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Edward Snowden scandal: Russia rejects US demands to extradite Snowden
NAANTALI, Finland (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin says that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden is in the transit zone of a Moscow airport and will not be extradited to the United States.
Putin said that Snowden hasn't crossed the Russian border and is free to go anywhere.
Speaking on a visit to Finland Tuesday, he added that Russian security agencies "didn't work and aren't working" with Snowden. He gave no more details.
Commenting on a U.S. request to extradite him, Putin said that Russia doesn't have an extradition agreement with the U.S. and thus wouldn't meet the U.S. request.
He voiced hope that Snowden will depart as quickly as possible and that his stopover at Moscow's airport wouldn't affect bilateral ties.{}
Putin's comments came after Russia's foreign minister on Tuesday bluntly rejected U.S. demands to extradite National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, who has apparently stopped in Moscow while trying to evade U.S. justice, saying that Snowden hasn't crossed the Russian border.
Sergey Lavrov insisted that Russia has nothing to do with him or his travel plans. Lavrov wouldn't say where Snowden is, but he angrily lashed out at the U.S. for demanding his extradition and warnings of negative consequences if Moscow fails to comply.
"We consider the attempts to accuse Russia of violation of U.S. laws and even some sort of conspiracy, which on top of all that are accompanied by threats, as absolutely ungrounded and unacceptable," Lavrov said. "There are no legal grounds for such conduct of U.S. officials, and we proceed from that."
U.S and Ecuadorean officials said they believed Snowden was still in Russia, where he fled Sunday after weeks of hiding out in Hong Kong following his disclosure of the broad scope of two highly classified counterterror surveillance programs to two newspapers. The programs collect vast amounts of Americans' phone records and worldwide online data in the name of national security.
Lavrov claimed that the Russian government has only found out about Snowden's flight from Hong Kong from news reports.
"We have no relation to Mr. Snowden, his relations with the American justice or his travel around the world," Lavrov said. "He chooses his route himself, and we have learned about it from the media."
Snowden booked a seat on a Havana-bound flight from Moscow Monday en route to Venezuela and then possible asylum in Ecuador, but he didn't show up on the plane. Russian news reports said he has remained at a transit zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, but he hasn't been seen there by the media.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has embraced Snowden and WikiLeaks experts are believed to be assisting him in arranging asylum.
Assange on Monday declined to discuss where Snowden was but said he was only passing through Russia and had applied for asylum in Ecuador, Iceland and possibly other countries.
Ecuador's foreign minister hailed Snowden on Monday as "a man attempting to bring light and transparency to facts that affect everyone's fundamental liberties."
The decision whether to grant Snowden the asylum he has requested is a choice between "betraying the citizens of the world or betraying certain powerful elites in a specific country," Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino told reporters while visiting Vietnam. He said Tuesday that he didn't know Snowden's exact whereabouts.
A high-ranking Ecuadorean official told The Associated Press that Russia and Ecuador were discussing where Snowden could go, and the process could take days. He also said Ecuador's ambassador to Moscow had not seen or spoken to Snowden. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case publicly.
State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said the U.S. had made demands to "a series of governments," including Ecuador, that Snowden be barred from any international travel other than to be returned to the U.S. The U.S. has revoked Snowden's passport.
Secretary of State John Kerry urged Moscow to "do the right thing" and turn over Snowden.
"We're following all the appropriate legal channels and working with various other countries to make sure that the rule of law is observed," President Barack Obama told reporters when asked if he was confident that Russia would expel Snowden.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said the U.S. was expecting the Russians "to look at the options available to them to expel Mr. Snowden back to the United States to face justice for the crimes with which he is charged."
Some experts said it was likely the Russian spy agencies were questioning Snowden on what he knew about U.S. electronic espionage against Moscow.
"If Russian special services hadn't shown interest in Snowden, they would have been utterly unprofessional," Igor Korotchenko, a former colonel in Russia's top military command turned security analyst, said on state Rossiya 24 television.
The Kremlin has previously said Russia would be ready to consider Snowden's request for asylum.
Snowden is a former CIA employee who later was hired as a contractor for the NSA. In that job, he gained access to documents that he gave to The Guardian and The Washington Post to expose what he contends are privacy violations by an authoritarian government.
Snowden also told the South China Morning Post that "the NSA does all kinds of things like hack Chinese cellphone companies to steal all of your SMS data." He is believed to have more than 200 additional sensitive documents in laptops he is carrying.


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This weekend marks a rare two-day window during which hundreds of appliances are priced at or below our cost.
But in total we'll have thousands of deeply discounted appliance — in every category — marked down because they're closeout models, floor models, scratch and dent, discontinued.
All items come with a full factory warranty. Metro area delivery is available for $75, so people should arrange to pickup their purchase within 14 days for the best savings.
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Sea and Sea AquaPix
Posted 18 September 2003 - 05:23 AM
Well, considering it is the only one in the "digital amphibious" category I was right (updated April 2007). As for market success, I was quite wrong.
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Posted 18 September 2003 - 05:55 PM
I've already forwarded this to two dive friends who are wanting to get into U/W digital.
Tucker, Georgia
Nikon D300 in Aquatica housing with housed SB800 flash.
Posted 20 September 2003 - 03:36 PM
Posted 20 September 2003 - 04:18 PM
Well, the Sea & Sea USA AQUAPIX Digital Camera is supposedly supposed to have a retail price of $619 (maybe less at the discounters). That's got to be very appealing to many divers who have been wanting to go digital or to get into U/W photography without killing their budget.
I'm not convinced it will sell that well, when you can get a CP5000/C-5050 + Housing for less money.
Also, even though we are all fanatics about U/W photography, I think that most divers do not share our zeal for technical stuff, so a one-shop camera out-of-the-box will probably sell very well to divers who don't care to get into detailed discussions of this camera versus that camera, this housing versus that housing, this lens..., this port... etc.
Just my opinion, but I emailed the web link to two non-photographer diver friends, and they are both chomping at the bit to get one.
Tucker, Georgia
Nikon D300 in Aquatica housing with housed SB800 flash.
Posted 20 September 2003 - 04:43 PM
Posted 21 September 2003 - 06:07 AM
Bob, I agree with you on that, but I think that it's the intimidation factor that will make the Sea & Sea camera popular with many divers.
Point taken, but a lot of these people will already own a digital camera that can be housed too, this has to affect sales.
Example: On our last dive trip, there were three of us on the boat using housed cameras. One fellow was using an N90 in a housing. During surface intervals, he hogged the camera table the whole time, drying off his housing, opening the housing, changing film, then putting it all back together, and going over a checklist longer than NASA uses for a shuttle launch. During this time, if anyone else dared to come within 10 feet of him, he would scream "Stay away - I don't want you getting water in my camera." Granted, the guy was a real jerk, and certainly not the norm, but this probably had a somewhat negative effect on others who might be considering a housed system.
