I'm watching (the walking dead, spartacus, southland..) they are all extraordinary..
Game of Thrones Season 3 premieres 31/3 can't wait..
What are u watching or would recommend?
I have no tv, because it makes me sick, plus its taxed here. Still sometimes I download the big bang theory. I dont know your series but I think it would make me really sick. When I was 15 I used to watch every serie, like beverly hills 90210 or Silk Stalkings. When you are 12 and you watch silk stalking you really become mad. check this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59tTYckOQRk
Then I have watched the xfiles. It was the good time.
Quote from: scarface on March 12, 2013, 07:40 AM
I have no tv, because it makes me sick, plus its taxed here. Still sometimes I download the big bang theory. I dont know your series but I think it would make me really sick.
There isn't a tv in my life at all. These series are DLs from TPB. The internet gives you the choice to choose the content u want to see unlike tv where the choices are narrow & if u missed it, u missed it.
As to the walking dead it's the first tv series about zombies. I've been a fan of George Romero for a long time & seen all his zombie flicks which inspired a whole genre of horror.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJRNHAJAcYg
Spartacus is a TV series in its fourth season now. It''s blend of the movies (300) & (The Gladiator). It's by far the best series I've ever seen despite the excessive sexual content. Here's season 1 trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJiBouML3FQ
Game of Thrones.. umm it stands out from all the movies & tv anyone has ever seen.
QuoteWhen I was 15 I used to watch every serie, like beverly hills 90210 or Silk Stalkings. When you are 12 and you watch silk stalking you really become mad. check this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59tTYckOQRk
Then I have watched the xfiles. It was the good time.
90s TV isn't comparable to the stuff made these years, with the exception of the X-Files of course.
Im drinking a beer and I watched the trailer of spartacus, it made me a headache. I will stick with standard series. The only serie I can still watch is big bang theory because there is not CGI everywhere.
I mostly look on anime and 2 ½ men, we have 6 TV's in my house I believe. My brother and parents watch the most, I barely watch TV it's when I go to school in the mornings I sometimes watch nature programs. Long live torrents / streaming.
Animated/cartoon's I like the most;
18+ The Boondocks (warning for very... very.. bad language/racism) made by a man who thought the world was like that when he was young. (start from beginning to learn about how everything is bound together, really great show I can laugh for hours at some of the jokes they crack)
12+ Southpark! (take any episode any order really)
8+ Digimon! (currently on season 4) (start from S1 go forward, play the different games in order and together with the movies/seasons)
I will start watching beyblade again (I had plenty of them when I was like 8 years old)
The "age indicator" I added is what I believe is required to understand a majority of the jokes/know it is not real life, and to understand the purpose and what they are trying to forward with the series.
I have 3 TV's in my house. Natually they're all HD - I threw out the last of those primitive, square, CRT analog TV's a long time ago. Mostly I like to watch the Science Channel, the History Channel, National Geographic, Discovery etc. I also like to look at movies, mostly those streamed from Netflix or Hulu although every now and then there's something good on the cable channels. And of course next year is the World Cup, I refuse to leave my house while any of those games are on TV (all are shown live here).
Just like Shadow, I too love South Park. Hey Shadow, are those cartoons shown in their native English or do the change the soundtrack to Swedish?
For me,
I love watching Science channel, National Geographic, Discovery and BBC, specially when talking about Space, Stars, planets, Galaxies, Big bang theory and Nature in general.
A few years ago, I used to watch ordinary movies like action, adventure, sci fi ..etc [Of course from torrents]. But now a little, because those Science movies have captured me. At least, I learn wonderful things which I never heard about.
Quote from: humbert on March 13, 2013, 05:19 AM
I have 3 TV's in my house. Natually they're all HD - I threw out the last of those primitive, square, CRT analog TV's a long time ago. Mostly I like to watch the Science Channel, the History Channel, National Geographic, Discovery etc. I also like to look at movies, mostly those streamed from Netflix or Hulu although every now and then there's something good on the cable channels. And of course next year is the World Cup, I refuse to leave my house while any of those games are on TV (all are shown live here).
Just like Shadow, I too love South Park. Hey Shadow, are those cartoons shown in their native English or do the change the soundtrack to Swedish?
