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You are doing it wrong. Netflix at the highest bit rate is similar to BluRay, and they support 4k which is even better (and yes, the bitrate is adequate). As for downloads proper BluRay rips clock in around 10GB of an average 1.5-2 hour movie.

You don't know what you're talking about. Netflix's "Super HD" 1080p is 7 Mbit/s. A single-layer two-hour BluRay movie can be 18 Mbit/s and still leave room for an hour of extra material. The codecs are the same.

Sure, I don't mind the quality of a 10 GB H.264 BluRay rip; I wouldn't be able to tell the difference compared to the raw BluRay rip... which clocks in at 25 GB or more. But I can certainly tell the difference when I compare with the 6.3 GB Netflix "Super HD" version!

As for 4K, what's the point, when most movies are still mastered in 2K (Full HD)? Iron Man 3, Noah, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, every bloody Transformers movie... they're all mastered in 2K!

You are doing it wrong. Netflix at the highest bit rate is similar to BluRay, and they support 4k which is even better (and yes, the bitrate is adequate). As for downloads proper BluRay rips clock in around 10GB of an average 1.5-2 hour movie.

You don't know what you're talking about. Netflix's "Super HD" 1080p is 7 Mbit/s. A single-layer two-hour BluRay movie can be 18 Mbit/s and still leave room for an hour of extra material. The codecs are the same.

Sure, I don't mind the quality of a 10 GB H.264 BluRay rip; I wouldn't be able to tell the difference compared to the raw BluRay rip... which clocks in at 25 GB or more. But I can certainly tell the difference when I compare with the 6.3 GB Netflix "Super HD" version!

As for 4K, what's the point, when most movies are still mastered in 2K (Full HD)? Iron Man 3, Noah, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, every bloody Transformers movie... they're all mastered in 2K!

You are doing it wrong. Netflix at the highest bit rate is similar to BluRay, and they support 4k which is even better (and yes, the bitrate is adequate). As for downloads proper BluRay rips clock in around 10GB of an average 1.5-2 hour movie.

You don't know what you're talking about. Netflix's "Super HD" 1080p is 7 Mbit/s. A single-layer two-hour BluRay movie can be 18 Mbit/s and still leave room for an hour of extra material. The codecs are the same.

Sure, I don't mind the quality of a 10 GB H.264 BluRay rip; I wouldn't be able to tell the difference compared to the raw BluRay rip... which clocks in at 25 GB or more. But I can certainly tell the difference when I compare with the 6.3 GB Netflix "Super HD" version!

As for 4K, what's the point, when most movies are still mastered in 2K (Full HD)? Iron Man 3, Noah, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, every bloody Transformers movie... they're all mastered in 2K!

Sounds like someone else just watched Robinson Crusoe on Mars and had an idea.

Scientific films of yesteryear have informed us that any lunar caves are inhabited by insect men. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt00...

I'm pretty certain that any attempt to do precisely what you are asking for here is going to be a pretty potent driver for significant AI research, if nothing else. There are some chat-bots which do a pretty good job of simulating a lewd conversation. All you are asking is for that to be coupled with robotics like Disney's anamatronics for a Las Vegas theme park.

Maybe Westworld isn't so far away after all. One of the scenes in that film which I found sort of funny at the time was when the protagonist took a couple of whores in the Saloon up to a room and tried to bed them... only to discover they weren't completely anatomically correct.

You do not need the skill to program. You just need the leverage to make someone who has the skills do it for you.

Yeah, just like in the movie. Swordfish.

Why "swordfish"? Because the password is always "swordfish".

Once it is done once, it becomes much easier to do a second time.

You are still postulating a hacker that can crack the protections that Google's programmers have put around the code already.

Additionally, now you are also required to:

a. learn which of the hackers in the world is capable of defeating those protections/re-programming the vehicle

b. force/entice that hacker to do so

c. prevent that hacker from selling the exploit to Google before you've completed your crime(s)

And once it is done it will become MORE difficult because Google will issue a patch or recall to prevent it.

Apparently, it has been released in Germany, at least the DVD: http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0...

Maybe they'll use it if they reboot "2001: A Space Odyssey."

Mars Needs Women. Known since 1967.

1. Anarchy - the physical destruction of the NSA and its property through attack, whether by 'terrorism' or revolution.

-or-

2. Sedition - exposing or fabricating such behavior on the part of the NSA, so egregious that it forces the dissolution or functional castration of the agency.

