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Geschrieben 23. August 2017 - 23:32
Hello, I am a member of voobly years. I've always been perfecting my components and modes of gameplay. I want a possible improvement in the part of the game, because I use a high resolution and I do not usually return to a lower resolution, so I think, that many have left to use high resolutions because of this. Ex: upper bar that indicate all feature, lower command panel and especially the chat are viewing problems, use magnifying glasses and is a little disturbing I believe there is mod setting for that case. In means of many mod's and internal development of voobly I ask everyone to give us a solution. Thank you very much in advance.
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Editiert 24. August 2017 - 01:24 von kwin
It looks like you're having a 4k monitor (3840x2160), I have that too, this means you can play AOC in 4k, but that's impossible to play with...
With the right Voobly settings, you can choose many other resolutions to play with, but sometimes it results in playing AOC on only a part of your screen, and that's also not wanted...
I suppose you have same problem on your desktop (everything too little) if you don't scale your windows, that's why I scaled my windows to 150% (now it's the recommended scaling, so maybe you have that standard now, when I had my 4k monitors it was not standard).
I can give you my settings (Voobly and scaling), if you do it exactly like me, you should be able to play AOC on 2560x1440 resolution, I like this resolution to play with, the units are still small which makes the micro sometimes more difficult, but the good thing is that you see more of the map…
I have to take that resolution with my settings and scaling, if I take anything else, the AOC window is too big or too small…
About scaling your windows, I took a screenshot of my settings, it's in Dutch, but you should have same in your language. I have 3 monitors (2 times 3840x2160 and the other monitor is 1920x1200), but I play AOC on 1 of the 4k monitors and the screenshot is from the monitor I play AOC with, so check if it's the same with you, if not, you have to scale it to 150%, you can always change it back later… (attachment VooblyWindowsScaling150)
After you are sure your windows is scaled to 150%, then try my game settings in single player Menu (Attachment VooblyGameSettings4k).
You can change a few things on it, but try it first exactly the same, then test it if you like it…
In case your Voobly window should be much bigger than your screen, it's possible you can't change resolution in a game, only way to change it in that case, is, start in single player menu, and change resolution in the options to 2560x1440 before you start the game…
If it works, you can change some of the settings later, but don't change "Force desktop resolution in game" and also don't change "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings.
I also remember I had to play Command Bar Position Stretch (or whatever but not UserPatch), but since some time, I can play with UserPatch on without the problem that my other screens do very strange things, maybe 1 of the Voobly updates changed this, don't know…
Also, with me, something like 1 game in 100 games, AOC starts in 800x600, but that's no problem, then you can change resolution back to 2560x1440 while you're in-game…
Good luck
PS/ Maybe other settings are possible too with 4k monitor, if so, I hope they reply here and give those settings
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Geschrieben 11. September 2017 - 15:24
Hello friend, your answer is very helpful, but the fact that you have searched for help is still without solution, decreases a resolution is to run away from the real problem, to better see the equipment attributed to the warriors (+2 attack, +2 defense) many interesting mods arise, this surgeon will help a lot. Thanks for listening!
I have a small problem in using the mod (http://www.voobly.com/gamemods/mod/487/Spectator-Overlay) it does not work in the game will it be because I own other mods? that are leaving incompatible?
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Geschrieben 11. September 2017 - 15:26
Hello friend, your answer is very helpful, but the fact that you have searched for help is still without solution, decreases a resolution is to run away from the real problem, to better see the equipment attributed to the warriors (+2 attack, +2 defense) many interesting mods arise, this surgeon will help a lot. Thanks for listening!
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Geschrieben 11. September 2017 - 16:33
Sorry for my confusion about the messages above. To find the mod problem, I disabled it delightful Grid terrains NO SnOw and No Building Snow. thx
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Geschrieben 12. September 2017 - 07:06
So, if I understand you right, you want to keep playing on 4k, but some things bigger, messages etc...
Well, there are mod(s) that make things bigger, but it's limited if I remember right, Gallas know more about that...
But, even if all messages/info would be bigger, it's still impossible to play good on 4k, everything is just too small, even houses, and for sure villagers/sheeps/army, for me, with 28 inch monitor, it's just impossible to play good in 4k, you have no micro at all, almost impossible to select the right units...
If you have a 50 inch monitor, then (I guess) it's possible, but then you would not have the problem that messages are too small (I guess).
You are (as far as I know), the only one who really play in 4k, the reason why nobody play in 4k is that it's just impossible to fight with it, at least, that's the reason for me, and yes, many things like messages are also too small, but that's not the reason why I don't play in 4k.
Anyway, Maybe some guys like Gallas can help you, but I don't think they can make those messages and info big enough, there are limitations.
My advice, buy very big monitor if you really want to play in 4k, or, play 2560x1440 like I say in my above post, I think you need 55-60 inch monitor something like that to make it possible to play good in 4k...
Good luck
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Geschrieben 13. September 2017 - 01:44
It was very clear friend, I use 32 inches I am gradually perfecting my modality.
I know it's not easy and it needs a lot of dedication. Any news please contact me.
A hug, and thank you very much for your attention.
