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nuclear bomb
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----- leveler of cities (and anything else) -----
Point Value: 5
Atomic bombs. The Final Solution; but they are not easy to use. A bomb takes a long time to produce, moves very slowly by itself, and is easily destroyed by other units. The plus side is instant destruction for any unit of any size! Bombs are imagined to be transported by a team of scientists, and can go on any sort of terrain without running out of supplies.
Side Attributes:
Actions and Action Points (ACP):
Receives basic allotment of 1 new ACP per turn.
Movement, Movement Points (MP), and Speeds (MP/ACP Ratios):
Uses a minimum of 1 ACP per move.
Needs MP to enter terrain: 1 by default, 99 into ice.
MP to enter unit: 1 into all unit types.
Gets up to 1 free MP if needed to finish a move.
Hit Points (HP): 1.
Vanishes if in: false by default, true for ice.
Construction points (CP): 20.
Tech to build: 60.
Tech max: 60.
Tech increase per turn max: 3.
Can attack (ACP 1 vs all unit types).
Hit chances are 100% by default, 0% vs mine.
Damage is 1 vs all unit types.
Ammo needed to hit unit: 0 by default, 1 vs ammo.
Can detonate self (1 ACP).
Detonation damage at ground zero is 60 for all unit types.
Detonation damage to adjacent units is 1 for all unit types.
Range of detonation effect on units is 0 for all unit types.
Chance of detonation damage to terrain is 0 by default, 100 for plains, forest.
Range of detonation effect on terrain is 0 for all terrain types.
Always destroyed by detonation.
Other Actions:
Can be given to another side (1 ACP).
Can be disbanded (1 ACP).
0% chance to be seen at outset of game.
0% chance to be seen at outset of game if independent.
Not always seen even if terrain has been seen.
Occupants not seen even if unit has been seen.
Chance to see if adjacent is 100% by default, 10% for nuclear bomb, mine, 40% for submarine.
Material Handling:
fuel, 100 storage (100 at start of game)
ammo, 1 (ammo) consumed per attack
Fate if side loses: 100% chance to vanish.
AI Attributes:
Requires >= 30 accessible, liquid cells to build naval units.
Requests a total wartime garrison of 1 units.
Range within which enemies will cause an alert is 6.
Basic tactical computation range is 12.
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|View Poll Results: Amagami SS - Episode 14 Rating
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|2010-10-08, 02:23
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Secret Society BLANKET
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: 3 times the passion of the usual flamenco
|2010-10-08, 02:41
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GIF Time
I have made the following avatars and GIFs. The first set are just ideas based only on the new OP itself.
Other GIFs
Kaoru blowing on Junichi's ear. What's interesting is that she wearing make up. Makes it more
Ayatsuji's hair shining
As for the GIFs of this episode itself....it starts off with Freebies of Ai.
A unique one is that of the teacher. It was really a one shot! Really proud of that one since the teacher is almost never seen.
Teacher's evil eye!
Teacher slapping Junichi's ass! ROFL at his reaction.
Miya with that breast describing thing.
That's it until I do the rest on my BLOG. Episode is 10/10 for me!
|2010-10-08, 02:42
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Ohhhhhh~~! *tears*
Finally get to meet Mya again! (T_T)
New OP... I thought they would just keep the other OP and switch the pictures around, since it seemed pretty fair. This OP makes it look like Ayatsuji is the main heroine or something... (Then again, she is on the game cover and all...)
What's with Haruka's wierd dancing... Aah... My MP...
The episode... was more of the usual (the development felt better placed than the first episode at least). It's been a while (the Haruka arc's shed and feeding stuff) since Junichi did something so retarded. Yeah, say that to the swimming team. You won't be able to go to school the next day...
|2010-10-08, 03:06
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hehe haruka dancing is so prettyyyy *drools*
on serious note yeah it seems ayatsuji will be the main heroine of this half
anyone else feel weird about that tense look between ayatsuji and ai? it looked like they were sizing each other up for a fight
|2010-10-08, 03:10
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One of my favorite episodes I think
- New OP
- Junichi passionately citing a manga as a reason for being late
- Junichi's conversation with the three kohai. Sae getting embarrassed and Ai being all jealous. Best part was Miya, she was simply full of win.
- Junichi's long-winded apology out loud in front of the entire swimming club
- Mask Thunder Kick! WOW that was some airtime
- Ai thinking about Junichi before going to sleep. "I can't wait to see his face tommorow..." So cute...
|2010-10-08, 03:14
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About this episode... I have mixed feelings about it. Ai is right, Junichi IS acting like a huge immature dork most of the time, and that wasn't necessarily so in the manga adaption, which was very different. It bugs me a bit, because it makes immersion much more difficult - I have a hard time "thinking into" him. Ah well.
|2010-10-08, 03:26
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I had to pause the video when Jun was confessing at the pool , I was so embarassed that I yelled out "HOLY DUCK F**K, JUN HAS BALLS!" , however when Ai had the belt , was pretty cool I'd say , however I WANT AYATSUJI ALREADY , HURRY UP AND BRING HER TO ME!
|2010-10-08, 04:13
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|2010-10-08, 04:37
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Beautiful fighter.
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Location: England, UK
Age: 31
HOP, STEP, JUMP, MASK THUNDER KICK! The fact that the old school sound effects were added made that scene.
Takahashi-sensei's scene was amazing. At this rate i'd actually pay to see an arc with her as the focus.
& i totally wasn't expecting a new OP.
|2010-10-08, 05:07
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|2010-10-08, 06:13
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
Age: 31
What? what?! What is Touko doing here? I was wondering who that new member of the Library committee could be, I never would have guessed it was the literature girl herself! That was a very nice and unexpected cameo. The new OP is great, I kind of miss the engrish though.
Now, to watch the rest of the episode...
Edit: Junichi cracks me up so much, probably because he actually acts like a teenager unlike a lot of main characters in anime. He's seriously lacking common sense though but that's what makes him so entertaining. Loved the he ogled his teacher while she lectured him (what are you waiting for? open up her route!), his reaction after seeing Sae's meat buns and his passionate speech about breasts.
Ai was as lovely as ever. That ungrateful little brother of hers is so lucky to have such a sweet sister. She's definitely my favorite heroine so far aside from Miya, but sadly, I guess you can't really count Miya as a heroine.
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|2010-10-08, 07:08
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Age: 33
Just Like A Kid.
Even the cool and composed Nanasaki Ai has some things that gets her down it seems. As we see here she seems to be having brother issues, which I guess is pretty common thing for anyone with a brother sister dynamic at home. Enough for it give her a bit of trouble in her school work. For someone whos as smart, observant and dedicated as she is, there are still things she cant understand about people.
Thats why I think her decision to suddenly leave the table after Junichis intrusion wasnt as much a reaction to Junichis insinuations about her and Miyas apparent lack of a sizable cleavage compared to Sae, but also because she clearly saw the dynamic between the brother ans sister duo. Junichi and Miya can argue and banter so easily even about breast size, so much so that it probably reminds Ai of her own relationship with her brother, and that she likely feels a bit of jealousy that Junichi and Miya have such a *ahem* healthy relationship. She obviously wants to be on better terms with her brother, but she doesnt know how.
Junichi really wouldnt be Junichi if he wasnt ogling somebody at some point. This person just so happened to be their teacher this time, whos also a looker herself like the rest of the girls, so its expected of him to put his gaze into more dangerous territory. I have to say though that its good to have the old Junichi of controlled perversion. Hes enough of a man to know what to look at and where to look for it, but hes not an idiot to try and get it every moment he has. Thank you lord that the Junichi we know is here to stay.
As for Miya well a lot of girls do want to have bigger boobs for reasons men sometimes dont clearly understand, but it makes me wonder if Miya realizes the difficulty involved in carrying extra assets.
I have to hand it to Junichi. Hes done a few ballsy things in this series to win a girl that would make any straight man proud, but he said this monologue so convincingly that half the swim team probably came. Anything less and his corpse would be bleeding into the pool water. As all men know, sometimes you have to just throw away your dignity if you need to apologize or impress a girl. It almost always works. Right?
Right? Oh god tell me its right.
What Id like to point out is how this arc feels like a role reversal for the guy and the girl compared to Harukas arc. In Harukas arc, even if she did take the lead for most of the first half, she was pretty much the kid in the relationship. She was the silly and impulsive of the pair and, as much as Junichi likes to tag along with her whims, he was usually the one who would put them back to reality. For Ais arc, she says so himself: Junichi is like a little kid. Despite being the junior, shes the straighter and more mature half of the relationship. This time its Junichi who has to follow her lead. Thats why it surprises her so much that Junichi became all thoughtful and all serious in the end of the episode when she was feeling all down. It took one of his silly attempts to cheer her up, which worked better than expected, and why now she has a very different opinion of him. He may be silly, but its his silliness that makes him who he is,and this silliness is also what makes him more mature and thoughtful than meets the eye.
|2010-10-08, 07:20
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and for the record. i dont mind being stalked by someone who looks like this.
Spoiler for risa:
|2010-10-08, 09:44
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/Is not a fan of Ayatsuji, neither the anime or the manga version .
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Xmldego provides XML parsing and/or transformation by binding callbacks to XML parsing events in the context of an XML element. While SAX, for example, calls your callbacks on every start tag, Xmldego will do so only for the child axis path you request. Xmldego is particularly useful when only smaller bits of a much larger XML file need to be processed, because only interest in the relevant bits need to be coded. In contrast to a DOM parser, much larger XML files can be processed, because the whole file is not loaded into memory.
A tool that displays information about BOINC projects.
A Web service to edit an XML configuration file.


