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'American Idol' Recap: Do or Die for Half the Guys
Thursday, February 21, 2013
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Half of the remaining
American Idol
girls took the stage for the brand spankin' new sudden death round in Las Vegas Wednesday, and now it's the guys' turn. And while there were some shocking eliminations (Shubha Vedula and Isabelle, in particular), I don't even think that's possible for the boys. The field is that wide open (or if you prefer, mediocre). Outside of Curtis
Finch, Jr,, who has yet to falter, everyone is vulnerable.
Recap: 10 Ladies Become 5 >>
One thing we don't have to worry about that came up with the girls is factoring in someone we've never heard before. We saw two of the ladies for the very first time in Las Vegas, and a third we hadn't heard a solo from. Some of these guys have gotten more screen time than others, but at least we have a basic idea of what each one of them sounds like. I have expectations for each, so there won't be any guys at the bottom of the rankings who suddenly make a huge jump.
This is the first time they are singing in front of a live audience, and just like Wednesday, 10 will enter and five will leave. The cuts are harsh, and
is once again using the slogan "One Song, One Shot, No Mercy." It still leaves a bit of a sour taste in my mouth that the judges are solely responsible for deciding who advances. I don't mind that they narrow down the field, but once we're doing these solo performances, I think America needs a vote. But maybe I just miss Shubha and Isabelle.
The boys can pick any song in any genre and can play an instrument if they so choose, and Mariah Carey reminds them that the ladies have the better talent this season. I personally think that's true, but I can't help but wonder if they're really trying to push the girls on us to make sure one wins for the first time in years. Who will survive? Who will fall apart? Who will pick a song that makes you shake your head and wonder "What the hell was that dude thinking?" Let's find out!
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Paul Jolley Kicks It Off
He of uncalmable nerves and a vast collection of white pants (not wearing them tonight though), Paul Jolley is first up. He made the extremely ballsy choice of picking Keith Urban's "Tonight I Want to Cry," I guess because he wanted to do whatever he could to be remembered in the easy-to-forget first spot. Much like in his other anxiety-racked pre-song jittery moments, his confidence returns once he opens his mouth. He turns in a solid performance with some big on-key notes. It's not his best performance to date, but it should be enough based on the competition.
Keith appreciates and is honored and touched that Paul would pick his song, and he advises him to trust in his talent and not overcompensate by trying to plan overly big moments. Nicki Minaj wants his eyes to be less theatrical and thinks his notes were sweeter this time (and not in a good way). Randy Jackson says Paul has endless opportunity vocally and is excited for his potential. Mariah, commenting last again, thinks the first half was an intimate performance between just her and Paul. So more or less a split decision from the judges.
Johnny Keyser Brings the Love
Pretty boy
Johnny Keyser
is a returning
contestant who was cut in Vegas last season. He's been spotty so far, with highs and lows, and has advanced mostly on potential. He's singing Jason Mraz' "I Won't Give Up." The first part is entirely too low for his register and sounds borderline horrible, but it picks up once he raises the Key(ser). Then it's quite pretty, but I don't know if it'll be enough to overcome the rough start.
Keith says it was good, but he stumbles through his commentary, so I don't know if I buy it. He says it was Johnny's best so far and that it seemed effortless. Nicki says he looks sexy and once again asks if he has a girlfriend. She gives him kudos for his look, but says he doesn't have the greatest vocals in the world. Randy likes him, but doesn't think he has the best voice either. It was just okay for the Dawg. Mariah says he brings the masculinity, particularly in the beginning when he was employing his sexy (off-key) growl.
J'DA Brings Diva to Another Level
We haven't really seen J'DA much outside of the group round, so it'll be interesting to see what he brings to a solo performance. He's singing Adele's "Rumor Has It," and he's got sparkly heels, a huge broach and more glitter than a strip club (on ALL the strippers, collectively). He's definitely got stage presence and personality, and his voice is probably the best we've heard of the three so far. This guy puts on a SHOW, for sure, and the judges are eating it up.
Keith appreciates the spectacle and originality, but he felt like J'DA over-choreographed the number and could see him counting steps. There's no chance in hell Nicki isn't in love with J'DA, and she tells him to "work it, girl." She thinks he's a superstar performer and praises him for his acknowledgment of the crowd. The only thing she didn't like was his vocals. Randy points out the vocals were lacking only because of the showmanship, but found a lack of originality in the dance moves. Mariah thought the vocals were spot on. Four people who watched the same thing and saw four different performances.
Kevin Harris Slows It Down
Kevin Harris
is another guy we didn't hear much of outside the group round, but I was impressed with what we did see. He's taking on Bryan Adams' "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" ballad "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You." It starts off great, and I'm hopeful we're about too a goose-bump moment. But then he hits some bad notes, and I'm feeling like his throat is really dry. But unlike certain Republican senators, he doesn't have a tiny water bottle nearby.
Keith loves the song choice and Kevin's range, but he had mixed feelings about the arrangement. Overall, he thought it was good. Nicki says "every single musical choice you made tonight was perfection," but she worries he doesn't have an outgoing enough personality. Randy disagrees 100 percent and was bored, calling it karaoke. Mariah says he's one of her favorites, but she wanted a better and more powerful song. Maybe the Keith-Nicki side the of judges' table has different acoustics than the Randy-Mariah side, because the judges are once again split.
Chris Watson Storms the Stage
Chris Watson
has show-stopper potential, even though the only thing we saw of him was his terrible group round performance. He was still the one who brought the energy, though, and I'm looking for him to really get the crowd into it. He always seems so happy, and he chooses Otis Redding's "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay." I love the upbeat tempo and the dance moves, but THIS is karaoke. Nothing about his voice powers through, and it's hard to stand out that way.
Keith says that
is as much a connection competition as a singing competition, and even though he didn't like the vocals or the song choice, he still thinks Chris has a lot to offer. Nicki calls him the most beautiful man she has ever seen ever, and she wants to marry his vibrato. Randy disagrees with everyone and is still longing for someone to show him something vocally. He wants to see someone go out and prove that they're better than everyone else, and we haven't seen that. Mariah also likes his charisma, but wasn't a fan of the performance. I don't know if Keith and Nicki are trying to be nice, or if they're really hearing different things than me, Randy and Mariah.
Devin Velez Pulls an Amber
At just 18,
Devin Velez has a great voice and a long way to go. For me, he has always lacked control when going after the big notes. Beyonce's "Listen" is an odd choice, and like some of the others, he struggles a bit with the lower opening. There are parts that are really good, but some of his runs are all over the place (as usual). It's one of the better performances, but probably just because at this point, we are craving a mind-blowing moment.
Keith calls him a pure singer and really felt the connection, and Nicki thinks he was amazing. She thinks it was a smart choice to sing part of the song in Spanish, because it increases his marketability, but I think it's a bit early to cue in on being bilingual. Randy loved it and compliments Devin on the arrangement and for taking his time. Mariah felt like he was critiquing himself while singing. Much like with
Amber Holcomb on Wednesday, I thought it was good, but don't agree with the judges on just how great it was.
Elijah Liu and His Doppleganger
Elijah Liu has a Bruno Mars quality to him, and he's a self-proclaimed ladies man. Appropriately, he takes on Bruno's "Talking to the Moon." I think it's a dangerous choice to pick the guy you sound the most like, because it really stands out if you're even slightly below that level. It's like if Phillip Phillips only sang Dave Matthews Band in the beginning, but didn't sound QUITE like Dave Matthews. .
