SansFin
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> {quote:title=Bilgewasser wrote:}
I believe this post is not a link to an image. It is data encoded as a url which some sites can use to reconstruct the image.
The urls which will produce an image within the post are no more than one or two lines and end with .jpg or .gif of other common image file type.
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I welcome you to the boards!
I am still myself a newbie so I can only provide a few basics I have observed:
This board is as its name says: General. You must go to one of the Genre forums to have sustained and in-depth discussions of specific movies. Hot Topics is general and more free-wheeling than this board. Favorites is as the name implies and often has threads asking for lists of favorite movies within a specific criteria. All of these can be found listed on the 'Forum Home' page.
In Favorites there are also threads for recipes and music as movie lovers often think good food and good music are critical to life.
The only technical tips I can impart are:
If you wish to quote a post you must use the 'Rich Text' tab in the reply page to find the 'quote' icon and then switch to 'Plain Text' to write your reply. You will often see html tags in posts because the poster used 'Rich Text' for composing and the post was not properly parsed by the software.
There is a column called 'Plain Text Help' to the immediate right of the reply window. This contains the simple and fast formatting for most of what most people wish in their posts such as links and images.
The only social tip I can impart is that this is a diverse group and you must accept the varying personalities and varying moods of the posters. It is a truism that you will have few problems if you avoid the topics of politics, religion, AMC and the 'uncut and commercial free' motto.
I hope you find here a home to share your passion for movies as I have.
Added: It is a great thing that your very first post was not a criticism! We have high hopes for new members who use proper spelling and punctuation and who do not come here only to complain. If I had a red carpet I would most certainly roll it out for you!
Edited by: SansFin on Apr 21, 2012 4:46 PM
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I love this "newspaper clipping":
I am posting the link and not the image because it has no relation to movies.
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> {quote:title=wouldbestar wrote:}{quote}
> There was a similar structure in the Sulphur Springs area of Tampa when I lived there back in the 90s. I was told it was meant as a futuristic residence. I don't know if it's still there as I've not been back there lately but being above ground did make it seem a good fit in a hurricane-prone area. Another one is/was part of one of our infamous "adult clubs". I didn't know they were so numerous or far-flung.
The army did an experiment with using them for immediate housing in remote areas. One truck could hold the people and equipment needed and each additional truck could hold the pilings and construction necessities for eight houses. After the crew put in the pilings and assembled the rings a helicopter would bring in the house and set it in place. The shape was thought crucial since the wind would not sway and twist it as it would a structure with flat sides.
I know they did a test wherein they erected six of them in three days on the side of a mountain. They must have found problems as I did not hear of them ever being used again.
I remember it clearly for I was disappointed that there were no UFO sightings reported during the construction.
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> {quote:title=FloydDBarber wrote:}{quote}
> When I was growing up we had a landline rotary phone, radio and tv.
Our telephone was in the entrance to the building. It sat on a cabinet so tall that I could not reach it until I was nearly twelve. I believe they could not run wires to the apartments because it would damage the walls.
The television I remember most was in the laundry room. I still smell bleach each time I begin to watch a cartoon. The antenna was secured with tape and wire to a statue outside the window. I was in my teens when we moved back and found that the people who had the apartment while we were away had run a wire for an antenna on the roof so that is when we had our first television.
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*Guilty Conscience* (1985) is a wonderful movie which was made for television. It stars Anthony Hopkins and Blythe Danner. I knew it was odd as it did not have the feel of a normal movie. It was after I watched it that I learned it was made for television.
I do not think that TCM is an appropriate venue for made-for-television movies because all of those I have seen do not have the same richness as theatrical movies. I am sure also that while there may be ones which are excellent there are many more which are low-budget melodramas. Allowing any is a slippery slope.
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> {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote}
> How wonderful, Sans! You're an asset to this board!
I thank you for your kind words. It is rare that I am considered an asset. I have been an A.S.S.. It was a position where I researched technical issues prior to hearings. The full term was: Arbitration Support Specialist.
