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Keystone XL (KXL) tar sands pipeline, we can't say we weren't forewarned. That's the latest from a press release and YouTube video recently disseminated by the good government group, Public Citizen.If an ecologically hazardous accident happens to TransCanada's
Public Citizen's Texas office explained, "Dozens of anomalies, including dents and welds, reportedly have been identified along a 60-mile stretch of the southern segment of the Keystone XL pipeline, north of the Sabine River in Texas."
A recent report appearing in The Houston Chronicle revealed KXL's southern half is over 75-percent complete and will be on-line by late-2013. That half of the pipeline brings tar sands - also known as diluted bitumen, or "dilbit" - from Cushing, OK (dubbed the "pipeline cross-roads of the world") down to Port Arthur, TX, where it ends up exported to the global market.
KXL's northern half is still in its proposal phase. Its eventual fate sits entirely in the hands of President Barack Obama and his U.S. State Department because it's a border-crossing pipeline. In March 2012, President Obama issued an Executive Order for expediting building of KXL's southern half.
Earlier this year, Tar Sands Blockade - a group committed to creative non-violent direct action to stop the building of KXL's southern half - also detected defective welding in the pipeline, akin go that discovered by Public Citizen. The group did so when one of its activists went inside of the pipeline and discovered light seeping through it.
Despite this new concrete evidence from both Public Citizen and Tar Sands Blockade, the State Dept. recently denied Friends of the Earth-U.S.'s (FOE) request to have its key Freedom of Information Act request expedited, one which would likely expose Big Oil's influence over State's KXL northern half decision. State argued the request doesn't "meet any of the established criteria" for expedition, though Public Citizen's latest spate of findings shows otherwise.
Faulty Welding: Dirt's in the Details, Detail's in the Dirt
An old adage goes, "the dirt's always in the details" one digs up. So too with this latest revelation by Public Citizen - both figuratively and literally.
"Some of the new pipeline has been in the ground on some owners' land for almost six months," Public Citizen's news release reads. "Landowners are concerned that this digging is indicative of faulty pipeline along the route that could potentially leak and threaten water supplies, and have requested TransCanada and the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to provide more information about the work."
The "dirt" in this situation was excavated not merely through landowner speculation, but straight from TransCanada's own contractors.
"The anomalies and other problems were reported to landowners along the line...by several TransCanada vendors, including an independent inspector and a right-of-way representative," Public Citizen further explained, also writing that each "marked section [has] a stake that reads 'Anomaly.'"
"Anomaly" or More of the Same?
Yet, is any of this really an "anomaly"? Again, the "dirt's in the details."
As covered here on DeSmogBlog, the contractor hired by the Obama's State Dept. to perform the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) - literally actually chosen by TransCanada on State's behalf - has a sordid history of rubber-stamping pipeline projects as environmentally safe and sound even when they're not.
Two key cases in point, both covered here on DeSmogBlog: Environmental Resource Management, Inc's (ERM Group) green-light of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Caspian Sea-area export pipeline project and ERM Group's approval of the Peru LNG export pipeline project.
An Aug. 2008 Wikileaks cable discusses a BTC explosion in a mountainous area of eastern Turkey, which spewed 70,000 barrels of oil into the surrounding area. Cause of explosion: unknown.
Peru LNG - akin to the case of the current southern half of KXL - was built with a faulty welding job via corroded, recycled materials from old Brazilian and Ecuadorian pipeline projects. It exploded five times in the project's first 15 months of existence between late-2004 and March 2006.
Isn't Keystone XL "Imminent Threat" to "Physical Safety"?
Despite the slew of evidence to the contrary, State determined FOE's FOIA request meets none of the expedited processing criteria, as seen in the key excerpt of its letter to FOE below.
Don't U.S. citizens deserve to know how much influence the industry is having over a decision that will - if approved - aid in hastening climate catastrophe and cause ecological harm (though not according to the ERM/State SEIS) before the final decision is made?
After all, climate change is threatening lives and physical safety of individuals around the world now and will only worsen as tar sands are extracted from Alberta and shipped to the export market at increasing rates. If anything is a plausible "substantial humanitarian" issue, climate change fits the bill.
So too are poorly-manufactured pipelines - such as the ExxonMobil Pegasus tar sands pipeline - which due to a bad welding job that caused a 22-foot+ gash, spewed over 200,000 gallons of dilbit into a Mayflower, AR neighborhood. The Mayflower tar sands spill threatened the lives and physical safety of people so much that 22 families were forced to leave their homes and two months later, still have not received approval to return.
Why the FOIA Secrecy?
The precautionary principle of science guides prong three of this expedition denial. That is, this information is a moot point a year or more after the pipeline is built and the damage is already done - and it can often take years for federal bureaucracies to fulfill FOIA requests.
Though Obama campaigned to "usher in a new era of open government," talk has proven cheap.
"When it comes to implementation of Obama's wonderful transparency policy goals, especially FOIA policy in particular, there has been far more 'talk the talk' rather than 'walk the walk,'" Daniel Metcalfe - Director of the Department of Justice's office monitoring the government's compliance with FOIA requests from 1981-2007 - told Bloomberg in a Sept. 2012 article.
Bloomberg concluded the Obama Administration had "flunked the disclosure test" in his first term, calling into question the level of secrecy within a taxpayer funded
"I and many other journalists have observed that this administration, despite its public rhetoric, has repeatedly and continually been very difficult to deal with. I rate them worse than the Bush administration," David Kay Johnston, the head ofInvestigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) recently stated on Democracy Now! "They're behaving much more like a corporation than like the people's government."
Johnston's analysis is a fitting one, given FOE's FOIA was about corporate influence over State's KXL looming northern half decision. The denied FOIA expedition request, of course, has little real legal merit.
But because many former Obama and Sec. of State John Kerry aides now lobby for TransCanada, because Obama's former Communications Director Anita Dunn does public relations work for TransCanada and because her husband Robert "Bob" Bauer is Obama's personal attorney, it's obvious who calls the legal shots at the end of the day.
The harder question to answer with this rapidly spinning government-industry revolving door: Who's the corporation and who's the government in this latest example of "Democracy, Inc."?
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Beyoncé is returning to her Destiny's Child roots — and no, we're not talking about those color-coordinated outfits she used to wear. She's brought back her braids!
The superstar debuted her new extensions, wrapped up in a statement-making beehive bun, on Wednesday while in N.Y.C. with her daughter, Blue Ivy.
There were whispers that the singer was rocking long honey-hued braids at a party in the Meatpacking District earlier this week, but the new style didn't make an official public appearance until now.
The hairdo is a major departure from the wavy, natural look she's favored recently. It also seems as if she's taken some inspiration from her sister Solange, who's been sporting a similar look.
Apparently, Beyoncé's adorable daughter is taking after her mom in the locks department: the little one already has quite a head of hair! Tell us: Do you like Beyoncé's new hairdo?
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(Photo by Reuters Pictures. Let's face it: Lastings MIlledge was set up to fail in 2009.)
"And what we got, we addressed two of our biggest needs: athleticism and speed and defensive ability in center field ... and a bullpen guy that we can have control of for the next three years."
(Mike Rizzo, via Washington Times, 6/30/2009)
"We are open for business. We improved two of our greatest needs. We have a great character guy in Morgan. We have our center fielder."
(Mike Rizzo, via Nationals dot com, 6/30/2009)
Piece by piece, Mike Rizzo begins dismantling Jim Bowden's monstrosity. If only Mike could tell you what his two greatest needs are.
Nyjer "Nook Logan sans HGH" Morgan and Sean Burnett are a bandaid at best; certainly don't address any of the long term needs.
And so, we bid farewell to Lastings Milledge and Joel Hanrahan. Hello Nyjer Morgan and Sean Burnett. *shrug*. Okay.
