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Android's share of the U.S. smartphone market has peaked, Yankee Group says.
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Android's dominance of the U.S. smartphone market will come to an end in 2016 when more consumers will own iPhones than Android phones, technology research and consulting firm Yankee Group predicts.
Yankee Group surveyed 16,000 U.S. consumers asking about smartphones or feature phones currently used and smartphones consumers intend to buy in the next six months; the results are in a new report entitled "Yankee Group 2013 U.S. Consumer Survey, March." And as part of its analysis, the firm combined data from this new report with information from another new study, "Yankee Group North America Mobile Carrier Monitor, March 2013," to estimate smartphone shipments by operating system and brand among U.S. carriers.
Android smartphone ownership has peaked: 34% of the U.S. population today owns an Android phone, and Android's share will remain at 34% 2014 through 2017, Yankee Group predicts. 20% of the U.S. population owns an iPhone today; that share will increase to 27% in 2014, 33% in 2015, 37% in 2016 and 42% in 2017, Yankee Group says. 4% of the U.S. population today owns a smartphone running Windows Phone; that share will increase to 6% in 2014, 7% in 2015, and stay flat at 7% in 2016 and 2017, the firm says. And BlackBerry ownership will stay flat at 3% 2013 through 2016 and then drop to 2% in 2017, Yankee Group predicts.
Today 66% of the U.S. population owns a smartphone while 32% owns a feature phone; in 2017 86% of the population will own a smartphone and 12% will own a feature phone, Yankee Group predicts.
The "Yankee Group 2013 U.S. Consumer Survey, March" reveals that smartphone buying intention favors Apple Inc. For example, despite being Apple's strongest competitor, only 19% of smartphone owners have a Samsung phone and only about 17% intend to buy one, the report says. More than twice as many smartphone buyers intend to buy an iPhone, meaning that Samsung, as well as all other manufacturers that have lower intent to buy figures, will lose market share against Apple in the next six months, Yankee Group says.
50% of smartphone owners own a phone that runs Android, the report finds. Of respondents who say they intend to buy a new smartphone within the next six months, 42% say they intend to buy an Android phone. Apple owners constitute only 30% of smartphone-owning respondents. However, 42% of respondents intending to buy a new smartphone within the next six months say they intend to buy an iPhone. This high buying intention when compared to ownership indicates that Apple will gain share against market leader Android during the next six months, Yankee Group says.
"The combination of Apple's high brand awareness and consumers' worries about making a bad smartphone choice is influencing a plurality of feature phone owners to upgrade to iPhones," the report says. "And Apple owners are more loyal to their platform than Android owners. Of all the smartphone ecosystems, iPhone owners are the least likely to defect from Apple when making their next smartphone purchase."
More than nine out of 10 iPhone owners intend to buy another iPhone—only 6% of survey respondents owning iPhones intend to buy an Android phone with their next purchase, and even fewer intend to switch to the BlackBerry or Windows ecosystems, Yankee Group finds. "Apple's high 91% loyalty rate makes it a black hole for smartphone buyers: Once a consumer buys an iPhone, he or she is highly unlikely to switch to another ecosystem," the report says.
Yet one in four Android owners intend to defect, Yankee Group says. 76% of Android owners intend to buy another Android phone, but that leaves 24% of Android owners switching to other platforms. More important, 18% of Android owners intend to switch to Apple, while only 6% of Apple owners intend to switch to Android. This asymmetric buying behavior is driving the iPhone to dominance among smartphone operating systems, Yankee Group says.
"An easy way to think beyond the numbers about why Apple gains share is to use an analogy referred to as the leaky bucket theory," Yankee Group says. "Think of the Apple and Android ecosystems as two buckets of water. New smartphone buyers—mostly upgrading feature phone owners—fall like rain into the two big buckets about equally, with a smaller number falling into Windows Phone and BlackBerry buckets. However, the Android bucket leaks badly, losing about one in five of all the owners put into it. The Apple bucket leaks only about 7% of its contents, so it retains more of the customers that fall into it. The Apple bucket will fill up faster and higher than the Android one, regardless of the fact that the Apple bucket may have had fewer owners in it to begin with."


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Saul inquires of the witch of Endor for revelation—She foretells his death, the death of his sons, and the defeat of Israel by the Philistines.
1 And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men.
2 And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee
3 ¶Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had
4 And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
5 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.
6 And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord
7 ¶Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a
8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.
9 And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?
10 And Saul sware to her by the Lord, saying, As the Lord liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.
12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.
13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.
14 And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said,
15 ¶And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is
16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?
17 And the Lord hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the Lord hath rent the
18 Because thou
19 Moreover the Lord will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the Lord also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.
20 Then
21 ¶And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.
22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.
23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
24 And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake
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Was it ever explained why Grimmjaw was just outright replaced after he lost his arm? Not that that doesn't make sense, but someone was promoted straight to number 6, instead of all the others growing in rank. Why?