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|Palo Alto, CA
|High School:
|Bellarmine College Prep
One of the key measures of a good athletic program is the development of its players. Do the athletes become stronger? Do they learn new skills and sharpen old ones? Do they improve to the point where it is hard to remember what they looked like when they first arrived? By no means do all of our athletes experience such an evolution of talent, but Tim has made so much progress in one year that he has made a dramatic jump up the depth chart. He is poised to become a contributor in 2013 as he moves to the midfield position. The development of Tim Jacob is not complete, as he has more work to do to become a threat while dodging and shooting with either hand. But he has demonstrated to the staff and his teammates that his current trajectory shows no sign of leveling off. Tim is especially dangerous dodging off the low wing, where his strength and experience as an attackman allow him to be comfortable driving into a defense and making plays. He is also one of the best in the program with picking up ground balls, a true testament to the will and heart the man possesses and competes with…2012: Saw action in 12 games for the Bears. Picked-up a ground ball against Vermont… Secondary School Background: A graduate of Bellarmine College Prep where he lettered in lacrosse (4)…2008 and 2009: Injured… 2010: US Lacrosse All-American, First Team All-League (WCAL), Team MVP, Team leader in total points… 2011: First Team All-League (WCAL), Team Captain; Team MVP… Team leader in total points…Team Honors: PAL League Champions Freshman and Sophomore Years, WCAL League Runner-up Jr. and Sr. Years… All Star Teams: Nor-Cal Braves and Alcatraz Outlaws. Other Awards: 2011: Recipient of the Robert Fatjo Perpetual Sportsmanship Award Presented to that student who has contributed significantly to Bellarmine athletics through his leadership, sportsmanship and character. His leadership must be evident on the field of competition as well as in the Bellarmine community at large. He is also honored for the ideals of service and cooperation that Bellarmine hopes to inculcate in all its athletes. Robert Fatjo Perpetual Sportsmanship Award….Personal: The son of Thomas, Brown Class of 1973, and Audrey Jacob of San Jose…Has a brother, Jeremy, who also attends Brown…Enjoys ceramics and pottery…Undecided on his concentration.


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By Michael Aneiro
In my Current Yield column in this week's Barron's magazine, Pimco's Bill Gross warns bond investors they're in for some pretty paltry returns over the next half decade. Still, there are some bond investments that he thinks will fare better than others, so on that note here's some more advice from Gross from my conversation with him on Friday, including a notable plug for a fund run by one of Pimco's biggest rivals.
First off, Gross likes closed-end funds as a way for individual investors to find some above-average yields.
"There are other closed end funds , not just from Pimco, but closed end muni funds at discounts that yield 6% plus or minus," he says. "There's the BlackRock Build America Bond [Trust] (BBN). There's a lot of duration risk … but the BABs program comes with a 35% subsidy from the U.S. Treasury, and that's a decent fact that most investors have forgotten about in recent years. So investors – if they buy closed-end funds at a discount and they're aware of the potential leverage – can get better returns there."
He also likes the shorter-dated segment of the junk-bond market, this time staying on home turf for an exchange-traded fund recommendation.
"We still like short-term high-yield securities, between 1-4 years rather than say 4-10 years," Gross says. "If we continue to see a stable economy, defaults are still in the distance. You can get a high yield ETF with short maturities – like the one Pimco offers, the Pimco 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond Index ETF (HYS) – that yields about 4.3% and is mainly 2- and 3- and 4-year high-yield bonds. There's not much price risk there and still some juice there in terms of the yield. High yield [market valuation] looks extended, and it is extended, but if you stay short in the 3-year area you can be reasonably sure you get your money back and a decent return."
Gross calls non-agency mortgage bonds one of his favorite market sectors now. "Non- agency mortgage rates float, they're Libor-plus types of vehicles, and they still tend to provide a 4%-5% yield with interest-rate protection because they float," Gross says, adding that they do come with additional credit risk because many are backed by subprime loans.
Gross says it's tough to make a case for major gains in any asset class over the next few years unless there's a selloff first. "There's no doubt that asset prices everywhere are artificial," Gross says. "It would help investors in the long run if stocks sold off 15% or if [10-year Treasury] bond yields went to 3%."


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gone rogue; at least that's what a high-level FBI official believes.The New York City Police Department (NYPD) really has
Among the 5 million emails the group Anonymous hacked from the servers of private intelligence firm Stratfor in February, one seems to not only confirm the controversial NYPD surveillance activities uncovered by the Associated Press, but hints at even worse civil liberties violations not yet disclosed. Anonymous later turned the emails over to WikiLeaks, with which Truthout has entered into an investigative partnership.
I keep telling you, you and I are going to laugh and raise a beer one day, when everything Intel (NYPD's Intelligence Division) has been involved in during the last 10 years comes out - it always eventually comes out. They are going to make [former FBI Director J. Edgar] Hoover, COINTEL, Red Squads, etc look like rank amatures [sic] compared to some of the damn right felonious activity, and violations of US citizen's rights they have been engaged in.
The description of alleged NYPD excesses was leveled by an unnamed FBI "senior official" in late November 2011, in an email sent to Fred Burton, vice president for intelligence at the Austin, Texas-based Stratfor and former deputy chief of the counterterrorism division at the State Department. Burton then sent the official's email to what appears to be a listserv known as the "Alpha List."
Burton did not identify the senior FBI official in the email he sent to the listserv. He describes him as a "close personal friend," and claims he "taught him everything that he knows." He also instructs members of the listserv not to publish the contents of the email and to use it only for background.
Stratfor, in a statement released after some of the emails were made public, said some of the emails "may be forged or altered to include inaccuracies; some may be authentic" but "having had our property stolen, we will not be victimized twice by submitting to questioning about them."
What's particularly stunning about the FBI senior official's description of NYPD Intelligence Division activities, is how he connects them to previous instances when his own agency bent and broke the law in pursuit of intelligence on perceived enemies of the state throughout the 20th century - and concludes the NYPD Intelligence Division's violations are worse. As Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former New York Times reporter Tim Weiner writes in his new book, "Enemies: A History of the FBI," the Bureau has been "America's closest counterpart" to a secret police.
In the email, Burton queried the FBI official to gain a better understanding of why the FBI declined to get involved with a case involving an alleged "lone wolf" terrorist and al-Qaeda sympathizer named Jose Pimentel, a 27-year-old American of Dominican descent, accused of trying to build three pipe bombs to detonate in New York City.
The FBI official responded by describing some turf and relationship issues between NYPD intelligence officials and NYPD and FBI investigators on New York City's Joint Terrorism Task Force. It appears the FBI senior official was responding to a news story about Pimentel's arrest published by the far-right leaning Newsmax, headlined "FBI- NYPD Tensions Highlighted in Terror Case," which was attached to an email Stratfor analysts had sent around the office.
There are two issues with this case (off the record of course).
One is the source (confidential informant) was a nightmare and was completely driving the investigation. The only money, planning, materials etc the bad guy got was from ... the source. The source was such a maron [sic], he smoked dope with the bad guy while wearing an NYPD body recorder - I heard in open source [sic] yesterday btw [by the way], he is going to be charged with drug possession based on the tape. Ought to go over very nicely when he testifies against the bad guy, don't you think?
Issue two is that the real rub is between NYPD Intel, [Intelligence Division] and NYPD - JTTF [Joint Terrorism Task Force], not the FBI per se. The NYPD JTTF guys are in total sync with the Bureau and the rest of the partners who make up the JTTF - I understand there are something like 100 NYPD dics [detectives] assigned to the JTTF. NYPD Intel (Cohen, et al) on the other hand, are completely running their own pass patterns. They hate their brother NYPD dics on the JTTF and are trying to undermine them at every turn. They are also listening to [former CIA official David] Cohen [the head of NYPD's Intelligence Division] who, near as anybody can tell, never had to make a criminal case or testify in court.
Joint Terrorism Task Forces are FBI-led counterterrorism investigative units that combine federal, state and local law enforcement in an effort to detect and investigate terrorist activity and prevent attacks before they occur. Originally created in the 1980s, the creation of JTTFs nationwide was accelerated after 9-11. Currently, 104 JTTFs operate nationwide and are considered one of the most important assets in the federal government's muscular counterterrorism architecture.
After reviewing the Stratfor email thread for Truthout, Michael German, senior policy counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union's Washington Legislative Office and a former FBI agent who infiltrated white supremacist terrorist organizations, described the FBI official's criticism of the NYPD's intelligence as "doubly ironic."
"The FBI has engaged in widespread spying on the Muslim American community as well, including counting mosques and mapping Muslim neighborhoods, infiltrating mosques with informants, and using the guise of community outreach to spy on Muslim religious and advocacy organizations," German told Truthout. "But more critically, because the FBI is charged with enforcing the civil rights laws in this country, including violations under color of law.
"This agent suggests the FBI knew the NYPD Intelligence agents were involved in widespread 'felonious' activity in violation of Americans' civil rights, yet the FBI does not appear to have opened a civil rights investigation or done anything to stop this illegal activity. Our laws are designed to apply equally to protect all of us, including to protect us from illegal police activity. When the FBI abdicates this responsibility, all Americans suffer."
Responding to the background information from the FBI senior official, Sean Noonan, a "tactical analyst" with Stratfor, wrote in an email sent to the "Alpha List," "The point that the divide is within NYPD is contradictory to how they would like present it. [sic]. The way the pro-NYPD stories cover it is that NYPD CT/Intel [counterterrorism/intelligence] has successfully gained influence within the JTTF, almost to the point of having infiltrated it."
German, however, tells Truthout that the rift between the NYPD's intelligence analysts and NYPD investigators assigned to the FBI's JTTF, as revealed by the senior FBI official's email, is consistent with his experience.
"Criminal investigators, like those assigned to the JTTFs, typically find information produced by these intelligence analysts to be useless, whether they're NYPD intelligence or FBI intelligence," he said.
And no matter how bad the mutual acrimony between NYPD intelligence analysts and New York City's JTTF has gotten, German isn't surprised that the FBI has declined to investigate allegations of the NYPD Intelligence Division breaking the law.
"The FBI didn't open investigations when it discovered other government agencies engaging in torture and illegal wiretapping either," he said.
But eventually, the senior FBI official predicts in his email to Burton, the extent of NYPD's alleged crimes will be revealed.
"As Rush Limbaugh likes to say, 'don't doubt me on this,'" he wrote at the end of his correspondence.