Most divers are just now beginning to see significant numbers of housings, and as they begin to see more and more housings, the newness and "techno-fear factor" will diminish, and housings will become increasingly commonplace, even for entry-level U/W photographers. I would be surprised if we don't see 4-5 housings (mostly digital) on a boat with 15 divers within a couple of years. But in the interim, I think that the Sea & Sea camera will find a strong market niche.
Tucker, Georgia
Nikon D300 in Aquatica housing with housed SB800 flash.
Posted 24 September 2003 - 08:34 AM
UPDATE DEC. 12, 2003... never mind!
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Posted 07 February 2004 - 11:36 AM
Cheers to all, Gordy
Posted 07 February 2004 - 12:37 PM
but i like this little camera because of that solely, its so simple to do with a digital camera as you nebver have to open the camera really.
Posted 08 February 2004 - 10:42 AM
Downloading pictures can be done via Bluetooth and loading the Batteries can be donr by induction. The hole thing could be factory seald :-)
The lenses would need own batteries that could also be loaded by induction.
Posted 20 April 2004 - 08:09 PM
The lense thing must be possible as they did it with the RS system, just wouldnt be lenses you already owned and would cost a fortune i imagine.
But i still want to see this happen, just as much as I want to see Rodales do the Cayman DIvemaster Ball .. comon .. you take ovre skindivers mailing list you should take over their giving away beer list !
Posted 20 April 2004 - 08:19 PM
Dual Ikelite Strobes
Photo site - www.reefpix.org
Posted 22 April 2004 - 04:56 PM
Although if you in Grand Cayman before the end of July feel free to drop me a line, id love to show anyone the sites of the underwater world here.


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In 1967, Thomas Merton traveled to Thailand, seeking to further the Buddhist-Christian dialogue that was his passion. This beloved Trappist monk and explorer of the inner life died unexpectedly that trip, but not before writing a final letter to his brothers at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky. In the letter, Merton wrote that he now realized that everything he had been searching for could be found at his own hermitage, within the Christian tradition.
It is in this spirit, with respect for all faiths, that James Finley offers Christian Meditation, an audio retreat about the fundamental practices at the heart of Christianity's own unique meditation tradition.
Beyond the Closed Horizon of the Ego
Since the time of the Desert Fathers in the third century, Finley begins, Christian mystics have practiced meditation as a way of opening to the direct presence of God in daily life. Legendary seekers such as Saint John of the Cross, Saint Teresa of Avila, and Meister Eckhart explored how meditation can lead us beyond the closed horizon of the ego, to an interior and holy refuge that is always available to us. On Christian Meditation, James Finley offers a gentle introduction to this all-transforming way of life, and the ever-deepening realization of oneness with Christ it leads us to.
Enter the Cloud of Unknowing
Beginning with an overview of the Christian contemplative tradition and its historical roots, and complete with step-by-step instructions about how to progress in your own practice, Finley offers a personal retreat experience for you to practice along with, at your own pace. In 12 complete sessions and more than seven hours of basic instruction with the beginner in mind, James Finley guides you along this path of awakening, in order to glimpse the infinite union that holds the secret of who we really are. This state of awakened consciousness, referred to by an anonymous Christian mystic as the cloud of unknowing, is held in common by the world's great wisdom traditions, both Eastern and Western.
Divine IntimacyMeditation has the power to reveal to us the surprising nearness of God, Finley teaches. As you expand your meditation practice, in concert with your faith, you will find that these divine moments come more often, until you are finally awakened to your own deepest self, one with Christ, with James Finley's Christian Meditation.
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Len Kamerman needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 39 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
Hero Technical Solutions Inc. is a small consulting business providing contact management and CRM solutions to businesses.
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The logo dimensions are flexible but should have proportions such that it will look decent where the "Afterburner" logo currently sits on http://www.crmbuilder.net (I've published the site temporarily so designers can take a look.) Colors could be consistent with the rest of the site as well, but I'd be open to anything that has some blue in it (range from medium to navy blue).
I'd like a "smart" looking logo that can be repurposed for other content as well - newsletters, e-mail, etc.
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A winner was selected from 108 designs submitted by 39 freelance designers.
Themble is a site based around "theming" or designing sites. I want to play off the whole Thimble (attached image) pun and perhaps use one in the logo, but it's not necessary. I want it to come across as a small cozy site instead of a massive corporation type thing.
The market is anyone who designs or "themes" sites or templates.
It needs to be scalable since I will be using this in both web and print work.
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I was at work at the MIT Media Lab when one of the students in my research group shouted to me from her office next door that her husband, who was in Brooklyn, had just seen a plane hit the World Trade Center.
"Oh my God, Missy, it just happened again!"
Then I knew.
I think we all knew.
I remember that it was just a beautiful, crisp, clear morning in the Boston area. Just like it was in NYC. Just like it was in Washington, D.C.
The frantic stories started pouring in. Planes were unaccounted for. There were reports some were headed for Capitol Hill (where many of my friends worked). For the White House. The Pentagon was hit.
The Pentagon was where my grandparents met.
I couldn't reach my friends in D.C. I did, eventually, reach my grandmother in Alexandria, Va. She was quite distraught. I so wished I could have been closer to my family on that day.
A former coworker called me in the midst of the chaos because "she wanted to hear the voice of reason." I'm afraid she didn't find it in me that morning. By that point, I was panicking too.
MIT closed early that day, but I did decide to stay at work. What were all of those students to think if all of the staff abandoned them? Besides, it was comforting to stay and talk with others who had witnessed the horrible images that were replayed over and over on the television.
When I did eventually make my way home, what struck me was the quiet. I lived under one of the usual flight paths for Logan Airport at the time. But not a single plane was flying.
It was so quiet.
The above is what I remember about that horrific day. I also remember the colossal amount of goodwill that poured in from across the globe in the days that ensued. I hope we never have to face such a dark day again, but I was very impressed by how everyone came together afterwards to help each other recover and heal.


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It is sensible to establish the nature and number of third parties who might be expecting warranties or third-party rights, says Mark Klimt
Despite the clampdown on public spending, the government is seeking a radical increase in construction of new homes - at its lowest level since the 1920s.
Talk is still of global recession but a crucial difference between the situations in the UK and the United States is that here there remains a chronic shortage of housing, whereas in the US there is a surplus of property. That has meant property has (largely) held its value in the UK and the fact that the need for new homes is not going to disappear may also provide a key route out of the present national economic vice. To follow it, however, will need the meshing of some tried and tested solutions, with the best that recent technology has to offer.
