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finally received the much awaited for drive from Plextor, the PX-716A. The
drive supports
16X for DVD±R, 8X for DVD+RW, 4X for DVD-RW, 4X for DVD+R DL, 48X for
CD-R and 24X CD-RW. For reading the speeds are 16X for DVD-ROM and 48X for
VariRec feature can be applied not only with Audio CD-R discs but also with
media. The user can select some settings during the recording preparation in
order to obtain a more personalized sound tone. The feature is fully controlled
from within
PlexTools software, available in the Plextor retail package, and works
for CD at 4X and 8X and for DVD at 2X and 4X writing speeds. Nero and other
programs support this feature as well.
The PoweRec technology ensures the quality of CD and DVD recordings. Low quality media is often the source of disc errors during high speed recording. PoweRec checks the quality of the inserted CD/DVD media and automatically selects the optimum (maximum) writing speed, giving the highest quality results.
Other interesting features of the PX-712A, used only with PlexTools are:
- PX-716A Benefits
- Specifications
From the Info Tool and DVDinfoPro screenshots above, we can see that the drive
doesn't support the DVD-RAM format or Mount Rainier. The buffer size
is 8MB while
the drive
uses the RPCII region control and allows the user to change the region five
times. For our tests we set it to region 2 (Europe).
- Tested Kit / Software Bundle
The retail package includes an IDE 80pin cable, four mounting screws, an
extra jumper, an extra front bezel colored black along with front bezel replacement
guide, an eject pin, the installation guide and various installation media
which includes the following:
The front bezel continues in the tradition of Plextor front panels.
On the rear panel, we have the analogue and digital
outputs (SPDIF), the IDE connector and power input.
Removing the screws and opening the drive's cover voids the drive's warranty,
so don't do it. Instead, for reference reasons, we post the following images.
You can click on the mainboard picture for a higher resolution image:
The drive is Sanyo based with the following chipset in it.
Below is shown the difference between Plextor drive models
712 and the 716. As you can see, the latest model is shorter.
- Installation
The drive was installed as secondary master and under WindowsXP was recognized
as "PLEXTOR DVDR PX-716A". The drive arrived with
firmware revision v1.02.
Below is a screenshot from Nero Burning Rom's specs for the drive.
- Testing software
In order to perform our tests, we used:
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Communism defined the twentieth century. It is estimated that Joseph Stalin murdered over 1, 500 Soviet writers using the resources, first of the Cheka (Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counter-Revolutions and Sabotage) and later that of the GPU (State Political Administration), which was formed in 1922. These figures are based on recently declassified KGB archives that are readily accessible for dissemination by inquiring minds and free thinkers. But this is only a very rough estimate, for communist regimes customarily vanish the reality of the world-at-large for its citizens, as readily as they disappear their most vocal dissidents.
Purges in the Soviet Union were conceived because of the fear that Stalin's tyrannous regime had of writers and thinkers. Remember, the Cheka was designed to identify and punish those rational/critical entities who - in good conscience - could not embrace the official, Communist Party version of human reality. This left ample opportunities for the intricate mechanism of state terror to execute writers, thinkers and artists.
We must also keep in mind that given their Marxist theoretical underpinning, the logical outcome of Communist societies must create sweeping suspicion that affects all members of those societies. This is best known as Communist double-morality.
But if Communist regimes systematically imprison, torture and execute autonomous-minded intellectuals, why is it that so many Western intellectuals enthusiastically support these regimes?
That question is the great skeleton in the closest that twentieth-century ideological intellectuals have yet to face. Ironically, the very inability to come to terms with crimes against humanity in Communist regimes is not only a glaring example of bad will, but also the very embodiment of Marxist false consciousness. This is also a clear case of blatant intellectual dishonesty.
Regrettably, in the twentieth century, the history of ideas took a detour through radical ideology. This established the poisoned and savage preconditions, whereby what matters most to the work of many intellectuals is not a sincere commitment to truth-seeking, but rather allegiance to murderous ideology.
Beginning in the twentieth-century, political expedience and theatrical hyperbole in Marxism has shamelessly demonstrated the importance of execution as a way to safeguard the legitimacy of Communist regimes. This rationalization on the part of Communists is a necessary step in attaining universal suffrage. We are reminded of this by the likes of Jean Paul Sartre among other elite, committed intellectuals.
Those who attempt to block the development of universal suffrage must indeed be made to suffer, for such entities are definitely no friends of humanity. This theoretical dog and pony show continues today. It does so because this murderous, carefully choreographed rhetoric is an essential and thus necessary component of Marxist power grab.
The claim of Stalinism and its many varied offshoots, of course, was and still is that genuine and hence committed intellectuals must devote all their energy to the service of the state. This ought to be, after all, man's loftiest and definite act of selflessness, we are constantly reminded. Thus, anyone outside of this utopian boundary must be branded a reactionary - an intransigent parasite at best - and thus cannot be working toward the utopian cohesion of the common good.
The twentieth-century was the first time in history when intellect was used as a tool to rationalize systematic and state-institutionalized murder. Many intellectuals still fail to recognize that Marxism is veiled intellectual thievery.
Marxism is a hopelessly contradictory, yet virulent social-political theory that promises people who have nothing that they are entitled to even less. Of course, many people have much to gain by setting up such power structures. The twentieth-century is a testament to this historical fact.
Shamefully, the origin, perfection and upkeep of state-sanctioned terror, continues to be the creation and responsibility of Marxist intellectuals. It is they who first implemented and perfected state-sponsored terror. But let us not be surprised by this. The devil's work has always been executed by an aberrant use of malignant and pinpoint precision intelligence.
Marx's thought offers the theoretical framework that has permitted over two hundred million people to die for what Marxists consider to be the greater good. This also proves how easy it is to prostitute and subvert reason to the many causes of barbarity. Those who run Communist regimes have proven to be no more than crafty criminals who lack good will. To fail to understand this historical fact is to be made a fool of the greatest hoax in human history.
Those who - in 2011 - still defend crimes committed by Communist regimes as excusable by alleging ignorance of the true goals of Communism, are now totally discredited given the immense number of declassified documents that we possess today.
From the outset of the Great Socialist October Revolution of 1917, the Bolshevik program for Russia was marked by a stringent hate for ideas, that is, genuine thought, which as such, is always apolitical.
Consider the case of John Reed, a radical American from Oregon best known for his book about the Bolshevik takeover of Russia titled, Ten Days that Shook the World. Reed was a wealthy and obstreperous Greenwich Village wealthy malcontent. Mr. Reed detested American democracy. In 1919 he founded the American Communist Movement. For his loyalty to Communism, Reed was eventually rewarded by being buried in the Kremlin Wall. A similar honor was extended to the infamous member of the "Cambridge cell," British spy, Kim Philby.
In 1913 Reed wrote for a radical magazine, Masses, which was at the time edited by Max Eastman. About his preference for literature and literary criticism, Reed had the following vision: "To set up new ones in their places bound by no creed or theory of social reform, we will express them all, providing they be radical."
The egregious trouble with this provision is that it has nothing to do with literature as such and everything to do with radical ideology. William Barrett, who has painted an in-depth and telling picture of the hypocritical, double standard of twentieth century ideologue intellectuals, explains the problem as such: "If his thinking deliberately operates outside the paths of our common life, he complains that he has been alienated." Intellectuals began to exert unprecedented influence on all aspects of human affairs in the twentieth century.
Barrett, a longtime Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University, writes this from a first-hand account as former editor of Partisan Review. His is an intimate portrayal of the post WWII ideological mindset of some of the leading New York intellectuals, many whom he knew well: Delmore Schwartz, Mary McCarthy, Edmund Wilson, Lionel Trilling and Philip Rahv.
Barrett points out that his indictment of Marxist ideology rests on the ground that the perceived legitimacy of Communism depended on the support of Western intellectuals. This is consistent with the self conscious stock that Communism places on perception at the expense of reality. Barrett explains that ideologue intellectuals substitute the life of individuals with unrecognizable and vulgar abstractions: "As soon as you have replaced this concrete plurality by the abstraction of The People, you have homogenized it into the Mass – a plastic and passive dough to be kneaded at will by the will of the dictator. You have taken the first step toward Gulag."
The utility of intellectuals to Communist regimes is valued as being engineers of man's soul. In Communist countries, these social engineers of the soul are fabricated, much as the central-government apparatchiks created steel beams or fashioned the need for internal enemies of the state. The intelligentsia in such countries is burdened with the monumental task of creating the "new Soviet man."
Committed intellectuals are invaluable to Communist regimes. These are societies that are forged through force and violence, thus they must rely on perception to establish their hegemony and legitimacy in the eyes of the international community. Especially true of Communist countries, is the establishment of state-terror as its major weapon of mass control. And, to disguise this terror from its citizens and abroad, a grandiose mechanism of lies, the re-writing of history, and brainwashing must quickly be enacted.
