Posts by Graeme Edgeler
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Besides the quibbling on this small point (Bashir's claim is to be the first feature length animated documentary, but it's utterly beside the point) it's an extraordinary and timely and important film and people should go see it.
I wasn't quibbling with Bashir's claim (though Victory Through Air Power is 70 minutes - just enough to have qualified it as feature-length animation for Academy purposes, easily long enough for feature-length film).
I was quibbling with Philip neither knowing nor taking to time to check - he wasn't repeating a claim made about Bashir - something that would have been entirely reasonable - he was just guessing. There is a wikipedia page title 'Animated documentary'...
[I also didn't appear to have the option of leaving a comment there, which I tried to do before heading back here to make it]
One of my bug-bears is people who forget (or ignore or never knew) history. Particularly when they should know better (sports commentators about sport - best ever this or that; film critics and film, etc.) Plus, Victory Through Air Power is great. And this was my opportunity to suggest it to everyone!
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The LA Times has a story describing one death and multiple burn injuries from what appears to be a WP attack. I'm not sure that "it was an accident" washes...
I wasn't trying to get into the debate over what happened, or whether it was illegal. It may well have been a deplorable war crime.
I was looking at a quoted statement of the International Red Cross, and remarking that it was nice that they hadn't jumped the gun - even if it was true, they hadn't seen evidence to know it was so said so.
I would at most have expected that if they hadn't the evidence to back up a claim, they'd just have said nothing. They didn't, and I thought it quite good of them. If they were now to come out and say there is sufficient evidence of use of white phosphorous that violated the laws of war, I'd be rather more inclined to believe them.
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The International Red Cross said Tuesday that Israel has fired white phosphorus shells in its offensive in the Gaza Strip, but has no evidence to suggest it is being used improperly or illegally.
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"In some of the strikes in Gaza it's pretty clear that phosphorus was used," Herby told The Associated Press. "But it's not very unusual to use phosphorus to create smoke or illuminate a target. We have no evidence to suggest it's being used in any other way."
Okay, I've been annoyed at the International Red Cross for a few of things they've said in the past, but this does put them up in my estimations. It may be that the IDF has broken the rules around its use, but they're not going to call it that without actually being satisfied. This is almightily even-handed, and especially so from an aid organisation.
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Let's all agree with Philip's review of Waltz with Bashir.
Must we?
Hear Hear!
Any film critic who includes a comment like this:
Ari Folman’s animated documentary – is that a first?
Isn't deserving of the name :-)
No, it is not the first.
There have been several animated documentaries, not least Disney's Victory Through Air Power . And if its live action segments take it out of the running, then why not Our Friend the Atom , or Of Stars and Men ?
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I suspect, as the book of the TV series, it will make for a better view than read.
This shouldn't be read as to imply that it's not a good read. I meant to add that I've yet to read it [in part because I think it may be a better view than read].
Controversial, though (which, perhaps, all good history is...).
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Friends let friends copy bits, and I've really enjoyed watching Niall Ferguson's Channel 4 doco The Ascent of Money , which provides a sophisticated but highly accessible perspective on how we came to have money, what it is, and how we got in the current mess.
You can watch it on Google video and there's also a BBC Briefings lecture about the book and the series by Ferguson out there on the wires, which I've downloaded but have yet to watch.
I'd quite like to see some of Ferguson's work. Picked up a copy of his book Empire from Borders for six bucks and change late last year. I suspect, as the book of the TV series, it will make for a better view than read.
The War of the World has gotten an R4 dvd release in Australia through Siren Visual, but unfortunately it, unlike a number of their other releases, hasn't made it as far as NZ. Nothing yet on the horizon for any of his other work, either. No sign of Empire or Colussus , or The Ascent of Money . Maybe I'll just have to re-watch The Ascent of Man instead :-)
Come on people, I'll easliy pay $40 apiece ... don't make watch them on the Internet!
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Ha! what is going on with the italics?
I've asked Matt to look at it. I've also noticed that the italic formatting no longer works in quoted text.Italics formatting works in quoted text if there is something between the ">" and the double underscore (e.g. a space or carriage return). This was not previously the case.
Previously (and still) there must be a space or carriage return or similar before the start of italics; this__will__ not underscore the "will" and never has on PA system, as there is a letter immediately preceding the code. The change is that the ">" is no longer an acceptable character to have immediately preceding a double underscore.
I had to add extra spaces to stop it attempting to mate with the next word
I had thought that to have always been the case. However, it may have historically been that with the italicisation it looked smaller than required. The absolute no space (or carriage return) after a close double underscore is an older than the above problem, however.
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Don't know how to embed, so here's the link
The wonders of PA System :-)
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yes but the full quote is...
The reason is because alcohol is a solvent. Many of the flavour compounds in wine dissolve in alcohol and not in water.
You do law, I'll do biology/chemistry :).
Which implied to me, at least, that water was not a solvent.
And it's not like one is polar and the other not (which might have been an implied difference).
I did pretty well in chemistry in my day too :-)
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The reason is because alcohol is a solvent.
Water is also a solvent. A very very common one.
Yeah, that'll really hit the spot ...
Well it probably would. There's a reason all those Gatorade ads have adults who need hydrating in them...