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Q: Lesson on telephone sales to the operator

I remember a scene from a movie in which a guy answer to the phone and someone wants to sell some type of service. He initially says "no", then -when the operator is giving up- he says something like "you should not give up, keep trying". I was 100% sure the movie was "The secret of my success" w...

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Movie Reel

19:29

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Q: Basis of the CGI model of SS Botany Bay in ST:TOS "Space Seed" re-release

In the original release of the Star Trek TOS episode "Space Seed", shots depicting the exterior of the Botany Bay only ever show it in profile, never revealing the true shape of the physical model. In the re-release, we get to see it from other angles. What was the basis of the CGI model? Was it ...

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Napoleon Wilson

@arda Yeah, he did that here, too. Telling us about the former user who got deleted and was coincidentally sitting right next to him. ;-)

arda

Close friends are close friends

too close

Napoleon Wilson

Isn't this:

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Q: Why couldn't Harvey's killings be pinned on the Joker?

The last scene of the Dark Knight includes a dialogue between James Gordon and Batman about pinning onto Batman the implied murders committed by Harvey Dent. No one has this knowledge other than Gordon and Batman. Still these deaths needed to be accounted for. They weren't going to pin it on Har...

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A duplicate of this:

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Q: Why blame Batman for the crimes commited by Harvey Dent?

Near the end of The Dark Knight, Gordon says he cannot cover up the murders of 5 people, 2 of them cops. But how would the public know that Harvey committed those crimes? Why did they have to blame it on the Batman? Why couldn't they blame somebody else, perhaps Maroni since he is dead already? I...

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(Or rather just a more specific version of it that should still be covered by the duplicate already.)

Ixrec

19:46

I'm leaning towards not a dupe because both of these questions, despite being about the same issue, are asking about different potential targets for the blame

the answer on the former question about why the Joker is not an acceptable option wouldn't make a lot of sense if posted on the other question

Montag451

A cool coding joker asks :)

Ixrec

the latter question appears to be asking why they didn't just claim the killer was unknown and dodge the whole debate over who to blame; none of the answers seem to actually answer this (probably because the question doesn't make it obvious enough) but that's definitely a different question imo

Napoleon Wilson

@Ixrec Well, the other question asks about all possible targets, so the Joker answer still makes much sense (even though I agree it should be reworded slightly then).

Ixrec

yeah, you'd have to reword the questions and/or answers significantly for merging the answer lists to really work

which imo is enough to make them non-dupes

Napoleon Wilson

@Ixrec The answer slightly, I rather would say. Rarely can you just merge duplicates as is.

Ixrec

19:50

but the Joker answer wouldn't make any sense on the second question at all in its current form; the second question doesn't even mention the Joker as a possible target

Napoleon Wilson

Hmm, I guess.

Ixrec

imo the best move would be editing the second question to make it far more obious that it's asking about "some random nameless person no one cares about", as opposed to "literally anyone in Gotham other than Harvey"

as that would improve the odds of it eventually getting a real answer

steelerfan

@AJ WOOHOO!!!! I have liked these challenges ever since I started hanging around here. I know that you don't win anything, but they're fun :)

I tried to get Wad to ask a Gene Wilder question to no avail :(

@NapoleonWilson Because they wanted to give us the dumbest ending possible to a movie :P

runs

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan ;-(

Be happy that you didn't say that about the 3rd part! ;-(

steelerfan

Uhuh

;)

Ixrec

20:02

that was a good ending!

steelerfan

Uhuh

Sorry. I...I just didn't like that ending :(

Ixrec

fine then, I'll go back to watching Data replicate cat food

Ankit Sharma

I like the ending

steelerfan

But, the ending to The Dark knight rises blew my mind! ;)

Ankit Sharma

I loved all three of them

steelerfan

20:05

@Ixrec Wait. You're still watching that? Weren't you watching that this morning?

Ankit Sharma

I even keep burton's version after all three of them ;p

steelerfan

Meh. The endings weren't that fabulous.

