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| 2005/11/28-30 [Computer/SW/Languages/C_Cplusplus] UID:40736 Activity:nil |
11/28 Recommendation for a good business card printing site. There are
a zillion of them that pop up when I search for "business card".
One that offers a lot of templates would be nice. Thanks.
\_ There are general purpose printers and places that specialize
in the profession that you're in. What profession are you in?
\_ I was happy with just going in to Kinkos with a pdf of my card and
having them print them up. I realize that doesn't exactly answer
your question, but I found this to be a low hassle method of getting
cards. I used Illustrator to make the card.
\_ actually this is good feedback also. I didn't consider
this option. Thanks.
\_ Vistaprint
\_ Speedway printing. |
| 2005/11/28-30 [Consumer/CellPhone, Computer/HW/Scanner] UID:40737 Activity:low |
11/28 Does anyone here have any experience with reading bar codes from
cell phone displays? Can be any encoding mechanism (semacode, etc.)
I'm mainly interested in whether most cell phones allow reading with
conventional laser scanners or require some sort of weird optical
contrast <DEAD>scanner--mticket.net<DEAD> is an example of how this is done, but
I haven't been able to figure out the actual scanning tech. -John
\_ I've been curious about this myself. Could you try it using
a CueCat and various cell phones?
\_ I got some info back from mticket--apparently an "optical
scanner" like what http://www.trinitymobile.co.uk have will work well,
he said that "laser scanners have difficulty reading from 100%
of mobile phones", which makes sense. -John
\_ you are trying to read a barcode off a cell phone display? most
barcode has specified size. And I am not sure a "laser scanner" is
necessary to read a barcode. Cell phone in Japan and Korea can
read 2D barcode using built-in cameras. No laser there.
\_ That wasn't the question--I know there are apps that can read
barcode contents (including 2D bar codes) via cellphone
cameras. 2D codes allow more condensed encoding of info than
1D--that's most of what you use for e-tickets. I've found some
infos and apparently cell phone displays have problems with
red light in barcode light scanners--if you only use green
light, it seems to work fine. Also, there are optical pattern
contrast scanners which do this--if anyone is curious about
it, I'll gladly share. -John
\_ You are talking about two things here. Optical recognization
off the cell phone display being one, barcode being another.
Due to rigid specification of barcode, I am not sure
reading barcode off a cell phone display can be done or not.
Optical recognization off the cell phone display seems to be
a completely different subject, eventhough my instinct
wasn't able to find an application for it yet. Exactly
what are you trying to achieve? kngharv
\_ I know they're 2 different things. I am trying to read
a 1D or 2D barcode off a cell phone display. My conclusion
is that there are two ways of doing it--"optical" scanners
and laser scanners. The point being that the laser
scanners do not work well with red light. You _can_
read a bar code via optical recognition. This is used
for a lot of purposes, including concert and train tickets
(just introduced for trains here). I'm trying to do it
for user authentication at non-networked PCs. -John |
| 2005/11/28-29 [Uncategorized] UID:40738 Activity:nil |
11/27 microsoft korean hip hop propaganda
http://www.microsoft.com/korea/events/ready2005/vs_song.asp
\_ I like the Nas sample ... "its yours". ha. too much |
| 2005/11/28-29 [Recreation/Interesting, Recreation/Humor] UID:40739 Activity:nil Cat_by:auto |
11/27 Okay, maybe Icelanders are more strange than the Germans:
http://www.hugi.is/hahradi/bigboxes.php?box_id=51208&f_id=1471
\_ No.
\_ Japan trumps that. http://www.devilducky.com/media/38146 |
| 2005/11/28-29 [Politics/Foreign/Asia/China] UID:40740 Activity:high |
11/27 Apex, Changhong, and the perils of doing business in China. Good
reading for those MOTDers so bullish about finding their fortune
in China. http://csua.org/u/e39 [nyt]
\_ what is your point again? those MOTDers who are so bullish about
China are as foolish as those who think China is a economic /
military threat. This is one of the reason why I am so pissed
at USA for their constant pressure on China's currency, textiles
and the trade surplus. Using texitile as an example, China may
have 5 years of competitiveness on their texitile products, yet
China was forced to bow to EU and American pressure to impose
quota on their textile product due to the fact that neither EU
nor America has bothered to phase out the texitile quota
incrementally according to the agreement reached a decade ago.
