Re: [scifinoir2] Britain's brainiest family is black, jack

2010-03-27 Thread L Freeman
Thanks for sending this. I cannot wait to share it with my 9 year old boy/girl twins :) --- On Thu, 3/25/10, Kelwyn wrote: From: Kelwyn Subject: [scifinoir2] Britain's brainiest family is black, jack To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 6:47 AM  

[scifinoir2] First Lady Recognized in Comic and Awards Show

2010-03-27 Thread Keith Johnson
I'm sure the Right and the Tea Party nuts will speak of this book in the same breath as the Communist Manifesto and Mien Kampf. No way in *hell* they'll let their pure innocent children be subjected to this, if they can't even let the President speak to their kids at school. **

Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: TN Man Enraged By Obama Sticker Slams SUV Into Car With 10 Year Old Child Inside

2010-03-27 Thread Martin Baxter
That would be the word. [?][?][?] On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Adrianne Brennan < adrianne.bren...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > One word: batshit. > > ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ > http://www.adriannebrennan.com > Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: > http://www.adriannebrennan.com/b

Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: TN Man Enraged By Obama Sticker Slams SUV Into Car With 10 Year Old Child Inside

2010-03-27 Thread Mr. Worf
Did anyone here read or see the story about the republican congressman that started getting death threats because of the health bill? They shot up his office and have been calling his phone. Here it is: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/story.html?id=2727763 On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 2:24 PM,

[scifinoir2] Fwd: TN Man Enraged By Obama Sticker Slams SUV Into Car With 10 Year Old Child Inside

2010-03-27 Thread Adrianne Brennan
One word: batshit. ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of p

Re: [scifinoir2] Topic: Minority Report is here!

2010-03-27 Thread Mr. Worf
I guess the real secret is in the recipe of the components. A lot of techie types have done similar "scientific experiments" on other ventures. Such as what was done in the movie 21. (that was loosely based on a true story.) On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Martin Baxter wrote: > > > And, thinki

Re: [scifinoir2] Topic: Minority Report is here!

2010-03-27 Thread Martin Baxter
And, thinking on that, I doubt that anyone who could concoct such a thing would put it out for public consumption. He'd sell it to four or five close friends, let them get filthy rich after he got paid. Might trickle down in ten to fifteen years. On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Mr. Worf wrote:

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Topic: Continuity and logic errors in movies and tv

2010-03-27 Thread Martin Baxter
Caught one not long after replying to this. I was watching "Flash Point", and there's a scene in a hospital, when one of the cops has been brought in after being five-ironed by an SUV driven by the Big Bad. His girlfriend comes racing in, and begins whaling on the co[p's partner, thinking him to b

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Topic: Continuity and logic errors in movies and tv

2010-03-27 Thread Mr. Worf
There were a couple of others in that episode that didn't make sense. If a pot was sitting on the stove burning enough to trigger the smoke detector you would want to open a window right? The actor covers the pot turns off the stove and just stands there after checking for his daughter. That would

Re: [scifinoir2] Topic: Minority Report is here!

2010-03-27 Thread Mr. Worf
Hehehe. The stock prediction idea happens every new generation of computers since the early 1970s. The last time that someone tried it was in the late 90s using neural networks. (Hmmm haven't heard much about them lately.) The problem is that it probably could be built or already has been built by

[scifinoir2] Re: Topic: Continuity and logic errors in movies and tv

2010-03-27 Thread angelababycat
Good call. The other error in that scene, however, is that a rich guy who's up to something wouldn't have a security guard to stop the dude from getting to the front door in the first place. But more direct to your question: - There's an scene early in Children of Men where the main character

Re: [scifinoir2] Topic: Minority Report is here!

2010-03-27 Thread Martin Baxter
Mr Worf, ix-nay on the ideas-ay... HomeInsec hath far-reaching 'bots. [?][?] On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Mr. Worf wrote: > > > I wouldn't be surprised that they would try to adopt the software for stock > price predictions. (another holy grail) > > What can really be scary is that they will

Re: [scifinoir2] Avatar at six story IMAX dome

2010-03-27 Thread Mr. Worf
Sounds interesting. There is something like that at the Luxor in Vegas. They should use it for something like that too instead of cheezy rides. On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Kelwyn wrote: > I saw Avatar in 3-D but now it is playing at the six-story IMAX dome at the > Milwaukee Public Museum (

Re: [scifinoir2] Topic: Minority Report is here!

2010-03-27 Thread Mr. Worf
I wouldn't be surprised that they would try to adopt the software for stock price predictions. (another holy grail) What can really be scary is that they will probably adopt this system in a few years and then say that we will also "need" 24/7 super satellite surveillance to be connected to it. Su

Re: [scifinoir2] Avatar at six story IMAX dome

2010-03-27 Thread Martin Baxter
I am SO envious of you! On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Kelwyn wrote: > > > I saw Avatar in 3-D but now it is playing at the six-story IMAX dome at the > Milwaukee Public Museum (where they don't usually show commercial movies)! I > am SO there! > > ~rave! > > >

[scifinoir2] Avatar at six story IMAX dome

2010-03-27 Thread Kelwyn
I saw Avatar in 3-D but now it is playing at the six-story IMAX dome at the Milwaukee Public Museum (where they don't usually show commercial movies)! I am SO there! ~rave!

Re: [scifinoir2] Topic: Continuity and logic errors in movies and tv

2010-03-27 Thread Martin Baxter
Mr Worf, more than I can name. Literally. I'll have to sit down and think on it for some time before posting answers. On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Mr. Worf wrote: > > > I am watching this week's episode of Flashforward and there are a couple of > glaring errors that I found in this episode.

Re: [scifinoir2] Angela Bassett to play Amanda Waller

2010-03-27 Thread Martin Baxter
Would have been, rave. On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Kelwyn wrote: > > > http://blackgeekdom.com/blog/2010/03/24/angela-bassett-joins-green-lantern/ > > Angela Bassett has been cast as Dr. Amanda Waller in Green Lantern, > starring Ryan Reynolds. We last saw Dr. Waller on Smallville being pla

Re: [scifinoir2] Topic: Minority Report is here!

2010-03-27 Thread Martin Baxter
Scary indeed... what if this computer sees a couple of budding actors recreating the shower scene from "Psycho" in an airport? Are they in trouble? And having a "human factor" in the equation might not help. Some HomeInsec guy with an agenda could cause more trouble than stop it. Another case of ma