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I know most people are saying PETA might care ... but don't forget Willard!.

The Day After (1983)

The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

The Day After (1983)

The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

John Stossel better watch out. Word is that he's about to be sued by the producers of this

Ted: Hmm. Okay, I'll buy from you.
Tommy: Well I... What?

EvilTwinSkippy says:

This was back in '98, when spam was a joke, not a fact of life. I recently turned down a job reverse engineering a web-database of a certain annoying industry to generate targetted mailing lists.

And that was from my brother.

So Skippy is the mastermind spammer, eh? I knew it all along, damn it! And nobody would listen to me! I also told you people that the Tooth Fairy invented Linux, but you all laughed at me!

Well who's laughing now?

Bwahahaha

Speaking of which, didn't the US government during WWII translate some of their top-secret documents into one of the languages of the Native Americans?

Yes they did. Navajo in combination with a code language was used.
There was even a bad movie about it.

I think they chose that particular language because it had unique properties that made de-cyphering the language almost impossible. I'm not sure if they applied any additional encryption

The Navajo Code Talkers. They didn't apply additional encryption per say but they had an interesting encoding scheme:

When a Navajo code talker received a message, what he heard was a string of seemingly unrelated Navajo words. The code talker first had to translate each Navajo word into its English equivalent. Then he used only the first letter of the English equivalent in spelling an English word. Thus, the Navajo words "wol-la-chee" (ant), "be-la-sana" (apple) and "tse-nill" (axe) all stood for the letter "a." One way to say the word "Navy" in Navajo code would be "tsah (needle) wol-la-chee (ant) ah-keh-di- glini (victor) tsah-ah-dzoh (yucca)."

Most letters had more than one Navajo word representing them. Not all words had to be spelled out letter by letter. The developers of the original code assigned Navajo words to represent about 450 frequently used military terms that did not exist in the Navajo language. Several examples: "besh- lo" (iron fish) meant "submarine," "dah-he- tih-hi" (hummingbird) meant "fighter plane" and "debeh-li-zine" (black street) meant "squad."

You can also assume that they encoded the messages using standard military/common-sense methods -- i.e: referring to waypoints on a map that your enemy doesn't have access to. If he knows that you are going to attack at "Point Echo" but he doesn't know where that is the information is of limited use to him -- by the time he figures out where Point Echo is the information is out of date and it doesn't matter that he knows it.

In any case the code talkers are an interesting (often ignored) fact of WW2, the recent movie notwithstanding. An interesting subject to read up on sometime.

The King of Shopping Carts and Malls - Michael Moore no longer is on anyones pay roll:

Michael Moore announced that Disney had officially prohibited Miramax from releasing the [latest] film and expressed his frustration that the film was being stifled. Disney said that the decision had been made a year before"

and

...no other documentary director packs a wallop like Michael Moore, who has arrived in Cannes for the screening of his "Fahrenheit 9/11.

Your comment about better quality is true.

I started using XviD after watching an increadible encoding of Equilibrium.

But as an end result there are other problems. System resources used are simply too high, video is comming to handhelds and cpu power will be low and battery life limited.

Xvid needs to be able to produce streams that a p133 can decode using only >50% system resources. Also it needs better sync management.

Really no codec is at a production level quality yet. Mpeg 2 has a lot of advantages only ofset by huge size.

Hmm, well if Axel G. was involved with this I'm sure he was just working undercover for the Detroit police. Someone should tell the Germans to call Capt. Andrew Bogomil of Beverly Hills. I'm sure he can clear everything up.

All they have to do is look up George Lucas and ask him after all Indy found it Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

People in 1933 Germany were quite happy to put up with Hitler's new policies, and give up "some" of their civil rights, for a variety of perfectly valid reasons too...

I recently picked up Triumph of the Will on DVD. I would recommend it for viewing by any citizen of the modern world. There are many parts that gave me an ominous feeling of deja vu. It was also the source of the quote in my sig.

There is no subsitute for good foreign policy.

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...from History of the World Part one:

"Look how low we have become! Beggars! Begging from beggars!"

great reference man, The Big Lebowski

Sorry, but Home Depot is looking for cashiers, maybe you'll have better luck there.

It really disgusts me that the "pro-outsourcing" crowd loves to throw statements like this out there as if it is a realistic solution for a professional with a family to take (or, as you'll soon learn the hard way, even get offerred) a $15,000 per year job that has no benefits. Since somebody who works at Home Depot makes about 1/3 of my annual salary, what you're really saying is "If you can't beat 'em, (by working the same job for 1/3 as much money) join 'em! (by taking a different job that pays 1/3 as much.)"

