Comments on: Carl Sagan (and a Bit of James Burke, Too) http://shinythings.romkey.com/2006/12/20/carl-sagan-and-a-bit-of-james-burke-too/ Gadgets, goodies, recipes and other shiny stuff... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:37:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jim http://shinythings.romkey.com/2006/12/20/carl-sagan-and-a-bit-of-james-burke-too/#comment-87 Jim Sat, 13 Jan 2007 03:32:51 +0000 http://www.romkey.com/shinythings/2006/12/20/carl-sagan-and-a-bit-of-james-burke-too/#comment-87 The 13 eisodes of Carl Sagan's Cosmos can be found at bittorrent site: http://www.demonoid.com/files/?category=0&subcategory=All&quality=All&seeded=0&external=2&query=cosmos+sagan&uid=0&sort= Look for: Cosmos Complete KVCD by TinPusher(Tus.Rele ase) This torrent has 17 seeders and so is still active. The files are KVCD encoded (K Video). They played fine on my DVD player. ---------------------------------- The Day the Universe Changed (with James Burke) can be found at bittorrent site: http://www.demonoid.com/files/?category=0&subcategory=All&quality=All&seeded=0&external=2&query=the+day+the+universe+changed&uid=0&sort= The 10 episodes are available either separately or as a complete package. Most of these torrents have ample seeders and so are still active. The files Xvid encoded. They will play only on certain DVD players, such as Philips DVP642 or the later model, DVP5140. But by downloading the DivX Codec (if you don't already have it) from DivX.com, you can play these files in your pc media player. ------------------------ The 3 Connections Series are available below. But there may not be enough seeders to get all of the episodes. Connections 2 & 3 --------------------- The 20 episodes of Series 2 and the 10 episodes of Series 3 are at: http://www.demonoid.com/files/?category=0&subcategory=All&quality=All&seeded=0&external=2&query=connections+3&uid=0&sort= Series 2 is DivX encoded. Series 3 is Xvid encoded. ------------------------ Connections 1: ----------------- The 10 episodes of series 1 are at: http://www.demonoid.com/files/?category=0&subcategory=All&quality=All&seeded=0&external=2&query=connections+1&uid=0&sort= Series 1 is DivX encoded. ------------------------ The 13 eisodes of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos can be found at bittorrent site:
http://www.demonoid.com/files/?category=0&subcategory=All&quality=All&seeded=0&external=2&query=cosmos+sagan&uid=0&sort=

Look for:
Cosmos Complete KVCD by TinPusher(Tus.Rele ase)

This torrent has 17 seeders and so is still active.

The files are KVCD encoded (K Video). They played fine on my DVD player.
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The Day the Universe Changed (with James Burke) can be found at bittorrent site:
http://www.demonoid.com/files/?category=0&subcategory=All&quality=All&seeded=0&external=2&query=the+day+the+universe+changed&uid=0&sort=

The 10 episodes are available either separately or as a complete package.

Most of these torrents have ample seeders and so are still active.

The files Xvid encoded. They will play only on certain DVD players, such as Philips DVP642 or the later model, DVP5140. But by downloading the DivX Codec (if you don’t already have it) from DivX.com, you can play these files in your pc media player.
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The 3 Connections Series are available below. But there may not be enough seeders to get all of the episodes.

Connections 2 & 3
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The 20 episodes of Series 2 and the 10 episodes of Series 3 are at:
http://www.demonoid.com/files/?category=0&subcategory=All&quality=All&seeded=0&external=2&query=connections+3&uid=0&sort=

Series 2 is DivX encoded.
Series 3 is Xvid encoded.
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Connections 1:
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The 10 episodes of series 1 are at:
http://www.demonoid.com/files/?category=0&subcategory=All&quality=All&seeded=0&external=2&query=connections+1&uid=0&sort=

Series 1 is DivX encoded.
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]]> By: tcbeatie http://shinythings.romkey.com/2006/12/20/carl-sagan-and-a-bit-of-james-burke-too/#comment-70 tcbeatie Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:29:51 +0000 http://www.romkey.com/shinythings/2006/12/20/carl-sagan-and-a-bit-of-james-burke-too/#comment-70 I also loved the original Connections series, which I first saw in High School; my AP World History teacher was a big James Burke fan and we would watch episodes in class. Burke made me *enjoy* history. I'm glad the original Connections is available; if I recall correctly it wasn't for a while. I don't think Connections 2 was as good, and I never saw Connections 3. But what I'd really like is The Day the Universe Changed, which is unfortunately priced at $750 for the set. Did you ever play his Connections PC game? It was pretty good for its time, almost Myst-like and very Connections-like in story arc and puzzle solving. I remember hearing about him speaking in the 90s, and that you went. It was in Seattle or somesuch? Doing some googling, it appears that he's working on a new book, 'American Connections', and is speakin in Oswego, NY in late February. Maybe I'll take a trip.. I also loved the original Connections series, which I first saw in High School; my AP World History teacher was a big James Burke fan and we would watch episodes in class. Burke made me *enjoy* history. I’m glad the original Connections is available; if I recall correctly it wasn’t for a while. I don’t think Connections 2 was as good, and I never saw Connections 3. But what I’d really like is The Day the Universe Changed, which is unfortunately priced at $750 for the set. Did you ever play his Connections PC game? It was pretty good for its time, almost Myst-like and very Connections-like in story arc and puzzle solving. I remember hearing about him speaking in the 90s, and that you went. It was in Seattle or somesuch? Doing some googling, it appears that he’s working on a new book, ‘American Connections’, and is speakin in Oswego, NY in late February. Maybe I’ll take a trip..

]]> By: regis http://shinythings.romkey.com/2006/12/20/carl-sagan-and-a-bit-of-james-burke-too/#comment-67 regis Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:58:05 +0000 http://www.romkey.com/shinythings/2006/12/20/carl-sagan-and-a-bit-of-james-burke-too/#comment-67 cosmos aired recently (within the past year or so) on some cable channel. i stumbled on it by accident. it was on discovery science channel or something like that. i watched some of the episodes and was suddenly taken back to that time in my life, when i was convinced that we would be building space habitats at L-5 before i turned 40. and i still love that little animation of evolution with the vangelis music. so awesome. cosmos aired recently (within the past year or so) on some cable channel. i stumbled on it by accident. it was on discovery science channel or something like that. i watched some of the episodes and was suddenly taken back to that time in my life, when i was convinced that we would be building space habitats at L-5 before i turned 40.

and i still love that little animation of evolution with the vangelis music. so awesome.

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