Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew?
That's why I'm glad I actually had to get cable, despite my many issues with Comcast. - Original Message - From: "C.W. Badie" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 12:09:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew? Actually I have a 1.5 mbps setup...and yes, distance from the hub is my problem... --- On Sat, 6/6/09, Keith Johnson wrote: From: Keith Johnson Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew? To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, June 6, 2009, 12:37 AM Anyone in the area with a standard broadband (1.5 mbps) connection and a wireless access point? You could try to ride their signal, although frankly too much distance could degrade the speed until it's not much faster than your current setup. If you're in an apartment, someone next door, upstairs, or downstairs could possibly work. You could test it out, see if if works, then pay them a small amount each month. It's done all the time in big cities... - Original Message - From: "C.W. Badie" To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Saturday, June 6, 2009 1:00:04 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew? Oh god no! With upload and download speeds around 330kbps, I suffer enough! --- On Fri, 6/5/09, Keith Johnson wrote: From: Keith Johnson Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew? To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Friday, June 5, 2009, 11:45 PM So are you on dialup now? - Original Message - From: "C.W. Badie" To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Saturday, June 6, 2009 12:17:08 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew? I got sick of them...Now I have no cable TV and DSL internet...I just wish it was faster, but I'm not being robbedWell, that is after I threatened to cancel when they jacked it up to where it was more than I was paying with Comcrap...Yes. ..They all want to play games... --- On Fri, 6/5/09, Mr. Worf wrote: From: Mr. Worf Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew? To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Friday, June 5, 2009, 10:42 PM If I had kept HBO and Showtime on my tvs it would have cost $170 a month! That is without internet! This is totally crazy. They should change their logo to a skull and crossbones! Such a waste of money. Hell, for $50 a month I can get 8 movies at a time from Netflix. Or get internet from someone else and download everything. On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Tracey de Morsella < tdli...@multicultur aladvantage. com > wrote: I have a ritual with Comcast. We had phone, internet and cable for $100. They jacked it up to $250, so I threatened to leave. They tried to lets see what we can get rid of pitch. I told them I did not have to, because I could have the same elsewhere and I thought they have deceptive practices, so they put me at $108, Six months later pretty much the same thing happened, but this time they split my special rates up so that one changes in 6 months and the other changes in 9. They figure when I come back, they will be able to better manage me, but I’m going to just dump them and try direct Tv and separate my internet and phone with Quest or somebody I HATE Them I’m sorry http://comcastmustd ie.com/ thinks they have accomplished their mission. They are just sneakier From: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com [mailto: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com ] On Behalf Of Mr. Worf Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 8:07 PM To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew? I would love to cut off my cable. They are really seriously trying to rip us off here in California. Its about $100+ a month just for digital extended basic. On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 7:52 PM, C.W. Badie < astromancer2002@ yahoo.com > wrote: It is a cable company here in Chicago...the only competition against Comcrap on the southside... I'd have their service now if I didn't owe them money...long story so don't ask... --- On Wed, 3/25/09, Keith Johnson < KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net > wrote: From: Keith Johnson < KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net > Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew? To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 8:11 AM What is WoW? - Original Message - From: "Wayne badie" To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 9:59:27 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [RE][scifinoir2] Hulu--Who Knew? Hey, thanks to Martin and Keith, sites like Hulu and Fancast were places I turned to catch up with episodes of shows from the Sci-Fi Channel after Comcrap dumped it into their digital money pit.Hey guys, as of Mid-March, I have been Comcrap-free! Granted, I'm on DSL and steaming videos sucks on this P4, but I hope Advanced TV comes to my part of town this winter or I can sw
Re: [scifinoir2] Look "Up"
I saw it in 2D because my wife and I go to a five-dollar theatre near our house as much as possible. I don't feel as if I missed anything, though. I listened to an interview on NPR's "Fresh Air" with the director, and he said he didn't want to make the 3D obligatory. His feeling is that a bunch of "Look out!" moments where the audience is dodging 3D items flying at them actually takes them out of the movie, as they're more focused on the *effects* than the *movie*. So his goal was to use 3D in a subtle way to enhance the experience, not overpower or define it, nor to be essential to it. - Original Message - From: wlro...@aol.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 5:51:56 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Look "Up" I have to agree with you assessment of the movie due to the fact that I saw it yesterday. I love the beginning. How when we have love ones how they leave and our lives continue. The things that we have not done but always said that we would. I love the pace and the jokes in the movieSorry--squirrel. (Inside joke if you saw the movie) Did you get a chance to see the movie in 3-D? It was good to me either way. I love that after all this time when he looks in the book he finally reads the note she left. For those who have not seen it--I will not say what it is. But then it was more so an shocker for him. One I think or thought that he needed. --Lavender From: Keith Johnson Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 12:38 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Look "Up" Gotta make this quick. Need to get some shuteye, got a busy day today. Went to see "Up" Sunday, and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's Pixar, which continues to mean quality, I'm glad to say. Movie starts off with an amusing, delightful, and ultimately poignant history of the lead character's life that had me grinning, laughing, and--I'm not ashamed to admit--tearing up. All in the first five minutes or so, much of it told without the benefit of sound. Colors are amazingly bright and beautiful, especially those balloons, and the detail is amazing. The characters are good, especially Ed Asner's portrayal of the old dude, which is warm, cranky, a bit mean at times, but ultimately very human and real. Has enough adventure and gags and laughs for kids, and moments of loss and reminiscence and hope to keep the adults engaged. I remember tearing up at least three times (having lost both parents, a beloved mother-in-law, several relatives, a job, and dealing with some health problems in the last few years, I admit I'm a bit more tenderhearted nowadays). I looked around to see men and women sniffling more than once. Like me, the guys tried to be a bit surreptious--you know, choking on a jalepeno or something. There was some concern that audiences wouldn't respond to a film where the lead character is an eighty year old widower. Balderdash! Good stories are good stories, and this is a really good film. It's becoming cliched to say, but Pixar does it again. Longer review whenever I have time this week. Work's a bear... People may lie, but the evidence rarely does.
Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Fwd: A Fond Farewell to Analog TV
Uh huh... --- On Fri, 6/12/09, Martin Baxter wrote: From: Martin Baxter Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Fwd: A Fond Farewell to Analog TV To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 2:15 PM I'm gonna miss those big-a$$ cathode-ray tubes, personally.. . ;-) -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Fwd: A Fond Farewell to Analog TV Date : Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:48:33 -0400 >From : "brent wodehouse" To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com http://digg. com/d1teCg http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [scifinoir2] "True Blood" Season 2
I liked True blood too. The thing that bothered me was that in a lot of movies and tv shows the only time you will see a black guy is if he is a gay character. (that also happens to Asian and Hispanic characters too.) Just about all of the black men were lover's of Lafayette. Although there was a new character that was introduced at the end of the season that will probably be the love interest of Tara. By the way, have you seen the pilot episode? They had a different woman playing the part of Tara. She was very light skinned, but really didn't capture the feel (or the anger) of the character. There is also some interesting subtext to many of the episodes about race and religion of the south and of the country as a whole. On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 11:43 AM, George Arterberry < brotherfromhow...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > I generally enjoyed season 1 even though I had some problems with the > African American characters on the show. > > Hopefully the sisters character is fleshed out more . > > > > > -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[RE][scifinoir2] Fwd: A Fond Farewell to Analog TV
I'm gonna miss those big-a$$ cathode-ray tubes, personally... ;-) -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Fwd: A Fond Farewell to Analog TV Date : Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:48:33 -0400 From : "brent wodehouse" To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com http://digg.com/d1teCg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
[scifinoir2] "True Blood" Season 2
I generally enjoyed season 1 even though I had some problems with the African American characters on the show. Hopefully the sisters character is fleshed out more .
[scifinoir2] Fwd: A Fond Farewell to Analog TV
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Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Look "Up"
I will! -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Look "Up" Date : Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:24:24 + (UTC) From : Keith Johnson To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com One never knows about the sex-focused, party guy, road trip movie. Sometimes they're moments of juvenile brilliance that manage to capture some essential truth of humanity, other times they're just puerile time wasters. Let us know where this one falls! - Original Message - From: "Martin Baxter" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 8:32:29 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Look "Up" Keith, that is him. And I'll let you know what I thought of the movie after I see it. I won't post any reviews, as you do. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Look "Up" Date : Tue, 9 Jun 2009 03:36:37 + (UTC) >From : Keith Johnson To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Funny! Let me know about "The Hangover", 'cause I have my doubts. By the way, is the bearded dude in "The Hangover" the same guy who played coroner Davis on "Tru Calling"? - Original Message - From: "Martin Baxter" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 8, 2009 2:11:47 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Look "Up" My friend, IMO, there is only shame in being hard-hearted... And, if I ever find the time, I'm going to be broke. "Up" is at one theater about two miles west of me, and "The Hangover", which I want to see because a friend of mine had a similar life-experience, is at the mall, about three miles east. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Look "Up" Date : Mon, 8 Jun 2009 04:38:34 + (UTC) >From : Keith Johnson To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Gotta make this quick. Need to get some shuteye, got a busy day today. Went to see "Up" Sunday, and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's Pixar, which continues to mean quality, I'm glad to say. Movie starts off with an amusing, delightful, and ultimately poignant history of the lead character's life that had me grinning, laughing, and--I'm not ashamed to admit--tearing up. All in the first five minutes or so, much of it told without the benefit of sound. Colors are amazingly bright and beautiful, especially those balloons, and the detail is amazing. The characters are good, especially Ed Asner's portrayal of the old dude, which is warm, cranky, a bit mean at times, but ultimately very human and real. Has enough adventure and gags and laughs for kids, and moments of loss and reminiscence and hope to keep the adults engaged. I remember tearing up at least three times (having lost both parents, a beloved mother-in-law, several relatives, a job, and dealing with some health problems ! in! t! he last few years, I admit I'm a bit more tenderhearted nowadays). I looked around to see men and women sniffling more than once. Like me, the guys tried to be a bit surreptious--you know, choking on a jalepeno or something. There was some concern that audiences wouldn't respond to a film where the lead character is an eighty year old widower. Balderdash! Good stories are good stories, and this is a really good film. It's becoming cliched to say, but Pixar does it again. Longer review whenever I have time this week. Work's a bear... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [scifinoir2] Blacks in Space: If sci-fi is the future, why is it so white?
