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After seeing the religious debate going on in the other thread, I decided to post this to add some spice to the mix Smile

"What The Bleep Do We Know?" Is actually a film. It's pretty hard to describe, I guess the closest I can come is that it could be part documentary, part science film, part philosopy, part quantum physics. It has things about God, about science, about life. It has humor and a story which helps provide a framework for explaining things that most people are unable to explain. It's definitely not some cheesy school science flick. It has world famous actors and scientists, and a few parts come to mind that could even be considered R-rated Razz

That's the best way I can explain it, sorry I didn't do a very good job lol...once you watch it, maybe you can offer a better explanation. They have a website at http://www.whatthebleep.com/whatthebleep/ . Personally, what I like most about this film is that it makes you think, and that people at any level can understand it and get something from it that makes you ponder. Even if you suck at math and science you can understand the quantum physics and cellular biology. You may find yourself examining what religion is or is not. This film has literally changed some peoples lives, and/or the way they think about life and the universe.

Rules.

What? Rules? Yep...since I am sticking my neck out by providing this video*, I ask a few things in return:

1. Do NOT talk about this until you have watched the whole thing. And I mean *watched* it...as in not skipping through it, or watching it while you are playing games. Actually watch it, and listen to it. If you are at all curious about the world,life,science, and spirituality, it will grab and hold your interest pretty quick, even if it makes you angry Smile I have no interesting in seeing reviews like "OMG THAT MADE NO SENSE WHY DID blah blah THIS SUCKS". If you are the kind of person who barely absorbs the daily YouTube video or thinks YTMND is quality entertainment, then you probably shouldn't bother. Watch the film...you might have to even watch it more than once. Once you have watched it I'm sure there are many topics you would find open for discussion.

2. If you find this video interesting, PLEASE BUY IT. *At the time that I saw it (actually until a few moments ago), I knew/thought that you could not purchase this video, as it was only available via private showings. Apparently now that I look at the website, you can buy it on Amazon, so technically, I probably shouldn't be providing it. I have noticed that it can be found on most torrent sites as well as usenet. My server runs an anonymous FTP daemon, and someone was kind enough to upload it, so I am passing the link along so that you can see it for yourself.

There is an "extended" version of this, called "What The Bleep Do We Know - Down The Rabbit Hole". It goes into even more detail, particularly in the areas of Quantum Physics and Space/Time. If there is interest in this, perhaps my mystery friend will upload this as well - all things are possible right? Wink

And now, the link. You should right-click it, and "save as", and download it to your computer before you view it (I don't know if I have the bandwidth to stream it live, or even if media player supports ftp urls for streaming).

ftp://ftp.the-ownage.com/pub/incoming/What.the.bleep.do.we.k now.avi

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Re: What The Bleep Do We Know!? [message #215868 is a reply to message #215638] Mon, 28 August 2006 17:18 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Wow...I guess I underestimated folks here. I initially thought that not everyone was the type who sees more than 2 lines of text and "can't be arsed to read all that".

From checking the download logs I can see that:
* 8 people clicked the download link (I guess the rest didn't even bother reading or scrolling down)

* Of the 8 who clicked, only 3 people actually downloaded the complete file.

* The other 5 people just streamed the file, and either skipped through it, or stopped viewing it after 60 seconds.

Oh well maybe the 3 that actually downloaded it will watch it and have something interesting to say (if they didn't just download it and then skim or delete it like the others did).

I guess it's sad but true that people these days have an attention span measured in seconds. Maybe I should slice it up into 1000 YTMND clips or post it on google video with the subject "LOL OMGBBQ TITS" and someone will be interested Razz

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Re: What The Bleep Do We Know!? [message #215875 is a reply to message #215638] Mon, 28 August 2006 18:59 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I just don't have the time to watch a movie. I wish I did but I only get like 10 minutes on here at a time.

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Re: What The Bleep Do We Know!? [message #215876 is a reply to message #215638] Mon, 28 August 2006 19:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I saw it when it came out on video.
Re: What The Bleep Do We Know!? [message #215881 is a reply to message #215868] Mon, 28 August 2006 19:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Blazer wrote on Mon, 28 August 2006 20:18

* Of the 8 who clicked, only 3 people actually downloaded the complete file.