Was it ever explained why Grimmjaw was just outright replaced after he lost his arm? Not that that doesn't make sense, but someone was promoted straight to number 6, instead of all the others growing in rank. Why?
Because Aizen was just having some fun screwing with grimmjaw and making that noob thinks that he was actually strong.
This has been discussed to death. Either Aizen was screwing with grimmjow OR there is a major plot hole in the manga. My guess is that if it is ever explained he's gonna go with option A.
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It was part of aizens plan... it makes perfect sense. He was interested in ichigo before hueco mundo... and he is good at sizing people up... he knew Grimmjaw wouldnt let that battle rest. Its all part of his plan to "change / evolve" ichigo... at least that is my theory.
Yeah if you think about it, Luppi (I believe that was his name) couldn't have been equal to Grimmjow in strength because Grimmjow was able to kill him in an instant once Inoue healed his arm. There was no ensuing battle of equal footing, no released state, or anything. Just BLAM,.......dead Luppi.
So yeah i too think Aizen was simply toying with Grimmjow.
For me Grimmjaw seems to fight at his best when he's pissed off, and Aizen simply teased him a little. You can read it as Aizen giving Grimmjaw motivation^^.
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"All our light that shines strong only lasts for so long"
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This question would of belonged in the Ask a question Bleach version.
Despite her hollow mask,I think she still looks pretty good.And as the guy before me said, she probably has a cute face under her mask that just needs to be broken away.That is still a part of her mask,the lower part is still intact,whitey should break that mask to reveal her cute face.I've always figured the Privaron Espada to be more powerful than the numeros. Though like Dark Soul said, the Numero power levels vary.


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Our View - Competition And Airline Access12/02/2007
"Let Nothing Soar Above National Interest"
It is now nearly 12 months since the Government announced the findings of its Aviation Review, including its decision not to allow Singapore Airlines to fly the Trans-Pacific route. This comprehensive review examined Australia's developing aviation industry and considered the national interest.
Based squarely on that Cabinet review and resolution, Virgin Blue took a decision to invest over $1 billion to equip and launch a new international airline for Australia.
We will launch that airline in 2008. We will create more Australian jobs, bring more tourists and provide choice and vigorous competition on the Trans Pacific route.
It will be the most significant, material investment we have yet made and our largest exposure to date. We would not undertake such a challenge without believing that we will be successful.
Which is why we are moved to comment on the comments of West Australian Liberal Senator Alan Eggleston, Liberal MP Geoff Prosser and fund manager Kerr Neilson calling for the opening of the Pacific route to increased competition. (The Australian, February 6 2007).
Disappointingly they disregarded Virgin Blue, one of Aviation's success stories, and an airline that has already raised its hand to compete in this market and proven it can do so.
Perhaps they do not understand the imbalance that already exists between Australia and other countries regarding air rights access?
Perhaps they have not considered Virgin Blue's track record, they question our ability to deliver or have not flown on us to date? Perhaps unlike the vast majority of their constituents, they are simply used to First Class?
Since Virgin Blue entered the market six years ago, with 2 planes and 200 staff, we have demonstrated our contribution as the indispensable competitor.
Today we serve over 30% of the Australian domestic market, we pay $225 million in Australian taxes annually and we operate 315 flights daily to 22 Australian destinations, New Zealand and the Pacific.
We are also a publicly listed company, we're 73% Australian owned and already more Australian than Qantas.
We noted with amusement comments by Singapore Airlines 49% percent owned Tiger Airways last Friday announcing an intention to "deliver Australians genuine low fares".
Since Virgin Blue entered the market six years ago, the average cost of domestic airfares in Australia has reduced by more than 40 per cent. We have opened new air routes, new city pairs, brought jets to regional centres for the first time, we are doing our best to help boost tourism, and we have given Australia differentiation in domestic air travel.
Surely these are the kind of benefits for tourism and our economy that Australia needs. And we do not need to cede a national asset to get them, certainly not for nothing in return.
The fact is Australia is one of the most progressive nations on Aviation reform. Singapore Airlines and its investment Tiger Airways are well aware of that.
Foreign airlines have access to the entire Australian domestic aviation market. Under Foreign Investment Review Board guidelines they can acquire up to 100% of the equity in an Australian airline or establish a new domestic carrier subject only to a simple national interest test.
But similar opportunities are not available to Australian carriers overseas.
If Virgin Blue wanted to fly from Singapore, we would be required to be majority owned by Singapore nationals and our access would be determined by third countries under the air services treaties. A level playing field - no chance!
The world of Aviation bi-laterals is a political quagmire full of self interest and it needs reform, but not unilaterally on Australia's part. Australia's airlines are far from protected.
The only leverage Australia has left to ensure that our country does not lose a local airline industry is to use what few positions of leverage remain (eg the Trans-Pacific) and to cede our valuable assets only as part of a grander global negotiation.
Virgin Blue is an Australian solution to increased competition. No-one should underestimate our determination, our long term intent, nor the multi-faceted contribution we will make to the Australian economy.
