Domenii in alfabetul chirilic, araba si chineza

Conform unei informatii difuzate de AFP, Rusia isi va putea crea prima adresa de Internet folosind alfabetul chiliric la mijlocul anului viitor.

In prezent, Rusia foloseste doua domenii principale, .ru si .su, dar va introduce unul nou, in aflabetul chirilic. Decizia a fost luata dupa ce s-a demonstrat ca multi rusi au probleme in a utiliza alfabetul latin, ceea ce limiteaza accesul si navigarea pe Internet.

Se estimeaza ca numarul utilizatorilor de la sfaritul anului trecut, de 35 de milioane (24% din populatie) va urca la 46 de milioane la sfarsitul acestui an, urmand ca introducerea alfabetului chirilic sa creasca vertiginos acest numar.

ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) a aprobat saptamana trecuta, la Paris, aparitia domeniilor in alfabetul chirilic, impreuna cu cele in araba si in chineza mandarin.

Daca, in mod evident, utilizarea alfabetului chirilic ii va incuraja pe rusi sa acceseze din ce in ce mai mult Internetul, este evident, in acelasi timp, ca va crea o delimitare intre acestia si restul lumii, delimitare impusa de diferentele lingvistice.

Sursa: AFP

Mark Wahlberg Talks Aronofsky’s The Fighter, The Departed 2 and 3

According to Mark Wahlberg, Darren Aronofsky’s The Fighter will begin filming this October. Awesome. You may remember that the film, a biopic on badass pugilist “Irish” Micky Ward, gained considerable traction in the press last year when Wahlberg and others compared it to a “new Raging Bull.” Brad Pitt later signed on to co-star as Ward’s brother/trainer, which was a welcome surprise after his casting debacle on Aronofsky’s The Fountain.

“I’ve been training for two years now. I’m ready,” Wahlberg told MTV. “I want to look like a champ, not a chump. …I want to do [Ward] proud. The guy did everything I wish I could have done. He came from nothing, went on to win the world title with all the odds stacked against him.”

Ward fought throughout the mid-’80s and ’90s, but he’s best remembered for three battles with Arturo Gotti in the early Oughts, two of which went down as the greatest in the history of the sport. Ward lost each one, but, well click here to for a refresher. Earlier this year, Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem for a Dream) wrapped up filming on the white trash indie epic, The Wrestler, starring Mickey Rourke (release date TBA), so if all goes as planned, we’ll be getting one helluva manly double feature that will turn us all into jittery pacifists. Somebody combine the Requiem for a Dream score with the YouTube link above and cause some goosebumps.

Wahlberg also updated on The Departed 2…

“They’re [still] developing it,” Wahlberg sighed. “If it can be better than the first, then great. I’ll be all for it. I’m not interested in going for the paycheck. I love ‘Godfather 2’ but, then again, I don’t like ‘Godfather 3.’”

Everybody wants to be The Godfather 2 these days, eh? Nothing revelatory in the quote above, but he also mentions the possibility of a Departed 3 (a prequel a la Infernal Affairs 2) as well…

“We may do another one, because it’s based on a Hong Kong film ['Infernal Affairs'], and there is a trilogy. So we may do a sequel with a new cast, and a prequel and bring back the rest of the guys…”

That would make for some heavy dream team assembling.

Discuss: Can Aronofsky/Wahlberg/Pitt reach the greatness of Raging Bull? Against tough odds, Infernal Affairs was a solid trilogy—do you think The Departed 2 and The Departed 3 will ever happen?

Lucas Admits Indiana Jones 4 Was Pointless?!

I came across this quote from George Lucas in The New York Times:

“I mean, why do we have to make another Indiana Jones? There was no point to it, other than, gee, this might be fun.”

I’m not even going to comment on the quote, because it already says everything I would like to say about Lucas.

Nokia 7610 Supernova

Nokia a obtinut aprobarea de la FCC pentru noul model pe care doreste sa-l lanseze pe piata, denumit 7610 Supernova. Pentru cei care nu stiu, FCC este prescurtarea de la Federal Communication Commission, o agentie guvernamentala independenta din Statele Unite care se ocupa cu reglementarea interstatala si internationala a comunicatiilor radio, tv, sateliti, etc. Pe scurt verifica daca un produs respecta anumite norme printre care: functionalitatea, emisia de radiatii, conectivitatea, etc.

Acest model este de tip slide, cu linii netede si suprafete lucioase, beneficiaza de o camera foto de 3.2mpx cu blitz si 8x zoom digital, Bluetooth, modul Radio FM, Mp3 player si TV-out. Este quad-band si functioneaza in retele GSM si EDGE.

Va fi disponibil din toamna la un pret estimat de 225 euro sau 350 de dolari.

Sursa: Nokia si FCC

Punisher War Zone Movie Poster

With the boffo box office and good worth of mouth for Wanted, we look toward the next violent and proud, R-rated comic book adaptation, Punisher: War Zone, opening this December. IGN received a new teaser poster for Lexi Alexander’s Marvel/Lionsgate reboot starring Ray Stevenson as Frank Castle, and besides the Indiana Jones rip-off tagline (look for future “LOL: Subway Vandals” Slashfilm posts), what’s not to like. Eyeballs equal overrated.

Discuss: Improve the poster’s tagline or ditch it and come up with a better one.

Update: /Film reader, Wizard in Tights, suggests, “I have a grenade.” Haha. Good job.

Fan Created Trailbreaker Transformers 2 Concept Art

A few weeks ago we showed you a piece of concept art created by a couple fans to show what a SR-71 Blackbird might look like as Decipticon Jetfire in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Jolin and Jester are at it again, this time they have created concept art of Trailbreaker. His vehicle mode is a Chevy Tahoe Offroad Edition. ILM should hire these guys.

Hunter Stephenson’s Movie Review: Wanted

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