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Geschrieben 28. September 2017 - 10:21
friend I have a problem I think you can help me.
in mid-intense games the game begins to catch the video appearing pink stripes
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Geschrieben 28. September 2017 - 15:01
To be honest, I don't know, but...
Your picture has resolution 3834x1977, so I guess you play AOC on that resolution ?
This is a very strange and unknown resolution for me, if I play on 4k it's 3840x2160.
Can you check in the options of AOC witch resolution you use?
Then check if your hardware can play in this resolution?
Another thing, are you sure you are using the right cable between your vid card and your monitor?
I remember 2+ years back I had to buy a very expensive cable, now they are not expensive anymore, so you're lucky about that in case you need a new one.
I am using Display Port cable, but not all DP cables are good enough, first DP cable I buy, I could not use my monitor on 60 Hz, it was working only on 30 Hz, so I had to buy a new one.
In case you use HDMI, there are also different kind of cables, I had a problem with my 4k TV, a normal HDMI cable is not good enough...
Maybe your vid card is almost dead? (hopefully not, but maybe there is a way to check it)
Your vid card drivers are up to date? (or just updated and maybe there is a problem with the latest update)?
I should also try this:
in a game room, click Game tab, then windows compatibility, then "Run in windows xp sp2 compatibility mode". If it's checked, try unchecking it and if it's not checked, try playing with this option checked.
Again, I am not someone from the Tech guys here, I hope they can help you more because it's possible those purple lines in your screen have nothing to do with resolution.
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Geschrieben 28. September 2017 - 19:15
Decrease my resolution, my tv is not 4k is full hd, I already had these same problems with my old pc, I think the game is being forced with these settings ... the cables are basic in hdmi.
I still think it's your
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Geschrieben 28. September 2017 - 22:39
But you don't give much info, what monitor do you have? what vid card do you have? Windows 10?
I am only guessing now, but you have these problems long time, so there is a big chance your hardware is not good enough for a 4k monitor, this can be your vid card, but also your HDMI cable.
If you are using an old HDMI cable, then you need a new one. Usually, if you buy a monitor, they give you a cable with the monitor, if you buy a 4k monitor, they will give you a cable that is good enough for 4k. (usually that cable is very short, that's why I had to buy a new one).
Are you using the cable that was delivered with that 4k monitor?
If not, or if you are not using a high speed HDMI cable, you must buy something like this:
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This is a high speed HDMI cable (you need high speed).
This cable supports HDMI 1.4, 2.0a, 2.0b, so also 4K / 60 Hz.
Make sure he is long enough and that you have the right connectors on it.
Anyway, the most important thing that I remember is, the cable must be high speed HDMI...
If you want to know more about types of hdmi cables, open google and type "types of hdmi cables", you should get info about it in your own language...
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Geschrieben 29. September 2017 - 16:58
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Editiert 30. September 2017 - 00:14 von kwin
You can connect your vid card with a 4k monitor 2 ways.
First, with Displayport (DP).
Second, with HDMI.
If you use DP, then there is DP 1.1 and DP 1.2.
With DP 1.1, you can have 4k, but only with 30 Hz.
With DP 1.2, you can have 4k with 60 Hz (for pc you want 60 Hz at least).
Your vid card has DP 1.2, so that's good.
If you should use a DP cable, many websites say there is no such thing as a DP 1.1 or DP 1.2 cable, many other websites say there is a difference, who's right? I don't know, I only know I had to buy a new DP cable because mine was not long enough and the result of that was I could only use that new one on 4k 30 Hz, so, after long searching on web, I decided to buy a new DP cable again, the seller told me that one was good for 4k @ 60 Hz, and he was right, I am still using that one for 1 of my monitors on my pc…
If you use HDMI, then for 4k you can have HDMI 1.4 AND HDMI 2.0:
With HDMI 1.4, you can have 4k but only 24 Hz (this is not good enough for Windows)
With HDMI 2.0, you can have 4k @ 60 Hz, so this is good enough…
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I see here that the highest HDMI version of your vid card is HDMI 1.4, so the highest possible your vid card can give is 4k @ 24 Hz with HDMI.
I have GTX980 Ti, and my highest version of HDMI is 2.0.
So, whatever you do, with this vid card, if you connect with HDMI, you can have 4k, but it will never be perfect, it will be only at 24 Hz, and it will never be at least 60 Hz.
Your Vid card can only give 4k@60Hz on his DP port.
In your case, with your vid card, it would only work good if your TV would have a Display port version 1.2, but I don't think that…
A possible solution would be a "Displayport 1.2 to HDMI 2.0 Adapter", something like this:
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But, I have totally no experience with this adapter, I just say that it exists…
Another thing is your TV ( TV FULL HD 32 POL ).
It doesn't seem to me that this is a 4k TV but somehow you can play 4k on it?
Well, I can't say much about this part because I just don't know, but I am not surprised you get problems with this set up.
I have a real 4k TV with HDMI 2.0 on the TV, and that's what you need if you want to use your pc with a 4k TV.
So, short, if you want 4k@60Hz:
*Your vid card needs DP 1.2 or HDMI 2.0.