Kearns or Belliard will be gone tomorrow. If we were sports betting men we'd put our money on Belliard.
But we're still not sure why the organization was so quick to give up on Milledge, though. "Attitude" issues aside, he was set up to fail in 2009 - he wasn't a centerfielder, and he wasn't a leadoff man. And it showed. But I thought this Plan (uppercase "P") business was all about upside, and keeping an eye on long term goals?
Meanwhile... Nyjer Morgan is pumped up! And judging by his enthusiastic response to the deal, he seems confused about which team he just got dealt to:
"My thoughts, I'm pretty pumped up, because I'm flattered when you have a team like the Nationals and they really want you. I'm almost out of words."
(Nyjer Morgan, via Nationals Journal, 6/30/2009)
A team like the Nationals? Well, at least he didn't compare them to a 600 lb. J-Lo.


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Residents of Palermo Circle and members of the Fort Myers Beach Town Council reacted emotionally after information was brought forth regarding recently issued building permits to single-family homes that are currently tied up in litigation on the north island side street.
One Palermo Street resident called Beach Mayor Anita Cereceda over the weekend and told her one of the Town's code enforcement officers stated a settlement had been reached in the legal case titled Orlandini versus the Town of Fort Myers Beach, and that was the reason the permits were issued.
At the Council meeting Monday morning, Cereceda said she was "livid" after hearing the information and called the permits inappropriate. Town records show a building permit at 221 Palermo Circle was issued last Wednesday after one at 551 Palermo Circle was issued April 17.
The Beach mayor stated "nothing has been settled" in regards to the stated litigation and offered her "sincere apologies for what has transpired" in regards to the issued permits. Litigation involves the process of change in zoning and an appeal on the Council decision to place a construction hold on pools and accessory structures. Back in February, permits were denied based on land development codes for 455, 551, 221, 263 and 301 Palermo Circle.
"I was so angry this weekend that I couldn't speak," said Cereceda. "This isn't about zoning or permitting or legalities of a structure. This is about the future of my town. And, because of that, it stirs such intense emotion. It needs to be abundantly clear to anyone who steps through that door at Town Hall what the intent is of this Council. We are the decision makers."
In a past meeting, Council requested that building permits come through the policy makers before issuance. Unfortunately, there appears to be a "gray area" involving interpretation from Town staff members.
"If it's black and white, it doesn't have to come to us," said Cereceda in explanation. "The problem is I do not believe we are on the same page yet. We will either all get on the same page, or we'll have a whole new book."
The issued permits were called a "mistake" by Town Manager Don Stilwell, who stated it would never happen again.
"It shouldn't have happened," he said. "I apologize."
Town attorney Derek Rooney said he will check to see if the permits are "tied to litigation or not" and expects to provide an answer to the public when it is available. There were calls for rescinding such permits during public comment. He stated no elevated pools are involved in the two properties.
Cereceda stared towards members of Town staff during some of her comments.
"We are the ones that decide the future of Fort Myers Beach, not you," she said. "This is our home town, and I suspect if someone was doing this in your backyard, you would feel as equally as passionate.
She then looked towards the attending neighborhood residents, told them to "hang tight" until the issue is resolved.
"There are going to be more meetings to follow. I plan to meet with all of you. I will tell you exactly what has happened as soon as I am clear about it," she said.
The Beach mayor appeared uncomfortable with the direction that the "new council" may be going due to this incident.
"People who voted in this election put their faith in us to steer us onto a new course," she said. "To date, I do not believe we are on the same page. I am angry, I am hurt and I am deeply concerned that everybody needs to GET IT."
Vice Mayor Dan Andre made a strong statement as well.
"I wouldn't allow a permit for a door knob if it had Palermo on it," he said
Prior to Council comments, Beach resident Tracey Gore, who has been known as the residents' spokesperson involving issues in that neighborhood, brought up the topic during public comment and broke down in tears. Emotion has clearly taken over for those in that area of the island. The elevated pools and accessory structure issue has brought about much stress for everyone involved.
"My neighbors mean so much to me, but I can't keep up with this. I am really getting overwhelmed," she said. "All this stuff is happening with Town staff. It's supposed to be transparent, but it's not. It's not OK."
"It's almost impossible for one developer to get three permits that aren't supposed to be issued," added Palermo Circle resident Gayle Manor during public comment. "To think that the staff can screw it up once again and still have jobs is almost unbelievable."
Councilwoman Rexanne Hosafros agreed the permits were done inappropriately, since they were not brought to Council's attention. She threw caution to emotional reaction during council member items at the afternoon workshop.
"I want everybody to take a step back and be careful of what you say," she said. "I have heard second-hand allegations that someone is on the take. I don't believe there is a plot. I believe mistakes have and continue to be made."
Councilwoman Summer Stockton, who lives on Palermo Circle, broke down during Gore's comments in the morning. She saved her comments for the afternoon workshop.
"The point is the end result is still the same. There is no secret that our Town does not seem to be functioning at the best of its ability," she said. "I think one thing that Council can do is be clear that we will never consider anything without being given complete and accurate information in a timely fashion, unless it is in an emergency situation."
Stockton believes the Town building department should at least be temporarily contracted out to either County or private provider.
"I feel it is the best interest of the Town," she said.
Cereceda stated she echoes Stockton's frustrations and calls the Town "seriously off-track." In the morning, she vowed that the issue will be resolved once more information is sought. At 4 p.m. Monday, she said she is looking for resolution to the matter before day's end Tuesday.
"I hope that within 24 hours this situation will be resolved," she said.


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2009 Volleyball
Bluffton 3, Mount St. Joseph 0
Bluffton dominates HCAC heavyweight Mount St. Joseph
October 2, 2009
By: Erin Neal, sports information assistant
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University Beavers started off their 2009 Heartland Cnference play with a 3-0 win over 10-time defending HCAC champion Mount St. Joseph in Founders Hall on Friday, October 2. It is the first time since 1990, a span of some 25 matches, that the Beavers have won against Mount St. Joseph. With the victory, the Beavers advanced to 12-5 overall and 1-0 in conference play.
The starting set saw exciting play from both squads, no lead expanding past five points. The Beavers prevailed 25-20. In set two, Bluffton jumped out to a quick 6-2 advantage with a series of kills from outside hitter Nicole Wood (Tiffin/Hopewell-Loudon) and opposite hitter Allison Streicher (Continental), forcing a Mount timeout at 13-7. The Beavers then finished out the set with yet another kill from Streicher, ending with a 25-19 win.
Bluffton surged ahead in set three with its relentless defensive effort and outstanding offensive attack. The Beavers found themselves up 21-11, and after a last-chance timeout by The Mount, a couple of kills from sophomore Jenna Eshleman (Landisville, Penn./Hempfield) and Courtney Zimmerman (Leesburg/Fairfield) sealed the match with a final score of 25-18.
In the victory the Beavers were led by a core of contributors. Junior setter Shauna Rowland (Bucyrus/Wynford) tallied up another double-double with her 36 assists and 19 digs. She connected with outside hitters Eshleman and Wood, who each had 12 kills apiece. They were followed by Streicher with nine kills and Zimmerman with seven.
Defensively, senior libero Brittany Roth (Findlay) racked up 13 digs on the night, bringing her close to the 2,000 mark for her career. Eshleman, who also picked up an impressive 18 digs, finished with a double-double.
The Beavers continue with conference play tomorrow afternoon (October 3) when they host the Panthers of Hanover College. Match time is slated for 1 p.m.


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BOSTON — Bruins head coach Claude Julien has always had kind things to say about the fans of Boston, even as they've seemingly been calling for his head from the time he took over the bench in the Hub.
One day after the Bruins pulled out a 2-1 double-overtime victory over Montreal in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series with the Canadiens, Julien today was asked about what it's like to be behind the bench for such a grueling game as compared to all the observers that were on the edge of their seat throughout.
