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Hey I just switched to Sabayon and I have to say its just amazing and everything works out of the box. It's truly a next generation distribution with its package management and true rolling release system. It's just so polished and to be honest I think I've finally found the distribution for me, I love bleeding edge but hate having to re-install my OS every time to get some semblance of stability, but Sabayon just works.
I'm a tad disappointed by the general lack of packages though. To be fair though there are still tons and tons available and most are really well maintained. Yet there is one specific program I can't live without, Btnx and its gui, Btnx-config. I know the program is deprecated but it still works in every Debian based and Fedora based distribution (Fedora 14, 15, 16; Kubuntu 11.04, 11.10; Mint 12, LMDE, Open SUSE.) but I just can't find it in our repository and I even contemplated using a Gentoo ebuild but that seems abandoned.
Btnx is basically a method of mapping inputs to specific actions eg. keyboard shortcuts, launch applications or a host of other things. I know evdev has supposed to make the use of multi-button mice better and with my Logitech Performance MX my scroll wheel all work (in chrome, chromium and nautilus the forward and back button work) but the thumb button and zoom button don't (I used thumb to activate activities, and zomm to toggle Cntrl.) Sounds silly but this really radically changes my interaction with the desktop, some people have even more buttons. This works on all mice I've tested. I've used a whole lot of other solutions like xev and xbindkeys but they just don't have the same ease of use. This is just a nifty little program and daemon which I know new users would love.
I have thought of doing it from source but I just can't seem to fulfill all my dependencies and its just getting too messy. I'm not much of a programmer (I know a little python, matlab and mathematica) so I can't really do much. I'll probably taking some advanced classes in C in the fall but that's ages away. Also as much as I've learnt in the last year while using Linux I still don't know much about the true nitty gritty but I am learning so that I can hopefully help contribute back one day. Linux is rocks but Windows does just handle mice and keyboards better and this should really help us getting this up to par (and actually exceeding Windows.)
I love Sabayon way too much for this to be a deal breaker but its nice to have.
Also I know the way we handle packages in a very innovative way and its nice knowing I won't have to re-install ever again but I miss the massive amounts of packages I used to have access to.
Thanks so much to Dev's and senior members. If no one can help me or have the time, I would really appreciate it if you could direct me to some resources so that I can try see if I can get an implementation going over the summer. I really want to start doing more than just donating!


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Woods, Real Estate, Foxygen, Alex Bleeker & the Freaks and More Set for Woodsist Festival
Real Estate, Foxygen, Alex Bleeker & the Freaks, The Fresh and Onlys, The Babies and several other acts will join host band Woods at the fourth-annual Woodsist Festival. Organized by Woods' label Woodsist and promoters (((folkYEAH!))), the festival will return o the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur, CA for two days as well as host a one-day event at Pappy & Harriet's in Pioneertown the following weekend.
Six bands will perform each day in Big Sur while seven will perform in Pioneertown. Other confirmed acts will include: Michael Hurley, Skygreen Leopards, Jessica Pratt, Peaking Lights
Little Wings, MV & EE, Skygreen Leopards and others. Bleeker plays bass in Real Estate while Woods' Kevin Morby leads The Babies. Members of MV & EE have also toured as auxiliary members of Woods.
Here's a look at the Woodsist Festival by day
Sunday, September 22, Big Sur
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Michael Hurley
Skygreen Leopards
Jessica Pratt
Sunday, September 23, Big Sur
Real Estate
The Fresh and Onlys
Peaking Lights
Little Wings
Alex Bleeker and the Freaks
Saturday, September 28, Pioneertown
Real Estate
Fresh and Onlys
White Fence
The Babies
Jessica Pratt
Alex Bleeker and the Freaks
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The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC) Board of Directors approved $174,791.97 in funding through the Renewable Energy Fund (REF) to help four Rhode Island companies – East Ave Solar, LLC, of Cranston; Newport Solar of Newport; Real Goods Solar of Providence; and Newport Renewables of Newport – pursue renewable energy projects that will produce electricity by cleaner, more sustainable means.
So far in 2013, the REF has awarded $437,296 to 13 businesses and organizations in three rounds of funding.
"By using our assets wisely, we as a state can work to put Rhode Island at the forefront of energy sustainability and affordability," Governor Lincoln D. Chafee said. "Through the Renewable Energy Fund, we are helping Rhode Island businesses that are providing renewable energy services in our state."
"With this third round of funding, we continue to support exciting projects within our communities that contribute to cleaner electricity production and strengthen the state's leadership in renewable energy," said Marcel A. Valois, RIEDC Executive Director.
Funding was approved for projects within two REF programs: Pre-Development Feasibility Study and Small-Scale Solar. The Pre-Development Feasibility Study Program provides forgivable loans for 75 percent of the approved project cost.
The Small-Scale Solar Program consists of $1,500,000 carved out of the 2013 Renewable Energy Fund to fund small-scale solar projects with a grant equal to 25 percent of the installation price. All project owners will be eligible for the 30-percent federal tax credit, which will minimize the out-of-pocket expense and improve the return-on-investment, while the solar photovoltaic systems will significantly reduce or eliminate the consumers' monthly utility bills. All applicants are required to sign up at least three customers prior to applying to the RIEDC for funding.
Summary of REF Awards
Pre-Development Feasibility Study Program
- East Ave Solar, LLC, Cranston, RI -- $39,750
- To help catalyze the development of a 1-MW solar farm in Burrillville, RI.
- General activities this funding will cover prior to construction include interconnection progress prior to enrollment, completion of feasibility study/impact study with National Grid, system design and engineering.
- Newport Solar, Newport, RI -- $33,188
- To help design and install a total of 28.66 kW of solar photovoltaic on eight residential properties, employing five people.
- Newport Solar's mission is to grow as a Rhode Island-based business and employer while fostering the widespread adoption and understanding of solar electricity as a viable means to reduce or eliminate escalating monthly utility bills for Rhode Island residents and businesses while reducing Rhode Island's dependence on fossil fuels.
- Real Goods Solar, Providence, RI -- $72,431
- To help design and install a total of 59.7 kW of solar photovoltaic on 10 residential properties.
- Real Goods Solar, a turn-key solar integrator specializing in residential grid-tied solar photovoltaic installations, has been located and operating in Rhode Island for many years, formerly as Alteris Renewables, SolarWrights and Solar Works prior to those mergers.
- Newport Renewables, Newport, RI -- $29,423
- To help design and install a total of 24.62 kW of solar photovoltaic on three residential properties and one business property.
- The business property belongs to Northeast Collaborative Architects, a historic restoration, sustainable design and master planning firm seeking the installation of a solar photovoltaic system at their firm location in Newport, RI. The system has the potential to produce 15 percent of the building's electricity.


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Role Model Records artist Dru Bex dropped a new single for free titled "Gamez."
Role Model Records artist Dru Bex dropped a new single for free titled "Gamez."
J-Phish dropped a free download of his song "Can't Stay the Same" featuring Seni. ISeeYouKev produced the song. "When we've truly experienced the life-saving power of Jesus in our lives, there is no possible way we can stay the same," said Phish. "His power in our lives WILL change us. Seni. and I wanted to write a song that was a vibe, first of all. Secondly, that lyrically displayed that when the lost are found, they change." Listen below:
Worship Over Swag artist Big Fil released a new free song "Jesus Be A Fence." The track is preparing for his upcoming EP coming this summer. "I grew up on the Eastside of Jacksonville. 21st and Phoenix to be exact, so I know what it feels like to be trapped by your surroundings, and to become consumed by your circumstances. When I wrote this song, I kept every hood in my city and around the world in mind. Sometimes you just need a little encouragement. I just want you to know, I'm praying for you." Listen to Big Fil below:
Kay Sade & PoetiCS collaborated for a free download of the song "Steelo." Listen below: Purchase the track here.
William Pippins released his single "Abortive" for free download. This song paints a picture of how we sometimes desire to have materialistic things to fill voids in our lives. In the end, these materialistic things never bring us true happiness or satisfaction. Listen to William Pippins below:
This is the second single from Armond WakeUp's latest album Even If I Lose, on Illect Recordings. It features production by J. Rhodan and Jonathan Baker and guest vocals from Sean C. Johnson. Listen below: Purchase the song here.
B.I.C. consists of Va-Va, Jabez, and J-Phat. The 3-piece released their music video for "Feet On Satan Neck." Watch below:
Rare of Breed dropped his music video for "Get Up and Go" off upcoming EP The Mission. Watch below: Purchase or stream here.
Shem Rivera teamed up with Xay Hill to drop "Water." "'Water' was made to exemplify our faith in a way that the new and older generations can recognize," said Rivera. "I got together with Xay Hill to create a sound that not only relates to many individuals but catches someone's attention." Jonathan Darvis produced the track. Listen Below: Stream the song here.