There can be no place for sincerity and spontaneity in Communist societies. This is why the use of rhetoric and dialectical materialism on the part of committed intellectuals is indispensable to the survival of such regimes.
In Communist regimes, political prisoners are those who oppose the Communist Party. It is that simple. People are signaled out as political prisoners not for delinquent activities, but precisely because in Communist countries no aspect of human life can be allowed to remain un-political. Again, spontaneity is a major offense in Communist societies.
The horrors brought about by the total politicization of life in Communist regimes escapes the imagination of the vast majority of people in democratic societies to this day.
However, we must face the shilling and timely fact that this is an aspect of radical ideology that was first introduced to open societies on a massive scale, beginning in the 1960s: Political Correctness. Having gathered tremendous strength in the last four decades, today this politicization of all aspects of life in open societies is the foremost threat to liberty in Western democracies.
With its sinister re-education component and aggressive censorship for political opponents, political correctness has converted the liberties enjoyed in open societies into the spiteful double-morality practiced in Communist societies. Of course, such coercion, rather than forging community only creates a legacy of distrust and debilitating cynicism.

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Former players and assistant coaches are remembering Paul "Bear" Bryant on the 30th anniversary of his death.
Bryant led the University of Alabama's football program to 323 wins and six national championships before his death on Jan. 26, 1983. The legendary coach's name has been invoked often as the Crimson Tide again won a national title this month under coach Nick Saban.
The Tuscaloosa News reports that Steadman Shealy, the quarterback for Bryant's first national championship team in 1979, said Bryant taught him lessons that he's used beyond the football field and have helped him be a better husband and father.
Gene Stallings, an assistant coach under Bryant, says that Bryant was successful because he was a master at motivating his players.
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A Luddite bomb!!!! Yeah baby!!
A Luddite bomb!!!! Yeah baby!!
LUDDDY!!! Man, he wasted zero time getting around the bases.
How's the trot looking?
FWIW, Welsh's call made me think he had just hit a double. Not excited until the ball cleared the fence and no indication it was close to a homer.
Ludwick, Heisey and Bruce should play every day.
Stubbs really, really needs to sit and be used as a pinch-runner, etc.
Heck yeah, way to go Luddy!
Our park is silly.
You cannot pitch Luddy knee high....just kills it
Cardinals suck.
That was a serious line drive HR. Wondered if it would have enough rise/carry to make it out.
Rounding third and heading for home...
Chance for the sweep!
Ludwick in Left, Heisey in Center, and Frazier on 3rd tomorrow...
Won't happen.. it should.
1st pick of the 2022 baseball amateur draft
Hopefully Arroyo is good tomorrow. He is due for a Jimenez bad type start.
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The top three vote-getters in the Lafayette City Council election so far are Christine Berg, incumbent Staci Lupberger and Alexandra Lynch, based on the latest batch of election results released by Boulder County.
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There are seven candidates altogether, vying for six at-large seats. The three candidates who win the most votes will serve four-year terms; the next three will serve two-year terms.
Berg has 3,005 votes, or 16.3 percent. Lupberger has 2,901 votes, or 15.75 percent. Lynch has 2,721 votes, or 14.7 percent. Brad Wiesley, who was in third place earlier in the evening, has 2,636 votes, or 14.3 percent. Pete D'oronzio has 2,557 votes, or 13.8 percent. Incumbent Steve Kracha has 2,476 votes, or 13.4 percent.
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THORNTON -- After 192 individual swims, 33 relays and 220 dives, the Front Range League Championship in boy's swimming came down to half a point.
Saturday at Veterans Memorial Aquatics Center, it was Fossil Ridge High School that had it to go with its 768 other points and Loveland didn't. It's enough to send coach and swimmer alike scouring through the results to find the missing ingredient. But that would only be a frustrating exercise, at best, and Loveland coach Jim Nickell wasn't about to go down that path.
There was no need.
"We don't harbor anything. We'll sleep well tonight because this is a meet where we're going to walk away going, 'we did everything we needed to do when we stepped on the block,'" Nickell said. "A coach drives himself nuts when he looks out and says we coulda and shoulda. This meet, we did. We did everything we were supposed to do. They were just a little bit deeper."
Fossil Ridge is a school that is getting used to tight finishes. It won the girl's state title two years ago by one point, so coach Mark Morehouse wasn't in unfamiliar territory.
"We wouldn't have had a chance if we hadn't have been really fast in the preliminaries," he said. "Today was just emotion. The guys wanted to do it. It's a half a point. Obviously every single touch on the wall makes a difference in that."
Loveland's day was not only filled with good, but great swims, and junior Ryan Ball's topped the list. Nickell said he's exceptional in a lot of ways, and the crowd got a peek at four of them Saturday.
He set a blistering pace with his lead backstroke leg of the 200-yard medley relay, a group that broke the FRL and city records in an All-American time of 1:34.84. Ball then left both the 100 butterfly and backstroke fields in his wake, before closing out his day by chasing down Orion Huey of Fossil Ridge in the 400 freestyle relay (a split of 46.41) so the Indians could finish the day with all three relay titles.
"Going into it, we were down by just a little bit, and I knew I had to put in a good swim," Ball said. "At the first, I didn't feel so good, but I came back, and in the last 25, I wanted it so bad, and I got him. It made me really happy."
It might have been his favorite effort of the day, but the other two had their own merits. The only double champion in the meet, his All-American consideration time of 50.30 in the fly broke a 29-year old city record set by Shawn Rowland back in 1984, a good decade before Ball was born. His backstroke swim of 50.18 was an All-American time and earned him a pat on the back of Alex Nickell, who was there to watch Ball take his city record in the event.
"I was ecstatic," Ball said of the butterfly. "I was coming in hoping maybe I could do this, and when I was warming up, I thought this is my shot. I gave it everything I had. (Rowland) is a great swimmer, and he went on to do great things, and I hope I can go on to do the same things he did."
What Loveland didn't come up short on was championships. Nick Hatanaka broke his city record -- again -- in the 100 breaststroke with an All-American time of 55.86. Cooper Bowen won the 200 free, Ethan McNally the 100 free and Pat Jones stepped to the top of the podium at the end of the 200 individual medley.
For Jones, it was about time. The senior has competed in eight FRL finals events, and in seven of them, he took second, mostly to teammates. To top the field (and do it by nearly 4 seconds) felt pretty good.
"I was very happy to look up. I got out of the water and stood on the block and had a smile on my face knowing that was my first conference win in all four years," said Jones, who was second to Ball in the backstroke. "I really wanted it. In the past years, almost every race I've come in second to has been to a teammate. In the past, it's been fun to race against Nick and Brandon (Hatanaka), but this year it was really fun to actually get to win."
In short, many things happened to make the day feel complete for the Indians. The Indians placed three divers, with Hunter Klenk leading the pack in seventh. Colton Mitchell hit the wall in the 100 fly quick enough for his second state cut in as many days, and it came after he finished seventh in the 200 IM. Freshmen Jackson Buyers and Jeremy Robberson placed in two championship finals, and Erik Trenary, Dylan McNally, Evan Wullink and Brennen Lang all added to the total along the way.
But there isn't a single Indian ready to go back and double-check the tally. What's done is done and they could find no fault in the outcome.
"We put forth a great effort," Jones said. "Everybody did absolutely their best in everything that they could. I've never seen something like this before so close. It's amazing to me. Fossil did great, and it was a fun meet."
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Front Range League Championships
At Veterans Memorial Aquatics Center
Team scores -- Fossil Ridge 768.5, Loveland 768, Fairview 547, Boulder 426.5, Monarch 378, Greeley West 367, Poudre 344, Legacy 304, Fort Collins 240, Mountain Range 226, Rocky Mountain 191, Horizon 107.
200 medley relay -- 1. Loveland (Ryan Ball, Nick Hatanaka, Ethan McNally, Dylan McNally), 1:34.84*yza; 2. Boulder, 1:40.40*; 3. Fossil Ridge, 1:40.60*; 4. Fairview, 1:41.62*; 5. Monarch, 1:42.14*; 6. Greeley West, 1:45.34*; 7. Legacy, 1:48.52*; 8. Poudre, 1:51.44.
200 freestyle -- 1. Cooper Bowen, Lv, 1:44.22*; 2. Walter Dauksher, FR, 1:44.62*; 3. Jeremy Robberson, Lv, 1:47.72*; 4. Austin Hill, FC, 1:49.70*; 5. PJ Stapleton, B, 1:50.40*; 6. Jason Hicks, P, 1:50.61*; 7. Bryce Fehringer, GW, 1:51.25*; 8. Kevin Lannen, FR, 1:51.46*; 23. Brennen Lang, Lv, 1:59.22.