Does anybody really believe that Singapore Airlines or any other privileged foreign airline would make such a contribution?
And why the single-minded focus on entering and exploiting one of our most important air routes? Publicly, the stated reason is in the interests of 'competition'.
Yet the same carriers that preach to Australians about the benefits of competition do so from the safety of highly protective government policies and with the advantage of material tax and financing benefits and in some cases Government backing.
Virgin Blue believes strongly in competition, so long as it is fair.
What would not be fair, nor clever would be to openly invite these privileged international airlines to cherry pick and compete with Australian start up carriers, without considering the findings of the 2006 Aviation Review.
If there is a time to open even further access to Singapore Airlines then surely it is when equally valuable or equal levels of access are afforded to Australian carriers.
The fact is the Trans-Pacific route is already wide open to competition. Today there are more than 20 recognised airlines already eligible to fly this market. The truth is that some of these legacy airlines have already tried and failed because they tried to offer a similar product to Qantas or a Singapore Airlines.
What is needed is a new model.
Virgin Blue will start with a clean sheet, differentiated.
And if we're wrong? If a proven player like Virgin Blue can't cut it, then surely that would be the time to undertake another Aviation Review, not 11 months after the last review.
Our Federal Government understands that. Many cities, regional tourism centres, communities and partner companies understand that.
Soon we will announce a fleet decision, and in unveil our product and operating plans.
Surely it's time to get the fact that more and major competition is coming. It is coming from Virgin Blue, an Australian airline that pays its taxes here; employs 4,000 Australians, and will employ many more under an environment of fair competition when we fly to the USA.
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Scrolling for ages within long discussion topics is bad both in terms of usability and page load times.
I suggest that an option is added to the forum module that allows you to specify a <b>maximum number of posts per page</b>; in the same way that you can specify the number of discussion topics per page within a forum. This would minimise the amount of scrolling users have to do and would make forums more user friendly. I assume the same code could cannibalised to add this feature fairly easily.
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I have the same problem, the discussion page is too long, in some cases there are too many post
Interface ideas would help .... how do we retain context within page 3 of a discussion for example?
Example: if here (http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=73873) there were 100 posts, you can see 20 posts for page: < 1|2|3|4|5>
Yeah, simple like mauro suggests. Copy the way Moodle does it already when displaying discussion topics, e.g. "Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 (Next)", to keep things consistent. There should also be a setting added to allow you to specify how many posts appear on each page.
Retaining context - I'm not exactly sure what you mean by this. I would assume users would understand that they could view the start of the discussion by clicking on the "1" link.
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I have implemented this change for the flat view, but what do you think should be the behaviour for the nested and threaded views? Should the posts in the, say, second page, appear all shifted or should they start at the same horizontal position as the original parent post?
Here is the patch. The maximum number of posts per page can be change by adding a &perpage parameter to the discuss.php URL and defaults to 30.
I have left the posts correspondingly shifted in each page in the nested view, which I think makes most sense.
As for the threaded view, since only one post is displayed and the rest is only the subjects ,I didn't think necessary to have several pages in this case. What do you people think of this? Should I add a limit to the number of subjects appearing in the threaded view too? If so it would be fairly easy to add, but we probably want a larger limit.
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Laia - I think this goes along with my comments on long lists of things. I have wondered if it would be helpful to be able to collapse parts of a forum perhaps using AJAX functionality. Peace - Anthony
Hey Laia/Anthony,
Yeah, AJAX functionality would be a bonus, but not essential. The way you've dealt with the nesting seems most logical. The threaded view shouldn't have multiple pages, as users would be confused by this. I don't think we need a limit to the number of threads as the individual links don't take long to load.
Great work, thanks!
From just the screenshot I'm not 100% on that nested+paging view ... it could be difficult to see where you are in the conversation if you were suddenly sent into the middle of it, and the page is reloaded a lot (making new usability issues). Can we provide better context? I'm not sure about keeping the fullindenting, either, we'd have the same problems we have now for really big discussions. But I need to try it out, perhaps it works better than it looks. What are other people's opinions/improvements for paging on the nested view?
Try slashdot for some ideas .... eg http://news.slashdot.org/news/08/07/08/1832255.shtml
I do like the use of containers around the parent discussions as it helps make it easier to focus. Further I wonder if +/- signs in one of the corners would allow for sections to be expanded or collapsed which would provide some control of what is displayed. The idea of offering pagination is not bad but I think in terms of looking at forum discussions I actually prefer to have the entire conversation. In fact I have often considered that one of Moodle's advantages over other systems. I would imagine from a grading perspective that most teachers would prefer to have the whole conversation as it allows for them to do ratings all on one page which results in fewer mouse clicks which I would think is improved usability. Peace - Anthony
I think that it could also be possible to put an option so that the user could chose the number of questions per page. With this way, it would be possible to select only an option per page if he/she wants. The problem is when the conversation is too long a single page becomes less usable.
