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#173105 - 02/02/08 05:37 PM Porcupine, most hearty welcome Joined: Jul 2005
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Although WC is the last remaining forum of this sort from which owing to its noteworthily liberal policies I haven't been summarily ejected, this post has only marginally to do with language and so if it doesn't meet WC protocol please feel free to move it to a more remote forum or even delete it if you feel it might ruffle a feather or two; but I felt compelled to provide Porc a greater sense of participation in spite of his qualms, by the following email to a buddy which by coincidence seemed applicable
But zm, if you wish to delete it entirely and if it doesn't require too many keystrokes please feel free to do so. However I'd be indebted if you could leave it up for a while, long enough for other new members to peruse. Thank you most kindly--Dale
Hi Curt:
...every so often I get an email from someone who wishes to be removed from my Contacts folder, whereupon I cheerfully comply as many folk are the victim of excessive spam, while so many of us need something to get angry about. Occasionally I point out that there's another alternative, simply click on the black X in the taskbar across the top of the screen, with a single keystroke bam it's gone forever. But I guess many resent having to do even that
Alas however, I can understand as my posts are probably not so clever as I imagine, while my persiflage rubs many the wrong way while my parsimony in punctuation positively inflames the prescriptive soul
Recently I was banned from another board for what its Admin considered an OT thread even though in the post itself I cheerily invited its Admin to delete if it didn't meet protocol, as I have done above, while it survived two other boards of that sort with nary a whimper
Until I was summarily thrown off most of them I participated in six such boards, each having a different set of protocol. On one, you were forbidden from mentioning or linking to another such board (for fear, I suppose, or losing participants). On a second, it was ok to link to another board so long as you didn't identify it by name, while on a third you could ID it but give no link; on a fourth, one of the most liberal, you could both specify title and provide a link
Given about a dozen such regulations and admonitions for on each board, there were at least 72 rules one had to remember. As I can't keep track I've concluded that I must be a really terrible person. I've made NY' Resolutions to the contrary but I always backslide
Some dispatch you indefinitely, which is to say forever, while other let you back in after a fixed time when they will have considered you sufficiently chastened. Of course, I've pointed out it's their loss not mine and anyhow I spend too much time screen sucking; but in any case what tempests in teapots these be
But nonetheless I abjectly apologize to all who consider my email as spam and invite any remaining amongst my Contacts to so advise. I am yours, email@example.com
Best to all for a happy and eventful NY
...(in the present context, for those who voted for Bush, that means New Year, not New York)
Forgive, couldn't resist the temptation
#173116 - 02/03/08 12:09 AM Re: Porcupine, most hearty welcome [Re: dalehileman] Joined: Mar 2000
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Dale, this doesn't have anything to do with AWADtalk or discussion of words and language. I really don't want to delete it myself; for one thing I REALLY don't want to censor other peoples' posts; for another, it's not offensive in the sense of being profane or pornographic, for example; yet it IS offensive, and inappropriate for this board in several ways. For an example of one way, there are PLENTY of places on the internet where politician-bashing would be welcomed: this is not one of them.
So if you would delete your post, I would appreciate it.
#173119 - 02/03/08 12:38 AM Re: Porcupine, most hearty welcome [Re: Jackie] Joined: Feb 2008
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'in any case what tempests in teapots these be'
Indeed, a fitting idiom. Perhaps there's a forum out there that is for people who have been booted from other forums for breaking the rules.
Very amusing email and many thanks.
#173120 - 02/03/08 01:09 AM Re: Porcupine, most hearty welcome [Re: Porcupine] Joined: Jun 2002
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dale, I think partly what troubles people is that you seem to continue to do this sort of thing, even when told it is not appropriate here. and this one is a direct cut-and-paste from a post to another forum entirely, with no explanation. I think Jackie is being exceptionally accomodating here. (which is Jackie to a t! /hug)
and welcome, porc. :¬ )
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#173188 - 02/04/08 11:29 PM Re: Porcupine, most hearty welcome [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu] Joined: Jul 2005
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Porc thank you for your support, it's truly heartening in a milieu of unremitting hostility and fulmination
eta indeed she is, yet there are a few who appreciate a little persiflage now and again (Porc and Mav and perhaps a few others who are however afraid to come forward) and so for their benefit I hope youall will leave the post up for a couple days longer whereupon I'd be happy to relinquish what in the long run I admit most shamefacedly in toto constitutes a lengthy track of not exactly applicable folderol on WS' Hard Drive, alas, a practice welcome on some boards but severely chastised in others
But I just simply can't remember all 72 rules and while I realize this makes me a really bad person so my abject apologies if I have again violated protocol and I will endeavor to abide by my latest New Years' Resolution, to become a more nearly superior being such as those by whom I find myself surrounded
Though I can't promise anything
#173189 - 02/04/08 11:36 PM Re: Porcupine, most hearty welcome [Re: dalehileman] Joined: Jun 2002
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don't post political/religious stuff that contains opinions or thinly-veiled slant, regardless of its connection with words.
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#173190 - 02/05/08 12:42 AM Re: Porcupine, most hearty welcome [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu] Joined: Jul 2005
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eta read them again. Political slant implies treating one side differently from the other
#173191 - 02/05/08 12:56 AM Re: Porcupine, most hearty welcome [Re: dalehileman] Joined: Jun 2002
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read it again, dale. it contains political opinions.
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#173205 - 02/05/08 05:13 PM Re: Porcupine, most hearty welcome [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu] Joined: Jul 2005
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eta Perhaps so but alas alack I can't delete it because for some reason your algorithm won't let me. Or, quoting GWB:
"This case has had full analyzation and has been looked at a lot....I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating"
Or, paraphrasing another Presidential Pronoucement, I understand that unrest in WordSmith "...creates unrest throughout the region," while "If you're asking me...would I understand reality, I do"
So, as I said earlier, please do exercise your duty to delete it from your perch high above mine; because in the words of our Maximum Leader, "I can't think of anything more deep than that right"
In my profound relief afforded by your action in resolving this matter I feel as he did when he said, "I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep on the soil of a friend"
#173206 - 02/05/08 05:21 PM Re: Porcupine, most hearty welcome [Re: dalehileman] Joined: Jun 2002
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only Jackie can delete posts after a certain time period. I am not a moderator here.
and I am done. I have defended you on many occasions, and you have begun to repay that with increasing trolling. (I can't think of a better word at the moment.)
best of luck to you.
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A multinational pharmaceutical company has committed to developing Prosensa's exon skipping compound for DMD
On Oct. 13, 2009, the multinational pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline announced it will develop and commercialize the experimental "exon skipping" compound PRO051 for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).
The commitment of a major pharmaceutical company to development of a drug for DMD is very good news for families with this disease.
PRO051 was originally created by Prosensa, a biotechnology company in Leiden in the Netherlands. MDA funded basic science research that Prosensa later used for drug development. Prosensa and GSK will now collaborate to further develop the compound, which has shown promise in a pilot study. (See Trial Results in DMD Heralded as Proof of Concept.)
About exon skipping and PRO051
The regions of genes that carry instructions for proteins (such as dystrophin, the protein that's missing or deficient in DMD) are known as "exons." During the processing of genetic information in cells, these exons are pieced together, while other information (in the form of "introns") is removed. Then, the final instructions — "messenger RNA" — are exported out of the cell nucleus, at which time the cell can use them to make protein molecules.
PRO051 is an "antisense" compound that causes "exon skipping." Exon skipping using antisense is a technique in which cells are coaxed to reinterpret genetic instructions in such a way that error-containing sections are blocked (not "made sense of" and therefore "skipped"), and a functional protein is synthesized from the remaining instructions.
PRO051 is designed to skip a portion of the dystrophin gene known as exon 51. Skipping exon 51, it's been estimated, could be therapeutic for approximately 13 percent of boys and young men with DMD. (Like other X-chromosome-linked diseases, DMD affects males almost exclusively, although females sometimes develop symptoms.)
From 2003 to 2006, MDA supported molecular biologist Judith van Deutekom at Leiden (Netherlands) University Medical Center to develop exon skipping related to the dystrophin gene. She later moved to Prosensa, where she is now discovery director, and continued this work.
