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Basic Electrical Wiring & Wire Splicing - McNulty's MisadventuresPosted in How To: Electrical on December 1, 2008
A few weeks ago I was four-wheeling with some friends and their old Jeeps when disaster nearly struck. An electrical fire started in the engine compartment of one of the CJs and fried a wiring harness. Once the smoke cleared, it was easy to find what happened: The wiring for the auxiliary lighting was haphazardly strung along a factory wiring loom on the firewall. A poorly covered splice in the wires chafed against a cheap metal wire clamp and shorted out. We were lucky we caught this in time-the Jeep could have burned to the ground.
I've run across some dangerously poor wiring jobs in my day, and it would have only taken minutes to do the job right. I bought two old Ford trucks and a Jeep Commando that were wired with residential electrical wire. What goes through someone's mind when he wires a vehicle like this? Automotive electrical wire is cheap, and it's relatively simple to properly splice together. When wiring is installed right, it will safely last for years.
After a good session of ribbing my buddy for his lousy wiring job, we strapped up the Jeep and towed it back to camp. His Jeeping was over for the weekend. Using the right tools and supplies to do the job correctly is extremely economical and worth the additional effort. Follow along as I explain some basic wire splicing and protection.
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Wine walk a success, with some fine tuning in the future.
A heated conversation tipped the beginning of Thursday's Desert Empire Fair Board meeting as its executive director gave his report.
Mike Leming reported that DEF's April 13 Beer, Wine and Food Walk was a resounding success, with 300 people attending, plus it made $4,000 in profit for the fairgrounds. He complimented his staff and the board itself for helping with the event's ticket sales.
Around 109 tickets were sold at the gate alone.
During the event, local businesses offered up food and wine for the festival, instead of breweries and wineries.
Board member Howard Laire asked about the brief dry spells when local vendors ran out of wine, especially red wines, and had heard concerns from people who had attended the event.
Leming said that there was no way to anticipate the number of people that showed up at the event. A lot of things were based on ticket presales, which he said numbered only 75 by Wednesday.
Additionally, Leming reported that the DEF's own booth had run out of food by the end of the event.
"What people don't understand is that when they wait until the last minute, it is extremely hard to be able to plan," Leming said. "It's a first-time event for us, so we'll make it better the next time."
Laire pointed out it was a matter of perception.
"When you're dealing with a customer and you have the customer upset because there is no wine, you're not going to get that customer back again," Laire said.
Board president Ron Kicinski said many Ridgecrest residents tended show up at events at the last moment.
"In my mind, you can't eliminate tickets at the gate," Kicinski said. "And food and wine are the toughest things to keep up with."
Laire reiterated that the Fairgrounds was providing a product when it sold the ticket and "needs to fulfill that promise."
Laire said the matter was simple: if the vendor was not supplying wine, the fair should supply it.
Leming reported that the fairground staff had paid out of their own pockets purchase an additional 21 bottles of wine, in addition to the extra bottles Espresso Caffe and Grape Leaf Restaurant purchased.
"We have four people that work at the fairgrounds and they worked their butts off at the event," he said. He said it made no sense to complain about some things with such a short staff.
"People should be a part of the solution and not the problem," Leming said. "Volunteer to help me is all I ask."
DEF staff member Teresa Draves said that the only comments she had heard at the gate were about how much of a good time people were having.
Boardmember Catherine Rogers said from a financial standpoint, it was impractical for vendors to show up with excess wine or food. Vendors might be stuck with an excess amount if too few people showed up.
Boardmember Kim Alexander said, that from her point of view, it was good the fairgrounds ran out of wine.
"That shows us how hungry the community is for that kind of entertainment," she said.
Leming conceded that Laire had raised some good points, but given that it was a first time event, he'll make the necessary adjustments to make sure future Beer and Wine walks are better.
When asked about the frequency about future events, Leming concluded it would only be held once a year.
"You've got to make it something people look forward to," Leming said.

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Committing to a college football program is a difficult decision. Just ask the many 17- and 18-year-olds nationwide who signed letters of intent yesterday.
Committing to a college football program is a difficult decision. Just ask the many 17- and 18-year-olds nationwide who signed letters of intent yesterday.
Now imagine committing to a dramatically different way of life for the next eight to 10 years. That�s the path chosen by seven area players who accepted scholarships to serve their country at military institutions.
Two first-team all-Ohio choices, defensive end/outside linebacker Alex Backenstoe of Hilliard Davidson and defensive back Seth Hill of Worthington Kilbourne, are among six who will accept appointments to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. Another first-team all-Ohioan, running back Akili Taylor of Ready, will join the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.
�I did a lot of research and talked to people who experienced life in the Air Force, and everything indicated that this was an opportunity I couldn�t pass up in terms of getting a lucrative job after my time us up,� said Backenstoe, who talked at length with former Davidson and Air Force quarterback Connor Dietz, who is now an acquisitions officer in Tampa, Fla.
Backenstoe, who plans to major in engineering, said he was wowed by the spacious and panoramic campus and state-of-the-art football facilities. He will be converted to fullback in a triple-option offense. He was selected defensive player of the year on The Dispatch All-Metro team.
�Football and life in general at the Air Force will be a little bit of an adjustment, and Connor was upfront with me about it being a tough ride, but he also emphasized that it�s a lot more like college than people realize. I�m prepared to make that commitment.�
Like Backenstoe, Hill was considering offers mostly from Division II schools until Air Force made him an offer that his parents and coaches encouraged him to accept. Unlike Backenstoe, Hill has yet to visit the campus.
�It�s a mystery, but an exciting mystery,� Hill said. �I really don�t know what life as a cadet will be like or what my daily routine will be, but everybody who I trust told me that it was an incredible opportunity that will set me up for life after I do my five years of service.�
Hill, whose great-uncle served in the Air Force, said he hopes to major in business finance.
Backenstoe, Hill, Zeph Miller of Pickerington North, Tyrell Howard of New Albany and Hilliard Bradley teammates Ryan Reffitt and Ryan Beveridge will join an Air Force program with a healthy influx of area players in recent years. Jalen Robinette of Bexley and Roland Ladipo of Pickerington North will be sophomores.
Taylor was leaning toward Kent State when the Navy opportunity arose late in the season. He had never considered a service academy. His mother initially was against the idea, but a visit to the campus on the Chesapeake Bay changed their minds.
�When some people think of a military institution, they think, �Oh, my gosh, they�re going to send you off to war,� but it isn�t like that at all,� Taylor said. �It�s not just military this, military that. It�s just like another college situation, except there are more long-term benefits if you have the discipline to stick it out.
�I want to become a man and then become a doctor in that order, and just think of the career opportunities I�ll have with a degree from the Naval Academy.�
Taylor will join seniors Kody Akers of Delaware and Geoffrey Whiteside of Hartley on the Midshipmen roster.Blazing their own trail
Nine players from Ohio, including four from the Columbus area, hope to play instrumental roles in the rejuvenation of football at East Tennessee State. The program was dropped in 2003 but will resume in earnest in 2015.
Jared Drake of Westerville Central was considering Duquesne and Indiana State before committing to East Tennessee. Joining him will be Trey Quillin of New Albany and Pickerington North teammates Dylan Weigel and Tony Welch.