After World War II the urgent need for house rebuilding was met in large measure by pre-fabs. They were cheap, quick and basically successful, but the asbestos roofs, for example, which commonly featured would be outlawed today. Also, much more is expected of our buildings in the 21 century and ever more complex services systems need to be accommodated. The challenge is to find an inexpensive new generation of pre-fab units that can be assembled quickly on site to provide buildings that can perform to a sophisticated level and keep within the myriad procurement rules, mainly emanating from the European Union. In this, the industry is assisted by CAD and in particular the use of systems such as BIM which enable the project to be constructed (virtually) off-site and problems to be addressed before the 'kits' are brought to site.
Housing associations are now the largest employers of construction teams for affordable housing. As their sphere of influence grows, they also often get involved in private sector schemes and anyway frequently behave like a developer. Whether, though, involved in the private sector or in social housing projects, there are certain universal characteristics of such housing projects that are likely to increase their prospect of success.
Housing associations will, for example, frequently issue framework agreements to prequalifying consultant practices with whom they have established a good working relationship. An architect signing up to such an arrangement will obviously want to be satisfied that the terms required of it are reasonable and are within its insurance policy.
Key to that, therefore, will be to avoid signing up to prohibitive terms such as absolute obligations that may be outside the architect's influence. It will obviously be important for constructions of this nature to achieve NHBC or equivalent certification but this will also be dependent on matters other than within the control of the architect so the architect should not assume sole responsibility for this, nor should it assume responsibility for achieving higher standards than those compatible with the contracted services.
It is also sensible for the architect to establish the nature and number of third parties who might be expecting warranties or acknowledged third party rights from it; projects of this kind involve multiple occupancy and the architect will not want to be obliged to enter into warranties with numerous individual domestic tenants.
If a co-operative and interactive process is being promoted then the architect is also entitled to hold out for a net contributions clause (limiting its responsibility for joint loss to the part that it caused) on the basis that each member of the carefully selected team should stand by its own work.
So, traditional 'sensible' contracts to implement systems which have their roots in post-war Britain, but updated with the latest available technology. What can go wrong?
Mark Klimt is a partner at law firm DWF Fishburns
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Madonna's 'MDNA' to Set Record for Biggest Second Week Chart Drop
Madonna's 'MDNA' bowed at No. 1 last week, selling 359,000 copies. But now it's about to earn Madge the biggest second week drop in chart history.
'MDNA' is the fifth album in a row to land in the top slot last week, but not without a little help. She also included a copy of the album for every person who bought tickets to her upcoming world tour, which factored into the sales tally and inflated the first week numbers. The strategy helped push the album to the No. 1 slot, but it also means she'll have the biggest second week drop in the history of the charts.
Forbes exclusively reports that once the numbers are totaled tonight (April 10) and published tomorrow (April 11), 'MDNA' will experience a drop of about 88 percent, moving only 46,000 copies this week. Ouch. A CD-ticket combo is certainly appealing to fans, but it's not a tactic she can replicate and therefore, her stats on the chart plummet. That's an anemic number, comparatively speaking.
While this might seem like a bit of embarrassing egg on Madge's face, as opposed to the cake she smashed on manager Guy Oseary's face last week celebrating the album's lofty chart positioning, it's certainly not emblematic of her financial health or her tour's success. While 'MDNA' hasn't generated a surefire radio single yet, the tour is selling well and fans are anxious to get out and see her on stage again. Touring is where she will make her real money, so this is by no means a setback for the Material Girl. It's just a numbers game.


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I was on my hands and knees putting bright blue tape on the floor of a friend's elegant Florida condo where I thought a new wall should go. I don't know how I got into this position. The last thing I recall was having a drink on their terrace, one with a spectacular view of the water and Miami skyline, and making some comment in response to the renovation they were planning.
Perhaps I felt compelled to offer an alternative to what they were proposing. And I might have decided to get up from my comfortable chair, go into the apartment, and stand where I thought the new wall should go and pretend to be the wall. Maybe this gave them the idea I was really interested. Perhaps moving a couple of sofas around earlier in the evening wasn't a good idea if I wanted to remain aloof. The fact is, it's hard to stop offering design suggestions, regardless of the consequences -- there are consequences.
The most severe repercussions occur when you give your opinions to a couple. Seldom do couples agree about style. If they do, they don't need your advice. Advice means choosing sides -- love him or love her? It's chilling when you casually say a lamp is the wrong scale or the artwork doesn't quite fit, and there's an immediate and enthusiastic, "I think so, too." This is followed by a bellow from the wife, husband, or partner asking you for affirmation of their superior taste. Never get between a couple who can't resolve their design issues. Spotting such couples is easy: Any house that looks like a collision of aesthetics usually is, and you don't want to be in this design train wreck with your friends.
Sometimes you're unaware that by noting a preference, you're also giving advice. On more than one occasion, I visited a friend's house and they've pointed out a table or chair they claim I recommended. It usually looks ungainly in context. What do you say? You don't tell the truth and reiterate that you indeed like the object in question with the caveat: "but not here because it's too big -- or small, or colourful or French." One of the greatest cautions to those without a natural sense of composition is that context matters. When you walk by a showroom window and your companion says, "Isn't that chair wonderful?" don't say anything. If you like it, it will appear in his or her home and look funny. If you don't like it, it will become that once-in-a-lifetime antique that you made your pal forgo. These are the missed purchases where there is a scene-of-the-crime drawing on the floor where the item would have gone. Its non-purchase will be mourned for decades.
Most treacherous in the advice-giving category is anything to do with renovations. I've often recommended architects and contractors to friends. I've generally escaped unscathed, and everyone has ended up happy and with better homes. But there are exceptions. You ask how so-and-so the architect worked out and your friend confesses he never got past the "have coffee and see the house" audition. The implication is, "How could you have suggested him?" Even worse is the, "We never liked him from the beginning but because you recommended him, we went against our intuition, and..." The "and" has something to do with the hideous mess they're now living in. Of course, you inevitably hear the other side of the story -- though most designers or builders are loath to tell you your friend is an idiot or has no taste. You have to make it clear that you barely know the person you recommended, to get the real story. Typically, when the truth (as they see it) pours out, it usually takes 90 minutes. It's like a divorce story.
PAGEBREAKThe trouble is, I can't stop myself from having opinions. You feel like a missionary when you walk into a house that needs salvation. It just takes the smallest hint from your host, even a certain gesture can be the signal, to give advice. I hope my friend's Florida reno works out. I'd really like to visit again.


