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The whole idea is really sad. The judge's order is basically "don't be a dick about this, we are trying to spare a family the additional pain of dealing with a bunch of idiots making death threats while they're already having a hard time dealing with the issue at hand."
If they were celebretards, I wouldn't care as much, because they have practice in dealing with the media and idiots. But these are just ordinary people who are already having a hell of a bad time.
Injunction laws are dead dead dead dead. Unless you're going to turn the UK into the Peoples Republic of China, the judge is wasting his time and everyone else's. Whether injunctions are good or bad is utterly and completely and now permanently irrelevant. A law that cannot be enforced is a pointless law and should simply be removed by legislators.
The day is done. The Internet has made gag laws pointless. You might be able to go after British subjects who break the injunction, if you can figure out who they are, but the US has become so angry at the UK being used for libel tourism that the odds of any American-based site actually having to provide the identities of British subjects to a British court is extremely low.
There's no solution here. The law has been rendered pointless. The British Parliament has dragged its heels about this for so long, despite demands that it start updating its injunction laws, and has basically made the whole thing pointless. Maybe that was the plan, don't do anything, let the Internet make the judiciary impotent and then shrug and go "Oh well, sorry 'bout that."
There's no solution here.
He wouldn't have to prohibit the publishing of the name. He could use social pressure instead.
"The court orders that if the name of the woman is published, that the person who reveals the name will also be published, and they should be reviled by all civilized people."
Imagine what would happen to the guy if he was outed to a group like
Of course, John Smith might be a member of
What about British citizens? As the only British subjects left are people born in The Republic of Ireland before 1949 who did not claim any countries citizenship there can't be many left, probably only a few dozen if that.
There are actually laws in the US to help prevent US citizens from falling prey to UK libel laws. The UK really needs to get its act together about libel. If the US is looking at you saying "you need to get your books in order man," then things have gotten pretty bad.
And the idea of issuing a gag order for "Twitter" is amusing. Twitter Incorporated doesn't actually post anything. They might as well have thrown a gag order at British Telcom to prevent people from talking about it on their phones. If the
The UK will get right on it. The moment the US sorts out its insane patent laws, its copyright laws, respects international law on war crimes etc etc.
Pot calling Kettle, come in Kettle!
This doesn't use libel laws. This is a court order, transgression of which is contempt of court.
I still don't see how it would apply to non-UK residents, but it's likely none of those know the lady's name anyway. Yet.
You might be able to go after British subjects who break the injunction, if you can figure out who they are
And if they've actually broken the injunction.
Contrary to popular belief, an injunction cannot prevent anyone in the world from revealing information. In order to be prosecuted, you must also be shown to be aware that the injunction existed and applied to the information you were revealing (source [independen...book.co.uk]). As none of the media discussions so far specify exactly who it is that is subject of this order, I do not know who it is I must avoid identifying. If I were to accidentally do so, I could not be held liable
Unless you're going to turn the UK into the Peoples Republic of China
I think you're a bit late on that one - doesn't Britain already have something like 1 CCTV camera for every 3 persons? I bet even China isn't that monitored.
Whether injunctions are good or bad is utterly and completely and now permanently irrelevant.
There are all sorts of injunctions besides ones banning publication of information.
If they're not famous why are they trying to gag facebook and twitter? This is not the first brain dead girl to have the plug pulled, why are these people soooo special that anyone would care so much as to go on twitter or facebook and talk about it?
Because there are plenty of people who strongly, even violently believe that survival (even if the entire duration will be miserable, painful, or simply vegetative) is to be extended by all means possible. The family are having a tough time already, and if their names got out there then there's every chance that the forced survival brigade would come along making their lives, and whatever time the daughter may have left, even more unpleasant.
It's really a no-win situation; the injunction is unenforceable an
Were Michael and Terri Schiavo famous prior to the massive amount of bullshit (Protests around the hospital, death threats to both the husband and relatives, etc.) surrounding that incident? I sure as fuck wouldn't need that around me at a time like this.
If they're not famous why are they trying to gag facebook and twitter?
Because they don't want to become famous by having their personal tradgedy plastered all over the internet.
I'd fully support not identifying her. if there was no gag order, well pro-lifers are asshats. All over-broad gag orders must be defied.
I fully understand the point of this order, after seeing the lunacy that happened in the US with the Terry Schiavo case.
It helps nobody to have a gaggle of crazies showing up trying to hold a "protest" or worse yet, actually getting into the hospital room. All you get is the potential for a riot, or for someone else's needed care to be impacted because a bunch of idiots are getting in the way of hospital operations. But that's what would happen if news agencies or someone else puts the information out there
England's ridiculous libel & public discours laws & judicial precedents are archaic relics of their class system. And these injunctions they produce are a fundamental affront to modern civilized society.
There simply aren't enough Terry Schiavo cases that anyone should give a shit. Yes, pro-lifers, the WBC, etc. are all assholes, heck a few are even dangerous. Fine, we should confront the pro-lifers in public.
We should not perpetuate the insanity that protects companies like Hempel and Trafigura f
We should not perpetuate the insanity that protects companies like Hempel and Trafigura from media exposure while they're busy poisoning people.
Ok, please stop smoking crack.
FTFA: "The injunction, dated May 12 and seen by Reuters on Friday, includes Twitter and Facebook in the list of media prohibited from disclosing the information.
It was issued in the Court of Protection in the case of a mother who wants to withdraw life support from her brain-damaged daughter. It prevents the identification of the woman
Umm, Hempel and Trafigura are chemical corporations that've used the exact same gag order system to silence environmentalists, not parties to the present case. In fact, they were given much stronger injunctions
There are even now "hyper-injunction" that does nothing but limit the public's ability to influence parliament while still granting the company full access.
There isn't any effective legal way to distinguish between the evil injunctions sought b
What you've made is an excellent argument for de-personing corporations, not for eliminating these sort of injunctions in cases where having a bunch of rowdy assholes show up would likely cause major problems for an entire hospital.
I'd agree that "corporate personhood" yields numerous "bad things", but corporations are owned and made up of people. Ergo, you need some alternative legal theory to gain acceptance, which might take a while. How long have people been campaigning for IRV?
If you nixed corporate personhood for speech abridging cases, you'd still face issues like the union for the chemical workers asking for an injunction "on behalf of the employees blah blah" when in-fact the company just asked them to.
There are otoh strong
So you hurt people just to spite them? If someone asks you to hold the door for them, do you slam it in their face for not saying "please"?
The "pro lifers" in the grandparent post are the people being gagged and the grandparent post the poster is decrying the fact that without such a gag order the the "pro lifers" would be trying to turn the personal and painful decision to terminate life support into a media and internet circus just like with Schivo (spelling?).
So the poster you are criticizing is saying "yea, to give this family some peace I would support the court order" and you are what...? saying it is being mean to the people who would m
Free speech is infinitely more important.
It wasn't a free speech issue until the judge granted the gag order, just an "oh yeah pro-lifers are shit stains" issue. By applying for the gag order, the family created a free speech issue and painted targets on their foreheads. And yes I'd indirectly help people I loath do despicable things simply to make that point.
England's ridiculous libel & public discours laws are archaic relics of their class system that have no place in the modern world.
"Infinitely" more important is a very strong classification indeed. If free speech truly is infinitely more important than another right then it must be an absolute right; that is, it could never be permissible to put a restriction on what a person can say no matter how trivial the desired speech or how serious the consequences. With respect, that is a difficult position to defend. There are some occasions where the value of the speech is negligible while the consequences are enormous - in some cases death.
This is not a free speech issue, because the identities of these persons is not an opinion, nor an information that bears anything remotely resembling a matter of public interest. As such, it's not protected speech.
By your reasoning, what course of action should this family have followed to prevent harm from being done to them? Publicly threaten to track down and kill the person who'd out them? Is that your idea of civilisation?
And I firmly suggest that you refrain from saying you can't harm people with spe
So you hurt people just to spite them? If someone asks you to hold the door for them, do you slam it in their face for not saying "please"?
Yes, and I'll bet they'll remember to say please next time. Mainly if I'm the one holding the door.
This ceased to be about pro-life protesters, or even gun toting pro-lifers, the moment they applied for an injunction on people not currently involved in any related court proceedings. It's now only about the gag order.
I think people should die whenever they damn well feel like it. If their brain has been fried badly enough that they no longer have any opinions about anything, then their family should decide.. and pay for the life support after some reasonable period. If there isn't anyone to decide, then the hospital should humanely terminate them, and spend it's resources on people with working brains.