In other words, either the people rise up and destroy the NSA deliberately or as a result of the destruction of the United Stated government as we know it - which, let's be honest is NOT going to happen anytime soon - or, the NSA will do something so obvious, so far over the bounds of decency that it actually generates legitimate public and political outcry. Sort of like Enemy of the State on a national scale. Except of course so far, its directors have all been military officers with self-restraint.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt01...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt00...

This: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Is Where: http://en.memory-alpha.org/wik...

We Are Headed: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt07...

Never Forget: https://tinyurl.com/poorwesley...

They want control of your mind.

This isn't about entertainment at all - the end 'game' is the battle for your mind!

The Mind Has No Firewall | by Timothy L. Thomas. Parameters, Spring 1998, pp. 84-92.
http://pastebin.com/JdkqxBAa

I don't see how this is any different from our current rich/poor housing divide.

Clearly, it's the part about the dome... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt00...

This the kind of lead-in you'd expect for the beginning of a Godzilla-style movie.

I was thinking of something else.

"I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed"

- Marvin

Or as a prank

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt05...

Leaving aside the part of my brain that is trying to figure out whether you consider only a few showers a week acceptable or are just really fast about them

If you're male and have the expected short hair, showers shouldn't take more than 5 min each (x7 = 35m), perhaps another 5 if you shave in the shower. Or are you from the Lester Burnham [1] school of showering? Regardless, still shouldn't take more than 1-2 min more.

[1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt01...

Because that has worked out so well for IMDB and TMDB. Try looking at their genres sometime, especially ones like "comedy" where if there is anything even vaguely humorous no matter how passing or unintentional the movie gets classed as a comedy.

"Genre" isn't really a problem on IMDB, as users can't directly set that. I believe you are thinking of "plot keywords", which are really nothing but tags, and have become silly.

How does a "loud shirt" have anything to do with the plot of the listed titles?

i'm reminded of the scene where the m-5 fries the redshirt in the hallway;-)

" Soon, however, it begins to act independently of its human masters, tapping directly into the warp engines for its power and erecting a force field to protect itself."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt07...

Why do you presume that it's two dudes? Perhaps it's Julie Andrews Charlotte Arnold...which would be an odd relationship to say the least.

Why do you presume that it's two dudes? Perhaps it's Julie Andrews Charlotte Arnold...which would be an odd relationship to say the least.

Did you wear an onion on your belt, too? Or was that just the fashion up around Springfield?

This is total nonsense.

Algorithms are first _designed_ BY humans. Algorithms can be _optimized_ FOR computers.

Visualization is a way to augment understanding, not replace it.

There are 4 primary ways of learning:

* visual,
* auditory,
* kinesthetic, and
* mental.

Students have various ways that work "best" FOR THEM. Saying visualization is dangerous shows your ignorance about the subject. If you had seen the excellent move Temple Grandin you would understand that not everyone thinks the same way.

Did half the country take a "Hmong Cultures" class a couple years ago?

In a manner of speaking.....

Homeland Security will jump on this as the perfect opportunity to build a prison large enough to hold us.

Already been done, at least in the movies.

Escape from L.A.
Escape from New York

That, of course, pubs all of the criminals behind walls, leaving the innocent people outside. And now a slight change of topic: did you know there are so many laws that everyone is guilty of something.

...what an interesting coincidence.

And tightening down the straps on my way too-thin tinfoil cap here, having a humongously-long wall would be handy to use as a backstop for all of the bullets Homeland Security has purchased. The question is: who are they going to put with their back to it?

Or do they really expect Titans to break through?

Homeland Security will jump on this as the perfect opportunity to build a prison large enough to hold us.

Already been done, at least in the movies.

Escape from L.A.
Escape from New York

That, of course, pubs all of the criminals behind walls, leaving the innocent people outside. And now a slight change of topic: did you know there are so many laws that everyone is guilty of something.

...what an interesting coincidence.

And tightening down the straps on my way too-thin tinfoil cap here, having a humongously-long wall would be handy to use as a backstop for all of the bullets Homeland Security has purchased. The question is: who are they going to put with their back to it?

Or do they really expect Titans to break through?

will provide tips on what not to do...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt20...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt00...

A really nice documentary was made in 1996 starring Dan Aykroyd http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...

I'd also recommend the 1985 documentary on the GLG-20.

I'm watching the tubes, I'm in ur thermostat, and I'm lookin in ur spycam, I r big brother

What could possibly go wrong?

How long before Google and a handful of other companies can more or less monitor, analyze, measure, and monetize every aspect of what you do in your own home and everywhere else? And then pretty much own the data, and be compelled to hand it to government agencies.

