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Still in self denial. Again, I took info directly from the sources they use. An operation by the US Army vs the Mormons is in all the history books. It's spelled out in detail above. Another board member brought up the seering scam and my history professor called Smith the town drunk. It was reasons like these and their beliefs and polygamy which Smith preached and
practiced as early as 1830 as to why they were run out of NY.
All you can say is I'm so far off.
Like Galen - you'll never change your mind and I'm not trying to, just letting the
rest of the forum know what they believe in and why millions of Christians won't vote for Romney because he's a member of a cult who said the Bible is in error and can't be depended
on as the sole guide. My info was complete with links and references spelling out the truth.
And those Christians will keep the GOP from winning another election.
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Does that make them less of a Christian? Some early Christians believed in sacrifice, does that make them less of a Christian? My point is peoples views change...
You are off by saying Mormons are "Satan worshipers" why because they have suns and stars on their temple? Why do they celebrate Easter? Why do they celebrate Christmas?
You also said they "don't use the cross because they don't believe in death" which I proved was not true.
You also said they don't believe in Jesus like "we do" I don't know what this we shit is all about, you got a turd in your pocket or something? Fact is Mormons believe in Jesus almost exactly like "we do" http://mormon.org/faq/belief-in-jesus-christ/
You're also off because you don't know the difference between a cult and a religion. You think anyone who doesn't believe in Jesus like you do is a cult.
Cult '" a new religious movement that has a limited number of followers and whose practices may or may not be mysterious and possible unsavory.
And as I said Trap, they believe in the Bible they use the Kings James Bible like I am sure you do. They just believe in they just believe the "BOM" says what happened in the rest of the world the bible does not talk about.
And the"truth"? According to whom your Pastor Bob?
Your views on Mormonism as some kinda of cult or satan worshipers remind me of the Mom from Stephen Kings movie "Carrie". What's funny is how you mock their beliefs when you have some strange ones of your own, don't you believe the Earth was created before the universe?
Tell me Trap, as a Christian and a follower of Jesus wouldn't he frown upon on you judging of others? Isn't that up to him and God?
One thing I want to know Trap, Baptist or Southern Baptist?
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All you can say is I'm so far off.
Yes, I can say that because you are arguing from the standpoint that your views are 100% correct and superior to anyone who doesn't share them.
You just admitted on being wrong on polygammy. I also proved you wrong on the BOM quoting Smith as saying the Bible was full of errors and couldn't be trusted as a sole guide. Until Mormans accept God's word as the only word they will not be saved. I also showed where the BOM was changed over 3900 times because of errors in it.
I said I might not vote for Romney because of his politics. I still might vote for him.
I will vote for him if he's close enough to beat OBY. I said I don't believe anything he says
because he's lied so much which coincides with the founder of his cult lying to 13M Mormons
world wide that he is a prophet and Messiah but not voting for him has nothing to do with
And the"truth"? According to whom your Pastor Bob?
Man, you're really twisting things around. I said Pastor Craig. I've only been going to his
church for a short time so I don't know what he's said about it. We disagree on
dispensation so we'll probably disagree on this too.
I grew up in an independent non-denominational church. My brother is Reformed Presbyterian
minister or was.
No Southern Baptists for me and when my parent's had a friend for dinner who was one I
grilled him and he even admitted how bad and far off they went in the 60s and 70s
with ecumenicalism and the world council of churches but thought they had improved by the 90s. I disagreed.
I did go to a Southern Baptist Church once or twice when I lived in Atlanta. In Bmore they have nothing but Catholic churches but there they have nothing but southern baptist churches.
I went once or twice and the pastor tried to get me to join. I said how can you get me
to join when you know nothing about me and I know nothing about you. I visited my last church for 6 years before I joined. He just turned around and walked away. A lot of those
churches had 2-3,000 people in the morning and absolutely none in the evening. Our church
was packed in the morning and evening. I always thought Southern Baptists were shallow.
What's funny is how you mock their beliefs when you have some strange ones of your own, don't you believe the Earth was created before the universe?
I did laugh when the Mormon Doctrine says on p.20 the Garden of Eden was in
Jackson county, Missouri. That was funny. The other points were on their erroneous
beliefs tha the Bible has erors and cannot stand up by itself when their BOM has been
changed 3900 times because of errors with spelling mistakes that was
down right embarrassing. That was funny. So was Smith's seering scam when he duped
NY farmers and was run out of town. You said he was run out of town strictly for his
beliefs. It was more than that.
As far as any superiority, I've been studying this my entire adult life so I know I'm right.
I made some minor mistakes but like I keep saying, I used sources directly from their
discourses, doctrines and BOM.
You're really reaching to bring up a point from another thread but I went according
to what the Bible says that half the civilized world believes in but you don't and you didn't
mind Spammy the Athiest calling the Bible hog wash on that creation thread.
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I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute, where no Catholic prelate would tell the president (should he be Catholic) how to act,
Religion is a private business, judge the candidate on their qualities.
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Kennedy couldn't have cared less about Catholicism. He and Bobby banged Marilyn Monroe at the same
time plus many others just like their old man who took movie stars from his pal Howard Hughes. A good Catholic in 1960 wouldn't have done that.
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Still got questioned about his religion by the WASP establishment though
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The lefts idea of a "humming" economy. Those out of the labor force is at an all time high .....
So yipee, 120,000 people got hired, lower than expected and still above 8% which Obama promised to have under. I'm sure that makes the other 7.9 million people and everyone else pinching pennies and paying 4-5 bucks a gallon for gas just overjoyed.
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Sorry Trap. I was wrong (to a degree) about polygamy, you were wrong about the cross, not believing in Jesus, being "Satan Worshipers" etc.
I am glad you think you're right, that's important to you about your views, but judging others for what they believe? I find Mormons way more tolerant of others views than you are of theirs. How does that saying go judge not lest ye be judged?


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Evie is not hyper, she is very calm and quiet in the house. Go outside with the ball to work and she is balls to the wall. Very good on/off switch. But she is a thinker. My gsds are thinkers too and will work a situation so it benefits them, but she is a methodical, evil, planning thinker. Aside from a few phone chargers as a puppy and a pair of sunglasses she has never been destructive, but if there is food to be found and she has the opportunity she will find it. And she has a love for paper. Everything she does screams neurotic obsessive though. When she has opportunity to tear up paper (which she rarely does now that she is older) it is torn into a million and one tiny same sized pieces and left in a neat little pile. She can take a package of gum, rip 1/4 of the box off, unwrap every piece and tear up each wrapper while leaving each piece of gum intact. Meticulous is a word I use to describe her.
She will steal food, this is not something I have been able to break her of and the only reason she is still crated at almost 6 years old. She can be loose with a steak on the floor so long as I am home. She will not touch anything if I am home. But if left long enough she will find a way to find something. It might take 2 weeks of being free 100% but eventually she will ruin it for herself. She's bad lol. For example one year for xmas I got my sister a bunch of baking supplies. Everything she would need - baking pans, vanilla, flour etc... wrapped up in a basket. In a 20 minute span while we went to the store she pulled it down off a shelf and chewed into the bag of flour (thank god it was a small bag of flour). She also removed 2 tangerines from my boyfriends lunch box and placed them with the flour. Flour was glued to her feet, her whiskers, halfway up her legs and to the carpet. What a mess and what a bad dog!
She is an amazing, brilliant, athletic dog that I wouldn't trade for anything but she is not a dog for the average owner. I am active, she has always gotten a lot of exercise, she competes in agility, we go to dog events regularly, she goes to work with me often, I even trained her as a duck dog with formal retrieving. Despite this, while living in town, it was not enough. The chewing her feet, weird tearing up paper habits, food stealing are all mental stimulation for her saying she needs more activity - more of a job. Since we've moved and she is receiving constant heavy exercise, is travelling across the property with us doing repairs and things in addition to her regular stimulation from agility and other training, she is finally in her element.
