Bill Clinton for First Gentleman
2007-10-02 17:14:00
I've heard that there's a group of people motivated to get MR. Clinton
back in the White House. It's surprising to me because I wonder just how much power he'll be able to wield as First
Gentleman
, if Hillary gets elected. I'm thinking he might be able to achieve more as a First Spouse than any previous holder of that title specifically because he's a former President. If a different woman were to be elected, and her husband had never held such a high office before, I wonder how much he would accomplish? Would he do everything from behind the scenes? If Bill Clinton
did become First Gentleman, I'd appreciate his working out in the open, as I'm sure he would end up doing. But it would be Hillary's Presidency, not his, so while he'd obviously have a little influence, she'd really be in the driver's seat. Since that would seem to be the case, why focus on Bill Clinton as First Gentleman more so than on Hillary as the first female President? Maybe some people favor Bill over Hi
How Fast Is Your PC?
2007-10-13 16:23:00
I've got an old machine here, running with a mildly-upgraded processor at about 2 GHz. Every time something slow happens, I think, "Man, if only I had a processor that was 5-10 times faster!" Then I wonder why there aren't commercials pushing the new 10 GHz processors. Do you know why that is?It seems like we've been at a standstill, developmentally wise. I've heard that there's only so much we can do with a certain amount of space, and that once our processors surpass a certain size threshold, the technology will no longer work. We're talking processors that get faster and faster as things get smaller and smaller, until things are so small that nothing works at all. Are we at that point now? Is that why I've only been hearing about the Intel Core 2 Duo for the last year?Whatever happened to Moore's Law, which says that between every 12 and 18 months, processors should roughly double in speed? I remember before I upgraded the last time, my computer was getting pretty sl
Growing Dichotomy Between Commercials And Reality
2007-10-12 17:12:00
Have you ever seen an ad on TV that seemed “too good to be true?” I know I have. But usually you could tell which ones were pushing the envelope of believability. I notice a lot of infomercials that give off that feel of “whatever we’re selling, it’s not as good as we say it is.” But lately some commercials seem to be crafting deceptively clever ads that skew the line between what you can expect in real life and what is depicted on television.Commercials
that I enjoy (and they do exist) are often entertaining, but the real kicker is when they seem trustworthy. A commercial that communicates a message that is congruent and believable has me thinking, “Yeah, that sounds good. That feels right.” Lately I’ve noticed a few that seem to give off the air of trustworthiness, while communicating an incongruent idea. The two main examples are the Maytag Repairman commercial and the Verizon FiOS Tech ad series.Both these ads feature friendly, knowledgeable, likable chara
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Three Reasons The Blonde Bionic Woman Is Really A Robot
2007-10-11 14:26:00
The new "Bionic
Woman" show supposedly has two bionic women involved. One, a nutzoid blonde who kills for fun, and another, our hero, the brunette. But I don't think the blonde is really a "bionic woman" at all. Here's why:Clue #1: On the pilot, the blonde claimed she was the original bionic woman, and had been becoming increasingly cybernetic, replacing more and more organic parts of her with bionic machinery. She said she did this to become stronger. If she's so messed up, how can we trust that's really the reason most of her is a machine? Maybe she got it wrong, and she's pure -- a Tin Lady.Clue #2: On last night's episode, we learned she had died, and was later "brought back" to life. Pet Sematary style, all messed up? Or Species style, where the "repaired" brain is no longer being run by the original individual? Or maybe it's just a full-on robot that looks and acts like the original human...crazy.Clue #3: On last night's episode, she tried to eat a can of food, but couldn
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, Reasons
, Blonde
, Robot
, Bionic Woman
Web 3.0
2007-10-10 17:45:00
The future is going to be amazing. We've already got computers everywhere, all networked together to share information. But most of them are stationary. With handheld browsing devices like the iPhone, a whole new world will open up.Take this for example. You're talking to your friend, and he mentions something you're not familiar with. 20 years ago, you'd have to ask someone or go to the library. A couple years ago, you could look it up online, but you had to find a terminal. Now, if you've got handheld Internet, you can immediately look up anything you don't already know. The speed of information transfer will increase dramatically, because the ease of use and on-demand nature of handheld browsing will eliminate the wait between becoming curious about an idea and learning more. Things will continue to happen faster and faster, and we as a society will move our definition of "progress" closer and closer to the speed of thought.