- Just came back from mainland last week
\_ Just a cautionary tale about how business deals can go very
wrong in China. Did you think China is a country governed
by the rule of law? I'm sure stuff like that happens in all
the best corrupt totalitarian states.
\_ I am sorry, if those who doesn't even have that degree
of common sense, then, he/she shouldn't do business in
China at first place. It's a wild wild west out there,
and the real tragic part is that China is not the worse
country in terms of laws, corruptions, and goverance.
If you are trying to do business in the hyper-growth
area (e.g. Vietnam), you will have to play the local rules.
Just put things in perspective, some of stuff in USA
is pretty messed up too, just that you and I have gotten
used to it and accept it as law of the universe.
\_ things are slowly improving, but at this stage, if you
are hoping to depend on the rule of law, you shouldn't
go.
\_ It's pretty hard to predict when you might suddenly
need to rely on the rule of law.
\_ rule 1: don't get into trouble with powerful
people, unless you have someone even more powerful
behind you. instead learn how to identify and
build good relationships with these bad dudes.
This is unfortunately the price of doing business
in the prc. why do you think rupert murdoch and
chris galvin spent so much time schmoozing with
chinese leaders?
\_ Apex guy lesson 1: Eventually you'll piss off
someone big enough to seriously fuck up your life.
\_ That Murdoch are Galvin are protected doesn't mean
schmucks on motd are.
\_ I'm not worried about Murdoch or Galvin. I'm
worried about the average motd schmuck.
\_ The same rule applies, except at a lower
level.
\_ That worked real well for the Apex guy.
\_ didn't apex guy run afoul of rule 1, which
is why he's in trouble?
\_ Your rule 1 is useless, since expectations
for your behavior may be unknown and may
change over time. Also, the perception
of your behavior may be unknown and
unknowable, and that perception may
also change in unknown or unknowable
ways. One the other hand, a written
set of rules agreed to by both sides
and adjuged in an impartial (or at least
predictable) way can stand the test of
time and changes in persons and
perception.
\_ can we agree that china is a location
where you cannot get rules "adjuged"
in an impartial/predictable way which
can stand the test of time and changes
in persons and perception -- if the
other player is allied with powerful
people in china and you don't have an
equivalent ally?
(btw, you could have shortened your
response to: "rule 1 sux, get a
real contract not a 3-page invoice!")
\_ Is any of this worse than, say,
Russia? How many countries in
the world have what someone used
to doing business in the U.S. would
call the "rule of law"?
\_ i don't know if it's as bad in
russia and to what degree it's
the same/different. that's
another very long thread.
but does "rule 1 is useless"
guy agree that china is
a location where [blah blah]?
\_ The World Economic Forum gives
China a corruption ranking of
71, meaning there are 70
countries less corrupt than
China.
\_ There is a difference between
"rule 1 sux" and "rule 1 is
impossible to meet over the long-
term". Rule 1 is impossible to
meet over the long-term.
\_ so what's your long-term
solution ... a detailed,
sensible contract or something
like that?
\_ The rule of law. I think
that's where this discussion
started.
\_ and how does rule 1 figure
in locations where the
rule of law is relatively
weak?
\_ We're going in circles.
Do you think it is
possible to meet rule
1 over the long-term?
\_ first you answer
my question.
how does rule 1
figure in locations
where the rule of
law is relatively
weak?
(The answer to
this question is the
core reason why
rule 1 is relevant
in the first place.)
Let me answer it for
you:
Rule 1 applies where
the rule of law is
relatively weak.
Where the rule of
law is relatively
strong, the
relevance of rule 1
decreases.
\_ now is when you make money,
not when the system matures.
as they say, "go west, young
man".
\_ Right. Because no one
makes fortunes in the
U.S. anymore.
\_ you still do, but it's
harder.
\_ I imagine that's what the
Apex guy thought too.
\_ why do you care about
long term. take your money
and run. that's how taiwanese
do business. constantly change
and adapt.
\_ Ah. I take it this means
you agree that Rule 1 is
impossible over the long-
term. When is it long-
term? Is it possible
to meet Rule 1 over the
medium term? Is it ever
possible to win a game
where the rules are hidden
and invented on the fly for
the benefit of one side?
\_ I am not sure what you
are trying to say. Can
a relationship lasts a
long time? sure. With
rule of law, you have
the law's protection.
