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  • in reply to: Films & TV Shows #3033
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      The Batman with ads consumed most of the evening. All the sounds of Gotham are imbued in the all pervading dark noise, thereby detracting a little from the impact of the fine score and dialogue. The purpose of the Riddler murders at the beginning seemed to get lost in other incongruities, his later revealed character turned out to be an interesting contrast. The characters and visuals/effects make this worth watching, despite the slightly amorphous plot. Recommended! πŸ™‚

      in reply to: Films & TV Shows #3022
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        Interesting, that’s in Italian – are you conversant, or like me, dependent on subscripts.
        Do recommend the first two Rush Hour flicks, superb choreography and LOL moments. πŸ™‚
        The Assignment is on FTA tonight:

        Dr. Rachel Jane is a rogue plastic surgeon with a twisted vision of a better world.

        What we need is more folks with a better vision of a twisted world. πŸ˜›
        Might ditch that for Copycat instead. πŸ™‚

        in reply to: Power to the Pluggers and Players #3011
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          [Post moved] hope that’s okay. πŸ™‚
          Very interesting thread! As noted in the last bit of the second answer to this question, a consideration is the fuse going if the MOV gets too hot for risk of fire.
          Don’t think Zero Surge do units for Australian power outlets, found this for the aerial, something with more outlets would be nice. The Surge Interceptor up here is now a H/W relic, this old post mentions the listing at Wayback, no pictures captured for some reason.
          The local Dick Smith electronics store automatically replaced old faulty ones with new, no charge, the labour required to analyse, order and replace components in the unit often exceeds the value of a new unit. The store closed around 2018, so now left with this unit, still functional with the outlets, but connections with the aerial now cause pixellation on the set, so slow burn happening somewhere. πŸ˜›

          in reply to: Random #3001
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            How much is fuel? Bound to be plenty of oil on that tropical planet, any use for spaceships?
            Remember Tobor the Great? Just in case it has slipped from memory, there’s a nice review here. πŸ™‚

            in reply to: Films & TV Shows #2995
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              Haven’t read King’s novel, did see the movie, and now, is it possible a tiny smidgeon of Christine has popped up in AI? πŸ˜›
              Classic, and a must for the list is Evil Dead II. πŸ™‚
              The atmosphere of The Disappointments Room clicked, not for the critics though. A shortish flick, Kate’s histrionics towards the end were off the charts. πŸ™‚
              An improved reception it was for Blood_Quantum, in this case not here as zombie movie has to sport at least a few cracking one-liners to beat the yuck factor.

              in reply to: Random #2980
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                That fixed it, have to say forgot all about the shader issue, originally thought this was the issue, misinterpreted it, turns out the graphics subsystem is completely unaffected.
                Wait, wasn’t it announced a couple of months back Anandtech were closing, there’s nothing about it on the About page. The forums are remaining, however. πŸ™‚
                Toast notification just out from the NAS Mgt Console, “Your disks are ready sir!” πŸ™‚

                in reply to: Films & TV Shows #2977
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                  Gotham borrows a little from Sin City, it has the same composer at least.
                  Brainsan@Wikipedia
                  Oooh, enticing poster! πŸ™‚
                  FTA had The Rhythm Section on again, consequently the memory was refreshed of the brittle plot once more. The feisty lead is worth a second look. πŸ™‚
                  Watched The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo for the first time, impressive, though being a long film got a little lost in some of the detail, so definitely on for a rewatch next time. πŸ™‚

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                    Definitely! A thread or blog, even reviving the subforum back at AfkMods would be cool. Some folks say it runs quite well on Linux – on your rig don’t think there would be much difference though. πŸ™‚
                    Meanwhile, the enquiry regarding Oblivion is still shuffling through Intel’s in-pile, if they are unable to assist, an option is to refer it back to Bethesda in the hope someone can change the DC references.
                    It’s more than likely that most of the devs have moved on, unless someone back then put all that stuff into a VM. πŸ˜›

                    in reply to: The Long Hall of Hilarity #2965
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                      If there was ever a Contradiction Clinic, is there a way to make the guy form an argument as to why he prefers contradiction to argument, other than just having him denying the preference. πŸ˜›
                      How would you describe a bunch of tear-jerking newsletters issued from a website?
                      A sob-scription. πŸ™

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                        Ah, they might have cancelled the entertainment complex at Orlando, we still have the Dopeameme Institute for Pleasure Research coming into Vegas, exclusively for those of us who are dopamine rush deprived!
                        What kind of sea creatures avail themselves for the plate? Interestingly, the links in this SO Fish Catches Man thread provide an alternative angle(r)! πŸ™‚
                        Edit: Today there was something on the radio about this arrest, had no idea it had such airing, along with a super-active Wikipedia talk page. πŸ™‚