Keith thought it was the perfect song choice, but calls the performance shaky. Nicki doesn't care about the song, because Elijah is a super super star and she wants to have his babies. He is her new favorite boy, and she is obsessed with him. He comments, "You're amassing quite a collection," and I like him more now. Nicki continues to gush like they told her to fill 30 extra seconds of time. Randy doesn't think it was a great vocal and lacked "moments," while Mariah thought there were two distinct "moments." They all think he's marketable, and Mariah loves that he's Mexican and Chinese. Okay. So...He's like General Tso's Chalupa?
Charlie Askew Gets Weird
First, we have to dissect Charlie Askew's outfit, which includes a golf club and a flamboyant belt recommended by J'DA. Every time he's about to perform,
reminds us that he's socially awkward, only this time we also learn he sings for birds. Sir Elton John's "Rocket Man" could go either way, and I'm nervous for him. He hasn't been the strongest vocally anyway, and he needs to nail it. His high notes are a highlight, but everything else is barely audible. It's a shame, cause I like the guy, but it's not great. Love his reaction to the crowd though.
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Keith calls him Freddie Mercury's love child and is a fan of the originality and fearlessness. He asked "What the hell is this guy doing?" when it came to the song choice, and he says it's up to America now. But it's not, it's up to YOU, Keith. Nicki gushes about how much she loves him, but doesn't say anything about the performance. Randy finally steps up and calls it "stage school," adding he has no idea what he just watched. Mariah "lives" for the song choice, which is weird because she has babies, but she preferred when he sang Nat King Cole.
Jimmy Smith Goes Country (Because That's All He's Got)
Jimmy Smith has, by far, the best country twang of any guy this season, which will certainly pose a problem with a few of the themes during the finals if he makes it that far. He's pretty like
Johnny Keyser, but not quite as pretty AS Johnny Keyser. He also makes the ballsy choice of picking a Keith Urban song, but his rendition of "Raining on Sunday" doesn't offer the same end result as Paul Jolley's performance. None of these guy's voices are popping today, and it just sounds pedestrian.
Keith points out that it's hard to critique someone who just sang your song, so he just says "good job." Nicki and Randy were bored. Mariah has been fighting for Jimmy, but probably won't be after this.
Curtis Finch, Jr., Brings It Home
So the guy who I have ranked as the one to beat this season also gets the pimp spot? No way Curtis Finch, Jr., doesn't bring it, particularly because he's singing Luther Vandross. "Superstar" is technically flawless, but I'm finding it a bit boring until he really opens it up with some big notes. It's easily the best of the night, but I didn't feel it was a "moment" for him. It wasn't as good as his "Jar of Hearts" in Hollywood, but it's certainly serviceable.
Keith thought it was beautiful but found parts of it over-performed. Nicki says he raises the bar and takes it to another level, telling him he's well on his way. Randy calls him one of the best in the whole thing, but cautions him against getting too old fashioned. Mariah was moved to tears, but she wants him to loosen up his tie and relax a bit. She doesn't want him to focus as much on "performing," because with his voice, he doesn't need to.
Let's Pick Some Finalists
I only see six potential guys who could advance, with Curtis Finch, Jr., being the only lock. The judges have one split decision, so they wake up Jimmy Iovine to cast the tie-breaking vote. They needed to include him just so he'll come back next week.
Curtis is up first, and Nicki tells him to drop the nervous act because he knows damn well he's going through.
Ryan Seacrest calls out
Jimmy Smith
, and it's the end of the line for the pretty boy with the country swagger. That was another easy call.
Kevin Harris
is next to learn his fate, and Mariah breaks the news that he is also heading home.
Elijah Liu
joins Curtis in the finals, but
is sent packing. That's a surprise, because I thought he had the third best performance.
Paul Jolley
is the judges split decision, so it goes to Jimmy, who thinks Paul is a good singer who chose the wrong song. He says it was like Paul was singing a Keith Urban song while auditioning for "Phantom of the Opera." Despite what he called oversinging, Jimmy is recommending that Paul move on so that he has a chance to make better use of his instrument. It sounds really dirty. And does that mean someone else is gone? How does this split decision thing work? I expected it would've go down to two people, and then Jimmy would pick.
With four guys left and only two spots, orchestrated drama would seem to spell bad news for whoever they call next. It's
Chris Watson
, and I think he knew as soon as they said his name that he was gone.
Charlie Askew
is up, and the guy I ranked last is shockingly moving on to the finals. I am speechless. No idea what these judges are thinking.
It all comes down to
Devin Velez
Johnny Keyser
. Ryan asks Johnny if he thought he did enough to move on, and a visibly deflated Keyser lies and says yes, almost with a question mark. In the end, Devin is in the finals, and Johnny is sent packing in the same spot two years in a row.
So half of the top 20 is set, with the other 10 to be decided next week. I didn't think any of the eliminations were that shocking for the guys, but rather the inclusion of Charlie Askew being the biggest surprise. What do you think of Charlie? Did he deserve to move on? Were any of your favorites eliminated? And do you think any of these guys, particularly anyone other than Curtis, can hold his own against the ladies?
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You did it! 26.2 miles! You're elated but exhausted at the same time. There's a tent set up at the finish and the sign says - Massage - a good rub-down is just what you need after your race - inside there is a massage table next to a partition.
You hear a voice from the other side of the partition. "Congratulations on finishing the marathon. Why don't you lie down and I'll be with you as soon as I finish up with this runner. There's Gatorade over there."
You get your Gatorade and lie face down on the table. You start to nod off.
Strong hands begin to lightly touch your calves and you jump with a start. "Relax, I'm not going to bite. How was the marathon?"
"It was great, thanks. I'm so glad I finished."
"With legs like this was there any doubt you'd finish?"
You blush at the compliment. "Thanks. It was my first marathon and I was a little nervous."
"Your first marathon? Then I'll have to give you my special massage."
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Your sneakers and sweaty socks are removed and your feet are gently washed with a cool sponge. Your feet are tender and the cool sponge is just what you need. The cool sponge works its way up your muscular calves and hamstrings. A towel is draped over you covering you from your shoulders to your ass.
"Relax, I'm going to take off your shorts now."
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"It is if you want the special massage."
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"Great. Now your underwear."
You don't question him this time and lift your ass off the table so he can remove your panties.
"Your underwear is soaked."
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Before you can scream for help a giant piece of orange is jammed in your mouth.
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You realize it's true. With all the noise of people cheering for the marathon and the orange in your mouth no one could hear you.
You feel the cool sponge on your exposed ass. The cool water drips down your crack and just tickles the bottom of your pussy causing you gasp.
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He was right. Even though you were bound to the table your pussy was starting to heat up.
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You jumped at the sound of his command and spread your legs quickly. You couldn't believe it. It was as if you were hypnotized.
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His hands roughly knead your ass. Your muscles were sore from the race but it felt good.
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As he asked the question you feel him stick a thumb up your pussy while continuing to massage your ass.
"You are soaked. And your pussy isn't wet from running the race is it?"
You shake your head, no.
His thumb is in you, but it's not moving. You start to press down on your pelvis.
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God you were so turned on and he only had his thumb in you.
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The thumb in your pussy is replaced with a finger that begins to saw in and out.
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He slides his cock out, gets off the table and walks to the front of the table. He takes the orange from your mouth and replaces it with his cock. You've never tasted your juices before and you think that you like the taste. You greedily lap at his cock.
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When he's done coming he takes his cock out of your mouth and you look down at the floor.