I find most people that love the breed and have good ones compete regularly in some event like flyball or agility, work them on livestock or do not work, are with the dog all of the time and walk a lot. For your average home where people work a 40 hour week it is very difficult to provide for them properly imo.
I will always own a bc I think, but gsds are definitely my preference. Much more easy going with all the intelligence.
I have both German Shepherds and a Border Collie (and a Sheltie). The difference in personality between my Collie and shepherds is unbelievable. My youngest Shepherd wants to please me from the moment he wakes up until he goes to bed. My Collie wants to please because she knows she will be rewarded. She is very intelligent and always thinking.
I have both of them in agility and my collie is much much faster however she is sometimes to fast and then we end up making a mistake because i can't give her the next command quick enough. My shepherd however is always looking at me he knows that I have to tell him whats next.
I can't say that I prefer one breed to the other (although mt shepherd Axel is my baby).
|We used to live next to someone with 3 border collies that they ran in agility. Neat dogs; very smart, and really a thinking breed. I don't think that these dogs were "hyper" per say. They definitely needed regular exercise, but they needed mental work more than running a marathon. I grew up with aussies and love the breed. They (generally) aren't quite as intense as the BCs and can be very silly dogs. Neither are a good breed for an inexperienced owner IMO.
I think BC's and GSD's are both easy to train, but like someone else said My GSD is more in to training and doing what I want to please me. The BC's love to learn anything new and then add their own twist to it
Now to see where the Aussie fits in with the other 2 breeds.
I have border collies and have had a number of them over the years. I think where you get them from makes a big difference. People that work and use them for real know they aren't usually herding all year round unless you keep a few off to the side specifically for it. My current two can easily take months off in a row without any problems. They come from very strong working lines. Their breeder wanted good dogs they could live with. They owned a big farm with sheep and cattle but have since moved. They decided to stop breeding.
I did get a couple of crazy dogs before I knew what to look for. Not crazy in energy levels but not right in the head.
I don't find the border collies or working line shepherds hyper but they do ideally need some regular exercise. An hour a day just sounds crazy to me. It is probably most important to have a sound temperament with an off switch.
When I had my C section all my border collies and shepherds got zero exercise for 3 months. I had no problems even with a 9 month old Shepherd puppy ( plus my 5 other adult dogs at the time). Maybe I am just lucky but I don't think so.
Lol I dug thru fb to find a pic! The one standing is mags, she came from hollowshot, the breeder has working bc's that herd and agility specialist.
The red and white is chase, I have no idea were he comes from but he is a pinch taller then dex.
Dex is behind him, dex comes from a breeder out by the US / CAN border, his dad worked sheep and his mom was just a house dog. As we were told, dex and mags are related, chase came with papers but I have never seen them, he belongs to mags parents.
However mags is the smallest of the group, my mothers BC is even smaller then mags, she came from a working farm out by London ontario.
And I wish I could remember the breeders name
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|I also think there are differences in lines (like any breed). Some of our team BCs are very loud, always yapping and barking and running around. In contrast, I've seen a few dogs from the breeder Danielle's dog is from (and I think all these dogs may be related through Animal?) and what I observe is that these dogs are more "collected". They are quiet waiting for their turn but you can tell every muscle in their body is ready to RUN. They aren't barking and lunging around waiting their turn but you line them up, release them, and they shoot forward like they were fired out of a slingshot.
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They certainly range in size. Dex is a 50 pound dog, his girlfriend mags is about 40 pounds, she is way shorter then dex. Unlike DJ's he loves kids but really dislikes teenage boys. He was also out of his crate around 6 mnths. Super smart, infact it like constant episode of pinky and the brain around here, dex being the brain and shiggs is pinky, anyone who has a bc will know what I mean. They also have that "I am very disappointed in you today" look they will dole out if necessary.
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|My border collie is much smarter than either shepherd, in the sense that he is a thinking dog much more so. He wants to figure things out, my GSDs just want to do what they think I want from them, if that makes sense? My border collie is the easiest to shape and teach new behaviors to by far.
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Since Scheckter's win, those who have driven full time in their cars include names like Vitor Meira, Kosuke Matsuura, Dan Wheldon, and now JR Hildebrand, with one offs by John Andretti, Hideki Mutoh, Scott Sharp, Ed Carpenter, and Buddy Rice. You have a combined 30 wins with the drivers listed and three Indianapolis 500 victories, but not one with Panther Racing. If you take the total positions gained by the above drivers while at Panther (1742 places) and divide it by the number of starts they've had at Panther (144), you get an average finish of 12.09. That is not all that great, very decent at best.
Their most recent driver, JR Hildebrand, has had some flashes of brilliance, with some great runs in Fontana 2012, Iowa 2012, and the defining moment of his young career, Indianapolis 2011. But all of the races listed were going great for him and all ended in a unfortunate manner. Though JR has had some questionable decisions and has put himself in poor situations in the past, how much support has Panther giving JR? On every road course, it seems like he is buried in the back of the field due to a bad qualifying effort.
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Only active teams with longer win droughts in the Indycar Series include Dreyer and Reinbold (4,825 days), AJ Foyt Racing (3,935 days), and KV Racing (3,704 days). Unfortunately for Panther, the teams previous listed have gotten off to a good start in the 2013 season and were impressive in 2012 as well.
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Now this is a strange shirt.
So... whose shirt was this originally, if it's been stolen by the person who's wearing it when you see it? I'm so confused.
oh, I'm still laughing...style of text seems just quirky enough to suit the sentiment
Shades of Steal This Book
I catch shoplifters for a living...I could wear this shirt to blend in.
i should buy one of these and give it to my boyfriend, just so i can take it back from him
Not only did I steal your plain red shirt, but I wrote this message on it to brag about it.
Buying this shirt with the intention of keeping it is kind of a Catch-22. The phrase is an invitation to having it stolen.
I can just imagine how anyone wearing this will get followed around while shopping.
And who can blame them? You've admitted to it already.
It's gonna be a hard sell for woot to convince me to buy my own shirt.
Someone stole my idea!
I really like the lettering on this design-- I don't think a standard font would've fit with such a slogan.
I really hope the placement of that hand doesn't make things... awkward... for female wearers.
DarkDrag0n wrote:Not only did I steal your plain red shirt, but I wrote this message on it to brag about it.
Kind of like the guy who bragged on Facebook about the robbery he had committed. Don't you just love Jatravartid criminals.
If I recall, the Eight Commandments also doesn't mention anything about coveting other people's possessions.
This comment was stolen before it could be posted. =/
Nice to see a red shirt!
Must....resist...urge...to DANCE!
Sorry, just saw Billy Elliot for the first time on Netflix Instant.
Will go to Bway if I haveta.
"I just wanta dahnce at the balleh!"
This shirt doesn't seem to fit in with any of the other Shirt.Woot shirts I have ever seen. What is going on? Even the write up is stranger than usual.
I'd rather deal with someone with Nymphomania than Kleptomania.
I'm a card carrying member of Kleptomaniacs Anonymous...and, yada, yada, yada, I find this post offensive.
Want proof? I'll haveta steal it.
Can we get this with matching underpants? :'\
Why hello 2004! How've you been? See tonight is a good night for you.
If it looks like it came off a bumper sticker, I'd rather not have it on my chest.
simple way to solve the catch-22-esque dilemma:
buy this with a stolen credit card. Then technically, you stole the shirt.
Oh, the irony of having to buy a shirt that states it was stolen!
CaptRobThePirate wrote:This shirt doesn't seem to fit in with any of the other Shirt.Woot shirts I have ever seen. What is going on? Even the write up is stranger than usual.
Uh, are you trying to find some kind of pattern in what shirts this site prints? Good luck. As for the write-up, it was quite normal! Utterly random and funny as usual I think.
