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Hyper-space bypasses are planning matters. They have nothing to do with whether or not we send signals into space.
I'd be more concerned about what we're sending being interpreted as an insult, except that the subsequent invasion force would probably be eaten by a small dog.
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Only a race that repress its tendency to kill everything can survive technology.
Only a race that repress its tendency to kill itself can survive technology.
if it wasn't for war, just think how far we could be with space", when in fact, the opposite is likely true. Not trying to be rude, but war brings us many neet things, some of them faster than without war, some are only a result of war
What eliminates a[n alien] race that focuses all of its aggression against others not of their [species]?
Ecological destruction?
Actually, a big part of the process of civilization and enlightement is expanding the idea of "we". From "we" being just our family, just our clan-- to hey, the people in the next village are human to-- then realization that someone who doesn't look like you is human, too-- then the realization that if all we worry about is humans at the expense of other life-forms on the planet, we end up destroying ourselves anyway, therefore for our civilization to survive, we need to expand "w
What I'm basically saying, is that "peace" is a prerequisite for achieving "space age"
If there are aliens with a spacefaring
Radio and TV signals will not be propagated very far into space because they aren't directed there. Sending signals to other stars, OTOH, would direct the transmitted power to outer space, not to the earth surface.
...the television broadcasts we have so rashly been transmitting to the stars for the last 50 years..
Stopping people from deliberately sending signals is not going to make us invisible. We've been sending signals for decades.
It might be worth it, in that case, to try send out some signal explaining that the really powerful signals they get are just television. I'd rather the Vulcan survey ship not see American Idol, but if we've got no choice about it, we might as well try to assert with a different broadcast that, despite all the other evidence, we are in fact 'intelligent' beings.
Or maybe I speak too soon.
That's pretty silly. First, on a cosmic scale, nuclear bombs are *tiny*. I don't see why they would be noticeable. At this point, we can't even figure out how to detect a planet as small as Earth orbiting even the closest star, and nuclear explosions are tiny compared to the size of the Earth.
Second, even if you detected them, it doesn't seem like there'd be anything particular to flag them as a sign of intelligent life. They aren't a continuing pattern or signal-- they're just explosions. Explosions
I've heard that mentioned a lot, that maybe they'll see our Hitler broadcasts and immediately loathe us.
We think he was horrible, but why would we believe for an instant that an alien might think the same? Maybe some of the powers-that-be up there are scratching their chitinous chins thoughtfully, impressed that we have such men.
Very true. But even if they did, would it sound inherently bad to someone who had no idea of our morality and values?
Hitler: We must exterminate the Jews! They are destroying our society!
Kodos: Wow. Whatever Jews are, they sure are causing that guy a lot of grief. Wonder if he gets it under control?
Since only a small fraction of news on both sides of the issue was televised, ET might not have enough context even to know that we thought it was bad (although they'd know that at least some other factions didn't like him and his plans, even if they didn't really understand all the reasons).
Even if aliens are out there listening, would they really care? I mean, we've all seen Independence Day and Signs and all the other movies where they do. But, when it comes right down to it, we probably aren't special enough to matter.
Aliens powerful enough to matter would probably think of us like harmless bugs or small animals: sure, they take up some space, but they aren't worth the effort.
On the other hand, if the aliens want a hyperspace bypass and Earth is in the way, we might all be screwed.
"Speaking for everyone"? He has a radio, and he's using it. This is speaking for everyone? When I toss a message in a bottle of the deck of a fraighter in the middle of the Pacific and it washes up on some tropical shore, I'm speaking for "everyone"?But some scientists think that Zaitsev is not only acting out of turn by independently speaking for everyone on the entire planet but believe there are possible dangers we may unleash by announcing ourselves to the unknown darkness.
This idea is a stretch. Zaitsev is more or less free to "speak" to anyone he chooses.
So there are billions spend in both manhours and cold hard cash to find extraterrestrial life, unsuccessfully. Now suddendly there's a guy who thinks "hey, why passively listen. Lets actively send out some signals straight to some specific starsystems!"
And suddenly the scientific community is freaking; "OMG! Lets not do that! What if they exterminate us!"
What do those "some scientists" know more then we do?
You'd just better hope those aliens don't sneeze on you!
From TOA: Brin included a more disturbing possibility: Nobody is on the air because something seeks and destroys everyone who broadcasts.
I have another alternative theory to explain why we have not received any signal: Every planet inhabited by intelligent life has considered the same possibility of the previous paragraph, so they are avoiding any kind of transmission just in case, to avoid potential detection.
Space is very big and it takes lots and lots of energy and resources to build a craft--even just a weapons delivery system--to cross the vast distances between stars. It would have to actually be worth it to attack us. Our planet and Solar System contain no resources that aren't readily available and easier to obtain much closer to just about any other star system.
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You can remotely access and program pretty much any system you'd ever work on in an offshoring relationshing. Your physical location has little or nothing to do with the ability to provide the contracted services.
While there is demand for at least some of the offshore service provider's staff to be working on-site with the customer companies, you wouldn't be able to do that with this ship. You still wouldn't have a visa, so you still wouldn't be allowed to "land" from the ship for such meetings.
In order to be in international waters, the ship would be what, 200 miles out from shore? That's a pretty long ride for any landbound customers to take in order to come meet with you on the ship. Customers don't tend to meet at provider sites; they expect the provider to come to them.
That being the case, what is the actual purpose served by working on this ship?
Or is this like the old Sealand failure? A great idea in concept that has no practical purpose and few real backers?
The advantage of these ventures is that they're outside national jurisdiction. The problem with these ventures is that they're outside national jurisdiction - and for almost every company out there, they benefit from the protection of a country's laws more than they suffer from them.
Sealand failed because anyone who hosted data there was wide open to the whim of Roy Bates - and if you didn't like his whim, you had no recourse. This will be no different.
A good article on Sealand: http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/28/2909303/sealand-havenco-doomed-data-haven-history [theverge.com]
The advantage of these ventures is that they're outside national jurisdiction. The problem with these ventures is that they're outside national jurisdiction - and for almost every company out there, they benefit from the protection of a country's laws more than they suffer from them.
Sealand failed because anyone who hosted data there was wide open to the whim of Roy Bates - and if you didn't like his whim, you had no recourse. This will be no different.
A good article on Sealand: http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/28/2909303/sealand-havenco-doomed-data-haven-history [theverge.com]
If you outright bought the boat, the only whim would be your own. Of course, true pirates could also come back to the high seas.
How does that loophole protect them from my pirate ship?
Or the tenants from the captain/landlord?
So they get the protection of these Oppressors(government provided defense forces) that our taxes pay for without them paying a dime?
How typical.
You know, the real disadvantages of having the oppressive, income taxing government are much greater than the perceived advantage of having an 'educated' population. The so called education system is in a huge bubble in USA, people are getting gov't guaranteed loans - basically free money, because whatever they don't pay out in 15 years is forgiven, and the maximum amount anybody is going to have to pay monthly is only on top of 2 minimum poverty levels, and then it's only a 10% of that so called 'discretio
That's one of the problems with libertarian dreamers. They crave a dog-eat-dog world, but they all think THEY'RE going to be one of the top dogs. They watch Firefly and think they're going to be Malcolm Reynolds. It never occurs to them that the vast, vast, vast majority of citizens in a truly libertarian system would basically be dirt-poor slaves to a handful of top dogs, and the odds of you being one of those top dogs (unless you're *already* very wealthy and powerful) is slim to none.
That's one of the problems with libertarian dreamers. They crave a dog-eat-dog world, but they all think THEY'RE going to be one of the top dogs.
Wrong. In a truly dog-eat-dog world, any dog that gets too far ahead gets eaten by the pack...
Libertarians have no desire for power. They just want to see limited power OVER THEM. You seeing it as a quest for power over others is more revelatory to your own subconscious desires and/or fears than that of Libertarians.
Basically, you apparently can't handle a world where you are not on a leash...
Wrong. In a truly dog-eat-dog world, any dog that gets too far ahead gets eaten by the pack.
Yeah, except it has never once worked out that way in reality. In lawless regions or other areas where the government is weak, what inevitably happens is that you end up with a handful of powerful warlords who basically terrorize and dominate the populace. They build up their own private armies to not only protect themselves from the "pack" but to do whatever the fuck else they want too, including showing up at your home periodically to take anything they want and rape your wife. Life is great if you happen to be one of those warlords (or one of their family or close friends). Life is complete shit if you're anyone else.
And you're not escaping the leash. You're just trading in the democratic government leash for the much tighter and shorter leash that the rich and powerful will have you on in your libertarian paradise.
In order to be in international waters, the ship would be what, 200 miles out from shore?
I've looked into cruising and the myriad of laws. First of all you just described the EEZ limit which controls "traditional money making activities and environmental laws" but expressly does not include loitering. So its a fuzzy zone. The coast guard can order you to not discharge your blackwater tanks, cannot tell you not to just sit/anchor there, can tell you not to fish there, and running an office is somewhat vague.