Ankit Sharma

141......am I going to get rep cap, dom't know how much time of teh day left as per SE

@steelerfan nolanish ending is always like this

Ixrec

@steelerfan you might be thinking of a different episode =)

I am still watching the same show though

Ankit Sharma

Atleast he gave it an end rather then tim who left it to get ruined up later

steelerfan

20:07

@Ixrec There's an entire show surrounding Data doing cat stuff? Data is from Star Trek, correct?

Ixrec

lol, no I'm still watching Star Trek: The Next Generation

his cat only appears in a handful of episodes

Ankit Sharma

@NapoleonWilson To me both can work individually

steelerfan

@AnkitSharma The ending to the 1989 Batman was way better than any of the endings to the Nolan ones. Well, Batman Begins had a good ending.

Ixrec

my reference was to an episode I just finished where they tried interfacing Data's brain with the ship's computer and...
RIKER: The replicators on decks four through nine are producing nothing but cat food.
PICARD: Cat food?
DATA: I have been formulating nutritional supplements for Spot.

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan ;-)

Ankit Sharma

20:09

@steelerfan But nolan's batman was better and catwoman too

Napoleon Wilson

@AnkitSharma Me too.

Ixrec

@steelerfan you mean because for once he killed Joker? =)

Napoleon Wilson

@AnkitSharma About 4 hours.

steelerfan

Meh. You're both nuts ;)

Ankit Sharma

@NapoleonWilson 5 hours for 60 rep ,,,,,,,,,I better sleep

Napoleon Wilson

20:11

@steelerfan Meh (to the first sentence).

steelerfan

@Ixrec I don't know. It was just cool how all was settled and well and the bat sign in the sky and such.

Ankit Sharma

Tim burton's batman put bomb on villain and still people cry over BvS's batman being brutal

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan That was pretty much the ending of all 3 Nolan films. All settled (and sometimes well) with a glimpse of the future.

@AnkitSharma Indeed. The whole Axis Chemicals building alone should have been full of goons, who went down in a terrific explosion.

steelerfan

I had this same argument with my Husband. His mind was blown by the Nolan series. Mine just wasn't. I really was annoyed at the end of The Dark Knight with the whole Harvey Dent crap, but, well.

Ixrec

I have to admit I'm surprised that Batman killing people was at the top of anyone's list of BvS criticisms

Ankit Sharma

20:14

I don't mind if superhero kills 10-15 people per film, I am not watching tom and jerry where nobody dies

Ixrec

or Superman where the whole premise is he's so powerful the only drama can be in whether other people die or not

(unless you go for kryptonite)

steelerfan

That was stupid.

Ixrec

in all Superman movies or did you have a specific one in mind?

Montag451

Tonight I watched the latest Star Trek in a cinema which claimed it to be in 2D but was 3D. Never going to watch a 3D movie again. Anyways it was a great experience despite the huge dumb cosmological errors. Just wanted it out of my system :)

steelerfan

The whole thing of "Superman has all of these powers, what if he decides to turn evil" thing.

Ankit Sharma

20:16

I need to check all 3 star trek too but I am stuck back into Vampire diaries

steelerfan

I liked the original Superman movies. Superman II was awesome.

Napoleon Wilson

On other news, I just built a replica of a Usonian house in Minecraft that Frank Lloyd Wright himself couldn't have built any better. \o/

Ixrec

or far more interesting, "What if he decides to turn communist?"

@steelerfan what did you think of Man of Steel?

Ankit Sharma

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A: Why was Chiwetel Ejiofor made to be part Indian in The Martian?

wilson first of all i do not interrupt in such discussion forums bcoz i think everyone has a right to think in their own way and one simply does not agree to someone else's mindset ever. it might be the first one for me so plz ignore my unusual style of communication as for as your question is co...

is this any kind of answer

I am just half sleeping can't judge

Ixrec

it has no capital letters, it must be flagged

Ankit Sharma

20:18

@Ixrec or nazi

Napoleon Wilson

@AnkitSharma Dafuq wut? Sounds incredibly fishy.