*Your TV/monitor needs DP 1.2 or HDMI 2.0
I am sure your vid card has only HDMI 1.4, and I guess it's the same with your TV.
In case your TV has HDMI 2.0, you could try the adapter and a good high speed HDMI cable, but even then, it doesn't look like your TV is a 4k TV, so it's possible it will still help nothing at all…
Sorry for long post, reading it will take only 1 min, but 2 years back it took me weeks to find out all this stuff
If you ever would decide to buy something new (monitor or vid card), you know witch versions of DP/HDMI you need if you want 4k...
Edit, something I found out, if you're using 4k monitor, it's good to have as much as possible vid memory.
Your card has only 2 GB, for a while I had 4 GB, now I have 6 GB.
2 GB is enough but not much for 4k, more would be much better...
And also, did you try changing the option windows compatibility "Run in windows xp sp2 compatibility mode" ?
If not, try it out, you never know you're lucky...
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I had Mr. Oliver Shubert for Geometry in 10th grade in about 1968, and also for private clarinet lessons. He was a truly gifted teacher who was so well-respected by his students, discipline was never a problem. We wanted his respect, because he respected his students, and belived in our abilities.
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Judge Roberts, then, should provide a detailed view of his judicial philosophy, and the Senate should exercise its constitutional "advice and consent" responsibility to ensure he does. The public should not have to guess his views based on his resume.
Democracy works best when it is transparent, and even nasty confirmation hearings are far less damaging to America than a Supreme Court that makes law, rather than interprets it. The court has tremendous influence over our lives, and a nominee should explain how he or she would make decisions once confirmed — whether Judge Roberts now, or a more activist justice later.
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Blake's Illuminated Printing
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The William Blake Archive is pleased to announce the publication of "Illuminated Printing." It joins our profusely illustrated Biography, Chronology, and Glossary in the "About Blake" section, off the Table of Contents page. The essay was first published in The Cambridge Companion to William Blake, edited by Morris Eaves, 2003. It is republished here by permission of Cambridge University Press. While the text remains the same, the electronic version has 95 illustrations versus 9 in the printed version. The illustrations demonstrate in detail the stages of both Blake's relief etching ("illuminated printing") and conventional intaglio etching according to the six Chambers in the Printing house in Hell, from Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. The comparison of these two methods of etching will help reveal what was borrowed, altered, invented, and radical in Blake's new mode of graphic production. The illustrations, which are linked to enlargements that have detailed captions, supplement the text but also function autonomously as slide shows on the technical and aesthetic contexts in which illuminated printing was invented, and as tutorials in the production of engravings, etchings, and relief etchings.
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Microchip Launches 8-bit Microcontrollers With Configurable Logic in 6- to 20-pin Packages
MCUs Feature Configurable Logic Cells, Complementary Waveform Generator and Numerically Controlled Oscillator; Enable New Applications for MCUs
Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced from the Embedded Systems Conference in Boston several new 8-bit PIC® microcontrollers (MCUs) that feature configurable logic and a high level of peripheral integration in 6- to 20-pin packages. The PIC10F(LF)32X and PIC1XF(LF)150X MCUs each feature new peripherals, including Configurable Logic Cells (CLCs), Complementary Waveform Generators (CWGs) and Numerically Controlled Oscillators (NCOs), enabling functionality that was not possible before with low pincount MCUs. These general-purpose MCUs enable designers to enhance the functionality, reduce design size, and decrease the cost and power consumption of products in the appliance (e.g. small kitchen appliances); automotive (e.g. interior lighting); consumer (e.g. power tools); and industrial markets (e.g. utility meters), among others.
The CLC peripherals on the PIC10F(LF)32X and PIC1XF(LF)150X MCUs enable software control of combinational and sequential logic, which increases the on-chip interconnection of peripherals and I/Os, thereby reducing external components, saving code space and adding functionality. The CWG peripheral works with multiple peripherals to generate complementary waveforms with dead-band control and auto shutdown, which provides improved switching efficiencies. Additionally, the NCO peripheral enables linear frequency control and high resolution, which is required for applications such as lighting ballast, tone generation and other resonant control circuits. The MCUs also feature low power consumption, with currents of less than 30 µA/MHz in active mode, and less than 20 nA in sleep; as well as an on-chip 16 MHz internal oscillator, Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC), and up to 4 Pulse-Width Modulation peripherals. An integrated temperature-indicator module enables low-cost temperature measurements.
To facilitate application development, the PICDEM™ Lab Development Kit (part #DM163045, $134.99) now includes samples of both the PIC10F322 and PIC16F1507 MCUs. Additionally, the F1 Evaluation Platform (part # DM164130-1, $39.99) is available for development with enhanced mid-range core 8-bit PIC MCUs, including the PIC1XF(LF)150X family. Also available is a free CLC Configuration Tool, to streamline the setup process of the CLC module by simulating the functionality of the registers and combinational logic in a graphical user interface (GUI). This tool is available today and can be downloaded from Microchip's Web site at http://www.microchip.com/get/NWUN.