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After early exit, Cueto hopes to pitch in Game 3
Back spasms, 'rib cage issue' force Reds starter from Game 1 after one out
By Adam McCalvy / MLB.com | 10/07/12 3:29 AM ET
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10/6/12: Johnny Cueto is forced to exit the game after just one batter due to an injury
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Reds made it through a grueling regular season without a single injury to a starting pitcher.
Eight pitches into the postseason, their luck ran out.
Right-hander Johnny Cueto exited Game 1 of the National League Division Series at AT&T Park on Saturday night after recording only one out because of what a club spokesperson termed back spasms and pitching coach Bryan Price called a "rib cage issue."
But there was a double dose of good news for the Reds: They won anyway, thanks to emergency relief by Sam LeCure and scheduled Game 3 starter Mat Latos, beating the Giants, 5-2, to take command of the best-of-five series. And Cueto predicted that he'd pitch again in this NLDS, perhaps as early as Tuesday, when the series shifts to Cincinnati.
"We'll see how I feel [Sunday], but I hope to pitch in the third game," Cueto said. "I already feel better."
Manager Dusty Baker and Price were in no rush to reveal their pitching plans for the rest of the series. Veteran Bronson Arroyo is scheduled to start Sunday night, by which time the Reds hope to have a better feel for Cueto's status.
Monday is an off-day in the series before the teams resume play Tuesday. If Cueto cannot pitch by then, right-hander Homer Bailey could bump up a day from his scheduled Game 4 start.
Games 4 and 5, if necessary, would be Wednesday and Thursday.
Reds general manager Walt Jocketty told TBS, which broadcast Game 1, that he had no plans to alter the postseason roster. If the Reds were to replace Cueto with a healthy player, Cueto would not be eligible to pitch again until the World Series.
The Reds will make their decisions in the coming days.
"You know how back spasms are," Baker said. "It lets you go when it wants to."
Cueto was feeling fine in the run-up to his first Game 1 start, but he developed "sharp pain" on his right side on his final warmup pitches in the bullpen. Cueto told Price, who told head athletic trainer Paul Lessard, who walked Cueto through a series of contortions to re-create the sensation.
"And we couldn't," Price said. "So we thought, 'OK, maybe we're by it.'"
No such luck. Cueto struck out Angel Pagan to start the game -- an at-bat that included one non-pitch, when plate umpire Phil Cuzzi granted a late timeout to Pagan while Cueto was already in his windup -- but walked off the mound after a called second strike to the Giants' second hitter, Marco Scutaro. Cueto put his hands on his hips while Lessard visited the mound, then flipped the baseball to Baker and walked off the field.
"Every pitch I threw, it hurt," Cueto said. "I felt it when I was warming up and in the bullpen. I was fine all day until then. Only God knows why it happened like that."
It was the shortest outing of Cueto's career. His previous low was a start that lasted two-thirds of an inning on July 6, 2009, at Philadelphia, when he allowed nine runs to the Phillies.
It was the shortest start in the postseason since the Braves' John Thompson also lasted one-third of an inning and eight pitches in Game 3 of the 2004 NLDS against the Astros. The Braves lost that game and dropped the series in five games.
Cueto's outing is also the new shortest postseason start in Reds history, replacing Joey Jay's two-out outing in Game 5 of the 1961 World Series against the Yankees. Jay allowed four runs on four hits, including a home run, and the Reds lost the game, 13-5, and the series, four games to one.
"For sure it's a big opportunity for us," said Giants outfielder Gregor Blanco. "But like I said, we still knew that they have great pitchers and they have a great bullpen. We knew it wasn't going to be easy, but for sure not facing Cueto is better. But I think they did a great job, and that's why they got the win."
By the time Cueto hit the dugout steps, Price was already formulating a plan for the rest of the game.
Instead of going straight to Latos, who had not pitched in relief since May 2009 for Class A Fort Wayne, the Reds tabbed LeCure and asked him to get five outs.
That gave Latos, who was previously scheduled to pitch Game 3, time to go through something approximating his usual routine. It had already been a busy day for the big right-hander; he threw a 20-pitch bullpen session in the afternoon, then lifted weights.
"Sam was doing something he'd done before," Price said. "He'd been in those situations. To ask Mat, first of all to see if he could pitch, was one thing. To say, 'By the way, go grab your glove,' he probably didn't even have his spikes on, [was another thing]. That wasn't a terribly difficult decision to make for us."
Latos took the mound for the third inning instead and held the Giants to one run into the eighth, when shutdown relievers Sean Marshall Jonathan Broxton and Aroldis Chapman took over.
"You've got to give big props to Latos," Baker said. "Here is a guy sitting back, relaxed, thinking he was going to pitch next week at home, and now all of a sudden, boom, this is his first playoff game. It was a great feat by him."
And it put the Reds in control of the series.
"It was huge," Price said. "This is a big situation for everybody, and we needed to calm the waters because we were all concerned about losing Johnny. That was a situation where it was easy to implode."


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We bought 6yo DD a stuffed animal at the airport when we were leaving to go to Disney two weeks ago. She ended up losing it at the hotel. I reported it lost and we left days later without it being turned it. It was past airport security and store was closed when we came back home, so unless we were going to buy another plane ticket, no chance of getting one at that store again. So went to eBay and got one. Received it today in the mail. Told DD it came from hotel because God forbid she not get "hers" back. She's happy. We're happy. Everyone is happy. Lo and behold we also received a UPS package today...from the hotel...with her stuffed animal in it. Ugh.
Now what do we do?
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LOL! That happened when my dau lost her Jessie doll (Toy Story Jessie). She was so heartbroken after looking everywhere for her, that I went to the store & got her another one. Wouldn't you know it, she had a friend over one day & they found the old Jessie. I told my dau that I couldn't stand the sad look on her face so I replaced it. Now she has twins! But if you don't want your dau to know about it, I like the idea of donating it. :)
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Mickey mouse gasket
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Posted 24 May 2009 - 06:45 AM
I get most of my stuff from Rock Auto... they handle felpro and Beck Arnley .. I have even gotten OEM seals from them ( I believe my coupes rear main and something else was OEM)
Thanks for the quick response Connie!!
Posted 24 May 2009 - 06:49 AM
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UPS and I have always gotten my stuff quick... I LOVE Rock Auto. They have even called me when a part I ordered wasn't available and asked if they could substitute..Excellent customer service IMO
Sweet thank you. I will be ordering immediately.
Posted 24 May 2009 - 10:47 AM
Posted 24 May 2009 - 11:07 AM
aren't the online subaru places outrageous at times too? one of them is $12.95 minimum...another is %10....quite high if you're ordering a couple seals.
But of all of them, Rockauto is one of my top choices. Too bad their shipping rate is outragous.
i would rather order from subaru but rockauto and thepartsbin ship much quicker. i have a shipment from subaru coming next week , wish i would have ordered it from rock auto!
Posted 24 May 2009 - 12:31 PM
Rockauto is particularly bad on shipping it seems. I priced out rotors and pads recently for my 91 SS - nearly $60 in shipping. Perhaps the west coast is not in their back yard.
With the older stuff it's a waiting game almost no matter where you buy the stuff. The dealer doesn't stock any of it and neither do any of the local parts houses.
Still - a lot of the OEM parts just can't be beat for quality. I would often rather wait for the dealer to get my parts in than have to do the job again in a few thousand miles.
Posted 24 May 2009 - 12:47 PM
crack, i was hoping you knew of one better with shipping. i'll have to check my last order, may have been something on there old gen that they didn't have in stock, hence the delay.
Yeah that's true about the shipping from the dealer web sites. My local dealer gives me a wholesale rate that is within 5% of the cheapest online dealers
i get the discounted rate too at the local dealer, i should go there but there's something nice about click, click, then a box on the front porch.
Posted 24 May 2009 - 12:56 PM
Posted 24 May 2009 - 01:16 PM
oh yeah, that's good. the online subaru dealers are annoying because they charge a minimum - so your $8 order would have had $12 shipping charge from some sites.
I just ordered the oil pump gasket set from rock auto and the shipping wasn't that bad. But it also doesn't weigh anything. It was about 8 bucks and change with shipping.
wow $8 for all three parts of the oil pump reseal and shipping? that's good, when was the expected arrival time?
if it was one of the online subaru dealers it would be very odd for me to get it by the end of the week.
Posted 24 May 2009 - 01:30 PM
oh yeah, that's good. the online subaru dealers are annoying because they charge a minimum - so your $8 order would have had $12 shipping charge from some sites.
wow $8 for all three parts of the oil pump reseal and shipping? that's good, when was the expected arrival time?
if it was one of the online subaru dealers it would be very odd for me to get it by the end of the week.
They said it would ship the next day after they received the payment, which will probably be the next business day. And I actually had it shipped first class mail, so it will take a few days. But yeah, not bad at all, I thought. I have dealt with the minimum shipping charges before, they suck! And unfortunately sometimes you have no choice because you need the parts!
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The Copa Libertadores really is a wonderful tournament and this latest goal just goes to show you why.
South America is the land that spawned current football superstars such as Neymar and Lionel Messi; it exports players of great flair and skill around the globe to wow fans of countless teams.
So it is great to see where such talent began and the pitting against each other of the continent's best teams.
This time the moment of magic come from Newell's Old Boys star Ignacio Scocco in the Argentine side's 3-1 win over Deportivo Lara of Venezuela.
Scocco had scored just before half time to give the home side a 2-0 lead but Lara halved the deficit with little over ten minutes remaining to make for a tight finish.
However, Scocco was on hand again with a little over a minute to go to make the game safe when he picked up the ball in his own half, surged past one defender, skipped past another, shimmied to send the third on his backside and buried the ball into the bottom corner.
It couldn't have looked better if he had planned it him self. Watch below and enjoy for yourself.
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The retired English teacher schooled the whipper-snapper Tuesday morning, questioning his motives and sources before failing him on the sloppy execution of a pet project.
The teacher was Commissioner Pat Mulieri, who retired eight years ago as a Pasco Hernando Community College English professor. The whipper-snapper was Jack Mariano, who ranks third in seniority on the five-member commission, but who still comes off at times as a clumsy Eddie Haskell.
Mariano's pet project? He asked the commission to approve a resolution supporting the U.S. Constitution even though, as duly elected public officials, they already swore to uphold the Constitution when they assumed office.
These resolutions are standard fare. They come with a lot of supporting declarations that begin with "where as.'' Commissioners approve them unanimously, make a few congratulatory comments and pose for pictures with the recipients. The day's agenda included 13 resolutions honoring retiring county employees and visiting business dignitaries from Germany, and recognition of: the 192nd anniversary of Greek Independence Day, Women's History Month, Public Safety Telecommunications Week, Water Conservation Month and the safe-driving records of three county bus drivers.
It's all about retail politics, not public policy statements.
Until resolution number 13-113 came up for consideration. The resolution's title said the commission formally declared "its support for the Constitution of the United Sates including the Bill of Rights.'' The title was all the public had to go by since advance copies of the resolution were not part of the published agenda. Even Commissioner Kathryn Starkey said she was unfamiliar with the contents.
It turned out that the verbose resolution, prepared by the tea-flavored 10th Amendment Center, was a political statement championing states' sovereignty. Buried among the 13 paragraphs was a sentence that the commissioners recognize the 10th Amendment "as agreed to by the ratifiers excludes the federal government from acting with non-enumerated powers; and that actions taken outside of these enumerated powers extend beyond those granted by the constitution and are in error.''
Mulieri, whose attempts for a county ordinance requiring background checks on firearm purchases has been stymied by legal issues pending in other counties, was not amused.
She had plenty of questions for Mariano. What's the purpose of this? What are its origins? Where did you get it?
Mariano acknowledged he wanted to counter what he viewed as the board's infringement of Second Amendment rights.
Then Mariano, the self-appointed Constitutional champion, ought to familiarize himself with Florida's Constitution. That document, as amended by voters in 1998, allows county governments to require background checks and three-day waiting periods on firearm purchases conducted at gun shows and flea markets. The commission originally had scheduled a public hearing on just such an ordinance, but delayed it on advice of the county attorney's office because of lawsuits involving Pinellas and Palm Beach counties.
Mariano's resolution Tuesday smacked of poking Mulieri in the eye while simultaneously catering to the Second Amendment advocates. What it failed to do was cater to a board majority. Commissioners Ted Schrader and Starkey joined Mulieri in killing the resolution.
"So now the headlines will be 'Three commissioners do not support the Constitution of the United States,' '' Mulieri said after the vote.
"For this to be done, I think is a shame. I'm really surprised at you Jack. To make a little political hay, you would do this. I am angry.''
Later, the public accused Mariano of pushing the resolution to try to permanently ban consideration of a gun-show loophole ordinance.
''Your resolution, Mr. Mariano, it's kind of like a restraining order. It's nothing more than a piece of paper,'' New Port Richey resident Peno Hardesty said.
This wasn't Burr vs. Hamilton, but Mulieri vs. Mariano likely will go down as a footnote in Pasco County history. It will be the first time that anyone remembers a commission majority defeating one of its own resolutions. And, it will be remembered as the day Mariano shot himself in the foot.


