[Robert McNay]

There are also Web-based backup sites like Carbonite and Mozy which back up your computer on their servers, and then update those backups unobtrusively in the background whenever you're connected to the Internet.

I'm considering using one of these when I get the funds to.

Augh, "cloud" computing. In the words of Opus, Thrrrrrrrrrpt-thrrpt-thrrrrpt!

As far as I'm concerned, the clouds are still too etherial and flimsy to trust with my data. Almost every week you hear about "cloud" services going down (Blackberry x2, Gmail, T-Mobile's Sidekick service x3, etc, etc, etc….). Not too mention, if they can hack the Pentagon or Citibank, what makes you think they can't do the same to an online storage?

[Robert McNay]

Did somebody mention Sarah Jessica Parker? 😀

Last week, a morning drive time DJ here in Chicago asked the following:

"Is it my imagination, or the older Sarah Jessica Parker gets, the more she looks like Keith Richards?"

[Robert McNay]

(I'm loving the fabulous spam filter on the new email server.)

Yes, spam filters are our friend and a very, very good thing.

Signed,
A Technical Support Person

[Robert McNay]

She does looks like she's actually in good condition, athletic, not as muscular as the original photos. Which is very cool.

Its just that acresses keep themselves sooooo thin anymore, they get what I call "faux muscles". They have so little fat on their bodies that whatever muscle they have, no matter how little it is, stands out inordinately large and prominent giving an impression that they are much better built than they really are.

[Robert McNay]

Are those triceps real?  That's incredible!

Um, I don't think so…….

http://www.sarahbrown.net/photos.html

[Robert McNay]

[font=tahoma]‘Fall of Gotham’ fanfilm with WW lifting a tank.  That is sooooooooo ironic… the sweetest kind of irony too.  Its wonderful to know so many can dream of the same heroic feats of this marvelous character.  *Sighs*

Peace and love,[/color][/font]

[size=14pt][font=georgia][color=navy”>~Mimi[/font][/size]

That scene is actually from a large format graphic novel called "Wonder Woman: Spirit of Truth". I've got it and it's absolutely stunning. In the story, WW learns that the "superhero" bit doesn't always solve the whole problem.

[Robert McNay]

James Cameron said in an interview earlier this week that they had to cut thing to keep the PG-13 rating. Most all will be included on the DVD/Blu-Ray release.

One of the things cut is a full blown sex scene involving the lead female Nav'i and the Earthman's avatar. Supposedly they don't make little Nav'i like we make babies.

Knowing Cameron's thoroughness and eye for detail, this could be interesting.  ;D

[Robert McNay]

[font=tahoma][color=navy]I did a double feature of Sherlock Holmes and Avatar in one night, something I hadn’t done since college.  Hehehe… personally, ‘Holmes’ was what I walked away with more of an impression of.   

As a Holmesian devotee, I'm REALLY looking forward to it. CNN had an article talking to members of the official Baker Street Irregulars group. They've given it a thumbs up, finding it very entertaining with just enough canon to make it acceptible. One said he felt that Conan Doyle would have approved.

[Robert McNay]

Putting aside Cameron's obvious political leanings, there is a reason that so many stories (in film, on TV, in stories, in songs) use a variation of the 'David versus Goliath' scenario.  It appeals to the largest audience of people, most of whom see themselves in the underdog role (think about it, even powerful people often act as if the world is against them, so on some level even they relate to it).

When you have a film that is designed around lots of action and big explosions, the usual formula is to write a very basic and simple story around a very well known plot device, so as not to get in the way of the explosions and falling buildings (or ships, or monoliths).  If your ideals lean towards the right, the bad guy is a tin-pot socialist dictator and his guerilla army.  If they lean left, it's the big soulless corporate behemoth.

The trick to enjoying these movies is to understand that they really just want you to marvel at the action.  I just turn my brain off and lower my expectations and wait for the bombs to go off.  Now and then I'm pleasantly surprised by the story (The Fifth Element being a good example) but otherwise I get to enjoy it without having to roll my eyes every so often.

There's a shorter way of saying all that.

Avatar is a Saturday Matinee popcorn movie.  ;D

[Robert McNay]

  There's some merit to that, however I'd dispute that due to the fact that in the Alpha series, she wears a bodysuit which exposes her quite muscular upper body.  When she's wearing her traditional dress, she appears less muscular in the upper body, which I've always attributed to tradition, as well as the fact that those sleeves hide whatever she might be packing.

In the bodysuit, she does look muscular all over, but its more of a "figure competitor" muscularity than the other series. Here's a pic, the CAPCOM Alpha figure is in the back. Sorry its blurry but its the only picture I have until I get moved into my new house.

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