In December 2007, investigators who tested PRO051 in four boys with DMD announced the intramuscular injection of the compound was not associated with any apparent adverse effects and that each trial participant showed skipping of exon 51 in the dystrophin gene. Each boy showed properly located dystrophin protein in 64 percent to 97 percent of the muscle fibers in the injected area.
GlaxoSmithKline, headquartered in the United Kingdom with operations in the United States and elsewhere, will obtain an exclusive worldwide license for further development of PRO051 for an initial payment of $25 million and the possibility of future payments to Prosensa.
GSK's Neurosciences Medicines Development Centre will fund all future costs associated with PRO051's development.
Meaning for people with DMD
The commitment of a major pharmaceutical company is a big boost to the development of a drug for DMD. For experimental drugs, the path from a university laboratory to the clinic is complex and expensive and, until now, few large companies have been willing to invest in compounds for rare diseases. GSK's interest in PRO051 substantially improves this compound's chances of reaching patients.
If PRO051 pans out, other exon skipping drugs can be developed for other mutations. Exon skipping may hold promise for treatment of other genetic neuromuscular diseases besides DMD.

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|2012-04-07, 16:32
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Some of the music reminds me of when I used to play Oblivion too lol.
BTW, anyone know the name and singer of the Ending song? I found it so beautiful, especially when Lucy and Natsu were dancing in the end.
Anyway, spazz time...
*calms self down*
Seriously though, so pumped for this arc after seeing this episode and ESPECIALLY the opening and ending. Fairy Tail is probably one of my favorite series, and definitely my favorite anime currently running. But because of that, I have to read the manga lol
I just can't wait. Because of that, in the last arc, it was nice seeing it animated,but since I knew everything that happened it wasn't as thrilling as when i got into Fairy Tail. Now it is nice to get an original story.
Also, seems like Lucy will have a big part in this arc, which that strange key thing. The fights look cool too. I know people on some of the fairy tail forums I go to are mad as hell over fillers and want the anime to go towards to manga, but i love fillers because of the story.
Wonder how long this arc will last though? It seems like it amy have a tie-in with the movie too.
But really, does anyone get how excited I am?
|2012-04-07, 19:10
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Found the ending song.
Yeah, super excited for this arc and I already can't wait until the next episode. It's nice for me to not know what's going to happen hahaha
|2012-04-07, 19:40
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I'm hyped up for this arc since it is the first Fairy Tail filler arc so I want to see how it will go.
Besides it will be fun to Edolas guards as Earthlanders. Might be really awkward for Fairy Tail to encounter then since they know their counter parts, should be hilarious
Going by ED it looks like there might be some time travel. I wonder if this arc will have some input to manga material. With all the foreshadowing in manga, I really could see this kind of ED for it.
|2012-04-07, 23:51
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I thought the filler was fine but i can't really say till we see the rest cuz ...
We haven't really experienced continuous Fairy Tail fillers yet. Most of the time its just 1 or 2 filler episodes before moving on to the next Arc.
BUT! The filler had its fair share of comedy and all that makes it Fairy-Tail-Like which i love alot :P
|2012-04-08, 20:07
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|2012-04-08, 20:26
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^ lol that's what I thought of too. It was like a mini-arc. I thought it was 4 episodes though, 69-72?
Seems like this one may be a bit longer and have a more over-arcing story Wonder what that key thing that Lucy has is for.
I'm excited that I'm excited for new Fairy Tail episodes rofl
Like i said earlier, since i read the manga the anime episodes aren't as interesting since I know what is going to happen. lol I promised myself that once this arc is finished and they go back to following the manga I'll stop reading it so i don't spoil myself.
It's nice the arc came during the spring season. A lot of my american cartoons are finished or on break until the Fall, and I have yet to find a new anime i like (sad that Bleach, Chihayafuru and that Papa show aren't on anymore).
Only other show i have to look forward to is Legend of Korra. Can't wait to see the first episode.
BTW i really do love Natsu's new outfit. Everyone's new ones are nice, but something about his is really cool to me.
In other news, i can't believe this is my 4th post about this episode. Show's how happy I am with this new arc.
|2012-04-09, 02:33
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Something as big as Lucy's mom being alive would probably be saved for the manga. Though i do think she'll play a big role somehow in this arc.
But it seems like this arc will focus on Kina a bit, at least for a little. I really am excited to see her story unfold. In the episode where everyone came back from Tenroujima, and Makarov asked Kina if she remembers her past, i loved that moment. She sounded so...solemn. We all know she was Cobra's snake, but i love how interested i am in character who isn't even part of the manga.
Anyone know how long this arc is supposed to be? Since openings and endings in FT usually last around 13 episodes, i hope we get a least that much.
the only filler arcs I've seen are Bleach's super long ones, like the Bount and Zanpakto ones. I liked those a lot tho.
|2012-04-10, 15:35
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Huh... just re-watched ep125's OP and ED...
I see in the OP returning villains from RAVE.... LOL (guess they're using previous work as fillers)
Tho there is as said "Daphne Arc"... which was in the original manga.
And the ED... well, it shows the "real" or "canon" story line... (in fact... it's actually spoilering the Manga with scenes that isn't even out yet...)
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|2012-04-13, 23:33
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Holy cow! I think Fairy Tail has ented into Naruto fillers category... That was truly depressing to see. I think I've gone temporarily blind from watching that last episode. Please make better fillers, since I don't want Fairy Tail to be canceled.
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- 4 medium green, sweet red, orange and/or yellow peppers
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 cup salsa
- 1-1/2 cups crushed tortilla chips
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1/2 cup minced fresh cilantro
- 1 red chili pepper, seeded and finely chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 pound lean ground beef (90% lean)
- 1/2 cup shredded Mexican cheese blend
- Sour cream and additional salsa, optional
- Cut tops off of peppers and remove seeds. In a large bowl, combine the egg, salsa, chips, onion, cilantro, chili pepper, garlic and cumin. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well; spoon into peppers.
- Pour 1-1/2 cups water into pressure cooker. Place peppers on steamer tray in pressure cooker; top with a piece of foil. Close cover securely according to manufacturer's directions.
- Bring cooker to full pressure over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-high and cook for 10 minutes. (Pressure regulator should maintain a slow steady rocking motion or release of steam; adjust heat if needed.) Remove from the heat; immediately cool according to manufacturer's directions until pressure is completely reduced.
- Sprinkle peppers with cheese. Serve with sour cream and additional salsa if desired. Yield: 4 servings.
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"Trying to eat healthier and this definitely fit the bill - healthy and TASTY!!!! I was able to make 5 peppers based on the filling and I substituted ground turkey for lean ground beef. I also did not realize it was a presser cooker recipe, so I place in a greased baking pan and covered with foil and cooked at 400 degrees in the oven for 40-45 min....served with black beans on the side. Will make again!"
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A little over a year ago, we did an article on how to squeeze some extra battery life out of your phone. Most of those tips still apply, but Android has changed a lot since mid-2011, and I'm sure everybody could use a few extra tips on how to get your phone to last a few hours longer. A few of these things are simple, and have already been in past articles, but there's a few tricks that most people don't think about when they're trying to conserve battery life. We'll start with the basics and move up into the more complex things you can do to keep your device alive.
1. Pay attention to your screen.
The screen is the biggest culprit of battery drain. With newer screens pushing 1080p resolution, it takes a lot of juice to power those displays. You can't remove pixels from your screen, obviously, so you're going to want to pay attention to your brightness and your screen timeout. The brighter the screen, the more power it's going to pull, so you're going to want to keep that as low as you can stand it. Dim screens aren't good for watching movies or using the device outside, though, so depending on your usage, your phone's autobrightness may be the way to go. You can also use apps to lower the screen brightness below the minimum to manager your battery more effectively at night or in extremely dim rooms. Night Mode is one such app, and it works extremely well. (Play Store link here)
Screen timeout is also important. If you set your phone down while answering a text and forget to turn off the screen, it's going to chew through your battery if the timeout is set too high. Keeping this low (30 seconds or so) will keep things like that from happening. This can be a problem if the phone times out while you're reading a news article, however. Samsung's Galaxy line of phones has SmartStay, which fixes this by keeping the device awake only as long as you're looking at it. An app called ISeeYou attempts to replicate that feature for those of you without a newer Galaxy phone.