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Mark Steyn on how the 9/11 commission "blew it." As Steyn observes, "they were appointed to take a cool, dispassionate look at the government's response to an act of war, but they were unable to rise above the most pointless partisan point-scoring." But Steyn makes a more fundamental and less obvious second point: "The underlying assumption behind all the whiny point-scoring is false, and deeply dangerous." Why? Because "most of »
We Told You So
We have long believed that it is almost certainly true that Iraq tried to buy uranium from Niger. We explained why here. Briefly, Iraq sent one of its biggest advocates of nuclear weaponry on a trade mission to Niger. Niger exports virtually nothing except uranium; its second biggest export is animal hides. But the ridiculous Joseph Wilson and his wife Valerie Plame have obscured what seems to be a rather »
Merle Haggard in profile
Like Elvis Presley and Ray Charles, Merle Haggard is a singer in whose voice one can hear all the strands of American popular music. Last Sunday's Los Angeles Times published a terrific profile of Haggard by Times music critic Robert Hilburn. Hilburn's profile focuses on Haggard's songwriting. The profile is not accessible on the Times site, but it appears in today's St. Paul Pioneer Press and is available on the »
Second-guessing second-guessed
Michael Rubin argues, convincingly I think, that the "Fallujah experiment" has failed and should be put to an end. As Rubin explains: "Former Iraqi army officers have failed in their promise to apprehend those guilty of the mutilation of four American civilian contractors on March 31. Rather than expel foreign fighters, the Fallujah Brigade protects them. The Brigade has also not affected the surrender of heavy weapons. Meanwhile, free from »
The Usual Suspects
Press coverage of President Bush's visit to Turkey has focused on the thousands of demonstrators who have turned out to protest. They are generally described as "anti-Bush" protesters; occasionally as anti-NATO. The press coverage universally suggests that President Bush is somehow blameworthy for incurring the ire of these demonstrators. As the photo below shows, however, the Turkish demonstrators, like others around the world, have a broader agenda than the Iraq »
Al Qaeda in Boston
I can't find a follow-up story in the Minneapolis Star Tribune on the indictment of Mohamad Kamal Elzahabi in Minneapolis on Friday. For the follow-up we go to this morning's Boston Globe: "FBI probes sleeper cell possibility." The Globe reports: The Boston office of the FBI is investigating whether a former local cabdriver indicted Friday on charges of lying about ties to a suspected terrorist may have been part of »
Thin air and heavy breathing
On Friday the Wall Street Journal ran Mark Steyn's review of Bill Clinton's memoirs and the Journal has made it available online this morning: "The wrong way to Mount Rushmore." Steyn points out a fact I have seen observed nowhere else; perhaps other reviewers such as Larry McMurtry didn't get quite as far in the book as Steyn did: Is there anything interesting in "My Life" by Bill Clinton? Oh, »


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ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez says a boy shot by a classmate at their middle school underwent a second surgery and a girl who was wounded is now in stable condition.
Martinez said at a press conference late yesterday that the girl has been identified as 13-year-old Kendal Sanders. The wounded boy is in critical condition.
Authorities say the two were shot when a 12-year-old boy opened fire at Berrendo Middle School in Roswell yesterday morning.
Martinez says the boy pointed the gun at a teacher, who talked him into dropping the weapon. The boy was taken into custody.
New Mexico State Police Chief Pete Kassetas said late yesterday that the shooter used a .22-gauge shotgun. He says they're investigating where he got the gun and have issued search warrants for the boy's home and his bag and locker.


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Promised Land
Matt Damon and John Krasinski co-wrote and co-star in Gus Van Sant's "Promised Land," a film about fracking vs. farming.
The blundering script is chock-full of corn-pone characters, from Global Energy's unbelievably scrupulous, therefore inept Damon and his weary sidekick Frances McDormand buying local clothes to fit in, yet leaving their Minnie Pearl-escent price tags fluttering, to more hokum like comparing "the people" and "the land."
There's no subtlety in these rustic stereotypes, and the piece feels like a student project full of improbabilities, like environmentalist Krasinski setting alight a model cow pasture in Rosemarie Dewitt's elementary school classroom. Who invites pyromaniac strangers in for student demos?
While always a treat to see Hal Holbrook, it's odd to cast him, at age 88, as the local science teacher. Shouldn't he be retired, or at least not be forced to say such ham-handed lines as fracking "is not the saving grace you all want it to be?" Damon also builds a town carnival almost single-handedly, post-hole by post-hole, overnight.
Although set and filmed in rural Pennsylvania, the accents are all over the map, and the locals sing Springsteen instead of country and/or western at the weekly open mike night. Small towns anywhere skew more Toby Keith than the Boss, making what could have been a primer on the obvious cons of subterranean drilling into a subpar and unconvincing mess.
This unsophisticated attempt offers only two extras -- an extended scene, and a brief "Making of" piece -- with little else to enlighten or to springboard topical environmental discussions. Rather than promise, the film lies fallow, making it hard to give a frack.
"Promised Land"
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The Man Behind GDC's Curtain 5
Newsweek's N'Gai Croal continues to offer excellent coverage, running an interview with Jamil Moledina, the Executive Director of GDC. N'Gai and Jamil discuss Apple and the iPhone, and they do a very smooth job of hooking that into games and the current state of the industry. They also discuss Sony's current next-gen positioning, what makes a good keynote, and the gaming event world post-E3. "The interesting thing is that E3 and E For All have split apart. For a long time, a number of people in in the industry, myself included, were advocating a combined event, like Tokyo Game Show, that would have a day of business meetings, then open it up to consumers. Because then all of the key players have an incentive to be there. They need to conduct business. And then it is open to the general public to see what it is that we've all got going on. By splitting them into two separate events, I wonder how that dynamic is going to play out; if the same exhibitors that were at E3 would also want to go to a consumer-only event? I'd love to see how that works out. It's a bold experiment. We'll see how it goes."


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CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) – A Maryland family is saying goodbye to a Korean War soldier 62 years after he disappeared.
The Cumberland Times-News (
http://bit.ly/Y7lohZ) reports that the burial Wednesday of Pfc. James Hare ends decades of uncertainty.
Hare was sent overseas in 1949. His letters soon stopped coming and his parents heard nothing about him for two years. In 1951, they learned he had died in a prisoner-of-war camp and was buried in a mass grave.
North Korea released the boxed remains of 450 unidentified soldiers in the early 1990s. It took another decade for military experts to positively identify Hare.
His sister Deloris Burley of Ellerslie, Md., says family members had hoped and prayed for the return of his remains. She says the burial brings them closure.
Information from: Cumberland (Md.) Times-News,
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text: After spending about 8 hrs per day out in the yard the past three days I can finally say it's pretty much done for the summer now. Put up the new wood fence in both corners of the yard now with some new flower beds, redid the driveway flower bed and added a new section of flowers under the flag area. Pulled out the old wild bushes last fall and put in some new Spruce trees along the front of the house. Now I get to tackle the backyard probably next week after resting up a bit.


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Atlassian Sourcetree is a free Git and Mercurial client for Windows.
Atlassian Sourcetree is a free Git and Mercurial client for Mac.
This README.txt describes common operations with the saturnalia codebase.
The ./test-bin directory has scripts which adjust the PYTHONPATH to use commands in place. The ./sbin directory contains scripts which assume all of the saturnalia libraries are installed on the system.
Use this to launch a demo cluster on the local machine. This requires collectd debian package to be installed.
This will automatically build all necessary files including cython, html, javascript, the client tools package, etc...
Useful options:
- --force - If any step fails, run-demo.sh will kill all the demo
- processes using killall.sh (see below). This option, if present, is passed to killall.sh.