The contiguous zone is 24 miles and you must follow customs laws presumably including visas. This is a recent "American Empire" turn of the century thing and the whole world used to (still does?) respect only 12 miles. In the REALLY olden days before the previous turn of the century it was defined as a cannon shots length, or so I'm told, like a mile or two.
This is very important to cruisers... more than 200 miles away you can technically tell all authorities other than your flag nation to F-off, but you need to stay at least 24 miles away or else have to go thru customs, and in that range from 24 to 200 miles you sorta have to listen to them. Customs is not necessarily the end of the world, but its nice to not even have to think about it. For example, say you were sailing from California to Alaska, it would be extremely advisable to stay at least 24 miles away from the Canadian shore.
Disclaimer, I've done hundreds of hours of sailing on little craft, mostly inland, but never across an ocean.
30 miles in a 150 knot helicopter for the VCs to visit you is what, 12 minutes of flight? I'm not seeing this as a serious issue. Also I can see a pleasure cruise on a well appointed yacht when making visits rather than flying, if they're in the mood for some fun.
This is very important to cruisers... more than 200 miles away you can technically tell all authorities other than your flag nation to F-off
This is mostly true, and can bite them in the butt.
If they intend to operate out of US ports, and provide anything that even looks remotely like passenger service (I.E. hosting staff for their clients) then they can't exit and re-enter the United States without visiting a "distant foreign port". Back in the day when there was tons of coastwise passenger transport, this protected US firms from foreign competition. Today it mostly means that Alaska cruises have to port at Victoria and Maratimes/East Coast cruises usually in Halifax. For Blueseed this is going to mean visiting Mexico between port visits to the US. (And they *will* either have to visit the US or sail across the Pacific Ocean for servicing - a ship can't stay at sea forever.)
Also, pretty much every nation subscribes to SOLAS and even the flag-of-convenience nations have safety requirements. Not to mention, that if they ever port, they'll be subject to safety inspections by the Coast Guard of the nation they're porting in. These are non-trivial to comply with and are deadly serious - the can be at a minimum refused entry, or at worst impounded for failing to comply. On top of these inspections, if they hope to carry insurance, the ship will have to regularly be inspected and certified on a regular basis by a legitimate classification society...
These "tech Love Boat" companies all sound to me to have based their plans on urban legends about how the law of the sea and related conventions work, and not on any real world legal and business research.
In order to be in international waters, the ship would be what, 200 miles out from shore?
They said 30 minutes, so they are probably talking about the 12 nautical mile territorial boundary. A cruise ship can probably do 24 knots if it really is going all-out, so while this is a bit of a stretch it is technically correct.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_waters [wikipedia.org]
Territorial waters, or a territorial sea, as defined by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea,[1] is a belt of coastal waters extending at most 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) from the baseline (usually the mean low-water mark) of a coastal state. The territorial sea is regarded as the sovereign territory of the state, although foreign ships (both military and civilian) are allowed innocent passage through it; this sovereignty also extends t
You can remotely access and program pretty much any system you'd ever work on in an offshoring relationshing. Your physical location has little or nothing to do with the ability to provide the contracted services.
Yes, but physical location does have a good amount to do with your ability to meet with investors. And there are still some customers who don't like the idea of someone all the way around the world providing their services.
The exclusive economic zone is 200 miles, but International Waters is only 12 miles out.
The residents can get a business visa to come onshore for business meetings, they just can't perform any actual work in the United States.
It's true that the residents must abide by the whims of the owners, but the owners in this case are businessmen who want to create a good space for business in order to stay in business. That's a lot different from relying on the goodwill of a single eccentric individual.
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'No!' says the man in Washington, 'It belongs to the poor.'
'No!' says the man in the Vatican, 'It belongs to God.'
'No!' says the man in Moscow, 'It belongs to everyone.'
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Name one place without "collective dependence on immediately life-critical infrastructure". Unless you are your own doctor, road builder, mechanic, own your own fields to grow food, have a well for water, and a lab to produce medicines that is the reality of modern life.
Nice reference, great game, but here in reality the man did not toil alone. He was not able to produce without the poor being kept away from his warehouse at night, he was not able to risk only his investment by nature but by laws governing incorporation, nor was he able to get it to market without roads. I love how those who have never done a day of physical labor like to talk about sweat, blood and tears though.
satellite broadband will suck for some thing like this. Maybe fixed wifi / RF but even then that is still not as fast.
So they will have servers but no datacenter?
This will not go well.
satellite broadband will suck for some thing like this. Maybe fixed wifi / RF but even then that is still not as fast.
It'll be the ultimate echo chamber.
None. The "Tech Love Boat" exists solely as a tax and immigration dodge, and its founders are proud of it. May real pirates raid this libertarian haven; may real storms smash its bow. Let me hazard a guess that they'll incorporate in Antigua, and pay no taxes, and that they'll import slave labor from India to work in the bowels of the ship.
Blueseed wants the benefits of proximity with Silicon Valley, and none of the costs. Why should we give a damn about them?
I'd also like to know who these "entrepreneurs" are. Let them live in their cabins and bar them from the shore. They don't want to pay for civilization, due to their brilliant and stunning gifts. They choose to leave civilization to live in their Brave New Race to the Bottom, _stay there_.
When a crime occurs on the "Love Boat", who will settle that crime? Blueseed? So they'll be a government, too. Hmm, maybe an invasion sounds good..
Or are we going to end up with "The Raft" from Snow Crash?
Oh boy, I hope so. I think Stephenson's is my favorite future-dystopian society.
Will they be able to get away with doing software piracy with NO BSA to get in there way?
company store store like times where you in debt paying for high priced fees at the work site.
24/7 working hours with a big trip home fee if you can't keep up?
very low min wage.
That sounds like a really good response.
If you're a nationalist.
Seriously, it's not a tax dodge, though it is an immigration dodge. It's about startups being able to engage with the tech centre of the world without arbitrary red tape blocking them from doing it on the US mainland.
I don't even understand how you can complain about both immigration and tax avoidance in the same post. If they were allowed to immigrate they would be able to pay tax, if they were allowed to pay tax they'd be able to immigrate. You can't bitch and moan about the two in one sentence, the fact they can't immigrate means they can't pay tax. Whining that people for not paying tax in your country whilst simultaneously implying you don't want them in your country is one of the most laughably irrational arguments I've heard on Slashdot in a while, and in recent months the standard hasn't exactly been particularly high.
The fact that your country is horrendously paranoid, and massively afraid of immigration despite having a relatively tiny population density is why these sorts of far fetched schemes arise in the first place. Of course, none of that would be so bad if it weren't for the fact that your entire nation is built off the back of relatively recent mass immigration.
You're probably thinking of the Republic of Rose Island [wikipedia.org].
There was also this illegal gambling operation off the coast of California [wikipedia.org]. That didn't end well. In fact, practically all these libertarian paradise offshore independent micronations [wikipedia.org] haven't ended well. Either they never really became self-sufficient, the people who ran them turned out to be more dictator-like than anyone wanted to deal with, or they were only intended as a joke in the first place. Evidently starting your own micronation ("with bl
None. The "Tech Love Boat" exists solely as a tax and immigration dodge, and its founders are proud of it. May real pirates raid this libertarian haven
Under international maritime law, all nations have a duty to combat piracy. "Piracy is of note in international law as it is commonly held to represent the earliest invocation of the concept of universal jurisdiction. The crime of piracy is considered a breach of jus cogens, a conventional peremptory international norm that states must uphold. Those committing thefts on the high seas, inhibiting trade, and endangering maritime communication are considered by sovereign states to be hostis humani generis (enemies of humanity)" Wikipedia [wikipedia.org]
The bottom line is that it isn't in the interests of the United States to have pirates operating off the U.S. coast, even if they only target vessels of other nations.
When a crime occurs on the "Love Boat", who will settle that crime?
It is exactly the same legal situation as a crime on a cruise ship. The passengers are subject to the legal sysem of their flag nation, and of others that exercise extraterritorial jurisdiction. The U.S. Constitution gives the federal courts jurisdiction over maritime matters, so it is up to the courts to rule on which particular crimes are worthy of extraterritorial jurisdiction. See In international waters, are you beyond the reach of the law? [straightdope.com]
Why is it that every Libertarian seems to think that they can skirt laws just by taking some boat out to international waters? As if the nearby country is going to be like "Damn, we know you committed the murder, but you were JUST over the line into international waters, so we're going to have to let you go!"
There will inevitably be that One Guy who wants to bring his gun collection and may [deity] help the people in the cabins next to him because they will never know a peaceful sleep again.
i had an idea similar to this, a few years ago - not a single boat but a massive platform, housing and providing the resources for people to carry out public-domain scientific research. if the platform were large enough it would be stable even during large storms. it's therefore very very interesting to hear that someone's actually really going ahead with a small-scale software-based version of that idea.
the only problem that i can forsee however is piracy! not of the software, but *real* piracy. in thi
It will be afforded the normal protection due to the ships of the flag carrying nation. It doesn't suddenly become the wild uncontrolled seas once you head out into international waters. I wouldn't be surprised if there are reciprocal aggrements in place that would give say Marshall Islands registered ships some protection from the US Coastguard even though they are in international waters.