2. Radios and phone signal
4G is one of the biggest new features to happen to cell phones lately, and it's growing exponentially faster so more people can have access to those faster data speeds. There's just one problem with 4G: battery drain. Specifically, LTE. HSPA+ is harder on the battery than any 3G, but not by much. LTE is a battery monster. It's good for your battery life – and data cap – to be aware of when you're on 4G and how much you're using it. Sitting around the house and casually browsing the internet? WiFi is the way to go. Not at home, but not really using your phone to do any kind of serious downloading? Turn your 4G off.
This also applies to your GPS and Bluetooth on your device. If you aren't using them, keep them turned off to avoid the unnecessary battery drain. GPS can be turned off in location settings, and usually from the quick settings tabs in many versions of Android. Bluetooth is also controlled through settings and quick settings.
3. Watch your applications.
Smartphones are powerful. They sync with Facebook and Twitter, they can do all kinds of word processing and run office apps, and they offer an excellent multimedia experience with games and videos. This probably won't come as a shock to many of you, but if you watch Netflix on 4G on your phone's 4.8-inch screen, it's not going to last more than a few episodes. High-resolution games are even worse, but in addition to the cell signal, they're also exercising your processor and GPU. It's common sense, but if you need to make your phone last until you get home, avoid video streaming and games.
Sometimes, though, an application can chew up your battery without being active. Facebook, for example, has had notorious wakelock issues on phones while syncing. This can be easily checked by looking at your battery settings on your phone. The location of that is different for each phone, but it's usually set up in its own battery menu, or in the about phone section. The graph there shows your phone's awake time, and below that shows what apps are eating up battery. If your phone is constantly awake for eight hours and Facebook is using more battery power than your screen, you can probably figure out what's going on.
Killing applications on Android has always been a hot topic. Irresponsibly using task managers to kill apps has always been a bad idea, and actually shortens your phone's battery life. However, using a task manager to kill Facebook when it keeps your phone awake is definitely useful. A new feature in 4.0 and up is the revamped task manager/recent apps. Holding the home button or pushing your phone's multitasking button will open several windows of all of your recent apps. A simple swipe will kill any particular application, freeing up some RAM and keeping a rogue app from destroying your battery.
4. Widgets and syncing
Killing Facebook after it's kept your phone awake for two hours is a good reactive idea, but being proactive about it will keep the battery drain from happening in the first place. The more often your applications and widgets have to sync, the more often will have to wake up and lose some battery life. Social media and weather widgets are generally the worst offenders of this. If you check Facebook every three hours, don't have it sync every fifteen minutes. Unless you're really worried about the weather, you probably don't need it to sync more than a few times a day.
5. Heat
This one's weird, but it's important to pay attention to. Because of how most phone batteries work, a high temperature will cause them to deplete faster. A lower temperature (within reason) has the opposite effect. If you work near a desktop computer at your job, don't lay your phone in a cabinet with a roaring PC tower. It'll get hot and the battery drains more quickly. On the opposite side of that, if you've been playing with your phone and the temperature has risen a bit higher than it should be, turn it off, take the battery out, and sit it somewhere cooler with some open air. Even a simple desk fan can do a bit to keep it cooled and running longer.
It's very important that you do not freeze your phone. Dropping the phone or battery below a certain temperature is not good for it, and condensation can also ruin the hardware. Don't go overboard with it.
6. Keep an eye out for low signal areas.
This was covered in the previous battery article also, but it's worth mentioning now that we've got 4G in the mix. Low phone reception will cause your phone to constantly push for a stronger signal, which, in turn, sucks power from your battery. If you're in an area that just doesn't get signal, airplane mode might be your best bet until you can get to an area with a better signal.
But now that 4G has rolled out in many, many areas, there's another dimension on this. If you live in a strong 3G area, but right on the outskirts of 4G coverage, your phone is going to act like it's a low signal area and try to boost your 4G reception. Many people see their phones constantly move between 3G and 4G, and this is just as bad on the battery as a low 3G signal. This is another situation when managing your 4G, especially LTE, is helpful. Turn off the 4G radios and stick with 3G or WiFi until the reception gets better.
7. [Root] Block ads on your phone.
People know ads are annoying, sure, but not many people know ads can actually hurt your battery life pretty significantly. (Not to mention the privacy issues, but that's an article for another time) Naturally, the more things your phone has to process and the more information that must come to it takes more power. Ads are no exception. Whether that's on a website or in an application, it does have an affect on battery life.
There are several ways to block ads. On most apps, there are donate options, or paid apps to remove ads. This doesn't always work on your favorite websites, however, so an ad-blocking app is the next best thing. AdAway is my personal favorite. It's quick and painless, and totally automated. It blocks ads from applications, websites, and anything else that might try to stick an ad in your face.
8. [Root] Try a new kernel.
Sometimes, your phone just doesn't do enough out-of-the-box. If you don't mind a little tinkering, different kernels for your device can significantly improve performance and battery life. This all depends on your phone, however; a Nexus device is likely going to have a dozen kernel options, where a less popular phone may only have two or three. After rooting and unlocking your phone, flashing a kernel is usually pretty simple. Most are packaged like regular flashable zip files, but that can vary from phone to phone, so it's important to read the instructions. XDA is an excellent source for learning about rooting, unlocking, and flashing your phone.
9. [Root] Adjust CPU speeds.
This is similar to using a different kernel, but it goes a little farther. On ROMs like Cyanogenmod, there are built in settings that allow you to change CPU governors and clock speeds. This essentially changes how much power your CPU is allowed to use and keeps it from running at full speed. The governors control how the CPU acts in different situations; a performance governor is going to ramp up the CPU all the time. Performance will be great, but the battery is going to suffer. Another governor I prefer is hotplug; it shuts down one core of a dual-core CPU when in sleep mode, which improves the idle battery life. There's tons of different governors and clock speed combinations, so like changing kernels, it's a good idea to read up on what each one does. XDA also provides some tutorials on this.
An alternative is an application to control your CPU. Not all ROMs have CPU controls built in, so an application like that can manage the clock speeds and governors if your phone is rooted. All of the same rules apply. Higher clock speeds mean faster, more battery draining performance. Lower clock speeds mean worse performance, but less power consumption. The trick is finding a middle ground where you can live with the performance and can see the extra battery life.
10. [Root] Try a new ROM.
Sometimes, the stock software from Samsung or HTC just might be optimized for battery life. It'll have some features that you find a little superfluous that causes battery drain. If all else fails, flashing a new ROM onto your phone may be your best option. AOSP-built ROMs like Cyanogenmod provide an alternative to OEM-bloated stock ROMs. This can help with the battery life in many cases because there are less system applications and features that hog resources on a custom ROM like Cyanogenmod. There are even customized OEM ROMs that are optimized to reduce battery drain and bloat. Again, XDA is likely your best friend when trying this out.
Many of these ROMs also come with their own custom kernels. Together, they really can improve battery life well past what the phone is capable of on stock software. Mixing kernels with custom ROMs is also a great way to tweak your setup to get the best possible performance and battery life.
11. The worst case scenario: using spare and extended batteries.
Sometimes, your phone is just not going to perform as well as you'd like. Some phones just do not have great battery life, as was the case with the abysmal Verizon Galaxy Nexus, and no amount of lowered screen brightness or custom ROMs or tweaking is going to extend it by more than an hour or two. If you have a phone with a removable battery, consider buying an extended battery, or a spare battery or two if you don't want the added bulk. As a CDMA GNex owner, I own three spare batteries that I swap out during the course of an 8-hour work day. It's not the perfect solution, but it is a viable way of using your phone throughout an entire day. Of course, this only works if your phone supports a removable battery, and lately we've seen the trend of sealed in batteries in newer smartphones.
This is by no means an all inclusive list of battery tips. Searching the internet is going to pull up a ton of other tips for getting the most out of your battery, especially for rooted users, and some of these tips may work better for some phones than others. Hopefully, though, this list will give you enough to get started on tweaking your settings to get some longer battery life, and will help you be a little more mindful of how you're using your battery and what applications and syncing are doing to it.


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Uefa has announced that players or officials found guilty of racism will be given a minimum 10-match ban.