Ankit Sharma

Nazi superman

steelerfan

@Ixrec It was alright. I really like Henry Cavill, so, I went into it really wanting to like it. It was alright, I guess.

@AnkitSharma Get to bed, silly bean!

BvS sucked.

Ixrec

same for me personally, I doubt we'd still be talking about it if they hadn't retroactively decided to turn it into the DCEU

Ankit Sharma

@steelerfan need to cmplete one more episode of vampire diaries atleast

Napoleon Wilson

20:20

And some stupid link. Yeah, that thing's not going anywhere other than the trashcan. I just don't know if it should be deleted or spam-flagged.

steelerfan

@AnkitSharma Will you die if you don't? ;)

Ankit Sharma

@steelerfan don't make me throw printout of dizzel's review of MCU at u

steelerfan

I'm sorry :(

Ixrec

@AnkitSharma but she said a thing Dizzle agrees with?

steelerfan

I do like some superhero movies.

Ankit Sharma

20:21

@Ixrec Dizzle hate Donnie Darko and she likes it , enough said ;p

@steelerfan Yeah Tim burton one ;)

Ixrec

Donnie Darko is sufficiently odd I'm not going to judge anyone based on their opinion of it

steelerfan

I like Burton's Batmans, Batman Begins, original Supermans, LOVED Suicide Squad

Ixrec

much like I wouldn't be offended if anyone here said they hated Evangelion because the (original) ending was so screwed up (because that's completely true)

Ankit Sharma

> Anne Hathaway is interested in returning to the DC Universe for a Catwoman spinoff movie.

In an interview at the Variety Studio at the Toronto Film Festival, presented by Airbnb, for her upcoming sci-fi action-thriller “Colossal,” Hathaway said she would love to tackle the character again, although she admitted it may be a difficult tas

> “I loved that character and I had such a blast playing her,” Hathaway said. “I’m not sure how it would work because I think the Chris Nolan chapter of the Batman story has been wrapped up and I’m part of that, but I love the DC Universe and it would be fun to take a trip back.”

@Ixrec what is that

Napoleon Wilson

Kewl!

Ankit Sharma

20:24

@steelerfan I didn't like any of teh old superman. I just can't relate myself with over idealistic superman

Ixrec

@AnkitSharma animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=49

just one of the most famous mecha anime of all time

Napoleon Wilson

I would really like to rewatch Superman II. I've seen that much rarer and longer ago than the first one.

Ankit Sharma

Not into mecha anime

Napoleon Wilson

Not into ~~mecha~~ anime. ;-)

Ankit Sharma

That remind me I still have to check Code geass : akito the excile

Ixrec

20:25

=P

Ankit Sharma

@NapoleonWilson bummer :/

Ixrec

so speaking of Batman and Catwoman

steelerfan

@AnkitSharma She doesn't really have a choice. Her career is kind of at a stand still at the moment ;)

Ixrec

one of the problems I had with BvS was how little it explained about Batman's state of mind; he was clearly angry, and it's easy to surmise something happened to Robin, but I don't see why they couldn't just bloody tell us what happened and why it was so bad it made him want to brand and kill people

Ankit Sharma

@steelerfan she is my girl, not going to hear a single word against her

Ixrec

20:29

which I mention because if Catwoman is going to show up in the DCEU

there's going to be some kind of relationship there

steelerfan

Michelle Pfeiffer's catwoman kicks Anne Hathaway's catwoman's ass!

Ixrec

and it's gonna be important to know wtf is up with Batman when that happens

Ankit Sharma

@Ixrec because they want more time for those dumb dreams

Ixrec

exactly!

I wouldn't call them dumb necessarily but that was the wrong movie to put them in

Ankit Sharma

And so many, just keep one if you really want them

Ixrec

20:31

if either of them had a shred of relevance to BvS itself that'd be fine

Napoleon Wilson

Oh, they got Ash vs Evil Dead on Amazon Prime.

