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Audio Inside the Syrian capitalMark Colvin
MARK COLVIN: For the people and government of Damascus it's now a waiting game. The BBC's Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen is there and I spoke to him a short time ago. I began by asking him for a word picture of life in the Syrian capital now.
JEREMY BOWEN: One good way of doing that might be to look out of my window. I'm in the central part of Damascus and Damascus proper, the centre, the inner suburbs are all very much under the control of the regime. And out of my window I can see traffic moving, buses, people. It looks to all intents and purposes pretty normal.
But then you look a bit further out to the outer suburbs and quite a few of those are controlled by the armed rebels. And there's this morning some smoke rising from a fire that must have been started by overnight shelling. And part of the soundtrack of the city is the sound of shelling coming from government positions that goes out into those rebel-held suburbs. And it's been going now for so long people barely notice it I think.
But any idea of normality here is, of course, an illusion. It's a veneer. Because Damascus is profoundly affected by the war, not least the fact that there are two million displaced people here and the population of Damascus before the war was four million. So that is equivalent to half.
MARK COLVIN: Sorry, when you say there are two million displaced people here, do you mean the two million who have left Syria, or do you mean that people have flooded into Damascus?
JEREMY BOWEN: No, what I mean is there are two million who have left Syria, yeah, who are refugees, at least two million. But within Syria itself, there are between four and five million displaced people. In other words, people who have been driven out of their homes and they have become refugees in their own country. And some of them have had to move four, five, six, even seven times. And of that four to five million, two million are in Damascus.
So that, as you can imagine, is an enormous burden on people here. The other day I went to a three-room apartment in which there was a family, an extended family of 40 people staying.
MARK COLVIN: So that must also place enormous pressures on, oh I don't know, all kinds of things: food supplies and so forth?
JEREMY BOWEN: Food supplies have gone up in price greatly, something like three times people here tell me. So, of course, for people who have lost everything that's just really, really difficult. And that's why there is an enormous relief operation.
The World Food Program alone is bringing in hundreds of thousands of tonnes of food a month into Syria. They feed colossal numbers of people. It's often done through local non-governmental organisations, charities and so on. The Syrian Arab Red Crescent is a big mover in all of that.
But even though they bring in a vast amount of not just food, other kinds of supplies - mattresses, nappies for babies, you name it - they still only have half the amount they need to supply that four to five million number of displaced people within the country.
So it's a gigantic humanitarian challenge and of course the difficulties will be compounded if the Americans start bombing.
MARK COLVIN: What do the people there, we'll come to the government in a minute, what are the people there thinking about the prospect of bombing?
JEREMY BOWEN: Well, they're nervous about it. I mean, whatever people think about president Assad - whether they hate him, whether they love him, whether they are in the really quite considerable middle ground in between, which is made up of people who don't much like the regime, are absolutely terrified by the jihadists, the Al Qaeda types in the armed opposition and just wish they could just close their eyes, go to sleep and wake up and it would be all over, the war would be gone and they would have survived, and they just want peace - but no matter what people think about the regime or the armed rebels, they are nervous about the prospect of being at the wrong end of an American missile attack. Who wouldn't be?
MARK COLVIN: Do people have some idea in their heads of what may be the targets? Are you seeing that people are staying away from certain areas of the city?
JEREMY BOWEN: I think possible targets are pretty well known here because things like military positions, army camps, security headquarters, important government buildings, are all very well known. So people have, I think, been told in some cases.
A colleague of mine from the Wall Street Journal did an interesting piece yesterday, as a matter of fact, where he managed to talk to some people who said that the army has been moving into civilian apartments in some areas near military positions. They've told people to move out.
I've heard as well from people in Damascus that they've seen the military moving into schools, out of their bases and into schools or other public buildings. In other words, decentralising themselves and getting away from places that would be obvious targets. Because if the Americans eventually bomb, this will be possibly the most telegraphed military operation in history.
MARK COLVIN: And what is the government saying about the possibility of bombing?
JEREMY BOWEN: Well, they're saying that they hope the American people will see sense and that their representatives in the US Congress will vote against the proposals to have a bombing campaign. But they're also very bellicose and they say things like "we will strike back".
President Assad himself did one of his rather rare interviews with French newspaper Le Figaro the other day, and he said that the region is a powder keg, and if the Americans attack, that powder keg will explode.
MARK COLVIN: And what do they say about who they believe committed the chemical atrocity?
JEREMY BOWEN: The government says very clearly it believes that the armed rebels, people they call terrorist gangs, committed the chemical weapons attack. They say that some of their troops found some chemical weapons that had been stashed away and they were injured by them, and in fact there are, I think, eight soldiers in hospital. And when the UN weapons inspectors were here, they went to visit them.
So the regime says that the chemical weapons came in, that the Saudis gave them to armed rebels, that they were used by the armed rebels to try to make the Syrian regime look bad. They deploy the argument, things like: why would we be so completely daft as to use chemical weapons under the noses of the UN chemical weapons inspectors when they were here for their one and only visit in more than two years of war?
MARK COLVIN: As an observer, a long-time observer, do you think that's credible? Do you think, on the other hand, that it's possible that the regime wasn't fully in control and that elements in the regime committed this attack?
JEREMY BOWEN: You know, there are scenarios here which people, not just Syrians but diplomats, will talk to you long into the night and elucidate these theories: everything ranging from the rebels did it to the regime did it and everything in between, pretty much. And having spent, as you say, a sadly long period of my life, working life in the Middle East, I'd say I don't necessarily believe any of them.
I have no idea what to believe. I think that the American evidence seemed very comprehensive, but then again I thought some of the American evidence before the 2003 invasion of Iraq seemed pretty comprehensive as well on weapons of mass destruction.
I think circumstantially it looks very much as if the regime are the people who had the capacity to deliver those weapons. But frankly, I have, I report the different accounts of what happened. I don't have access to the evidence myself that would allow me to make my own judgement.
MARK COLVIN: And a final question: do you think, especially after all this time and this amount of warning, that any attack will actually achieve anything?
JEREMY BOWEN: I think it could change quite a bit here, actually, depending on the size of the attack. If they just did, you know, this is the dilemma for the Americans, assuming they get the vote through at the US Congress. If they just say "We're gonna bomb you" and it's classified as a slap on the wrist and the regime after two or three days of this says "Well, here we are, what's changed?", then that might not leave the Americans looking very good.
But if they, as the likes of Senator McCain in Washington have been saying, are now thinking about a much more comprehensive bombing campaign, I mean, that could alter the progress, the conduct of the war. It could ungum the stalemate, break the stalemate between the regime and its enemies here. It could give the armed opposition an opportunity to attack.
There are all kinds of scenarios. It could really change the balance here. If they, for example, knocked out the Syrian air force, knocked out all of the heavy gun positions, the Americans are quite capable of doing that in short order - if that's what they decide to do, they really could change the course of the war.
If they decide to do it, and it's an if. Big if.
MARK COLVIN: Jeremy Bowen, BBC Middle East editor and author of The Arab Uprisings: The People Want the Fall of the Regime. He was speaking to me on the phone from Damascus.