All that's irrelevant now though, British libel & gag laws are a despicable manifestation of that country's historical class system, originally designed to protect the toffs from the plebs papers. Yet, today they protect companies like Hempel and Trafigura who're busy poisoning people.
If it was a so-called Super Injunction then the media would not be able to report that the injunction exists. The British media have mentioned a number of times that this injunction exists.
Yeah, let's mock those who have just lost a loved one, and expose them to threats of violence from those who think that withdrawing life support is immoral! That'll show 'em for wanting privacy in their time of suffering!
Want to join me at a WBC funeral protest afterwards? You know, just to show those uppity conformists who's boss.
If you really think mocking the grieving for wanting privacy is "fun" then you're a fucking sociopath. Unfortunately, portions of society have decided that trolling i
If you really think mocking the grieving for wanting privacy is "fun" then you're a fucking sociopath. Unfortunately, portions of society have decided that trolling is hip, and don't seem to understand that antisocial behavior in "cyberspace" has consequences. A full crackdown with serious fines and maybe even jailtime would do society a load of good. Free speech has never covered harassment. Performing the harassment online with thousands of your buddies doesn't change a thing. Even in cases where it is covered by the first amendment, hurting people just to prove you can makes you absolute filth.
I completely agree. To gang up on some people and rape them (figuratively speaking), just because you happen to disagree on an issue that is not yours to decide for them in the first place, is about as despicable as it gets.
There were pastafarians at the wedding? This may make me care about the wedding after all! Do you have a link?
WTF is a pastafarian? Pasta glued to a hat? Never mind, I don't really want to know. But, what wedding?
WTF is a pastafarian? Pasta glued to a hat?
Is this a troll, or genuine lack of knowledge?
FYI, a Pastafarian is a member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster [venganza.org]. Most of my family are Pastafarians when a religious affiliation is demanded. Otherwise they're either Brights [the-brights.net] or just plain atheists.
Pastafarian is a worshipper of the false god FSM. We all know that the real god is Cthulhu
It's only useless against those people who are both aware there is something to look for and interested enough to make at least some effort to find out.
It won't help against pro-lifers who are already actively seeking out and going around harassing people. Other laws exist for dealing with these people.
It will help against some of the more opportunist pro-lifers, not prone to go around harassing people unless it is brought to their attention that there is a potential victim living locally.
It will help again
Information like this shouldn't be banned...It isn't going to work. A better approach would be to ignore or scorn those who would post such personal information about something that is purely a painful family issue.
I don't think your definition of "work" and the judge's definition are the same. No one expects that this info won't be made public on the internet. By issuing a gag order, however, the judge provides legal leverage to prosecute or legally disadvantage dickheads who are harassing this family. What we have evidence you got your religious friends across the pond to post this info in defiance of UK law? Guess who's church is now classified as a criminal group collaborating with foreign religious extremists to
Information like this shouldn't be banned...It isn't going to work. A better approach would be to ignore or scorn those who would post such personal information about something that is purely a painful family issue.
I don't think your definition of "work" and the judge's definition are the same. No one expects that this info won't be made public on the internet. By issuing a gag order, however, the judge provides legal leverage to prosecute or legally disadvantage dickheads who are harassing this family. What we have evidence you got your religious friends across the pond to post this info in defiance of UK law? Guess who's church is now classified as a criminal group collaborating with foreign religious extremists to undermine the lawful authority of the commonwealth?
Exactly. You cannot prevent people from being intrusive wastes-of-space. That would require censorship and censorship is neither desirable, nor works anymore today. But you can make it possible to kick them painfully afterwards.
A better approach would be to ignore or scorn those who would post such personal information about something that is purely a painful family issue.
I'd guess you've never had to deal with the British press. I'd like to use the occasion to offer you earplugs, a ball-gag, a large amount of your favourite lube and copious amounts of a benzodiazepine-derivative. Might give you a fighting chance to survive the ordeal.
Those bewigged fossils in the law courts really are living in a different age. Someone needs to give the poor things a crash course on what the internet is and how it works. I realise the sort of people who studied law are usually the sort who think using a pocket calculator is major techno kudos but it really is time they dragged themselves into the late 20th century, never mind the 21st.
Not everything is a matter of what is or isn't legally enforceable. The injunction makes a statement that disclosing the information is unfair to the people already victimized by the situation and just plain wrong.
That's the judge's opinion and not an absolute truth, but coming from a professional judge representing the community at large who has first-hand information on the subject matter, people are on notice that they're anti-social jerks if they defy the order without some kind of compelling reason.
No, all this injunction does is make the law seem an ass. They might just as well do a Cnut and make a ruling that its illegal for the tide to come in. Creating a ruling that does nothing except make people point and laugh at the judge who made it brings the whole legal system into disrespect.
Entirely wrong. This also prevents newspapers and TV from reporting that this issue was on Farcebook or Twitter.
I also gives explicit moral support for the family affected that they are right in not wanting to have this dragged out in the open.
My guess is the judge in question knows exactly what he is doing and what effects it will have. I applaud his decision.
Laws don't prevent anything, just because somebody wrote somewhere 'Thou shalt not kill' has no bearing on your ability to kill.
The use and appropriateness of injunctions doesn't change as a function of technology and the injunction will in fact have an effect; it will deter some people, the
fact that it won't deter 100% is immaterial. The real problem is the exposure created by the injunction. That exposure only exists because it was the first injunction (according the author) that explicitly referenced twitter. The 2nd, 3rd or 100th time there's an injunction explicitly referencing twitter nobody will talk about it and the injunction will have roughly the same effect as it would have 20, 40 or 80 years ago.
Laws don't prevent anything, just because somebody wrote somewhere 'Thou shalt not kill' has no bearing on your ability to kill.
What a very odd definition of "law". What planet do you live on where laws work like that?
Laws do prevent crime, they prevent it by providing a disincentive to commuting an act. A law is written "if you kill, you will go to jail" not "Thou shalt not kill". A written law must define an act and a punishment. It is the risk of that punishment which prevents crime.
Now a law tha
They don't prevent, they dissuade. As I said, laws have no bearing on your ability to commit a crime. A metal detector is a form of prevention, a law that says you can't carry a gun into an airport does not actually prevent you from doing it.
The rest of your post seems to be restating what I said, you somehow misread my point by misconstruing the nuance about prevent. The GP was saying the injunction would have no effect because it didn't actually prevent the transmission via Twitter. My point was it wo
They don't prevent, they dissuade.
By dissuading they prevent it. You're next statement would add wieght to that, if it were not based on bad assumptions.
As I said, laws have no bearing on your ability to commit a crime
Actually they do, law changes the likelihood of a person commuting a crime. The fear that they will be fined or jailed for doing so, this is an effective motivator. This motivation is a good prevention mechanism.
A metal detector is a form of prevention,
A metal detector will not stop yo
People are judged on their actions in a way that the tide is not.
In practice, how is it going to work? If Joe Public knows or sees "X", unless the court publishes the very information which the injunction is trying to prevent being published, how is he to know that the particular fact "X" is the one covered by the injunction? Or does the injunction prevent any discussion or mention of any brain damaged people just in case the person is the one covered by the injunction?
You are insulting the legal system in a full-fledged attempt to mockery, but I can't read any rationale among your words why you are doing that.
If you just criticize them, and don't explain why you are doing it (I'm sorry, it is not obvious to me), then you are trolling.
Your reply to Livius below doesn't help to make things clearer.
It'd be time for some people to learn how to argument their positions, instead to spit venom on anything moving nearby.
Since injunctions like this have existed for all of the past 15 years of popular Internet and have worked at minimising information spread in the UK without anyone being up in arms... I'd say the law is effective.
Sounds like you just have something against people "who studied law", though, which is a bizarre appeal to ignorance. Established law mostly adapted to the Internet quite well, as is the way with common law systems. It's new legislation lobbied for by special interests with a good knowledge of the
I've had to make a decision to remove extraordinary medical treatments from my father. It was not easy, but it was his wish. I discussed it with other members of the family. I only regret that his body lived for 3 more weeks before he died. I wish we could have ended his life quicker, pain free. He wasted away. I could be more humane towards a dying animal than towards my father. That's just sad.
I'd hope that my family would choose similarly if I ever need this decision made about me. I'd want them to have closure and move on as best they could. A quick death would be appreciated when the time came.
I'm certain the judge and the petitioners thought they were doing the best they could by asking to block this information publication. It shows little understanding of the web and internet.
I will not attempt to find out who this was. Sure, I'm curious, but my humanity tells me to leave these people alone.
Religious fanatics - screw you. This is real, not some imaginary friend you can "prey" to for wishes to come true.