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The votes are in, and the nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 2013 inductees include Rush, Deep Purple and Heart, among others.
The longstanding rockers are competing for induction into the Rock Hall alongside Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Randy Newman, Procol Harum, Donna Summer, Kraftwerk, the Meters, Chic, Albert King, the Marvelettes and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Rap groups Public Enemy and N.W.A. are also in the mix.
The 2013 inductees will be unveiled in mid-December with the induction ceremony to take place April 18 in Los Angeles.
Who do you want to see make it into the Rock Hall next year? Let us know your picks in the comments section below!


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We start with a Drama nominee, THURSTON, a Western drama about residents of a remote mining town and their struggle for survival in the Kansas Ozarks. Created and written by Kathryn O'Sullivan, and directed by her husband Paul Awad, the show stars Catherine Frels as tough but troubled Maggie Callaway.
Watch a preview below from O'Sullivan and the first three episodes below.
For more on THURSTON, visit thurston-series.com.
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- Wladimir Klitschko v Mariusz Wach
Wladimir hands Banks coaching role
Wladimir Klitschko's latest world heavyweight title defence is live and exclusive on ESPN this weekend. For details on how to subscribe, click here.
Johnathon Banks will be the head man in Wladimir Klitschko's corner when he takes on Marius Wach at the weekend.
The death of legendary trainer Emanuel Steward left Klitschko needing to find a new trainer on a full-time basis.
Banks had learnt his trade under the watchful eye of Steward and Klitschko, who will put his WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight belts on the line in front of the ESPN cameras in Hamburg on Saturday, claims Banks was always his favoured option - despite being six years older than his new trainer.
"I knew from the beginning it was going to be Johnathon Banks," Klitschko said. "He is a man who has learned a lot from Emanuel and whom I met on the same day as I first met Emanuel nine years ago.
"Of course he is not Emanuel Steward but he is Johnathon Banks, and everyone has their own way of doing things. Considering everything, this camp has gone very well.
"We are all missing Emanuel, who was a great friend and one of the geniuses of the sport. But his spirit is with us and I know he is around us and looking forward to this fight."
Banks, 30, will combine training with fighting and is due to meet Seth Mitchell on November 17.


