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I remember seeing it in the movie theater as a kid in the 1980s. I had heard that the movie was banned a few years ago but wasn't sure what made the movie so bad. I do recall the older black guy who sang with the cartoon bird. As a kid I didn't know he was supposed to be a slave. I kind of wonder why that depiction was politically incorrect.
Is that a rather short biography? I think I read part of it in college and was quite impressed. I recall that he was briefly depicted in the Civil War movie Glory. He's a good figure to study as he really rose from the bottom to great heights.
That's interesting, but it hasn't been happening to me. What screen do you see when it's “not available”? Try refreshing your screen when it happens. In Internet Explorer, click the F5 key, or better yet press the Control key and F5 at the same time and see what happens.
Haven't heard about that one. If you think of it, historical movies have an added greatness beyond mere fictional movies. Simply by saying “based on a true story” gives a film added depth, a moral which is much more relevant than something the minds of Hollywood creators can provide.
Yeah I saw some previews and the lighting looked manipulated, but perhaps in a good way. It kind of makes is slightly surreal. It does look like it has some “fantasy” aspects to it from the previews…I may have to check it out at the theaters.
I wonder how they figure it would be Blackbeard's ship. I imagine there would have had to be any number of ships that sailed off the coast of the Carolinas during that period – pirate, military, commercial, civilian. How can they just so happen to narrow it down to a figure who is popular in modern folklore?
Heck Donnie, a guy asks for a fish and you give him a shark. He's liable to start going bonkers just trying to understand what the whole “linux” or “.asp” reference is all about. 😉 Actually Ski if you just want to create a page you might look at the free Google web page creators which I think might only be good for non-commercial use but take a look.http://pages.google.com/?pli=1I haven't actually used it but it looks like a "what you see is what you get" kind of designer. It might just suit your needs. You will also need a place to host your page/site once you create it. There are free ones all over the internet, although some if not most come with some sort of advertising they place on your page. I think that Donnie could host your page/site on one of his domains for free since he has like a gazillion megs of space on his account. 😀
Interesting Conservapedia site. I hadn't seen it before. I also haven't seen much liberal bias on Wikipedia, although I have seen some that might have been. I wonder, however, what the advantage is of starting a new user-edited encyclopedia rather than taking all that effort into editing the current Wikipedia. I imagine there's a high liklihood of political campaigns and social crusaders who specifically monitor certain Wikipedia pages in order to insert favorable information about their candidates/causes and delete unfavorable items. I think this is a good probability at least in some circles. The control of information and image is very important and if you can pass off your views in a place where people expect to find neutral information, all the better. I don't think this is always a bad thing, but it can be.
Yeah that's actually the way things (hopefully) work on that site. When there are questionable things on there they should be corrected by someone. Sometimes there is a debate as to what is really “factual” and what is “spin”. I've thought about doing some editing on Wikipedia in the past but I've thought I might get sucked into it too much, and also I wonder how I'd feel if some kid Wikipedian edited what I wrote. I read about one person who had written some stuff on Wikipedia who evidently was so much an expert in this field that he could command $$ to write entries in actual encyclopedias. However, he had the misfortune of having someone edit his material on Wikipedia, and I think he got fed up and stopped contributing. It can be a sad state of affairs.
I really enjoy Wickipedia, but since it is a public site, is there any quality control besides the public? And have any of you found anything on there that was blatently wrong?
A. NoB. YesWhat they count on is for the public to "police" entries frequently enough to prevent "vandalism". On occasion, however, Wikipedia administrators can "lock" entries which become frequent targets by pranksters. I believe they can also ban IP addresses or members of egregious violators.Most of the stuff on Wikipedia is quite good because experts in their fields, or perhaps knowledgeable non-experts contribute to the articles. Because of the "public editing" nature, entries can be updated immediately as current events unfold, which is neat.Some times, however, you do come across articles which look like they were written by someone who can't really write well, or you might find some misspelled words or what not. It's the nature of the site.
So if I make something there, someone can go in and edit the information? Is there a way to lock it? (probably not since it's public). Maybe I'd be better off with a web page.
Yes, someone else can go an edit what you write. However, then someone else can go back and restore what was changed from what you said. If what you write is factually-based, and is on a topic that isn't a hot-button issue, then chances are your words won't be changed any time soon. I think that sometimes people might have editing wars on entries which are politically or socially charged. Obviously you can't post opinion pieces on Wikipedia but if you have something fact-based to say it's a good way to go.
I think it's easier than you think. For example, if you were to edit the “Matchlock” entry, you'd 1. Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matchlock2. Click on "edit this page" at top3. Enter the appropriate information4. Click "Show preview" or "Save page" if you're satisfiedIt's really pretty easy. They try to make is like that so many people will contribute.
That is startling what Churchill did – although I agree with Stumpfoot's concern as to the extent of the evil they saw in chemical warfare. In today's time, people might think the neutron bomb is a “good” weapon upon hearing of it, although I think I have heard some criticisms of it as being especially evil.
Actually I have never edited a Wikipedia entry, although I use it all the time and have considered editing something. You don't even need to register to change anything – it will use your IP address to know who edited the article. It's very easy to edit stuff. Simply click on the “edit” button and add, delete, or change whatever you want.You can practice on the Gunsandall.com wiki if you want first, at http://gunsandall.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page . It's pretty simple, actually. I'm not sure who cretes the "citation needed" superscript notations, but I imagine ordinary users can do that.
Yeah I think that is what they eventually came to, when Christianity stopped viewing the loaning of money with interest as being evil. And I now see what you mean about running the Jewish merchants out of Spain. When you stated “none of the Spanish wanted to do the jobs that a Jew would do” I thought you were referring to menial labor, but now I know what you meant.
