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I'm glad Mr. Guttenberg is doing something with his time and money with such a noble project as this. I guess it makes up for the Police Academy movies he did.

Now if I only read books.

I'm glad Mr. Guttenberg is doing something with his time and money with such a noble project as this. I guess it makes up for the Police Academy movies he did.

Now if I only read books.

You might take a look at This Film Is Not Yet Rated. Not saying it's correct. Just pointing out that treating homosexual sex more strictly than heterosexual sex has been a given in the film business for a long time. Looks like Apple is just following precedent from a different media.

BTW, it's actually a good flick. Definitely worth watching with regard to how MPAA rates movies.

Cheers,
Dave

And also Zathras:

Zathras: Yes. Yes. Zathras is used to being beast of burden to other people's needs. Very sad life. Probably have... very sad death. But... at least there is Symmetry.

Babylon 5: "War Without End: Part One"

Major Krantz: What if we take you with us? Put you on trial?
Zathras: Zathras not of this time. You take, Zathras die. You leave, Zathras die. Either way, it is bad for Zathras.

"Babylon 5: "Babylon Squared"

[Ivanova is trying to get help from the Great Machine in setting up the Voice of the Resistance.]
Cmdr. Susan Ivanova: I'm trying to put together a facility to broadcast messages back home and to the other colonies. We've got all of the pieces we need, but--
Zathras: But not having enough power to reach far places! Yes, Zathras understand. Everyone always coming to Zathras with problems. Big responsibility but Zathras does not mind. Zathras trained in crisis management.
Cmdr. Susan Ivanova: That's great, but--
Zathras: But only Zathras have no one to talk to. No one manages poor Zathras, you see. So Zathras talks to dirt. Or to walls, or talks to ceilings. But dirt is closer. Dirt is used to everyone walking on it. Just like Zathras. But we have come to like it. It is our role. It is our destiny in the universe. So, you see, sometimes dirt has insects in it. And Zathras likes insects. Not so good for conversation, but much protein for diet. Hmmm, huh, huh, very good! - Zathras fix now. Come, this way.

Babylon 5: "Conflicts of Interest"

I have come to the conclusion that Zathras clearly works in frontline IT support. I can recognize a kindred soul when I see one.

Now if only we can gain access to Proteus IV and stop the "Demon Seed" from spawning.

Oh please they all know that. I'm not some kind of genius and the people in EA (for example) that working every day on the same problem, they all know that. DRM is not about piracy, copyright is not about authors.

DRM and copyright is about control. The biggest fear of all is the loss of control about art, culture, information, products. If we didn't had such strict copyright (150 years or whatever) then we all would live in a very different world. There would be no big studios possible, there would be literally 1000ths of small studios all competing. No control would be possible. FOX News, Murdoch empire, all the big studios, would not be possible with a 14 years copyright on only registered works (like it was when copyright law was first written). DRM is just the extension of copyright laws to invade the privacy of every day citizens.

For reference I recommend the documentary This Film Is Not Yet Rated

Annette certainly had an impressive pair of guns...

Too bad Uncle Walt wouldn't let her show them off. Even after her contract with Disney was up, Walt talked her out of appearing bikini clad in Beach Party because in his words she "had an image to uphold".

I loved the Spanish Flu episodes of ReGenesis. That show really captures a lot of intelligence and thoughtful analysis in the midst of crazy and unlikely + unrealistic plot lines. Ellen Page was in it as Sandstrom daughter in the first-season episodes (The Ontario Genomics Institute also wrote a bunch of fact-sheets about the scientific facts behind the fictional story lines. Two of those apply to these concepts. Hell, even Psych did an episode about virulent pathogens, and that episode even starred the Asperger's scientist from ReGenesis, Bob Melnikov (played by Dmitry Chepovetsky): the episode was in 2010 Death is in the Air, which is Psych Season 4, episode 13.

