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The Day After tomorrow review - by Harry
Knowles

The Day After tomorrow review - by Harry
Knowles 05/26/2004 07:44 PM

THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW review by Harry Knowles

The hate and spite that THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW is going to get is going to be a rare sight. For me… I enjoy the film as a beautiful work of science fiction along the best George Pal traditions. I enjoy the film as a story of a man enduring the impossible to keep a promise made to his son and working on the faith that his son was smart enough to survive similar impossible odds. I enjoy that the film reaffirms that Austin is the best place to live in the United States. Lastly, I enjoy the film as a Jonathan Swift style black satire regarding the absolutely irresponsible scientific and environmental misjudgments of the Bush Administration, and in particular… I’m quite fond of the portrayal of the puppet President and the incompetent Stromboli Vice President, even though they didn’t go the cheap route of hiring dead on look-alikes… what is there, is an obvious parody of a President that was seemingly on Vacation and doing photo-ops whilst crisis hit the country, with no clue how to respond… and a belligerent Vice-President with no patience or tolerance for any input outside of that of his own personal realm of experience. Obviously this isn’t meant to be Bush and Cheney. Obviously. No, Really it isn’t. They’re even different names. So there’s no reason to get… defensive. Ahem.

Like I said – those four levels of enjoyment are why I dig this movie.

The George Pal tradition of grand science fiction disaster filmmaking being the highest level of reason for enjoyment. You look at his TIME MACHINE or WHEN WORLD’S COLLIDE or ATLANTIS: THE LOST CONTINENT or THE WAR OF THE WORLDS and you can see the obvious parallels. Emmerich has a fetish for enormous scale destruction, and nobody makes the deaths of hundreds of thousands more beautiful to watch. Yes, I know that’s kinda sick to say, but it’s true. It’s like that nuclear blast in L.A. from T2 that Cameron shot… stunningly gorgeous… But compare the beauty and spectacle of Emmerich’s Los Angeles Twister sequence to Jan De Bont’s TWISTER – and there’s no comparison. Roland wins hands down. Compare the beauty of Emmerich’s Ice Aged New York, to that of Spielberg’s in AI… I lean towards Roland again. His skies are so beautiful, the weather spectacle, truly awe-inspiring. In KEY LARGO, when Lionel Barrymore’s character went into his big speech about “making a big wave” – I had always imagined a single big tsunami… now in my mind, I’ll think of the awesome force of the surge that swept over New York. WOW! That’s Spectacle!

In George Pal’s epics – the stars were cautionary scientists that kept cool heads, usually had some damsel that got in distress and a society in the sway of extinction. Well, Emmerich’s contribution to the disaster film is bringing in what I call the Holy Trinity of Science Fiction Character Dynamics, which tend to be defined by the Kirk, Spock & McCoy model. Only, Emmerich applies it to all character dynamics.

In THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, it’s made up of a series of trios. You have Jake Gyllenhaal, the girl he’s sweet on, and his geeky friend. You have Dennis Quaid, the guy he’s been doing science with forever and his geeky friend. You have Ian Holm, the emotional and responsible associate with a new borne and the geeky soccer loving associate. You have the Vice President, the lead science advisor kiss ass and clueless comedic President. You have Sela Ward, her longtime associate and the Peter Pan loving sick kid. You have the head New York Librarian, the longtime traditionalist librarian and the indie-minded feminist librarian type. You have the homeless guy, his dog he loves and the comedic New York Police Officer guy. HOWEVER – sometimes – the dynamics shift around… Like in Dennis Quaid’s central core character grouping – they’re joined by hot Asian NASA Girl, that his geeky friend/associate gets a crush on, meaning the long time science associate is rendered useless and therefore disposable to the “team”. Then there’s alternate groupings of 3’s like Quaid’s father, Sela Ward’s mother and Jake Gyllenhaal’s son dynamic. Or Jake Gyllenhaal, that yummy girl he’s got a crush on and the rich kid making the moves on her dynamic. Again… all in three’s. Does Emmerich know he does this? Or is this some crazed numerology thing… I mean… there’s even 3 super storm systems, 3 astronauts in the space station and a 3 act story structure! If I keep this up, I’ll go insane finding the 3’s in my own life and how all dynamics abide by the Kirk, Spock and McCoy pattern. You may think it is crazy… but look at your own trios… and I’m not talking about that insane cel phone with all the buttons.

