Re: [scifinoir2] Skyline Trailer

2010-08-14 Thread Martin Baxter
It does at that, Mr Worf. And it's amazing to me that they incorporated Hawking's comments on the subject so soon after he made them. On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I'm going to keep thinking positive on that. The movie looks good though. On Fri,

Re: [scifinoir2] Famous Faces Stationery

2010-08-14 Thread Martin Baxter
This one goes forth to many on my list. Thanks, Mr Worf! On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Famous Faces Stationery Pets impersonating celebrities grace the covers of these new notebooks by Margaret

Re: [scifinoir2] Netflix movie deal could upend pay TV

2010-08-14 Thread Martin Baxter
Sad thing, Gerald, is that everything you said CAN BE DONE. And the studios would easily make their money. If it's piracy they worry over, they have to deal with the certainty that piracy is a fact of life. No matter how hard they try to stamp out torrents, more spring up every day. And don't ask

Re: [scifinoir2] Japan Getting Blazing Fast 42 Mbps Wireless Network

2010-08-14 Thread Martin Baxter
Exactly. As far as America's advanced in the last 234 years, it still ahsn't moved forward in mentality. If anything, it's taken several steps backward. On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I'm surprised that this hasn't come up on business shows yet. There

Re: [scifinoir2] AutoTram combines a bus and a tram to get the best of both worlds

2010-08-14 Thread Martin Baxter
I'm loving that. But the human element would have to be totally excised, or there'd be accidents up the wa- and out the -zoo. On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: AutoTram combines a bus and a tram to get the best of both worlds By Darren Quick

Re: [scifinoir2] Netflix movie deal could upend pay TV

2010-08-14 Thread Gerald Haynes
The video entertainment industry would make a grip if they did this. If I could just pay to stream the latest releases, I would watch 5x more movies. Now it's a hassle with getting the kids ready and packing snacks to bring into the theater. I would GLADLY pay for the ability to watch whatever

Re: [scifinoir2] Netflix movie deal could upend pay TV

2010-08-14 Thread Gerald Haynes
The video entertainment industry would make a grip if they did this. If I could just pay to stream the latest releases, I would watch 5x more movies. Now it's a hassle with getting the kids ready and packing snacks to bring into the theater. I would GLADLY pay for the ability to watch whatever

[scifinoir2] Snoop Dogg's 'True Blood' Cameo Request Denied

2010-08-14 Thread Martin Baxter
Passing this on for the fans... == Snoop Dogg's 'True Blood' Cameo Request Denied August 11th, 2010 8:21am EDT 1 commenthttp://www.starpulse.com/sp_comments/viewcomments.php?object_id=171027 [image: favorite] Add to My

[scifinoir2] Re: Snoop Dogg's 'True Blood' Cameo Request Denied

2010-08-14 Thread Kelwyn
What's the world coming to when the Doggfather can't get a cameo on a white trash gore fest? ~rave? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@... wrote: Passing this on for the fans... == Snoop

[scifinoir2] As Ramadan Begins, Muslim iPhone Apps Abound

2010-08-14 Thread Kelwyn
http://abcnews.go.com/International/ramadan-iphone-apps-muslim-faithful/story?id=11391956 Need help with the holy month? There's an app for that ... a few, actually. For the hundreds of millions of Muslims observing Ramadan, a month of fasting that is one of the five pillars of the faith, a

[scifinoir2] How black people use Twitter. For real?

2010-08-14 Thread Kelwyn
http://www.slate.com/id/2263462/pagenum/all/ As far as I can tell, the Twitter hashtag #wordsthatleadtotrouble got started at about 11 a.m. Pacific Time on Sunday morning, when a user named Kookeyy posted this short message: #wordsthatleadtotrouble 'Don't Worry I gotchu. A couple minutes

[scifinoir2] sign up for a free subscription to NASA Tech Briefs

2010-08-14 Thread Mr. Worf
[image: TradePub.com] Free Trade Magazine Subscriptions Technical Document Downloads NASA Tech Briefshttp://i.nl03.net/ltr4/?_m=0a.04v6.10.vd08k5yra3.0pg=soloqf=nasa The monthly magazine features exclusive reports of innovations developed by NASA and its industry partners/contractors that

Re: [scifinoir2] sign up for a free subscription to NASA Tech Briefs

2010-08-14 Thread Martin Baxter
Thanks, Mr Worf. I'll be signing up in a bit. On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: [image: TradePub.com] Free Trade Magazine Subscriptions Technical Document Downloads NASA Tech

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Snoop Dogg's 'True Blood' Cameo Request Denied

2010-08-14 Thread Martin Baxter
LMNAATWO, rave ! On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: What's the world coming to when the Doggfather can't get a cameo on a white trash gore fest? ~rave? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com

Re: [scifinoir2] Snoop Dogg's 'True Blood' Cameo Request Denied

2010-08-14 Thread Martin Baxter
Mr Worf, he was also on One Life To Live, if memory serves. Or was that GH? On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: He's already been on every show there is. I think I saw him on Martha Stewart a while back. He was on Larry King last week and they took Larry

Re: [scifinoir2] How black people use Twitter. For real?

2010-08-14 Thread Martin Baxter
This is why, even though I do have a Twitter account (only because a really hot brunette batted her baby browns at me until I weakened), I don't use it. On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://www.slate.com/id/2263462/pagenum/all/ As far as I can tell, the

Re: [scifinoir2] As Ramadan Begins, Muslim iPhone Apps Abound

2010-08-14 Thread Martin Baxter
SH! Don't tell the Teabaggers. They'll make noise... Seriously, I love this. And I hope that the Teabaggers do get up in arms. No doubt, it'll be from some other religious group, upset because they didn't have the idea first. On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Kelwyn

[scifinoir2] Star Trek motivational posters

2010-08-14 Thread Mr. Worf
Yummy geekiness http://echosphere.net/star_trek_insp/star_trek_insp.html -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/

Re: [scifinoir2] Netflix movie deal could upend pay TV

2010-08-14 Thread Keith Johnson
Good deal for advancing the tech, but exclusive deals bother me... - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 1:02:30 PM Subject: [scifinoir2] Netflix movie deal could upend pay TV  

[scifinoir2] Anthony Mackie on Working With Hugh Jackman, Robots in Real Steel

2010-08-14 Thread brent wodehouse
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/08/anthony_mackie_wont_play_with.html Anthony Mackie on Working With Hugh Jackman, Robots in Real Steel At last night's launch of Marc Ecko Cut Sew's new ad campaign, featuring [ http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2010/08/lohan_1.html ]a hologram of

[scifinoir2] Lucas Announces Star Wars Blu-ray

2010-08-14 Thread Keith Johnson
This deleted scene with Vader reaching out to Luke seems pretty cool. It sounds as if it has more of the grim feeling of The Empire Strikes Back. I don't have a Blu-Ray player yet, but not sure I'd buy this even if I did. I have at least two versions Lucas has released over the years--and I'm