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Best way to monitor twitter is to pipe to
Piping it to
Port 1337? Seriously? Stop being cute, and use a standard port number.
glad it's not 31337 that's open...
12345? That's amazing. I've got the same combination on my luggage.
Gotta admit it is a bit of a marketing ploy. Too bad about picking a port that's likely to be blocked at the firewall or conflicting with p2p software.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_TCP_and_UDP_port_numbers [wikipedia.org]
1337/TCP PowerFolder P2P Encrypted File Synchronization Program Unofficial
1337/TCP WASTE Encrypted File Sharing Program Unofficial
From http://isc.sans.org/services.html [sans.org]
Shadyshell 1337/tcp #[trojan] Shadyshell
Make sure UDP/TCP port 1337 is firewalled on our network.
using a TCP server on port 1337
Did all of slashdot just get trolled? April isn't until next year...
This is one of those things where I would say, "that's pretty cool you made it, but why?"
I think using the web site and seeing the trends over in the right column is good enough for probably 99.8% of Twitter users. Even the geeks like us.
As much as I hate to say it.... because twitter has a very open API and there are a ton of programs for any OS that interface with it.
I'm setting up some home automation. Nothing fancy, just garage door open/closed. Temperature in a few rooms. HVAC status.
I could write a ton of stuff from scratch for reporting & control... or just make a private twitter account "my_house" and subscribe to it. I can get a text message every X minutes with the temp. A text message when the garage door cycles. I can easily text back commands.
@my_house 'heat on 75F'.
They've already taken care of the interface between phones, e-mail, blackberries, iphones, etc.
With this tool I can have a cheap display at my desk at work or even in my own house for the temperature, HVAC status, etc.
1-Wire for the temp sensors.
A co-worker got the 8-relay I/O board over one wire. I went with a super4 relay board: http://www.emx.net.au/super4usbrelay.htm [emx.net.au]
Their software is a bit shaky so I rewrote it using the open source driver for the usbserial.
If you're starting out from scratch, Maxim will let you get a few 'samples' of each temp sensor.
http://thediysite.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=4 [thediysite.com]
If only they were POE.
In my office building we have 9+ conference rooms. Booking a room is often a challenge given how many people are trying to get into them. And sometime, you just need a room for a few minutes for a conference call. Every morning the receptionists have to print out schedules and walk to each room to post their schedules. If those schedules change at all, it's highly unlikely that the sheets will get updated.
If, for less than $500 in materials and a day of labor we could have digital disp
Don't I wish.
Nope, a few years back, before my time here, the decision was made to unify the US and EU networks on a single system. The US had been using Outlook/Exchange, Ireland and the EU locations had been using Notes. Seeing as how the corporate office was in Ireland and they didn't want to bother with converting to Exchange/Outlook, all of the locations converted to Notes 7.
The Notes scheduling system (well, pretty much the entirety of Notes) can be summed up in two words:
Donkey Balls.
I'll be first in line to pay for the #TWAT CHannel!
I'll be first in line to pay for the #TWAT CHannel!
It's been available since 1997, free of charge [c-span.org]
I'll be first in line to pay for the #TWAT CHannel!
Awwww yeah. (#) Pound twat. Sign me up.
As a steampunk project, I've restored a Teletype Model 15 [animats.com], which, running uncased so you can see the insides, is an impressive piece of machinery. I have this connected to a program that polls any desired collection of RSS feeds and prints any new items that come in. Running off Reuters or the NPR news feed, it emulates a classic news ticker.
I've tried giving it a list of Twitter RSS feeds. Works fine, looks stupid. For each new twit, the motor winds up to speed, 50 pounds of machinery grinds into life, and with much clattering and banging, the machine hammers out some banal twit on a long roll of yellow paper. Twitter content is just too lame for this. Hooked to the Reuters feed, at least you get the feeling that you're keeping up with what's going on in the world. Not with Twitter.
(Incidentally, Twitter's server-side RSS implementation sucks. RSS feed servers are supposed to accept a query with a number obtained from the previous query, and if the numbers match, it means nothing changed and no new text is transmitted. Twitter implements that so badly that every poll results in transmitting the entire RSS content again, even if nothing changed. Most other RSS feeds, such as Reuters, more or less get this right.)
Great pictures, but this part cracked me up:
The gray color indicates that this was a U.S. Navy unit. U. S. Army units are black, with extra nomenclature plates. Commercial units vary in color, with green being the standard.
Just green?
Better described as a "depressing shade of Eisenhower-era government-issue putty green mandated or otherwise commonly used on walls, ceilings, floors, furniture, and equipment".
You'll need a proper desk to display that teletype. Preferrably one that's steel and so heavy you ne
You'll need a proper desk to display that teletype.
Now that it's working, the plan is to build a case of brass and glass, with lights inside, to show off the mechanism and make it look Victorian-era. The California Steampunk Exhibition is on for spring 2010 (2009 was canceled due to the recession), and I want to have it there.
The software for this is on SourceForge [sourceforge.net], if anybody else has a Baudot teletype machine. It not only does RSS feeds, but you can send SMS messages from the Teletype. The idea
the posted article is PIC based. some people like PICs.
I happen to prefer arduinos (atmel). and here's my first effort (collaborated with a friend) called LCDuino-1:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/linux-works/3939835161/ [flickr.com]
beta-test boards have been sent out and once the beta period is over (and all builders report success in the design/layout) we'll produce them in quantity. we are also planning on having partial and maybe full kits to help DIYers build this quickly and easily.
firmware is open source, of cour
"the posted article is PIC based. some people like PICs."
I like PICS too - especially of TWATCHes.
If you want to plug it, perhaps you should explain what it does and why I should want one instead of the device mentioned here. Is it cheaper? More featureful?
You've given the twittersphere dedicated screen time. We'll never hear the end of it now.
/ Get of my lawn you twats.
well, at least it's appropriately named.
Not "does it run Linux", but rather "will it work with Linux?"
It seems that the app used to bridge serial over network (similar to PPPOE in concept?) is windows-based.
"Weâ(TM)re using Windows, so we grabbed the freeware version of Virtual Serial Port Emulator, a simple port redirector. If you have Linux or OSX suggestions, please leave them in the comments"
Does anyone know a working method to create a network-bound serial port for 'nix? It looks like a fair bit of stuff could be done wit
If this is cheap and easy enough, it'd make a very handy always-on "now playing" display for Spotify/iTunes/XBMC/whatever. Most of these have hooks you could hack something onto to update a display.
among which are
- Jay-Z (since i don't know when)
- Keisha (wtf is keisha?)
- MySpace
National day and Mid-autumn day are both important holidays to Chinese people,we finally got some time to relax and to spend with our family. Due to that,Seeed Studio will be closed from 1st OCT to 6th Oct, All orders during that period will be 12% off. (Note: No order will be shipped during vacation)
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For this part of our Connect-and-Cruise LSA swap into a '70 Chevelle, we are going to be focusing on the supporting fuel system. The engine comes pretty much ready to run, so all you need to do is come up with a tank and some lines and plumb it all up. While that sounds simple enough, remember we are putting 21st century technology into a '70s vehicle, so the tank and lines need to be brought up to date.
The biggest piece of the puzzle is the tank itself. The LSA needs 85 psi of fuel pressure delivered up to the fuel rails, and the LSA has no provisions for a mechanical pump. So it needs to be electric, and we prefer to support this engine with parts as close to factory as possible. A tank that is bafed and has an in tank pump is what we want. Now we could do a ton of sheetmetal fabrication and make some sort of factory tank fit, but that is something we really want to avoid and still might look pretty bad. Instead, we looked to the experts at Rick's Tanks.
Rick's stainless steel gas tanks are made to be direct replacements for OE tanks, but with the added features needed for EFI. According to the Rick's Tanks website, "All tanks and parts are fabricated in house at Rick's and are hand formed from 304-grade stainless steel and TIG welded. All tanks feature a bafe system that controls fuel tank slosh with bafing that runs from front torear, side to side, and surrounds fuel pickups to eliminate fuel starvation during acceleration and hard braking. All fittings and mounting flanges for fuel sending units and fuel pumps are CNC machined from 304 stainless steel to a thickness of 3/8-inch. Each tank comes with stainless mounting straps and hardware."
To connect the motor to the tank, we looked to Earls' Performance for the AN fittings and fuel line. For this project, we are going to use some Speed-Flex steel braided line and a selection of Speed-Seal -6AN fittings. Many of the additives to fuel blends render them incompatible with synthetic rubber lined hose, according to Earl's, so the Speed-Flex PTFE lined stainless braided hose is a good choice because it is impervious to any automotive fuel blend known to us. All Speed-Flex hoses are compatible with gasoline, hydrocarbon fuels, alcohols, nitro-methane, mineral and synthetic lubricants, and high-density fuel additives. Size 6 is carbon lined to dissipate static electricity.
While this hose is a bit more difficult to assemble, its durability will be well worth the extra efort. The last piece of the fuel system puzzle (other than the labor) is the fuel filter. We are going to use a single line fuel filter from a '99-up Corvette that we got from Guaranty Chevrolet to simplify the installation. This filter also has the regulator built in, and returns the fuel right out the back of the unit. This allows us to run a single line up to the engine with just a short little line for the return.
There are a few fittings we'll need that Earl's doesn't have yet to convert the filter/regulator to AN lines, but D&P had those in stock. Earl's told us it will soon ofer those.
Once all the parts were in stock, we took a trip over to D&P Classics in Huntington Beach, California, to follow the crew install all these new goodies.