All of these new MCUs are supported by Microchip's standard development tools, including the PICkit™ 3 Debugger/Programmer (part # PG164130, $44.95), as well as the MPLAB®IDE, MPLAB REAL ICE™ In-Circuit Emulator and MPLAB ICD3 In-Circuit Debugger, and theMicrochip and HI-TECH C® compilers. All of these tools can be purchased today, at microchipDIRECT (http://www.microchip.com/get/100U).
The PIC10F(LF)320 and PIC10F(LF)322 MCUs are available in a 6-pin SOT-23 package, as well as 8-pin PDIP and 2 mm x 3 mm DFN packages. The PIC12F(LF)1501 MCU will be available in 8-pin PDIP, SOIC, MSOP and 2 mm x 3 mm DFN packages, and the PIC16F(LF)1503 MCU in 14-pin PDIP, SOIC and TSSOP packages, as well as a 3 mm x 3 mm QFN package. The PIC16F(LF)1507 MCU is available in 20-pin SSOP, PDIP, SOIC, and 4 mm x 4 mm QFN packages, as will the PIC16F(LF)1508/9 MCUs, when available. Pricing starts at $0.37 each, in 10,000-unit quantities.
Samples and volume-production quantities of the PIC10F(LF)320, PIC10F(LF)322 and PIC16F(LF)1507 MCUs can be ordered today, at http://www.microchip.com/get/KMFF and http://www.microchip.com/get/100U, respectively. The PIC1XF(LF)1501/3/8/9 MCUs are expected to be available for sampling and purchase over the next two quarters. For further information, contact any Microchip sales representative or authorized worldwide distributor, or visit Microchip's Web site at http://www.microchip.com/get/X792. To purchase products mentioned in this press release, go to microchipDIRECT or contact one of Microchip's authorized distribution partners.
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Friday, January 23, 2009
Comic 533: Comic Hell
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I could not finish this one. I made it to the second panel and it was so boring I actually just stopped. I think that might be a first for me.ReplyDelete
I have a decent attention span too.
- DoubleBlackbirdJanuary 23, 2009 at 2:34 AM
Secret hidden fifth panel: the woman and the Devil get suffocated to death by all the text.ReplyDelete
CAPTCHA: logic. The Captcha is an XKCD-fan too!
Oh! And I thought it's just some catchphrase 4chan's /b/-tards say.ReplyDelete
Encyclopedia Dramatica agrees with you with regard to its origin.
Hey, remember when Randall Munroe used to care about not being homophobic? Guys? Guys?ReplyDelete
Cow, if you think that I don't read Encyclopedia Dramatica for research purposes you are mistaken...yeah I read that too. I think I like the phrase "DISREGARD THAT I SUCK COCKS" because of the contrast between the juvenile cocksucking thing and the formal diction of "disregard." welcome to OVERANALYSING HUMOR WITH YOUR HOST MR. CARL WHEELERReplyDelete
I didn't even really understand the point of this one, is the joke "ha ha, sometimes great products fail regardless" or is it really just "ha ha Sony sux"?ReplyDelete
Either way, get to Fridays already, even if your writeup is just DERP DERP DERP it's going to be better than the comic.
- AnonymousJanuary 24, 2009 at 8:48 AM
XKCD rules.ReplyDelete
You don't.
Face it
- AnonymousJanuary 24, 2009 at 9:18 AM
DISREGARD THAT, I SUCK COCKS!ReplyDelete
OK, I don't know if that was planned out or both Anons are the same person but that was nice.ReplyDelete
Well done.
The Cuddlefishy exchange was unsurprisingly enough wayyyyy funnier than the comic.ReplyDelete
I think the biggest reaction I had to the comic was, "Huh. He said 'cocks.'" And then even that went away as I figured it was probably from some old net meme and LO AND BEHOLD IT WAS A MEME.
How would the Devil even know about that Fujitsu laptop if he has to use Sony?ReplyDelete
I guess the "take that" at Sony was just too important for, you know, the comic to make sense?
- DoubleBlackbirdJanuary 26, 2009 at 12:56 AM
Well I've been rackin' my brains trying to work out what this comic reminds me of, and I finally got it! It's Ctrl-Alt-Del.ReplyDelete
Four panels, look. Two talking heads. Walls of text. And the fourth panel, where the punchline should be, doesn't have a punchline. It just has... a comment. "The Devil uses Sony." Uh... ha ha ha?
(Also notice that all the characters have exactly the same facial expression!)
(Unrelated: why is one of the Devil's hands a mallet)
DoubleBlackbird: I think the Devil is holding a piece of paper.ReplyDelete
- DoubleBlackbirdJanuary 26, 2009 at 2:16 AM
Actually the correct answer is, "to squish sinners' heads with".ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2009 at 10:40 PM
I almost think the alt-text was a bonus for those nerdy enough to remember jokes from bash.ReplyDelete
still, he should change it in some way so it's a reference, not just copy-pasting "DISREGARD THAT I SUCK COCKS"ReplyDelete


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"Airfares are going up for consumers. So that tax increase will not be absorbed by Delta," Richard Anderson said at a Delta Air Lines Inc. presentation for investors in New York on Wednesday.As if there was ever any doubt. Any new fee levied by the government, whether to cable companies, wireless providers or airlines, is immediately dumped into the laps (or rather, extracted from the pockets) of Joe Public.