                        in reply to: Computer Setup #2912
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                          Used to keep boxes in case of returns, the general experience is if anything ended up faulty, the box had gone, as the unit had exceeded warranty anyway. πŸ˜›
                          Two items of concern with the HP which should be followed up with their support, the first being the W11 USB recovery drive left in the slot on boot. Grey/nothing screen on boot up, if the flash is disconnected the Wolf Security logo immediately shows and the machine consequently boots up.
                          Second is the video, experienced after hibernations and wakeups perhaps a week after a cold boot, the monitor on the display port won’t show on wakeup. Connect it to the other display port it’s there, unfortunately only half the time. It stays on for about 5 seconds, flicks off for 5 seconds, back on again for 5 seconds, then off again, ad infinitum, same if re-connected to the original DP port. Haven’t seen anything like this before – changing resolutions doesn’t change, a monitor sync issue most likely. πŸ™

                          in reply to: Films & TV Shows #2911
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                            The Woods is on the list, and did see the Changeling many years ago, classic horror, and enjoyed the soundtrack especially.
                            Often wondered what it would be like if everything we receive in content is presented in a Sin City format. Especially news feeds, events of the world delivered by shadowy silhouettes in fedoras with low hoarse voices consumed by passion/hate/revenge, while brandishing nameless weapons of unknown origin and deadly accuracy. Include stills and dialogue balloons for extra effect. πŸ™‚

                            in reply to: Cooking #2909
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                              Although KitchenAid are certainly expanding their design templates to accommodate an aesthetical integration in the kitchen decor, the right choice really depends on how the kitchen and contents are intended to look in the initial design phase.
                              Personally, all that is required from a mixer is reliability, efficiency and ease of use, – and a place to store it when done. Cleaning is also important, a self-cleaning mixer anyone?
                              One thing that cannot be avoided is noise, a good mixer always makes a good racket. πŸ˜›
                              Edit: It’s for making bread? Can it whip up a pumpernickel toast – as per Denzel?

                              in reply to: Sounds and Music #2898
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                                If that guy on the sax had all the moves, they were sure busting to break out – just had to call 00111Loverboy for a primer! πŸ™‚
                                Fast Five was fun, and the soundtrack didn’t disappoint:

                                in reply to: Software: On & Off the Web #2890
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                                  In shelling the breeze, lets mention the collection of nice utilities on CodeProject, for example Intellifile is a shell replacement for explorer written in C.
                                  A little hiccup occurred after logging to the site- have you seen the error before?

                                  in reply to: Films & TV Shows #2883
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                                    Oh, Falk is terrific in Colombo, too. Pencil in the Spielberg directed premiΓ¨re classic “Murder By the Book” along with “Suitable for Framing” and “Candidate for Crime” for superb entertainment. πŸ™‚
                                    Problem was, the original b/w Village/Children of the Damned movies set the damned bar too high. πŸ˜›
                                    Contrary to the criticisms of The Last Castle and a personal innate aversion to war flicks, it was entertaining enough not to invite any attention or even awareness to its flaws. Redford, despite many directorial flops directed himself rather well here and held the dynamism between the characters to keep the interest and tension alive. Point five of a recommendation. πŸ˜›

                                    in reply to: Software: On & Off the Web #2867
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                                      Oh my Zsh looks like a really friendly interface for terminal wrox, with the added bonus of batteries included, they say. πŸ™‚
                                      Yeah, a spaceship simulator to navigate the wide open parsecs, guess that’s all in NMS – heaps of others around like Universe Sandbox for instance.
                                      Hibernation has reared its hiber-finicky visage yet again, now N++ will drop loaded files. πŸ™
                                      Oh, and this documents the origins of the Bourne Shell, fascinating.

                                      in reply to: Samsung Tablets #2861
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                                        Received some birthday scratch lottery tickets upon which there was a note saying that either their website or the Android app could scan them for you, revealing the results that way. Good idea so thought, and to save a bunch of nails promptly went about doing so.
                                        The durst scan window in the app was maximised, yet did not pick up any of the numbers or bar codes. Upon failure, it recommended a scan back at the website, tiny window, and unsurprisingly, same result. Lighting was not an issue, even post-eventide, so must be something with their OCR processing, who knows. No problems at all with the QR scanner btw.

                                        in reply to: Computer Setup #2858
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                                          Yes it was, and they included evidence of the battery having been vetted with an attached note entitled “Battery Qualification Test” revision “123”, tabulating Date, Time, Operator IDs, Model, Serial numbers, Voltage and Impedance all signed off. Quite weighty as well, so transit costs may prohibit any return if it turns out to be a dud.

                                          in reply to: Films & TV Shows #2849
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                                            Yeah, Scorsese’s yuppie nightmare cycle sounds like a fair addition to the burgeoning hamster wheel backlog over here. πŸ™‚
                                            Pretty sure that version of Firecracker showed up on FTA about a year ago, she was good in the action scenes at least.
                                            Hope they bring Lawnmower Man to FTA here, anything from a Stephen King story is worth a gander. πŸ™‚
                                            Solace is a movie that got squinched by a meagre production schedule it seems. Just a bit more time in revisions and edits, even retakes to get it over the line, as it now stands, the pregnant pauses, bum lines, unexplainable or inconsequential events keep it at C grade. Still, Anthony Hopkins tells a joke. πŸ™‚

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