Marqus Anthony released his track "Worse Than Useless" featuring Greg Davis Jr. The song is about overcoming hopelessness and doubt to find redemption in Christ. B-Coe Productions produced the song. Listen to Marqus Anthony below: Purchase or stream here.
Snilloc Ynobe releases his music video for "Lord Forgive Me." Ynobe talks about being introduced to Jesus at a young age by his grandmother. As he got older he began to drift away, but never fully abandoned his faith. Watch Snilloc Ynobe Below: Purchase or stream here.


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Donnie Trumpet ft. Vic Mensa – "Pasadena" [VIDEO]
Donnie Trumpet and Vic Mensa make magical records. Here's a visual for their recent co-venture, "Pasadena," from the Donnie Trumpet EP.
The horn ladden cut's bluesy feel is captivating to say the least. The XXL Freshman's talents as a MC and a not-too-shabby crooner add to the cut's overall allure. But it's artist OJ Hays who makes the cypher complete with an animated treatment that's every bit of entertaining.
Stream and/or download Trumpet's self-titled project here. Peep cartoon iterations of the duo and other ill animations in the official video for "Pasadena" below. Be sure to give us your thoughts on it in the comments.
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Private Sector Employees Fearful On Losing Jobs
Private sector employees are fearful about losing their jobs as well as their public sector counterparts as a result of the government's Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), according to IFF Research.
Their research shows 57% of public sector workers agree with the statement "my job is less secure than it was before the Comprehensive Spending Review" along with 34% in the private sector.
Four in 10 (43%) of the UK workforce, across both sectors, say that their jobs are less secure than since the CSR, while 30% disagree.
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Monday, October 18, 2010
MZone Time Machine: September 16, 1978
* 1978 was Bo's 10th year at the helm of the Wolverines and that November would be the last time Bo and Woody would face off against one another in "The Ten Year War."
* Bo's record at Michigan entering 1978 was 83-13-3, a winning percentage of .867.
* 1978 marked the senior campaign of Michigan QB Rick Leach who would finish 3rd in the Heisman Trophy balloting behind winner and future Detroit Lion, RB Billy Sims, and runner-up, Penn State QB Chuck Fusina. In 4th place was future 1979 Heisman Trophy winner, USC RB Charles "Phantom Touchdown" White.
* Michigan would finish the 1978 season 10-2, losing to USC in the Rose Bowl, with said-Phantom Touchdown being the difference.
* Michigan finished 7-1 in the Big 10, tied for 1st, with their lone league setback being a 24-15 loss to MSU who shared the league title with U-M but, due to probation, was unable to go to a bowl game.
* Michigan was ranked #5 in both the final AP and UPI polls marking the 10th consecutive year Bo's teams finished the season ranked in the top 10.
Check out Bo's assistant coaches in '78:
* The defensive coordinator was Bill McCartney, architect of Bo's 1980 defense known as McCartney's Monsters which didn't allow a touchdown in the last 5 1/2 games and delivered Bo his first Rose Bowl victory against Washington. McCartney went on to coach at Colorado wear he won a share of the National Title in 1990.
* The offensive backs coach was future West Virginia head coach Don Nehlen, who was rumored to have advised Rich Rodriguez to take the Michigan job when it was offered to him.
* The defensive backs coach was Jack Harbaugh, father of former Michigan All-American QB and current Standford head coach, Jim Harbaugh.
In the days before one could go to MDen.com and choose from thousands of Michigan-themed items, the ad shown below was only one of two in the entire 76 page program hawking Michigan merchandise (the other for The Wolverine Bucket, a winged helmet-shaped ice bucket).
My favorite item is the "University of Michigan Patron's Pass" for $25 which, according to the ad, "allows you and a guest to attend every Michigan Varsity Athletic Even (*Note exceptions) during the 1978-79 Season."
And just what were those exceptions you ask? Well...
"NOT GOOD FOR football, basketball, hockey or Big 10 or NCAA Championship Events...All other Men and Women's events are included!"
No football, basketball or hockey? Uh, just how much were women's tennis matches and men's track and field events in '78?
And apparently if you were a guy and wanted to model Michigan gear in '78, there was some kind of law that you had to have a pretty damn good sized mustache.
The most numerous ads in the program were for cars, with six auto ads in this program. Gotta love the one below. So just what "sporty features you'd pay extra for in many other cars" came standard with the '79 Oldsmobile Starfire? Well, they list 8 of them below with #2 being the one that I'm sure sealed the deal for many a car buyer in the days of disco: AM radio.
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ED. NOTE: Might make this a regular feature here on the MZone. So if you have any old programs with something you find amusing in them, please send us a jpeg of the cover and jpegs of the funny from inside.
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- srudoff said...
Man if McCartney had come back to Michigan after Colorado, he would have gotten book end half championships!
- October 18, 2010 7:35 AM
- justthinking said...
Somewhere in my pile of stuff is that same Michigan program with Leach's signature on it.
That was his Senior year in which he threw 3 picks against MSU in a loss at home. Threw any Heisman chance out the window that day as well (sound familiar?).
It took me a full year in my then 10 year-old heart to forgive him, as all the little Sparty's in my school were relentless bastards the rest of the year.
I forgave Denard as soon as I saw him smile in the presser after the MSU game, "too excited, too excited".
What a difference 32 years makes.
I rode in an elevator at my hotel with a younger MI couple after the Iowa game Saturday night. The wife was just spewing #$%@ all the way up, as her husband just stood there quietly. I thought to myself, "maybe it's a good thing my wife doesn't like sports - poor guy".
One the way down the next morning, I rode with an elderly couple who were very classily dressed to the nines at 6:30 am. We both agreed that there is plenty of promise for the future, albeit a bit painful right now.
"Keep wearing the colors," the old man said to me as we left the front desk area (I had my Michigan sweatshirt and cap on). "Always have - even the last two years - and always will," I replied back.
Guess it's not all the wealthy "blue hairs" who are causing all the noise these days.
Still on the bandwagon - still All In. Still think we can win out if we can run on all cylinders at the same time.
Does it suck right now, yeah. Sucks worse for the kids though.
I will say this: After 25% of the people left at the start of the 4th quarter Saturday, it was louder at the end of the game with 75% capacity than it was during the first three quarters with everyone there (especially after people saw that Iowa was having trouble communicating at the line of scrimmage).
Hopefully those that left who own season tickets will drop them and we can get some real fans in the stadium who like to raise the roof in their place. They missed a hell of a fourth quarter - mistakes and all.
25,000 people quit on the team, but the team didn't quit on anybody.
....end of rant.
- October 18, 2010 11:35 AM
- Mikoyan said...
The only time I have ever left a sporting event was during a Michigan State-Eastern game. Michigan State was ahead 42-0 (or something like that) and it was the beginning of the third quarter. Didn't look like Eastern was coming back, so we left. I would never think of leaving a Michigan game especially with this offense. As I saw the people leaving, I was thinking to myself, "You people are going to miss an awesome comeback" and they almost did.
- October 18, 2010 11:44 AM
- bigGexpress said...
Wait a minute! Did tUOS copy the buckstash from this add much like they copied the script ohio from our band?
- October 18, 2010 6:28 PM
- Yost said...
I didn't want to bring it up, big...
- October 18, 2010 7:37 PM
- GoBlueBob said...
BigG... Remember this was thirty some years ago. Most people moved on from then.
WV plizered... kind of what I felt like last Saturday at the end of the Iowa game.
- October 19, 2010 11:02 AM
- susieandrew said...
What's scary about the staff is that Mike Gittleson was the S&C coach back then! And he looked exactly the same as he did 30 years later when LC retired!!!
- October 19, 2010 5:21 PM
- susieandrew said...
Also, I would totally buy that Go Blue scarf and hat. And tumbler. And umbrella.
- October 19, 2010 5:22 PM


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In one of President Barack Obama first acts in the White House, he ordered the closure of the CIA's so-called "black-site" prisons, where terror suspects had been held and, sometimes, tortured. The CIA says it is "out of the detention business," as John Brennan, Obama's pick to head the agency, recently put it.
But the CIA's prisons left some unfinished business. In 2009, ProPublica's Dafna Linzer listed more than thirty people who had been held in CIA prisons and were still missing.
Some of those prisoners have since resurfaced, but at least twenty are still unaccounted for.
Last week the Open Society Foundations' Justice Initiative released a report pulling together the most current information available on the fates of the prisoners. A few emerged from foreign prisons after the turmoil of the Arab Spring. One has died. (The report relied exclusively on media accounts and information previously gathered by human rights groups. The Open Society Foundations also donate to ProPublica.)
