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Dear Jim,
Sure hope life's treating you good over there in California. Mama asks when you'll be sending some gold our way, but I keep telling her we got to be patient and wait for you to strike it rich. I know it's got to happen soon. I heard they found gold in Weaverville, so if you get the notion that Coloma is all dried up, you might try your luck out there.
I hope Mama will let me come out there real soon, but she says I ain't big enough, and besides, she needs me here to help her now that Pa's gone, because she can't rely on his no-good idiot brothers for nothing. I guess she has a point there.
Things back home have been pretty good, except Big Uncle Jack got bit by a snake. Mama was always telling him not to play with his rocks down by the river, but you know there's no talking any sense into that big bullfrog head of his since Pa died. Little Uncle Jack tried to suck out the poison from his leg, but maybe he couldn't get it all because now Big Jack just lies around moaning all day, and Little Jack just clings to Big Jack and sobs at him. Mama told Little Jack that Big Jack ain't fixing to die any time soon, but there's no talking any sense to him, neither, what with his little tiny head.
Hope this letter finds you well.
Your brother,
Dear Jim,
Hope you're doing well with the gold and all. Don't get too rich out there and forget about me and your old mother. I know it must be mighty hard for you, trying to find little bitty pieces of gold in that giant place out there.
Big Uncle Jack seems to be healing up good in his leg, but I think something is changing in his mind. He still can't talk any better than he ever could, being as how he's got that big giant empty head and all, but yesterday when I brought him water he gave me this funny look, right in my eyes, and for one split second I got the notion that there was some kind of wisdom in those eyes. Like he had some kind of thoughts brewing and he wanted to impart them to me, but I know that's impossible on account of his idiot mind. Gave me the fantods something fierce, though. Little Uncle Jack is still just as mute and terrified as he always been, but he's getting more protective of Big Uncle Jack. He hissed at Mama when she tried to bring Big Jack some pone bread.
Mama had a suitor yesterday, and I don't feel so sure I like that. His name is Arthur and he says he's from the future. Pa's only been buried these six months now, and already she has men paying calls socially? She must be lonely, though, with only me and those two crippleheaded brothers-in-law to keep her company.
Write back when you can.
Your brother,
Dear Jim,
If you sent any gold out here, we still haven't got it yet. Don't worry too much about it if you haven't found any gold, just keep trying. There's plenty out there for everyone.
Mama's suitor has been coming around more and more lately. He still says he's from the future, but he ain't been able thus far to verify that to my liking. Mama believes him, though, and she says when you send some gold she's going to give it to Arthur so he can fix his "voltaic mirror" and bring us to the future with him.
The big news around here has been that Big Uncle Jack talked. I went to his cabin to stoke the fire so he didn't freeze his big mute head off, and when I walked in the door he looked straight up into my eyes and said "Jesse, the snake gave me powers." Then Little Uncle Jack started whimpering and pawing at Big Uncle Jack's feet, like a dog who wanted to serve his master but he doesn't know how. It made my hair stand on end, and I didn't know what to say. How's a fellow to respond when a man who can't talk talks to him?
I told Mama, but she didn't seem to think it was important that a man who'd never spoken a word in his whole god-damned life just told me something strange and eerie. She's too busy thinking about Arthur and that mirror of his.
I miss you and I wish you were here to take care of all this.
Your brother,
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Tagged andrew bird, Dum Dum Girls, Eugene Mirman, Phoenix, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Vivian Girls, Yo La Tengo
HotChaCha added to Vivian Girls show (Friday)
Recently added to the Vivian Girls show at the Summit this Friday is Cleveland's HotChaCha, who'll serve as the local-ish opener. The all-girl group's full-length debut, The World's Hardest Working Telescope & The Violent Birth of Stars, won't be out till October on Exit Stencil (Spanish Prisoners, Dreadful Yawns), but we've got the leadoff track for you below as a sneak preview.
mp3: HotChaCha – One Thousand Pillows Soft
Huge guitars drenched in delay, vocals with attitude–at times it's hard to tell if these girls wanna be post-rock, post-punk or just plain ol' punk. Either way, it's a tasty soup. CMJ said it well recently when describing HotChaCha's first EP:
…this all-femme foursome squeeze late '80s 4AD into today's A.D.D. indie subset, with little regard for lilting over-reverbed soundscapes, but lots of chiming '80s chorus pedals that take dead horse post-punk riffs out of the glue factory for a spell.… The vibe here is art-school dropout, the look approachable punk-gal, but the songwriting simmers out of Ohio's femme-forged, rustic alt-rock past (Heartless Bastards, Scrawl).
Oh yeah, and we've got a pair of tickets to this one, too. To enter this contest, send a blank e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com with the subject VIVIAN GIRLS. A winner will be randomly chosen on Friday morning, 8/28.
Donewaiting.com Presents Vivian Girls, 8/28 @ The Summit, Columbus OH
Donewaiting.com is excited to partner with Benco Presents for the Vivian Girls show on Friday, August 28 at The Summit. I was a big fan of their debut album released last year and am excited we can work with Ben on this show. Also on the bill are The Beets.
We've got a pair of tickets to give away for this lovely show. To enter, send a blank e-mail with the subject title VIVIAN GIRLS to email@example.com. A winner will be randomly chosen around August 25. This show is likely to sell out, so if you want to play it safe you can always purchase tickets in advance.
Listen to a song from their upcoming new album:
(big ups to DW Columbus Editor Joel O for making this show promotion happen)
SXSW Day 4: Kanye West, Dead Prez, Vivian Girls, Mason Proper
If the zoom on my camera was better, this photo of Kanye would be so much cooler:
But I'm getting ahead of myself.
The last day of SXSW always is a bit of haze. It's hard to consider watching bands all day and eating free food as "work", but man, tell that to my feet. Dang. I started the day off at the Rachael Ray party, an event that had one of the longest lines I'd seen all week. I was able to bypass it and get in early (dont hate), and went on to drink way too many Rachael Ray mojitos. Ate her food, too. This beer and beef burger with chedder bacon biscuit ruled my life. I would seriously cut someone in the neck for another one. (I saw Rachael briefly, but she was crowded. I wanted a photo of her for my sister, but it didn't work out)
It was then off to The Hot Freaks party again, this time catching Vivian Girls, Mason Proper, and Viva Voce. This is how it went down: Vivian Girls' instruments broke down after a few songs. The pains of doing too many shows, I think. Their hearts weren't totally into the set, but I enjoyed what they played. If it was any other band I might not give them the leeway, though.
Mason Proper sounded AMAZING live. Seriously, they recreate the sounds of their album almost too perfectly live. Lead singer has a lot more energy onstage than I saw most bands all week, so that was a refreshing change. As for Viva Voce, well, I dunno dudes. When I saw them as a two piece they seem to have amazing fire and energy in them, but their set as a four (5?) piece wasn't as inspiring. I'll have to check them out again in a non-SXSW environment.
It was then off to the Fader Fort for one of the worst kept secrets of SXSW: Kanye West performing. Before he went on, there was some good stuff though. Diplo and Switch's new band, Major Lazer. If I had any energy in me, I would have danced like a crazy person to this, but I was already running on empty. They threw out several hundred t-shirts to the audience and it made everyone sort of lose their mind. It was fun.
I spent the next few hours hanging out with the SCHED team, talking about next year's SXSW. Side note: I've learned that at SXSW you don't need to see 20 bands a day to have a good time. In fact, I saw fewer bands this year than any other but probably had more fun. Hanging out with old friends goes a long way, let me tell you.
Before Kanye's showcase, Dead Prez came out for a three song set. I have proof:
It was then time for Kanye West's G.O.O.D Music Showcase. I'd never seen Kanye live, unfortunately, so catching him in a smaller venue was a real thrill. In keeping with the SXSW spirit, he played some of his songs while also introducing his up and coming artists of his label. People went absolutely insane for Kid Cudi, man. And when Kanye brought out Common and Erykah Badu, people just about lost their marbles. Definitely a special event and I was glad to be there. Read Pitchfork's story for a more thorough write-up.
After that I went to to see Silversun Pickups, but their show was running late and I had a 6:30AM flight to catch, so I went home for the night, already plotting out SXSW 2010.
– SXSW is the greatest music festival, hands down.
– Shout out to my Irish roommate Niall of Nialler9. You don't know it yet but I'm crashing at your house within the next 2 years.
– Thanks again to Energizer's Energi to Go. You can see the photos I took on their Flickr, some videos here. Also they're on Twitter and Facebook.