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We are on a journey. Are we perfect? No. Are we getting a lot better? Yes. But I say this is going to be another year or two before we get this culture exactly the way we want it to be. And it is characterized by accountability, by sense of urgency, by customer focus. One of the things I say is every partner and every customer we have [we will] treat you like you are our only customer and our only partner. While we are getting better, I don't think we are there yet. But it is our aspiration.


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Gandhi bookstore gives typeface for freeSubmitted by Héctor Muñoz Huerta on 12 April 2012 - 1:02pm
Gandhi, the biggest bookstore chain in Mexico is giving away a full type family named Gandhi. The web page states that the typeface will ease Mexican's reading by: having big body size, being light and thus achieving ideal weight when printed under less than ideal conditions by ink spread (the page cites inkjet printing), unadorned and undistracting, designed for body copy but friendly when used big.
Gandhi has been known for one of the longest and more memorable ad campaigns in Mexico: http://gandhi.com.mx/index.cfm/Publicidad and this typeface seems to be part of the advertising strategy, "To make you read" (Mexico has a real low reading rate.).


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Ben There, Dan That! and Time Gentlemen, Please! developer Size Five Games (formerly Zombie Cow) has announced its next game to Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Named The Swindle, it's described as "a steampunk cybercrime caper" and, curiously, "Deus Ex meets Sonic the Hedgehog."
The Swindle will give players a pair of snazzy steampunk gloves and send them off to infiltrate, hack and rob facilities, via the medium of platforming. The gloves can be upgraded to grant bonuses, such as to typing speed, weapons, double-jump boosters, and telekinesis. "And yes," creator Dan Marshall explained to RPS, "you shoot by putting your fingers together in a gun shape, playground style."
Marshall also offered the following splendid explanation of The Swindle, illustrating the different approaches one might take in one's thievery:
At its core, it's a platform game. Running, jumping, shooting, whipping up and down ladders, the usual Megadrive-era mechanics. Where it differs is in your approach to getting in-and-out of a building: you might use telekinesis to lift a rock off a manhole so you can break in through an underground tunnel and bypass all the security guards. Maybe you'll hack a terminal that takes down the security cameras, allowing you to plant explosives by a weak wall, and go in guns blazing. Maybe you'll hop into a guard tower and use the double jump ability to land on the facility's roof, where you can smash through a skylight. That sort of thing.
The Swindle will be released "when it's done." A PC edition is confirmed, and Size Five hopes to release an Xbox 360 version too, "assuming they can resist putting vaginas in it this time." The planned Xbox Live Indie Games version of sex education shooter Privates never saw light of day, due to its explicit content.


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Manchester United face the unenviable task of travelling to the San Mamés stadium to face Athletic Bilbao in the second leg of their Europa League tie tonight, needing to win by two clear goals in order to secure their progress into the quarter-finals.
Bilbao are unbeaten in their last 12 games at home and have won ten of them, scoring 30 goals in the process and conceding eight, while the last time an English side won at the stadium, Ian Rush bagged the winner.
So how do Sir Alex Ferguson's side travel to Spain and pull of the impossible?
Live with Bilbao's energy
The temptation for United would be to go on the attack from the off and start chasing the minimum two goals they require to qualify for the next round.
However in the first leg Bilbao demonstrated their ability to move the ball at pace on the break, through either Iker Muniain or Markel Susaseta out wide or Javi Martinez through the middle, who can then in turn feed Fernando Llorente to inflict damage on United.
It was Bilbao's pressing that most impressed last week, with the United midfield in particular creaking under pressure while Llorente did an excellent job in leading from the front and hounding both Jonny Evans and Chris Smalling when either had possession.
Bilbao were electric from the start and their energy bettered any other team to have visited Old Trafford this season, and, having fielded a side with an average of less than 24 in the first leg, there is little chance of the visitors being able to match that energy in the second leg.
United regularly gave the ball away with men out of position at Old Trafford allowing Bilbao to do what they do best – plough forward with numbers – and while it isn't in their make-up to soak up punishment, they don't want the fact they need to chase the game play into the hands of their opponents.
Spurred on by the home crowd to play at their usual break-neck speed, United will be entering a dangerous slug-fest if they try to go toe to toe with Bilbao and go on the attack early on.
Instead, they would be better off by trying to see how their opponents fare making all the running, usually counter-attack teams work best when they are fed opportunities to do just that; counter.
Over the weekend, Osasuna were able to secure a 2-1 win over Bilbao, who looked decidedly under-par. Marcelo Bielsa's side fell behind to an early goal (something United will be desperately seeking) and were then forced to make the running while defensive mistakes, including an own goal from Iturraspe, cost them dear.
Their defensive frailties were clear for all to see at Old Trafford where the movement of Rooney in particular meant the game finished much closer than it should have – United's first goal saw the Bilbao back four stand still while Rooney pounced and their second was a silly penalty.
There will be goal-scoring opportunities for United, but they must retain their shape and frustrate Bilbao to stop them scoring, then do what they do best at the other end.
Wide men hold the key
Frequently last season, especially in the Champions League, Ferguson would prefer using Park Ji-Sung to Nani in midfield, in order to offer a degree of creativity going forward while also offering grater protection at the back.
The South Korean international played in the first leg last week and was largely ineffectual, however the impending return of Antonio Valencia means United may be able to pin Bilbao and their impressive full-back, Andoni Iraola, in his own half rather than letting him join in on the counter attack.
Both Iraola and his partner in crime on the other side of the pitch Jon Aurtenetxe, get forward regularly and occupy more of a wing-back position, meaning that while they pose a greater threat going forward, with the pace and directness of Valencia and Ashley Young on the other side their should be room for both to exploit.
With Bilbao fielding three men in midfield at Old Trafford, may have liked to match that, but with Nani, Anderson and Phil Jones out and Tom Cleverley on his way back from injury he will likely have to opt for a midfield pairing of Michael Carrick and Paul Scholes.
Scholes is an obvious option in midfield, but against Tottenham a few weeks back he was harried out of the game by Harry Redknapp's side pressing forward and shutting him down, and there is little doubt Bilbao will try and do that.
That means both Young and Valenica, should he get the nod ahead of Park, need to come in field to help out their team-mates and establish possession – with both Martinez and Oscar de Marcos more forward minded their should be space between them and the deep-lying Ander Iturraspe to exploit. It will be a difficult, exhausting night for however plays out wide.
Defensive stability
Were it not for a horrendous defensive error, United would be going into this game all square. Rafael stood stationary as Muniain scored his side's third goal of the game.
The boost for United is that Rio Ferdinand should feature having recored from injury - against a Spurs side that pressed equally as hard as Bilbao, Ferdinand excelled, and his experience should be valuable in front of a hostile crowd.
Such is the movement of the Bilbao side that they must be switched on the entire time, although interestingly there aren't many long balls for Llorente, who has been passed fit to play, to feed off of which should make the centre-back pairings life easier.
In fact the striker admitted ahead of the first leg that he now plays in the 'opposite' way that he did when he first came into the side.
However there were plenty of balls over and behind the full-backs in the first leg so both full-backs and wingers need to be on the ball, while also avoiding a mix up similar to the one that led to Bilbao's third goal at Old Trafford.
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July 8, 2011 > Niles Dog Show registration
Hosted by the Niles Main Street Association, the Niles Dog Show is Saturday, July 16. The Pooch Pow Wow, offers canines a chance to show off their best talents, assets, and even good looks.Mutts and purebreds alike will be judged in six fun classes: Best Costume, Prettiest Female, Handsomest Male, Most Unusual Mix, Oldest Dog, and our newest category Handlers under the age of 12. Retail booths offering food, drink, pet supplies, unique gifts, canine art, and other items are available.Show participants must register and pay an entry fee of $20 the day of the show, which includes a goodie bag and entry in one class. Additional classes are $5 each. Pre-registration is recommended, and pre-paid entries receive a $5 discount.Participants may register online at www.niles.org/dogshow.html or call Deborah Carey, registrar (510) 790-0306. So if you are planning on entering, register your pooch soon, because only the first 200 dogs will be admitted to the show.