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Abdominal MRI scan
An abdominal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan is an imaging test that uses powerful magnets and radio waves to create pictures of the inside of the belly area. It does not use radiation (x-rays).
Single MRI images are called slices. The images can be stored on a computer or printed on film. One exam produces dozens or sometimes hundreds of images.
How is the Test Performed?
You may be asked to wear a hospital gown or clothing without metal zippers or snaps (such as sweatpants and a t-shirt). Certain types of metal can cause blurry images.
You will lie on a narrow table. The table slides into a large tunnel-shaped scanner.
Some exams require a special dye (contrast). Most of the time, the dye is given before the test through a vein (IV) in your hand or forearm. The dye helps the radiologist see certain areas more clearly.
During the MRI, the person who operates the machine will watch you from another room. The test lasts about 30 to 60 minutes, but it may take longer.
Preparation for the Test
You may be asked not to eat or drink anything for 4 to 6 hours before the scan.
Tell your doctor if you are afraid of close spaces (have claustrophobia). You may be given a medicine to help you feel sleepy and less anxious. Your health care provider may also suggest an open MRI, in which the machine is not as close to your body.
Before the test, tell your provider if you have:
- Artificial heart valves
- Brain aneurysm clips
- Heart defibrillator or pacemaker
- Inner ear (cochlear) implants
- Kidney disease or dialysis (you may not be able to receive contrast)
- Recently placed artificial joints
- Certain types of vascular stents
- Worked with sheet metal in the past (you may need tests to check for metal pieces in your eyes)
Because the MRI contains strong magnets, metal objects are not allowed into the room with the MRI scanner:
- Items such as jewelry, watches, credit cards, and hearing aids can be damaged.
- Pens, pocketknives, and eyeglasses may fly across the room.
- Pins, hairpins, metal zippers, and similar metallic items can distort the images.
- Removable dental work should be taken out just before the scan.
How the Test will Feel
An MRI exam causes no pain. You may get medicine to relax you if you have a problem lying still or are very nervous. Moving too much can blur MRI images and cause errors.
The table may be hard or cold, but you can ask for a blanket or pillow. The machine makes loud thumping and humming noises when turned on. You can wear ear plugs to help reduce the noise.
An intercom in the room allows you to speak to someone at any time. Some MRIs have televisions and special headphones to help you pass time.
There is no recovery time, unless you were given a medicine to help you relax. After an MRI scan, you can go back to your normal diet, activity, and medicines.
Why is the Test Performed?
An abdominal MRI provides detailed pictures of the belly area from many views. It is often used to clarify findings from earlier x-rays or CT scans.
This test may be used to look at:
- Blood flow in the abdomen
- Blood vessels in the abdomen
- The cause of abdominal pain or swelling
- The cause of abnormal blood test results, such as liver or kidney problems
- Lymph nodes in the abdomen
- Masses in the liver, kidneys, adrenals, pancreas, or spleen
MRI can distinguish tumors from normal tissues. This can help the doctor know more about the tumor such as size, severity, and spread. This is called staging.
MRI avoids the dangers of angiography, such as too much radiation exposure and allergic reactions to iodine. In some cases it can give better information about masses in the abdomen than CT.
What Abnormal Results Mean
An abnormal result may be due to:
- Abscess
- Acute tubular necrosis
- Cancer
- Enlarged spleen or liver
- Gallbladder or bile duct problems
- Gallstones, bile duct stones
- Hemangiomas
- Hydronephrosis (kidney swelling from the backflow of urine)
- Kidney infection
- Kidney damage
- Lymphadenopathy (abnormalities of the lymph nodes)
- Obstructed vena cava
- Pancreatic cancer
- Portal vein obstruction (liver)
- Renal arterial obstruction
- Renal vein thrombosis
- Transplant rejection
- Tumor of the gallbladder
- Cirrhosis
Additional conditions under which the test may be performed:
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Atheroembolic renal disease
- Carcinoma of the renal pelvis or ureter
- Cystinuria
- Injury of the kidney and ureter
- Insulinoma
- Islet of Langerhans tumor
- Medullary cystic disease
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) I
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) II
- Nephrolithiasis
- Pheochromocytoma
Abdominal MRI scan Risks
MRI does not use ionizing radiation. No side effects from the magnetic fields and radio waves have been reported.
The most common type of contrast (dye) used is gadolinium. It is very safe. Allergic reactions rarely occur. However, gadolinium can be harmful to people with kidney problems who need dialysis. Tell your provider before the test if you have kidney problems.
The strong magnetic fields created during an MRI can cause heart pacemakers and other implants not to work as well. The magnets can also cause a piece of metal inside your body to move or shift.
Kim DH, Pickhard PJ. Diagnostic imaging procedures in gastroenterology. In: Goldman L, Schafter AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 135.
Wilkinson ID, Graves MJ. Magnetic resonance imaging. In: Adam A, Dixon AK, Gillard JH, et al. eds. Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology: A Textbook of Medical Imaging. 6th ed. New York, NY: Churchill Livingstone; 2014:chap 5.
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Web Server Java -- Servlets and JSP
Pages: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Program: JabaDot Web News Portal
Here is perhaps the most ambitious program developed in this book. It's the beginnings of a complete "news portal" web site, similar to http://www.slashdot.org/, http://www.deadly.org/, or http://daily.daemonnews.org/. However (and as you should expect!), the entire site is written in Java. Or perhaps should I say "written in or by Java," since the JSP mechanism -- which is written entirely in Java -- turns the JSP pages into Java servlets that get run on this site. The web site is shown in Figure 18-11.
Like most portal sites, JabaDot allows some services (such as
the current news items and of course the ubiquitous banner ads) without
logging in, but requires a login for others. In this figure I am logged in as
myself, so I have a list of all available services. The page that supports
this view is
index.jsp (Example 18-15), which contains a hodgepodge of HTML and Java code.
Example 18-15: index.jsp
<%@page errorPage="oops.jsp"%>
<TITLE>JabaDot - Java News For Ever(yone)</TITLE>

<jsp:include page="/servlet/AdRotator" flush="true"/>

<% HttpSession sess = request.getSession(true);
User user = (User)sess.getValue("jabadot.login");

<jsp:include page="./news.jsp" flush="true"/>

<% if (user == null) { %>
<FORM ACTION=login.jsp METHOD=POST>
Name: <INPUT TYPE=TEXT SIZE=8 NAME=nick>
Password: <INPUT TYPE=PASSWORD SIZE=8 NAME=pass>
<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE="Login" ALIGN=CENTER>
<jsp:include page="public_services.html" flush="true"/>
<% } else { %>
Logged in as <%= user.getName( ) %>
<jsp:include page="./logged_in_services.html" flush="true"/>

Log out
<% } %>
As you can see, this code actually starts with a "page" tag
%@page) to specify an error handling page (the
error page just prints the stack trace neatly, along with an apology). Then
the output of the
AdRotator servlet is included;
the program just randomly selects a banner advertisement and outputs it as an
HTML anchor around an IMG tag. Then I get the
HttpSession object and, from that, the current
User object, which is null if there is not a currently
logged-in user. The
User class was discussed when
we talked about JavaBeans in JSPs (see Simplifying
Your JSP with a JavaBean); it's used as an ordinary object in most of
these JSPs, but as a bean in the
newuser.jsp page,
when the user has entered all the fields on the "Create an Account" page.
Then there's an HTML table, which basically divides the rest of the page into two large columns. The left side of the page is fairly wide and contains the news stories, their headlines, the submitter's name, the time, optionally a URL, and the text of the news article. A future version will allow the user to send comments on the stories; as Slashdot has demonstrated, this is an important part of "community building," part of the art of keeping people coming back to your web site so you can show them more banner ads. :-)
The navigator part is displayed differently depending on whether you are logged in or not. If you're not, it begins with a login form, then lists the few services that are publicly available as HTML anchors, with the unavailable services in italic text. If you are logged in, there is a full list of links and a logout page at the end.
Before you log in, you must create an account. The trick here is
that we require the user to give a valid email address, which we'll use for
various authentication purposes and, just possibly, to send them a monthly
newsletter by email. To ensure that the user gives a valid email address, we
email to them the URL from which they must download the password. Figure 18-12 shows the entry page for this. This form is processed by
Example 18-16 is the source for newuser.jsp. As mentioned previously, this gets a
User object as a JavaBean (see Simplifying Your JSP with a JavaBean).
Example 18-16: newuser.jsp
<%@page errorPage="oops.jsp" import="jabadot.*, java.io.*" %>
<%! java.util.Random r = new java.util.Random( ); %>
<jsp:useBean id="newUserBean" scope="request" class="jabadot.User">
<jsp:setProperty name="newUserBean" property="*"/>
<jsp:useBean id="mailBean" scope="request" class="jabadot.Mailer"/>
<%@include file="header.html" %>
User user = (User)session.getAttribute("jabadot.login");
if (user != null) {
<TITLE>You're already logged on!</TITLE>

You are logged on!