– Don't forget to get some vitamins in you during SXSW. Pizza is delicious, though.
– It was great meeting old and new friends alike.
– For readers of DW who aren't into SXSW, coverage is over! (for now)
– 2010 SXSW can't come soon enough.
Tagged Dead Prez, Kanye West, Major Lazer, mason proper, Viva Voce, Vivian Girls
SXSW Day 2: Blogger Panel, Amanda Palmer, Hair Salons
Day 2 of SXSW began with me speaking at the music blogger panel. Here's a photo of me and Amanda Palmer's legs:
It was a real honor to be on the panel, and I enjoyed hearing my fellow bloggers (Justin of Aquarium Drunkard, Bill from Brooklyn Vegan/Sound Bites, Janet from Out the Other, Glenn from Coolfer), talk about what we do, impacts on the local scene, etc. While the title was "Bloggers Are Now in Charge," the description of the panel actually applied more to what we discussed: "Amid the rubble of the music industry, a new breed of music enthusiasts has established instantaneous and direct links to like-minded fans. What exactly is their impact on the scene?"
After the panel, I met up with Alina Simone and her high school bud Amanda Palmer for lunch at Iron Cactus. Tacos were goooood. I didn't spend any time really seeing music in the afternoon, just hung out with friends and caught up. After coming to SXSW for a few years, I realized some of my favorite times of the festival are unrelated to actually seeing bands.
I was walking to see Cursive with Taylor when someone invited us into a hair salon to drink free margaritas and hear music. I've never seen a musician perform while I sat in a chair that is normally reserved for people getting their hair cut, but there's a first time for everything. Only at SXSW! The musician I saw was Madelyn Cascio, and it was a nice relaxing way to start the day. I took a video you can see here.
My evening schedule got f'd up in the beginning. I went to Aces Lounge to see Rosie and the Goldbug and Vivian Girls, but after waiting around forever I found out that the entire schedule was pushed back an hour. OOOOOOF. I went next door to catch the last song of Peggy Sue, who were good and I'd like to catch a full set at some point.
I walked upstairs to the Parish upstairs to catch Anya Marina cover T.I. and then it was off to the live.create lounge to catch Alina Simone's set. Her new stuff sounded amazing and I can't wait to hear her next full length. Also added to the amazement: they piped in chocolate scent into the venue. I felt like I was at Hershey Park.
Onward to the Central Presbyterian Church for Amanda Palmer! After missing her the day before and meeting her for lunch, I was really excited to finally see her live. And she didn't disappoint. Because it's a church, she was able to perform her first song a capella and she quickly had the crowd in the palm of her hand. Margaret Cho joined her for a funny duet, and she also played the song she penned with Neil Gaiman called "I Google You."
At this point of the night I realized that I had unintentially only seen female musicians. I ended the evening with Elvis Perkins in Dearland again, and was cut short when I got a text message that donewaiting.com went down. Had to head home early to fix the website, and prepare for today.
– Agit Reader SXSW coverage here
– I've been taking photos for my sponsor, Energizer's Energi to Go. You can see all of them here.
SXSW Updates for 2/24
A little birdie told me that the Filter Day Parties will be announced this week.
- Found Magazine and Quack Media have a huge show featuring The Hold Steady, Lucero, No Age, and more. RSVP dudes.
- Urban Outfitters has bands playing in their parking lot every day. It's a huge list, including Chairlift, Vivian Girls, School of Seven Bells, Telepathe, and more.
- Mile Hi-Fidelity show features Dressy Bessy + more.
- Goner Records Showcase features Nobunny, Digital Leather, more.
- Victim of Time Showcase features Eat Skull, Psychedelic Horseshit, more.
- Can't Stop the Bleeding has Endless Boogie, Psychedelic Horseshit, The Homosexuals, more.
This time next month you'll still be hungover.
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Tagged Chairlift, Psychedelic Horseshit, the Hold Steady, Vivian Girls
2/12 SXSW Updates
We're starting to get a lot of official showcases announced by the bands/organizations putting them together… This is usually a sign that the final list of bands/full music schedule will be released soon.
- Gorilla Vs Bear has announced Gorilla Vs Booze III, featuring Vivian Girls, Wavves, more. (Remember the internet when there weren't 500 daily references to Wavves? A Distant memory..)
- After the Jump Festival announced both official and unofficial shows
- KCRW's official showcase features Ida Maria, School of Seven Bells, more
- Asthmatic Kitty, K Records, and Tomlab are joining forces for a big show.
- My Old Kentucky Blog is doing an official showcase. They've got The Grates, Viva Voce, Delta Spirit, and more.
Vivian Girls at SXSW 2009?
According to The Golden Triangle's MySpace page, there is a Mexican Summer showcase on 3/19 @ Club 1808 with Soft Pack, Crystal Stilts, Crystal Antlers, Vivian Girls, Golden Triangle.
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The Seychelles is an archipelagic nation in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Africa. It covers some 176 square miles (451 sq. km), making it a bit more than twice the size of Washington DC. Nearby islands include the Maldives, Mauritius, and Réunion.
While people undoubtedly knew about the Seychelles before European discovery, none of them appear to have settled there permanently. It is like the Arabs were already visiting them regularly and collecting nuts of the coco de mer tree, which they then traded throughout the world.
The Portuguese were the first Europeans to spot the islands, in the 16th century, but they didn't form any settlements. The British later landed on the islands in the 17th century, but they also opted not to settle them. The French thoroughly mapped the islands in the early 18th century, but didn't place any permanent structures on them. When France and England later went to war, the French finally claimed the islands as their own, in the mid-18th century. By the end of the 18th century, after the French Revolution, Seychelles became largely autonomous, ruled by a Colonial Assembly. The Seychelles then adopted a largely neutral stance, working with the British as it suited them, and paying enough lip service to the French to keep them from interfering.
The Seychelles continued to grow during the 19th century. The British enforced a no-slaving policy on the islands, and the islands converted to an economy built around coconuts, becoming relatively prosperous. Early on, when the French still had nominal control of the islands, they used it as a place to send troublesome political prisoners. Later, after the British took control, they used it for the same purpose.
During the early 20th century the Seychelles economy suffered from both World Wars and the falling prices of copra. The modern political movement was born in the early 1940s, largely to protect the interests of the landowners. In the mid-1960s an independence movement began, and in reaction a movement started promoting closer ties to Britain. In 1976 the Seychelles declared independence, remaining a part of the Commonwealth. The next year, following a coup, the nation transitioned to a one-party state. This would last until 1991, when the country moved back to a multi-party system.
There are more than 115 islands in the Seychelles archipelago, and the majority of these are virtually untouched tropical paradises. Relatively isolated, unlike similar paradises in the Caribbean or the South Pacific, the Seychelles does not have the most developed tourist infrastructure, but nor does it have the hordes that sometimes descend on other tropical destinations. The beaches and the waters of the Seychelles are about as perfect as anywhere on Earth, and remain perfect through much of the year. Places such as Cousin Island offer amazing bird watching opportunities, as well, and the numerous coral atolls offer amazing diving and snorkeling. The exotic coco de mer, with its highly erotic fruit, can also be found on two islands in the Seychelles, and nowhere else on the planet.
Flying to the Seychelles usually involves routing through a number of cities, eventually going through Mauritius, Singapore, or parts of Eastern Africa. Direct flights are beginning to appear from European countries, however, as the islands become more well known as a tourist destination. Cruises often stop off in Victoria, but to date no cruise ships stop there for very long.


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Shraga Cafe
Shraga Cafe is a family-run, vegetarian coffee shop & catering service in Jerusalem with a menu based on local, fresh ingredients and many delicious gluten-free and vegan options. Open Mon-Fri 8:00am-4:00pm, Sun 8:00am-4:00pm.
Category: Vegan-friendly, Lacto, Ovo, Western, Beer/Wine, Delivery, Take-out
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First Review by A.Z.P.
Great Vegan Options
The place is vegeterian but vegan friendly. They have some great vegan choices and the shef is open to ''vegsnize'' whatever you wish. Very nice place to sit
Quiet and Pleasant
Shraga is a small pleasant place to sit (indoors and street side), with good location (on a side street right across from the Mamilla pedestrian mall), but overall the food is unexceptional and doesn't offer too many vegan options. In Israel many restaurants have a standard dairy menu, on the bright side, Shraga tries to shake it up with a few specials, but the base menu is a slightly limited version of the average kosher dairy joint. The portions here are good, but the prices are about 5 shekels ($1.50) overpriced.
