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What after everybody is Dead?

Somehow, I'm forced to suggest an alternative.

The fact that they're releasing Rise of The Planet of the Apes in a couple of weeks seems apropos here. :-P

Almost the entire population of Britain is wiped out, save for a few lucky survivors.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289043/

Cue the obligatory Life of Brian quote...

I think I may have done, about 5 hours of my life are missing and I still have my gum.

If you're referring to this quote "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...and I'm all out of bubblegum.", its by Rowdy Roddy Piper in They Live (1988).

I expect that's what Jesus thought too :-)

You, sir, should be modded redundant.

The Experiment is the 2010 remake, I would guess. Dramatised (participant dies, violent revolt as prisoners escape hangar-like building), but still a reasonable film.

Even Alien Apocalypse? I thought I was the only person who watched that SciFi Original...

The German movie Das Experiment is based on this experiment. Although they exaggerate quite a lot towards the end, first few days of the movie are real. Overall, an entertaining watch.

Better idea: 200 points

but some of the Founding Fathers were slave owners. They were not necessarily the most in tune with human rights.

You do understand that those concepts are not necessarily diametrically opposed concepts. You do understand slavery was a far more complex situation then is common taught. This is in no way saying I support slavery, only that your point isn't necessarily valid.

Perhaps we want to clarify gun rights.

Anyone who thinks gun rights need clarification have been brainwashed. Gun rights are very clear. Few states actually uphold the rights which most pre-teens can easily comprehend. The problem here isn't the Constitution, its the lying morons who make every effort to pervert our rights and the US Constitution because it better serves their selfish needs rather than the bulk of the population.

instead of having a non-elected Supreme Court cobble that together.

This is what constitutional amendments are for. If they can't figure out how to create and pass an amendment, I guarantee they'll completely fuck up a re-write of the US Constitution.

But it's not stupid enough to dismiss out of hand.

Actually it is.

If we had another shot at drafting a Constitution, we might be able to do a better job than the Founding Fathers did.

The one thing I've learned is, people who argue our Founding Fathers didn't understand or completely missed something when they created the US Constitution, are either completely ignorant of the subject at hand or have an agenda which is contrary to the best interest of the American people.

If you do much reading about our Founding Fathers, you'll find many of them have an inexplicable wisdom which largely hasn't been seen since. Many (most) of the things they are on record are equally applicable today as they were then. IMOHO, the biggest problem with the US Constitution is that far more ignorant, uninformed, who are completely out of touch with the US Constitution and laws in general, have a voice. The movie Idiocracy is farce, social commentary, and a foreshadowing.

I actually like Fareed Zakaria. He frequently has an interesting take on things. In the least, he can frequently get you to re-examine so basic assumptions. There's nothing wrong with that even if you don't agree with him commentary. But, sometimes he's spot on. Sometimes he misses by a mile. In this case, he is completely wrong, having missed it by several light years. It might well be one of the dumbest things he's ever said on record. The US absolutely does not need a new Constitution. There is not the slightest hint this is true. What we need is better government and history classes. We need better education on the rights and protections afforded by the US Constitution. And if need be, we need some amendments. We need more judges who can actually read and understand the US Constitution; its literally scary how many clearly don't understand this purposely, extremely easy to read document. Frankly, the US Constitution is both powerful and flexible. If you can't amend it to afford the protections required, you're probably a tyrant.

Basically, time and time again, people blame the US Constitution when in fact, its judges, politics (including bribes), and mass ignorance which is to blame. I'll also point out, frequently there is a large intersection between the three.

"perceived sleights turned into byzantine obsession is a sign of a person who will do nothing but bring grief to anyone who ever touches his or her life"

Have you never see the Cable Guy or One Hour Photo. I guess the lesson to be learned here is don't piss off technical support .. :)

"Up until his termination in June of 2010, Ardolf worked at Medtronic as a neuromodulation device repair technician" link

"perceived sleights turned into byzantine obsession is a sign of a person who will do nothing but bring grief to anyone who ever touches his or her life"

Have you never see the Cable Guy or One Hour Photo. I guess the lesson to be learned here is don't piss off technical support .. :)

"Up until his termination in June of 2010, Ardolf worked at Medtronic as a neuromodulation device repair technician" link

I hope monkeys get a copyright and issue a takedown notice to prevent "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" from being released.

The IMDB link : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196112/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196112/

Is this not it?

I highly recommend The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters.

This is a must-see. Everyone in this film is fascinating. Billy Mitchell and Brian Kuh are hilarious!

I highly recommend The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters.

But unfortunately the unthinking idiots are the ones who multiply like rabbits.

As in: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808

So what can the Executive Branch do when they hit the debt limit?

Americathon!

Crank was very much a GTA-style movie (San Andreas, that is).

Already been done, or as near as makes no difference.

Flight of the Navigator

Or figment of Jerry's imagination from The Core

They're just the advance troops sent by the aliens in The Abyss!

Are referring to the online movie about the Roomba vacuum cleaning robot?

Or maybe you mean the theatrical movie called I, Robot

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100666/ - Spaced Invaders

The name 'Space Invaders' rings a bell for a lot of people...

Some people will make a little mistake and accidentally rent "Spaced Invaders", http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100666/, and they will probably be far better off. :-)

Wait until next year: Battleship: The Movie. Yes, Battleship, the children's guessing game, is being made into a movie. Monopoly, too. Really, it's not too far-fetched when one realizes that GI Joe and Transformers were created solely to promote a line of toys kids 12 and under. And wasn't Clue a great movie based on another hoary old game?