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Subject description: Using an updated 126.96.36.199 kernel for Puppy 2.14X
In a Full Install Puppy, it's easy to upgrade the kernel. But build an updated ISO, that is a real challenger task.
Before Kernel Update:
Classic Pup 2.14X (
). kernel 188.8.131.52. Squashfs3.1 and Unionfs 20060916-2203.
Full Install Upgrade, the easiest way:
You can download the kernel sources in Barry´s /woof sources (there are kernel sources already patched for Classic Pup 2.14X here,
Patch versions are:
# Squashfs3.3-patch and unionfs-2.5.1.
Follow the kernel compilation process in:
After kernel compilation and installation, vmlinuz file must be updated and /lib/modules/modules.*.new_kernel_version files should be copied.
Puppy should boot with the new kernel now.
Errors creating a new ISO with updated kernel, listing in appearing order:
If you forget to change the vmlinuz, then updated modules could not be loaded from initrd, new kernel just can´t find the right module´s directory because the uname-r gives another kernel version.
When starting with a new initrd there are boot errors when PUP_xxx.sfs is mounted, tested with boot paramter "pfix = rdsh" shows it is mounting multiple .SFS file versions but loop devices mount fails completely. After a quick check to kernel sources I found Barryk´s configuration file is ready to use Squashfs but as an external module (Kernel Menu - FileSystems - Others - Squashfs, option M), that means the kernel is patched to support the system squashfs file but not loaded internally in the kernel, it must be loaded using imode or modprobe inside the initrd. Then, Kernel can be reconfigured to integrate the squashfs module and a new vmlinuz version must be created, now Puppy using GRUB boots normally with the new initrd (which contains the modules updated to 188.8.131.52.) and vmlinuz, even newer SFS files from Puppy 4 or choicePup are loaded (cause of a new Squashfs3.3 patch). When the squashfs is uploaded this always appears in the dmesg, showing the new 3.3 version.
Now zdrv:
lib/modules/22.214.171.124 contents are fully copied to zdrv_214X.sfs, as you leave the directory /lib/ firmware/ intact in the zdrv files, multiple errors occurs when Puppy starts with zdrv. To fix it the lib/modules/firmware.dep.188.8.131.52 file must be copied to the zdrv and must be rename to firmware.dep.18.104.22.168 to avoid errors.
Whit a pup_214X.sfs, vmlinuz and zdrv_214X.sfs ready, Puppy Linux starts with Xvesa, but Xorg does not work. It opens a black screen with the X mouse pointer, but Windows Manager does not start. The xinit output redirected to xerrs.log shows something like:
Waiting for X server to begin accepting connections.
xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to x server.
After three months of hard research I found a workaround: If I change the xinit command in xwin removing the -nolisten tcp parameter, then I can start Xorg with JWM.
I know that this "nolisten tcp" forces Xorg to create a unix socket instead TCP to connect Xorg server with local client, but Why is Xorg failing to use the unix socket?. I can see a /tmp/.X-unix directory when Xorg tries to initiate and it has full permissions.
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Found Xorg´s problem source (creating a unix socket) and implementing a good solution:
After I made the kernel update documentation for Puppy´s forum, I took a second look to the Xorg problem. Removing the -nolisten tcp parameter to xwin has many disadvantages, it´s a security hole and use many tcp ports that are slower than unix sockets.
I downloaded strace and did additional tests.
strace -o /tmp/error.log startx
Found some errors related to unix socket, but nothing really relevant...
family=AF_FilE, PATH=temp/X11-unix/X0
The server has actively refused to establish the connection.
After a small nap at work, I get enlightenment.
I remembered that long time ago, I had some problems mounting ISO files from a unionfs directory, related to mount loop devices in unionfs tree, if I mount a loop devices from a common Filesystem the problem is solved.... So, I guess that the updated unionfs version used to patch the new kernel could have some bugs creating unix sockets.
When I replaced the /tmp with a symlink to point to a external partition, X11 boots normally. GREAT, this confirms my theory about a kernel/unionfs problem creating a unix socket in /tmp.
hmmmm, I could implement some solutions:
1.patch kernel again with a different unionfs versions, recompile and retests, if I use a different unionfs version I could solve this particular problem but new problems could arise and I have to waste a lot of time.
2. Use aufs, I don´t know about Puppy related problems with aufs and I must make massive modifications to init scripts.
3. Update initrd and mount /tmp as a tmpfs, using: "mount tmpfs -t tmpfs /tmp" or "mount /dev/ram -t tmpfs /tmp". It seems a better solution, /tmp as a tmpfs can speed up applications that read/write continuously in /tmp, also in Puppy Mode 5 the /tmp directory will be independent from a pup_save file decreasing the pup_save usage.
The third one was a really good solution, I just added some command lines to initrd and everything works nice now.
I limited the amount of memory used for /tmp reading the SYSTEM swapsize and total memory, using SWAP is faster for the /tmp directory even with low RAM systems.
