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Kepler Discovers a Planet with Two Suns
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Kepler Discovers a Planet with Two Suns
by Lance » Fri Sep 16, 2011 1:31 am
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Build a man a fire and he will be warm for a few hours.
Set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
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Build a man a fire and he will be warm for a few hours.
Set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
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by KLA2 » Fri Sep 16, 2011 1:39 am
Heh. BT said that was impossible? Do not remember.
Sure must be an interesting cosmic dance.
Sure must be an interesting cosmic dance.
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by Lance » Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:03 am
Yeah, pretty much.
No trees were killed in the posting of this message.
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Build a man a fire and he will be warm for a few hours.
Set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
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Build a man a fire and he will be warm for a few hours.
Set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
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by tubeswell » Sun Sep 18, 2011 7:55 pm
Good ole Kepler
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.
If you are seeing an apparent paradox, that means you are missing something.
If you are seeing an apparent paradox, that means you are missing something.
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by Enzo » Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:26 am
Oh foo, senior moment...
WHat was that book/movie about the planet with multiple suns and every once in a forever the orbits all worked out so darkness finally fell over the planet that otherwise always had at least one sun up. And all the inhabitants were freaking.
WHat was that book/movie about the planet with multiple suns and every once in a forever the orbits all worked out so darkness finally fell over the planet that otherwise always had at least one sun up. And all the inhabitants were freaking.
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by tubeswell » Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:36 am
Nup. Nuthin'. Total blank. Sorry.
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.
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by KLA2 » Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:39 am
Pitch Black
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_Black_(film)
Kind of liked it. I like hokey movies. :wink:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_Black_(film)
Kind of liked it. I like hokey movies. :wink:
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by tubeswell » Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:40 am
KLA2 wrote:Pitch Black
Dang! That's what I meant to say!
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.
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by tubeswell » Tue Sep 20, 2011 5:39 am
Aliens usually play the freaks in the movies
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.
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by KLA2 » Tue Sep 20, 2011 9:28 pm
tubeswell wrote:Nup. Nuthin'. Total blank. Sorry.
You were so close.
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by Enzo » Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:15 am
OK, I looked up Pitch Black, 2000 movie with Vin Diesel.
Not what I was thinking. But I did find it.
Nightfall, written by Isaac Asimov
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightfall_ ... _and_novel)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095738/
Not what I was thinking. But I did find it.
Nightfall, written by Isaac Asimov
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightfall_ ... _and_novel)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095738/
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by KLA2 » Wed Sep 21, 2011 2:39 am
Hey, I read a book once. Not all pictures, either.
Right, Enzo. Asimov = great. Do not recall reading that one, or seeing the movie. I suspect the writers of "Pitch Black" did, however. :wink:
Right, Enzo. Asimov = great. Do not recall reading that one, or seeing the movie. I suspect the writers of "Pitch Black" did, however. :wink:
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by tubeswell » Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:56 am
Asimov, didn't he write another book that got made into a movie? Not Men In Black or the Men In Black are Back, but something with Will Smith in it?
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by Arneb » Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:50 am
I, Robot.
Although the difference in quality between the book and the film was rather painful. Also, the plots of the two were only distantly related.
Although the difference in quality between the book and the film was rather painful. Also, the plots of the two were only distantly related.
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by tubeswell » Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:41 am
So often the way with movie adaptations of books. I wonder if there's ever been a good movie adaptation of a book?
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by Arneb » Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:15 pm
I'd wager The Tin Drum (still only half the book), Romeo and Juliet in the film with Leonardo Di Caprio; Das Boot (inadequate, maybe; but gooood); Berlin Alexanderplatz, by Fassbinder; and knowing that this will create fierce opposition, I did like the recent LOTR adaptation.
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by tubeswell » Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:58 pm
Yes but somehow those movies don't quite capture the essence of a story that was intended to be book-read-only.
However I do like movies that were the stories were created from scratch, especially if they're original stories like The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus, where the director, producer, and actors themselves, became a part of writing the story as it went, and overcoming the hurdles, like when Heith Ledger died and Terry Gilliam had to figure out how to finish the movie (and the story) without him. That was a captivating movie.
However I do like movies that were the stories were created from scratch, especially if they're original stories like The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus, where the director, producer, and actors themselves, became a part of writing the story as it went, and overcoming the hurdles, like when Heith Ledger died and Terry Gilliam had to figure out how to finish the movie (and the story) without him. That was a captivating movie.
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