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I tried to install Sabayon 5.3 using the new btrfs filing system but ran into problems. I set /boot to ext2, / to btrfs, home to btrfs, and also set up a swap partition. After clicking on Write changes to disk I received an unhandled exception error message. I clicked on OK and then was kicked out of the install procedure.
Can someone explain the correct install procedure for setting up a btrfs filing system in Sabayon 5.3? Am I missing something here?
I tried to install on both a Lenovo T4200 laptop with a Pentium Dual Core processor (2.0 ghz), 2 gigs of ram and on a Sony VGN-S360 laptop with a 1.7 ghz Centrino Pentium M processor, 1 gig of ram, but the same result.
Thanks for any help on this matter.
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Peg Solitaire is a board game played with pegs: in the classic mode, the board has 33 positions and 32 tokens because the center position is without form. The objective of Peg Solitaire is to remove the pegs but only with horizontal and vertical movements. It is also known as English peg solitaire or Senku. In the reverse modes, initially there is only one piece on the board.
Morris is an implementation of Nine Men's Morris that also supports several rule-variants and different board layouts (including Morabaraba). You can play against the computer, or play against another human opponent. The computer opponent learns from previous games and tries not to make the same mistake twice. This ensures continuous variation in game play, should you manage to beat the program. Furthermore, the program can give move hints and provides unlimited undo/redo.
TripleA is a clone of the popular board game "Axis & Allies", which is a turn based strategy wargame. TripleA also acts as a game engine allowing creation of custom games with similar mechanics to Axis and Allies. It supports online play, network play, play-by-email, and single player vs AI or hot-seat. It comes with 11 different maps and the option to download more from online repositories. Most games take place during World War II, though there are mods to play other conflicts like the Napoleonic wars, or Lord of the Rings.
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Wifes First Bi Experience
This is a True Story Lynn and I had both been married once before when we met. We got married 9 months after we met and went to Paris France for our honeymoon. Her previous husband had been her only man until me. I had had many women and had for a time been involved in the swing life with three different women. We attended swing house parties in SF and some local couples one on one. Lynn had never seen an xxx video until I introduced her to them. They really got her hot watching them and we had great sex after watching one. I also had introduced her to toys as well and we had bought a few. When she used them on herself she really got off on them. She squirted for the first time in her life and it shocked her at first. She had become my BadGirl Lynn and liked the title. I am Jim.
So once a month or so we would rent a video. She would pick one and I would pick one. I always avoided picking one with any girl-girl action. As time went by I noticed she always picked one with girl-girl action. One night we were watching one she had picked out and I ventured a question. Do you like watching women together as you always get one and she said yes it really turned her on watching them get each other off. Truthfully I was a little surprised and intrigued.
Finally I asked her the $64,000 question. Do you want to do another woman? She hesitated and finally said yes it looks exciting. I told her about a couple friends of mine who did some soft swing stuff occasionally and the woman Joyce had had a date with another woman once and they had ended up in a motel having sex for her first time. She had told me she had a great time, but it had been her only time. Joyce and George and I would occasionally go to a strip club together and they would pay for a couples dance and the girl would rub herself all over both and I would watch. I had always wanted a piece of Joyce and George had hinted we might have a threesome someday, but it had never happened.
Joyce and I would sit outside in the back yard of a club we all belonged to on Friday nights and talk and she would tell me stories of what she and George had done. George had actually once written a guy she knew a note giving him permission to fool around with her and so once in a while she would meet him and give him a blow job as she liked to swallow and he would just use his hands on her to get her off but never any intercourse.
I asked Lynn if she would like me to call Joyce. Lynn had met her couple of times. Joyce is beautiful and sexy. They liked each other and had some chats once in a while. We had gone to a strip club once with them. I told Lynn about Joyce and the other girl going to a motel so she knew Joyce had done it once before. Lynn said yes you can call her.
I called Joyce and explained what Lynn wanted to do and would she like to introduce her to Bi sex. She said she would have to ask George and she would get back to me later. An hour later she called back and asked if you guys were going to be involved and I immediately said I sure would like too. Joyce said that she told George about what Lynn wanted to do and he had suggested we all get together to play. I asked Lynn if she was ok with all four of us doing something and she said yes she really liked both George and Joyce and it only seemed fair for us guys. So Joyce invited us over to plan a party and asked Lynn to bring her toys to show and tell as she had never used one. She also told me George thought Lynn was really beautiful which she is of course. George wanted to be a Bad boy with Lynn. I liked that idea. I got really excited about getting close to Joyce.
As it turned out I had to work the night we were to meet and Lynn said she would meet them alone, which surprised me.
So I went to work and Lynn packed up her toys and went to their house to show and tell and plan the party with Joyce. Later she told me she had showed them the vibrators and plugged them in and Joyce was intrigued with the plug in with all the power with the ball at the end. Lynn said she got a little flushed and turned on during her show and tell session with them and she was sure they could tell.
So over the next month we all emailed and chatted on line about the planned party. Joyce told Lynn that George had 9 inches and she would have fun with him. Lynn made it clear that she was not interested in having intercourse with George, at least for now. That what was on the table was kissing and eventually blow jobs and fingers is all. I chatted with George and he understood the limits, but told me if Joyce wanted to make love with me he was ok with it as it was a fantasy of his. So I understood that George wanted me to fuck Joyce. All Lynn said was what you two do in private is between you and her just, tell me about it later. I said same for you.
As we drove to their house Lynn was very nervous and I asked her if she was sure she wanted to continue and she said yes I am just nervous is all. Joyce had arranged to send their kids to her mother to spend the night. We brought night wear along as that was to be the dress code for the evening. When we arrived Joyce opened the door wearing a sexy night gown that went to the floor and George was wearing a PJ. We went upstairs to change. Lynn had bought a very sexy black outfit and looked stunning and very sexy. I said well are you ready? With a nervous smile she said yep and we went downstairs to Joyce and George waiting for us.
First we played some kissing games and touchy feeling stuff. The girls kissed for the first time and I got to watch George feel Lynn up for a few seconds and he watched me do the same to Joyce. The mood was set. After a while we were all turned on and as previously agreed Joyce and Lynn would go first, so Joyce took Lynn by the hand and they went upstairs to play.
Lynn told me later what happened.
By the time we got to the top of the stairs I was already wet thinking about what we were going to do. We had talked online and had agreed to be sexy with each other. When we got into the bedroom she turned to me and pulled me close and kissed me and said I am so excited you are so beautiful. I said I am too. We stood in the middle of the room kissing and she slipped my gown off my shoulders and it fell to the floor and I was naked in front of her. I could see the lust in her eyes as she looked me up and down and said beautiful. I reached out and slid her gown off her shoulders and it fell to the floor next to mine.
We did more and longer kissing and pulled each other close so our boobs were touching. I was so hot. She lowered her head and began to lick and suck on my nipples. I almost came right then. She rose up and I did the same to her. It was strange and exciting. I felt her hands on my butt as she pulled me in close. I put mine on her butt and it got real. We kissed for several minutes playing with butts with our boobs pressed together. She pulled me over to the bed. I thought for the main course. I knew she had gone down on the lady she went to the Motel with and she was going to do the same to me and me to her. I was very nervous and excited. We made eye contact and she said I want to lick you all over and moved down and was licking and sucking my boobs and then I felt her finger slip inside my pussy and I got very wet. She moved down and replaced her finger with her tongue and I jerked against her face and exploded. I came so hard I nearly passed out and just kept climaxing as she fingered and licked me. She had to hold me down I was jerking so much. I loved it.
After I calmed down a little it was my turn and I was ready. I sucked on her boobs and slipped a finger in and she gasped saying oh yes as I fingered her. She said I like your hands on me. So I fingered her for a long time and her legs came up and she spread wide for me. Finally I wanted to make her cum and lowered my head and tasted my first woman. She shuttered at the touch of my mouth on her pussy. Reached down and pulled me in tight jerking against my face and climaxed in my mouth. She was so wet and my face was so wet from her. We both got very quiet for a moment, than did more kissing tasting each other until we both calmed down and moved a part making eye contact smiling at each other and I said we did it. She said it was good. We will do more later.
We went back down to the guys anxiously waiting I am sure. We all had drinks and talked more. Lynn joined George on the couch and he kissed her as she sat down. There was lust on his face as he knew she was going to suck him off in a few minutes and that I was going to go upstairs with Joyce and cum in her mouth and she would swallow it all. Lynn looked down and could see the tent he was making and knew he was already up and ready for her. Joyce noticed as well and took my hand and led me upstairs.
Lynn told me later.
I watched you and Joyce going upstairs with your hand on her butt. I knew what that was like for I had just done it myself. I knew you would have a good time with her. I did. After you disappeared George made his move on me. I could see he was really ready. He kissed me several times and pulled my gown off my shoulders and looked at my boobs and said nice and felt me up. His hands felt good on me. He has long fingers and is 6ft tall. He had told me when we chatted that his middle finger was 6 inches long without saying what he would do with it, but I knew and he knew I knew.
His hand slipped down and I felt it sliding up my leg and I opened my legs for him. I was very wet. When his finger reached my pussy I whispered yes and he slipped that 6 inch finger into me. I gasped and shuttered at his touch, my third man ever to touch me that way. He whispered you are very wet and I said for you George and gave him a long wet kiss. I rode his finger for a long time and it felt like he was fucking me as I could tell little difference in terms of how I felt about what he was doing. I felt like I was being fucked. Truthfully I wondered what it would feel like to have that 9 inch cock in instead.
With that thought I slipped my hand inside his PJ and took his cock in my hand and moved up and down. He was very hard and very big. I thought wow what a feeling. We stood up and my gown fell to the floor and I was naked. I pulled down on his PJ bottom and his cock sprung into view as I looked down. He was really long and big around. I make eye contact and I could imagine he could see the lust on my face. He pushed down on the back of my head and I liked that and dropped to my knees in front of him and took him in my mouth and sucked. He moaned and said good, good. He moved in and out of my mouth and again it felt like he was fucking me. I was so hot and really got into the promised blow job. I kept sucking him hard and licking up and down his shaft and licked his balls when I got to the bottom of his cock, than back up and into my mouth. I felt his cock get bigger in my mouth and knew he was going to cum and took him as deep as I could and grabbed his butt and held on tight and he groaned and exploded in my mouth, pulling out still squirting all over my face and boobs. He pulled me up kissing me tasting his cum and got on his knees in front of me as I fell to couch and spread my legs apart and he fingered me again and licked my pussy. I heard myself grunting and I jerked against his face and squirted in his mouth and passed out for a second I came so hard. He said wow you are really good wow.
We got quiet and from upstairs we heard Joyce saying loudly yes, yes, yes and the sound of Jim grunting as he came and it got quiet. George said I think Joyce just gave it up to Jim. He will be the first since we got married. I hope so. She will tell me all about it later. A little while later they came down stairs and Joyce definitely had that I just got fucked look and so did Jim.
We all took a break and Lynn and I went outside on the patio with our drinks to talk. I told him the story above and he told me what he and Joyce had done, which I all ready knew. He said we fucked and she liked it doggie the best and when I got ready to cum she turned around and finished me off with the promised blow job. She was terrific.
Jim made eye contact with me and point blank said to me sounds like from your story you want to do George? I paused for a moment and said only of you want me too, which was her way of saying yes. I said yes I would like you to do George, taking her off the hook from saying she wanted to fuck him. I could tell she wanted feel that 9 inch cock and wanted my permission. I said surprise him.
George and I sat on the patio and Lynn and Joyce disappeared up stairs for a while and we could hear the vibrators running and knew what they were doing. They came down later, both flushed. Lynn told me later they had used the vibrators on each other.
They had invited us to sleep over as we had a couple of drinks during the evening and had agreed. After a while we were all ready for the final get together for the evening. George and Lynn would go up stairs and get the bed this time around. Although this time, he would be surprised, as Lynn was going to fuck him. I just wished I could watch them. I told Joyce and she said we could as the stairwell was dark at the top and we could see into the bedroom and if we were quiet they would not see us watching. I want to watch him do Lynn too. She will really enjoy him he is very good. She turned to me and said you are too and we will do it again soon. I slipped my hand under her gown and she was very wet and she kissed me and said that is for you in a little while.
We heard sounds coming from upstairs and went up to watch. Joyce told me as we went up that George had brought home a young girl once and fucked her in front of me. I knew her and her mother.
We sat at the top of the stairs and George was behind Lynn giving it to her from behind. She was riding that 9 inch cock with a look of pure lust on her face that I had never seen before. You could tell she really liked George fucking her. She was being a very bad girl. I got very hard and whispered I have seen it I want you right now and we went back downstairs and to the couch and fucked again face to face and when I came I exploded deep in her pussy this time. She grunted and came with me. We had a full fuck this time, cum was running down her leg. She went to the bathroom to clean up.
I could hear skin slapping against skin from upstairs and the sound of the headboard banging against the wall as George fucked Lynn. I heard her cum and knew she had given it up to him and he was grunting and I knew he had just exploded in her pussy. It got very quiet. All our lives had changed. We spent the night and I was with Joyce and George was with Lynn. We could hear each other from different bed rooms. I could tell the George fucked her all night, more than once. She told me later that he She had a great time with him. Joyce and I did the same. The two girls got up early and I could hear them in the living room and peeked in and watched as they licked and fingered each other on the couch in a 69.
We see them a couple of times a year and swap.


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It also supports an add-on [[CI]] slot.
It also supports an add-on [[CI]] slot.
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A DVB-S2 PCI card from TechnoTrend.
There are experimental multiproto drivers available for the device (see http://jusst.de/hg/multiproto/ or http://jusst.de/hg/multiproto_plus/). For S2API support try http://mercurial.intuxication.org/hg/s2-liplianin.
This card is apparently also available/rebranded as the TechniSat SkyStar HD.
Components Used
- NXP/Philips SAA7146 (PCI bridge)
- STMicroelectronics STB0899 (demodulator)
- STMicroelectronics STB6100 (tuner)
- STMicroelectronics LNBP21 (LNB supply and control IC)
It also supports an add-on CI slot.
lspci -v
You should get lots of output, including a paragraph something like this:
04:01.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7146 (rev 01) Subsystem: Technotrend Systemtechnik GmbH S2-3200 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16 Memory at febffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
v4l-dvb/S2API driver
Since kernel 2.6.28, DVB-S2 support has been implemented in the Linux kernel by means of a new API, version 5, also known as S2API.
hg clone http://mercurial.intuxication.org/hg/s2-liplianin cd s2-liplianin make sudo make install sudo reboot
or alternatively
hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb cd v4l-dvb make sudo make install sudo reboot
Scanning and tuning apps:
hg clone http://mercurial.intuxication.org/hg/scan-s2 hg clone http://mercurial.intuxication.org/hg/szap-s2
See also Kaffeine.
Multiproto driver
A driver using the obsolete multiproto API may be installed as follows.
Installing on Debian (2.6.18-6-686) etch with Multiproto diver (!!!DVB-S2 Don`t Work. Only DVB-S!!!). Install new Debian (2.6.18-6-686)
cd /usr/src apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.18-6-686 apt-get install linux-source-2.6.18 apt-get install mercurial
hg clone http://jusst.de/hg/multiproto cd multiproto make make install reboot dmesg
External Links
- TechnoTrend product page
- A nice detailed explanation on how to use the TechnoTrend S2-3200 under Debian.
- TechnoTrend S2-3200 (or Technisat Skystar HD) - Multiproto drivers (march 2008) - dvb-utils - Ubuntu Linux
- TechnoTrend TT-budget S2-3200 and mythtv using the S2API


text: Thank you everyone. It is nice to have a clear idea of what to expect. We will probably go visit some puppies tomorrow. However, I am very much on my guard and expect that I will not be satisfied and will walk away. On the other hand, my boyfriend has now read about the health issues himself and I think he is understanding more and more about the importance of the scans. I am really relieved. We are animal lovers and we don't want to watch an animal suffer. You guys have really helped clear things up. Thank you again.


