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This is the same place that bought the cheese sandwich with Elvis' face on it, and assorted other dumb stuff, right? Yeah, it's great marketing. (And I mean that sincerely, in case someone thinks I'm being sarcastic.) They do this sort of stuff on a regular basis.

One thing that made the Mongols so good was their leaders were willing to give up power for the common good. I don't remember who the leaders were, but when one khan died, his two oldest sons prepared for a civil war against each other. They sat down and talked, and decided that if either of...

Trust me... I know what I'm doing... God I loved that show! :)

It says right in the article that one of the draws of nerds is their earning potential... Too bad I'm a non-profit type of geek... I'm never going to make it to the 6-digit figures...

Mazes and Monsters

I'm designing a database for the local theater company. I'm not an expert designer, but considering what I'm charging them (nothing), they're getting a good bargain. :p So far, I've managed to lock up my first attempt with a poorly-designed macro. I managed to retrieve all the tables, queries...

I'd be interested in hearing your review about these, after you're done. From the title of the former, it sounds interesting. The reviews on Amazon for this have been lackluster, so I've been waiting (for over four months) for my turn to come up to borrow this from the library. A review...

I only own seven Kurosawa DVDs, so here goes. (Apologies for any mispellings. I'm not reading what I'm typing, since it's late, and I'm not wearing my glasses.) Yojimbo blurb text: The incomparable Toshiro Mifune stars in Kurosawa's visually stunning and darkly comic Yojimbo (The Bodyguard)...

I thought Last Man Standing was a remake of A Fistful of Dollars, a Clint Eastwood movie. A Fistful of Dollars was the remake of Yojimbo.

I've got a truly elegant solution to Fermat's last theorem, but I don't have space here to write down the proof. (edit: I misremembered the story about Fermat, changed my answer to more suitably paraphrase him)

Okay, of the ones listed here, what ones have decent DVD releases? I've heard bad things about the Full Metal Alchemist and Ghost in the Shell releases, so I've avoided them. I've heard great things about the shows, mind you, just that the transfer over to DVD wasn't that great. And Cowboy...

Wow... I subscribe to the Scientific American magazine. Lately, the Scientific American book club has been advertising six books as an introductory offer (The Joy of Pi, Infinity and Beyond, etc.). Not wanting to get roped into a book club deal, I bought the books on Amazon. I'm working my...

The one I've been looking for is Scalawags, with Kirk Douglas. Not to be confused with Scalawag the Monkey. I don't think it ever made it to DVD. :(

Yes and no (and "sorta") answers only, since this is a "no spoiler" thread: Do we find out more about Shepherd Book's past? Do we find out more about River's abilities? Do the blue-hands make an appearance? Do we get to see Niska again? Do Mal and Inara patch things up? How about Simon and...

Depends on the version you buy. If you buy the Pro version, it comes with extras. Otherwise, you're going to get Word, Excel, and Outlook. Maybe Powerpoint. I think at the Pro level, you get Access. With Small Business edition, I think you also get MS Money. My Office XP Pro Special...

January Man, with Kevin Kline as a quirky detective-consultant to the police Day of the Dolphin, about a dolphin that's been trained to talk The Madness of King George Bullets over Broadway Those are some good ones. :)

I can't find Churchill/Brown. Do either of y'all have an ISBN?

If it's what I'm thinking of, they're not editing the movie. They're not altering the movie at all. They've simply programmed a proprietary DVD player to skip over selected portions of the DVD. And the viewer has to pay for the service. You see, this is different than censorship. A person...

I have a B.S. in applied mathematics. That means, while I like math, I'm not good at the theoretical stuff. But I want to be. Sure, it's been 12 years since I've taken a challenging math class (that's not bragging; what I mean is, I graduated 12 years ago), but I still wince every time I...