It would be also possible to expand or collapse (+/-) in each page (to combine both methods).
Let's see what feedback we can get from the community on containers and (+/-) and per page options. It may be best to treat them as three separate options or let users give feedback about which combination they would find to make forums more readable. Peace - Anthony
I've been thinking about this issue again lately and have come to the following conclusion. It would be best if users could control this feature, e.g. add another drop down menu next to the 'Display replies...' menu that gives the user a few options, e.g. Number of posts per page: 10, 20, 30, 50, All. There should also be a setting that forces this setting at the forum level, e.g. Force posts per page. This is in-line with other activities.
Not so sure how the nesting should be handled though, this is a tricky one. I agree that feedback from the community is needed to find out which approach would be best.
We at ULPGC have been suffering from this.
Students in our community courses (populated by up to 40.000 users) very often get engaged in very loooong threads. We have regularly discussions with 100-200-300 posts. Some disscussions scale up to 2500 posts!!! Those threads are on "social" forums, not "academic" ones.
We enforced a limit to the number of posts per discussion, but that has drawbacks and were about to start a project on this pagination. So this solution is much welcome. Thanks Laia!!
However, I am not sure that as it is it will address the problem completely. In addition to usability, those large discussions are a problem for performance. I see that even with pagination ALL posts are been loaded into memory like
$posts = forum_get_all_discussion_posts($discussion->id, $sort, $forumtracked);
and then the whole $post array is passed to the forum_print_discussion() helper functions.
I think that this should be avoided by using recodset and fetch_next_record.
$posts array is NOT modified within forum_print_discussion() prior to passage to helper functions, so the fetching of those posts could be delegated to the forum_print_posts_flat/nested functions.
What they do in Slashdot is still not the best solution and still has some big problems. Any way, it is a good step as it mixes the importance of selecting just some answers to be shown when there are too many.
If we are really following a thread and want to catch it all, the option of Laia is better since I can read them sequentially. Anyway I also agree with Enrique Castro that we should take into account performance and maybe change the way we are retrieving the posts. So for now, the one Laia proposed + Enrique´s proposal + add a few context information (row number, title of the parents, etc.) seems a good step for me.
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Just a follow up note that the number of discussions can be limited per page with the forum_manydiscussions setting. If the forum is moderated well, posts that are not related to the discussion should be moved and new topics can be is separate discussions. This approach seems to work on Moodle.org and I cannot really imagine a more active community.
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Earlier this year, I wrote about my trip to New Bern and Morehead City to pay my respect to my Aunt Rosa who had passed away and also to connect with other family members. Along the way I was able to take time out to visit Mt Olive AME Zion Church in Riverdale, NC. Next to the church and running behind it as well there is this wonderful old African American cemetery where a number of my ancestors are buried. I visited their graves and walked through the whole area to take things in. When I went to leave, I noticed that there was a church event going on and some people had pulled into the parking area. One lady who was unloading what I believe was a tray of food or something from her car, caught my eye as she went inside. I started to walk back to my car and she came back out of the building. I smiled and I almost didn't stop to say anything. We were still a distance from each other. Can you imagine that? Then I said to myself, "Ask! It doesn't hurt to ask." So I introduced myself and explained why I was visiting the cemetery that day.I asked her if she knew anything about the church's history. She knew only a little. I then asked if she would be able to take my name and contact information and that if she knew of anyone who knew more about the church's history if she could pass my information on to them. I still have to kick myself sometimes when I hesitate to ask for help. Oh well, I will keep working on that. Back to the connection to the two sisters. I returned home to upstate NY and life went back to normal. I didn't know if anything would come from leaving my information with that lady. I was at peace with the idea that at least I tried. Then I get a phone call out of the blue, from a gentleman who found my blog online, who grew up in the Riverdale community. He attended service at Mt Olive in his youth and has family buried there in the church cemetery. I don't know this for certain but I think he received my telephone number from the lady I spoke with back in January. Next I get a message on Facebook from a lovely woman who used to pastor at Mt. Olive. I had completely forgotton I had written to her some time ago. She forwarded my contact information on to a friend of hers who she thinks could help me. She provides me with information that I will write about in another blog post but incredibly...there's more! She puts me in contact with someone who knew two sisters. They had freckles and were petite in stature and had long reddish brown hair.
Effie and Annie Sampson graves.
My 1st cousins 3x removed.
Graves are located at Mt Olive AME Zion Church in Riverdale, NC.
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The Samsung NX20 is a good 'Hybrid' APS-C camera, it is a pretty good APS-C camera, and actually it's not a bad camera by any standards! Unfortunately for the Samsung it is surrounded by other good cameras and needs something special to make it not just a good camera but a successful camera.
