he's the guy who threw a temper tantrum when they tried to unfund his pork-barrel bridge to nowhere in Alaska in order to fund Katrina relief. He's also the guy who refused to swear in the oil executives when they were testifying before his committee.
Yep, Daily Show made a point to show all this guy's best moments the other night. What a nutjob.
K, but I think the way it works is they base all their expected revenue based on extrapolations of the opening weekend. FrontLine had a good episode on this called The Monster that Ate Hollywood that gets into this issue.
The assertion is that big business interests controlling the studios look at the way movies are funded and marketed differently now. BB wants a reasonably assured return on investment and so factors like script, characters and other "subjective" elements take a back seat to "Star Power" (Tom Cuise draw effect), blockbuster effects, merchandising tie-ins, etc.
A larger-than-expected DVD sales number is going to do little to change the mindset that looks at the opening weekend draw when deciding how/if to make more of the same.
That's been a topic of discussion and debate for some time now...
Many researchers have tried to explain why the smile is seen so differently by people. The explanations range from scientific theories about human vision to curious supposition about Mona Lisa's identity and feelings. Professor Margaret Livingstone of Harvard University has argued that the smile is mostly drawn in low spatial frequencies, and so can best be seen with one's peripheral vision [3]. Christopher Tyler and Leonid Kontsevich of the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute in San Francisco believe that the changing nature of the smile is caused by variable levels of random noise in human visual system [4]. Dina Goldin, Adjunct Professor at Brown University, has argued that the secret is in the non-static position of Mona Lisa's facial muscles, where our mind's eye unconsciously extends her smile; the result is an unusual dynamicity to the face that invokes subtle yet strong emotions in the viewer of the painting [5].
I happen to agree with the periperal vision thing. Looking right at the mouth vs looking elsewhere seems to make your brain fill in smile lines that aren't really there. I'm just say it's creepy.
Also, if you walk from side to side in front of the painting, she seems to follow you.;-)
>there's no mechanism for getting off of the NFL. What they claim to do is add a note next to your name on the list.
not even
Cleared individuals receive a letter from the TSA which says "we have provided sufficient personal information to the airlines to distinguish you from other individuals" but cautions that "TSA cannot ensure that your travel will be delay free."
John Graham, a 63-year-old former State Department official, said his TSA letter had not helped at all.
"I'm at a point now where I don't really care whether my name is on the list as a mistake, as mistaken identity, or whether someone at TSA does intend to hassle me. The fact is, there's a total absence of due process," he said.
In addition to babies, the victims of mistaken identity on the no-fly list have included aging retirees and public figures such as Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy (news, bio, voting record) of Massachusetts, Republican Rep. Don Young (news, bio, voting record) of Alaska and Democratic Rep. John Lewis (news, bio, voting record) of Georgia.
I likes this bit especially..
Peter Johnson, a retired bibliographer at Princeton University, said travel became "hellish" after he discovered his name was on the no-fly list in August 2004.
"I'm not sure if what's behind this is an effort to simply control people or if it's largely mismanagement and poorly conceptualized programming," Johnson said, adding a TSA official had told him there were more than 2,000 other Peter Johnsons in the United States who reported similar problems.
Yeah, that's really an effective deterrent against terrorism.
The American Civil Liberties Union calls the no-fly list system unconstitutional, saying it treats people as guilty without a trial and unfairly deprives them of freedoms. It also says the system is an inaccurate and ineffective security method.
Because the real terrorists wouldn't ever think of getting forged identity papers or anything.
Ayman, where were you!? We were supposed to meet up to carry out the operation two days ago!
Yes, I know -- It's this damn no-fly list. No matter what I do, I can't get tem to take my name off the cursed thing!