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Just when all the excitement over RIM's new BBX platform seems to have peaked, RIM has been struck with yet another lawsuit. This time it is in direct relation to the BBX name. BASIS International a global software company, promptly took legal action after RIM's press release about the BBX name stating that the name is causing great confusion with in its world wide customer base.
In an official statement BASIS Chairman and CEO, Nico Spence, said,It seems as though RIM never took the time to review the current trademarks. The ironic part here is that Spence also states the following;"We have thousands of product licenses installed worldwide with the 'BBX' prefix that run on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and other proprietary UNIX OSs from IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and SUN, with mobile clients running Apple iOS, Google Android, and Windows Mobile. We are fielding numerous customer inquiries voicing their confusion about the RIM announcement."RIM has released the following statment regarding the issue:"Ironically, BASIS' BBx may aid RIM in its quest to grab a share of the application market for mobile devices in that any application created with BASIS' BBx for the Android or iOS mobile devices will also run on BlackBerry products."
Who would have thought this early in the game that RIM would be facing legal problems. We will keep you posted on this as it unfolds. I wonder what the new name will be if they have to change it. What do you think it should be called?"RIM has not yet received a copy of the legal complaint described in Basis International's press release, but we do not believe the marks are confusing, particularly since our respective companies are in different lines of business."


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MORRIS – Plainfield's Ricky Baker passed Eddie Hoffman late in the race to win the late-model feature at Friday's stock-car racing program at Grundy County Speedway.
Hoffman finished second but was disqualified for a tire infraction. Larry Schuler thus finished second, followed by Brandon Clubb, Chris Cooling and Scott Koerner. The sixth through 10th finishers were Pat Kelly, James Gregait, Anthony Scapelli Jr., Jim Weber and Hank Tews.
Cooling won the first heat, ahead of Koerner and Billy Knippenberg, who claimed the second heat, with Clubb taking second. Hoffman set the fastest lap time.
Tom Knippenberg set the fastest lap time and won the Mid-American Sportsman feature. Kevin Gentile was second, Joe Vinachi third, Matt Clemens fourth and Kevin Murphy fifth. The remainder of the top 10 spots went to Jim Kachel, Jeremy Bloomberg, Luke Baldwin, Cody Clubb and John Ventrello.
Vinachi won the first heat, beating Knippenberg to the finish line. Clubb won the second heat, with Baldwin second.
Bob Davis took home the victory in the Street Stock feature. Eddie Ligue finished second, followed by Jake Bradley, Rob Scamen and Darrell Gay. Pet Morris was sixth, Renee Farren seventh, Matt Sisson eighth and Christy Penrod ninth.
Bradley set the fastest lap time. Penrod and Ligue finished 1-2 in the first heat, Craig Matteson and Tim Stewart 1-2 in the second heat.
Jim Gross won the 4-cylinder feature ahead of Mikey Slabenak, Kirk Lindemuth, Chris Woodall, Steve Hespen, Austin Blackwell, Jeff Law, Will Shephard, Ricky Wilson and Blaine Passini. Heat winners were Shepard, Law and Lindemuth.
STARS on Saturday
Sometimes taking the high road isn't the easiest or most popular thing to do, but Austin Prock made it look spectacular by ripping the high side of the track to climb from starting seventh, to win on the opening night of the Short Track Auto Racing Series National Midget season at Grundy County Speedway.
By the seventh lap of the 30-lap feature, Prock, the 18-year-old Avon, Indiana native, had worked his Tony Stewart Racing Mopar/Beast up to the second spot behind Nick Baran when trouble broke out behind them. Kyle Hamilton lost his brakes entering turn one, spun backward through the infield and back onto the track, collecting his brother, Nick Hamilton, in the mayhem. Kyle Hamilton's car ended up making contact with the outside wall and fence before the car came to a rest on its side. The accident brought out the red flag, but both drivers were able to walk away uninjured. Nick Hamilton was even able to restart the race.
On the ensuing restart, Prock changed routes by going to the low side in turn three to overtake Nick Baran for the lead, which he never relinquished. With four laps to go, Kyle O'Gara, the brother-in-law of IndyCar Series team owner and former driver, Sarah Fisher, passed Travis Young for second. Prock led the final 22 laps to take the opening night victory in the STARS National Midgets for the second consecutive season. Dating back to last season, Prock has now won four of the past five STARS National Midget features at Grundy County Speedway. Finishing behind Prock at the checkered flag were O'Gara, Young, and Nick Baran, with Brad Greenup rounding out the top five.
In the Illini Racing Series Midget feature, Mike Anderson was able to capitalize on the misfortune of other frontrunners to take the feature victory. In the Classic Modified feature, Tom Schnabel picked up right from where he ended last year's season at Grundy County Speedway: in victory lane. Andy Jones captured the checkered flag in the INEX Legends feature, while Dallas Frueh took top honors in the CSR Mini Cup feature.
The STARS National Midgets, IRS Midgets, Classic Modifieds, INEX Legends, and CSR Mini Cups will all be back in action on Saturday June 7 at Grundy County Speedway where it is Ladies Night. That means that all ladies general admission tickets are just $6. Adult admission is $12, children 5-12 get in for $2, and children age 4 and under are free. Pit gates open at 2 p.m. The grandstands open at 5 p.m. The first race begins at 6:30 p.m.


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posted by Thom Holwerda on Wed 30th May 2007 09:48 UTC, submitted by The RPM Project
At its 10th anniversary and after a period of uncertainty for the RPM community, together with a new roadmap towards version 5.0 the project environment of the popular Unix software packaging tool RPM Package Manager was relaunched under the domain rpm5.org by the newly formed RPM project team, further on lead by RPM's primary developer Jeff Johnson. The primary goals of RPM 5.0 are the additional support for the XML based archiving format XAR, an integrated package dependency resolver, further improved portability and extended cross-platform support. Note: Please note that rpm5 is a fork of the 'real' rpm project.


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Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
from the the-scourge-of-free-earthquakes dept
Are we also going to get a more refined 2nd Amendment that legalizes all guns but outlaws gunpowder? And a more refined 3rd Amendment that still disallows quartering soldiers in a time of peace, but since we're always in half a dozen wars there never is a time of peace. The more refined 4th Amendment says they can search anything they want as long as it's within 1000 miles of a border. The more refined 5th Amendment defines due process as a process you have to bay a due for. The more refined 6th Amendment says you get a speedy and public trial unless you're a terrorist, which you are. The more refined 7th Amendment says don't worry about those civil trials anymore, because we've made everything criminal and you're going to prison. The more refined 8th Amendment says the death penalty is neither cruel nor unusual because we do it a lot and so far not a single person who's been subjected to it has complained. Plus people cheered it. The more refined 9th Amendment says sure you might have other rights, but what proof do you have? The more refined 10th Amendment says, well, not the people. I mean, the States maybe, but not the people. What were we thinking?Coming in second was a comment from MrWilson, in response to the TSA's response to mistreating a breast cancer patient:
"We strive to treat every passenger with dignity and respect..."The truth can be so insightful. And yes, both of those comments scored well on the funny scale too -- but not enough to get into the winners circle on that side of the fence. As for editor's choice, we've got Marcus Carab's excellent breakdown of the difference between media and messages that seems to trip up people who complain about "blogs vs. journalism," even though that's an apples and oranges comparison:
"...Unfortunately, our policies and procedures prohibit that."
Way to mix media and messages. Let's break this down:I kinda feel like that should be put on a poster and sent to anyone who complains about "bloggers vs. journalism."
JOURNALISM is a pursuit - it includes hard news reporting, research, analysis, editorial/opinion, audience interaction, entertainment coverage, light news, human interest - lots of stuff
NEWS is, as you say, supposed to be about pure objective fact. It's just one component of journalism.
A NEWSPAPER is a medium. It is just a way of printing stuff. The term carries associations with journalistic values, but a newspaper can in fact be anything from a drug store tabloid to a parody like the Onion to a serious news outlet.
A BLOG is similarly, just a medium. And like newspaper, it can be used for anything from hard reporting to photos of cats. Because the bar to entry is lower, there is greater variety among blogs than among newspapers.
NEWS is a part of JOURNALISM which can be communicated in a NEWSPAPER or in a BLOG. But the simple fact that something is a BLOG or a NEWSPAPER tells you nothing about what kind of JOURNALISM it contains (and how much of that journalism is hard NEWS), or even if it contains any at all.
My second editor's choice is actually two comments (which I'll combine below) from Justin Levine highlighting part of the transcript from the Golan vs. Holder Supreme Court hearing, in which the US government tries to argue that pulling works out of the public domain does not represent a First Amendment issue and that existing exceptions in copyright law already solve any First Amendment issues:
"CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: General, there is something at least at an intuitive level appealing about Mr. Falzone's First Amendment argument. One day I can perform Shostakovich; Congress does something, the next day I can't. Doesn't that present a serious First Amendment problem?I do wonder if Verrilli (who, yes, was once the RIAA's favorite lawyer, but now is the US Solicitor General) really is arguing that a fully derivative cover song of a copyrighted song would, in fact, be fair use. I doubt it.
GENERAL VERRILLI: I don't think so, Mr. Chief Justice..."
[....] "CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: What about Jimmy Hendrix, right? He has a distinctive rendition of the national anthem, and all of a -- assuming the national anthem is suddenly entitled to copyright protection that it wasn't before, he can't do that, right?...So he is just out of luck? And that's just one example of many, where you take existing works and you have a derivative work or something that is distinctive to you. So those people are just out of luck?
GENERAL VERRILLI: ...the Copyright Clause already contains very significant accommodations of First Amendment interests. The idea/expression dichotomy, fair use; and -- and that is going to provide -- maybe -- maybe Jimmy Hendrix could claim fair use in that situation...."
Okay, onto the funny. First up, we've got That Anonymous Coward, with his explanation for how a download is a performance:
The magic pixies who live inside the thinking box, when you double click it they are forced to once again pick up their instruments and reproduce the drivel to appease their human captors.And, voted second highest was Marcus Carab's comment in response to the new US Postal Service's ad campaign which mocks email for not being secure enough. Marcus points out that it could have been worse:
The magic smoke one sometimes sees leaving a computer case is actually the souls of pixies pushed to far and to hard to reproduce to many songs in a public performance.
Before you torrent that next album, won't you stop and think of the pixies?
At least it's not a sad letter carrier talking about how mail piracy is costing him his livelihood.As for editor's choice, we've got two more comments from Anonymous Cowards (yes, ban anonymity!), both of which made me laugh. First up, we've got a comment in response to the revelation that Monster Cable, who is lobbying Congress to pass PROTECT IP to deal with "rogue sites," has its own list of rogue sites that includes Sears and Costco:
Yeah Masnick. Suck it up. The party's over for you and your little rogue pirate friends like Sears and Costco. As soon as PROTECT-IP passes, all you pirate boys will be getting molested in prison like the naughty criminal bad boys you are.And finally, my favorite of the week was on the story where Japan is trying to claim that it needs to sign ACTA to help with the earthquake reconstruction -- a linkage that didn't make much sense to us. Thankfully, this AC explained it in simple terms:
Now you'll have to excuse me. All this ranting has gotten me..."angry" and I...uh...have to go now...I have to...exercise. Yeah, "exercise."
FREE EARTHQUAKES ARE KILLING THE EARTHQUAKE INDUSTRY!Such a tragedy. Something must be done...