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Hybrid is a word used both positively and negatively, quite appropriate for the photographic industry. The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 wears this badge: "Hybrid", a mix of system and compact. It has a range of lenses spanning 7mm to 300mm (equivalent to 14mm up to 600mm in full frame 35mm) and a body that is not much bigger than a compact camera. Should it wear it with pride? Yes, it should…
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Canon was the last major maker to embrace the hybrid or 'mirrorless' camera market. As a somewhat sober debut, designed for those who are new to photography, the EOS M adopts an 18-megapixel APS-C format in a compact body but boasts a number of advanced features including a 31-point hybrid AF system for stills and video and a touch sensitive 3-inch LCD. While it's clear this camera doesn't compete directly with the firm's DSLRs, how does it stack up against the competition that don't have the same volume of DSLR sales to protect?
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Please, explain to me what does "smoothed" mean (In measurments at iso 3200 and higher). Is that some kind of noise reduction, that affects raw files? Maybe i can read about this somewhere?
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DR-greater than 12ev?
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but how can a sensor with 12bit ADC have more than 12ev of dynamic range in screen view? It seems like quantization noise alone should limit the dynamic range to 12ev. I can see how print view would add a half stop of range since in this case you averaging about 2 pixels to make one, so noise is sqrt2/2 of what is was before normalization. Anyway, if someone could explain how this 12bit sensor can have more than 12ev in screen view, it would be appreciated!
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Re: DR-greater than 12ev?
GordonBGood, a photographic engineer, argues that if the ADC is properly dithered, an extra 1.8 EV DR is available i.e. a 12-bit system has a DR of about 13.8 EV
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Re: DR-greater than 12ev?
You can map those 14 bits into 8 bits.
Added by dosdan | February 02 , 2012
DR: K-01 vs K-5
The K-01 has 12-bit raw. So it's DR figure will probably not be at good as the K-5 at ISO100.
But in the real world, lens flare/glare will probably be the limiter of DR performance, not the sensor/PGA/ADC.


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- All ticket holders are advised to make provision for wet weather. We strongly recommend you bring your own wet weather gear. The use of umbrellas during performances is not permitted as it obstructs the view of other audience members
- In the unlikely occurrence that the event is cancelled, information will be posted on the event website www.nga.gov.au and communicated through local radio.Event organisers will take all reasonable efforts to notify of a cancellation ASAP, however due to the unpredictability of a change in weather conditions, cancellations may be at short notice
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- Starry Nights is an 18 years and over event
- Entry to the exhibition for one adult valid for the date of ticket purchased from 10:00 am until 9:00 pm
- Entry to the Sculpture Garden for one adult valid from 5:30 pm until 11:00 pm on date of ticket purchased, and includes access to the live concert from 9:00–10:30 pm by headline act and DJ music throughout the evening
- A 10-minute video introduction to the exhibition in the James O Fairfax Theatre every half hour from 6:00 pm
- Audio tours of the Masterpieces from Paris exhibition are available free to Starry Nights wristband holders. To pick up your audio tour simply display your Starry Nights wristband to the staff at the audio tours desk near the entrance to the exhibition, and they will provide an audio tour unit (1 per Starry Nights ticket holder).
- Live music performances from the ANU School of Music will take place within the Gallery between 5:30 pm and 8:00 pm with a special appearance on the 12 March by Lady's Mantle
- Food and drinks will be available for purchase from the Champagne Pol Roger Sculpture Bar within the Sculpture Garden until 11:00 pm. You are welcome to bring your own food and sealed bottles of non-alcoholic beverages
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- The National Gallery of Australia car parks are open until midnight each night
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Skip to comments.Distilled Spirits Council Urges Ban of Alcohol Vapor Devices ("alcohol without liquid" - AWOL)
Posted on 03/22/2005 6:02:10 PM PST by Libloather
Distilled Spirits Council Urges Ban of Alcohol Vapor Devices; Senate Committee on Regulated Industries Hears Bill Today
Mon Mar 21,12:48 PM ET
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Contact: Sarah Rosen of the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, 202-682-8840; Web: http://www.distilledspirits.org
WASHINGTON, March 21, /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Distilled Spirits Council today urged swift passage of legislation introduced in Florida banning "alcohol without liquid" (AWOL) devices that allow consumers to inhale alcohol by mixing alcohol with pure oxygen.
The bill, SB 794, sponsored by Senator Mike Haridopolos, would prohibit the sale or use of these devices and make its sale a misdemeanor. SB 794 is scheduled to be heard today before the Senate Committee on Regulated Industries today at 2:45 pm.
"We commend Senator Haridopolos for trying to keep these irresponsible devices out of Florida and we urge other states to do the same," said Dr. Peter Cressy, President of the Distilled Spirits Council. "The distilled spirits industry deplores any attempt to encourage reckless consumption of alcohol."
Cressy pointed to AWOL's company web site which calls the device "the ultimate party toy." The site states that this method of inhaling alcohol "reduces the effects of hangovers."
"Consumed responsibly and in moderation, beverage alcohol can be a normal, healthy adult lifestyle choice," said Cressy. "There is absolutely nothing responsible about these devices and they should be banned immediately."