"To be honest with you, it's a lot tougher to watch from a fan's perspective than it is for a coach," said Julien at TD Garden on his team's day off. "As a coach, you feel you've still got control of the bench, you've still got control of your team. You're just like the players. I was fine.
"I think the biggest thing you want to do in those situations is keep your team focused, keep them as calm as you can, try to make the right decisions and, again, I guess that element of control really helps you get away from that tension. … I'm glad I'm a coach in those situations than a fan."


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A confident Victoria Azarenka will get a chance to avenge last year's US Open final defeat to Serena Williams after the pair came through their semi-finals on Friday to set up a re-match.
Second-seed Azarenka beat Italy's Flavia Pennetta 6-4, 6-2 and will now face an opponent she has beaten just three times in 15 meetings.
Two of those wins have come this year, on hard courts in Doha and Cincinnati, but Azarenka isn't reading too much into those results.
Image: Victoria Azarenka of Belarus
Photographs: Mike Segar/Reuters
'It's always a new story'
"Its not that I don't care what happened in the past, but I don't think there is a need to pay so much attention to what happened," said the Belarussian. "It's always a new story.
"I don't even think that it's going to be close to the same as it was last year.
"We know each other pretty well. I know her strengths; she knows my strengths."
Image: Victoria Azarenka of Belarus
Photographs: Kena Betancur/Reuters
'I'm a more complete player'
Last year's final went to three sets with Williams edging the final set 7-5 but Azarenka believes her game has improved in the past 12 months.
"It hasn't changed tremendously but there are aspects that got better physically," said Azarenka, who will be trying to add the U.S. Open crown to her two Australian Open grand slam titles. "Mentally I felt like (this year) was a great turning point for me on some level for my career.
"I feel like I'm a better player. I'm a more complete player."
Image: Victoria Azarenka of Belarus returns a backhand
Photographs: Elsa/Getty Images
'Being able to pick up and raise the level is important'
Azarenka didn't sparkle against Pennetta, grinding out a win in a match which saw her serve broken five times and she conceded that she struggled to find momentum.
"There are always things that can be better. I felt like the first set was a little bit tricky -- the momentum wasn't there," she said.
"Just being able to pick up and raise the level in the important moments, that's what it's all about, to be able to do that."
Image: Victoria Azarenka celebrates
Photographs: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images


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Atlanta Public Schools has 15 crisis team members and additional counselors assigned to Price Middle School following Thursday's shooting.
Area police chiefs also plan to meet at the State Capitol Friday afternoon to discuss gun violence.
Telvis Douglas, 14, was shot at about 1:50 p.m. outside the school,
which is located in the 1600 block of Benjamin Weldon Bickers Drive.
Douglas was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital. School officials confirmed that he was shot in the back of the neck and received a soft tissue injury. Douglas' family said he was released from the hospital Thursday night.
The second victim, a paraprofessional, was treated for minor injuries at the scene. Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Erroll Davis said it was likely that she was trampled after shots were fired.
Stephen Alford, a spokesman for Atlanta Public Schools, confirmed that the suspect in the shooting was another Price Middle School student. Police said it appears the shooting was over a previous disagreement between the two boys.
During a news conference that was held early Thursday evening, Davis said that a school resource officer, who Atlanta police Chief George Turner confirmed to be an off-duty armed Atlanta police officer, was able to get the gun away from the suspect shortly after they fired multiple shots.
He said the school went into what's called a "hard lockdown" where no one is allowed to enter or leave the building. The parents were notified by robo-call. Davis admitted some parents might not have had information as quickly as they would have liked, but it was about the safety of the students.
A crowd of parents gathered at the end of the street from the school and voiced frustration about not knowing more about what happened. They grew especially frustrated when they were told their children would be released at dismissal time, and did not leave the school for another hour. The school district said the students were receiving counseling and officers were making sure everyone was safe.
When asked during the news conference about how the suspect was able to get the gun on campus, Davis said that the school did have metal detectors, and police were investigating.
No other students at the school were injured in the shooting.
The suspect's name was not released because of his age.
Copyright 2013 WGCL-TV (Meredith Corporation). All rights reserved.


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Ted Weiss Federal Building
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The Foley Square Federal Office Building at 290 Broadway in New York City opened in 1994 and was designed to be among the most energy efficient buildings in its class. Due to the diligence of the General Services Administration (GSA) project team, the building has met the objectives of the project team and recently achieved status as an ENERGY STAR Building.
Located in downtown Manhattan, the Foley Square Federal Office Building is thirty stories tall and contains 1.2 million gross square feet. The building houses the Environmental Protection Agency, Internal Revenue Service, and the Federal Bureau of Investigations.
Working with the local utility company and the building developer, much of the success of the Foley Square Federal Office Building is due to GSA project team which demonstrated that energy efficient buildings can be developed by the Federal Government within Federal guidelines and budgets using off-the-shelf technology.
The equipment and products implemented throughout the building have enabled GSA to realize an annual cost savings of $1.3 million compared to a building without such equipment and products. Some of the most notable energy efficient and cost effective equipment used in the building includes: a building energy management system, T-8 lighting fixtures, steam turbine centrifugal chillers, high efficiency motors, and a variable air volume (VAV) air handling system.
The Foley Square Federal Office Building has shown that the Federal Government can successfully reduce energy consumption and simultaneously provide better working conditions for its tenants. GSA is proud to have this building recognized as being among the nation's most energy efficient buildings and achieving distinction as an ENERGY STAR Building .
Please note: Narrative information in this profile has been provided by GSA Region 2 or a representative of this facility. Other building information was verified and submitted to EPA at the time of application. Building energy performance, operating characteristics, and ownership/management may be subject to change over time.
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Year(s) Labeled (Rating):
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2006 (75)
2010 (75)
2012 (77)
Facility Type: Office
Total Floorspace: 938300 sf
Year Constructed: 1994
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The Sony Xperia P features an aluminum unibody design, and a 4-inch Reality Display with White Magic screen tech that allows for great readability in bright daylight.
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Review: Sony Xperia P
At a glance
+ Solid, attractive, well-built chassis
+ Bravia Engine
+ Quick boot camera
- Gingerbread showing its age
- Short battery life
In the Box
- Sony Xperia P
- USB charger
- Travel charger
- 3.5mm headphones
23 March 2012 – After separating from Ericsson, Sony has continued the Xperia line with Android smartphones. The Xperia P comes after the Xperia's flagship – the S. Sony based its design off the S and did not skimp on too many features. So let's take a look at the Sony Xperia P.
Exterior, Controls and Screen
Taking its cues for its bigger brother the Xperia S, the device has a similar square slate design. It has a 4-inch touchscreen that dominates the front of the phone. At the bottom, Sony added a transparent glass panel that houses three capacitive buttons that lights up when you use them, to add a touch of class to the phone.
The capacitive buttons light up
We like the weight that comes with the phone, and it does not feel obtrusive when we placed it into our pockets.
The Xperia P's 4-inch display is powered by the Mobile Bravia engine and Sony WhiteMagic technology. It has a 960 x 540 resolution (similar to the iPhone), which is able to a deliver crisp, bright display.
It relies on microSIMs, covered by a flap on the left side. On the right there are a few more buttons - a power/standby button, volume rocker and a quick camera button. Hold down the power button, and you will get the option to do a screenshot. And if your device is on standby simply tap the quick camera button and the Xperia P will boot within a second for you to take a photo.
The P is also is also a one piece design, meaning there is no back cover for you to see the battery pack. And without a microSD slot, all 16GB will be packed inside that chassis.
Battery life is noticeably short, going full tilt with the web surfing and other things you can do with your smartphone during the day and you will notice your battery bar being drain quite quickly. Our tests shows about half an hour extra compared to Sony's five hour estimate.
