[scifinoir2] Jack and the Beanstalk Trailer

James Earl Jones as the giant Jack and the Beanstalk Trailer - Avalon Family Entertainment by Avalon Family Entertainment 3 months ago 3 months ago: Mon, Mar 29, 2010 7:24pm EST (Eastern Standard Time) More More See all

Re: [scifinoir2] 8 Extremely Odd College Courses

Interesting list. Interesting, though, that the philosophical question they posited for the Star Trek course was "Is time travel possible?" By itself, that's not a philosophical question, but more of a scientific one. Now, what one *does* in the past or future can branch into that. But I'd have

[scifinoir2] 8 Extremely Odd College Courses

8 Extremely Odd College Courses 10 June 2010 by Maria Hanson, LiveCareer Would you believe that studying garbage can lead to a high-paying career? Do you think you can base a career on creating inflatable art? Many colleges are now offering

Re: [scifinoir2] At a theater near you: My baby is black!

Wow... On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Kelwyn wrote: > http://www.boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html > > "Nothing you have ever seen before and nothing you have ever heard before > will prepare you for the shock of 'My Baby is Black!'" > > (Don't miss the thrilling sequel, "My Pres

Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Wireless Oligopoly Is Smother of Invention

I hear you on that Keith. I was thinking about wireless in san fran and I forgot to mention that there is a giant antenna that was built in the 60s called Sutro tower. Its a major landmark that is used for radio and tv stations. They could use it for wireless and give coverage to a huge portion of

Re: [scifinoir2] Teacher cuts student's picture from every copy of yearbook

Only in Texas On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Keith Johnson wrote: > > > I can one-up that one: > > In my senior year high school yearbook is a picture of our Rodeo Club (this > is Texas, after all). Someone thought it'd be "funny" to stage a mock > hanging. So, they got one of the cool blac

Re: [scifinoir2] HP to spam your web-connected printer

I think it uses windows 7's networking which turns the printer into a web enabled object. This is just bad all the way around. It won't be just HP and Yahell spamming you in a minute. It will be the world. Also they both will be wasting your ink and paper This is a huge plot by HP to make mone

[scifinoir2] Re: A cool list of 40 asian films and wallpapers

Awesome site. Thanks. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter wrote: > > Thanks, Mr Worf, for the list of movies that I have to catch now (even the > ones I've already seen). [?] > > On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 6:45 AM, Mr. Worf wrote: > > > > > > > A cool list of 40 asian films and wallp

Re: [scifinoir2] HP to spam your web-connected printer

Is there a need for your printer to be on the Internet? I can see needing to put one on a home network, but not on the Net itself. - Original Message - From: "Martin Baxter" To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 12:14:14 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject

Re: [scifinoir2] Teacher cuts student's picture from every copy of yearbook

I can one-up that one: In my senior year high school yearbook is a picture of our Rodeo Club (this is Texas, after all). Someone thought it'd be "funny" to stage a mock hanging. So, they got one of the cool black guys, and got him to agree to put a noose around his neck. So, for all time, ther

Re: [scifinoir2] A cool list of 40 asian films and wallpapers

Thanks, Mr Worf, for the list of movies that I have to catch now (even the ones I've already seen). [?] On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 6:45 AM, Mr. Worf wrote: > > > A cool list of 40 asian films and wallpapers. > > http://wildgrounds.com/index.php/2009/10/07/40-asian-movie-wallpapers/ > > > -- > >

Re: [scifinoir2] 10 Defunct TV Technologies

Sort of the same problem, Mr Worf. Flight like that depends on a rudder/collective combination, which takes equal deftness with both hands. Having one even remotely better than the other will put the craft on the ground fast. And not neatly. On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 6:48 AM, Mr. Worf wrote: > > >

Re: [scifinoir2] At last! An affordable, portable, pocket-sized Personal Fuel Cell

You did, Mr Worf, and I've had it on my to-do list to go back through the files to find the link. I had a discussion about this recently, and wanted to pass that on. On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 6:50 AM, Mr. Worf wrote: > > > There's a company that sells a universal charger for about $250 that is a >

