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Re:Comentary
Not to mention that Billy West - especially - and John DiMaggio have mentioned in numerous interviews how much they care for that show. Billy West once stated it was "the best gig he ever had".
Would they really risk the entire show for some money, when they care so much for it? Of course not. I am personally beginning to suspect this is not a trade negotiation issue, but a publicity stunt to get Futurama on everyone's lips again.
It also puts a lot more real to Comic-Con 2009's Futurama description:
1:00-1:45 Futurama: Life or Death?!" Be a part of sci-fi history! Join executive producers Matt Groening and David X. Cohen, and stars Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, and Maurice LaMarche for high-stakes thrills as a top-ranking FOX executive decides live, on stage, whether Futurama will make yet another triumphant return or whether it is gone forever! The very fate of Futurama hangs in the balance! Paramedics will be standing by in case the intense excitement causes any panelists to collapse. Raucous celebration or abject despair to follow the news. Ballroom 20
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Re:Off Topic Sig Correction
I think a better response to his first problem is that it's completely unrelated to censorship. as for his second, he has a fair point. I don't see that anything's wrong with "white pride," for what it's worth, but I understand your argument to be something along the lines of 'it doesn't make sense to be proud of something that you had no hand in being responsible for'? i.e. nationality is not something that is earned and blind patriotism doesn't make sense. fair enough, but, as he said, that isn't the same thing as patriotism. that's nationalism.
it is possible to be proud of things that have been done, even irrespective of your involvement, whether or not you happen to be related to those things by sheer chance or anything else, including being proud at where you live, and not necessarily without scrutiny and reservation, and not necessarily just because you are there.
humanity may be insignificant in the grand scheme of the universe, but we can be proud of our achievements; as Sagan would say, we show great promise. on the topic of patriotism, I really love Penn Jillette's thoughts, as exemplified here. it's a lovely illustration of the point.
if you can find this, by whatever means most convenient to you (and assuming you haven't already seen it--if you have, see it again), it's an even better illustration and what I'd intended on linking. that show and the episode in particular are really moving.
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Re:US Air Force Ship?
Where do you get the idea that the USAFS period was "brief"? It lasted from the early 60s to the late 70s.
I suppose the navy has a monopoly on fighting ships. But why should they have a monopoly on other kinds of ships?
I don't see any of this as counter-intuitive. It's only strange if you have a superficial understanding of what something is. Like people who think that all finned sea creatures are fish, all non-human animals with hands are monkeys, all warships are battleships, etc.
We all make mistake like that. It's no big deal. Unless you're really lame about it. Like when Siskel and Ebert assumed that this movie took place in Alaska, despite a ton of references to Canadian places and institutions. Or the particularly stupid TV critic who thought this show was about the Air Force, despite a zillion references to the Army.
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Re:Popular culture often perpetuates this misnomer
It happens all the time.
(to Sarah and John, who are arguing.)
Chuck: Mom. Dad. Can we get on with it? I have hard drives to fix.
(later on)
Chuck: Right then. I'm gonna fix some hard drives. Good luck with the spy stuff.
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Shock Pants!
I say go with Shock Pants... Works on employees too!
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Re:Eh.
Have you ever read the essay, "Santaland Diaries," by David Sedaris?
No.
Have you ever watched One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest? Michael Douglas, the producer, complained to somebody that the mental patients never seem to get out of character. Somebody informed him that many of the extras on the film were recruited from an actual mental hospital.
I'm not going to mention Kramer here.
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Whaddayamean "there WAS neat stuff"?
There still is.
I just caught an old Airwolf episode and thought "yikes.. who was that girl?".. that girl was Jill Whitlow. Huh. Let's google her.
#1: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Whitlow
#2: www.geocities.com/jillwhitlowfan/index.htm
#3 and all the rest: utter f'ing database-generated crap. Let's take the "tv.com" one;
http://www.tv.com/jill-whitlow/person/31200/summary.htmlNo biography, no photos, no trivia, no quotes. The *only* actual information in there is her credits - which are leeched off of other sites(!)
The same applies to pretty much all of the remaining results.I'm gonna go archive that geocities site now - exactly as the summary suggests, as a *great* volume of information (in general, not just this Whitlow page) would be lost (presuming archive.org has failed to cache much of it / will stop serving the cached information if Yahoo decide to drop a disallowing spiders directive in there.).