200 IM -- 1. Pat Jones, Lv, 1:57.28*; 2. Alex Walton, F, 2:01.50*; 3. Daniel Hendricks, F, 2:02.23*; 4. Ranon Pritchard, FR, 2:02.96*; 5. Wil Gavato, FR, 2:04.41*; 6. Jackson Buyers, Lv, 2:05.47*; 7. Colton Mitchell, Lv, 2:06.34*; 8. Cort Sharp, M, 2:07.49*.
50 freestyle -- 1. Miles MacKenzie, F, 21.76*; 2. Hatanaka, Lv, 21.77*; 3. Orion Huey, FR, 21.89*; 4. Josh Roeber, M, 22.28*; 5. Paul Brunette, M, 22.33*; 6. Sebastian Harvey, F, 22.44*; 7. Derek Lapp, B, 22.65*; 8. Mason Sedlacek, GW, 22.90*; 10. D. McNally, Lv, 22.67.
Diving -- 1. Jordan Cordova, FC, 360.10*; 2. Jonathan Clements, MR, 338.05*; 3. Devlin Cortens, Lg, 321.09*; 4. Joseph Meililnger, GW, 310.60*; 5. Alex Kennedy, B, 300.35; 6. Andrew Otterson, Lg, 299.10; 7. Hunter Klenk, Lv, 298.20; 8. Ian Latour, FR, 282.45; 9. Scott Bragg, Lv, 267.65; 15. Oryan Gloer, Lv, 235.10.
100 butterfly -- 1. Ball, Lv, 50.30*yc; 2. Huey, FR, 52.57*; 3. Mason Fine, FR, 55.00*; 4. Erik Trenary, Lv, 55.46*; 5. Jessie Tao, FC, 55.69*; 6. Kurt Wimer, FC, 56.29*; 7. Derek Lapp, B, 56.72*; 8. Kincaid Hoffman, FR, 57.04*; 10. Mitchell, Lv, 56.69*.
100 freestyle -- 1. E McNally, Lv, 47.64*; 2. Nathaniel Connor, P, 48.89*; 3. Eric Work, P, 49.30*; 4. Wesley Stutzman, FR, 49.31*; 5. Stapleton, B, 49.37*; 6. D. McNally, Lv, 49.51*; 7. George Hu, FR, 49.75*; 8. Sedlacek, GW, 50.64.
500 freestyle -- 1. Geoffrey Longhurst, B, 4:42.38*; 2. Bowen, Lv, 4:49.50*; 3. Brody Lewis, GW, 4:50.12*; 4. Dauksher, FR, 4:50.76*; 5. Robberson, Lv, 4:54.24*; 6. Hendricks, F, 4:58.41*; 7. Jacobs, FR, 4:59.98*; 8. Xander Rowe, P, 5:10.29*; 15. Lang, Lv, 5:18.79.
200 free relay -- 1. Loveland (E. McNally, Bowen, Jones, Hatanaka), 1:27.47*; 2. Fairview, 1:27.63*; 3. Monarch, 1:28.49*; 4. Fossil Ridge, '1:19.19*; 5. Poudre, 1:31.17*; 6. Greeley West, 1:31.36*; 7. Mountain Range, 1:32.96*; 8. Rocky Mountain, 1:34.23*. 100 backstroke -- 1. Ball, Lv, 50.18*yza; 2. Jones, Lv, 54.45*; 3. Hu, FR, 55.73*; 4. Sharp, M, 56.60*; 5. Buyers, Lv, 56.75*; 6. Hoffman, FR, 56.82*; 7. Stutzman, FR, 56.96*; 8. Connor, P, 57.18*.
100 breaststroke -- 1. Hatanaka, Lv, 55.86*ca; 2. E. McNally, Lv, 59.58*; 3. Longhurst, B, 1:00.28*; 4. Rei Isobe, F, 1:00.66*; 5. Gavato, FR, 1:01.80*; 6. Josh Roeber, M, 1:03.22*; 7. Lewis, GW, 1:03.94*; 9. Trenary, Lv, 1:02.35*; 14. Wullink, Lv, 1:06.02.
400 free relay -- 1. Loveland (Bowen, Trenary, Jones, Ball), 3:13.02*; 2. Fossil Ridge, 3:13.14*; 3. Poudre, 3:17.63*; 4. Boulder, 3:20.73*; 5. Monarch, 3:24.35*; 6. Fairview, 3:25.26*; 7. Greeley West, 3:26.77*; 8. Mountain Range, 3:27.43*.
* -- State-qualifying mark.
x -- School record
y -- City record
z -- FRL record
a -- Automatic All-American
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Centipede®: Origins
Game Description
Inspired by the Atari classic, Centipede®: Origins brings an entirely new level of bug-blasting fun to the world-renowned franchise. Evil, plant-munching vermin are swarming into your precious garden and rapidly destroying everything! You, a peace-loving gnome, have no choice than to wage an all-out war against these vile creepy crawlies. Using extreme weapons and gadgets, protect your garden from the ambush of vicious bugs and the dreaded CENTIPEDE. Who will survive: GNOMES or BUGS?! YOU DECIDE!
Developer / Studio:
KoolHaus Games
Release Date:
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Game Features
- 3 upgradeable weapons that will lay waste to the onslaught of bugs and centipedes! Use the grenades, rapid fire and others to eliminate the insects! More to be included soon!
- 3 upgradeable gadgets such as the Fly Trap, the Time Warp and others that will give you the upper hand in your battle with the bugs and centipedes! More to come soon!
- Collect coins to buy upgrades and help you protect the world of the gnomes!
- 4 playable levels including Bumpkinpatch Gardens, Bumpkinpatch Aerial, Tarpit Excavation, Valley of Flowers and others that can be purchased as you progress through the game!
- Let your friends know your score on Facebook or Twitter!
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iOS or Android device
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The ex-Nuvolari Cisitalia Abarth 204 A Spyder Sport. Images courtesy of Motostalgia.
Tazio Nuvolari's prewar racing exploits are the stuff of legend, and Ferdinand Porsche himself once remarked that the Italian was "the greatest driver of the past, the present and the future." Following the conclusion of the Second World War, Nuvolari, then in his mid-50s, returned to compete in the occasional race, but he was no longer the dominant force he'd been in his youth. His final race, behind the wheel of a 1950 Cisitalia Abarth 204 A Spyder Sport, saw him finish first in class at the 1950 Palermo-Montepellegrino Hillclimb. Now, for the first time since 1978, Nuvolari's last race car will be offered for sale at auction.
Already significant as the final chapter for Cisitalia and the beginning chapter for Abarth, the 204 A Spyder Sport is an important piece of racing history. Chassis 04, fitted with 1.1-liter engine 014-1090, is well-documented as the car Nuvolari drove in his final race, and has been in the possession of an Argentinean collector for 35 years. Restored in 2010, the car comes complete with the same footrest used by Nuvolari at the Montepellegrino Hillclimb, as well as the original cork-wrapped steering wheel, the latter no longer fitted to the car to preserve its condition. In 2012, the car was awarded the Premio Speciale FIVA (for the most historically significant car) at the Mille Miglia, and was later displayed at the prestigious Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este.
Chassis 04 was built by Cisitalia in 1948, then modified by Abarth in April of 1949 (at which time it was also given an Abarth chassis number, 08) and titled as a 1950 Abarth. Upgraded with twin Weber carburetors, the single-cam engine was said to make as much as 80 horsepower, more than enough to make the tube-frame racer competitive in its class. Part of the Squadra Carlo Abarth team, the 204 A Spyder Sport was first raced at the 1950 Giro di Sicilia/Targa Florio, where Nuvolari retired early in the race with a broken gearbox. Its next outing was the Palermo-Montepellegrino Hillclimb, where Nuvolari drove to an in-class victory (and fifth overall) in his final race. Though he never officially retired, Nuvolari never again drove competitively and died of a stroke in 1953.
Squadra Carlo Abarth campaigned the car throughout 1950, earning a single win and a pair of podium finishes. From 1953 until August of 1954, Ernesto Ferri raced the Cisitalia in Europe, but the car was shipped to Argentina later that year. Beginning in October of 1954, chassis 04 was driven at events in South America, first by Jorge Saggese and later by Raul Pereiro and Oscar Victorio Silich.
In 1966, the Cisitalia was acquired by the Asociación Argentina de Automóviles Sport, to be used as a training vehicle for up-and-coming racers. Little is known about the car's successive history until 1978, when it was acquired by noted Cisitalia Expert Dr. Sergio A. Lugo, who has owned the car since.
The Motostalgia sale, to be held in conjunction with the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, represents the first time Nuvolari's last race car has been on U.S. soil. The last Nuvolari racer to come to auction, a 1935 Alfa-Romeo 8C-35 Grand Prix car, set a record for the brand when it sold at auction earlier this month for $9.4 million. Motostalgia has not released a pre-auction estimate, but it's worth noting that another Cisitalia Abarth 204 A Spyder Sport, this one without celebrity ties or an extensively documented racing history, was offered at Bonhams 2012 Quail Lodge auction, where it failed to meet the pre-auction estimate of $500,000 to $600,000.