Ultimately – the most important trio that comes into play is the structure the film takes after the disaster has hit and the film follows the insular family unit and what each is doing. How the mother is continuing to care for the sick Peter Pan loving kid, How the father begins his epic quest to reach the son, and the son’s desperate attempt to survive the cataclysmic disaster that befalls New York. Personally – I really liked this structure and I like that the film reaches the effects peak at the midpoint, then slows down and narrows it’s focus to these three familial story threads – to show what this family did to try to remain a family even with the epic disaster around them and divided by great distance. This might be a bit schmaltzy for many of you, but I like insular family units, patriotic spectacle and the cinematic deaths of millions.

The reaffirming my belief that Austin is the best place to live in the United States – was absolutely confirmed by the film. As you’ll see at the end of the film from outer space, Austin, Texas is not frozen by the on-coming Ice Age. Not only that – but the librarian that was attempting to save a Guttenberg Bible… well, that was all noble and all… but the two stored at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas would’ve survived – and I have heard they’re in better condition than that one that New York City has. Since Washington D.C., New York and Los Angeles were all destroyed… I think this should just underline to future investors to invest in Austin’s burgeoning film community. Hollywood’s studios will be destroyed by cataclysm, as will Toronto’s and New York’s film facilities. This means that Austin really is the key creative place to be, with it’s awesome music, film and arts community, it’s also a political center… so it seems that the Capital of the United States should move here, the intellectuals and creatives should all reside here and I really do recommend that you really hot babes out there that are concerned about survival… that you move to Austin as well.

Lastly – there’s the Political Aspect and the Science Aspect of the film. I fully approve. Sure the speed with which the disaster hits may seem ludicrous to today’s scientific models and data… but if the highly improbable series of circumstances as underlined in this film’s reality were set about to happen… I suppose I can believe in the “fiction” of the film. If a storm system were able to suck down the temperatures from the highest levels of our atmosphere the way their models showed… I suppose that instant freezing thing could happen… and the point regarding how did the Ice Age Mammoth’s freeze with undigested food still preserved inside of them… meaning that freezing was instantaneous… and then extrapolating this as a possibility… well… I don’t know how else to explain it, so this’ll work for now. As for the nose thumbing at the Bush Administration’s Environmental crimes and arrogance… AMEN! But then I live in Austin, we send people to jail for life just for poisoning an old tree… and we come together to save endangered ridiculous animals so the rich can’t golf! And given I used to go door to door for CLEAN WATER ACTION, an environmental advocacy group… well, I’m somewhat predisposed to listen to scientists and consider the long term worldwide implications of modern day scientific and environmental policies. But then, like I said… I’m a proud liberal and this is a proud piece of liberal science fiction done really well, now if only it had Bruce Dern starring and Joan Baez contributing to the soundtrack! That would have ruled!

Solange Knowles Has Star-Studded Shower
(AP)

Solange Knowles Has Star-Studded Shower
(AP) 08/03/2004 02:38 PM
AP - Dancing, singing and a new set of strollers capped a star-studded baby shower for Solange Knowles, little sister of Beyonce.

PHP Magazine (International Edition):
PHP Magazine Interviews Zeev & Andi

PHP Magazine (International Edition):
PHP Magazine Interviews Zeev & Andi 06/25/2004 06:41 PM
With the third RC of PHP 5 released on the 8th of June and the Zend PHP 5 Coding Contest, it is easy to see that the full stable release of PHP 5 is just around the corner. At this very late stage of development, PHP Magazine got David Mytton, of olate.com, to interview the two original creators of PHP and Zend – Zeev Suraski and Andi Gutmans – to find out more about their lives as developers of possibly the most popular Web programming language ever!

iMicrosoft Certified Professional/i
Magazine to Become iREDMOND/i Magazine

iMicrosoft Certified Professional/i
Magazine to Become iREDMOND/i Magazine 06/02/2004 01:05 AM
MCPmag.com Jun 2 2004 4:48AM GMT