Where is Blank Reg when you need him?

Time for another layer of tinfoil.

...and we have 5-6 cities where existing by public transit alone is reasonable (NYC, SF Bay, Boston, Philly, and Chicago). Strangely, while SF has under a million people, it's a much more walkable city than say...Houston (which, has a single above-ground rail line) population 2.61 million or LA (there's a movie about how LA lost its public transit that you've probably seen too).

Simply living in an "urban area" does not guarentee decent public transit access.

Population Density
San Francisco: 17,867/sq mi
Houston: 3,503/sq mi

And "urban area" is no guarantee that public transportation is feasible. This isn't Europe where big cities are generally densely populated. We have only 9 cities with populations over 1mil and I know 3 have relatively low population densities off the top of my head.

...and we have 5-6 cities where existing by public transit alone is reasonable (NYC, SF Bay, Boston, Philly, and Chicago). Strangely, while SF has under a million people, it's a much more walkable city than say...Houston (which, has a single above-ground rail line) population 2.61 million or LA (there's a movie about how LA lost its public transit that you've probably seen too).

Simply living in an "urban area" does not guarentee decent public transit access.

I live in Portland Oregon, a cheap bike and a bus pass are good enough here. All buses and light rail let you bring your bike with you. Most people can get by just with a bus, but if traffic gets bad you can hop off and ride the bike instead. We have one of the safest biking infrastructures in the entire US and are consistently rated one of the most walkable cities.

You very much don't need a car here. Fix the issues that people with kids have (e.g. having to immediately pick up your kid because they have a sniffle) and a lot of people wouldn't even bother to own one. A lot of folks use ZipCar and Car2Go to get out to wherever they're hiking or whatever on the weekend, that's it.

So, your list isn't exaustive. Oklahoma City is trying to do the same thing, btw, and are reportedly getting pretty close.

...and we have 5-6 cities where existing by public transit alone is reasonable (NYC, SF Bay, Boston, Philly, and Chicago). Strangely, while SF has under a million people, it's a much more walkable city than say...Houston (which, has a single above-ground rail line) population 2.61 million or LA (there's a movie about how LA lost its public transit that you've probably seen too).

Simply living in an "urban area" does not guarentee decent public transit access.

Total recall. Too bad Mars is smaller than the Earth and is not really a viable solution to compensate the human population growth... Anyway, so cool!

Lord Kril at Rylos. [imdb.com]

Amazon, when the firewalls fell.

Lord Kril at Rylos.

It's been done...

It will take your females.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F...

This is how it will happen:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt00...

Really? It's a filtering mechanism based on some assumptions as to what the final bids will be. I don't see anything anti-democratic about it. As Rick Masters said:

"The fact is that if you can't come up with the front money you're not for real."

Reminds me of a scene from Enemy Of the State:

[the NSA team is watching satellite footage of a conversation between Dean and Brill on a rooftop]
Hicks: Can you get a feature scan and pattern matching on him?
Van: No, he's smart, he never looks up.
Jones: Why does he have to look up?
Fiedler: The satellite is 155 miles above the Earth. It can only look straight down.
Jones: That's a bit limited, isn't it?
Van: [Sarcastically] Well, maybe you should design a better one.
Jones: Maybe I will idiot.

But you know he's right. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085271/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_100

Why does this story bring "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049366/) to mind?

Ex-KGB Major Boris Karpichko and current mouthpiece for MI5 attempts to discredit Edward Snowden .. and the name should be 'Karpichkov'
--

PROTHERO: Do you believe this crap, Dascombe?

DASCOMBE: It's not our job to believe it, Lewis. Our job is to tell the people --
--

V for Vendetta (2005)

Hold on! I have M. Night Shyamalan on the phone, he thinks we can get Daniel Craig to play Snowden, and Will Smith to play Obama. With some luck we can get the extremely Russian Sean Connery to play Vladimir Putin.

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

It is one more piece on the 1984 puzzle. It actually made me remember the movie What About Bob?: baby steps to total information awareness / citizen extortion state, baby steps to police state, baby steps to fucking irrecoverable totalitarian oligarchy... hey, is that Winston Smith?

CGI is hopelessly obselete (does /. still run on it?).

fastCGI works pretty good and quite a few legacy sites are still running on it. Architecturally it's not all that dissimilar from Apache's mod_jk. I think IMDB is still using Perl and fastCGI. I have a feeling they get a pretty significant amount of traffic.

I'm the original