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Wednesday, September 5, 2007
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I got this after opening maybe five windows, most with just one tab, and one with about six or seven tabs, including two instances of Google Maps and one of GMail (which we're now apparently supposed to start calling Google Mail).
What prompted the memory profiling, ironically, was the Apple Store. Despite discovering the super-nifty new iPod Touch - an iPhone without the phone - my visit to the Apple Store site was not a resounding success, because it knocked Safari on its ass. The Apple Store window froze, and in the process froze up every other window, including several Web apps I was using.
The crazy part of all this is that I closed every Safari window a few minutes ago but left the app running just to see what it would do. So far, its memory consumption has lessened as a result of having no windows open at all by a paltry 11MB. That is to say, with several windows open, it was using 300MB of RAM, and after closing all of them it's now consuming 289MB of RAM.
Anyway, I don't really have any specific point here, except that Safari RAM consumption is completely insane.
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Earlier today the apple store brought Firefox on my pretty fast work PC (2.0ghz core 2, 2gb ram)to its knees in much the way you described.ReplyDelete
I'm definitely noticing a trend here. Maybe it's deliberate. A sales tactic, to make people think their computers are worse than they are and thereby increase demand.ReplyDelete
My MacBook's core duo also, but just one gig. It's kind of nuts - one gig is a huge improvement over
machines I've had in the past, but just as people predicted, instead of giving us screamingly fast performance, all that power's spent driving marketing-centric graphics flash and dazzle, like drop shadows on application windows and gratuitous transparent terminals.
I'm not seeing that with Safari 3ReplyDelete
I know that in Camino/FireFox viewing a video can chew up memory, though for the last few months the memory is released some time after you close the window. It used to be that I would *never* play a video in the browser. Could be that Safari 2 is still doing that??


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Previously, we looked at how to set up alerts for cases where SQL Server encounters issues with the storage subsystem. Setting those up is a key component to staying alerted to when problems happen – but another great mechanism for detecting corruption early is to set up regular checks for corruption.
Regular Checks for Corruption
Of course, in some environments, you may find that SQL Server will write data to disk and then may not use it for long periods of time afterwards. Therefore, a best practice in addressing the possibility of corruption is to run regular checks (typically once or twice a week as possible) to aggressively verify data integrity and validate many forms of constraints present in the database itself.
To do this, you'll just want to take advantage of an insanely powerful and robust tool that ships with SQL SERVER, known or accessed via DBCC CHECKDB (and associated) commands. And while the scope of this tool and its capabilities, optimizations, and functionality are really beyond the scope of this document (simply because an entire book could easily be written about DBCC CHECKDB), documentation for this tool can be found here. (Note too that DBCC CHECKDB is also mentioned/used later in this document not just as a means of detecting corruption, but REPORTING on the exact specifics about the scope, nature, impact, and type of corruption found when it is indeed found.)
Otherwise, when it comes to regularly detecting corruption, a best practice is simply to run DBCC CHECKDB to run on a regular basis – as a scheduled job. So, for example, assume that you wanted to run DBCC CHECKDB against your database(s) every Sunday and Wednesday nights (periods where performance isn't critical and, for example, periods right before making FULL/DIFFERENTIAL backups). To institute these checks, you'd just need to create a new SQL Server Agent Job as follows:
Then, after giving the new Job a name in the General tab (and assigning an owner – SysAdmin is the best owner), create a new step as shown below:
As for the actual command that you'll specify for this step, you'll want to put in the following:
DBCC CHECKDB([databaseNameHere]) WITH NO_INFOMSGS, ALL_ERRORMSGS GO
making sure to replace [databaseNameHere] with the name of your own database – surrounded by square brackets. But note that this will ONLY check a single database. You CAN easily 'chain' statements one after in the command-text for this step to have it check multiple databases, like so:
DBCC CHECKDB([someDb]) WITH NO_INFOMSGS, ALL_ERRORMSGS GO DBCC CHECKDB([anotherDB]) WITH NO_INFOMSGS, ALL_ERRORMSGS GO
Or, a better approach is to use Aaron Betrand's great replacement for sp_msForEachDB by visiting this site/link, getting the script provided, running it on your server to create a new stored procedure that will safely and accurate 'loop' over all databases, and then pasting in the following as your command:
EXEC master..sp_foreachdb @command = 'DBCC CHECKDB(?) WITH NO_INFOMSGS, ALL_ERRORMSGS' GO
Because this approach will cause this single job step to check ALL databases on your system – a much better option as you never know when or where corruption might occur and encountering it in the master or other system databases can be fatal if not addressed quickly.
Otherwise, the key thing to note about whichever method used is that both approaches use the same 'switches' or 'options' in that they both suppress information messages (which otherwise 'clog the screen' with useless noise that provides no real value) and ensure that ALL error messages are output – instead of the first 200 errors that would NORMALLY be output by default otherwise. (Which can be a huge issue, because some corruption errors CAN look very nasty until you notice (near the end of reporting) that maybe they're all caused by a single, simple, problem that would have gone unnoticed if only 200 errors were being output.)
Likewise, when setting up this job, make sure to switch to the Notifications tab, and ensure that an email/etc it sent WHEN this job fails – as shown below (where a single operator called 'General' has been set up to send out emails to [email protected] or something similar):
Additionally, to make the output of DBCC CHECKDB when run unattended, make sure to modify the Advanced tab for the Job Step created previously so that job output is put into the SQL Server logs – as this will provide additional detail when errors are encountered – as per the following screenshot:
And, of course, don't forget to visit the Schedules tab and set up an applicable schedule for this job.
By following the steps outlined above, you'll have successfully set up your server to regularly check databases for corruption – which is a key component of being able to detect it early. Again, running this once or even twice a week is typically going to be adequate – but the sensitivity/importance of your data contrasted with the overhead this imposes on the IO subsystem is going to be the key factor in determining how regularly you need to run DBCC CHECKDB in your own environment.
Otherwise, this post hasn't even touched (at all) upon what actually goes ON when DBCC CHECKDB is run. For basic information on what is actually going on under the covers, I recommend taking a peek at Books Online. And, if you REALLY want to get a feeling for how amazing, powerful, and well designed DBCC CHECKDB is, then I heartily recommend that you check out Chapter 11 of SQL Server 2008 Internals – where Paul Randal provides a more in-depth overview of DBCC CHECKDB (and friends) in all of its glory.
Likewise, to gain just a SENSE of how complex DBCC CHECKDB really is, take a peek at this blog post by Bob Ward over on the CSS blog where he outlines all of the effort that went into enabling a faster CHECKDB.