With relationships, it
depends on how the
relationship holds. It
could be all back
stabbing and self
interest. It could be
one that lasts while it's
mutually beneficial, and
a happy parting when that
no longer holds, it could
be like you and your
best Harvard roommate
buddy with total trust,
etc.
\_ I read somewhere
that Hitler was
psychologically
incapable of hav-
ing a loving rel-
ationship!
\_ china currently is like the wild west combined with 19th century
capitalism. an uncle of mine has spent a decade and a half
there. some of the things he had to do include:
* after a plan to start a business school fell through, they had
to sneak in at night to truck out all the computers and other
invested equipment, which would otherwise not be returned to
them. people from the other side were literally chasing after
them. people from the other side were literally running after
the trucks when they left.
* because property rights laws were vague, land acquired where
their factory was to be built was problematic when beijing
their factory was to be built was problematic when it was
decided that a lot of farmlands were improperly taken away
from farmers. To avoid inspections, they had to
replant the land with a big rice padi field for a while to fool
people, until the proper permits can be worked out. Lots of
ethical questions, but the factories did eventually provide jobs
for hundreds of workers from poor inland provinces.
\_ The New York Times is biased liberal trash.
\_ except when they say Saddam has WMDs. Go Dubya!
\_ I wonder who's going to import those TVs now? |
| 2005/11/28-29 [Computer/SW/SpamAssassin] UID:40741 Activity:nil |
11/27 Ever since the reboot today, "spamc" doesn't seem to be doing it's
job. Any idea what's causing this?
\_ Interestingly, it seems to be working as of about an hour after
I posted this. -op
\_ I really don't know, but I think it becomes less effective based
upon load. When soda is bogged down spamc won't run as
thoroughly. -mrauser |
| 2005/11/28-29 [Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:40742 Activity:nil |
11/27 I have an annoying ass problem with MS Powerpoint in OS X, where I
can make and save any changes I want, except font changes. If I
change the font, save the document, close powerpoint, and then
open the document again, the font is still the old font. WTF?!
Anyone have any ideas? Thanks.
\_ No, but my Powerpoint under OS X doesn't do this.
\_ Oh, it doesn't behave like this all the time, just with
this one ppt file (that was created with a PC). -op
\_ you might want to install MS core font on your Mac
so it doesn't try to substitute fonts. |
| 2005/11/28-29 [Academia/Berkeley/CSUA/Motd] UID:40743 Activity:nil |
11/27 Soda rebooted, so I decided to edit the motd when noone's loggers
were turned on. -mrauser
\_ What went wrong with soda? |
| 2005/11/28 [Politics/Domestic/911] UID:40744 Activity:kinda low |
11/26 A friend of a friend is being deported based on some truly jive-ass
bs. Thank you for defending us from this terrorist, Office of Homeland
Security!
http://savehuck.com
\_ If that story is true and without omissions, it seems like the
department of homeland security has nothing on him. Why is he being
deported? I have heard of non-citizens being arrested for posession
AND sale of marijuana and other drugs. The worst thing that happened
to those particular people was a probabtion period (after basically
walking away a few times) without being deported.
\_ Your friend's friend's problem is the 3 years probation he served.
He ran afoul of the IIRAIRA passed in 1996 to streamline the
deportation of aliens. The IIRAIRA defines as aggravated felony
any crime with a sentence of a year or more, including probation,
and it made the deportation of aggravated felons mandatory.
If you want to blame someone, blame Clinton. The IIRAIRA
came from a commission established by Clinton and chaired by
Barbara Jordan. I'm also surprised Huck is unaware of all this
after having consulted some number of lawyers.
\_ I fwd'ed this to my immigration lawyer friend ... who knows
maybe he'll take the case for free. - rory
\_ Warning to everyone with a green card, if you want the
protections of being a citizen, you need to actually BE a
citizen.
\- and dont be an enemy combatant. |
| 2005/11/28 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq, Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Israel] UID:40745 Activity:nil |
11/26 The New Pentagon Papers
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/4/3853
\_ uh, this is from march 2004 |
| 2005/11/28 [Politics/Domestic/Gay] UID:40746 Activity:nil |
11/26 Garriage in Dubai:
http://tinyurl.com/7af4y |
| 2005/11/28 [Politics] UID:40747 Activity:nil |
11/26 Let's say I buy a plasma or LCD. Are dead pixels under
warranty, and for how long? It'd really suck if I get something
only to find annoying dead pixels later.