Hmmm... For Bacon to have an Erdos number, Kevin Bacon would first have had to have a paper published with co-authors who could then be linked to Erd``os. But I do not believe that Kevin Bacon has published a paper. So we're right out on an Erd``os number for KB.
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But if we consider the concept of a joint Erdos-Bacon number which is the sum of an individual's Bacon number and their Erdos number, then we might be able to go somewhere. Those individuals with joint Bacon-Erdos numbers have a vertex on the Bacon graph and a vertex on the Erdos graph, thus allowing travel between the Bacon graph and the Erdos graph. The individual with the smallest Bacon-Erdos number would then be able to provide the shortest path from Kevin Bacon on the Bacon graph to Erdos on the Paul Erdos graph.
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A quick look at the Erdos-Bacon number article on wikipedia shows that the minimal Erdos-Bacon number (in their given examples) is held by Steven Strogatz, a professor at Cornell who has Bacon number 1 and Erdos number 3 with a combined Bacon-Erdos number of 4.
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Thus you can get from (0), Kevin Bacon, who was in a film (Connected: The Power of Six Degrees) with
(1) - Steven Strogatz, who published a paper with
(2) - Nadim Ali , who published a paper with
(3) - Peter Salamon, who published a paper with
(4) - Paul Erd''os . Thus a path is drawn.

Hmmm... For Bacon to have an Erdos number, Kevin Bacon would first have had to have a paper published with co-authors who could then be linked to Erd``os. But I do not believe that Kevin Bacon has published a paper. So we're right out on an Erd``os number for KB.
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But if we consider the concept of a joint Erdos-Bacon number which is the sum of an individual's Bacon number and their Erdos number, then we might be able to go somewhere. Those individuals with joint Bacon-Erdos numbers have a vertex on the Bacon graph and a vertex on the Erdos graph, thus allowing travel between the Bacon graph and the Erdos graph. The individual with the smallest Bacon-Erdos number would then be able to provide the shortest path from Kevin Bacon on the Bacon graph to Erdos on the Paul Erdos graph.
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A quick look at the Erdos-Bacon number article on wikipedia shows that the minimal Erdos-Bacon number (in their given examples) is held by Steven Strogatz, a professor at Cornell who has Bacon number 1 and Erdos number 3 with a combined Bacon-Erdos number of 4.
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Thus you can get from (0), Kevin Bacon, who was in a film (Connected: The Power of Six Degrees) with
(1) - Steven Strogatz, who published a paper with
(2) - Nadim Ali , who published a paper with
(3) - Peter Salamon, who published a paper with
(4) - Paul Erd''os . Thus a path is drawn.

That's the way it was played in _Space, Above and Beyond_ --- I think this was the episode:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0706370/

William

That would certainly change the end of the movie.

It's 102 minutes long.

Both Siskel and Ebert were good-humored enough to laugh at parodies of themselves.

They were even willing to particpate in the parody as themselves.

That didn't work for George Burns

Even poorer judgment, in fact, as his probability calculation relies on an actual rate of infection of 1 in 500. For such a highly contagious disease the rate of infection will grow (well, duh!) So if 1 in 500 gives about 83% false positives, when the infection rate reaches 1 in 50 the false positive chance drops to 33% and for 1 in 5 to 4%.

That said, one could argue that then the infection rate reaches those levels, it would be too late for the cure.

In fact, it may be able to prove (or disprove) this with the equations of motion that we learned back in elementary physics (here's a refresher if you've forgotten them). Substitute velocity with rate of infection, acceleration with how the rate of infection grows, and displacement with number of people infected (obviously, time stays as is), and you'd have a pretty decent starting point. Now, we just need to get Randall Munroe on this.

(Disclaimer: the "too late for cure" statement above obviously excludes Will Smith.)

Wait, I saw that episode of "Law and Order". They decided to go after a handgun manufacturer with the premise that the only purpose that could exist for a small lightweight handgun is to kill people. Oh, wow, I just searched for it, and I misremembered. Here's part of the plot line from IMDB's page about it:

Quite a few L&O episodes are based on real-life scenarios, so perhaps this sort of case was tried IRL? So in other words, the gun is legitimate but could be used and easily modified to illegal use capabilities. Doesn't anyone else also see the parallel argument that could be used against GNU/Linux?
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The argument could then me made in the same vein that GNU and Linux and any sort of homebrew software usage and creation aids in the illegal downloading of software or video or audio materials. Why, what other use could these pieces of software not sold by reputable firms such as MS or Apple have? It's quite a slippery slope.