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Yes, but...
What about the universal remonster?
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Their new series: Warehouse 13
From TFA:
The network plans to make the changeover July 7, when it will launch the new series "Warehouse 13." The series, about a secret government facility in South Dakota where all mysterious relics and supernatural souvenirs are housed, is emblematic of the channel's programming direction. "It is a dramedy and it is set in the here and now. It's a kind of an Indiana Jones meets 'Moonlighting' meets 'The X-Files,'" Mr. Howe said. "This is a very accessible, relatable(sic), fun show."
Hmm, I wonder if the writers of this new show forgot that they watched the TV show Friday the 13th for three whole seasons when they were younger, and just now came up with this fresh, new idea for a TV series? -
Re:I'm guessing VMWare isn't that worriedYes. What you say makes perfect sense. Even though Linux never, ever, ever crashes until VMWare is installed, it just works. I, and the several others I mentioned, are each the sole exception that proves the rule.
I'm guessing your a Windows guy. That could explain why you didn't experience problems, and also why you think it "just works". Hey look ma! VMWare just works. Now I can have multiple VMs to provide crash fanout! OOPS it crashed! Must be Windows, 'cause VMWare "just works."
... and if you use Linux and want to point that out, by all means please do. Just don't be stupid enough to miss the fact that you cannot say something "just works" when others provide anecdotal evidence to the contrary, after it has been pointed out a second time."Read all the other posts in this story and you'll find you must have done something wrong, maybe try it again."
I don't have to read posts on Slashdot. They have this thing called Google. You can dig up endless examples where people have had legitimate problems/issues. I did. In the future please abstain from sharing your logical process and conclusions. The House of High Tech you aint.
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Old news...
Twilight Zone episodes have been online for the last year, at least...
STTNG, Voyager, Stargate, Atlantis are online via ShoutCast...
Why are you guys so out of the loop...?
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Re:America,
Yeah, I checked it out. But I still have to agree that Fox had the best quality stream. Not to mention the fact that it was the easiest to get running under linux.
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Beauty & The Geek
Hmm, this sounds like Beauty and the Geek.
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Re:Finally...
i used to think similarly, but you're ignoring certain realities of business and the legal system.
first of all, licensing copyrighted works is not always a viable option. if you're familiar with Acid Bath, then you know what kind of subject matters they sing about and the type of lyrics they use. i don't think the Seuss estate is likely to grant a license to use their character's name in a song about IV drug use & rotting corpses, and that uses the f-word 18 times, in an album that is illustrated by a convicted serial-killer/cannibal/pedophile/necrophile.
even if we were somehow able to convince the Seuss/Geisel-estate to grant us a license to use their character, it's unlikely that the album would have remained profitable--all for a single song title. frankly, the lyrics have very little to nothing to do with Dr. Seuss. so in retrospect, from the perspective of the label, the smart thing to do would have been just to change the track title and remove the 4 occurrences of "Dr. Seuss" from the lyrics. but we're not in the habit of censoring our bands, and i don't think they'd really appreciate being forced to run all of their new material by a copyright lawyer before being allowed to perform a song or record an album. i don't know, that just doesn't seem conducive of a healthy creative environment IMHO.
lastly, the only merchandise we sold containing an actual depiction of the Dr. Seuss character did have major alterations--it was an original design commissioned by the label & the band depicting Dr. Seuss looking strung-the-fuck-out, smoking a joint, and with a needle in his arm. but as i said, there's no fixed metric for determining what is considered fair use and what is not. it's always judged on a case by case basis. and frankly, we don't have the money to engage in a court battle with a multi-million/billion-dollar corporation. if ABC backed down from a copyright dispute against the Geisel estate, then that tells me that we don't really stand much of a chance.
i mean, in an ideal world, the law would always be interpreted in accordance to its intent. mentioning "Dr. Seuss" in the song title or lyrics of a metal album is not likely to devalue the Geisel estate's IP or otherwise damage them financially. so we should have had nothing to worry about. and in an ideal world, money would also mean nothing in a court of law, and any average joe could take on a major corporation like Disney or Sony BMG in court and win. but that's not the way the world works, and people who are in the right are unfortunately often forced to settle out of court.