Wired Magazine wins at National Magazine
Awards

Wired Magazine wins at National Magazine
Awards 04/13/2005 05:46 PM
Xeni Jardin: WIRED Magazine received a National Magazine Award for General Excellence from by the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) today. This marks the fourth time the magazine has won an "Ellie" award, three of which with current Editor-in-Chief Chris Anderson. (FYI, all four BB co-eds also happen to be contributing writers to the publication). Link

The Wave Magazine - The Bay Area's Best
Entertainment Magazine... Ever.

The Wave Magazine - The Bay Area's Best
Entertainment Magazine... Ever. 02/10/2004 02:50 AM
infiltrated the reality show 'Blind Date.' .. harmon leon goes on Blind Date .. This is hilarious .. The Wave Magazine .. invades

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Alan Cox:

Alan Cox: 03/20/2003 08:56 PM
Alan Cox: "XFree86 is hard to get involved with usefully, resistant to cool ideas and strongly wedded to an occasional not rolling regular release model. ... X has to evolve, X has to do cool stuff, X has to let people break stuff, X has to delegate trust to driver maintainers far more. ... As a driver maintainer X is a painful project, not because of the code ... but because of the project structure and lack of delegation."

"Alan Turing"

"Alan Turing" 06/08/2004 08:54 AM

Congratulations Alan!

Congratulations Alan! 06/12/2004 12:27 PM

Congratulations to Alan Kay for winning 2004 Kyoto Prize in addition to the ACM Turing Prize and the NAE Draper Prize earlier. He's really "cleaning up" this year. This is cool. He deserves it.

Hope this helps the Squeak project too!

more info on the Kyoto Prize

El retorno de Alan Cox

El retorno de Alan Cox 09/14/2004 06:28 PM

Do You Suffer from Open Source Phobia? -
six reasons you might relent and be
ready for an extreme makeover - OPEN
SOURCE - Magazine - Darwin Magazine

Do You Suffer from Open Source Phobia? -
six reasons you might relent and be
ready for an extreme makeover - OPEN
SOURCE - Magazine - Darwin Magazine 03/08/2004 11:20 PM
http://www.darwinmag.com/read/030104/open.html ASK A GROUP OF corporate IT leaders whether they'd rather stick their arms into a box of tarantulas or allow open source software (OSS) on their networks, and odds are most would start rolling up their sleeves. Not to do any downloading, either.

A Profile of Alan Greenspan

A Profile of Alan Greenspan 03/30/2005 01:12 AM
Alan Greenspan Takes A Bath : a profile of Greenspan

Visita de Alan Kay a Extremadura

Visita de Alan Kay a Extremadura 01/06/2004 03:21 AM

Alan Turing Honoured

Alan Turing Honoured 06/07/2004 11:52 PM
Free Internet Press Jun 8 2004 3:51AM GMT

Alan Moore on our modern distopia

Alan Moore on our modern distopia 07/22/2004 02:31 AM
Salon has an excellent interview with Alan Moore, the man behind Watchmen, From Hell and other canonically awesome funnybooks. Moore talks distopian politics:

One of the reasons we singled out media in "V for Vendetta" was because it is one of the most useful tools of tyranny. We invite it into our own home every night; I'm sure that some of us think of it as a friend. That might be a horrifying notion but I'm sure there are people who think of television as perhaps one of their most intimate friends. And if the TV tells them that things in the world are a certain way, even if the evidence of their senses asserts it is not true, they'll probably believe the television set in the end. It's an alarming thought but we brought it upon ourselves. I mean, I think that television is one of the most diabolical -- in the very best sense of the word -- inventions of the past century. It has probably done more to degrade the mind and intelligence of its audience, even if they happen to be drug addicts or alcoholics; I would think that watching television has done more to limit their horizons in the long run. And it has also distorted our culture.

