SansFin
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> {quote:title=skimpole wrote:}{quote}
> Bed and Sofa (Soviet feminist film)
I will suggest that you never again rely on whatever source stated that it is a feminist film. A married woman is seduced and she is then shared by two men in a this-is-best-for-all manner.
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> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote}
> Be a shame if people a few thousand years from now take George Lucas epic stories as actual fact instead of sci-fi.
*Galaxy Quest* (1999)
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> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote}ThelmaTodd wrote:
>> That is a well known technical property of crystal, as it is a good "chip" for such data
> You are referring to the *piezoelectric effect* by which I am very familiar with in electronics and radio.
There has been a tiny bit of research into using the optical properties as quartz crystals have excellent refractive, reflective and polarizing properties and they can be altered by changing the orientation of a few atoms within the crystal structure.
I have read that the data to fill one million DVDs would fit within a two cm cube of quartz if it were possible to manipulate individual atoms. A great drawback is that the reader would be massive in that it would have to look at it from all angles at the same time and interpret the results in the same manner as a CAT scan or MRI except with many frequencies of light.
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> {quote:title=darkblue wrote:}{quote}
> Hmm. Sherry. Rum. Vodka in your apple juice.
Perhaps you will like PB&J in your vodka?
http://www.barbizmag.com/component/content/article/22-booze-news/1999-Van-Gogh-PB?J-Vodka
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I have made and like very much sushi-ish treats by using the recipe for Rice Krispie treats and wrapping it around licorice and then using fruit leather for the outer wrapper.
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> {quote:title=darkblue wrote:}{quote}
> Does he (or you) have any theories regarding those mysterious crystal skulls, SanFin?
I think they are beautiful. He thinks they required much more work than is warranted for a practical joke.
We are both much more interested in the amulets found in Quimbaya. There are no insect or fish with those characteristics. Models built by scaling them up fly well.
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I believe a reason why coffee remains popular with Americans is that there is a greater potential for associated gadgets. The grinders, percolators and filters for coffee have no great equivalent for tea and Americans love their gadgets.
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My esso writes science fiction. He has a major concern as to what are the advantages of having a device with a spherical display.
He says that nearly all other things in old tales can be explained by or replaced with technology:
The 'open sesame' to open a cave could be a voice-activated garage-door opener if the door has faux-stone paint.
Flying carpets can be replicated by building an ultra-light with the wing underneath.
A wizard's spell to destroy a city could be a forward observer calling for a cruise-missile attack.
... and so forth.
That people traditionally view things far off or speak with demons by using a crystal ball has him stumped. Crystal balls appear in the stories of many cultures over many centuries. There must be a reason that they are not using flat-screen displays.
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> {quote:title=misswonderly wrote:}{quote}
> soup was a more important hot beverage than Ovaltine, Roundtine, tea, or coffee.
It is popular in many places to drink hot beef broth. It is more soothing to tired souls than what is made from leaves or beans.
I like to add 1/4 cup of sherry to one cup of beef broth and heat them until it just bubbles.
Grog is also popular:
Two ounces of rum, a cube of sugar, three cloves, a cinnamon stick and a tablespoon of lemon juice. Mix them well and add boiling water to fill mug. Many people add a slice of lemon. I prefer a slice of key lime.
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> {quote:title=casablancalover wrote:}{quote}
> I contend there is life on other planets, they have already visited us, what they found was very disappointing to them and they're not coming back.
There is a cartoon of Frank and Ernest where they are standing in front of a UFO which has landed. Its alien is calling to someone inside: "Come look at this and try not to laugh."
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> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}
> Written by: Edgar Allan Maven...Edna St. Maven Millay...Maven Bronte...Maven Angelou.
The Maven of Avon?
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> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote}
> The Nasca lines turns out to be parade procession routes as recent archeological digs has showned.
Those conclusions are very thinly based and are not at all convincing. Their stated goal was to find a ceremonial use for the lines rather than searching for information and interpreting the findings fairly and objectively.
> People have been made so stupified by this nonsense that even if artist went out into the field and make crop circles they *still* think aliens were involved.
What has not been explained is the appearance of crop circles in places where people rarely go and where they could not be expected to be seen. One of the first civilian non-institutional uses of satellite imagery was to search for such circles in remote areas. That many were found which were not within easy walking distance of the nearest human habitation is an indication that they are far more than a hoax.
People are left with few choices: they can believe scientists who scoff at all things which can not be replicated in their labs or they can believe there are still things in the world which can not be explained. I believe that belief in aliens is a natural outgrowth of the latter and that present attitude of formal scientists are pushing people in that direction.
I know that at one time the attitude was: all things are possible unless science proves otherwise. I know that the present attitude is: nothing is possible unless science proves it true.
I believe that with science being so tainted by politics, economics and narcissism and so much junk-science being peddled as facts that people need things they can believe in and the hucksters and alien-theorists are catering to that need.
