I think we all agree that Lucas should put the kid with the lightsabre into Star Wars III
why? Whether you like it or not, episode 3 isn't going to be like a Kevin Smith movie where he casts his buddies and friends and has them smirk and mug up a storm. Despite what the end results show, George Lucas takes movie making very seriously, and putting the Star Wars kid is only going to hurt his chances at recovering the respect he lost for episodes 1 & 2.
independent films are being pushed out of the box office by blockbusters
Close, but true independent films are being pushed out of the way to make room for independent (low budget) films aiming to be blockbusters. It's not that art houses are going to be showing Bad Boys II or Freddy vs Jason, but that they would rather show My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Bend It Like Beckham over Gerry and The Secret Lives Of Dentists.
the average consumer doesn't need this, but a business might. Imagine being able to record 2 weeks worth of security footage without having to change a tape.
here it is, just in case you can't access this post's parent comment.
With all the noise and kerfuffle about Mars recently I thought I should take a look at the Red Planet. I'm not well educated about astronomy, have to think hard to get the order of the planets right, but still wanted something with some depth. I found a great little guide for the uninformed visitor, "A Traveler's Guide to Mars" by William K Hartmann. This fairly inexpensive volume is full of all the information you're going to need, a large number of pictures, several maps and a great deal of information about previous voyagers to the planet. Indeed Hartmann was one of the scientists for the Mars Global Surveyor mission.
This book really does look like a typical traveler's guide with large print, bold headings, a good use of colour and text boxes. The style is light enough that when it gets scientific you don't notice too much. It is broken up into seven sections
Introducing Mars: Past and Present. Noachian Mars: Exploring The Oldest Provinces Interlude: Landing on Mars Hesperian Mars: A Time of Transition Interlude: Rocks From Mars Amazonian Mars: The Red Planet Today Where Do We come From, Where Are We Going
The first section is a quick overview of the planet and a look at the history of Martian research. Section three looks at the various landings and what they discovered. Section five is a single chapter explaining the Martian meteors and what they might mean. Section seven is also small and looks at future Martian research. The other three sections look at the geography and geology of various parts of the Red Planet.
I found the whole book fascinating. I particularly liked the way Hartmann kept almost all his own tale in small sidebars called "My Martian Chronicles", 15 of them scattered through the book. These were interesting and meant that he could push his own barrow in a way that didn't intrude into the rest of the book, you could read them when you wanted. Throughout the book you get a huge amount of information about Mars and how the various bits were likely formed and what further exploration is likely to find.
All that said, it's not a book that can be taken in huge gulps. It took me several weeks to read it, picking it up and reading a few chapters then putting it down for a day or so, then perhaps another hour or two just looking at pictures, maps and reading sidebars. The layout does lend itself to this, however, so I'm not quite certain I'd call this a flaw, it seemed like a good way of making a 450 page book on Mars that much easier to digest. It also doesn't seem like a book that you need to read cover to cover, in order. I certainly didn't, reading bits about the meteors and landings and the last section before reading the section on Hesperian Mars.
The Workman Publishing web page on the book is not much use, with only a tiny excerpt from the book and while the book does have a selected reading list at the end it would have been nice to have a list of recommended web sites for further information as most of us don't have access to the sort of library likely to carry advanced astronomy journals or books.
If you're not an astronomy geek and want to know more about Mars then you may well find this book ideal. I certainly enjoyed my visit to the Red Planet.
I know a guy who got a BJ while playing quake. he said he would have stopped playing, but he had the flag and had to safely return it to his base. talk about a man who knows his priorities!
is the theory that dairy manufacturers can charge over a dollar for a candy bar-sized piece of processed mozzarella cheese. Sometimes I wish I had thought of such a beautiful mark-up. But then I remember that I'm lactose intolerant.
it plays.ogg files, runs linux, irons my shirts, arm wrestles my little brother, makes a tasty denver omelette, beats me at Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 using Tron Bonne, Dan, and Ruby Heart, has a built in rubber stamp for voiding paper work, and walks 12 miles uphill both ways to school barefoot in the snow and likes it.
On the day when Wesley Willis's death is all over the news. If there was ever an artist who proved that singing on key is not necessary, it was Wesley Willis.
I'll let you know as soon as the new batch of fries are done and I can take my break.
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When in the same sentence, the words 'launch' and 'nuclear' usually signal bad things are to come.
I think we all agree that Lucas should put the kid with the lightsabre into Star Wars III
why? Whether you like it or not, episode 3 isn't going to be like a Kevin Smith movie where he casts his buddies and friends and has them smirk and mug up a storm. Despite what the end results show, George Lucas takes movie making very seriously, and putting the Star Wars kid is only going to hurt his chances at recovering the respect he lost for episodes 1 & 2.