A few weeks ago, my Aunt died and I expect my mother to pass away in the next year or so. She is ready and has made her wishes known to me and the other family members. I'm certain that a few will want to do everything they can to prolong her suffering. That is not her wish.
Have this discussion with your family. Having your wishes in writing helps, but they can overrule those at the time. Have the talk before it is too late. Don't leave them guessing. They will wonder for the rest of their lives and it can eat away at them if there's any doubt.
The people who don't know about the gag order won't be in a position to violate it by accident. Those who do know the name, are now banned from releasing it through any medium. They can't post it on Twitter and then come back and say "oh, well, the gag order only applied to newspapers!"
If they are now or in the future doing any business in the UK, then there is jurisdiction. As their websites can be accessed from the UK and there is advertising revenue generated from that, the issue is quite clear. Enforcement is a different issue, but this comes with personal liability (if I understand this right), so any company official traveling to the UK could face arrest and a sentence if they are in violation.
Congress has taken steps to prevent American courts from being used as enforcers of Britain's libel laws, because those laws are so outrageous and unfair and so often for the purposes of libel tourism. I think the day of Britain's laws in this regard are now numbered. No one actually believes a British judge can have a hope in hell of making Twitter do anything.
Britain's libel laws, because those laws are so outrageous and unfair
You think it's outrageous and unfair that the details of a family making a private decision in the best interests of a suffering patient under tragic circumstances should not be revealed on a widely-read public forum for the benefit of religious nutjobs who might express their disagreement through violence?
Free speech is not an absolute right anywhere that I know of, and this sort of case is one reason why. The fact that the Internet makes it more difficult to enforce this law does not make the ruling any l
Don't get mad at me. Get mad at all those libel shopping celebrities and other assorted wealthy folks who have abused Britain's incredibly bad injunction system. You certainly don't see a lot of this behavior elsewhere.
But no, it must be the Internet's fault that Britain's incredibly abused injunction system and the worthless brainless judges that have let it go on is now basically evaporating.
I will not take the blame for this. The UK has a shitty vile unfair system and all of sudden because someone relatively innocent is caught in the net bad law, bad judges and lazy politicians, you think you have any right at all standing on some sort of high horse? This has been coming for a while, and despite repeated commitments to review the current system, the politicians refused to and the judges would know no restraint, and now it's dead. Dead dead dead dead dead. Get over it and get over your holier-than-thou attitude. I didn't kill it. The judges and the celebrities and the wealthy did.
The UK has a shitty vile unfair system
So many people here are saying. The thing is, I've never really understood this. What does it matter that tabloid newspapers and celebrity wannabes are having a collective pissing match over things? If, for example, a serving MP were arguing strongly against gay rights while being a closet homosexual, there would be a legitimate public interest in the story. However, most of the time when people like professional sportsmen have taken out these injunctions, frankly I'm not sure there was any legitimate publi
One word: Trafigura [wikipedia.org]
UK's justice system has been so heavily abused that no one respects it any more. For law to function it must be respected. The British judiciary has brought the system into disrepute. End of story.
The British Judges issuing these "super-injuctions" have been out of control for some time.
Recently, they've begun issuing so called "hyper-injunctions [telegraph.co.uk], where not only are you not allowed to reveal details of the matter, and not only are you forbidden from revealing that you are forbidden from reveal details of a matter, you are further forbidden from talking to any journalist or even your own MP about the matter or the fact that you are unable to reveal details of a matter.
When one of these injunctions was revealed by an MP speaking in parliament, the judges attempted to prevent newspapers from publishing the proceeding of parliament. (Like the spineless curs they are, the British press immediately capitulated). The matter caused quite a todo, but instead of reforming the system, the judges invented hyper-injunctions instead.
Basically, the British judges are out of control. And the judges are the problem here. No sensible judge concerned with the dignity of his office would issue such a ridiculous gag order for twitter users. It's barely one step above ordering people to stop gossiping in pubs. Ordering around citizens from other countries is hardly a major move by comparision.
It would be interesting to figure out why the judges are behaving like this, particularly in England, where judges are renowned for issuing decisive judgements and setting common law precedent. While I know little about it, I'm going to pre-emptively blame whatever pro-business, anti-justice legal philosophy that has been promoted over the last 30 years in law schools, until I see evidence to the contrary.
Super injunctions are no longer made in English courts and none have been made for over six months.
Basically, the British judges are out of control. And the judges are the problem here. No sensible judge concerned with the dignity of his office would issue such a ridiculous gag order for twitter users.
It should be 'some British judges are out of control', and it is about more than the dignity of their office. To forbid someone from talking to their member of Parliament on any matter that concerns them is, to me anyway, interference with the functioning of Parliament. The proper action here would be for the House of Commons to impeach the judge responsible. Will they do so, given that MP's have slipped into a well established role as lobby fodder rather than the supreme authority in the land that they sho
No sensible judge concerned with the dignity of his office would issue such a ridiculous gag order for twitter users. It's barely one step above ordering people to stop gossiping in pubs.
Don't be silly, that's what ASBOs are for. [the-joke-shop.com]
OK, that's a gag, but this is real. [mirror.co.uk]
Seriously -- The safe harbor provisions of the DMCA provide Twitter, Facebook, Slashdot, and any other user generated content providers protection against their users' blatant disregard for retarded orders such as these.
Effectively, The Facebook or Twitter staff themselves can't release the info on their home pages / blogs / etc, but we, as users, can post whatever the hell we want (esp. in responce to a blog post by a Twitter or Facebook employee's saying that they have been gaged against releasing the information).
It's the 1st amendment because it's the most important one -- they can't inhibit the spread of information if it wants to be free; To do so is unconstitutional.
It's the 1st amendment because it's the most important one -- they can't inhibit the spread of information if it wants to be free; To do so is unconstitutional.
Fortunately for the family in question, they live in the UK, not the US.
The "right" to say what one pleases unfettered by the responsibility to do no harm, is itself harmful
It's the 1st amendment because it's the most important one -- they can't inhibit the spread of information if it wants to be free;
It is not the first because it is the most important one, it is the first because it was the first, rofl. Perhaps you don't know what the word amendment actually means? The original bill of rights did not have that "addition".
what's more, twitter is affected by more than one constitution.
anyways, how the fuck do you know you're not supposed to re-release information you found with google, without knowing the names and why in the first place? and these gagging orders do nothing against discussing it in a pub for example.
so, anyone can try a modern book burning, but it just doesn't go well because of some fundamental reasons, it just makes it into an archived case for history. but 5 years down the line, nobody cares or remembers
This superinjunction is only vaild in UK. Everywhere else it does not have any legal meaning. So it can save too be ignored if you are not in the UK.
(Sorry for spelling errors. Firefox Spell check does not work on slashdot with the new comment boxes.)
This superinjunction is only vaild in UK. Everywhere else it does not have any legal meaning. So it can save too be ignored if you are not in the UK.
If all the Brits who had character or personal integrity hadn't headed for other shores (US, Aus, CA, etc.) over the past 300 years, maybe they'd grow a pair and ignore it in the UK, no matter the consequences. Of course, these spineless turds let themselves get shamed into [wikipedia.org] dying in horrendous ways [wikipedia.org].
(Sorry for spelling errors. Firefox Spell check does not work on slashdot with the new comment boxes.)
Slashdot is broken. S^2D^2 for 10+ years.
The point of the order is not to prevent people identifying the family. This is a mistake common to law-abiding people -- thinking that a law or a court order prevents a behaviour. Such a law/order can never do so, however, it gives the people harmed by a breach of the law/order a legal remedy
Judges usually lift gag orders when publication has made the order moot.
And really, who are you going to sue when a British injuction against an American company is violated by someone living in a third country?
From what I can tell, most Twitter users are brain-damaged. The writing alone will identify them immediately!
Several tedious Z-list celebrities [newstechnica.com] have demanded Twitter user @injunctionsuper post details of their tawdry and squalid lives too.
[REDACTED] tweeted: "Rumur that I hv super-injunction preventing publication of 'intimate' photos of me n my bank account. NOT TRUE! Also, tits. FER FUXAKE PLS RT"
The revelation that decent British people can read things on Internet services that aren't even based in the UK has left celebrities and politicians shocked, shocked that people actually have ways of gaining information that aren't filtered through the hamstrung UK print press. "Clearly," said minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries Ed Vaizey, "we need to protect our valuable pop music and football industries with a Great Firewall of Britain without delay."
"In the modern world of the Internet, the secret or super-injunction may no longer be an effective tool in the administration of justice," said BBC legal correspondent Clive Coleman, in an attempt on the world record for fatuity.
"We tried to bugger the Internet last year," said Peter Mandelson, "but did you listen?"