It's a great idea, totally worth it if it works out, very good.
It just shows to what extent the governments of the world have pushed the people that they are willing to spend time and money into this, leaving their borders, living uncomfortably on a boat (don't tell me it's very comfortable on a boat, you can't escape the walls, it's going to be tight, it's not a nice living, and obviously it's going to be a sausage-fest).
The entrepreneurial spirit lives on beyond and outside of the thieving governments and
> living uncomfortably on a boat
There are already ship rats that live on cruise liners because it's cheaper than other alternatives like a nursing home. There are also long term cruises that the lines don't seem to have any trouble selling either.
Compared to living in some overpopulated urban center (NYC,SFO,London,Mumbai,Tokyo) it might not be so bad really.
People have already done this many times. Every migration has its difficulties and down-sides.
USA was populated with white and other people hundreds of years ago because those people wanted to leave their oppressive governments.
At the time those other governments also wanted to dominate the people who moved onto these new territories, so it's nothing new that the more entrepreneurial folks want to move away and something outside of the boundaries of their respective decadent nations, it's just that there i
Without the government to ensure contract law, nor protect from pirates this will fail. Your fevered dreams are just that. This is only for the wealthiest few. Without those regulations you hate we would have the age of hundreds of years ago. Rocketing forward economy while those who provide the actual labor are barely above starving to death. Sure the economy will do great, do bad that does not reflect the life of the average man in anyway.
Just remember you will more likely be one who toils for not much mo
Oh yeah? Like the America failed when it fought against the King? Sure, USA is a continent, not a ship, but we don't have more free continents to occupy around. This will have to do for now, until the technology invented on that ship and other ships like it will allow building bigger ships, islands, underwater cities, who knows.
What does that have to do with anything? The USA had a war for independence. We call it a revolution when it really wasn't. Not much changed for the common man. Check out who could vote in those first elections. Things did improve over time, but the English also have those same conditions now, and they still have a Queen.
The USA had a war for independence.
- the point exactly.
Not much changed for the common man
- bullshit. The freest country was formed, under the Constitution. It's not free anymore, but it built the wealthiest creditor nation, producing cheap, high quality goods. 1870-1913 was the time when the actual middle class was created on this planet - small, medium sized businessmen and professionals.
The rising tide lifted all boats. You are so eager to denounce people who are looking for more freedoms today, you have completely forgotten why people were escaping from their perspectiv
So in this magical place there are not going to be any disputes between parties? There will be no crime? There will be no external threats?
There will be no restrictions on who or how many can come on board?
There will be no heath or safety rules?
Seems to me if you have any of those (and many more) problems (and you certainly will) you are going to need a way to resolve them. All you will be doing is creating your own government (something you apparently abhor).
Face it, this is not some escape from some
not going to be any disputes between parties?
- straw man.
There will be no crime?
- straw man.
There will be no external threats?
- straw man.
There will be no restrictions on who or how many can come on board?
- obviously you didn't understand what was written - you pay to get onboard.
There will be no heath or safety rules?
- who gives a rats ass?
Do you know what would have happened if any of this nonsense was present during the days Amercan settlers took off to go West?
Taxes, health inspections, licenses, regulations?
USA would never have become anything if gov't in its current form was present then. It would have been catastrophically impossible to do.
Seems to me if you have any of those (and many more) problems
- it's nonsense, those are not problem, they are only probl
Late 80's: there were a lot of skilled trades and professional labor in the US. Cars, Steel, Mass production, Agriculture, skilled trades, software development, science, NASA, everything was going pretty well compared to today.
mid 90's: NAFTA [wikipedia.org] took root. Companies began leaving in droves to offshore labor to the far east and Mexico. Many companies who wanted to keep the labor at home, had no choice but to follow the leader because they couldn't compete with such cheap labor.
Late 90's Early 00's: software d
No manufacturing output? We do about 18% of the worlds total. That is some odd definition you have of none to speak of. We make expensive stuff, we let the chinese make cheap shit.
The industry always wants more labor, too much supply lowers prices. Why would they not want that?
Exactly. The grandparent is complete bullshit and should be modded down.
The US is the world's largest manufacturing nation in terms of economic output. People seem to forget giant companies like Intel, Caterpillar, Boeing, Cisco, ADM etc. not to mention the pharmaceuticals and the farming industry which are world leading. Not only that but the US does it with a mere 8% of its workforce. The economic output of the average US worker is more than 10 times that of his Chinese equivalent because he's more technically skilled and produces far more valuable products in a highly automated setting.
The Boeing main aircraft assembly building in the Seattle area is the largest manufacturing facility in the world.
http://www.boeing.com/commercial/facilities/ [boeing.com]
It was Boeing who discovered the Y2K problem because they are such a large consumer of aluminum they have to project consumption of aluminum a decade in advance so the aluminum industry can scale their capacity to match their consumption.
I don't know where people get the idea the US isn't competitive in manufacturing. It is a huge force on a global scale in manufacturing, and factors like low energy costs because of the vast natural gas reserves being developed are likely to keep it that way. Anyone writing that the US has no manufacturing capability is full of bullshit.
http://www.shopfloor.org/2011/03/u-s-manufacturing-remains-worlds-largest/18756 [shopfloor.org]
http://business.time.com/2011/03/10/can-china-compete-with-american-manufacturing/ [time.com]
Actually we still have the largest manufacturing sector in the entire world by quite a bit.
We have completely and almost totally destroyed our consumer products manufacturing, true. The only thing I've bought in 20 years made in the USA is/was some plastic trash cans and oddly enough a gasket-less aluminum pressure cooker made in Wisconsin.
The whole world depends on the USA either exclusively or as a majority provider for aerospace, mining equipment, heavy stuff like that. To a much lesser extent we still make cranes too. And chemical process equipment although like cranes we're trying to give that away to China as fast as we can. You can almost draw a graph of "unit weight" on the x-axis and percent imported on the y-axis and you'll see damn near a straight line where we import 99% of our kitchenware but we manufacture 99% of the world's production of 100 kiloton and up mining dragline equipment (you know, the things that strip entire mountaintops off?) and practically all mining trucks larger than 100 tons.
Let me summarize an entire articles worth of weird and ignorant
1) this is the first boat that is not US flagged to ever sail either in or nearby the USA, and if it docks for repairs it'll be the first time a foreign vessel has ever entered a US port, so no one will have any idea what to do.
2) there exists a single line in the sandy sea bottom, on one side its complete and total utter US control and the other side is all pirates.
3) magically, because this platform has servers instead of oil drilling equipment, decades of regulation and case law from the oil biz could not possibly apply to this biz, just because it makes for a nice sounding argument.
4) no one has ever lived on a boat for an extended length of time, nor is it even theoretically possible, much less comfortable.
5) the relationship must be binary, either a ship and its flag nation must be US lapdogs and hard core statists, or it must be a libertarian paradise, and only one of those possibilities is unrealistic therefore it Must be the other far extreme possibility (laughably goes for both sides arguments)
6) Foreigners and foreign sailors have never been present on a ship entering a us port, so no one will have any idea what to do.
7) Closely tied to #5, There are only binary governments, the hard core statist fascist western govts like the us and our european lapdogs, and pure capitalist anarchy, therefore since its probably going to be flagged out of panama or something, and panama isn't quite the usa, therefore slavery and polygamy will rule the ship. Uh, no. I don't think very many flag nations allow that on their ships. As a wild guess, I've been on cruise ships that are panama registered, if this tub's panama registered it'll be about as wild as a cruise ship... probably a nude tanning deck, a casino to gamble in, no secret police checking to see if couples in bed together are married (to each other) and are of the correct gender, and generally anyone looking "old enough" gets to drink alcohol and smoke tobacco although technically you have to be 18 in Panama (I think). That's probably about as wild as Panama is going to let it get.
8) A crime has never before happened on board a ship, therefore no one will have any idea how to handle a criminal activity if one happens.
1. Not at all, nice stawman. The issue are if it is armed, or expects US navy protection without paying for it.
2. No there any many lines, and not that many pirates in that area. This might attract some.
3. Oil rigs are not generally trying to avoid the US government immigration laws like this.
4. It sucks, but people do it.
5. It will surely not be the latter.
6. your own stupid stawman
7. The Western governments are not fascist. You should learn a little more before speaking on that topic. The USA has nude bea
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The same companies can set up in Anguilla, be outside the US, have no corporate tax, have real tax treaties and IP treaties, and go to the beach after lunch. Fiber to the US, low latency connections, stable economic situation and no need to rely on the boat owner to keep the thing afloat.
Handled properly, they would have much less hassle.
What Blueseed is proposing to do is create a new sliver of foreign territory (probably Bahamian or Marshallese) 12 miles outside Silicon Valley. Locating a new business there is no more a tax or immigration dodge than setting up across the Canadian or Mexican border would be. Even though some people might like it otherwise, US tax and immigration law applies only to US territory and US citizens and residents.