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In the consumer market? Yes. In the business market, you're definitely mistaken. I don't know why, but once an organization becomes of a certain size, Microsoft is unavoidable and PHBs, CEOs and other three-letter-higher-ups absolutely want only to hear about Microsoft.
As such, I'd wager to say that, yes, there are people who love Microsoft and have very high brand loyalty to it.
Of course, it doesn't have the religious following Apple has, but there are some real Microsoft lovers[1]. Events like Vista,
I still think 7 is a polished Vista
You say that like most others wouldn't agree with you. Of course that's all Win7 is: they polished the turd that is Vista, though they actually did a pretty good job of it, fixing most of the performance problems and such, so now people just don't have so much reason to complain like they did with Vista. But yes, the interface is definitely different (I don't like it either).
Meh. I like 7. I really disliked Vista.
I relatively regularly use Ubuntu, RedHat, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Android.
now people just don't have so much reason to complain
So in other words, it's not really that bad, but people still dislike it? out of principle, I guess?
Sounds like the same thing that happens with Linux. People don't like it. Why? I dunno. It's "different" or it's not "supported" or it's "slow" or it's "communist" or who knows what else. Typically, there aren't really good answers by typical users. Actually, I'd say it'
Sounds like the same thing that happens with Linux. People don't like it. Why? I dunno. It's "different" or it's not "supported" or it's "slow" or it's "communist" or who knows what else.
How about "not compatible with the applications that I need to use" or "not compatible with the hardware that I own"? I've run into both at various times, as you mention with Sibelius, NWN, Reaper, etc. Or they disagree with the direction in which Unity and GNOME Shell are headed, such as Unity's mystery-meat [webpagesthatsuck.com] menu bar that's often half a screen away from the focused window. Granted, Mac OS X likewise has a problem of the menu bar being far from the window, but at least its global menu isn't mystery meat hid
Even though it sounded like you were disagreeing with "Nobody likes microsft", what you said is 100% consistent. Indifference != like.
well even tho they succeeded on launching their gaming business, I believe they really REALLY need to start building brand loyalty, NOBODY likes microsoft as a company, you might like windows, xbox, and games for windows live (why like GFWL is beyond me but whatever),but if MS went crashing and burning down today, nobody would really care about the company, about the services, yes; but about the company.. not really.
I would agree that they could use more brand loyalty. Microsoft has never been great at image; they constantly fail to look hip, cool, or caring.
Look at at their competitors. Sony has repeatedly pissed on their customers left and right, but yet they still manage to have fanboys proclaiming how evil Microsoft is. Apple has managed to convince legions that missing a feature is a feature itself, and it's scary outside the walls of their garden. They even had a CEO that was viewed as a messiah.
Then again, i
I bought my Sega because I believed it would lead me into a larger world.
I bought my Playstation because I believed I would become more self actualised (whatever the heck that means.)
Funny how they are in boxes, gathering dust, which I continue to use a desktop computer.
I bought my Playstation because I believed I would become more self actualised (whatever the heck that means.)
So, you were waiting for Maslow's Quest to be released too? I guess the developers just couldn't code "peak experiences".
I don' t buy games, I get them via blockbuster, much cheaper than buying.
That is why I only had an Atari 2600. Computers are so much better than video game consoles.
Computers are so much better than video game consoles.
I agree with you, except in one case: when you have friends over. Not a lot of PC game developers anticipate a situation with a gaming PC hooked up to a TV and four USB gamepads.
If you are talking about the Dreamcast you really need to check out some of the emulators and ROM collections for the DC. The fact that you didn't have to modchip it meant that while my boys have the original Xbox and PS2 gathering dust the DC stays hooked up loaded with SNES and Genesis games. Its cool to be able to bust out some Ikari warriors or General Chaos without having to blow on carts and if you hit some of the BT sites you can find pre-made ROM collections that are as simple as burn>>run for
By the end of the year, Microsoft is expected to unveil an updated Xbox Live design that is more in line with the look of Windows phones and the forthcoming Windows 8.'
If I were them, I'd unveil a new Windows 8 that looks more like XBox Live. I don't own an XBox, but from what I understand the online support from Microsoft for XBox is better than what is offered by Sony for PS3 and Nintendo for Wii. I do actually own those two systems and have generally found the online support to be pretty terrible.
I don't own an XBox, but from what I understand the online support from Microsoft for XBox is better than what is offered by Sony for PS3 and Nintendo for Wii. I do actually own those two systems and have generally found the online support to be pretty terrible.
It's true, you get what you pay for. I've paid for the Live membership for over 5 years and I've been very happy with it. It's easy, they keep it fresh, and the added indie game section is a nice touch. I'll be interested to see what the live TV offering is going to be and I'm also hopeful they'll incorporate Skype with Kinect. The camera on the Kinect doesn't appear to capture the most crisp picture, but it's decent enough to get the point across.
If you're a developer and want to give something away then forget about it.
This is just as true on the other platforms. Neither Wii nor PS3 has promotional free games to my knowledge, or even any approved indie scene to speak of. At least Microsoft has Xbox Live Indie Games in select markets.
No included wifi so you can buy a pricey adapter
This was fixed in the Xbox 360 S revision.
The latest 360 systems have built-in wi-fi, incidentally (not that it makes that much difference in your point).
If you think the online services of the other two consoles are anywhere close to Xbox Live, then you probably don't have enough experience contrasting the services to make a reasonable comparison. You'll have to trust me that most of my friends, while not exactly ecstatic about paying $60 a year for Live really don't consider it enough of a deterrent, considering how slick and seamless the servic
The 360 is all about milking the customer. No included wifi so you can buy a pricey adapter,
Or use the built in ethernet port. Saves money for those of us that don't see the need for wireless.
can't use a standard HD, got to buy a expensive proprietary add-on
Oh yes, the expensive proprietary add-on otherwise known as a HDMI cable. Bought mine from a supermarket for 1.5GBP (under US$3). Only the first generation of Xbox360 consoles lacked a HDMI port, and you have to remember that when they were released very few people had a HD TV, and those that did mostly had component connections
To play games online or do anything really it's $60 a year.
Well I'd consider offline play, patch and game demo downloads as something, but XB
The 360 is all about milking the customer. No included wifi so you can buy a pricey adapter, can't use a standard HD, got to buy a expensive proprietary add-on.
The Arcade fixes the HDMI port issue and as tepples says the S adds WiFi. Let us not forget that the magical PS3 with WiFi was $600 at launch.
To play games online or do anything really it's $60 a year.
That does suck.
Blu-Ray or no Blu-Ray, that is the question upon which PS3 purchases were justified or not. Me, I just got a BDP-S300 for five bucks, and as soon as I find a matching remote, I'll have a Blu-Ray player. I didn't have an HDTV until relatively recently (well after the PS3 launch anyway) and I'm still pretty much amazed at how good an upscaled DVD can look. So it comes down to which hardware you needed. For many people the 360 was significantly cheaper up front. I don't have Live Gold so I'm not paying for it
Microsoft saw what the hacker community is doing with the original xbox and great stuff like XBMC, they put that in Xbox360. They did not see any writing on the wall, as always they were smart in realizing the potential of what the hacker community bought to the xbox, bought that to 360. They did the exact same with Indie games on xbox 360 as people on the original xbox were writing indie games. They just capitalized on what the consumer wanted. A smart thing to do, but I would give credit to the innovato
It's not just games, although games are where it comes out most. Windows doesn't understand what to do with monitors and full-screen applications, up to and including its own desktop.
I have a two-screen setup. They're cheap, but let's not get picky. The one on the left is 1024x768, a trashy little thing I've had for years. The one on the right is 1360x768, a repurposed LCD TV. (Don't get me started on its problems.) Let's say I'm playing some old game, which wants to run at 4:3. Windows, naively, put
But Windows doesn't innovate, and they don't think.
Amen, brother. I know M$-bashing gets some flak on
It's not even about bashing the company. I get that they make a majority of their money on business instead of consumer machines. I don't even really mind that they tend to focus on those clients. However, you would think them capable of using that money to make the end-result better; you know, using it the way MS Research does (the ones who do things like the giant multitouch table, and other projects that never really made it to production, but were hella impressive). Only, you know, doing that for th
Have you tried multiple monitors on any other OS? MacOS has been doing multiple monitors since time immemorial and it has all the same problems you attribute to Windows. And don't even get me started on how crappy multiple monitor support is on Linux. As bad as Windows is at handling it, it's one of the best.
"There should be options in the OS to disable the windows key when full-screen applications are running"
What? any programmer worth his salt can do this.
If it's not done in a game it's because the game's developers made the concious decision that people want to be able to get out of their games and jump to the start menu to do something else, we did after all change to multi-tasking operating systems for a reason.
"but MS continually just releases a crap of DRM they call GFWL with no "features" a gamer would
Bear with me, but my theory is they think they can make consoles at a cheaper price than people will be willing to pay for them. So crazy it just might be true.
That would be more convincing if the Xbox hadn't been a financial boondoggle. They may 'make consoles at a cheaper price than people are willing to pay for them' right now, but they'll take a long time to pay off the debts incurred in reaching that point and will soon have to blow another truckload of cash developing the next generation.
Yup, I'm not convinced they've actually turned a profit yet from the XBox line. If they're tying it to Bing and their long line of CE/Mobile abominations, I'm pretty sure they're in the red.
OS and Office are still doing a good job of funding their delusions, mind.
Um, according to the financial statements for FY11, the E&D business (which includes the CE/Mobile "abominations") made $1.3billion in profit on revenue of $8.9billion. This puts it around 125 on the fortune 500 in terms of profit, and about 275 in terms of just revenue, and solidly in the black. If this were any other company it would be considered a ridiculous success. (Amazon took 8 years to make a profit of $73 million, and now, at 16 years old, is making a profit of a third of the E&D division)
The article states "Ten years later, the Xbox 360 is the best-selling video-game system of its generation in the United States, where more people plug it into their TVs than either Sony's PlayStation 3 or Nintendo's Wii (emphasis mine), and it's making Microsoft a contender in the fierce battle to serve up entertainment on demand, especially from Internet video services. "
That makes for a nice story but the Wii has worldwide sales of almost 90M compared to the Xbox 360's 55-57M. If you tak
The article said "plug into TVs" not "dump in box behind TV."
best-selling video-game system of its generation in the United States, where more people plug it into their TVs than either Sony's PlayStation 3 or Nintendo's Wii
Emphasis mine. You listed worldwide numbers. It doesn't change your argument, based on wikipedia's source, but I thought it was important to look at the actual claim.
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The last thing Microsoft wants is for people to find out or realize that you can do "computery" things without a computer running one of their operating systems. It's why they had shills in the late 80's early 90's saying: "Hey, don't buy an Amiga or ST, because you'll need to bring home work from the office and those machines don't use the "industry standard" software".