A spokesman for Wikipedia suggested that journalists looking for space-filler stories just fuck off until August as usual.
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Episode 1 also gave a lot of important introduction regarding the servants (who would ever expect Gohda to be LIKE THIS with the anime alone?) and the adults in general (you did mention Natsuhi and still, despite being a big focus of ep1, they didn't give her the proper development she had with Krauss and Jessica).
A lot of minor details were actually important as I and Rias said. There are various complementary development accross the episodes: you just cannot ignore the medium ones, just because you just want to jump on the "characters of the episode" syndrome. Omitting a detail will make further ones nonsensical (the whole "colorblindness" in Higurashi is the prime example of that).
That is not a content problem but an execution problem.
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I expected a bit too much from that scene since the manga managed to do it very well, I suppose. Here it's just "wow, these people just don't care that much about it, do they?"
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Golden Slaugterer just didn't have the same impact... It was probably the timing.
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Just watched the raw.
Better than ep1-1 but :
- No explanation about Kyrie not being Battler's mom.
- Natsuhi's relationship with Krauss and Jessica is skipped.
- I didn't really like how the first twilight was done. Battler's sreams are lacking, and as Klashikari said, I didn't like his lag before freaking out. All in all, it wasn't as horrific as it should have been.
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I have to agree, that apart from Shannon and Kyrie no one's death in the EP1 1st Twilight really made me 'sad'. I was more like "Oh finally it's getting interesting" (which is probably why the anime staff decided to fast forward to this part. Most people are more interested in Day 2. Especially in Episode I when the characters haven't grown on us that much yet.)
It was actually around the fifth twilight that I started to feel for the characters. Can't wait for the later ones in the anime
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My only complaint about the episode is that, as others have said, Battler's freak out at the end was animated/timed awkwardly.
Besides that, I really enjoyed the episode. Personally, I liked the way they handled the gold ignot scene. Like someone else in this thread said, really, the whole point of that scene is "the gold is real?!"
Yes, another point of that scene is Natsuhi's feelings on being kept in the dark, but they already established that Natsuhi was generally ill-used in other scenes...
As a side note, Battler calls Kyrie by her given name instead of "mom" right? I think that sort of implies she not really his mom.....
But eh well, I'm just happy to see this stuff animated. Regardless of the pacings *shrugs*.
As a side note, I'm starting to think that people who've read the VN and first time viewers really should get separate threads. It can't be fun for anime-only watchers who enjoy the show to come into these threads and see "OMG RAGE!" so much...
EDIT- oh yeah, one more liiiitle complaint about the episode. Maria's crazy face, though I assume it was done as a sort of fan-service to the Higurashi fans ("woo hoo! Crazy faces!" ) It seemed a little akward for her to hold that crazy face during the entirety of her letter reading. Made me think she needed glasses from all the eye strain or something .
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As long as some comments aren't abusive (like "this is shit/the best), all opinions are welcomed. Otherwise, why putting available any score lower than 7 in the poll anyway?
Furthermore, discussing with the good and the bad actually help for both sides to temper their own opinion on various aspects. It isn't like an anime episode should be perfectly great or void of redeemable points.
With another note, that would also be a problem for some members that want to actually share their opinion with first time viewers, without being overly positive or negative.
Finally, if some discussion on a forum dampen the enjoyment of watching an anime series, I believe it would be preferable not to read any forum unless any "negative comment" is prohibited in the said forum.
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2) I never said we can judge the whole series that early. Right now, all the comments I have made were pointing the CURRENT problem this adaption has, no more no less.
I will be happy if they just use a proper pace for the later Episodes, but for the time being, hoping this doesn't prevent me to have a sour aftertaste with the first 2 episodes we have been served right now.
As a piece of my own opinion though: I cannot consider Ep1-4 being easier to adapt than the first 6 arcs of Higurashi. Far from it.
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I think the biggest problem I have with your opinion is that you seem to have the opinion that what was in the anime until now was not only 'not good enough for your taste', but not good in any way and a disgrace to the original work and that no viewer can enjoy this series because they don't understand it.
But isn't it true, that the anime adaption works now as a completely standalone medium? The anime viewers are not required to look anything up in the novel so far.
Of course there were things, like the gold ingot in this episode, which were a bit rushed compared to the novel, but on there own, they worked.
What you seem to have expected was a 1:1 adaption of what the novel served, which would have exposed anime only viewers to approximately 2-3 episodes of 'people running around in a mansion and being mean to each other' to break it down to the simple facts what most people I know thought of Umineko before it started to...start.
Most anime viewers (not even all novel readers, myself included) want to see again and again how bad most siblings treat the servants, how much they want the money...I think every person old enough to watch Umineko knows the standard formula.
The anime is NOT the visual novel in motion, it is an anime adaption and in that way also an interpretation of the original work.
And in that manner I really liked episode 2, it featured what had to be in the episode. The only thing that really bothered me was, that we had no visual clue as to where Eva and Hideyoshi were when all other characters were shown around midnight.
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Spoiler for ep1-2:
Overall, I think EP1-2 was great. Considering the space in the game they had to cover in one EP, I don't think there is anything they could have done to cover it better. ...Except Maria's letter-reading face, which was ridiculous.
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Aside of stating possible problems that will surge in the future, by any means I didn't say "this is absolutely unwatchable" or totally tasteless. All the elements posted earlier (especially with my reply to squirrelord) were only entitled to MY opinion. I obviously implied the adaptation is nowhere close to my taste, but did I really start bashing it, saying it had no redeemable point or isn't enjoyable for others? I doubt it.
However, I certainly cannot agree with the whole statement that "anime is anime and VN is VN" issue: the purpose of an adaptation becomes void if you just don't convey the same message (that doesn't mean you cannot use another way: for example, I didn't have any problem that it was Genji who was looking for Natsuhi with Eva right after the discussion with Kinzo).
And unlike what you have indicated, putting more of the cut scenes would certainly not make the whole "money affair" redundant. To begin with, they only kept this kind of "serious" content, they did no include the "fluffy family" effect that the cousins and the adults have prior the ugly revelation.
I certainly cannot believe they would be able to insert so many chatters in Episode 1 and 2, for sake of pace as well. You are again putting words in my own opinion.
In the end, it is much ado about nothing: some people do see a problem with some missing elements (SOME, not ALL) some aren't. And both sides agree it is a difficult story to adapt. So where is the problem? Why would one side start complaining over the other that isn't agreeing?
I certainly don't mind if people like how it is adapted, actually I'm happy that DOES entertain people so that this adaptation wouldn't be in vein. It doesn't however change my own opinion and entertainement of this show (by no mean I intended to force people to feel the same, and I believe the words I used reflect that idea). That's all. Convincing people that this adaptation isn't good isn't my purpose but expressing my opinion is the same as others being satisfied by it. End of the story.
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Oh wow, deja vu is back here again. I pray and I pray that it isn't going to be like Haruhi but yet, I still get the same feeling as I did watching the first episode. It's not a good feeling, not even a hopeful feeling. It is more a despair feeling void of emotions...
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Could it be there are saving some of those character relations for later episodes because they aren't really "need to know" just yet. It will effect the story later, but is not a critical thing to know just yet.
Also brings up an interesting question: how much of the relationships were known in the First Episode? and how many of them really were needed for the plot of that Episode verses say later Episodes? I a non-self contained media, one doesn't reviel all the information at the start, bur slips out things over time as it is needed. In a VN where the story must be self contained in case it doesn't sell (especially the first part of it) all needed character details are given.
But as we've seen, not everything is always how it seems in mysteries.
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After seeing the episode, I sort of liked it. Keeps a nice mysterious feel when you have no idea what is going on.
And Hocchan can do creepy things with her voice.
EDIT: Oh and those were clips from those Higurashi parody bits from the DVDs. I recognized that they used three of them (including the one of "Chiaki Kon" (hornless Hanyuu)).
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More than a year after a state auditor's report urged education officials to improve sex offender monitoring at child care centers, the two Level 3 sex offenders remain living at the same location as The Tyke Site, licensed by the state for as many as 25 school-aged children.
BROCKTON – Two men, convicted of rape and sexual assault, live in close proximity to a Brockton child care center.
Yet neither the men nor the center are breaking any rules.
More than a year after a state auditor's report urged education officials to improve sex offender monitoring at child care centers, the two Level 3 sex offenders remain living at the same location as The Tyke Site, licensed by the state for as many as 25 school-aged children.
The location is the Brockton Veterans Administration health care facility on Belmont Street, a sprawling campus that includes hundreds of beds for long-term and psychiatric care patients.