The US VC's funding the startups will pay US taxes. US citizens working onboard will pay US tax
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Google Blogger, beware! Fake entries containing links to downloads can infect your Windows run PC. Computers that catch the virus are checked for saleable data or used as carriers. The links began in January by hackers dubbed "Storm Trojans" and may actually been have set up for allowing others to view e-mail entries on their Blogger Journals. Here are some of the storm worm subject lines:
- are you kidding me? lol
- Dude dont send that stuff to my home email…
- Dude your gonna get caught, lol
- HAHAHAHAHAHA, man your insane!
- I cant belive you did this
- LMAO, your crazy man
- LOL, dude what are you doing
- man, who filmed this thing?
- oh man your nutz
- OMG, what are you thinking
Some of the messages feature links to YouTube while others claim to be offering testing software or digital greeting cards. The group has reportedly infected over a million PCs in that time. We suggest it might be time to get a Mac, run Firefox, or find another outlet for your blogging.
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BRUNSWICK | Porsche's new hybrid sports cars are arriving aboard ships docking at the Port of Brunswick.
The Georgia Ports Authority says the first shipment of the Porsche 918 Spyder arrived Tuesday. The German-manufactured cars, which retail at prices starting at $845,000, are headed to U.S. markets across the Southeast.
The Spyder is billed as a plug-in hybrid capable of accelerating from a full stop to 60 mph in just 2.6 seconds, but with a fuel economy estimated at 67 miles per gallon. Porsche says it plans to produce no more than 918 of these high-performance hybrids. It's unknown how many will be shipped to the U.S.
Brunswick has become one of the nation's busiest ports for auto imports and exports. It already handles 23 percent of Porsche's total U.S. imports.


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Is Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition Feasible to EFL Learning?
For learning English as a foreign language, the efficiency of the approach of incidental vocabulary acquisition depends on the word frequency and text coverage. However, the statistics of English corpus reveals that English is a language that has a large vocabulary size but a low word frequency as well as text coverage, which is obviously not in favor of the approach. Also, the statistics reveals that, by learning English words from reading incidentally as the approach claims, the learners will have to add up their reading out of class to a large quantity as ten times as that in class. Accordingly, it will be too much for them to do and clearly it is unfeasible to these non-English major learners, who could not probably have time to spend in reading so much just for picking up new words incidentally. This paper aims to prove that the approach is not feasible at all to EFL learning in China.
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One side dealt with DUIs, a failed drug test, a fax fiasco and heart-valve replacement surgery. Then there were numerous season-ending injuries to standout players. The other side had to deal with one of their players being charged with murder. Then there were numerous season-ending injuries to standout players.
As distractions and adversities go, it's difficult to trump the severity of the murder charge that New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez faces. The Broncos gave it a run, though, with a considerably longer, and more diverse, list of problems over the past few months.
The Broncos and Patriots could inspire a game show — "What's Your Issue?" — if they weren't about to draw gargantuan TV ratings to their AFC championship game Sunday at Sports Authority Field at Mile High.
Who has overcome the most to get here?
"Probably the Patriots," said Shannon Sharpe, the former Bronco, and now a CBS analyst. "They've had to reinvent themselves."
"Coach Fox mentioned how many obstacles the Patriots have overcome to be in this game," Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning said. "We've overcome a number of obstacles as well to get here. Starting way back to the offseason, starting back to maybe last season's playoff loss."
Oh, yes. The devastating 38-35 double-overtime playoff loss to Baltimore on Jan. 12, 2013. The list of issues is so long, it's difficult to remember where it started.
1. Hernandez charged with murder
While this was a sensational story that far transcended the NFL, the Pats quickly made it a nonissue. The day Hernandez was arrested for allegedly killing Odin Lloyd was the day Patriots coach Bill Belichick released his tight end. Problem solved, although losing Hernandez to a jumpsuit was a factor in New England's transformation back to its run-pass offensive balance of a decade ago.
2. Losing Welker
Welker had been the Pats' second-most-popular player in the previous six years, averaging 112 receptions. But the Pats let him become a free agent, which stirred enough uproar to compel owner Robert Kraft to publicly address the departure. Then Welker wound up signing with the team quarterbacked by Peyton Manning, the team's longtime rival.
3. Injuries to five starters
The Patriots have lost their two best defensive players, linebacker Jerod Mayo and tackle Vince Wilfork, and their second-best offensive player, tight end Rob Gronkowski, to season-ending injuries. They've also lost starting defensive tackle Tommy Kelly and right tackle Sebastian Vollmer.
"Bill's adjusted. That's why he will be in the Hall of Fame," said Broncos coach John Fox.
1. Dumervil deadline debacle
The Broncos and defensive end Elvis Dumervil reached an oral agreement on a restructured contract. But when the written documents didn't get faxed in time to meet the free-agent deadline, Dumervil was released, and sore feelings led him to sign with Baltimore.
2. DUI suspensions.
John Elway's top two executive assistants, Matt Russell and Tom Heckert, were arrested on DUI charges during the offseason. The team suspended Russell for two months and Heckert for one month.
3. Miller's troubled season
After recording 30 sacks in his first two seasons, linebacker Von Miller was ruled to have violated a drug test and was suspended by the NFL for six games. He was also involved in several traffic-related incidents that made headlines, yet the Broncos went 6-0 in his absence. Miller later suffered a season-ending torn anterior cruciate ligament.
4. Fox's heart surgery
At the season's halfway point, Fox underwent open-heart surgery to replace his aortic valve. He missed four games, but the Broncos went 3-1 under interim coach Jack Del Rio.
5. Injuries to starters at seven positions.
The Broncos suffered season-ending injuries at center (J.D. Walton, Dan Koppen), left tackle (Ryan Clady), defensive tackle (Kevin Vickerson), defensive end (Derek Wolfe), strongside linebacker (Miller) and cornerback (Chris Harris). And safety Rahim Moore will miss his eighth consecutive game Sunday.


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dat Iniesta...
dat Iniesta...
Iniesta was like daym! He totally rocked.
Iniesta was simply brilliant!!!!
maybe a draw today 1-1, will be a very difficult match for Barcelona Ate se calhar perderao este jogo, ainda mais teem a pressao de o Real ter perdido...
real lost because they had a tough game over the weekend. barca are coming bac from moscow on wednesday and levante are coming back from sweden on thursday. it will be a tough game but i think barca will win 3-1 or 2-0
David Villa is out with an injury, and will not be joining the team against Levante.
Barcelona will not win.
Time to hit the cruise control Barca.... a win today, Leo with 2 goals !!
Messi again!! 0-3
5 - 0 messi hattrick
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Let's face it: The spring release schedule this year was all about the release of BioShock Infinite. But since that's now out, let's not forget that there are plenty of other good new releases to dig into.
Whether you've beaten BioShock Infinite and are looking for something else to play or are curious what's out there, you'd kick yourself if you missed out on some of these games currently released (or will be tomorrow!).
Dead Island: Riptide (releases on 4.23. Shown above)
A new island is filled with zombies, so the melee-focused combat of the original remains.
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen (releases on 4.23)
Dark Arisen not only features the original Dragon's Dogma game, but also new content in the form of Bitterblack Isle. The action/RPG contains a large open world to roam, a versatile skill/class system, and the Pawn feature. This refers to your NPC companions, which you can nominally direct as well as populate with those companions your friends have already created.
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
To crib a quote from the review: "At first glance, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate could be dismissed as a simple expansion to 2010's Monster Hunter Tri on the Wii. That would be a mistake. It has a bevy of new content, including quests, items, areas, and monsters."
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds (below)
A brawler with four-player co-op based on anime conventions features distinct character attacks and skill trees.
BattleBlock Theater
A great platformer from the makers of Castle Crashers. Includes four-player offline or online play and a level editor.
A 2D Metroid-style title with a tight art style mining Mexican culture and a satisfying combat system.
People describe this game as a 2D Minecraft. It features exploration, resource collection, and creation in a large open world.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14
New challenges based around some of golf's greatest moments and golfers is woven through the traditional tour-based career mode.
Injustice: Gods Among Us
DC superheroes square off thanks to Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm Studios.
The makers of Pokémon deliver an interesting music-based platformer.
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner – Soul Hacker
The 1997 Saturn title featuring an engaging storyline and characters, as well as demon recruiting, is finally released on the 3DS.
The game had a rough outing early on, but it's not without its moments. If you're intrigued by the new SyFy show, you may want to check this out.
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Posted: Tuesday, May 21, 2013Department: Recreation & Parks
Bolton Pool will be open May 25 – 27 for Memorial Day weekend. Kimberley Park and Parkland pools, which also had been scheduled to open over the Memorial Day weekend, will remain closed to complete modifications to make them handicapped-accessible.
Bolton and Polo pools will be open June 1 - 2. Kimberley Park and Parkland Pools will open that weekend if construction is completed.
Bolton Pool will be open daily for the summer starting June 3. Kimberley, Parkland, Polo, Happy Hill, Mineral Springs, Reynolds Park and Sprague pools will open for the summer on June 8.
All pools will offer free children's swim lessons starting June 12. Sign-ups will be June 8 at 10 a.m. at each pool.
Free adult swim lessons start June 15 at all swimming pools. Contact the pool you want to attend the week before to preregister.