Please log out before
trying to create a new account. Thank you!
<% // Now see if they already filled in the form or not...
if (!newUserBean.isComplete( )) {
// out.println("");
<TITLE>Welcome New User - Please fill in this form.</TITLE>

Welcome New User - Please fill in this form.

<FORM ACTION="newuser.jsp" METHOD=post>

<INPUT TYPE=TEXT SIZE=10 NAME="name"> (required)

Full name:
<INPUT TYPE=TEXT SIZE=10 NAME="fullName"> (required)

<INPUT TYPE=TEXT SIZE=10 NAME="email"> (required)

<INPUT TYPE=TEXT SIZE=10 NAME="city">

<INPUT TYPE=TEXT SIZE=10 NAME="prov">

<select name="location">
<jsp:include page="country_select.html" flush="true"/>

<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE="Create My JabaDot!">

If you've done one of these before, you may be wondering where
the "Password" field is. It's not there. Believing somewhat in
security, we'll make up a fairly good password for you.
We won't email it to you, but will email to you the location
from which you can learn it, so watch your email closely
after you complete the form. Thank you!
<% return;
// out.println("");
String nick = newUserBean.getName( );
if (UserDB.getInstance( ).getUser(nick) != null) {

It seems that that user name is already in use!
Please go back and pick another name.
<% return;
} %>
String fullname = newUserBean.getFullName( );
String email = newUserBean.getEmail( );

Welcome <%= fullname %>.
We will mail you (at <%= email %>) with a URL
from which you can download your initial password.
<jsp:setProperty name="newUserBean"
property="editPrivileged" value="false"/>
<jsp:setProperty name="newUserBean"
property="adminPrivileged" value="false"/>
// Generate initial random password and store it in the User
String newPass = Password.getNext().toString( );
// NOW add the user to the persistent database.
UserDB.getInstance( ).addUser(newUserBean);
// Create a temporary HTML file containing the full name
// and the new password, and mail the URL for it to the user.
// This will confirm that the user gave us a working email.
// NEVER show the nickname and the password together!
String tempDir = JDConstants.getProperty("jabadot.tmp_links_dir");
File tempLink = File.createTempFile(
r.nextInt( )+"$PW", ".html", new File(tempDir));
PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(tempLink));
pw.print("Greetings ");
pw.print(newUserBean.getFullName( ));
pw.print(". Your new password for accessing JabaDot is ");
pw.print(". Please remember this, or better yet, ");
pw.print("");
pw.print("login now!");
pw.print("You may want to visit \"My Jabadot\"");
pw.print("and change this password after you log in.");
pw.close( );
// Now we have to mail the URL to the user.
mailBean.setSubject("Welcome to JabaDot!");
// Get our URL, strip off "newuser.jsp", append "/tmp/"+tmpname
StringBuffer getPW_URL = HttpUtils.getRequestURL(request);
int end = getPW_URL.length( );
int start = end - "newuser.jsp".length( );
getPW_URL.delete(start,end).append("tmp/").append(tempLink.getName( ));
mailBean.setBody("To receive your JabaDot password,\n" +
"please visit the URL " + getPW_URL);
// Now send the mail.
mailBean.doSend( );
// AVOID the temptation to sess.setAttribute( ) here, since
// the user has not yet verified their password!
Once you create an account and read the email containing the
link for the password, you can return to the site and log in normally. The
login form is handled by
login.jsp, shown in Example 18-17.
Example 18-17: login.jsp
<%@page errorPage="oops.jsp" import="jabadot.*" %>
User user = (User)session.getAttribute("jabadot.login");
if (user != null) {
"
You're already logged on!
"+
"(as user " + user.getName( ) + "). Please" +
"" +
"logout if you wish to log in as a different user.");
String nick = request.getParameter("nick");
String pass = request.getParameter("pass");
if (nick == null || nick.length( ) == 0 ||
pass == null || pass.length( ) == 0) {


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Friday, June 30, 2006
Best Tackle by a Spartan Since '87
Unfortunately as you saw, it was by one of their cheerleaders, which pretty much sums up their football program over the past 20 years.
9 comments:
- BaggyPantsDevil said...
Two comments on this:
1)Stuff like that is what makes college football the best sport EVER.
2) Why is that guy a cheerleader? He could easily be the Spartans' leading tackler.
- June 30, 2006 9:38 AM
- Doug said...
Notice, though, that even after the takedown, it looks like Bucky the Badger regroups pretty quickly -- he looks like he's right on the verge of giving the MSU cheerleader a red-assed beatdown right before the rest of the cheer squad rushes over and pulls them off of each other. I'd be willing to bet that had the rest of the team not raced in, that cheerleader would've ended up with the State flag planted right in his solar plexus.
- June 30, 2006 10:12 AM
I remember this, the reaction of the crowd is just awsome!
- June 30, 2006 10:32 AM
- Spartan Bob said...
The tackle was indeed praiseworthy, but don't sell the crafty rodent mascot short. Is there a video of how he ended up with that flag? I suspect this would be equally entertaining.
- June 30, 2006 11:28 AM
- Yost said...
Would love to see that as well if it is out there.
- June 30, 2006 12:54 PM
- Papa Steve said...
That rocks. I only wish I had been there in person.
Did I see the Badge throwing some haymakers at the end of that with his big furry paws?
- June 30, 2006 2:41 PM
It's great to see Bucky be put in his place!
- July 01, 2006 8:20 AM
- Nicole said...
doug's got it right here. Bucky would have layed this guy out if he hadn't been stopped. If for no other reason than those guys in the Bucky suit are probably the most ripped ones out there. Bucky does a pushup for every point every time Wisconsin scores. Last year's Temple game, at 55-0, was absolutely hilarious.
- July 02, 2006 11:05 PM
After watching the video, I have a suggestion to Yost. Perhaps another M-Zone showdown, this time between the MSU male supporter, and any member of the Spirit Squad, the hot new "it" stable in WWE. Very similar on paper, both wear green and white, are annoying, and can give some pretty mean shots.
A Husker Fan
- July 04, 2006 4:41 AM