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> {quote:title=C.Bogle wrote:}{quote}
> Another one was the Nazca lines in Peru. Since they were so large, von Daniken thought they could only be made by someone who could have a view from on high, like a spaceship. I recall a program a number of years ago on PBS which demonstrated how the figures could have been done from the ground.
I find it far more interesting that they can only be viewed from the air.
Some years ago a team made a hot-air balloon using fabrics common to the era and area and designs which were represented in drawings / paintings of royalty of the era. They flew over the area and could clearly see the designs. I believe it stands to reason that hot-air ballooning would be a very upper-crust thing to do and that making designs for them to see would be a very peon-level thing to do.
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> {quote:title=Sepiatone wrote:}{quote}
> That idea was obvoiusly stolen by U.S. aircraft manufacturers for the design of the infamous "flying wing" aircraft, first propeller powered then later jet propelled.
It was more likely a case of simultaneous invention. The techniques of aircraft manufacturing had progressed to the point where it could be done. It should not be surprising that two groups independently created it.
> My understanding is that the aircraft was discontinued for a variety of reasons, but one of the foremost was that whenever one took flight, "flying saucer" reports increased.
An aircraft has three axis: pitch where the nose rises and falls, roll where one wing drops and the other rises and yaw where the nose goes left and right. An inherent instability in any one can often be corrected by altering the control surfaces. Inherent instabilities in any two is often fatal to the design. The flying wings were the first aircraft ever built which were not stable in all three.
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This indeed a wonderful week!
It is sad to say that I am not greatly excited about the tribute to Doris Day. I love her work so very much that I have her movies on DVDs and I have already watched most of what is scheduled because I could not wait for the date of airing.
*Jewel Robbery* (1932) is indeed a wonderful classic movie! I feel sorry for people who have not seen it.
I am wondering if *The Enchanted Pot* (1962) at 5:45 AM is a follow-up of that movie.
I have long wished that *The Ex-Mrs. Bradford* (1936) had also had a series of movies about the characters ala' the Thin Man series. It is great good fun.
I have not seen *The Happy Thieves* (1962). The stars, director and description indicate to me that it might be a very good movie.
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It is very difficult to chose five only for each decade until the 1970s.
I have listed them by year because it would be very hard and not at all accurate to attempt listing them by preference.
Aelita, Queen of Mars (1924)
Jewish Luck (1925)
A Page of Madness (1926)
Bed and Sofa (1927)
Troe (1928)
Jewel Robbery (1932)
Jolly Fellows (1934)
Death Takes a Holiday (1934)
Cosmic Voyage (1936)
If I Were King (1938)
Rebecca (1940)
Spring Song (1941)
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
Laura (1944)
Twins (1945)
Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)
Sabrina (1954)
Road to the Stars (1957)
Love In The Afternoon (1957)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Yojimbo (1961)
Toward Meeting a Dream (1963)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
Kuroneko (1968)
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
Dodes 'Ka-Den (1970)
Avanti! (1972)
Solaris (1972)
Stalker (1979)
All That Jazz (1979)
Hopscotch (1980)
Ran (1985)
Castle in the Sky (1986)
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
The Black Monk (1988)
Nikita (1990)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1990)
Only Yesterday (1991)
The Pillow Book (1996)
Tsirk sgorel, i klouny razbezhalis (1998)
Chocolat (2000)
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
CSA (2005)
Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
Wall-E (2008)
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This is a very interesting clip of a Czech movie:
This an entire silent science fiction movie. I believe it is one of the best ever made:
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I have not found any article which states the cost of this acquisition.
I have been wondering how much it would cost to buy a movie library.
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> {quote:title=Sepiatone wrote:}{quote}
> It would take a considerable amount of time and utilize a mass amount of movies, but I'd like to have TCM do a series of some sort, perhaps on subsequent weekends, about the history of science fiction in the movies.
I believe it could be very interesting. I am not positive that it would be popular. Capuchin did a week of apocalypse and post-apocalypse movies for a TCM Challenge entry. They were the best of their sub-genre. His entry received exactly one vote.
I would like to see a weekly time for a science fiction movie in the same manner as they have a Silent movie and an Import.
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> {quote:title=skimpole wrote:}{quote}
> Cary Grant as Verbal Kint? I'm sorry, that would just raise too many red flags.
Many of the characters he played were very self-effacing. In serious roles he could be very modest and seemingly shy. I believe he could have played it very well.
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I have really only one:
The Usual Suspects directed by Alfred Hitchcock with Cary Grant as 'Verbal' Kint, Humphrey Bogart as Dean Keaton and Bela Lugosi as Kobayashi.
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If I Were King (1938)
Raffles (1930)
Kismet (1944)
He is always the delicious bad boy.
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You know
Your onions
Lettuce suppose
This beets 'em all
Don't turnip your nose
Burma-Shave
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I hope that no one is surprised that I do not have a recipe for barbecue sauce.
I do make a wonderful honey and onion sauce that is very good with beef.
Saute onions and garlic until soft. Add beef stock and simmer until only half of it remains. Add honey, mustard, cider vinegar and salt and pepper. Simmer until thick.
RAMBLES Part II
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I wish a Happy Easter to all!