As sandwiches are Shraga's signature dish, my girlfriend tried the "Purple", which had fresh Mozzarella, pesto and some veggies. The contents were fresh and the bread was excellent, but the flavor was lacking. I tried the Radiatori Pasta with Peas & Zucchini in a psuedo-pesto sauce. Shraga clearly uses high quality pasta, but could definitely have improved the dish with a more varied medley of veggies and a more finely spiced, or summery, sauce. I also tried the Mini-vege burgers, which (instead of Ketchup) came with an Apricot sauce with a nice little zing to it. They also on occasion make a vegetarian kubeh soup.
Although the flavors and contents are underwhelming, the service is lovely and they definitely put effort into what they serve. With a plentitude of dairy restaurants in Jerusalem, I won't be rushing back to Shraga, but it does offer a quiet respite from the hectic shopping crowds, offering a nice alternative to the nationwide restaurant chains.
Pros: Lovely Service, Central (but quiet) location
Cons: Small menu, few choices for vegans, Flavors need work
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Date | Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:25:44 GMT |
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IVY-387?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12627440#action_12627440 ] Nicolas Lalevée commented on IVY-387: ------------------------------------- I vote +1 ! :) > Absolute and relative path > -------------------------- > > Key: IVY-387 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IVY-387 > Project: Ivy > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 1.4.1 > Reporter: Gilles Scokart > Assignee: Gilles Scokart > Fix For: 2.0-RC1 > > > There are a few of issues in Jira concerning absolute and relative path. Currently all the path are resolved relatively to the execution. > The different issues are : > - includes in the ivyconf files (IVY-372) > - properties in the ivyconf files (IVY-89) > - include configurations in the ivy files (IVY-347) In all case, the path should be resolved relatively to the including file, and not relatively to the current execution task. > There is also at least an other issue concerning the path resulutiion in ant task parameter (IVY-232). > I think all those problems should be fixed together in order to keep ivy more consistent. However, there is a backward compatibility issue: some projects (for which it is required to launch the build from the base directory) rely on the fact that ivy use path relative to the current execution directory. And if they reference files that are not in the base directory, the change will break their build. > The first project in that case is ivy itself! Try 'ant -f ivy/build.xml test' and you will see plenty of test failing. > Comment from Xavier on the mailing list : > What could be done is have a single setting somewhere saying if relative paths resolution should be done in backward compatible mode, or new mode. The default could even be new mode, if it's clearly documented. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online. | |
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"Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success."
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Battle Sat (Windows 3.x)
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Battle Sat is a shareware clone of the classic Battleship board game. However, here the conflict has left the oceans and has instead gone to the skies above.The player takes turns against the computer's AI in a race to destroy the opponent's Sats (or Satellites). Gameplay is very similar to the classic Battleship - There are three grids on the screen: The left grid shows your opponent's playfield and tells you if you've hit one of his Sats, or if you missed. The middle grid allows you to choose what area you will attack during your turn. The right grid displays your own Sats, their status, and the places where the opponent has already attacked. This continues until one side loses all their Sats.
The main difference between the Battleship board game and this Windows-based implementation is that there are five Sat pieces in play, all different sizes. While the board game has two pieces that are two blocks in size, this version contains one piece that's two blocks in size, and one piece that's one block in size.
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What is your pup's age / weight?
Hello all,
Just a quick intro, I'm new to the forums, and to the wonderful world of Basset Hounds. I've had my Cairn Terrier for six years now, and had really been wanting a second dog for some time but the timing just wasn't right. In October my husband and I decided to take the plunge, and started obsessively combing through Petfinder (me more than him, hehe) and visiting shelters. Our main criteria was 1. No puppies, 2. Less than 50 lbs, and 3. A dog that would enjoy jogging with me. Well, at the second adoption event we attended there were two beautiful little Basset Hounds pups and the rest is history! From what the rescue was able to tell us, Rizzo was brought in from a puppy mill. They believe (by looks alone) that she and her sister were pure Basset, and estimated them to be about 11 weeks. At the time, Rizzo weighed about 8 lbs. Now, at roughly 5 months she's weighing in at 19 lbs. From talking with other Basset owners she has helped us meet, we're led to believe she's pretty small for a Basset. Being right at the brink of outgrowing her loaner crate from her Cairn brother, we're trying to make an educated decision on the crate size that will be big enough to house her full grown, but as small as possible due to space limitations in our apartment. I was hoping to get some input from you all on your pup's age and weight for the sake of comparison. And those of you with adults and good memories, please help! One more note, she has been losing her puppy teeth for a month and a half to two months now, so I think her age estimate of 5 months is pretty accurate. Looking forward to getting to know everyone and their pups! Kelly & Rizzo |
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Welcome Rizzo and Kelly! She is super cute! Our pup Emma is 3 months (14 weeks) and weighs around 21 pounds. The boy on the left is our 1.5 years old mutt Oscar who is absolutely a sweetheart and super tolerant to Emma.
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Hi there Rizzo and family! I think we saw you at the dog park a few weekends ago! I was reading your post thinking, "Gosh this sounds familiar!" and then I remember...Rizzo! She certainly is adorable! I hope she and Watson can meet up again soon!
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My Big Boy is Jake. He is 13 years old. Usually weighs in around 65 lbs.
My "Baby" Elllie is 6 months today and last week she was 35 lbs (best I could figure with me, the scale & her and a bit of math!) Ellie is nearly as long as Jake, but not as tall or as muscular (of course that comes with age). Both are slender and not carrying any x-tra weight. Right now, both are going all out... I am ready for them to settle down, as I am ready for bed! Then again, If I got to nap all day....
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Frankie is 13 week old male and weighs 26 pounds. He is very thick with loads and wrinkles. Took him for his check-up yesterday and he is not overweight...just big (hence his nickname "Frank the Tank"). He is from European bloodlines.
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Kenzie is 11 weeks old and weighs around 13 pounds. We started off with a crate that fits just her size and will get a bigger one once she is grown. Welcome to the family, she's so adorable btw
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Verizon Throws Best Customers Under the Bus: Charges Them 3X for iPhone
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By most accounts, the arrival of the iPhone to Verizon has been a resounding success. Record breaking sales, solid reviews, orders going out on schedule, and a general sense of relief that the best smartphone is no longer held hostage by the worst carrier.
But not everybody is thrilled
"This event was off the charts"
Gary Vaynerchuk was so impressed with TNW Conference 2016 he paused mid-talk to applaud us.
Meet Lilia Martinez Coburn.
Early adopter. Entrepreneur. Former member of the team that brought Verizon VCAST to market. Former mobile PM of hi5. Co-Founder of fast growing startup Townhog. My wife. And until recently … more on this in a sec… off the charts Verizon fan girl.
Exactly how much of a fangirl was she? So much so that she took Verizon's side in the net neutrality debate, arguing that "carriers have a right to defend their network investment." And so much so that three years ago, when I gave her an iPhone for her birthday, she flatly refused it, saying "Verizon's been good to me, I'm not switching."
Needless to say, Lilia has been waiting for a Verizon iPhone for a while. Two nights ago, she eagerly signed into her account at midnight to put in her order.
The first thing she noticed was big, scrawled, red, sloppy font proclaiming "No Discount Available," and a daunting price point of $650 for the 16GB phone and $750 for the 32GB.
"Seems pricey," I offered helpfully. "I thought Verizon was selling them for $200?"
This didn't calm her down.
So she took to the interwebs.
and Facebook:
The deadly mistake that Lilia seems to have made was shelling out for a new Android phone last year. By doing so, she apparently lost her ability to upgrade again at a subsidized price. (EDIT: As pointed out in the comments, this was in her contract. And it is common behavior for numerous carriers)
So is this a teachable moment? Sure, let's take a shot:
– Verizon would rather lose you as a customer than give you the same deal they offer, say, AT&T customers
– Being loyal to carriers is never a good idea – they will sell you down the river at the first opportunity
– Avoid Android like the plague; you never know what doors you are closing for yourself by succumbing to their wiles
This certainly isn't the first case of a big company valuing customer acquisition over doing right by their existing customers. And just maybe, Verizon has A/B tested this sort of behavior and concluded that it makes good business sense to shaft their best customers, realizing that most of them will be too lazy to switch carriers over a $500 tax on the new iPhone.
But it feels like bad business. 10 years of carrier loyalty erased for $500.
Lilia, let me be the first to welcome you to AT&T.