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Is it me or that game, even tough it deserves a perfect 10, should have not gotten it? After I read the review, where it clearly states that the story aspect of the game is not that perfect, I expected a 9.5 or 9.8. I can't wait to play it and finish what I started back in 2005, but come on, let's be realistic. Are you giving the game a perfect 10 because it's the last one on the "quadrilogy" or is it because it deserved a perfect 10 even tough, as it is stated on the review, that the story elements are lacking?
dude this will be epic the demo is better than most games out right now what I dont understand is U2 getting a 10 and GOTY from everyone yet this game is impressive on your first play through but no more so than plenty of others and has a lacking online mode. Dont get me wrong its a great game but honestly if MW2 is getting a 9.75 and BFBC2 a 9.5 uncharted gets a 10?
PSN ID: udontgetmyname
metal \m/
I have played every gow game up until this one.I played the demo and honestly can say Im just as stoked as ever to play it. Im sure it deserves a 10 but I wont give it that because games like these lack re-playability. I will buy it day one play it beat it and hopefully it comes with some option to keep the game fresh and worthy of another play through. Im thinking 9.75 because of the story and replay value.
Yeah but what constitue a "PERFECT" denomination on a game? I know it will be a great game, and I am going to have a lot of fun with it, but realistically speaking (or in this case, "speculating") is a game perfect? Doesn't that mean that you can't improve it?
I read Dante's Inferno's review and something jumped out at me. In the review they COMPLAINED that you get to fight against the same type of "undead". That even though you get your different "classes" of enemies, you will be fighting these types of enemies trough out the whole game.
So for God of War III to get a perfect score the enemies should be different, EACH and EVERYONE of them. And playing the demo I noticed that this is not true. I beleive that the experience has more to do in this review that the acttual gameplay.
In my opinion there has only being two games that deserve the "perfect" treatment (at least on the "not that old" consoles), and those two are Super Mario 64 and Goldeneye. Two games that raised the bar so high that even subsequent sequels could not topple it.
Dude it still has flaws if all games had to be perfect to get a ten then their would be no ten.
I loved God of War and God of War 2 and think that God of War 3 looks amazing. but to give it a ten when games like Mass Effect 2 gets a 9.75 (ya a little nit-picky, but in all honesty) what in God of War has changed? The first two were great games but is 3 not just a prettier version of what has already been done over and over again? I can't wait to play it but to give it a perfect score seems a little strange.
I just finished reading/viewing the review for God of War III on IGN and they nailed it. The score is a little under what I would have tough they will give it but a great review and review score.
I've said this before and I will say it again, God Of War 3 will win game of the year this year! duh!
I can't say if the game is perfect...But I will tell you the finished version looks 5 times better than the demo version, I don't think you seen the recent video's on youtube. I do feel it's the best hack n' slash game out there, all GI is trying to say is that GOW3 is better than the other high scoring hack n' slash Bayonetta. They're just trying to maintain the consistancy of their reviews. Oh and IGN review sucks the best review might be at gamespot it made a lot of sense and when I was done reading I wasn't even mad at the 9.0 they gave the game. The dude who reviewed it at IGN doesn't even like GOW lol he was expecting something revolutionary....GTFOH
The PS3 is starting to get a bunch of better exclusives than the 360...
@Kenneth Rodriguez
1. The demo was hardly representative of the game. You see more types of enemies [not including titans or gods] in the video reviews alone.
2. Different doesn't have to mean completely different enemies. Each of the grunts in God of War 3 are varied in the amount of decay seen on their body parts.
In Dante's Inferno, enemies were exactly the same and sometimes inappropriate for the circle of hell that you were supposed to be in. People expected Dante's Inferno to have completely different enemies in each circle because the circles of hell are completely different. Putting enemies from the lust level, for example, in later levels was just lazy on the developers part. I can understand why they did this [animating different creatures would take time and space and such] but they shouldn't have used grunts that specific to a circle of hell. And although the game informer review for the game may note that the ending for God of War may be not so good, most reviews including the game informer review noted that Dante's Inferno fell flat during the final third of the game! How is that comparable to only a single moment in God of War 3 that may or may not fall flat. And yes, God of War obviously took notes from Devil May Cry but the reason that people don't call it a DMC copycat is because it took the source material and made it its own. Can you honestly say that if you saw a move list, for example, without reference to God of War or Dante's Inferno, you could actually distinguish which came from God of War and which came from Dante's Inferno? If so, please give an example.
Well I was a little confused on that aspect too, at first, but then I re-read it and I started to get what he meant. He was basically saying that it met his expectations, which means it was still very good, but it didn't blow past his expectations like other aspects did. If they truly felt that it was under expectations of how great the story could be, then they would have given it a 9.5-9.75. Don't worry about it not being as great as you think it is, it's still as great as you think it is. I always trust GI's reviews, and they've never failed me, whether I bought a bad game, a mediocre game, or a fantastic game, they usually hit it dead-on with their scoring.
If its on PS3, and it's an exclusive, it must be a 10/10
nah, I'm sure its a great game, and i I can honestly say I will be buying a PS3 for this.
I know the demo is HARDLY representative of the game. And I did play Dante's Inferno (which I loved) and it did not fell flat at all. ALso one of the best final Bosses in this type of game. But when you review a game and say that there should have been different varieties of enemies (which I know it did have, maybe not relative to the circle, but there surely was variety) and then don't take that into consideration on God of War, where Kratos has been battling the same wingued creatures for 3 games straight, is a little bit too convenient.
And its not the ending that the game informer review state that is lacking but the whole story. And to me thats a big important part of a game. If we are going to say that a game is perfect then it should be. To me Perfect 10 scores should be really hard to get, that way people and developers strive to better themselves. When you have a game like God of War III, that is just the same gameplay but prettier and give it a 10, I think is lazy on their part.
To me the score it got is not representative of what was said.
I know that I am going to love it, and it's basically the reason why I bought a Ps3 (this game and Killzone 2). All I want is for reviewers to simply take into consideration everything they mention in the review when it comes time to put on a score.
1. A 10/10 game score is not perfect like a score on a test. A 10/10 means that the game's good qualities far out weigh the negative and that most people will like it. Some critics actually liked the ending but game informer didn't like it as much but they didn't allow it to affect the score [from the sound of it, whether or not you like the story will be less about its quality then it will be about your expectations]. Most critics though thought the final third of Dante's Inferno fell through in quality and diversity of enemies and the score reflects that.
2. The game was called Dante's Inferno took place in and was pretty much about Dante's travels through the nine circles of hell which are all distinct. The earlier levels were unique but the developers seemed to have run out of steam or time for the final third and the uniqueness fell.
God of War is about Kratos' struggle against the gods, takes place in no specific setting beyond the Greek world and the undead minions that have appeared have all been minions of Hades [convenient yes, but at least that makes sense].
You still haven't addressed why I should see a lust grunt in the later levels of the game and why the enemies shouldn't have been somewhat specific to the circles in a game about the nine circles of hell [it certainly couldn't have hurt the game for me and probably a lot of critics].The developers had a huge field to work on in God of War [Greek world and mythology]. Dante's Inferno developers limited themselves to hell [no pun intended...if that even was a pun]. Also, although fun, I've read a funny comment that went something like this: if you took info about Greek mythology and culture from God of War even to a mythology class, you would fail epically. Dante's Inferno, as weird as it may sound, should have taken even more liberties with the source material then it did. God of War has and it's worked out well for them.
3. The review said the story did not stand out like in previous games and was much simpler: it didn't necessarily say it was "lacking"
4. All the reviews, even ones that didn't give God of War 3 a 10/10 [over 26 by my last count] agree that the combat is familiar but the best yet in the series and much improved from the previous games [though I hope they fix the camera issue with an update] which is also something to look at in game in a trilogy. You don't necessarily have to make huge changes to combat in a game to warrant a higher score: just make it better then before which again all the reviews proclaim. Why would they fix something that wasn't broken? Dante's Inferno gameplay was God of War with a different paint job. That's not a bad thing but if you're gonna do that, try to add your own spin to it like Darksiders did [it got 8.5/10 which it completely deserved]. If not, then don't expect to get above average.
5. Dante's Inferno tried to stand in the shadow of an epic poem and got lost [some reviews admittedly probably lampooned this game because it tried to imitate a greater literary work and did a so-so job] while God of War took Greek mythology and ran in a different direction.
6. I can say these things b/c I've played Dante and read the reviews. I liked Dante well enough [enjoyed the poem way more] but it was no where near a 10.
7. Not trying to say God of War 3 is perfect since I haven't played it yet. Just saying that the review seems spot on [its not the only perfect score God of War 3 has after all]. Last time I checked, it was 17 perfect reviews. Since I have played Dante's Inferno though, I can say it was about average and hardly near a 10.
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And Steve Ballmer retired.
Naw, they were playing musical chairs and he was left standing because he threw his.
That is the problem with most labor laws. There are usually tricks to get your way. You don't fire the person you force them to resign. You can perform a witch hunt and wait for any slip up as a reason to fire someone.
We have fire: Where termination is caused by poor/inappropriate performance.
We have layoff: Where termination is from the employer to reduce staffing to save money.
We have "resignations": Where the employer tells the person that they need to resign, otherwise we will make their lives difficult.
We have resignations: Where the employee decides to leave the job, in a graceful method.
We have quitting: Where the employee leaves instantly, and not so gracefully.
Constructive discharge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
"In order to establish a constructive discharge, an employee must plead and prove, by the usual preponderance of the evidence standard, that the employer either intentionally created or knowingly permitted working conditions that were so intolerable or aggravated at the time of the employee's resignation that a reasonable employer would realize that a reasonable person in the employee's position would be compelled to resign."
employees get fired for virtually everything...the annecdotes are ridiculous