But perhaps you were joking? As Pooh once said, "You never can tell with [shirt.wooters]."
Dang. I saw this at hot topic in the 90's. Nice and retro woot.
For some reason, the shirt design and lettering remind me of an arachnid. A spider, to be precise. To name a specific spider, Charlotte.
Was this done with Cincy Reds pitcher Mike Leake in mind??? And it is a red shirt....
Yes I'm a Kleptomanic
And yes...this is your shirt
And yes...that is a picture of a hand trying to pinch my nipple
My spouse failed to remember my "ends in 0" birthday (today!) and couldn't be bothered to order the two woot shirts that I requested as my birthday present. I'm really, really tempted to order this, give it to him, and then take it back.
Apparently I'm the only one that had to look up what a Kleptomaniac is... haha
"An irresistible impulse to steal, stemming from emotional disturbance rather than economic need."
yay me!
Hah! It fits right in with the Woot theme of the day... HP. Looks like the same font HP used for several years with their "perpetual Halloween" ad campaign (the "computer is personal again" thing). I could never shake the halloween theme whenever I saw that goofy font in their advertising.
Love the HALO: Reach shout-out in the "This shirt tells the world:" section!
tazfreeatlast wrote:Oh, the irony of having to buy a shirt that states it was stolen!
The police will be waiting by your mailbox to arrest you for receiving stolen merchandise.
This shirt has been live for over two hours & still no Winona Ryder jokes?
Here are a couple bad ones for your viewing pleasure:
In an interview, Winona Ryder claimed that she didn't use the internet. Of course she doesn't... it's hard to shoplift from a website.
What is Winona Ryder's favorite football team?
The Pittsburgh Steelers.
It would be hilarious if someone got arrested while wearing this shirt and then had to take a mugshot while wearing it haha
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I'd use what works best in your pistol. Try to carry what you practice with.
Would you choose a lighter (115 gr or less) bullet or a heavier (more than 115 gr) one? Why?
I'd use what works best in your pistol. Try to carry what you practice with.
I'm considering more for personal defense. These 9mm pocket pistols are really light and kick pretty hard so I was just entertaining the thought of lighter rounds (less than 115 gr) in an attempt to have less recoil. I'm just wondering if there are negative effects to having lighter ammo.
Velocity/Energy... vs. Weight/Momentum... vs Recoil/Control... The eternal arguement...
In a 4-5" barrel, the burning gases have more time to push on the bullet, producing greater velocity than a shorter (3") barrel.
You can push a 124gr bullet faster out of a 5" barrel than out of a 3". Many 124-147gr bullets may not fully expand out of a 3" barrel, where a 115gr bullet will expand fine.
Heavier bullets require more velocity to fully expand tha lighter bullets.
Expansion is key, expansion with momentum is best.
Out of a 3" barrel (subcompact), you will get greater velocity and expansion with a lighter bullet, at the expense of bullet mass (momentum). Out of a 5" barrel, you will get greater velocity, with a heavier bullet, with full expansion... at the expense of concealabilty...
Rule of thumb (IMO):
3" barrel... lighter bullet (115-125gr 9mm, or 185gr .45ACP)
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I'm 59 and after getting laid off last april I decided that if I were ever going to sail I had better get to it.
My finances being what they are my choices were few. I decided to go with a Hobie 16 and see if sailing were something I really wanted to do.
On a small lake near my home in upstate NY I taught myself to sail the H16 and by August I was out on the trap flying the hull. I have to tell you that I love this boat and the opportunity it has afforded me.
Over the winter I purchased a 27' sloop and now I look forward to taking the next step.
i still have a nacra 5.2 that i bought for $500 back in 91 or so. love it. i do not get out on it much anymore. mainly because there are not any decent marinas in my area where i can keep it mast up ready to go. i used to sail out of Aqualand in Ga. it was not unusual to see me out there 6 days a week. whenever the winds were above 8 kts i was out there. 8 was the minimum i needed to be on the traps. i have had the nacra out in 50+ knot gusts many times. i always thought Small Craft Advisories were advising me to get out on my small craft, so i did. being a skinny bloke if i flipped it i could not right it by myself. there were a few times when i would have to wait till i blew up on shore or somebody came by to help me get it up after being pummeled by a microburst. it is fun flying through the air sledding down the mainsail because the winds just come out of nowhere.
i do hope to get it out at least a couple of times this year. i used to take the nacra on our yearly beach trips, but lately we have been going to the outer banks of NC and some beaches in SC. they tend to not allow beach launching.
have fun. keep the 18. 16's are finicky and pitchpole like crazy in FW. in SW they are more buoyant and behave more reasonably.
|The boat was my father's, so I have been sailing it for a while. I just got a used sail from wldjibe, and I hope that eliminates some of the weatherhelm in heavy air. That being the only complaint I have about the boat. I have contemplated daggerboards, but whew that's a lot of work. I enjoyed my excursion into leaner land, but I ain't going back!
I just sold my Stiletto 27, after 15 years of fun in the sun.
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I have recently returned to the multihull world by moving from my S2 8.0b to a Stiletto 27. I am so glad to be back. The Hobie 18 is a very good boat, and much better for carrying weight. Had a 21 for a bit, and it was a bullet in heavy air, but it underperformed in all other conditions. I have enjoyed all my catamarans, but thought the Nacras were the overall best, then Prindles. I think that Hobie thought this as well when they designed the Hobie 20. It's the perfect marriage of the Prindle 19 and the Nacra 5.8, with Hobie rudders(which are the best.) I'm sure you'll have fun on any of them
Yeah, it's kind of luxury camping, sort of in its own catagory. Have fun!
|I'd point out that the stiletto is basically an over-sized beach cat with sleeping berths in the oversized hulls.
|I have recently returned to the multihull world by moving from my S2 8.0b to a Stiletto 27. I am so glad to be back. The Hobie 18 is a very good boat, and much better for carrying weight. Had a 21 for a bit, and it was a bullet in heavy air, but it underperformed in all other conditions. I have enjoyed all my catamarans, but thought the Nacras were the overall best, then Prindles. I think that Hobie thought this as well when they designed the Hobie 20. It's the perfect marriage of the Prindle 19 and the Nacra 5.8, with Hobie rudders(which are the best.) I'm sure you'll have fun on any of them
My favorite is catsailor.com. It is a busy forum for cats.
Bought two Hobies in the last two years. A 16 and a Bravo. Will get the anti-pitchpole device if I keep the 16. The Bravo is a lot more fun than you would think.
Got them for the small lakes near Moab, Utah.
The Bravo was great on the lake (pond) near Moab that gets a h of a lot of wind.
Took the 16 to McPhee Reservoir in Colorado.
Now I am back in Colorado a couple of miles from my Ensign on Lake Dillon.
Not sure what to do with the Hobies that are still in Utah.
I advise adding a righting pole to the 16s and 18s.
I am 62 and still love the cats.
First, thanks to you and all the others for thier service. I started sailing on an H16 on a large pond on Indiana. Then I moved to the North Shore of Boston and sailed off the coast of Marblehead. After a few years of doing that I ended up with an H18. I moved to Annapolis a year later and sailed it near downtown. Both the H18 and H16 have thier strong points. After sailing the H18 for a few years I found myself wanting the H16 again. The H18 is great for two people. You can really squeeze every ounce of performance out of it. I found that without mast up storage I did not sail it very much. And yes, you will need another person or righting assistance if you capsize. I was about 250 when I had the H18. It is a great boat. That said I prefer the H16 for my sailing preferences.
They are still quite fast, you can launch the boat from a trailer to the water in 15 minutes solo, I find it easier to keep a hull up, if you can capsize the boat you can right it solo if you weigh 200lbs or more, I have no qualms about running it up onto a beach, and I find the sail to be a bit more dry. There are also more racing fleet for the H16.