The report counts 136 prisoners who were either held in a CIA black site or subject to so-called extraordinary rendition, in which detainees were secretly shipped to other countries for interrogation.


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Exactly, Tabby, and that is why I was confused. Like Shoo, I had understood it to mean both genders present. So, when I read frequently that one should not do X in mixed company, where X is something that would not offend on a gender basis, I questioned my definition.
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Jan. 27, 2010
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - UC Santa Barbara sophomore James Nunnally was named NetScouts Basketball Big West Player of the Week after helping the Gauchos to an 85-80 overtime victory over Cal State Fullerton on Jan. 23.
Nunnally scored a career-high 25 points and had 10 rebounds as UCSB won for the fifth time in the last six games. He also added four assists and a steal while making 9-of-15 shots overall and 3-of-4 from three-point range.
The double-double was Nunnally's second of the year. It was the fifth time that he has scored 20 or more points in a game, including three of the last four. He is now averaging 13.8 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. Nunnally leads the team in three-point field goal percentage at 44.0%.
The San Jose, Calif., native has emerged in recent games, averaging 17.5 points and 7.5 rebounds in the last six games.
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Pinkerton Academy in Derry to host Southern New Hampshire College FairBy HUNTER McGEE
Union Leader Correspondent
April 09. 2014 8:02PM
DERRY - Thousands of students and parents from throughout the area will get a chance to meet with representatives from 140 colleges Thursday during the Southern New Hampshire College Fair at Pinkerton Academy.One of the biggest in the state, the college fair is scheduled to run from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the gymnasium.
Students from many high schools throughout the area will be attending, said Director of Guidance Jan Deleault.From the cost of tuition to the average class size, prospective college students will likely have a lot of questions for the representatives. To help guide them during the fair, students will be handed a packet that has a list of questions they can ask as they move from table to table, Deleault said. Students will typically be interested in learning about admission requirements, what colleges are known for in terms of majors, and early admission deadlines, Deleault said.Class size is also important as most students don't want to be in a class with more than 100 students, she said.
'That's important for them,' Deleault said. 'First year classes can be very large.'
Other topics of interest include the type of programs that are available to help students adjust to college life and the type of activities that are planned for the weekends.'The big question is what type of things are going on during the weekends,' she said.
Knowing how many students go home from a college on weekends is also important, she added.
Students also frequently ask about the population of a school. For instance, if they are coming from Pinkerton, they sometimes can't see themselves at a tiny college.With the high cost of tuition at four-year colleges, many students are opting to go to a community college for their first few years.
'They can live at home and transfer pretty seamlessly in New Hampshire, and even to other places, and sometimes save a bundle that way,' she said.


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Juventus beat Catania to stay top of Serie A
Juventus maintained their lead in Serie A with a 1-0 win over Catania, but Napoli and Inter Milan kept up the pressure.
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A solitary strike from Marek Hamsik returned Napoli to second spot in Serie A, but the Partenopei made hard work of beating 10-man Chievo 1-0.
Upwardly-mobile Inter Milan had temporarily edged into second spot earlier in the day, throwing down the gauntlet to Walter Mazzarri's Napoli, who were without injured star striker Edinson Cavani.
But the alternative strike duo of Lorenzo Insigne and Goran Pandev struggled to take up the Uruguayan's mantle, falling over each other to waste promising opportunities.
Slovakian playmaker Hamsik took matters into his own hands and fired the only goal of the game to keep the Campanians within three points of Juventus, before Chievo's Kamil Vacek saw red late on.
The Nerazzurri had earlier leapfrogged Napoli thanks to a 3-1 victory at Bologna.
Andrea Ranocchia gave the visitors the lead in the 27th minute before Diego Milito added a second just after the half-time break.
Nicolo Cherubin replied immediately, but Esteban Cambiasso scored his first goal of the season minutes later to seal Inter's fifth consecutive win, which keeps the Nerazzurri four points shy of the reigning champions.
Udinese turned the tables on Roma at the Stadio Olimpico this evening, recovering from going two goals down by picking up a valuable three points with of a 3-2 victory.
Two goals in two minutes from Erik Lamela appeared to have put the Giallorossi on the way to victory, but they suddenly stopped playing, allowing Udinese to hit back at them.
Maurizio Domizzi pulled a goal back before half-time and Antonio Di Natale brought them level early in the second half.
Di Natale then scored the winner from the penalty spot and Panagiotis Tachtsidis completed Roma's self-destruction by earning a red card in stoppage time.
Juventus had Arturo Vidal and some controversial refereeing decisions to thank as they edged out Catania 1-0, in today's early kick-off.
After the hosts had a goal disallowed in the 25th minute, and the Sicilians' owner and president Antonio Pulvirenti was sent away from the bench, the home side struggled to maintain a level head and Juve took advantage.
Vidal scored the only goal of the game 12 minutes after the interval, which, unlike Catania's effort, should have been disallowed and it was enough to earn the Bianconeri all three points.
Catania's afternoon was then compounded as they ended the game with 10 men after Giuseppe Marchese was sent off.
Fiorentina needed two wonder goals to see off nine-man Lazio 2-0 this afternoon in a game riddled with controversial refereeing decisions.
Adem Ljajic drove a rocket into Albano Bizzarri's net after referee Mauro Bergonzi had bizarrely ruled out his tap-in following Mati Fernandez's saved penalty.
Lazio rallied after the interval, but grew frustrated when Stefano Mauri's goal was ruled out for a contentious offside, with both Cristian Ledesma and Hernanes sent to the changing rooms as tempers began to fray.
Vincenzo Montella's men had kept their cool, though, and veteran striker Luca Toni rubber-stamped all three points with a ferocious strike at the death.
Fiorentina's victory sees them climb into fifth place in the league table, halving the six-point advantage of the capital club, who slip to fourth.
Parma registered their first away victory of the season by means of a 3-1 triumph at 10-man Torino, while Daniele Dessena scored the only goal of the game as Cagliari claimed their third successive 1-0 win away to Sampdoria.
Elsewhere, Atalanta overcame the dismissal of Federico Peluso to hold off the challenge of Pescara in a goalless contest at the Stadio Adriatico.


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PopCap latest installment in its Plants vs. Zombies franchise was a bit unorthodox, to say the least. Rather than follow up with yet another dose of reliable lawn-defense action, the studio decided to create an action-packed shooter, in the style of a Battlefield or Call of Duty. It's just the most recent in a long line of head-scratching experiments and mashups that game developers have dabbled in over the decades. Whether it's a surprise left turn from a well-known franchise or a bizarre partnership, we take a look at some of the strangest examples we could think of. Let us know if we missed any of your favorites in the comments.
Kingdom HeartsSquare had experience in merging a well-known property with its own RPG sensibilities thanks to Super Mario RPG. It's hard to imagine that anyone could have guessed that the company could manage to build a game featuring Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck, and a host of other Disney characters. The game took players on a memorable journey through worlds based on The Little Mermaid, Winnie the Pooh, and more.
Super Mario KartMario and Bowser go way back, but they typically settled their differences in high-stakes battles. Friends don't typically dunk one another in fiery moats, after all. The duo was able to set aside their differences and compete in less lethal ways with the introduction of Super Mario Kart. Nintendo expertly took familiar elements from the Super Mario Bros. games and put them into one of the most beloved multiplayer series out there. Even though Mario and Bowser could call a temporary truce, the games have put more than their share of friendships in peril.
Super Smash Bros.Sometimes a friendly race around the track doesn't cut it. Super Smash Bros. took Nintendo's roster of characters and pit them against each other in not-quite-mortal combat. It seemed ludicrous at the time, but in the best way possible. Finally, Peach could get Mario off her back by using a frying pan to knock him offscreen. Donkey Kong and Yoshi could team up and wipe the smile off that smug little Kirby? As wise men once said, there's a fine line between being clever and being stupid. Super Smash Bros. toed that boundary with style.
Lego Star WarsTraveller's Tales has turned games based on Lego's toy lines into a cottage industry, releasing new installments on an annual basis. They're so ubiquitous now that it's hard to imagine that there was ever a time when they didn't exist. Lego Star Wars: The Video Game was possibly the only good thing to come from the new trilogy. They showcased the humor, action, and co-op that been foundational to each of the games that the studio has released since.
World of WarcraftBlizzard didn't invent the MMORPG – not by a long shot – but it helped to bring the genre mainstream with World of Warcraft, thanks to easy solo play and a user-friendly UI. At its peak, the game had more than 12 million subscribers. Not too bad for a game based on a series of real-time-strategy titles.
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E. WA camping trip, april 26,27,28th inviting anyone!