Voice is overrated anyway – it's all about the download speed.
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(Reporter) | ||
Description•16 years ago
Due to lack of sex I have been unable to concentrate as much on triaging bugs since i often get distracted. This creates a large problem for Mozilla since often times I am the one that keeps the Unconfirmed bugs under control. Without being able to concentrate more often the Unconfirms often increase until they are out of control. Reproducibility: Often Expected Results: Get laid. Current Results: Not getting laid I hope someone in the Mozilla community can help me out with this problem so we can all benefit from an undistracted mind. :)
Comment 1•16 years ago
Agreed. His lack of naked-time with other people is havinf a detrimental effect on his tiny little mind.
Comment 2•16 years ago
CCing others who probably can reproduce this. Reporter, can we get a minimal testcase?
Comment 3•16 years ago
setting status whiteboard ksosez: what sort of partner do you need and of what species?
(Reporter) | ||
Comment 4•16 years ago
Preferiably Homosapian and Female :)
Comment 6•16 years ago
Last time I tried to add a female homosapien into the Mozilla source, everything got rearranged and I couldn't find anything. When I finally got it all straightened out and tried to compile, it it consistently failed but with no apparent problem, eventually leading to a major crash. Suggesting that another solution be found. Have you ever thought about getting a "pet"?
Comment 7•16 years ago
Attending a good seminar for a weekend or so may help. Seminars are full of interesting young people, and sharing 3 days and 2 nights together may result in new (and close!) friends. I wouldn't exactly recommend seminars on computer-related topics, though. I have better experiences with political topics or seminars on relaxative massage.
Comment 8•16 years ago
> Suggesting that another solution be found. Have you ever thought about getting
> a "pet"?
No, I don't think bestiality is the solution.
I've had this problem since at least M13. Adding helpwanted keyword.
Reporter, is it possible that this is related to a performance issue with yourself?
not affiliated with this site in any way, shape or form but you should look on www.world-class.com for a wife, or two.. Just add them to your shopping cart
Comment 10•16 years ago
Reversing database corruption caused by bug 95857 and bug 95798. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
Comment 11•16 years ago
Worksforme, build 1978061022, on a virgin installation of mptOS 2.2.3. I'm not seeing lack of sex causing any of the problems described here. So maybe this bug is architecture-specific? A little-endian problem, perhaps?
Comment 12•16 years ago
Created attachment 46334 [details] Possible solution - reporter, will this do?
Comment 13•16 years ago
I think the following keywords apply: 1. access 2. dataloss 3. flash 4. hang 5. interop 6. mostfreq 7. perf 8. polish (don't ask!) 9. privacy (see #8)10. quicktime 11. softui 12. stackwanted
Comment 14•16 years ago
A note to anyone working on this bug: Do not bother trying to reproduce this bug. Due to it's unique nature, reproduction is impossible.
Comment 15•16 years ago
Marking invalid. Look at all the productivity we've gotten out of XPToolkit team the past two years, and we *know* they ain't gettin' none. Must be something else wrong with Asa.
(Reporter) | ||
Comment 16•16 years ago
I tend to disagree the fact that XPToolkit people being able to do so much work without getting any has no barring on the current bug :) Lack of sex has been scientifically proven to hinder bug triage while the research on programming shows lack of sex makes you a productive programmer ;) In addition I see this bug being dependent on bug 60455 since once 60455 happens i see this getting solved as well :)
(Reporter) | ||
Comment 17•16 years ago
I tend to disagree the fact that XPToolkit people being able to do so much work without getting any has no barring on the current bug :) Lack of sex has been scientifically proven to hinder bug triage while the research on programming shows lack of sex makes you a productive programmer ;) In addition I see this bug being dependent on bug 60455 since once 60455 happens i see this getting solved as well :)
Comment 19•16 years ago
This is most clearly an evangelism issue, we need to evangelize people to have sex with you. Possible [SYNTAX-SML] (sex markup language) issue as the backend may have tons of sex events lined up, but is being called with the improper constructor from the front end.
Comment 20•16 years ago
Neither Asa nor doron is the correct assignee for this bug. Please correct the errors.
Comment 21•16 years ago
Ah, yes. This bug needs to be reassigned to the default owner and QA of the Sex component of the Relationships product. I think someone's missing the joke here. Reassigning to the default owner and QA of Tech Evangelism/US English, since that's where this bug seems to have ended up.
Comment 22•16 years ago
well, i got no problems of this type -> works for me
Comment 23•16 years ago
I can still reproduce this, and I've seen this at least since M5 (actually, it seems this has occurred some months earlier) - and I didn't come around to do much triaging in the meantime. This also distracts me from my L10n work sometimes. The proposed patch seems to have no positive effect on me either. Reopening.
Comment 24•16 years ago
ok. one last time: steps to fix this problem. // for you parents while (age < 18years) sleep(1year); gf = getGirlFriend(); if (!gf.isLoose()) getMarried(gf); haveSex(gf);
Comment 26•16 years ago
I think the complaint here is that getGirlFriend tends to deadlock because all of the available resources have write locks.
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Comment 27•16 years ago
Reopening and moving because its still a bug (but reassigning as to not bug bc) :)
Comment 29•16 years ago
Hmm... so email@example.com has this problem?? I think I need to get a job @netscape.com ;) Also, Tech Evangelism doesn't have any attachment status set up, otherwise I'd flag attachment 46334 [details] as "needs-work".
Comment 30•16 years ago
getGirlFriend() returns null or blocks when called and no GirlFriend object is allocated. I wasn't able to find the proper source file, but judging from the behavior I suspect it's either buggy or an uncompleted stub. In light of the current situation, I suspect the latter. Might I suggest a preventative mostfreq, because this could get out of hand so rapidly among the user and developer community?
Comment 31•16 years ago
It seems there's a tracking bug for bugs like this. Bug 59921 to be precise. And there you'll find a comment from Emlyn Shannon, who says that all of us have "no life whatsoever."
ccing self, if somebody comes up with a solution for this I want to know... I've tried the |make love| and |wget girlfriend| to no success
Comment 33•16 years ago
Maybe the problem is due to removal of layers between Netscape 4 and Mozilla?
Comment 34•16 years ago
hmm, I was able to remove the cause but not the symptom here on my box. After I could resolve the build bustage and now have a recent build of the "GirlFriend" project, my ability to triage or resolve bugs decreased again instead of increasing. Either this is not the right solution or I have to tweak build options a bit...
Comment 35•16 years ago
You can try to move you build to Mozilla so that she files bugs herself. That may compensate for you doing less triaging.
Comment 36•16 years ago
I thought sex was basic arithmatic void havesex() { sex = ((((boy + girl) - clothing) / her legs) * # of stroke to ***) }
Comment 37•16 years ago
request addition of keyword (whiteboard): girlwanted, sexwante. This bug possibly depends on bug 100309 for resolution.
Updated•16 years ago
Comment 38•15 years ago
I tried this on a debug build and I got an assertion in getGirlFriend() -- apparently "all applicable resources are already allocated". Anyone have any idea how to get around this?
Comment 39•15 years ago
Hixie: I immediately replaced all references to getGirlFriend with emulateGirfriend(this.hand), and although it might be the optimal solution, it gets rid of the assertion. I recommend to be careful of what you pass to the emulateGirlfriend function.
Comment 40•15 years ago
I think we need to avoid hacky workarounds. I did some profiling and there seem to be way too many calls to makeLesbian. As we all know, this is using up resources. =)
[W] MLK: Memory leak of 69 bytes from 1 block allocated in nsAllocateGirlfriends Distribution of leaked blocks Allocation location new(UINT) [mshuman.DLL] nsCreateGirlfriends [nsGirfriends.cpp:60] #endif // Generic constructors => NS_FEMALE_CONSTRUCTOR(nsFemale) // create a female instance NS_MALE_CONSTRUCTOR(nsMale) // create a male instance nsConvert::YoungFemaleToTeen(nsAge, Class, Morals, SelfConfidence ) [nsConvertToTeenager.cpp:3321] // taking these parameters, we shape the girl's personality and availability nsresult rv = NS_MakeAvailable(nsAge, Class, Morals, SelfConfidence); if (NS_FAILED(rv)) return rv; // check the result from above for availability => return cm->AvailabilityManager(nsAge, Class, Morals, SelfConfidence); } There could be a couple of problems here. 1. You may need to define a #needsGirlfriend system environment variable to satisfy that #ifdef / #endif wrapped around the nsCreateGirlfriends call. 2. The NS_FEMALE_CONSTRUCTOR takes an nsFemale parameter, but I don't see nsFemale ever getting init'd. 3. You could be passing the wrong values into the global nsConvert::YoungFemaleToTeen() method. Try decreasing morals or decreasing self-confidence (don't touch age, that might get you in trouble with the law/parents). 4. If the constructor for and nsFemale succeeds, perhaps NS_MakeAvailable() isn't doing its job. I know in the Bay area, there is a severe shortage of available, attractive females. 5. You could also be passing only 3 parameters to NS_MakeAvailable, at which point this function fails, because it's looking for the SelfConfidence parameter (an important metric for availability).
