How We See The World

Ok, for anyone in the States, abroad, wherever they're airing the current Season 2, this can be the thread for discussion. Due to the fact that some characters are starting to be.... mortally challenged ( :bigcry: ), I think that it's only fair we respect those who are still watching Season 1, or want to steer clear of spoilers. So.... Geek away my fellow Lost-philes!

never thought one of my fav bands and one of my fav book trilogies would come together thus...(if true) Fox predicts a holiday smash Posted by jessia on October 29, 2007 in The Golden Compass movie In his Fox News entertainment round-up, Roger Friedman predicts good things to come from the Golden Compass’ premier this season: “I’ve now seen about a half hour of it, and without a doubt, “The Golden Compass†will be the big holiday smash hit for which Hollywood is so desperate.” He gives Nicole Kidman’s performance a good review, taking back his criticism of her acting in The Invasion (with Daniel Craig). He also speculates about the commercial soundtrack, sayi…

I bought in this week some cd-s in a big book shop, but now im not sure they are original.

Anyone like a http://www.libble.com invite? I have 5 to give away at the moment. :) PM me if you want one. A good sized music collection is essential. If you do get invited, use the search function before uploading anything. You must know how to create, upload and seed torrents. I would recommend uTorrent. Reding the rules is extremely important. Easier to become a Power User (Upload 5GB vs OiNK's 10GB) Staff aren't a bunch of uptight obnoxious idiots. You get a second chance i.e you do not get temp banned if you break a rule first time e.g uploading a transcode. The offer's out there.

Probably 99% don't care about the mlb, but for the small percent that do, who do you think will win the world series? my money is on the rockies, they are the hottest team in baseball. I hope it's the yankees, however.

Harry Potter fan, 3, freed by firefighters from traffic cone 'wizard hat' Last updated at 12:48pm on 22nd October 2007 A three-year-old Harry Potter fan had to be cut free by firefighters after putting a traffic cone on his head as a wizard's hat - and it got STUCK. Charlie Thomas, who turned three on Saturday, was playing with his new kite on Sunday when he spotted the cone in a playing field in Cullompton, Devon and put it on. He dashed over to show his parents but it wouldn't budge when they tried to take it off - so they were forced to dial 999. Worried Charlie had to wait 45 minutes until a crew arrived and removed the cone with small levers, cutt…

Come on who nicked the signals??? Portsmouth rail misery continues Rail passengers in Portsmouth face months of travel misery as bosses announce a £100m signalling project will not be completed this year. The project has already overrun twice. Now the BBC has discovered that it will be after Christmas 2007 before the new signals are up and running. Trains will be disrupted for most of the year as hand-pulled lever signals are brought back into service. Network Rail directors have apologised to passengers in the Hampshire city. Passengers had more than a month without trains at the start of this year before a limited service was introduced at the beginning…

Apple will drop the price of it's DRM-free iTunes Plus tracks this week, iLounge.com has reported. The more user-friendly songs, which are also twice the quality of regular tracks, will be available for $0.99 like the rest of the iTunes library. The old DRM-laden versions of the Plus songs will presumably be dropped from the iTunes Store. The story is here: http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-to-drop-all-itunes-plus-tracks-to-099/11684

The Aussie barmaid who can crush beer cans between her bare breasts Last updated at 16:48pm on 24th October 2007 Comments (1) An Australian barmaid has been fined for crushing beer cans between her bare breasts while an off-duty colleague has been fined for hanging spoons from her friend's nipples. Luana De Faveri, 31, pleaded guilty in the local magistrate's court to twice exposing her breasts to patrons at the Premier Hotel in Pinjarra, south of the state capital, Perth. The woman "is alleged to have also crushed beer cans between her breasts during one of the offences", in breach of hotel licencing laws, police from the Peel district of Western Austr…

BEIJING (AP) — Embarking on an ambitious 10-year moon exploration program, China launched its first lunar probe Wednesday — a leap forward in the Asian space race that gave a boost to national pride, and the promise of scientific and military payoffs. Just a week ago, Japan put a probe into orbit around the moon, and India is likely to join the rivalry soon, with plans to send its own lunar probe into space in April. The Long March 3A rocket left a trail of smoke Wednesday as it soared into cloudy skies from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan. Twenty-four minutes later, the Chang'e 1 satellite — named after a mythical Chin…