Heroes TV Powers Theory
2007-10-09 17:04:00
Time travel opens up my favorite show, Heores, to some pretty exciting possibilities. I like the character Sylar. I think he's got the potential to do good. While I cannot condone his murderous actions, I now know there's a way he can achieve unlimited power without killing off some of our favorite characters -- at least not in the present...When Hiro and Ando went to the future, future Hiro was killed. But present-day Hiro was fine, and will now diverge from his original path, and never become the dead future-Hiro. This means that at any point in the future, Sylar could kill someone, and then return to the present and change things so that alternate future never occurs. Then both Sylar and his "victim" will have the same power, and be alive at the same time.In order for Sylar to reach the future, another future-Hiro must travel back, and either return to the future with Sylar, or become another of Sylar's victims. A time-travelling Sylar would be truly unstoppable, because h
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, Theory
Limited Or No Connectivity -- Comcast Digital Voice Was Installed, and Our Internet Access Became Handicapped
2007-10-08 14:17:00
Cable guy was scheduled to arrive last week. Never showed. We rescheduled. He shows up, does his work (which includes eliminating cable, internet, and phone access for two full hours, something that was not previously mentioned). He leaves. We have multiple IPs in the house. Computer number one (XP) is fine. Computer number two (also XP) is no longer able to access the internet. "Limited or no connectivity" appears near the clock on the lower right hand side of the desktop.Attempts at a fix:Observe the current hookup: cable line into cable modem, ethernet line into hub, and then one ethernet line from the hub to each computerOn computer #2 (no net) go to control panel, network connections, right click on "Local Area Connection," click "Repair." After a rather long wait, this pops up: "The following steps of the repair operation failed: Renewing the IP address. Please contact your network administrator or ISP."Setup new network on both computers. Restart. "Limited or no connectivity" on
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, Comcast
, Digital
, Voice
, Internet
, Access
, Internet Access
Family Guy's Joe Could Walk, But He Walked The Line Between Nice Guy and Jerk, and Then Crossed It
2007-10-07 22:16:00
I watched the new Family
Guy a few hours ago, and enjoyed it. The commercials for it had all been playing up Joe's newfound ability to walk. If you've never watched the show before, Joe is a police officer who fell off a roof and lost the use of the lower half of his body. Tonight's episode saw him getting a full transplant -- a new set of legs. Joe is ultra-macho, and his upper body is incredibly developed. Even without the use of his legs, he was still the best cop in town. When I saw the ad showing him walking again, I thought, "He'll be... unstoppable!"He did become unstoppable, and far more active, to the point where he ditched his old friends because they were too lazy. Mayhem ensued in order to recreate the status quo, and suffice it to say things got back to normal (by any means necessary).The moral of the story is: When you live in a cartoon, you shouldn't live to please others. Joe wanted his wife to be happy (she had been subtly expressing disappointment at the current
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What Would You Do With Ten Million Dollars?
2007-10-05 16:16:00
If you won ten million dollars, how would it impact your life? Would you sock it all away in a mattress, saving it for a rainy day? Would you put it into a simple bank account? Or maybe go into stocks or currency trading? Would you give it to people you met on the street? Or start a charity? Or get a discount on a trip into space?Maybe you could take your funds to a bank and change them into loads of 100-dollar bills. Then buy a swimming pool and fill it with the cash. You might want to get used, softened bills. You wouldn't want to end up with a deadly case of paper cuts after taking a dip in your money pool! If you chose to go Scrooge McDuck with coins in your pool instead, maybe cleaning them first would be a good idea. I'll be most of those Sacagawea's are pretty clean, since they haven't seemed to have been changing hands that often. But it seems like a hard thing to pull off to dive into a pile of metal and sink beneath ground level! Maybe Mr. McDuck had a secret technique...