Although I was interested, I cancelled the download since it was around 700MB. I don't have the time, the stable connection, or the hard drive space, to download something that size. Huh


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Re: What The Bleep Do We Know!? [message #215882 is a reply to message #215868] Mon, 28 August 2006 19:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Blazer wrote on Mon, 28 August 2006 20:18

Wow...I guess I underestimated folks here. I initially thought that not everyone was the type who sees more than 2 lines of text and "can't be arsed to read all that".



I started to read your post blazer, but after two lines of blue text, I couldn't even look at it anymore.. sorry Smile
Re: What The Bleep Do We Know!? [message #216121 is a reply to message #215638] Tue, 29 August 2006 14:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I was able to download the whole movie during class, but so far, I've only been able to watch 13 minutes of it; it looks pretty interesting, so far.

When I get through the whole movie, I'll write whatever thoughts come to mind.


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Re: What The Bleep Do We Know!? [message #216133 is a reply to message #215638] Tue, 29 August 2006 15:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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i have started doenloading it sould be done in 30 miniuts, but i will watch it tommorrow, i am tired.
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warranto wrote on Mon, 28 August 2006 22:07

I saw it when it came out on video.




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Re: What The Bleep Do We Know!? [message #216159 is a reply to message #215638] Tue, 29 August 2006 17:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I read your entire post, started downloading the thing, then thought "why the fuck do I care?" and canceled the download. Smile
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z310 wrote on Tue, 29 August 2006 20:43

I read your entire post, started downloading the thing, then thought "why the fuck do I care?" and canceled the download. Smile


Strange to see someone brag about having no ambition or intellectual curiosity. I guess hanging out with your stoner friends is more your style Razz Don't worry you can always go to the Religion thread and do some useless arguing Smile

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Re: What The Bleep Do We Know!? [message #216162 is a reply to message #215881] Tue, 29 August 2006 17:57 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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NeoSaber wrote on Mon, 28 August 2006 22:26

Blazer wrote on Mon, 28 August 2006 20:18

* Of the 8 who clicked, only 3 people actually downloaded the complete file.


Although I was interested, I cancelled the download since it was around 700MB.


Heh I guess I should have mentioned how big it was...I guess I figured that anyone who would be interested wouldn't care.

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I don't have the time, the stable connection, or the hard drive space, to download something that size. Huh


That's a pretty poor excuse. People often claim to not have the time/bandwidth/space to download something, yet I see the exact same people spend literally weeks downloading some latest MP3 album, game ISO, application software, or porn from limewire or some other crappy PTP service.

I cannot in good faith believe that anyone's hard drive has less than a gig of free space...my windows swap file is that large for crying out loud Smile As for stable connections and bandwidth, that's what download managers and accelerators are for. Even if you had a 56k modem, you could easily download it in while you are sleeping. I'm pretty sure if I had C&C3 up for download, or Renegade2, you would somehow magically find a way to get it Smile

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Blazer wrote on Tue, 29 August 2006 20:51

z310 wrote on Tue, 29 August 2006 20:43

I read your entire post, started downloading the thing, then thought "why the fuck do I care?" and canceled the download. Smile


Strange to see someone brag about having no ambition or intellectual curiosity. I guess hanging out with your stoner friends is more your style Razz Don't worry you can always go to the Religion thread and do some useless arguing Smile


I will download it tonight. Rocked Over
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Blazer wrote on Tue, 29 August 2006 20:57

I cannot in good faith believe that anyone's hard drive has less than a gig of free space...my windows swap file is that large for crying out loud Smile As for stable connections and bandwidth, that's what download managers and accelerators are for. Even if you had a 56k modem, you could easily download it in while you are sleeping. I'm pretty sure if I had C&C3 up for download, or Renegade2, you would somehow magically find a way to get it Smile


I'm not claiming I absolutely don't have the room on my hard drive right now. Its a 40GB drive and currently down to 7GB. I began rationing space once it dropped below 10GB. Filling 1/10 of the remaining room with one file doesn't appeal much to me.

For my connection, my router is a pain in the ass that randomly corrupts throughout the day. If I bypass it, my ISP always seems to cut me off if I download a large file for more than an hour. When downloading, the connection needs constant attention. I can't just let it run while I sleep, otherwise it'll take me weeks and I probably still wouldn't have it all.