This will kill all python processes which mention the source directory in their commandline arguments. For example, this would cleanly kill a running demo. It should not kill any other python processes (from outside the source directory), so it should be safe.
Useful options:
- --force - By default, killall.sh will show a list of processes and
- prompt if you want to kill them. With this option it will not prompt and just kill them.
Use this to send a new user a "starter kit".
This script will create a tarball containing a new user's configuration directory, new certificates, and a client tools distribution, along with a helpful README.txt.
For usage run it with "--help".
cd ./client_package ; ./setup.py sdist
Use this to send existing users a new code release of the client tools.
This will build a new client tools tarball. This is only the code for our client tools, not a user's configuration or certificates.
The new tarball will live in:
If you notice another important process all engineers should do the same way, please add instructions here. Some missing procedures:
- building (without running the demo)
- cleaning
- unit tests
- micro-benchmarks
- integration benchmarks
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More on Blood Group HeredityJanuary 2nd, 2009 , by admin
My brother is Bo, his wife A_, and their son is A_...would not Aa or Ao x Bo produce either AB or O? What must the silent type of the mother be in the case of Bo x A_ to produce an A_? Could the baby be Ab or Ao...is there such a thing as Ab or is it always AB..or what? Thanks, John -- in Calgary, Canada
Hi, John! I assume you know your brother is B(o) because (1) he tested as type B, and (2) one of your parents was type B or AB, and the other type O.
I think your question stems from the idea of A and B both being dominant to O. This is true in a single individual, but a parent can donate either of her genes to any child.
Therefore, your brother can donate an O gene (his recessive one) to the child, and his wife can donate an A gene (her dominant one). There you are: a type A kid.
Your brother and his wife may be the classic ABO wildcard combination: B(o) + A(o). Couples with this ABO configuration can have type A(o), B(o), O or AB children. OR, they might be B(o) + A(a), in which case their offspring can only be type A(o) or type AB. In either case, a type A child is certainly possible in this pairing no matter what the silent type, or genotype, of the type A mother.
"AB" is the standard name for that blood type, but if it were "BA" instead, it would make no difference. The two letters are both capitalized because the A and B genes are co-dominant; neither is recessive to the other.
Hope this clears it up!


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Nominate for Power of Work Awards
September 8, 2009
Nominations are now being accepted for the annual Power of Work Awards sponsored by Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania to recognize employers who help people with special needs overcome barriers to employment.
Deadline for nominations is September 11 and winners will be honored at a recognition ceremony at Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland on October 22.
The Power of Work Awards competition is open to employers of all types and sizes – businesses, public entities and nonprofit organizations – in Allegheny and surrounding counties.
"Anyone can nominate an employer and any employer can win," said Vicki S. Cook, director of development at Goodwill. "Employers are encouraged to nominate themselves and nominations also may be submitted by employees, other businesses or organizations, referral agencies, just about anyone."
Winners are selected by an independent panel of judges who evaluate the nominees' efforts in support of workforce development and in creating enhanced opportunities for people who face various barriers to employment. Since the program's inception in 1997, Goodwill has presented its Power of Work Award to 37 different employers.
Additional information and nomination forms are available from Ms. Cook at 412-390-2260 or vicki.cook@ goodwillswpa.org. The nomination form also may be downloaded from Goodwill's Website, http://www.goodwill swpa.org.


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Serving Halal in the Cafeteria
Does this conflict with bringing religion in public schools?
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(12) Brian A.Donnelly, April 6, 2014 10:59 AM
Muslim muscle.
As a devout Christian, and therefore a staunch supporter of Israel and the Jewish people, I cannot entirely agree with your position of not allowing Religious topics or subjects to be discussed in schools.
Here in Australia we are sadly going the way of Europe and , I hope, to a lesser extent, the USA - we are caving into the incessant demands of the minority muslim population.
This recent demand for special foods; prayer rooms; dress codes etc. is simply another way that islam seeks to divide and conquer.
The growth of the Halal certification racket is mind blowing in its grab for cash from industry and small business to pay what amounts to extortion for the privilege of carrying a tick of Halal approval. In many cases the food, or service, is not subject to these food laws - but they demand their cut anyway. These semi-criminal proceeds are then used to fund further separationist behaviour and finance terrorist activities.
So, whilst I deplore the whole cancer od islam on Western society, I do defend the right of any religion or culture to allow that belief to be openly discussed in the Public school system - provided ALL have the same right.
(11) Anonymous, April 6, 2014 5:26 AM
Serve Halal food
(10) Degel, April 6, 2014 5:07 AM
Resolution # 54 is a dangerous mistake
So the Muslims got this precedent happened and now it will cause a new serious of problems and headache:
1. Polarity among children. Reason for bulling will increase and you would not be able to control that because of the subtle environment
2. In order to fit the suit Muslims might start to claim that they are special, high rank group of children, add to that irrational peer pressure and mob mentality and in a short period of time some of the kids would think that they like to be Muslims…
3. Serving Halal in cafeteria is a dangerous precedent because fanatical terrorists can use this type of dividedness as strategy for their atrocious terrorists attack… now when all Muslims kids are "safe" with Halal food the rest school kids might be poisoned (G0d forbid) by some kind of biological weapon(G0d forbid).
There is no winner in this game!
(9) Bob Van Wagner, April 4, 2014 8:55 PM
Dangerous and false concept: separation of church and state at the community level
A careful and honest survey of the success and failure of schools will, to my experience, show one key determinant to the success or failure of a school again and again. That key? The level of involvement of the community. A community that is throughly involved in the operation and operating philosophy of the school is far more likely to be a successful one, and a school with no or little community involvement in it will more likely than not be a failure. And what does failure mean? It means that the children will suffer in morals, emotional discipline, learning and intellect.
A community ALWAYS includes a religious, and that includes sectarian, component. In fact, it is formal religion which is the framing and glue that holds communities together.
Especially primary and elementary schools should be very local to properly synchronize with the local community, in that time of life in which the children are developing their moral framework -- in nearly all case that is a framework which must be developed as a whole with the religion of the community.
The founders of the US understood this, that is the way of life they lived. At the time Constitution was written and ratified and the First Amendment discussed and incorporated most states had official religions and communities could and did tax ALL citizens to support not just schools run in a sectarian manner, but even to pay taxes towards the construction and maintenance of Churches. It wasn't until the mid-1800's that official State religions disappeared.
The deplorable modern "Constitutional Law" doctrine of the separation of church and state is one born out of spite and hatred. It is anathema to the original intent. It's inventor, Hugo Black, was a Klan member, who hated Jews, Blacks and Catholics. He ruled to spite the Catholics bussing their kids to Catholic Schools on the taxpayer dime.
(8) Anonymous, April 3, 2014 7:11 PM
provide options so students can receive free lunch if they qualify
I teach in a public school. If Halal food is not offered in public city schools many of those students who would qualify for free or partially subsidized lunch would not be able to receive it. These students may depend on receiving free or reduced price lunch in order to have something to eat. I think providing other options such as vegetarian and gluten free are also good ideas. As it is schools provide alternatives to the daily hot lunch meals, so why not give other options as deemed necessary according to the makeup of the student body. We need to remember that not all students can afford to "brown bag" it.


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Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge is hopeful of being fit for next Monday's Barclays Premier League clash with West Brom at Anfield.