The Distilled Spirits Council will provide written testimony to the Committee. A copy of the testimony follows.
-- Testimony of David Wojnar, Vice President, Distilled Spirits Council Submitted to the Florida Senate Committee on Regulated Industries
March 21, 2005
I am writing to you on behalf of the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, a national trade association representing producers and marketers of distilled spirits sold in the United States, in support of SB 794, legislation to ban the Alcohol Without Liquid (AWOL) Machine.
The members of the Distilled Spirits Council are committed to fighting the irresponsible consumption of beverage alcohol. Through our sister organization, The Century Council, our members have invested over $130 million in programs and initiatives to encourage responsible decision-making and to fight abuse, including underage drinking and drunk driving. We have partnered with communities across Florida to achieve these common goals.
Through its website, the marketers of AWOL promote this device as the "ultimate party toy" and a way to reduce the effects of a hangover. This attempt to glorify reckless consumption is wrong and sends the wrong message. This type of practice and message is unacceptable. There is absolutely nothing responsible about the AWOL device and we urge swift passage of SB 794.
Are the barstools upside down? Pretty funky looking picture there, if you get my drift.
Its a myth, and a hoax, but one that will make some good money.
Idiotic legislators could try to go after these guys for fraud and such, instead, they will give them attention, credibility, and help them make money, probably underground though.
I will be glad when politicians get "Nerf World" built. Where I can't hurt myself even if I want to.
Translation: They want to ban competition.
I'm wondering why the Distilled Spirits Council would have a dog in this fight... NOT!
Looks like a gay bar
What happened? Did you and your friends still get a hangover?
If this is true, which I doubt, then the imbibers had better be damm careful with their cigarettes, sparks, and open fires.
Their lungs could very well demonstrate how a piston works.
Pure oxygen mixed with vaporized alcohol, sounds like rocket fuel.
Hey honey good news, I quit drinking, bad news, I'm plastered.
Band name ping.
Let's leave it up to the courts. They seem to know best in all matters now. That should keep them there lawyers busy a while. :)
These devices certainly remove any argument about why people drink alcohol; it's clearly not about socializing or having a matching drink with your food -- it's all about getting drunk as fast and as thoroughly as possible.
I did hear of one alcoholic little old lady who got her high from wine enemas. One thing for sure you couldn't smell alcohol on her breath.
You are right about the flammability.
Can't be accurate. Pure O2???
That is, my lungs are plastered all over the walls after the ethyl alcohol - oxygen mixture was ignited by my teeth sparking.
Yessum, that's me all over.
Been awhile since I took chemistry but if I recall correctly, ethanol is a liquid at room temperature. It can be vaporized but still a liquid, tiny misty droplets.
Similiar to what happens to gasoline when it goes thru a carbuerator.
Am sure some friendly FReeper will correct me if I am wrong.
Looks like a nightclub for asthmatics.
I remember 30 years ago I used to fly RC helicopters. I drove one between Harrisburg and Philadelphia with my RC helicopter in the back of the station wagon. The fuel tank had leaked (nitro and alcohol) and when I got home and stepped out of the car I couldn't stand up I was so intoxicated...
I was at best only vaguely aware of AWOL prior to reading this post, and I couldn't discern any logical reason for a ban on it. So I did some quick googling, and immediately discovered that the manufacturers of liquid alchohol, such as the National Beer Wholesalers Association and Diageo, the world's leading beer, wine and spirits company (owner of brands like Johnny Walker, Smirnoff, Guinness, etc.), hate AWOL. They are trying to stomp out an up-and-coming competitor before it can get established and cuts into their business.
The hypocrisy of liquid alchohol companies complaining about inhaled alchohol on the basis that they want to safeguard the public from alchohol abuse and drunk driving is just staggering [pun intended].
I not an alchohol consumer myself, but I see no problem with other people inhaling it instead of swallowing it. In both cases they just need to avoid driving afterwards until the alchohol level in their bloodstream has declined to a safe threshold.
From that thread a few weeks ago, the fastest way to get drunk:
Yeah, we have some absolute alcohol (100%)in the lab I work in. Nondenatured, to boot. It's funny when you read the label. Just like any chemical, it has warnings if you ingest it. Target organs : liver, etc. Also says "may effect behavior."
Close but no cigar, swap the Jack Black with Everclear and you have the ultimate drunk.
In all likelyhood the LAST drunk.
At least you wont blow up the danged neighborhood doing it this way :)))
Sorry, I couldn't remember the "beverage" name, so I picked one at random.
Good band name, dreadful concept! ;)
BTW, now that my PC is back up and running, I'm gonna bop on over to that thread and get my list back.
When AWOL devices are outlawed .... well I suspect that another use will be found for the pulmonary equipment used by those who have asthma.
I imagine that would burn a bit. The alcohol would dry out the mucus membranes. I don't know much about the nerve fibers in the anus or colon...don't know if pain would be perceived. Any Proctologists viewing the thread?