Brain Damage Cures Cigarette Smokers
2007-10-18 16:14:00
This article describes a medical study which revealed that the insula (a part of the brain) has a tremendous amount of influence over a smoker's urge to continue smoking. Many individuals with insula damage have quickly and easily stopped smoking as if they had simply forgotten the habit.I remember hearing an actor who I believe used to be addicted to cocaine tell an audience how he was able to rid himself of addiction. He said something along the lines of his being able to disconnect the action from a feeling of pleasure.Doctor Antonio Damasio had ideas on the insula being a place dedicated to feelings and emotion before studies were done confirming his theories. He was not involved in the study mentioned in the article, but he did say that, "It's really intriguing to think that disrupting this region breaks the pleasure feelings associated with smoking. It is immediate. It's not that they smoke less. They don't smoke, period."This new finding is in such early stages of being
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, Damage
, Cures
, Cigarette
, Smokers
, Brain Damage
Universal Health Care May Not Be So Grand
2007-10-17 16:25:00
I've always thought that going to the doctor for free would be great. From what little I knew about Canada's health care system, I figured, "If only we had what they have!" I may have been sorely mistaken.I got an email today forwarded from a Canadian resident who can easily name a few of the many flaws with Canadian universal health care. Hopefully we can avoid the same. Enjoy:-----------------------------------------------------------"Subject: Canada's Health
care system from a Canadian's point of view. Hey Guys. I seen on the news up here in Canada where Hillary Clinton introduced her new health care plan. Something similar to what we have in Canada. I also heard that Michael Moore was raving about the health care up here in Canada in his latest movie. As your friend and someone who lives with the Canada health care plan, I thought I would give you some facts about this great medical plan that we have.First of all:1) The health care plan in Canada is not free. We pay a p
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, Grand
, Universal Health Care
Time Traveller JourneyMan And His Wife Just Don't "Get It"
2007-10-16 15:30:00
"Journeyman" is a neat show with a lot of potential. Generally, I like it. I've heard rumors of its cancellation, but maybe it can hold out for a while. However, there are some serious flaws with the logic of a couple of important characters. Specifically, the Journeyman and his wife.Last night there was a preview for next week's episode. In it, Journeyman is whisked away by unknown forces to another time, leaving his young son outside, alone, and in the middle of an area crowded with strangers.How absurd is that? The show has already established that the Journeyman (JM) has no control whatsoever over when he leaves. He and his wife should know that by now. I had trouble understanding it a few episodes ago when JM and wife tried to board a plane after JM had already vanished from a previous flight, subsequently causing some airport commotion.Are you kidding me?? If JM vanished from a flight and forced his wife into custody for a few hours once, you'd think he'd be smart en
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Don't Get Hit By A Truck!
2007-10-15 16:08:00
A few years ago, I was crossing the street, and there was a big pickup truck stopped at the intersection. It was on my right, ahead of me, in the far right lane. The traffic light was red. | |=(Truck
) | | ^(me) (Here, I want to go "up," through the crosswalk, past the truck.)I had pressed the button to get a "pass" to cross the street. The little white light of a man walking lit up. I started to cross. As I neared the other side, I began to pass in front of the truck. About 3 quarters of the way past it, I suddenly noticed it begin to move forward. It wasn't inching forward. It was as if the driver saw a green light and hit the gas, oblivious to any roadway obstructions (like humans).I jumped up to the curb, and the truck went on its merry way.It didn't occur to me until later that maybe the driver was focused on things behind him, as opposed to what was in front of him.All I could think of at the time was, "Of course he must have seen me. Maybe there was some incredi
Digg Kills Another Cool Web Site
2007-10-14 15:33:00
Yesterday I went to Digg
.com.I saw one of the links I wanted to check out: "Windows Xp easter eggs!........must see." Cool! I love easter eggs!I clicked on it -- "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage"Hmm, Digg must have sent more traffic than that site could handle.Let's check the good 'ol Internet Archive.And what's that link? http://www.bizzntech.com/?p=125Ok, "Take Me Back.""Sorry, no matches."Ok, it's no problem, I'll just check back tomorrow.--Next Day--Do dee doo dee doo...Let's go to Digg...Hmm, where's that cool story...It was on Page 1 before, now its...ok...page 5.It should be ready now. I'll bet the strain has lessened, and -- look, it's even got more diggs! It must be available.--CLICK--"404 Page Doesn't Exist!" (Yes, there really was an exclamation point)Aww God!Hey, an informative link...Your 110MB domain is suddenly showing this page?--CLICK--This is what it says:"I get taken to 404 page when I go to my domain. Why? SolutionOk. Your site was work
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, Web Site
The New Flying Kid On Heroes Is Lame
2007-10-22 17:38:00
I can't believe Claire finally hooked up with him. He's a geeky stalker, first of all, and he made no attempt to understand Claire's point of view. He just kept pestering her and pestering her to "admit who you really are!" What an idiot. If he had any sort of clue, he'd have already figured out that being "honest" when it comes to super powers is a bad idea. Especially after he'd already been bagged and tagged! Jeeze!Claire was totally right to be private, as her father's instructions didn't arise out of fear of not being socially accepted, but out of fear of being kidnapped and tortured for the rest of your life. Claire's dad knows what's what, but this guy who can fly is clueless. That trait is especially revealed in the scene at school when he referred to Claire as a "lizard girl" in front of the whole class. I can't stress enough how bizarre it seems to me that she would actually come to accept him. Even after things calmed down between them, and there seemed t
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Cartoon Network's Adult Swim Can Get A Little "Out There"
2007-10-21 15:40:00
I was channel surfing last night and came across some programming on Cartoon
Network within a block they call "Adult
Swim." I've watched a few of those shows off and on for years, but some are just way too bizarre. But they can also be fun if you're in that kind of mood.One of the shows last night was called, "Perfect Hair Forever." I'm not sure what it's about, but from what I can gather it's a spoof of all kinds of Anime with no solid plot. The gags, though, seemed to make up for that. I think it's the kind of show where if you're really tired and out of it, it might entertain. The colors of one of the characters' hair kept changing and looked pretty psychedelic.I became interested when the main character, an apparently balding teen with a comb over, was meditating and then decided to begin a quest to achieve the 9th level of power. I thought, "Cool!" Then he got sidetracked by a bear, and I lost interest. Oh well. But now I know something. If I'm ever in the mood
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What's Your Favorite Ice Cream Flavor?