Sturridge has been forced to pull out of the England squad for this week's friendly against Brazil at Wembley with a thigh problem. The 23-year-old suffered the injury in the 2-2 draw at Manchester City on Sunday, a game in which he also netted his fourth goal since joining Liverpool from Chelsea last month.
"I got a knock on my quad and I'm going to get a scan on it," he told the club's official website. "Hopefully it's not too serious and I'll be okay for next week's game."
Sturridge was injured in the first half at the Etihad Stadium but played on until being replaced in the 89th minute.
He reported for international duty but a decision was made to withdraw after speaking to manager Roy Hodgson.
Liverpool now hope victory over the Baggies can keep them in contention for a place in the top four.
The point against the champions came after another 2-2 draw at Arsenal - two encouraging results from which the Reds believe they could have claimed even more.
Sturridge said: "In our last two games we have played against two great clubs and deserved to win both of the games.
"We'll regroup and get ready for our next game against West Bromwich Albion, which is another massive game for us because they are also challenging for the top places.
"We are nine points off the top four so it's not a massive gap to try and recoup so hopefully we'll be able to do that - we believe we can."
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Most of the time I'm waiting for one book or another to come out. Knowing forthcoming publication dates is part of this profession but I think I'd be this way regardless. Most of the time, I think the anticipation is fun and I even add reminders to my online calendar so that I don't forget to put the book on hold.
The hardest part of reading a good series is waiting for the next book. Sometimes I'm so anxious to read it, I have to work hard to distract myself with other good books. Other times I forget about a series for awhile and then am pleasantly surprised when a new book comes out. A few times in my life, I've purposely waited until the whole series was available before reading because I just new it would be so good that I'd want to read it all at once. It's hard to avoid spoilers but it's pretty great to not have to wait for the next book. I read the Harry Potter series this way, start to finish. That was a great two weeks!
Early 2012 seemed to be a busy reading time for me with new additions to some of my favorite series for children and teens coming out. I really enjoyed Trenton Lee Stewart's new book, The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict, a companion to his Mysterious Benedict Society series. This series is great for elementary aged kids but I know a fair number of adults who like it too. I think it'd be great for reading as a family or listening to on a road trip. Suspenseful and touching with lots of mystery and problem-solving. Funny, engaging characters. This latest book was easily my favorite of all four.
Now I'm moving on to Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore. It's a companion book to "Graceling" and "Fire" and I'm hoping it's just as wonderful. I've been waiting a long time to read more about Bitterblue, Po, and Katsa!
So what books are you marking your calendar for? Anything I should be looking out for too?
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Who, at the end of the day, can say they've never dreamed of their body flying through the air like Superman, Wonder Woman or Peter Pan?
So when someone asks, "Do you want to get flying lessons from Cathy Rigby? And she'll even give you some fairy dust to sprinkle" -- how can you refuse?
I surely couldn't. Though I did have second, third and fourth thoughts. Along with being fairly graceless, I'm also neurotic and injury-prone. The most athletic thing I've done in the last three months is crawled under the bed to dig out the spare TV remote. And, at 46, I figured there were just some dreams that have passed me by.
But it seems fate, the ageless magic of Cathy Rigby and Peter Pan caught up with me.
Rigby, the 60-year-old former Olympic gymnast, is in Fort Worth for the Bass Hall tour stop of Peter Pan, which runs through Sunday.
She's been playing Peter Pan in one form or another since 1974 -- though her first theatrical production was in 1985. All her experience put me at ease, but before I got strapped into the harness, I had some questions. And by "questions," I mean stalling tactics.
To you this is nothing, but the first time you had to strap into a harness and fly, did you have any trepidation?
No, because I was so used to uneven bars, balance beam, flipping around with nothing -- no fairy dust at all. It was almost like a relief. And I had somebody else help me get up in the air, so it was so joyous and so fun. The thing that you have to get used to when you're on a wire is, you tend to float. And the next thing you know, you're facing the back wall. And you have nothing to push off of to make sure you're facing the audience at all times ... and then you're singing. But I loved flying from the time I started.
Have you ever done anything more extreme, like bungee jumping?
No, I don't want to bungee-jump. I don't want to jump out of an airplane. Isn't that strange? I like the movement, and roller coasters, but I don't need to be jerked like I'm at the end of a rubber band. That's not my idea of a good time.
Well, I'm a little freaked-out today.
You'll be great! That wire holds 1,200 pounds.
Good to know. I ...
Did you eat breakfast?
I skipped breakfast.
That was probably a good idea.
Will I be the first person to die on your watch, here at Bass Hall today?
Absolutely not. I will make sure of it. Our fairy dust is great. We only use the wire for insurance purposes. The fairy dust really does work. And if you can think lovely thoughts ...
I will try to think lovely thoughts, as I'm screaming my head off. Now what about nausea? What if I throw up on your head from so many feet above?
I will be a safe distance away. So, if you do, we have crew here that are getting paid a lot of money to be here right now. So it's up to them.
And when I'm up in the air, flying ... will I feel free and immortal?
No, you'll feel silly, and you'll wonder why you can't face the audience. But at the end of it, you'll go, "You know, I felt like a kid. I felt like a child."
A nauseated child.
A nauseated child. But you'll have somebody around to take care of you afterwards.
Finally, we all agreed: I could delay no longer. It was time to fly.
Her amiable flying crew -- lead flier Jimmy Little and assistant flier Aaron Gilman -- got me into the harness and strapped me in tight. Very tight. I instantly regretted wearing jeans instead of soft, stretchy workout pants, as suggested.
As they hooked the wire to my harness, Rigby's tips came at me fast and furious: Stand up straight. Shoulders back. Arch more. Here's some fairy dust. Sprinkle it behind you so you don't accidentally catch a mouthful of it. Pretend like you're swimming. Have fun!
With that, the guys shot me up into the air. I can't lie; my joy was hampered a bit by the harness, which cut into my thighs to the point that bruises formed just hours later (stupid jeans!).
Still, there I was, 30 feet in the air, swinging side to side across the Bass Hall stage, fake-swimming and slinging fairy dust like Tinker Bell on a bender. I wasn't nauseated; I never came close to tossing my cookies onto Cathy Rigby; and, most miraculously, I didn't care that I looked like a graceless loon. Because this mildly weary 46-year-old was transported, and, for a precious little while, I did feel like a kid again -- searching for the second star to the right.
I was flying.
Thanks, Cathy, and thank you, Peter Pan. Just as you never grow up, you reminded me today that some dreams should never die.
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How Miller made the unlikely transition from football to the pinnacle of opera is an all-American story of reinvention, made all the more amazing by the fact that he had no formal musical training when he set out to become a singer.
"This is the real thing, this is the juice," says the 38-year-old Miller. "Instead of a number, you're a character, but the spirit of competition is the same, and you do it for the love of the art versus the love of the game."
It began almost by chance in 1994, while still at Colorado, when he took his girlfriend to see a traveling production of the Broadway musical "The Phantom of the Opera." He was so enthralled that tears rolled down his face. He bought a CD and learned the songs.
Then he got some real opera recordings, singing along in his bass-baritone voice, "kind of like karaoke."
But it was still nothing more than a hobby. Singing along to "The Marriage of Figaro" and "Don Giovanni" was something he did to pass the time while the 6-foot, 265-pound Miller lifted weights, ran sprints and studied playbooks in pursuit of a pro football career.
Miller, a three-year starter at Colorado best known as a blocking back for 1994 Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam, bounced around the fringes of professional football.
In 2001, he was in Fargo, N.D., training for a workout with the Denver Broncos, when he saw a flier announcing an open opera audition for the Pine Mountain Music Festival in Michigan.