All pools will offer a Babes in Arms program for children five and under starting June 15. Contact the pool the week before to preregister.
Non-swimmers less than 48 inches tall will be required to wear life jackets in the pools.
Life jackets are not required in kiddie pools and the water play areas at Kimberley Park and Bolton Park pools.
The city will provide life jackets. Patrons may bring their own life jackets if they have a stamp indicating that they are Coast Guard approved and they pass inspection from the lifeguards.
Children less than 48 inches tall will be asked to take a swim test when they arrive at the pool. If they pass the test, they will receive a green wrist band that allows them to go anywhere in the pool. If they do not pass the test they will receive a red wrist band and a life jacket. They can go in the shallow end of the pool up to 3.5 feet.
The swim test consists of treading water for a minute and swimming 25 yards without touching the bottom. As the staff at a particular pool gets to know the children who attend often, lifeguards may issue green wrist bands to children who they know can swim, without administering a swim test.
Patrons over 48 inches tall will be required to take a swim test if lifeguards observe that they may be poor or non-swimmers. Those who do not pass the test will be issued a life jacket and a yellow wrist band that allows them to go anywhere in the pool except the deep end for the diving boards. Any patron who refuses to take a swim test will have to leave the pool grounds.
Swimmers with red or yellow wrist bands who are caught in the wrong section of the pool will be asked to sit out for 15 minutes. If they are caught a second time, they will have to leave the pool.
All children attending a pool as a day-care or summer-camp activity will be required to take swim tests and follow the wrist-band policy.
Complete information about the aquatics program, pool calendars and hours, and dates for swim lessons is available at www.WePLAY.ws. For more information call CityLink 311.


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Thoma-Sea Shipbuilders made a huge splash in Lockport on Thursday morning when it launched its biggest boat.
Thoma-Sea Shipbuilders made a huge splash in Lockport on Thursday morning when it launched its biggest boat.
Workers and company officials stripped down the wooden piers the Taylor James was positioned on for its launch into Bayou Lafourche as dozens of onlookers gathered around.
"It took a week and a half to position the boat. It was a very intensive system," said Walter Thomassie, managing director of Thoma-Sea. "We had about 110 guys working on that launch, give or take 10 or 15. It took an hour and 15 minutes to launch."
The Taylor James, which stands 75-78 feet tall, 295 feet long and 62 feet wide, weighs 2,600 tons.
Thomassie wouldn't divulge how much it cost to build the boat but said vessels that size can cost anywhere from $42 million to $50 million.
"Nothing has been approached of that size in this yard. It's time consuming and you have to stop and take time to make sure everyone knows what they are supposed to be doing. We are proud of it. It's nearly twice as heavy as anything that's been put in the water."
Thomassie said no one knew exactly how the launch was going to go because of the magnitude of the boat. He said there is a bit of an art to every launch. Each boat is unique, and the size, weight and breadth of the boats are all factors that have to be considered.
"You have to do everything systematically to shift the vessel's weight from the piers to the actual launch skids. You only get one chance to do it. If something goes wrong, it's almost impossible to gain control back of a vessel that size," Thomassie said.
To make the transition of the weight from the piers to the launch skids easier, sandbags were place in between wooden blocks. This allowed workers to release the sand out of the bags and freely remove the blocks.
"We were really focused on making sure everyone was safe and keeping the integrity of the boat to make sure nothing got damaged. Those were the two most important things," Thomassie said.
Lockport residents Earl Boudreaux Sr. and his wife, Mary, who were among the crowd watching the boat being put in the water. didn't know what to expect after seeing a previous launch.
"It was a lot of weight. I was surprised it went down so good. I was impressed, and it didn't get anybody hurt. That was the main thing," Earl Boudreaux said.
Mary Boudreaux laughed about how they played it safe.
"I am glad we stood on this side closer to the boat. We were over there the last time. The water came up and we all took out running," she said.
This is the 19th boat the company has launched.
It took a little more than 200 men and about 30 contractors to build.
"A typical build cycle is 18 months to 24 months. It was the first of a series. It's a new design, so it took a little longer," Thomassie said.
The boat was built onsite and was purchased by Gulf Offshore Logistics to be used in deepwater Gulf explorations. Thoma-Sea and Gulf Offshore Logistics worked together to come up with the design.
"The market changed a lot in the last couple of years. They (boats of that size) are getting fairly normal. Other shipyards are starting to build this size," Thomassie said.
There was a shift in the market because companies realized bigger boats were more efficient. Boats of that size are able to accommodate more cargo, resulting in less travel time compared to smaller boats that would have to make several trips to carry all the cargo out to the rigs.
Thoma-Sea has been in business for 23 years and has been family owned since the start. The company bought the shipyard in Lockport in 2002 and has two other sites in Houma, a repair and conversion facility and another construction yard.
"This is a proud moment for the yard. It's always exciting. These guys come to work every day and invest some of their life in these boats. We created something amazing," Thomassie said.
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On June 7, 2004, the Tampa Bay Lightning outmanoeuvred Calgary's Flames to collect the first Stanley Cup championship in the franchise's brief history. It was a hysterical evening for Tampa Bay, and a historic time for the Lightning. One year later, the franchise celebrated for a second time, inviting the Stanley Cup and other NHL trophies to revisit the scene of last year's celebration.
The Stanley Cup, bright and gleaming in the Florida sun, arrived in Tampa on Sunday, June 5. Late in the afternoon, it was whisked over to the Sirata Beach Resort on St. Pete's Beach, where Team Sandtastic had meticulously created a remarkable 14-foot replica of Lord Stanley's prized trophy out of sand.
Monday morning, June 6, the Stanley Cup was taken to Don CeSar's, an extraordinary flamingo-pink Mediterranean-styled castle on St. Pete's Beach. Lightning defenseman Stan Neckar, coincidentally, was there at the same time and was ecstatic beyond words to be able to see his name engraved on the Stanley Cup for the first time. Last July 23, Neckar spent time with the Stanley Cup in Prague but that was prior to the Cup being engraved. It sure is a small world�but I wouldn't want to paint it!
After leaving Don CeSar's, the Cup was photographed on the Skyway Bridge and then moved over to the St. Peterburg Pier. Pelicans immediately circled the Stanley Cup like buzzards over roadkill everybody loves Lord Stanley's legacy! The Cup was given a tour of one of the sensational tall ships anchored there. The Eagle, built in Germany in 1936, is magnificent and with all the rigging, (more than 5 miles worth), gave the appearance of a pirate ship. Or maybe it was just the Cup keeper's wishful thinking, as he quietly sang, 'Yo, ho, ho and a bottle of rum.'
Afterwards, the Cup was taken to the Budweiser Clydesdale Hamlet. The beautiful but immense Clydesdales pranced and preened before the beautiful trophy before it was sent on its way once again.
Dinner was spent in Ybor City, Florida's Latin Quarter near Tampa. After a meal at a sensational Cuban restaurant with patrons shocked but delighted to discover the Stanley Cup seated in their midst, it was off to a birthday party for Mary Jane Campbell, the wife of Lightning president Ron Campbell. The Campbell home, located right on the bay in South Tampa, was a magnificent setting for a party and as the sun set majestically on the horizon, it reflected in blazing orange on the Stanley Cup.
June 7 was the exact one year anniversary of the Lightning's Stanley Cup victory. Hockey's most cherished award arrived at noon for a barbecue held outside the St. Pete Times Forum. Fans arrived in droves (and some in cars, too), availing themselves of hotdogs and hamburgers barbecued by the hundreds.
The Cup was taken to the XO Club inside the Forum, where other trophies won by Lightning players in 2003-04 awaited the Prince of Wales for the Eastern Conference playoff champion, the Art Ross for the leading regular season scorer (Martin St. Louis), the Hart Trophy, awarded to the most valuable player during the regular season (St. Louis), the Pearson, given to the season's MVP but voted on by the NHL players (St. Louis), the Lady Byng for the NHL's most gentlemanly player (Brad Richards) and the Conn Smythe Trophy, awarded to the playoff MVP (Richards).
By 2:30, the trophies were toted to the Tampa dressing room. Dana Heinze, the Lightning's assistant equipment manager, had completely renovated the room, installing new stalls and laying new carpeting. The seven impressive trophies were carefully placed around the Lightning logo, then GM Jay Feaster and his staff posed for photographs amidst the trophies.
On Friday, lather on the sunscreen as the Stanley Cup tans in the Southwestern United States, visiting Los Angeles and Phoenix.
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Here is the situation:
My husband and I bought a 95 year old renovated farm house. When we bought it, it had a propane furnace on 1/2 of the house and standalone propane heaters on the other but no AC system. We are in North Texas and it gets 110+ in the summers and -5 in the winters. So one of our first priorities was a central heat/air system. We decided to use a well known nationwide company that offered great prices and servicing. They came out to our house, did an evaluation and sold us a Propane furnace and Electric AC unit for $$$$$ and scheduled an installation time. The contractors that were sent left (2) 2 ft x 1 ft holes where old return vents were, cut registers in wrong rooms, and stepped through the ceiling. Within 2 weeks we were having problems. We came home one evening to a HUGE water stain underneath where the furnace/blower was up in the attic and the AC not turning on at all. The contractors were sent back out and fixed it (blamed it on us for not changing the filter even though it had only been on 2 weeks). Within a week we had another water stain in the same place. They fixed it. Next day ANOTHER Water stain and more workers to fix it. This has been going on/off for last 6 months.