Or when Microsoft bought WebTV, which allowed people to send e-mail, use USENET, IRC chat, and view webpages on a consumer oriented piece of hardware that hooked up to the TV and didn't run Windows, and then let it languish.
Sega, Sony and Nintendo probably scared Microsoft silly when their hardware became capable of running PC style games without being cut down so much Sega's netlink and Sony's prototype PSone modem probably gave them the impetus for entering the market. "If we don't enter their makret, they'll eventually enter ours and make game consoles that people can use to browse the net." Sony's use of Linux tools for developing probably gave them fits as well.
And think of the PS2...acknowledged capable of running Linux from the start, with a slot for a hard drive and networking, and USB ports. Microsoft knew that Cony could do some kind of "web kiosk" software for the PS2 any time they wanted to, or worse, do a general release of the Linux kit. SCEE apparently had a "Live" version of the distro in the Linux kit that they tested out. Let's also not forget the Japan only release of the BBN software which let Japanese PS2 owners do a lot of stuff that we Americans only got to do upon release of the PS3.
Then came the PS3...which at one time, ran Linux out of the box, all you needed was install media. And there was at one time a plan to install it by default on all PS3's alongside GameOS. The PS3 also does media, and has a built in web browser, and support for downloadable apps (though Sony didn't add an "app" section to the PSN store till recently). That thing was Microsoft's worst nightmare come to life. Who needs Windows to play complex games? Who needs Windows just to visit facebook.
So Microsoft has to stay in the market just to keep Sony and/or Nintendo off balance enough to prevent them from getting any more ideas.
Now Microsoft is linking Xbox 360, its most successful consumer-focused brand, with others that have not been as well received.
Can't wait for MS Bob w/ avatars on XBox!
Twas the game Halo that pulled the Xbox from a race to
the bottom with the Game Cube. PS2'ers looking down waiting
to see which one folded first.
Being a PS2'er I remember when Xbox started being talked about
in a positive way, just before the release of Halo 2.
Now Xbox is manipulating game producers for perks, Being a PC
"Call of Duty" player watching as microsoft claims CoD as their own.
Seriously home media is fine but it's the games that sell the system.
I have a PS3,, the last version that was backwards compa
I can tell you what Microsoft was telling business about the Xbox when they were rolling it out. I was at one of their "digital home" shows for businesses, where they were trying to convince the attendees that everyone would soon have 3 or 4 Xboxes in their houses which they could use a networked PVR/gaming systems.
The presentation was pathetic with obvious Microsoft employee "shills" in the audience who lobbed softball questions to the presenters. Even worse the "networked" PVR demo was faked, they hid an extra computer to feed video to their "remote" TV in the "bedroom". It was, overall, a pretty disgusting bit of charlatanism.
The point, of course, is that it was pretty obvious to anyone who cared to know exactly why Microsoft got into the Xbox business, they were hoping to shore up the Windows monopoly by producing a gaming console that they could eventually parlay into a monopoly on digital homes. They needed to do this to prevent anyone else from establishing domination in this arena, imagine if Linux became the standard for consumer appliances, it could potentially erode the Windows desktop monopoly.
Unfortunately for Microsoft, all the digital home stuff was way too early, they didn't actually have viable products to back it up at the time, and Nintendo and then Apple stole their thunder with the Wii, and iPhone and the iPad respectively. They've been trying for a very long time to figure out how to use the Xbox 360 to expand the reach of their monopolies without tipping their hand to the regulators. Now that the regulatory period is over, they no longer have to worry about making blatantly anticompetitive moves.
Unfortunately for Microsoft, all the digital home stuff was way too early, they didn't actually have viable products to back it up at the time, and Nintendo and then Apple stole their thunder with the Wii, and iPhone and the iPad respectively.
I think people underestimate how much the iPod screwed up Microsoft's plans. Microsoft developed media formats (WMA/WMV) and created DRM to go with it. They made deals to use their formats and DRM on online stores. They had the XBox ready to stream that media to your TV, and they had media empires ready to make their formats the default format. This would have given them a lock over the consumption of entertainment products.
But there was one little problem: Apple absolutely refused to support WMA or Pl
seriously. ms sidewinder controllers and their forcefeedback controllers were _the_ best. they also dipped into game publishing before xbox - AND in the late '90s pc gaming became _the_ platform for high class gaming(which it still is) - on microsoft os, which despite everything made it possible to have pretty much random hardware and things would just work(compare that to early '90s pc gaming where if a game didn't support your soundcard you were fucked so you were better off just staying with blaster clones and other "standard" parts).
seriously. ms sidewinder controllers and their forcefeedback controllers were _the_ best.
no, no they weren't. I have seen more MS FF sticks in the dumpster due to failure than I've ever seen in use. Logitech makes (and made) better pads, sticks, mice, keyboards, and indeed, all classes of hardware device that Microsoft has ever made. And the BEST joysticks came from Thrustmaster and Saitek (specifically the Cyborg.)
ms force feedback pro - the first one, it beat any thrustmaster I had used as a gaming joystick. it was pretty good for playing even mech warriors, which seriously you wouldn't want to do with anything spring loaded. it was better than flightsticks we had. the reason they went to dumpster is that they used midi as interface and they didn't port the drivers over to newer windows's. I don't think much of logitechs plastics, tbh, and their keyboards come from the same factories as ms's(and the one xbox logite
if you want simulation controls, then sure, I guess thrustmaster is ok. but it's pretty bitchy to rig up that kind of control rig to your chair so that it's comfortable and ok for use with more than few realistic simulators.
I have a rebuilt and stickworks-converted F22 Pro and it does not take long to set it up for Mechwarrior IV. And I guess my arm is just stronger than yours... a dubious honor at best.
Logitech makes (and made) better pads, sticks, mice, keyboards
Funny you should say that, in the last 6 months I have had 2 out of 3 Logitech mice malfunctioning or DOA right out of the box.
Funny you should say that, in the last 6 months I have had 2 out of 3 Logitech mice malfunctioning or DOA right out of the box.
Are they the same model? You have have found a magical bad run. I've unboxed dozens of Logitech products and never repeat never had one even have a problem out of the box, or indeed, until years of abuse had gone by.
I *did* get a used trackman wheel with a weird problem... called up logitech and it was disco'd so they sent me a wireless model. Hard to complain.
seriously. ms sidewinder controllers and their forcefeedback controllers were _the_ best.
no, no they weren't. I have seen more MS FF sticks in the dumpster due to failure than I've ever seen in use. Logitech makes (and made) better pads, sticks, mice, keyboards, and indeed, all classes of hardware device that Microsoft has ever made. And the BEST joysticks came from Thrustmaster and Saitek (specifically the Cyborg.)
still have my sidewinder force feedback pro. still play mechwarrior 3 and 4 with it. I do have a brand spanking new logitech 550 wireless keyboard, though, that is about to go back to the vendor because it is the hands-down crappiest keyboard I've ever used. The tactile response is horrible, the keyboard will freeze for seconds at a time, and when it isn't freezing, it is randomly registering phantom keystrokes. I realize I'm offering only one datapoint here, but first impressions are lasting impressio
Only problem: the XBOX is not expensive. $300 will get you an xbox, or a really underpowered computer.
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Sweating - absent
An abnormal lack of sweat in response to heat may be harmful, because sweating allows heat to be released from the body. The medical term for absent sweating is anhidrosis.
Anhidrosis sometimes goes unrecognized until a substantial amount of heat or exertion fails to cause sweating.
Overall lack of sweating can be life-threatening because the body will overheat. If the lack of sweating happens in a small area only, it is usually not as dangerous.
Causes of Sweating - absent
- Burns
- Certain genetic syndromes
- Certain nerve problems (neuropathies)
- Congenital disorders including as ectodermal dysplasia
- Dehydration
- Neurologic disorders such as Guillain-Barre syndrome
- Skin diseases that block sweat glands
- Trauma to sweat glands
- Use of certain drugs
Home Care
If there is a danger of overheating, take a cool shower or sit in a cool bathtub and drink plenty of fluids. Remain in a cool environment. Move slowly during hot weather. Avoid heavy exercise and hot foods.
When to Contact a Health Professional
Call your health care provider if you have a general lack of sweating or an abnormal lack of sweating when exposed to heat or strenuous exercise.
What to Expect at Your Office Visit
The doctor will perform a physical exam. In emergencies, the health care team will perform rapid cooling measures and give you fluids to stabilize you.
Your doctor may ask questions about your symptoms and medical history. You may be given drugs to cause sweating.
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The folks at Highland Park Bowl in Moline had to be relieved Saturday afternoon that the oil on the lanes didn't catch fire, thanks to Amber Granzow.
The Sterling senior rolled a Panther Invitational-best 1,358 six-game series, but her last three-game set was historic. With a 244, a 257 and a 279, the 780 is the seventh-highest three-game series in IHSA history.
Sterling coach Dennis Black likened the experience to watching Heather Wolf flirt with a perfect game while shooting an 819 series last November at Plum Hollow in Dixon.
"I was just in a state of euphoria," Black said Saturday night. "Amber was just dynamite."
Sterling placed second with 5,597 pins, 128 behind Moline. Dixon was third with 5,482, and senior Devan Gearhart was second behind Granzow individually with a 1,275 six-game series.
Boys bowling
Dixon wins Cavalier Invite: It wasn't even close at IV Super Bowl in Peru. The Dukes amassed 6,749 pins and outrolled their nearest competition, DeKalb, by 560 pins.
Andrew Hamburg was one of four Dukes to eclipse 1,300 pins over six games. He totaled 1,436 pins, an average of 239.3, and was second at the event individually. Connor Allen was third with 1,389, and Joel Spangler was fifth with 1,379.
All 10 of the teams at the event will take aim at the DeKalb Sectional in January.
The Dukes' low game was 971, their highest came in the second game, a 1,265.
"What they did was absolutely amazing," Oregon coach Al Nordman said. "With two games of more than 1,200 ... this is unheard of."
Neither Nordman nor Dixon coach Allen Wickert were aware of a higher six-game series in Dukes history.
Oregon placed fifth out of 10 teams with 6,077 pins. Freshman Brandon Taylor was sixth individually with 1,378, despite a 160 in his fifth game. Top individual David McManus of Hall had a perfect game and a 1,541 six-game series.
Rockets win at Riverdale: Paced by champions Carlos Gutierrez and Shawn Skinner, Rock Falls took top honors in the 12-team Jim Boyd Riverdale Invitational in Port Byron.
The Rockets finished with 173 points, just ahead of Burlington, Iowa, which had 168.5. Sherrard (146), Davenport West (139.5) and Erie-Prophetstown (126) rounded out the top five teams.
Gutierrez won a title at 120 pounds, while Skinner's title was at 195. Rock Falls also had a pair of runner-ups in Roberto Arellano (145) and Josiah Torres (285), while Tibs Cervantes was third at 138.
Erie-Prophetstown's Jared Cole won a title at 138 pounds. Taking second for the Panthers were Josh Wheeler (132) and Jon Butts (195).
Comets 7th at Plano: Jake Snow (126), Brady Rude (145) and Brian Bahrs (160) each won titles as Newman finished seventh in the 18-team Reaper Invite in Plano.
Sandwich (188.5), Plano (172) and Plainfield South (171) were the top three squads. Newman had 117 points, while Amboy was 15th with 36 points.
Boys swimming
Keanu Interone won the 100-yard breaststroke Saturday helping the Sterling Golden Warriors to a fourth place finish at the Freeport Invitational
Sterling had 194 points. DeKalb won the meet with 389. The Byron coop was fifth at 181 and Morrison was eighth with 111.
Interone won the breaststroke in 1 minute, 1.41 seconds.
Dixon student Aaron Helander, who swims for Byron, won the 100 backstroke in 54.21. He was also on a second place 800 relay team.
Saturday's stars
Amber Granzow, Sterling bowling, 780 series, seventh-best in state history
Andrew Hamburg, Dixon bowling, 1,436 six-game series, led Dukes to Cavalier Invite title
Carlos Gutierrez and Shawn Skinner, Rock Falls wrestling, champions at 120, 195 pounds, respectively, at Riverdale Invite