TV and politics have always made inevitable bedfellows, but the results have been disastrous. Look at the situation we have now. Let's say that tomorrow someone who is a political genius were to emerge -- and I'm not expecting this to happen, but say that it did. Say that a politician emerged who seemed, for once, basically competent, who seemed to be able to do their job as well as the average cab driver, comic writer or journalist. If they were the most intelligent, visionary, humane political thinker in the history of mankind, but were also fat, had some sort of blemish or something that made them less than telegenic, we would not be able to elect them. All we're able to elect are these telegenic, photogenic crypto-Nazis. As long as they look good. I suppose it's too early to go into my rant on Ronald Reagan? That would be tasteless.

Red Req'd Salon Link

Alan Turing, the Inventor of Software

Alan Turing, the Inventor of Software 05/11/2004 09:16 AM

Manchester honours Alan Turing

Manchester honours Alan Turing 06/07/2004 08:58 AM
The Register Jun 7 2004 12:46PM GMT

Alan Turing - Thinking Up Computers

Alan Turing - Thinking Up Computers 05/16/2004 06:36 AM
Alan Turing - Thinking Up Computers By Andy Reinhardt
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_19/b3882029_mz0 72.htm

Alan Turing - Thinking Up Computers - The Cambridge University mathematician laid the foundation for the invention of software. As part of its anniversary celebration, BusinessWeek is presenting a series of weekly profiles for the greatest innovators of the past 75 years.

a fitting tribute to alan turing

a fitting tribute to alan turing 06/24/2004 02:49 PM
no good mind goes unpunished

Bush Renominates Alan Greenspan for Fed
(AP)

Bush Renominates Alan Greenspan for Fed
(AP) 05/18/2004 01:28 PM
AP - President Bush renominated Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve on Tuesday, praising his leadership and sending a strong signal of stability to financial markets.

Alan Kay Decries the State of Computing

Alan Kay Decries the State of Computing 07/13/2004 09:03 AM

Bush renominates Alan Greenspan for Fed

Bush renominates Alan Greenspan for Fed 05/18/2004 02:50 PM

Alan Ralsky Gripes About Can Spam Act

Alan Ralsky Gripes About Can Spam Act 12/30/2003 08:48 PM

XSS Vulnerabilities in Alan Ward Acart

XSS Vulnerabilities in Alan Ward Acart 12/04/2003 01:17 PM
parag0d_at_phreaker.net (Dec 03 2003)

Update on Alan Cox's Sabbatical

Update on Alan Cox's Sabbatical 12/20/2003 09:48 AM
seymansey writes "ITWales, a company which resides on the Swansea University Campus has posted an interview with Alan Cox regarding his progress of his MBA. It ...

Folklorist Alan Dundes dead at 70

Folklorist Alan Dundes dead at 70 04/01/2005 02:22 PM
Alan Dundes dies while teaching. The world-renowned folklorist, 70, tackled everything from religion to po litical jokes with an infectious enthusiam that endeared him to students, academics, and laymen alike. Dundes was often contacted by reporters looking for scholarly explanations of popular culture. His warmth and humor shined through in his speech to UC Berkeley's Class of 2002, characteristically full of wise words and wisecracks. Those wishing to share thoughts and memories of Prof. Dundes can do so at this forum.

Alan Reiter on MSN watches: they will
suck

Alan Reiter on MSN watches: they will
suck 01/23/2004 02:20 PM
Do those MSN SPOT watches stand a chance? Mobile data pundit Alan Reiter says (this) (and this), summarized by BB reader John Troyer:

- They're big and ugly
- They need to be recharged daily
- They crash and sometimes die when shocked with static electricity
- They have to be turned off on planes
- Coverage is spotty compared to pagers and mobile phones
- News blurbs are 25-word useless snippets
- You have to tell MSN when and where you are traveling for it to work away from your home area!
- Nobody's *ever* made money selling generic headlines, weather and sports via wireless.

Reiter also says:

"However, syncing with MS Outlook is useful, and Reiter does believe they could catch on if Microsoft repositions to emphasize the fun aspects: downloadable watch faces, games, etc. ... [The watches] look as if they were designed by the Borg, on a very bad day. Many years ago Motorola introduced its first pager watch, I was there. I was pretty excited about the product. But when I spoke with a Motorola executive, he said the company wasn't sure whether the target market would view the device as a smallest, sexiest pager or as the world's ugliest watch. Unfortunately for Motorola, the view was the latter. Pager watches have generally died quick or lingering deaths. But the operative word is "death."

