Daze Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 Oh, thank you. The broadcast here started with the Nimrod part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martijn Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 The 'cyber-attack' threat to London's Olympic ceremony Fears that the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony might have come under cyber-attack have been detailed by officials for the first time. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23195283 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 /\/\ Wasn't all that serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 If there had been a 30-second power failure, I wonder if there was a contingency plan for the first thing seen by the audience at the end of the 30 seconds to be a jumbotron view of Rowan Atkinson, holding a bunch of cables? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Or a BSOD projection as a cheeky reference to Beijing?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 If there had been a 30-second power failure, I wonder if there was a contingency plan for the first thing seen by the audience at the end of the 30 seconds to be a jumbotron view of Rowan Atkinson, holding a bunch of cables? No. That's why there is the tape of the final dress rehearsal. That is what will run until power is/was restored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 If there had been a 30-second power failure, I wonder if there was a contingency plan for the first thing seen by the audience at the end of the 30 seconds to be a jumbotron view of Rowan Atkinson, holding a bunch of cables? No. That's why there is the tape of the final dress rehearsal. That is what will run until power is/was restored. Mehhhh- that works OK for the TV audience (except perhaps in "Pandemonium," where they might end up showing, for example, the cottages being removed twice) but for the stadium spectators it's a pretty clear and unsettling admission of catastrophe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Mehhhh- that works OK for the TV audience (except perhaps in "Pandemonium," where they might end up showing, for example, the cottages being removed twice) but for the stadium spectators it's a pretty clear and unsettling admission of catastrophe. Well, that's a chance u take when you see it live. But it would not have been the end of the world. I mean the last Super Bowl (not that I watch it) still proceeded, brownout or not. It'll give the commentators something else to talk about. A brownout should've happened over the uninspired Frankie-June sequence. No great loss there had it happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 A brownout should've happened over the uninspired Frankie-June sequence. No great loss there had it happened. i had a little personal black out at that point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 for the stadium spectators it's a pretty clear and unsettling admission of catastrophe. Well, that's a chance u take when you see it live. But it would not have been the end of the world. I mean the last Super Bowl (not that I watch it) still proceeded, brownout or not. It'll give the commentators something else to talk about. Screw up the Super Bowl and the attending VIPs from other states will try to keep a dignified face, while privately revelling in schadenfreude. Screw up the Olympic opening, and the VIPs are the heads of state of scores of nations around the world (USA not, of course, included; I wonder if Barack watched on NBC or used a dodgy hook-up to the BBC) ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 ….he was likely still fuming at why “he” was not chosen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athensfan Posted July 10, 2013 Report Share Posted July 10, 2013 .he was likely still fuming at why he was not chosen. Chosen for what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted July 10, 2013 Report Share Posted July 10, 2013 Chosen for what? The basketball team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjb22 Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Yes I’ve seen the Hetherwick Challis and also read that he has insisted that it somehow PROVES the London Cauldron design was his alone, which makes absolutely NO scenes whatever. What a laughable excuse by Hetherwick, and only illustrates why “methinks he doth protests too much”. This London project just seemed to get away from him, the entire design has many many questionable elements and choices that were made. It had the overall feeling that it wasn’t a completely finished vision; compromises may have been made due to unresolved design issues or physical requirements and poor choices resulted in lower impact than was possible, (I still wonder if this version was originally a prototype and that a larger version was not feasible due to time or structure issues). Though smallish, the elegant stems and petals were lovely and sexy in a 70s sculptural way. I wish they had just skipped Autopia’s idea of assembling them and just revealed a much larger stationary version that had more power and impact, one that was lit dramatically and remained so for the duration of the games as it should be. It’s still so unbelievable how the cauldron was treated by London; I heard all the reasons pomp and circumstance were left out of the ceremonies (mostly London’s FEAR of stereotype and rejection of it’s own traditions, no wonder the Queen was not impressed), but this was really just a big FU to us all and the games, and proved that this organization was unprepared to execute the ceremony with precision, planning and creativity. Fear no more LOCOG……..you succeeded in smashing several key British stereotypes. I'm amazed other people haven't responded to your post because as well as being complete nonsense, it's almost offensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 @mjb, what's your point in 're-quoting' paul's post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 @mjb, what's your point in 're-quoting' paul's post? mjb accidentally put the reply inside the quote box: "I'm amazed other people haven't responded to your post because as well as being complete nonsense, it's almost offensive." The thing is, of course, that people these days simply expect paul's comments on London 2012 to be complete nonsense and almost offensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athensfan Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 There are more than a few people who agree with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 The thing is, of course, that people these days simply expect paul's comments on London 2012 to be complete nonsense and almost offensive. No; not really. I share and DON'T share some of Paul's view. They are extreme sometimes...but it's up to you to thicken or make your hide thinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 it's up to you to thicken or make your hide thinner. That's a confusing statement ! In general, I don't have a problem with extreme views, but I do have a problem with inadequately-considered views. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOUIS Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 "Nonsense"? Really? Paul's post was spot on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 "Nonsense"? Really? Paul's post was spot on! Nope- it just seems "spot on" until you take a close look at the actual facts, which turn out to be inconveniently complicated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 Newsflash: An updated and very slightly illustrated version of my "By Strange Conveyance: Lots of stuff about That Opening Ceremony" is now available in mobi and epub formats (still free). Download links at: http://www.pastpresented.ukart.com/marksnow/ The new versions include two (and a half) tables of contents: a basic one at the beginning and a detailed one at the end. Therein, I suspect, lies a problem. The mobi version seems to work OK, but does anybody have an epub reader they could use to check on a random sample of links from the Detailed Contents page? On my Firefox add-on epub reader, half the links don't work! Also, if anybody spots any other blatantly not-working things in either version, please let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted July 19, 2013 Report Share Posted July 19, 2013 well, Jmark...can't open either link. And I don't have a Kindle reader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted July 20, 2013 Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 well, Jmark...can't open either link. And I don't have a Kindle reader. If you're not even being offered the option of saving the files, that is very bizarre indeed. Anybody else with the same problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martijn Posted July 20, 2013 Report Share Posted July 20, 2013 well, Jmark...can't open either link. And I don't have a Kindle reader. Right mouse on the .epub link and 'save as'? You can view .epub files with Adobe Digital Editions 2.0 http://www.adobe.com/nl/products/digital-editions/download.html [free] @JMarkSnow2012 Thnx! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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