JJ Abrams might have said that, but have a look at this Star Wars breakdown reel and then tell me how many 'practical' fx where used. https://vimeo.com/151719063 ..I know it's fashionable to say this - but it's just a gimmick.

With the exception of that compatibility with third party stuff that is likely not usable by alz patients, I would think a javascript dev could come up with a simple browser application that leverages HTML5's streaming audio and video capabilities to implement a simple video conf tool using touch screen computers. Perhaps a simple opening split screen that has thumbnail pictures of people the user knows in a sidebar, and a main screen that shows the realtime video.

Push on a face, and it 'dials' that person or whatever, it 'rings' the other end showing the caller's thumbnail pic large, they click the pic to 'answer'. And can do the same with other thumbnails at the same time to bring several people together. A small hangup button at the bottom left of each active video.

I had to make an MP3 player and 'internet radio' app for a technophobic senior, and went this route. Took some time to make the web app full screen properly for the browser + hardware used (a lenovo tablet running Android), but it worked.. all javascript + html5. No other libs or ui toolkits needed.

...yeah and who can really blame them? they are living under occupation in the most appalling conditions. what have they got to live for? where do they go now? they have been subject to collective punishment - no wonder there's so much hate over there. just look at the isreali/palastinian body count - the palastinians have suffered much much more. should that hate surprise you? currently, it seems that it's only the hawks on either side that seem to be getting what they want. disclaimer: i am english and live in london. i have no axe to grind either way. i am not religious - and dont like either sides religious and very self righteous rhetoric. however, i just dont understand how the israel govt. has got away behaving like this for so long. from the outside - it looks v much like the s african apartheid govt of the 1950-90's. i don't want to start a flame war - but seek to understand how the supporters of isreal think that the situation can be *fairly* resolved. er, peace to all!

> You can't "forget to copyright" something
> because copyright is not a verb.

        Wrong. Websters.
        http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/copyright%5B2%5D

        (1) noun, (2) verb, (3) adjective.

        Cite your source.

I didn't hear all the dialog at first, so I thought this was showing Bill's "new job" working at a shoe store, vis a vis Al in Married With Children.

I thought this was hilarious, since I'd been wondering what Bill's new daily job would be.

But then I could hear the dialog, and it was kinda down hill from there.

Arrest photo was a nice touch though. Maybe the cash register should have been a Microsoft POS system, and he'd have to ask the store manager how to work it and get a BSOD. "It always does that, just reboot..". When he goes out to his car, he should have hopped into a parked bulldozer instead, and continuing to talk to Jerry while hot-wiring it..

i'm sorry, but your talking complete rubbish. i work in the film industry and 35mm film is usually scanned in at 2k which is HD. even sometimes at 4k! i've shot on 16m, 35mm, super 35mm and on hd. film is a very mature technology while HD is still very young. i spend all day examining and working with BG plates shot on both. just because HD is new and digital doesn't mean it's *currently* better than the technology it's replacing. you sound like the early audio companies that said that CD's sounded better than LP's. they didn't then and have only just arrived recently. (listen to a lynn lp12...) the funny thing is that the new cameras have special "film grain" modes...