Movies: Review: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

We saw Episode III the day after it opened, and I wasn't disappointed. The action was amazing, and they seemed to tie up all the loose ends. Of course, as with all the films, there was some cheesy dialogue, but who watches Star Wars for the dialogue? I also almost laughed at the end when the emperor tells Darth Vader he killed his own wife - Nooooooo!!! Very cheesy. But everything else was very satisfying. Definitely the best of the prequels, with probably the best action of all six movies. But the story and comedy can never match the original three.

Bottom line: You haven't seen it yet?

TV: 24: Finale

Ok, so it's been a long time. I've been busy. Sue me. Besides, it's not like anybody but me reads this anyway! :) So, 24 is over. Jack walks away into the sunset as a man without an identity after faking his death to avoid prosecution by the Chinese. The nuclear missile that had been the main subject for several episodes is anticlimactically (is that a word??) found and shot down in a matter of 5 minutes. Woohoo.

Cheesy tech jargon of the day: "expanding the parameters of the correlation matrix". In reality there is such a thing as a correlation matrix, but it has nothing to do with encrypted code. It's used for finding correlations (duh) between fields of data when doing data mining. For example, if you have 10,000 rows with columns x, y and z, a correlation matrix might tell you that x and y are correlated (as x rises, y also rises and vice versa). Oh, and correlation matrices don't take parameters. Whew, I'm glad I blew that one wide open. And you learned some math today.

Hey Fox, if you want a consultant to give you some advice on how to make your tech stuff, even just the dialog, more realistic - I'm always available (vandezuma@hotmail.com). (Talk about a dream job.)