Myself, I don't like Swedish (In general) I prefer English. But ofcourse I speak better Swedish than English.
Not that much is Dubbed into Swedish, as many of us swedes understand English we are fine with subtitles, but myself I don't need subtitles anymore I just find them annoying as I don't read them. (except when there is a word I don't know)
We don't recieve HD to our house so I stream / Download for higher resolution.)
We also have Discovery channel / Animal planet(or had not sure if we have animal planet) They are dubbed voices in the brakes (the speaker) but when well a show is on air like with Steve Irwin they speak English with Swedish subtitles. But well, on Discovery channel there is a show called like "How it's made" That's double, or trippledubbed, so we hear English and Swedish voiced, and sometimes Norwegian at the same time.
But on the kids channel (it's free in Sweden) the shows are often spoken in Arabic.
Any documentaries you guys would recommend for dl?
you speak anything else than english?
perhaps something good for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IipwQryubIE
Quote from: aa1234779 on March 18, 2013, 03:58 PM
Any documentaries you guys would recommend for dl?
I strongly recommend
BBC Planet Earth 2006 TV Series (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0795176/)... It's wonderful.
Sorry, I don't know exact location for it. You can search at torrent sites.
Also, there is a Series about Space produced by National Geographic called "
Known Universe" or in Arabic "اÙ,,كون اÙ,,Ù...عجز"..
Also, there is a wonderful movie I watched about Space..
Stephen Hawking's Universe - The Story of Everything (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1658580/).
They are the best documentary I've seen. :)
Quote from: scarface on March 18, 2013, 04:09 PM
you speak anything else than english?
perhaps something good for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IipwQryubIE
English & Arabic.
The film is nice & very informative. Turbines can be used in rivers across the world as I imagine w/o any problems.
Tidal energy could also be used & maintained easily since they would exist in the abundance of coastal areas everywhere.
Check this out, deserves the noble prize:
http://inhabitat.com/ecotricitys-searaser-tidal-power-generator-could-be-the-worlds-cheapest-method-of-producing-electricity/
There are large investments in solar power all around but not enough.
Existing resources were put back into renewable energy then that would solve this case if done at a good pace.
The film as I noticed did not touch on the true potential of nuclear energy. If I'm not mistaken, this is a means to get rid of dependence on resources facing depletion at a certain point. The waste disposal problem (usually shipping to a less important place) & nutcases messing around in this dangerous field are a barrier at taking advantage of the full potential of nuclear energy.
The problem is not inevitable. The capital is present but not used. If there was will to halt this problem then it will end a very happy ending & it will.
Quote from: Ahmad on March 18, 2013, 09:43 PM
Quote from: aa1234779 on March 18, 2013, 03:58 PM
Any documentaries you guys would recommend for dl?
I strongly recommend BBC Planet Earth 2006 TV Series (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0795176/)... It's wonderful.
Sorry, I don't know exact location for it. You can search at torrent sites.
Also, there is a Series about Space produced by National Geographic called "Known Universe" or in Arabic "اÙ,,كون اÙ,,Ù...عجز"..
Also, there is a wonderful movie I watched about Space..
Stephen Hawking's Universe - The Story of Everything (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1658580/).
They are the best documentary I've seen. :)
I'm downloading the last one. Will check out the others as they seem very interesting. TY.
check this one too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMgOTQ7D_lk
On a lighter note.. ;D
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01599yk
It's on eztv now..
Quote from: scarface on March 19, 2013, 03:16 AM
check this one too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMgOTQ7D_lk
Couldn't imagine how positive it would be to watch it.. too depressing..
to aa1234, you find that depressive? you have seen nothing.
if you master french check this: http://www.kernews.com/MP3/Sangiorgio.mp3
it's piero san giorgio saying the economic collapse is imminent.
In substance he says there will be a lot of deads. For him the system is about to collapse, politics is useless, survival will be very hard for everyone.
the whole article here: http://www.kernews.com/index.php/l-invite-du-jour/196-piero-san-giorgio-nous-risquons-fort-de-reagir-d-une-maniere-extremement-brutale-lorsque-l-economie-va-aller-de-plus-en-plus-mal
I had two french courses back in college & barely passed.