The sex offenders and the center are allowed to coexist at the VA because they do not occupy the same physical space, unlike in the case of an offender living at a home-based daycare, said Kathleen Hart, a spokeswoman with the Department of Early Education and Care (EEC), the state agency that licenses child care centers.
Such close proximity is also permitted because Brockton, unlike many area communities, does not have an ordinance limiting how close Level 3 sex offenders can live to schools, child care facilities, parks and other places where children gather.
"It's a real problem we need to look into," Ward 1 Councilor Timothy Cruise said. "It's a difficult situation because people need to live somewhere, yet children have a right to be safe as well."
Ward 5 Councilor Dennis DeNapoli, a member of the council's Ordinance Committee, said the city should reconsider the issue.
"Maybe we should draft something up to protect the children of this city," DeNapoli said.
Up until last spring, situations like the one at the Brockton VA went largely unnoticed.
Then, in March of 2013, State Auditor Suzanne Bump published an audit showing 119 instances where addresses listed for Level 2 or Level 3 sex offenders matched those of state-licensed child care providers.
EEC officials at the time said they found no evidence that children at the Brockton daycare had been harmed.
The auditor recommended the EEC check child care addresses against the Sex Offender Registry Information database, ensure providers perform criminal background checks, follow up on violations in a timely manner, and perform the number of unannounced visits required by law.
Since then, the EEC has implemented the auditor's recommendations, Hart said, including updating the safety plans of child care centers sharing addresses with sex offenders.
"We're ensuring the proper background of all the employees, volunteers and educators in that site-based program," Hart said. "That scope is limited to the program. We don't have authority to background check hospital patients at the VA."
Level 3 offenders, like those living at the Brockton VA, "have been determined to be at a high risk to re-offend and to pose a high degree of dangerousness to the public," according to the state.
One of the men, 58-year-old Bert Henry, was convicted of indecent assault and battery on a person aged 14 or older in 1981. Six years later, he was convicted of rape.
Robert Pacella, 63, was convicted of indecent assault and battery on a person aged 14 or older and assault with intent to commit rape in 1990. Six years later, he was again convicted of indecent assault and battery on a person aged 14 or older.
A VA spokeswoman referred questions to Shelly Provost, director of The Tyke Site. The agency does not release patient-specific information, based on federal healthcare privacy law.
The Tyke Site, a private organization, has been licensed at the Brockton VA since 1981, serving the children of VA employees and other families.
Provost has served as director for the past 14 years. She said she was aware of the sex offenders living at the VA at the time of the audit and that she already had a safety plan on file with the EEC.
The plan has been updated since the audit, but only required minor tweaks, Provost said, declining to get into specifics.
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There's more to the platform wars than mobile - Android is starting to take off in non-mobile markets in a massive way - Internet of Things, Television (Chromecast), etc. To date Linux has been the dominant OS but Android is now taking some embedded designs which would have run Linux. The effective decoupling of Android from carriers for non-mobile markets + the richness of tools and the existing developer ecosystem will likely cement Android as the definitive open source OS of the next decade. This will have pluses for Google but also unintended consequences.
Repeat after me: Android is just as much 'Linux' as Ubuntu, Debian, Red Hat, or anything else that uses the Linux kernel. Technically, a better term would be 'Linux distribution', since Linux in and of itself is just a kernel. Wikipedia defines 'Linux distribution' quite well:
A Linux distribution (often called distro for short) is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions are operating systems including a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players, and database applications. These operating systems consist of the Linux kernel and, usually, a set of libraries and utilities from the GNU Project, with graphics support from the X Window System. Distributions optimized for size may not contain X and tend to use more compact alternatives to the GNU utilities, such as BusyBox, uClibc, or dietlibc.
Android is a Linux distribution, and is an addition to the Linux ecosystem - not a challenger. Painting it as such is just a sign of ignorance.
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There more too it than that. Imagine a Linux desktop running KDE or Gnome or whatever and running Chromium on that, and all your "apps" are actually java applets running in that browser. The OS only runs one program and that browser runs the apps. All of the deep down operating system stuff is abstracted away from the programs that are running.
That's certainly not an exact description, but in this way Chrome OS and Android are quite similar. Different in technical implementation but they both use Linux to run a software VM of sorts and run all your apps inside of that. When you are running KDE or Gnome, all that is is a user interface and a bunch of libraries software is written to use. Your programs still run ON linux. In Android, your programs are written to run on Android and Android runs on Linux. There are extra layers involved that make them not equivalent.
One would not say that MS-DOS and Windows 95 are "the same thing" just because they overlap a bit.
That is my point.
This is only true when using Java, you can use native languages like in other Linux distributions.


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Does everyone* hate the sound of their own voice, or is that just me? I was just watching some videos I took on my cell phone. I didn't realize it recorded audio as well. I sound like a low-rent Jodie Foster, and that's being charitable. *non-professionals, obvy; I'd think this would not apply to pro voice user
I have a vicious Georgia accent if I'm not careful. I sound like something out of "O Brother Where Art Thou". Seriously. It's that bad. I also think that my voice is too low and not feminine.
I don't.
Quote from: Cathy on August 08, 2010, 03:27:58 PMI don't. Why, Cathy, I seem to recall hearing that your voice was absolutely divine, and we all know you were a radio DJ.
My voice sounds higher in recordings than it does to my ears. I don't like it.
I'm choosing to believe that all recording equipment is wonky and I have a sexy throaty voice.
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anyone been in the unit recently? just curious how the deer and elk are looking.
anyone been in the unit recently? just curious how the deer and elk are looking.
The elk are great and deer are average. I have a cow tag for one of the units by this one and will be hunting mule deer in 37 on private. What do you have a tag for? The bull tag for 37 is pretty tough to come by but the deer is pretty easy.
my buddy gots a rifle bull tag and i got the first rifle deer tag. havent had a chance to get out in a while. saw a couple good bulls and a real good buck earlier in the year. they were looking pretty good then. thanks for the update
I saw two bulls in there this weekend. They were still bugling.
did you see any bucks?
Scounted our ranch again over the weekend. Am getting some really nice bucks on camera at the water tanks. Don't know if you are hunting the high or low part of the unit. We are seeing lots of them down low.
we have been high and low. we plan on hunting the wilderness area to hopefully get away from the crowds of hunters. we have seen some good bucks up high but, they are few and far between. we have seen quite a few down lower but i think these areas are going to be loaded with hunters. this is going to be my wifes 3rd year hunting. she killed her first buck last year, and will hopefully get her second this year. you wouldnt happen to know an area with decent deer numbers and a little less hunters(with out giving out any honey holes)?
I just got back from the unit on a scouting trip and saw a few good deer. I hunted there once when I was in high school and drew out again this year. If you are interested in swapping some info on areas send me a PM


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So yeah I got deleted on the forums for this but it still needs to be said:
Denard gave up after his injury. I'm sorry, I love the guy, but he flat out gave up. He is a senior and a captain. This means he should be a leader on and off the field. The only thing I saw him doing was moping around the sidelines. He didn't put a headset on and try to help, he didn't console Russell. He just stood there in silence and watched his team lose. I'm still upset the most about this.


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The wine community is also responding to Hurricane Katrina. Paso Robles wineries and wine growers announced that they are raising money for hurricane relief. For example Tablas Creek Vineyard will donate 5% of its proceeds from any wine ordered between now and September 19th to the American Red Cross.
In San Jose, on September 10th, The Grapevine will host a special wine tasting and silent auction to raise money for the hurricane victims.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A newspaper column lampooning Southern Baptists, calling the group "the crazy old paranoid uncle of evangelical Christians," is causing quite a stir in a small Kentucky city and put a pastor's job in jeopardy.
The column was written by Angela Thomas, the wife of Bill Thomas, an assistant pastor at the First Baptist Church in Madisonville. Her column last month was done in response to the Southern Baptist Convention's opposition to a new Boy Scouts of America policy that welcomes gay members.
In the weeks since, the status of Bill Thomas' job with the church has become unclear. The First Baptist pastor said he had accepted Thomas' resignation, but Thomas has said he had not quit.
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A reader sent us this via NPR, 'Law & Order' Meets Tom Clancy In Dick Wolf's First Novel | KAWC.
If Dick Wolf's record in television is any indication, his debut novel, The Intercept, could be the first of dozens.
Wolf's The Intercept is a thriller set in New York after the killing of Osama bin Laden. Its hero is Detective Jeremy Fisk, of the NYPD Intel Division. According to Wolf, the book picks up where a Law & Order project left off after Sept. 11.