Link to earlier BoingBoing entry on MSN SPOT Watches

Alan Kay Receives ACM Turing Award

Alan Kay Receives ACM Turing Award 04/22/2004 10:43 AM

Alan Kay wins Turing Award

Alan Kay wins Turing Award 04/26/2004 02:43 PM
One of my heroes wins computer science's top award.

Alan Turing: Thinking Up Computers

Alan Turing: Thinking Up Computers 05/02/2004 02:07 PM
Business Week May 2 2004 6:24PM GMT

Q&A: Former Novell CTO Alan Nugent on
his move to CA

Q&A: Former Novell CTO Alan Nugent on
his move to CA 03/24/2005 07:44 PM
Alan Nugent, who is slated on April 8 to become senior vice president and general manager of the Unicenter business unit at Computer Associates, spoke today with Computerworld about his plans.

Alan Cox on How Linux Can Survive
Without Linus

Alan Cox on How Linux Can Survive
Without Linus 03/31/2005 05:35 PM
Slashdot Mar 31 2005 10:14PM GMT

XSS vulnerabilities in register.asp in
Alan Ward Acart

XSS vulnerabilities in register.asp in
Alan Ward Acart 12/04/2003 01:17 PM
parag0d_at_phreaker.net (Dec 03 2003)

Plaintext Vulnerability in Alan Ward
Acart

Plaintext Vulnerability in Alan Ward
Acart 12/04/2003 01:17 PM
parag0d_at_phreaker.net (Dec 03 2003)

Comedian, Actor Alan King Dies at 76
(AP)

Comedian, Actor Alan King Dies at 76
(AP) 05/09/2004 07:49 PM
AP - Alan King, whose tirades against everyday suburban life grew into a long comedy career in nightclubs and television that he later expanded to Broadway and character roles in movies, died Sunday at the age of 76.

Alan King, Comic With Chutzpah, Dies at
76

Alan King, Comic With Chutzpah, Dies at
76 05/09/2004 10:39 PM
Alan King parlayed his Borscht Belt sense of humor and a big appetite for the limelight into a thoroughgoing show business career that lasted more than half a century.

Comedian, Actor Alan King Dies at Age 76
(AP)

Comedian, Actor Alan King Dies at Age 76
(AP) 05/09/2004 03:45 PM
AP - Alan King, whose tirades against everyday suburban life grew into a long comedy career in nightclubs and television that he later expanded to Broadway and character roles in movies, died Sunday at the age of 76.

Alan Knowles' Blog: Is __autoload Evil?

Alan Knowles' Blog: Is __autoload Evil? 03/19/2005 03:26 AM
Alan Knowles has a new posting over on his blog about something that I really haeven't seen much discussion on - is __autoload evil?.

Alan Knowles' Blog: require_once
Optimization

Alan Knowles' Blog: require_once
Optimization 03/19/2005 03:26 AM
In yet another new posting from Alan Knowles's blog today, he asks the question: "Is require_once, one optimization too many?".
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Photo No-No! Scans Images For Adult
Content And Blocks Known Adult Web Sites

Photo No-No! Scans Images For Adult
Content And Blocks Known Adult Web Sites 06/24/2004 02:55 AM
Elex Technologies, Inc. (ElexTek) announces the release of Photo No-No!, the next generation of parental controls in protecting children from adult images on the Internet. This innovative software based on advanced image analysis blocks pornographic photographs before they appear on a PC screen. [PRWEB Jun 24, 2004]

Adult DVDS - Worldwide Adult DVD
Shipping

Adult DVDS - Worldwide Adult DVD
Shipping 08/23/2004 10:41 AM
Adult DVDS

exoticdvds.co.uk
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Trying to be adult

Trying to be adult 08/16/2004 08:32 AM
I'm a woman involved with a woman, but I'm infatuated with a married man.

