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Vartha said:
Good luck with your move!
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Vartha said:Thanks bud! I actually can't wait, I'll be moving to the Ozarks,(beautiful area) problem is with that the closet theater is 20 miles away, there's 2 Burger Kings, and one Hardees in town.
All the Hardees around us closed up - I used to really love them.
Enjoy your new locale! Should be some good motorcycle roads around there.
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LOL I heard. I may even take up hiking and rock climbing.....well hiking at least.Willie Lumpkin said:All the Hardees around us closed up - I used to really love them.
Enjoy your new locale! Should be some good motorcycle roads around there.
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lol not so fast did you see this Zero or not?
Flaming Mouse Burns Down House
POSTED: 3:25 pm MST January 8, 2006
UPDATED: 7:36 am MST January 9, 2006
FORT SUMNER, N.M. -- You've probably heard of a house fire, but how about a "mouse fire?"
An 81-year-old Fort Sumner homeowner said he caught a mouse inside his house and just wanted to get rid of it.
The man threw the critter in a pile of burning leaves near his home, but it ran back to the house on fire.
Village Fire Chief Juan Chavez said the mouse ran to just beneath a window and the flames spread up the window and throughout the house.
All contents of the home were destroyed, but no injuries were reported, Chavez said.
Unseasonably dry and windy conditions have charred more than 53,000 acres and destroyed 10 homes in southeastern New Mexico in recent weeks.
Flaming Mouse Burns Down House
POSTED: 3:25 pm MST January 8, 2006
UPDATED: 7:36 am MST January 9, 2006
FORT SUMNER, N.M. -- You've probably heard of a house fire, but how about a "mouse fire?"
An 81-year-old Fort Sumner homeowner said he caught a mouse inside his house and just wanted to get rid of it.
The man threw the critter in a pile of burning leaves near his home, but it ran back to the house on fire.
Village Fire Chief Juan Chavez said the mouse ran to just beneath a window and the flames spread up the window and throughout the house.
All contents of the home were destroyed, but no injuries were reported, Chavez said.
Unseasonably dry and windy conditions have charred more than 53,000 acres and destroyed 10 homes in southeastern New Mexico in recent weeks.
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While I wouldn't wish for the guys house to burn down. . . killing a mouse by throwing it in a fire seems a bit cruel to me, so there is a bit of poetic justice there.
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JMAfan said:
Actor Chris Penn, brother of Sean Penn and star of such films as Reservoir Dogs and Mulholland Falls, was found dead Tuesday at a condominium in Santa Monica; he was 40. Few details were released surrounding Penn's death late Tuesday afternoon, though sources reported there were no signs of foul play, and an autopsy was to be conducted to determine the cause of death. A spokesperson for the Penn family confirmed the actor's passing and released a statement saying that Penn's family "would appreciate the media's respect of their privacy during this difficult time." The son of director Leo Penn and actress Eileen Ryan, Penn was the younger brother of Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn and musician Michael Penn, and began his acting career in the early 80s, appearing in such films as Rumble Fish, All the Right Moves, and Footloose; he appeared alongside his brother in the 1986 film At Close Range. Penn went on to specialize in working-class character roles, achieving fame for his portrayal of Nice Guy Eddie Cabot in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs as well as such films as Short Cuts, The Funeral (for which he received an Independent Spirit Award nomination), and Mulholland Falls. Most recently, he appeared in the film version of Starsky & Hutch as well as episodes of TV series Entourage and Everwood, and his latest film, The Darwin Awards, was slated for a premiere Wednesday night at the Sundance Film Festival.
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I knew this day was comming. Remember I said it 1st after Mark Cubin Jr. said it. How long will it be before all movies are available to be rented on the internet the same day their released in the theater ? Studios are begining to realize, they better get with the program. I heard today were boxoffice reciepts we're down 8 % in 05, compaired to 04. If they give me the chance to rent the movie for say 5 bucks the same day it opens in theaters, you better believe i'd take it. They want to cut down on piricy ? There's a way to do it. If you had a choice to download the sequel to the FF as a rental on opening day, or going to the theater, which would you take ?
http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=220251>1=7701
Hollywood to Sell Digital Films Online
Apr 4, 9:28 AM EST
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES -- Hollywood studios will start selling digital versions of films such as "Brokeback Mountain" and "King Kong" on the Internet this week, the first time major movies have been available online to own.
The films can't be burned onto a disc for viewing on a DVD player. Still, the move is seen as a step toward full digital distribution of movies over the Internet.
Six studios said Monday that sales will begin through the download Web site Movielink. The site is jointly owned by five of the seven major studios.
Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox and MGM will offer some first-run and older titles on Movielink. New films will be priced similar to DVDs — between $20 and $30 — while older titles will sell for $10 to $20.
In a separate announcement, Sony and Lionsgate said they will sell films through the CinemaNow site.
Films from The Walt Disney Co. will not be available, although both services say talks are ongoing.
"Digital delivery hasn't arrived until the major studios allow home ownership, and now they have and now digital delivery is very real," said Jim Ramo, chief executive at Movielink.
Studios will sell some new films online the same day they become available on DVD. Most films will be made available within 45 days.
Studios began renting films online several years ago as a way to combat illegal downloading. Movies have been available through the Internet 30 to 45 days after hitting video stores, with rentals lasting just 24 hours for viewing primarily on computer screens.