Finally: Running DBCC CHECKDB() is an aggressive operation. It's been designed to mitigate the full scope of the performance hit needed to aggressively scour your database by means of some VERY intelligently defined algorithms that make it a HIGHLY EFFICIENT means for detecting corruption. But, even so, it's still an aggressive operation and should not be run during peak-load times unless there is a very real need to check for corruption. In other words: try to schedule regular DBCC checks at night or during off-peak hours when the contention it causes for system resources (particularly disk) will not be as severe.
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The Church of the Pater Noster, is a partially reconstructed Roman Catholic ch…moreThe Church of the Pater Noster, is a partially reconstructed Roman Catholic church located on the Mount of Olives, north of the Tombs of the Prophets, in Jerusalem. It stands on the traditional site of Christ's teaching of the Lord's Prayer. (Luke 11:2-4) Emperor Constantine built a church over a cave here in 4th century, and this has been partially reconstructed. Plaques in the cloister bear the Lord's Prayer in 62 different languages. The church is unroofed and has steps that lead into a grotto where some Christians believe that Jesus revealed to his disciples his prophesy of the destruction of Jerusalem and the second coming. Unfortunately the cave containing the grotto partially collapsed when it was discovered in 1910. The church is located in the At-Tur district of Jerusalem which has a population of about 18,000 mostly Muslim Arabs, with a small Christian minority. less
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The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, or the Church of the Resurrection by Eastern …moreThe Church of the Holy Sepulchre, or the Church of the Resurrection by Eastern Christians, is a church within the Christian Quarter of the walled Old City of Jerusalem. The site is venerated as Golgotha (the Hill of Calvary), where Jesus was crucified, and is said also to contain the place where Jesus was buried (the Sepulchre). The church has been a paramount – and for many Christians the most important – pilgrimage destination since at least the 4th century, as the purported site of the resurrection of Jesus. Today it also serves as the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, while control of the building is shared between several Christian churches and secular entities in complicated arrangements essentially unchanged for centuries. Today, the church is home to Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism. Anglican and Protestant Christians have no permanent presence in the church and some regard the alternative Garden Tomb, elsewhere in Jerusalem, as the true place of Jesus's crucifixion and resurrection. On the south side of the altar is a stairway climbing to Calvary (Golgotha), traditionally regarded as the site of Jesus' crucifixion and the most lavishly decorated part of the church. The main altar there belongs to the Greek Orthodox, which contains The Rock of Calvary (12th Station of the Cross). The rock can be seen under glass on both sides of the altar, and beneath the altar there is a hole said to be the place where the cross was raised. Due to the significance of this, it is the most visited site in the Holy Sepulchre. The Roman Catholics (Franciscans) have an altar to the side, The Chapel of the Nailing of the Cross (11th Station of the Cross). On the left of the altar, towards the Eastern Orthodox chapel, there is a statue of Mary, believed to be working wonders (the 13th Station of the Cross, where Jesus' body was removed from the cross and given to his family). Beneath the Calvary and the two chapels there, on the main floor, there is The Chapel of Adam. According to tradition, Jesus was crucified over the place where Adam's skull was buried. The Rock of Calvary is seen cracked through a window on the altar wall, the crack traditionally being said to be caused by the earthquake that occurred when Jesus died on the cross, and being said by more critical scholars to be the result of quarrying against a natural flaw in the rock. Just inside the entrance is The Stone of Anointing, also known as The Stone of Unction, which tradition claims to be the spot where Jesus' body was prepared for burial by Joseph of Arimathea. However, this tradition is only attested since the crusader era, and the present stone was only added in the 1810 reconstruction. The Rotunda is located beneath the larger of the church's two domes. In the centre of the Rotunda is the chapel called The Edicule, which contains the Holy Sepulchre itself. The Edicule has two rooms. The first one holds The Angel's Stone, a fragment of the stone believed to have sealed the tomb after Jesus' burial. The second one is the tomb itself. Under the status quo, the Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Armenian Apostolic Churches all have rights to the interior of the tomb. The church is a UNESCO World Heritage site. less
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Yardenit ("little Jordan") is a popular Baptism site. Here, the water flows int…moreYardenit ("little Jordan") is a popular Baptism site. Here, the water flows into the Jordan river, eventually flowing into the Dead Sea located more than 100KM to the south. This site is close to the actual site where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist (Matthew 3: 13 : "Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John"). The actual site is presently not accessible. Many Christian pilgrims stop at this site and perform baptism ceremonies, normally in small groups and accompanied by the group's pastor. The following is an interview with one of its founders. less


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While it may sound goofy, those of us still contributing to our retirement plans should pray for periodic stock market crashes. This thought is an appropriate follow-up to last week's column citing one analyst's work that suggests the possible existence today of a stock market bubble.
What's so great about a crash under any circumstances? Well, it's an opportunity for inbound contributions to achieve very high rates of return -- which increases the average rate of return for our entire account. For example, a few hundred dollars contributed as recently as March 2009 has more than doubled in just 4 1/2 years. Assuming that those particular contributions were invested in, say, a total stock market index fund, the annual rate of return over the past 4 1/2 years would have been more than 16 percent. And this doesn't count the added 2 percent or so of reinvested dividends.
A younger person, having just contributed every pay period into stock market mutual funds for the past 10 years, should have earned an average return of about 12 to 14 percent per year. By comparison, someone who hit a jackpot 10 years ago and invested a one-shot lump sum amount in the same funds would have earned about 8 percent per year.
The difference comes from the downdraft and opportunity caused by the crash. Warren Buffett recognizes this when he says, "people buy socks when they're on sale, but they need to learn to buy stocks when THEY are cheap." The dramatic difference in rates of return says a lot about the value of continuing to invest while the market is plunging.
Having made this point, it stands to reason that a seasoned retirement account within 10 years or so of having to fund a retirement lifestyle may not be an ideal candidate for capitalizing on a major crash. It's just too close to the end point for most people to endure psychologically, so there are some alternatives that may make sense.
First, there is old money and new money in a typical retirement plan. Old money is the total current account balance. New money is the expected flow of future contributions. Retirement plans like 401(k)s allow a distinction between how the existing account balance will be invested versus the investment mix for new money. Consider investing the new money aggressively to capture the higher returns in the example cited above while, at the same time, investing in the existing account balance more conservatively.
How conservatively? Well, the sweet spot is to have about one-third in bonds for maximum protection at the least cost of giving up what would have been future gains. Also, to the extent that stocks have to be in every portfolio well into retirement, the most conservative are those of large companies that pay dividends. So, investing in a combination of bond funds and funds investing in dividend-paying stocks makes sense for this old money.
