Web Wiz Forum http://freshlinks.net/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; Web Wiz Forum : Last 10 Posts Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:14:13 +0000 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:09:43 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 8.03 30 freshlinks.net/forum//RSS_topic_feed.asp Web Wiz Forum http://freshlinks.net/forum//forum_images/web_wiz_forums.gif http://freshlinks.net/forum/ Dean Koontz : Recently Seen Movies http://freshlinks.net/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=9753&PID=194834#194834 Author: FinalExam
Subject: Recently Seen Movies
Posted: 14/March/2010 at 6:09am

Originally posted by TheFirTree

FE - have you ever seen the '73 horror movie The Baby?...I saw it on TV a few years ago + it's one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen, once seen never forgotten...


No, somehow I missed this one Fir.]]> Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:09:43 +0000 http://freshlinks.net/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=9753&PID=194834#194834 Dean Koontz : Recently Seen Movies http://freshlinks.net/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=9753&PID=194833#194833 Author: SlimMackenzie
Subject: Recently Seen Movies
Posted: 13/March/2010 at 8:22pm

GreenZone - No Spoilers:

Overall it was a good war flick. A lot of action. I don't know how close the plot is to being based on a true story, but if it is, then it is shocking. Matt Damon did a good job. I like him in that kind of roll. Directed by the same guy who did the "Bourne" movies. Overall, 6/10.]]> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:22:55 +0000 http://freshlinks.net/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=9753&PID=194833#194833 Dean Koontz : What are you reading now? http://freshlinks.net/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=10030&PID=194832#194832 Author: pattirose
Subject: What are you reading now?
Posted: 13/March/2010 at 7:15pm

I am reading Love Came Just In Time by Lynn Kurland. It was very highly recommended by someone but I'm not crazy about it. It's a collection of 4 novellas, 100 pages each, that all tie together somehow further down the line in her other books but if this is any representation of the Romance genre I certainly won't be reading any more. I'm almost finished the second novella and with both of them the writing is great and they have a very interesting storyline, kind of a mix of time travel, historical and fantasy but then the 2 characters fall in love and get all silly, kiss alot, get married then live happily ever after.

I did post that I wanted my next read to be a light whimsical one and this certainly is. I will finish it though as I don't want you all to think I'm a quitter.

]]> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:15:06 +0000 http://freshlinks.net/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=10030&PID=194832#194832 Dean Koontz : Recently Seen Movies http://freshlinks.net/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=9753&PID=194831#194831 Author: TheFirTree
Subject: Recently Seen Movies
Posted: 13/March/2010 at 2:53pm

FE - have you ever seen the '73 horror movie The Baby?...I saw it on TV a few years ago + it's one of the most bizarre things I've ever seen, once seen never forgotten...]]> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:53:26 +0000 http://freshlinks.net/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=9753&PID=194831#194831 Dean Koontz : What Books Did You Pick Up Today? http://freshlinks.net/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=10953&PID=194830#194830 Author: FinalExam
Subject: What Books Did You Pick Up Today?
Posted: 13/March/2010 at 1:10pm

Got a coming of age horror--one of my favorite sub-genres--called Cruel Summer by Matt Venne in the mail. Intro by my idol/god Lansdale himself.]]> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:10:31 +0000 http://freshlinks.net/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=10953&PID=194830#194830 Dean Koontz : Recently Seen Movies http://freshlinks.net/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=9753&PID=194829#194829 Author: FinalExam
Subject: Recently Seen Movies
Posted: 13/March/2010 at 1:07pm

I LOVE me some Lucas, I think that movie is beautiful. And Kerri Green was great in it and Goonies (haven't seen the other).

Watched Dead Snow, a German zombie flick about undead Nazis. First half I really enjoyed, then it devolved into a ridiculously over the top comedy/horror.]]> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:07:49 +0000 http://freshlinks.net/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=9753&PID=194829#194829 Other authors : Ayn Rand http://freshlinks.net/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=11918&PID=194828#194828 Author: dnurse64
Subject: Ayn Rand
Posted: 13/March/2010 at 11:50am

Originally posted by TheFirTree

At least the link finally worked...

Gore Vidal just makes me laugh, the King of the catty put down...He's very funny on the Kennedy family too...


He sure is catty! He took a lot of those quotes out of context. I can tell he's going for a certain "colorful" style of journalism. He wasn't fair but he was interesting. Just like you said, "she provokes strong reactions."

As I stated, I have a problem with Rand redefining words such as altruism and sacrifice in order to make several valid points with her philosophy. It didn't work for me plus it gave her detractors more ammunition to use against her. However, this practice attracted a lot of attention to get her "word" out. No pun intended.

This is the one "detractor" quote I could extract that wasn't too catty:


For one thing, it is gratuitous to advise any human being to look out for himself. You can be sure that he will. It is far more difficult to persuade him to help his neighbor to build a dam or to defend a town or to give food he has accumulated to the victims of a famine. But since we must live together, dependent upon one another for many things and services, altruism is necessary to survival. To get people to do needed things is the perennial hard task of government, not to mention of religion and philosophy. That it is right to help someone less fortunate is an idea which ahs figured in most systems of conduct since the beginning of the race. We often fail.

I have concerns about how much the government should be involved in this task, that gets blurry. I don't want the government telling me I need to go volunteer next weekend in a community program to build a house for a homeless family. However, if my church asks for my help in the same task, that is fine. I can decide if I can or not. And to be fair to Rand, she wasn't against helping others but resented it being a obligation or duty that could be demanded and make "slaves" of people to duty. She didn't see it as a virtue. This has a lot to do with her background of coming from a communist dictatorship too.

My worldview is best represented in C.S. Lewis's "Mere Christianity." He gets to the basics of what all Christain faiths believe in or agree with. Many of these are at odds with Rand's philosophy of Objectivism. I count "Mere Christianity" as one of the most important books in my life.





]]> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:50:26 +0000 http://freshlinks.net/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=11918&PID=194828#194828 Dean Koontz : Recently Seen Movies http://freshlinks.net/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=9753&PID=194827#194827 Author: TheFirTree
Subject: Recently Seen Movies
Posted: 13/March/2010 at 10:42am

Not seen Alice, it's Tim Burton though so it should be pretty interesting...those books are just pure genius.

Just rewatched Lucas (1986) - fantastic.
"I think they did it, it's like with pigeons..."

When I first saw Lucas/The Goonies/Summer Rental on tv in the late 80s or early 90s I thought Kerri Green was the Goddess of all time...]]> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:42:00 +0000 http://freshlinks.net/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=9753&PID=194827#194827 Other authors : Ayn Rand http://freshlinks.net/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=11918&PID=194826#194826 Author: TheFirTree
Subject: Ayn Rand
Posted: 13/March/2010 at 10:24am

At least the link finally worked...

Gore Vidal just makes me laugh, the King of the catty put down...He's very funny on the Kennedy family too...]]> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:24:13 +0000 http://freshlinks.net/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=11918&PID=194826#194826 Other authors : Ayn Rand http://freshlinks.net/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=11918&PID=194825#194825 Author: dnurse64
Subject: Ayn Rand
Posted: 13/March/2010 at 10:22am

Yes, the article raises a few of my concerns with O'ism and lists some of the problems I have with it. One main point that sticks out is the redefinition of words.]]> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:22:29 +0000 http://freshlinks.net/forum//forum_posts.asp?TID=11918&PID=194825#194825