It is much easier to tack the H18 without backwinding, especially with crew. The dagger boards allow this. The H16 almost always has to be backwinded when solo, and many times with crew, since you have to drag the assymetic hulls through the water. Just move your weight as far forward as possible when tacking.
Get Catamran Sailing: From Start to Finish by Berman. This book will greatly steepen your learning curve. It takes about an hour or two to read cover to cover. I read it every spring and always seemed to learn something new.
I used to be pretty active on the Hobie board under the alias of HobieNick. If you have any questions about either boat, let me know. The wife and I started a family last year so she made me get a bigger boat. I can't wait until my daughter is old enough to start sailing the H16.
Have fun and keep us posted.
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They're great fun! Where to start...
Get a book on sailing them.
There is no need to backwind in a tack. There is a need to ease the main as you come through and get a cross just as the wind does. It's all timing.
Practice righting near the beach. The 18 is a bit harder to right because of its size - probably 320 pounds are required. The H16 takes about 270. You can get by with less with a righting bag, but it is very physical and very tough if it is windy. I'm not sure 1 person can right a H18 alone, with any aids.
You can't drag a H18 over the sand. Either get wheels or just use a ramp.
Knee pads are very handy, if you are over 40!
Foot loops on the rail real help when things get wild.
They are GREAT practice for bigger boats. My first boat was a Prindle 16 (very much like the H16) On my last boat (Stiletto 27) I would never let a non-beach cat sailor take the helm if there was much wind. Then again, the Stiletto is like a H18 that can't be righted! On my new cat I ma a bit less strict, but I still prefer a sailor that can gauge when a pitch pole is coming and when to ease up. The feel is different than a monohull and a beach cat is the best teacher.
So, in a season or 2, it is inevitable: you will move to the dark side! Welcome!
|Don't have one but I love 'em! Maybe a 16 or an 18 somewhere down the line ... Can't beat the thrill.
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The UST Women's Basketball team defeated Dallas Christian College and won their first game in program history on Friday, Nov. 18, 70-37. The game opened up the inaugural PSN Sports Challenge in Jerabeck Athletic Center, which featured UST, Dallas Christian College, Our Lady of the Lake University, St. Gregory's University and Southern University-New Orleans.
The Lady Celts needed a win coming off the arguably toughest stretch of the season empty-handed.
"We have played a brutal schedule to start our first season," Head Coach Mike Ricks said. "I think the quality of our opponents has helped us to get better faster, and it really showed this weekend."
The Lady Celts put together two solid halves of basketball and wore down the Lady Crusaders en route to a decisive victory. The UST team was led by Aujanee Armstrong with 12 points. Freshman Emily Sebo finished with 11 points and sophomore Brooklyn McCall came off the bench and chipped in with 10 points. Amber Arceneaux-Francis had her most effective game of the young season, finishing with 7 points, 6 rebounds and a block.
"Anytime 3 or 4 players can score in double figures is a great thing for us. It makes it hard for a defense to focus on one person," Ricks said.
Not only did the Lady Celts have their best game offensively, but they also held the Lady Crusaders to 29 percent shooting from the field and forced them into 22 turnovers.
The Lady Celts kept their foot on the gas pedal heading into conclusion of the PSN Sports Challenge on Sunday, Nov. 20 versus a talented Southern-New Orleans team and came out with their second win in a row, 83-67. With the win, the Lady Celts improved to 2-3 on the season.
The team shot 52 percent from the field, including 62 percent from the 3-point line, and held the Lady Knights to 40 percent shooting and forced 19 turnovers. Freshman Madeline Ali led the Celts with 4 steals off the bench.
Sebo had her season and career high 19 points on 7 of 11 shooting, including 3 of 4 from the 3-point line.
"Emily was fantastic today," Ricks said. "I kind of had a feeling that she was going to have a good game today and she came up big for us."
Hershiira Boone-Rodgers also had her best game of the season, scoring 16, and she was a perfect 4 for 4 from the free throw line. Arceneaux-Francis (10 rebounds and 9 points) and Shelia Onyekwere (12 points and 7 rebounds) owned the paint for 40 minutes, frustrating the Lady Knights' frontcourt.
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I moved down here in February from eastern PA for work. I've been an avid waterfowl hunter since I was ten and get out as much as I can (usually 4 or 5 days a week, before and after work). since I won't be making the 10 hour trip very often back to the swamps I hunted back home, I was wondering if anyone could help me out and tell me some decent areas to go "beakin". I'm not asking you to tell me where your honey hole is that you have been hunting at since you where a little kid (because I wouldn't either) but, if someone could let me know general areas that are good, I can scout them out and hopefully do alright this season.
Also, if anyone has private land or, knows someone that does, I'm more than willing to help or do work there for hunting privileges. I've worked on farms in my free time back home for archery and duck hunting privileges and, they have turned out to be some of the best spots.
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I posted these on my local Garrison forum, but I thought I would share with you guys here on TDH. After three years of bouncing around, I'm finally back in a house with a room to dedicate to Star Wars. And since I had my Boba armor, I decided to make that the center piece display! At least, until I can get a mannequin. Or *gasp* actually finish it enough to troop in!
I have changed things a bit; there is display for my TIE helmet, hoses, and armor, and of course, the boba display. (the TIE one I made out of PVC; I like it. The boba, is unfortuantely, just a chair for now, but it's not that bad.)


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President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe who has already destroyed his nation's farm system took another step in his ever destructive policies of bankrupting a nation which has a 100,000% inflation rate by signing a bill that requires all foreign firms in his nation to give majority control to Zimbabweans. The last time Mugabe forced out foreigners and gave their land to Zimbabweans, it turned out those receiving the land were cronies and supporters of the president, not people able to become effective farm owners. A third of the population has fled their nation in hope of finding work and the semblance of organization in other nations. The farm system has collapsed. Now, Mugabe is going to drive out foreign business interests in order to portray himself as the defender of his people against foreign imperialist elements who rob them of their natural riches. The rhetoric of revolution is the rhetoric of economic disaster.
In the "democratic election" now taking place Mugabe's opponent, Simba Makon, has been banned from use of television while the president continues his nonstop effort to present himself as the only one capable of leading Zimbabwe. There is no question he is leading the nation to an inflation rate of 200,000% and the loss of another 3,000,000 people who will have to leave in order to survive.


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Anyone having issues installing backtrack 4?When I burn the image and boot up, I see the options, but I am not able to install it to the hard disk? I keep getting some errors when I pick any option in the list. I checked the MD5 sum and also used different Disc burning software.
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We've started calling her Hanna Solo... sort of a slutty sorority girl Han Solo costume, frozen in carbonite.
Backstory... I'm planning a party for Star Wars Day, May 4th, and an artist friend of mine (who I now believe was drunker than he let on) said to me "I'll build a Han in carbonite, it's easy, just plaster..." and I replied "if you know how to do that, you are more than welcome to use my garage and I'll chip in on some of the supplies." A conversation a week later revealed that maybe he doesn't know how to go about this, but I'd already told a lot of people about it so I had to at least try. My biggest project to date has been my fett gauntlets (cardboard and bondo) and really simple Vader-ish chest armor for a girl out of sintra, so I was not expecting this to go well.
I started thinking about shortcuts... As you all know, when you make a female version of a male costume, you don't have to be screen accurate as long as it's sexy. My friend may not have known exactly how to make the form, but he did have powertools and some free time to help me make the box out of cull lumber from Home Depot (I think it was like $5). Luckily, he also has a bunch of display busts (shoulders and neck to just above navel) from a dept store that he's been decorating and showing at various art shows, so there's like 30% of the form done! I got a styrofoam head from a costume shop, covered it in bondo and sanded smooth. I had another friend make hands out of clay (had to bondo over to keep from cracking). She also let us form the upper thighs on her with plaster cast material because she's close to the size of the torso. Put a shirt on the torso and my girlfriend made the skirt from the unused back of the shirt.