\_ All manufacturers have different policies for how many dead pixels
you need to be eligable for a warranty replacement. They are
generally pretty tight-lipped about what the threshold number is,
but a few will advertize a zero-pixel defect policy. |
| 2005/11/28 [Politics/Domestic/President/Clinton] UID:40748 Activity:nil |
11/26 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,176728,00.html Clinton lied too. Bosnia took 9 years, not 1. \_ Really? And how many sucide bombers killed Bosnians in that time? \_ Cf. Korean War: 55 years of American troops presence. |
| 2005/11/28-30 [Computer/SW/Languages/C_Cplusplus, Computer/SW/Languages/JavaScript, Computer/SW/Languages/Misc] UID:40749 Activity:nil |
11/28 Any recommendations for a provider of unmanaged dedicated servers.
My current provider is 2 hours into a network outage today. and they
don't have an ETA yet.
\_ Check http://www.webhostingtalk.com and see the offer section. Then
do a search to see if any of the company you are interested
in has any bad review. |
| 2005/11/28-30 [Health/Women] UID:40750 Activity:low |
11/28 Historical CPR guidelines:
1995: 15 presses and 5 breaths
2000: 15 presses and 2 breaths
2005: 30 presses and 2 breaths
\_ Slightly interesting, but did you have a point?
\_ People having grown a larger lung capacity with weaker hearts?
\_ It also varies between training agencies. The class I took about
a month ago suggested 15 presses and two breaths per cycle. The
change I found most noticeable from the last time I took a CPR
class (1993) was that they taught us to position our hands between
the victims nipples instead of coming up slightly from the tip of
the breastbone. The recommendations change over time as they
find different things working or failing in the field. The basic
idea of "get some air into the victim and squish it around"
remains unchanged.
\_ Bio nitpick: CPR is about getting some air in the lungs and then
putting pressure on the chest so the blood moves.
\_ how was pp's version wrong?
\_ "squish it around", i guess it depends on the meaning
of "it"
\_ Well, technically, I'm "squishing it around some"
on myself as I type. While semantically accurate, it
doesn't concisely explain what's actually happening.
He did make his point though, so this really is a
nitpick.
\_ "it" == "oxygenated blood". The reason you're trying to
move blood during CPR is to deliver oxygen.
\_ the joke in EMS is that the primary purpose of CPR is to
treat the anxiety of the person treating the patient. |
| 2005/11/28-30 [Science/Electric, Science/GlobalWarming] UID:40751 Activity:moderate |
11/28 Which one is more efficient?
1. Use electricity to generate hydrogen and burn it in a fuel-cell car.
\_ this is a very very inefficient process. Only country such as
Iceland where geothermal energy is plentiful can they afford
to do this. Here is a lesson for energy: The key for many
energy-related industries (including chemcial industry) is how
to generate *HYDROGEN* cheaply. And electrolysis water is one
of the most *EXPENSIVE* way of doing so. The cheapest way
to generate hydrogen is from natrual gas and petroleum. This
is one of the main reason why I don't really believe in
hydrogen fuel-cell cars, as I suspect the amount of energy
required to generate hydrogen is typically being ignored.
kngharv
\_ I just heard on the radio today that Honda has some $1M
prototype cars that run on hydrogen generated from water
electrolysis using solar power. So I was wondering why not
simply use the solar electricity to charge the batteries of
electric cars. Hence the efficiency question of #1 vs. #2.
--- OP
\_ in that context, then, it's a toss up, and we really
don't know which one is more efficient. Charging
batteries are horribly inefficient and this is why
we don't see any electric car on the street at first
place. The new trend of thought is use solar/wind to
generate hydrogen (hence, much easier to store) and
let various devices run on hydrogen. It's a relatively
new concept and it has a lot of kinks to work out.
Personally, I am very excited about this trend. kngharv
\_ There is a short blurb in Dec 2005 Scientific American
about some new solar cells being worked on that directly
generate hydrogen... still not as cheap as hydrogen from
natural gas though. Perhaps in time...
\_ this is the reason why I am so pissed at Bush and his
policy. The administration is doing everything to
lower the price of petro-based product (by invading
another country, relax the environment standard, etc)
instead of investing money on those solar/wind + hydrogen
based technology.