2007-10-20 17:36:00
Mmm, mmm! Ice cream is great! It's a wonder that when it first came about, ice cream was considered a delicacy for the wealthy few. Now we've all got access to it, thanks to our technology and friendly characters like The Ice Cream
Man.I enjoy most flavors, but these ones especially:chocolate with broken peanut butter cups, Twix,mint chocolate chip,peanut butter,and chocolate chip cookie dough!!If there were an ice cream made purely out of cookie dough, without the vanilla buffer, I think that might become my new favorite! :)What kinds do you like?
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, Flavor
Missy Peregrym of "Heroes," "Reaper," And Some Lifetime Movie
2007-10-19 17:41:00
Last season on "Heroes," Missy
Peregrym played the shape shifter. After kidnapping Micah, she revealed through her eating habits that her character was somewhat overweight. This season, she was replaced and then killed by Sylar, all in one episode. When she died, she reverted to her true form, which had always been hinted at as being less thin than she usually seemed. This turned out to be the case.Why isn't she on "Heroes" anymore? Because now she's on "Reaper!" She plays the title character's potential love interest, and hopefully future partner in crime. Awesome.Today I noticed a movie on Lifetime
which starred her as the main character in some mystery involving an elusive serum. I thought, "Wow, she's everywhere." But, really it's probably just the networks wising up to what's in demand. "Hayden Panettiere is famous now, so let's air her cheerleader movie. Sarah Silverman has her own show, so lets rerun that episode of 'Star Trek: Voyager' she was in." It's ne
Fighting Racism vs. Preserving Free Speech
2007-10-26 16:03:00
Is it right to fire a racist employee? Society seems to say yes, it is right. Don Imus got canned for racist remarks, and Nobel laureate James Watson, who helped discover the design of a molecule of DNA, was also forcibly retired for the same reason. Sure, Watson is 79, and even he said his retirement was overdue, but it makes me wonder if in a truly free America, firing someone for racist remarks should be allowed.Say Imus and Watson didn't get fired. In our current situation, their coworkers would tell them, "You can't say stuff like that. It's offensive and ignorant, and just spreads the wrong ideas." Which is true. But should free speech be used as a tool to preserve racist ideas? Bad ideas should be put to rest. But we should all have the right to speak our minds. Bad ideas shouldn't be allowed to infect the next generation and spread. But is the limiting of a bad idea wrongful censorship? Who decides whether an idea is bad or good?I've heard the argument put fort
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, Racism
, Speech
I Like Smallville's New Directorial Style
2007-10-25 16:05:00
When "Smallville
" first came out, I couldn't get enough. Then I got busy, and couldn't find time to watch it. When I caught a few recent episodes last year, they seemed corny. Kind of like those Batman movies in between "Batman Returns" and "Batman Begins." I thought, "I guess 'Smallville' just can't compete with 'Heroes.'" But now it's back!Somehow, for some reason, the direction on the show seems different. Before, they'd use dialogue to push the story forward. Now they use silence, with stunning visuals. It's awesome. The show is now saying even more, and in an eloquent way, than it ever did when it was overly wordy. I like it a lot.One of the recent "new" types of scenes that stuck out for me was Lana's reunion with Clark. They didn't say a word to each other. They just looked at one another and embraced. It was great.I hope they stick with this new style for a long time.