Road hog: Pig brings traffic on carriageway to standstill so she can feed her piglets Last updated at 19:31pm on 24th October 2007 Comments (1) There was no time for social niceties, table manners or even a please and thank you. When little pigs insist on stopping for lunch, there's nothing much a mother on the move can do. This sow and her litter had been roaming the New Forest in Hampshire when the youngsters decided it was time to tuck in. Scroll down for more... The sow stopped in the centre of the busy country road, near Bramshaw in Hampshire's New Forest, while all nine of her offspring began to suckle Rather than battle the mig…

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=117631292961056724014.00043d21dedd02f5ae1f7&ll=33.651208,-118.146973&spn=2.199313,4.405518&z=8&om=0 Fires burning in Southern California: update: 1,682 structures lost 500,000+ houses evacuated 429,862+ acres burned 9 deaths update: The number of blazes and their wind-whipped ferocity strain the area's firefighting resources to the limit. October 23, 2007 Wind-whipped firestorms destroyed more than 700 homes and businesses in Southern California on Monday, the second day of its onslaught, and more than half a million people in San Diego County were told to evacuate t…

time for a new thread although there's probably a handfull here that actually watches f1. WHATEVER. me, as a completely formula one fanatic, needs an f1 thread for 2007. so, who will you bet on? mhh... it's gonna be a whole situation in every single way. michael is gone (i'm still not over it!), kimi will drive for ferrari and fernando for mclaren mercedes. it's definitely going to be rather interesting, huh? and of course i'm looking forward to see how all the teams will cope with the bridgestone tyres. will be fairly interesting, too.

The woolly mammoth of a sheep who waited three years to be shorn Last updated at 22:26pm on 22nd October 2007 Perhaps his owner feared being fleeced with the price of a haircut these days. But after three years without so much as a trim, Victa the sheep's woolly coat was starting to become a burden. After a tip-off from neighbours in Melbourne, the Australian RSPCA stepped in to give Victa - who was being kept in a back yard to act as a lawnmower - a much-needed cut. Despite a few nicks along the way, Victa is now much happier, said RSPCA shelter supervisor Tamara Brown. Scroll down for more... Carrying a coat of three years' growth Victa could no lon…

Rugby World Cup 2007 fixtures Pool A England, South Africa, Samoa, USA, Tonga Pool B Australia, Wales, Fiji, Canada, Japan Pool C New Zealand, Scotland, Italy, Romania, Portugal Pool D France, Ireland, Argentina, Georgia, Namibia 7 September: France v Argentina, Stade de France, Paris, Pool D (2000 BST) 8 September: England v USA, Lens, Pool A (1700 BST) Australia v Japan, Lyon, Pool B (1445 BST) New Zealand v Italy, Marseille, Pool C (1245 BST) 9 September: Ireland v Namibia, Bordeaux, Pool D (1900 BST) Wales v Canada, Nantes, Pool B (1300 BST) South Africa v Samoa, Parc des Princes, Paris, Pool A (1500 BST) Scotland v Portugal, St E…

Modern life is blamed for obesity, but whatever happened to willpower? 00:53am 18th October 2007 Comments Through a long afternoon at Wimbledon a few months ago, my eyes kept straying from the tennis to two women in the seats in front of us. Game after game, set after set, they munched: hamburgers, sandwiches, biscuits and chocolate, in unbroken succession. It was hard to believe that they were hungry - after the first couple of courses, anyway. They were simply grazing, as carelessly and naturally as any Guernsey in a meadow. I wanted to lean forward and plead: 'Don't do it! You're wrecking your lives.' Of course I did not. They would have be…

Tesco worker tells armed robber she's TOO BUSY to deal with him By JAYA NARAIN - More by this author » Last updated at 14:27pm on 23rd October 2007 Comments When faced with a gun-toting robber and ordered to fill a bag with money, petrol station cashier Linda Faulkner was not about to be bullied. Instead of surrendering the £15 cash from her till, she turned to the raider and told him she was too busy to deal with him. The plucky mother of one, 51, said: "I just got on with it - British people don't stop work just because someone is trying to bully us with guns." Scroll down for more... Linda Faulkner said it was her British duty to not allow men w…

