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In the News (Sat 19 Dec 09)

  
  Silent Movies
The silent movie is, for the vast majority of audiences, even those that have serious interests in films, the pariah of the movie world.
In fact, the late silents are pretty incontrovertably superior in technique to almost any sound film made in the first four or five years of the sound period.
There are still many people alive who saw silent films when they were the only game in town, but they are getting older and older, and their world recedes daily from the world of today.
ficus-www.cs.ucla.edu /ficus-members/reiher/film_miscellany/silent.movies.html   (1572 words)

  
 Silent Film Sources- Silent Films Availability in the U.S.
Silent films are a distinct art form, and when properly presented, they have their own qualities.
If you only knew silent films from excerpts in television commercials or documentaries, you might think that all silent films had jerky, contrasty images that stammer across the screen.
Silent films are in distribution on video in editions of varying quality.
www.cinemaweb.com /silentfilm   (454 words)

  
 Mundo Silent Hill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Detras de lo que parecen meros productos para el entretenimiento subyace una idea mucho mas profunda: Silent Hill, en el fondo, son las historias de personas normales que se enfrentan a sus angustias, a sus fobias y a sus miedos; personas intentando encontrar el origen de esos terrores y la forma de combatirlos para siempre.
Cada encarnacion de Silent Hill es la representacion metaforica de un viaje al interior de nosotros mismos; y por lo tanto, algo que puede ser tan divertido como horrible e inquietante a la vez...
Si quieres ver esta posible primera imagen de la pelicula de Silent Hill pulsa aqui.
mundo-silenthill.webcindario.com   (1389 words)

  
 The Silent Film Bookshelf
We feature articles on the composer and on the music by Rodney Sauer, who is currently preparing a CD of Zamecnik's later music performed by the Mont Alto Ragtime and Tango Orchestra.
While the silent screen robbed audiences of her voice, she proved to be an instinctive actress with a commanding screen presence.
When silent films were first released, the music was as important to the experience as the film itself.
www.cinemaweb.com /silentfilm/bookshelf   (5159 words)

  
 SilentPC | Consultants on computer related noise and thermal development.
As the focus of the company is to create thermal cooling solutions with the lowest possible noise level the silentpc.nl domain was registered as the company homepage.
Silent PC has worked together with NEC / Packerd Bell, HP and many others and has build up a great expertise on noise and heat issues in the pc industry.
To offer Silent PC solutions to the general public SilentPC launched a webshop dedicated to silent pc solutions.
www.silentpc.nl   (243 words)

  
 Silent Witness National Initiative to stop Domestic Violence, Domestic Abuse, Family Abuse, Assault on Women and Kids
Find out how all 50 states and major cities are doing in reducing their domestic homicide rates for women.
Discover projects that are successful in reducing or eliminating domestic violence in courts, the community, churches.
Silent Witness began promoting an end to domestic violence in 1990 and now in 2004 we are pleased to report that domestic homicide rates are dropping significantly.
www.silentwitness.net   (157 words)

  
 Silent Night Chapel at Bronner's Christmas Wonderland - The World's Largest Christmas Store   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Bronner's Silent Night Memorial Chapel was built in 1992 by Wally and Irene Bronner and family as an expression of gratitude to God and as a tribute to the world's favorite Christmas hymn.
On the chapel grounds are plaques with one verse of "Stille Nacht" ("Silent Night") in nearly 300 languages.
The Silent Night Memorial Chapel was erected in the 1920's on the altar site of the original St. Nicholas church.
www.bronners.com /silent_nite.html   (500 words)

  
 Mirar's silent PC project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It did not dampen noise enough; and just the turbulence from the fans needed to keep it remotely cooled were rather loud.
The air intake and air exhaust were not wide enough to allow enough air in with silent fans (Papst).
Someone mentioned MDF board on the Silent PC list and then I decided to build the case in that material, and adding dampening mats.
www.mirar.org /silent-pc   (944 words)

  
 Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about silent film: Online resources
This is another great resource for general information on silent film; for silent film showings; and for tons of links to other silent film sites.
He was the Pee Wee Herman of the silents, and for a time he rivaled Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd as one of the finest feature film comedians.
Silent film stills, books, and other silent era-related stuff are available for auction.
www.vex.net /~emily/film/amsfaq/online.html   (1383 words)

  
 How I make PC's become silent
There are two kinds of fans: noisy ones and silent ones, depending on how they were build.
All of them are perfectly silent when they are not being used.
Silent computers or computer parts can be bought.
www.4p8.com /eric.brasseur/cnoise.html   (2416 words)