For more information on the Motostalgia sale, scheduled for November 16, visit Motostalgia.com.
UPDATE (2.December, 2013): The 1950 Cisitalia Abarth 204 A Spyder Sport sold for a price of $4.62 million, establishing a new world record price for a Cisitalia sold at auction.
Another wonderful example of a beautiful old race car. You just don't have that these days.
A stunning piece of history.
A perfectly brilliant icon of racing's golden era driven by, perhaps, the most iconic motor racing figure of the classical/prewar period. Stunning. Ravishing. Monumental.
I should have been a hedge fund trader.
Anyone know what those two pipes sticking out the rear of the car are? The rusty one is obviously the tailpipe.
Darn if I know, but a werid way to mount the taillights.
Those two tubes are push bars.
In case a safety truck has to push the car.
I believe they mounted the tail lights to them as well.
Maybe they're bumper extensions for pushing the car.
In fact the rear chassis extensions were a race engineering feature to displace excess frame vibration during competition to escape more effectively through the back of the chassis potentially making the car more stable. Its believe that this feature was developed with the help of Porsche engineers of its time.
Amazing! Looks like some fantastic cars in this auction in Austin and same weekend as F1, how cool is that.
Hoo Ha! Talk about provenance! Super neat little car.
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U.S Mission on the Prevention and Fight Against Genocide
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U.S. Mission to the United Nations: Remarks at a Security Council Briefing on the Prevention and Fight Against Genocide.U.S. Mission to the United Nations: Remarks at a Security Council Briefing on the Prevention and Fight Against Genocide
Thank you Madame President. I thank the Government of Nigeria for organizing this important briefing. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Secretary General, for your remarks and your commitment and the UN's commitment to doing better. My appreciation, as well, to Ambassador Keating for sharing with us his experience and many insights. All of us privileged to serve on the Security Council must learn from what we, the world, let happen in 1994 and Ambassador Keating, you help us to do that. Nigeria, New Zealand, Spain and the Czech Republic were given special praise last week by the Rwandan Government for their efforts during the genocide. Now, thanks to Ambassador Keating, we can add Argentina and Djibouti to the list, the short list, of those who were up-standers, not bystanders, during the worst horrors since the Holocaust.
Nine days ago, I had the privilege to join representatives from across the globe in Kigali to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, we bowed our heads in remembrance of the more than 800,000 men, women and children who were so ruthlessly deprived of life. We rededicated ourselves to assisting in the still unfinished tasks of recovery, reconciliation, and reintegration. And we joined with President Kagame in saluting "the unbreakable Rwandan spirit" as he put it, which has enabled the people of that beautiful land to build a better future without forgetting the past.
As dignitaries sat solemnly at the ceremony, though, we began to hear the screams and wails of Rwandan women – mothers, wives, daughters, sisters – who gave haunting voice to what every survivor must feel – and not just on anniversaries. Every single day, the people of Rwanda – including many at the Rwandan Mission here in New York and their families – live without those that matter most to them. Two hundred people had to be carried out of Amahoro Stadium, last week, convulsed by grief. Millions more live with that daily despair. The stadium itself, where we sat, was the stadium during the genocide that sheltered 12,000 people who lived in complete squalor under the eye of General Dallaire's dwindling force. The stadium itself will always be a a reminder of what the UN might have been able to accomplish if its top officials and if the United States and other leading members had sent UN reinforcements rather than extracting most of the peacekeepers on the ground. As President Clinton has said, many times, "The U.S. failure to act during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda is his greatest regret." All of us, whether we were in Government or not, in the Security Council or not, must look inward to consider what more we might have done.
Today we consider again the paramount question of lessons learned – learned, not just in theory or on paper – but truly understood, felt, and applied in practice. In so doing, we benefit from instruments that did not exist two decades ago. These include the UN's Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide; the High Commissioner for Human Rights; the International Criminal Court; the Responsibility to Protect doctrine; improvements in regional peacekeeping capabilities – and here I would note particularly, with the addition of Rwandan peacekeepers who perform exceptionally, admirably, in the cause of the atrocity prevention in the Central African Republic and elsewhere – more nimble deployment of accountability mechanisms; and a welcome surge within civil society of anti-genocide awareness and activism.
I mentioned this last dimension in particular because during the genocide in Rwanda while 800,000 people were killed, one American member of Congress, Patricia Schroeder, explained our response – the U.S. response – by noting that her home state of Colorado was home to a research organization that studied Rwanda's imperiled gorilla population. As she puzzled publicly over the U.S. response and described U.S. citizen engagement she said, "There are some nongovernmental groups terribly concerned about the gorillas, but it sounds terrible people just don't know what can be done about the people." All of the political pressures cut in favor of avoiding action rather than creatively responding to help a people in desperate need. Political calculus' should not dictate our response.
As a global community, we recognize that mass atrocities may emerge from a variety of scenarios. We've begun to identify telltale patterns and indicators. We've agreed on the value of vigilance to prevent unstable situations from unraveling. We have affirmed, all of us, the duty of each government to protect its citizens from mass atrocities. And we have stated our preparedness, under the UN Charter, to respond when states require help in fulfilling that duty.
In some cases – from Timor-Leste and Liberia to Sierra Leone, Libya, Kenya, and Ivory Coast – we have joined with local partners to end or deter violence. Recently, we've made progress in assisting the Democratic Republic of Congo and strengthening the UN in their fight against those militia who continue to attack and rape civilians. We have intensified diplomatic efforts to restore peace in South Sudan and the UN there has not only provided emergency supplies to populations displaced by the recent fighting, but it has importantly open its doors in an unprecedented way allowing its bases to become islands of protection. The Africans and French deployed to try to prevent mass atrocities in the Central African Republic. We have quickly authorized a Commission of Inquiry and now we have authorizd a UN peace operation to address the unfolding catastrophe. We must get African, European and UN forces deployed urgently.
Overall, however, it is both fair and profoundly unsatisfying to admit that our successes have been partial and the crimes against humanity that persist are devastating. Yesterday, many of us attended an Arria session, in which we saw graphic photographs taken in Syrian prisons showing the systematic, industrial-style slaughter and forced starvation killings of approximately 11,000 detainees. And those photos were taken in just three of the 50 Syrian-run detention centers, in Syria. And to that we can add the Syrian victims of chemical weapons attacks, the children felled by barrel bombs and those being starved to death in besieged towns and villages, or those executed by terrorist groups. Twenty years from now, how will we reflect on this Council's failure to help those people? How will we explain Council disunity on Syria twenty years after Rwanda?
Too often, we have done too little, waited too long, or been caught unprepared by events that should not have surprised us. Moving forward, we have to do a better job confronting and defeating the practitioners of hate. Part of protecting against mass atrocities is preventing the conditions that allow them: rampant discrimination, the denial of human dignity, and the codification of bigotry. No one should be targeted for violence simply because of who they are or what they believe.
In our collective effort to prevent mass atrocities, we must make creative use of every tool we have: human rights monitoring; diplomatic missions; technical assistance; arms embargos; smart sanctions; peace operations; judicial inquiries; truth commissions; courts; and other measures designed to influence the calculations of perpetrators who every day are deciding how far they are going to go – every day they are doing a cost benefit analysis in their head about whether the cost of moving forward exceed the benefits from their often warped perspective.
We must also be innovative in taking advantage of new technology like the UAV's now being deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo – even text messaging which is being used to raise alarms, track the movement of outlaw groups, gather evidence of criminal violations, and we of course must always deliver aid to those in desperate need.
We must remember, as well, that preventing mass atrocities is a global responsibility requiring robust contributions from all. In particular, we need to train and equip peacekeepers who head into harm's way. And more countries should do their share – whether through soldiers, civilians, enablers, or other contributions. I echo my Rwandan colleague's point that twenty years after Rwanda – the Rwandan genocide – we should have moved further beyond what he called, 'crisis improvisation."
Further, we must enhance the bonds of trust between ourselves. Historic differences within or between regional groups must neither lessen our capabilities nor diminish our willingness to act as one.
Finally, we must ask every state to consider whether there is more it can do to remove the political roadblocks that impede effective action. Again, with thousands of lives at stake in Syria and elsewhere, obstruction is untenable and cooperation is a moral and strategic imperative. Tomorrow afternoon, we will also have the chance to shine a spotlight on the horrors going on in the darkness of North Korea.
Madame President, and colleagues, our task is as straightforward as it is vital: to ensure that when our successors gather in this chamber two decades from now; they will not speak of more lost opportunities and failures. Instead, their words will be of respect – respect for the comprehensive anti-atrocity steps we took together. Let them say in their time that we, in our time, moved beyond deadlock to unity, beyond remembrance to mobilization, and beyond mere promises to the kind of bold and concrete actions that end wars and stop genocide before the searing pain it causes can be heard in the cries of those left behind.
