http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/15/32265.aspxSome Web reports are speculating that the deciding factor in the battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray may have taken place this week as we've learned that Sony (Blu-ray) won't put adult content on their discs. Since porn is credited by some for shiftingen-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/15/32265.aspx#32287Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:55:15 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:32287MikeWhat's really disgusting about this is how right you are! Years ago, I had developed a barcode scanner for video stores and the only places that we could find for test installations were "adult" book stores. So I got to travel around and install these thing on these sticky counters that I don't even like to think about. Yeck! Eventually the scanners caught on and ended up everywhere, but those awful places were the first.http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/15/32265.aspx#32289Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:01:41 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:32289John in CincyWhen I went into the service, I thought I would save money and hassle by using my bar of soap and not buying shampoo. Hey, my head was shaved, it's not like I needed to worry about "body" or anything. Couldn't be more wrong. In no time, I had the funkiest head funk in the world. I got special permission to go to the PX for real shampoo. Since then, I've tried the shampoo/body wash. It works (no head funk), but I haven't seen any that do better than just a passing grade on your hair.http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/15/32265.aspx#32293Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:13:46 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:32293Rick, Orlando, FlYour and Sony are late. A few studios said almost two weeks ago their were going HD DVD instead of BRD because it was cheaper. Now after that comes out Sony says they don't want porn on their disks? HAHA Oh well, that might be the nail is the coffin for Sony failing misreably in the overpriced PS3 and the over priced (theme going) BRD creation and players and movies. WHy soend $1000 on a BRD player when you can grab a Toshiba HD DVD A2 for around $400? Oh, I guess you can grab a $600 PS3 since they seem to be sitting on the shelves as of late.http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/15/32265.aspx#32298Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:29:13 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:32298Christopher Manhattan New YorkFirst off being a New Yorker she must have stayed up late. She had to be on the set for a morning feed to a Seattle TV station. Now 3 hours behind for a morning feed is 7 AM PST equals 4 AM EST. Now figure makeup and story prep. She left the club right to the set. BAD planning on behalf of her PR company. Cut slack for her. The blame is on the PR company that reps her for allowing an early morning interview. We all know how it workshttp://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/15/32265.aspx#32305Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:42:58 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:32305Will FemiaJohn, clearly there is more to the biochemistry of hair than I realize.http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/15/32265.aspx#32323Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:42:28 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:32323Tony, NYSony Blu-ray is much better than HD-DVD, just like Beta max was a better format than VHS. Sony PS3 is not expensive since Sony is losing on each PS3 they sell to the people. They are losing about $200 - $250 per PS3 system. People should stop whining about the price. If you don't want the better gaming system than buy a Nintendo or Xbox. Just like if you want to drive a nice car then you can buy a Benz, BMW, Audi, Bentley, Lexus etc. If you think these cars are very expensive then you can buy a Hyundai, Honda, Nissan etc.http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/15/32265.aspx#32355Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:52:30 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:32355Nick, NYLooked at the "perspective" jpg. Didn't see an explanation, so I went into the website one level. Imagine my surprise.http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/15/32265.aspx#32366Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:26:45 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:32366Gus, Houston, TX"First off being a New Yorker she must have stayed up late. She had to be on the set for a morning feed to a Seattle TV station. Now 3 hours behind for a morning feed is 7 AM PST equals 4 AM EST. Now figure makeup and story prep. She left the club right to the set. BAD planning on behalf of her PR company. Cut slack for her. The blame is on the PR company that reps her for allowing an early morning interview. We all know how it works " I think you got this backwards, Christopher of Manhatten, New York. 7 AM PST is 10 AM EST. Sun rises in the East, so time is later there.http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/15/32265.aspx#32369Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:29:45 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:32369the dudeThis whole discussion is really a moot point. With the current proliferation of cd and dvd rom players and burner software, 99% of people who download music and movies will not change to the latest and greatest hardware if they cannot utilize what they choose to burn for their enjoyment.http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/15/32265.aspx#32400Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:27:09 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:32400JD, Tampa, FLIt's odd how Sony seems to think anyone cares whether or not they allow porn on their HD format. Just another example of how out of touch their execs are these days. Too bad - they once were the top brand in consumer electronics; now they are simply a punch line in most markets.http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/15/32265.aspx#32414Tue, 16 Jan 2007 03:37:57 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:32414Ryan Shannon, East Lansing, MichiganYou seem a little