Comment 42•15 years ago
Keyser, you're always welcome to join the dark side, even if Mr. Nobody does fix this bug. No, not that dark side, megaconglomerates scare me. I mean Pornzilla, http://mywebpage.netscape.com/aufbau01/.
Comment 43•15 years ago
forgot to link with libgirl.so apparently
Comment 44•15 years ago
email@example.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status Whiteboard| |[native] Target Milestone|--- |future
Comment 45•15 years ago
I'm starting to wonder if it is just the reporters problem with the inability to have sex. In which case ACCESS and HANG needs to placed in keywords. A possible solution to this is viagra, because we all could use some more "uptime." If this is not the case, then I suggest PRIVACY should be added, and possibly REGRESSION if this is not the first case. Hopefully we can get this fixed before mozilla1.0
Comment 46•15 years ago
Code review of #24: age should not be hard-coded at 18, it's locale dependent. There is also no test for gf.age. Has the reporter considered saving all his work, shutting down the computer, and leaving the house?
Comment 47•15 years ago
why should he when he can buy a nice sex box from www.fufme.com (temporarily down)
Comment 48•15 years ago
Is there any accessibility issue behind this bug ?
Comment 49•15 years ago
Possible small/deflated penii could be an accessibility problem
Comment 50•15 years ago
Adding "polish" keyword per comment #13. I wonder if that makes the bug belong to Europe:Central tech evangelism. If so, I should accept the bug as the default owner for that component.
Comment 51•15 years ago
The code is incorrect (in comment #24): while (age < 18years) sleep(1year); nor do I agree with hardcoding ages based on locale. This is assuming everyone using the code is over the age of consent. Otherwise, you expect someone under the age of consent to care about the age of consent? Personally, I go for just a warning dialog box that asks them to confirm. Also, what if they turn to the age of consent in 1 month? Then sleep 1 year would be too long. What happens if gf.age is unresolvable? For instance, some women go to bars with fake ids. (i.e. - a 17 year old that looks 21 using a fake id). What if there is no way to determine her age and she lies about it? Basically, what I am saying is gf.age depends on knowing the age which isn't always the case. Maybe there should be a gf.age (which could be NULL) and a gf.apparentAge?
Comment 52•15 years ago
I recommend re-designing the code using threading to allow the reporter to get on with other things in his life while he waits for the big moment. If he has a girlfriend but needs to sleep for a year in order to have sex, he certainly won't have a girlfriend when he wakes up.
Comment 53•15 years ago
err. bugs like this are fun but I don't think a 13 year old makes a kosher QA contact. :-/
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Comment 54•15 years ago
Moving to nobody..since really I am not getting any so Nobody is helping either :) Sorry for the spam.
Comment 55•15 years ago
if someone finds a fix for this, i know a lot of people who would be willing to test it...
Comment 56•15 years ago
I've heard rumours that there is a substance known as "alcohol" that may be of assistance. Possibly the reporter could try some, possibly with the possible solution attachement, and report back?
Comment 57•15 years ago
Darn.... I'll hate to tell ya folks, but I'm still able too find unresponded unco reports from as way back as Moz 0.96. Is there nothing we can do about this bug? Someone should set this bug from "Major" to "Critical"...
(Reporter) | ||
Comment 58•15 years ago
Well set back on this bug: I was driving home today on the freeway when the car in front of me flipped up a tire tread and it slammed into my car at 75 mph. I didnt have much time except to hold on but the front of my car has a large dent in it and one of the radiator fans is missing (thats all i could see tonight since it was dark). Since I cant afford to fix it there goes another notch on the pimp scale. And I was having such a good day too *sigh*
Comment 59•15 years ago
given that i'm not getting any, i'm tempted to mark this wontfix.
Comment 60•15 years ago
<twisted logic/>Ksosez: If you have insurance, then just slam your car into a brick wall. Then, it will be worth the deductible because the damages will be much greater than the deductible. You might even get a new car.</twisted logic>
Comment 61•15 years ago
Ksosez told me on IRC:
<Ksosez> just make sure no one pays you to fix 95849
> I was driving home today on the freeway when the car in front of me flipped up a
> tire tread and it slammed into my car at 75 mph.
you obviously don't know how to arrange these things. You should have stopped
the other car. surely, it would have been a woman. if she's nice...
But avoid stunts when trying to stop her. You'd probably end up in a wall, and
that's not cool at all.
Comment 62•15 years ago
I 've seen this problem recently but maybe theres help outside there somewhere :-))
Comment 63•15 years ago
Any women experiencing this problem?
Comment 64•15 years ago
I found the solution: GetGirlFriend (#24) is not buggy, but needs a parameter "secret interaction-code" (24 bit integer). A lot of codes work, but doesn't always result in an instace that's compatible with havesex(). And some instances only can be activated when GetMarried is called and after that it can be only used once a half year. Reverse engineering hasn't worked for me. It's much too complex and large. So I suggest brute force hacking. Use threading! (see #52) I'll try it myself this weekend. PS: Brute force hacking is something else then hardcode: gf.Purpose = sex; gf.ThinkForHerself = False; gf.AutoLay = True; gf.PeriodLenght = 0; gf.Type = teenager; ... and all the other wicked things in your mind.
Comment 65•15 years ago
Hmmmm. Just wondering if this bug is not a regression ;-)
Comment 66•15 years ago
*** Bug 153617 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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Comment 67•15 years ago
Woot cant even talk to women....I am a real winner...girls snatch me up while you can...I am going to bed...I hope you all have a Significant Other to go home to...Night
Updated•15 years ago
Comment 68•15 years ago
Comment 69•15 years ago
Not invalid. However, this might turn out to be a duplicate of bug 51683, "Unable to have 2 differently named girlfriends in the same bed".
Updated•15 years ago
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Comment 70•14 years ago
Not sure how this got closed..still a problem reopening.
Comment 71•14 years ago
Assigning to jesus_X because women told me they think he's a stud. If anyone can solve this, he can. Dmose would be the best candidate, but he's too busy to take this at the moment. Making Ksosez the QA cause he reopened it. I don't know exactly what we need to do to get this resolved. I know its an issue, but it doesn't seem to be something easy to fix. I think the best recourse would be for someone to talk to Todd Stanton, a Linux Developer who got laid: http://www.bbspot.com/News/2000/9/linux_laid.html I think a solution might be renaming "xpfe/bootstrap" to "xpfe/brastrap", but I have heard other developers say that would not be a viable solution.
Comment 72•14 years ago
Bug seems to be showing up sporadically, there and gone, I had this problem with M14-0.8, then as soon as I thought you guys fixed it, it's starting to creep back into 1.1 and later, getting worse with every nightly. Suggest we route all of our resources to pinning down this bug once and for all, ASA, you should be able to do something, right?
Comment 73•14 years ago
By "pinning down" do you mean "tying up"? That's sort of kinky...
Comment 74•14 years ago
Yeah, this must have regressed somewhere in the 1.1 cycle. I believe it still worked when 1.1 beta was released. It completely broke somewhere between 1.2 beta and 1.2 final. Could someone provide me builds dating in those periods, esp. around the 1.1 freeze (before 1.1 was branched), and between 1.2 beta release and 1.2 freeze? I think I might find the issues that caused the regression there, perhaps, I'd even be able to fix it...
Comment 75•14 years ago
I almost saw this fixed in some of the nightlies between Cristmas and new year but not quite
Comment 76•14 years ago
Not quite, because goats don't count.
Comment 77•14 years ago
I'm afraid the reason for this bug has been found. Look carefully in 192946, it seems like we now has a reason. What we only need now is a solution so we can resolve...