"'Mmm, yeah, I'm going to have to go ahead and ask you to pay $6,120 to come in to work on Sunday..." More Bill Lumbergh quotes.

Now's a good time to rewatch Threads, and lament the possibility that these asshats might have nukes, and might somehow be insane enough to use them.

Creepy. I expected to see Charlton Heston driving like a maniac through the empty streets shooting at pale mutants.

That's because, after a nuclear incident, the ant was 5 feet tall and 15 feet long.

What's currently running in the U.S. is just a remake of a BBC series from 1990. Naturally it doesn't really eflect Washington in 2013.

No Kidding. That's certainly the same actor from Weird Science that played Gary Wallace. And Weird Science was released in 1985, swear to God.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090305/

Yeah, but the French have something silly like this also. The french want to avoid the assimilation of english words into their vocabulary, so "le weekend" is verboten :>) en francais! (How do you make the little cedilla under the c on this slashdot world?)
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Despite these restrictions, there are many french cultural items that use english words, including a movie called Le Weekend !!! The Quebecois also have a bugginess about this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_of_the_French_Language where French text prevails over the English one, in case of any discrepancy.

That's the plan, and we're ready to film it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0831387/

I think you've got a narrow view of Australians. Not all of them can fit a large knife in their purse.

If memory serves, the US government doesn't consider firing missiles into a foreign country an act of war (used as justification for the missile attacks into Syria).

If firing missiles into a country isn't an act of war, which surely killed foreign citizens at the time, then by that logic it is OK for a country to kill foreign hackers.

Just get the geo-location of their IP address and fire off a couple of missiles. Or (as described here) have agents drive a jeep into the cul-de-sac of the house in question, fire off a bazooka or M47 or other portable "instrument of justice" into the house, and drive off.

Really, it's a no-brainer.

of course it's an act of war... only reason firing missiles into a country is not an act of war is that the receiving country doesn't for some reason declare it as such - a war takes two(which is something to remember when declaring a war on an abstract).

usa government just labels wars as not being wars for technical reasons of their own legislature. the media and rest of the world still speak about war on iraq, the gulf war and so forth.

If memory serves, the US government doesn't consider firing missiles into a foreign country an act of war (used as justification for the missile attacks into Syria).

If firing missiles into a country isn't an act of war, which surely killed foreign citizens at the time, then by that logic it is OK for a country to kill foreign hackers.

Just get the geo-location of their IP address and fire off a couple of missiles. Or (as described here) have agents drive a jeep into the cul-de-sac of the house in question, fire off a bazooka or M47 or other portable "instrument of justice" into the house, and drive off.

Really, it's a no-brainer.

Certainly can't disagree with you entire on this one. I know in my neck of the woods, a new teacher can actually get bumped up the "seniority" ladder if they don't have the required experience. For example, some teachers who are just starting out don't get the first year teacher pay, but rather get a year 2 or 3 pay (especially if they are teaching in the sciences field). There was a fascinating documentary on some of these subjects call American Teacher. It did touch base on some of the issues discussed here. One of the more interesting parts has to do with teacher pay. It is said over and over is that the quality teachers have the most in-class impact on a child's learning than any other in-class factor.
Additionally, they talked about how the profession demographics have changed over the years. Basically, in the 50's, 60's, and 70's with discrimination against women, teaching was often one of the few professional ways women could work. What this meant was that we had teachers who could have very well become doctors, lawyers, etc, who weren't able to go into those fields. These women were considered high quality teachers. With the advent of more equality in the workforce, women simply have more options.

Marty Feldmann

It's a movie quote. Specifically, Repo Man.

Wrong movie. It is really Dr. Strangelove

It's a movie quote. Specifically, Repo Man.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087995/quotes?qt=qt0280548

People are not rational, and they do not behave rationally. A person is, sure, but people as a group are not, and they never have been.

I think Agent K said it better:

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it."

What about the original The Italian Job?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064505/?ref_=sr_2

That is what I was thinking with Benny Hill as the professor (techie who also is compusive p0rn addict) responsible for corrupting the traffic system. Lead job man played by Michael Caine recruits this guy by arranging couple "fun" girls for him.