Ankit Sharma

They cut all the main scene from film about explaining death after branding, lois's research etc but kept those fucking dream

Napoleon Wilson

@Ixrec Um, didn't, like, every word from Alfred's mouth explain Bruce's mindset?

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson Speaking of...you wanna finish our movie in about half an hour?

Ankit and Napoleon didn't take my Catwoman bait ;)

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Oh, sure!

Ankit Sharma

20:33

4 mins ago, by Ankit Sharma

@steelerfan she is my girl, not going to hear a single word against her

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan What's to take there? We all know Anne Hathaway is boss beyond discussion. ;-)

Ankit Sharma

So I ignored u ;p

Ixrec

@NapoleonWilson do we have an actual script for the movie yet? I've seen you claim this before and I still don't believe it so it'd be nice if we could check

steelerfan

You guys are no fun. I was trying to get you all worked up ;)

Napoleon Wilson

@Ixrec At least to a degree that it didn't bother me and I saw no inconsistencies in his behaviour.

Ixrec

20:35

for the record, I'm not claiming inconsistencies

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson Sure, babe. Whatever you say :)

Ixrec

but ironically it's because Alfred said anything at all that it bothers me slightly; without any comments I would've simply assumed "in this universe Batman is a dick, full stop"

now I know there's a story there and that we weren't told the full story

Napoleon Wilson

@Ixrec Touched here, though.

Ixrec

but that movie is exactly where the story belonged, because it's a big part of why he fought Superman (I assume)

Napoleon Wilson

@Ixrec Well, that's what all the people on the internet (IMHO wrongly) assume and are up in arms about.

Ixrec

20:37

well, even without Alfred we have the grafitti on Robin's outfit

Napoleon Wilson

@Ixrec We were sufficiently hinted at it, though.

Ixrec

yeah we need a transcript

Montag451

People don't take me too serious about my next post :) It's just me with some alcohol ;)

Napoleon Wilson

@Ixrec Hmm, I don't know. It's not like the movie wasn't full of side-stories already. I for myself was satisfied with the explanation of Bruce's mindset we got.

steelerfan

I lost interest like 15 minutes in. It was stupid.

Ixrec

20:38

that movie choosing to include the wrong set of side stories is pretty much my biggest issue with it

it should've kept the ones that are relevant to why B had to fight S and mostly stuck to that

Ankit Sharma

Deepika Padukone Teaching Vin Diesel Speak In Hindi & It Is Super Cute !!

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Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Yeah? Well, maybe you're st...nevermind, to each his own. ;-P

Montag451

Yolanda Gonzales Sobrado - Firedance (Riverdance - The Show 2002)

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Ankit Sharma

@Montag451 o.O

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson :'(

Napoleon Wilson

20:40

@steelerfan Awww, I'm just messing with you. ;-)

@Montag451 Why shouldn't we take this serious? It's nice. ;-)

Ixrec

finally finished reading that answer from Mike you linked to, holy **** why don't I remember any of that

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson I know, my dear. I will be the first to admit how stupid I am ;)

Ixrec

spend enough time on that stuff we actually remember it! that stuff mattered!

steelerfan

@Ixrec What answer? Are you talking to Napoleon?

Ixrec

6 mins ago, by Napoleon Wilson

@Ixrec Touched here, though.

Ankit Sharma

20:42

@Montag451 Who watch this while drinking O.o

Napoleon Wilson

I was so extremely delighted when Mike posted that answer right into the face of all the "evil killer Batman" whiners. ;-)

Montag451

@AnkitSharma Me :)))

Ankit Sharma

hmmm

steelerfan

Mike's such a bad-ass!

;)

Ankit Sharma

bat-ass

Napoleon Wilson

20:45

Hehe!

steelerfan

NICE!!

Ixrec

don't remind us of Batman & Robin

steelerfan

That's just bat-shit crazy!!!

Napoleon Wilson

You could say Mike really kicks ice!

Ankit Sharma

@Ixrec That is a shit of dying bat

steelerfan

20:48

Hehehe! You guys so funny!!