Software, Application and Games
Despite the planned update to Android 4.0, we would have preferred that it came in box with the Xperia P. The Xperia P comes with Android 2.3.7 (Gingerbread), which comes with the standard medley of apps Google Maps, OfficeSuite for those of us who want to get productive on your smartphone and even an FM radio.
Sitting on top of Gingerbread is the TimeScape UI, which heavily modified the Android interface with live themes. It comes with a bunch of handy widgets like the weather and news that you can place on your front screen. There is social networking integration and a cool photo stream where you can scroll through all your pictures by flicking through a photo album.
The operating system is powered by dual-core 1GHz A9 processor with 1GB RAM, and we did not see any noticeable lag when using the Xperia P.
Camera, Video and Audio
It is not the 12-megapixel camera on the Xperia S, but the 8-megapixel imager quality is able to stand on its own and it is a quick camera as well. There were a few instances where our pictures looked a little dark, but in general we were pleased with the results.
When set to auto, the camera automatically irons out blemishes with software. There is image stabilisation and smile detection software too. But if you fancy a bit of tweaking, there are plenty of options in there including ISO settings, exposure value, and white balance.
Stillshots from the Xperia P
The camera is able to capture 3D panoramic pictures as well but you have to view it on a 3D TV. There is also the option to take a multi-angle picture, which simulates a 3D image on screen. Video recording goes up to 1080p, and the video quality's pretty decent too. There is a VGA-front facing camera for video calls.
This mid-range device has plenty of connectivity options, HSDPA 14.4Mbps, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi Hotspot, Bluetooth 3.0, GPS and DLNA. With the mini-HDMI output, you can push your content to a large screen TV. The Xperia P comes with Near Field Communication (NFC), which you can use with Sony's SmartTags.
For RM 1499, we are quite impressed with the Xperia P. It has a mid-range pricing but is packed with some good features - a great display enhanced by the Bravia Engine, an 8-megapixel camera capable of 3D photos and a bunch of connectivity. More importantly at that price range it does not feel cheaply built, it is based off the Xperia S' design and manages to look premium on its own.
Aside from our little wish hoping that there was the ability to record videos and taking still shots at the same time, we recommend this handset for anyone looking for a little bit of pizazz from their mid-range phone.
Conclusion: Mid-range pricing but with good looks and features, a recommended device


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Getting Started with Lucent's 802.11b Wireless LAN Cardby Rob Flickenger
Why fiddle with subscription serial speed wireless services when you can pack your own 11Mbps broadband connection?
The Lucent Wavelan (more recently renamed, Orinoco) card can give you a fast, secure, wireless connection that acts just like a conventional Ethernet link. If you have gone to a trade show in the last year, you've probably seen one of these funny looking cards sticking out of the side of many an excited geek's laptop.
What would make them run around and rant as if they'd just been Slashdotted? Probably the impressive technical specs:
- 11 Mbps wireless connection
- 40-bit WEP or 104-bit RC4 link layer encryption
- Interoperability with other cards that support the IEEE 802.11b wireless standard (like the Cisco Aironet or the Apple Airport card)
- Tiny size - a PCMCIA card that sticks out less than 1 inch
- Cross-platform support (Linux, Mac, and Win* are all supported.)
- Very low cost (about $150, comparable to a PCMCIA 10/100 Ethernet card)
These uber-cool devices operate in the deregulated 2.4-GHz band (just like high-end cordless phones). They work best with direct line of sight, but will operate through walls, windows, ceilings, and just about anything not made of metal. And they not only work as advertised, they work well.
Of course, you've got to get them installed first, which is unnecessarily quirky (and in some cases, outright frustrating). But fear not, we'll brave the dark forces of product re-branding and misguided Microsoft plug-and-pray together!
First, I'll tell you what equipment you need: a gateway and a wireless LAN card. Next, I'll explain how to install the drivers for the card. Then I'll focus in on installation on different platforms: Windows, Mac, and Linux. Finally, I'll talk a bit about security and encryption.
What do I need?
Obviously, if you're going to go wireless, you'll need at least two radios (just like walkie-talkies, kids). In most cases, these two radios will be
- one or more wireless LAN cards that sit in laptops, and
- a gateway connecting your wireless local area network to the rest of the Internet.
You can actually get started quickly using only two wireless LAN cards, setting them up in peer-to-peer mode. This will let you get two machines talking to each other, but unless one is also hardwired to another network (for example, the Internet), it gets dull pretty fast.
You can also ask around at work to see if someone has already set up a wireless network. If not, direct your friendly sysadmin to this
Wireless gateway. If you have an existing network and want to add wireless services to it, you have a couple of options: buy an appliance, or roll your own.
If you're interested in rolling your own, our own Schuyler Erle has written a good piece on building a wireless gateway with standard parts, titled Recipe for a Linux 802.11b Home Network.
Another way to go is with Apple Computer's AirPort system. If you have an AirPort-equipped Mac wired into your network, you can put it into "software base station" mode to serve all 802.11 cards, regardless of platform. To find out how to do this, read Derrick Story's article, Connecting PCs to Apple's Wireless Airport.
Other manufacturers are also rushing to provide cheap "residential gateways." You can buy one from Cisco, Apple or Lucent (actually, its 802.11 subsidiary, Agere) for anywhere from $200 to $1,000.
Wireless LAN card. As you've probably guessed from the title of this article, we're working with Lucent wireless cards. Lucent originally launched it as the WaveLan Turbo 11Mb PC Card. I have also seen it listed as the WaveLan 11 Mbps Turbo IEEE 802.11. Evidently, neither of these names were sexy enough, so they've changed it to the Orinoco PC card. Ah, that's so much clearer.
To cloud the issue further, you'll see references to the Silver and Gold varieties. What's the difference? Encryption method. The Silver cards support the 802.11b standard 40-bit WEP method, while the Gold cards offer a 104-bit (hashed up to 128-bit) RC4. As using the latter breaks compatibility with anything but another Lucent Gold card, and some doubts have been cast on the actual security provided by WEP, the cheaper Silver card seems to make the most sense.
As if all that weren't enough, the 802.11b division of Lucent is now calling itself 'Agere', and has started shipping the Gold and Silver cards with a Blue label. I suppose a bit of consistency is too much to ask. Yes, these are the same exact hardware, with a brand new sticker. I suppose it gave their Marketing department something to do...
Despite all of the repositioning and rebranding, I still like this gear because it's one of the few remaining cards that still sport an external antenna connector. In the following examples, I'll assume that we already have a gateway setup and that we'll be installing a WaveLan card in a laptop.


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It's sideways.
It's a feature. They meant to make it easier to read. Now, is this an actual product or joke? You never know. I think it's really just meant as an autorun patch on your keyboard drivers.
They're even still right next to each other!
Bad design. )-:
I don't feel much like Picasso at the moment...
Epic fr0wnage.
4chan already has an official keyboard [tinypic.com]
Just replace the period with a LOL key LOL
It seems to the new way to end a pointless comment post these days LOL
I read comments, posts, chat messages, emails, etc. until I come to the first "lol", or 'chatsp33k' thing, then just skip the rest.
This applies on a per-comment basis
When [he was] asked if he is constantly laughing, his reply was, "Sure."
The "he was" could be understood. You used "was asked" and "reply was." Seems legit to me. (granted you could replace "he was" with "he is" and then you would've been wrong, but the way above is correct)
Although I do think
his reply was, "Sure."
is a comma splice.
His reply was "sure."
The quote above is perfectly correct. A colon would also work.
And patent it! [opensarcasm.org]
Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays.
Peter Gibbons: Let me ask you something. When you come in on monday and you're not feeling real well, does anyone ever say to you, "Sounds like someone has a case of the mondays?"
Lawrence: No. No, man. Shit, no, man. I believe you'd get your ass kicked sayin' something like that, man.
nor in the format that I use most. I typically type a smiley as
But it only has
Which, personally, I don't like. Maybe it's configurable/programmable. In which case, the boss needs to take care he doesn't piss his programmers off...
