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Let's not forget about the non-blockbuster version. It's out on DVD now. IMB: H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds Pendragon Pictures: H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds Amazon.com

Ah, finally some awakening. I've been saying this for years but some people don't get it.

Perfect, I love it.

Well, I saw a report a week or two ago on CBS that it's mostly the parents who are discouraging their kids from joining up and going with them to the recruitment offices. These paremts have finally realized that the military is no longer the Welfare department and Baby Sitting service it once was where one got free college education and benefits etc... The military is serious business. In this day and age, you need to give something back for a change and that is actual service. BTW: I do believe that the recruitment age has been increased to 39 for the army reserve. The military finally began to realize that they were turning away mature and valuable assets that wanted to join up but couldn't because of their age and who knew what they were actually going in for.

quote:Originally posted by Scrivener: Going in 30mins. There wasn't any midnight showings so I have to settle for 10am this morning. W00t! Can't wait to hear your report.

Hmmm, they still are not releasing and financial reports about the sales via steam. I read that in another article you posted recently as well. quote: Doug Lombardi - So far, Steam has been solely a Valve venture. However, we're extending the many opportunities Steam affords to third parties and we're happy to distribute any developer or publisher's games via Steam. Do you think you could or would use them to release your next line up of games?

quote:Originally posted by Jaguar: ARGH!!! I hit quote instead of edit!!! I hate it when that happens.. Sorry... Happens to the best of us. Off Topic..... Actually, I'm surprised I'm not running amuck around here. With a new super mouse for my computer and having three teeth pulled on saturday and I've been stoked up on codine for the past couple of days (probably why I've been so verbose). Yeah, I've been a bad boy letting my teeth go for some time now. Back on Topic..... Anyway, nice work with the legislators. I don't know what I find scarier in this issue, the fact that the election was stolen and the GOP had to pay for it in more ways than one, The GOP backing down or what the Lawyer for the democrats stated. Ah, make it all three.

Link quote: High court hands big victory to cable Court overturns ruling requiring cable companies to open up high-speed Internet lines to rivals. June 27, 2005: 1:16 PM EDT NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday overturned a prior ruling that required cable operators to open up their high-speed Internet lines to rivals. At issue in the case, FCC v. Brand X, was whether cable operators should be required under federal law to lease their cable lines to competitors, much the way local phone companies were forced years ago to open up their lines to long-distance phone companies. The justices overturned the U.S. appeals court ruling by a 6-3 vote. In a separate case Monday, the court ruled that software companies can be held liable for copyright infringement when individuals use their technology to download songs and movies illegally. The unanimous decision handed the music and movie industries a crucial victory in their battle to curb Internet piracy but it was a big blow to technology companies. (For more on that case, click here). In appealing to the Supreme Court in the Brand X case, the government and cable companies argued the U.S. appeals court had not extended the required deference to the FCC's expertise and decision-making process. Justice Clarence Thomas agreed in the majority opinion that the appeals court had erred. Justices Antonin Scalia, David Souter and Ruth Bader Ginsburg dissented. The decision is a big victory for the Federal Communications Commission and major telecommunications companies, including Charter Communications (Research), Time Warner (Research) and SBC Communications (Research). On the losing side are small Internet service providers, including Earthlink (Research), consumer rights groups, and a host of local governments. The case, which turned on the technical classification of cable modem services under federal communications law, has been described as crucial to the future of competition in the market of high-speed, or broadband, Internet service -- including how fast broadband service becomes available, what features it has, and what it costs consumers. Hmmm, makes ya wonder sometimes. They did it with the phone companies and Power Supply companies. What's so special about cable companies. That's okay, I got my verizon DSL at 3000kbits a second for only $30 a month.

You mean there is hope!!!!

That's because they want you to buy it.

Nope haven't seen it 'till now. Looks great. Thanks for the link.

Heh, I thought oh no not another remake. After watching the trailer, it does look like it's a nice little update to the original ol' black and white version. Now passing the cattle prod to scrivener.