Been covering it with bondo, lacquer and plaster (the stuff for patching sheetrock) followed by lots of sanding for the last week or so. Today we poured a layer of clear resin (envirotex, I think) over it. That's gotta dry for 48 hours, then we're gonna pour another layer, hopefully enough to make the face level with the frame. Then I'll probably use the leftover plaster to make the surface uneven and rough before painting it.
On the sides, I got really creative with **** I had around the house. I cut out one hole on each side (I know Han has four panels on each side, but I'm lazy and wanted to keep the price down) and made some cool looking control panels out of Home Depot Fire Extinguisher signs. They're the perfect size and heavier than "for sale" or "beware of dog." I've got some of the little trays that lighters are sold on in convenience stores that look like buttons, painted chrome and cut holes for lights. I made the screens from clear plastic cut from some packaging and green pencil case bags that I took out of binders when the zippers broke. Made boxes from scrap lumber and mounted lightbulb sockets from a broken lamp.
So far, I've only spent $100 for this, and a lot of that was wasted on trial and error as I have no idea what I'm doing here. I was planning to try and sell it at the party, but it's turning out much better than I expected and I kinda wanna keep it.


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Hi all.
I have been a very long time lurker (first time poster) as I fell in love with Zam's costume all those years ago but never got around to making it. Still would love to make Zam one day but only if the cost of the neoprene goes down enough ;)
Anyway I recently got bitten by the Bounty Hunter bug again and have started a project I hope to finish in a reasonable amount of time. (Just about to post that WIP thread in the appropriate forum).
I have been a costume maker for years mainly working in fabrics and historical patterning (ask me about Spanish tailors of the 16th and 17thC ;) ) but have many movie and Star Wars specific costumes.
Last year I went about learning to resin and fibreglass and wound up with a Slave Leia costume. So this year I am trying a few other solid costume parts :)
Got a few tutorials as well as a gallery of my costume work on there :)
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Two mechanical engineering students from Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus (IUPUC) gained hands-on experience this summer through the restoration of a historical folk art exhibit that depicts life in Indiana before 1900 through mechanical dioramas.
Native Hoosier Merle Yenawine was born in Georgetown in 1887. Untrained as an artist, Yenawine's passion for carving grew into tableau-based depictions of his childhood memories of small town life in Indiana.
Yenawine's folk art dioramas include hundreds of moving mechanical objects. Buildings are made of plywood and figures are carved from poplar and pine. Human figures are about two inches tall with many of the human and animal figures articulated and animated.
Local resident Cindy Hendershot is Yenawine's granddaughter and a graduate of Indiana University. She and her husband Robert are IUPUC donors and friends.
Seeking to restore the vintage dioramas in her possession, Cindy approached IUPUC to offer engineering students a unique learning experience and an opportunity to contribute to a worthy historical cause.
IUPUC mechanical engineering students Kable Walton of Columbus and Joseph Peters of Shelbyville completed restoration of the Yenawine diorama this summer. In the process, they learned about sizing new motors and belts, understanding specifications and ordering mechanical equipment, reducer gears, fixing and replacing mechanical linkages, basic wiring, plus performing basic engineering calculations.
Peters stated, "The project not only benefited my education, but provided an opportunity to develop an appreciation of the various quirks of historical mechanics and the rewards of restoration."
"By restoring the dioramas I developed new skills and learned many new things, such as soldering, four-bar linkage theory, how reduction works, and patience," said Walton.
The Carnegie Center for the Arts in New Albany, IN is home of an extensive Yenawine folk art exhibit. An article with feature photos titled "Grandpa Makes A Scene" is posted online at www.carnegiecenter.org.
Not seen in those photos are the mechanisms underneath the historical scenic depictions that provide the animation. According to Hendershot, many of those mechanisms are more complex than the dioramas she now owns.
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HANOVER, N.H. – For the second time this season, University of Hartford midfielder Garrett Dollard provided the heroics for the Hawks' men's lacrosse team, this time netting the game-winning goal with 15.6 remaining in regulation to propel his team to an 8-7 win at Dartmouth in the 2013 non-conference finale on Tuesday afternoon.
Hartford, which continues its road trip on Saturday when it pays Binghamton a visit at 1 p.m., improves to 5-5 on the year. The victory was a historic one for the Hawks as they had never defeated Dartmouth (2-9) in six attempts.
Dollard finished with a team-best two goals while Alex Matarazzo, a long stick midfielder, contributed a pair of points on a goal and an assist. Rounding out the Hartford goals were Kevin O'Shea, Rory Nunamacher, Jack Bobzien and Tim Engel. Between the pipes, the Hawks received a solid outing from Frank Piechota, who registered 15 saves on the afternoon.
Hartford (5-5) broke open a 4-4 halftime tie with a pair of goals in the third quarter thanks to goals by O'Shea and Engel at 9:23 and 5:29, respectively. During that stretch, the Hawks' defense kept Dartmouth's offense silent, not conceding a goal during the entre quarter to maintain that 6-4 cushion heading into the final 15 minutes.
That scoreless Big Green drought, which started with 6:11 left to play until halftime, extended more than two minutes into the fourth, a span of just under 24 minutes.
Chris Costabile put an end to Dartmouth's goal less spurt with 12:37 left in regulation, scoring unassisted to close his team's gap to a single goal at 7-6. Franze had an answer for the Hawks, though, beating Big Green goalie Bernie Susskind to the back of the net to re-extend the visiting team's lead to a pair of tallies at 8-6.
Less than 90 seconds later, the Big Green rallied back, reeling off two-straight scores within a span of 30 seconds to force the fourth tie of the contest at seven-all with four minutes to go.
With 1:17 remaining on the regulation clock, Dartmouth called for timeout, and out of the break, saw Jack Connolly fire a shot at the Hartford goal with 57 seconds to go. That shot sailed high over the crossbar, and Hartford gained possession.
Following a successful clear, Connolly was whistled for a penalty, forcing the Big Green to play one man short for the final 36 seconds. The Hawks used that extra-man opportunity to their advantage as Bobzien, the nation's top freshman in assists, fed Dollard for the game winner with just over 15 seconds to go in the contest.
Dartmouth had one final shot, as Phil Hession, who helped lead his team to an 11-of-19 advantage at the faceoff X, won the ensuing duel and rifled a shot with five ticks on the clock. Piechota was in perfect place to make the rejection, preserving the win for the Hawks.
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Goldblatt's BladeRunner drywall cutter wasn't even on the market when I first heard about it, but it sounded so cool, I knew I wanted to try it out: a tool that scores both sides of a panel at the same time, and makes drywall cuts a very quick snap. I even dreamed about it one night, and woke up hoping I had just invented something in my sleep.
Now that I've tried it, the BladeRunner has become a regular in my drywall tool arsenal. Typical drywall cuts are a three-step process. You use a utility knife to score through the paper on one side of a sheet. You then snap the piece away from the cut side, and finish by cutting the paper on the back side to free it. The BladeRunner turns this into a two-step process by cutting the paper on both sides at once.
The tool has strongly magnetized top and bottom halves, each with a rolling cutting wheel much like a mini pizza cutter. They are stored held apart by two hinged, spring-loaded legs which fold in when you start a cut at the edge of a sheet. Now separated by the drywall, the two halves are magnetically held exactly opposite each other with their cutters lined up. By sliding the top piece along the cut line, the bottom piece drags along, and the cutters score both paper faces. As you finish a cut and run the tool off the other edge of the sheet, the hinged legs spring out, and the two halves reconnect, ready for the next cut. Now all you have to do is snap the sheet.
You must be careful not to run the tool off the edge too fast or with any kind of a twisting motion, or the legs may not extend properly, and the two halves will snap together tight. This pinch hazard is good reason to keep your fingertips off the BladeRunner's edges.