if an entry level new-hire at a software company dropped a grenade in the first meeting they were allowed to attend and said, "Our app doesn't make money because everyone knows it is spam"
**right in front of the boss/guy who invented the app**
and that guy got fired...or reassigned to something so bullshit that he quit...
would we even care or suspect something wrong happend?
in my mind Mozilla's CEO is the same
just b/c he's a CEO does
I may not agree with Brendan's position, but it is a scary precedent to get rid of people based on their personal beliefs and political activities.
Hang the heretic. How dare him having the same opinion on the sacred gay marriage as Barack Obama in 2008 rather than Dick Chaney in 2008.
How do you color the whole issue as him only resigning, when three board members quit over his presence there. That's a lot of pressure from the company.
It looks an awful lot like coercion...
But, isn't it up for him to sue if he feels he did not resign voluntarily? It seems like he probably would not do so.
It's criminal. The AG of California can fine Mozilla Inc for being incredibly hostile. They did, however, put in every effort to keep him; three board members severed their relationship with the company, and so the company is not responsible for their actions. If other board members where threatening to do so as well, the company is tied to these people and may be responsible. So Mozilla Inc has a good defense, but Eich doesn't have to initiate the case against them.
How do you color the whole issue as him only resigning, when three board members quit over his presence there. That's a lot of pressure from the company.
It looks an awful lot like coercion...
But, isn't it up for him to sue if he feels he did not resign voluntarily? It seems like he probably would not do so.
Q: Did Board members resign over Brendan's Prop 8 donation?
A: No. Gary Kovacs and Ellen Siminoff had previously stated they had plans to leave as soon as Mozilla chose the next CEO. John Lilly did not resign over Proposition 8 or any concerns about Brendan's personal beliefs.
The crux of the issue is that social attitudes are in flux on this matter. If you don't give people leeway to change, they will likely harden their positions.
And if you give some people leeway to change (eg- Obama, Hilary) and deny leeway to others (Brendan Eich) you are being blatantly partisan and unfair.
I highly doubt Obama evolved his actual attitude on gay marriage. As with most things, we'll never know what Obama really thinks about it. What he evolved was, as you said, his position on it after seeing the way the political wind was blowing. Eich was merely more honest and stuck to his guns instead of pretending he now believed the popular thing.
Had he donated $1000 to pro-gay organization and was fired - there would be wide action in his support....
But he donated to the wrong organization so he "resigned" - after external and internal pressure...
It sickens me... there is no more free speach... and some people clearly can be discriminated because of their political views...
Free speech doesn't mean freedom from criticism or shaming.
Sort of like if I donate $1000 to save the pandas its ok but if I donate $1000 to shoot pandas, people get bent out of shape.
Or contributing $1000 to get more minorities to vote as opposed to $1000 to prevent minorities from voting.
Or contributing $1000 to clean up a local park vs $1000 to dump more trash in a local park.
Or $1000 to fix potholes vs $1000 to create more potholes.
Should I go on?
Yes, there are certain things you could contribute money to that will be OK when contributing to the other side is not OK.
GLBT organizations have a perfect right to express their opinions, and even to use political and economic pressure to achieve their desired ends. The Mozilla foundation acted correctly in not bowing directly to this pressure. Mr. Eich acted both correctly and even (some might say) with noble altruism in resigning.
Understand the causes of actions - if you insist on placing blame, place it where it belongs. Mr. Eich was forced out by the GLBT community over his support for a bill which directly contradicted their political agenda. Their actions were within what is considered to be acceptable, and resulted in Mr. Eich sustaining a personal loss for his open support of a bill he obviously believes in. I don't think anybody here behaved badly or did anything wrong; but I believe that all involved should now be judged by their actions and their roles in this drama.
"GLBT organizations have a perfect right to express their opinions,"
I'll be impressed if you can point at a signficant GLBT organization that actually did discuss Eich. As near as I can tell, the repsonse was entirely grassroots, and not limited to GLBT individuals.
As it stands, I think he probably had a moderate chance of succeeding in a legal suit. At the very least he could of sued Mozilla over some workplace harassment law (not providing a safe workplace).
But with the quote from the Mozilla Executive Chairman: "'It's clear that Brendan cannot lead Mozilla in this setting,' Baker was quoted as saying." I would say any legal action over discrimination against Mozilla is now in his favour. To me that says that only reason he was not fired, was because he was given the option to resign, before they fired him. And Mozilla would/will find it hard to explain to the court how firing someone who was unpopular because of a political belief is completely different than firing someone for a political belief. I am not saying it is cut and dry, but he definitely seems to have a case.
First of all, that was probably a statement of opinion.
But looking at it critically, it may be a statement of opinion based on the fact that as a CEO, his credibility was damaged, and that's a major impediment to his actual ability to do his job. If the employees of the company hold him in low regard, he'll have a hard time motivating them or retaining them. In a year, he may well have been forced to resign for being unable to successfully fulfil his CEO duties, entirely because of this somewhat intangible
Mozilla lost a great technically minded CEO who could have done some good things for the organization; which IMHO badly needs strong leadship right now.
Why because a bunch of the rabble could not deal with someone not sharing their opinions. Honestly I don't think anyone supporting same sex marriage supports equality at all. Government should not recognize ANY marriage. If you get married that should be entirely between you, your God(s), who ever else attends where you warship, and that's it.
It should not be your boss's business, nor the state's nor any courts. Government recognizing marrige does nothing but create a special class of people (married people), and there is no reason they should get the special treatment they do.
As far as children go, both biological parents should be considered to have parental rights and responsibilities, unless the father isn't known and nobody comes forward for in some reasonable time frame.
Everyone should be entitled to name someone (anyone) they wish to specify to share anything that exists as a spousal benefit today or those benefits should be withdrawn. I don't think anyone should have to file a tax return, but as long as we have tax returns EVERYONE should have to file individually.
So will I continue to vote against so called marriage equality; you bet I will because the last thing I want to see is the expansion of what is already a special class which should not exist in secular society.
Government does recognize marriage so by voting against marriage equality for all what you are really saying is you support privileges for the people that already have them.
Why because a bunch of the rabble could not deal with someone not sharing their opinions. Honestly I don't think anyone supporting same sex marriage supports equality at all. Government should not recognize ANY marriage.
Honestly, I think you're either trolling, or haven't even tried to think objectively about this. I agree wholeheartedly that government should not be involved in marriage at all, but while it is, supporting access to it regardless of sexual orientation is clearly supporting equality.
I wonder how damaged Mozilla is by the Streisand effect for this whole debacle. If nobody publicized Eich's relatively small contribution to a political campaign from six years ago, nobody would know about any of this. I seriously doubt Eich had some kind of master plan for a gay purge at Mozilla. It is possible for one to be opposed to gay marriage without hating gay people, and chances are his political opinion would have no negative impact on Mozilla.
If nobody had said anything, Mozilla would probably sail along just fine. Instead, a big deal was made, and now you've got pro gay marriage people who were upset that Mozilla would ever employ such a gay-hatin' monster, you've got anti gay marriage people claiming persecution, and then the base of people who think it's much ado about nothing, anyway, because somebody's political opinions shouldn't have anything to do with their job.
Basically, everybody comes out of this smelling like shit, when if nobody had ever said anything, things probably would have been just fine.
This all started with the LA Times obtaining a list of all donors to Prop 8 and publishing it's contents as a searchable online database.
The law that requires that all political donors who donate more than $100 may be divulged is the issue here. So it would seem that if you want to donate and NOT face repercussions for having an unpopular opinion, then you should never ever donate more than $99 to any California Ballot Measure or Political Initiative based in California.
In this case, it appears that CA law regarding disclosure of political contributions has come head to head with CA Labor Code. And considering SCOTUS' recent decision to consider monetary campaign contributions as free speech, it also would potentially have Constitutional ramifications (not for Mozilla, but for the State of California disclosure policy) So in this case, there is likely fuck-all Eich can do about it unless he wants to make a major stink about it in Federal Courts, at his own expense and with no possibility of personal gain.
The first part is that there are basically two groups of people: those that feel they should be able to do whatever makes them happy as long as what they're doing doesn't adversely affect others, and those who feel they have the right to tell others what they can and can't do regardless of impact on themselves.
Make whatever convoluted case or slippery slope argument you want, Adam and Steve getting married has zero actual effect on anyone else. So what you have is a CEO basically giving his social opinion that he feels something is wrong that people who work for him feel is okay. My last company allowed employees to wear shorts to work because it was 120 out in the summer. One day someone brought that up in a room with a vice president in it and his comment was "Yeah, you're allowed to do it...but I think its damned unprofessional". Half the people in the room were wearing shorts. Word got around and nobody wore them anymore. So what a senior manager says has a significant effect on workers, right or wrong, rules/laws or not.
Second part is that roughly half the people/customers/programmers/business owners/executives believe one way on this and the other half believe the opposite. You're therefore alienating half the people that work for the company and half the people it works with. Not a good idea from any perspective. Sure, the ones that feel like you do will rally behind you while the other half walk away. Probably okay if you're making chicken sandwiches. Not okay when you're trying to manage a major software company.
Bottom line: keep your social opinions to a personal level and keep them out of a professional environment. You can make all the legal arguments you want. The VP still thinks shorts are unprofessional and chances are if you wear them, you're going to be getting the crap jobs if he notices.
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Apparently the luckless donkey has lost his tail, and is asking his doctor how he intends to fix it.
Are you aware of a popular children's party game called "Pin the Tail on the Donkey"? A picture of a donkey is placed on the wall, with his tail missing. Children are blindfolded, one by one, and given a piece of string (the tail) with a pin in it, and gently directed toward the picture. The one who pins the tail closest to the correct place wins.
It is unrelated to your question in another thread about why donkeys are considered stupid. That concept is not expressed here.