@NapoleonWilson Oh, yeah. Himarm invited us to go on a Caribbean cruise with him, his wife and their friends. We will be stopping by Mike's house on the way and ~~annoying~~ saying hi to him ;)

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Meh.

steelerfan

That's cool...I'll just go, then!

Napoleon Wilson

:'(

Montag451

This eulogy to darth vader is also what I like to watch when I'm drunk :)

Migala - El Imperio del Mal

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Ankit Sharma

@steelerfan how do you guys work with 4 different timezone + daylight saving

@Montag451 You lost all chances of being my drink buddy ever ;p

steelerfan

20:54

@AnkitSharma Well, the trick is to stay in the same time zone ;)

@AnkitSharma HAHAHA!!

Ankit Sharma

@steelerfan but then daylight change the time twice a year

Why you guys complicate everything

This PST/EST piss me off

Ixrec

we have an equivalent of DST here in Britain too

everyone has some variation of this nonsense

steelerfan

@AnkitSharma I don't know. Because we're Americans and have to f-up everything ;)

Napoleon Wilson

Did you know that Benjamin Franklin first proposed DST in the US?

steelerfan

Uhuh

Ankit Sharma

20:56

In India we have only IST and we don't give a shit about longest day/night so no daylight saving

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Gheez, haven't you seen National Treasure? ;-)

steelerfan

I'm sure you know that from National Treasure ;)

Jinx!

Napoleon Wilson

Hehe!

steelerfan

Stop jinxing me, Napoleon!! ;)

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan That's impossible!

Too bad chat typing isn't real-time, otherwise we could mutually finish our sentences. ;-)

steelerfan

20:59

@NapoleonWilson Hehehe! Awww, of course we would, babe!

Ixrec

also, if we're gonna talk about silly time zones...

The Problem with Time & Timezones - Computerphile

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(don't be afraid, zero programming ability is required to understand this video)

Napoleon Wilson

Ah, it's that thing that gets linked daily but I never took the time watching.

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson Okay. Let me get some more coffee and shut these girls up and we will finish our movie ;)

Montag451

@Ixrec I like computerphile, numberphile and sixty symbols videos. This one is one of my favorites

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Yay!

steelerfan

21:09

@NapoleonWilson I'm so excited that you're excited about watching a movie with me!

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Lemme get sutt'na drink too then.

Ixrec

fortunately, for real-world programming we have standardized libraries that take care of this magic for us, and only a tiny subset of my company is responsible for updating those libraries when stuff changes

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Of course I am!

steelerfan

HOORAY!!

Montag451

@Ixrec Maybe you've heard of the Turkish goverment's decision to leave the timezone adjustment. From this year on we will be waking up in the night in the winter

steelerfan

21:10

It's baffling me how cheerleading and dance practice needs to be done in the living room ;)

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Gheez, cheerleaders they are, too?

steelerfan

...with the most horrible, annoymusic imaginable. Ugh.

Napoleon Wilson

Of course.

steelerfan

@NapoleonWilson Lenny? Yeah, she's a cheerleader and on the dance team. I told you this before, silly!

Napoleon Wilson

@steelerfan Well, I knew she did dance. But uh, without being sexist, of course women can do every sport. But uh, who's an all girl school actually cheering on? ;-)

Or do they just cheerlead for the sake of its own, like in that Kirsten Dunst film?

Is this really not a duplicate either?

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Q: Bruce Wayne's death in The Dark Knight Rises

People witnessed the death of Batman. They do not know that Bruce Wayne was Batman. However, the death of Bruce Wayne himself would be highly publicized, due to his stature. It would be known to the entire world. How could he fake a death and then be present at a cafe in Italy without publicity ...

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steelerfan

21:19

@NapoleonWilson They do like a dance/cheer thing at competitions...and I just went and changed their music with out them knowing and cranked up "I wanna rock" by Twisted Sister. Chaos is now ensuing. Hehehe!

Napoleon Wilson

Hehehe!

So when's that film thing going on, though?

steelerfan

In a minute. I'm waiting for them to get their crap outside.

They're still recovering from the music change ;)

Montag451