Good article. quote: Both industries seem to have forgotten that innovation and fresh ideas are what captured audiences in the first place. Remakes and clones might put some change in your coffers in the short term, but you lose respect and credibility from your customers each time you do so. The film and gaming industries are supposed to be fonts of creativity, but lately both seem afraid to risk trying something new. It happens occasionally, but not as much as it should. Summed it all up in one paragraph. quote: Today's moviegoers, not to put too fine a point on it, are jerks. They kick seats. They constantly chatter amongst themselves, oblivious to others sitting around them. And they are seemingly incapable of pressing the 'off' button on their cell phones and pagers. Why, dear God, would you want to pay to spend time around these morons? Ain't it the truth! Also the ones that bring the little ones to the theaters. There's nothing like having a screaming kid in your ears as you try to listen to some important dialoge. quote: But executives at publishing companies need to look ahead and realize that when it comes to keeping fans happy, Hollywood's system might not be the best one to emulate. Amen. Sometimes it's much better to follow one's own path.

This one is sure to irk the heck outa Jaguar and I don't blame him. Link quote: Wash. State GOP Pays $15K to Democrats AP ^ | 06/28/05 SEATTLE - The Washington state Republican Party paid Democrats $15,000 to cover court costs in the GOP's unsuccessful challenge to the election of Gov. Christine O. Gregoire. Officials said the check was cut Friday as Chelan County Superior Court Judge E. Bridges signed a final order to dismiss the Republican challenge, affirming a ruling he issued June 6 that upheld the election results. Democrats had asked the judge to award nearly $48,000 in court costs for defending the election challenge and said they spent nearly $3.5 million in overall legal costs. But the two sides reached a settlement requiring the GOP to pay just $15,000. "It's a business decision," state GOP chairman Chris Vance said. "If we had gone to court and fought over it, our lawyers said we might win or we might lose. Everybody who's ever been sued faces that question: Do you want to take the risk or settle?" Gregoire, a Democrat, won by 129 votes in a hand recount after Republican Dino Rossi finished ahead in the initial tally and again in a machine recount. Rossi and party officials have said they will not appeal Bridges' decision upholding Gregoire's election. "It's nice to have one final document because that is likely to be the last word on election contests and the standards for governing election contests for a long time," said Kevin Hamilton, a Democratic Party lawyer. Hamilton confirmed Monday that a settlement had been negotiated on court costs and that the check had been delivered. A post by a member at the link: quote: The WA Republicans really wimped out on this one, essentially agreeding to certify a fraud - even the judge certified 1,678 illegal votes and said there was nothing to be done about it. By immediately refusing the appeal this assault on civil rights, the Republicans agreed. I have been following this story from time to time and I agree with the above poster. quote: "It's nice to have one final document because that is likely to be the last word on election contests and the standards for governing election contests for a long time," said Kevin Hamilton, a Democratic Party lawyer. That should send shivers down everyone's spine. A standard on how to steal an election.

quote:Originally posted by nomad: Comparing a BJ with a war waged on the base of bogus arguments... Ummm, so far the only two questionable arguments, by some, out of the many about the war is WMD and the Terrorist connection. Hmmmm, did you not read the link I sent. While Clinton diddled in the white house, he was also diddling in Iraq. The two are inseparable.

quote:Originally posted by Cc: Why? Your mind is already made. Not in terms of this book. But I ask myself, why the big stink. If Hillary and her crew had just let it go, I wouldn't have give the book a single thought. It would be just another book, someone was trying to sell, in the annals of history.

quote:Originally posted by Cc: In all honesty,I have no idea what 'The Truth' is. And I don't yous does either. Someone is afraid of something. Wouldn't you agree. Just by the concerted effort alone should make you ask questions. If it wasn't for this, I would have probably never have heard about this book. Thanks Hillary for giving me the heads up on it I'll be sure to read it.

That's because the Clinton's are still the darlings of the Media. I think the media is still in denial about the cigar caper. You know the democrats are going to come down hard on this issue because, in their eyes, Hillary is the their possible dream ticket back into the white house.