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Caveman Show Explains Why Tap Water Tastes Bad
2007-10-24 17:20:00
Last night on ABC's "Cavemen," one of the three main cavemen got a job as a substitute teacher. Dissatisfied with the fascist textbooks, he decided to explain to his class as to how things really work. One of the many topics he covered detailed why tap water tastes bad.Why does tap water taste bad? So you'll buy "clean," "pure" bottled water, shipped and trucked all the way from some magical, far-off mountain. Who benefits from all that trucking? Big Oil. BAM! Simple.Tap water tastes bad so Big Oil can make some extra coin. Use this knowledge at your own risk.
JourneyMan Theory: Professor Tachyon Is A Time Traveller Being Manipulated By The Government
2007-10-23 18:32:00
Last night on JourneyMan, JM spoke with a professor or educated man on the subject of tachyons, particles that can travel faster than the speed of light, and therefore theoretically go back in time. JM lied that he was working on a book in which the hero had the same problem he does. The guy travels through time haphazardly.The Tachyon guy said, With such a tremendous power, it's a wonder no one is taking advantage of him. He acted oddly mysterious. JM hinted at the fact that while he was in the past at one point, he received a phone call from the Tachyon guy, apparently in the present, but possibly in the past instead.My theory is that while JM was hinting that his "book's" hero was him, the Tachyon guy was hinting that what might happen to the hero (i.e., being manipulated by a higher power) is already happening to him. He had mentioned that God might be controlling the "leaps." Maybe he's right, and he time travels to do good works, but unfortunately the government or some
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, Traveller
, Government
The Most Hard Core Trick-or-Treaters Ever!
2007-10-31 16:54:00
Happy Halloween! Today the thought occurred to me that there are probably some kids out there who take Trick
or Treating a little more seriously than most. I wondered what it would be like to have a family member with a car willing to drive a kid around. Or what if future kids use Segways to travel from house to house, maximizing the few hours they are allowed out? I remembered an old "Pete and Pete" episode where the kids mapped out a devious plan to have the biggest bags of candy at the end of the night. I thought, "If someone wanted to do that FOR REAL, how would they do it?" Here's what I came up with:Say the Trick-or-Treating is locally limited to between 6 and 8 p.m. That's 2 hours. The Extreme Family has three kids, two of which are past Trick-or-Treating age. That leaves little Billy Extreme to Trick-or-Treat with friends, or on his own. And since Billy is going for the record, he decides to meet up with his friends later.Billy Extreme has the benefit of two older s
Don't Get Hit By A Truck! Part Two...
2007-10-30 17:00:00
For those of you who haven't read my previous Don't Get Hit By A Truck
post, suffice it to say that I am not a fan of giving just anybody the keys to a machine that could easily kill someone. That being said, allow me to begin Part Two
.Yesterday, two days before Halloween, I accidentally broke a mirror. No big deal, since I'm not really superstitious in that respect. Seven years' bad luck? Um, no thanks. I like to focus on how superstition can help, and pretend that if I don't believe in it, it has no power. So I'm good for the next 7 years. I'm just great.Or so I thought...Today, ONE day before Halloween, at rush hour, I went out to the street to get the mail. I live in a quiet area of a suburb that doesn't usually see too much traffic. And even when we do, the traffic isn't too severe. But today there was an anomaly.As I stood a couple of feet away from the curb, retrieving the mail, I heard a powerful vehicle turn the corner nearby. I could see peripherally that
Chuck, Yes! Heroes, Yes! JourneyMan, Aww...