The game has been marred by a series of incidents, including Liverpool striker Luis Suarez's insults towards Manchester United's Patrice Evra, which earned the Uruguayan an eight-game suspension.
However, the governing body is determined to crack down on racism in football and has introduced harsher punishments for offending clubs and individuals.
"The new disciplinary regulations include the following sanctions in the event of discriminatory behaviour," a statement read.
"By spectators: a partial stadium closure for the first offence and a full stadium closure for the second such offence coupled with a €50,000 fine. By players or officials: a minimum 10-match ban."
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Saturday, September 16, 2006
Michigan vs. Notre Dame - The fatcats of college football: the two winningest programs in both victories and winning percentage, with the Irish even having their own network. Besides, any game involving Charlie Weis goes here.
USC vs. Nebraska - USC has gotten everything a program could ever want in the last few years, but they want more. So instead of having a down year as they should after losing so much talent, they simply reloaded and scheduled one of the top programs in history to come to LA and get taken out behind the woodshed
Texas Tech vs. TCU - Sorry Horned Frog and Red Raider fans, but anybody watching this game on OLN with all these other great games on is simply too lazy to find the remote to turn the fucking channel.
Oregon vs. Oklahoma - Each pre-season, the Ducks are on everybody's short list of BCS contenders. But each season, they seem to come up short or, even worse, are snubbed by the BCS for "bigger" names. So they've brought in the Sooners, the sort of traditional power they aspire to be thought of in the same breath in an attempt to change things for 2006.
Florida vs. Tennessee - Let's face it: these two teams hate each other. Put it this way, you know programs hate each other when one head coach openly mocks the other as Steve Spurrier used to do with his "You can't spell Citrus without the UT" taunt. And the animosity at the fan level is just as intense.
Louisville vs. Miami - They're one of the three winningest college football programs the last five years, yet folks are already writing Miami off this season after a three point loss to Florida State with something like 78 'Cane players suspended due to various rules violations. Louisville is a 4 1/2 point favorite and is higher ranked, yet many are picking Miami. Even Chad Henne's old high school coach wants to know which team has more pride.
LSU vs. Auburn - This is the game of the year in the SEC, and any college football worth his salt should have a boner just thinking about it. Couple this with the fact that ESPN's Gameday crew secretly desires they were at this game instead of in L.A. on Saturday.
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So, how big will the riots be if Notre Dame, the Bucks, UGA or the winner of LSU/Auburn go undefeated all year, but only the Bucks and ND get to play for the title screwing the SEC champ again? Big Blue, you see your duty ahead of you. Only you can keep both the Bucks and ND out this and win a date with UGA, LSU or AU.
- September 15, 2006 9:10 AM
Couldn't agree more with ass/grass/cash, but he's leaving USC out of the equation. THEY are now the 800-pound gorilla in the room.
And if ND loses to Michigan and then takes out USC, then all the other teams in the mix have to be letter perfect in order to keep their heads above ND and go to Arizona in January. You can't have ANY slip-ups when there's a halfway decent ND in the mix; they'll jump you in the polls every time.
I hate to say it, but the road to the MNC goes through Los Angeles again this year.
- September 15, 2006 10:07 AM
This was a quality post. But I must add I hope that TCU runs the table and along with an undefeated SEC team they take a red hot fire poker to the BCS.
- September 15, 2006 11:38 AM
20 bucks ESPN steals this
- September 15, 2006 1:05 PM
Both Anon and Anon IV are right, Yost. This is a terrific post. Your English Lit prof would be proud of you. I'm surprised more people haven't responded to it.
I also have a question regarding lesser known conference rivaries...
We all know about Florida-Tennessee, but over the past six years, the SEC West champion has been decided in the Auburn-LSU game.
Before the division split in the SEC, Auburn and LSU rarely played, but when they did it was almost always a classic. With so much at stake, this is getting to be a nasty rivalry - on par with Auburn-Florida in years past.
That's what got me wondering, I'll bet you guys in Big 10/11 land don't know much about the sheer hatred that exists between Auburn and Florida.
What are some of the really good rivalries that fly somewhat under the radar in the Big 10/11? Next to Michigan, who gets under a Buckeye's skin the most? As a Michigan fan, which conference game not involving UM makes you go "this oughta be a streetfight?"
- September 15, 2006 1:23 PM
- J said...
Nice job... Only one "expert" we've seen (Horowitz from Sporstline) has the guts to pick Michigan in the biggest game of the week.
- September 15, 2006 1:27 PM
I suppose Spurrier could've also said "You can't spell cunt without UT, either!"
Great post guys -- dig it. LOL
- September 15, 2006 2:07 PM
As a Buckeyes fan I hate Wisconsin. They ruin everything.
- September 15, 2006 2:09 PM
Mark May did pick Michigan.
- September 15, 2006 2:18 PM
Muck Fichigan
- September 15, 2006 4:09 PM
The difference between Auburn in 2004 and Auburn 2006 is that we played an OOC game against a major conference opponent in Washington St. this year and secondly, we are playing Florida instead of Kentucky.
That means we will have to play 4 games against top 10 teams. No other team will have a schedule that rough.
4. SEC East winner
We will not be left out this year IF we go undefeated. Every other team will be fighting for the second spot.
- September 15, 2006 4:43 PM
- Yost said...
Speaking of rough schedules, Michigan has:
#1 Ohio State on the road
#2 ND on the road
#16 Iowa
#25 Penn St on the road
- September 15, 2006 4:52 PM
Ditto on the great post comments Yost.
- September 15, 2006 5:30 PM
- trenchdoc said...
Firstly, awesome post.
I do hope the Horned Toad's carry on as my wife is an alum... and yes, they are Horny indeed.
- September 15, 2006 6:45 PM
- Reed4AU said...
There should be 8 deadly sins, the eighth being stupidity.
This week's matchup: ABC vs. the BCS(5 time yearly repeating champ of utter stupidity.) Although the BCS is off this week they're getting credit for the stupid shit that will most certainly come later to ruin the season. The BCS will obviously take the season, but ABC is the clear winner this week for a ride on the short bus. The USC game won't be horrible, but there are 3 freakin games that would and should have been the choice for gameday. So FU gameday and the evil empire monopoly that controls you. My only hope is that they provide that ESPN 360 crap with the USC game and Mark May and Lou Holtz both die from seizures.
- September 15, 2006 8:01 PM
- ~CW~ said...
Awesome post.
- September 15, 2006 8:42 PM
Beast in Bama,
Most Michigan fans would list our rivalries in the following order: (1) OSU; (2) ND; and (3) MSU. MSU comes in third merely because they are not a historical power like the other two and do not have the same amount of sucess against UM (although they do have stretches where they do well).
Various BIG-10 upstarts have had short-term rivalries with UM, but none has had the continuded sucess needed to make a true rivalry.
- September 15, 2006 8:53 PM
- Zach Landres-Schnur said...
that is one of the finest pieces of art i've ever seen! fucking brilliant, guys!
beat the irish for, well, america. those damn media hounds.
The Dish
- September 15, 2006 11:07 PM
- Marcoux said...
I still don't understand how FSU-Clemson isn't one of the "Big 7". ESPN omitted it too. We all know how the Texas Tech vs TCU game will effect the BCS landscape and all, but come on.
- September 15, 2006 11:43 PM
Trenchdoc That was a softball you should never leave yourself open like that.
- September 16, 2006 12:00 AM
Beast in Bama. I really hate Northwestern they are upstarts and they are scary to me because Michigan takes these guys lightly sometimes. And they run that pesky Smart Ass Spread Offense. The other one is IOWA man those guys are well coached, play above their talent, and never give up. Both are fine programs and worhty of semi-rival status
- September 16, 2006 12:10 AM
- Yost said...
Clemson isn't ranked. All the teams in the 7 games listed are ranked.
- September 16, 2006 10:02 AM
Great post -- you guys are so creative!
This note is for Zach the Dish:
The Irish will beat Michigan for America!
PS: GO NOLES AND GO Tennessee
- September 16, 2006 11:19 AM
- Jonner said...
That last guy was sort of off on his 3 choices :)
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If I find some time later in the day, I'll post some of the color illustrations from the book, they are fantastic.