What about the original The Italian Job?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064505/?ref_=sr_2

Kaleidoscope (1966)

Yes, don't just go leaping for the clitoris like a bull at the gate.

that's not what he said

While I'd like to restore an extinct species, this sort of thing is outright irresponsible.

As irresponsible as wiping them out without thinking of the ramifications?

What about the ramifications of bringing an extinct bird back to life that was adapted to thrive in a much different environment than exists today? Are its natural predators still around or will the passenger pigeon take over and push out other species (not to mention causing crop and tree damage)?

http://www.si.edu/encyclopedia_Si/nmnh/passpig.htm

Because the passenger pigeon congregated in such huge numbers, it needed large forests for its existence. When the early settlers cleared the eastern forests for farmland, the birds were forced to shift their nesting and roosting sites to the forests that still remained. As their forest food supply decreased, the birds began utilizing the grain fields of the farmers. The large flocks of passenger pigeons often caused serious damage to the crops, and the farmers retaliated by shooting the birds and using them as a source of meat. However, this did not seem to seriously diminish the total number of birds.

Has anyone asked Jeff Goldblum to weigh in?

joshua is the logon no password needed.

We replaced the "joshua" account with the "mrpotatohead" account 30 years ago after some idiot filmmaker exposed all our back doors.

Or you can watch Pi, which actually has some math in it. (okay, so it's more numerology than actual math, but at least there's numbers in there).

I'm thinking this film is the one we're currently in.

kali /käl/ The most terrifying goddess, wife of Shiva. She is typically depicted as naked, old, and hideous. She is sometimes associated with empowerment.

To be fair this is a great name, after all to most IA/security folks I have to deal with... backtrack truly is terrifying to them

kali /käl/ The most terrifying goddess, wife of Shiva.

Apparently her terror is completely neutralized by magic rocks. I'd expect the same is true of the distro... rock smashes penetration tester.

Have you looked at advertising? Have you looked at TV? Have you looked at ANY movie? The people in media are not usually very average looking and tend to act unrealistically too. (You see what I did there?)
Media is fine for adults but making it a bit harder for teenagers to find might not be a bad thing. (See? I did it again.)

If watching porn is bad, then so it watching people get killed. Especially when it is shown unrealistic. e.g. without the blood and gore. Yet this is almost completely against how movies are rated.

An interesting movie about the whole rating process is This Film Is Not Yet Rated.

And making it harder to get? Seriously? Security through obscurity. That will work well. Especially to kids. They will say "Hey, it is hard to get, lets go do something else, because this was not meant for us. Let us buy another version of a Disney movie. They show how the real world should be and how we must behave. They will show us that it does not matter if you are an ugly man, as long as you are a prince and rich. And if you are a good looking girl, you will be rewarded."

Didn't you see Star Trek: The Voyage Home? Whales have giant Grogan-looking spaceships, for Pete's sake.

Whatever. Even gender is sexist. Why can't women provide the sperm? Why can't men provide the egg and carry the fetus to term?

Judith: [on Stan's desire to be a mother] Here! I've got an idea: Suppose you agree that he can't actually have babies, not having a womb - which is nobody's fault, not even the Romans' - but that he can have the *right* to have babies.

Francis: Good idea, Judith. We shall fight the oppressors for your right to have babies, brother... sister, sorry.

Reg: What's the *point*?

Francis: What?

Reg: What's the point of fighting for his right to have babies, when he can't have babies?

Francis: It is symbolic of our struggle against oppression.

Reg: It's symbolic of his struggle against reality.
 

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I haven't seen Clonus, so I don't know, but there was a lawsuit about this. Check out the second trivia point on IMDB.

If you have any specific technical questions I'd be happy to answer then but long story short we had a pretty damn talented DP/Camera Op and Colorist who did an amazing job. We have a ton of production stills on our Facebook Page that might provide some insight.

If you have any specific technical questions I'd be happy to answer then but long story short we had a pretty damn talented DP/Camera Op and Colorist who did an amazing job. We have a ton of production stills on our Facebook Page that might provide some insight.