Re: [scifinoir2] "Twilight Zone" Marathon on SyFy today

Watching right now, Keith, "The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross". The ep you detailed was, IMO, "The Gift of the Magi" gone even more heart-rendingly wrong, if that's possible. Hurts like a shot to the chest to watch it. Yet I watch it every time it's offered. The one coming up at 3:30 (if Direc

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Where white man went wrong

I'm eating an eraser right now rave. It's either that or scream so loud that they call the paddywagon out on me, first stop the ninth floor at Grady Memorial. [?][?][?][?] On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Kelwyn wrote: > > > It was a photocopy of a newspaper article. I didn't feel like retyping

[scifinoir2] "Twilight Zone" Marathon on SyFy today

SyFy's running an all-day "Twilight Zone" marathon. Amazing how some of the best written drama in scifi or mainstream fiction is still to be found from shows decades old. They just wrapped up one of my favs, "The Long Morrow", starring Robert Lansing and Mariette Hartley--"Gary Seven" and "Zar

Re: [scifinoir2] Teacher cuts student's picture from every copy of yearbook

And thanks for the smile, rave. On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Martin Baxter wrote: > Behold... true immaturity. > > If the guy was so offended by the remark, and he believed it to be a lie, > there's always legal recourse. > > On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Kelwyn wrote: > >> >> >> http:/

Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Wireless Oligopoly Is Smother of Invention

I had the same thought, Keith. On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Keith Johnson wrote: > > > I had trouble reading this. I've been ranting against how the telecoms > killed free metro wireless initiatives for years now. Everywhere I go in > Atlanta, I see the green symbol of the company Clear, pro

Re: [scifinoir2] Teacher cuts student's picture from every copy of yearbook

Behold... true immaturity. If the guy was so offended by the remark, and he believed it to be a lie, there's always legal recourse. On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Kelwyn wrote: > > > http://www.boingboing.net/2010/06/16/teacher-cuts-student.html > > A high school in British Columbia is repri

Re: [scifinoir2] HP to spam your web-connected printer

Entirely true, Keith. I've got a Lexmark printer that occasionally reports what it prints back to Lexmark. Based on that, I've been expecting spam ever since. But, since most of my printing is science-related, I think I'm safe. (Unless arVix and MIT begin offering themselves for sale.) Still, one

Re: [scifinoir2] HP to spam your web-connected printer

If the printer is a locally-attached one, not on a network, but only connected to a computer, then they can't detect and spam it. Also, on a company or well-designed home network, all networked devices should be behind a firewall, either a software one, or a combination, such as with that provid

[scifinoir2] At a theater near you: My baby is black!

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/06/16/my-baby-is-black.html "Nothing you have ever seen before and nothing you have ever heard before will prepare you for the shock of 'My Baby is Black!'" (Don't miss the thrilling sequel, "My President is Black!" produced by The Tea Party Motion Picture Corpora

[scifinoir2] Teacher cuts student's picture from every copy of yearbook

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/06/16/teacher-cuts-student.html A high school in British Columbia is reprinting its yearbooks after a teacher used a pair of scissors to cut out the picture of a student whose quote he objected to from every copy in the print-run.

[scifinoir2] HP to spam your web-connected printer

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/06/16/hp-to-spam-your-web-.html HP and Yahoo are teaming up to spam advertisements to your printer -- the next step being behavioral ads based on the traffic it can sniff from your local network: "Through IP (Internet Protocol) sniffing, you have an idea about whe

Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Wireless Oligopoly Is Smother of Invention

I had trouble reading this. I've been ranting against how the telecoms killed free metro wireless initiatives for years now. Everywhere I go in Atlanta, I see the green symbol of the company Clear, promising, fast affordable wireless around the city. And I keep thinking how much more affordable

Re: [scifinoir2] Finally! 3D Without the Glasses

The plot is typical, even cliched. I wasn't happy with the "white man saves the primitives" motif, even though the guy technically is no longer a white man. The dialogue is labored at times. But the 3D is phenomenal, the first truly complete and satisfying usage of the technology. My wife--who's

Re: [scifinoir2] Is Fox Good Guys already a Fall liability?