The cutting blades are easy to replace and stay sharp through a lot of cuts. The manufacturer claims you can cut 3,700 lineal feet before changing them–that's 925 crosscuts. I didn't test that distance, but I can see why they last so long: They are scoring the paper faces and not cutting into the drywall core, which is what typically dulls the edge of a utility knife.
After figuring out how the BladeRunner works, I took it to a drywall job and used it in place of my utility knife. While I had to make some adjustments to the way I usually work, I found I could make all my cuts using just the BladeRunner. Here are the comparisons:
To make a cut off the end of a sheet, I usually would use a T-square as a guide for my utility knife. The BladeRunner has curved edges that won't guide along any straight edge, so I stuck my tape measure hook in the alignment slot at the front of the BladeRunner, and drew my tape measure along the end as a guide. In a race with one of my employees, the BladeRunner was twice as fast and much cleaner at this crosscutting.
You must allow space under the cutline for the bottom half of this cutter, and when you reach the end of a cut, there has to be room for the tool to glide off the end and snap back together. You either can work off your flat stack and slide a sheet off the pile part way to provide access, or you can make vertical end cuts on a drywall cart because the panels are up off the floor.
When you make cuts off the end of a sheet, the beveled edge is tougher to cut because it is recessed and not always smooth. Make sure you apply more pressure at the start and end of these cuts.
I often trim drywall that is already in place over doorways, windows, and on short walls. The BladeRunner won't work in these situations, but you can use it to cut these pieces to fit before installing. You can cut out inside corners by overshooting the corner a bit from each side. It'll generate much less dust than trimming with a router or jab saw.
The BladeRunner will cut 3/8-, 1/2-, and 5/8-inch thick drywall. Cutting the 5/8-inch is harder, so make sure you apply extra pressure as you push the tool forward. The cutter also worked great with paperless drywall and other mold resistant types of drywall.
One application where this tool really shines is cutting curves. All the work you have to go through with a utility knife-scoring one side, checking and scoring the other, and usually finishing up with a jab saw–is made a lot easier with the BladeRunner, even on tight radius curves.
The Verdict
Will this tool replace your utility knife? If you're a pro drywaller, I don't think so. We're just too used to using our knives and T-squares for straight cuts. But I do think this tool will find a place in the hands of a lot of professional drywall contractors to increase production on rips, corners, and curves. This is a versatile tool that can help with complex cuts and in situations where dust is a big issue. And for the occasional drywaller, the BladeRunner can improve their speed and accuracy, all with a tool that is much safer than the traditional utility knife.
Myron Ferguson is a drywall contractor and construction writer in Broadalbin, N.Y.
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I was faced with a difficult task last semester in a school where I am a teaching assistant. The course that I was assigned to was a business English class and quite frankly, this scared me. I have never been in any official business meetings, nor am I familiar with the vocabulary. It was quite a challenge considering the fact that I had to learn what they were learning and specialize in it just a bit before them. I believe that, even if I wasn't perfected in the domain, a teacher must always show a sign of confidence in their teaching. With my classes at university, my practicum, my teaching assistant job, and my real job, I was overloaded with work tasks and getting familiarized with business English material was not an easy job.
To all you teaching assistants, I wish you the very best when confronted with an unknown subject.


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I was tinkering with one of my XDs today (like normal), and considering a tungston guide rod for added non-recipricating weight up front in the frame... to reduce muzzle flip.
I also happen to be a golf nut, and build/modify many of my own clubs.
Looking closely at the frame in my XD, I noticed there is a slim, but availible space between the recoil spring and guide-rod assembly and the frame. About 1/8" of clearance.
I removed the slide/barrel/guide-rod from the frame, and cut 5 strips of lead tape (the kind used to adjust swing-weight on golf clubs). It is a lead strip, about 1/32" thick, and maybe 1/3" wide, on a tape-roll. I measured the distance of the gap inside the frame and laid one strip of lead tape down the inside of each frame rail, one directly in the bottom, and then one more down each side. Five pieces of lead tape, about 2" long each. I pressed the tape into the frame recess firmly (it is completely removeable and does not mar anything)...
I reassembled the gun, and function tested the slide... doesn't touch.
I pulled out a blow-drier, and on low heat, pressed the lead into the frame as tightly and smooth as I could get it, and retested... fine.
I'm going to take it to the range tomorrow and run a few dozen rounds through it, disasembling often to check everything.
The lead tape adds a few ounces (I haven't weighed it yet) to the front end of the gun, and like a heavy guide rod, should reduce flip a little. Assuming it stays in place, it does not effect function at all, and may even qualify for the "no external modifications" rules for IDPA and USPSA Production Class???? There is a weight limit, but it isusually 2-3 oz ABOVE factory weight.
This may be a better solution than a guide rod... and it costs about $2. Combined with a heavy guide rod, it might really tame the muzzle...


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With the retirement from PSBeretta, I know atleast for me, the demand for a metal ESB Flamethrower unit is beginning to grow again. If I had any amount of talent with metal or lathing I would have started turning some out, but hence my call, nay, plea for someone to step up and construct some.
Tim's were phenominal, and with the lack of reference to the real unit, was one of the more accurate ones I have seen. People just arent willing to give theres up anymore. We need some.
Is there anyone out there that could step up and make some? For all of us ESB'ers out here, please...ALUMINUM WE NEED!


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Thanks for your input, I kinda of thought about that too, but wasnt sure.. I'll test it as soon as I get home from work, and let everyone know.
|Kyle.....sounds more like the O-2 sensor. When idling is affected it is usually in fuel flow. The motor seems to be getting the wrong reading in just how much fuel is needed and then is adjusting according to how much oxygen is needed.
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I have a 1989 Dodge B-250 Van, it used to run great until recently when it started running poorly in the cold (30F) early mornings. Sometimes it idles fine and just stalls, doesnt choke or sputter, just shuts off. If I keep the RPM"s up it stays running. in the mornings I have to pretty much floor it to get it moving, the motor seems to backfire(exhaust gets deeper), sputter for about 4 or 5 seconds and doesnt really make the van move then it kicks in and runs like it should at WOT. My check engine light doesnt come on, but a Check EGR light has been on for I don't know how long. Anyone know if this can throw a code that I could read? I have replaced the Throttle posisition sensor as well as the EGR valve which I had to buy from the Dodge dealership, because the ones from Autozone and Kragen wouldn't fit correctly. The EGR light remains on even after pulling the battery cable for 10 minutes. Is that enough? Also if I start the motor with the MAP sensor unplugged it runs exactly the same as it does w/ it plugged in. It just idles fine for a few seconds, then start changing RPM,s sometimes dropping to about 500 or so, maybe less, it gets really close to dieing, then comes back upto about 1000, then levels out, then sometimes just dies. Could this be the MAP sensor? I tested for 5v at the A and C points and watched it drop as my rpms came up then, the voltage came back up to between 4.5 - 4.90v.
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Great session! I would rename it though. I don't consider suggestions such as "use model validation", "use view models" as tips, tricks or gems.
I did enjoy the session but ended up basically skipping parts. I wouldn't consider this an advanced presentation. It"s more of a best practices session.
It was a pretty good session. However, some of the earlier "tips" were very basic and I found myself getting bored occasionally due to it.
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Not really level 300, great for starters though.
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Starts off fairly basic, but there are some good tips in there. Straight after watching this talk, I went and followed a great tip by turning on view compilation for my projects! Thanks
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A technological tour de force, the Samsung Galaxy S3 packs in just about every goody you could wish for including a dazzling screen, wireless charging and microSD slot. It is not without fault though and its large size may still prove too much for some.
Do a search for "Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 4.2 white" and realise you really should remove this article as the image you post up top is just a photochop of that devive.
@ Tiny Turtle,
I don't think you compared the photos on the two articles closely enough. They are very similar but not the same.