  
 Silent Era : The silent film website
Sunrise Silents has released their DVD-R edition of A Hero for a Night (1927) with Glenn Tryon and Patsy Ruth Miller.
Sunrise Silents has released Brothers (1929) starring Barbara Bedford, Arthur Rankin and Cornelius Keefe on DVD-R. Image Entertainment has released Milestone Film and Video’s edition of the British feature Hindle Wakes (1927).
Sunrise Silents has released Gypsy Blood (1918) directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Pola Negri on DVD-R. Also released is a digital edition of the September 1928 issue of Photoplay Magazine magazine on CD-R. George Eastman House appointed Patrick Loughney as the new curator of motion pictures at the respected Rochester, New York, film archive.
www.silentera.com   (1636 words)

  
 The Silent PC
The Silent PC Note that The Silent PC Sweden based web site by no means is affiliated with Yamaha® Corporation, which owns the rights to use of the word silent for some other international trademark classes in the European Union, and possible also other countries.
The Silent PC Web site put its main focus on this alternative, because it is the one which easily can be included as a parameter in global trade: Thus not only reaching the most technically interested reading reviews, but all IT purchasers.
On the contrary to the thoughts at the Silent PC Web site are most of today's ecological, ergonomical, environmental and industrial quality logo labeling schemes setting noise limits for information technology, but not asking manufacturers to provide their customers their actual emission data.
www.silent.se   (9339 words)

  
 CULT FILM SITE: Silent Films
They marry and he turns boxer himself, but the girl decides she prefers her boss and takes his side when the two are matched in the ring.
This rare silent exploitation picture (which saw limited release in the 1920's) deals with the scourge of prostitution.
Silent stars Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford are featured in this early talkie based on Shakespeare.
sepnet.com /rcramer/silent.htm   (4916 words)

  
 League of Silent Flight
The League of Silent Flight was formed to accommodate pilots of like mind and interest, to codify and give voice to the soaring spirit; to promote a framework within which each soaring pilot may share an easy camaraderie with another while sharpening sharpening skills in a world-wide-accepted discipline of growth and achievement.
Members of the League, or LSF, as it is known "have been there", have tasted silent fight and the sense of belonging.
But to know is not always to say - for fear that speech and proclamation of one's innermost feelings may sever the tenuous bonds.
www.silentflight.org   (740 words)

  
 The Majestic Theatre Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
*Originally a silent movie house, it ran talkies from 1930 to 1987 when it reverted to its original form.
It is now the oldest fully operational [and authentic] silent movie theatre in the world.
Enter the auditorium and you are transported back to the 1920's with original decor, seating and presentation.
www.majestic.spiderweb.com.au   (136 words)

  
 Silent Night Web with translations, notation and history.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Silent Night Web is devoted to the Christmas song Silent Night, Holy Night.
The original lyrics for the song in German, "Stille Nacht", was written by Joseph Mohr and the melody was composed by Franz X. Gruber.
It is said that there exist over 300 translations of the song in the world.
silentnight.web.za   (123 words)

  
 CVC's Stille Nacht Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Since "Silent Night" had become the favorite Christmas hymn of King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia, he decided to research the origins of the carol.
Mohr’s "Silent Night" manuscript was recently part of an exhibition, "The Message of Music," at Palais Harrach in Vienna.
The original silent night tune is not exactly the same as we hear it today.
www.cvc.org /christmas/sinite.htm   (1239 words)

  
 Silent Night, Holy Night + Christmas at Lighthouse Pointe
This special song was the creation of two men: Father Joseph Mohr, who was born in Salzburg in 1792, and who died in Wagrain, Austria in 1848; and Franz Xaver Gruber, who was born in Hochberg, Austria in 1787 and died in Hallein in 1863.
Joseph Mohr wrote the words to Silent Night in 1816 in Mariapfarr, Austria.
Mohr and choirmaster Franz Gruber, along with the church choir, stood before the main altar in St. Nicholas Church (Oberndorf, Austria) and introduced the song that would resound around the world for these past 180 years and counting.
members.tripod.com /%7EWOLFIELUC/xmasilent.html   (368 words)

  
 Building a Silent PC: My Quest for Quiet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
One of my most treasured freedoms is the freedom to choose what I am listening to, and one of the most difficult things to find in a modern urban environment is silence.
Chapter 2: Underclockers Anonymous, which describes some silent PC design issues and my first efforts to build a fan-free PC.
The punchline is "a definite maybe" since I was not able to find a suitable commercial case for this project; however I have come to appreciate the aesthetics of the IKEA wooden drawer I used instead.
staff.washington.edu /gray/silentpc.html   (339 words)

  
 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Plot Outline: The comic 'Bluntman and Chronic' is based on real-life stoners Jay and Silent Bob, so when they get no profit from a big-screen adaptation they set out to wreck the movie.
Goofs: Revealing mistakes: When Holden shows Jay and Silent Bob a web site in which anonymous film geeks trash their names, the page's address is seen, and it starts with "file:///Macintosh%..." rather than "http://", meaning that the page is coming directly from that computer, not the Internet.
Why in the world he feels that he needs to use such scope in these films is beyond me.
us.imdb.com /Title?0261392   (591 words)