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Thanks for the tips, Dave!
I found this via del.icio.us/popular and was pleasantly surprised to discover that not only was this hella useful, but that you're local!
I always have tons of trouble picking out appropriate colour schemes when I'm putting anything together, so this is a big help and is (surprisingly) geared towards beginners like me.
I'm also finding that colour wheel tool Milo posted really helpful.


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LOUISVILLE (WAVE) - A man and woman accused of killing the man they were supposed to be caring for were arraigned Wednesday morning. Heather Lynn Baringer, 42, and 48-year-old Dennis Mitchell Hall are accused of murder, tampering with physical evidence and several other charges in the death of Jeffrey Bishop.
Both pleaded not guilty and were being held on $150,000 full cash bond. Their next court date was set for Sept. 20.
On Sept. 7, LMPD officers were called to the home Baringer and Hall were renting in the 1400 block of Arling Avenue after someone told police there may be a body inside the home. When police arrived, they discovered a strong odor coming from inside the home.
After searching the property, police found the body of Bishop, 53, in the basement wrapped in blankets, plastic and covered with a piece of carpet.
Police say the couple got into an argument with Bishop about money and Hall strangled Bishop sometime in late August, then hid his body in the basement of the home they all shared. Afterwards, Baringer and Hall reportedly continued to use Bishop's bank account and cash his disability checks.
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The Office of Career & Professional Development hosts a number of Career Days, which bring a broad range of employers to campus to meet with students. Some Career Days involve formal interviews, while others allow students to informally network with attorneys and recruiters and to gather information about different practice areas.
Meet the Employers is held every spring. This annual event allows our students to meet and talk with attorneys and recruiters from many of the employers who will participate in our Fall On-Campus Interview (OCI) program. Typically, about 60 employers participate (including law firms, public interest organizations, government agencies, and in-house counsel), and over 200 students attend the event. This is an excellent opportunity to make an impression on employers before Fall OCI.
An annual event in late January hosted by the Career Office, the UC Hastings Intellectual Property student organizations, and the UC Hastings Science & Technology Law Journal. The program has two components: a Career Panel moderated by Kate Patterson, a local IP recruiter, showcasing different areas of intellectual property practice (intellectual property litigation, patent prosecution, intellectual property transactional work); and the Career Fair, an informal table-talk and reception with many different IP employers. This event is well attended by over 100 students and 20 to 30 employers each year. Participation in the Fair is free to students and employers.
This year's IP Fair will be held on January 30, 2013. Please contact the Office of Career & Professional Development at (415) 565-4619 or email for more information.
One of the largest recruiting programs in the country for public interest and public sector employers; the Consortium of Northern California Law Schools and the Public Interest Clearinghouse sponsor this spring event. Last year over 100 organizations and several hundred students participated. The 29th annual Public Interest/Public Sector day will be held on the UC Hastings campus on February 2, 2013. The event features formal interviews and an informal table talk.
For more information, contact OneJustice at (415) 834-0100, or visit their website, http://www.one-justice.org.
JD Careers (formerly called Creative Career Options with a JD) is an annual event in the fall. This fun, informal table talk allows students to circulate and have casual conversations with alumni who have pursued all sorts of careers outside of "biglaw"-- in finance, in academia, in real estate, forensic investigations, as entrepreneurs, and more. This well-attended event usually has forty UC Hastings alums participate and over one hundred students attend.
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An Alexandria man who resigned from Fairfax County Public Schools on Friday was arrested Monday and charged with taking school computers and selling them.
Fairfax County Police say Craig Soderberg, 60, of Lady Anne Court in Alexandria, was charged Monday with two counts of embezzlement after a three-month investigation revealed that he was allegedly taking used laptop computers from a warehouse where older FCPS equipment was stored, refurbishing them, and then selling them online.
Police said they removed more than 1,200 computers from Soderberg's home after a search on Jan. 9.
Soderberg had worked for FCPS for nearly 16 years. The school system hired him as a buyer technician in 1998 before promoting him to manager of a Springfield warehouse located at 6800 Industrial Road, according to FCPS spokesman John Torre.
Soderberg was placed on administrative leave on Jan. 9 and resigned Jan. 10, three days prior to his arrest, Torre said. Police said they began an investigation in October after receiving a request from the FCPS Internal Investigations Section concerning the allegation. According to Torre, the internal FCPS investigation began in June.
Soderberg's arrest comes two months after two other FCPS employees were also charged with embezzlement.
In November, a prominent middle school principal, her son, and her former finance aide were all charged in an another alleged embezzlement scheme that police said could go back three years and potentially bilked the school system out of more than $100,000. That case is scheduled to be heard in Fairfax County District Court in February.
"The timing probably is coincidental," said FCPS Superintendent Karen Garza. "On the other hand, it is so unfortunate when we're able to identify situations like these."
Soderberg is currently scheduled for a preliminary hearing on April 7 in Fairfax County General District Court. No attorney information is yet listed for him in court records
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I need to see a Gen 1 Brat exhaust and which way it runs out of the muffler. I have two Gen 1 Brat exhaust systems but both are broke off right behind the muffler. I just need to know which way it runs the final piece out the back end. I need to know so I can build a new system since I can not find a new one or even a used one. Any help would be appreciated.
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Anybody have a picture of their exhaust?
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Posted 04 June 2005 - 06:40 PM
I just took a couple of pics. If you let me know your e-mail, I will get them right to you.
Posted 05 June 2005 - 10:54 AM
Can you e-mail the pics to me also??? Thanks Trudy email@example.com
Posted 05 June 2005 - 02:15 PM
There you go.
Posted 05 June 2005 - 08:45 PM
Thanks Paul
Posted 08 June 2005 - 10:07 AM
I am going to have mine redone on my 76 wagon soon and am just looking at 1 muffler in the system that way it flows better and also don't hafta find a side exit muffler too lol
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new ones are still available!!!
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Serious question: why isn't it possible to put a set of birds in polar orbits and just do handoffs a few times a day as they move through their orbits? Or is Antarctic research not worth lofting 3-4 birds in a circumpolar orbit separated by 90 to 120 degrees?
Wouldn't it be 1 or 2 orders of magnitude cheaper just to throw a cable to the next landmass?
Serious question: why isn't it possible to put a set of birds in polar orbits and just do handoffs a few times a day as they move through their orbits? Or is Antarctic research not worth lofting 3-4 birds in a circumpolar orbit separated by 90 to 120 degrees?
Uhh... do you know how hard birds would have to flap just to get into orbit, let alone stay there? Plus, you know... air.
It is possible. If you read the article in question, you would've seen that National Science Foundation (running the Antarctic Research Program) received bids in the range of $100 million to $500 million for satellite broadband. So not only is it possible, NFS has sought bids on it, and we know the projected price. No word on whether this is within the NFS budget for this task, however.
Personally I would assume it is not worth it. And hence enters this plan, as Polar Broadband Ltd. believes they can salvage the satellite into Antarctic service for as little as $20 million. It may still be more than NSF is willing to spend, especially considered the risks and reduced lifetime on the satellite and the fact the satellite was never planned for this use so is not going to be optimal solution.