The other night we came home and the AC/furnace not working AGAIN. The contractors came back out and said that the furnace was set up for natural gas and not propane and it burnt out a switch and "shut off" the whole system. They converted it to propane and its working for the moment. The contractors say that the company didn't tell them that we were on propane. We had been using the furnace on the wrong fuel source for over 6 months! In the 6 months we've had the system there have been over 9 problems and I've had to call them over 25 times.
I haven't called the company back that sold us the unit and is responsible for servicing/warranty. I've been trying to let my temper cool down before speaking to them. After paying $$$ for something I had expected better quality and service and not constant inconveniences and frustrations for the last 6 months. And now I know that they put out entire family and home at risk with installing the furnace for the wrong fuel type. Even though there are safeties in place, so many things have gone wrong with the unit at this point I question whether they would have continued to work correctly.
What would you do in this situation? I'm at the end of my rope on dealing with this and need some advice on how to deal with the company that sold us the unit.


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The condition of the bridge on Sawdridge Creek Road has been declared an emergency after a special Owen County Fiscal Court meeting Thursday.
The court approved a resolution following damages to the bridge from June's heavy rains.
According to the resolution, repairs are needed as soon as possible and the court has applied for emergency money for repair work to the bridge.
"It's a dead-end road," Owen County Judge-executive Carolyn Keith said. "They're isolated back there."
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Tubeplayer (http://www.tikku.com/jquery-youtube-tubeplayer-plugin) is a nice little jquery plugin for Youtube's JS Api.
Issue is, though it claims compatibility with ie 6-x, certain functions only work on the current release of 9...
Specifically, calling from my JS $('#vidplayer').tubeplayer('cue',video) or any other method other that initializing results in no change whatsoever. If you haven't seen tubeplayer's source, it's available here: http://www.tikku.com/scripts/ui/tubeplayer/jQuery.tubeplayer.js
and uses swfobject.
You will see that 'cue' along with all the other possible events are handled by a jquery bind and triggerHandler. As far as I can tell, via debuggers, adding alert() to strategic places in the source, etc, the problem is with either the bind or the trigger, but I can't find the issue. JSlint finds no (problem specific/fatal) errors in the code, and NO browser, not even ie6, actually terminates prematurely. Anyone know what could be going on here? I know i've been a bit vague. Sorry :<


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Sound Performance of Coral Gables, FL, becomes Waterfall's first U.S. Dealer
Carcès, France—July 2009—Waterfall Audio, renowned throughout Europe and Asia for its distinguished clear-glass loudspeakers, is now making a splash in the U.S. market. Sound Performance of Coral Gables, FL, which has been selling Waterfall Audio on special order since 2008 goes on record as being the company's first official dealer in the USA. Not only that, they are the first dealer in the country in 2009 to sell the magnificent new flagship Niagara glass tower speakers which retail for $54,000 a pair.
Waterfall Audio has made a grand entrance into North America led by its tower glass loudspeakers, Victoria EVO and Iguasçu EVO. The stunning, three-way Victoria EVO, is named for one of the world's most famous natural wonders, the eponymous falls in Zambia/Zimbabwe in Africa; and the two-way Iguasçu EVO is named for the falls on the border between Brazil and Argentina.
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Submission + - Fedora 19 Beta Released. But is it alive or is dead or is it neither? (serverwatch.com)
darthcamaro writes: Fedora 19 aka Schrodinger Cat is now out in Beta. There is a long list of new features in this release including 3D modelling tools, improved security, federated VoIP, updated GNOME and KDE desktops and new improved virtual storage to name a few.
Normally we have a good batch of features for everyone in a new release and Fedora 17 Linux OSthis time around a lot of it is under the hood kinds of stuff," Fedora Project Leader, Robyn Bergeron, told ServerWatch.


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A group of riders from the Ocala area joined a bikers from around the country in a remembrance ride.
It wasn't pretty, but tens of thousands of bikers, including a contingent from the Ocala area, rode in and around Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, despite not having a permit, in remembrance of those killed in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
Ocala's Bob Ciccio, who made the 800-mile trip to Washington with several other area riders, decided to make his ride around the city on Interstate 495, also known as the Capital Beltway.
"I was disappointed I couldn't ride past the capitol, but maybe next year," he said.
Thousands of other riders, however, roared through the city on the originally planned route, which toured the area of the National Mall, the site of many of the country's iconic monuments.
The rally, called "2 Million Bikers to DC," was quickly put together starting in August. In denying the last-minute permit application by the the group, the National Parks Service said they could not offer the adequate number of escorts and security. But the denial of the permit did not stop many from their original purpose. Because of the denial of the no-stop permit, bikers riding through the city on Wednesday had to stop at all traffic lights and obey traffic laws.
"We have a constitutional right to ride those streets. We pay taxes. We are tax-paying Americans. We have the right to ride those streets," Belinda Bee, a co-organizer of the event, said during an interview with Fox News on Monday.
While the event began as a response to the "Million Muslim March," later renamed the "Million American March Against Fear," also held Wednesday, the rally quickly changed its focus to the victims of 9/11 and those in the military fighting against terrorism.
For Ciccio, it was still a gratifying experience despite the permit headaches.
"It was overwhelming. The site of all those bikes at the Harley-Davidson dealership there in Washington was something else. It made me feel proud that so many people would show up," he said. "They did a great job putting it together in such a short time."
After three days on the road riding in very hot conditions, the Ocala group decided to take the train back home.
"There is a heat index of 110 (degrees) here in Washington. So we decided to spend the extra money and take the auto train back home," Ciccio said.


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Thomas A. Wood, age 80, of Swartz Creek, died Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at his residence. Services will be held 11AM Friday, February 8, 2013 at Sharp Funeral Homes, Miller Road Chapel, 8138 Miller Rd., Swartz Creek with Pastor Delbert Granger officiating. Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be held 2-4 and 5:30-8PM Thursday. Those desiring may make memorial contributions to St. Mary Queen of Angel Prayer Shawl Group. Mr. Wood was born March 12, 1932 in Flint, the son of the late Alfie and Irene (Cockrill) Wood. He married Virginia Lee Dennis on May 26, 1956 in Flint and she preceded him in death May 13, 2008. Mr. Wood retired from General Motors Plant 38 as a machinist and was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp. He was a member of Swartz Creek Lodge F & AM, the Bay City Consistory and a lifetime member of the Elf Kurafeh Shrine. Tom had many hobbies, he enjoyed antique restoration, metal detecting, hunting, and helping others, he was very generous with his time. He was a member of the Grand Blanc High School Sports Hall of Fame. He also enjoyed spending a lot of time with his grandsons. Surviving are: daughters, Kimberly (Daniel) Mancillas of Swartz Creek, Kathleen Wood of South Lyon; grandsons, Army Sgt. Brighton Mancillas, stationed in Germany, Airman E2 Connor Mancillas, stationed in New Mexico; sister, Patricia Wilber and niece, Carrie (Glen) Schwartz all of Harrisville MI.Special thanks to "third daughter", Paula Rock and very close family friend, Sue Robbins. Friends may share an online tribute on the obituaries page of www.sharpfuneralhome.com
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Updated: 4 p.m.Add The Dean to the graduates of the Ed Block School of Hard Knocks.
Defensive lineman
"I didn't know I could win it by not playing. If I'd been 'designated to return,' I think I could have been back for the last couple of games," Geathers said Monday, out since he collided with an opposing guard in the second game of the season. "I'll take it because it was voted by my teammates. To be picked by them, it means a lot.
"It means a lot when you look at the history of the guys that have won it on this team. Class-act guys who did it the right way, worked hard, bounced back from injuries. I'm proud to be a part of that. I know because I voted for them."
From situational pass-rusher with double-digit sacks, to a three-down end, to an emergency linebacker, to his role now off the bench going up and down the line at every position, Geathers has often been on the Block ballot and could have won it any number of years. In what was believed to be a tight race between him and the player designated to return off injured reserve, slot receiver
Hawkins (ankle) had the edge to be designated because he was able to return much sooner, at the season's halfway point. But Geathers, 30, is encouraged that he'll be able to step right out of the gate on day one in April when the Bengals start offseason workouts.
"I feel like I'll be able to rock and roll right away," Geathers said. "I don't know if they're going to limit me early because I haven't been doing football stuff, but I think I can get out there. I'll definitely be ready for training camp."
That is going to be a lift for a team that covets his leadership as much as his versatility. The season-ending injuries to two-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle
"A very strong nucleus, a guy in this locker room who is great," Zimmer said the day after the season.
The possibility of not having Zimmer this next season continues to be discussed among the defense. As Geathers hung up the phone with line mate
"We would definitely miss him. He's a motivator and guys love to play for him," Geathers said. "But no one in that room is looking to go backwards. He made us believe in ourselves. It's not like we haven't been good. We know how we got there: hard work, consistency. Doing the little things. We have the foundation."