Very keen to see the end product. I'm attempting to replace my aging N95 with something that will give me everything I've had with the N95. From GPS through to Office Apps. Virtually a mini laptop with the bonus of being a phone. Replacing the N95 has become a trial but Samsung seems to be offering what I'm keen to try - Don't like Windows so looking forward to Android this time round.
I assume this is the UK version (makes sense as this is a UK site). Happy to be corrected but I would presume the US versions won't have the Exynos processor as it isn't compatible with LTE is it?
This has always been my biggest problem with the S2, I really like it but there's a ridiculous number of sub models out there (particularly in the US). All have different processors and some have LTE and some don't, some work with 3G in the UK others don't. It's just too complicated to buy one unlocked as the model is too fragmented.
Looks like the S3 will have at least 2 (and probably 3 or four) models. This is only going to get worse until a standard frequency for LTE is adopted and it comes as standard on all phones.
Ohh yeah, this is our jam right here; a phone that has everything in spades, especially storage capacity! Sure it'll be one hell of an expensive investment but we won't care once we start using it! Can't wait to try it out!
Does anyone know anything more about the wireless (inductive?) charging on this thing. So glad to see another device with this tech, I find it incredibly useful.
Can someone please correct this on page 1: "the riggers of everyday life". It should be "rigours".
For all the subtle differences in technology between these phones, the reason I will get an S3 over the One X is very simple. The "on/wake up" button on the HTC is at the top, and the Samsung has it on the side.
It sounds so minor, but makes all the difference with these phones. The HTC simply can't be used one handed simply because of this button placement. When will they learn!
Saying this, the removeable SD and battery also sway me to the S3.
I'm intrigued to see it in the flesh. But the more I look at it the more plasticy (cheap) it looks.
It's hardware is top of the line and the software looked first rate last night too. But as a device it just doesn't look top end next to the One-X or even the S2 SkyRocket.
And the hardware maybe about to take a beating from LG. They have announced a phone with 2GB (though what this will be used for is beyond me, draining the battery I expect).
Gosh darn it, must've autocorrected. Cheers for the spot.
Glad I didn't hold out for the S3, just isn't a quality product. I know I'm proably a fan boy but my One X arrived three weeks ago and it's fantastic, lovely to hold oodles of tech, pogo pins for a lossless docking system (hurry up with that htc) and the wireless hdmi for output to HD tv. Never had an issue yet with the battery dyoing before I get home, and anyone that may be "worried" about the lack of graphics power should just look at riptide or head over to tegra zone, heck even the wather widget is soo good it scrolls in 3D as you flip from screen to screen.... Oh, and 32gb is huge, and don't forget dropbox..... another 25gb of free cloud.
I like the HTC very much but you have to pay a significant amount extra to get that second 16gb. Whereas a 16GB SD card can be had for next to nothing (in the grand scheme of a premium phone).
And the 25gb of free cloud is only half what you get with the S3 so I wouldn't think that is a selling point for the One-X (And in my opinion cloud storage is next to useless away from WiFi without a 4g connection).
- Still no camera shutter button.
- Still no dedicated audio processor as per iphone so it can handle music without getting hot or use lots of battery.
- Still no large sensor in camera
- No standard micro hdmi out
I'm a little disappointed, mainly because of the camera shutter button, but I'll probably still get one, if only for the amazing OLED screen, which having used a Galaxy S for the past few months, I cannot now do without!
Are we sure that third physical button is the new ICS app switch button and not a plain old menu button? I've seen videos of this thing that require the user to hold down the home button in order to access the multitasking menu, while the third button functions as a traditional menu button.
If that's the case, then (in an incredibly odd move) Samsung have equipped this phone with pre-ICS buttons.
Alternatively, the videos I've seen are just pre-release software that has since altered.
this. the xperia s didn't have it and neither did any of the one series. even nokia use it on the n9 and lumia 800 - it seems like common sense, the placement of the on button.
i'd like to feel the device in person - i'm more than a little disappointed in the choice of materials. my lumia 800, for example, proved polycarbonate can be a premium feeling material. a little part of me is hoping the material choice gets changed a little.
When deciding between my HTC and Galaxy (which feels like many years ago!) there were a few things which swayed me towards the HTC...
1) Removable battery
2) Sd card slot
3) General Build
All three reasons why I've *Upgraded to the Galaxy S3.
In terms of build, my HTC is Heavy... with no apparent benefits of using metal over plastic (somone please enlighten me?)...
I'm looking forward to carrying a smartphone without the left half of my blazer appearing to have suffered a stroke.
(I also won a Samaung Galaxy Tab pre-ordering through the Carphone Warehouse... this may have sweetened the deal :)
You're the one reviewer on here who I find always writes well written, solid reviews. I'm generally quite critical of some of the journalism on TR, but not you.
However, please can you, and everybody else, get this notion out of your heads that plastic materials are sub-par in quality to metal.
I studied materials at University, so I'm afraid I do know what I'm talking about.
There are, simply put, hundreds of thousands of plastics out there, and plastics can possess so many different properties. They can be tough, rigid, brittle, flexible. Going back to the Galaxy S2, it has a flexible battery cover. Many journalists and people slated the phone for this, saying it was cheap and liable to break. This was simply untrue, there are numerous videos of people folding the cover in half dozens of times, only for it to spring back to normal. It was, actually, an extremely sensible material choice, because it means the battery cover will never break when you take it off. With a rigid battery cover, there's always a chance of it snapping when you remove it, or when it's not on the phone.
So, taking that as an example, plastic does not mean cheap. In fact, many plastics are more expensive to develop and produce than metals.
Also, look at how the iPhone deals with being dropped onto hard surfaces. Being made of rigid materials, it copes very poorly and the screen and back cover shatter very easily. Compare this to the S2, which is very difficult to break, and suddenly this whole metal better than plastic argument in starting to look frail.
Yes, aluminium does look nice. It feels better than plastic. But a phone can be plastic and still be made of premium, solid materials that deal with the stresses and strains of everyday life better than metal.
I have a Galaxy S2, friends have an iPhone 4. Their iPhones are scratched and look messy. My Gs2s plastic build has held up impeccably. The only, only part of my phone that has been aesthetically marked is the speaker. And guess what that's made of? I'll give you a hint - it begins with an A.
So, sorry this was long, but it had to be said. Please - stop assuming plastic means weak, poor and cheap. It doesn't, plastics can be more durable, more flexible, and more premium in build quality than metal.
Hi Michael, thanks for the kind words. Always nice to know someone values our efforts.
I fully agree that plastic does not necessarily mean cheap, nor that it isn't the best choice of material. That's why I haven't absolutely slated this phone like some people/publications have - it's not downright ugly, just not much of a looker.
I still think the Lumia 800 is the best looking/feeling phone available precisely because of its plastic build. But the key is that Nokia has combined that superb plastic finish with good design which I feel Samsung has failed to do. It just looks so lacklustre. Yes, this is a subjective thing, but so is every judgement on design. Of course you could just pop an alternative battery cover on it but there's no getting away from that iffy looking purple model - seriously, no black version?
As to the point that some plastics are more expensive, i'd be very surprised if any such material has been used here. Both this and the S2 appear to use the same basic plastics as most other handsets.
The reasons why you're seeing scratches on iPhones and not your phone are that the iPhone is perfectly flat and black so scratches show up more and conversely the S2 is all curves and chequered patterns. You could argue this justifies Samsung's curvy design this time but here the whole back surface is shiny so is likely to show its scratches more easily.
Overall though, as I say, the key point is design, not the choice of materials.
I'd have to agree with both of you. I rail against the perceived notion that metal = quality, plastic = cheap. And yet, when I picked up the original Galaxy my first impression was "cheap and nasty".
Metal dents, metal scratches and moreover shows that it is scratched, metal shields RF signals. Overall a poor choice for a mobile phone. Glass chips at the edges, or shatters, and once scratched the scratches shout at you.