The new future money can be invested aggressively. An investor can fool around with these dollars. The more aggressive the better. New money will be a relatively small percentage of the total amount of the nest egg. However, a high average annual return fueled by a crash and a snapback could move the needle positively for the entire account.


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John Rivera 4/3/2012 7:58:52 AMFantastic image and work Janet! #1454108
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Saturday, May 28, 2011
Memorial Weekend Blog Hop-Miss You
I'm in love with the yellow/white/gray color combo and the ruffle technique that I learned from Sandy, our fearless OWH leader. So, I made this card for someone serving in our armed forces to send home to a loved one.
Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Please leave a comment so I can know that you were here. :)
Next hop: Deborah from Thoughts of a Grasshopper
69 comments:
- Meg Bean said...
Oooohh! Love the grey and yellow and "ruffle" technique. It just went on my list of techniques to try!
- May 28, 2011 at 7:18 AM
This is my favorite color combo right now! Totally love your card! GORGEOUS!
- May 28, 2011 at 7:31 AM
- Julie said...
Great card, Heather! I have been wanting to use that grey/yellow combo too, it's very pretty!
- May 28, 2011 at 7:35 AM
- ~Antoinette (inspired stamps) said...
I absolutely LOVE that yellow pop combined with the grey! Nice job!
- May 28, 2011 at 8:08 AM
- Dawn said...
Ooooooo sooooo pretty, I really love it!
- May 28, 2011 at 8:17 AM
- AllisonG said...
I never thought of gray, white and yellow together, but it looks VERY classy! Love the ruffles - I did them too...LOL
- May 28, 2011 at 8:44 AM
- Misty said...
OH I love the colors! I made a ruffle card too!
Hummer Hugs,
hummingbird204 at comcast dot net
- May 28, 2011 at 8:54 AM
- Jan Hunnicutt said...
Heather your ruffle card is gorgeous, I love it! Happy hopping and have a nice Memorial Day Weekend!
- May 28, 2011 at 9:04 AM
- Jen said...
Gorgeous- love the color combo!!!!
- May 28, 2011 at 9:05 AM
- helloholley said...
I love the yellow flower....gives it the right amount of pop!!! Gorgeous card ;)
- May 28, 2011 at 9:13 AM
- Brandy and Andie said...
Nice, simple and beautiful card.
- May 28, 2011 at 9:52 AM
- Jennifer Scull said...
oh I am sure that this card is going to make someone very happy! love the strips of punched pieces you have used. neat!
- May 28, 2011 at 9:58 AM
- Jenn J said...
I love the pretty colors and love that flower!
- May 28, 2011 at 10:26 AM
- K said...
very sweet! and love that gray+yellow!
- May 28, 2011 at 10:35 AM
- Yolanda said...
Love those ruffles! The flower is a great touch.
- May 28, 2011 at 10:36 AM
- sandy said...
I will have to do a ruffle card soon - if I can find my punch. Things are disappearing from my table.
- May 28, 2011 at 10:51 AM
- One Scrappy Gal said...
I love the layering. So delicate and romantic!
- May 28, 2011 at 11:58 AM
- ...Darlene said...
Nice use of color and I like the ruffle. Thank you for sharing on the blog hop this weekend.
- May 28, 2011 at 12:02 PM
- Rhonda Miller said...
What a lovely card. TFS.
- May 28, 2011 at 12:03 PM
- KellyRae said...
LOVE the color scheme and your ruffly border!
- May 28, 2011 at 12:56 PM
- Sylvia said...
Beautiful flower, lovely card. Have a great day!
- May 28, 2011 at 12:57 PM
- Leslie said...
I am obsessed with gray these days as well, so I love your card. Those layered punches and that pop of color with the flower are wonderful.
- May 28, 2011 at 1:25 PM
- Velda said...
Love the white ruffles. Most of us have been doing them in colors. This is very clean and neat. The flower really pops.
- May 28, 2011 at 1:36 PM
- Cheryl said...
GORGEOUS card! I love the layers.
- May 28, 2011 at 1:42 PM
- Karen Howard said...
Gorgeous missing you card! Thanks for the inspiration! Hugs, Karen
- May 28, 2011 at 1:46 PM
- Nancy M said...
Very pretty card; I like your color combo.
- May 28, 2011 at 2:30 PM
- grandmalee said...
GORGEOUS! Love the ruffles! I'm with Megan...I have to try this technique! Awesome color combo!!
- May 28, 2011 at 2:49 PM
- Anita said...
Stunning card!
- May 28, 2011 at 3:46 PM
- Kelly Massman said...
Lovely card!
- May 28, 2011 at 3:51 PM
- Amanda said...
I love the ruffles and the yellow flower is wonderful! Hope you have a great Memorial Day Weekend :)
- May 28, 2011 at 4:10 PM
- Paula S. said...
It's a great color combo and not one I would have ever thought try. Nice take on the 'ruffle' technique too. I like that you didn't fill the card completely with them.
- May 28, 2011 at 4:19 PM
- Shell said...
That ruffle is just so cool. Really made the card just pop. Thank you so much!
- May 28, 2011 at 4:20 PM
- leslierahye said...
pretty card! the ruffles remind me of a petticoat! :)
- May 28, 2011 at 4:59 PM
- Alaine said...
oooooo. The card is so classy and pretty! Love it.
- May 28, 2011 at 5:36 PM
- Samantha said...
How sweet! I love the ruffled look! Gorgeous!
- May 28, 2011 at 5:38 PM
- Linda said...
Love the colors! Those ruffles are so pretty. TFS!!!
- May 28, 2011 at 6:12 PM
- Nancy Keller said...
This is exactly what I love about the blog hops. . . that yellow grey and white combo is not something that I woud have thought about putting together myself. I love how it turned out. That yellow really POPS! Thanks for sharing!
- May 28, 2011 at 6:22 PM
- Missy said...
Love the ruffles, I'm into that right now too.
- May 28, 2011 at 6:28 PM
- Operation Write Home said...
oh wow! What a pretty ruffle card!!!!
- May 28, 2011 at 6:48 PM
- Sandi said...
Beautiful ruffle card! I love the yellow flower!
- May 28, 2011 at 7:02 PM
- Scrapacat said...
Wow - I love the ruffle. I know it will really brighten someone's day. I can see someone sitting with this each night until homecoming. Thanks for being in the hop!
- May 28, 2011 at 7:04 PM
- B-Jo said...
your card is so elegant, it's gorgeous! I am so going to have to try that technique!
- May 28, 2011 at 8:41 PM
- Patricia H said...
Lovely job with the ruffle technique! I like the simple color scheme too.
- May 28, 2011 at 9:18 PM
- Cynthia B. said...