Lol. Try Antarctic Broadband [antarcticbroadband.com] -- nanosattellite cube (20cm x 20cm x 20cm) with Ka-band bent-pipe transponder capable of connecting mobile ground stations in the Antarctic circle to permanent stations off-continent. Launch a demonstrator for a few million, show that you can achieve the link, then follow on with duplicate-build cubes as benefits become realized.
If you want to put more eggs into fewer baskets, with a lower long-term cost, you can do two cubes in inverted Molniya orbits with long loiters over the southern pole; same Ka-band payload can be used, but you'll probably want larger cubes to match the end-of-life power.
Addendum: the problem with doing two cubes in inverted Molniya orbits is that nobody goes there, which means you are going to have to secure your own dedicated launch, which is very expensive. The benefit of chaining a number of nanosats in standard LEO sun-synchronous polar orbits is that everyone goes there, which means hitching a (cheap) ride as a secondary payload is much more feasible.
For that kind of money it would be cool if someone could deploy a statite [wikipedia.org].
You could call it Iridium. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium_satellite_constellation [wikipedia.org] http://iridium.com/ [iridium.com]
unladen swallows? Or laden I guess, with network equipment?
It IS possible, and it's called Iridium. The catch is that it's low bandwidth. But the antarctic bases (as well as plenty of arctic users) are Iridium's bread and butter, particularly among civilian users.
The data rate on HF radio maxes out around 100 kilobits/s, or about as the same as an old dialup modem. And that's if everything is working well. A more typical experience would be slower.
Speeds like that are generally too slow for transferring megabytes of data that might be generated by a science outpost, and not useful at all for photographs or imaging files. For that, you want satellite or fibre or somebody to pack out a hard drive occasionally.
HF is still useful for low-bandwidth things like teletype, SCADA, telemetry, and some other things. And of course voice and CW comms, and digital modes like PSK31.
Telefonica de Argentina installed a 128k wireless link to the Marambio base in 2004. Not sure what they get now, but i don't see why they wouldn't be able to go faster, almost a decade later.
but i don't see why they wouldn't be able to go faster, almost a decade later.
I can think of three. Claude, Ralph, and Harry.
You left out New Zealand. When the US antartic program was run by the Navy, the support was based in Christchurch.
(and McMurdo is close to Scott base, in the part of the continent that is claimed by NZ - known as The Ross Dependency
Hallowed are the Ori, Origin is the one true path.
They need broadband because while the bandwidth of hundreds of aircraft delivered hard drives is fantastic, the latency sucks.
Especially when you consider that aircraft have limited access to Antarctica. The weather down there frequently prevents landings / takeoffs, sometimes for quite extended periods. Satellite telephone (Iridium) can be used, but it's very low-bandwidth. Beyond that, though, they're cut off when aircraft can't get through.
I'm pretty sure both Netflix and Hulu are out of the question unless they tunnel their connection via a machine in the US.
Welcome to the world of Not-the-USA where you know new TV shows and movies are readily available but if you try to access them legally you get a "friendly" message telling you that your money is no good and that any day/month/year/decade now they'll get around to letting you pay for it...
Several reasons:
1) Often we would like to get a big sample data set back to our home offices for analysis while the field team is still in place to do quality analysis they can't do.
2) Sometimes the field team needs application software or documentation down there. On a related note, because of the availability of Internet there we are much less paranoid about shipping down every piece of documentation they could possibly want.
3) Recreational -- during down time the people down there like to surf the web like anyone else -- this is currently a low priority use but is still be nice for the folks down there 3, 4 or 16 months at a time.
Aircraft only fly to the south pole 5 or 6 months out of the year.
So your hard drive plan works 1/2 the time (50% solution FTW!)
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Like all tools, you need to use it for what its calibration is capible of. For instance, like the i-Phone, my Blackberry has a bubble level app. I would never consider using it as a level in bridge construction, but for haning a picture it works just fine.
What you're referring to is really the age old Physics 101 discussion about accuracy and precision. I used my iPhone several times in the last couple of days to locate golf courses I was supposed to play at, and it was extremely accurate. It will remain accurate when looking for things much smaller than a golf course as well I'm sure, but the precision isn't sufficient to work on a much smaller scale.
My GPS and Phone are accurate to a house. GPS can get you down to a meter or less so now the problem is with the maps.
I would trust a GPS to get me to within a meter of a know reference point.
Of course I wonder if there is any reason except for cost that they couldn't add a high resolution time source to each cell tower and use them for a land based GPS system. It should work in buildings and should be more accurate than a GPS since the transmitters would be fixed and you wouldn't have to deal with the iono
Like all tools, you need to use it for what its calibration is capible [sic] of
You could get quite accurate for big landmarks, which would be useful for navigation in cities like New York, Chicago, and Houston. Implement an app like the camera app with realtime video and add crosshairs. The pointing app would use the camera, GPS, the accelerometers, and the compass. You'd know about where you are, and which direction the camera is pointed. You could then send a *highly* compressed photo to an app at Google, which would calculate the outlines of the big landmarks in the area for th
The accuracy inherent in the signals can vary. I drive a route to work with a hill on it. The hill's GPS reported height varies by as much as 10 meters on occasion, though is usually the same within a meter or two.
My Newton could be capable of more, but due to Apple's policies, it's primarily only calibrated for use as a paperweight. They seem to have a whole team of people at Apple involved in the paperweight design effort.
Look at where you're going. With your iEyes.
I couldn't find iEyes in the app store. How much is it?
Stop making stupid puns on single letter marketing prefixes, gEyes!
Not authorized as iEyes can be used to view porn.
I already use iphones as pointing devices:
when I see someone with an iphone, I know to point at them and laugh
Laser range finder, preferably in the visible spectrum. Not that I would buy it, I'm not a fan of Apple.
Couple it with an "attachment' manufactured by Smith & Wesson. I'd buy it because then the iPhone would definitely be useful.
The actual missing component: gyros. We already know from the Wii that it doesn't accelerometers are pretty useless on their own for all but the most basic tasks.
This video illustrates the difference they make:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s19W-MG-whE [youtube.com]
It would be very cool to have a device that integrated GPS, a digital compass, accelerometers and gyros. That would give you all the low and high frequency information you need to accurately locate its position and orientation in real time.
Traditional revenue models for pushing consumers to retail are beginning to show their age esp. in their transition to mobile, but app developers are already exploring location-based delivery of coupons and promotions that can be scanned at point of sale (e.g. on the iPhone: CardStar [mycardstar.com], Coupon Sherpa [couponsherpa.com]). Things are changing fast and the consumer, as usual, is poised to win.
How many of these articles are going to keep making it on
Last time the iPhone was used to make the cover art of some magazine, which was of course comparable to the moon landing.
I know that this sounds like trolling, and by some definitions it may be, but I think that even an objective reader (someone who *isn't* sick of hearing how the iPhone cured cancer) would find this particular "article" incredibly pandering.
If I were *looking* for hype and gimmicks, there's always digg.
...about device news, you're trolling. You don't like it because it's Apple, and it's expensive. You're not entirely familiar with the OS it runs, and some douchebag in Starbucks brags about how productive and virus-free he is because he bought "the BMW of computers".
Not all of us Mac users are like that, and the iPhone isn't a Mac at all. It is very well designed; so well so in fact that it inspires people to make these kinds of "discoveries"; we realize these things are not new because we read Slashdot, w
He DOES deserve +5, Mr or Ms fanboi. The iPhone is way too much overhyped, and posting an article from 2007 now makes no sense at all. I like Apple stuff, but you can only write so much about a product before you exhaust yourself.