This looks like a good college or hobbiest project using a microcontroller to practice simple USB HID design. Would be a good Science Fair project too if dad helped. Hmmmmm....
I couldn't really justify buying this... I could get a much more efficient emoticon keys with some simple macros, and never moving my hands from my proper keyboard.
...has just been given more padding and legitimacy?
What's next, someone invents a way to post on Facebook with crayons?
Now people are too lazy to type emoticons, which are used by people who are too lazy to express their emotion with words.
Efficiency is one thing, but now laziness is more efficient? But how much more efficient can it be? Instead of typing two characters, you've got to take your hand off the keyboard, locate the specific emoticon button and press it, then return your hand to the keyboard.
Maybe it's not for efficient laziness, maybe it's for stupidity and lack of creativity. I remember when emoticons were
You know, you could have spared us the inefficiency of reading all of your ranting, and simply condensed what you had to say down to its crucial emoticon essence:
It wasn't on the keyboard.
What's the emoticon for the smallest violin in the world?
Now people are too lazy to type emoticons, which are used by people who are too lazy to express their emotion with words.
The same could be said of vocal intonation. People speaking to one another are far too lazy to speak in an inscrutable monotone and meticulously clarify the emotional context of every comment they make. (Note that this is meant sarcastically)
It's a tool to help bring text messaging into greater parity with spoken conversation. It's a *good* thing.
How about a LOL, WTF, BFF,
And make sure the OMG, WTF and BBQ buttons are all on the same row, in that order.
although I can't get the link to the supposed creators to work.
LOL ROTFL *cough*
Is that a ROTFL*cough*ter?
What we need is a webcam that reads your face expression and translates it into an emoticon, now that would be a marvelous time saver. Think I will go to the patent bureau right away and wait until someone implements it to cash in ! $-)
What we need is a webcam that reads your face expression and translates it into an emoticon
I doubt anyone is really rolling on the floor laughing, when they claim so online.
The webcam-emoticon reader's most common output would be
You obviously do not read the Daily Mash.
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/science-&-technology/google-takes-a-year-and-a-half-to-invent-something-better-than-windows-201012083329/ [thedailymash.co.uk]
Reply when you crawl back from under the table pls...
But I'd like to see the emoticon it generates though!
that's the time you'd be least likely to want other people to know what your facial expression looks like!
I think it would probably look a little something like:
I use it to bug the shit out of people. There's nothing quite as irritating as a dozen smiley icons in a row.
If those are golf balls, then that laptop sitting next to it is freaking ginormous.
I deal with mostly ASCII text, and sideways give me a crick in the neck. (T_T)
Now, If they really wanted to impress me I would be able to print my own keycaps, and customize the scancodes the keys generate! (^_^)
Until then, that keypad, it's.. just...so.... (-_-)
If you really want to simplify keyboard use for common patterns, get the Microsoft Keyboard [shanghaiist.com]
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I didn't want to spoil Dottie's birthday thread with a complaint! LOL! She is still far from being housebroken. I just don't understand it. I have two other small female dogs and I had no problems with them. I started her with crate training and she did fine when I took her outside, but still didn't seem to mind going in the house. When the warmer weather came I let her play outside more thinking that she would learn to prefer going out there. Well, instead she prefers going ON THE PATIO! Yep, right smack in the middle she will squat and pee and she poops everywhere on the patio too! To say that I am frustrated is an understatement. Anyone have any magical cures?


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MGoFiction: Inferno-Canto XI
In the loosely adapted ways of Dante, I present to you the eleventh canto of Formerly's Football Inferno. I promise nothing when it comes to grammar, punctuation, logical plots, or anything that normally goes into story writing.
For those of you unfamiliar, Dante walks through each region of hell to learn the sins and punishment by talking to those souls trapped. In this circle of Dante's version, those who would commit fraud are punished. In each of the 10 bolgie (subsections), a different type of sin is punished, be it pimpin', flattering, simony (paying the church for blessing), magic, corrupt politicians, hypocrites, thieves, advisors who would promote fraud, "schismatics" (those that would schism religion), or counterfeiters.
Past Cantos:
Canto I Canto II Canto III Canto IV Canto V Canto VI Canto VII Canto VIII Canto IX Canto X
Canto XI
As we reached the edge of the 7th circle, we encountered a cliff so steep, it would be impossible to climb down. The abyss seemed to be an endless drop down into darkness. Naturally, we needed a Geryon. Unfortunately, none was to be found.
"So what now?" I asked Crockett.
"Say something bad about America."
"What?" I inquire.
"Say something bad about America. Anything. I'm not going to do it, I'm Davy Crockett for goodness sake."
"Umm… okay? America smells funny?"
Without a second passing, a great "CAW!" came bellowing from the depths. In a flash of fireworks and with the Star Spangled Banner blaring from nowhere, a giant creature came screaming from the deep.
"Who dares defile the name of America! In the name of Ricky Stanzi and J Leman, this aggression will not stand!" proclaimed the great bird.
Cowering on my side, and pointing at Crockett, I yell, "This guy made me do it! He tricked me! Hey wait, why can you talk normally?"
"ENOUGH! I am the great Hawkeye, devourer of corn, strangely named after only my eye, and defender of patriotism!"
Crockett stepped forward, "That'll be enough Hawkeye. The boy didn't mean any harm. We just need your services. We need a ride to the bottom of this here cliff."
"Well, honorable Davy Crockett, I shall grant your request on one stipulation," said the Hawkeye. "You must sing me my favorite song."
"You've got to be kidding me," I reply as I gather my wits.
"Well, Hawkeye, are we talking the Star Spangled Banner, America the Beautiful, or what?" asked Crockett.
"No. Better. I want you to sing Oh! by Girls Generation!"
Crockett and I simultaneously, "You've got to be kidding me."
"No! You will not fly without you singing my favorite song!"
"You obviously didn't see me in Riders of Destiny did you?" asked Crockett.
"There weren't movies in your time Crockett," said the beast.
"Dammit, you've got me there." After a short pause, "Alright, I've got an idea."
In a whirl, John Wayne magically transformed into a 16 year old Korean Girl!
오!Hawkeyes 너무 멋져! 지금은 그들에 대해 노래 것입니다!
After the song was completed, with a tear in his eye, the Hawkeye proclaims, "By Leman, that was beautiful. I shall take you down this cliff. Climb on to my back, and we shall fly like a Ricky Stanzi pass to the endzone!"
With a look of confusion, I ask, "Does this mean we're going to be intercepted and go backwards?"
"Blasphemy! You want a ride or not?!" shouted the Hawkeye.
"Just sayin'. But yes."
Crockett and I climbed aboard. During the flight, I had to ask Crockett just what the hell happened up above. His reply, "you'd be amazed what you learn on the set of Rio Bravo with that slut Angie Dickinson.".
Stunned, I decided to just let things go, finishing the flight in silence.
After landing, we walked down the path, and came up to two cave entrances. To the left, a purple sign reads Chicago; to the right a red sign reads Indiana. "Interesting that Chicago has their own place in hell. They're always the forgotten team," I state.
"Actually, that bolgie is Chicago and Northwestern. Chicago didn't provide enough space to fill the entire realm, so they started putting Northwestern fans in their, too. It really pisses off the Wildcat faithful, being called in Chicago instead of Evanston."
"So this is where fans from opposing schools are kept?"
"Indeed. Each is subjected to a punishment deserving of their respective bases. If you look into the Chicago bolgie, you'll see that Northwestern fans are whipped into pumping gas for eternity. This is punishment for jingling their keys at football games. The Chicago fans are just whipped into submission, as they're just quitters anyway."
"Huh, gas pumpers, huh? I like the irony. It's like rain on a wedding day."