Adult Dating

Adult Dating 04/26/2004 06:50 PM
adult dating .. adultdating .. www

i-horny.com
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BTW, now that I don't have a TV, again,
I am for the first time in my adult...

BTW, now that I don't have a TV, again,
I am for the first time in my adult... 06/21/2004 01:54 PM

Vodafone's adult filter is go

Vodafone's adult filter is go 07/05/2004 06:25 AM
The world is a safer, cleaner place

Adult mag covers in Engrish

Adult mag covers in Engrish 03/23/2005 02:53 AM
Xeni Jardin: NSFW. Gallery of Japanese adult magazine covers which lost -- or gained -- something in translation. Some are yuk-worthy for typos, while some are supremely weird for other reasons. Wondefule titles like "Mouth Pet" and "Back Frash" will have you screaming "Sweet Panch!" and "The Fuck!" in no time. I mean, really, you won't Beleaue Your Eyes.
Link (via Fleshbot)

Kid Flicks, Adult Profits

Kid Flicks, Adult Profits 05/05/2004 07:00 AM
With Disney off the take, Rick Munarriz thinks Pixar is a long-term winner for Mom.

Verification Adds Value to Adult

Verification Adds Value to Adult 03/14/2005 04:40 PM
Initiatives by mobile networks to install age verification procedures and limit unauthorized access to adult entertainment are ensuring a long-term future for the industry as a whole and driving consumer confidence according to erotic service provider Cherrysauce. [PRWEB Mar 14, 2005]

Tamagotchi reborn as an adult

Tamagotchi reborn as an adult 02/10/2004 02:47 AM
Japanese toy firm Bandai is to relaunch Tamagotchi but the new version of the egg shaped robot will be able to marry and have babies.

Adult Fans Of Lego #1

Adult Fans Of Lego #1 08/16/2004 02:03 PM
As originally released at the San Diego Comic-Con, the first issue of AFOL is now available for download or on-line viewing care of LEGO Fan.org.

Symbios Keeps Expanding To Adult WAP

Symbios Keeps Expanding To Adult WAP 04/16/2004 09:12 PM
AVN Online Apr 17 2004 1:17AM GMT

The web search behavior of adult
learners

The web search behavior of adult
learners 06/16/2004 09:05 PM
Source: Pandia - An EU Socrates project has mapped the search strategies of adult learners. There is something in it for other searchers and search engine marketers as well....

Adult Dating - The Perfect Date

Adult Dating - The Perfect Date 05/12/2004 01:30 AM
04:04 Adult Dating - The Perfect Dat

adult-dating.tv
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Best actual adult film title ever

Best actual adult film title ever 06/24/2004 02:51 PM
Bodyslamming Anal Chiropractors out of the #1 spot in my list of all-time worst/best porn movie titles ever, this new gem: Crack Whores of the Tenderloin. Link (via Fleshbot). More fun: a list of 100 ridiculous titles here.

Could Databases Save Adult Films?

Could Databases Save Adult Films? 05/18/2004 10:13 AM

You've probably read about the HIV scare in the porn business. The San Francisco Chronicle suggests that the adult-entertainment industry look to lessons learned in San Francisco during the 1980s. And an industry-news site (note: this site may not be work-safe) takes an even sterner approach, urging a massive database tracking just about everything an individual actor may have done.

McDonald's adult Happy Meal

McDonald's adult Happy Meal 05/14/2004 03:27 AM
McDonald's -- whose new CEO replaced the old one when he died of a heart attack, and who is, himself, going in for colorectal cancer surgery -- has introduced an adult Happy Meal with "water, salad and a booklet of exercise tips." Link (via JWZ)

adult and exploitation movie posters

adult and exploitation movie posters 10/31/2003 10:35 AM
Adult and exploitation movie posters from the 1960s and the early 1970s. Days of Sin and Nights of Nymphomania, Ordered to Love (teen-age girls forced to submit in secret Nazi mating camps!), Uncle Tomcat's House of Kittens, and more! Meow!