\_ Hydrogen isn't an energy source. It is a storage and
transport mechanism. The reason we don't use solar
and wind for main power is they aren't consistent
enough, solar cells are very toxic to produce and take
up large amounts of land, wind kills birds, and neither
can produce enough power to replace enough fossil fuels
to bother. They each have some limited uses but aren't
exactly new tech. Are you also pissed at Clinton,
Bush I, Reagan, Carter, Ford, Nixon, Johnson, etc? What
serious steps did any of them take in that direction?
None. Because neither is economic and *never* can be
for large scale energy production. If we ran out of
oil tomorrow, we'd go nuclear and everything would be
wired electric, batteries, or both. The batteries
might be hydrogen, they might not.
\_ Silicon cells suck, yes. But the problem with
solar is completely a technology problem, not a
problem of not enough energy. The total area of the
U.S. that is paved by either roads or parkinglots
recieves enough power from the sun to satisfy our
energy needs. Making a system that is as cheap as
paint and as robust and safe as asfault that produces
electricity efficiently and converts it into some
convenient storage medium is a very very large
challenge, but it violates no laws of physics, and
that's what we should be srtiving for. It might
take decades, but I believe that if the U.S. focused
its physical sciences research in this direction it
would happen. I also think this will
happen by profit-driven corporate researchers without
the government if the government does nothing, but
it might take longer. It is silly to dismiss solar
just because the present technology is useless.
If we had to use 1800's technology, oil wouldn't
work for running our civilization either.
\_ So you want to have a huge federal program to
create solar tech sometime in the next few decades
that may or may not work? To the exclusion of
other technology? Money doesn't grow on trees.
\_ If we already know something definitely will
work before we look into it, it wouldn't be
called "research", would it? -- !PP
\_ Exactly. So you want to blow a few decades
of effort on something that may not come to
anything, yet up above you claim there is
no reason it can't work. So which is it?
\_ when I say solar/wind + hydrogen, I meant hydrogen
as a transporting/storing mechanism. and I repeat,
I am pissed at Bush because they choose to align
themselves with the old industry, at the expense of
environment (clear sky initiative, for example).
Frankly, last thing we want is to make petro-based
energy cheaper if we want to provide more incentive
for new, renewable energy, especially when war,
drill of national refuge, and allowing barf mercury
to the air is involved.
\_ We have the same mercury standard we've always
had. Are you aware the last minute (literally)
Clinton standard would have required levels lower
than mercury occurs naturally in many places?
That was political BS and too many people ate it
up. "Bush wants to poison us with mercury! ack!"
As far as the rest, Bush hasn't done anything any
differently than any other President going back
forever. Name the POTUS who has pushed for
artificially higher gas prices in an effort to
provide industry incentive to pursue alternative
energy research. If you want to hate Bush, go
ahead, there are a lot of reasons for it. What
you've stated isn't unique to Bush in any way. No
sane person would vote for someone who wanted
higher oil prices. That's the politics of the
extreme/green left. You can't name anyone in
Congress of either party ever in favor of that.
\_ Umm, wind is already competitive with other power
sources, and you really think wind turbines kill
more birds per year than fossil fuel production &
consumption?
\_ I'm just repeating the anti-wind rhetoric on
birds. Wind is *not* reliable as a nationwide
source of power. Not enough places have room
or enough consistent wind for it. At best it
will always remain a secondary source.
\_ Being a secondary source isn't bad. If wind
provides, say, 30% of the energy, that's a
pretty big dent on the whole problem already.
\_ 30% That would be a miracle. What is
the current % in places that support
wind power? I don't have the numbers but
I'd bet it's in the trivial below 2%
range.
\_ Or glass-wall highrise buildings, for that
matter.
2. Use electricity to charge the battery of an electric car and run it.
\_ you need to be careful about that statement, as you need to
taken account where is the electricity come from at first place
kngharv
\_ More completely:
1. Use some renewable or non-renewable resource to generate
electricity, and taking into account transmission costs to the
hydrogen plant, generate hydrogen. Then, taking into account
hydrogen transportation costs, use it to power a fuel-cell car.
(Note, you don't "burn" fuel, in a fuel cell, per se)
2. Yadda generate, yadda transmission costs all the way to charging
location (home? central?)
