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Re: Um, Mainstream Media? Newsflash: District 9 is NOT Low-Budget

cornea503 — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:49:56 -0000

I was blown away to learn such little money (in hollywood terms) was spent on this movie. I found the effects to be top notch and the film to be incredible. By far one of the best Sci Fi films in the last few years.

Re: Relocating To District 10: Targeting The District 9 Sequel

cornea503 — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:37:37 -0000

Very good synopsis on a possible sequel. Just got back from watching it and I absolutely loved this film and hoping for more. As for the documentary style, I think this is one film where it was done well, by that I mean, not the annoying shaky camera style. I see your point on the documentary style not working in parts of the film but in my mind, the "documentary" ends when Wickus comes back infected. From that point it turn into regular movie style and the transition was pretty seamless. It didn't leave me thinking about it.

Re: Costco to Get Subsidized AT&T Acer Aspire One

cornea503 — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 02:53:09 -0000

netbooks are over rated. Have used a few and found them difficult to use. Not very good devices for much other than basic quick usage.

Re: They’re Talking About You: Social Media and Public Safety

richpalmer — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:34:11 -0000

Oh, yes. I agree that there are persons in certain roles that should have ready access and others that should not.

I believe that we do need to focus on the fact that these exist and we should use them as tools to monitor our agencies, our communities and more. If we can use them productively they are a tremendous benefit. And... agencies need to hold people accountable. If you close your community to the outside world and the things happening you may not be as productive as you could/should be. And you become isolated and out-of-reach.

But, if your personnel know that there are expected limits and one or more persons abuses them, don't punish the community as a whole entity. Deal with those that are abusing the right and the system.

Obviously there are many safety issues to which all of us in public safety try to enlighten our communities. Education is as important as enforcement. Awareness can lead to better education, as well.

Thanks very much for your comment, cornea503!

Re: They’re Talking About You: Social Media and Public Safety

cornea503 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:22:22 -0000

You are absolutely right on the value of some of these services. The organization (law enforcement) I work for blocks many of these for regular users but has allowed access to certain groups access them. They find that they can gather important information from sites like youtube. They have a group investigators dedicated to finding gang information on these sites. On the same token, I bet there are countless of working hours lost to these sites in organizations which do not block them. Not to mention all child and teen safety issues we have which have came to light in the last couple of years.