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Awesome find!
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The book looks pretty cool itself!
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Those are gorgeous. I'm sure you've had this thought, but these books you get pulled out of attics and basements are like mini-time capsules. Kathy
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The Championship side's never say die attitude meant they were always in the game and the two sides went into the break level at 13-13.
And when Josh Lewis added three second half penalties, the Steelmen led a rattled Pontypridd side 22-16 with seven minutes remaining.
But with his side in dire straights and seemingly heading out of the cup, Pontypridd skipper stood up to be counted as he crossed for a late try. The conversion still needed to be nailed but Flanagan did so with aplomb to secure a 22-23 win and set up a semi-final clash with Carmarthen Quins.
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Before the late drama Simon Humberstone and Lewis had exchanged early penalties before the visitors opened the scoring with a superb score. Gareth Wyatt and Owen Williams combined to put Dicomidis through a hole before the ball was shipped on.
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I was out earlier taking some pics and my 430 EX flash just stopped working! I was using it in manual mode at 1/4 power to help freeze the movement on some Dragonflies I was photographing. However after about 6 or 7 exposures it just would not flash. I have tried 3 sets of batteries with no joy. It seems to power up OK and the red "Pilot" light quickly shows it is ready but then it will not fire on or off the camera, even pressing the "Pilot" button will not trigger it in Manual or ETTL mode. If I put my ear next to the flash gun I can hear a VERY faint beeping at a rate of about 1 beep per second.Has anybody out there any idea of what might be wrong? Although not a new flash it has been very rarely used so I wouldn't have thought it would be the tube - but I have virtually no idea on flash guns so any advice would be appreciated.Thanks.
That Sound is normal it is the charging circuit holding the flash capacitor fully charged. My bet would be the tube.I have one 430EX with a dead tube that is behaving the same way. Canon will replace the hole flash head part for about 150€Is the zoom working properly?At the moment I am waiting for an replacement tube to arrive from taiwan.But replacing it yourself is not that easy and requires soldering.


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You could try DesktopBSD.
Indeed, according to the DesktopBSD FAQ:
DesktopBSD uses all of the powerful and functional features that FreeBSD offers while PC-BSD rather introduces new, alternative systems instead. The best example of this is DesktopBSD's Package Manager, which is in fact simply a comfortable front-end to the reliable and well-established FreeBSD "Ports" system. PC-BSD on the other hand utilises a new system of installing packages using a *.pbi package. The latter does not integrate with the system installed but wraps itself around the operating system and uses what it needs.
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Softsqueeze is certainly not going away overnight, and the code is all available under the GPL so I would be happy for someone to step and and take over it's maintenance. You never know it might even turn into a good career move
I think erland has made some good comments regarding the license, certainly the team here want to encourage community contributions. We could not have released the Jive application software and kept that closed.
I also don't understand where you get the idea of fatter Jive clients from? Jive will always be leaner than Softsqueeze, it is after all intended for 200MHz ARM devices with 64MB of memory!
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And the server side code is GPL, so I'm free to make changes to share with others, and I'm free to make changes on my own system that I don't share.
And the server side Perl code is very hackable -- especially with APIs like addDispatch. I've seen conversations about things like trapping Jive events and wrapping/subclassing/etc., and the impression I get is that developers are free to add their own menu items within the Jive menu structure, but cannot override default behavior, and certainly not through published APIs. Combine the lack of published APIs with the unfriendly license and the clunky distribution model (the whole app is baked into a firmware binary object that includes a Linux distro), and tweaking a Jive client doesn't look very easy or fun.
The Softsqueeze announcements suggest to me that the roadmap is to phase out truly thin clients like the SB3 and Tp in favor fatter, less open clients like the SBC. I hope that's not the case.
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OK, so I think I understand. I'm still a little confused by people who are apparently distributing patches to build the Jive SDK on Linux. Wouldn't such distribution violate the license? There's even more talk about porting Jive to the N800/N810 in another thread. Given the license issues, that would appear a little futile, unless someone at Logitech "recognizes the usefulness of such an application"...
Anyway, one last question... Since the server software is still GPL (right?), the *protocol* that the Jive remote uses is completely out in the open, right? If I wanted, I should be able to build a native N800 client that would perform the same functions as the new remote, but without using *any* of the Jive code, right?
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However, I'm pretty sure Logitech won't see this as a violation, because the purpose of offering the code as Logitech Public Source IS that we should be able to provide patches for new functionality.
In this specific case which you link to it won't allow Jive to be executed on any hardware platform that it isn't already available on. If you provided patches to make Jive run on an iPhone or a N800, the situation could be different since this could decrease Logitech hardware sells. But someone at Logitech will have to give you an answer on this.
I'm pretty sure it would be allowed, because the Jive protocol is basically CLI over XML (JSON) and the CLI interface is definitely possible to use from a native client.
I really hope the license could be rewritten to avoid all these questions, but until then my feeling is that the interpretation could be something like:
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I think you have explained this well and are really getting at the crux of the problem, which is that it is very difficult to craft a concise license which allows people to do the kind of things we'd like them to be able to do with Jive, without enabling a competitor to just nab the whole thing. Specifically, I am having trouble with 1) the whole issue of patches and 2) making it clear that the LPSL does not apply to separate applets you develop yourself. The trouble with handing this all off to a lawyer is that all these subtleties are lost and the language ends up becoming either more confusing or excessively locked down.
I am quite open to suggestions, even of specific language that addresses this. I will re-read the license and continue to think about this, as it's something we would really like to improve. Sorry there has not been any movement since the last time this came up. I do think it is possible to get it sewn up a little better, but it's trickier than it might seem at first glance.
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Sean, I think my main concerns are twofold
1) That Jive will be "fat" *and* not provide the APIs developers need to tweak it without modifying the actual Jive source. I've worked with closed-source proprietary software that's had good APIs for extending & modifying app behavior, and I'm comfortable with that model. I'd rather have Jive with good APIs and no source than inadequate APIs and source I cannot freely modify & share. When someone has a good idea, I want to be able to implement that and share it directly with other Squeezebox users, even if it means modifying Logitech source code (e.g., my latest plugin, SyncOptions, that works on 6.5 but requires patching source -- http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41797).
2) Section 6 sounds like all you'd need to do is ask me for my local, personal changes to Jive and I'd have to not only share the source code with you, but also give Logitech the rights to my work (not just copyright over the source code, but the Jive license appears to attempt to appropriate a perpetual license to all the associated IP, including giving Logitech the rights to resell (sublicense) my IP). I can't do anything solely for myself, and I can't do anything for myself without giving it to Logitech. That just really, REALLY rubs me the wrong way. Why do you feel the need for such a clause?
I do understand that the license only applies to modifications of Jive itself, but please consider that A) I've been contributing to SlimServer and SqueezeCenter for years, gratis and B) my first concern -- in many cases looks it appears that modifying Jive behavior requires modifying Jive itself.
My other concerns still stand, but those are my main concerns.
-Peterowner of the stuff that used to reside at http://www.tux.org/~peterw/
Note: The best way to reach me is email or PM, as I don't spend time on the forums.
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[SlimDevices: Jive] Jive license,what is allowed and what isn't ?
seanadams wrote:
> The trouble with handing this
> all off to a lawyer is that all these subtleties are lost and the
> language ends up becoming either more confusing or excessively locked
> down.
"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers". - King Henry VI
(Act IV, Scene II).
The problem that Sean identifies is true even for great lawyers who are
on your side.
I really like erland's
"If you do something with the Jive source that probably would decrease
Logitech hardware sells, don't do it without first checking with
Sometimes just saying what you mean is good.
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RIP Geocities, the Friendster of the 90's generation.
I'd agree with the awful
Geocities had a lot of content. A huge amount of useful information. Especially the pre-Yahoo stuff. Many times over the last decade I've ended up on a Geocities website when researching particular subjects (sorry - can't give any examples, but more than a couple dozen times when looking at some obscure stuff).
This is sad, but bound to happen. For a long while Geocities was the only place hobbyists could spew their knowledge. Now it's all over the place. Hopefully the internet archive can hold on to some of those soon-to-be lost gems.
I used to have a friend who'd clean up after royal events and sift through vomit and random foodstuff and find diamond rings and £10 notes.