So you know, I don't object to opportunities for others... But I DO object to having my income taxes subsidize the companies that want to export jobs from this country so they can hide money from the IRS in "foreign subsidiaries." The long-term effect here is that my taxes will go up to make up for revenue not collected from these robber-barons, even as my standard of living drops dramatically. Fuck, dude, I've already taken a 40% salary cut since 2001. Do you want my fucking kidney too?

What you're really saying is that since I'm not a member of the elite, ruling class here (my parents aren't millionaires, neither am I) that my entire lifestyle should be forfeit at the whim of whatever robber-baron I work for. That, since I can't afford to buy off any senators like Disney or governors like Enron, that its just "too bad for me." When I get laid off because the crooked-CEO at my company cooks the books and skates off to Barbados with a $20 million golden-parachute I'm told the CEO was just "looking out for the best interests of stockholders" so maybe I, in your words, "should go to work at Home Depot."

It upsets me to the point of nausea that all the years of taxes I've paid are now used to my direct detriment to create tax breaks and shelters that encourage companies to take high-wage jobs like mine overseas. Show me the value for Americans in this scenario, because I don't see it. And I specifically mean replacing career positions like Software Developer that pay $40k-$100k now with positions like Cashier that pay $7-$11 per hour and have no benefits.

When I was out of work (2002-2003) I applied for literally thousands of IT jobs and was having a real problem getting interviews. So I decided it would be best to also apply for various jobs of this sort ("cashier", pizza-guy, etc) so I could pay my bills and perhaps preserve SOME of my financial wealth. Response at every single one? Always "No." The people who had the balls to answer the question "Why won't you hire me?" usually responded with some variation of this statement:

"You're overqualified. You'll just quit when you can get a better job in your field."

These answers are, of course, cop-outs. Truth is, "my kind" is as welcome there as Will Smith would have been on a golf-course in 1920 (read: not at all.) (For those of you who don't get the reference, check IMDB for information about the achingly bad movie The Legend of Bagger Vance.) Pretty much all of these companies' work on thin margins, since we Americans love a bargain! This means it is crucial that they have mostly low-wage employees who have no other prospects for employment... This creates a great culture of fear, because the people who need the work most (the uneducated and poor) will stay as long as they can, and ones who don't will quit or be fired. Also, this pretty effectively eliminates the need for pay raises, since people who need the job will fear being fired as a "troublemaker" for demanding one, and so, won't.

You might want to enlarge your world-view a little to include at least some tiny corner of reality. The reality is that "managers" of organizations like that want employees they can hire cheaply, abuse as needed, and fire for taking too many toilet breaks in a week under "at-will employment" laws... Often (perhaps not coincidenta

The last movie in which Brad Bird was involved, The Iron Giant, is my favorite animated movie of all time, and in the ohhh, top 5 of my "all time favorite movies". It is, quite simply, the closest thing to a perfect movie I have ever seen.

Seriously, people, you NEED to see The Iron Giant. Go rent it and join me in being incredibly, incredibly excited for the Incredibles.

Adam P. Arkin

Oh, Adam P. Arkin, I thought they were talking about this guy I loved his work on Northern Exposure and Chicago Hope, I thought maybe he let the Chicago Hope role get to him too much and decided he really was a doctor.

No! You have to go to the mailing address where you sent the money and deliver a few "lashings of the old ultraviolence"

...A4 paper size option in our printer trays and in printer preference menus...

Actually a pretty interesting article. It really reminded me of the type of material that 'Ole Cliffy Clavin would be reading on a regular basis :-)

But seriously, after reading the whole article I see not mention as to what the "A" stands for?

Wasn't Einstein trying to split the beer atom?

Its Friday afternoon and its almost time for the pub!

Stop renting "Hentai" anime from the pr0n section of your local video store, and watch "Millennium Actress" Follow that up with Grave of the Fireflies and maybe even Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis.

Then come back and tell us what a wasteland of juvenile titilation the Japanese anime landscape is. Until then, pipe down and recognize that you have no idea what you are talking about.

Stop renting "Hentai" anime from the pr0n section of your local video store, and watch "Millennium Actress" Follow that up with Grave of the Fireflies and maybe even Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis.

Then come back and tell us what a wasteland of juvenile titilation the Japanese anime landscape is. Until then, pipe down and recognize that you have no idea what you are talking about.

Stop renting "Hentai" anime from the pr0n section of your local video store, and watch "Millennium Actress" Follow that up with Grave of the Fireflies and maybe even Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis.

Then come back and tell us what a wasteland of juvenile titilation the Japanese anime landscape is. Until then, pipe down and recognize that you have no idea what you are talking about.

Heavy Metal 2000

Heavy Metal was quite cool... The first couple of times I saw it, I thought it was crap. But the movie really grew on me. Cheesy stuff really, but lots of fun.