  
 Silent Movies
If so, then this page of Silent Film Screenings is for you.
It is the cartoon character, Felix the Cat.
n Silent Movie (1976), the only word spoken is "No!", which is said by Marcel Marceau.
www.cs.monash.edu.au /~pringle/silent   (160 words)

  
 The Maverick's Cliffhanger Serial Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Reading about motion picture serials is not as fun as watching them (although critics of the genre might argue to the contrary), but I hope you enjoy exploring the lost era of the cliffhanger serials here and learn something more about them as well.
The serials came to be known as "cliffhangers" because the hero or heroine would face inescable peril at the end of each episode only to be miraculously rescued at the beginning of the next one.
When most people think of serials they remember the classic serials of the 30's and 40's (and the abysmal efforts of the 50's.) Nevertheless, the serial was invented long before the "classics" and entertained audiences in the silent era as well.
www.volcano.net /~themaverick/serial.html   (293 words)

  
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www.pcsilent.de   (1763 words)

  
 Strike Back Against Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back!!
Expect Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back to take a 75% drop in box office totals next week and expect it to hit the dollar theaters in a couple weeks.
I was a first timer on one of Kevin's sets and having heard from reports from the media how laid back his previous sets were, I thought this would be a fun experience.
Watch Jay and Silent Bob run around and make a pathetic attempt at blaming the ruining of their good names on the thing we hold dear - the Internet.
www.jayandsilentbobstrikeback.com   (5564 words)

  
 Newsletter Silent Waters - Pop Electro Pop Music Project Synth MP3 free kostenlos download
Trage in das folgende Feld deine E-Mail-Adresse ein und klicke dann auf "On", um den Silent Waters-Newsletter zu erhalten.
Der Silent Waters-Newsletter erscheint unregelmäßig - immer nur, wenn es was neues gibt.
Silent Waters - Pop / Electro Pop Music Project with female vocals - www.silent-waters.com
www.silent-waters.de /newsletter.htm   (60 words)

  
 Silent Era : Presumed Lost
Silent era films that are thought to be gone forever.
The beginning of this list starts with just a few of the lost films of the silent era.
Educated guesses estimate that only 10 to 15 percent of the films made during the silent era survive today.
www.silentera.com /lost/index.html   (1046 words)

  
 GamePC - Technology Guide : Making a Silent PC
Processor Cooling - ThermalTake Golden Orb Rev.2 or Molex Radial Fin - Both of these coolers are based upon Guy Wagner's original "Orb" design for coolers, created by Hewlett Packard for their early RISC processors, and both are extremely efficient and quiet.
While Thermaltake's Revision 1 Golden Orb cooler was extremely loud and had a high pitched squeal to it, their Revision 2 of the cooler takes a 180 degree turn and is one of the most silent coolers we've used to date.
The Thermaltake unit has a decibel rating of 26 dBA while the Molex Radial cooler has a 22 dBA (lower decibel levels are better).
www.gamepc.com /article/show_article.asp?article=silentpc&page=1   (538 words)

  
 How to build a Silent PC: A Step by Step Guide
No companies seemed to be interested in creating an optical drive for the silent PC market.
Times have changed - new silent products have been introduced, CPU's and Video Cards are getting hotter and hotter.
I added a silent hard drive cooling solution to the Silent Hard Drive Page for those who have multiple drives but don't want to run fans over them.
www.buildsilentpc.com   (679 words)

  
 OverClock Intelligence Agency: OverClocking the World, one PC at a time!
What had me puzzled about this system was the fact that it ran absolutely silent, aside from the whispered grunts of the hard drive chugging along.
Anyway, with the aide of this and a few other online "silent pc" articles sheading some light on the subject, I decided to venture into this quiet land and give silent computing a shot.
I wanted to see if it would be possible to attain a silent (or as close to silent as possible) PC without having blazing high temperatures and constant lockups.
www.ocia.net /articles/silentpc/silentpc.shtml   (401 words)

  
 Silent Film Still Archive - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Here you can find original photos, advertising, and other memorabilia from silent films.
Except where noted, all of our photos were scanned from original, vintage photographs issued by the studios when the film was released during the silent era.
Our film stills are in an alphabetical list by film title for easy searching.
home.comcast.net /%7Esilentfilm/home.htm   (226 words)

  
 Silent Hill Heaven: The Ultimate Silent Hill Fansite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Silent Hill Heaven: The Ultimate Silent Hill Fansite
As I simply have little time and no idea as to when the site would/could be completed, SHH is now indefinitely closed.
Thanks to everyone who visited, emailed and/or contributed to SHH over the years - you made the place what it was and we're truly grateful for your support.
www.silenthillheaven.com   (58 words)

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