I, personally, used to rummage around a funfair ball-pit and find mobile phones, money, jewelery and other fun tidbits.
What, this link: http://www.dokimos.org/ajff/ [dokimos.org] ?
That's not too bad, really. A bit overboard on the accept Jesus graphic, but white text quoting a couple Bible verses, on a black background, with a door and a cat doing a single animation sequence, that's not so bad.
Oh, you mean what it must look like UNFILTERED! [Bypass privoxy with my light text on dark background enforcement filter that kills background images, turn on scripting, toggle animation from once to enabled, refresh.]
OK, NOW I see what you mean!
Geocities had a lot of content. A huge amount of useful information. Especially the pre-Yahoo stuff. Many times over the last decade I've ended up on a Geocities website when researching particular subjects (sorry - can't give any examples, but more than a couple dozen times when looking at some obscure stuff).
This [geocities.com] was in my browser history.
Bit outdated, but indicative of the fact that useful stuff resides on geocities.
Oh, just remembered zx32 [geocities.com] which I used to use back in my Windows days.
Here's where everyone neglects the fact that Geoshitties was a huge lead-up to the blog.
People with no interest in html, css, hosting, dns, etc. want to brain-dump on the intarwebs too. Geocities did it first, now you go start a blog.
Geocities was a progression for me as they later allowed SSI. This moved me over from frame based layout. From there I quickly hopped over to my own domain with PHP and was totally geeked out with include_once()!
I went back to the site and added meta-redirect to forward people to my blog. Must check my server logs and see if anyone comes that way.
Unfortunately like all good resources, diamonds in the rough. You have to wade through so much shit that you end up almost giving up. Almost... then you find the gem, and cherish it.
While it is sad to see it gone, the horrid gaudy gif sites will not be missed.
They made a TOS change somewhere back in the distant past that resulted in my pulling down most of my info from my spot in TheTropics.
http://web.archive.org/web/19990128020615/www.geocities.com/TheTropics/1298/ [archive.org]
I don't remember the details at this time.
Geocities had a lot of content. A huge amount of useful information. Especially the pre-Yahoo stuff.
Yes. For example websites devoted to the internals of GW-Basic. I don't write new programs in it, but I still convert old programs written in it. Also, the early versions of G77 for Windows are there plus documentation plus collections of compiled libraries.
A bigger bite is for those of us whose ISPs were the baby Bells. I still have an old web page that is essentially prodigy. 15 MB limit, one level, browser based updating and file creation, but it's ad free and still there. More recent customers found their personal web pages are hosted on Geocities, complete with their icky ad overlays.
Yahoo managed to crap up the e-mail side too, when they migrated their customers to "Yahoo mail". I pay for e-mail as part of my internet access. If I want to read e-mail on the web, it comes with ads.
So I'm not entirely sorry that Geocities is going away. And as bad as AT&T and Yahoo are, both are far better than the local cable company.
I learned HTML from Geocities.
With earnest and a renewed sense of nostalgia, RIP Geocities.
Yes, let us all take a moment to remember the days of Geocities,Angelfire, hooking up to the net with Earthlink or AOHell dialup, and of course the evil plague that spread across the net at that time, I speak of course of all the dumbasses that put comet cursor [wikipedia.org] crap all over their Geocities and Angelfire web pages, which always felt like 3 out of four.
you would spend 10 minutes dealing with that annoying screech as the dialup hooked up and then would go to find out when your favorite band would be coming to town or your favorite sci fi writer would have out their new book by visiting the fansites, when all of a sudden, and without warning at all, it was "GAAAK! Somebody just turned my cursor into a butterfly crapping fairy dust and dragging a pocket watch hooked to it ass! And my PC is now slower than a 386 running Win95!"
Ah yes, those were the days. Malware wasn't all over the place because that damned comet cursor made your PC too damned slow to do anything with, and Earthlink and AOHell would toss you at random intervals so making a spambot was pretty pointless. Now of course we have different kinds of evil, like Myspace pages designed in the "OMG Ponies!" look that can blind a man at 30 yards as well as making him sterile, folks with high speed Internet connections that fill our tubes with spam because the moron will click on ANYTHING that has the words "tits" or "lesbos" in it,it truly is a different world now. But for all the great fansites that DIDN'T have comet cursors on them (all 3 of you) I bow my head in a moment of remembrance for the passing of Geocities. For those of us who beards are turning Grey the name does bring back memories.
folks with high speed Internet connections that fill our tubes with spam because the moron will click on ANYTHING that has the words "tits" or "lesbos" in it,it truly is a different world now.
Your tits and lesbos link seems to be broken. You owe me a new mouse.
Parent isn't
Hope tripod.com will live for longer. I am actually using it still for something.
Propping up a camera?
Realm/TimesSquare/4350 bay-bee.
The original site of Kramerica Industries. Or something like that. And then there was another page of the animated gif of the guy walking, stops and pees, but tiled on the background with no text. The early internet was the best.
AWWW... I forgot about that! [nostalgia sets in]
I cut my teeth on html using Geoshitties, 'round 97. What a mess, but god bless the free tinkering space.
My favorite part about Geocities, in 1996, was the themed Neighborhoods.
I had SiliconVally/8043 over a decade ago. Even back then it bothered me that they didn't really do much with the Neighborhood concept other than to categorize sites. I always thought it could have been something that allowed people to network and find others with similar tastes and ideas. Basically a poor-man's version of social networking sites that are all the rage today.
I've got to be getting old, there were so many really good ideas back then that got about 90% of the way towards the major Internet trends that we see today only to completely fall over into obscurity well before their time.
The internet seemed so much smaller back then, like the number of pages could have fit into the multiple neighborhoods of Geocities.
I used to have a copy of the Internet Yellow Pages. A physical book. The same size and shape as a telephone yellow-pages. At the time it was printed, it listed most of the relevant sites devoted to a particular subject and it was actually pretty darn thorough. Most of the URLs back then were
I don't remember much about Geocities, but I do remember that I absolutely HATED having their advertisements on my page.
It's funny, though, if you look at MySpace or Facebook now they're absolutely cluttered with flashy, obtrusive advertisements and I don't give it much thought. Guess it goes to show, you can get used to anything.
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
Prodigy tried the flashy nasty ad thing before AOL and was pulverized for it. AOL made a whole business plan around it.
It's the band's fault if their MySpace/Facebook page doesn't have any good information, tour dates, or anything else that might be useful.
I've seend plenty of excellent band pages. Unfortunately, the sucky ones outweigh the good ones, but don't blame MySpace.
(There's plenty of other things to hate MySpace for.)
I'd say Myspace has been a great thing for local bands. It's extremely easy to hear a few of their songs and sample their music, and it's also extremely easy to see when they'll be playing a show and where.
Myspace isn't really designed for them to hold a long boring biography or a history of their tour dates. It also doesn't have a nice section for them to sell their merchandise either like t-shirts and cd's. Also a forum / message board is missing for fans to talk with each other.
I think myspace is more
Myspace has been very good for checking out a friend's recommendation before buying a CD. The samples bands put up are way better than the 30s clips from Amazon.com. The rest is just wasted bandwidth. Facebook is very good for keeping in touch with people in other ways, if you have a set of friends that use it like that and aren't mindlessly throwing sheep at you, etc.
Some of the bands that I've recently discovered only announce their gigs by posting it on their myspace page, where it quickly gets obliterated by the 'thanks for the add! xoxox' crap. Even worse, some have the bizarre practice of announcing their gigs to people only on their friends list
I don't remember much about Geocities, but I do remember that I absolutely HATED having their advertisements on my page.
An old trick we used back in the day was to open a noscript tag, but not close it. This kept all the ads from showing up. Of course you couldn't run javascript on it from there, but in 1998, who cared.
More likely, you're just using Adblock like most Slashdotters and never even see them.
Having never seen an advertisement on FB, I was wondering what the hell the original post was talking about on Facebook. Your mention of AdBlock clears it up though, thanks AdBlock!
More likely, you're just using Adblock like most Slashdotters and never even see them.