CUT OUT OF WHOLE CLOTH - "Wholly false; without foundation of truth. Back in the fifteenth century, 'whole cloth' was used synonymously with 'broad cloth,' that is, cloth that ran the full width of the loom. The term dropped into disuse along in the eighteenth century, except in the figurative sense. In early use, the phrase retained much of the literal meaning, a thing was fabricated out of the full amount or extent of that which composed it.But by the nineteenth century it would appear that tailors or others who made garments were pulling the wool over the eyes of their customers, for, especially in the United States, the expression came to have just the OPPOSITE meaning. Instead of using whole material, as they advertised, they were really using patched or pieced goods, or, it might be, cloth which had been falsely stretched to appear to be of full width." From "A Hog on Ice" by Charles Earle Funke (1948, Harper & Row)
So when they say "they're creating a competitor to Blackberry out of whole cloth", what are they implying?
The British used North America as a Penal Colony through the system of indentured servants. Convicts would be transported by private sector merchants and auctioned off to plantation owners upon arrival in the colonies. It is estimated that some 50,000 British convicts were banished to colonial America, representing perhaps one-quarter of all British emigrants during the eighteenth century. When that avenue closed in the 1780s after the American Revolution, Britain began using parts of modern day Australia as Penal Colonies. Some of these early colonies were Norfolk Island (which became the flogging hell meant to deter even the most hardened criminals- see cat o' nine tails), Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales. Advocates of Irish Home Rule or of Trade Unionism (the Tolpuddle Martyrs) often received sentences of transportation (the harsh regime started during the long shipping) to these Australian colonies.
The Penal Colony of New South Wales stands even today as one of the darkest episodes in English Imperial History. Yet in the way they ran that military camp, a set of remarkably strong social institutions were born. These institutions continue to provide a bulwark of strength that has underpinned the growth and stability of our modern Australia society even to this very day. In this index we record the birth of those great Australian Institutions together with some other interest notes on that period.
"Ruby on Rails is an open-source web framework that's optimized for programmer happiness and sustainable productivity. It lets you write beautiful code by favoring convention over configuration."
so, it's mainly for giving the coder his jollies, what?
Someone tell Zonk CNN has corrected their article..
Correction: An earlier version of this story overstated the number of complaints that the FTC had received about DirecTV. CNN/Money regrets the error.
The 1.4 million complaints is not mentioned anywhere. I thought I read that the number of total complaints for DNC since it started was over a million.
Interestingly, if you take 5.4 million and divide by the 11k maximum fine, you get what, just under 500?
Channel 4 is blasting a group of adventurers, ordinary members of the public, off into space to spend five days orbiting the earth. It's thrilling, it's exciting, and it's totally bogus.
In fact, the cadets will be on a disused military base in Suffolk.
Our group of thrill seekers will experience two weeks of intensive astronaut training believing they are in Star City, near Moscow, and labouring under the illusion that they are part of a real space mission.
but is it a hoax of a hoax? Are these astronauts really fooled, or are they in on it and merely acting?
Really - this is SOP in many, if not most places. At my company, anyone with "sensitive" access is immediately revoked upon receipt of written resignation. Period.
Slashdot Mirror
Anyone else read that as
Microsoft's Big Bet on Online Gambling
??
Oh, yeah.. duh.
a dead person on the moon? when did this happen?
he's the guy who threw a temper tantrum when they tried to unfund his pork-barrel bridge to nowhere in Alaska in order to fund Katrina relief. He's also the guy who refused to swear in the oil executives when they were testifying before his committee.
Yep, Daily Show made a point to show all this guy's best moments the other night. What a nutjob.
K, but I think the way it works is they base all their expected revenue based on extrapolations of the opening weekend. FrontLine had a good episode on this called The Monster that Ate Hollywood that gets into this issue.
The assertion is that big business interests controlling the studios look at the way movies are funded and marketed differently now. BB wants a reasonably assured return on investment and so factors like script, characters and other "subjective" elements take a back seat to "Star Power" (Tom Cuise draw effect), blockbuster effects, merchandising tie-ins, etc.