FAKK2 wasn't that good... they should make a Heavy Metal 3 in the style of the first one - multiple lead animators, one with his/her own segment and storyline of the movie.

Heavy Metal was quite cool... The first couple of times I saw it, I thought it was crap. But the movie really grew on me. Cheesy stuff really, but lots of fun.

FAKK2 wasn't that good... they should make a Heavy Metal 3 in the style of the first one - multiple lead animators, one with his/her own segment and storyline of the movie.

The Incredibles

Release Date: November 5, 2004
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Brad Bird
Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Lee, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Sarah Vowell, Brad Bird
Genre: Action, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
MPAA Rating: Not available
Official Website: TheIncredibles.com

Plot Summary: From the Academy Award-winning creators of "Toy Story", "Monsters, Inc." and "Finding Nemo", comes this hilarious action-packed animated adventure about superheroes. Bob Parr used to be one of the world's greatest superheroes (known to all as "Mr. Incredible"), saving lives and fighting evil on a daily basis. But now fifteen years later, Bob and his wife (a famous superhero in her own right) have adopted civilian identities and retreated to the suburbs to live normal lives with their three kids. Now he's a clock-punching insurance claims adjuster fighting boredom and a bulging waistline. Itching to get back into action, Bob gets his chance when a mysterious communication summons him to a remote island for a top-secret assignment. Pixar Animation Studios stretches the boundaries of the art form with this stylish and entertaining film. Acclaimed filmmaker Brad Bird ("The Iron Giant") directs.

The Incredibles

Release Date: November 5, 2004
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Brad Bird
Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Lee, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Sarah Vowell, Brad Bird
Genre: Action, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
MPAA Rating: Not available
Official Website: TheIncredibles.com

Plot Summary: From the Academy Award-winning creators of "Toy Story", "Monsters, Inc." and "Finding Nemo", comes this hilarious action-packed animated adventure about superheroes. Bob Parr used to be one of the world's greatest superheroes (known to all as "Mr. Incredible"), saving lives and fighting evil on a daily basis. But now fifteen years later, Bob and his wife (a famous superhero in her own right) have adopted civilian identities and retreated to the suburbs to live normal lives with their three kids. Now he's a clock-punching insurance claims adjuster fighting boredom and a bulging waistline. Itching to get back into action, Bob gets his chance when a mysterious communication summons him to a remote island for a top-secret assignment. Pixar Animation Studios stretches the boundaries of the art form with this stylish and entertaining film. Acclaimed filmmaker Brad Bird ("The Iron Giant") directs.

The Incredibles

Release Date: November 5, 2004
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Brad Bird
Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Lee, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Sarah Vowell, Brad Bird
Genre: Action, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
MPAA Rating: Not available
Official Website: TheIncredibles.com

Plot Summary: From the Academy Award-winning creators of "Toy Story", "Monsters, Inc." and "Finding Nemo", comes this hilarious action-packed animated adventure about superheroes. Bob Parr used to be one of the world's greatest superheroes (known to all as "Mr. Incredible"), saving lives and fighting evil on a daily basis. But now fifteen years later, Bob and his wife (a famous superhero in her own right) have adopted civilian identities and retreated to the suburbs to live normal lives with their three kids. Now he's a clock-punching insurance claims adjuster fighting boredom and a bulging waistline. Itching to get back into action, Bob gets his chance when a mysterious communication summons him to a remote island for a top-secret assignment. Pixar Animation Studios stretches the boundaries of the art form with this stylish and entertaining film. Acclaimed filmmaker Brad Bird ("The Iron Giant") directs.

The Incredibles

Release Date: November 5, 2004
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Brad Bird
Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Lee, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Sarah Vowell, Brad Bird
Genre: Action, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
MPAA Rating: Not available
Official Website: TheIncredibles.com

Plot Summary: From the Academy Award-winning creators of "Toy Story", "Monsters, Inc." and "Finding Nemo", comes this hilarious action-packed animated adventure about superheroes. Bob Parr used to be one of the world's greatest superheroes (known to all as "Mr. Incredible"), saving lives and fighting evil on a daily basis. But now fifteen years later, Bob and his wife (a famous superhero in her own right) have adopted civilian identities and retreated to the suburbs to live normal lives with their three kids. Now he's a clock-punching insurance claims adjuster fighting boredom and a bulging waistline. Itching to get back into action, Bob gets his chance when a mysterious communication summons him to a remote island for a top-secret assignment. Pixar Animation Studios stretches the boundaries of the art form with this stylish and entertaining film. Acclaimed filmmaker Brad Bird ("The Iron Giant") directs.