Comment 78•14 years ago
They are getting it on in Italy. There must be some developers in on the action ;-) Parking Lots of Love Mar 31, 10:37 am ET ROME (Reuters) - All roads are supposed to lead to Rome, but amorous young Italians anxious to escape mamma's beady eye might be tempted to take a detour to the country's first "Love Car Park." The Tuscan town of Vinci, more commonly known for its Renaissance artist son Leonardo, is renovating a car park complete with soft lighting and special trash bins for condoms. "We're just recognizing that young people love each other," Mayor Giancarlo Faenzi told Reuters by telephone on Monday. "If you don't face that fact, you're simply closing your eyes to reality and you just end up sending them a kilometer (half a mile) down the road," he said, adding that the town was still deciding whether to install a condom machine. The back seat often acts as a substitute bed for those Italians who live with their parents well into their 30s. Even Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi famously reminisced last year about how "many of us first kissed our girl in a Fiat 500." Italians talk of a "Car-ma Sutra," illustrating positions best suited to specific car models, though no one can ever remember the name of the book. Car sex is not illegal in strongly Catholic Italy -- as long as the windows are covered up. But woe betide anyone who is spotted in flagrante, whatever their age. Last month an 85-year-old man and his 74-year-old lady friend were caught having sex in a car park next to a school and were given a two-month suspended sentence. I provided the text cause I don't know how long this link will be good: http://news.excite.com/odd/article/id/314325|oddlyenough|03-31- 2003::10:45|reuters.html
Comment 79•14 years ago
This is fun and all but -> invalid.
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Comment 80•14 years ago
Marking Fixed (whoohoo)
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Comment 81•14 years ago
Marking Fixed..after 3 years
Comment 82•14 years ago
I'm sorry, we need some verification on this one...
Comment 84•14 years ago
According to my wife, I have the opposite problem. Too much bug triaging prevents any chance for sex. Should I file a new bug ? (and yes, that's a recursion !)
Comment 85•14 years ago
I see the same problem for several builds now. Reopening this Bug might do. Maybe we can solve both in one!
Comment 86•14 years ago
Congratulations, you have found the longest running gag bug on bugzilla.mozilla.org (save the $50 Hyatt -> Bengoodger joke). comment #84: I know triaging bugs can be exciting, but it shouldn't be so sexually stimulating that you don't have any sexual energy left over for your wife. ;-) Regardless, there are excercises that you can do to improve your endurance so you have a little left over for her. http://www.askmen.com/love/love_tip_60/67_love_tip.html Of course, she could just sit on your lap while you triage and if I were her, I'd probably have done that by now to divert your attention. RESOLVED TRIAGINGDOESNTREPLACESEX (I find the little anectdotes too funny to remove my name from CC list)
Comment 87•12 years ago
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=22510 http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=6395 Damn it. There goes our last reason why we're still working on this project :-)
Comment 88•12 years ago
(In reply to comment #87) > Damn it. There goes our last reason why we're still working on this project :-) You have it all wrong! Since more men have downloaded (and presumably installed) Firefox than women that means there are plenty of women for us men to "upgrade". "Hey baby, want me to insert my Firefox into your box?" ;)
Comment 89•12 years ago
That is based on the assumption that Women don't reject us first. "Installation Failed, please try again!"
Comment 90•12 years ago
(In reply to comment #89) > "Installation Failed, please try again!" Don't you mean "403 Forbidden"?
Comment 91•12 years ago
or "402 Payment Required"?
Comment 92•12 years ago
Most of my attempts to get a girl usually results in Error 410 GONE. But if we want to play this game as well, there could be: 400 Bad Request (Slap) 405 Method Not Allowed ("I'm saving myself to get married") 406 Not Acceptable (Not on a first date at least) 411 Length Required (And they say size don't matter! pff!) 413 Request Entity Too Large (Or we could be too large) 415 Unsupported Media Type (Can't forget the Gay buffs)
Comment 93•12 years ago
What about: 301 Moved Permanently 303 See Other 304 Not Modified (and you won't either) 305 Use Proxy (ask your friend)
Comment 94•12 years ago
Many studies have proven that minimizing stress is good for a healthy sex-life. The issue brought to attention here is very peculiar. Why would something that loweres the stress-level have en negative result on sex-life? If we look deeper into the problem we see that not the actual repairing of programming-code nor the lack of sex is the reason for this continuous problem. We see actually that the persons forgets one is married and has problems not having a hold on the situation. For too many hours in the evening one is not having a free time, but paying attention to a hobby which has grown from a weekly relief to a responsiblity. The result is a lowered marriage-advantage-frequency, which in result will have more stress and will keep the attention of his daily life (including the hobby, being bug-triaging). So if you still follow me, you agree that when this bug happens, you should stop bug triaging immediately to recover from this mental state which docters believe will possibly result in death or at least a divorce. We should keep in mind that if a person who fixes many bugs dies, it will be loss for the community. (I hope I won't slow down the development of Mozilla by revealing this study. As being Dutch one would think I would say No to anything, but I can say I'll never say no to sex... or the Mozilla-project.)
Comment 95•11 years ago
Bug tringing has slowed down dramitcaly, this bug must be re-evaluated for possible recursion in receant builds on trunk with new gecko, or the fact that SeaMonkey that materalized. This may be related to bug 216332, or a regression of bug 226482. (sorry for any personal pain this may encur to Keyser)
Comment 96•11 years ago
I think I made a breakthrough in finding out what's preventing this bug from being fixed. See bug 360323
Comment 97•10 years ago
the greatest thing is that none of you guys have actually got laid for ages lol, but totally pretending to sound like you know what you're talking about =P how funny!
Comment 98•9 years ago
I start thinking this bug is INCOMPLETE. Trying to fix it, one can discover that too much sex is also rapidly interfering with the ability to triage bugs. We probably need a small team to determine an efficiency range here...
Comment 99•9 years ago
I can't believe this bug hasn't been fixed after almost 7 years! Grey Hodge, are you planning to work on it soon?? Please reconsider blocking the next release. If it helps, this bug seems to be easier to reproduce during winter time here in the nordics.
Updated•9 years ago
Comment 100•9 years ago
If a suitably attractive female partner could be provided, I would be willing to participate on the aforementioned team to study the issue of exactly how much sex is too much. Just doing my part to contribute to the open source community!
Comment 101•9 years ago
(In reply to comment #100) > If a suitably attractive female partner could be provided, I would be willing > to participate on the aforementioned team to study the issue of exactly how > much sex is too much. Just doing my part to contribute to the open source > community! > That's exactly what the problem is here. No partner was provided, hence we can't triage bugs...
Comment 102•9 years ago
I would volunteer, but please see the bug 360323 blocking this one, first.
Updated•9 years ago
Comment 103•8 years ago
Ummm. Why exactly is this bug here?
Comment 104•8 years ago
Where else do you suggest that it should be? It remains an open issue.
Comment 105•8 years ago
... Really? Are you serious?
Comment 106•8 years ago
I believe carnal knowledge is required to close this.
Comment 107•8 years ago
Christopher, you might not believe it, but some of us need some fun in their lives to actually stay productive in their work. It's not only that the reporter has seen this as described in comment #0, other Mozilla contributors have been able to unintentionally reproduce this problem, including myself. Even social researchers will probably confirm to you that this is actually true - I remember there was even an actual university study on Mozilla contributions that could anecdotally confirm this problem. It would probably be nice if we found a solution to this within the Mozilla community. Depending on how to compile it into my work/life day, I might be able to test a fix - though I'd prefer such a fix to stick permanently. If it works out fine, I think I have the resources to maintain a local patch indefinitely.
Comment 108•8 years ago
(In reply to comment #107) > - I remember there was even an actual university study on Mozilla contributions > that could anecdotally confirm this problem. Is there a published paper on this?
Comment 109•8 years ago
(In reply to comment #108) > Is there a published paper on this? Not sure but we can certainly compile a lot of user experience and references.
Comment 110•8 years ago
(In reply to comment #108) > (In reply to comment #107) > > - I remember there was even an actual university study on Mozilla contributions > > that could anecdotally confirm this problem. > > Is there a published paper on this? You mean that we could mark this in-testsuite+? I don't think this was in the paper but with a bit of research I found that this was presented at FOSDEM 2006 by this guy: http://dev.seamonkey.at/?d=g&i=174&m=f&f.i=8596 - and here's a blog post talking about it: http://www.gijsk.com/blog/2006/02/fosdem-or-why-mozilla-developers-who-get-laid-do-more-bugs/ (IIRC, what was actually proven was that people who have a girlfriend or family are contributing more patches to Mozilla on average than those who haven't, which isn't exactly what this bug says - but that prove there was actually scientifically done by a university graduate and supports the general motto of this bug.) In any case, as Daniel states, we have enough proof that this is an actual bug - now I wonder when someone can finally come up with a general fix. I still see it with recent nightlies and the proposal to fix it with |wget girlfriend| results in a "Resolving girlfriend... failed: Name or service not known." error.