2007-10-29 17:24:00
:) :) :(I was reading the information on tonight's NBC 3-hour lineup, and "Chuck
" and "Heroes" both sounded pretty good. But then "JourneyMan"'s info comes along, and says, "Everything's all messed up for our hero, and his life is falling apart! Stay tuned..." It just seems like a huge downer.When I read a book, or watch a movie, I enjoy a nice, uplifting ending. That's just the way I am. Some people think it's fancier or more artistic to have a tragic ending, but I don't really enjoy walking away from something with a bad feeling. I like things to end on a good note. That's exactly why I was mildly disturbed by the way the three NBC shows were organized. It's like, "Are they trying to make me stop watching 'JourneyMan'?"I'll be watching "Chuck" tonight, and thinking, "Awesome! I love this show." It really is great. Follow that up with the amazing "Heroes," which thankfully is still going strong... And then "JourneyMan," with a cool concept, but full of major bum
The Greatest Simpsons Halloween Special
2007-10-28 17:21:00
Which one is the greatest? I'd say the one that takes itself the most seriously. And for me, that's Treehouse of Horror VI (1995). The three segments featured were entitled, "Attack of the 50 Feet Eyesores," "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace," and "Homer 3D."I think most of the other Halloween
episodes poke fun at themselves. I always look forward to watching a "scary" Simpsons
, just because all bets are off. And the other night, to my delight and surprise, the 6th special was on. I only caught the last two portions, but they seemed to be more hard core than usual. I think it's because they so explicitly rewrote the laws of what you're going to see on a Simpsons, and even on a Halloween Simpsons.The dream sequence where Bart and Lisa nearly die was, I think, scarier than the times when characters really do die, because it kept you wondering, "Are they gonna make it? Are they going to be all right??" And then, BAM! They're back at home, awake, and safe.Some of the scariest
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, Greatest
Chester Cheetah vs. Joe Camel
2007-10-27 19:01:00
Hey kids, addiction is cool!I've only just realized that's the message that has been put out there for years by ad executives, and not just the ones advertising cigarettes. A lot of product mascots, it would seem, have severe problems in their lives, in that they are addicted to one thing or another. And their conditions are glorified. Even Sonny the Cuckoo Bird is an addict, frequently going "cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs." But there are two that stand out for me, even more so than poor Sunny, because these guys are especially cool: Chester
Cheetah
and Joe Camel
.Both have similarly-shaped heads. Both wear dark sunglasses. And both have that certain something that makes people like them. In "Family Guy," Chester Cheetah was depicted as snorting a line of ground-up Cheetos. Joe Camel smoked cigarettes. Who's worse?Now that Joe's dead of cancer, he doesn't seem so cool. But a few years ago, he was everywhere. I like Chester, and am glad he survived. I can look past his addicti
Great Actors Repeat Themselves -- A Lot!
2007-11-04 21:35:00
I've been thinking about this lately, and before I delve into the specific instances, I'd like to address the issue in general. I think what may happen is that one actor says a pre-written line, and then the other guy improvises a response. Then the first actor repeats his line or question, and the other guy comes up with a new, different response. And this goes on and on, over and over, until the director says cut, and chooses ONE segment including ONE back-and-forth. On occasion, however, the director will just throw the entire sequence of Line : Response 1, Same Line : Response 2, .... Exact Same Line: Response 57 into the film.Ok, so if that theory is correct, then there can be no fault found with actors who like to repeat themselves. But if that isn't the reason, then I don't know what the problem is. Why Repeat
ing Yourself Is BadDerren Brown, the English performer, was shown on a subway using a similar technique of "I'll ask you the same question over and over." It tu
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The New "Food Guru" Commercial Template
2007-11-03 17:56:00
I've recently noticed a new trend within food commercials. Trivial? Yes. Worth investigating? Absolutely.Maybe you've noticed it too. I call it the "Food Guru Ad Series." In each commercial, one guy tells another, younger guy about the wonders of a particular food item. This type of ad has recently become pretty popular. And it all started with Snickers.The Snickers SongTimeline: First Food Guru ad. Therefore, most creative.Plot: A black man is sitting in an office eating a Snickers bar. A white, older male in a suit approaches with a guitar. "Can I help you enjoy that Snickers?" Then he sings, "Happy peanuts soar, over chocolate-covered mountain tops and waterfalls of caramel. Prancing nougat in the meadow sings a song of satisfaction to the world." Then the guy eating the candy bar looks at it in amazement and exclaims in a whisper, "The world!" The older gentleman pats him on the shoulder and says, "That's right."Other template used: Previous Snickers commercial
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How Fast Is Your PC? REVISITED
2007-11-02 17:44:00
About 3 weeks ago, I made a post about the apparent lag in developing new, faster CPU's. Along with the post, I started an ongoing poll to see how other people are faring when it comes to computer processing speed.I myself am just about at 2.0 GHz. According to the poll, someone's above 3, someone else is running at or above 4 GHz, and a couple of people have those new SuperTech chips that are 10 GHz, at the slowest. I gotta get me one of those!But seriously, the poll has yielded some valuable information. The other day I went on Wikipedia to search for the latest and greatest CPU speeds. I wasn't able to find a simple page that ranked all the CPUs ever created by speed. I figured there'd be something like that, but I guess not. Maybe I missed it? What I did find, though, were a couple of pages with the stats on Intel and AMD processors. I feel like there was actually more information on 4+ GHz chips a few weeks ago when I first did the search. This time around, my inques
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