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The Federal Government's division of the IRS has established Flexible Benefit programs that the CCG adopted several years ago. There are three separate areas that are associated with our Flex Plans:
1) Premium Re-Direction Program allows employees who are having deductions taken Sfrom their payroll for insurance placed into a pre-tax status. Simply this means that you are not equired to pay taxes on health, dental and certain supplemental policies;
2) Medical Spending Account (MSA) assists employees in paying for their annual out-of-pocket expenses. If an employee participates in this program they can enroll and request a certain amount be deducted on a bi-weekly basis, pre-tax, and simply reclaim the money as expenses incur;
3) Dependent Day Care Reimbursement Account (DDC) allows employees the same opportunity. For those who have children and/or elderly parents in a day care situation you may project your annual costs, request the pre-taxed money be deducted on a bi-weekly basis, and reclaim
it as expenses incur or as the year progresses.
A maximum of $5,000 annually; $2,500 for married filing separate tax returns is all that is allowed. It is always important that you understand that any flexible benefit money redirected from your pay for reimbursement accounts that are not spent by the end of the plan year (December 31 of each year) will be forfeited. All expenses must be incurred in the plan year in which reimbursement is charged.


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Ken Rosenthal@Ken_Rosenthal
Source: #Yankees sign Youkilis, one year, $12M
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Ken Rosenthal@Ken_Rosenthal
Source: #Yankees sign Youkilis, one year, $12M
If he were to play 1B/DH good signing, but as your everyday 3B? You are asking for trouble.
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Thanks to @gregsarles, who points out that it's actually 6 from 2004 Sox to play for Yanks: Damon, Youk, Lowe, Myers, Bellhorn, Embree.
Good for Youk. It's going to be tough to see him in a Yankee uniform but I can't fault the guy for cashing in a big deal at the end of his career
What I want to say I cant post here :)
Too much money....
And to play 3B, that is awful. He's NOT a 3B and hasn't been for years. It was a mistake when we tried to do it, and that was years ago.
It's a business. We traded him away. He has no loyalties to the team or obligations to the fan. He took the best deal and ran with it. Congrats for him.
It will suck seeing him wearing pinstripes, but I can't hate him for doing what's best for him. He'll put up better numbers there than he would have in Cleveland, and maybe he can cash in on another big payday after this. Smart move from him.
The Yankees are now paying $40 million next season on third basemen. That isn't really gonna hurt them, but that's pretty awesome.
Good for Youk. Way to fleece NYY out of $12M.
This really is no more than the Nick Johnson experiment X2 for NY.
A steadily declining hitter, injury prone, with a decent OBP (but not what it once was)
The only reason there is hype is because he used to be a Red Sox.
Do you Youk. Good luck, you'll probably need it at 3B.
I hope he plays well against everyone but the Sox. He gave the sox everything he had, I hope he gets a standing o his first ab back in Boston. I'm not even gonna consider bad mouthing him now.
Great move by the Yankees. Hopefully he plays well there.
This is stupid. Really don't want him on the Yankees.
I hate when players betray teams they've been with for so long and it's inexcusable to go from the Red Sox to the Yankees or vice-versa.
12 Million.....hahahahahahahahahaha. Good for youk. He is worth maybe 7.


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The decision by the Supreme Court on Friday to hear two same-sex-marriage cases surprised few people.
"The fact it took both cases is great," said Brad Clark, executive director of One Colorado, a statewide advocacy organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights. "The real point is that we're seeing — in court after court, poll after poll — the American public has really shifted on the issue of recognition and protection for gay couples."
Hollingsworth vs. Perry deals with California's Proposition 8, which overturned a California Supreme Court decision to allow same-sex marriages. United States vs. Windsor takes on the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which defined marriage as between a man and a woman.
"It was inevitable that they were going to be part of it," said state Sen. Kevin Lundberg, R-Berthoud, who helped put a successful measure outlawing gay marriage on Colorado's state ballot in 2006. "The Supreme Court is wading into a pretty major issue that has impacted states and individuals in a huge way."
The Colorado state legislature will take up the issue of civil unions in 2013, and it is expected to pass because Republicans who killed the bill last year lost control of the House, and Gov. John Hickenlooper supports it.
"I will defend marriage as between one man and one woman because that's how it's been established and has been practiced for millennia," said Lundberg.
In a statement, Democratic Congressman Jared Polis of Boulder, who is gay, said equality before the law is the key issue in the court cases.
"The Court can put to rest the notion that second-class citizenry is acceptable in America by striking down DOMA and ensuring that discrimination is removed from California's state Constitution," he said.


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While this may be of no use, your statement, "The field is littered with the corpses of CPAN modules ...", struck a chord. A couple of years ago I was tasked with creating a pure Perl solution for creating PDF documents from scratch. After hacking my way through a graveyard of undead (much as you appear to have done) I found PDF::API2::Simple. I managed to achieve my goal with this module.
The documentation for this module starts off with a claim by the author that he has telepathic powers: "Take note that PDF coordinates are not quite what you're used to.". He then goes on the explain the Cartesian Co-ordinate system with jaw-dropping incredulity.
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Retired Miami Dolphins legend Jason Taylor has joined a new football family.
ESPN announced that Taylor will be joining the network's NFL Live and NFL32 programs, and contributing to SportsCenter and the network's Countdown show, that advances games on Sunday.
"Jason worked as a guest analyst in studio on a few shows last year and we were extremely impressed with his performance and the depth of knowledge he was able to share with the viewer," ESPN senior coordinating producers Seth Markman said. "He comes across as smooth on the air as he was in rushing the passer all those years as a player."
Taylor retired in December after playing 15 seasons in the NFL. While he also played for the Washington Redskins and New York Jets, 13 of his seasons were spent with the Dolphins.
Taylor is used to being on television. Besides playing for national audiences every Sunday, he also also starred in season six of Dancing with the Stars, where he finished as the contest's runner up.
On the football field, Taylor was a six-time Pro Bowl selection and named the NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2006. He finished his career with 139.5 sacks, good for sixth in NFL history.
He'll be a candidate to join the NFL Hall of Fame in five years, and openly admits he hopes to "eventually join" the NFL's elites. The exposure of being on national television regularly should enhance his profile.
"For the past 15 NFL seasons, I walked into a locker room, player's lounge or training room and always knew that a television would be tuned in to ESPN," Taylor said. "I am extremely excited to be joining their team now and look forward to contributing to analysis that is regarded by players, coaches and fans as the worldwide leader in the NFL and overall sports coverage."
Ironically, Taylor's addition to ESPN means he'll have to work with former Dolphins czar Bill Parcells at times considering Parcells is also part of ESPN's football crew.
In a clash of egos, Parcells banished Taylor from the Dolphins twice during his run as the team's top decision maker. However, Taylor was allowed to finish his career in Miami last season, where the 37-year-old contributed 19 tackles, seven sacks and a forced fumble as a pass rushing specialist.
Taylor will become the second former Dolphins player working as a national football analyst. Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino has been with CBS since his retirement in 1999.


