http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/steve-j...d=14383813

Just two months after he resigned.

new movie linky

Currently with a recurring role where he plays a closeted gay man on 'The Playboy Club' (which debuted to soft ratings) but also known for roles like 'Firefly,' Sean Maher has officially come out in real life. Wasn't entirely secret as he's had a partner a long time, but it's a nice read and props to him:
http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/09/26/firefl...es-out-ga/

Since my last thread got closed for unknown reasons lets start it up again ^_^
Post your favorite Celebritys

pictures preferred

Michael Fassbender


sooo smexy

robert downey jr


Grard Butler


Jeremy Renner


Kevin Spacey

another new movie Weekend 2011

another review

I thought some of you might enjoy this article. :biggrin:
Online gamers crack AIDS enzyme puzzle

Quote:Online gamers have achieved a feat beyond the realm of Second Life or Dungeons and Dragons: they have deciphered the structure of an enzyme of an AIDS-like virus that had thwarted scientists for a decade.

The exploit is published on Sunday in the journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, where -- exceptionally in scientific publishing -- both gamers and researchers are honoured as co-authors.

Their target was a monomeric protease enzyme, a cutting agent in the complex molecular tailoring of retroviruses, a family that includes HIV.

Figuring out the structure of proteins is vital for understanding the causes of many diseases and developing drugs to block them.

But a microscope gives only a flat image of what to the outsider looks like a plate of one-dimensional scrunched-up spaghetti. Pharmacologists, though, need a 3-D picture that "unfolds" the molecule and rotates it in order to reveal potential targets for drugs.

This is where Foldit comes in.

Developed in 2008 by the University of Washington, it is a fun-for-purpose video game in which gamers, divided into competing groups, compete to unfold chains of amino acids -- the building blocks of proteins -- using a set of online tools.

To the astonishment of the scientists, the gamers produced an accurate model of the enzyme in just three weeks.

Cracking the enzyme "provides new insights for the design of antiretroviral drugs," says the study, referring to the lifeline medication against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

It is believed to be the first time that gamers have resolved a long-standing scientific problem.

"We wanted to see if human intuition could succeed where automated methods had failed," Firas Khatib of the university's biochemistry lab said in a press release.

"The ingenuity of game players is a formidable force that, if properly directed, can be used to solve a wide range of scientific problems."

One of Foldit's creators, Seth Cooper, explained why gamers had succeeded where computers had failed.

"People have spatial reasoning skills, something computers are not yet good at," he said.

"Games provide a framework for bringing together the strengths of computers and humans. The results in this week's paper show that gaming, science and computation can be combined to make advances that were not possible before."

There is a bit of a buzz that tomorrow will see an announcement to introduce marriage equality effectively doing away with the need for civil partnerships in the UK. Word is that an announcement will be made tomorrow afternoon at the Liberal Democrat Conference. Let's see .....

http://sosogay.org/2011/government-set-t...e-rumours/

saw it in the ny times review:

trailer of the n american release is on imdb dot com as: http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3104742425/

any one going to see it

i cant believe almost everyone i know NEVER even heard of "The Fall" by Tarsem

that movie is just Brilliant... its a master piece of art...
it cant be compared to other movies but i really recommend it...
the music, directing, scenery, and even acting is just perfect....
the cute little girl in that movie is just captivating... she will force you to
stare to the screen till the last moment

i showed this movie to many of my friendz... and every single one of them
just fell in love with it

So I have a feeling that this movie is going to be just totally fucking amazing and brilliant...

It's about this guy, Archie, who is going to kill himself on camera.

Here's the trailer:




I just...I really love this kind of movies. And they started this think about 'I am an Archie'. You make a vid or a little post about why you are an Archie. I feel like many people exploit that just to seek attention, but... Anyways, I can't even put it into words how awesome this movie is going to be.
Today I am going to make a video about why I am an Archie, but I feel like I can't even grasp all my frustrations...which is even more frustrating of course.

Here is their facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/ArchiesFinalProject

You can find them on twitter @iAmAnArchie

Please tell me what you guys think. I'm going to make a thread about another movie that deals with something similar, yet very different and that topic is extremely important to me.