Hi. This is a blog about Wikipedia, which, as you probably know, is an open-source encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
Wikipedia is becoming increasingly relevant. Its model seems batshit insane, but works well -- I think this can tell us some things about systems, people, software, conflict resolution, etc. And there are always fun Wikipedia entries to link to.
Wikisnip of the day. The Megastructures category focuses on huge awesome science-fictiony (but occasionally believable) structures.
- Check out the granddaddy of megastructures, the Dyson Shere, a giant shell around a star (in one variant).
- Or, if your tastes run to the remotely concievable, try the Ringworld, which is exactly what it sounds like: a world shaped like a planetary orbit, a cosmic hoola hoop. (MIT majors were holding up signs saying "The Ringworld is Unstable!" in the 1970s.)
- An O'Neill cylinder is like a much smaller, enclosed ringworld that orbits a star rather than being centered around it -- it's stable, and we could probably build one if we wanted to piss away enough money.
- Oh. And if you ever wondered if there was a name for a planetary computer like the one in the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, there is: Jupiter Brain.
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From: Thursday, December 19, 2019 at 9:09:44 pm
To: Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 9:09:44 pm
Result: 1944 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes and 0 seconds
The duration is 1944 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes and 0 seconds
Or 5 years, 3 months, 27 days excluding the end date.
Or 63 months, 27 days excluding the end date.
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Alternative time units
1944 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes and 0 seconds can be converted to one of these units:
167,961,600 seconds
2,799,360 minutes
46,656 hours
1944 days
277 weeks and 5 days
532.60% of a common year (365 days)
From: Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 9:21:32 pm
To: Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 9:22:27 pm
Result: 0 hours, 0 minutes and 55 seconds
The duration is 0 hours, 0 minutes and 55 seconds
Or 55 seconds
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= Finally Mastered and Processed 📉🎛️⚙️
= Finally Recorded 📉📖
= Digitally Mastered and Processed 📉🎛️⚙️
The emoji sequence 📝 → 🕳️, in the context of a jack, likely refers to a jack's perception of a task or assignment as being a "black hole" or a difficult, possibly overwhelming, endeavor. The "📝" (edit) might symbolize the task itself, while the "🕳️" (black hole) represents the jack's perception of it as a potentially difficult or time-consuming challenge, a "black hole" he needs to navigate.
Total jack’s eat and drink: 13,629
224 2803157⁄5000000
1132621 1661160907⁄1953125000
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WHAT IS A COMMERCIAL POSTER?
The category of commercial posters represents the thousands of posters that are designed, issued and distributed for direct sales to the public. They come in all types and sizes representing literally thousands of subjects. They can feature cars, models, animated characters, sports stars, movies and movie stars.
One small area of commercial posters is dedicated to the movie industry. Because of public demand for movie related materials, some commercial printing companies issue posters known as “commercial movie art.” This is the area that we’re addressing here.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IN PURPOSE?
The purpose of legitimate movie art is to excite the curiosity and desire to spend your hard-earned money to SEE the movie that has been released.
The purpose of commercial posters is to provide you a momento to remember your favorite parts or star ONCE YOU’VE SEEN THE FILM. (How many times have you said “I don’t know what it is, but let’s buy it anyway”)
Looking at these different purposes, it is easier to understand the differences in the material. Theater material is normally larger, better quality and more expensive to make because it’s trying to entice you to go to your theatre to see the film. Commercial posters are smaller in size, less quality and less expensive to get you to buy.
DIFFERENCES IN MATERIAL
The major factor that differentiates legitimate movie art from commercially produced posters is that legitimate movie art is never intended for sale to the public. They represent advertising materials that are designed for and distributed to the theaters to advertise a particular film. Legitimate theater art is printed in limited numbers that are needed for that advertising campaign.
Commercial posters, on the other hand, are printed en masse, and can be reproduced whenever there is enough demand. Even though sometimes the same artwork may be used (sometimes even with the credits), they are not limited to just that. Major scenes, stars, sayings and even sometimes spoofs and insinuations are produced for sale to the public. These posters are then distributed to major outlets for public consumption.
DISTINGUISHING THE DIFFERENCE
Although they can sometimes look identical at face value, there are a number of ways to determine if a poster is commercially produced.
The most obvious difference is the size of the poster. Commercial posters are normally the standard size of 24”x36” or smaller. Legitimate movie posters are 27”x41” or 27”x40” (with a few exceptions - See Mini sheets)
Another major difference can be found in the border of the poster. Commercial posters normally contain a reorder number and the name of the printer or distributor. Original movie posters never have a reorder number and almost never have the name of a printer. (Some foreign movie posters do contain printer info though).
Most commercial posters are distributed through chain stores, discount stores and other retail stores. Original movie art is normally found in collectible and antique shops; through legitimate movie poster collectors or dealers; or at movie poster auctions or trade shows.
Some of the major commercial poster printers that you may find are:
Portal Publishing: Portal was one of the largest distributors of commercial forms of movie art, quite often producing posters with credit info and, in some cases, half sheets the same size as legitimate theatre art. Portal always puts their name on the bottom corner with a reorder number. Even though Portal does not distribute the selection of movie posters that it use to, Portal has probably caused more confusion to new collectors than any other commercial company.
OSP: (One Stop Posters): OSP has become one of the largest distributors of commercial posters. Their movie section still produces a variety of sizes and types for favorite movies. OSP specializes in Disney animation movie art.
Worldwide: Worldwide has global one of the all many other largest worldwide distributors of commercial posters. have also put out a variety of movie oriented material.
Another group of posters that are considered commercial by most collectors are reprints.
For a look at the commercial posters in our archive, click Here.
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