"That's not ironic."
"Nevermind. Anyway, what happens to the Indiana fans?"
"Their heads are turned backwards and they are forced to play basketball without seeing what their doing. They suck horribly and couldn't beat even the lowliest of teams. To complicate it, they're shown clips of the current Hoosiers under Tom Crean. The tears they cry from this freeze right to their face."
"That's so cruel."
"Oh just wait. You see the next two caves, to the left is Illinois. There the fans are subjected to carry lead coats to weigh them down, while being forced to watch the entire history of Illinois football as if Ron Zook had been their coach since the team was started. They're amazingly worse. And to the right, you'll see Penn State's bolgie. There, the Nittany Lion fans are afflicted with a disease that turns them into zombies. They march around hungering for brains."
"I think I'd prefer being a zombie over watching Ron Zook coach a 1920s Illini football team into crap."
"You and me both, son. The next set of bolgies feature Iowa and Purdue. The Hawkeye fans are destined to a life as a stalk of corn. They start as a seedling, grow into a 6 foot tall crop, and then are reaped, feeling the blade tear them into bits, before they return to a seedling."
"As if living in Iowa City isn't boring enough, eh?" I ask as a loud drumming became audible in the distance."
"Purdue on the right here, they've got it about as bad. They spend the after life being dunked into a vat of boiling tar, a victim of their own vats. On top of that, their stupid drum beats in their bolgie, but the demon Purdue Pete has no rhythm, so it's not even a constant beat."
"That's awful, let's move faster."
"That can be done, partner."
"Who's next?" I ask.
"Next is Wisconsin and Minnesota. The Badger fans are placed over a bed of hot coals and forced to jump around."
"The more I hear these, the more I go back to that whole cliché thing we discussed back at the gates to Columbus."
"Noted. But quit interrupting me, boy," Crockett started. "On the left, you can see the Gopher fans crucified to the ground so that people can walk all over them. As you can see, the roof and walls mimic the Metrodome, a place I'm sure all Michigan fans can appreciate."
"Getting walked all over in the Metrodome? Sounds like a familiar Gopher story."
"That it is. The next bolgie coming up is Michigan State's. Before I even tell you what happens there, I'll remind you how cliché everything has been so far, then let you guess. Any ideas?"
"They're subjected to Gerard Butler prance around in a skirt for eternity kicking them into wells, yelling 'this is Sparta?' "
"No, but close! They're made to believe they've been reincarnated into Spartan boys, but as the youngest son, they are to be forever tormented by their stronger, smarter, better looking big brother. And once they've reached a certain age, they're sent to war against the Persians who kill them and start the process over again."
"We've got to get more creative people down here."
"Yeah, you've got to remember, most of the people that run this place are basically the blue hairs from Michigan stadium circa 1927. In life, they were entertained by playing with a stick."
"Touché, Crockett."
"Indeed. Now, on past the last bolgie."
"Sweet, I'm interested to see how those idiots from Ohio are tormented. Please tell me that they get their nuts busted by continuous kicks to the groins?"
"Actually, the next bolgie belongs to Notre Dame. They may not be a conference member, but to hell with the Irish. The Buckeyes go somewhere else, deeper in hell. We'll get to them later."
"Huh, fair enough. So what happens to the Irish?" I ask.
"Well, you see, they have to plug their head into the ground like emus while their feet are scorched on hot rocks. They're told the strategy of putting their head in the ground is a schematic advantage to lessen the burn. It doesn't really do anything but make them look funny."
Disappointed by such a weak punishment, I reply, "It'd been funnier if punch drunk leprechauns came up and kicked them in the shins at the same time, maybe beat the crap out of them."
"I'll make note and pass that along to Ufer. He's never been much on trusting leprechauns. They look too much like gingers. We're still unclear if gingers have souls, and if they ain't got a soul, then they ain't coming to hell."
"That sucks."
"It may suck, but not as bad as Michigan is playing right now. They just lost three straight to Penn State, Illinois, and Purdue. Bad things are happening in your world. Fans are growing restless. We must escape hell quickly, before we lose our chance."
And with that, we quickly made our way toward the final circle of hell.
(Special gif thanks to chunkums)
Notre Dame fan discusses Jihad; hilarity ensues
If there was ever such a thing as Double Reverse Schadenfreude, this is it:
That's right, sports fans... the reason Michigan beat Notre Dame in 2009 was some extra stretching time in 2008. Not Notre Dame's swiss cheese defense or Tate Forcier's pre-shoulder-asplosion 100% Pure Columbian Awesomeness.
Well done, sir... way to combat that "Irish fans are dilusional and make hilarious justifications for their lack of success" meme...
OT - [REDACTED] Loves Notre Dame
I'm a fairly insensitive prick and usually when I hear some advocacy group demanding an apology I just roll my eyes. But...goddamn. What sort of environment do they have going on in South Bend?
How Stoops' impending acceptance of the ND offer will affect recruiting /sarcasm
So, I google searched this topic and didn't see any threads on it. I saw on flight tracker that Stoops is flying to South Bend as I write this. When he inks the deal, here's what I see going down:
Stills, Jefferson, and Santa Claus round out the last 3 schollies in the class, after a flurry of decommits from OU.
Now, Jimmay Claussen decides he's not ready for the NFL, but won't play at ND without Charlie and he transfers to Michigan.
Richrod says, "Whatever fool, you can't play here."
Jimmay decides to join the dance team, where he wins the dance team equivalent of the Heisman trophy (I'm sure there is one, right.)
OK, so then, since OU is gonna suck with all the transfers, Texas is all, "Dude, the big 12 sucks, bra" and decides to join the big ten.
Now, Michigan has sa-weet rivals like every week and they're on ESPN with the top crew all the time, so all other college football teams decide to quit, and everyone transfers to Michigan and we never lose again.
Finally, Michigan joins the NFL and invents the "we just won like bjillion goddamn games in a row" trophy and wins that, and Rrod rides off into the sunset.
Happy trails. [Oh, Canada] Bye now.
/end sarcasm, Stoops won't be coaching at ND.


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For this achievement, you need to defeat this boss without killing any Zandalari Dinomancers. These are oversized troll mobs that spawn after a few waves of adds at each gate. When they hit 50% health, they turn into a dinosaur and drop an orb that will make Horridon smash the gate when picked up, and add waves will stop come from that door and instead start from the next one.
One easy method of getting this achievement is to three tank the fight. Once each dinomancer is brought to 50% health (so it will drop that needed orb), an offtank can taunt them to remove them from the fray and hold them, alive, off to the side until the end of the fight. Just be careful not to accidentally kill them!
You do not need to smash all the gates to complete this achievement; if your raid desires and has the DPS, you can burn Horridon at an earlier door.
Cretaceous Collector
Cretaceous Collector
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Defeat Horridon in Throne of Thunder on Normal or Heroic difficulty without killing any Zandalari Dinomancers.


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March 30 designated as Vietnam Veterans Day by 2012 state law; Gov. Nixon to host ceremony at Capitol recognizing four veterans for their service
The first-ever observance of Vietnam Veterans Day in Missouri will be held on Saturday, March 30, as a day to give special recognition to veterans of the Vietnam conflict. Last summer, Gov. Jay Nixon signed into law a bill designating March 30 of each year as the day to give special honor to Vietnam veterans.
As part of the recognition, the Governor will hold a ceremony at his Capitol office recognizing four military veterans, one each representing service in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. Those veterans will be presented with special service medals, coins and certificates authorized by the state of Missouri for those who served during the Vietnam War.
The veterans being honored are Stephen Hill, of Webb City, (Army); John Albright, Sunrise Beach (Navy); Michael Puckett, Camdenton (Air Force); and David Coleman, House Springs (Marines). Maj. Gen. Stephen L. Danner, Adjutant General of Missouri, will join the Governor in recognizing those veterans. The ceremony will begin at 9:45 a.m.