annoyed at the rate at which the Pirates sequels are emerging. You should know that they filmed the second and third movie simultaneously, in the same manner as the LOTR trilogy. I have to imagine that the release date of the third movie was in the works before the second one was even released.http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/15/32265.aspx#32418Tue, 16 Jan 2007 03:47:45 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:32418Adrian, San Diego CABlades of Glory website is www.bladesofglorymovie.comhttp://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/15/32265.aspx#32475Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:08:01 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:32475John DoeHey Gus, 7AM in Seattle is 10AM in New York. New York 7AM is 4AM in Seattle.http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/15/32265.aspx#32504Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:11:53 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:32504Phil, Brussels, BelgiumSony thinks they can prohibit certain content on their Blu-ray disks, thus that they intend to keep control of what's put on the disks. At first when blue-ray is only used as a ROM disk for games and music that's not a big issue for consumers but after a while when PC type blue-ray burners come out they must include a kind Digital Rights Management package. I think that would surely be the end of the format. Who wants Sony to clear (and to know) what you burn at home?http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/15/32265.aspx#32508Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:17:50 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:32508Chris, Roy, UTI, for one, will throw all my support behind Sony and Blu-Ray if they maintain this mantra of "no porn". Call me old-fashioned, but porn is destructive. It takes the beautiful act of connsumate love and train-wrecks it into something diabolically mundane and dirty. While I'm no prude when it comes to sex with my wife, I also don't broadcast it for all the world to see. Good for Sony. http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/15/32265.aspx#32509Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:18:40 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:32509Fred, in NYThat perspective photo hurts my head! I too can't quite figure out what is going on there.http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/15/32265.aspx#32588Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:52:04 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:32588Paul, Alamo, CAUnless I am mistaken on the perspective picture, it is just two pieces of styrofoam (one projecting horizontally from the upper left and one from the lower right) and a good angle from the camera. You can see that because the line of the upper one does not quite align to the lower one (and its surface looks jagged). If you focus on that misalignment, you can more easily resolve the split at the riser (right side). It does look good. But, it is also like those pictures people have taken where distance perspective is broken, so you see the foreground and background merged (such as someone kissing the sphinx for example).http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/15/32265.aspx#32607Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:06:17 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:32607Alex, Lawrence, KSHey Will, why do most links open in a new page, but links to msnbc.com link beyond this page? Every time you click us over to msnbc news articles, I absentmindedly close your blog, and have to start all over again.http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/15/32265.aspx#32626Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:49:13 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:32626Toni in N.Y.The perspective picture reminds me of something from M.C. Escher. http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/15/32265.aspx#32687Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:14:59 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:32687AnonymousThanks again to Will at the Clicked blog on MSNBC.com who today pointed out this link to a wonderful little brain-bender of ...http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/15/32265.aspx#32799Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:36:55 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:32799Nathan in WashingtonLOL, I did the same thing with the perspective picture; going up one website level...definately NSFW (now how do I explain those pictures to the IS folks...) But I finally figured it out, and while it all has to do with the shadows. There is a piece sticking out of the front, the "inside" of the cross beam. Why does the shadow end? Perhaps it is cut and the photo was taken at that exact angle to make the appearance of an impossible object? http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/15/32265.aspx#32800Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:45:32 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:32800John, Seattle, WAYep I wanted to see more about the perspective picture, so I also tried to hit the website for an explanation or more examples. Danger! Completely NSFW!http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/15/32265.aspx#32880Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:04:23 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:32880Tennyson BarlowI have a graphic designer /physics friend that told me the picture is odd because of structure and photoshopping (or some other editing program). You can tell by the insertion points in relation to the angles and shadows. So sad :(, I was excited when I thought it was real...http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/15/32265.aspx#36151Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:30:41 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:36151BillyThe worst part of going up one level is that I actually looked at all of them. I am ashamed of myself.http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/15/32265.aspx#60648Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:49:23 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:60648Charles, Euless, TXI Listened to Paula Abdul music. Gets old after awhile, her judgeship isn't much better. You know what I mean??