I do love those ruffles! Yellow and gray is a color combo I haven't tried yet, but I really should because this looks SO elegant. TFS!
- May 28, 2011 at 9:18 PM
- Dixie Cochran said...
The ruffles look terrific with that punch!!! I'm going to try that!
- May 28, 2011 at 9:37 PM
- NanaBeth said...
My absolute favorite color combo done to perfection!
- May 28, 2011 at 9:51 PM
- JPScraps said...
Love the card. I'll have to try the grey/yellow combo.
- May 29, 2011 at 6:28 AM
- Just A Pac Rat said...
Love the card and the dimensions used. Thanks for sharing in the hop!
- May 29, 2011 at 6:29 AM
- Lillian Child said...
So very lovely! This is one hop I look forward to EVERY year and I sincerely appreciate your participation. My husband is a decorated Vietnam veteran and it's such a pleasure to honor those men and women serving our country in whatever capacity. Our heartfelt thanks go out to them AND to their families at home. Happy Memorial Day!
- May 29, 2011 at 6:37 AM
- Juliana T said...
beautiful! Love the ruffles!
- May 29, 2011 at 7:04 AM
- The Stamper's Touch said...
Oh how beautiful!! First, the colors are wonderful!! And that ruffle technique is out of this world! I really must give it a try!
- May 29, 2011 at 11:00 AM
- Sprytebyrd said...
This is such a lovely card! The layered scallops is just so pretty!
Hugs, Dee
- May 29, 2011 at 11:10 AM
- Ronda Archangelo said...
Clever card...love the rows of punches and the colors!
- May 29, 2011 at 11:16 AM
- Joanne Travis said...
Heather, this is so beautiful. I love the pretty layers and flower.
- May 29, 2011 at 11:31 AM
- Trisha said...
What a beautiful card...Thank you for sharing :)
- May 29, 2011 at 12:01 PM
- Susan said...
lovely card :) what punch is that?
Enjoy your weekend!
- May 29, 2011 at 3:07 PM
- SueB said...
great card - thanx for the inspiration!
- SueB of Blondin Blogs
sue dot blondin at gmail dot com
- May 29, 2011 at 4:57 PM
- sharon said...
Love the ruffle and the flower is gorgeous. Great card.
Sharon L
sharon dot lemon @ sbcglobal dot net
- May 29, 2011 at 5:38 PM
- Ann said...
Your card is beautiful!! I've never used that color combo.... I certainly will be now!!
- May 29, 2011 at 5:50 PM
- Tiffany Temple said...
Heather, I like that color combo, too! You did a beautiful job with it!
- May 29, 2011 at 5:53 PM
- Dolores A. said...
Just love how you did this ruffle technique...lovely color combo.
I also posted the ruffle card for this hop, so come by and check it out. I think it's such a great technique as it can be made in so many ways.
Thanks to my daughter, Sandy, for figuring it out!
- May 29, 2011 at 8:46 PM
- Jennifer said...
love the ruffle - haven't seen it too much before but its a great one!
craftycardgallery at gmail dot com
- May 29, 2011 at 9:38 PM
- Patty said...
Love these colors! very pretty card.
- May 30, 2011 at 6:20 AM
- krzy4stmpn said...
What a clean, simple card. Guess I am going to have to try the ruffle technique. Thanks for participating.
- May 30, 2011 at 11:12 AM
- Amy said...
This is BEAUTIFUL!! LOVE that spot of yellow and the ruffle technique!! SO fun!! :)
Thanks so much for sharing your card and supporting OWH!! :)
Amy :) at www.lovetocrop.com
and Decorate To Celebrate! Challenge Blog ($50 GIVEAWAY going on NOW!!)
scrapbookingwithamy (at) gmail (dot) com
- May 30, 2011 at 11:31 AM
- Redonna said...
Pretty card - I'm really liking all the ruffled cards and this one is especially pretty - and I love the pop of color!
rleckie911 AT gmail.com
- May 30, 2011 at 7:55 PM
- lisastuf said...
Very pretty! I love the pop of yellow color and the edge punched layers!
Lisa H.
- May 30, 2011 at 10:49 PM
- Holly / InkPaperStamps said...
ooOOoo, so pretty!
- May 31, 2011 at 5:54 AM
- shuggy said...
great card, heather!!
- May 31, 2011 at 2:07 PM


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Thursday, October 09, 2008
Warhammer Online: Final Thoughts
1. Starting the game makes me angry. Mythic, take a long hard look at the time from clicking the desktop icon to actually playing. Then take a look at WoW. In WAR, it's: login screen (which does not have focus for some reason), launcher, splash screen, splash screen, splash screen, intro movie, splash screen, EULA (!!), main character screen. (Why is there an extra button press if you want to pick another character? Why not go straight to the character select screen?)
In WoW, it's: launcher, login screen, character select. So much shorter, and it gets you into the game so much faster. It's like, "Hey, I want to play WoW" and then I'm in the game actually playing. Blizzard understands that when I click the desktop icon, I actually want to play the game, not fight my way through splash screens, movies, and EULAs.
Just starting a game of WAR is a hassle, and I find I'm always logging in slightly annoyed at the whole process.
2. Combat is not responsive enough. There's a distinct disconnect between pressing a button, the effect happening in game, and the animation on the screen. It's really bad on casters with long cast times, but it's noticeable even on melee characters. On my Witch Hunter, hitting an Execution (finishing move) has no relationship with firing my pistol. Often I end up firing my pistol at a dead body, as the Execution deals damage long before the animation actually happens.
3. A lot of basic functionality needs polish and basic fixes, especially the chat system. This is an MMO. It's defining characteristic is being able to play with other people. The chat system should be as close to perfect as possible. As it is, the chat system is mostly useless, and the game feels very quiet and lonely. There's lots of other subsystems with similar problems, like mail, etc.
4. Trade skills seem excessively complex and unintuitive. I don't think I like the design that requires multiple characters to function. I like being self sufficient to a degree. Even games with more intricate crafting, like A Tale In The Desert, allowed you to create things by yourself. Sure, it was a lot of work, but there's something deeply satisfying about constructing something all by yourself, from gathering the raw materials to producing the finished product. (And shuffling materials between a network of alts does not count.)
5. Probably the biggest reason is that I just haven't found a character class that grabs me. Mechanically, they're all quite well done. I really like the warrior priest mechanics, for example. But in a weird way, it might be because the WAR classes have *really* strong flavor. They're very specific: Human Witch-Hunter, Dark Elf Disciple of Khaine, etc. While WoW classes tend to be more general, more archetypical. Even paladin is a pretty generic class, with lots of room for interpretation. A rogue can be assassin, spy, thief, scout, swords, daggers, maces, dwarf, gnome, etc. But a Witch Hunter is a Witch Hunter.
