That's right, I feel like a big man because I said 'doze'. My throw away comment needed discussing at your level did it? I apologise unequivocally to all Linux users that I have made to look like 13 year old nerds.
Who TF marked this as -1 troll?! At a long shot it's midly off top but it's a fair comment.
Who's the cock with the karma and mod points?. I thought AOL blocked the/. domain? Who let this moron AOLer loose on the rest of the 'net?
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fictuous = fictitious. Hmmm...
Let's get a few things straight
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Review: U-571
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· Score: 1
First things first; I am a British citizen. I do not speak for all British citizens but then again those that say "Fucking Americans/revisionists/liars" and the like do not speak for all British citizens.
Hollywood is the Entertainment industry. For those of you who missed the emphasis it is the Entertainment industry. An industry whose soul purpose is to make money from, I'll point it out again, ENTERTAINMENT. This means that they are not bound to, but at the same time are not forbidden from following, historical fact.
If legislation was to be introduced whereby all cinematic recreation must follow historical axiom (I have more pretentious phrases - you just wait) which sort of people will attend the cinema. It will be archaeological societies in sandals, beige socks and stripy woollen jumpers (sweaters for out transatlantic chums). Even then the will fiercely debate (split infinitive for those who are following - naughty) the colours of threads in the wall tapestries.
Should sci/spec-fi be subject to such analysis? Take, for example, 2001: Set in, bizarrely enough, 2001. This has now passed. Is 2001 now a historical film? Should this be subject to the same flaming as experienced by The Patriot, Braveheart or U-571?
I'll summarise here because I know the only person who will read this far will be me when I preview it - even then I'm not sure I'll get that far. It is entertainment, the idea is that you watch the film and are entertained by it. The fact that it has caused you to piss and moan about the historical flaws is a by-product of you missing the entire point. How would it affect the box-office takings by advertising a film as "A rough summary of events that may or may not have taken place on the 7th of December 1941. This film contains scenes and storylines that did not occur during the days surrounding the 7/12/1941 (12/7/1941 as per your choice)" as opposed to "It was the end of innocence, and the dawn of a nation's greatest glory." The films in question do not purport to be historic fact. If you feel the need you can watch the credits until you get to the part that begins "This film is entirely fictuous...". That's a big fucking clue there.
I once had a friend in Scotland tell me that Haggis is a small mountain animal where two legs are shorter than the others from running around the mountains all the time
This is true - otherwise they would lean to one side - and may fall off the mountain. Natural selection and all that jazz.
The Tatty McNeaps Museum of Natural History, near Glasgow (pron. glAz-gee), which is near Edinburgh (pron. ed-in-BERG), which is near London (pron. London), held a very interesting exhibit on the evolution from the sheep scrotum to the, now domesticated, common haggis. Just as a piece of interesting info - the furry thing on the outside of a kilt, which is called a sporan, is the pelt of a wild haggis. The furry thing on the inside of a man's kilt is called his bollocks.
You have on the order of 10^-9 kilos of antimatter
I think you'll find that you are out by a factor of 1000. The post said 10nano-grammes - not 10nano-kilos. The other point is that should it not be 2x E=mc^2 for AM conversion - as there is 10^-9 grammes of anti-matter and the equivalent matter converted to energy.
"How's the new confinement chamber coming along?"
"Well... there's good news and there's bad news."
"What's the good news?"
"Cheap space travel for all."
"...and the bad?"
"Ermm... You'll never know about it..."
Anti-matter propulsion, neural-nanonics, h4wt habitat chyks, Norfolk tears... Bring it all on! Except for the undead. They might ruin it for the good kids.
(I've also wondered why CRTs still scan horizontally, when the display of a vertically scanning monitor seems much sharper, and not just because of the resolutions/aspect ratio; try it, tilt your head to the side and watch your monitor suddenly appear a little bit brighter and clearer...)
Are you sure you don't suffer from astigmatism? - No, not the bleeding wrists and ankles, speak in Aramaic stuff.
Not surprising really. It was a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. He was in a fight with the bloke with the big black helmet - then he gave himself to the force. He may not be dead, merely in another form.
Although I'm sure that I would make for an interesting project, I'm not sure if it's worth kitting out my 10'9" Mirror with Nav quipment and net access.
Though with the range on that thing I could have a microwave link as long as I kept a LOS. Anyone wanna help with kitting Southend Pier out with some microwave gear? It could replace the burned down bowling alley.
I was just in Taiwan for a week, and was bombarded with TV ads for episode I on VHS and DVD. If the DVD were illicit it wouldn't have been advertised on national TV. (It would have been easily available, mind you, but not advertised on TV.)
The copyright laws in Taiwan are very different to over here. That's why it's so easy to pick up films or s/ware. Liam --
Just don't plug it into a phone line. Unless the cable co.'s are xfering data over the coax, they can't grab your thumbs up/down.
Yeah - that would be the simple solution except for one minor flaw: The digital box that I have at home sends data back up the pipe, it's not connected to a phone line.
They are also used on civil aircraft FLIRs (Forward Looking Infra Red) Like Police helicopters and the like. This is mainly due to the fact that you don't have to worry about the large costs of cryo-cooling. They are used for short periods of time (cost/benefit payoff). The heat generated is thrown away into the atmosphere.
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That's right, I feel like a big man because I said 'doze'. My throw away comment needed discussing at your level did it? I apologise unequivocally to all Linux users that I have made to look like 13 year old nerds.
Liam.
So they're taking out all the good bits and making a doze clone? I'll only d/l it if it comes with minesweeper. I'd hate to loose out on that.
Liam.http://www.h2g2.com
Run by the BBC, the Hitch Hikers' Guide To The Universe, Earth Edition.
Liam.