On a whim, he showed up.
"I figured, what the heck!" he says, his voice rippling into a low laugh that echoes his rich singing bass.
He performed the only aria he knew, from Mozart's "Don Giovanni." To his surprise, he got the job, plus four other offers.
Miller then had to learn the whole part, poring over the score and picking out notes on a piano late into the night.
"It was like a baby learning to walk," he says.
He still had to be formally trained -- for four years at Philadelphia's Academy of Vocal Arts, a top grooming ground for future stars. Then, days before his 2006 graduation, came the decisive break.
He auditioned for the Met's Young Artist Development Program and didn't get in. Instead, the company actually hired him for Puccini's "Madame Butterfly," broadcast live in high definition to movie theaters worldwide.
He has now sung with the Washington National Opera, the Seattle Opera, and other companies across the country and in Italy, England and Canada, plus the New York Philharmonic and at Carnegie Hall.
This season, Miller appears at the Met in Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera" ("A Masked Ball"), opening Nov. 8, followed by a global high-definition broadcast Dec. 8.
As his career grows in a competitive field, "It's like looking at an opponent in football -- even if I have flaws or things I need to work on, I will outwork the other person," he says. "If somebody is quick, I'm quicker, and no matter what their best card is they lay on the table, you still have the ace."
From home in New York, he travels -- 10 cities in nine months last year -- with his wife, Sage, and baby Josephine.
In summer, Miller directs Colorado's Crested Butte Music Festival, which includes training children to perform. He pumps up their spirits with inspirational talk -- the kind he has given himself through the years.
"This was me," he says, pulling out a current driver's license with a 1996 photo showing him at 265 pounds, with a thick, almost 20-inch neck and a 52-inch shoulder span. He's now a svelte 200, with 44-inch shoulders.


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Group composed of J Boog, Lil Fizz, Omarion and Raz B.
B2K was an American R&B music group from Los Angeles, California with Omarion, Lil' Fizz, Raz-B and J-Boog as its members. Founded and managed by music producer Chris Stokes, they were active from 2001 until 2004 and released two albums, 2001's B2K and 2002's Pandemonium!. They also featured in the film You Got Served as a breakdancing crew, and several songs by the group were featured on the film's soundtrack album. In 2008 there were talks of a reunion, and a new song titled 'Body Up' leaked onto the internet featuring all the members except Omarion, but these rumours have never been confirmed.
Even though they were newcomers to the industry, their first LP, 2002's B2K, became an instant hit. Their second (and final) regular studio album, Pandemonium!, was released in December of the same year, and garned the US #1 hit single "Bump, Bump, Bump" and "Girlfriend". The group was featured regularly on the covers of teen magazines such as Right On! and Word Up, and released a Christmas album in-between their regular two albums entitled Santa Hooked Me Up.
In addition to that, they were featured on the soundtrack album for MGM's film Barbershop and headlined The Scream Tour, their third, in 2003. Marques Houston, jhene, Mario and Nick Cannon were also performers on The Scream Tour.
Those who were against the california-based boy band often claimed that their music is too mainstream, thus resulting in the boy band garnering nicknames such as, "B2Gay" and "B2Fugly."
In January 2004, Chris Stokes announced that the group had broken up. Three of the members claimed financial mishandling by Stokes' management company, TUG (The Ultimate Group); the fourth member, Omarion, claimed the allegations were untrue.
In the midst of the breakup, Screen Gems's You Got Served, a film starring the members of the group and Omarion's half-brother Marques Houston as breakdancers, went into general release on January 30, 2004, and hitting number one at the box office, earned more money than any other film that opened during a Super Bowl weekend. A number of the group's songs were featured on the film's soundtrack album.
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B2K was an American R&B music group. It was founded and managed by music producer Chris Stokes in 2001 with Lil' Fizz, J-Boog, Omarion, and Raz-B as members. B2K was an R&B/Hip-Hop boy band of the early 2000's, until their break-up in 2004.
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Pro Career:
Selected by the Cardinals in the fifth round (151st overall) of the 2012 NFL Draft and appeared in one game as a rookie.
2012: Played in the season finale after being inactive in each of the first 15 games … made his NFL debut @ SF (12/30); played at RG after Pat McQuistan suffered an ankle injury; caught a deflected pass and gained 10 yards in the second quarter.
A two-time team captain and All-Pac 12 performer, started 41 of 46 games played for the Huskies … began his career as a defensive tackle before switching to offensive line prior to his sophomore season … finished his career by starting 26 consecutive games at LT after starting 11 of 12 games at guard during his sophomore campaign … credited with 258 knockdowns and 35 TD-resulting blocks … served as a team captain for the second straight year and earned second-team All-Pac 12 honors after starting all 13 games at LT as a senior in '11 … named the John P. Angel Offensive Lineman of the Year … recognized with the Fred Jacoby Sportsmanship Award at the Alamo Bowl … named a team captain after making the switch from guard to tackle prior to the season and started all 13 games at LT as a junior in '10 … one of two offensive linemen to start every game and the only one to start every game at the same position … earned the offensive weight lifting award … after switching from defensive line to offensive guard during the spring, went on to start 11 of 12 games played at RG and earned honorable mention All-Pac 10 honors as a sophomore in '09 … named John P. Angel Lineman of the Year … as a freshman in '08, played in eight of the Huskies 12 games as a left defensive tackle, earning the starting nod in four contests ... one of 12 true freshmen to play in '08 and one of nine to start at least one game.
Name pronounced "SENN-ee-oh" "KEL-uh-MET-tay" … attended Evergreen (Seattle, WA) High School, where he was named the Seamount League's Lineman of the Year on both the offensive and defensive lines as a senior … earned All-American honors from Super Prep and earned first-team All-State honors from the Associated Press and Seattle Times … as a junior, was named first-team all-league on both the offensive and defensive lines … led the team to the state playoffs for the first time since 2001 as a senior … also lettered in wrestling and was a discus thrower for the Wolverines, winning the Seamount League discus title in 2007 … participated in the state wrestling tournament as a junior … General Studies major.
Notebook: Bears' Tillman one of best; Kelemete still not playing; Sunday's game sells out


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My partial differential equations prof said: "There are two notations for the sum of second derivatives, and ; They are like Bebo and Facebook", referring to the fact that the first is not used much, but the latter is really popular. IMMD
The lesson is Google and possibly Facebook(remains to be seen) are the exceptions. Most Web Sensations are just a flash in the pan. If it seems like its getting to the point where just about everyone you know has heard of it (assuming you know at least a few non slashdot readers), than it can only go down hill from there.
If you own a part of it, its likely time to sell, if you were thinking of buying in its likely to late to turn a profit. Again that is to say unless the company is actually doing someth
I think I agree with you in that it's an extremely risky market. I think investors will continue to spend though because the winners tend to win very big.
Some acquisitions/investments just never make sense though (EBay + Skype), others make sense on some level but don't seem to go anywhere (Yahoo + Flicker), and lots of time I think companies are bought more for their engineering talent than their products (Apple + LaLa).
I hope AOL doesn't dump Netscape. I rely upon them for my internet service while traveling ($7 is hard to beat).
Even web successes can eventually fail. Geocities was huge and then it wasn't. Livejournal had a brief spate of 2000s-era popularity until near-everyone moved to facebook. And so on.
BTW the article also fails to take into account AOL's revenue. If they bought ICQ for $800 and sold it for $150 that's a loss, but if they generated $1500 in sales then AOL is ahead overall.