I remember reading on
The Geocities ads were why I started running the Proxomitron as my ad filter in the first place. Amazingly, even without updates it's gotten more effective over time: since its Javascript ad filter is fairly broad, and everyone uses Javascript to serve ads these days, I couldn't tell you how much advertising the typical Myspacer or Facebook page has.
(I couldn't have used AdBlock instead: this predates Phoenix itself, much less the addons that have made it popular.)
For all the griping people do.. it wasn't that bad
And it's visual design tool really was amazing.
Users didn't need to worry about arranging stuff into tables.. you could just drag your graphic where ever you wanted
Sure, it let a lot of garbage leak onto the Internet.. but it also let people with something interesting to contribute an easy way of doing so.
And lets face it.. was the output of a geocities website designed with the visual designer that much different than most of the myspace pages you see? (that isn't an endorsement for myspace..). If you have interesting content.. the design matters a lot less (and again.. not saying that myspace contains interesting content).
As somebody who learned HTML and Javascript with GeoCities, that's really too bad. Yes, GeoCities is the home of the stereotypical mid 90's "home page" with animated gifs and background MIDI music but I still occasionally come across very worthwhile information on GeoCities via Google and in terms of reliable free hosting with pretty unobtrusive ads it was pretty good. It seems somewhat rash to just shut it down outright.
I wonder if there isn't some way they could just take a snapshot of the domain as it is right now, and then keep that online. Give site owners the ability to delete their site, but no longer allow editing or uploading. That would be pretty low maintenance and certainly they still receive ad revenue from it, but maybe not enough to cover costs.
I think most interesting Geocities pages are already backed up to http://web.archive.org/ [archive.org]
I wonder if there isn't some way they could just take a snapshot of the domain as it is right now, and then keep that online.
Archive.org maybe? I can't imagine Geocities can have created more than a few TB of data, and I'd not be surprised to hear that the figure is lower than that. Considering that the Wayback Machine is apparently [computerworld.com] indexing 100TB/month of new data, having Yahoo send them a dump of Geocities would surely be a drop in the bucket.
"Awful, eye-punishing graphics, lack of relevancy, and 'lowest-common-denominator design' are believed to have contributed to it's demise."
Sounds like myspace
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
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i hosted my first website, a WW II history site, on geocities - before the ad requirements got out of hand. when their ads got completely obnoxious, i asked for a way to keep the ad in a top frame, or any way to keep it from covering my content, but was told to pony up cash.
random ads over WW II pictures, especially some of the pictures of fallen soldiers I had up, didn't sit well with me - so I ponied up cash for a real webhost, and didn't look back.
perhaps i'm just too good at holding a grudge, but i'm glad they're dead.
especially some of the pictures of fallen soldiers I had up, didn't sit well with me...perhaps i'm just too good at holding a grudge, but i'm glad they're dead.
The beauty of context.
that's some pretty awful englishfail.
oh, that button below says "preview," not "impatiently wait for submit button to appear." now i get it.
Wow, MS must like it when ever someone running a lot of *nix(FreeBSD) servers switches to Windows or in this case, drops out. Now they can report being more successful because they own a larger percentage of websites.
Where will we go for our fix of lousy, horribly formatted websites from 1997?
I feel bad for this sucker [peopleconnectionblog.com]:
Link Here: http
Real easy to do a simple webpage. With more time I think this could be better than aol.
You slashdotted Geocities! Most impressive!
Ain't it the truth. Geocities attracted some of the most eye-gougingly terrible amateur designs, but shit, a lot of those people went on to lose the colorblindness, but kept the technical know-how they gained with their first little hobby site. I certainly did.
Totally. My original websites are (mercifully) lost to the void, but I learned a WHOLE lot through trial and error in those GeoCities days.
Not to mention the fact that back then the web was NEW to so many people! Shiny, fascinating and NEW! I had a page that listed my comic art collection. Many of the guy's fans contacted me thanking me for it. I became obsessed with tracking down and documenting EVERY, SINGLE, SOLITARY thing that he'd ever had published. The artist actually contacted me and asked if he could mirror it on his site when he got one a couple of years later. He actually said that he didn't remember half of the items on the list.
If like me you want to make a backup of your site but only had the free account sans FTP httrack [httrack.com] may be useful.
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And this is a spinning GIF logo. Your browser is just too tasteful to display it.
Free? As in beer? What do you want, another Geocities?
Try Dreamhost. Not free, but totally not-sucky for the price, IMHO. Includes a Linux shell, if you're into that sort of thing, and a fair bit of space that you can use for backups of your own files.
Been with them for years; still getting used to the whole "buy now, we bill you, and then you pay your bill sometime later" philosophy, which seems to be totally lacking in this field.
(Note to mods: I'd be spamming if I posted a referral link to Dreamhost. I, however, did no such thing.)
nearlyfreespeech.net [nearlyfreespeech.net]. It's not free, but it costs only pennies and you don't have to endure any garbage. You get CGI in all sorts of nice functional languages, shell script access, and nice tools.
As if millions of internet web pages suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened....
Every time I see the word "Geocities" I'm shocked that it's still around. I guess that's over now.
...I ran a Pokemon fansite on Geocities which offered midis of the game's music, tips (really just reading Tips&Tricks and putting it on my site, kind of like blogs), information on the different versions and ROMs of the Gameboy games. I got my first Cease and Desist letter, ever, from Nintendo. Because of my Geocities site.
Geocities, you will forever be in my heart.
Who cares about the ugly designs? They were "ugly" because people actually had the freedom to upload whatever they wanted, and who goes to the internet to watch "pretty" things anyway, especially 15 years ago, when you couldn't find 2 browsers that would show a page the same way?
For the younger generation (I was 13), who hadn't been to college, we only had a dial-up connection and no way to know about ftp, gopher, usenet, etc; geocities gave us a way to experiment and learn how the internet worked.
Today everything is trapped inside something else (facebook, myspace, blogging platforms, news sites), does anyone understand what happens with their data after they publish it? where does it go, where does it come from when it shows up on their browser?
The real value of geocities was not in the actual content it contained (although some of the content was simply awesome), but rather how it encouraged a lot of individuals to start publishing content onto the web via a personal home page. Both the skills learned and the desire to get oneself "one the Internet" that geocities (and its kin websites) provided were launchpads into the web we know now.
Loose bits sink chips.


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Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
Located in Jacksonville, FL
For nearly 20 years, Roberts has represented Crowley on legal, regulatory and legislative issues. After several years of government service and private law practice in Washington, DC, Roberts joined the company in 1991 as a corporate counsel. He was promoted to vice president of government relations in 1994, a role he served until 2000.
The next nine years were spent in private practice in Washington, DC, most recently as a partner with Venable, LLP, one of The American Lawyer's top 100 law firms. While there, he represented Crowley and other clients involved in domestic and international trade and transportation. He returned to Crowley in September 2008 as senior vice president, general counsel, corporate secretary.
Roberts has assumed much of the legal, regulatory and legislative responsibilities for the company over the past two decades. These include laws governing the domestic trades, such as the Jones Act; maritime promotional programs, such as the Maritime Security Act; economic regulation of the shipping industry, such as the Ocean Shipping Reform Act and more. He has also managed Crowley's political action committee, and helped to coordinate trade association work supporting the interests of the American maritime industry.
Roberts also taught business law as an adjunct professor at American University, Washington College of Law. He is a life member of the National Defense Transportation Association; a member of the Propeller Club of the United States (DC Board of Governors, 1994 to 2003); a member of the Maritime Administrative Bar Association (served as president from 1999 to 2000); a member of Coastwise Coalition (founding chairman) and a member of the Navy League of the United States.
Roberts has a Bachelor of Arts degree with high honors from Michigan State University, and a Juris Doctor degree cum laude from American University, Washington College of Law.
Roberts has overall responsibility for the legal, government relations and risk and insurance functions of the company. He supervises an in-house staff that includes many lawyers and other professionals, and manages the activities of outside counsel and consultants employed by the company.


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By Michael Aneiro
Investment research firm Morningstar said this morning that it's exiting the muni research business. Morningstar's corporate communications office sent around an email a few minutes ago that reads in part:
I'm writing to let you know that Morningstar is no longer providing municipal credit analyst research and commentary. Existing content will be available until June 30. Unfortunately, we haven't had enough demand to continue providing this level of coverage.