"These four veterans represent the thousands of men and women who bravely served our country during a difficult time in our nation's history," Gov. Nixon said. "Most times, they returned home to no public celebrations or welcomes – something we as a country should not have let happen. This day in Missouri is part of the renewed, ongoing effort to give the proper recognition due to those veterans, and to again thank them for their service and sacrifice."
On Tuesday, March 26, Missouri observed the first-ever Veterans of Operation Iraqi/Enduring Freedom Day in honor of the nation's military veterans who served in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. That date was designated in another state law enacted last year.


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November 7th meet at GI Joes Parking lot at 9am ......Exit 227 East of I-5 right behind the Dennys in the Skagit Valley Mall parking lot ............. Think it is going to be a good Run!!!!!! looks like there is going to be a decent turn out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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W3Schools has a very skewed demographic, I wouldn't take their figures to be a true representative across the board.
My companies websites (Insurance) have an IE share of about 40%.
I will hazard a guess that you own neither a car nor a home, and that you don't have to worry about anyone being supported until they're 18 in the event that you get hit by a bus before then.
As much as I loathe Internet Explorer, this sort of response is unproductive. A lot of people are forced to use Internet Explorer who are neither idiots nor prey on them. Public access computers in libraries, computers in businesses and non-profits that have limited IT resources, and schools in lower income areas are also large users of Internet Explorer.
Such blind, fanboyish hatred doesn't serve those users at all.
StatCounter's 24.91% is a much more impressive decline to me than W3Schools' 9%.
Measuring browser use nowadays is like measuring hairstyles. Many people don't browse to more than 3 or 4 sites or use different browsers at the same time. I'm surprised it's still at 25% with all the mobile browsing using Chrome or Safari.
As a government body, of course, they'll also be skewed. There's probably, for example, loads of poor bastards forced to use IE6 or whatever and who are not allowed to installer their own choice of browser for security reasons (don't laugh!).
Yes. Don't trust one website's stats. Always look at your own stats before deciding you can afford to not support a particular browser. Of course, you should always use progressive enhancement, so that even if people do insist on using ancient browsers, they should still be able to get the basic content. (It's a pity more people don't take the view, but considering the web was intended to be a universal, regardless of machine or software, medium, it's the view that is more inline with the intention of the web.)
I just popped up our site's stats We have had about 31,000 visits this month (according to awstats). IE comes in at 23%. The winner is Safari at 26.1%, so that tells use there are a helluva lot of iPhones out there. Firefox and Mozilla come in at 17.3% and 10%. Chrome comes in at 16.1%.
What it tells me, most of all, is that smart devices are becoming the dominant surfing platforms, and that not just IE, but Windows in general in slipping down the list.
Visitor attraction + scientific research institution, 50% hits from UK, rest pretty much even across the rest of the world:
Main domain: 650k "visits" (Google Analytics definition) this month. 31% Chrome, 26% IE, 18% Safari, 17% Firefox, 3% Android.
60% Windows, 19% iOS, 13% Mac, 6% Android, 1% Linux.
Another domain of no interest to visitors, only scientists (and hobbyists, probably): 52k visits, 33% Chrome, 33% Firefox, 24% IE, 7% Safari, 2% Opera(!), 1% Android
85% Windows, 10% Mac, 2% iOS, 1% Linux (the site isn't very nice on a mobile, we don't think many people want to look at tables of data on a tiny screen).
Main domain: 650k "visits" (Google Analytics definition) this month. 31% Chrome, 26% IE, 18% Safari, 17% Firefox, 3% Android.
60% Windows, 19% iOS, 13% Mac, 6% Android, 1% Linux.
Another domain of no interest to visitors, only scientists (and hobbyists, probably): 52k visits, 33% Chrome, 33% Firefox, 24% IE, 7% Safari, 2% Opera(!), 1% Android
85% Windows, 10% Mac, 2% iOS, 1% Linux (the site isn't very nice on a mobile, we don't think many people want to look at tables of data on a tiny screen).
The interesting thing is, or rather, something wrong, is that Android's marketshare is around 80% of smart devices, iOS around 20%. And yet in all your stats, iOS still comes out ahead of Android.
Even Ars Technica [arstechnica.com], a site for technical enthusiasts still records just over 50% IE usage. And on mobile, iOS takes 50% of the traffic, while Android is around 35% (Android+Chrome).
So the question is - why is iOS so over-represented? We know there are at least 4 times as many Android devices out there.
My first job out of school was in the insurance industry.
There is no better example of clueless IT. The whole industry is run by and for the benefit of the commissioned salespeople.
Because of that (and the simple computer problems faced by insurance) they get the bottom of the barrel of techs, programmers and engineers.
Your users are so dumb (insurance salespeople) that whatever came on the machine is going to be what they use.
Get out. The grass is greener, just about anywhere. Even banking.
> My first job out of school was in the insurance industry.
> There is no better example of clueless IT. The whole
> industry is run by and for the benefit of the commissioned salespeople.
Have you had any other jobs? Many industries are like that.
Many company have internal applications that require IE. Fro example, my employer and a lot of other companies I know of rely on a web-based "project time and resource reporting" system that only supports IE (ver 6 or newer) and uses several methods to get around user agent header spoofing. It is the only reason I still use IE.
Probably very few people are visiting W3Schools from their corporate PCs, so their statistics won't include those installations. On the other hand, if people who use EI at work are us
W3Schools is a site for web developers and does not represent the web despite the three W's in the name.
Net Applications(which measures visitors instead of page views like Statcounter) has it at ~50%.
Story brought to you by the same geniuses that brought you the following stories:
"Draconian DRM Revealed in Windows 7"
http://tech.slashdot.org/story... [slashdot.org]
"Microsoft to abandon Windows Phone"
http://mobile.slashdot.org/sto... [slashdot.org]
(As an aside, the above story was submitted by the zealot megalomaniac symbolset).
Milking views by trolling only works for so long.
Thanks to zealot posters like bmo, symbolset, Zero__Kelvin, LordLimeCat, Jeremiah Cornelius, UnknowingFool, rtfa-troll, binarylarry, MightyMartian, drinkypoo, pieroxy for karmawhoring the groupthink and slowly ruining the site by spewing lame shill accusations. Oh and thanks to moderators for marking them insightful and modding down any posts that go against the groupthink.
When the beta lands and is the default without a way to go back to the old layout is the day I remove Slashdot from my bookmarks and unfollow on twitter.
Last one out turn off the lights.
Looking at logs I have access to, I see
Between 50% and 65% for a series of education related sites.
6% for a highly technical site.
Clearly what the site caters to has a big impact.
I bet apple.com is even lower
I bet apple.com is even lower
You might be surprised. I seem to recall that they revealed the breakdown a few years back, and the IE traffic was much higher than you'd expect, simply because of interest from the typical, rank-and-file Windows variety of users who were looking for a change. I'll admit that I could be misremembering, however.
My hobby (veggie gardening) website shows the following, out of 7034 visits this month (per Google Analytics):
Safari (appears to be iOS for the most part): 1,828 / 25.99%
Internet Explorer (must be all the Surface users eh?): 1,564 / 22.23%
Chrome: 1,511 / 21.48%
Firefox: 1,368 / 19.45%
Fifth place, at 5%, is "Android browser" which I'm guessing is that gosh-awful thing from Android 2.2 / 2.3...
It is the best data set to make Microsoft look bad- which is the point here.
It is the best data set to make Microsoft look bad- which is the point here.
And the real irony is that as of IE 11.0, it's actually a pretty solid browser. It's stable, fast, has a decent integrated web tool set and implements everything that is important (WebGL, HTML5, Offline, etc. etc.) Meanwhile, Chrome is slowly turning into a crashy, buggy piece of shit. Sigh.
