Roger
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31 minutes ago, robcat2075 said:
I think there's a substantial segment of the adult population that doesn't want daring new things either.
That's why McDonald's hamburgers are still eaten, why "cinematic universe" are big and why the best-selling cars all look pretty much the same.
Well, there's probably some truth to that. My dad was telling me "oh there's this new sushi place in town, you think I can get seared tuna there"?
Why would you go to a sushi place and not even try the sushi? I even suggested something fairly tame to him like Philly Roll and NOPE not interested.
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2 hours ago, robcat2075 said:
It has been common practice for decades to promote movies made for children and teens with trailers that give away the story points. Sometimes even the title ("Free Willy") pretty much gives it away. Children don't like to try new things... Children like what they already know... was the thinking.
Now some of those children of decades ago are grown up and are promoting their own nominally adult movies and think it's normal to give away the plots. They have probably never in their lives been to a movie that surprised them in any big way.
I hadn't really noticed it with regard to kid/teen movies but then I haven't seen one of those (unless you count Pixar movies) since before 1990 or so?
But I definitely have been noticing it with horror movies, there was one on for a horror movie set in a nunnery and I was just thinking "after seeing this trailer, why would I bother seeing the movie now?" ESPECIALLY when those kind movies rely a lot on jump scares, and they put at least 3 big ones in the trailer.
But I guess they've been doing this for ages now, just not to the same extent. I'm thinking of how they put the "big reveal" for Soylent Green in the dang trailer, lol.
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Is it just me or is there a trend towards revealing more and more plot points via movie trailers, to the point of spoiling the movie? It just seems like most trailers I've seen recently have done that, to some degree.
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I also think I'd be more impressed with AI "art" if the people didn't all have either six fingers or lobster hands, and mangled faces.
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I will admit that I'm more than a bit concerned about AI being used in the creative realms. What's left for people to do? It's one thing to have robots that can flip burgers and stack boxes all day, but if you add creative pursuits into the mix, then that doesn't leave much (if anything) that only a human is still good at.
In fact, what about an expert based system that has access to all of case law on a given subject and does most of what a paralegal or (dare I say) first-year associate at a law firm would do? I'm assuming other fields that have a fairly rigorous, rules-based approach to their practice might also be automated.https://businesslawtoday.org/2022/02/how-ai-is-reshaping-legal-profession/
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I guess I better prepare for the update then.
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27 minutes ago, robcat2075 said:
Here is the explanation from the makers of the forum software...
Ah, but this isn't going to stop the real problem, which is reusing passwords across multiple websites. While 2 factor authentication that is email or SMS message based is not foolproof, it is a bit more secure if you have an option for it.
Again, I'm not arguing against the change, I welcome anything that will improve security. I just don't see much of a difference between someone using the password that they found in hacked password database (that you used for a dozen other sites) to try and login to your AM account....I mean it is sort of moot at that point whether they are using it with a display name or an email address, no?
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While I don't have a problem with this in theory, wouldn't someone already have to have your password in order to sign in? I'm not sure how switching to the email address makes it any more secure, unless you're going to set up an option for 2FA.
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Goonies never say die?
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I'm still interested, just need to figure out how I'm going to work it into my current schedule. I should be free Sundays, but need to work out when I'm going to do the exercises.
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51 minutes ago, robcat2075 said:
I see
No, you're correct, I looked at the daily gross and thought read that as the overall take in billions, somehow. So the correct number is $2 billion.
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3 hours ago, robcat2075 said:
I'm still seeing $1.9 Billion. Who is reporting $4.6?
It's in that "daily numbers" box office link I posted a few posts back. Unless that's not accurate info.
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Holy crap, Avatar 2 has grossed over 4.6 billion dollars. That's a whole lotta cabbage.
Rob, I'll be sending you your dollar shortly.
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Oh wow that looks like that would be fun but I'm not sure I could pull off a 3 to 5 minute animation in that time frame, that would do the music justice. Practically every single track on that album is iconic.
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The lighting definitely looks better in the above photo, the ceiling looks less sterile and more realistic due to the less perfect surface. If not for the CG character I might think this was a photo in an architectural magazine and not a rendering.
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Looks a bit like one of the Mortal Kombat characters. Can't think of the name, but he had 4 arms. Nice animation, you get the sense he is really heaving something heavy.
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19 hours ago, robcat2075 said:
And to think that some people question the need to keep a caged lion and and a badger in one's back yard at all.
Some folks like to live dangerously, I guess.
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Wasn't there a model of a fish that had a cane and a big hat?
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I've never heard of this guy, but I'm sure as much British TV as I watch, I must have seen him in something.
1 hour ago, robcat2075 said:
According to Wiki he starred in a Broadway play that closed after one performance. Ouch.
Now that is unfortunate, lol.
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Neat, I've never seen it I'll have to watch it sometime. I liked the animated intro, it was cute.
Is that Slugworth from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in the newspaper there? Sure looks like him.
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If I were you, I'd start planning on what penny candy shop I want to spend my dollar at.
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Hmmm well it looks like I'm going to lose our bet, most likely:
https://www.the-numbers.com/daily-box-office-chart
Shall I send it to you via US postal service?
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Don't get too excited, we still have another 1.3 billion to go.
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I could probably do Sunday.
Forums change coming
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Jason,
Thanks for your comments. I am not worried about any financial data being lost, I have seen some unusual activity on number of forums I belong to lately, but that could be attributed to script kiddies jiggling the locks, or bots or other automated tools.
Working in IT, I'm fairly security conscious and frequently rotate passwords to new, secure passwords. I had thought about switching to a password manager some time ago but am concerned about the ones that store the DB in the cloud. I believe at least one of the major password managers was breached in the last few years.
I don't expect that we require any especially exotic security measures on our little forum here, I guess I was just playing "Devi's advocate" so to speak.
Speaking of which, it's about time for me to audit my systems again.