Comment 111•8 years ago
I can also confirm this still an issue using the latest trunk build.
Comment 112•8 years ago
(In reply to comment #111) > I can also confirm this still an issue using the latest trunk build. You must be mistaken; issues are with girlfriends (or more generally partners) or lack of girlfriends, not with code.
Comment 113•7 years ago
Does this issue include the client side error reporting that is now in firefox? :)
Comment 114•6 years ago
This should be duped for application to independent security researchers
Comment 115•6 years ago
@Jonas (#32); Have you tried executing the command 'wget girlfriend' in superuser mode? I recently found out that 'girlfriend' needs to be installed in SU-mode, and that it depends on the following packages: -Money (>188.8.131.52.0.0) -StylishHouse (=>RC2) -Monogamy (Alpha 1 will suffice) -GoodLooks (>1.5) Someone really needs to hack this code, and get a decent version!
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Comment 116•5 years ago
I think we should reopen this bug and consider a new Web Standard about it since this issue still hits many people. The WTF (aka WHATWG) seems to be a good candidate for hosting.
Comment 117•3 years ago
Oh my this is so funny! There's a lot of people lacking Sex by the way, this bug should be Bug 1 and worldwide ;) Security issue :V :end_fun:
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Scientists have for the first time produced the "seed" cells of the human spinal cord in the lab – raising hopes that conditions such as muscular dystrophy could one day be treated by transplanting complex, lab-grown human tissue.
The spinal cord, a cylinder about the width of a little finger which runs down the backbone and is the core component of the central nervous system, is a hugely complex structure. Creating spinal cord tissue from stem cells has eluded researchers for years.
However, a major step has now been taken by Medical Research Council researchers at the University of Edinburgh, who set out to mimic the natural development of the spinal cord in the human embryo.
During normal embryo growth, the spinal cord, muscle and skeleton all form from a group of cells called neuro-mesodermal progenitors (NMPs). Experts realised that these "stepping stone" cells, which despite being known about for 100 years, had been overlooked by stem cell research, held the key to development of spinal cord stem cells.
By analysing and closely copying the complex series of chemical signals which take place in a growing embryo, they were able to make the ordinary stem cells of mice and of humans transform into NMPs, and then into spinal cord stem cells.
The team have not yet grown spinal cord tissue and the goal of using lab-grown spinal cord tissue to treat debilitating neuromuscular conditions such as muscular dystrophy and motor neurone disease is still many years away.
However, as well as paving the way for future advances, the breakthrough will enable scientists to study the development of these and similar diseases by taking stem cells from patients and watching whether they develop differently under the same process – potentially offering clues to the cellular cause of the disease.
"There have been some great advances in the field of stem cell research in recent years, with scientists being able to grow liver, heart and even some brain tissue in the lab. The spinal cord, however, has remained elusive because the NMP cells have largely been overlooked," said Dr James Briscoe, who co-led the research at the MRC National Institute of Medical Research at Mill Hill.
"We can't yet produce the tissues themselves, but this a really big step. It's like being able to make the bricks and raw materials but not yet build the house," he said.
"Understanding how nature normally does it gave us all of the clues we needed to artificially make these cell types from embryonic stem cells in petri dishes."
Researchers have previously been able to grow some types of nerve, muscle and bone cells in the lab by converting them directly from stem cells. But this is the first time NMPs have been created from stem cells. Scientists hope that stem cells transformed through this natural development process will bear closer resemblance to those that occur naturally in the body – helping cells which might be used in transplants to better integrate with the body.
"NMPs are important because they're the source of the spinal cord and most of the bones and muscles in our body," said Prof Val Wilson, co-leader of the research. "But they have been like Cinderella cells. Although recognised for more than a century in the embryo, they've tended to be ignored by scientists trying to make these cell types in a dish. We hope this work will bring them out of obscurity and highlight their importance."


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Every character (and items in some circumstances) have an Armor Class (AC). The base AC for a medium-sized character or item is 10. Bonuses and penalties are applied to this basic Armor Class to reflect the effects of armor, dexterity, etc. Armor Class is an indication of how difficult it is to hit and do damage to a target.
Dexterity Modifier
Apply a character's Dexterity modifier to the character's Armor Class any time that character can physically react to an attack. Characters lose their Dexterity modifier when they are flat-footed, unaware of an attacker, or when they are restrained or otherwise rendered immobile.
Size Modifier
A character's size generates a standard Armor Class modifier, per this table:
Size | AC/Attack Modifier |
Fine | +8 |
Diminutive | +4 |
Tiny | +2 |
Small | +1 |
Medium | 0 |
Large | -1 |
Huge | -2 |
Gargantuan | -4 |
Colossal | -8 |
Stacking Modifiers
AC modifiers of the same type do not stack, except:
- Armor bonuses from armor and shields
- Enhancement bonuses from armor and shields
- Dodge bonuses
- Circumstance bonuses
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Recently, spotted at Imran Khan's bash, Sonam was seen wearing a 'grandmom like' outfit and honestly, the dress didn't do much to flaunt those sexy curves. It looked like Sonam flicked Harry potter's cloak and converted it into a floor length gown. It really makes us wonder how she let her hair down and partied till wee hours of morning in that uncomfortable outfit. Click here to read more -


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Comebacks can be tricky in tennis. Monica Seles and Jennifer Capriati managed to pull theirs off with no real trouble. Bjorn Borg crashed and burned when he tried it.
The tennis world was shocked at the end of 2002 when Martina Hingis hung up her racket at the age of 22, saying she needed time for both her mind and her body to heal. But in sports, time marches on, showing little sympathy for those who stand still. So Hingis' decision to return to tennis after three full years away from the tour was greeted with some skepticism.
Hingis left tennis after undergoing surgery on both ankles, and because of recurring foot problems. But many of her critics also claimed at the time it was because she could no longer handle the power of the Williams sisters and the other big hitters who were beginning to dominate the sport. Asked in July 2005 if Hingis had what it takes to compete in today's game, no less an expert than Billy Jean King replied, "Not sure. That's a question mark."
Ironically, King made the comments while watching Hingis play doubles in a World Team Tennis match in Boston. Coming up moments later was an eagerly awaited singles match between Hingis and the woman she was named after, Martina Navratilova. It was a much publicized first meeting of two of the sport's legends, but the match never lived up to the hype. Hingis won 5-0, bageling the then 48-year-old Navratilova with ease. It was probably more of a taste of things to come than anybody knew at the time.
Hingis did return to the main tennis tour and has now completed her first year of competition, having played in 20 tournaments crisscrossing the globe from Australia to Madrid. She lost 19 of her matches, but won an amazing 53 of them. She won two tournaments, got to two other finals, reached the quarter finals of two majors and captured a grand slam mixed doubles title. She even wound up among the eight women who qualified for the year end championships.
But how about the big question: could she compete with the big hitters? Hingis recorded victories over Sharapova, Kuznetsova, Petrova, and Dementieva, all big hitters in the top ten. She also beat Lindsey Davenport in their only meeting and went 1-1 against Venus Williams. She took Clijsters and Henin-Hardenne to three sets. She lost all three of her matches with then world number one Amelie Mauresmo, but made the last two meetings very close three-setters that could have gone either way. For her efforts, she won more than one million dollars in prize money — one of only eight women players this year to cross the million dollar line in earnings.
But with of all of her accomplishments in 2006, the most impressive was the ranking she achieved. She started the year without a ranking and was No. 349 at the start of the Australian Open in January. By November, she'd climbed all the way back up to No. 7 in the world. It may be the greatest one year jump in the rankings of any player in history.
All this is not to say there were no bumps in the road for her. While playing well in Australia and Roland Garros, she had a disappointing Wimbledon and US Open. She lost a final in Montreal to lower-ranked Ana Ivanovic and lost in Seoul (where she was seeded No. 1) to Sania Mirza, a player she had beaten in straights sets in their two previous meetings.
