Menalie Hauser chimes in with what she’d like to see next year in the world of golf.

Some of these wishes are just wonderful.

I can’t believe it, but Fellowship has displaced titles such as “The Godfather” and “The Shawshank Redemption” at the #1 spot!

[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]] is now #1. I don’t know how long it will remain at the top of the list, but after looking at the formula, it will become very difficult for it to be knocked off its pedestal.

###The Formula

The formula for calculating the top 250 films gives a true Bayesian estimate:

weighted rank (WR) = (v / (v+m)) ** R + (m / (v+m)) ** C

where:

• **R** = average for the movie (mean) = (Rating)
• **v** = number of votes for the movie = (votes)
• **m** = minimum votes required to be listed in the top 250 (currently 1250)
• **C** = the mean vote across the whole report (currently 6.9)

What does all this mathematical gibberish mean? Well, it means that as more and more votes are cast, the **MEDIAN*’ (mathematical average) of the rankings matters more than the ‘*MEAN**. I believe that this is an attempt by the [[IMDB]] to give more weight to the average rank of a movie as more and more people decide to vote on it (which makes sense).

And right now, the median is 9.5 while the mean is 6.9, so as I understand it, as more votes are cast, if they are cast around the current median, the value that’s used for the rankings will approach 9.5, which is a full 1/2 point higher than the second place movie! Unbelievable!!!!

This is a website devoted to highlighting the mistakes found in movies.

How many are there in your favorites?

Currently, [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]] has 22:

http://www.movie-mistakes.com/film.php?filmid=1778

OK… so it’s not perfect. But it’s close!

The Modem Driver gives us an internet history lesson of our newest traitor.

Take a look here.

If you ever had any doubt about how you should watch your movies (if you have a choice), take a look at this website under Examples. I especially like the way that Sean Connery disappears in the fullscreen print of “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”!

I’ve never been so completely pulled into a world on the screen.

My Review: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]

Mandrake 8.1 is a great Linux OS

Mandrake with KDE is a great OS, but if you have to use something else
OS X would be a great choice. At least it is not the Fisher Price OS
(Windows XP)!!

Hmmm…

In October 2001 I took one last look at the Linux box, then reached for a kitchen cleaver, cut off its head, and bought a Mac. The Linux box still hums along happily beside me, doing its work in a lightweight, GUI-free environment, never complaining, never crashing. I love having a Linux server in the home. It’s quiet, reliable, and fun to tweak on from time to time. But it will be a while before I try to use Linux as a desktop OS again…OS X 10.1 is the only OS other than BeOS that I truly ENJOY working with. Windows is just “there.” It offers me no joy — only compatibility. Linux/Unix is like pulling teeth, and has a horrible appearance no matter how hard you try to dress it up. OS X is a beautiful marriage of elegance and power.

[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]] is a flawless adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s literary masterpiece. Director Peter Jackson and his brilliant ensemble cast have created a spectacular holiday gift for the whole world.

Another great Foxtrot comic!!!

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