The day isn't complete without a visit to the wacko news at:
http://www.rense.com/

(Hint, sometimes the stuff isn't as wacko as other times, but most of the time I don my tinfoil helmet and enjoy.)

For the other side of 70mm, there is always:
http://www.geocities.com/meta8mm/index.html

One of my own sites in need of an update:
http://www.electricrailroad.com/

A one time link for steam buffs:
http://www.spikesys.com/Trains/loco_bot.html

There are dozens of others, but some of those might entertain for a while.

 

Besides the aforementioned auction site, I spend a bit of time at the following as well:
http://www.tibpriors.org
http://www.billboard.com
http://www.swingshift.net
http://www.triodeelectronics.com

Aaron

I'll also plug my favorite dead formats:
cedmagic.com and 8trackheaven.com
 

Film-Tech
This is a crazy site where some people post a message or two on a forum. They talk about moving pictures and other crazy cool stuff.

DSL Reports
Great site to test your line speed, regardless of whether you use DSL, Cable, dial up modem, T1, or anything else. Pretty accurate! Just go to "Tools" on the left, and then scroll down and click "Speed Test"

My latest results are 2968kbps down and 2664kbps up (full duplex). What kind of results is everyone else getting?

Apparently the connection Rocks!
 

We're smokin!

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Greg Mueller
Amateur Astronomer, Machinist, Filmnut
http://www.muellersatomics.com/
 

I'd be interested to see the speed results from your SDSL connection and also your multiple T1 connections at work. I also wanna know what Pytlak is getting off of his Roadrunner cable modem.

Once I get better income, I think I'll pay the extra $20 and go for the 10meg connection. I'm not sure what good it would be, as not many sites can dish out info that fast. But it would be fun to brag about.

** Speed 1211(down)/192(up) kbps ** LA CA
** Speed 694(down)/186(up) kbps ** SJC CA

That's with Bellsouth DSL in Georgia. I'm ashamed of the 694 Kbps *shudder*.

PS: Damn you Joe, and your full duplex line. I would love to be able to upload faster.

You CAN upload faster, Les, you just have to fork over more $$$ per month to Bellsouth. With Qwest DSL I was paying $30 a month (plus $18 for ISP charges totalling $48 a month) for 640 down and 270 up. If I wanted to pay more I could increase the speed up to 7mbps receive and 1Mbps send. I don't know how much that costs, but I can imaging that the answer would be in the hundreds per month. Now I am paying $45 a month for 3mbps bi-directional. No additional ISP charges apply. This is not DSL or Cable modem, but a fiber optic line to my house. It hits the junction where it is delivered to my wall via Cat5e cable. I don't even have a modem. Here is a picture of how it comes into the house (goes from here directly to a computer, switch, hub, or router):

I knew you'd want to see this exciting picture! What crazy stuff will they think of next?!

By the way Scott, Wide Open West gave me a static IP!

Joe, I just get over you having bidirectional and then you have to throw in that you have a static ip too? I'm going to smack you. I don't know when this century AT&T or Bellsouth will be getting around to throwing fiber up to the house (it's used on the roads for cable and phone). Probably not too soon with the DSL market just now emerging.

That's absolutely cool about the incoming line into your house, although it does raise security concerns. Obviously you must be on some type of WAN architecture then.

I will run a line test tomorrow at work to see the average capabilities of a single T1 line. Then I'll try the OC-3

What the hell is OC-3?

T-1 - 1.544 megabits per second (24 DS0 lines)
T-3 - 43.232 megabits per second (28 T1s)
OC-3 - 155 megabits per second (100 T1s)
OC-12 - 622 megabits per second (4 OC3s)
OC-48 - 2.5 gigabits per seconds (4 OC12s)
OC-192 - 9.6 gigabits per second (4 OC48s)

(Yes, they do go higher than this.. but usually only internet backbone providers need that much bandwidth (UUNet/MCI, Spring, etc)).
 

DSLReports' speed test is only reliable up to 5mbps.

Umm.. you do the math.

I just thought of a good site The Urban Legends Reference Page at www.snopes2.com

check out the disney section and decide for yourselves if there is a
phallic symbol on the Little Mermaid video cover or if in Aladin someone talkes about taking their clothes off. etc
 

"I work for a international teleconferencing company.. so we are all about the phone lines.

T-1 - 1.544 megabits per second (24 DS0 lines)
T-3 - 43.232 megabits per second (28 T1s)
OC-3 - 155 megabits per second (100 T1s)
OC-12 - 622 megabits per second (4 OC3s)
OC-48 - 2.5 gigabits per seconds (4 OC12s)
OC-192 - 9.6 gigabits per second (4 OC48s)"

"Ave. cost for an OC-3 is $35,000.-$49,000./mo."

For a reasonable download time (few hours?) of a 40-50 gigabyte Digital Cinema movie file, what data rate would be used today? What would be the cost of a dedicated connection? If a theatre needed to download about 12 movies a month, could they contract for a fractional line? Or would a better option be to take a much longer time on a slower line?

Obviously a dedicated OC-3 would be fast, but $35,000 - $49,000 a month would cost a theatre many times more than the cost to make a dozen film prints, not to mention the cost of mastering, encryption, watermarking, etc. Data delivery does have a price.

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John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion

I wouldn't see the need to rush something that already takes a couple days to be received. *shrug* Don't digital camera's already work off of "uploading" cd's to the projector?