Personally, I don't understand the purpose of his rant. Basically, all I can see from his article is that he's a fanboy of not being a fanboy. I'm also sorry to say that most of us have busy lives and can't spend the time or money, picking, choosing and playing good games on whatever consoles they come out on. There are so many hours in a day, so many days in a week, so many weeks in a month and so many months in a year. A line has to be drawn somewhere. Anyway, yes I am a PC fanboy. I don't object to consoles and their games as much as I object the dumbing down of games for the console or taking a good PC franchise (which started out on the PC and made it's glorious money from PC gamers) and flushing it down the toilet by migrating the game to the console and then just porting it back over to the PC. Duke Nukem, Deus Ex and Pirates Of the Carribean (the game reeks of a console port besides other issues) all come to mind in this respects. That's my gripe about consoles. Of course there are exceptions to this as well. Such as, Knights of the Old Republic. The one strange odd ball in this as well is GTA. GTA started out on the PC for the first two games then after that the games came out on the Console first while PC gamers sit and wait for a upgraded version to arrive on their systems. Heh, it's actually quite funny having a person who's only played the console version of GTA 3 and onwards and seeing it on a PC for the first time. "Oh my god, you can see to the other end of the city! In fact, you can see past two streets!!" I can go on but I think everyone's gotten the point by now. Besides, it's only human nature to be doing the things he talks about. Take for instance sports. We all have our favorite team and even when they loose they are still the best. Why? Because we are fans. As for the other teams that we are not fans of, let's not go into what we call them. Also, take for example your wives, you choose that particular woman to marry because to you she's the best dang woman in the world (well we can only hope can't we). In conclusion, I think his entire piece was rather parochial.

Some highlights of things to come: Link quote: WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The volatile nucleus of comet Tempel 1 blew off a stream of dust that was captured in an image by the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists said on Monday. The dust jet could be a preview of what astronomers see on July 4, when NASA's Deep Impact space probe is set to collide with the comet, giving the first glimpse inside the heart of a comet, the scientists said in a statement. The collision on the comet could cause a similar dust plume on Tempel 1's surface. Hubble captured the images when it was 75 million miles (120 million km) away from Tempel 1. The orbiting telescope's views complement close-up pictures being captured by Deep Impact's cameras as it speeds toward the comet. The two images snapped by Hubble were taken seven hours apart on June 14. One shows a view of the comet before the outburst; the other shows the jet, which extends about 1,400 miles (2,200 km). Comets often show bursts of activity, but astronomers do not know why. It might be because Tempel 1 is moving closer to the sun and the increased heat could have opened up a crack in the comet's crusty surface, allowing trapped dust and gas to escape. Another theory is that part of the comet's crust lifted off the nucleus because of the pressure of heated gases beneath the surface, and the crust may have quickly crumbled into small dust particles, producing a fan-shaped jet. Astronomers hope the July 4 smashup will release more primordial material trapped inside the comet, which formed billions of years ago. Comets are thought to be "dirty snowballs" made up of ice and rock.

quote:Originally posted by 6case: I just checked into a hotel down the beach (Fort Walton Beach) from the attack. Only to see on the news that a second attack just took place down the coast a little farther. Looks like I will be hanging around the pool, so much for the beachside view. Yeah, I just saw the report a little while ago. Wonder if it's the same shark.