The was also a sister who was a an admiral in TNG. Fleet Admiral Shante.So she must have ran a whole sector or parsec for Starfleet. Lets not forget poor misguided Moses Gunn as an admiral who conspired with the Klingons in one of the ST movies. --- On Wed, 6/10/09, C.W. Badie wrote: From: C.W. Badie Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Blacks in Space: If sci-fi is the future, why is it so white? To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 10:07 AM Um...I'm not quite sure, but I think Madge Sinclair also played a captian on a ship that was disabled by that...that extraterrestrial whale caller thing (Star Trek 4)...I think that outdates the episode featuring Geordi's mom... --- On Sun, 6/7/09, Keith Johnson wrote: From: Keith Johnson Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Blacks in Space: If sci-fi is the future, why is it so white? To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Sunday, June 7, 2009, 11:04 PM that was a depressing episode to me because in the end we had to conclude Geordi's mother had perished. And one of those weird eps where someone was kinda seeing what they wanted to see. I was a bit upset that this show was the first and last appearance of two good and likeable black actors: Ben Vereen, and Madge Sinclair. How cool would it have been to have made them occasional guest stars, like Luwaxanna Troi? I'd have loved to see Geordi interact with them, and when's the last time you got a chance to see a Starfleet officer's relationship with a parent who's a starship captain?? By the way, speaking of the late Ms. Sinclair, check this trivia from IMDB: Her appearance as the unnamed captain of the U.S.S. Saratoga in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) marked the first appearance, in any Star Trek show or movie, of a female starship captain. Is one of only 32 actors and actresses to have starred in both the original "Star Trek" (1966) (up to and including Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)) and then in one of the spin offs. Co-starred with James Earl Jones five times. Twice played Queen to James Earl Jones' King, first in Coming to America (1988), then in The Lion King (1994). Played Ben Vereen's and LeVar Burton's relatives in two different productions: "Roots" (1977), where she played Bell, Vereen's (Chicken George's) grandmother and Burton's (Kunta Kinte's) wife and "Star Trek: The Next Generation: Interface (#7.3)" (1993), where she played Capt. Silvia LaForge, Burton's (Geordi LaForge's) mother and Vereen's (Commander Edward M. LaForge, M.D.'s) wife. - Original Message - From: "Martin Baxter" To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Sunday, June 7, 2009 8:02:02 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Blacks in Space: If sci-fi is the future, why is it so white? Lavendar, I think it was the latter. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Blacks in Space: If sci-fi is the future, why is it so white? Date : Sat, 6 Jun 2009 19:46:23 -0400 >From : To : Lets not forget Leforge's mother. She was black but then again she was lost. I suppose that was an indication that if she got lost unlike Janeway she could not find her way back. Or was it her ship was destroyed due to the engineer misgivings. --Lavender From: George Arterberry Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 12:30 PM To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Blacks in Space: If sci-fi is the future, why is it so white? Very good points. The USA is about to enter a stagnant period in space travel with NASa retiring the shuttle,and China along with India with manned missions to the Moon and Mars in near term. My fear is that space may become militarized fairly quickly and economically for now America is focused elsewhere. As for the article I've seen many ST episodes with Blacks as adimirals but little to say after inspecting the Enterpise or something to that affect.Even had a charater who was a sister and the fastest person ever to reach the rank of captain in Starfleet history.No backstory on her in the show.Too bad she was killed off in novel form. --- On Tue, 6/2/09, Liggins Bill wrote: From: Liggins Bill Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Blacks in Space: If sci-fi is the future, why is it so white? To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 7:30 AM What about true life? When was a black astronaut part of the resident crew of the International Space Station? How about never. Black astronauts were among the crews that chauffeured them to the ISS. They stayed a few days then had to leave. But when comes to those resident crews, the ISS is still restricted housing when it comes to blacks. Because of that, black astronauts are not getting the endurance training needed for a mission to Mars. So when it comes time to chose a crew for that Mars mission, black astronauts may be at the bottom of the