He just gives everyone a B when he is hungover.
independent films are being pushed out of the box office by blockbusters
Close, but true independent films are being pushed out of the way to make room for independent (low budget) films aiming to be blockbusters. It's not that art houses are going to be showing Bad Boys II or Freddy vs Jason, but that they would rather show My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Bend It Like Beckham over Gerry and The Secret Lives Of Dentists.
the average consumer doesn't need this, but a business might. Imagine being able to record 2 weeks worth of security footage without having to change a tape.
here it is, just in case you can't access this post's parent comment.
With all the noise and kerfuffle about Mars recently I thought I should take a look at the Red Planet. I'm not well educated about astronomy, have to think hard to get the order of the planets right, but still wanted something with some depth. I found a great little guide for the uninformed visitor, "A Traveler's Guide to Mars" by William K Hartmann. This fairly inexpensive volume is full of all the information you're going to need, a large number of pictures, several maps and a great deal of information about previous voyagers to the planet. Indeed Hartmann was one of the scientists for the Mars Global Surveyor mission.
This book really does look like a typical traveler's guide with large print, bold headings, a good use of colour and text boxes. The style is light enough that when it gets scientific you don't notice too much. It is broken up into seven sections
Introducing Mars: Past and Present.
Noachian Mars: Exploring The Oldest Provinces
Interlude: Landing on Mars
Hesperian Mars: A Time of Transition
Interlude: Rocks From Mars
Amazonian Mars: The Red Planet Today
Where Do We come From, Where Are We Going
The first section is a quick overview of the planet and a look at the history of Martian research. Section three looks at the various landings and what they discovered. Section five is a single chapter explaining the Martian meteors and what they might mean. Section seven is also small and looks at future Martian research. The other three sections look at the geography and geology of various parts of the Red Planet.
I found the whole book fascinating. I particularly liked the way Hartmann kept almost all his own tale in small sidebars called "My Martian Chronicles", 15 of them scattered through the book. These were interesting and meant that he could push his own barrow in a way that didn't intrude into the rest of the book, you could read them when you wanted. Throughout the book you get a huge amount of information about Mars and how the various bits were likely formed and what further exploration is likely to find.
All that said, it's not a book that can be taken in huge gulps. It took me several weeks to read it, picking it up and reading a few chapters then putting it down for a day or so, then perhaps another hour or two just looking at pictures, maps and reading sidebars. The layout does lend itself to this, however, so I'm not quite certain I'd call this a flaw, it seemed like a good way of making a 450 page book on Mars that much easier to digest. It also doesn't seem like a book that you need to read cover to cover, in order. I certainly didn't, reading bits about the meteors and landings and the last section before reading the section on Hesperian Mars.
The Workman Publishing web page on the book is not much use, with only a tiny excerpt from the book and while the book does have a selected reading list at the end it would have been nice to have a list of recommended web sites for further information as most of us don't have access to the sort of library likely to carry advanced astronomy journals or books.
If you're not an astronomy geek and want to know more about Mars then you may well find this book ideal. I certainly enjoyed my visit to the Red Planet.
I know a guy who got a BJ while playing quake. he said he would have stopped playing, but he had the flag and had to safely return it to his base. talk about a man who knows his priorities!
is the theory that dairy manufacturers can charge over a dollar for a candy bar-sized piece of processed mozzarella cheese. Sometimes I wish I had thought of such a beautiful mark-up. But then I remember that I'm lactose intolerant.
it plays .ogg files, runs linux, irons my shirts, arm wrestles my little brother, makes a tasty denver omelette, beats me at Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 using Tron Bonne, Dan, and Ruby Heart, has a built in rubber stamp for voiding paper work, and walks 12 miles uphill both ways to school barefoot in the snow and likes it.
Play games with very little delay? That's what i would do if I and everyone else had a huge amount of bandwidth
due to massive embarrassment in the astronomical community, Uranus' name was recently changed to Urectum.
Credit: Futurama
On the day when Wesley Willis's death is all over the news. If there was ever an artist who proved that singing on key is not necessary, it was Wesley Willis.
Practical Unix
So does Arnold go commando?
I'll let you know as soon as the new batch of fries are done and I can take my break.
question than POP3 or IMAP, you probably shouldn't be voting at all. A candidate's preferred email protocol has absolutely no bearing on the important issues. If you have the chance to ask such an inane question, why not make your question meaningful and ask about social security or welfare.
Excitons to be Bohring.
ok, i'll kick my own ass for that one.
that with a few changes, it would be as if somebody forgot to turn caps lock off.
I once updated my web page while driving drunk and blindfolded accross landmines, all the while eating food from arby's.
while singing Bingo: "inserted extra clap. clearly not college material"
Rush makes like an album a year. They are the Woody Allen of Canadian prog-rock
Yet another reason why english is a beautiful language: pork (and nuts) can be used as a verb and still make sense.
I'll just post a standard goatse.cx troll, since I have nothing meaningful to add to the conversation.
"I've been poking around in Penn's Library"
I thought the only one who did that was Teller.
Thank you, I'll be here until I get booed off stage.
I uploaded my entire stomach drive to the porcelain recycle bin.