Thank you.
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- GateHouse — If you should happen to find yourself enjoying a twilight stroll this spring, if you should be out soaking up the blood-warming sunshine, breezes and birdsongs and thinking there might just be some hope left in this wacky world after all, look up the story about Republicans, Capitol Hill and styrofoam cups. If you are anything like me, which you're not, because you're probably not crying inconsolably, it'll send you into instant depression and a degenerative terror spiral that will culminate with your packing your valuables into a tied-up handkerchief, slinging it over your back and vanishing forever into the frozen Canadian wilderness where, with any luck, you will be mauled by a bear.
Let me hop back a step: Most clear-brained Americans, and by that I mean anyone who has never appeared on TV identified by the word "Commentator" or (ED.: PLEASE INSERT SHEEN THING HERE, THANKS) would agree that in a rational universe there can, and should, be debate about a kamikaze budget. There should be debate about the appropriate and wise way to proceed with health care reform. Apparently there can be debate about how much health care the school teachers in Wisconsin should get which is OK but you know what, whatever, debate is good, right?
There is no longer debate about Styrofoam; the matter, much like the hazards of smoking and the mathematical whole of that rap-metal movement of the early 2000s, has been settled, at least by anyone who doesn't spend a good deal of time commenting on message boards in the dark. Styrofoam is petroleum-based and if it was brought over by the Pilgrims it might have broken down by now. No one likes Styrofoam, there are only people who disapprove of it by varying degrees, ranging from "Gravely Concerned 23-Year-Old Whose Parents Are Buying Her A Volt" to "It's A Cup, I'll Use This One Instead, And Why Are We Still Talking About This Again?"
And yet it's in the news again, because after a lengthy, yearslong and complicated debate over matters of environmental concerns, political posturing and oh for God's sake Republicans are being children about it.


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Through July, Chapin's Restaurant will be home to the production "Swingin' With Sin-atra," a vintage floor show-style production by Follies Theatre Productions.
Featuring four performers, "Swingin' With Sinatra" is not an imitation show, but rather a tribute show filled with music, comedy, and dance celebrating the Sinatra songbook — as well as a few tunes made famous by Frank's friends Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. and his daughter, Nancy.
"We've done this show many times over the years, and it's always very well received. Who doesn't love Sinatra tunes?" Producer Don Grant Zellmer said.
The show played at Starved Rock Lodge for almost a year, and has been produced on many other stages by Follies Theatre Productions.
The tuneful show includes such Sinatra hits as "My Way," "Fly Me To The Moon," "Come Fly With Me," "New York, New York," and over two dozen others.
All of the songs are staged as company numbers, duets, and solos, putting a unique twist on the familiar songs, and presented in an audience-interactive floor show style.
The four Follies regulars performing — Norman Engstrom, Christy Roosma, Erin Van Vactor, and Don Grant Zellmer — comprise the original cast of the show first performed over seven years ago.
"Swingin' With Sinatra" is presented as dinner theatre at Chapin's Restaurant, Morris, with a buffet dinner served prior to the show at 6:30 p.m. and curtain time at 8 p.m.
The show is scheduled to play on Thursdays and Saturdays, including June 29, and again on July 18, 20, 25 and 27.
Reservations may be made by calling Chapin's at (815) 942-1880. Tickets for the dinner show are $40, plus tax and gratuity.
"We're thrilled to be a part of the entertainment scene in Morris, and this Sinatra show is a great kick-off for future productions with the good folks at Chapin's," Co-Producer Dr. David Kuester commented.
"This is simply a 'feel good' show where the audience knows every song, and these four performers have clicked since the first time they performed it. I never get tired of watching this one because, due to the nature of the floor show style, it's never the same show twice."
"This is the intimate type of show I enjoy the most, being able to interact with the audience," said Zellmer, who personally has a background of performing in many mediums, including Las Vegas shows and venues in Branson, Mo.
"The ambience of Chapin's allows us to do just that. Combine that with Chapin's amazing food and hospitality — it's an unbeatable evening of dining and entertainment."
Performance by B.B King's daughter will aid Hospice
JOLIET — Join Joliet Area Community Hospice on Fri-day, July 26, for the first ever "Swingin' On the Vine," a wine-tasting and live music event.
Shirley King, daughter of legendary blues musician B.B. King will perform, along with the SK Band, on the rooftop of the Joliet Historical Museum in downtown Joliet.
While they listen, patrons will enjoy appetizers and sample wines selected especially for this evening.
Tickets are $50 per person and include six tasting tickets, unlimited appetizers, and a souvenir wine glass. Non-alcoholic beverages will also be available. More tasting tickets will be on hand for purchase.
The music starts at 5 p.m. and continues until 10:00 pm.
Tickets are available at 250 Water Stone Circle, Joliet, or online at www.joliethospice.org.
With questions, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com or call (815) 531-3553.
Joliet Area Community Hospice has been providing compassionate, professional care to terminally ill patients and their families since 1982.
It is a not-for-profit, community based organization, state licensed, Medicare/Medicaid certified and supported by United Ways of Will and Grundy counties.
The hospice serve patients in greater Will, Grundy, and Kendall counties along with portions of Cook, DuPage and Kankakee counties.


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WENATCHEE Several teachers in Okanogan County have received classroom grants from the North Central Educational Service District Foundation.
Forty-one teachers from four counties — Chelan, Douglas, Grant and Okanogan — were presented with grant awards for literacy, science, technology engineering and math, culinary arts, fine arts and post-secondary education.
In addition, six grant applications that weren't selected were "adopted" by service district staff and individuals who attended a teacher grant reception in Wenatchee.
Local grant recipients are:
Literacy — Tirzah Quigley, Methow Valley Elementary.
Science, technology, engineering and math — Patricia Dagnon, Oroville Elementary; Kelley Lattimer, Bridgeport Elementary; Melody Pecha and Nancy Ridenour, Omak High School; Eric Schmidt, Bridgeport High School; Barry Stromberger and Bob Wilson, Liberty Bell High School.
Music/fine arts — Tabitha Brownfield, Bridgeport Elementary; Chelsea Freeman and Annie Wilkison, Tonasket Alternative; Eric Stiles, Oroville Elementary and Oroville Junior-Senior High.
Post-secondary education — Maureen Foley-Bensen, Omak Alternative High School.
Reception grants — Terri Zahn, Bridgeport Middle School; Pamela Johnson, Grand Coulee Dam Middle School.
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Not really. It's more of a non-update, which is a good thing. Gary's stayed away from her, for the most part, and when he has spoken to her, it's been way less teasing and more appropriate "how are you doing?" questions. He hasn't tried to tweak her nose or poke her again. I don't know if he was embarrassed by her reactions before or just realized his sense of humor wasn't welcome. Either way, we're happy.
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Spring Spiritual Renewal Begins: Chris Williamson is Featured SpeakerPublished: Feb 06, 2013
Spring Spiritual Renewal Week at Taylor University began this morning with Pastor Chris Williamson of Franklin, Tenn. The theme for the week is Speak Life and today's message was titled The Good Confession.
Williamson is the founder and senior pastor of Strong Tower Bible Church in Franklin. Williamson holds a B.A. in Biblical Studies from Liberty University and Master of Religious Education from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary. He is currently enrolled in The Regent University School of Global Leadership and Entrepreneurship in pursuit of a Doctor of Strategic Leadership.
Williamson has ministered abroad in Darfur, the United Kingdom, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Jerusalem. He is often called to preach chapels for the NFL, colleges and high schools and has written two books: Making Disciples Who Make A Difference and One But Not The Same.
He is a member of the Board of Trustees at Cedarville University and the Syango ministers' fellowship in Franklin.
Spiritual Renewal Week continues with services tonight and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m., and Friday at 10:00 a.m. All services are in the Rediger Chapel/Auditorium. The public is invited.


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A group petitioning to repeal last year's state tax increase and to prevent public employees from serving in the Legislature won a round Thursday when a judge told state agencies to stop harassing the group's petitioners as they collect signatures on public property.
Clark County District Judge Kenneth Cory also ordered an evidentiary hearing June 11 to determine whether deadlines faced by Nevadans for Sound Government to turn in their petitions should be extended by 60 days.
The judge's order follows a May 18 refusal by the Nevada Supreme Court to grant more time to the group which wants a statewide referendum on last year's $833 million tax increase.
George Harris, chairman of Nevadans for Sound Government, criticized the high court ruling, saying justices should have at least ordered government agencies and officials not to interfere with signature-gatherers.
Last week, Clark County District Judge Jackie Glass refused to issue an order against the alleged harassment or to grant a 60-day time extension for gathering signatures.