Posted 16 April 2004 - 12:53 AM
the plans for fun are just to enjoy the scenic area of eastern washington, and leavenworth tourism! a little offroad will be involved.. any car can make it, lifted or not... we might go mountain biking too, if the weather and such permit...
but otherwise, it will just be a fun social camping/gathering! and a mild hatch patrol "beginner" shakedown (for those who are just becoming part of the fun as well as those who are experienced too)
the site i am plannin on, has no hook ups, and no real parking... and if it has not changed sence the last time I was there, there is no fees either (its real woods camping!)
so be prepared!
(bring your own supplies)
anyone interested? if not this time, should we plan another?? (there will be more!)
let me know on this post or by email if you want to attend!
Posted 16 April 2004 - 01:39 AM
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Posted 16 April 2004 - 07:19 PM
How easy would it be to find by myself? I could just show up for a short while.
Posted 16 April 2004 - 10:18 PM
As a side note check this out: Two springs ago I was the first vehicle to drive over the old Blewett pass road. I broke trail through the snow banks...and get this... I did it in a rented Dodge Neon. Man I beat the snot out of that car 4x'ing over rocks and mud, I scratched the roof sneaking under a fallen tree and then I rally'ed it down the switchbacks. Rental cars are fun to punish.
If it's clear of snow, the road from Swauk Pass east to Mission Ridge is sweet. One of my all-time favorite scenic detours.
Posted 19 April 2004 - 02:25 PM
BTW, it doesn't sound like you guy are going to be thrashing your rigs, but if you find yourselves in need of some shop space/tools, I might be able to help out. I don't have a stockpile of parts (yet) but I have just about any tool you might need including a torch set and welder. I can give you a couple phone numbers.
Posted 19 April 2004 - 08:59 PM
and some snow in areas!
there is a possibility I can get monday off of work, which will extend the dates to include-
saturday evening departure, sunday , monday and tuesday morning (tuesday noon return home)
so does that open things up for people?
Posted 19 April 2004 - 11:43 PM
Anyone else on a normal schedule like myself? - up sat night - stay overnight - play for awhile - head back sun-evening.... Technically makes no difference, but some are more comfortable in convoys to-from places... Can convoy back home with normal weekenders like myself sunday evening till it comes to a north-or-south point on the I-5 corridor (south for me).
- Erik Hosa - Tacoma, WA -
Posted 22 April 2004 - 11:10 PM
other meeting locations will be (along the way) Zekes drive in (the red caboose along highway 2 before stevens pass, not sure on arrival time, maybe around 7 or 8ish)
and of course leavenworth, we will be passing thru- just watch along the main highway for us to pass by!
otherwise, get ahold of me before saturday evening!
we will be camping till monday morning, maybe even tuesday if weather, and the attendance permits....
Posted 23 April 2004 - 12:52 AM
Whats everyones general itinnerary? - Anyone else going sat night - staying most of sunday - heading home sunday evening to be back in time for school/work monday morning???? Heading back from somewhere like that (i personally don't konw the areea) with even 1 other car it's better IMO.
And could you shoot me some good directions - maybe some adresses to mapquest??
If i'm not online - call me anytime on my cell, you have the #
ahh hell - if you lost them, or anyone else needs them:
253 - 219-6722 : cell
252 - 759-6837 : house
- Erik - Tacoma, WA -
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LONDON (MarketWatch) — Banks and resources firms led U.K. stocks to sharp losses on Tuesday, as political paralysis in Italy after its general elections fueled fears of renewed instability in Europe.
The FTSE 100 index UKX, +0.18% lost 1.3% to settle at 6,270.44.
Tuesday's losses tracked negative risk sentiment across global markets on the back of parliamentary elections in Italy.
The results were inconclusive with no party or alliance winning enough seats for a majority in the Senate. Both houses are needed to pass legislation, with the results fueling worries a new government would struggle to implement structural reforms. See: 'Ungovernable' Italy: Debt crisis back on table.
Risk-sensitive sectors such as banks and resources firms posted the biggest losses. Barclays PLC BARC, +0.44% BCS, -0.18% dropped 4.7%, Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC RBS, -0.17% RBS, -1.14% lost 4.3% and Lloyds Banking Group PLC LLOY, -0.50% LYG, -0.57% fell 3.3%. Sector heavyweight HSBC Holdings PLC HSBA, +0.36% US:HBC 0005, -0.64% dropped 2.3%.
Among oil firms, Royal Dutch Shell PLC RDSB, -1.40% RDS.B, -2.23% fell 1% and BG Group PLC UK:BG shed 1.9%. Oil prices were also lower. See: Oil falls amid Italy uncertainty, rising dollar
BP PLC BP., -2.01% BP, -3.06% fell 1.6%, a day after a trial related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico got under way in New Orleans. News reports said Monday that U.S. officials were readying a settlement offer worth $16 billion. See: BP lower; settlement offer in the works: reports
In the mining sector, Vedanta Resources PLC VED, -0.38% fell 3.8%, BHP Billiton PLC BLT, -1.10% BHP, -3.66% BHP, -2.48% slipped 1.9% and Rio Tinto PLC RIO, +0.51% RIO, -1.08% RIO, -0.88% fell 0.8%. Most metals prices were lower. See: Gold prices near $1,600 an ounce on Italy chaos
Hotel and restaurant group Whitbread PLC WTB, +3.03% dropped 3.7% as the company said the headline like-for-like sales growth of 2.7% was slightly suppressed by bad weather conditions in January. See: Whitbread 11-week sales up; '13 seen meeting goals.
Shares of Croda International PLC CRDA, +0.13% rose 1.1% after the specialty-chemicals firm posted a 6.6% rise in 2012 and said it sees further progress in 2013. See: Croda profit rises 6.6%; further progress seen in 2013.
Engineering group GKN PLC UK:GKN rallied 3.6%. The company posted a 68% rise in pretax profit for 2012, achieving record profit in all four divisions. See: GKN profit up in all units; sees progress in '13.
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VATICAN CITY — Last time I saw black smoke billowing over St. Peter's Square, it was the April consistory of 2005. But this, obviously, was very different:
When I stepped out of the Vatican's press hall at about 2:45 to head back to the office, several journalists came rushing back in saying "There's a fire! Go outside and look!"
And sure enough dark, menacing puffs of smoke were towering behind the Vatican Museums and then, as the wind shifted, the basilica. The breeze was so strong, it was impossible to tell if the fire was coming from somewhere on the Vatican's 108 acres or from Rome's residential area behind it.
A few minutes later, the vice director of the Vatican press office, Passionist Father Ciro Benedettini, called to tell everyone the fire was not on Vatican property.
Italian news outlets later reported a fire had broken out in a wooded city park in the Valle Aurelia section of Rome, on the hill behind Vatican City. Three engines and a helicopter from Rome's fire department were on the scene at 2:10 keeping the blaze from spreading, said some reports.
Reports said the flames stayed low, engulfing just the underbrush, and that it was easily under control. In fact, by 3 p.m. the thick black clouds had turned to a hazy yellow. Strong winds and a relatively dry season have made parts of Italy susceptible to wildfires, even the urban landscape of Rome.


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Innocent until proven guilty? Hah! I love America.
Innocent until proven guilty? Hah! I love America.
Prosecutors are lawyers, they usually have dockets to move and don't enjoy dealing with pro se litigants -- who generally don't understand what's going on, ask lots of questions (which is good for them, but annoying for a prosecutor who is responsible to the judge to keep a court docket moving), and are easy marks in a trial should it come to that (I'm always confident I can win a pro se trial, no matter what the facts are). An attorney will help you deal with the prosecutor and, in most circumstances, obtain the most favorable deal for you. An attorney will also explain the potential outcomes and consequences of any guilty plea, including for future driving purposes.
Further, an attorney will help you deal with the judge. They'll speak on your behalf and advise you the best things to say to your particular judge to ensure you get the best possible outcome.
Hiring an attorney is a no-brianer here -- regardless of what you want to do.
Cincinnati Here We Go.
26 Years and Counting...
1. You were in a car that likely smelled like alcohol.
2. You likely admitted you'd been at a bar.
3. You likely admitted to the officers you had been drinking.
4. You couldn't recall how many drinks you had consumed.
5. You fell asleep at the wheel of your car while at a red light.
6. You had difficulty maintaining balance when exiting the vehicle.
7. You refused a chemical test which could have cleared your name and proved you were legal to drive.
Put yourself in the shoes of a juror. What's the most likely explanation for all of those facts?
Cincinnati Here We Go.
26 Years and Counting...
1. The car smelled like alcohol because there was someone in my car who was literally doused in beer earlier in the evening.