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Growing up in Peabody, I know how good Tom McGee was to his native Lynn and the North Shore in general. But I was a bit taken aback by the obituary published in the Jan. 1 Globe that made him appear saintly ("Thomas McGee, 88, House speaker for longest period in state history"). For those of us who remember the lengthy battle to have sexual orientation nondiscrimination legislation passed in Massachusetts, we can't forget how McGee nastily opposed any effort to legislate equal rights for the Commonwealth's gay and lesbian citizens.
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Although I generally subscribe to the idea that one should not speak ill of the dead, there is an exception in my book for public figures such as McGee. I believe we all benefit by being reminded of the full person, and of how society and what is thought of as acceptable can change over time — in this case, for the better.


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The Summer 2010 issue of Screen Actor magazine is now on its way to SAG members across the country and is available for downloading online. SAG members can log in to their SAG.org account to download the full issue, others can download highlights here.
About the Cover: The kids of summer, clockwise, Selena Gomez and Joey King in Ramona & Beezus (photo by Alan Markfield, 20th Century Fox); Finley Jacobson, Mandy Haines, Judy Greer, "Marmaduke" and Caroline Sunshine in Marmaduke (photo by Joe Lederer, 20th Century Fox); Despicable Me's Miranda Cosgrove (photo by Colette de Barros, Nickelodeon); Jaden Smith in The Karate Kid (photo by Jasin Boland, Columbia Pictures); Charlie Tahan and Zac Efron in Charlie St. Cloud (photo by Diyah Pera, Universal Pictures); and Madeline Carroll and Callan McAuliffe in Flipped (photo by Ben Glass, Warner Bros. Pictures). Cover design by Yvette Youssefia.