DESTIN, Florida (CNN) -- The beaches of northwest Florida will be open for swimmers Sunday, despite a deadly shark attack that killed a 14-year-old girl. quote: The girl was attacked Saturday while swimming about 200 yards off shore, authorities said, in front of a campground on the Florida Panhandle east of Destin, Florida. The girl and a friend, also 14, were swimming and using boogie boards, said Lt. Frank Owens of the Walton County Sheriff's Office. The friend saw the attack occur and saw her friend being dragged under, he said. "For a regular swimmer, she was pretty far out," Capt. Danny Glidewell of the sheriff's office said. Usually, only surfers go that far out in the water, he said. Once swimmers pass the first sandbar, or drop-off, "you will experience more sightings of sharks," he said, although the area has never before had a shark attack. The girls' names were not released. Center of the 'blood pool' Tim Dicus was surfing when he heard a scream from the water. "I was about 200 yards out, just past the second sand bar," Dicus said. "And when I heard the scream, I turned around and saw one of the girls swimming towards the beach frantically and the other one had disappeared and there was a big dark spot where she used to be in the water." "She was unconscious when I got to the blood pool," Dicus said. "So I tried to pull her from the water -- the shark had made an attack when I was trying to get her out of the water. But it gave me enough time to get her on to the board once he had to come back around to make another attack." Dicus said the shark -- about eight feet long -- continued to try to attack them on his surfboard as he made his way to the safety of shore. "He was really aggressive," Dicus said. "I've been here a long time and I've never seen a shark get that aggressive." "She was hurt really bad," Dicus said. "It looked like she was going to at least lose her leg. The damage on her left leg was really extensive, and I didn't know whether she had just gone into shock -- but she'd pretty much stopped bleeding by the time I got her on to the beach -- so I didn't know how we were going to save her." Dicus said he had warned other swimmers earlier in the day against going out too far, fearing shark attacks. Although shark sightings are not uncommon along the coast, Owens said, no one had seen a shark in the area Saturday before the attack occurred. The area was under green flags, meaning calm surf, Glidewell said. Dr. Erich Ritter, chief scientist at the International Shark Attack File in Gainesville, Florida, said he will attend the girl's autopsy Monday morning in Pensacola. Ritter, who describes himself as a shark behaviorist, said Saturday night, "Once I look at the wound, I will be able to tell what size, what species and likely motivation." He said wound analysis is his specialty. According to Ritter, it is possible the girl was attacked because she got in the shark's way as he headed toward a meal, or the shark could have mistaken splashing by the girls as activity by fish. In any case, the wounds will look different, he said. Deaths from unprovoked shark attacks are rare, according to statistics compiled by the International Shark Attack File. Seven people were killed in shark attacks worldwide in 2004, including two in the United States. California and Hawaii each recorded one shark attack death last year. There were 12 shark attacks on Florida beaches in 2004, down sharply from 30 in 2003. Experts credit the busy hurricane season in 2004 for the lower numbers. This summer is turning out to be a rough one for the young ones.

quote:Originally posted by Enigma: i have an MX510 and its been superb for me so far That ones not bad either. Pretty much the MX-518 is a souped up version of the 510. The three differences: Throughput: 16 bit/axis USB data format, and 125/sec USB report rate Expanded 16-bit data format supports blazing fast moves with pure precision Resolution: 1600-dpi native, adjustable to 400- and 800-dp Both have the task switch button which I also like for your desktop mousing. So like the one community reviewer at gamespot said, this mouse is not just a great mouse for gaming. As for the Razer Diamnondback plasma Le edition, the MX-518 still beats it hands down. Since the LE is still geared just for gaming and not for desktop applications. The MX-518 doesn't have all the fancy lights on it which makes it slighly lighter too. Anyone here use the newer laser mice that have come out? I know they are a tad expensive. Once the price comes down on the laser mice and the laser system turns out to be better than todays optical technology, I do hope they port the MX-518 over to a laser system.

I was in the market for a new mouse. My old microsft ball mouse has seen better days so time for a new one. I just happened to be at the logitech site checking out some devices and came across this: Logictech MX-518. I loved the specs so much, I just ran out and got it last night without checking any reviews (which I never fail to do before buying a product). After playing a few games with it, all I can say is this mouse rocks amd it feels like it's riding on a cusion of air. I was curious as to what others thought of this mouse and found a review at Gamespot: Logitech MX518 Gaming-Grade Optical Mouse. I agree more with the community rating of 9.5 rather than the 8.5 of the in-house-reviewer. If you are in the market for a new mouse, or just want an edge in your gaming, go for this one. Trust me you'll love it. Hmmmm, I'm sounding like a commercial aren't I.

quote:Originally posted by Scrivener: I think one critic called it "The scariest movie about a leaky ceiling EVER."Oh no, LOL.