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What does a football program do for an encore after snapping a nine-game bowl losing streak that spanned the course of 64 years?
Why, aim higher of course.
That's just the plan for the folks at Northwestern, who were, no surprise here, sky-high after defeating Mississippi State 34-20 in the Gator Bowl on New Year's Day.
"Chicago's Big Ten team is going to come back as Chicago's Big Ten champions," a jubilant coach Pat Fitzgerald said after Tuesday's victory. "And season tickets went on sale today. So we're already in 2013, so let's get to work."
Fitzgerald's players were certainly buying what he was selling.
"It's the first step to moving the program on into the future," said tailback Mike Trumpy.
"We got a taste of this and we want to keep going," added senior linebacker David Nwabuisi. "The upperclassmen will pass this on to the next classes and Northwestern is going to win championships.
"You can bet on it."
A pretty bold statement for sure, but the fact is, the future -- at least in the short-term -- looks bright for Wildcat football.
With 14 of their 22 starters returning and a top-40 recruiting class arriving, optimism is high in Evanston. And that doesn't even take into account the funding that is rolling in for a new $220 million indoor sports complex on the lakefront.
"The sky is the limit for where our program can go," said Fitzgerald, who picked up his 50th career victory Tuesday. "We've gotten off to an unbelievable start with our fundraising campaign, and we'll be way ahead of schedule in improving our facilities to where they are currently to the best in the country, in a setting that is unmatched and unparalleled in college football.
"To have that kind of support is just unbelievable and where the future may go for us. So that's exciting."
The biggest hit the Wildcats' offense will take heading into 2013 is on the line, where they will lose starting tackle Patrick Ward along with starting guards Brian Mulroe and Neal Deiters. Wide receiver Demetrius Fields will also not return in 2013.
On defense, key losses include Nwabuisi and DB Jared Carpenter.
With their win in the Gator Bowl, Northwestern hit the 10-win mark for just the third time in program history, not too shabby for a young team which many thought would struggle in 2012.
"I'm incredibly proud with the job our coaching staff did from a standpoint of developing this team," Fitzpatrick told The Score after the team's arrival in Evanston on Wednesday. "We were very young to start the year. Our guys allowed us to coach them and develop them a little bit.
"They really came together in the off-season. Our seniors did such a tremendous job bringing our team together, just building the chemistry.
"I promise you this: that will be our focus in the off-season -- just continue to get better and improve."


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International Papers, Monday 26th November: Egyptian daily Al Masry Al Youm looks at how the president's new rulings might affect press freedom; The International Herald Tribune questions how billions of dollars of aid money has done nothing to stop violence in DR Congo; and it's a nervous week for UK newspapers, as well as the UK government, as the results are published of the Leveson inquiry into press freedom.
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Not unlike most topics featured here on The Lawbringer, this one started with a blog post and a subsequent link to said blog post. CCP, the creators of MMO darling EVE Online, recently announced that players and customers could charge for third-party applications, utilities, and websites as long as the creator purchased a license. This is a fairly unprecedented move. CCP is probably the only company who could get away with this right now, but more on that later.
This story got my mind spinning about what this means for data feeds all over the MMO world, how Blizzard's free APIs coming out soon will change the way people make apps and utilities for WoW, and some thoughts on for-pay addons.
MMOs have spawned an impressive gray market of features, apps, utilities, and services that exist only because players are willing to partake in them. From Eve Online ship "fitting" apps to gold selling, the gray market lives alongside virtual worlds, and it is fascinating to think that these industries only exist because of the success of the genre. Recently, Blizzard previewed its own APIs that it would be releasing for web developers and app creators, providing easy-to-parse information to these development communities. This stuff isn't free, of course, which is interesting amidst the news that CCP would be charging a license fee for for-pay versions of utilities that make use of its APIs.


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If the woman had used her hands and did a shoo, shoo type motion (cant come up with a better description) would people feel she was in the wrong?
I think I'll take the advice and have Daisy on my other side when/if I see the woman, and try to stay away from her.
It is likely the case that the woman saw just the dog first and then reacted immediately on a phobia. I would have done the same thing, I am also afraid of dogs and can identify with the woman. It wasn't necessary to scold her, it seems to me she was acting out of a sense of self-preservation. There was no danger to either party, so all in all this situation ended fairly good. There's no need to dwell over it.I was thinking the exact same thing. Sometimes it's not even a phobia, it's someone who has experienced an attack/assault from a dog who the owner asserts is "perfectly friendly".
A lot of people in this thread have said if the woman is so afraid of dogs she shouldn't go places where they are welcome... I'm curious, what does that mean? Other then beaches, and one small part of Central Park (Sheep's Meadow), I know of no public outdoor green spaces (parks, etc) that don't allow dogs on leashes. Sure sometimes paved atrium type places or very specific use trails don't allow any dogs (and lets face it they are brought anyway) but the vast majority of parks and varied use trails always allow dogs IME. So are many of you saying people who have - often totally justified - fears of dogs should never ever get to go to parks?I do absolutely understand OP, and many posters on this board, are responsible dog owners who leash and restrain their dogs, but surely you all do understand a huge amount of dog owners are not so responsible and diligent.The solution should not be people who are fearful of poorly restrained dogs and their irresponsible owners avoid the parks their community offers and that their taxes pay for. The solution should be with the dog owners. And if the good dog owners suffer for it, then their annoyance and wrath and irritation, etc should be taken out solely on the irresponsible dog owners, not the fearful innocent people without dogs who are simply trying to enjoy public spaces.
Safety trumps etiquette. That lady was in no danger, but your dog was. There's absolutely no reason to try to be polite or sweet or mild with someone who kicks at a dog, regardless of whether they actually manage to hit it. Especially when said dog is on a leash and is doing literally nothing to that person. I'm shocked, honestly, that she had the nerve to do that and then call it a beast. It doesn't matter if she has a phobia, that's her problem to deal with. You don't kick animals who are doing no harm to you, especially someone else's pet.I'm even more shocked that kicking was her first reaction. If she was phobic she could just as well have stepped back or said "please don't come near". What a horrible person.
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Dreams wear shoulder pads. Hopes and aspirations smell of toil, sweat and liniment.
Countless dreams will be on the football field at Mount Clemens High School Friday night.
The Detroit Cougars take on the Southern Michigan Mustangs in a Rivals Professional Football League (RPFL) game scheduled for a 7 p.m. kickoff.
Quentin Hines is both the founder and CEO of the RPFL. He knows how tantalizing dreams can be. Hines spent the 2013 season with the New England Patriots after being signed as a free agent running back out of the University of Akron.
�I injured my shoulder the second week of practice with the Patriots and was put on injured reserve,� said Hines.
That is where he stayed the entire season.
�I was on the sidelines for our playoff game in Denver. Seeing Tom Brady all of the time was something else, but there was Peyton Manning, too, and that was unbelievable.�
Hines played college ball at the University of Cincinnati and Akron. He spent his senior year of high school at Mount Clemens. As a Bather, Hines rushed for 1,491 yards and scored 21 touchdowns. He was named all county and all state.
While with New England, Hines said he thought that several players just as good as his Patriots teammates needed only an opportunity to prove they could play pro ball.
�Why,� Hines asked himself, �can�t guys I know get that same shot?�
That was the impetus behind the RPFL, which is in its inaugural season. The league is made up of four teams; the Cougars, the Mustangs, the Macomb County Bearcats and the Akron Blaze.
The Cougars and Mustangs are undefeated heading into Friday night�s game.
Wendell Jefferson is the head coach of the Cougars.
�Southern Michigan has a very talented team,� said Jefferson, who has experience coaching at both the semipro and high school levels. �This will be our first time playing them in the regular season. In the preseason they beat us twice and we won once.�
His Cougars were practicing in Mount Clemens Wednesday evening. They practice twice a week and have games on weekends.
�We hold our players to a high standard. They must come to practice. They have to show their dedication. The purpose of this league is to get them to the CFL (Canadian Football League) or the NFL (National Football League).�
Josh Williams, 25, is a linebacker/defensive end for the Cougars. He went to Brandon High in northern Oakland County and played college ball at both Eastern Michigan and Ferris State.
A busted up shoulder ended his collegiate career in Big Rapids. It did not halt his desire to play, though.
�I was out of football for two years and I realized how much I missed it,� said Williams, who has a political science degree from Arizona State.
His goal is bigger things on the gridiron. That�s the way it is for Cougars� defensive back Bryan Garbarino, 23, a Utica High grad who played four years at Adrian College.
�I missed playing football. My ultimate goal is to be in the NFL. That has been my dream since I first picked up a football when I was three years old. I�m still trying to realize that dream.�
Garbarino works at William Beaumont Hospitals in Grosse Pointe and Troy. He has a physical education degree from Adrian.
Chris Johnson�s also a defensive back on the team. At 27, his situation is a little bit different than that of most of his teammates. Many of them are chasing the dream. He�s trying to catch up to it again.
Johnson played high school ball at Martin Luther King in Detroit, and then attended both North Carolina A&T and Erie Community College in Buffalo, New York.
Johnson has played a season with the Hamilton Tiger Cats of the CFL and six years of arena football.
He is a personal trainer at B-Fit Detroit.
�I�m just trying to get back,� he said simply. �I have loved football since I was seven playing for the PAL Eastside Falcons in Detroit.�
The RPFL season runs through July. The top two teams will then move on to compete in a league championship game.
Tickets for Friday night�s game can be purchased at the gate. They cost $10, but kids 12 and under get in for free.