Not really, the machine still uses alcoholic beverages....you just inhale instead....great for those who want to get drunk but not consume calories.
Oh wow, yes. Take a puff on your cig, KABOOM!
I am not a doctor, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
If the alcohol goes into the body by any means it gets metabolized.
The water/alcohol mixture has a depressed boiling point that results in the 95% limit. To get to 100% you add benzene to the alcohol. That takes the last 5% of the water away, but makes the end product toxic for human consumption.
oxygen is bubbled through water.
Similar to an asthma inhaler, the AWOL machines consist of an oxygen generator attached by tubes to a hand-held vaporizer. The user can choose any hard liquor, which is poured into the vaporizer. The oxygen from the generator then passes through a tube and absorbs the alcohol. A mist forms from the two ingredients that the user inhales.
AWOL is a hangover-free way to consume alcohol because of the oxygen in the vapor, which is proven to reduce the feeling of a hangover, according to the product's website. The website also emphasizes that AWOL is safe because both of its components - oxygen and moderate consumption of alcohol - are safe.
The site also markets the product as low-calorie and low-carbohydrate alternative to regular liquor because the inhaled alcohol doesn't go through the stomach.
Inhaled alcohol enters the bloodstream through the lungs instead, and the result is a less-filtered, low-calorie buzz. Regardless, the body expels alcohol the same whether it is inhaled or sipped and can be detected using the same methods so AWOL cannot be used to get around alcohol laws.
Wouldn't concentrated sulphuric acid also absorb the remaining water, without mixing with the alcohol?
sure does...probably take out the whole bar when it goes too.
Could one freeze out the water? Probably wouldn't be cost-effective.
Nope, I quit after a while, maybe 10 or 15 minuits, a couple of guys were stubborn and one stuck on till like 45 minuits.
Pretty much to absolutley no effect, no buzz, nada, so we drank the old fashioned way.
Thanks for the info.
Like I said previous, it's been awhile since I took chemistry.
Always thought it was made by progressive distallation.
Though I've never been drunk in my life, I'd expect just plain Everclear to be as "good." Part of the reason for hangovers is toxic congenerics (other alcohols and aldehydes) that are formed by fermentation, in the beverage. It's the purity that does the trick, not the means of ingestion. As for pure oxygen, how much can there be in those little spritzers?
They now sell individual user machines for $299!!!
Much cheaper than the group machine for bars.
I prefer to drink my martinis, but would try out the AWOL.
I quit after about 10 or 15 minuits, but one of my friends tried for like 45 minuits.
You'd absorb more doing straight shots.
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Don't forget the 18gb download too. I have better things to do than tie up my computer for 14 hours.
This game has fail written all over it.
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Does anyone play Aion anymore?
I recently started back and so far I am really enjoying the game. Best free to play mmo out.
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Does anyone play Aion anymore?
I recently started back and so far I am really enjoying the game. Best free to play mmo out.
I agree, the PvP is pretty good and they have plentry of end-game progression.
I'll never play another NCSoft game after they killed off City of Heroes.
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Does anyone play Aion anymore?
One of games (actually expanding this to this company) that will never ever under any circumstances see again my money in any sense. Had to change Mastercard even because of them because they continued to charge sub despite cancelled few times and never ever got any response from their support. Was decent (especially being Korean) experience up to lv.20 ... then free fall to hard floor.
Died when they nerfed rifting into oblivion and took months to balance servers as well as not taking any action on afk dredg players or proper matchmaking.
Could no longer head into Elyos territory finding some good fights.
Elyos gave up evn bothering with forts to the point we started letting them have them yet they werent defended when we try to take them back.
9/10 Dredgions would be up against an AFK group just farming free AP.
Every means of PVP dissolved to no fun whatsoever.
BTW don't expect the EU to have this anytime soon will no doubt be months behind just as it was for 3.0
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I really hope they haven't done to Aion what they did to Lineage 2. They started making the cash shop completely Pay to Win, after flaunting the fact it would never be. Once the population started to stop booming from the free to play release they introduced all of these items to the shop. I may check out Aion again, but only if someone can confirm the cash shop still isn't pay to win.
It's more like pay2lose, pay2lose a shit ton of freaking money. If someone is willing to spend over 150 dollars on getting random enchantment stone boxes/manastone boxes, then they are beyond dumb. I would rather get those things for free. The awesome thing about free2play Aion is that the whole game is free and there is no limitations put on the account.


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at Orlando 101, Atlanta 76 (Atlanta leads 3-2)
Pace: 86.3
Offensive Ratings: Orlando 115.9, Atlanta 88.9
The danger of the playoffs is how easy it is to get seduced by narratives and the margin, often razor thin, between victory and defeat. When a friend asked me Tuesday morning whether I thought the Orlando Magic could come back to win this series with the Atlanta Hawks, I gave the Magic little chance. Though the Hawks' 6-2 edge in the season series was a troubling indicator, at the same time Orlando had lost two games in Atlanta by a combined seven points. But for a couple of plays, the series could easily have been tied or even led by the Magic. Orlando provided a reminder that it is still very much alive by dominating Game Five back at home and now needs only a win at Philips Arena to host the deciding Game Seven.