Booble.com - The Adult Search Engine

Booble.com - The Adult Search Engine 01/22/2004 02:13 AM
.. Booble

booble.com
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Adult and exploitation movie posters

Adult and exploitation movie posters 11/01/2003 06:24 AM
Devil's Web Gallery .. ...Beyond Booze!

devilsweb.com/gallery/index.html
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New 'XXX' Domains for Adult Web Sites

New 'XXX' Domains for Adult Web Sites 06/05/2005 11:59 PM
Internet users looking for -- or blocking -- pornography will have a much easier time thanks to a new top-level domain name just approved by ICANN. The group responsible for overseeing the world's domain names approved the ".xxx" domain, which British company ICM Registry will be in charge of managing.

The Dittohead Guide To Adult Beverages

The Dittohead Guide To Adult Beverages 08/13/2004 06:20 PM
The Dittohead Guide To Adult Beverages can be read in its entirety (abt. 250Kb) on the Web. (For those of you in Rio Linda, a dittohead is a Rush Limbaugh fan.) But Britt Gillette has also self-published his book and wants you to make his dreams come true by buying it on Amazon. It's got hilarious drink names in it, like "Caller Abortion" (a stunt Limbaugh used on his show -- complete with the sound of a vacuum cleaner), "Feminazi Frazzle," and "John F-ing Kerry." The recipes look like they'd make tasty drinks, but I think I'll pass on the purchase. Who really needs a novelty, right-wing drink recipe book?

The Shame of Adult Male Virginity

The Shame of Adult Male Virginity 08/23/2004 04:39 AM
My feeling is that somewhere between the ages of 18 and 22-25 society starts expecting men to not be virgins. Well, maybe "expecting" is not the right word, but that's the age range were I started feeling shame about being a virgin. There are many advantages to being a virgin: you know you're not diseased, you know you're not a daddy and you don't have a woman who has reached deep into your inner feelings and can manipulate you with that leverage. A quick side note about diseases: besides the scary lifelong and life-threatening sexually transmitted diseases it is estimated that as many as 50% of sexually active singles have Genital Warts, for which there is no cure. They are extremely easy to transfer between partners and can be a precursor to penile, cervical and rectal cancer.

Adult magazines screwed by the Internet?

Adult magazines screwed by the Internet? 11/10/2003 11:24 PM
Interesting AP story about the web's impact on the economics of adult print magazines:

After 35 years in the business of titillating and offending, pornographer Al Goldstein says his magazine can't compete anymore. The audience is just as large, he says, but the Internet has transformed the product and its delivery. Just over a month ago, Goldstein stopped publishing Screw magazine and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, giving him a chance to cut costs, relaunch the magazine and refocus attention on his Web site.

Goldstein said circulation woes throughout the field show "we are an anachronism; we are dinosaurs; we are elephants going to the bone cemetery to die. ... The delivery system has changed, and we have to change with it if we want to survive."

Link (Thanks, JP!)

Students 'using adult websites'

Students 'using adult websites' 04/18/2005 10:09 AM
More than one in 10 teenagers frequently use the internet to look at "adult-only" sites, a study says.

Vodafone to bar children from adult
internet sites

Vodafone to bar children from adult
internet sites 07/02/2004 09:52 AM
Edinburgh Evening News Jul 2 2004 2:15PM GMT

More Sexy Adult Movies out in the
Internet from Bollywood

More Sexy Adult Movies out in the
Internet from Bollywood 04/02/2005 07:24 AM
India Daily Apr 2 2005 11:00AM GMT

Online NewsHour:Adult Stem Cells

Online NewsHour:Adult Stem Cells 08/12/2004 05:44 AM
Pbs.org - Thu Aug 12, 08:21 am GMT

Homeless Men Were Shunted Into a
Notorious Adult Home

Homeless Men Were Shunted Into a
Notorious Adult Home 09/21/2004 07:00 AM
The city has been sending homeless men to poorly-run adult homes, which is forbidden under state rules. The actions say a great deal about the operations of the city's shelters.

Senator Pushes Adult Stem Cells

Senator Pushes Adult Stem Cells 07/16/2004 04:52 AM
A Senate hearing that was supposed to be about 'miracles' predictably turns into a heated debate over President Bush's stem-cell policy. By Kristen Philipkoski.

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