He DOES deserve +5, Mr or Ms fanboi. The Linux Kernel is way too much overhyped, and posting an article from 2007 now makes no sense at all. I like GNU stuff, but you can only write so much about a product before you exhaust yourself.
O RLY? All tech news is equal, but some tech news is more equal than others.
Not all of us Mac users are like that, and the iPhone isn't a Mac at all.
I think you've extrapolated a bit too far. Who said anything about the Mac or Mac users? And by "like that" do you mean the example you gave about the "douchebag in Starbucks"?
We could get into a whole debate about Macs, and normally I would, but in this case I really didn't say anything but point out a clear hype-laden story that got on slashdot. It has nothing to do with Macs. It's just of poor quality and I'm surprised that articles relating to the iPhone seem to get a push simply for including the wo
These days, it's really hard to separate the highly-moderated trolls from the legit opinions. I guess you just get so used to taking flak from everyone about something that seems so insignificant ("Your opinion is worthless and your manhood is questionable because you like an expensive computer with a piece of fruit for a logo" is not all that uncommon) that you just react as though any criticism is trolling. Apologies, and I'll try not to let it happen again.
This just in:
"Stunned users have discovered yet another feature of the iPhone - it can be used as a gravity detection device.
iPhone owner and fan John Smith from Los Angeles CA told us of his surprise at discovering this surprising feature on his iPhone: 'It was incredible, I just opened my hand and instantly my iPhone started accelerating in the same direction as the local gravitational field - I never noticed that my iPhone could do this before' - he told us while sipping a triple-shot Cafe Mocha.
From testimonies by other users, it seems that this feature in the iPhone shows itself whenever it is released at a distance from any surface.
Combine this with the new 3.0 iPhone OS and interesting things are certainly going to happen. Steve Jobs said that the iPhone will change the world when he presented it back in 2007, and that is exactly what it will do."
How many of these articles are going to keep making it on
I know that this sounds like trolling, and by some definitions it may be, but I think that even an objective reader (someone who *isn't* sick of hearing how the iPhone cured cancer) would find this particular "article" incredibly pandering.
If I were *looking* for hype and gimmicks, there's always digg.
I agree. They seem to be posted here all the time, and show the iPhone as having these amazing new features, features that have often already been done. I don't have a problem with it - I just think that it isn't balanced (i.e.: seeing who has already done/is working on that feature).
oh well, i only made it to the 2nd paragraph
"What is the right way? Unobtrusive delivery of well targeted ads."
It WILL make a great pointing device...point the index finger of the hand holding iPhone toward point of interest and spread the other fingers open to indicate....err...oops
It is annoying these articles get on the FP of
The iPhone cured cancer, but causes digestive problems. Steve is recovering nicely now though, they fixed that in the new iPhone for this year.
http://lastminutelabs.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/android-app-nru-launches-in-the-usa [wordpress.com] => an Android app that uses Compass, GPS and location services to point you to bars, restaurants, hotels...
Which has been available (free) on Nokia mobiles for... I don't know... ever. What is forever in software years? 2 years?
I remember seeing a Nokia demo where you could point the camera at a hotel or other attraction and get a popup with information about it - do you know if that was ever released?
I've also long been in favour of tagging things with small Semacodes or QRCodes to help even GPS-less phones quickly scan and identify things, then maybe pull additional data from the web...
The only part of the supergun the Army was looking into that I thought was neat was the use of onboard laser and GPS to send fire orders. If you see the target, you can lase it, know it's exact position on the grid coordinates and rounds can be incoming in seconds. That's a pointer!
Or just learn how to read a map and call off your coordinates over the radio. It's not hard* and saves taxpayers money.
*Disclaimer: I used to teach mapping in the Marine Corps. YMMV. If you have trouble counting or following bold straight lines on a map, this may be extremely difficult.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but no matter how well you read the map... isn't lazing the target is more precise.
It could mean the difference between hitting the target head-on vs striking next to it. Or hitting/entering the entrance vs striking the wall of the cave/bunker/warehouse. Plus, doesn't it also allow for the following of slow-moving targets?
Depending on the ordinance vs the armor, it might make the difference.
"Interesting things is certainly going to happen" indeed!
Want to get rid of the reality distortion field and all the hype? Sorry, there's not an app for that.
Dear Editors,
Thanks for posting this article from a "news" site.
Actually, at second look it's just some retard's blog.
Please do not encourage blogging as a "news" source.
What's the "point"?
I wrote these apps for Windows Mobile, I've writtten a couple for Android, I've even written some into specialized devices using basic GPS Dongles and cellular network access for triangulation.
Now that Apple is doing it, suddenly it's going to CHANGE THE WORLD (tm). Location-based services/applications along with advertising have been looked at before, they failed then, they will fail now. People don't want adverts on their phones, they don't want bluetooth spam or to be bombarded with "Hey, come and enjoy a Pizza half-price at Hungry Joe's" everytime they walk past a pizza restaurant.
The article is poorly written, lacking in experience or significant research into previous implementations and sings the praises of Apple combining their award-winning expertise with this amazing new tech to change the marketplace forever.
Pass me a bucket, mine is full already.
You've got to be kidding me.
They have a video of Wikitude on the G1 already doing all of this crap in an article HYPING THE IPHONE.
Steve Jobs must have sold his soul to the devil to get his freakishly skilled marketing department.
One of the best apps I've seen that uses the combination of GPS, 3D Accelerometer and Incline-corrected Compass is the "Google Sky Map" available for download. Once started, your phone becomes a window into a 360-degree x 180-degree planetarium dome (a full sphere). Hold the phone straight ahead, and see the virtual horizon line. As you rotate, see the N E S W markers slide into view appropriately in real time. Hold the phone overhead to see the "Zenith" marker, or look through the floor for the "Nadir" marker. Everywhere else on the virtual dome, you see the major stars and constellation lines, planets and other astronomical items. Want to find Jupiter? Select that goal from a menu, and the phone will guide your hand until you're looking in the direction of the current position for Jupiter, even if it's below your feet or behind the sun.
Oh yeah, and it's on the Android phone. For free.
One of the best apps I've seen that uses the combination of GPS, 3D Accelerometer and Incline-corrected Compass....
Here here!
That app is awesome, and free!
It is really truly impressive.
iPhone. Small 'i'. Small brains must remember: small 'i'. Thank you, Mz Taco.
Android did it first [engadget.com] with Street View. There is nothing unique about the iPhone in this regard, every mobile computer with a camera and a network connection is a viable platform.
And the idea itself is twenty years old. Why does fanboy drivel like this get posted?
... at whom [slashdot.org] you point that iPhone. You could start an intergalactic war.
Not because the aliens mistake it for a weapon, but because they prefer the Palm Pre. And you know how these platform wars get out of hand.
Which just reminds me of how I have wanted my Magic Wand for many years now.
I got my PDA back in the day thinking it could come close to this. Replace my remote controls for my TV, etc (can be done, not very well). Or the garage door opener (nope). Calculator (yes). Checkbook and calendar (yes). Laser pen pointer (nope). send/accept phone numbers (sorta). Hold all my personal data, including documents and things that I am working on (sorta). Game controller. Security key for car, computer, house, e
The Jobs presentation back in 2007 was of course utter PR bullshit, but that is as expected. The article pointed to here was sad oh-isn't-Steve-cute wanking. The Zrop submission was the most pitiful piece of steaming manure ever, I mean 'the iPhone will change the world'... And that Taco guy is apparently also buying into the hype with his 'super real world pointer' fawning.
I feel it's like kicking on a chromosome-impaired kid lying on the ground looking for his coke-bottle glasses to comment on slashdots
Today is a good day for information-gathering. Read someone else's mail file.