We are still very committed to providing municipal bond data. We'll continue to produce our daily, web-based Bond Detail Reports for more than 1 million bonds and enhance our fixed-income data and related capabilities.


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It was Saturday August 24th, O's vs. A's, 4:05 game time. Beautiful August late afternoon/early evening, the heat of the day was cooling off, sun was out, partly cloudy, Camden Yards at it's finest. Perfect size crowd of around 25,000 – the real Orioles fans. O's lost 2 – 1 on a HR by the A's in the 9th. I watched the O's dugout the whole game. Lifeless. No cheering. No banter. No sign of competitiveness. Baseball players just going though the motions. Only person offering any sign of encouragement to his teammates was Weiters. It was half-way through that game – my Orioles season ended. It was apparent – NO Oriole Magic in that clubhouse – discouraging.
It seemed throughout the whole season you were just waiting for the O's to break out. Put that 10 game winning streak together. Leave the Yankee cheaters and the Tampa Bay "fake indoor baseball guys" in their own steroid dust. Get even with the Red Sux for a division crown run. It never happened. What consistently happened was bullpen/closer breakdown and lack of clutch hitting with runners in scoring position. A complete 180 from last year – discouraging.
What can we hope for? Gold Glove recognition! My votes – 1. Some young guy at third, think his name is Manny Mucho Machado? 2. Markakis. 3.Weiters. 4. Davis. 5. Jason Pridie. No Adam Jones – I saw at least 6 errors by him in the first 2 months of the season and he was charged with only one. I believe he has been charged with a total of 2 for the year, yeah right. Jones is good, but he is not the best center fielder in the American league. The Defense was outstanding this past year. Potential record breaking (if Buck-Buck would stop playing the minor leaguers). Reminded me of the O's golden years in the late 60's, early 70's. Machado continuously amazed. If he doesn't walk away with the award at third………..you know what I'm going to say….The Fix is on. O's defense – encouraging.
What can we hope for? Thank you, Brian Roberts – but it's time to go away. Out with the old – in with the new. And it looks like we have new! Get used to hearing this song at the Yards – "Shoop" by Salt N' Pepa. The song is horrible, but it has a nice reprise/riff. and that's all we need to hear when the next Future Hall of Famer, Jonathan Schoop come up to bat. Yeah, I'm calling another one. Looks like the O's have a new second basemen in town and he came from down on our own farm. I don't know the correct pronunciation of whether it's (scope), (Scoop) or (shoop). He will always be Shoop, shoop, shoop, da woop to me. Brace yourself gang, I have seen him play in the minors, he's a baseball player. Now can he hang with the big boys? O's new 2nd baseman -encouraging.
What can we hope for? MASN and the Orioles FIRE Gary "Thorn in our Side". What is sadder than his ignorance of the sport and irritating chatter, is the that some O's/MASN numbnut(s) a. hired him and b. continually renew his contract. Take a clip of 10 minutes from any game and I'll bet you "Thorn in our side" will screw up a call, incorrectly describe what is happening on the field, call out the wrong count, team, player and the worst of it all…..makes the call for the opposing team with greater enthusiasm than for the Orioles. I just do not understand his presence in a baseball broadcast booth. I have heard him do bowling once and I even had to turn that off. As you know, when I have the chance to watch the game, I mute the TV and listen to the radio. Sometimes on the weekend we are given a reprieve with Jim Hunter and Mike Bordick. The Baltimore area is blessed with Joe Angel and Fred Manfra on the radio end. Now there is talent and entertainment – encouraging.
The Orioles have succeeded in finishing with a second straight winning season. We haven't experienced that in awhile. Expectations were high. They had a shot. No closer threat and losing as opposed to winning those 1-run games was the difference. Need a different atmosphere in the clubhouse. Bring Kevin Millar back. Buck-Buck needs to stop allowing them to go down into the tunnel and back into the locker room for the buffet table, cell phone texting or tweeting or whatever else they do down there. Get them on the bench with their teammates in the dugout. For a minimum of $15,000/night – they can refrain from pampering themselves. Team unity – discouraging.
Disappointing outcome of what seemingly was a promising year. They are close – just need to find the right "nuggets". Right Buck-Buck? Orioles need a couple more "gold nuggets" to compete in the east. Preferably ones with powerful right or left arms. Get those nuggets and O's 2014 – encouraging!


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To help his grip against the chill, Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning wore gloves. To help keep his sore right ankle pain free, the Broncos put running the ball into their game plan.
With a sellout crowd and a national television audience looking on Sunday night, Manning�s gloved hand and two short touchdown runs by rookie Montee Ball gave the Broncos a 27-17 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs at Sports Authority Field at Mile High.
�The (offensive) line deserves a lot of credit,� said Broncos interim coach Jack Del Rio. �They were under fire all week because Peyton got hit quite a bit (in San Diego). But they responded, and I was proud of them.�
This was an AFC West showdown between teams with a combined 17-1 record.
The Chiefs entered the game 9-0 and boasted the NFL�s No. 1-ranked scoring defense. They had not allowed more than 17 points in any game. The Broncos were 8-1 with an offense averaging a league-best 41.2 points per game.
The Broncos� offensive line kept one of the league�s best pass rushing defenses from getting to Manning.
�Our protection was great the entire game,� Manning said. �To go sackless against the leading sack defense in the NFL, that�s a great testament to those guys.�
One of the stars was left offensive tackle Chris Clark, who received a game ball for keeping Tamba Hali off Manning. �Any time you�re playing against a great pass rushing team, you want to establish the running game,� Clark said.
It was the second game the Broncos played since head coach John Fox underwent heart surgery. Fox watched the game Sunday night from his Charlotte, N.C., home while defensive coordinator Del Rio again served as the team�s interim coach.
As this season has moved along, the Thomases are separating themselves as Peyton�s Pets. Wide receiver Demaryius Thomas has been a 6-foot-3, 230-pound mismatch nightmare for cornerbacks going back to the abbreviated Tim Tebow era. Tight end Julius Thomas emerged this season as a 6-5, 250-pound threat who can both post up in the lane and run the floor. The NFL doesn�t make safeties or linebackers who can guard such a force.
As the Broncos took a 17-10 lead into halftime, it was Manning�s passes to the Thomases that set up the two first-half touchdowns.
The Chiefs� touted defense came out daring Manning to beat them deep. Their cornerbacks played the Broncos� receivers at the line of scrimmage, and their two safeties played shallow. It took one Peyton pop to loosen them up.
On third-and-5 from his own 21, Manning threw a beautiful deep ball down the right sideline. Demaryius Thomas got a step past rookie corner Marcus Cooper and caught the ball in stride for a 70-yard gain. One play later, Manning hit Julius Thomas on a slash to the end zone for a 9-yard score, his 10th touchdown reception giving the Broncos a 10-0 lead. Shannon Sharpe, the best tight end in Broncos history and a Hall of Famer, never had more than 10 touchdown catches in a season.
�I thought D.T.�s �go� route really set the tone,� Manning said.
After Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith answered early in the second quarter with a touchdown pass to Dwayne Bowe, Manning again led the Broncos on a 79-yard scoring drive. And, again, long completions to the Thomases keyed the drive.
Manning hit Demaryius Thomas for 11 and 29 yards and Julius Thomas down the right seam for 20. The drive ended with rookie Ball, who fumbled earlier in the game, spinning in for a 1-yard touchdown.
The Broncos were up 17-7, but again Smith steadily led the Chiefs on a time-consuming march until they had a first-and-goal advantage at the 2.
Running play left. Run up the middle. Running play right. Denver�s defense stacked up all three runs � and the Chiefs settled for a short field goal. The Broncos were still up 17-10, but on their next four possessions, Manning�s offense left the field frustrated.
Late in the third quarter, though, Manning found another of his talented receivers, Eric Decker, for a 33-yard gain on a third-and-short play.
The drive ended with another Ball touchdown run, this time around right end. At that point, the Broncos were up 24-10 with 86 yards rushing on 27 attempts. Not exactly the most efficient running attack in the NFL, but it had a greater purpose.
All of that running kept the Chiefs� talented pass rushers on hold. Manning was not sacked through his first 31 pass attempts.


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