As to civilization, great ones rise & fall through the ages yet still life goes on.
e.g. The Egyptian Pharaohs. Check this.. One of the best documentaries I've seen:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2124189/
e.g. The Egyptian Pharaohs. Check this.. One of the best documentaries I've seen:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2124189/
found the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgZRKxd5dEY
This will probably interest ahmad. I dont have enough knowledge to really understand this.
I didnt quite understand why its an apocryphal view as said by the IMDB link...
As for civilisation, yes, they come and disappear, but as underlines the specialist San Giorgio, Its the first time we have a global civilisation with 7 billion people. If tomorrow Egypt cant feed its citizens and collapses with riots breaking out, they will send 50 millions migrants throughout the world with unknown consequences. And the problem of pollution, global warming will have unknown consequences in the future. But a lot of people prefer to deny it, its a natural behavior when something seems too horrible. Today there are still people denying some jews have been killed during world war 2, even if there is plenty of evidence.
Quote from: scarface on March 20, 2013, 08:54 AM
e.g. The Egyptian Pharaohs. Check this.. One of the best documentaries I've seen:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2124189/
found the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgZRKxd5dEY
This will probably interest ahmad. I dont have enough knowledge to really understand this.
I didnt quite understand why its an apocryphal view as said by the IMDB link...
My knowledge & interest in the pyramids was nothing before watching this. You should try it.
QuoteAs for civilisation, yes, they come and disappear, but as underlines the specialist San Giorgio, Its the first time we have a global civilisation with 7 billion people. If tomorrow Egypt cant feed its citizens and collapses with riots breaking out, they will send 50 millions migrants throughout the world with unknown consequences. And the problem of pollution, global warming will have unknown consequences in the future. But a lot of people prefer to deny it, its a natural behavior when something seems too horrible. Today there are still people denying some jews have been killed during world war 2, even if there is plenty of evidence.
I beg to differ with u on this. There is no chance anything like that could happen because Egypt hasn't been through something of this nature ever in recent history or in general & hopefully never will unlike anywhere else.
Another thing, man you need a vacation... :D
Thats right, until now there were no problems. but history is not linear, things can change very quickly.
This article and many are available to confirm Im not delirious about egypt.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-walker/who-will-feed-egypt_b_816495.html
But Egypt is not a particular problem. The problem is the dependency on oil and energy. historically cairo has been long-lasting, thats not the case for Vegas. But with our urban way of life, without cheap energy nearly everyone will be subjected to the economic collapse, in my opinion.
As for vacation You are right, I would gladly leave paris, low cost planes are cheap. for 30euros I can reach barcelone or liverpool but then I dont have enough to afford an hotel...
For those who wonder why Im not sleeping Ive got noisy neighbours. Im often waked up.
As for me, I'm not watching a TV. TV raise a bloody rage in me! :) Well, what's on our russian TV today?
News. Ow, yeah, sure, news! Each second word is lie, most valuable news is don't watch news if you're caring about your digesting.
Shows. Ow, yeah, tv shows! Damned reality shows like "Who want to be a millionare", "Last Hero" with that dumb "strars" from Moscow, idiotic "scientific" shows like "Ancient Secrets" (O-o-o, nazi's at 1944, with aliens help, created an army of zombies and hide it somewhere in Antarctic!.. O-o-o, horrible yeti terrorising a village on Ural! (he asks a tractor driver to give him money for vodka)... O-o-o, all americans is under mind control of jewry, and a jewry are (surprise!) an aliens, from Siriuis). Also, a Culture channel... Maybe last good channel, where sometimes you can see a good films or normal shows with real scientists, or even public lectures about different scientific investigations... But at most time on Culture is "cultural shows", which means - a bunch of old farts sit around a table and shoot the breeze about "In USSR was good, grass was greener, and our dicks was serviceable..."
Politic shows? Oh, come on! Putin said to Medvedev, and Medevedev said to Putin, that Putin said to Medvedev, that Medvedev said to Putin... And, yes, americans are bad, and opposition parties are also bad, and sometimes emmigrants from Chechnya and Tadjikistan misbehaves, and corruption grows. But, back to politics - Putin said to Medvedev, that Medvedev said to Putin, that Putin.......
