Hedy Lamarr sketched out the concept behind cellular channels, during WWII. The Dept. of War politely declined her contribution, but yeah.
It's not like she blew me off. She just left with another guy, that's all.
Riley ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Nutty - Jul 19, 2005 9:54:58 am PDT #1152 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
JohnSweden - Jul 19, 2005 9:58:31 am PDT #1153 of 10002
I can't even.
Didn't Heddey Lamarr (no, not Hedley!) help to invent sonar or some such WWII submarine thingy?
Frequency hopping guidance system for torpedoes, according to this site:
Jesse - Jul 19, 2005 9:59:40 am PDT #1154 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OK, people, it's time to start complaining.
Few Protests Over Theater Ads, Say Movie Chains
Despite numerous published commentaries of late about how movie theater ads are driving away patrons, exhibitors maintain that they have received few complaints from the public about them and that many moviegoers actually like them. Pam Blase, a spokeswoman for AMC Entertainment, which operates the country's second-largest movie chain, told the Houston Chronicle that the chain receives one complaint for every 600,000 guests. Terrell Falk of Cinemark USA, the nation's third-largest chain, added that recent research concluded that filmgoers regard ads as "just part of the experience." His remarks were echoed by Jim Kozak, editor-in-chief of In Focus, the magazine of the National Association of Theater Owners. "When [patrons] get there early to get a really good seat, they like to have something to keep them busy, something to do besides talk to the person they came with."
Nora Deirdre - Jul 19, 2005 10:01:50 am PDT #1155 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
something to do besides talk to the person they came with.
Yeah. Anything but that.
-t - Jul 19, 2005 10:05:03 am PDT #1156 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Proving fuinctions are continuous isn't a terribly advanced concept, but it can be difficult depending on the function. And it's kind of neat that she likes doing it.
What's impressive is the Chayes-McKellar-Winn theorem. At least to me. I find proving previously unproven things daunting.
Tom Scola - Jul 19, 2005 10:05:23 am PDT #1157 of 10002
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Few Protests Over Theater Ads, Say Movie Chains
Meanwhile, their audience is slowly dribbling away...
Connie Neil - Jul 19, 2005 10:06:26 am PDT #1158 of 10002
brillig
I like the ads. The production values are generally very high, and they're either funny or very mock-worthy.
edit: though that doesn't apply to the slide show of Coca-Cola bits and movie trivia and local ads that play in my theatres between all the movies.
Calli - Jul 19, 2005 10:07:10 am PDT #1159 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Meanwhile, their audience is slowly dribbling away...
Yeah, I was thinking that whole not going to movies as much thing could be considered a silent protest. Although whether folks are protesting ads or the new Herbie movie is harder to determine.
Fred Pete - Jul 19, 2005 10:10:47 am PDT #1160 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
I like the ads. The production values are generally very high, and they're either funny or very mock-worthy.
But I can see the same man-vs-ram Mountain Dew commercial on TV at home....
bon bon - Jul 19, 2005 10:15:21 am PDT #1161 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Friday's isn't so cheap that $50 would last long. Unless that's just the Special Manhattan Pricing. I went in one a couple of years ago, and was SHOCKED. We left and went to a pub.
It is the SMP. When I went there not only was it overpriced, our waiter smelled, the place was dirty and dingy, and there was a belligerent drunk at the bar who was arrested as we ate. All the chain restaurants in Manhattan seem to be dirtier than their counterparts elsewhere and dirtier than Manhattan restaurants in general. Why not try to blend in, eh?
I was walking the the Olive Garden the other day and noticed their entrance has "Bienvenuto!" on the door. Who do they think they're fooling?!