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You may also have similar problems with /dev/shm (random kernel panics). At least I did during my experiments with UnionFS.
Switching to AUFS may be worth your time. At least the latest versions of UnionFS have some real showstopper problems.
With a newer kernel, you can possibly drop in a newer version of the initrd. I think recent versions of the init script are mostly backwards compatible and work with either AUFS or UnionFS.
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Here's the latest of our news bulletins from the ongoing crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
State of Nuclear Politics in Japan
A new poll conducted by Japanese public television station NHK reveals that a vast majority of the Japanese public wants to significantly reduce the nation's dependence on nuclear power. Before the Fukushima nuclear disaster, 26% of Japan's power supply came from nuclear energy. Now, 74% of those polled said that rate should be reduced to 15% or less, with 34% of those saying that nuclear power should be completely eradicated. (Source: NHK)
Tohuku Electric Power announced this week that it discovered damage to a fuel rod container in a storage pool at reactor #3 at the Onagawa nuclear power plant. Workers were using an underwater camera to inspect the container when a large chip several centimeters wide, along with 12 chipped places, was discovered. Officials from the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) have ordered the utility to determine if the damage was caused by last year's magnitude 9.0 earthquake. This type of damage is highly unusual and has never before been reported by a Japanese nuclear operator. If the damage was indeed caused by the earthquake, the discovery will have grave ramifications for nuclear reactors across Japan. Tohuku insists that the fuel rods are safe and undamaged, and said it will also inspect reactors #1 and #2 at the plant. (Source: NHK)
Japan's new nuclear regulatory body, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), will launch operations in September, according to government officials. The NRC was originally slated to be created on April 1, but the legislation became embroiled in parliamentary wrangling. The new entity, in keeping with the National Government Organization Law, will be highly independent. It will replace NISA, long criticized as having conflicts of interest as an arm of the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI), which regulates nuclear power. In addition to creating new safety standards, the NRC will oversee reactivation of nuclear plants in the wake of the Fukushima disaster. However, members of the five-member commission need Diet approval, and experts say that delays in the launch are possible if there are issues with their appointments.
The Mayor of Futaba, Katsutaka Idogawa, has lashed out at Japan's central government for its failure to share US radiological data about the spread of radiation in the days following the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Idogawa was speaking as an unsworn witness before the House of Councillors' Budget Committee. He lamented, "If the information has been disclosed efficiently, I would have changed residents' evacuation routes. Above all, I am in a position of protecting residents." Idogawa exhibited significant emotion during the speech, adding, "Being told things like 'it's all right because radiation doses are at such and such a level of millisieverts' really makes me furious. I cannot accept this cover-up." Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, who was present, apologized for the government's failure.
Renowned seismologist Yoshiaki Kawata is warning that up to 400,000 people could die along Japan's Pacific Coast if a triple earthquake strikes along the so-called Nankai Trough. Government estimates from 2003 predicted that the death toll from a magnitude 8.7 quake would be far less, approximately 25,000. Kawata's estimate assumes that the earthquake would occur at night, when the majority of the population is asleep and less likely to quickly escape. If the temblor strikes during the day, that number would be reduced to 120,000. Kawata noted, "The prediction is much more severe than the death told from the Great East Japan earthquake. But the 400,000 figure is not groundless conjecture. I want people to fully understand how dangerous it would be and to think about disaster prevention measures." The prediction is likely to raise additional questions about safety at nuclear plants in the region.
NISA said it will conduct onsite inspections at Kyushu Electric's Kawauchi power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, Hokuriku Electric's Shika plant in Ishikawa Prefecture, and Kansai Electric's Takahama plant in Fukui Prefecture, after results of stress tests were submitted by the operators. The government-ordered stress tests, which are conducted by the utilities themselves, have been highly controversial. They use computer simulations to check for preparedness against earthquakes and tsunami, but ignore other natural disasters or terrorist attacks. Haruki Madarame, the Chairman of the NSC, has said they are not adequate measures of safety at nuclear power plants.
Court proceedings have begun as a group of 132 residents living near TEPCO's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture attempt to halt the restart of the reactors there in 2014. The plaintiffs say that Niigata is at significant risk for earthquakes and tsunami, and that the Fukushima disaster shows that TEPCO is "unqualified" to operate nuclear power plants. The plaintiffs said, "We will never countenance TEPCO operating nuclear reactors after it has so badly contaminated our hometowns, and has yet to clean them up. Nuclear plants, which cause unpredictable damage, must not be constructed…TEPCO has neither the qualifications nor the capability to operate and manage nuclear plants."
The Japan Congress Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, also known as Gensuikin, will hold annual meetings this year in Fukushima, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki, focusing on nuclear power plants and radiation contamination and exposure. The anti-nuclear organization is working toward eradicating nuclear power and weapons.