Harris and petition drive lawyer Joel Hansen have alleged that signature-gatherers were harassed by government officials, particularly at Department of Motor Vehicles offices.
Hansen's sister, Janine Hansen, and her son were charged with trespassing last month while seeking signatures at the municipal bus station in Reno. They have vowed to sue.
Harris said his group will continue collecting signatures on the other petition to let voters decide whether government employees should be prevented from serving in the Legislature. They have until June 15 to gather enough valid names.


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The "strong atheists" link is supposed to be redirecting to strong atheism (even that entry shows this) - but it's redirecting to weak atheism. Any idea why?
Sans Deity 09:17, 20 June 2006 (MST)
I felt the atheism, strong atheism, and weak atheism articles were stubs. So I merged them into one article (keeping as much of the original writing as I could). hope nobody's upset! - MadOtaku 13:02, October 24 2006 (PST)
I think that makes sense, at least until there's a need (read: sufficient content) for them to be moved to separate entries. - Sans Deity 16:51, 24 October 2006 (CDT)
Should we be adding any more information to this page, as Atheism is a pretty major subject for the wiki, in my opinion? I mean, look at Conservapedia, they have a 'wonderful' article about Atheism that is at least ten times longer than necessary, but at least it explains how we're all mass murderers and immoral... wait that's not a good example. XD - RoaringAtheist 17 Januari 2009
- While you can add what you'd like, most of the people coming here for information are looking for counter-apologetics, considering that the purpose of this wiki is that very subject. Most of the people using the wiki would probably self-identify as atheist or agnostic, so it isn't the most important article in the world. Enshoku 06:04, 20 January 2009 (CST)
I removed the sentence "This commonly used definition does not assume any positive claim of the nonexistence of a god." from the introduction, as it conflicts with the definition given for Strong Atheism. --BunniRabbi 19:57, 7 December 2010 (CST)
I'm a little perplexed by the section that reads "For the above reason, strong atheism is sometimes criticized for "requiring faith." But this is not necessarily true." First of all it seems that a better response is to ask why this is a criticism. Certainly no one who's taken an intro philosophy course is going to state that they can prove everything they base their actions on. I think that assuming "basing it on faith" is actually a criticism is attaching some sort of negative connotation to "faith" which is self defeating. "Faith" is a synonym for the word "assumption". People may be worried by the idea that they make assumptions, but as this is unavoidable why should it be treated like a valid criticism?
Perhaps we would be better served by adding a section describing how attaching the term "faith" to atheism is a kind of verbal trap which assumes the atheist has made the claim that everything they believe is based on evidence?


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However the last patent in the H.264 portfolio expires in 2028, and the MPEG LA has not released what fees, if any, it will charge webmasters after this 'free trial' period is over.
I would SERIOUSLY hope there are new protocols by 2028...
By 2010 would be better.
Problem is, do you think that protocols using only ideas from before 2008 will be optimal for whatever hardware and software systems we'll be using in 2028?
While you're thinking about that, please support campaigns to abolish software patents [endsoftwarepatents.org].
No need to try and recruit me...I despise software patents already
How does a patent license allow you to charge for transmitting data over the Internet? I get that the encoder requires a patent license, and the decoder requires a patent license, but sending an encoded file over the Internet? That's just absurd.
Software patents? That's just absurd.
The H.264 patents are method patents, not software patents.
Semantics. This is just one of the tricks one uses in writing patent applications. The method is performed using software (or possibly hard coded in a special chip) on a computer.
Well, hold on. How is performing a method using wires carrying electrons to carry a digital signal different from performing a method using wires carrying electrons to carry an analogue signal (e.g. an FM radio receiver)?
Should a mechanical device that performs a task be patentable but an integrated circuit that peforms the same task not be patentable?
But in any case, the point is that the patents involved have been granted in all sorts of jurisdictions that don't allow "software" patents. This is bad from the point of view of open-source projects that want to use H.264, for sure. But it seems to me that the fundamental idea of patenting the methods used in H.264 is sound, assuming the idea of patents is sound at all. This last is up for debate, of course.
Decoding per byte. It's a simple rental model, like the old processor charges in the 60s & 70s on mainframes.
How does a patent license allow you to charge for transmitting data over the Internet?
Simple: it doesn't. However, it's a good measure of how much revenue MPEG LA expects you to be bringing in from your use of their standards, and as such is a nice way to scale up licensing fees according to your revenue.
Think of it as a way of implementing this rule: You give us X % of the revenue you bring in from your use of our standard, and in exchange, you can use our standard. If the main use of your company is to deliver solutions based on our standard, this will be X % of your revenue. If you only make incidental use of our standard, your license is going to cost you lower.
(And, of course, if you find something else that's good enough for your purposes and is free or costs less than our standard, you're free to use it.)
What a charming business model.
Oh well, I guess webmasters could have always used something else, right?
It's particularly nice that web masters are giving billing information 6 years early, so the company doesn't have to do much to track down the first round of suck^H^H^H^H customers to bill them for use.
There's nothing like getting your IP embedded deeply into everyones processes (with their complete acknowledgement of that fact) and then seeking rent against the cost of changing it.
I would expect that many companies don't have migration plans in place, I don't know, not my business.
Six years? Six years is a very long time in CODEC evolution. Six years makes computers sixteen times faster. Network connections will be much faster. By 2016, I doubt there'll be many computers around that can't play back VC-2 (based on Dirac, patent free) in use and VC-2 hardware acceleration, which is just starting to be deployed, will be much more widespread. Remember the CODECs we were using six years ago?
MPEG-1 didn't last six years as a standard for Internet video. Neither did RealVideo. Neither did Sorenson (in QuickTime or Flash containers). I'd be surprised if H.264 does.
In 6 years time, there'll be an awful lot of iPhones/iPads (and their descendants) in the wild.
Expect H.264, and maybe some other patent-encumbered standards, to be the only video format a web site can use in order to be viewed on these devices.
The options for video websites in 2016? Pay up, or abandon iPhone/iPad users. Plus who knows how many other closed platforms.
The options for video websites in 2016? Pay up, or abandon iPhone/iPad users. Plus who knows how many other closed platforms.
It's much more than just Apple's portable devices; they just happened to include H.264 first. H.264 decoders exist in:
Though some of those are relevant too, the important point about the Apple devices is not so much that they support H.264, but that they don't support anything else (at least, nothing else relevant to the Web)
Outside of the Web, I care less. The Web is meant to be somewhere where creating/publishing is free to all (ignoring physical hosting costs).
Though some of those are relevant too, the important point about the Apple devices is not so much that they support H.264, but that they don't support anything else (at least, nothing else relevant to the Web)
Most of these devices have the same limitations as Apple devices; they decode a few things in hardware and nothing else:
Apple devices use the same hardware decoders as other companies do.
Most of those are not relevant in regards to HTML5. Apple's portable devices are, since they can browse the web.
All of these devices are relevant. The same H.264 program can be streamed by a HTML5 client, by Flash, by a video player program, etc. It would be wasteful to have two separate copies of video for devices that support HTML5 and devices that do not.
Many devices supporting video playback share hardware; for example, the chips found in many standalone media streamers were designed for use in Blu-ra
...Plus who knows how many other closed platforms.
It's not really about "closed platforms". iPhone/iPads have hardware for decoding h264. They don't have hardware support for Theora.
> Remember the CODECs we were using six years ago?
You mean H.264 (standardized in 2003)?
Just because it was standardized doesn't mean it was in use. MPEG-1 was standardised in 1993, but it wasn't until around '98 that people were recommending it as the de-facto standard for Internet video (it was the thing all browsers could play at the time). The computer I had in 2003 was brand new and couldn't even play 720p H.264 without dropping frames, especially with the decoders available at the time. It wasn't until around 2008 that most computers were fast enough for H.264 playback. A few people
Remember the CODECs we were using six years ago?
If you count DivX
HTML4 has been with us since 1997. There's not much reason to think that HTML5 will be around for less than 6 years.
It's free, come and get it
2016: Up periscope. Look there's someone using it without paying the $799/Stream licensing fee.
-Arm MPEG LAwyer Torpedoes, FIRE!
looks like a ambush in slow-motion.
It's Compuserve GIF all over again.
Hey, don't mod him troll! He's right with what he meant.
Even though he got H.264 (the patented codec) and x264 (the open implementation) mixed up.
PNG was a problem back then. Since it could not do any animation. Which was important back then. Other than that it did not have any relevant size or transparency improvements is 8 bit mode, and just was too large in 24 bit (lossless) mode.
Also, H.264 factually is the best codec out there right now.
But frankly, I think it will be just like with GIF: NO
So your argument is that whilst MPEG LA are going to screw everyone over and demand money to license their codec we should continue and use it but just not pay them.
Nothing wrong with that argument provided you can get it embodied in the law that people/companies are immune to prosecution for non payment of license fees wrt the relevant patents.