Polycarbonate, as used by Nokia, does seem to be an ideal material. Thru-coloured to minimise the effect of scratches, tough and virtually unbreakable, etc. But Nokia has been brave enough to compromise on a few extra millimetres of body thickness, and the lack of a removeable back cover. Samsung seem to be in thrall to anorexia, so have been forced to use an impossibly thin, and hence necessarily pliable back cover.
Just as food is not only about nutrition but also about the pleasure of eating, so product design is not just about fitness for (technical) purpose but also about the visual and tactile pleasure of using the device. Samsung's material choices may be technically spot on (eg. a thin metal back cover would be a disaster), but they do seem to have forgotten about the subjective impression of holding and using their device. So they end up with an expensive device which feels 'cheap'.
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SGS2 - "The only, only part of my phone that has been aesthetically marked is the speaker. And guess what that's made of? I'll give you a hint - it begins with an A."
Err, the SGS 2's speaker, at the bottom of the phone is, wait for it...plastic! Not aluminium :) Confusing the Ally camera surround section?
HTC HD2. This is how you build a phone with the best of both worlds. Plastic chassis with a anodized Al battery case cover. The phone felt solid in the hand, reassuringly robust and yet has plastic areas at the top and bottom for antennae.
The mobile phone market is going through what the car market went through over the past 10 years. Today it is actually quite difficult to buy a car that is intrinsically rubbish. Even the cheapest vehicles which have suffered an enormous amount of corner cutting in the production, still perform pretty well whilst returning decent MPG and have reasonable safety levels.
The phone market is the same. The hardware war is levelling off, reaching spec saturation where adding more cores, more RAM, faster CPU's etc, is becoming as futile as the old single Core PC GHz wars did. Ultimately a mobile phone's usefulness and productivity is incredibly limited by it diminutive size, compared to, say, a laptop.
I think that an ever increasing number of customers will be looking to buy in to a design ethos more than a never ending, over-hyped, hyperbole of specs one-upmanship.
I agree with everything said about plastics. Top quality plastics really can feel fantastic (Lumia 800) - But, they will not, for a while escape the engrained social perception that they are cheaper and 'lower' grade than metal equivalents. I'd still *much* prefer a heavier phone with metal sections over a lighter and more robust plastic one.
The SGS2/3 in a dark (easy to scratch, I know) anodised aluminium (or titanium £££) case would be lovely. But the future's high grade plastics, for the prole's at least. For the rest, they always have the Nokia Vertu! (for the time being).
I can't reply to my comment thread for some reason. Anyway.
@ElectricSheep No, you're incorrect. Speakers on phones are at the top, because that's where you ear goes. The only plastic thing at the bottom of the GS2 is the home button, how on earth would it work having the speaker at the bottom where your mouth goes?! It's at the top, and it's made of metal, and it's chipped. I think you're getting microphones and speakers confused, and the microphone of the GS2 is a tiny little hole on the bottom of the bezel. And guess what? No chips, scratches, nothing.
@Ed I think in this case I'm going to have to sit back and accept your comments that the GS3s build doesn't have the premium feel to it. My gripe is with people complaining about the use of plastics, implying that by using a plastic, a phone is cheap and the build quality is not as good as metal phones. I've seen more than enough evidence, both on the net, and first hand, that my plastic GS2 holds up far better than an iPhone4. I've dropped it so many times and there's not a scratch, but drop an iPhone4 and you're almost certainly going to shatter case. The metal just doesn't absorb the shocks at all, plastics will absorb shock better. Anyway, until I've seen and handled a GS3 myself, I will have to agree with you on this occasion!
@Martin Regarding your last paragraph, I agree entirely. I actually have a degree in Product Design - believe it or not! - and we actually studied that as a subject quite extensively, how products make you feel emotionally, and different principles such as affordance. Giving the user positive feedback is pivotal to good product design. However, I do feel my GS2 makes a good trade-off. The bezel is plastic, but it feels very solid to me, and the gun-metal polished look to me looks just as good as a metal bezel.
People keep saying plastic phones are flimsy and cheap, but my GS2 has always felt extremely solid, and the choice of materials has always seemed to me to be very sensible without being much of a compromise on how it feels.
And that is why I posted...to try and get people to think differently about plastics and stop assuming they mean the phone is cheap.
It sounds like Sheep and yourself are referring to different things. Your phone does have at least two separate audio output transducers, each specialised for a certain function.
What I usually refer to as the 'speaker' is on the rear of the phone, toward the bottom, as ElectricSheep describes. It plays music, ringtones and other sound effects, and is also used during speakerphone calls.
What you're describing, I'd call the 'earpiece', which is used exclusively during regular phone calls.
I've written Android apps that address each out these output devices individually, and that capability is provided by the Android API.
I must be getting old. The S3 brings nothing new nor exciting to the smartphone arena. To me, it just appears to be a re-hash of the S2 with improved components. Definitely not worth the £500 that's been charged.
I'm still undecided. I have an HTC Desire S right now and while it's only a single core 1Ghz processor it's fast and the phone quality feels great. My only criticism is the sound quality on internal speaker is poor and quiet. Was considering a Sensation XE then the One X came out. Despite the 32GB on board memory I still would like a micro SD slot. I'm a fan of HTC Sense and having used a vanilla Android phone I much prefer it. I've never owned a Samsung phone so it would be a learning curve I'm sure. All that said... The S3 seems to offer much more, even if actually it's a little over tech! What a difficult decision as any contract will run for two years! Anyone got any deal sealers for me???
I'm trying to make the same choice. One X or Galaxy S3. I've got a Desire S currently and I love it. 32Gb on board, frankly is overkilll, my desire S has a 32Gb sd card with 12 Gb used. Is the S3 going to be too techy and complex for me? Is Touchwiz on Android 4 as good as sense 4? Lots of questions that can't be answered until the phone is released retail...
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An instanced diablo-esque MMORPG?
Well, you could try Vindictus, or if you have a PS3, White Knight Chronicles.
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There is also Mythos if you want diablo-like. I don't know if it's in NA yet.
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Barcelona midfielder Alex Song would welcome a return to Arsenal when the Champions League round of 16 draw is made in Nyon tomorrow morning.
The Spanish giants are one of six teams Arsene Wenger's group runners-up could face, alongside Paris St Germain, Malaga, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus and Bayern Munich.
Song swapped the Emirates Stadium for the Nou Camp when he joined the Arsenal exodus during the summer and expects only one outcome if they meet for a place in the quarter-finals.
"Of course I would like to play against Arsenal. For me to go back there, where I had seven magnificent years, would be something very special," the 25-year-old said.
"If we draw Arsenal I'd be happy to see the fans again and go back to the club, even though if we go there it will be to get the best result possible.
"Arsenal's a big club, but Barcelona's a level above because of the talent of the players there.
"That's no disrespect to Arsenal because they have talented players, but I think the Barcelona players are above them. I saw a lot of people come and a lot of people go at Arsenal."
Song's desire will not be shared by the Gunners, who will be desperate to avoid a team that has been hailed by some as the greatest of all time.
Having finished second in Group B, the possibilities facing Arsenal are alarming and Wenger will also be anxious to evade last year's beaten finalists Bayern Munich and Serie A leaders Juventus.
Manchester United are the second Barclays Premier League side to make it through to the knockout stages after defending champions Chelsea and Manchester City failed to progress.
Real Madrid may be trailing Primera Division leaders Barcelona by 13 points but they are still the team Sir Alex Ferguson will want to avoid most, knowing only Champions League glory can redeem Jose Mourinho.
Porto, AC Milan, Shakhtar Donetsk, Valencia and Celtic are the other possibilities, with the latter setting up a fascinating Battle of Britain contest.
Celtic defied all expectations to qualify as group runners-up behind Barcelona, in the process securing more points than any other Scottish team in the Champions League pool stages with 10.
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