2. Yes, I was at a bar. I'm at the same bar, every Monday, because I play a gig there.
3. I never told the police I was drinking.
4. I don't know exactly how many drinks it was, but I know it was two or three, likely three.
5. Yes, I did. I was exhausted from the night before, and when my blood sugar gets low, it's very normal for me to become even more tired. I have been in several comas, actually.
6. Yes, I have torn ligaments in my knee that require surgery.
7. I refused the test because a lawyer told me to. Had I known it would've ended up like this, I would have accepted.
. . . and I have witnesses and proof for pretty much all of this.
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We were little lambies waiting for slaughter. My lawyer then got it all under control.
As Warren Zevon said, "send lawyers, guns, and money".
For a time, I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
If you have a blood sugar problem that makes you fall asleep at the wheel, you shouldn't be driving anyway.
"But I do know Joey's sister indirectly (or foster sister) and I have heard stories of Joey being into shopping, designer wear, fancy coffees, and pedicures."
How do we know he's not Mel Torme?
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Studies Examine Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, New HIV Infections Among Youth in South Africa
January 17, 2014
Media outlets report on news surrounding HIV and tuberculosis (TB) in South Africa.
Agence France-Presse: Probe highlights risk from South Africa's drug-resistant TB
"A long-term probe has found that South Africans with highly drug-resistant TB are 'systematically' discharged from hospital without being cured, placing themselves and others at risk, its authors said Friday. ... Experts have long warned that patients with drug-resistant TB who are released without support have a low chance of survival -- and may also infect others with the dangerous germ ..." (1/16).
Reuters: South Africa risks spreading totally drug-resistant TB -- study
"... Despite being treated intensively with an average of eight anti-tuberculosis drugs, many of the patients fared poorly, with high rates of treatment failure and death. Five years after treatment initiation, only 12 of the patients had favorable outcomes and 74 percent had died. ... Commenting on the findings in The Lancet, Max O'Donnell from New York's Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the United States said they should serve as an 'urgent alarm' ..." (Kelland, 1/16).
Bloomberg News: New HIV Infections in South Africa on Steady Decline, U.N. Says
"New HIV infections among South Africa's youth fell to 160,000, or 1.4 percent of the age group, in 2012, according to a report by the United Nations agency set up to tackle AIDS ..." (Mbatha, 1/17).
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Nintendo dragged its feet in the move to HD and is paying the price. They underestimated the time and money expense, and now their first-party releases are behind. On top of that, there's barely been any marketing for the Wii U, which has a name that implies it's an accessory for the Wii rather than a new console. The console's tablet controller doesn't offer anything that people's existing smartphones and iPads can't do better. It was likely released in reaction to the iPad (Nintendo stated in 2010 that Apple is their biggest threat [eurogamer.net]). With the lack of hardware power and user base, there's nothing with which to court third-party developers, who are focused instead on the more powerful consoles coming out later this year.
Nintendo's stronghold remains handheld gaming. However, even that is under threat from smartphones. On top of what Android already supports, iOS 7 will ship with native physical controller APIs, and Apple is working with hardware manufacturers to release official attachments and wireless controllers. While the 3DS certainly won't disappear, it will be interesting to watch how well it fares among adult gamers when physical controllers become commonplace in the iPhone accessory aisle.
I'm only a data point, but my friends parallel my issues. We used to ALL be Nintendo zealots. We loved our Nintendo, SNES, N64, and Gamecubes. So clearly, when the chance to stand inline to midnight for the next great gaming machine with motion controllers came out, we volunteered happily! We bought a Nintendo Wii.
You shouldn't have sold your Wii. It makes a fantastic low-cost, low-power system to emulate older systems including a few arcade games.
I just wish there was more arcade/Neo-Geo titles in their library.
You shouldn't have sold your Wii. It makes a fantastic low-cost, low-power system to emulate older systems including a few arcade games.
I just wish there was more arcade/Neo-Geo titles in their library.
The Ouya does that better at lower cost, no soft-mod required.
Yes... and no.
When the Wii came out, it had fluid, well-executed 480p60 when Sony & Microsoft were lurching around with grossly-underpowered 720pWhatev3r, and true abominations like 1080i60. They finally caught up, and can now do effortless 720p60 and 1080p30 (maybe even 1080p60). Now *Nintendo* has the mediocre, underpowered HD, saddled with expensive controllers that are basically less-capable than a no-name $79 Rockchip-based Android tablet from Shenzhen. They would have been better off with a $149 7
You are correct about most things, but will disagree on your assessment of the Wii U tablet. If used properly, it could offer some very unique game play.
They've started to scratch the surface of that potential in a few "Nintendoland" minigames; the Luigi Ghost game and Metroid most notably. Being able to host competitive multiplayer on actual separate screens is a new development in console gaming.
Of course, these two little games aren't nearly enough to sell a system, or completely validate the concept... but it's a start. We need developers to actually utilize this technology to make new, interesting games. Imagine a dungeon crawler game, one person with the Tablet is the Dungeon Master, controlling hordes of orcs/zombies/etc like an RTS while up to 4 players on normal controllers try and make it through the dungeon, or save the princess, or whatever. The concept works for any cooperative multiplayer game... just let one person act as the opponent in place of the computer. Left 4 Dead does a similar thing, but it requires every player to have their own copy of the game, and be sitting on their own TV, with their own console/computer, etc. Wii U could bring that concept to a single living room couch.
Another big step will be the possibility of hosting multiple tablets on a single system. Especially for sports games, where your tablet can serve as your playbook. No more picking plays onscreen where the other player can clearly see what you're running. The TV can be dedicated to the actual on-field situation, with substitutions, sneak plays, formations, etc handled on the tablet. Hell, this could make for actual compelling "Video Games as a spectator sport." Two players have their tablets, control the plays, etc while a crowd watches a TV. To them, it looks like a regular game, with slightly awkward running motions at times.
I understand the gameplay potential given by the wii u controller. But forking 350 dollars to get the wii U with a crapppy tablet when an iPad would have done the trick (close to) just as well is counter productive. There are only a handful of games that will use the tablet in meaningful way. That make the cost of a Wii U not really justified.
I was really interested in the wii U. But it is very expensive for me and not really worth it at that point. A Ouya seems like a better choice than the Wii U. That's n
Interesting that you compare Wii U to iPad, and then complain about price. The deluxe Wii U package deal thing is still cheaper than a 2-generation old iPad.
Ouya + Nexus 7 might be an interesting concept (if the two can work together.) Haven't done too much tinkering with my Ouya yet (DAMN YOU STEAM SALE) but the few games I've downloaded are incredibly fun. Towerfall and Stalagflight are amazing as multiplayer games. Gives me hope that the Ouya experiment might bear fruit long term. Fingers crossed.
That idea has already been done a few times, but it's never caught on. The GBA could be connected to the Gamecube with a cable. The best game to use the link was probably Pac-Man vs. One player was Pac-Man, who used the GBA screen and could see the entire maze. The other players were the ghosts. They had their individual split screens on the TV. The ghosts had a very limited view so that pac-man wasn't completely screwed with 3 human controlled ghosts.
Of course, the difference is that with the Wii U the scr
The GBA - Gamecube hookup was a half baked add-on halfway through the development cycle that required additional hardware (the GBAs of course, and the cables, which were hard to find) and had the wired-distance limitation. Wii U is starting with that concept out the gate, but hasn't done much with it beyond a few cute minigames. I'm sure they'll incorporate the tablet into other games a little bit (Dungeon Maps for Link, weapon selection for Samus, etc) but they need games that really explore the potentia
Left 4 Dead does a similar thing, but it requires every player to have their own copy of the game, and be sitting on their own TV, with their own console/computer, etc. Wii U could bring that concept to a single living room couch.
Some people don't want to have to gather all participants physically, especially with friends who live hundreds of miles away. I've talked to some Slashdot users who can't even coordinate schedules for an online friend match and instead prefer to play in pickup groups with strangers. Nintendo's child-friendly "friend code" policy has hurt its value proposition for stranger play.
Nintendo dragged its feet in the move to HD and is paying the price.
You're not wrong, but on the other hand not moving to HD made them a fortune in the previous generation.
While the 3DS certainly won't disappear, it will be interesting to watch how well it fares among adult gamers when physical controllers become commonplace in the iPhone accessory aisle.
You're comparing different markets. Smartphones have tons of games that require no investment that can be played for a couple minutes. Portable consoles
Smartphones are getting more and more of those too.
The Ravensword series is a good example. As time goes by more and more long form games will come out on smartphones.
Nintendo: Doomed since 1991.
Personally, I'm grateful Nintendo is a games first type company. How often do we complain about any industry bending to the shareholders desires for short term profits? Yet you complain about Nintendo not cheapening their IP in order to make tons of money. Nintendo's doing the right thing. It will work for them. If you'll excuse me I've got some Pikmin 3 to anticipate playing this weekend.