Unisys did collect money on LZW use in GIF if they'd not been bothered about PR they could have collected far more extensively.
I've been personally touched by MPEG LA's patent witch hunt. And not in the good way like Kathleen Fent does.
My brother in law is the CEO of a small LCD monitor company that uses H.264 decoder chips. He buys these chips from a Taiwanese maker who in turn licenses the patent for H.264 decoding from MPEG LA.
But MPEG LA has been spamming everyone and anyone vaguely connected to H.264 encoding or playback or even (in this case) sending files across the intarweb. He is expected to succeed if MPEG LA ever takes this to court since the patent is already licensed by the chip vendor and his agreement with them covers him under its indemnity clause.
However this is a really plain-as-day example of how patent trolls are ruining business for everyone.
The MPEG LA are hardly patent trolls. The term is so often applied to "anyone who has a patent and dares to enforce it" when it really doesn't mean that at all.
However this is a really plain-as-day example of how patent trolls are ruining business for everyone.
Please don't dilute the term "patent troll." It has a specific meaning and certainly doesn't apply to a patent pool packager like MPEG-LA. Everybody adopted h.264 with full knowledge that it was covered by several patents. This is certainly not a case of some junk firm patenting prior art and suing everybody. Nobody coerced anyone into using h.264; it just happened to actually be a good codec, so it was adopted by the industry. Nor is it "ruining business for everyone," so I'm not even sure what your point is. Your own anecdotal evidence doesn't lead to this conclusion.
Is it disappointing that we didn't have a comparable patent-free codec at the time when people started adopting h.264? Yeah, it's too bad. Unfortunately, no amount of sour grapes is going to change what happened.
The MPEG patent thicket is a prime example of the real problem of software patents. If I want to write a video player, it has to play the formats that people encode videos in. The veto power of patents equates to the right to prohibit me, and everyone, from writing a functional video player. I think I already have pretty good info, but there's loads more of this story to tell. Help really appreciated in documenting this:
swpat.org is a publicly editable wiki.
The veto power of patents equates to the right to prohibit me, and everyone, from writing a functional video player.
Yep, that's pretty much what patents are for.
Yep, that's pretty much what patents are for.
Not really. Back in the day, if somebody patented a cotton gin, that didn't stop me from making another machine that cleans cotton which works on a different principle. The existence of the original machine in the market was irrelevant to new competitive entries.
Today, a good deal of software is subject to the "network effect". That makes it just about impossible to operate in many software markets without being compatible with the most popular protocols, formats or standards. If those things happen to be p
Thing is... the H.264 patents are method patents, not software patents.
And the methods used seem eminently patentable to me: novel, non-obvious, etc, etc.
The only issue is that the setup doesn't play well with cases where the marginal unit cost of an encoder or decoder is very close to 0. This is not a software-specific problem, per se; if we had star-trek-like synthesizers available for physical items it would be a problem there too.
Right, that's why there are no functional video players that support H.264. Except for Windows Media Player, which comes free with Windows. And Quicktime/iTunes, which comes free with OS X and are free for Windows. And VLC, which is free and usually comes free with Linux distributions. And MPlayer. And PowerDVD. And Totem. In fact there are at least 20 such players [wikipedia.org], some free, some proprietary. Every modern OS comes with a free, functional video player and there are several options if you don't like
Re:Software patents on video codecs didn't start with H.264. MPEG-1 was patented, so was MPEG-2. Royalties were sought in both cases. That didn't stop free and open source encoders and decoders from being produced, and nobody got sued or shut down.
Back then DMCA was not in existence and ATCA was something the RIAA and MPAA would dream about and forget the next morning. Once ACTA comes to life, They will find a way to kill VLC and anyone who dares to slowdown their cash flow.
Back then DMCA was not in existence and ATCA was something the RIAA and MPAA would dream about and forget the next morning. Once ACTA comes to life, They will find a way to kill VLC and anyone who dares to slowdown their cash flow.
The DMCA has nothing to do with patents. It's the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Furthermore, decoding H.264 has nothing to do with circumventing DRM, so the DMCA wouldn't apply anyway.
As for ACTA, well, because of the secret nature of the negotations we don't know what exact
The MPEG patent thicket is a prime example of the real problem of software patents. If I want to write a video player, it has to play the formats that people encode videos in. The veto power of patents equates to the right to prohibit me, and everyone, from writing a functional video player. I think I already have pretty good info, but there's loads more of this story to tell. Help really appreciated in documenting this:
That's why there are patent consortiums. MPEG-LA is one, 3C Entity (and 5C Entity) ar
Personally I think that we should consider whether the government should be able to exercise eminent domain for patents in cases like this. The purpose of patents was to encourage people to invest in devising new technology, and so I don't think it's horrible to think the people behind the technology in H264 deserve to have their investment pay off to some degree. On the other hand, H264 being the defacto standard while being patent encumbered is an unacceptable situation.
Personally I think that we should consider whether the government should be able to exercise eminent domain for patents in cases like this.
Exercising eminent domain in a patent case is usually a bad idea. The compensation the government has to pay for the taking is the value of the patents over their entire term, which in this case is likely to be billions of dollars (for example: Thomson, which is just one member of the MPEG LA patent pool, receives a few hundred million dollars a year in licensing revenu
This is a rake, lying on the ground in plain sight with red markers all over it and a big sign.
Step on it at your own risk, but don't come crying when the rake hits you in the face.
After the gif debacle, you would think people would learn.
This is the rake you describe lying completely across a narrow path, where to by pass it, you must scramble up some very steep rocky embankments to proceed around it.
The first hit is free.
we'll be using a different format. Yes, it will be encumbered by patents, DRM and a bunch of other shit we don't even know yet - but it will not be H.264. I don't really see how this extension of free licensing could be profitable to them.
You are missing the forest for the trees. The MPLA makes money on licensing fees for encoders and decoders. By offering royalty free streaming for a time, the format becomes popular which means that more encoders and decoders are sold which generates more income.
It is possible that they may continue to offer free licensing of for distribution through further extensions. Doing it this way rather than just offering blanket permission to stream give them a few advantages:
1. It allows them to track how many
Google will open source VP8 from On2 in a few months, and H.264 will soon be history.
Streaming video needs an Apache. By that, I mean a very standardized server and set of protocols for delivering files encoded in a non-proprietary, free-to-use, free-to-decode, unrestricted-in-every-imaginable-sense manner.
The source of what has held this back, in my opinion, is that taking giant video files (and you should see how big raw video is) and cramming them down into small, chunkable files which can decode at the end into recognizable images is hard. Hard in the sense of "takes people with a great deal of math knowledge and computer science knowledge to pull off." It's not like HTML, where you are pushing around what are basically text files that you can open in Notepad. It takes a great deal of intellectual know-how and deep domain knowledge to pull this off on the encoding end in some reasonable fashion that doesn't take a lot of CPU cycles.
The few people who can do this take a long time to figure out a new scheme, and they have to test the living hell out of it. You can write a primitive webserver without too much fuss, it's just a specialized server which kicks out text and binary files on command, after all. Encoding video and serving it, though, is not easy. That's why so much goes into protecting the intellectual property; it was not trivial to create. Wade around in the fifteen profiles for MPEG-4 Part 10 aka AVC aka H.264 for a while and realize that this is not trivial. Hell, it had to be jointly developed by two groups, ITU's video group and MPEG. Take a look at Theora -- even its codebase is descended from something that once took real money to make.
If streaming media is to have its Apache, an investment of money must be made in finding these highly talented individuals and paying them to make a new, open standard. And code must be made available for an end-to-end implementation on many platforms, everything from encoding to serving (with authentication fun, to boot) to decoding, on Windows, on Unix/Linux, on Macs. With regression tests and tutorials. Plug-ins to be written for the top, say, ten browsers. And a decoder library for Flash. While this is going on, political battles will have to be fought to keep Microsoft, Apple, and other companies out of the loop, or they'll pull the usual and destroy or cripple the product before it reaches market, just as they managed to poison HTML5's video standards.
None of this is technically impossible, but it will be hard, and it will cost money and political tokens and time and real effort. Can it be done?
http://bemasc.net/wordpress/2010/02/02/no-you-cant-do-that-with-h264/ [bemasc.net]
Here is the lead paragraph:
A lot of commercial software comes with H.264 encoders and decoders, and some computers arrive with this software preinstalled. This leads a lot of people to believe that they can legally view and create H.264 videos for whatever purpose they like. Unfortunately for them, it ain't so.
The article goes on to discuss the limitations on H.264 use in actual practice using examples of actual licenses. As I read it, the authorized software used to encode H.264 videos places strict limits on the use of the resulting video.
I tried out Dirac for some of my private video collection last night and was quite impressed by the size of files output whilst still having reasonable quality. I shall be trying it out as my own preferred format for ripped DVDs but it is a standard it would be really interesting to see more uptake of. It's worth remembering that Theora is not the only open source and patent free codec out there, nor necessarily even the highest quality one.