I ditched Firefox for Chrome when Firefox went off a cliff. Chrome is not heading in a good direction. Maybe it's time to give IE 11 a shot.
9%... out of the user agents connecting to w3schools. I guarantee you that Chrome is not the majority browser among the public (yet), either.
The only surprise was the 82% in 2002... those IE 6-only sites back then didn't seem to designed with any open standards in mind.
What's funny is that IE11 on Win8.1 is finally fast, at least as fast as Firefox/IceCat and Chromium. And it is stable and actually compliant with standards.
Not that I'd use it voluntarily, but it's the least horrible it's ever been at the same time it has the lowest market share.
The current IE version isn't really relevant, because lots of people don't use that. For instance, here on my work computer, I'm using IE8 on Win7. It's not like I have any choice in the matter. Luckily, for browsing non-intranet sites, the company lets me install Firefox (version 26 currently). There's still lots of companies chugging along with IE6. And there's pretty much zero companies that have moved to Win8, so if the latest IE version only works on that (I don't know if it's available on Win7 or
Yea I was surprised to see a canvas-heavy app I'm writing is actually running faster in IE11 than in Chrome. My worldview was shattered and I was left despondent, my only choice - to sadly pick up the pieces and cut myself with them. These are my last words, my dying hope - that others will see my plight and be warned.
Be cheerful even if you hate IE. The more we can get corps to upgrade the more we can just write to standards. Starting with IE 9 MS really did try to say we are sorry and make up for it. IE 9 compared to Firefox 4 was a better browser but lacked a few things. A different world than IE 8 - 6.
IE 10 can crash but made it modern. IE 11 finally uses edge javascript but unfortunately it breaks many intranet corporate sites which rely on ancient non standard behavior and even public ones like Monster.com which us
9.0 + 26.8 + 55.8 + 3.8 + 1.9 = 97.3
9.0 + 26.8 + 55.8 + 3.8 + 1.9 = 97.3
0.7 = Lynx
Could be because they only included the major browsers. There are more things on the Net, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Microsoft stockholders probably don't feel too badly about the Ballmer legacy overall, though
He joined in January 2000 when according to that link, the stock was at 48.94. Today the stock is at 36.50. Managing a -25% return over 14 years is not a good thing.
Microsoft stockholders probably don't feel too badly about the Ballmer legacy overall, though
He joined in January 2000 when according to that link, the stock was at 48.94. Today the stock is at 36.50. Managing a -25% return over 14 years is not a good thing.
Did the stock split between 1/2000 and today? Did it pay dividends between those dates? Did you count either of those against your figures our just figure out that 36.50 was around 25% less than 48.94?
The statistics are "collected from W3Schools' log-files..." So an English-language site for people interested in web development is now considered an accurate proxy for browser usage? I think not. Predictably, the results are way out of line with, well, pretty much everyone:
http://www.netmarketshare.com/... [netmarketshare.com]
http://gs.statcounter.com/ [statcounter.com]
http://www.w3counter.com/globa... [w3counter.com]
http://browsermarketshare.com/ [browsermarketshare.com]
http://clicky.com/marketshare/... [clicky.com]
The statistics are "collected from W3Schools' log-files..." So an English-language site for people interested in standards compliant web development is now considered an accurate proxy for browser usage? I think not. Predictably, the results are way out of line with, well, pretty much everyone:
FTFY- We all know anyone who does dev in IE isn't concerned with standards compliance.
It's a vicious circle. At my former employer we were on IE6 because several of our critical Web applications only worked correctly with it. And since we were locked into IE6, any new Web applications had to work with it as well which removed any pressure to update. The only way we'd've gotten resources allocated to update those few ancient Web apps would have been if some other business-critical Web app had abandoned IE6 support entirely and said "IE 8 or later or we don't work". Which they won't do because they don't want to risk losing their IE6 user base. And round and round it goes, like a pair of orbiting black holes.
Worse if these customers are vendors, suppliers, or retailers, then they also demand each B2B company to also use IE 6.
So now the trucking company has IE 6, supplier has IE 6, retailer has IE 6, and trucking company has IE 6. Now they have their other customers but ooops now these 4 or 5 companies that use IE 6 tell the others to use IE 6 etc.
The damn thing is a virus! Like herpes is spreads and even when they upgrade and appear to have the dinosuar behind it is still there if you peel deep within the skin
Probably because
1) Those corporate org customers/clients of yours probably have intranet apps that were designed around IE6 and break horribly in any other browser, and it is "too expensive" to re-do them for either a neutral platform, updated version of IE, etc.
2) Those same corporate org customers/clients of yours probably have an IT department that won't allow them to install other browsers to use when not using the aforementioned IE6 based apps
Now is the time to put the javascript from IE6countdown to remind users to upgrade. Modify it so IE 7 displays the same message. Since XP is going EOL it is something their IT departments should be working on anyway.
Here is a link to show your boss about a website that finds it cheaper to pay users to upgrade [neowin.net] rather than support IE 7.
I know it is about money and reaching out, but it is time to move on. You should be phasing out IE 8 as well as it is keeping HTML 5 out. Google docs no longer even works w
What I do mind is old IE and wanting that to go down to single digit marketshare.
Why can't we all have nice websites that look as good as your apps on your phone? IE the fact that users never ever upgrade!
Shit IE 8 is 5 years old now and we can't have HTML 5 outside our crappy tiny phones. Inexecusable. Let this dinosaur die and I hope the intranet developers die a horrible death who still do not know what ECMA script is and think Jscript is javascript.
Speaking of this, is there a site that breaks down IE usage by versions?
g.statcounter.com make sure you select North America as China is such a HUUGGEE outliner with IE 6 compared to every other country. However it produces results that conflict with everyone else such as Chrome #1 browser, while IE 8 is the worlds most popular browser according to netmarketshare and others.
Google Analytics does this. Looking at my veggie gardening site - which I assume means home users, mostly - 98% of IE users are version 9 or above. So that's good news!
Of course my site mostly sticks to standards, so it was never designed to work well with IE 6 (and only marginally w/ IE 7). I've gotten complaints about that in the past... so perhaps those users just stopped coming.
For this one site. Not the most honest headline. I don't think w3schools is a representative sample of all of the sites on the Internet.
A biased submitter found a statistic to support their claim that IE is no longer relevant. I agree IE may be losing relevance but the w3school log files only show that people who want to learn how to write a webpage from w3school are likely to use Chrome. I suspect if I looked at the log at Microsoft's developer network I would come to the conclusion of IE being preferred by developers, and if I went to Apple's developer site it would show that Safari being preferred by developers.
The other red flag being that the statistics are presented as percentages with no absolute numbers given. This could be a site serving a very small demographic with very low volume. In fact the site discloses some of these caveats in the "Statistics can be misleading" section of that page.
I am sure at w3schools they're dealing primarily with devs, who do in fact prefer another browser over IE. but on my site of 3000 unique visitors per month, I'm seeing... what others are seeing at sites other than w3schools.
The breakdown is :
Firefox 27.3%
Google Chrome 26.1%
MSIE 16.6% (down quite a bit from a few years ago)
Mozilla 10.6%
Opera 7.7%
Safari 6.5%
Unknown/Android/iPhone/etc make up the rest.
Most of my IE users are IE6.. o.o
On my other site with a seeding of 1500 unique users, IE sits at 29.5%, Chrome at 33.7%, Firefox at 17.9%, everything else, who cares
Microsoft stockholders probably don't feel too badly about the Ballmer legacy overall, though -- browser choice is a pretty small arm of the octopus.
Microsoft's stock is 20.89% higher than it was on this date in 2002. That is an average yearly increase of 1.74%. US Savings Bonds had a greater return over that time period! So, if their shareholders aren't upset, they should be.
The next person to mention spaghetti stacks to me is going to have his head knocked off. -- Bill Conrad