"I was in New York with the shooting crew," he recalls. "We were two weeks away from beginning principal photography on a miniseries called Terror, which started in an al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan with a class of 10-year-olds, their fists up, saying, [Allah akbar] 'God is great, death to America.' The brother of one of them [comes] in … to say goodbye because he was going to America to become a great hero. Cut to the brother in the car with three other guys going to the city, blowing up a bomb under the shuttle in Times Square, killing 2,500 people and then releasing anthrax … Needless to say, when the planes went in, we pulled the plug."
It's perfectly understandable the series didn't make it to television in the years following 9/11. But nine, ten, eleven years later it seems television and movies depicting Islamic terrorists that want to kill Americans is non-existent.
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EVGA, bfg, Asus. I prefer Asus stuff when possible, they're one of the biggest manufacturer of PC parts so you can pretty much rest easy with warranty issues. (I had a Voodoo Labs card circa 02-03 and went bust not long after I bought one of their cards with 1 year left on the warranty). They're all pretty much the same in terms of performance give or take 5fps on benchmarks so it's not too much an issue with performance. Just keep an eye out on which has better cooling solutions, some have better ones so just check reviews. Also the new round of video cards are out shortly so look out for price drops.
I'd also consider ATI HD2900xt, it "seems" to beat the 640mb 8800gts across most preliminary (anandtech and tom's hardware have yet to do a head to head) benchmarks and is a bit cheaper than the 640mb 8800gts. Although it looks to be a bit more power hungry than the 8800gts
But either will do, just a matter of preference.
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2900 tanks so badly when AA is turned on.
Either way, the sweet spot is the 8800 GTS 320MB if you're looking for a Mid-High range video card to game with. But the 1950 XT will do if you're looking at just midranged.
How do you find a 2900 XT cheaper than a 8800 GTS 640 MB? The cheapest 2900 XT I could find was 40 dollars more than a 8800 GTS 640.
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2900xt 380-450 for 512mb depending on brand/specials
Note you're getting a free game which is pretty good with most of these, )
8800gts $360-$440 (i'll exclude the watercooled one at $560)
Aus prices
640 mb 8800gts $488 http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/sear...?q=8800gts+640
2900xt $480 http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=2900xt
Remember these are only preliminary and until more Dx10 games are available it's still too early to call
Tanking with Anti aliasing?
In 3DMark06, NVIDIA's card scored higher than ATI's offering, with 10951 3DMarks for 8800GTX and 10356 3DMarks for HD 2900XT. The second round involved a demo of Crysis, in which ATI's card took the lead, by a small advantage. The HD 2900XT scored 81.4fps in 1024x768, and the 8800GTX got 72.5fps, at 1024x768 4xAA and 16X AF ATI got 74.7fps and NVIDIA got 67.2. In the high resolution tests, the advantage was kept by the HD 2900XT, scoring 52.8fps at 1600x1200 4x AA and 16x AF, while 8800GTX got 50.2fps.
The quality settings for the games were as follows:
Call of Duty 2 - Anisotropic filtering, 4xAA (in game), V-Sync off, Shadows enabled, a high number of dynamic lights, soften all smoke edges and an insane amount of corpses.
Company of Heroes - High shader quality, High model quality, Anti-aliasing enabled (in game), Ultra texture quality, high quality shadows, high quality reflections, Post processing On, High building detail, High physics, high tree quality, High terrain detail, Ultra effects fidelity, Ultra effects density, Object scarring enabled and the model detail slider all the way to the right.
F.E.A.R. - 4x FSAA (in game), maximum light details, shadows enabled, maximum shadow details, soft shadows enabled, 16x anisotropic filtering, maximum texture resolution, maximum videos, maximum shader quality.
Half Life 2: Episode 1 - High model detail, high texture detail, high shader detail, reflect all water details, high shadow detail, 4x multi-sample AA (in-game), 16x anisotropic filtering, v-sync disabled, full high-dynamic range.
Pretty much as high as you can crank it.
Still until someone reputable does an in depth head to head all this could be BS.
Edit found one
It loses in a couple of games which are nvidia based so no surprise but generally wins overall
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If you like to use DailyTech as a source, why not use AnandTech? It does own DailyTech after all.
The only difference is 320 MB of memory. If you're running at a lower resolution, just stick to a 320 MB version. At higher resolutions however, the extra graphics memory a 640 version has helps it a considerable amount.
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toms hardware doesn't clear it up either also makes note of some driver issues
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Still you can't discount the games used. They are the most gfx intensive game around and they do use the industry standard 3dmark series for benches.
what about xbitlabs then? almost every demanding game under the sun? Why is there such a massive difference between anandtech and the others? Only gets taken out in STALKER and 2 other Nvidia driven game engine benches. But we're getting a bit OT. I'll start a thread in a few weeks time when my tax return comes in it's time to upgrade to a dx10 card
x2 4400+ $90
Asus M2n $75
evga 320mb 8800gts $280
Gskill ddr2 800 $89.00
Samsung 500gig HDD $120
Hiper 480w Power Supply $50 (you will definitely need a new PSU, don't skimp on this, PSU is connected to everything)
Case $28
Asus Burner $30
optional extra-if you have a dolby digital reciever with 5.1 speakers get this. It turns all your games, music and movies into dolby digital. Installed mine today, almost crapped myself playing fear hooked up to my yamaha dolby digital system
HT Omega Claro $80
Otherwise use the change to buy some games and go crazy
Only changes are the bigger HDD and and gfx
At this budget I still think AMD s the way to go considering your needs. I mean the core2 duo's are awesome but it's just that a good motherboard for them start around $110 (at least the 1/2 dozen that was recommended to me a few months ago when I did my 2 builds). But don't buy anything past a X2 4400+ from AMD, Once you get to the mid level processors the Intel Core2Duo's just flog everything AMD has
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ok things are looking good so far just waiting on how much i can really spend. As for putting it all together i thought a friend was going to help me since he did his own but for some reason he doesnt want to talk to me. Is it really something a novice can do with out having any major problems like breaking something or frying cause of static electricty.
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Static - understand you have to discharge yourself, touch the case or any metal other than the parts before handling them. If you're really paranoid spend 2 dollars on a static wrist wrap. (clip goes to the metal frame of case velcro strap goes around wrist. As much as possible only handle parts by the edges (avoid touching the gold bits).
It's fairly simple really, pcie cards can only go in pcie slots, ram can only go in ram slots. SATA only can go in sata slots. Same with the power connectors for each device. Each kind of male connector can only go in to a specific female connector. All the parts will have detailed instructions the only ones that won't will be the HDD and RAM. Understand that a little bit of force is required but not too much. The hardest thing for me is connecting the led lights and switches only because the jumpers are tiny but hey if you've got a camera take a pic and put em up along with the schematic of the jumper (not every mobo is the same). Along with cable management, you don't want cables going willy nilly you need to keep them tidy.
take your time as well, it took me 2 hrs the first time, it takes me about 45 mins now with all cables tidied up.
But best advice - and its free - go to your library get a recent book on upgrading and repairing PC's. Understand exactly what you're doing so it's a bit more coherent. Particularly important to know is what is what. What does a SATA data cable look like? What does a SATA Power cable look like? WHat does a 6pin power connector look like? What does a 24pin connector look like? What does a 4 pin molex connector look like, once you can identify what is what, you're 90% there.
But there's here, tom's hardware forums, xbitlabs forum anandtech forums that can help with specific issues
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thank u guys for all your help so far i know i keep fluctuating on the budget but i dont know what it will be in the end im waiting for something and depending on how it is then i will be able to give the best estimate on the budget. i have another question its still related to computers i was wondering if any of u have your computer hooked up to your stereo i have a pretty decent setup in my room and have seen other people do it but have no clue on how u go about doing something like that.
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ok easy enough but need more info.
1 Are you using your on board sound on your motherboard? Or are you using a different soundcard?
2. Look at the back of your stereo, does it have rca inputs?
IF Y to both you'll need a Y cable, 3.5mm to 2 rca looks like this pretty much available everywher at places like radioshack
the headphone jack (3.5mm) goes into your line out. The Red and White rca jacks go into your stereo usually labelled "Aux In"
There's some other stuff too like Spdif, but you will only see that on new motherboards. If you have a aftermarket soundcard we'll need more info on what outputs there are.
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im using the onboard sound thats on the mother board and yes my stereo has rca inputs its a sony am/fm reciever/amp. i looked up some of these cords but its like 10 bucks for 6 feet and my computer and stereo are about 15-20 apart. Also i might get to spend close to 800 dollars now because my parents are paying for it and they want the computer to last a few years. so im looking to spend a little more then 650 dollars
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Unfortunately, there's no other way unless you want to go wireless (which is $$$). Anyways at 20ft you'll hear quite significant sound degradation. It'd probably be neater and cheaper to get a nice set of speakers for your PC and use that as your primary stereo (like I do PC-> Ht Omega -> Dolby digital receiver -> 5.1 speakers), not saying you have to do that but you know, there's plenty of decent 5.1 speakers for $50 or less.