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> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote}
> We'll all be keeping our fingers crossed that you get your citizenship soon, Sansfin. And if you ever need anyone to vouch for you....count on me.
I thank you for your kind words. It will be some time before I can be a citizen. I must be here for a full five years before I apply and then it is an one-and-one-half year process. The approval I now have allows me to stay my fifth year.
There are ways for it to be faster. They come with odd restrictions and I might not qualify at some point. The lawyers say it is better to follow the most basic and simple method even although it takes the longest. That I am technically still an employee of a foreign government does not make it easier.
I thank you for your offer to vouch for me. I do not know what you could say other than that I am a nut.
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> {quote:title=beatlesfan4 wrote:}{quote}
> I tried to post one, but it didn't work...
To post a picture in this board you must put an exclamation point ! before and after the url. There can be no spaces between the punctuation and the url.
I believe there is no option for changing size or aspect as there are on some boards.
It is also recommended that you do not use three exclamation points in a row because the software tries to interpret that as the middle exclamation point being an image.
I hope this help!
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I thank you for the kind words, lzcutter. I hope my occasional humor and recipes balances out that I can rarely contribute to deep discussions of movies.
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> {quote:title=ugaarte wrote:}{quote}
> Those are very interesting structures. Are they homes ? I would be interested in knowing more about them.
On the site: Emergent Urbanism it states:
?The area is called San Zhi. There are no named architects since the whole site was commissioned by the government and several local firms. They were trying to create a posh luxurious vacation spot for the affluent and rich streaming out of Taipei. Now this is where things get weird. The local papers say there were numerous accidents during its construction, and as news spread to the urbanites of the island state, nobody wanted to vacation there, much less visit. Locals say the area is now haunted by those who died in vain and because they are not remembered, they linger there unable to pass on.? - Transim
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I thank you for those kind words JackFavell and Scottman.
It has not been easy. My status here is as a worker. They are not happy that my primary employer is also my fiance. That is a common ruse used by mail-order brides to circumvent the law. They are not happy also that I have been going to school. That is a different classification and status.
I think I would be lost if it were not for wonderful lawyers who know well the maze of regulations.
I am looking forward to the day when I am a citizen here and there is not the threat of having to go back.
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I believe it is fair to warn all here that I have received the official decision on my status and I have been approved to stay here another year. You are not getting rid of me easily!
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We always sit one-third from the front on the left aisle. This gives us the most balanced view as we are both tall and left-handed. We do not have to crane out necks greatly. Being left-handed means we are also left-eyed and so sitting on the left provides the proper perspective.
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> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}
> A lot of people seem to be grumpy today.
I am Happy!
We now need to find the other five.
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This thread makes me very sad.
Each and every time that the TCM staff expends extra effort to present programming that is not the same-old-same-old there are people who rise up to protest and express their detestation. It has happened with noir, foreign, animated and documentary movies and perhaps many more of which I do not know.
I fear that the staff may chose to no longer showcase any genre or aspect lest a few will complain so loudly that their voices drown out those who appreciate such efforts.
The current theme is not to my taste. That does not mean my world is coming to an end or that the programmers of TCM are in league with the anti-Christ. It does mean that I can sample a few movies I might normally not watch and I have time to do other things when there are movies which do not appeal to me.
I thank the TCM programmers for their hard work on our behalf and I hope they continue to provide schedules which are unconventional!
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I wish to thank you, misswonderly, for starting this thread. It has brought back many memories. It began also a search for images of abandoned buildings. I discovered many interesting things.
I started looking for images for Pripyat, Kadykchan, Agdam and Arkalyk as those are cities which I knew.
I found also many interesting images for: Gunkanjima, Famagusta, Craco, Oradour-Sur-GLane and other ghost towns.
In San Zhi:
My search led also to things which do not relate to buildings and some of them are precious and I must thank you for starting the thing which led me to them.
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"They just don't build 'em like this anymore!"
A city is more than only buildings.
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I grew up in a city that was founded in the 13th Century. The first home I remember was mostly built in the 19th Century and parts of it were much older. I believe the main part of the garden was begun in the 17th Century. I grew up believing the world was dark wood and flaking gold leaf.