Tuesday's game turned early because of foul trouble, but not the way you'd imagine. It was the Magic that saw two starters sidelined by a pair of quick fouls, which proved a blessing in disguise. Hedo Turkoglu's fouls put the superior Quentin Richardson in the game, while Dwight Howard's rare stint on the bench forced Orlando to diversify its offense. Guards Jameer Nelson and J.J. Redick took control of the Magic attack and responded with outstanding play. By the time Howard returned to the game, Orlando had doubled the Hawks' score and built a lead the poor-scoring visitors would have been hard pressed to overcome.
Atlanta has a well-earned reputation for quitting on games early, and it was fitting that a team that was blown out exceptionally often for a playoff outfit ended up with a 25-point postseason loss to its name. Guards Jamal Crawford and Joe Johnson were the worst culprits. Crawford had been one of the most valuable players in the league thus far during the postseason, but he turned in a 2-for-10 shooting effort, while Johnson missed 10 of his 12 shot attempts. The Hawks were outscored by 30 with Crawford on the floor and Johnson was a -28.
Even had Crawford and Johnson been locked in, Atlanta might not have been able to match the Magic's offensive efficiency in this game. At last, Orlando got some threes to fall--11 in all, more than half the team's total in the first four games of this series (21). Increased pick-and-roll action opened up better looks as the Magic's offense was remarkably balanced: all nine rotation players scored at least seven points.
The challenge for Orlando now is to maintain that offensive flow while making Howard (who took just four shot attempts in 29 minutes) a bigger factor. It might be advisable to begin the game playing outside-in and look to establish Howard later, after Jason Collins is on the bench. I'd also love to see more of Quentin Richardson and Redick on the wings. Having that duo in the game allows the Magic to defend both Crawford and Johnson effectively without sacrificing anything in terms of shooting. Tellingly, Orlando was just +4 with Turkoglu on the floor as compared to +21 in Richardson's 26 minutes.
at L.A. Lakers 106, New Orleans 90 (Lakers lead 3-2)
Pace: 87.1
Offensive Ratings: L.A. Lakers 123.8, New Orleans 101.6
As was pointed out repeatedly on the broadcast, a year ago the Los Angeles Lakers delivered a statement Game Five victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder that jolted them from their late-season doldrums en route to a championship. The parallels aren't exact this season; while the Thunder administered a blowout of its own at home in Game Four, the Lakers had outscored the New Orleans Hornets in this year's series. This time around, Game Five was in some doubt in the fourth quarter. Still, it sent the same message that this remains very much the Lakers' series to lose.
The most critical difference from the Lakers was the way their big men dominated the paint and the offensive glass, utilizing their size advantage against the smaller New Orleans frontline. The Lakers came up with 15 offensive rebounds while holding the Hornets just three, a huge discrepancy even when accounting for the Lakers' additional shot attempts. Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol outrebounded counterparts Carl Landry and Emeka Okafor 18-9 while also providing effective post play and rendering Landry and Okafor non-factors offensively. You can't ask for much more dominance from a unit.
That noted, it was actually the Lakers' bench that blew this game open with runs to start both the second (10-0) and fourth (10-2) quarters. The first spurt erased an early New Orleans lead; the second effectively pushed the game out of reach. The L.A. second unit brought needed energy and activity and stifled the Hornets' reserves, who looked lost without Chris Paul in the game. Unsurprisingly, New Orleans was outscored by nine points in the seven minutes Paul rested, which surely felt longer to the Hornets' coaching staff. Jarrett Jack contributed nothing in his 14 minutes of action, during which he scored one point and handed out a single assist against three turnovers.
On the energy front, Kobe Bryant also provided a notable infusion with his stunning, out-of-nowhere poster dunk over an unsuspecting Okafor. To that point, Bryant had been coasting while dealing with the left foot/ankle injury suffered in Sunday's Game Four, but the dunk fired him up--Bryant scored twice more in the final three minutes of the first half and only Paul's answers at the other end kept the Lakers from going into halftime with more momentum. Bryant finished with an efficient 19 points on 8-of-13 shooting, while backcourt mate Derek Fisher scored 13 points on seven shooting possessions.
There may not be many adjustments for the Hornets to make before Game Six on Thursday. Landry and Okafor aren't suddenly going to grow (though it would be nice for Okafor to grab a few rebounds; as M. Haubs of The Painted Area noted on Twitter, he has an uncharacteristically poor 13 defensive boards in five games in this series) and New Orleans' supporting cast isn't going to turn into better players. Despite Marco Belinelli's slumpbusting 21-point effort, at this point the Hornets don't have any reliable scoring options beyond Paul and Trevor Ariza. That's about what everyone expected from this series. It just might have taken longer to get there than expected.
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Was thinking the same myself.