If you remember, I praised this show when they did a sneak premiere a few weeks back. It is fun and funny, silly, laugh-out-loud fun--no surprise since the creator of "Burn Notice" is behind it. However, only three eps have aired in about 5 - 6 weeks, and they all aired at different times on dif

[scifinoir2] Re: Where white man went wrong

It was a photocopy of a newspaper article. I didn't feel like retyping the whole article. Here's a link: http://underthemosquitonet.blogspot.com/2008/02/where-white-man-went-wron.html --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter wrote: > > Same with me, Mr Worf. I thought it was just a

Re: [scifinoir2] At last! An affordable, portable, pocket-sized Personal Fuel Cell

There's a company that sells a universal charger for about $250 that is a fuel cell. I think that I posted it last year. On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 3:39 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: > > > I'm jumping up and down right now, Mr Worf. Hurts like hell, with my bad > knee, but the pain is eased by the glee.

Re: [scifinoir2] 10 Defunct TV Technologies

How about a simplified version that is similar to a hover craft that can get airborne? On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 3:41 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: > > > Mr Worf, I know a few people who fly helicopters for a living, either > military or civilian, and they'll readily tell anyone that flying a helo > isn

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: E3 coverage?

I dunno. Haven't heard a peep. Maybe next year or the CES. On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 3:43 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: > > > They probably are waiting till the end of E3, to spring something that'll > trump everyone who's gone ahead of them. > > > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Mr. Worf wrote: > >>

[scifinoir2] A cool list of 40 asian films and wallpapers

A cool list of 40 asian films and wallpapers. http://wildgrounds.com/index.php/2009/10/07/40-asian-movie-wallpapers/ --

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: E3 coverage?

They probably are waiting till the end of E3, to spring something that'll trump everyone who's gone ahead of them. On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Mr. Worf wrote: > > > I haven't heard a peep from them. They may surprise folks, but if they are > it would be sometime today or tomorrow. > > On We

Re: [scifinoir2] 10 Defunct TV Technologies

Mr Worf, I know a few people who fly helicopters for a living, either military or civilian, and they'll readily tell anyone that flying a helo isn't a cakewalk. Takes both hands, something that many have yet to master. On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 5:14 PM, Mr. Worf wrote: > > > Well why not make a hy

Re: [scifinoir2] At last! An affordable, portable, pocket-sized Personal Fuel Cell

I'm jumping up and down right now, Mr Worf. Hurts like hell, with my bad knee, but the pain is eased by the glee. On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Mr. Worf wrote: > > > At last! An affordable, portable, pocket-sized Personal Fuel Cell > > By Mike Hanlon

Re: [scifinoir2] Is Fox Good Guys already a Fall liability?

rave, I noticed on Monday that FX was also airing the show. For some reason, I want to take that as an indication that Faux/Fixed/Fox is already trying to ease the show up into the FX lineup. On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:40 AM, Kelwyn wrote: > > > > http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/06/15/is-foxs-the-

[scifinoir2] Fwd: Wireless Oligopoly Is Smother of Invention

-- Forwarded message -- From: Martin Baxter Date: Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 3:34 PM Subject: Wireless Oligopoly Is Smother of Invention To: martinbaxt...@gmail.com Wireless Oligopoly Is Smother of Invention - By Ryan Singel [ima

Re: [scifinoir2] Where white man went wrong

Same with me, Mr Worf. I thought it was just a glitch on my end, and kept it in the file to try it again later. Still nothing. On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 6:08 PM, Mr. Worf wrote: > > > Was this a picture or something? I got a blank message. > > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 5:21 AM, Kelwyn wrote: > >> >

Re: [scifinoir2] Finally! 3D Without the Glasses

Keith, haven't seen it at all. Hoping to sneak off today to see it, if enough people can forget my name. On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 12:06 AM, Keith Johnson wrote: > > > have you seen "Avatar" in 3D? That was phenomenal. > > - Original Message - > From: "Martin Baxter" > To: scifinoir2@yahoo