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In the first Bond book, Casino Royal, the only high tech is that J Bond has oversized headlights on his car. He is more a international detective, smoking two packs a day, and drinking hard liquor.
* Longevity. Although many magnetic tapes have deteriorated over time to the point that the data on them has been irretrievably lost, punched tape can be read many decades later, probably lasting many centuries.
* Human accessibility. The hole patterns can be decoded visually if necessary, and torn tape can be repaired (using special all-hole pattern tape splices). Editing text on a punched tape was achieved by literally cutting and pasting the tape with scissors, glue, or by taping over a section to cover all holes and making new holes using a manual hole punch."
The story behind the letter below is that there is this nutball in Newport, RI, named Scott Williams who digs things out of his backyard and sends the stuff he finds to the Smithsonian Institute, labeling them with scientific names, insisting that they are actual archaeological finds. This guy really exists and does this in his spare time!
Here's the actual response from the Smithsonian Institute. Bear this in mind next time you think you are challenged in your duty to respond to a difficult situation in writing.
Smithsonian Institution
207 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20078
Dear Mr. Williams: Thank you for your latest submission to the Institute, labeled "93211-D, layer seven, next to the clothesline post . ..Hominid skull". We have given this specimen a careful and detailed examination, and regret to inform you that we disagree with your theory that it represents conclusive proof of the presence of Early Man in Charleston County two million years ago.
Rather, it appears that what you have found is the head of a Barbie Doll, of the variety that one of our staff, who has small children, believes to be "Malibu Barbie". It is evident that you have given a great deal of thought to the analysis of this specimen, and you may be quite certain that those of us who are familiar with your prior work in the field were loathe to come to contradiction with your findings. However, we do feel there are a number of physical attributes of the specimen which might have tipped you off to its modern origin: 1. The material is molded plastic. Ancient hominid remains are typically fossilized bone. 2. The cranial capacity of the specimen is approximately 9 cubic centimeters, well below the threshold of even the earliest identified proto-homonids. 3. The dentition pattern evident on the skull is more consistent with the common domesticated dog than it is with the ravenous man-eating Pliocene clams you speculate roamed the wetlands during that time.
This latter finding is certainly one of the most intriguing hypotheses you have submitted in your history with this institution, but the evidence seems to weigh rather heavily against it. Without going into too much detail, let us say that:
A. The specimen looks like the head of a Barbie doll that a dog has chewed on. B. Clams don't have teeth.
It is with feelings tinged with melancholy that we must deny your request to have the specimen carbon-dated. This is partially due to the heavy load our lab must bear in its normal operation, and partly due to carbon-dating's notorious inaccuracy in fossils of recent geologic record.
To the best of our knowledge, no Barbie dolls were produced prior to 1956 AD, and carbon-dating is likely to produce wildly inaccurate results. Sadly, we must also deny your request that we approach the National Science Foundation Phylogeny Department with the concept of assigning your specimen the scientific name Australopithecus spiff-arino. Speaking personally, I, for one, fought tenaciously for the acceptance of your proposed taxonomy, but was ultimately voted down because the species name you selected
I think you need to finish the script first, otherwise you aren't pitching a script, you're just pitching.
I did this a number of years ago, here's what I did. Went to the library and copied the Los Angeles Yellow Pages for Motion Picture Production companies/Producers. Then I came up with a great (short) query letter (in essence "the pitch"). I probably got 5% positive response (yes, forward me your script). Unfortunately, it was not worth making, but there was some good scenes and I did get a lot of good feedback from over a dozen people in the industry.
I've heard information otherwise. Like giving multiple no-money-down-cash-back mortgages to people with no visible means of support, then they turn around and sell the mortgages to 'Wall Street'. I hear in the greater Chicago area you can easily find the same name half a dozen times on the "abandoned house list" of homeowners. It seems more like this was a grass-roots organized crime activity which the support industries were complicit with. Not to say that good people have not been caught up by not understanding what they were signing (adjustable rate mortgages, balloon payments) which is unfortunate. Kind of like the stock market crash of 1929 and the reverberations it caused world wide, but not nearly so bad this go around.
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OMG, a Business Model!
Tell that to the fat guy who got shot with a rifle round. He has a 600,000% weight advantage, yet he's still in ICU on a respirator.
Well he did win. Fat guy in ICU (unless he dies from the gunshot) still beats a 65 gr slug in a evidence baggie.
Not to mention LBJ had JFK shot.
This is one of those life lessons, there are consequences for your actions.
huh? what do you think rust is?
..Beetlejuice..
So, how is retirement, Lois?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_Maxwell/
V-O-T-E-O-B-A-M-A
In the first Bond book, Casino Royal, the only high tech is that J Bond has oversized headlights on his car. He is more a international detective, smoking two packs a day, and drinking hard liquor.