We had photographs of my great-grand-mother's homes in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Sofia, and Odessa. They were more than a hundred years old. I heard as a child many stories of our family's life during the reign of the Czars. It was a time of grand elegance and majestic buildings.
When I was in school our clubhouse was what remained of Count Vorontsov's palace which was built in 1827. We played on piers first built in the 16th Century. In all streets we saw grand homes which were damaged in wars and which were made shabby by the Soviet.
I believe it was natural for us to wish we were born in better times when those buildings were full of light and life.
It is sad to say that there are few movies which relate to the times for which I long. In the early days of making movies it was not politically correct to show old buildings of any kind at their best.
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> {quote:title=willbefree25 wrote:}{quote}I find this entire sphere to be an "us against the cable company" war and we must band together and help each other if there are to be any victories.
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> You said it, brother (sister?).
It is the latter.
"If all men were brothers would you let one marry your sister?"
> To paraphrase Pogo, we have met the enemy and he is the cable company.
"We have met the enemy and he is ours. Actually, he looks exactly like ours. ... Um ... We may have made a mistake here." - Anon
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> I did a little looking around, and they don't seem to be very common. I only found two versions of a Magnavox model in-stock on Amazon.
Wal-Mart also carries a model of Magnavox with a 320GB hard drive. It is less than $300 and they ship them free to your local Wal-Mart. I prefer this to Amazon as it is nearly impossible for us to receive UPS deliveries and they can returned to the local store if there is any problem.
> Do you still need the cable co.'s DVR in this case, or could you just opt for the (cheaper) digital receiver box?
You do not need the cable company's DVR if you have your own.
The main difference between the units is that the ones you buy do not have the program listings integrated into the recording menu. You must set a timer or turn it on and off manually.
I believe they are better than the cable company DVRs because you can set the timer to begin recording earlier than the scheduled time and end recording later than the scheduled time so that you can be assured of having an entire movie even if it does not match the schedule exactly.
> How exactly do the input/outputs work re: the TV, DVR & DVD recorder?
They are installed between the cable box and the television in exactly the same way as a VCR, DVR or DVD recorder.
Your individual set-up determines which type or types of cables that involves. It is all "cable box out to DVR in" and "DVR out to TV in".
> How do you "dump" a film from the DVR to the hard drive?
To move a program from a cable company DVR to your own DVR requires playing the program so that your DVR can capture it. I believe this would be an issue only when the unit is new and you wish to save programs which you have stored on the cable company DVR.
I hope you will not hesitate to ask more questions. I find this entire sphere to be an "us against the cable company" war and we must band together and help each other if there are to be any victories.
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> {quote:title=willbefree25 wrote:}{quote}Ew. Connery in tighty whiteys, having chosen an, ahem, 'side'?
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> Now that's creepy. Who's the other dweeb?
It is a swimsuit. He was posing during his entry into the Mr. Universe contest.
The other man is Chopper Howlett. He was a professional wrestler and an entrant in the contest.
The hats are Scottish. I believe they were used as having plaid on the swimsuit would allow people to objectively measure the contours and compare them to other entrants.
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I am deeply affected by *Silent Running* (1972) also.
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> {quote:title=slaytonf wrote:}{quote}
> Analog, I remember, was ended for broadcast over the airwaves some years ago.
The deadline for large stations to convert to digital was June 12, 2009.
The small stations must convert to digital by September 1, 2015.
http://www.fcc.gov/guides/dtv-transition-and-lptv-class-translator-stations
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> I would be very interested in knowing what the inside looked like. Rounded Walls ... No Corners ...
You can find similar aspects by searching for interior views and floor plans for geodesic dome homes. I believe the lack of corners is compensated by the extra space which is available because construction costs are so much lower that one can build a larger home.
I have often thought a pod home would be ideal as there would be no natural cut-off for carpeting so you would cover the walls and ceiling. It would be great fun to watch a hyperactive cat literally running up the walls. You might also use Velcro and imitate Fred Astaire!