as to your last question, i've never been in a band or worked with Acid Bath, though i did meet Sammy Duet at a Goatwhore (the band he formed with Ben Falgoust of Soilent Green/Paralysis fame after Acid Bath broke up) show when they were signed to Rotten Records, which is where i work. unfortunately, Acid Bath broke up a couple of years before i started working at the label around my senior year in high school. but i can tell you this much, Dax Riggs, who wrote most of the songs, is not the type of person to associate with lawyers. heck, he's refused to work with even record labels since Agents of Oblivion split up--and not for a lack of offers. in fact, Dax's antiestablishmentarian views is the primary reason why Acid Bath (minus Audie Pitre, obviously) has never reunited.
oh, and one last thing. i think it's worth noting that FOX owns the copyrights to both, The Simpsons and Family Guy, so that's probably not a good example to use. South Park's parody of Family Guy and The Simpsons are probably more appropriate to this discussion, but Comedy Central has a lot more money to spend on lawyers than we do.
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Re:Hmm
Unfortunately, far too many people take an attitude of "if you don't know what I know, you're an idiot".
They need to watch this show -- if they can't (a) identify with Sheldon and (b) laugh at his approach towards life -- at least a little in both cases -- their own ability to observe and eventually change that part of their personality is probably deeply suppressed.
Admittedly, this is a shallow plug for this show, which I enjoy greatly for those reasons.
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Re:They got a refund
So the Brady Bunch behaving the exact same way would have been kicked off the plane, interviewed by the FBI, and denied passage later on?
Depends. Was Peter tossing his football of death?
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Re:Also played Dancing Green Alien in Credits
As pointed out just above, that was Susan Oliver. You're not far off though; Majel did the screen tests for the green makeup. http://www.tv.com/star-trek/the-cage/episode/24885/summary.html
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as seen on law and order svu
While performing the autopsy on Newlands' body, Warner finds a plastic tube of blood in his upper arm. He was the father of Morris' baby, but he wasn't the Honey Rapist. He put the tube with someone else's blood in his arm to beat the paternity test. Unfortunately for him, that someone else was a previously unidentified child rapist.
apparently, like much of law and order, based on a real life case of a canadian doctor in 1992 implanting a blood tube in his arm to beat a dna test (and also the basis for a movie):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Schneeberger
Rape case
On the night of 31 October 1992, Schneeberger sedated his 23-year-old patient, Candice, and raped her. While Versed -- the anesthetic he used -- has strong amnesiac effect, Candice was still able to remember the rape. She reported the crime to the police.Schneeberger's blood sample was, however, found not to match the samples of the alleged rapist's semen, thus clearing him of suspicion. In 1993, at the victim's request, the test was repeated, but the result was negative, as well. In 1994, the case was closed.
Candice, still convinced that her reminiscences were true, hired Larry O'Brien, a private detective, to investigate the case. He broke into Schneeberger's car and obtained another DNA sample, which, this time, matched the semen on victim's panties and pants. As a result, a third official test was organized. The obtained blood sample was, however, found to be too small and of too poor quality to be useful for analysis.
In 1997, Lisa Schneeberger found out that her husband had repeatedly drugged and raped her 15-year-old daughter from her first marriage. She reported him to the police, which ordered a fourth DNA test. This time, multiple samples were taken: blood, mouth swab, and hair follicle. All three matched the rapist's semen.
[edit] Conviction
During his 1999 trial, Schneeberger revealed the method he used to foil the DNA tests. He implanted a 15 cm Penrose drain filled with another man's blood and anticoagulants in his arm. During tests, he tricked the laboratory technician to obtain blood sample from the place the tube was planted.He was found guilty of sexual assault, of administering a noxious substance, and of obstruction of justice, and received a six-year prison sentence.
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Re:Already Been Developed...
They're called BattleBots
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Why math achievement is stiffled on TV.
"Most TV programs today glorify hospital and courtroom dramas. "
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Confused.
Listing TV stations that are sorted in geographical order is a copyright infringement?
How can that be? makes no sense to me.
