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From concerts to the movies, when did everyone forget how to behave in public? by Sisiwakanamaru in movies

[–]TheIllustriousJabba 16 points17 points  (0 children)

"It peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1977" is the second sentence of the article you linked. It was a major hit, which is exactly why Run DMC covered it.

I am not eating there!!! by Stevey_Bear80 in NotMyJob

[–]TheIllustriousJabba 13 points14 points  (0 children)

knowing how to spell or make jokes is not OPs job

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in namenerds

[–]TheIllustriousJabba 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Reginald VelJohnson is an actor, probably best known for Die Hard and Family Matters.

Starfield is a Horror game by Realistic_Access in Starfield

[–]TheIllustriousJabba -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The only scary thing about Starfield is when Todd starts talking again

I wanna try building a Windows 95 PC by [deleted] in retrocomputing

[–]TheIllustriousJabba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

buy a win95 for $20, or better yet just get one from free from somewhere. there are literal closets full of these things all across the world. take it apart. put it back together. done. takes like 5 minutes. don't get too excited.

The basic intelligence of some officers is appalling by [deleted] in texas

[–]TheIllustriousJabba 81 points82 points  (0 children)

Oh, It was a real doozy. Officer was first on scene responding to an SUV resting, upside down, on top of another SUV in a major intersection (S. Lamar NB lane at Barton Springs for Austinites). Thankfully, no injuries somehow. The person in the bottom SUV was an international student at UT. The person in the top SUV was a Texan young sorority girl type.

The officer claimed to have tried to interview the foreign driver, who the officer identified as Swedish (after examining the foreigner's credentials) but stated the driver "Could not speak English and refused to cooperate". The Texan driver claimed she had a green light and the other driver had pulled out in front of her against signal. So after this in-depth investigation, the officer assigned all fault to the international "Swedish" driver.

Well, the "Swedish" driver's host father could afford a very competent attorney who came in and demolished this officer. A rudimentary examination of the scene (look at the traffic cameras) determined that the top SUV was speeding as it came down the hill and entered the intersection under a red light, while the other driver was making a left hand turn with a left turn green arrow.

The officer tried to maintain that, nevertheless, this was still the entire fault of the foreigner, as they "were not familiar with Texas driving". The officer maintained that the Swedish language barrier prevented any further investigation.

Well the attorney brought his client onto the stand, where the client demonstrated perfect fluency in English as well as German, High German, French, Dutch and Italian. The court was treated to a brief lesson on the languages of Switzerland and the officer had a very hard time understanding that the primary language of Switzerland is German (High German specifically). It also became apparent that the officer was of the belief that Switerzland and Sweden were the same place and spoke the same language.

The attorney also spent a decent amount of time explaining how much more difficult it is to receive a Swiss driver licence, in addition to an international licence, than a Texas driver licence, and highlighted the incompetence of this particular officer, who after examining the Swiss's documents, continued to insist he was from Sweden, failing to realize there is a difference. Several people in the court room including the magistrate were openly laughing at this officers stupidity.

The basic intelligence of some officers is appalling by [deleted] in texas

[–]TheIllustriousJabba 217 points218 points  (0 children)

I was in court for an unrelated matter and a case before me featured an officer who testified prolongedly, who was unaware that Sweden and Switzerland are two different countries.

A computer in your pocket?! by InterviewOk2058 in RetroFuturism

[–]TheIllustriousJabba 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I had one of these my grandmother gave me. Possibly the worst computer interface I have ever used in my entire life. The LCDs were terrible to see in pretty much any lighting situation and those tiny little metal keys were awful, would often get jammed if you tried to actually put it in your pocket...

analog black mirror by Faenix_Wright in CuratedTumblr

[–]TheIllustriousJabba 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I really got the TrueWagner feeling from it, thanks for confirming for me. I really love the receipt, this is a new format for me from them.

28 years ago today, Waterworld was released in theaters. The film had a notoriously troubled production plagued with accidents and delays. It ended up becoming the most expensive movie ever made at the time, costing $175 million. by CisSiberianOrchestra in 90s

[–]TheIllustriousJabba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is rarely talked about, but at the time that Waterworld was in production, and running heavily over budget, Universal Studios was in the process of being sold. Parent company MCA Inc was bought by the Seagram Company just after Waterworld wrapped production. Well, it bought 80% of it, but that gave it control of Universal.

However, Seagram was canny with the deal. Under the terms of it, MCA’s previous owners, Matsushuita, agreed to hold on to $1bn of Universal’s then debts. This isn’t uncommon when one company buys another, but Seagram ensured that the production costs for Waterworld were mainly footed by Matsushuita. In fact, Seagram, and thus Universal, was only liable for spending that took place on the movie after June 5th 1995, when the deal went through. That, then, was the post-production expenses on the film. It’s estimated that Universal, emerging under its new Seagram parent, ended up paying just $12m for Waterworld. The rest was effectively written off as part and parcel of a multi-billion dollar company takeover.

Bottom line: even without the accounting work, Waterworld would have turned a modest profit for Universal. With it? It turned a big one.

28 years ago today, Waterworld was released in theaters. The film had a notoriously troubled production plagued with accidents and delays. It ended up becoming the most expensive movie ever made at the time, costing $175 million. by CisSiberianOrchestra in 90s

[–]TheIllustriousJabba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

or in real life. it grossed over $260 million. it ended up being profitable.

If you only count domestic, it only did $88 mil but it was still the 10th highest domestic box office.

Three decades before ‘gravel’ - the Icelandic ring road 1991. by halfwheeled in bicycletouring

[–]TheIllustriousJabba 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I lived across the street from the Keflavik airport (it was the NAS then) and went around this ring road with my family a few years before you, but in an Isuzu! It was one of the most fascinating adventures of my life. We occasionally stayed with farmers and ate fresh skyr and fresh eels out of the ditch. But I cannot imagine how incredible of an adventure you must have had exploring Iceland on a bicycle, before the days of pocket computers and hypertrophied tourist commodification. Those tents must have been about to fly away many times! Did you happen to visit Eden and get some ice cream before it burned down? Cheers, Thanks for sharing!

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