You can see this in the armor. Looking at the first three paladin raid sets, you have Paladin as Golden Knight, Paladin as Dark Inquisitor, and Paladin as Gundam (not exactly a traditional paladin interpretation, but sometimes Blizzard is just weird).
I kind of like the freedom of the generic archetype. I like playing a Paladin, I'm not sure I like playing a Warrior Priest of Sigmar. Even though the mechanics of the Warrior Priest are superior to the mechanics of a Paladin.
But maybe I just haven't found the right class for me yet. Perhaps I'll check back in when Mythic adds the Knight of the Blazing Sun.
Anyways, this is not to say that WAR is a bad game. It's actually quite a good game, with lots of intriguing ideas and solid PvP. If you're thinking about trying it, I strongly urge you to give it a go. Even just playing it for only the first month is worth the money in my opinion. You might find it' s the perfect game for you. I just don't think it's the game for me.
13 comments:
- Anonymous12:37 AM, October 10, 2008
Very nice post summing up some of the issues the game has.ReplyDelete
I agree that it is a very good game. I'm loving the PvP and the Tome of Knowledge, but I've always been more into the PvE and Achievements in Wrath will fuel my completionist syndrome.
Unlike AoC, I'm happy I tried it out and I'll definitely be following the development of the game, even after the free month is up.
Started playing WAR too. My experience is almost the opposite. But I play Chosen - the chaos warrior tank. The Chosen in WAR has everything that warrior tanks in WoW lacked. Fair dps, longevity and lots of specialized options.ReplyDelete
I agree about the loading screens etc and I also have frequent computer crashes from the game. But just the feeling of open RvR is all that we wanted from WoW and never got. Not to mention the battlegrounds where you earn xp and renown (like rep).
One reason I like my chosen is that I looooove to look cool. In WoW I only look good in my arena set. Otherwise I look like a rainbow.
In this WAR suceeded in wnat Lotro tried - to actually like to look at your carachter.
Well I havent tried PvE instancing yet. I do hope it will be as good as the rest of WAR.
That's an interesting point you have about the deep characterisation of each class - and makes you wonder at how bland the classes in WoW are.ReplyDelete
I've found I've been skipping archetypes in WAR because I don't like the fluff that goes with it (basically all of chaos, or Bright Wizards), and certain fluff that does appeal to me, the classes just don't seem a natural fit.
You know the process of getting into game is bad when people actually go to the trouble of coding a mod to disable the splash screens and opening movies. (That mod is available here and I don't think it's a keylogger, cause none of my characters have turned up naked and broke yet.) You still have to click through the EUALA (we get an extra A), though Mythic claims they're not going to make you scroll down to the bottom of it before clicking the button that says you have read it. They could hide a slash command that instantly levels you to 40 in there and it wouldn't be discovered for months.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6:05 AM, October 10, 2008
Nice summary. I haven't tried WAR yet, I'll wait a few months and a few patches. until the bugs and niggles are ironed out.ReplyDelete
I did read in the patch notes that they revised the chat system, did that not solve the issues you were referring to?
Speaking as a lawyer, the EUALA popping up every time bugs me big time.ReplyDelete
I know why they're doing it. Basically, if it pops up every single time you log into the game, it makes it simply for them to say that your violation of the EUALA was intentional, since there's no easy way to say you never read it if it was in front of your face the whole time.
If it only pops up one time, a violator could make the defense that yeah, maybe they should have read it, but they didn't. Should and did are two very different things. If it pops up every single time, the benefit of the doubt goes to EA, not the violator.
So the purpose of that thing popping up every time is to remove a single possible defense from violators. That's it. We suffer through it each time just so they can more easily punish violators. How fun.
I completly agree. I seems like it takes 10 minutes to actually get the games started. I cancelled my subscription last week. It was nice for a bit, but I still think it need a lot of polish.ReplyDelete
Are you running under Vista, it is even a bigger pain. My only launch control us under Vista's games section.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11:30 AM, October 10, 2008
I run WAR on Vista. I click the start button (the "orb"), and select WAR from the pinned list. Now the links to WoW I also have pinned, both regular and beta, and they both annoyingly show up as "Launcher". I have to hover over the W icons to see which is which. I don't ever use this "games" location (though I know it's there.)ReplyDelete
Yeah, startups are slow. I know I can Esc out of the movie, but the 3 other splash screens I can't skip do get old.
And, yes, I don't like that I'm staring at my last character played first, and none of the others. When I log on I want to see and have access to all my characters on that server. Don't make me back out a level to see the rest. (They must not be altoholics up at Mythic. The 20s mail delay they originally had only proves that.)
I've got a pretty good computer so I don't suffer from the animation lags. My wife got my old computer and there's some lagginess there I'd agree.
There's some things I'd love to see streamlined, but right now the wife and I are really enjoying it. It's great to have an alternative to grinding dailies for cash in WoW.
You addressed the biggest reason I'm not interested in WAR: Class. The classes are so specific and leave so little room for interpretation or individual adjustment, what it comes down to is that I am not interested in exactly that flavor of character, so the game doesnt interest me.ReplyDelete
Haven't played WAR, but I loved the Gundam reference.ReplyDelete
I like Warhammer a lot, but it is partly because I think it is a very different interpretation of classes from WoW. The War interpretation means the game is more dependent on teamwork, which is something solo players do not consider. World of Solocraft, bah!ReplyDelete
The Swordmaster is pretty cool to me, a good combination of DPS and tanking, but lacking the healing skills of a Paladin, so more like a Warrior class, and I can beat Chaos tanks to a pulp sometimes, so I am happy.
Instead of having a Hunter class, with a pet and ranged skills, War has a melee pet class in the White Lion. Instead of having a Rogue 2-handed melee class, War has a 1-hand pistol and 1-hand sword class in the Witch Hunter.
And instead of a Paladin class with decent armor for tanking, War has a light armored 2-handed hammer healer in the Warrior Priest.
My Swordmaster and one WP can definitely smash Chaos tanks to a pulp. The idea is teamwork, teamwork, teamwork.
Yes, the sign-on screens are an annoyance, but a minor one, compared to the dullness and grinding of WoW. Not that there is nothing wrong with WoW. I am just getting a little tired of it.
I'm personally bothered by the lag between animation and when you actually pressed the button. But then, I'm the same way about sounds. If the sound doesn't sync up OR doesn't make me feel like I've just took a huge chunk out of the enemy, I'm less likely to play that character/game.ReplyDelete
Just a preference thing, I'm thinking, but it's along the same lines.