AOL & Time Warner. AOL & Bebo. AOL and & ICQ. Gosh what's next...AOL and GM?
Wanna lose money? Follow AOL's lead...how is it that this company exists anymore?
GM didn't need AOL's help to tank.
A new meme?
is dying. AOL takeover confirms it.
AOL just shouldn't be allowed to acquire anything from now on. They seem to ruin everything they touch.
AOL runs sites like Engadget, Joystiq, wow.com, autoblog, etc. They seemed to have been trying to rebrand themselves as a nerdy information hub for quite some time.
Yet nobody hates them more than nerds.
Well, they had a huge installed base, and while it's been declining since 2002, it's from a large peak and not all that high a slope. That's provided a ton of revenue over the years to let them survive these unsuccessful forays into other businesses.
They still have about 5 million [wikipedia.org] paying subscribers. And they've actually increased the profitability per-subscriber compared to their heyday, because while in the late 90s / early 2000s they sold them dialup access (and had to maintain modems/etc.), these days they're mostly selling an add-on service on top of broadband internet access that customers get elsewhere. People for years would pay $10/mo basically to keep their email address that they'd had for years, or the software they were used to using (a lot of AOL users aren't that tech-savvy). Now you can actually get the software and email/etc. free, but you have to go click on something to request a transition to the free service (which is identical but w/o tech support), so several million people are totally voluntarily paying AOL $120/yr, for a service that also makes a good amount of money by showing them ads.
They seem to ruin everything they touch.
Hopefully they'll acquire the Yankees next.
What about Computer Associates, you insensitive clod? Their track record dwarfs AOL's
AOL are like King Midas except everything they touch turns to shit.
It's called the Charmin touch.
"They seem to ruin everything they touch."
They should stick to touching themselves.
"They seem to ruin everything they touch."
They should stick to touching themselves.
They already did that: after changing from QuantumLink then making several years of "improvements" to AOL they ran out of gold they could turn into lead, and had to hop aboard the dot-com strategy of throwing up blindingly huge amounts of cash to get anyone to consider associating with them.
Somehow the term "endless September" comes to mind...
On 6134 September 1993, what would give you that idea?
I think it's worse than that. Once a company gets associated with AOL, it's reputation goes into the swirling porcelain bowl. If they acquires the companies but didn't tell anybody, they would be far better off. Even my elderly mom and dad know that AOL is intrinsically lame.
AOL = Always Off Line
Well, that's not too surprising. The name of the company is America On Line, its not like it's false advertising.
Well... I was very surprised to see an ICQ ad in German television. It seems people actually use AOL over here!
I haven't used ICQ since sheesh.. 2000 i think
Now, here is a very unknown and interesting thing. Turkey is also 16th country with largest online population. I also heard it is 5th largest user of Facebook.
ICQ was the de-facto messaging standard here and AOL genius management/admins, instead of fixing their systems with basic bayesian filtering/speed triggers/spam reporting, blocked the ENTIRE country IP block from accessing the servers. For couple of months, people played around with proxies, open proxies resulting in a way bigger issue as some of those open proxies are actually nice honeypots for passwords operated by bad guys acting like stupid.
Soon, people stared to their desktop and they have seen they actually have another instant messenger pre-installed by MS (windows messenger) which they previously joked as it is like stone age compared to features ICQ offers. All launched it regardless of how backwards it is and let me tell you what happened now: 35 million Microsoft messenger/live _active_ users in Turkey. That number is so high that, MS had to double check their statistics system. Today, you can even get Live messenger IDs of small grocery shops in villages to order stuff "online".
I still run ICQ on my handheld etc. and guess what? Weeks after Russian acquisition, ICQ spam problem is down from daily/hourly to weekly. So, it could be fixed...
It is not like AIM had any existence in Turkey so, "conspiracy to kill ICQ" is not valid. Unfortunate thing is, MS "Live", that backwards thing became the king because of them.
It is not like AIM had any existence in Turkey so, "conspiracy to kill ICQ" is not valid. Unfortunate thing is, MS "Live", that backwards thing became the king because of them.
To quote Erasmus "In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king."
AOL is very bad at acquisitions. They are all gung-ho about buying companies, but they just sit on them and hope they continue to be relevant (if they ever were relevant).
I think you're overly negative. I've created a Web site with the Lycos Web designer and am in negotiations with AOL to sell it for $50 million dollars.
It uses animated gifs and LARGE PRINT TO ATTRACT CUSTOMERS TO PRODUCT SALES. The marketing MBA's at AOL obviously know a Winner when they see one.
Well, they're consistently buying high and selling low. Their market strategy program probably has an inverted if-condition somewhere.
AOL overpays for a company, lets it get stale and then sells it for less than its current market value just to shed it from the cupboards. Great business model if you can afford to hemorrhage money forever.
Hardly unique to AOL. It's been a grand tradition for decades. Big company buys another big company. Execs all get together and talk about "Leveraging their synergies" and "Economies of Scale" and even "Better Service for the Customer". People at the top cash in, collect big bucks. Massive layoffs in the ranks as they eliminate duplicate positions. Customers see fees and rates go up, not down (at least when it's banks) and lose what little personal inside contact they had as their old familiar representativ
Take ICQ for example. It was the IM for a while until AOL came out with AIM and everybody and their dog got on AIM. But why did they complete with themselves?
ICQ actually had some games built in that allowed for multi player and api to write more games for it. AOL never went anywhere with that.
Engadget is kind of funny. It is as about anti AOL as anything I have ever seen.
I had hopes that when AOL merged with Time Warner and bought launch they where going to produce what eventually became Hulu but even cool
Don't oversimplify the business market
There's nothing wrong with buying a company for $400m and selling it for $200m ten years later if you make $300m in profit from it during that time.
A car rental company sells cars for a lot less than they payed for it, and still got profitable use out of them.
AOL may not have done so in these cases, but you can't assume a business transaction has to be buy low, sell high to be profitable or successful. In fact, it can be a smart move if you do the analysis and determine the work you need to upkeep the property in question isn't worth it relative to the revenue its generating.
There's nothing wrong with buying a company for $400m and selling it for $200m ten years later if you make $300m in profit from it during that time.
That's true, IF you actually got some profit from it during that time.
Somehow, I doubt that AOL's acquisitions brought in much revenue at all.
There's nothing wrong with buying a company for $400m and selling it for $200m ten years later if you make $300m in profit from it during that time.
I totally agree with the gist of what you're saying. But ICQ? Did AOL ever see a penny of revenue (let alone profit) from it?
They're just scared Amazon is going to sue them.
BP has shown interest in using them to plug the hole.
Can't they plug it with old AOL diskettes? There's billions of them in storage.
At least you could format over the AOL floppies back in the day. The CDs are completely useless!
It appears like companies that are run by business people and their accountants and MBA's never seem to do very well (i.e. AOL, General Motors, Apple under John Sculley). While technology companies run by geeks seem to do much better (Microsoft under Bill Gates, Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg, Apple under Steve Jobs).
You'd think that the business geniuses with their education in management, marketing, accounting and economics would get that math right.
jobs was the money man, woz was the geek.
Jobs has particular domain skills which go beyond pure business management.
Jobs has particular domain skills which go beyond pure business management.
Yes, Jobs always wanted to become a guru.
He finally succeeded.
jobs was the money man, woz was the geek.
Yes, that's true. Jobs WAS also a geek as well (although, to put it generally, sales and management were his primary duties). The point being that people who have knowledge and passion about what they are doing will tend to be more successful (or that's the hypothesis anyway) than people who go to school to learn how to make money or manage other people.