Under pressure from the government and Yukio Edano, the head of METI, TEPCO finally said it would release video from teleconferences conducted between plant officials and TEPCO's headquarters, as well as the Prime Minister's office, in the days immediately following last year's disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Edano has been urging TEPCO to release the tapes, and a group of TEPCO shareholders had sought a court-order to prevent the utility from erasing them, but until now, TEPCO insisted it could not release the video because of "privacy concerns." The recordings are expected to shed light on whether or not TEPCO planned to evacuate all of its staff from the cripple plant, a move that could have led to far more catastrophic consequences, as well as issues regarding venting of the reactors and cooling them with seawater.
In response to criticism from the Diet's Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission (NAIIC), which slammed TEPCO for only releasing a total of 17 photographs of last year's tsunami hitting the Fukushima Daiichi plant, the utility has released an additional 33 pictures. The company apologized once again for failing to communicate effectively with the public and residents who were affected by the nuclear disaster. (Source: NHK)
Status of the Fukushima Reactors
TEPCO announced this week that it has completed debris removal in the upper section of reactor #4 at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Work to remove the debris began last November.
Restart of the Oi Reactors
Reactor #4 at Kansai Electric's Oi power plant in Fukui Prefecture is scheduled to go back online next Wednesday, July 18. KEPCO officials say they expect it will begin generating full power by July 25. Reactor #3 reached full capacity earlier this week, in spite of massive anti-nuclear protests in Tokyo, which drew over 150,000 people. Such demonstrations are highly unusual in Japan, but concern about the dangers of nuclear power has been significantly increasing since the Fukushima disaster. The government has recently announced it will lower power saving restrictions from 15% to 10% in the Kansai service area. However, a federation of seven prefectures served by KEPCO said that they might keep the previous 15% guidelines in place.
An independent study conducted by the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) of 1,080 children in in Fukushima Prefecture says that they received lifetime thyroid gland doses of radiation, although most were low-level. Previous government reports said that their doses were zero. In spite of the new data, the government said that it has no plans to inform parents, citing concerns about unnecessarily producing anxiety. In March 2011, the Nuclear Safety Commission (NSC) recommended that additional studies be conducted on the effects of radiation in children in Fukushima, but the request was rejected by the Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters, out of concern that it would raise parents' fears.
Japan is lobbying members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as well as China and South Korea, to lift restrictions on food exports from Japan. The limits were first put in place last year out of concern for radiation contamination after the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Agricultural exports fell by 7.4% in 2011, and exports of seafood dropped by almost 11%. Meanwhile, the European Union is considering lifting its own import restrictions this fall.
Other Nuclear News
Allison McFarlane, an Associate Professor at George Mason University in Virginia, was sworn in this week as the new Chairman of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). McFarlane replaces Gregory Jaczko, who became known for his controversial management style and his efforts to make American nuclear plants safer after the Fukushima disaster, which were often met by resistance by his fellow commissioners, many of whom had previously worked within the nuclear industry.
Justin McKeating has been blogging the meltdown of the nuclear industry for Greenpeace International since 2008. He is based in Brighton, UK.
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Why would the Japanese government not want to tell the parents of children exposed to radiation the dangers of thyroid cancer. Parents would be able t...
Why would the Japanese government not want to tell the parents of children exposed to radiation the dangers of thyroid cancer. Parents would be able to have their children checked by qualified personnel. The government should reveal all findings and let the people decide what they want to do. They supposedly didn't want to raise fears. Is that why they lied about the high radiation levels and false readings. They certainly were not worried about the general population because if they were they would have instituted evacuation plans immediately,
The NRC in the U.S. Was fighting the former chairman on upgrading more safety standards. I can only think of one reason not to improve safety standards.... the bottom line.
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Japanese people do not want nuclear energy, this has been pointed out by a number of polls.
The NHK poll reported at the top of the page is rela...
Japanese people do not want nuclear energy, this has been pointed out by a number of polls.
The NHK poll reported at the top of the page is related to the upcoming revision of Japan medium term energy policy. Japan government is formally presenting three choices: 0%, 15% or 20-25%. 15% in the medium term means stop building new reactors and restart all the current ones until they reach the end of their 40 years operative life.
Previous polls however showed that 70% of the Japanese did NOT want an immediate restart of all reactors.
I am concerned that polls like the latest from NHK will be used to justify a rapid restart of all the reactors, even though a meaningful part of the public thinks that we need to understand what went wrong at Fukushima and put extra safety measures in place BEFORE restarting the reactors (and even more people think they should not be restarted, full stop.)
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There was a time when Under Armour was one of the companies cotton producers loved to hate because of its "Cotton is the Enemy" marketing campaign. That changed when Under Armor decided to work with cotton instead of against it, resulting in the sale of more than a million units of new cotton-based sports apparel. Mark Messura talked about how that came about in an interview at the Beltwide Cotton Conferences.
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VILNIUS (Reuters) - Germany and Finland said on Friday the European Commission should not have the final say on when and how a euro zone bank could be closed, a position that could further delay the bloc's banking union project.
A single resolution authority for all euro zone banks, with a dedicated fund to finance its decisions, is intended to complement the single bank supervisor - the European Central Bank - as part of a banking union that would break the vicious circle between weak banks and indebted governments.
The ECB is to take up its new responsibilities in autumn of 2014 and EU policymakers hope to have the resolution body ready at the same time or soon afterwards.