Digital delivery of video grew rapidly after Apple Computer Inc. began selling episodes of TV shows through its iTunes online store last October.
This year, devices powered by new Intel computer chips and TV service delivered over the Internet will allow more consumers to watch Web video on their TVs instead of their computer screens, a key factor in downloading to own, analysts said.
Studios are being cautious about selling films online in part because DVD sales produce more profit than box office receipts.
But studios are also preparing for the day when major retailers such as Wal-Mart and Amazon.com begin offering their own movie download services.
"The important thing is to embrace the future, respect the economics of DVD but move forward into digital delivery," said Ben Feingold, president of Worldwide Home Entertainment at Sony Pictures.
The films available on Movielink can be stored indefinitely on a computer hard drive or transferred to as many as two other computers.
The movies can be played on a TV if the computer is part of a home network.
A copy can be burned to a DVD as a backup. Discs can be played on up three PCs authorized by Movielink but cannot be viewed on a standard DVD player because of special security coding.
Consumers will not be able to transfer the films from a PC or laptop to a handheld portable viewing device. But that capability should be available sometime within the next year, Ramo said.
Films on CinemaNow will be playable on just one computer. The company said it eventually expects studios to allow consumers to burn movies on DVD and transfer them to portable devices.
"This is a first step, but it is far from the final model," said Curt Marvis, chief executive of CinemaNow.
http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=220251>1=7701
Hollywood to Sell Digital Films Online
Apr 4, 9:28 AM EST
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES -- Hollywood studios will start selling digital versions of films such as "Brokeback Mountain" and "King Kong" on the Internet this week, the first time major movies have been available online to own.
The films can't be burned onto a disc for viewing on a DVD player. Still, the move is seen as a step toward full digital distribution of movies over the Internet.
Six studios said Monday that sales will begin through the download Web site Movielink. The site is jointly owned by five of the seven major studios.
Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox and MGM will offer some first-run and older titles on Movielink. New films will be priced similar to DVDs — between $20 and $30 — while older titles will sell for $10 to $20.
In a separate announcement, Sony and Lionsgate said they will sell films through the CinemaNow site.
Films from The Walt Disney Co. will not be available, although both services say talks are ongoing.
"Digital delivery hasn't arrived until the major studios allow home ownership, and now they have and now digital delivery is very real," said Jim Ramo, chief executive at Movielink.
Studios will sell some new films online the same day they become available on DVD. Most films will be made available within 45 days.
Studios began renting films online several years ago as a way to combat illegal downloading. Movies have been available through the Internet 30 to 45 days after hitting video stores, with rentals lasting just 24 hours for viewing primarily on computer screens.
Digital delivery of video grew rapidly after Apple Computer Inc. began selling episodes of TV shows through its iTunes online store last October.
This year, devices powered by new Intel computer chips and TV service delivered over the Internet will allow more consumers to watch Web video on their TVs instead of their computer screens, a key factor in downloading to own, analysts said.
Studios are being cautious about selling films online in part because DVD sales produce more profit than box office receipts.
But studios are also preparing for the day when major retailers such as Wal-Mart and Amazon.com begin offering their own movie download services.
"The important thing is to embrace the future, respect the economics of DVD but move forward into digital delivery," said Ben Feingold, president of Worldwide Home Entertainment at Sony Pictures.
The films available on Movielink can be stored indefinitely on a computer hard drive or transferred to as many as two other computers.
The movies can be played on a TV if the computer is part of a home network.
A copy can be burned to a DVD as a backup. Discs can be played on up three PCs authorized by Movielink but cannot be viewed on a standard DVD player because of special security coding.
Consumers will not be able to transfer the films from a PC or laptop to a handheld portable viewing device. But that capability should be available sometime within the next year, Ramo said.
Films on CinemaNow will be playable on just one computer. The company said it eventually expects studios to allow consumers to burn movies on DVD and transfer them to portable devices.
"This is a first step, but it is far from the final model," said Curt Marvis, chief executive of CinemaNow.
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British Authorities Shut Down Huge DVD Bootleg Operation
While Asian countries are largely accused of allowing bootleggers to produce and distribute massive numbers of illegal DVDs, authorities in the U.K. said Wednesday that they had shut down an operation capable of producing 60,000 DVDs per day. Britain's Guardian newspaper said that the operation, operating in the Leyton section of east London, had 300 different film titles on hand at the time of the raid, including copies of last weekend's blockbuster, Ice Age 2. "All of the machines were running when we came in, making copies of Ice Age 2, and they were probably running them 24 hours a day, seven days a week," Michael Buchan, a senior investigator with the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT), told the newspaper. Police estimated that the factory could yield daily sales of nearly a half million dollars.
i hope they slam their asses...behind bars...
While Asian countries are largely accused of allowing bootleggers to produce and distribute massive numbers of illegal DVDs, authorities in the U.K. said Wednesday that they had shut down an operation capable of producing 60,000 DVDs per day. Britain's Guardian newspaper said that the operation, operating in the Leyton section of east London, had 300 different film titles on hand at the time of the raid, including copies of last weekend's blockbuster, Ice Age 2. "All of the machines were running when we came in, making copies of Ice Age 2, and they were probably running them 24 hours a day, seven days a week," Michael Buchan, a senior investigator with the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT), told the newspaper. Police estimated that the factory could yield daily sales of nearly a half million dollars.
i hope they slam their asses...behind bars...
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