The Incredibles

Release Date: November 5, 2004
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Director: Brad Bird
Starring: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Lee, John Ratzenberger, Wallace Shawn, Sarah Vowell, Brad Bird
Genre: Action, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
MPAA Rating: Not available
Official Website: TheIncredibles.com

Plot Summary: From the Academy Award-winning creators of "Toy Story", "Monsters, Inc." and "Finding Nemo", comes this hilarious action-packed animated adventure about superheroes. Bob Parr used to be one of the world's greatest superheroes (known to all as "Mr. Incredible"), saving lives and fighting evil on a daily basis. But now fifteen years later, Bob and his wife (a famous superhero in her own right) have adopted civilian identities and retreated to the suburbs to live normal lives with their three kids. Now he's a clock-punching insurance claims adjuster fighting boredom and a bulging waistline. Itching to get back into action, Bob gets his chance when a mysterious communication summons him to a remote island for a top-secret assignment. Pixar Animation Studios stretches the boundaries of the art form with this stylish and entertaining film. Acclaimed filmmaker Brad Bird ("The Iron Giant") directs.

Um... that piece of music you're thinking of, from the beginning of the trailer, that's "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", from the movie of the same name. Still Bond, but different Bond film.

What does Flash mobs have anything to do with the gang violence article? The gangs spoken of in the article, are not "flash mobs", but simply street gangs who use the internet.

I think the poster used Jeff Goldblum's character, David Levinson logic, from Independence Day

"Gangs who use the internet.... gangs... a mob is a sort of gang. Mobs... mobs... hey, there are flash mobs, which is in an internet thing. Aha! Extra! Extra! Flash mobs become violent!"

Anybody interested in Parallel universes (and Catholic-bashing) ought to read Philip Pullman's trilogy - His Dark Materials
Also being made into a Movie
No I am not a karma-whore. I don't charge.

(While I use Clint Eastwood just because I saw BttF3 recently, the above applies to any other person.)

Of course, compare with copying a song - if, within the confines of one's home, it's in a closed system and not theft. But if you were to alter the master copy of that song or deprive the "owner" of that song... but how likely is that?

Of course, this story was already told about 21 years ago.

The virus that they have invented can only survive if the HIV virus is present in the body. If you have no HIV in your body the "good" virus will simply die out.

*shudders*

Is anyone else reminded of the movie 'Mimic' in which these researchers engineered a bug to kill cockroaches, and built in this gene to make them die off when the cockroaches were gone?

Right. Even if you haven't seen the movie, I'm sure you can guess what happened.

If the guys that made this anti-HIV virus want to test it on humans, I'd like to suggest they do so in the lowest sub-basement of the CDC and monitor ONE person for 5 years or so before letting it loose in the wild. Call me paranoid, but I'd rather not have a genetically-engineered virus running loose in my body.

And no, I don't have HIV nor AIDS.

Adam Arkin is also the name of the actor that played Dr. Aaron Shutt on Chicago Hope. Weird.

...a pair of Hollywood actors can synthesize a virus! I wonder what Adam Arkin and David Schaffer will do for an encore...

...a pair of Hollywood actors can synthesize a virus! I wonder what Adam Arkin and David Schaffer will do for an encore...

...but that's the guy from Chicago Hope (!)

What, In Soviet Poland they don't watch Indiana Jones movies?

In it, the intrepid Ashley J. "Ash" Williams (played by the always hilarious Bruce Campbell) splits into two persons. During this process, he has two heads and three legs for awhile; one head is good (the original head) while the second is pure evil. During the so-called fight scene, watching "him" poke "himself" in the eye and slap "his own" head was an absolute riot!

The movie is highly recommended to anyone who likes Douglas Adams and/or Terry Pratchet.

Phantom of Krankor: I am the Phantom of Krankor. Ha ha ha ha.

Phantom of Krankor: I will arrive tomorrow night at precisely eight o'clock. At that time I shall make my wishes known to you. You will obey them... or die! Have a pleasant night's sleep... HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!

Phantom Of Krankor: Come now, Professor. What a silly question. I can't be bothered to keep track of your worthless servants. We blasted him out of an airlock, so by now he's probably fallen into a star! HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!

No, no, no, it goes "Haaa haaa haaa"

• Mertin Freeman as Arthur Dent. He plays Tim on The Office, and I consider him to be a very promising fit for Arthur, based on his performance in that show.
• Mos Def as Ford Prefect. Sounds good!.
• John Malkovich. Cool!.
• Sam Rockwell as Zaphod. Time will tell how well suited he is for this role, but I've envjoyed him in everything I've seen him in, and he seems to have a decent range.

Also, did anyones flash pause loading at 42%? Mine temperarly paused at 38% and I was quite disapointed.