\3. Install an electric grid such cars get their power directly as long
as they are on the road. Kind of like bumper cars, or electric
powered buses (like you see in SF) or electric trains. Oh, were
we talking energy efficient or cost efficient? (this idea has huge
infrastructure costs)
\_ Energy efficiency. -- OP
\_ Though it could take more energy to construct a really
elaborate super-efficient system than you'd ever save over the
useful life of the system.
\_ 4. Ride Bike!
\_ 5. walk. |
| 2005/11/28-30 [Health/Men, Health/Women] UID:40752 Activity:nil |
11/28 America land of gigantic asses, and here's the proof:
http://tinyurl.com/9sybk
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Fatter rear ends are causing many drug injections
to miss their mark, requiring longer needles to reach buttock muscle,
researchers said on Monday.
\_ Although your point is probably still valid, the study mentioned in
the article was done in Ireland, not America.
\_ yeah, I imagined the average American ass of an American
exceeds the average Irish ass.
\_ yeah, I assumed the average American ass exceeds the
average Irish ass. |
| 2005/11/28-30 [Recreation/Media] UID:40753 Activity:kinda low |
11/28 Got myself the Kodak c340 digital camera at Fry's ($199) that
does movies with sound. Anyone have reccomendations on video
size and codec that give decent results(default was 640x480
QT which resulted in a rather large and fuzzy movie) This is
a 5MP camera.
\_ My Nikon Coolpix 3200 also has 640x480 15fps movie mode which also
yields large and fuzzy QT movie. Why are QT files so large and
fuzzy?
yields large and fuzzy QT movie. Why are QT files so large? It's
about 500KB/sec.
\_ I don't think any of these cameras let you specify codecs, only
resolution and framerate. From what I've come across, "QT" files
are merely containers that can use any number of codecs.
Chances are, the manufacturers are choosing codecs that require
the least amount of processing power to encode, hence the size.
Movies in digital cameras are gimmicks at best.
\_ I see. My Coolpix 3200 only lets me specify resolution, not
frame rate or codec. QuickTimer Player says the format of the
video track is "Color: Millions, Data Format: Photo-JPEG".
Does that mean the "movie" is just a series of 15 JPEG still
pictures per second? Is there any tool to convert QT files to
other smaller file formats?
\_ from the desktop ? try radtools. It has a
decent QT converter |
| 2005/11/28-30 [Politics/Domestic/California, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:40754 Activity:nil |
11/28 http://CNN.com lead story "The government of Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin fell Monday evening when opposition parties united to topple him with a no-confidence vote. Martin's center-left Liberal Party has been dogged by a corruption scandal, in which it paid advertising firms with Liberal links more than $1 million with little or no work done in exchange. An election -- probably in January -- could now end 12 years of Liberal rule in America's largest trading partner." \_ I don't know much about Canadian politics. What does this translates to? Lower taxes? Welfare cuts? \_ I doubt it. I don't know much either, but there are quite a few parties in Canada. I would assume there will be a lot of confusion, and then a different liberal party will be in charge. |
| 2005/11/28-30 [Consumer/Camera, Recreation/Media] UID:40755 Activity:kinda low |
11/28 Watched Electra on cable. I was expecting a real turkey and
was surprised to see that it wasn't, at least compared to the
other Marvel films out there. The only ignificant gripe was
that it was too long. Most of those flashback scenes could
have gotten cut resulting in a better flow. According to the
net: DD2 is a good possibility. Supposedly electra 2 is being
considered as well.
\_ I caught Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Definitely
Charlie Kaufman's best film yet.
\- editing becomes electra
\_ yeah, batman begins actually had cheesier moments
\_ yeah, batman begins was actually cheesier imo
\_ batman begins had a lot going for it, but quite a bit that
didn't really work. it had enough that i hope they continue
in this vein and work out the kinks.
\_ you're kidding? the cameraman spent half the film pointing at her
flabby stomach. maybe i saw a different film.
\_ Well, I wasn't thinking of it like a porn
flick. If you want that; try Entrapment.
I am thinking in comparing it to other superhero
films.