Could you lower the video's resolution or something to bring down the file size? If the file was around 300MB or less I'd be willing to download it. I could probably clear 300MB to make room for it, and I have been willing to put up with 300MB downloads occasionally in the past, even if they take me a few days of doing nothing else.


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From the small clip I saw on Google Video, this looks very interesting. Very Happy


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Just finished watching the whole movie all the way through.
Let me just say that what Neo said about quantum physics is mostly right, based on what most of the "experts" in that movie said.

It was humorous to listen to a deaf woman talk, though.


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Blazer wrote on Tue, 29 August 2006 20:57



I cannot in good faith believe that anyone's hard drive has less than a gig of free space...my windows swap file is that large for crying out loud Smile


Mwahah, 1.6Gb free here, 30Gb max. I don't want to upgrade because I want a SATA drive, but that means new mobo, which means new CPU, GPU and RAM (I'm on Socket A Athlon XP3000+ with 6800 GT 256Mb AGP, and I want to move to newer socket/PCI-E). Yeah, I'm waiting for CPU price drops and then upgrading, but we DO exist Smile

Anyway, downloading now, ETA 1h 40m.


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Finished watching, fascinating video, thanks for the download Blazer! I've been very interested of all this stuff lately, after watching The Elegant Universe by Nova.

Oh...

That blonde woman who makes a lot of comments throughout the film....I swear, she reminds me of Christopher Judge (Teal'C from SG-1). No kidding.


Gah, double post, sorry about that.


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first of all i am going to brag. and then i am going to tell blaser that the video can be streamed. then someone will post, and put me in my place.

1)it is normaly faster but i was downloading alot of other things.

index.php?t=getfile&id=1606&private=0

2)Blaser, the video can be streamed

3) when someone posts with a faster speed.

i thought the movie is very interesting, i havn't watched it all yet though. quantum physics rocks! lol
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I'm not vouching for the credibility of this site, but it's an interesting read nonetheless.

http://skeptico.blogs.com/skeptico/2005/04/what_the_bleep_.h tml

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bah, that site was like those stupid moon landing sites trying to disprove.
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sounds interesting.

i have a 70 GB hard drive to myself, broadband, and alot of free time Razz im downloading it to watch a bit later.

dan, you make mine sound slow. mine is downloading at a rate of about 370 KB/s Razz


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Wow, I watched it and was kinda confounded. So I'm going to watch it again, but the points at the end (which I forget now, wow, this thing was really confusing) were good.

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Downloading, also helplinux - Crop often?

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NeoSaber wrote on Wed, 30 August 2006 00:03


I'm not claiming I absolutely don't have the room on my hard drive right now. Its a 40GB drive and currently down to 7GB. I began rationing space once it dropped below 10GB. Filling 1/10 of the remaining room with one file doesn't appeal much to me.


So you have 7GB free, and cannot consider downloading 700MB, watch it, and then delete it? You are basically saying here that if your machine drops below 6GB of free space for 24 hours, it will explode? Smile

NeoSaber wrote on Wed, 30 August 2006 00:03


For my connection, my router is a pain in the ass that randomly corrupts throughout the day.


What kind of router do you have? I've never seen one that randomly corrupts data...are you sure that your RAM isn't bad, or maybe even your hard disk is getting errors?

NeoSaber wrote on Wed, 30 August 2006 00:03


If I bypass it, my ISP always seems to cut me off if I download a large file for more than an hour.


How do you bypass your router?

NeoSaber wrote on Wed, 30 August 2006 00:03


When downloading, the connection needs constant attention. I can't just let it run while I sleep,


Sure you can...as I said there are many download managers like GetRight, ReGet, and even ftp programs like FlashFXP, Bulletproof FTP, etc...that automatically reconnect and resume a transfer if its interrupted.

NeoSaber wrote on Wed, 30 August 2006 00:03


Could you lower the video's resolution or something to bring down the file size? If the file was around 300MB or less I'd be willing to download it. I could probably clear 300MB to make room for it, and I have been willing to put up with 300MB downloads occasionally in the past, even if they take me a few days of doing nothing else.


I didn't do the origional encode, so I'm not sure. The main reason it's so large is because its a full length film and not just some 20 minute video clip.
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