On top of that, there's barely been any marketing for the Wii U
My local Gamestop had a Wii U kiosk for a while. But some of the games on it didn't even work right, and the ones that did just looked like warmed-over versions of the same Mario platformers they've been doing for over 20 years. There was absolutely nothing in the display that made it even remotely enticing.
The problem is twofold, 1.- The system is INSANELY weak, more of an upgrade to the Wii than a new system and frankly tech has progressed a hell of a lot farther since the Wii. If you look up the specs the GPU is equal to an HD4650, that is a GPU that wasn't even high middle when released and has been in legacy for over 2 years. This will make it hard for Nintendo to get third parties, the other 2 use AMD APUs and can be easily ported between each other, Wii U uses an older PPC chip so it just won't run the
the same ones that I saw playing Wii units and Nintendo handhelds are now playing angry Birds on their tablets and have replaced their handhelds with a smartphone
Was this true of Smash Bros. fanatics as well? What HTPC game replaces Brawl, for example?
The console's tablet controller doesn't offer anything that people's existing smartphones and iPads can't do better.
What the Wii U GamePad has that the vast majority of phones and tablets lack is physical buttons. I tried playing the demo of Pixeline and the Jungle Treasure on a Nexus 7 tablet and it was far more difficult to control than Super Mario Bros. 3 on my NES. I played a game that's pretty much the same thing on my cousin's OUYA console (Giana Sisters) and it was far more enjoyable.
On top of what Android already supports
It's not necessarily what Android supports as what people already own. I can think of only three name-brand Android devices that shi
with the company blaming a lack of first-party releases for the poor performance.
I find it ironic that Nintendo blames Nintendo for the slow sales of the WiiU.
Maybe the PR person who wrote that piece was/should become a politician.
But it's honest, which is more than you'd get elsewhere.
In their last Mario game, he and Luigi just sat around and smoked.
It is ironic, but its also a correct analysis.
As a Wii U owner games I would like to see on the Wii U are:
New Mario Kart
New Mario Galaxy
New/Relaunched Metroid
New Paper Mario game
New Mario Party game
New Zelda FPS style game
But NONE of these titles exist!! As a long time Nintendo fan, I'd buy all of these, but they didn't even bother to make and have them ready by the Wii U launch!!
Also, the migration from the Wii to the Wii U was so customer hostile that we don't play Wii games on the Wii U, we fire up the Wii and use that. One time, one direction game data transfer!! Fuck that shit!! One of the worst customer decisions ever by Nintendo. On the Wii you could plug in the cartridge from your gamecube to access the saved game data, why the hell won't the Wii U and Wii allow you to move Wii save game data back and forth on a SIM card. Oh, what's that Nintendo? Piracy, you say? Well Fuck you there too! I'm a customer who's fairly committed to your stuff who is getting rapidly disillusioned.
New Zelda FPS style game
Worst....Idea....Ever. Zelda is perfect.
The game is first person, the view of the game is third person.
My favorite is still the side-scroller where you play as Zelda trying to save Link! The cartoon cutscenes are the greatest.
So you want Nintendo to have 6 brand-new 1st party developed games at launch? Name one console that has done this in the history of consoles. Go on. Try it.
Also, a Zelda FPS is the dumbest idea ever. Your idea of refreshing a genre is by shoehorning another tired genre into it?
We're nine months from launch and still waiting for any of these games!!
Super Mario Brothers U is a great game, but its out there all alone as a Wii U title from Nintendo. Nine months after release!!
As far as a new Zelda goes, the reason I mentioned it as a FPS is because that could take advantage of finally having HD and make a great looking game. I agree that the story and gameplay would need to be good. Perhaps it could be better as a RPG, but whatever, I want a Zelda game in HD.
It is ironic, but its also a correct analysis.
As a Wii U owner games I would like to see on the Wii U are:
New Mario Kart New Mario Galaxy New/Relaunched Metroid New Paper Mario game New Mario Party game New Zelda FPS style game
This exactly. If they released a good game on it, I would buy it. As it is, my kids are replaying their old Wii games on it instead.
The first step to solving a problem, is identifying it. I find the fact that Nintendo was willing to blame it self for its failure in the market place encouraging.
Rather than a bunch of executives playing CYA and concocting some narrative full of nonsense about macro economic headwinds or something, they actually named something they will be expected to do something about.
The first step to solving a problem, is identifying it. I find the fact that Nintendo was willing to blame it self for its failure in the market place encouraging.
Rather than a bunch of executives playing CYA and concocting some narrative full of nonsense about macro economic headwinds or something, they actually named something they will be expected to do something about.
Ya, it's refreshing to not hear poor sales being blamed on pirates.
All I wanted was more Mario Kart Wii, not a giant controller with a screen on it.
They are so paranoid about compatibility because of their history of designing things around fixed hardware to get the most out of it (including saving time NOT testing software for such changes.)
Nintendo could simply create an OPTION to run Wii games in full emulation mode or enhanced mode - and let the user set the option; default to the safe option. Later, with enough feedback online (a simple forum or poll online) could allow them to update their software with a list of safe games to run in enhanced mode.
OR they could continue to think like the music and movie industry and expect people to buy replacements... then NOT release HD versions of their old games-- Nintendo rarely ever remakes anything, just a few zelda games and the rest is all emulated.
Kids and I always joke about them bringing back the Game Cube controller, which was their favorite.
Yeah, a Wii HD with no new features, just HD support for $200 with the games to back it up would have kicked butt.
I bought a Wii and a 3DS practically on the potential of their respective Virtual Consoles alone.
I've learned my lesson.
Nintendo has always had a cost niche that set them apart from xbox and ps3. Why would they want to go head to head? My kids are older now and I am not going to shell out that much money because they want to play a few titles that they liked when they were younger.
>"The screen added nothing of value"
I'm surprised to hear this: I've only played on WiiU a handful of times just on Nintendoland really and it was very good. Far better than I expected.
Sales will pick up instantly as soon as modchips are available.
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Posted on 12/04/2009 5:11:58 PM PST by Cindy
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SNIPPET: "Watch this brief video. It is clear that this is not play-acting, not comic opera soldiery, but very real training -- and for what? What do authorities think these women are doing this for? To stay in shape?
They're training for battle. For combat.
The Christian Action Network sent me the full video of which this is a part. It shows veiled women marching and engaging in hand-to-hand combat training, firearms training, and more -- in a Muslim compound in the U.S. The implications are clear. Americans, for the most part, have no clue that this sort of this is going on in the United States. They need to see this video. Watch for it to break in the mainstream media on Monday.
Here is the Christian Action Network press release:
TERRORISTS TRAINING ON U.S. SOIL NEVER-BEFORE-RELEASED FOOTAGE OF WOMEN IN NEW YORK TERRORIST TRAINING COMPOUND WIELDING AK-47s AND LEARNING HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT"
Watch very brief video clip here:
Read the rest of the article here:
Let's wait until they kill a few hundred people and then watch the government finger-pointing.
What do they win for martyrdom? Will they spend the rest of eternity as continually reconstituted virgins for the men who fight and die for the cause? There must be some kind of incentive for these chattel to sacrifice their lives.
The Obamanoids would probably blame Rush Limbaugh and all of those evil Christian conservatives as the cause of Muslim terrorism in the America.
We all know the next incident will still be Bush's fault. I missed that about Ft. Hood though.
It shows veiled women marching and engaging in hand-to-hand combat training, firearms training, and more -- in a Muslim compound in the U.S.
Desron13 said in part, "Think crowded shopping mall..."
A look at malls:
To me it is amazing that something like that hasn't already happened. It sure is low-tech, low-cost terrorism. And the damage to the retail industry? Unbelievable!
Just an FYI ping.
The current government will point fingers everywhere EXCEPT the Jihadis.
Same here.
Ever since 9/11 I've been saying a mall attack is coming, and I'm not talking a lone wolf type attack, more like Mumbai.
Most malls, particularly in middle America have unarmed rent-a-cops as security and most have a no weapons policy so almost zero defense against that kind of attack. Could do serious serious damage to our psyche in a very short amount of time with a coordinated attack on two or three malls. And it would all be over before any real police response could even arrive.
Amazed, and highly grateful, it hasn't happened.
Shoot first ask questions later.
And of course we are now conditioned to barely blink an eye at burka-clad women. We drones are supposed to be tolerant, diverse, and inclusive. We've been cooked for too long in the "all cultures are equally valid" soup.
"It shows veiled women marching and engaging in hand-to-hand combat training,"
OOp's,,,Was that my "Out loud voice ?",,,
(runnin' away to hide)...;0)
And that's why I go armed at the mall. :)
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And the rate of downloads of Ubuntu 8.10 is up infinity percent in the past two years.