\_ I was trying to focus on the positive aspects of the
film. "Flabby stomach" was the best it got. The
acting sucked. The fight scenes mostly sucked. The
plot.. well I'd say it sucked but that implies it had
one. Even the worst of the batman movies were better
because they actually attempted to entertain the
audience. I'm not sure what this film was trying to do.
plot.. well I'd say it sucked but that implies it
had one. Even the worst of the batman movies were
better because they actually attempted to entertain
the audience. I'm not sure what this film was
trying to do.
\_ Elektra. God, I thought it was horrible. The action was close-in,
dark, and poorly choreographed... and that's really all there was to
the movie. You didn't really understand her motivation, powers,
future...anything
\_ This is actually something I can agree with. My
original point was keeping in mind that all superhero
movies are cheesy and campy. Its just puzzling considering the
relatively good reviews that Batman begins got compared to
other superhero moviews of late. Yet it suffered from many
of the same problems. The most vitriol seems to focus on
Jennifer Garner which is similar to what Clooney got when he
was batman (now that was just plain bad).
\_ This is actually something I can agree with. My original
point was keeping in mind that all superhero movies are
cheesy and campy. Its just puzzling considering the
relatively good reviews that Batman begins got compared
to other superhero moviews of late. Yet it suffered from
many of the same problems. The most vitriol seems to
focus on Jennifer Garner which is similar to what Clooney
got when he was batman (now that was just plain bad). |
| 2005/11/28-30 [Uncategorized] UID:40756 Activity:nil |
11/25 http://csua.org/u/e3u Vote for the worst corporate anthem - ever! |
| 2005/11/28-30 [Reference/RealEstate] UID:40757 Activity:low |
11/25 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051128/ap_on_bi_ge/economy Sales of Existing Homes Drop in October. Swami the Magnificent was right afterall! All the greedy investors will now suffer. Suffer they shall, muhahahahahaha. -bitter priced-out guy \_ "The decline in sales pushed the number of unsold homes to 2.87 million, the highest level in more than 19 years." Anyone happen to have access to a graph or table of this data for NoCal/SoCal/the U.S.? \_ "Home sales hit new record - Yahoo! News" http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051129/bs_nm/economy_dc |
| 2005/11/28-29 [Politics/Domestic/Election, Politics/Domestic/President/Reagan] UID:40758 Activity:nil 61%like:40761 88%like:40766 |
11/28 David Brin is worried
http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2005/11/ideas-for-rescuing-modernity-part-1.html |
| 2005/11/28-30 [Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:40759 Activity:nil |
11/28 The long march of Dick Cheney, from http://salon.com. http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/11/24/cheney/index.html \_ cool article! \_ If Lucas ever makes another Star Wars, "Darth Cheneyius" sounds like a cool villain. |
| 2005/11/28-30 [Recreation/Music] UID:40760 Activity:low |
11/28 OK, Fark has shown me http://www.pandora.com and it is kinda cool. After 10-20 reviews it can get pretty good at predicting what music you will like. \_ I'm an engineer at pandora...glad you're liking it. --lye \_ Ah, now that I've got your attention can I suggest a couple features? It would be nice to have the option to open the player in a seperate 'undecorated' window or whatever the JavaScript word for it is. Also, though you can start a station based on a band or song, it would be interesting to search by selecting several of the song attribute tags you have... Keep up the good work. -dgies \_ also, replay of previous songs would also be nice. \_ ok. it doesn't seem to work for me. I entered Floyd, and got a station that only plays Floyd. I entered Postal Service, and got a station that only plays The Postal Service. I thought it was supposed to find _similar_ music. \_ They're not licensed to do that. I'm sure it's obviously obviously something they'd like to do if the music industry let them. I still wonder if it would be a problem if they simply allowed playing small snippets of previously-played songs instead, though. \_ dgies - You can do this. Just click the little box that says "minimize" below the bottom right corner of the flash app. Thanks for the search suggestion - something like that is probably in the cards at some point. --lye \_ you work there?? do you know david michel-ruddy? he's a music guy \_ It sounds really cool, any chance there will be a non-flash version? The license on flash is obnoxious. |
| 2005/11/28-29 [Politics/Domestic/Election, Politics/Domestic/President/Reagan] UID:40761 Activity:nil 61%like:40758 57%like:40766 |
11/28 David Brin is worried http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2005/11/ideas-for-rescuing-modernity-part-1.html [+80col URL deleted. Please use URL shortener] \_ wtf?!? comment if you want, don't delete the url. \_ you are an ass. why do you care? |
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