Woz wanted to make products he would use, Jobs makes products the general public can use.
Jobs was a geek. He went to HP lectures while he was in junior high school. He then got a job at HP. He went to Homebrew Computer Club meetings with Woz, and worked as an Atari technician (where he ripped Woz off on the circuit board design).
Woz on the other hand was The Geek.
Woz on the other hand was The Geek.
That's very insulting to the Woz. He is a nerd, not a geek. How dare you sully his fine reputation!
Impressive. You've just mentioned the three biggest assholes in the entire industry, and called them geeks because you want to be on the winning side.
Why don't you add Larry Ellison to your list there.
You've just mentioned the three biggest assholes in the entire industry, and called them geeks because you want to be on the winning side.
It's fair to say that being a colossal asshole correlates with business success far more than being a geek does.
Gates is a businessman first and foremost, jobs too...
What both of these have in common, is that they were the business side of a partnership which included someone else technically minded.
Counter example: IBM under Gerstner (MBA, former management consultant, no technology company experience).
The first place I ran across a mention of Bebo was in this song [youtube.com], which probably isn't a good sign...
You've got fail!
Me too!!!!!!
Someone make an excellent point about making sure that a web site stays relevant (using API's, observing the competition and keeping up with features). If you ignore what your competition is doing and think a site is good as is, you as owner of that domain are going to get trampled by any and all competition.
However, I do not agree that facebook and twitter are 'just a fad'. Facebook is top dawg because of every reason. Fast loading, simple interface (no messy myspace background and image personalization), a great domain name. Twitter, same thing as facebook. Great domain name, simple to use and uniform formating, limiting personalization. Most people are not good website designers!
Facebook's a fad...
It might be fast loading, etc. but it's usability diminishes with your social network growing (the news becomes NOISY...), coupled with the bulk of the content being mostly of the "and nothing of any import was lost" type stuff.
The same goes for Twitter, really.
What USE is it all other than being a participatory boob tube? Not much, that I can see. And, yes, I've got Twitter and Facebook accounts.
Remember they bought Netscape for 4 BILLION! Then they did nothing with it
Remember they bought Netscape for 4 BILLION! Then they did nothing with it
I dunno if they broke even, but they did better than 'nothing'. They got nearly a billion from Microsoft in the anti-trust settlement and the Netscape.com web page/portal has been a high traffic site all this time. Again, I dunno if they ever got to 4 billion with it, but they didn't do 'nothing'.
I dunno if they broke even, but they did better than 'nothing'. They got nearly a billion from Microsoft in the anti-trust settlement and the Netscape.com web page/portal has been a high traffic site all this time.
When they purchased Netscape, they thought it would work well. Unfortunately what they purchased was basically the most unstable version to ever exist. Netscape was really horrible by that point due to the complete rewrite.
In addition to the money they won from Microsoft, they also won the rights to distribute Internet Explorer for like 8 years or whatever.
The decision to acquire Netscape was a bad one, but all said and told, they handled the aftermath of that bad decision rather well.
AOL's main prob
They also open sourced Netscape Navigator, leading directly to Mozilla and FireFox...
Can you imagine if they actually listened to CmdrTaco at right time and open the damn source (no matter how bad quality it is) years before?
I speak about this article
http://web.archive.org/web/19980113192359/slashdot.org/slashdot.cgi?mode=article&artnum=425 [archive.org] That is way before the "Cathedral and the Bazaar wondering around at Netscape building" times.
That is from 1998. Of course, AOL is also the company who effectively destroyed last remains of Netscape brand via rushing Netscape 6.x out of the door whil
They DO know that you're supposed to buy LOW and sell HIGH right?
I always find this little rhyme useful:
If ye buy low, and then sell high, you've pulled a cunning stunt;
If ye buy high, but then sell low, you're just a stunning cunt.
I've already said this in another reply, but that is a vast oversimplification of economics and business, and frankly is an incorrect statement.
Example: You're Avis. You buy a Ford Fusion for $15k. Two years later you sell it for $5k. Was that a bad business decision? No, you got $5k out of an asset that was going to eventually drop to zero... *after* you already made $15k in revenue from renting it. Could you spend more money keeping it up to date and running? Sure, but your costs of upkeep skyrocket as you try to keep the vehicle modernized and competitive with the other companies with newer fleets. You're better off getting your $5k and applying that towards a new vehicle that you can make another $15k off of in the next two years.
Its the same thing with any business investment. The total cost of the investment is the difference between what you paid for it and then sold it for. There's nothing wrong with the asset depreciating, particularly if you are making revenue off owning the asset and its not an investment purchase. In fact, that's the whole point of the purchase of an asset like that.
In the case of a web property, culture is a fickle thing. Popularity changes over time. You can spend billions chasing popularity, or you can focus on being profitable over the time you own that asset. From a business standpoint, the latter is the right decision. Fans of the property may disagree, but a dwindling fan base doesn't matter in the business world.
This actually kind of surprises me... From what I understand, ICQ is still a big player internationally in the instant-messaging space. Unless Skype is suddenly ruling the roost or something... And despite my qualms with some of their updates over the years (Newsflash: When you have to put out a "Lite" version of your software because your users refuse to use the bloated piece of crapware that your official client is, you're doing something wrong...) ICQ has done nothing if not tried to remain relevant, added features, tried to integrate with other systems.
ICQ seems like one of the pieces of tech to keep... and not just for nostalgia reasons.
Agreed. ICQ is nice technology. I certainly prefer it to MSN.
However (this is a big "however"), the quality of social software is NOT its most important feature. The most important feature is popularity. And MSN and Skype are simply more popular. Unless that decrease in popularity is reversed, the ICQ ship is sinking. It may sink slowly, but it's inevitably sinking.
It may be a wise decision to sell it for about 200 million. Another company that is better at marketing may now attempt to either find a niche for ICQ, or to turn mainstream chat focus back to ICQ. It's got a catchy name already, it could work.
I never really understood why people preferred MSN over ICQ.
I never really understood why people preferred MSN over ICQ.
when i had a computer with xp on it, msn messenger would ALWAYS start up in the background. so instead of running another bloated piece of shit (yahoo) i simply used msn. and msn started up even if i unchecked it from msconfig. i don't know how, but it did.
In CIS countries (Russia, Ukraine, etc.) ICQ is the most popular messenger. I don't like it, but that is what I have to stick to here for the same reason you are sticking to MSN.
So, ICQ ship is doing OK.
I can think of a couple of advantages MSN had in the market at least here in the UK.
1: MSN messenger was both bundled with windows (in a renamed and slightly tweaked form) and pushed through the hotmail service which was one of the most popular webmail providers at the time. I remember huge posters for hotmail in cyber-cafes.
2: MSN messenger used your email address. If you had a hotmail address (see comment above) it just worked with your hotmail login details without needing any extra setup. It could also
Why would you use ICQ and not any other system though? And if you used ICQ, why not using eBuddy, fring, pidgin etc and have all the networks in one place instead of dicking around installing loads of seperate apps? How would a free, easily replaceable app possibly repay the $400m+ investment in it? It doesn't make sense on any level, unless some dweeb in a suit thought it would replace phone calls or emails or something...
Seems like AOL's business plan lately is throw what ever they can against the wall and see what sticks.
Well AOL had their business model yanked out from under them with the arrival of the internet. After that they became a "media company" by swallowing other "media companies", but the rudder fell off of that ship a long time ago.
I guess we can just be lucky that they didn't decide to buy politicians and try to force through legislation that outlawed broadband and
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