In other news, every milk drinker in the past 5 centuries have died and Franco is still dead!
you mean it went from 1 person to 3 people?
No, up by 300% would means there are now 4 users.
The news is important because IPv4 addresses (e.g. 18.104.22.168), which are assigned to your computer periodically, are running out. IPv6 addressing (e.g. 2ffe:1800:3525:3:200:f8ff:fe21:67cf) was invented as a longer and more secure replacement.
Look! IPv4 addresses just have numbers and dots. IPv6 addresses have numbers AND letters . . . and colons (TWO stacked dots)!
No question, which one is better, and tastes better, and lasts longer, and is less filling.
I'd like the IPv6 prefix dead:beef, please and thank, you.
Any chance Slashdot could get IPv6 connectivity?
Progress in this direction is "stuff that matters", after all...
Do remember how long it took
Seriously, what percentage of internet nodes are now IPv6 compliant? Anyone have those numbers?
Seriously, what percentage of internet nodes are now IPv6 compliant? Anyone have those numbers?
Not many. Certainly not enough to make even simple web browsing do-able over IPv6. Anyone with IPv6 connectivity right now is tunneling most of their traffic.
Does Slashdot even have IPv6 connectivity?
Expect mobile phone companies to switch first. They are already NATing most of their customers when they want IPv4, but their next generation networks are IP-only and run everything else on top of IP. Using NAT will be a colossal pain for this, because they only have 2^24 (around 16 million) IPs in the 10/8 range and most mobile phone companies have a lot more than 16 million customers. You could NAT each cell, but then you'd have massive routing issues. Running IPv6 natively is going to be a much easie
Do I need to make some change to my router? My computer? Should I be calling my ISP demanding that they make the change?
You'd need a computer capable of dealing with IPv6. For the most part, currently-available operating systems are ok. Windows XP, Vista, just about any flavor of Linux/BSD, and Mac OS X all support IPv6.
You'll also need a router that can deal with IPv6. I have yet to see any home-grade router that supports IPv6.
You'll also need an ISP that will give you IPv6 service. There are precious few of them out there.
You'll also need sites that support IPv6, unless you just want to tunnel everything.
Yes, IPv6 is up. It could hardly be otherwise from such a small base. However, I still have major concerns about privacy/anonymity/security and separately about overhead.
I would not be at all surprised to see IPv6 as the choice of policemen and totalitarian states. Far easier user traceability.
Seems like we all could switch over fairly easily if there was a DNS type of system for translating between the address spaces.
Would work like this:
Every current IPv4 address would be assigned a concurrent IPv6 address.
When a client node requests an IPv4 address, that request gets routed to a DNS type server somewhere close by which translates it to an IPv6 address and passes the request on to the proper end node along with the requesters IPv4 address for return responses which then get routed similarly.
Next, you deploy 6to4 on your routers and start running dual-stack clients. Then call your ISP again and say 'we're currently using 6to4, but we want to disable this soon and switch to a proper v6 address, do we nee
How would I go about reserving an IPv6 block for myself? Is there a central agency controlling that yet? Is a reservation free, or is there a periodic payment?
Go through Freenet. There are so many addresses available that they give them away without effort:
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5988 [linuxjournal.com]
I seriously considering setting up my internal network for IPv6 and trying to get connected to the web via IPv6, but ran into so many roadblocks that I just gave up.
It's no wonder adoption is so slow if this is the way things are.
I'm wondering how far behind the popular adoption of IPv6, the nay-say'ers admissions that they were wrong will lag.
Progress will never happen. Things will always be the way they are now. There's no reason to change now, and there never will be. Pshaw.
The main problem with IPv6's slow adoption is that no transition scenario was ever devised. The protocol was spec'd, implemented, debugged and
Currently, if you want to use the Internet, you need to be on IPv4. The only existing transition mechanisms are those which allows an IPv4 host to emulate IPv6 on top of it. And 100% of any other hosts you might be interested in talking to are on IPv4, even if they happen to also be on IPv6. So basically, in the rare cases where you can use IPv6, you can also use IPv4 to do the exact same thing.
So there's no point.
What's missing here (and has been missing since the beginning of IPv6) is a mechanism whereby an IPv6-only host can talk to an IPv4 host. I believe there's something called "nat64" that's being worked on, but it's in preliminary stages.
Here's how it's going to happen: for a veeery long time (10, 20 years), most corporate networks will remain IPv4 only. They have no reason to switch. It's not just network stacks, it's networking equipment, firewall rules, inertia but also stupidity and incompetence. Consider this: right now, there are major websites still incompatible with Explicit Congestion Notification. It's not that they just don't implement it; it's that their networking equipment suffers from a 10+ year old bug that prohibits hosts with ECN enabled to access them. Non-buggy stacks just ignore the bit and let packets through, buggy ones silently drop the packets and cause the connection to hang. This used to be the case on www.cnn.com up until a few months ago, and is still happening on www.afp.com.
Instead, it's mobile networks that will implement IPv6. There is not even enough addresses in a class A (10.0.0.0/24) to even give addresses to all mobiles phones in an European country. It's trivial to implement proxies for HTTP and other common protocols, so that those mobile devices will be able to see CNN.com. But obviously, it would be much better to have a way to NAT those devices onto IPv4.
It's just there a lot more to go until the end~
Hey, I did say technically.
6) NAT aggravates the problem of a limited port addressing space. you've got 65535 ports, and a lot of those are intended for specific protocols. Also, anyone who thinks NAT is a solution should try running 2 HTTPS servers behind it.
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It all starts with something you already have in your home-a little ingredient called cinnamon.
Thanks to social media sites like Vine, Youtube, and Instagram, cinnamon challenges are becoming the latest trend in risky behavior.
High schooler Melissa Smith agrees.
"They see it on tv--or they see it on the internet--and they think it's cool--so they just do it."
In 2011, the American Association of Poison Control Centers reported more than one hundred cases of intentional cinnamon misuse.
Thirty of those patients needed immediate medical attention.
High schooler Lorenzo Robinson says he's witnessed it first-hand.
"They like spit it out--and a cinnamon comes out their mouth--basically coughing a lot and throwing up."
Health experts are now worried younger children will try to copy this trend, that's why this teen has some advice.
"Don't fall into peer pressure because everyone's going to remember you're that person that did a dumb thing."
Another trend is to snort cinnamon or nutmeg. Both can lead to nose bleeds, headaches or serious respiratory issues.


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And despite her claims to make him over, she never followed through on it. Even if she disagrees with him on values, she never thought any less of him.
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The author has established the one survives rule as a foundation for his story and making exceptions for it again and again would make for a sucky story Wave and Tatsumi didn't fight only Wave did, Tatsumi was focusing more on getting away and luckily for him his teigu had the ability of invisibility . So we have one exception to the rule which is acceptable so long as the author doesn't make a habit of ignoring his own rules
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If you are excusing that fight because Tatsumi didn't have the intent to kill, then Esdeses' life still depends on whether Tatsumi wants to kill her or not. "Only one survives in a battle to the death" is not some unbreakable curse caused by the Teigu.
If Wave and Tatsumi are both allowed to live because one of them did not want to kill, then Esdeses still has the possibility of surviving if Tatsumi does not want to kill her. Simple as that.
Then there's the fact that she did not order a search for Tatsumi and left it up to "fate". Had she wanted to mold him, she would have forced him back.
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And no,one survives rule is not the foundation of this story. Its a general rule but not absolute like you seem to believe. And frankly, judging from the raws, I don't know why people are arguing about tatsumi sparing esdes or akame .If anything, it should be the other way round cause esdes is so insanely strong that I'm pretty sure she'd curb stomp the two of them.
Calling it now, esdes fights tatsumi but can't bear to kill him when she wins
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How everyone thinks that when 2 teigus meet 1 will die... While it specifically stated that when the clash With the intent to kill 1 will oalways become a victim meaning if one out of 2 doesn't have any intent to kill even if they clash id doesn't mean 1 of them will die you know
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Knowing her she would probally happy to see how much strong Tatsumi become.(even if he give her only some challenge).
Spoiler for ch 27:
Spoiler for spoiler:
Although I have to agree with you in this one.
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Akame's sword can insta-kill someone if it cuts them. The key word is cut them. Esdes is an ice-user, and a very very powerful one at that. We've seen from other manga what ice users can do to protect themselves. In terms of power, Esdes is ahead but Akame has that super cheap sword of hers but ultimately it comes down to this. Can Akame actually get close enough to Esdes to cut her? At the moment, I think 'No'
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I'm not basing on scenario of whether esdess will end up with tatsumi but based on the guys writing for those 3 games. A lot his females are pretty damn wtf strong. From this, I'm guessing the guy likes to write about strong females, especially strong females who pretty much outclass their male counterparts.