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The TI83 and TI86 had an ASM command for running assembly-language code without requiring a hacked memory backup. (on the original TI83, the ASM command was 'Send(9', but later models used an actual 'Asm(' command.)
WHY do they do that? I could see if they had either some expensive dev tool you had to use to make your own powerful apps, or if they were selling a much more expensive calculator that had all the programming options unlocked, but in this case I don't see any profit in it for TI to not let people program them?
For many courses and standardized tests, only a few kinds of graphing calculators are allowed to be used. By allowing outside code to run on their calculators, TI risks losing their place on this list (and thus, sales) since those that administer these courses/tests might find out that TI's calculators allow outside programs to run that allow problems to be solved more easily.
This shows an interesting sliding window of sorts as to where the cutoff between allowed and not-allowed tools come into mathematics.
Day used to be when we had to look up values in a Log table and be able to find roots by hand etc. Using a calculator for that back then would clearly have been cheating. Nowadays that's exactly why we have the calculators on a test, so we're not bogged down doing grindy math and can get to the task of computing derivatives and solving for x, and that has become the banned feature.
I suppose ten years from now we'll have moved on and be working on more advanced mathematics, having left all of algebra to our calculators on the test...
Not only that, but there are actually two entirely different TI-Nspire models (Nspire and Nspire-CAS) that differ only in software (and cost).
So if it were to become possible to flash one firmware to the other, TI would both lose money and anger standardized testing organizations (most allow only the NSpire and not the CAS, and rely on the different labelling on the hardware to ensure students are using the approved unit).
Interesting. There's the answer then! They could make the thing boot anything you like, but the bootloader disables the "testing mode" LED if it's not the TI blessed firmware. Problem solved.
Had they done that, the hack would be no issue at all. Because they refused, they now have a real problem.
... Sure, a few of the hardcore nerds in engineering still have their HP somethings... The TI-Nspire also features a "testing mode" LED indicator, designed to stop potential cheating...restricting geometry features on the handheld during the test.
So, what you're saying essentially is that HP calculators are used by people who actually do engineering, and TI calculators are used by people who are required to fit the artificial restrictions of standardized tests.
When in the real world are you going to be doing anything beyond basic math in your head anyway?
Why not just recognize that and allow full calculator use on these exams?
Limited calculators for exams. That's really it.
WHY do they do that? I could see if they had either some expensive dev tool you had to use to make your own powerful apps, or if they were selling a much more expensive calculator that had all the programming options unlocked, but in this case I don't see any profit in it for TI to not let people program them?
Your inability to program it is what makes it acceptable for certain standardized tests. If the proctor of an exam can reset your device to factory fresh condition, they can be sure that you don't have
I knew the TI-89 was awesome, but when I bought it over 10 years ago I had no idea that in 2010 it would still be the best graphing calculator in the world.
It solves algebra problems.
It keeps a useful history of your equations.
It's user-friendly.
You can write simple (but graphics based) games in BASIC while you sit in class.
Or you can play pretty impressive assembly games while you pretend to do your homework.
The TI-89 is what a graphing calculator should be. It's sad to see that TI has gotten greedy.
Spoken like somebody that hasn't used an HP 48GX or 50G.
The TI-89 is nice in terms of software, but that OS was never designed for a system without a QWERTY keyboard. The 92 is much nicer to use.
But I'd still rather have my HP!
Queue HP vs TI flame war in 3
I'm a HP48SX w/ 2x 128K RAM card 2 man myself. Ah, the good 'ol days of hacking Voyager, and dis-assembling ROM entry points...
It's the fact that it is such a limited piece of hardware that makes it interesting. These people are hackers in the most flattering sense of the term, they take resources that they have and make something more. They get their kicks by seeing what different things they can make calculators do that they were never supposed to, and by besting TI in all things calculators. If you can't see the value or fun in any of that, then quite simply you just lack a proper hacker mindset and I feel sorry for you.
It's the fact that it is such a limited piece of hardware that makes it interesting.
Well... either that, or the fact that it is such a limited piece of hardware is what makes it so frustrating.
People who have never used a programmable calculator -- or who have never had to do much college math -- don't understand how much better they are for doing math. They are purpose-built devices designed to aid complex calculation. Yes, you could probably install a computer algebra system on an iPhone and get pretty much the same capabilities, but a calculator has actual buttons to do all those operat
The thing with the nspires is they are completely worthless. Complete crap, sure they do arithmetic fine, but besides that they do nothing. What this crack does is allow people to program it, without it there wasn't even the possibility of any sort of "homebrew" community for this calculator.
I still don't think you are getting the concept here though. Unlike programming on other platforms, programming on calculators isn't so much a means to an end, it is the end. People don't program them because they w
Certainly great when you have to "study"...
I'm pretty sure in every other story like this we lambast the original programmers for their sloppy coding and demand the heads of the managers in charge.
Any chance someone has documented the exploit that was left so that other programmers can learn how to not make programs in future? Or are bugs in software acceptable when we can all install our own crap on the device in question?
Really these exams should be on computers now days with a basic calculator built in to the program.
Of course doing exams on computers opens up huge cans of worms of it's own.
Plus there is STILL no good method for entering equations on computers (and at least the exams i've done as an EE student required loads of working that was heavy in equations). point and click entry is slow, latex has a steep learning curve and isn't really used anywhere else.
Plus there is STILL no good method for entering equations on computers
I recommend LyX [lyx.org], a front-end to latex. When I was in college I was able to take equation-heavy notes real-time in class. My notes usually looked much better than the professor's official class notes as well. LyX does have a learning curve, but you can always remap the keys to whatever you are used to.
High schools and colleges need to get together and encourage industry to make a much-cheaper calculator that is "good" through college math courses that non-technical majors typically take AND good through AB/AP/etc. high school courses as well as all common college entrance exams.
In practice, this would mean 2nd or 3rd semester Calculus.
Think "one laptop per child" but a calculator. This shouldn't run over $40 in America.
Of course, the whole idea of a hand-held dedicated student calculator that students h
See the Casio fx-115MS. Cost me $10, used it for the last 8 years, and I think it still costs $10-15. I've dropped it, sat on it, and otherwise abused it more times than I can count and it still works without so much as a battery replacement. Does all of the mathematics needed to get through a full Chemical Engineering curriculum's worth of exams (can't do some of the tougher stuff, but no reasonable professor requires calculations on exams that must be done with a graphing calculator. For homework I just u
Seconded. I have a Casio FX-115ES. It's $15 right now from Amazon and it's way more calculator than most high school students should need. Very rugged, solar powered, nice all around.
In no way does it replace my HP 50G, however, which I paid >$100 for and still cling to, even though I haven't had occasion to do much complex math in a long time.
Classes that require students to buy a TI-84 are bad classes, IMHO. At my local community college, none of the calculus classes require calculators. Many instructo
Nowadays you always got a computer running, which has more screen space, keys, processing power and features anyway.
Even my mobile phone can do everything a standalone scientific calculator can do, and more. Since there is a great calculator/math software for it, and since it runs Python and JavaScript anyway. Amongst others.
What are the reasons you still limit yourself to standalone calculators? (Honest question.)
To me it's as pointless as having a standalone mp3 player. My phone has great sound and
Mine has: http://fx-602p.krischik.com/index.php/Simulator/SymbianOS [krischik.com]
Oh hell yeah. It has advanced graphing, programmability, statistics and integration function, tons of constants, etc. And I haven't even talked about writing small scripts in python yet.
About a week after I got the software, it I plotted my first 3D function (interference of two waves on a surface) on it.
To raise the bar of what I can do, I'd have to install Mathematica on it.
Which isn't possible with this phone, but its bigger brother, the N900 can do that, as it can install Windows
What are the reasons you still limit yourself to standalone calculators? (Honest question.)
How about not being disqualified for cheating in an exam. Besides: in an exam where time is on the essence real buttons rule.
How about not being disqualified for cheating in an exam.
This is where the educational system of your country limits you. Math is not about doing stupid repetitive stuff that a machine can do. It's about understanding the whys, and the implications. A calculator, or even the best computer, can't help you there. Because a computer can't do creativity and ingenuity. The real essence of mathematics.
My guess (or rather hope) is, that this is why we had no rules on calculators in school (a decade ago), and I had both a graphing and a programmable cal
My father was the last person to use my TI-86. It's sat on my shelf unused for a few years (I'd not used it since I finished school; university exams didn't allow it), but he needed to do some calculations and was doing most of the work on paper. The calculator's form factor was more useful to him while he was doing it.
If I'd been doing the same thing, I'd probably have used Octave, but he was more comfortable with paper. You can think of a stand-alone calculator as a numeric coprocessor for the paper
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You've run out of ammo, and two Nazis are chasing you with their laser-equipped zombie dogs. You run into an adjacent room, attempting to hide behind a Mountain Dew vending machine. Alas, the zombies maul your body, forcing you to reload from the last checkpoint. After you're done, do you want to pick up a Dew?
Probably not. A study conducted by the University of Texas reveals that in-game advertising is far less effective in violent video games than in more tame forms of interactive media.
The study used a playable demo which featured a room, adorned with a number of video game-related brands. In one group, players would walk through the environment and interact with non-threatening NPCs. In the other group, players were shot at, and the floor featured puddles of blood.
GameSpot reports that "the study found that those who witnessed the violent scenario had a significantly lower score when it came to brand recall and perception."
The study concludes that games would be wise to avoid advertising in violent games. So, when you're curb-stomping someone in Gears of War 3, don't expect a potpourri of Crate & Barrel logos to explode out of their dead body.