Why? because two seasons worth of animated series wasn't enough?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083461/

The problem with Chinese is just it's such an awful language, with a bizarre and retarded method of writing it down which just makes it incredibly hard to learn.

What makes it "awful"? I find it quite lovely to listen to, at least when spoken clearly as it is in the soundtrack of the movie Hero. The use of aspect markers instead of tense and the way that verbs do not conjugate, as well as the way that nouns have no plural, gender, or case distinctions, all make Chinese much easier to learn.

And when it comes to writing, anyone writing in English has no grounds for complaint -- both Chinese and English are written using a limited number of graphic elements (radicals vs. letters) combined in specific ways to form specific words. Both writing systems require years of study before they can be used productively (though less study just to read -- this is one example of the difference between passive use [reading] and active, productive use [writing]). Both writing systems contain obscure elements/words that are best left to specialists or arcana buffs. Basic texts in both writing systems make repeated use of the same elements/words.

Written English has the benefit of purveying sound information, but with notable lacunae and complications -- the word chough is a good example (apparently pronounced chuff), or perhaps slough would be better (I've heard slow, slue, and sluff, depending on region and context). Meanwhile, written Chinese has the benefit of purveying meaning, regardless of pronunciation -- allowing its use to write down very different languages, including all of the Chinese dialects, Vietnamese, Korean, and Japanese. (Bonus points for folks who are at least passingly aware of CJKV text processing issues.)

I suspect the Chinese will end up learning English, not English speakers learning Chinese.

This I agree with, though for different reasons -- I think this will happen because (1) most native English speakers in the US (and possibly in other countries?) tend to exhibit a certain sense of entitlement (and ensuing complacency and hubris) from the long years of being near or at the top of the geopolitical dog pile, and (2) people on the rise and trying to make something of themselves tend to have the ambition and drive to get in and get to work.

Cheers,

Perhaps you were thinking of the movie Impostor (perhaps solely) from Philip K. Dick's short story "The Impostor". Good film, underrated.

Which was just a highly crappy TV adaptation of the film: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425326/

Lost in Space: Doctor Zachary Smith, an agent for an enemy government, is sent to sabotage the mission. He is successful in reprogramming the ship's robot, but in the process becomes trapped on the ship, and because of his excess weight, the ship and all on board become hopelessly lost and it now becomes a fight for survival as the crew tries to find their way back home.

I saw this show... it was called Outsourced.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0160399/

The later was useless to me, as my entire presence for decades is based on me, not my real name (which happens to co-exist with a celebrity, making it useless).

Is that celebrity some no-talent ass clown?

That's why I only use natural ingredients in my shoe deodorizer: onions and peaches.

It's even endorsed by the baseball legend Clyde "Sweet Feet" Livingston!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083530/ A great documentary indeed!

Paralympics, not Special Olympics. Please don't confuse the two or this guy might beat your ass:

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3864042752/tt0436613

Simple solution, put in a computer with the mission details, and leave a couple of trusted crew awake in case something breaks. Oh wait... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/

That was Impostor

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104743/

Live Wire, with Pierce Brosnan

I've never met an Apple critic (or any PC user) who was that anywhere near that obsessive in their dislike of Apple or their love of their PC.

You must be new here ;-) Seriously, offering a different point of view that is perceived to be pro-Apple (whatever the hell that means) will get you modded down, insulted and/or shouted down more often than not. One charming example :

"I do NOT understand you! Have you just entered some manic religious-fervour-induced naked dance around a pentagram shape made from your Apple products?
I give up, you are a technology moron. Stick to being an art student or a quantity surveyor or whatever other job you do that requires zero technical knowledge because you are clearly very good at it."

And if anyone thinks I'm exaggerating about Apple fanatics (and I mean the real hardcore guys), check out the documentary MacHeads. It is at times cute and humorous, and at other times downright disturbing.

You can find nutbags anywhere. Give me a camera crew and a couple of weeks I'll turn up the equivalent Windows or Linux users.

I love this discussion! I don't think I can contribute anything useful to it though. If a person (human person that is - not one of those fictional ones) has not realised by now just how bad Corporations are and just how much better the world would be if we completely removed the Corporate legal structure which allows these aberrations to come into being then there is nothing that can be said to wake up them up from their perpetual slumber... except maybe The Corporation http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379225/

I've seen FAR more tribalism among Apple fanatics than I've ever seen among critics. I've met Apple fanatics who literally will not talk to someone who they see using a PC. I've never met an Apple critic (or any PC user) who was that anywhere near that obsessive in their dislike of Apple or their love of their PC.

And if anyone thinks I'm exaggerating about Apple fanatics (and I mean the real hardcore guys), check out the documentary MacHeads. It is at times cute and humorous, and at other times downright disturbing.

...is it safe?

Dredging at a depth of two or three miles has an impact on anything we care about? The critters down there aren't even edible and don't impact the biosphere like surface plankton, who gives a shit?

"Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."

Nietzsche

Appropriate at several levels.

Criminally underrated movie...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106356/board/flat/5895758

It's only a drawback if you give it unsavory traits.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095719/ ;)

Debian / Ubuntu reminds me of a joke an old Rugby player told me.

I think that rugby player was Robert Duvall and the movie was Colors.

Not sure if you're trolling but it's a reference from a movie called "Space Balls" which is full of many amusing scenes and quotes.