Also bear in mind you will probably have to buy XP or Vista O/S unless you already have a copy of the retail product and not the OEM version(or unless you plan on using Linux) well you don't have to, but piracy is naughty.
IF you don't have to buy an O/S, well intel e6320 and Abit fatal1ty motherboard would be my picks
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i guess its a good thing that u guys are helping me because i had completly forgot about an o/s i guess i cant use the windows xp disc that came with the gateway. whats the cheapest i can get windows xp for i will stick with it since i know how it works and not real keen on using vista since its new and probably has some bugs. can some one comprise a list of parts including windows xp that totals about 800 dollars. if vista is around the same price and you guys think its that much better then xp then im willing to give it a shot. u guys have all been really helpful and i really appreciate it not use to getting some much help off of a forum
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x2 4400+ $90
Asus M2n $75
evga 320mb 8800gts $280
Gskill ddr2 800 $89.00
WD Caviar 320gig $80.00
Hiper 480w Power Supply $50 (you will definitely need a new PSU, don't skimp on this, PSU is connected to everything)
Case $28
Asus Burner $30
vista home premium 32bit $111 (Oem)
xp pro 32bit $90 (oem)
around $835 for a vista build without rebates (so lets just assume shipping for the whole lot is $30) there are a couple of rebates there I think but not knoweing if they'll still be around or if you'll order from newegg I've left them out
If that is the pc you're building, I'd suggest Vista. Why? well you won't have driver issues firstly, as everything there will run under vista. Secondly, 8800gts drivers work better on vista (because Direct x 10 runs on vista and not XP at least for the moment). 3 you will eventually have to go anyway to vista. Unless you're running some obscure piece of software or hardware you shouldn't have any issues. 4 I find Vista runs my games better because it utilises dual cores better. (at least I think so)
(Oh PS do you need a wireless card ford internet access or do you use a hardline? budget $30 if you need one). If it needs to be exactly $800 well, I'd go for a 160gig HDD such as this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822144415 and the rebates should take care of the shipping
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thanks so much hobbes_fan u have been such a big help. i guess i will give vista a shot when i go to build this thing. no i do not need a wireless card im using a hard line for my cable internet and the outlet for it is at the far end of the desk. just waiting for the cash and approval of my parents to order all this stuff.
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I have received a couple of office and library closings during the Holiday Season, and they are -
Quebec Family History Society - The library and office of the Quebec Family History Society will be closed for the holiday's from Friday December 21, 2012 until and including Wednesday January 2, 2013.
The library and office will re-open Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.
Please check their website at www.qfhs.ca. And if you are a member, refer to the winter copy of "Connections" for a complete list of upcoming activities hosted by the Quebec Family History Society.
Société de généalogie de l'Outaouais (The Genealogical Society of the Outaouais) in Gatineau, Quebec will have its office and research room closed from the 22 December 2012 to the 2 January 2013 for the Holidays. They will reopen the 3 January 2013.
Their website is at http://genealogieoutaouais.com
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Rich Cimini @RichCimini
#Jets inactives: McElroy, Berry, Thomas, Harrison, Schlauderaff, Keller and Hill.
Is this a Game Thread or a Hampur-thread discussing everyone's favorite Beer?
Just got the weather update. Seems to be a brisk mid 40's, but could drop into the 30's after gametime.
.Welcome to the party, all my rowdy friends,
A Monday Night Bash on ESPN!
The game of the week, is about to ignite
Time to kick it off under the lights
The pressure is rising, strap in and hold tight
We're gonna blow the roof off this place tonight
C'mon and get ready
I mean really ready
Are you ready for some football?
A Monday night party
The whole house is rockin', let's get it kick started
Launch this thing, raise the roof, that's right
All my rowdy friends are here on Monday night
Pickle pants -___-
Though last time we wore them in Tennessee, we crushed 34-13.
We also had Brett Favre...
Pickle pants has ruined my confidence.
Add another FG onto to Tennessee's side.
17-16, Jets.
I think we have some good karma working for us. We share colors with Sandy Hook Elementary.


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If you're a creature of habit, this new home control device could be your new best friend. Why? Because it learns what you like and adjusts smart devices around your home accordingly. You don't have to program a thing. The KLUG Home from Intraix, an innocuous looking USB stick, employs machine learning algorithms to monitor and learn from your personal changes and preferences. Do you like your home at a certain temperature when you come home from work? KLUG Home knows this and sets the thermostat. Same goes for the lighting and other home amenities.
When KLUG Home isn't modifying your home's environment automatically, you can control devices that are connected wirelessly to it via your voice. KLUG Home can talk to today's most popular digital assistants, including Alexa (Amazon Echo), Siri (Apple HomeKit), and Ok Google (Google Now).
The KLUG Home USB stick plugs into a Wi-Fi router and connects to smart devices from a variety of manufacturers including Nest and SmartThings, and integrates with products following communications protocols including Wi-Fi, ZigBee, Apple HomeKit, and Google Now. It can also connect to many third-party smart devices, including Fitbit, Netatmo Weather Station, Philips Hue lights, Billion smart plugs, and various alarm systems and motion sensors.
"We believe that smart devices can be even smarter when they work together and play off of each other's synergies," says Bryan Lee, co-founder of Intraix. "A truly smart home starts with better software—and this is where we make a difference. We've designed KLUG Home to listen, learn, and understand your habits and preferences at home. It gets smarter as it gets to know you better and is able to develop single contexts across multiple devices that you own and use most."
KLUG Home is available for pre-order for $79 from Indiegogo; the first units are scheduled to ship in October.


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Manchester United boss David Moyes refused to be daunted after his side were drawn against defending champions Bayern Munich, the most in-form side in Europe, in the Champions League quarter-finals.
The task facing Moyes' side was made that much harder after United were also drawn to play the second leg in Munich.
Jose Mourinho's Chelsea will face Paris St Germain, but will have the second leg at Stamford Bridge. Real Madrid will face Borussia Dortmund, while there is an all-Spanish meeting between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.
Moyes admitted that Bayern were the tournament favourites, but insisted: "I was thrilled that we were in that draw and we're in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. When we were 2-0 down to Olympiacos a week or so ago, I don't think a lot of people were putting us through to the quarter-final draw.
"So in a lot of ways it didn't matter who I drew. But I've got to say I've drawn out the favourites and obviously the holders of the cup competition as well so it's a really tough draw for us, but one that I'm looking forward to."
Winning the tournament outright now looks like United's only chance of being part of Europe's elite club competition next season and missing out could cost the club around £50million.
It is understood, though, that United chiefs are confident that rises in commercial income will make up for the financial impact and allow Moyes and the club to attract the top players.
Pep Guardiola's Bayern have been in amazing form this season, unbeaten in the Bundesliga having won every match at home in that competition.
Moyes can take some solace from the fact that the only two clubs who have prevented Bayern from winning at home this season were both English. Manchester City won 3-2 at the Allianz Arena, while Arsenal achieved a 1-1 draw in the last round.
The two clubs were involved in that famous last-gasp victory for United in 1999 Champions League final, but Bayern took the honours last time they met, in the 2010 quarter-finals, when Arjen Robben's volley at Old Trafford made it 4-4 on aggregate to send the German side through on away goals.
Bayern director of sport Matthias Sammer said United's threat should not be under-estimated, even if they are struggling in the Premier League.
"It's a highly attractive draw," he told the club's website. "They showed in the second leg of their last-16 game what they're capable of.
"On a good day, they are deadly. We must ensure they don't have two good days. I'd say the draw's manageable, but dangerous."
Chelsea's draw against PSG will see Mourinho come up against his former striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, whom he managed at Inter Milan, before the Swede was sold to Barcelona.
Ibrahimovic has spoken of his admiration for Mourinho, saying in his autobiography that he "was basically willing to die for" the Portuguese.
Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay said the club would treat PSG "with utmost respect".
He said: "Our form is good, we've got a lot of games between now and the end of the season. We're in a good position in the Premier League so we just need to take it one game at a time, try and win every game and see how everybody else does around us.
"We will treat Paris St Germain with the utmost respect and hopefully we can go there, put on a show for our fans and bring it back to Stamford Bridge."
The all-Spanish tie between Barcelona and Atletico should be a cracker - both sides are locked together in La Liga, with the Madrid side a point ahead in second place. The teams have already played out three draws this season and will face each other in the last league match of the campaign at the Nou Camp.