Lessing says 9/11 'not that bad' Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing has said that the 11 September attacks were "not that terrible" compared to the IRA's terror campaign. "Some Americans will think I'm crazy... but it was neither as terrible or as extraordinary as they think," the writer told Spanish newspaper El Pais. The 88-year-old added that "people forget" the IRA bomb attack on Margaret Thatcher's government in 1984. Lessing won the Nobel prize, worth £763,000, honouring her 57-year career. Five people died and 34 were injured when an IRA bomb exploded in a Brighton hotel where leading members of the Conservative party - including Mrs Thatcher …

Motorways to open hard shoulder to ease congestion Last updated at 10:58am on 22nd October 2007 Drivers on busy motorways will be able to drive on the hard shoulder during peak hours, under a new government scheme. Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly is expected to announce the move this week following a successful pilot scheme on the M42 in the West Midlands. Despite fears by safety experts, the scheme has been heralded as an effective way of cutting congestion on Britain's busy roads. Hard shoulder: Three lanes of traffic Ms Kelly is expected to announce on Thursday the expansion of the scheme to other motorways, including the M25, M4, M20, M1 and…

Double glazing salesman 'punched customer for getting quote from a rival firm' Last updated at 15:14pm on 23rd October 2007 Comments (7) Allegations: Salesman Carl Birkenshaw claims he only defended himself A double glazing salesman punched a customer in the face and sat on him shouting "I've got you now" after he found out they had a quote from a rival firm, a court heard. George Dixon was left bleeding from his mouth and with injuries to his face and shoulder after being attacked in his own lounge and in front of his wife, Evelyn. Salesman Carl Birkenshaw had been invited to the couple's home in Cramlington, Northumberland to give them a quot…

Britain's north-south divide: People in south are richer, healthier and live longer Last updated at 17:43pm on 22nd October 2007 Obese Britain: Whilst obesity is a growing problem across Britain, the report found it is particularly bad in the north People living in the south are likely to be richer, healthier and live longer lives than their counterparts in the north, a government report shows today. The Health Profile of England 2007 published by the Department of Health reveals a stark north-south divide in the country's health across many factors. The report's main findings were: • Men in the North East and North West live for more than two and a ha…

Health and safety killjoys ban bonfire night - in Guy Fawkes' home town By CHRIS BROOKE - More by this author » Last updated at 18:23pm on 22nd October 2007 York: The birth place of Guy Fawkes will not hold a fireworks event this year after the city council refused York football ground a safety certifcate to host the event For years the birthplace of Guy Fawkes has hosted suitably spectacular fireworks displays on Bonfire Night. But on 5 November this year residents and tourists in the historic city of York will have to amuse themselves after officials forced the cancellation of the only major public event. Penny-pinching council chiefs and health an…

Eating kangaroo meat will cut down on green house gas emissions By JANE FRYER - More by this author » Last updated at 00:40am on 22nd October 2007 Lunch: A scientist has declared that eating cuddly kangaroos instead of cows will help reduce greenhouse gases Poor old Skippy — what an utter nightmare. One minute, he's bouncing happily through the outback, ears flapping, tail flopping, with not a care in the world. The next, he's heralded as the latest superfood — delicious, nutritious and fabulously low fat — the natural solution to global warming, and 20.4 million Australians are being urged to "throw a few kanga bangers on the barb…

Just finished it and thought there should be a thread started on it. I believe that, minus the complete brainwashing and murder, it is scarily precise to the present. What do you guys think?

Television has been given a morality bypass By MARK STEPHENS - More by this author » Last updated at 23:06pm on 13th October 2007 Comments (8) The offer was too tempting for Lindsay McCurdy to refuse. A television show would fly her to Los Angeles for a £200,000 extreme makeover. She'd get the full Hollywood treatment: fashion styling, extensive cosmetic surgery to her tummy and face, plus dentistry by the man who fixed Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's teeth. Everything would be free; all she had to do was pose for the cameras. The reality of reality television, however, proved somewhat different for Lindsay. Far from the glamour-laden, life-changing experi…