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#284416
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Revenge of the sith is the shite and the flies upon it
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Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
Originally posted by: Marvolo
Co, don't take this the wrong way, but do you have a sequel phobia?

I'm patiently awaiting "Charlotte's Web 2: Revenge of the Spiders." More action, more FX, and a plot twist that will rival The Sixth Sense: Fern is actually Templeton's daughter.


Actually, I did see a sequel to Charlotte's Web on Cartoon Network recently. It starred Wilbur and Charlotte's daughters. Bleh. It was all modernized and bore little resemblance to the cartoon movie upon which it was based.


This sounds like something Disney would concoct. Like Cinderella 2: "And they lived happily ever after ... until the next morning ..."
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#284277
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Colony Collapse - Why are the bees dying and what is the impact?
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Originally posted by: ferris209

It WILL happen unfortunately. Electromagnetic Pulse Bombs are already a fact and, if set off, could render all electronics useless, very scary thought. Imagine being at work when suddenly you hear an explosion and then everything goes out, no lights, no computer, no phones, no modern cars, no nothing. It would make getting home a whole new adventure and you'd be trying to the get there wondering the whole time if your family is okay, because they couldn't tell you except by letter. Very scary to me.


Consider that most systems in every modern car are also run by computer chip now. Not simple mechanics and chemical processes like cars from the 70s and earlier. An EMP would likely take away your ability to drive home. For those with long commutes in sprawling suburban areas, we may be talking a couple-day hike just to get home.

Edit: Here's a fresh article on CCD.
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#284046
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Colony Collapse - Why are the bees dying and what is the impact?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284046/action/topic#284046
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If it were the cellphones (I'm not saying it is, I'm too new to the issue, as are most people, but it is one viable theory) would we be willing to part with them? After all, not many people had them ten years ago and we were just fine. What would the ripple effect be through the economy? The concrete loss of the entire wireless industry would be one major blow that would undoubtedly lead to a recession, but also cell phones have allowed business to operate at a faster pace. Would this have an effect on general productivity? My guess is that the economic effect would be massive. But would we be willing to take the hit given the choice between the food chain and wireless communication? What would we deem as more important? Survival of the food chain or economic pressure?

Makes me want to rent Soylent Green.
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#283958
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Colony Collapse - Why are the bees dying and what is the impact?
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This problem, largely scientific, deserves its own thread. For the uninitiated, the honeybee population is suddenly and precipitously dropping off in North America, Europe and the UK and there is a major concern for the effect this will have on the food supply. The cause is currently unknown, but it's hypothesized to be something environmental, chemical, or possibly even technological. It could be mites, it could be a virus, it could be the genetically altered crops, it could be pesticides ... There is even a German study suggesting widespread cellphone usage may be screwing up bees' internal navigation systems.

Herald Tribunehas a good introductory article.
Google's roundup on news coverage
An Article in Science Daily yesterday talks briefly about a viral possibility.
An article at ZDNet about the Cell phone study.

Food for thought. Thought for food.
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#282888
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Info: Your work is being sold
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/282888/action/topic#282888
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If anybody at Lucasfilm is reading this board, please understand the main difference between the Fans-for-Fans editors/preservationists vs. the opportunist dickholes who capitalize on the hard work of those who intended for the work to be free.

Go after assholes like this first. We're the ones purchasing your products (over and over). Those are the pirates.

As for the rest of us, put a world of hurtin' on anybody caught profiting off these projects. The profits belong to the copyright holders, official distributors and nobody else. Whatever we do is intended for small scale and for those who have actually bought the titles off the shelf.
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#282885
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Virginia Tech shooting
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Students who were in Norris noted the speed and skill with which he reloaded. He wasn't a newcomer to handguns, that is for certain. It will be interesting to see who sold them to him. After all, he was a resident alien, NOT a citizen, despite having lived here since he was a child. So he did NOT have a right to bear these arms. The serial numbers were filed of but I hope like hell ATF can identify its lineage. I'm optimistic they will.

On a totally irrelevant bit of "character development," his parents owned a dry cleaning store in Fairfax County. How is that for reinforcing a stereotype?