Beside, how can Nielsen Media Research own this type of listing in the first place? Aren't these stations already OWNED as is? How can Neilsen Media Research even think that they are the only entity allowed to own such a list and I assume dictate who else can either display it or use it? Anyone can browse the various websites these TV networks have, and come up with a list of their own.
Websites like TV.com for example, list TV shows, are they going to get sued for being able to list the stations based on geography?
See TV.com listings as an example.
I think the Neilsen Media Research is overreaching themselves and certainly, when push comes to shove, if this ever went to court, they would lose. After all, they do NOT own any of these stations to begin with. Anyone can come up with this type of list. These TV stations are are businesses, I've never heard of anyone not being able to list a bunch of businesses by geographical order yet.
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Re:Reminds me of SeaQuest
Yes the one Lucas made was called the Stinger. I'm talking about the one that Tucker made, I forget the name. This was the episode: http://www.tv.com/seaquest-dsv/the-stinger/episode/33397/summary.html?tag=ep_list;ep_title;16
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Yay for the Phoenix Foundation!
MacGyver has already tested this car out, back in '88! http://www.tv.com/macgyver/collision-course/episode/47269/summary.html
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Re:Blanket licenses works great - a good modelfrom South Park: Christian Rock Hard
Stan: You don't even know anything about Christianity!
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Re:What was that sound?
It gets worse. Early on in the experiment Potter was quoted as saying, "Ok, I'll do it. But first I'm gonna get tore up!"
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Re:Not News
Wow, I didn't think anyone could be such a big MacGuyver nerd, so I had to look this up and lo and behold:
Episode 88. Second Chance
First aired: 10/16/1989 Production Code: 88In China, MacGyver and his old friend Jesse Colton help with a Phoenix Foundation funded hospital for sick children. While there, they discover a gang stealing supplies (including a dialysis machine vital to the survival of a girl name Susie) from the hospital, and something even more surprising: an Amerasian boy who is the son of Jesse Colton.
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Re: Not News -- Parent is not joking!
Well... I was half joking. Also, the Wikipedia article about that episode is incomplete. TV.com was my reference.
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Re:Depends on HOW the Lime is made... AND...
I did Read the article. I also read all of the links on the cquestrate.com web site.
My Chemistry degree tells me that although the chemistry as stated is possible, even likely, there are so many factors left egregiously unmentioned from both the article and the cquestrate.com web site. Both fail to concretely account for *many essential requirements* and all of the needed logistics necessary to mine Limestone, cook it in kilns, create Lime (CaO), transport the Lime, and deliver Billions of pounds of that same Lime throughout our oceans...
My point is that these *unaccounted logistical and process details* will create, in fact, MORE CO2!
This in all likelihood will negate the net sequestering of existing CO2 from the atmosphere into the oceans.
People need to remember their chemistry and realize that the Reduction/Dehydration of Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3 AKA 'Limestone') into Lime (CaO) + CO2 requires HUGE amounts of energy. This energy must come form somewhere and solar is nowhere close to these needed power levels. Lime manufacture is a very endothermic reaction (it absorbs heat energy) and releases vast amounts of CO2... This heat CANNOT come from any source that also creates CO2, or if it does, there is the additional cost of sequestering all that CO2 created in addition to the CO2 released in the reaction... The authors do not account for fact and they completely neglect the logistics of moving billions of pounds of mass around as well. I suppose they will have to invest a fleet of Nuclear ships and Electric excavators and to invent massive electric Dump Trucks to move the stuff around.
I would love for a Process Engineer and/or Chemical Engineer to weigh in on the actual energy energy requirements for processing a single Ton (2000lbs.) of Limestone into Lime.
Also, would someone send the link for the solar powered 2,700 degree 'calcination' Lime production Kiln facility that is scalable for the amounts of Lime needed?
All of the kilns I have visited use Hydrocarbons as fuel and some use old tires as a supplemental fuel source. Read away: http://www.sierraclub.org/planet/200307/burningrubber.asp
(Also review the Dirty Jobs Episode 13, Season 2 where Mike Rowe shows how 'recycled' tires are used to help fuel the 2,700 Degree kiln needed to make Lime from Limestone. http://www.tv.com/dirty-jobs/shrimper/episode/573544/recap.html ) -
Myth Busted
From http://www.tv.com/mythbusters/superhero-hour/episode/1123508/summary.html (and also watching it myself):
Grappling Hook
- miniature motorized ascender: PLAUSIBLE
- concrete piercing grappler: BUSTED
Its possible to have a miniature motorized ascender, however, you will ascend VERY slowly. The martial arts in the batman movies is plausible, but still a little far fetched. The most realistic aspect of batman - why I like him - is his brains. He uses computers, knowledge, and politics to meet his goals. -
Re:A suggestion
I can't believe you spent money on paint to make your car faster. Everyone knows it's speed holes that make cars go faster!