Geathers and Peko talked about how well the defense played with so many key players injured and somehow finished third in the NFL rankings for Zimmer's fourth top seven finish in six seasons.
"It speaks volumes to not only Zim, but also to the leadership," Geathers said. "Domata and a lot of the other guys."
If Zimmer gets a job, the potential replacements start with Bengals linebackers coach Paul Guenther, if Guenther doesn't become Zimmer's defensive coordinator or hook on with Jay Gruden in Washington. With Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis saying last week the defensive system is going to stay the same whether Zimmer is here or not, that would seem to indicate Guenther would get a long look.
Also in the mix could be former Lions head coach Jim Schwartz, a quality control and position coach under Lewis. Former Bengals cornerback and secondary coach Ray Horton, who coordinated the Browns defense last season after a stint coordinating the Cardinals followed a long run as the Steelers secondary coach, may be attractive because of his extensive AFC North experience.
But Geathers says no matter whom it is, the Bengals have enough veterans to survive.
"We've been consistent," Geathers said. "We have to keep it going."
The Block award honors players who demonstrate commitment to the values of sportsmanship and courage. Each NFL team selects one player as its nominee. Geathers will be honored with other teams' recipients at the annual awards banquet in Baltimore after the 2013 season.
"Robert has been a pleasure to work with since he arrived in 2004," Bengals head athletic trainer Paul Sparling said in a news release. "He's a guy who plays hard and plays every game that he possibly can, and the two times in his career when he's had a serious injury, he has responded like a true pro."
Geathers played in 74 straight games before a knee injury requiring surgery ended his season in late 2008. He picked up where he left off in 2009 and played in 52 of the next 55 games before being sidelined in this year's first Pittsburgh game.
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Weird axle failure - pictures too *Updated*
Posted 11 March 2004 - 04:41 PM
At least I have discovered the origin of the leak, and it's easy to fix. The stuff was dripping right on the exhaust, and made for quite a stench in the car - and even some smoke when I was at a stop light a few weeks ago.
I decided that since this axle was toast anyway, I would go ahead and dismantle the thing for a closer look into what went wrong with this "rebuilt" axle. Now I don't know for sure, but I suspect that this axle wasn't rebuilt at all - it was just repacked, and a new boot put on it looks like. You guys tell me if you think the damage in the lower photo's could have been caused by less than 10k miles of driving. I replaced this axle around September last year... If you look close in the photo, you can not only see the spalling on the bearing race, but also that the race has a cracke running the length of the valley where the ball sits.
What's the consensus? The boot was undamaged, and the grease was nice and clean - no evidence of leakage present, and yet the damage seems severe for less than 10k of driving. I didn't get a warrantee with this one, and I sure do feel ripped off.
Posted 11 March 2004 - 04:43 PM
Posted 11 March 2004 - 04:46 PM
Posted 11 March 2004 - 09:03 PM
Posted 11 March 2004 - 09:56 PM
2. lack of lube allowed the spalling as you noted
3. due to lack of lube and prolonged use, the blue marks are from over heating
4. the rough () in the middle may be due to continued lack of lube, and its normal range of operation
5. you got hosed by not buying a limited lifetime warranty rebuilt or jy unit
Posted 11 March 2004 - 10:11 PM
I think they just regreased and rebooted a failed axle, and sold it to me as "rebuilt"
I sure would like to punch that guy in the nose.
Posted 11 March 2004 - 10:29 PM
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Posted 11 March 2004 - 10:51 PM
Up in Canada, I've found that the MEVOTECH brand has a part no. that includes a redesigned outer CV that is supposed to be better than OEM, and the stores (Auto Parts Plus, I think) seem to be a lot nicer to customers than NAPA was. NAPA wouldn't take an axle for core (or honor the lifetime warranty) if the cv boot was ripped. These guys would take one back if it came in a shoebox, as long as it's all there.
Posted 11 March 2004 - 11:10 PM
Posted 11 March 2004 - 11:35 PM
Unfortunately, NAPA's axles are now ARI. I can't speak to ones for Subarus, but ones we've installed for other makes have had very variable longevity. Some seem to hold up OK, others don't.
Originally posted by stephenw22
Almost every NAPA axle I've ever bought did that to me, on the inside of the DOJ. I don't think I've had a single NAPA axle last more than 20,000k (13,000mi)
NAPA wouldn't take an axle for core (or honor the lifetime warranty) if the cv boot was ripped.
I send in really, really bad core axles to our NAPA, and they've never rejected one (yet). I hope you just have a particularly bad NAPA franchise.
General: IMO, the damage shown was present when you received it. The inner race should not have passed inspection during the rebuild. I do not believe that that damage occurred in 8k miles, unless you had lubricant contamination (ie a ripped boot). CV grease is special stuff, and you don't really need a lot of it to keep the wear down, but introduce some grit and the wear rate skyrockets.
You got a bad one.
Posted 12 March 2004 - 08:07 AM
needless to say we left it there.. this was napa in ashland, or btw..
really looks to me like they repacked and booted it and gave it back to ya.. hate places that rip people off like that..
Posted 12 March 2004 - 08:57 AM
Also,the guy said he'd take whatever axle I brought in even though I'd be getting another 25T axle for Turbo manual shift.
So far my local NAPA has been great for me.Most parts I use are dealer but for axles and radiators I don't have a problem (yet) with NAPA.
Posted 12 March 2004 - 08:59 AM
Posted 12 March 2004 - 04:12 PM
This canadian company "Mevotech" that was mentioned above does indeed have a redesigned outer joint - I have emailed them to find out more, and where I might get them in the US....
Posted 12 March 2004 - 05:37 PM
Posted 12 March 2004 - 05:47 PM
Should be about the same for me - we are both about 3000 miles away from them...
Posted 12 March 2004 - 07:06 PM
Posted 13 March 2004 - 12:12 AM
Pressed in sounds right - I tried beating on one, but couldn't make it budge. They are on there with something stronger than I can remove with my neanderthal techniques. Maybe someone else on the board knows the magic words to open one up.... anyone?
Posted 13 March 2004 - 01:53 AM
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Posted 13 March 2004 - 11:41 AM
Replacement parts: Cvaxles.com will sell you the individual pieces if you really want to rebuild your own. They might even tell you how to do it properly.
Local source for you: Another place I've done business with that is in your back yard--
Oregon Drive Axle Supply
12533 SW Main
Tigard, OR 97223
503-639-9476, FAX 503-684-8365 and 1-800-336-2953
I'm not really sure that they are still around. The last time I did business with them was two axles for my wife's Geo Metro. They were the only ones who were able to supply them in a timely fashion (no one up here stocked them and the local price was outrageous-->$200 EACH!). They had two axles back to me in two days at $69 each plus shipping. I put both axles on the car more than three years ago and they are still working just fine.
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Season's Greetings and Merry Christmas! In the spirit of the holiday, I am rerunning my original parody on "Twas the Night Before Christmas". This sql soliliquy is called "Twas the Week After Christmas", and you can click on the highlighted link for the original publication, but below is the same. (Original publication date: 12/26/2011)
Holiday Greetings to all you DBA's and SQL Server professionals! This blog goes out to all of you who are on-call this week, or in the office, keeping SQL Servers safe from the grinches. Hope you enjoy!
Twas the week after Christmas, when all through the office;
Not a client complaining, not even the bosses.
They're all away, without even a care;
As long as their bonuses were sure to be there.
The servers were humming, the disks all were spinning;
I'll just put my feet up, and enjoy #sqlwinning.
I'll just play with 2012 SQL, or maybe join TAP;
Or, while no-one is looking, I'll just take a nap.
When all of the sudden the pager starts beeping;
And woke me out of my dream, while I was sleeping.
Alert said something about my t-log growing fatter;
So, I sprang from my cubicle to see what was the matter.
Away to the data center, I flew like a flash;
To make sure no databases, or servers would crash.
I opened the doors as fast as I could;
And went to the server, as somebody should.
I opened the cage, and began to log on;
And saw that the t-log was actually gone!
I looked around the room when who should appear?
A jolly drunken sysadmin, sitting in the rear.
I asked what had happened, but I already knew;
He smiled and said, I freed up some space for you.
Are you drinking again, here on the job?
No, he replied, hiccup, just a little egg nog.
"There was this large file, a bit of a space hog."
"So, you went and deleted the transaction log?"
"No need to thank me, want to see what did the trick?"
As I thought to myself, what a dumb *@#ck!
More rapid than eagles, the SQL alerts all came;
And started to call the suspect database by name.
I tried to remember that blog from way0utWest;
For now was the time to put it to the test.
If I don't fix this quick, there's gonna be scandal;
And then had an idea, to reach out to Paul Randal.
If anyone can, he'd know what to do,
Should've been set to SIMPLE, yes this is true.
The backup logs failed, and for this I will pay;
But hoped for a miracle on this post-Christmas day.
I called SQLSkills, oh, please be there for me;
But only a message played, try DBCC!