Real Madrid have the chance for revenge over Dortmund, who humbled them 4-1 in the first leg of their semi-final last season en route to a 4-3 aggregate victory.
Dortmund, however, have a number of significant injuries, while striker Robert Lewandowski is suspended for the first leg, making the Spanish league leaders clear favourites to progress.
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Free game for kids addresses bullying
BOURBON — Charlie Jackson of Bourbon has created a computer game to help kids learn the consequences of bullying.
Jackson, owner of Cataclysmic Games, said that he's been making games "on and off" for about seven years. The decision to make a game for kids happened when his artist created a character that he described as "silly and cute."
That character eventually became "Rubberkid," a colorful gumdrop-shaped person dedicated to protecting other kids from insults hurled at them by bullies.
"The kids can take on the persona of Rubberkid," said Jackson. "Basically, they run around the screen while bullies throw insults and you try to bump the insults away from the other kids."
Jackson feels strongly that playing the game might help kids to see how they can prevent bullying for themselves or for other kids.
"It seems like (bullying) is a really big topic, and I hadn't seen any games about it," said Jackson. "At the end of each level of the game, the player sees information about the kids they helped. It shows what would have happened if they didn't help, and what will happen now that they did help."
Jackson said the game isn't just for kids considered to be bullies. It's for any kid ages 7 to 12.
"It's a really simplistic game," added Jackson.
The game "Adventures of Rubberkid" is still under construction by Jackson, but it's playable from his website, www.thecritterverse.com.
"I would pretty much like to get people's input," said Jackson. "If they don't like a part of the game I can still change it. I'm definitely up for suggestions."
Visitors to the website can send Jackson an email using the contact form.
Jackson started his website, The Critterverse, with the help of Kickstarter, a funding platform for creative projects. He is trying to raise $750 before Dec. 30 in order to start distributing Adventures of Rubberkid to local schools and libraries.
"I do want to start (distributing) here locally, because I don't have to ship anything — I can go talk to them in person," said Jackson.
His eventual goal is to have kids all over the country playing Adventures of Rubberkid and his other games. Jackson also hopes to eventually translate the game to Spanish, and make both teen and adult versions of it. A children's book could also be on the horizon.
To find out more about Jackson and his games, or to play Adventures of Rubberkid, visit www.thecritterverse.com


text: Lydia Perez Artscape: Bringing Traditional Puerto Rican Music to Rhode Island By John Bender • Sep 26, 2013 John Bender / RIPR In celebration of Hispanic Heritage month, Rhode Island Public Radio's John Bender profiled Warwick musician Lydia Perez. Originally from Puerto Rico, Perez has been performing throughout Rhode Island since the mid-nineties. With her group, Yoruba 2 she has toured throughout the region, teaching and performing the traditional music and dance of Puerto Rico. "Well my name is Lydia Perez, I'm a traditional artist in the state of Rhode Island." "My name is Yidell Rivera. I am Lydia's oldest daughter, and I've worked with her since, well, my childhood."


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A case against Ridgecrest resident William Dale Howard appears to have relocated to Mojave, according to county court records.
Howard appeared for an arraignment regarding his case on Jan. 17 according to Kern County Superior Court records. It was relocated to Mojave the following day, with a continuance scheduled thereafter.
According to Deputy District Attorney Scott Garver, during the Jan. 17 meeting, Howard's attorney moved to disqualify Superior Court Judge Ken Pritchard from presiding over the case.
In addition Garver said another motion is pending to disqualify him from prosecuting the case.
"They suggested that my Measure L participation presented a conflict," Garver said.
Garver is one of five members appointed to the Measure L Advisory Committee in July 2012. The committee oversees issues related solely to tracking Measure L expenditures.
Garver said it would be up to the judge to decide whether to disqualify him from the case.
"As of now it appears the case is out of Ridgecrest permanently," he said.
Howard is charged with 12 misdemeanor counts of allegedly violating Section 372 of California's Public Penal Code for maintaining public nuisances, all regarding properties under his ownership or influence.
The charges were filed by the Kern County District Attorney's office, all of them pertaining to his properties being classified as junkyards.
In addition, Howard also faces one misdemeanor charge under the city's municipal code for violating zoning ordinances by keeping peacocks on a few of his properties in the 1100 block of Mayo Street.
This is the most recent chapter in the long-standing case between the city and Howard.
Prior to that, Howard faced 37 misdemeanor counts for violating two sections of California's Penal Code. The charges, filed on Jan. 29, 2011, were ultimately dismissed in Aug. 2012 in furtherance of justice in part because of more pressing concerns and because the evidence was deemed outdated.
The current case, filed on Nov. 29, 2012, follows a cease-and-desist order by the DA's office in for refusing to clear his properties of what the city considered junk.
A police report prepared by the Ridgecrest Police Department thoroughly documented a search warrant investigation revealing that Howard's properties were filled with vast quantities of scrap metal, old and dilapidated vehicles, and an estimated 27 sea cargo containers, some of which walled off one of his properties.
RPD had originally requested a trespassing misdemeanor added to the list of charges against Howard, as some of his belongings occupied a property he did not own.
The DA declined to pursue that charge after it was determined Howard was moving those belongings off the adjacent property.


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FlightCrew is an ePub book file validator. It is available for 64-bit Linux from here, as a .bin "install file".
I never met one of those before, just rpm and deb. How do I install it on a Debian system, preferably via the desktop software tools so it gets hooked into debian's dependency management and all those good things?


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The excellent French weekly L'Express has assembled a list of the best French quotes of 2008 [display]. Not all of them can be translated meaningfully into English, while other quotes were pronounced by individuals who remain unknown in the world outside France. Now, since France has been my marvelous homeland for the last 45 years, I dare to imagine myself capable of evaluating the pertinence of these quotes. [I hope I donned enough safety gloves in that last sentence.] Here are my seven selections and French/English translations:
That sums up, more or less, this annus horribilis of 2008. Non-Latinists might consider that we're talking of an arsehole year.


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Entertainment One has released The Adventures Of Scooter The Penguin, a new CG family-friendly DVD. The animated film tells the story of Scooter, a little bird from a lost colony of penguins known for their speed and strength. Scooter was abandoned before he hatched and was taken by a family of silver penguins who encourage his talents. Still, the little bird feels like he doesn't belong. As his adventures unfold, Scooter learns lessons of love and self-worth and returns to save the day at his village.
eOne has also released Trooper and The Legend of The Golden Key. Trooper is a Bloodhound that lives in a town with a mysterious legend about a golden key that could be worth $1 million. The film follows Trooper and his owner, 10-year-old Tommy, as they set out to find the key and run into unexpected danger.


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What about Stephen Dedalus as an emo artist...you know, he is a deep guy.
Following author Maureen Johnson's criticisms of gendered book covers,
readers all over the world have been turning the tables and mocking the
jarring gender bias of certain tropes through the creation of their own
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Stranded in San Francisco
But this happens - more or less only - due to being "stranded" in the United States.
I was invited to do a talk about Mirabeau and Coherence at this years CELF Embedded Linux Conference in San Francisco.Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit, which was co-located with the ELC.
And being already here I thought of adding one more weekend to do some sight-seeing, exploring the city, watch the annual Northern California Cherry Blossom festival, visiting Muir Woods, which I last had the chance some six years ago.Eyjafjallajökull.
Not only for me, pretty much all the flights of the European attendees of the conferences have been canceled. As mine was scheduled for todays afternoon I had some hope that it might be just in time for the European air space getting opened up again, but failed. Lufthansa seems to operate as of now at least partially from Frankfurt again, but Star Alliance partner United Airlines decided to keep their planes on ground.
After some first evil tidings - next possible flight to Europe would be 25th, no, 26th, no, hang on, not before 27th - Nadine, event manager of the Embedded Linux Conference - who, together with her team, did a really tremendous job in organizing the conference, managed to get me rerouted on a flight for Thursday 22nd.
Nadine, thank you so much!
Now I unintentionally will get the chance to see some of the United States airports - leaving San Francisco in the early morning, going to Denver, from there to Washington, changing plane there for the leg over the ocean, arriving in Zürich on Friday morning and, one last hop, should be in Frankfurt around noon.
Probably more endurance testing than travel, but never mind, it will get me home. And, not to be sneezed at, within my supply of insulin and blood sugar checks.
With that option available I decided to stay in my very comfortable room in the Kabuki in Japantown, use the wifi here to do some work and maybe even find time to check in some long outstanding Coherence patches, and enjoy some more days of Japanese food and culture.