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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the past week:

Why 3D doesn't work and never will. Case closed

Roger Ebert's Journal: "I received a letter that ends, as far as I am concerned, the discussion about 3D. It doesn't work with our brains and it never will.
The notion that we are asked to pay a premium to witness an inferior and inherently brain-confusing image is outrageous. The case is closed.
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Is ‘Spider-Man’ a train wreck in the making?

MiamiHerald.com: Everyone loves a good train wreck, literal or otherwise.
In 1913, somebody decided it would be fun for two locomotives to collide in an explosion of steam and shrapnel at the California State Fair. Film of the event has been viewed perhaps millions of times in old newsreels and silent-movie compilations and, of course, on YouTube.
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45% Of Students Don't Learn Much In College

huffingtonpost: "A new study provides disturbing answers to questions about how much students actually learn in college – for many, not much – and has inflamed a debate about the value of an American higher education.
The research of more than 2,300 undergraduates found 45 percent of students show no significant improvement in the key measures of critical thinking, complex reasoning and writing by the end of their sophomore years.
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7 Reasons You Should Never Check Email First Thing In The Morning

sidsavara.com: "When it comes to email, ignorance is bliss. That’s why if you’ve got something important you want to make progress on, I have these four words for you:
Don’t check your email.
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Synetic Theater in Washington Does Wordless Shakespeare

NYTimes.com: "For their first attempt at wordless Shakespeare — that’s right, wordless Shakespeare — the husband-and-wife leaders of the Synetic Theater company chose to apply their physical-theater aesthetic to “Hamlet,” counting on audiences’ familiarity with the plot.
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