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Posted 10 December 2003 - 01:59 PM
Now I don't know much about this AWD business, but from what the Chilton's book tells me, the AWD tranny is the same as the selective 4wd 5 speed, with the addition of a center diff thrown on the rear end of the transfer section, "taking place of the shifter fork." I plan on finding a 4wd d/r 5 speed tranny to put in it... anybody know if there's a difference in driveline length between the two?
The engine had been a turbo... if I end up with the '89 body, I'll probably pull the engine out of the Loyale, give it a good work over, and put it in the '89. Sort of a reverse turbo conversion, if'n that makes sense . According to this thread, especially GeneralDisorder's contribution, I'm going to need the entire wiring harness from the dash out from the Loyale, along with the ECU, and the exhaust. I seem to remember something about having to replace or remove a crossmember, too. That true? I was hoping to complete this project pretty quickly (within a week), since I'd be taking time off work, and completeing the project done at my parent's house... that wiring harness bit sounds like it'd be one helluva mess.
Posted 10 December 2003 - 02:03 PM
and the crossmember with the 5spd has to go in, rear diff, clutch, etc
but if you lay both trannies side by side with their respective driveshafts, the whole shebang will be the same length
Posted 10 December 2003 - 02:19 PM
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Posted 10 December 2003 - 10:01 PM
I know pulling the dash is a huge PITA, but at least it's (more) familiar ground for me...
Posted 11 December 2003 - 12:31 AM
you also have the option of weber on the hitachi manifold, or the fact the mpfi is still htere, you can go back to turbo
all you will need is a carb/manifold combo, a carb fuel pump, and a 85-86 distributor. all of the mpfi can still be there, coil hookup stays the same
a carb doesnt do to bad when its all there, spanked an spfi once in the trashwagon w/exhaust mods
Posted 11 December 2003 - 01:34 AM
Posted 11 December 2003 - 01:47 AM
Originally posted by MilesFox
might i suggest putting a complete hitachi carb/intake on there, much easier to do than spfi swap.
you also have the option of weber on the hitachi manifold, or the fact the mpfi is still htere, you can go back to turbo
all you will need is a carb/manifold combo, a carb fuel pump, and a 85-86 distributor. all of the mpfi can still be there, coil hookup stays the same
a carb doesnt do to bad when its all there, spanked an spfi once in the trashwagon w/exhaust mods
Quoting John, "The engine's toast." I'm not sure what killed it, but I'll believe him. Besides, it gives me a reason to pull the engine out of the Loyale and put it in the '89... some part of the Loyale will live on, ya know?
Posted 11 December 2003 - 02:51 PM
I know the turbo motor in mine is toast, and besides, it is missing some pretty important parts! but have two spfi motors available for transplant. I have a complete donor car available, but not 100% sure what all I need to change over besides the ecu...would it be easier to swap the entire dash out? Not real keen on digital dashes anyway...
more details please!!
Posted 11 December 2003 - 05:11 PM
This isn't a bad car, but it doesnt really fit into my plans right now. Jim (Subaru 86) had won it on Ebay then decided it wasn't worth repairing it as a Turbo AWD (I agree). I really need the turbo and 4wd stuff for my 89 turbo touring wagon, but I will leave everything else intact if Bard wants to take it on.
The car apparently overheated and cracked the head, and the guy left it at the machine shop, so the motor is not even complete. I'll fill you guys in on more details when I get it home.
Bard, this would be a good conversion to document, if you decide to do it.
Posted 11 December 2003 - 08:06 PM
I'll definitely be documenting the entire process... suppose that means I'll have to pick up a memory card for the digital camera, so I don't have to keep running to the house to download the pics (it only holds 17 with the internal memory).
So what John & Miles are saying, rather than worry about rewiring the SPFI I pull out of the Loyale, I just slap a carb on there? I got a bit confused with:
...or the fact the mpfi is still htere, you can go back to turbo...all of the mpfi can still be there...
If I pull the SPFI out of the Loyale, and slap it into the '89, all the equipment 'cept the fuel pump (and the distributor, from what Miles was saying) will still be turbo... that way, if I ever come across a good turbo engine, I can slap it in there *thoughtful*.
I finally found the wiring diagrams within Chilton's (not that they're all that great) and I plan on going over the two, trying to get an idea how bad rewiring it would be, without swapping the entire dash out.
Posted 11 December 2003 - 09:48 PM
i have a carbbed spfi motor in my turbo wagon, the mpfi wiring is still there, i can put a turbo back in.
the motor was in the trunk, i started aith the carb, fixed the turbo motor and got it on, running, it blew up, went back to carb. turbo option is still there
it had an ea81 carb the first time, now it has an ea82 hitachi
all i had to do was change out the didtributor and fuel pump and that was IT
but i think it might still work if the turbo dist is used with a carb
i have done spfi ea81 to carb once and turbo to carb twice, (ea81, ea82) i have also put ea81 in a carbbed ea82 sedan
this way you would have a rather modular setup. no messing with wires or anything
swapping the dash for the vin would not be wiring harness related
Posted 12 December 2003 - 08:32 AM
Why did you need to take out the dash? Try to avoid doing this unless absolutely neccessary. They never go back together like they come from the factory.
If you need access to the wiring, this can be done w/o taking the dash out. You can make your own "patch cords" to tap into the OEM wiring harness. Just find the same connector, with a length of wire, out of a junk car, and follow your wiring diagram to hook up the component.
Posted 12 December 2003 - 06:13 PM
Originally posted by thealleyboy
You can make your own "patch cords" to tap into the OEM wiring harness. Just find the same connector, with a length of wire, out of a junk car, and follow your wiring diagram to hook up the component.
That's crossed my mind, too. I just hadn't gotten around to mentioning it yet... it shouldn't be too hard to pick up the connections I need, and create an adapter to go between the two. Just takes time tracing everything back, and triple checking it to make sure I did it right, and then having somebody else looking over my shoulder.
At this point, I think I'm worrying about it too much, but it helps bouncing ideas off of y'all. If I had the car and the means in front of me, I'd just dig into it and figure things out... but I can't, so I worry .
It doesn't help that I'm more used to working on tractors... engines, trannies, not a problem... "new fangled" electrical sensors and computers, I'm not used to. If I had it in front of me, I'd feel a lot better about attempting to figure it out, but it's kinda hard without having it in front me
Posted 12 December 2003 - 08:19 PM
I never really liked fooling with that stuff either. I grew up wrenching on cars from the 60's and 70's, so electronic ignition was about as complex as it got.
Emissions crap from the mid 70's was a pain, but could be bypassed/eliminated.
My 82 Chevy Celebrity, an early GM computer controlled model, was a bad experience. Enuff said.
Then I started studying the Ford Duraspark system and began to understand how all that stuff works (or at least how it's supposed to work). The thing to remember is that when you strip all that crap off, you still have the same basic fuel/spark/compression combination thats in your tractor on the farm.
The Sube EA 82's are pretty simple cars so don't sweat it.
Posted 13 December 2003 - 04:41 AM
if you juat wanted to swap instrument clusters for the mileage, all you need to do is take the bezel off around the cluster.
i would only swap a dashboard if i were to go as far as faking titles and VIN from one to the other.
john kows what i am up to, and i tell you any way t=you want to do this car can be done. the way i suggested would be the easiest cost wise, laborwise, and downtime wise.
i say go for it, either alleyboy or Bard, whover ends up with thecar.
and if you need something aske me, as i have done carb in turbo swaps, ea81 in ea8s swaps, automatic to manual swaps, and 2sd to 4wd swaps.
i'll have some technical info on my website here after bit. stay tuned!
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First-time runner Caitlin Demarest posted a time of 64.3 seconds despite snow in the annual Shrove Tuesday pancake race in Liberal, Kan., a race official said.
"It was warm enough yesterday, you didn't need a coat," Combs said. But by race time Tuesday, it was 32 degrees, "snowing and really wet. It's not really sticking. ... It's real fine and really coming down."
No one slipped, Combs added.
The race goes back to the 15th century when tradition has it an English housewife frying up pancakes to use up the last of her fat before the start of Lent heard the tolling of the church bell and realized she was late for the Shriving Service. She ran out the door, fry pan still in hand and still wearing her apron and headscarf.
Modern racers are similarly dressed and have to flip their pancakes at least once during the race.
Liberal races against Olney, England, and apparently lost for the second straight year. Olney's race was won by Devon Byrne, 19, but though ITV reports she set a race record, no official time has been posted. Byrne also won last year's heats, running the course in 58.5 seconds.
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Not far behind the gold medalist was her sister, Jackie Gallagher, who took home the third-place medal. Finishing fifth overall was Kearney's Kailey O'Grady, giving the Brooklyn school a near-sweep of the top podium spots at the annual event.
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