A larger-than-expected DVD sales number is going to do little to change the mindset that looks at the opening weekend draw when deciding how/if to make more of the same.
Man, then He-Man better keep a closer eye on his bio
>they ignore the rule so they can get more money
If you're there for 20 days and then die, don't they get 'stiffed' on the bill?
*ducks*
Well.. yeah, you think?
;-)
That's been a topic of discussion and debate for some time now...
Many researchers have tried to explain why the smile is seen so differently by people. The explanations range from scientific theories about human vision to curious supposition about Mona Lisa's identity and feelings. Professor Margaret Livingstone of Harvard University has argued that the smile is mostly drawn in low spatial frequencies, and so can best be seen with one's peripheral vision [3]. Christopher Tyler and Leonid Kontsevich of the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute in San Francisco believe that the changing nature of the smile is caused by variable levels of random noise in human visual system [4]. Dina Goldin, Adjunct Professor at Brown University, has argued that the secret is in the non-static position of Mona Lisa's facial muscles, where our mind's eye unconsciously extends her smile; the result is an unusual dynamicity to the face that invokes subtle yet strong emotions in the viewer of the painting [5].
I happen to agree with the periperal vision thing. Looking right at the mouth vs looking elsewhere seems to make your brain fill in smile lines that aren't really there. I'm just say it's creepy.
Also, if you walk from side to side in front of the painting, she seems to follow you.
Leo was a strange dude
>there's no mechanism for getting off of the NFL. What they claim to do is add a note next to your name on the list.
not even
Cleared individuals receive a letter from the TSA which says "we have provided sufficient personal information to the airlines to distinguish you from other individuals" but cautions that "TSA cannot ensure that your travel will be delay free."
John Graham, a 63-year-old former State Department official, said his TSA letter had not helped at all.
"I'm at a point now where I don't really care whether my name is on the list as a mistake, as mistaken identity, or whether someone at TSA does intend to hassle me. The fact is, there's a total absence of due process," he said.
saw this recently:
US no-fly list vexes travelers from babies on up
In addition to babies, the victims of mistaken identity on the no-fly list have included aging retirees and public figures such as Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy (news, bio, voting record) of Massachusetts, Republican Rep. Don Young (news, bio, voting record) of Alaska and Democratic Rep. John Lewis (news, bio, voting record) of Georgia.
I likes this bit especially..
Peter Johnson, a retired bibliographer at Princeton University, said travel became "hellish" after he discovered his name was on the no-fly list in August 2004.
"I'm not sure if what's behind this is an effort to simply control people or if it's largely mismanagement and poorly conceptualized programming," Johnson said, adding a TSA official had told him there were more than 2,000 other Peter Johnsons in the United States who reported similar problems.
Yeah, that's really an effective deterrent against terrorism.
The American Civil Liberties Union calls the no-fly list system unconstitutional, saying it treats people as guilty without a trial and unfairly deprives them of freedoms. It also says the system is an inaccurate and ineffective security method.
Because the real terrorists wouldn't ever think of getting forged identity papers or anything.
Ayman, where were you!? We were supposed to meet up to carry out the operation two days ago!
Yes, I know -- It's this damn no-fly list. No matter what I do, I can't get tem to take my name off the cursed thing!
creepy how she seems to be smiling, but if you look right at her mouth, her smile fades.
Back up to her eyes, smile.
Down to her mouth, pissed.
Eyes, smile.
Mouth, pissed.
Bet if you just stare at her boobs she would fold her arms and just glare at you.
I figured there had to be a Stern radio joke in here somewhere.
;-)
I was wrong.
>who's been to webpages with the words "terrorist"
like these?
Results 1 - 10 of about 53,300 from whitehouse.gov for terrorist
Yeah, I get that part -- I'm just a little puzzled by the "whole cloth" reference.