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Wow, this is really amazing. I mean, I've been on this boards for ages, and speculating where stories go is one of my favorite pastimes. This story is good material, since it's original and unfinished (so everyone knows the same). Knowing the author very well, I was willing to call the upcoming developments right after Gestapo-chan gave the attribute list of the guy she wanted to fall in love with. And yet, even though there are clear indications of where this story is headed, and even on a purely logical basis, the situation seems quite clear to me, I seem to remain almost isolated. Can't remember when I had this happen to me the last time
So let's collect the clues.
1) Takahiro is a happy ending guy. Tatsumi as the clear male lead will eventually fulfill his dream - a fair country with everyone happy. That's his prime goal.
2) The story pits characters against each other which shouldn't be fighting in the first place. Take Wave. Take Bors. Heck, take even Seryuu (the girl who killed Schere), even she isn't "evil" - from their perspectives, they are FIGHTING murderers. Takahiro is making perfectly clear that NO SIDE is clearly "in the right" here, as much as subjectively justified they might feel. This is why he's painting Esdese's subordinates in a positive light. And this is why in my most humble opinion, it's silly to assume that the story will end by having Tatsumi or the Night Raid defeat Esdese and her team. It won't happen like this. This wouldn't be a proper conclusion to the story goal at all.
3) The only character who is depicted as consistently evil is the Interior minister. However, I don't see the story simply ending by killing him. Rather, someone with authority needs to step up and clean house. And we have a clear candidate for that - who is far away from doing this now, yes - but who clearly has the potential to change her mind and who as the acting General has the authority to actually make a difference, facilitate the change that Tatsumi dreams of and thus removes the need for conflict between Night Raid and the government. That's Esdese.
4) Whether or not she'll go the full Darth Vader (and dies in her victorious effort) or not remains to be seen. Personally, I don't think so. There's tons of drama and friction between her and Tatsumi, so this is going to take quite a bit longer. And this is exactly the kind of setting which Takahiro loves: Strong woman in a battle for control with the male lead, until the male lead manages to cause a change of heart in the female character. So, in the very least, he will successfully thaw the Ice Queen till she leads the coup that fulfills Tatsumi's dream. And if she dies in the bed or has Tatsumi ravage her in it is up for grabs. Takahiro tends to go for the latter version
Anyway, we'll have to wait and see. I say that she and Tatsumi will never fight to the death, and neither will one other Night Raider kill her.
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For the sixth year in a row, gift cards were the No. 1 requested item this holiday season. Yet even they can go wrong.
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I'm trying to think dispassionately here and setting aside the rights and wrongs of the future of Rangers in or out of the SPL to concentrate purely on the effect on crowds. It has been claimed, usually by the Traynors, Chicos and 'Scoop' Jacksons of this world that the effect on crowds would be disastrous. Would they?
Have a look at these two sets of figures I have compiled from this season's attendances. The first one compares the average attendance against Rangers (bear in mind some teams have played them once and others twice) compared to the average with both OF stripped out. The figures are the amounts by which the crowd goes up when Rangers are in town. On the face of it it looks frightening if the Ibrox club are lost from the SPL.
Aberdeen + 6996
Kilmarnock + 4959
Motherwell + 4603
Dunfermline + 3396
Dundee United + 2983
St Johnstone + 2973
Inverness CT + 2960
St Mirren + 2550
Hearts + 1971
Hibernian + 1871
But now look at the second set of figures. These are the number of supporters that would be lost once the Rangers figures are spread over the season. Suddenly a Rangers-less future isn't as scary after all.
Aberdeen - 368
Kilmarnock - 261
Motherwell - 242
Dunfermline - 179
Dundee United - 157
St Johnstone - 156
Inverness CT - 156
St Mirren - 134
Hearts - 104
Hibernian - 98
Some observations: the basic scenario hasn't changed since I first ran this exercise a decade ago. Aberdeen lose the most in total but Kilmarnock and Motherwell lose most proportionately. This is down to a larger capacity in the first instance and ease of travel in the latter. Had St Mirren still been in possession of a bigger ground they would be in the same situation as Killie and 'Well. The comparatively low figures for the Edinburgh pair are based on their relatively high number of season ticket holders.
Now, while exercises such as this can't account for any loss of sponsorship, TV rights etc, they do show quite plainly that losing Rangers from the SPL would be far from the economic disaster many portray it as. Only one 'Gang of Ten' club needs to entice more than 300 fans through the gates on a regular basis to offset the loss from Rangers. Most clubs have lost more fans on average in the past few seasons than the numbers here and the doors have yet to be locked on any stadium. Additionally, visits from the OF bring costs not associated with other clubs in terms of police and stewarding, not to mention repair work on those odd occasions when the result is not to their pleasing.
Finally, there is one club that stands to lose more fans than any other. Celtic drop by 8,553 when comparing Rangers visits to other clubs and they would need 450 more per game to recover their losses. Again, they have lost far more than that in recent seasons.
The conclusion is that as far as attendances are concerned at any rate, the loss of Rangers to the SPL would be no great burden.


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With the help of a friend/ work mate I thought I would get a bit creative so hope you enjoy these.
Something different
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Posted 09 November 2012 - 07:02 AM
It is a nice effect with the lights - are you going to reveal how you did it?!
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Posted 12 November 2012 - 08:26 PM
Ah the temptation of telling you that the light is from an elaborate snoot system, supended above the model, or its reflective light off tiny micro bubbles creating a curtain of light is so strong but the images are a blend of two, one being the model underwater and the other pictures of candle smoke. I took both on two seperate occations and only rediscovered them by accident. So in affect they where made for each other (un-knowingly). Creative yes, underwater partially, result you be the judge. Some photos are taken for recording species, events and the wonders of the ocean, others allow us, at times, to just have fun and be creative.
Posted 13 November 2012 - 02:06 AM
Great, if you want similar shots strait from the camera, try using milk : )
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How about out of date yogurt and create a lava lamp effect


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They face a crunch clash with second placed Doncaster with the winner of the game likely to progress to the quarter finals.
The two sides are well clear of Melrose and Nottingham in the pool and a win for Llandovery would make the Welsh side clear favourites to advance to the latter stages of the competition.
The home side will be looking to bounce back from a disappointing defeat to Pontypridd last Friday night and are led by Lloyd Phillips who starts at flanker.
Elswhere, the return of Rhodri Williams at scrum half is bound to inject some energy into the Drovers' attacking play as they look to get back to winning ways.
Last weekend's win over Jersey has lifted confidence in the Doncaster side and the Knights travel to West Wales desperate to register their second successive victory and boost their chances of qualifying for the knock out stages.
New signing Connor Braid again starts at full-back following his Man-of-the-Match debut performance with Louis Silver returning to scrum-half.
Two notable returning players are Leicester Tigers pair Andy Symons and Keiran Brookes who enter the starting fray immediately and will bolster the centre and front-row positions respectively. Both Tigers stars will make their second appearance for the Knights as links with the Premiership giants are strengthened.
England Saxon, Brookes will slot into tight-head with Brain McGovern returning to loose-head and Rhys Buckley keeping his position at hooker on his return to Wales. Fellow former Newport Gwent Dragon Royce Cadman returns to the starting line-up after a spell out injured and is partnered by captain Matt Challinor.
The back row has seen a complete overhaul of personnel as Andy Boyde, David Bradford and Sam Pailor get the chance to impress in their first start under Clive Griffiths.
Llandovery: 15 Matthew Jacobs 14 Jake Randall 13 Adam Warren 12 Dylan Morgans 11 Lee Rees
10 Cerith Rees 9 Rhodri Williams, 1 Dorian Williams 2 Luke Lewis 3 Dean Howells 4 Llewelyn Jones
5 Bryn Griffiths 6 Phil Day 7 Lloyd Phillips (c) 8 Richard Brooks.
Replacements: Andrew Jones, Wyn Jones, Matthew Harbut, Luke Kendall, Tom Ball, James Garland, Jack Roberts.
Doncaster: 15 Connor Braid 14 Dougie Flockhart 13 James Tincknell 12 Andy Symons 11 Tyson Lewis 10 Jamie Lennard 9 Louis Silver, 1 Brian McGovern 2 Rhys Buckley 3 Kieran Brookes 4 Matt Challinor (c) 5 Royce Cadman
6 Andy Boyde 7 David Bradford 8 Sam Pailor.
Replacements: Ben Sowery, Jack Bergmanas, Phil Hoy, Jethro Rawling, Tomas Francis, Dante Mama, Chris Hallam.