Well, you understands. :)
I prefer to watch recorded TV shows from the Internet. I like Discovery channel (Stephen Hawking's shows, shows about tech history, also a Mythbusters, Top Gear and so on), and also scientific shows from History channel or National Geographic channels. I can say that my interests are closely to described by our friend Ahmad, with a bit more interest to a technology, military and history, not the pure science.
Quote from: scarface on March 21, 2013, 05:26 AM
As for vacation You are right, I would gladly leave paris, low cost planes are cheap. for 30euros I can reach barcelone or liverpool but then I dont have enough to afford an hotel...
Sorry, I don't get what kind of relaxation or sightseeing there is in Liverpool?
You are still in Europe & the culture of your country isn't much different.
Why not Southeast Asia, Caribbean, Egypt, or any other island resorts etc..
Lots of dirt cheap fun..
Daniil is absolutely correct with it comes to the news media - do NOT take what they say very seriously, a lot of it is misinformation. I believe the media is either part of the oligarchy in power and therefore its mouthpiece, or blows things out of proportion to increase revenue from ads -- or both! I have yet to see a truly impartial and factually accurate news agency.
There is also no question that most TV shows serve no other purpose than to entertain those who have no ability to think for themselves. We must all keep in mind the type of shows Daniil talks about exist for one reason only - people watch them. I too like what Daniil likes.
@Daniil - while I have your attention - did you get to watch the TV documentary about the Antikythira Mecanism? it was the name given to a complex machine supposedly built by Archimedes which could (among other things) predict eclipses many years in advance, including duration time and intensities. Try to watch it, it's fascinating.
*butting in*
Hello there, guys!
I watch some local shows, Asian Food Channel, Discovery, Nat'l Geographic, CNN, Al-Jazeera, & BBC at times. Foreign shows like NCIS:Los Angeles, CSI Series, 2-Broke Girls, Australian Masterchef from StarWorld-Asia...
@katana
Hi! :) Nice to read you again!
@humbert
Yes, I did. Antikythira Mecanism is a fascinating thing. Also I saw it's modern replica, it's very nice too.
I heared about it at first time three or four years ago, and at first time I didn't believe that it could existed. I thought that it was something from ship or from crashed plane from the War time...
But then, when I saw the replica at Discovery and a lot of photos in Internet I believe at last... :)
Some people says...
Umm, that's not my style... ;D
Anyway... Some people says that Antikythera Mechanism was first computer. But I think that this is more close to a clock, not to a computer.
@Katana - it's so nice to have you back! Those TV shows you mentioned - are they available to you via cable or satellite TV? Oh, before I forget, did you decide on your nickname because it's the famous Japanese sword used by ninjas?
@Daniil - I agree that a 'clock' is a much better description of the Antikythera Mechanism than a 'computer' given the fact that it did not compute numbers and wasn't much more than a complex system of gears. What I do find fascinating is how Archimedes calculated not only the subtle differences in the orbit of the moon because it's elliptical, but also the movement of the ellipse itself over thousands of years.
Quote from: humbert on May 03, 2013, 01:38 AM
I agree that a 'clock' is a much better description of the Antikythera Mechanism than a 'computer' given the fact that it did not compute numbers and wasn't much more than a complex system of gears. What I do find fascinating is how Archimedes calculated not only the subtle differences in the orbit of the moon because it's elliptical, but also the movement of the ellipse itself over thousands of years.
Yes, I agree. Preciseness of Mechanism isn't very surprising, it was built in Rome, and Romans always was a good technicans. You may know, that, for example, "gladius" swords, base weapons of Roman legioners, produced in mass production way in a special factories. so they surely can create such high-quality thing.
A real fascinating thing in this is that Archimedes guessed about a constitution of planetary system. But, as I have read, The Mechanism had simulate not a movement of a celestial bodies in our planet system, but, at a first place, a movement of them on a welkin. I.e., it was built based on science paradigms of Ancient Greece and Rome. So maybe that was not a calculations based on knowledges about space mechanics, but a calculations based on visual visual observation, which then was simulated in mechanics.
But, ofcourse, that was a great thing anyway. Because way from calculating visual paths of celestial bodies to understanding the basics of astro-mechanics is very short in fact. And Kopernik shown this at XIV century.