jueves, 17 de diciembre de 2009

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The 9 worst tech movies of all time


Sometimes you can’t forget a bad movie. the bad dialogues the poor acting and the bad actors stay in our mind for a long time and, the movies related with technology aren’t the exception here is the ranking with the 9 worst tech movies that the humanity have never developed.

Antitrust
Feardotcom
Hackers
Independence day
Johnny Mnemonic
The Lawnmower man
The net
Swordfish
Weird science

Lamentably the stories about ominous Web sites, evil hackers and so on seem to fail more often than ever. Maybe that is because it's hard to act like someone who is sited at a computer screen planning how to destroy the world without any other thing more than a computer and a bag of chips. Maybe it happens because Hollywood doesn't understand tech.

CNN invited some experts and this are some of their thoughts:
"There are good movies that have bad tech in them," Atchity says. "And then there are bad movies with bad tech." “Maybe Hollywood is not ready to make movies with this kind of topics”.

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'Avatar' already selling out weekend box offices


Online ticket-seller Fandango, affirms that the tickets for the opening tonight are sold out in thousands of countries. The new brand fantasy film, which has received thousands of early reviews is besting this summer’s science fiction favorite “Star Trek” in advance sales. According to a survey of ticket buyers conducted by the website, 70% of folks claim they don’t care about the film’s reported $300 million budget. The producers are literally on a tie budget. But as we can see it is not a trouble for Hollywood the people is interested on see that movie because of the thousand of advertising posted on internet television etc. maybe the bills will be canceled with the big amount of tickets sold.



The studies shows that the male community is obviously more interested in the premier of the movie. 37% of the men surveyed said they plan to take a date with them to see the movie this weekend. Early interest in the film has skewed significantly towards a male audience. On Wednesday, MovieTickets.com said that 78% of "Avatar" advance ticket buyers were male, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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Climate change



Washington - Secretary of Commerce of the United States, Gary Locke, said at the UN Conference on Climate Change held in Copenhagen that the world has within reach the possibility of simultaneously achieving environmental and economic performance, but only if the the help of thepolitical power.


"If we undertake serious action to combat climate change, not only we will bequeath a cleaner planet and healthier for our children, but we will lay the foundation for decades of sustainable global prosperity," Locke said at the conference on December 11 .

"What is needed is nothing less than an entirely new way of thinking about the way we produce and consume energy," he said in his address to the 192 delegations attending the largest ever international conference on global warming .


For over a century, most of the world has enjoyed luxuries that have triggered the greatest economic growth in history and abundant cheap fossil fuels like oil, coal and natural gas, and no concern or knowledge regarding the impact of emissions of greenhouse gases caused by burning fossil fuels, Locke said the delegates. opening the doors to change of mind, neccesary to change the future of our unique and poluted planet