Back to my desk, to do some discovery;
I Googled the problem, and got a hit from "In Recovery".
Without a moment to lose, as I gasped in despair;
I needed to run DBCC with repair.
Alter the database, set single user;
If this doesn't work, just call me the loser.
Some sort of message, "Activation Failure" came abrupt;
But at least my database wasn't corrupt.
Yet still my database has not come online;
And now it seemed I was running out of time!
As I drew in my head, and was turning around;
I saw at a distance someone coming with a bound
He was dressed all in khaki from his head to his foot;
I stared at the sysadmin, and thought we're all in big soot!
Though he didn't care, his eyes all were glazing;
But then we saw something all so amazing.
This dude's beard and long flowing hair;
He looked kind of pissed, and started to swear!
His eyes -- how they twinkled! His dimples how merry
No, it wasn't Santa, but it was Denny Cherry!
The stump of the toothpick he held tight in his teeth;
I knew we were saved, and sighed in relief.
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work;
Then said, "Who dropped the t-log, what kind of jerk?"
A few clicks of the mouse, and all seemed just right;
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All I could see was his half-empty bottle of wine;
But at least now the database was back online.
I was so grateful, and wanted to thank
He said here's my bill and direct deposit to my bank!
"No matter, problem solved bro, thanks a plenty."
"Just don't call me bro, to you it's Mr. Denny!"
And giving a nod, ran down the hallway I suppose;
Before the data center was sure to close.
He sprang to the curb, to his cab gave a whistle,
And away he flew like the down of a thistle.
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What the hell am I doing here in the middle-of the night!
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Christine Benz: One of your passions, Jack, is talking about the stewardship of fund management companies, and in [your recently published book, The Clash of the Cultures], you go through what you call is a stewardship quotient where you look at some criteria that you think any company managing your money should have. And let's talk about what you think are the key things investors should focus on when they are evaluating the quality of fund company stewardship.
Jack Bogle: Sure. And by stewardship, just to be clear, I mean to what extent is the firm putting the interest of its mutual fund shareholders ahead of the interest of its managers? And that comes down to, in many respects, issues of cost. So, you start off with expense ratios; if they are very high, the directors aren't doing their job. They should be competitive or low; maybe much lower. Nobody can reach Vanguard alas, and we're starting to drive that a little bit ourselves anyway. But that's number one.
Number two, they should be focused on long-term investment strategies, not short-term speculative strategies. They should be investing prudently. You can measure that somewhat by the rate of portfolio turnover. The average turnover of a mutual fund portfolio in this business today is almost 100%, and that means they hold the average stock for one year. That is unequivocally speculation, and it costs money. It's hidden money, but they never tell you--nobody tells you--you basically don't really know with any firm numbers. But the cost of that is kind of undisclosed. I use a rule of thumb of around 0.5%-1.0% of the turnover. So, if you turn over at 100%, those costs are 50 basis points to 100 basis points a year. Well, in some cases that's higher than the expense ratio of the fund. So that's a big factor.
Independence of directors [is another factor]. You don't want the board to be dominated by the management company. You don't want the chairman of the board of the fund to also be the chairman of the board of the management company. You want independence on the board. A whole host of other things like that: Do they carry a sales commission, do they have 12b-1 fees? Those are big negatives for shareholders, positives for managers. And you can go right down, and I think I had 15 of them on the list. I guess the last one I'll mention, which I think is extremely important if somewhat subtle, and that's: Is your fund management company independent to operate in your interest?
Well, the fact of the matter now, Christine, is there are 50 large mutual fund managers and 38 are owned by giant financial conglomerates. And these giant financial conglomerates have a terrible conflict of interest. They want to earn a return on their capital, the money they buy the mutual fund manager with. But the shareholders want to earn an optimal return on their capital, and they conflict on these issues of cost and performance. I think one thing, if we can develop a fiduciary standard, which I keep working on.
Benz: A federal fiduciary standard.
Bogle: A federal fiduciary standard, I would ban that conflict. They would have to divest those funds, the publicly owned funds. I think I said the conglomerates own 38 of the 50 largest companies, and it's about probably six publicly held managers. And that's 44 managers that have a different kind of conflict. Why does a shareholder buy a management company? Because he thinks it's going to earn more and more money, I mean, this is not complicated. And when the managers own a lot of the company themselves, they want to earn a lot more money. And it's not at all clear, by the way. To be crystal clear on this point, even privately held managers Capital Group, for example, Fidelity, and Dodge & Cox are not free of these conflicts.
Benz: They have an interest in driving their own profitability, as well.
Bogle: Sure. And Vanguard is not free from conflict. Our executives want to make money, they want to build the firm, and that's OK. So, it's a question of degree. But nobody, I want to be very clear, that no one is free of these conflicts.


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Steven Holcomb wins 2-man race
IGLS, Austria -- Steven Holcomb regained his winning touch in Europe, just in time for the Sochi Olympics.
Holcomb drove to victory in a World Cup two-man bobsled race on Saturday -- his first win outside of North America in a two-man race since February 2007 when he tied for a win at Cesana Pariol, and his first in any European competition since prevailing in a four-man race in December 2009.
With the fastest time in each heat, Holcomb and brakeman Steve Langton finished two runs at Igls in 1 minute, 43.72 seconds. Beat Hefti and Thomas Amrhein of Switzerland were second in 1:43.95, and the Russian duo of Alexander Zubkov and Dimitry Trunenkov were third in 1:44.00.
"Last year we debuted the BMW M2 prototype and didn't fare so well. We finished 14th and had some troubles," Holcomb said. "It was nice to come back this year and redeem ourselves. ... I think we showed the sled can be really fast, so I'm excited."
Cory Butner and Chuck Berkeley tied for ninth for the U.S., while Nick Cunningham and Andreas Drbal were 15th. The U.S. Olympic bobsled team will be unveiled Sunday after selection meetings to finalize the men's and women's rosters.
Holcomb and Langton held the lead after the first run, then got off to a 5.13-second start time in the second heat -- slightly slower than their top rivals. But Holcomb made limited mistakes on the drive, the BMW sled kept picking up speed and wound up being the only sled to crack the 125 kph barrier in that final run.
"It builds confidence when you're sitting in the lead," Holcomb said. "A lot of people were critical of us last week, and we wanted to come back and show that we're not out of contention."
It was Holcomb's fifth two-man win of the season, extending his lead over Hefti in the World Cup standings to 77 points with one race remaining.


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Prosecutors on Tuesday filed charges against a Longmont woman accused of fleeing from police on Thursday night while she was high on drugs, according to court and police records.
Kylie Morrison was charged with felony vehicular eluding, misdemeanor driving under the influence and driving under a revoked license, and two traffic violations, including eluding a police officer and reckless driving.
Longmont police reported that she sped away from the scene of a disturbance as officers struggled to arrest her companion at a gas station at the 1800 block of Main Street. Officers tracked, but did not chase the van, according to reports. Police stopped her by using "stop sticks" to deflate the van's tires near Price Road and Gay Street.


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New voter registration cards were mailed to registered voters earlier this month, according to Sue Ann Harper, voter registrar and tax assessor/collector for Franklin County.
More than 6,500 of the orange color cards with black ink were mailed. About 300 of them were returned to the registrar's office due to bad addresses. See the December 19 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald for details on what to do if you did not receive your voter registration card in the mail.


text: Over 50 years ago, Dr.Goodall began a relentless mission deep in the African jungle. In her speech, Making a Difference, Dr. Goodall will take you on a secret journey into the world of the Gombe Jungle and the Chimpanzee. One could say that Jane Goodall is fighting a one woman environmental revolution. She travels 300 days a year lecturing and raising money for the Jane Goodall Institute. In 2003 Queen Elizabeth named her a Dame of the British Empire for her work with primates. "The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves", says Jane Goodall.


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Ubisoft is working on a new game for Xbox One Kinect called Fighter Within. According to Ubisoft, it will provide players "the excitement of a real fight, throwing you into the most immersive total-body combat experience ever made."
It sounds a lot like Fighters Uncaged for Kinect (pictured), which Ubisoft also described as "an immersive total-body combat experience."
A cached website spotted by Fusible leaked Ubisoft's unannounced game. According to the marketing copy on the website, Kinect will let players fight one another "using unprecedented 1 to 1 precision movement tracking." In fact, it appears Fighter Within will also offer local co-op fights--something that should send shivers down the spines of lamps everywhere.
It's unclear how much Fighter Within will share with Fighters Uncaged--a game that was ripped apart by critics and gamers alike. But here's what Ubisoft's last-gen effort at Kinect-powered brawling looked like:
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Hula Post Production Travels the Globe to Serve "Life of Pi"Supplies editorial to Ang Lee's 3D production while shooting in India, Taiwan and Canada. (November 28, 2012)
In a project that spanned nearly four years and half the globe, Hula Post Production supplied editorial systems and support for Life of Pi¸ the new 3D film from 20th Century Fox and director Ang Lee. One of the industry's leading suppliers of editorial systems for film and television production, Hula Post Production set up and maintained editorial operations in Taiwan, India, Canada, New York and Los Angeles.