Comments on: Rize up and go to the Movies http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/07/19/rize-up-and-go-to-the-movies/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:41:28 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Clifford http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/07/19/rize-up-and-go-to-the-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Clifford Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:49:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/07/19/rize-up-and-go-to-the-movies/#comment-134 Yes! It's very exciting. I loved it. (And wish I still could generate that much kinetic energy in such a small space....!) Thanks. -cvj Yes! It’s very exciting. I loved it. (And wish I still could generate that much kinetic energy in such a small space….!) Thanks.

-cvj

]]> By: Barney http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/07/19/rize-up-and-go-to-the-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Barney Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:40:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/07/19/rize-up-and-go-to-the-movies/#comment-133 I watched this documentary a few nights. Truly spectacular how these dancers created a new dance in such harsh living conditions. I hope they revolutionize the underground hiphop dance scene. I watched this documentary a few nights. Truly spectacular how these dancers created a new dance in such harsh living conditions. I hope they revolutionize the underground hiphop dance scene.

]]> By: Travis http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/07/19/rize-up-and-go-to-the-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Travis Wed, 20 Jul 2005 20:27:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/07/19/rize-up-and-go-to-the-movies/#comment-132 Ahh, alright, I understand now. Being Canadian I've gone through those battles with spell checkers, trying to teach them the correct spelling of certain words. Luckily most mail readers, and word processors have a setting for Canadian or British english. It has certainly made that aspect of life a little easier. Ahh, alright, I understand now. Being Canadian I’ve gone through those battles with spell checkers, trying to teach them the correct spelling of certain words. Luckily most mail readers, and word processors have a setting for Canadian or British english. It has certainly made that aspect of life a little easier.

]]> By: Clifford http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/07/19/rize-up-and-go-to-the-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Clifford Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:08:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/07/19/rize-up-and-go-to-the-movies/#comment-131 When I first came to the USA many years ago, I tried to preserve my English English spellings of various words and disregard the usages from American English (not that there's anything wrong with them!). I would have battles with the spell checkers and overrule them over things like "color" vs "colour", etc. Still do, sometimes. Particularly problematic was the matter of "-ise" endings vs "ize" endings. This drove me nuts. In the end, I got totally confused as to which words were "right" and which were "wrong", since of course you do get "-ize" endings in some cases in English English. So now if you read papers of mine from the 90's you'll see all sorts of places where it's just all messed up. Then to top it all, several dictionaries now say that either spelling is acceptable, which is a very disappointing cave-in. So now you see my trauma at the film title....but I got over it. -cvj When I first came to the USA many years ago, I tried to preserve my English English spellings of various words and disregard the usages from American English (not that there’s anything wrong with them!). I would have battles with the spell checkers and overrule them over things like “color” vs “colour”, etc. Still do, sometimes. Particularly problematic was the matter of “-ise” endings vs “ize” endings. This drove me nuts. In the end, I got totally confused as to which words were “right” and which were “wrong”, since of course you do get “-ize” endings in some cases in English English. So now if you read papers of mine from the 90’s you’ll see all sorts of places where it’s just all messed up. Then to top it all, several dictionaries now say that either spelling is acceptable, which is a very disappointing cave-in. So now you see my trauma at the film title….but I got over it.

-cvj

]]> By: Travis http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/07/19/rize-up-and-go-to-the-movies/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Travis Wed, 20 Jul 2005 07:06:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/07/19/rize-up-and-go-to-the-movies/#comment-130 Since no one seems to have asked yet I think I will. Fo what reasons was the spelling in the title a difficulty you had to get over? Since no one seems to have asked yet I think I will. Fo what reasons was the spelling in the title a difficulty you had to get over?

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