Both of these losses came in the second half of the season, when Hingis seemed to slow down. She did not get her second wind until the year end championships, where she suddenly looked to be playing better tennis than at any time this year. She played three three-setters in three days, winning one of them, but showing improved serving and amazingly aggressive play in each of those matches. Earlier, Hingis had disclosed in an interview that she was suffering from an iron deficiency, something that could have been one cause for her lack of energy in long matches. Hingis, who has never been any more afraid of a microphone than of an opponent's racket, summed up her own year, saying her play in Madrid had vindicated her decision to return to tennis. To her, it proved she could compete against the world's very best players.
So what did 2006 prove to the rest of us? For starters, that the skeptics were wrong. The top girls haven't gotten any weaker. They are still banging the ball very, very hard, much harder than Hingis. But she has found a way to stay competitive with them, as she proved in Madrid. While her second serve still is a liability, her first serve now seems on the border of becoming a weapon. And her aggressiveness definitely is a weapon. Hingis is one of the few players who can successfully serve and volley and she can throw that tactic into the mix to further confuse her opponents. Combined with her creative baseline play, her legendary volleying skills and the lobs and drop shots that made her famous, Hingis, along with new world number one Justine Henin-Hardenne, is the player with the greatest variety of shots in the game.
Yet the key seems to me to be aggressiveness. Moving forward takes two things, courage and energy. She showed the courage in her match against Henin-Hardenne in Madrid, where she flubbed volley after volley, but kept coming in anyway. She lost the first set 2-6 and was down 2-5 in the second, but simply never gave up and wound up pulling out the second set in a tie-breaker. She was able to fight off match points and battle back from another big deficit in the third set against Mauresmo, which also demonstrated her improved conditioning in the wake of a very unfavorable schedule. If she shows up in Australia with both her courage and her improved conditioning, I expect even better results in 2007 than she achieved in 2006.
Finally, there is one more point which needs to be addressed in any appraisal of Martina Hingis' 2006 season. Hingis walked off courts to louder ovations this year than any other woman player. Once tagged by Sports Illustrated as the tennis' biggest villain, Hingis has become one of its most beloved players. Her smile, once called an arrogant smirk by many journalists, is now cherished by all those who missed the upbeat personality she brings to tennis. Even her severest critics have become fans to greater or lesser degrees. For many, it's because Hingis brings back clever, stylish play to a sport that had come to be dominated by "big babes" who can hit the cover off the ball, but also hit it out as often as they hit it in.
Once mentored by Chris Evert, Hingis is one of the heirs of Evert's tennis legacy. She is an average-sized woman who simply has great on-court savvy and remarkable athletic skills. She succeeds without overwhelming power and that gives hope to normal size players, both amateur and pro alike.
Hingis has appreciated the warmth she has been shown by fans around the world and gives off every sign that she is working hard to continue to deserve their affection. She also continued to show a social conscience in 2006. In Calcutta, India, Hingis not only won a tennis tournament, but found time to visit the shrine of Mother Teresa and donate funds to an orphanage. Her work with children, especially the world's poverty stricken children, means that tennis now has back in the fold one of its very best ambassadors.
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Well you could have fooled me. If this has been in fact implemented by Google, it is mighty funny how I have never seen it? What I have seen are suggestions listed at the very bottom of the search results page. And, occasionally on the top of the page. I tend to filter all that stuff out anyway, because I have trained myself to ignore paid advertisements on the search pages. Ergo, I expect to see little to no impact, in the immediate future.
this sucks! bye bye, long tail!
This will have an effect on long tail keywords, but not as much as you might think, is my guess. How many people go to the Google home page to search, I would have to think less than half. Every browser now has google built in. That browser already has suggest like features built in. So most people have been using it for a long time.
@140local good point. I personally search using the toolbar in Firefox. I rarely find myself at the home page unless I working on some advandced link operators.
I also use firefox toolbar, and I have relied heavliy on autocomplete...mostly for casual searching. (...and because i am a horrible spellar!) ;)


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It's the day after a Red Wing loss, which is always a tough day. However, this one seems more painful than past losses. Perhaps it's because they blew an early 2-0 lead against a rookie making his first career start. Maybe it's the fact that they had 6 shots in the final 40+ minutes of the game. Part of it is definitely the special teams and their continued inability to sustain any momentum the Wings may have.
A Wing loss always makes people angry, but this year there's been a much different tone to the fan reaction. A few years ago a loss was greeted with the thought that it was a bad game and those happen, but you can't win them all. Then that morphed into a feeling that the team was not the consistent, intense group we were used to seeing, but they were still pretty fantastic and should win more than they lose.
This year, we were prepped by the Wings' management that this could be a tough year. Ken Holland came out and said that he thought it might be possible that they missed the playoffs this year. For a team that has been to the playoffs long enough to legally drink champagne from the Stanley Cup, that's a tough thing to hear.
Most people recognize that this is a team in transition, but after losses like last night I can't help but wonder where this team is going and what their end-game is for this season.
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This is what happens when I write comics in the early hours of the morning.
Poseidon, god of horses. One of his children was a talking horse. Little known fact: Poseidon is not only the god of horses. He is also the god of the sea. Can we please just take a moment to remember Poseidon, god of seahorses
This comic is available as a print from Society6. I should make a button or something that says that. People click on buttons.


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When these trysts come to light, parents always are tearfully saying how their child is messed up for life.
Now maybe i'm just thinking of this as an older male, but i find it very hard to believe that a teenaged male is going to be 'damaged' by having sex with his teacher.
For instance..this is one of the teachers that had sex with a student here in tampa
Debra lafave. This kids parents were all over tv about how their child is mentally damaged..yadda..yadda..yadda.
I dont know what highschool is like today, but in my day you would be a fricken SUPERSTAR if you were caught having sex with that teacher
Young females..maybe they are 'damaged'..but I kind of doubt that too, but i just dont see a young guy being anything but a hero to his classmates


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San Bernardino County has managed to close its budget gap by $8.9 million but will still need to take measures, including reducing work hours, to balance its budget, according to a second quarter budget report.
County Chief Executive Officer Greg Devereaux told the Board of Supervisors Tuesday that a $22.3million budget deficit in the 2011-2012 fiscal year plan has been reduced to $13.4million.
âWe continue to struggle through shortfalls in our budget,â he said.
As part of the budget approved last June, the county had asked employees to reduce some health and retirement benefits and give up promised salary increases.
Although cuts were imposed on non-union employees and some of the smaller employee groups agreed to the concessions, the two largest employee groups declined to do so, resulting in the deficit, county spokesman David Wert said.
âThe budget was balanced on the assumption those things would come to pass and if it didnât come to pass adjustments would have to be made throughout the year,â Wert said.
The county is going to arbitration talks with the San Bernardino Public Employees Association, representing about 11,000 employees, about whether it can reduce their work hours. The county also is negotiating with the San Bernardino County Safety Employees Benefit Association for a contract expiring in March covering most public safety employees.
Devereaux said his office is working primarily with the public safety departments to reduce the budget gap and will present adjustments to the board in his third quarter report in May, or earlier if necessary.
While other departments were âcut to the boneâ in the budget, those in the law and justice group â" including the sheriff and district attorneyâs offices â" are the only places left to cut, Wert said.
Devereaux said he did not expect a quick recovery for the countyâs finances. The countyâs assessed property tax valuation is expected to decrease by 1 percent in the 2012-2013 fiscal year and stay flat the following year. The county had initially expected increased revenues by that point, he said.


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- 8 ounces uncooked linguine
- 1 medium carrot, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1/2 cup julienned sweet red pepper
- 1/2 cup julienned sweet yellow pepper
- 1 medium zucchini, thinly sliced
- 1 medium yellow summer squash, thinly sliced
- 1 cup broccoli florets
- 1 pound thin fresh asparagus, cut into 3-inch pieces
- 8 ounces fresh mushrooms, sliced
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cups cold water
- 2 teaspoons chicken bouillon granules
- 1/2 cup white wine or chicken broth
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup minced fresh basil or 4 teaspoons dried basil
- 6 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
- Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, combine the carrot, onion, peppers, zucchini, summer squash and broccoli. Cover and cook over medium-low heat for 10 minutes. Add asparagus and mushrooms; cook 5 minutes longer.
- In a saucepan, combine flour and water until smooth. Add the bouillon. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until slightly thickened. Add wine or broth and salt; stir well. Pour over vegetables. Drain pasta and add to vegetable mixture. Add basil; toss to coat. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Yield: 6 servings.
Originally published as Pasta Primavera in Light & Tasty
February/March 2001, p9
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Reviewed Mar. 14, 2011
"My whole family liked this recipe. I did not have any asparagus so I just added more broccoli"