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Is it just me..
or does that guy look like the guy that builds motorcycles
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Come back Zinc! Come Back!
Funny and stupid. All of these elements could be extracted from e-waste if anyone ever thought about it. Soon we'll be mining the landfills. Mark my words. http://www.tv.com/the-simpsons/bart-the-lover/episode/1336/summary.html
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at the very least ..
At the very least the President should be able to read an Atlas, or as First Lady Bunny refers to it as, that little picture book, so as he can find all those countries he needs to Nuke
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Re:Satanic
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This was a plot form the Beverly Hillbillies!!!
I knew this sounded familiar - its the plot of a Beverly Hillbillies episode from September 1970.
http://www.tv.com/the-beverly-hillbillies/the-pollution-solution/episode/72982/summary.html
Jed: This fellow's gonna drill a tunnel through the San Bernardino Mountains, put in a great big fan, and draw all the smog out of Los Angeles.
Drysdale: Why, that's a preposterous idea.
Jed: Yeah. We like it too. (edit)
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Carl Sagan and David Attenborough
i remember Cosmos. It was sometimes difficult to understand without adult interaction, but such excellent presentation. And, would always encourage extra reading in the study, digging though encyclopaedias.
http://www.tv.com/cosmos/show/29633/summary.html
A few years later i was introduced to David Attenborough's "The Living Planet" (1984). This man has produced enough entertaining, educational content to satiate even the most inquisitive mind. Though it is mostly earthbound, it shouldn't be missed. Start with the older shows and work your way though the Life series. Save "Planet Earth" for a special Blu-ray occassion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Attenborough#Television_work
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saw this on tv
A little over a third of the way through s02e09 of The Universe here has these guys talking about their simulation.
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Re:How about 3D Jacks?
"We will begin with the firemen, then the math teachers, and so on in that fashion..."
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Re:WoW
Yeah, but I hear that they're going to be stopping those soon. Something about problems with infections of the skin around the RJ-45 connectors or something like that.
Hmmm, that's funny...I heard it was more like the "Blipverts" from Network 23.
http://www.tv.com/max-headroom/blipverts/episode/120668/recap.html
Watch for upcoming Wikileaks videos of exploding internet customers!
Cheers!
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Re:250 mphWould you support mandatory liability insurance in other areas like employment? What about mandatory insurance that covers more than third party liability, like Hilary's health care plan? What are the criteria for making insurance mandatory do you think?
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Re:Lets call it a "do over"`
Yeh, but will they be able to reproduce the episode "Space Rockers"?
http://www.tv.com/buck-rogers-in-the-25th-century/show/2724/trivia.html
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Re:UK Robot Wars
Too powerfull? There are certain rules about entering a robot wars competition one of those being a weight limit of 100KG's and a weapon system which won't damage the safety perimeter (as well as a few other rules.) After looking at their robots on their web page and doing a bit of googling on battlebots rules. The heavyweight class would be appropriate for robot wars the super heavyweight being to heavy. So my guess is that either they brought a super heavyweight which was too heavy, or the disc contained enough weight to shatter the arena walls (which would need to be more than 10KG at 10,000rpm (hynodisc)) or it is the robot I'm about to mention which doesn't make it to the semi finals.
If you goto their own website http://www.teamlogicom.com/ and look at the robot "The Revolutionist" competed in robot wars twice and won neither in fact their own page suggests they went out fairly early on in the first competition. Going to wikipedia and looking for robot wars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Wars if you scroll through the entry you'll come accross the world championship results, comparing this with tv.com's episode summary http://www.tv.com/robot-wars-extreme-warriors/the-robot-wars-world-championship/episode/162581/summary.html you'll find their revolutionist robot failed to make the semi-finals in any of the events. During the second world championship America managed to reach runner up and semi finals. If you bother to read the match summary's (same tv guide link above) you'll notice the drillzilla spends the entire time running away from Razor. BTW Manta was the best robot the USA ever put forward and it would have lost against Tornado (a bit more googling shows the motors aren't as powerfull.)