Is the submitter implying this is not on the level somehow?
not being entirely sure of the phrase's meaning:
Cut out of whole cloth
CUT OUT OF WHOLE CLOTH - "Wholly false; without foundation of truth. Back in the fifteenth century, 'whole cloth' was used synonymously with 'broad cloth,' that is, cloth that ran the full width of the loom. The term dropped into disuse along in the eighteenth century, except in the figurative sense. In early use, the phrase retained much of the literal meaning, a thing was fabricated out of the full amount or extent of that which composed it.But by the nineteenth century it would appear that tailors or others who made garments were pulling the wool over the eyes of their customers, for, especially in the United States, the expression came to have just the OPPOSITE meaning. Instead of using whole material, as they advertised, they were really using patched or pieced goods, or, it might be, cloth which had been falsely stretched to appear to be of full width." From "A Hog on Ice" by Charles Earle Funke (1948, Harper & Row)
So when they say "they're creating a competitor to Blackberry out of whole cloth", what are they implying?
eww -- brings to mind kissing one's sister
indeed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_colony
The British used North America as a Penal Colony through the system of indentured servants. Convicts would be transported by private sector merchants and auctioned off to plantation owners upon arrival in the colonies. It is estimated that some 50,000 British convicts were banished to colonial America, representing perhaps one-quarter of all British emigrants during the eighteenth century. When that avenue closed in the 1780s after the American Revolution, Britain began using parts of modern day Australia as Penal Colonies. Some of these early colonies were Norfolk Island (which became the flogging hell meant to deter even the most hardened criminals- see cat o' nine tails), Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales. Advocates of Irish Home Rule or of Trade Unionism (the Tolpuddle Martyrs) often received sentences of transportation (the harsh regime started during the long shipping) to these Australian colonies.
also
http://www.eurekatimes.net/1788-1868.htm
The Penal Colony of New South Wales stands even today as one of the darkest episodes in English Imperial History. Yet in the way they ran that military camp, a set of remarkably strong social institutions were born. These institutions continue to provide a bulwark of strength that has underpinned the growth and stability of our modern Australia society even to this very day. In this index we record the birth of those great Australian Institutions together with some other interest notes on that period.
well, I humbly apologize if I misread your post and replied inappropriately
recalls Martin Short talking to Dennis Quaid while in the mens room
Don't worry, you won't always be small!
as man exits a stall and says
Play with it, buddy. Don't talk to it.
"Ruby on Rails is an open-source web framework that's optimized for programmer happiness and sustainable productivity. It lets you write beautiful code by favoring convention over configuration."
so, it's mainly for giving the coder his jollies, what?
Someone tell Zonk CNN has corrected their article..
Correction: An earlier version of this story overstated the number of complaints that the FTC had received about DirecTV. CNN/Money regrets the error.
The 1.4 million complaints is not mentioned anywhere. I thought I read that the number of total complaints for DNC since it started was over a million.
Interestingly, if you take 5.4 million and divide by the 11k maximum fine, you get what, just under 500?
Correction: An earlier version of this story overstated the number of complaints that the FTC had received about DirecTV. CNN/Money regrets the error.
nowhere in the article do they say anything about 1.4 million complaints anymore. Someone else said that is the number of total complaints for DNC.
>In case you forget, mythbusters is an australian production, not an american one.
With location in San Francisco -- how odd, I had no idea
of course it is a hoax -- the f-ing site says so
Channel 4 is blasting a group of adventurers, ordinary members of the public, off into space to spend five days orbiting the earth. It's thrilling, it's exciting, and it's totally bogus.
In fact, the cadets will be on a disused military base in Suffolk.
Our group of thrill seekers will experience two weeks of intensive astronaut training believing they are in Star City, near Moscow, and labouring under the illusion that they are part of a real space mission.
but is it a hoax of a hoax? Are these astronauts really fooled, or are they in on it and merely acting?
Really - this is SOP in many, if not most places. At my company, anyone with "sensitive" access is immediately revoked upon receipt of written resignation. Period.
I would be more surprised to hear anything else.