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...or
James in the bedroom
"Looks like you are trying to pot the pink. Would you like some help potting the brown?"
Liam.
Flamebait? Still got some Mod points left AOL cock jockey?
Who TF marked this as -1 troll?! At a long shot it's midly off top but it's a fair comment.
Who's the cock with the karma and mod points?. I thought AOL blocked the /. domain? Who let this moron AOLer loose on the rest of the 'net?
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fictuous = fictitious. Hmmm...
First things first; I am a British citizen. I do not speak for all British citizens but then again those that say "Fucking Americans/revisionists/liars" and the like do not speak for all British citizens.
Hollywood is the Entertainment industry. For those of you who missed the emphasis it is the Entertainment industry. An industry whose soul purpose is to make money from, I'll point it out again, ENTERTAINMENT. This means that they are not bound to, but at the same time are not forbidden from following, historical fact.
If legislation was to be introduced whereby all cinematic recreation must follow historical axiom (I have more pretentious phrases - you just wait) which sort of people will attend the cinema. It will be archaeological societies in sandals, beige socks and stripy woollen jumpers (sweaters for out transatlantic chums). Even then the will fiercely debate (split infinitive for those who are following - naughty) the colours of threads in the wall tapestries.
Should sci/spec-fi be subject to such analysis? Take, for example, 2001: Set in, bizarrely enough, 2001. This has now passed. Is 2001 now a historical film? Should this be subject to the same flaming as experienced by The Patriot, Braveheart or U-571?
I'll summarise here because I know the only person who will read this far will be me when I preview it - even then I'm not sure I'll get that far. It is entertainment, the idea is that you watch the film and are entertained by it. The fact that it has caused you to piss and moan about the historical flaws is a by-product of you missing the entire point. How would it affect the box-office takings by advertising a film as "A rough summary of events that may or may not have taken place on the 7th of December 1941. This film contains scenes and storylines that did not occur during the days surrounding the 7/12/1941 (12/7/1941 as per your choice)" as opposed to "It was the end of innocence, and the dawn of a nation's greatest glory." The films in question do not purport to be historic fact. If you feel the need you can watch the credits until you get to the part that begins "This film is entirely fictuous...". That's a big fucking clue there.
Liam
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According to IMDB A.T. Montgomery gets to play Ensign Travis Mayweather. What sort of eejit thinks up a name like that? Enid Fecking Blyton?
--This is true - otherwise they would lean to one side - and may fall off the mountain. Natural selection and all that jazz.
--The Tatty McNeaps Museum of Natural History, near Glasgow (pron. glAz-gee), which is near Edinburgh (pron. ed-in-BERG), which is near London (pron. London), held a very interesting exhibit on the evolution from the sheep scrotum to the, now domesticated, common haggis. Just as a piece of interesting info - the furry thing on the outside of a kilt, which is called a sporan, is the pelt of a wild haggis. The furry thing on the inside of a man's kilt is called his bollocks.
Isn't there some less exotic "natural explanation" we can come up with?
Tsk, tsk. The so called 'Loch Ness' phenomenon is caused by the interaction between neutrinos and drowned haggis.
I think you'll find that you are out by a factor of 1000. The post said 10nano-grammes - not 10nano-kilos. The other point is that should it not be 2x E=mc^2 for AM conversion - as there is 10^-9 grammes of anti-matter and the equivalent matter converted to energy.
"How's the new confinement chamber coming along?"
"Well... there's good news and there's bad news."
"What's the good news?"
"Cheap space travel for all."
"...and the bad?"
"Ermm... You'll never know about it..."
Anti-matter propulsion, neural-nanonics, h4wt habitat chyks, Norfolk tears... Bring it all on! Except for the undead. They might ruin it for the good kids.
I think you'll find that 'The Dish' shows a much darker, and world dominating, side to those antipodians. Beware those cricketing heroes...
(I've also wondered why CRTs still scan horizontally, when the display of a vertically scanning monitor seems much sharper, and not just because of the resolutions/aspect ratio; try it, tilt your head to the side and watch your monitor suddenly appear a little bit brighter and clearer...)
Are you sure you don't suffer from astigmatism? - No, not the bleeding wrists and ankles, speak in Aramaic stuff.
--Let's just call it asphyxiation.
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Not surprising really. It was a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. He was in a fight with the bloke with the big black helmet - then he gave himself to the force. He may not be dead, merely in another form.
--Liam.
The site says that it is in the _Ukraine_ though...
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Just one minor problem, that conductive medium of water. Bit of a bastard realy - that's why subs use sonar.
Liam.
Although I'm sure that I would make for an interesting project, I'm not sure if it's worth kitting out my 10'9" Mirror with Nav quipment and net access.
Though with the range on that thing I could have a microwave link as long as I kept a LOS.
Anyone wanna help with kitting Southend Pier out with some microwave gear? It could replace the burned down bowling alley.
Geeks with boats, what will they think of next.
Liam.
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I was just in Taiwan for a week, and was bombarded with TV ads for episode I on VHS and DVD. If the DVD were illicit it wouldn't have been advertised on national TV. (It would have been easily available, mind you, but not advertised on TV.)
The copyright laws in Taiwan are very different to over here. That's why it's so easy to pick up films or s/ware. Liam--
Just don't plug it into a phone line. Unless the cable co.'s are xfering data over the coax, they can't grab your thumbs up/down.
Yeah - that would be the simple solution except for one minor flaw: The digital box that I have at home sends data back up the pipe, it's not connected to a phone line.
Liam--
They are also used on civil aircraft FLIRs (Forward Looking Infra Red) Like Police helicopters and the like. This is mainly due to the fact that you don't have to worry about the large costs of cryo-cooling. They are used for short periods of time (cost/benefit payoff). The heat generated is thrown away into the atmosphere.
Liam.--