Links van 13 maart 2012 tot 18 maart 2012

Sustainable Pleasure – Sex Toy Recycling
find out how sex toy recycling works

Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and _why: The disappearance of one of the world’s most beloved computer programmers. – Slate Magazine
What happened when one of the world’s most unusual, and beloved, computer programmers disappeared.

The Inside Story of How John Carter Was Doomed by Its First Trailer via reddit.com
Because the Barsoom books were so influential to cinema's greatest sci-fi auteurs, just about everything in it had already been plundered and reused by other hits. And as a result, the more that was revealed of John Carter, the more derivative it looked, even if its source had originated these ideas. Look at what George Lucas took from Burroughs for his Star Wars movies alone: In his movies, the Sith are evil Jedis; in the world of John Carter, the Sith are evil insects. Star Wars had Princess Leia; John Carter has Princess Dejah. Leia’s infamous bikini in Return of the Jedi? Worn by Princess Dejah first. That flying skiff she’s standing on next to Jabba the Hutt? Carter again. Even those banthas in the Star Wars were culled from the John Carter books, which are populated with similar-looking beasts of burden called banths. Looking beyond Lucas, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry famously pillaged the books, as did James Cameron, who in numerous interviews called Avatar “almost an Edgar Rice Burroughs kind of adventure.”

The Santorum Strategy | Truthout
Liberals tend to underestimate the importance of public discourse and its effect on the brains of our citizens. All thought is physical. You think with your brain. You have no alternative. Brain circuitry strengthens with repeated activation. And language, far from being neutral, activates complex brain circuitry that is rooted in conservative and liberal moral systems. Conservative language, even when argued against, activates and strengthens conservative brain circuitry. This is extremely important for so-called "independents," who actually have both conservative and liberal moral systems in their brains and can shift back and forth. The more they hear conservative language over the next eight months, the more their conservative brain circuitry will be strengthened.

Les Femmes de l’Avenir – 1902 | La boite verte
Cette série de cartes imaginant l’avenir des femmes dans différentes professions a été éditée par l’imprimerie A. Bergeret de Nancy en 1902.

8 reacties op “Links van 13 maart 2012 tot 18 maart 2012”

  1. Wakkartonnen acteerprestaties, slechte actiescènes, zeer ongeloofwaardige vechtscènes, ultravoorspelbaar, urg.

    (kan wél inkomen in het feit dat de boeken geplunderd zijn door andere films waardoor een sterk déjà vu gevoel speelt)

  2. Het is pulp, het is geen Shakespeare.

    En het was damned if you do, damned if you don’t, wat die déja Thoris vu betrof: moesten ze speciaal gaan afwijken van het boek om het nieuw te maken? Nee toch?

    Ik vond het verfrissend pretentieloos, en verrassend weinig bordkarton. Behalve dat er dus wat extra tijd zou mogen geweest zijn om de relatie wat diepgang te geven.

    Maar ik was een zeer groot fan van de boeken, en ik was vast van plan om er totaal onbevangen naartoe te gaan, misschien dat het daar ook aan ligt.

  3. Vermoedelijk. Heb de boeken nooit gelezen.

    Maar zoals je zegt we agree to disagree!

    (Komt dat zien, komt dat zien, een discussie op tinternet zonder gescheld noch getier!)

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