I propose the House, Senate and White House also.
good
"Advantages:
* Longevity. Although many magnetic tapes have deteriorated over time to the point that the data on them has been irretrievably lost, punched tape can be read many decades later, probably lasting many centuries.
* Human accessibility. The hole patterns can be decoded visually if necessary, and torn tape can be repaired (using special all-hole pattern tape splices). Editing text on a punched tape was achieved by literally cutting and pasting the tape with scissors, glue, or by taping over a section to cover all holes and making new holes using a manual hole punch."
Saving their lives is easy, tell them to stop driving in typhoons.
The story behind the letter below is that there is this nutball in
Newport, RI, named Scott Williams who digs things out of his backyard
and sends the stuff he finds to the Smithsonian Institute, labeling
them with scientific names, insisting that they are actual archaeological finds.
This guy really exists and does this in his spare time!
Here's the actual response from the Smithsonian Institute. Bear this
in mind next time you think you are challenged in your duty to respond
to a difficult situation in writing.
Smithsonian Institution
207 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20078
Dear Mr. Williams: .Hominid
Thank you for your latest submission to the Institute, labeled
"93211-D, layer seven, next to the clothesline post . .
skull". We have given this specimen a careful and detailed
examination, and regret to inform you that we disagree with your theory that it represents
conclusive proof of the presence of Early Man in Charleston County two
million years ago.
Rather, it appears that what you have found is the head of a Barbie
Doll, of the variety that one of our staff, who has small children,
believes to be "Malibu Barbie". It is evident that you have given a
great deal of thought to the analysis of this specimen, and you may be quite certain
that those of us who are familiar with your prior work in the field
were loathe to come to contradiction with your findings. However, we
do feel there are a number of physical attributes of the specimen
which might have tipped you off to its modern origin:
1. The material is molded plastic. Ancient hominid remains are
typically fossilized bone.
2. The cranial capacity of the specimen is approximately 9 cubic
centimeters, well below the threshold of even the earliest identified
proto-homonids.
3. The dentition pattern evident on the skull is more consistent
with the common domesticated dog than it is with the ravenous
man-eating Pliocene clams you speculate roamed the wetlands during that time.
This latter finding is certainly one of the most intriguing hypotheses
you have submitted in your history with this institution, but the
evidence seems to weigh rather heavily against it. Without going into too much
detail, let us say that:
A. The specimen looks like the head of a Barbie doll that a dog
has chewed on.
B. Clams don't have teeth.
It is with feelings tinged with melancholy that we must deny your
request to have the specimen carbon-dated. This is partially due to
the heavy load our lab must bear in its normal operation, and partly
due to carbon-dating's notorious inaccuracy in fossils of recent geologic
record.
To the best of our knowledge, no Barbie dolls were produced prior to
1956 AD, and carbon-dating is likely to produce wildly inaccurate
results.
Sadly, we must also deny your request that we approach the National
Science Foundation Phylogeny Department with the concept of assigning
your specimen the scientific name Australopithecus spiff-arino. Speaking
personally, I, for one, fought tenaciously for the acceptance of your
proposed taxonomy, but was ultimately voted down because the species
name you selected
Soon whales will be telling tales of alien anal-probes from outer space.
The only carrot I have ever seen is a paycheck, everything else is a stick.
I'm so excited!
You'd still notice this in the girl's shower.
I can't imagine any of them work. But many must order them for the companies to keep running adverts.
I think you need to finish the script first, otherwise you aren't pitching a script, you're just pitching.
I did this a number of years ago, here's what I did. Went to the library and copied the Los Angeles Yellow Pages for Motion Picture Production companies/Producers. Then I came up with a great (short) query letter (in essence "the pitch"). I probably got 5% positive response (yes, forward me your script). Unfortunately, it was not worth making, but there was some good scenes and I did get a lot of good feedback from over a dozen people in the industry.
Now I'm working on a fact based novel.
He just needs to make sure all the cars are over 18..and he takes no 'action' pictures.
I've heard information otherwise. Like giving multiple no-money-down-cash-back mortgages to people with no visible means of support, then they turn around and sell the mortgages to 'Wall Street'. I hear in the greater Chicago area you can easily find the same name half a dozen times on the "abandoned house list" of homeowners. It seems more like this was a grass-roots organized crime activity which the support industries were complicit with. Not to say that good people have not been caught up by not understanding what they were signing (adjustable rate mortgages, balloon payments) which is unfortunate. Kind of like the stock market crash of 1929 and the reverberations it caused world wide, but not nearly so bad this go around.
In a secret building somewhere...
"Okay boys, we finally have a line on Jason Smith!"
um no, movies and porn..er and porn movies
I also suspect my Lenovo/Thinkpad..whenever I'm in the room it seems to be...watching me.