http://documentaryheaven.com Welcome To Documentary Heaven!! Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:07:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://documentaryheaven.com/revolution-os/ http://documentaryheaven.com/revolution-os/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:06:53 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=4143 Revolution OS is a 2001 documentary which traces the history of GNU, Linux, and the open source and free software movements. It features several interviews with prominent hackers and entrepreneurs (and hackers-cum-entrepreneurs), including Richard Stallman, Michael Tiemann, Linus Torvalds, Larry Augustin, Eric S. Raymond, Bruce Perens, Frank Hecker and Brian Behlendorf. The film begins in medias res with an IPO, and then sets the historical stage by showing the beginnings of software development back in the day when software was shared on paper tape for the price of the paper itself. It then segues to Bill Gates's Open Letter to Hobbyists in which he asks Computer Hobbyists to not share, but to buy software. (This letter was written by Gates when Microsoft was still based in Arizona and spelled "Micro-Soft".) Richard Stallman then explains how and why he left the MIT Lab for Artificial Intelligence in order to devote his life to the development of free software, as well a... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/revolution-os/feed/ 0 http://documentaryheaven.com/the-burden/ http://documentaryheaven.com/the-burden/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:02:10 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=4140 This is the story of an old woman brought to a residence against her will. The events take place in Spain in 2010.... 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The most Earth-like planet discovered thus far is Gliese 581c, which orbits near the area known as the habitable zone. This elusive zone, also called the “Goldilocks Zone,” lies between the star and its planets, and may allow li... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/alien-earths/feed/ 0 http://documentaryheaven.com/heavy-metal-in-baghdad/ http://documentaryheaven.com/heavy-metal-in-baghdad/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:19:49 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=4118 Heavy Metal in Baghdad is a feature film documentary that follows the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda from the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 to the present day. Playing heavy metal in a Muslim country has always been a difficult (if not impossible) proposition but after Saddam’s regime was toppled, there was a brief moment for the band in which real freedom seemed possible. That hope was quickly dashed as their country fell into a bloody insurgency. From 2003-2006, Iraq disintegrated around them while Acrassicauda struggled to stay together and stay alive, always refusing to let their heavy metal dreams die. Their story echoes the unspoken hopes of an entire generation of young Iraqis.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/heavy-metal-in-baghdad/feed/ 0 http://documentaryheaven.com/hacking-democracy/ http://documentaryheaven.com/hacking-democracy/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:09:57 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=4115 The documentary, first broadcast on HBO throughout November & December 2006, exposes the dangers of voting machines used during America's mid term and presidential elections. Electronic voting machines count approximately 90% of America's votes in county, state and federal elections. The technology is also increasingly being used across the world, including in Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe and Latin America. Filmed over three years this expos' follows the investigations of a team of citizen activists and hackers as they take on the electronic voting industry, targeting the Diebold corporation. "Hacking Democracy" uncovers incendiary evidence from the trash cans of Texas to the ballot boxes of Ohio, exposing secrecy, votes in the trash, hackable software and election officials rigging the presidential recount. Ultimately proving our votes can be stolen without a trace "Hacking Democracy" culminates in the famous 'Hursti Hack'; a duel between the Diebold votin... 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By the late 1950s and through the 1960s, more computer games were developed (mostly on mainframe computers), gradually increasing in sophistication and complexity.[n 1] Following this period, video games diverged into different platforms: arcade, mainframe, console, personal computer and later handheld games. The first commercially viable video game was Computer Space in 1971, which laid the foundation for a new entertainment industry in the late 1970s within the United States, Japan, and Europe. The first major crash in 1977 occurred when companies were forced to sell their older obsolete systems flooding the market. Six years later a second, greater crash occurred. This crash—brought on largely by a flood of video games coming to the market—resulted in a total collapse of the conso... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/history-of-video-games/feed/ 0