Anyone have any links as to where I could find more information about the data storage of a digital projector? More technical the better

T1 - 74 Hrs 15 Min 28 Sec
T2 - 18 Hrs 33 Min 52 Sec
Satellite - 4 Hrs 45 Min 8 Sec
T3 - 2 Hrs 28 Min 30 Sec
T4 - 24 Hrs 45 Sec

OC1 - 2 Hrs 14 Min 4 Sec
OC3 - 0 Hrs 44 Min 9 Sec
OC12 - 0 Hrs 11 Min 24 Sec
OC48 - 2 Min 51 Sec

Of course, personally I don't agree with these numbers, and these are based on "perfect world" numbers...
 

The download for a 50 Gig digital movie would be.....according to his line test speeds.

*drumroll please*

2001 Hrs 28 Min and 0 Sec

The download for a 50 Gig digital movie would be.....according to his line test speeds.

*drumroll please*

2001 Hrs 28 Min and 0 Sec"

Gee, Greg could download 4 movies a year at that rate, and only have to pay about $250 for his Internet Service Provider, plus the cost of a dedicated phone line. Let's just hope he doesn't suffer a disconnect during the 2001 hours it takes to download.

Of course, after 83 days of downloading before Greg can play the movie, it will already be available on home video and cable.

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John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion
 

How much do you want to bet it'll end up being a movie he doesn't like?

There's more at the base domain address www.lileks.com

[Re: Regal Cinema World 8. As you can see, the entire front of the building is glass, and facing south-west, so it gets full daylight. The booth is on a kind of catwalk above the lobby, and it's partially exposed to all this outside light, which explains why they have trouble with light infiltration in some of the auditoriums]

If you haven't sent in pics of your theater, hop to it!

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- dave
Look at this! His chin strap has been cut!

Hey Joe, That DSL test site is way cool I got 458kb down and 123kb up for my test results. Pretty close to what AT&T cable claims for this area and alot better than the Qwest DSL crap that I had.
That site sure needs your help on their front page though. Its a bloomin mess!
Mark @ GTS

they even sell you a clock that is a countdown to when you are supposed to die.

As for connection speeds, I'm on ADSL.

1440kb ( download ) / 416kb ( upload )
 

CINEMA PARADISO, WANAKA, NEW ZEALAND
By Dave Smith - Otago Daily Times -Saturday, 13-November 1999

IT WOULD be rare to find a cinema listed as a tourist attraction in an international backpackers guide, let alone find a classic Morris Minor convertible as part of the everyday furniture. But, Lonely Planet lists the Wanaka Cinema Paradiso in the "must do" category and yes, it does have an old car parked in the front row.

You will not find all the trappings of a posh, up-market big-city cinema in Wanaka. It is more like watching home movies in the comfort of your lounge. Sofas and couches are liberally sprinkled through the small, intimate theatre tucked away just off the state highway entrance into Wanaka.

While owners Calum McLeod, his wife Andrea Riley and friend Brian Hildreth did not deliberately set out four years ago to create such a popular ambience in their business, it came about more out of necessity. Mr McLeod recalled how they originally set up in the Wanaka town hall with one couch. "That is where the rugby scrums started as everyone wanted the comfortable couch." Garage sales and second-hand stores unearthed the rest of the seating and cushions which have become the trademark of the cinema. There are a couple of rows of the traditional old movie seats if nostalgia is your thing.

The trio started their business after buying a screen from Charlie Gilligan, of Dunedin, who then referred them to a retired Auckland projectionist who had a couple of projectors. "Brian drove to Auckland in his Holden and returned with the projectors in bits." Mr Gilligan, who had served a four-year apprenticeship, then helped them piece together the 1920s jig-saw and gave them a four-day introduction to running a movie theatre, Mr McLeod said. He said the town hall was ideal because it had a projection room and was basically set up for movies.

Twelve months ago they decided to set up a purpose-built cinema elsewhere. They had intended to have a Holden and a Falcon car installed on either side of the projection room and claim to be operating a cinema and drive-in. "It was just too hard to put the cars in while we were building the interior," he said with a grin. Instead, a group of friends salvaged the "Morrie" from a rural paddock and applied copious quantities of yellow paint to brighten up the car.

Mr McLeod explained the name came from an award-winning Italian movie about a small town picture theatre. "It was the social hub of the town before the advent of videos and computer games." Attending a recent early evening screening was a social occasion and not just sitting in a darkened room watching the "flicks". Wanaka teenagers swapped gossip while mums and dads sat patiently with their young ones intent on consuming fizzy drinks, ice cream and popcorn.

It was certainly different from my formative years watching black and white movies in a tin shed at the Trentham army camp. Threepence to get in and the same amount to spend on an ice cream. In those days, the ones who could afford more luxurious lollies like Jaffas and Snifters were more content to listen to their sweets roll down the wooden floor from the back to the front, amidst much mirth. It is a bit hard to get the same effect these days when the floor is carpeted. Mr McLeod did admit the kids tossed around the home-made popcorn, but it was nothing a vacuum cleaner could not fix.

He has also been likened to Basil Fawlty, of the television programme, when starting a film session. "They seem to love it when I hurl abuse at them and the kids give it back." He said it was easy to spot the tourists and city dwellers as they arrived 10 minutes before show time. "The locals walk in 10 minutes late, which is why the movies don't often start on time." But no-one seemed to care, he said, as it was better to start late and not have all the interruptions.

Intermissions were also a regular occurrence and being a "true Scotsman", he admitted it was a time when he put a little extra through the till. "It is also an important social time, when people chat and mingle rather than just sit in a dark room for a couple of hours." The business makes its own popcorn, hot cookies at half-time, coffee and ice cream.

The cinema diverted from its main income recently to stage live theatre, which Mr McLeod said was something he was looking at doing more of in the future. "The audience think it's great and the actors love the interaction."

Despite having a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and politics and being a qualified chef, Mr McLeod was content to provide entertainment to visitors and locals alike.

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