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Takedown
Court TV used to run this series called The Takedown. Every week they tried to do some casino scam using a team of experts, often at the behest of the hotel's internal security. The way everything was staged was kind of fake in spots, but an interesting look regardless at the mechanics of actually trying to cheat at a casino. Fun show, don't know where it's still running but you might be able to find it somewhere (*cough* torrent *cough*).
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Re:New Futurama Movie Idea
You mean old Futurama episode idea.
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Re:Reviews for Macbook air are strangely high
Dude, if you're getting modded down "troll" or "flamebait" enough to inspire your sig, maybe it's because your posts are caustic.
Geez it wouldn't possbily be because trolling has increased dramatically on the last couple of years on slashdot. If you look through my history not all my posts are 'caustic' but when I read something as stupid as 'my lap can't take an extra kilogram' you bet I'll be caustic. How about we stick to the argument instead of attacking me? (Or if you prefer latin snobbery cut out the ad hominem). Otherwise I'll save arguing back and just label you a Mac apologist.
As for the actual topic
Thank you.
Think about how, on a hot day, different a thin t-shirt and a thick t-shirt feel.
Okay now lets think of a t-shirt that doesn't quite do all the jobs you want it to do. Perhaps it's stained down the front and can't be worn out. Perhaps it has tears or holes in it. Perhaps it went in the wash and the colours ran. In any case it's not quite what it should be. Would you prefer to wear the thinner damaged t-shirt in summer or the thicker one? A laptop that's only good for word processing is damaged/crippled junk. The reason PCs became so popular was their versatility.
In other words, it's not about being able to "handle it", but about preferring one over the other.
Really 1kg or 2kg makes no difference to me. Others must have thinner laps. My laptop's no longer sold but weight for the replacement model starts at 3.45kg. Macbook air starts at 1.36kg. That's just over 2kg. About the weight of a 6pack. Only one will do almost anything you can imagine. The other is good for word processing and light use, and it's very thinness makes it fragile.
You sound like a PC user, so you are probably used to constantly noticing your computer. The Mac experience is generally one of *not* noticing your computer
Oh brother. You that you can label my post 'caustic' and say something so pompous in the same statement makes me ill. You've been drinking Steve Job's cool-aid haven't you!? I notice my PC like I notice any other tool. It's called having eyes and ears. I don't find the weight on my lap at all uncomfortable because I'm usually too busy being engrossed in what I'm doing on my laptop - be that watching a DVD, flight simming, programming. The last thing I'd ever think is "hey I wish this were lighter". When do I notice the weight? When I'm carrying it. Mostly because I carry a lot more than just the laptop in the laptop bag.
I think, Macs are so design-oriented
Dude you're reminding me of this South Park episode:
http://www.tv.com/south-park/smug-alert!/episode/687553/recap.html
The blind devotion Mac users show is one reason I avoid the whole Mac cult-ure. It does feel like a cult. At least a PC user will generally admit the problems and trade-offs made with there machines and actually curse it a little bit. Most Mac users will just dismiss the flaw and start spouting garbage about how wonderful Macs are. I don't need religion, and I don't need a fashion accessory. I need a computer that does the job. -
Re:DON'T BLAME OTHERS for your own acts
Since there is no crime that the bitch of a woman can be charged with, the logical response is social shunning. The entire community refuses to have anything to do with her - including businesses! Imagine her going to the grocery store and the manager telling her they don't want her business. Imagine her going to some school function and every parent and every teacher turns their back on her. It won't bring back the dead girl, but it would get rid of the woman since she'd have to move. It would also send a strong message to everyone else in their community that some things are just not acceptable.
Have you not seen the 80's version of The Twilight Zone story To See the Invisible Man?
"It's a world much like our own, yet much unlike it. A twisted mirror of reality, in which a man can find himself cast out, made invisible by public acclamation, belonging no longer to society, but only to the gray reaches... of the Twilight Zone."
