentary on the Kasparov/Deep Blue contest called Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine. Well worth checking out.

A little background reading is not asking all that much, IMHO.

For those not in in the know, the parent is referring to Fred Gwynne, who played Judge Chamberlain Haller in My Cousin Vinny. Fred Gwynne, btw, is also well-known for playing Herman Munster.

Google knew about it, the sad things is I searched for it :P It put me in mind of some of the art from Napoleon Dynamite http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374900/.

Just to play devil's advocate -- What if its a really crappy movie? One that you, say, value at $5, not the $29.99 the MPAA wants for a new release?

Just to play devil's advocate -- What if its a really crappy movie? One that you, say, value at $5, not the $29.99 the MPAA wants for a new release?

Airplane 2 (william shatner)? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083530/

Looks like nobody caught the reference, even though I would've posted if it wasn't already there - it was the first thing that came to mind when reading this. Anyway, it's a quote from Airplane II, uttered by, yes, William Shatner. Kind of gives away your age...

Yeah, my sons love The Three Caballeros. I have seen it so many times that I have the Portuguese lyrics memorized.

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

Actually a fairly enjoyable little movie. I really don't think anyone wants this kind of "google search for life" stuff if this is where it would (and it would..) go. While it would be useful DURING your life (albeit with the conscious knowledge that everything you do is recorded), what do you think people would do with it after your death?

The Final Cut, staring Robin Williams. Sort of unexpectedly badass.

I regret nothing! But, if I got the chance to play out certain situations over and over again, I totally would; see Groundhog Day (do not see Click)

I regret nothing! But, if I got the chance to play out certain situations over and over again, I totally would; see Groundhog Day (do not see Click)

You should all have a look at this: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/

THIS is how it gonna end.

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Arkan

I believe satan gets the kind of wood that makes diamond feel inadequate as a material whenever he imagines what he will do with billy when he gets there.

And here I thought Satan was the bottom, not the top.

..just like on that South Park episode about the kids who said 9/11 was done in the studios too. Or something.

Yep ... and Bochco started that in 1981 with Hill Street Blues.

28 Days Later was a Brit production, 28 Weeks is American.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0463854/

"They shouldn't spend *any* money on education until all poverty is solved"

Not so fast, let's see how this works out first, OK?

Education is the greatest basis for fighting poverty in a 3rd world country. Think better educated people -> more efficient entrepreneurs / companies -> more money in the local economy -> more taxes -> better healthcare and services etc. Uruguay could possibly have just made the first step to become the next India (IT-wise)!

BUT the greatest thing is that with more literate & educated people, the less likely they will endure another dictator. And that should happen *everywhere* else, not just in Uruguay! Without education, you could wait forever for all poverty to be solved.

Isn't the idea that instead of constantly giving them fish, we *teach* them to fish?

That's Incredible!

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I type this every time.

There was a documentary made of the U of C scavenger hunt a few years ago. You can buy it here. Or request that Netflix or your local library get a copy, so you can check it out.

* disclaimer- I know the people who made this film. I still liked it.

Have Boomer walk the ring in a tight bikini, holding up the round cards.

Oh damn, I just did the accidental flashback to the Boomer from the original Battlestar series - Herb Jefferson Jr.

AAAHHHahahaha!!! My Mind's Eye!! You sir, owe me a new mental retina ... this one's scarred.

Aww geez, it's a joke. Lighten up :)

"Humor... it is a difficult concept."

We're going to need horsepower to survive the future!

I actually remember seeing a comic when I was little, of an airplane bent into a pretzel knot in midair. I don't remember the caption exactly but it involved a stewardess(back then), or maybe the pilot, somehow upsetting Uri Geller.

This must stop.