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This Trailer is basically the same than 'Tailed Beasts Unleashed' but there is a surprise at the end...
All the tailed beast are revealed as playable characters. The trailer also reveal new chapters to be included in the deep rich story mode.
if this is true.... OMG OMG OMG!!!!!! *goes into dream state*
*epic nosebleed*
*rainbow from mouth*
*pants wet*
uhhhh spoiler alert... not everyone knows the 9-Tails name lol
It looks good but I do hate how we have to watch an entire trailer again just for a 5 to 10 second clip.
Also on a side note the Limited Edition now looks fantastic with Kurama mode on the front.
i thought the collector edition comes with both action figures of Naruto and Sasuke or is this for a certain region? Can someone clarify this for me?


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BERLIN -- The world has changed since 1929, when U.S. Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson shut down the State Department's code-breaking office, declaring "gentlemen don't read others' mail." In the current age of surveillance, world leaders -- who are by their very nature uber-communicators -- are especially vulnerable to communications snooping by friends and foes alike. Here's how some are trying to cope following allegations of massive electronic monitoring by the U.S. National Security Agency:
German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacted mildly last spring to the initial allegations of widespread NSA surveillance leaked by Edward Snowden, reminding Germans that U.S. intelligence helped their country in the fight against terrorism. Her tone changed sharply this week after the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel reported her own cellphone may have been tapped, declaring Thursday that spying among friends "cannot be." Merkel may be especially vulnerable. She's an inveterate mobile phone user, often seen texting or chatting on her cell. In 2007 Merkel told German radio that she had no plans to ban cellphones in government meeting rooms because people would simply text from the toilets. Merkel is especially adept at texting and is fond of its efficiency.
Electronic eavesdropping comes as no surprise in Italy, which is among the most heavily wiretapped countries in the world. Italian media feasted for years on leaks of ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi's salacious conversations -- presumably that were monitored by police -- about extravagant `'bunga bunga" parties at his residences, as well as other matters political and personal matters. Berlusconi, who has been convicted of tax fraud, has cast himself as a victim and champion of democratic values. "We are all spied on," he declared in 2010. That didn't stop Berlusconi and his allies from stooping to using wiretapped conversations for political gain. Earlier this year, the media magnate was convicted of breach of confidentiality in a case stemming from one of his own newspapers' illegal publication of wiretapped conversations related to a bank takeover attempt.
The best way to avoid being monitored is not to communicate. But that's not feasible in the modern age, especially for leaders of major countries. French President Francois Hollande alluded to the dilemma Thursday, telling reporters he couldn't very well stop using the phone just because some unauthorized figure was listening in. "I use the telephone," said Hollande, whose country maintains its own robust spying operations. "Fortunately, I haven't gone back to the Stone Age. I don't use Morse code, for example, or something else."
Some of the recent allegations have included alleged NSA spying on former Mexican President Felipe Calderon. Perhaps as a result, his successor, Enrique Pena Nieto, has been cautious about using cellphones, emails and social networking sites. He's seldom seen in public using a mobile. That could also be due in part to firsthand experience with the risks of too much communication. In 2011, his teenage daughter Paulina reacted to social media critiques of her father by retweeting a comment describing his critics as a "bunch of idiots" who only criticize "those they envy." Pena Nieto quickly apologized, as did his daughter. Even before the latest revelations, the Mexican government announced it had begun tightening security on voice and data -- including expanded encryption.
NSA revelations have also prompted Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa, to tighten his communications security. His spokesman Andres Michelena wouldn't provide details because "it's a confidential topic." Correa has already offered Snowden political asylum if the NSA leaker can find a way to reach Ecuador from Russia. And the Ecuadoreans have been hosting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in their embassy in London for more than a year. Ecuador has also announced it will join Brazil in creating an Internet infrastructure independent of the U.S. to sidestep NSA snooping.
Bolivia's left-wing President Evo Morales may still use the phone, but he's discontinued using email. After he took office in 2006, Morales said he found microphones in his office and suspected the Americans. Two years later, he expelled the U.S. ambassador and agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration for allegedly inciting his political opponents. The final straw came in July, when his plane was forced to make an unscheduled stop in Vienna on a flight from Moscow because of suspicions that Snowden was onboard. After that, Morales said he was told by other leaders that the U.S. was reading emails. "Some brothers have told me: `Evo don't use it. So I stopped," he said.
At a press conference in Brussels, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte sparred Thursday with a reporter who kept pressing whether he was under surveillance. Rutte asked the journalist if he was sure he was not being spied on. "No, I am not sure," the reporter said. Rutte replied: "Me neither."


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Paper plates to stay: Project H2O not washed up yet
When car washes were ordered to close back in September, restaurant owners shook in their shoes; after all, if such harsh punishment could come down on one industry, what would prevent a similar fate from befalling another?
Desperate to protect their livelihoods, they formed Project H2O, a collective of environment-oriented restaurateurs determined to police themselves. They agreed to serve only bottled water, to supply hand sanitizer in customer bathrooms, to use disposable plates, and to not offer refills on fountain drinks. As grass browned and shriveled and the ground cracked, such restrictions seemed sensible.
But several heavy rains and the reduction of public water consumption by 50 percent since July have replenished reservoirs from a low of near 50 percent up to 80 percent. In fact, as of Halloween, car washes were permitted to resume conducting business using public water (see News story on page seven). So what will restaurants do now?
The majority of the 40-strong coalition plan to hang in with the drought relief plan, at least until a meeting later this month, says Alice Kim, co-owner of Oxo restaurant on Water Street, and a co-founder of the Project.
"By us staying for a little while longer, we're an educational tool," explains Kim. "We don't want to give a false sense of security."
Kim says the recent rains have made some customers wonder how long restrictions will last. She has heard some comments concerning the use of plastic plates and Oxo's sale of $5 bottles of Evian and $4 bottles of San Pellegrino. But she denies charges of profiteering like the one made in this week's letter section on page five.
"We're spending a lot of money to help the water situation," Kim says. Using a special kind of plastic plates that cost approximately 50 cents each results in an expense of $3-4 per person. "It's not even balancing it out," she says.
Despite the high price of her plastic, Kim says that for now Oxo and other Project H2O members will continue to absorb the cost. The city and county will lift water restrictions from both private residents and businesses when reservoir levels reach 85 percent and hold that level for seven days. Kim says Project H2O will seriously consider changing their policy at that time and the issue will be raised at the November 26 meeting at 4pm in the Mudhouse's Smart Room– but there are those who believe they should take it a step further.
"Some think we should stay with the city," she says. "Others think we should make a point," Kim says, by keeping the changes in place even after the city lifts its restrictions.
Royal buffet?
The former Wood Grill Buffet spot has sat empty for many months now, with nothing but a teasing sign promising a "Super Buffet" coming soon out front. Dish couldn't get any information out of the leasing agent, Hal Brownfield, who said the new occupant didn't want his or her identity revealed, but a little roadblock never stopped Dish.
A few well placed calls, and we had our answer: It seems the force behind China King Buffet, the gi-normous Mongolian grill and Asian buffet in the former Katie's Country Club space, will play a part in the new Super Buffet.
Gui Chen, whose family owns the China King as well as several other regional restaurants, says he and an unnamed partner hope to open in the former Wood Grill space in the near future. No opening date has been set, but Chen says details of the new space will be forthcoming in a few weeks.


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Antonio Conte has insisted that Juventus will not underestimate Celtic in the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie at Parkhead on Tuesday evening.
The Serie A champions are seen as the sky-high favourites to reach the quarter-finals at the expense of the Scottish giants, but Conte has stressed that a tough task awaits the Bianconeri.
"We've got great respect for Celtic and won't underestimate them. They're back in the Champions League and, like us, are outsiders who want to go as far as possible," Conte said at a press conference.
"They're a physical team and score a high percentage of their goals from set pieces. We kept a close eye on Celtic's Champions League progress during the group stages.
"Home advantage has been very important for them. The stadium will act as their 12th man. Not many teams could manage to beat Barcelona at home and lose by a whisker at the Nou Camp.
"It's a dream to be back in the Champions League and our dream is now to claim a place in the quarter-finals."
Tuesday's match is scheduled to kick off at 20:45CET.