Mitchell Chaplin is strapped into a chair. His offense against society is read by an unseen judge: emotional coldness. For that, he is sentenced to a year of invisibility. He is unrepentant and even scornful of the sentence. They place a dab of gel in the center of his forehead then a mask-like applicator. Seconds later, it's removed to reveal a scar-like mound on his forehead. Even as Mitchell scoffs, the guards no longer respond to his heckling.
Outside, a man bumps into him. As he begins to apologize, he sees the mark on Mitchell's forehead as well as airborne surveillance drones. He quickly leaves. Mitchell goes to his workplace, but his co-workers ignore him completely. At the cafeteria, the server only serves others, so Mitchell goes behind the counter and serves himself. He sits across from a young boy, who quickly goes silent when his grandmother gestures at her forehead.
On day 41, a drunken Mitchell exits a liquor store carrying bottles he brazenly stole. He bumps into another man with the same mark. Again, with drones watching, the man quickly leaves. Mitchell sees a women's spa, so he walks in. In the sauna and whirlpool, none of the women would meet his eyes. He backs out. In his apartment, Mitchell tries to cover the mark with a hat, but it quickly burns a hole through.
On day 106, Mitchell is sitting in a cafeteria when a blind man sits down. The lonely Mitchell makes small talk, grateful for the attention. The man finds Mitchell very kind, especially when Mitchell gives him a bowl of soup, but a waitress sees the situation and whispers "Invisible" into the man's ear. He's outraged at Mitchell's deception and leaves in a huff.
On day 182, a dressed-up Mitchell goes to a black tie club with a stand up comic. He sits at a table, but the comic sees his mark and moves to put the spotlight directly in Mitchell's eyes. Mitchell leaves, not wanting to be disruptive. Outside, he sees an "invisible" woman and begs her to talk. She's fearful despite all his pleas.
On day 229, Mitchell walks down the street when he sees two punks breaking into a car. They hide until they see the mark. Once they break into the car, they drive down the street, then turn around and chase Mitchell. They hit him, leaving him writhing and screaming in pain. In his apartment, Mitchell calls for medical help, but the nurse insists that he has to show his face for face-print identification. When he does, she instantly hangs up, leaving Mitchell sobbing. He spends the night in agony.
A year after the sentence was passed, Mitchell sees two guards walk into his apartment. He's surprised and happy. The speechless guards reapply the "mask" and remove the mark. The moment they're finished, they begin a friendly chat with Mitchell, offering to take him out for a drink. He starts to decline, but then realizes his error.
Four months later, Mitchell is a warm, friendly, caring person. Suddenly, the "invisible" -
Re:That's fairBoth sides of this debate drive me crazy as they're both hanging on to their beliefs with religious fervor. See, that drives me crazy. Painting the two sides equally with the pejorative term 'religious fervor.'
On one side you have a group of scientists arguing that evolution (the basis of essentially all modern biological science) is pretty much as well established as the _theory_ of gravity (which according to TFA, the FL standards don't refer to as a theory, rather as undisputed fact). On the other side you have a bunch of evolution-denying religious nuts who intend to undermine the teaching of evolution by tagging it with a modifier intended to lessen the value of the scientific concept. That they are accidentally being more scientifically accurate is ironic, but somewhat beside the point. Whatever label you give to the theory of gravity, you should give to the theory of evolution, doing otherwise is deceptive and intentionally incorrect. Natural selection IS a theory, and most likely there is still a mechanism for change we don't know about Gravity IS a theory too. And what is the mechanism of gravity? We still don't really know. Likewise we still only see macro exolution in the fosil record and haven't observed it in living animals. Bullshit. You can see evolution in bacteria in a lab setting easily. You can see evolution in various pests developing resistance to various pesticides/antibiotics/etc. You can see natural selection in peppered moths. You can evolve enzymes & ribozymes in vitro (as my girlfriend does in her thesis research) easily. Either the scientific method stands on it's own merrits or it's time to look for something else. It does, and arguing that it does is exactly what these fights are about. The fact that it took til 2008 to get Florida (america's wang) to include evolution in the state science standards argues pretty strongly that science needs more forceful support.
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Thanks Denny
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Isac Neutron? Is that like Isaac Newton's evil twin or something?
He's Jimmy Neutron's half brother. :-P