The European Commission proposed in July that it have the final say on resolving banks at a pan-European level, even though it could act on the recommendation of a Single Resolution Board that would be made up of representatives of national authorities and the European Central Bank.
Berlin has consistently said those powers should be exercised at a national level.
"Resolution should generally be done by national authorities and not by the EU Commission," German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told the Boersen Zeitung newspaper. "It is not an appropriate central resolution authority.
"Instead, where necessary in disputed cases, a central resolution board should be able to take binding decisions when there are conflicts between national resolution authorities," he said.
Germany, reluctant to transfer new powers to the EU executive, has long argued that the creation of the single resolution authority will require a change to the EU treaty to give the new body proper legal grounds.
European Union lawyers said in an opinion prepared for the finance ministers meeting in Vilnius that no treaty change would be necessary if the project ensured the budgetary sovereignty of governments.
Under the Commission proposal, which is to be discussed for the first time by EU finance ministers on Friday and Saturday, the central role of the EU executive would ensure bank resolution decisions are in line with EU regulations on the EU's single market and state aid.
The Commission believes that it would also safeguard the independence and accountability of the mechanism.
Finnish Finance Minister Jutta Urpilainen thought differently.
"The Commission's role is one of the issues that we want to discuss. For us it is important that the authority that in future will decide what will be done for troubled banks is as independent as possible and that also its mandate was narrow," Urpilainen said on entering the talks.
"We see that the authority operating under pressure should be as independent as possible. We have not been very excited that the Commission would act as this authority," she said.
EU ministers plan to reach a deal on how to set up the single resolution authority by December, when they would start negotiations on the issue with the European Parliament.
"Let's stick to the timeline and finalize it," the chairman of euro zone finance ministers Jeroen Dijsselbloem told reporters. "We should try to focus on the legal basis, on the governance of the resolution authority, governance of the fund and hopefully make some progress."
Writing By Jan Strupczewski, editing by Mike Peacock


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Getting ready to watch football with the NFL Red Zone, so thankfully I am not tied down to the Jets-Rams.
TV football in New York is absolutely terrible without Red Zone because you're tied into two teams each week, but I digress.
I was thinking which is the most dysfunctional New York franchise, the Mets or Jets?
The Jets are in the news because the Mets have faded into the woodwork until February.
The biggest disparity between the teams is economic, despite each being in a sport with sound financial footing. Each NFL team – as with each MLB team – has a predetermined foundation in the tens of millions before selling a single ticket. Both have loaded ownerships, but the difference is Woody Johnson is willing to spend while the Wilpons make their decisions against the backdrop of the Madoff scandal.
The fundamental difference is the Jets are willing to spend, evidenced by first pursuing Brett Favre, and then giving loaded contracts to Mark Sanchez, Tim Tebow and Derrelle Revis.
In fairness, the Mets showed a similar desire with Johan Santana and Jason Bay, not to mention Oliver Perez and Francisco Rodriguez, but the last two years have been on an austerity kick.
The most obvious similarity is both share the city with a more successful and stable older brother against whom they'll never match.
Another common thread is the lack of direction from the top as to where and how to spend.
The Mets' bullpen has deteriorated along with their outfield and offense. Meanwhile, the Jets' offensive line is weak, along with their offensive skill players and pass rush.
The bullpen and offensive line are fundamental building blocks in the respective sports, and neither team can compete if things remain the same.
The direction of both teams is like the Washington D.C., roadmap – it goes in all directions.
The Mets failed to build their bullpen after the 2007 collapse, and then moved into Citi Field with the stated goal of building with pitching and defense only to sign Bay.
It has been downhill since, with the real possibility of losing David Wright and R.A. Dickey. If they do, the Mets will begin another rebuilding program, just as the Jets could be after this season if they continue to implode and Johnson fires GM Mike Tannenbaum and coach Rex Ryan, which could lead to the trading of Sanchez.
After the collapses of 2007 and 2008, preceded by losing in the 2006 NLCS, the Mets severely overestimated their team and attempted to patch their holes with veterans – Santana, Rodriguez, Bay, etc. – but are now going the farm system route.
Trouble is, there's little underneath that's major league ready.
Meanwhile, the Jets thought they'd compete with the Favre signing, but after he left began the Sanchez Era.
With a strong defense and sound running game – you do remember "Ground and Pound'' don't you? – to complement Sanchez, the Jets played, but lost, consecutive AFC Championship games. They overestimated themselves in defeat.
How the Ryan tenure began is how NFL teams are usually built. They attempted to open up their defense, but did so at the expense of the running game. In addition, the Jets never complemented their strong secondary with a pass rush.
Then, with their quarterback's confidence fractured, the Jets inexplicably traded for Tebow for a fourth-round pick and then signed him for three years. Adding Tebow meant adding a quarterback who needed a different offensive system.
As the Mets had a disjointed clubhouse, the Jets had a poisonous locker room, marked by snakes Santonio Holmes and Antonio Cromartie. The backbiting continued this week with the verbal torching of Tebow.
Your guess is as good as mine as to determining what the Jets want to do with their inept offense, which has not been helped by their porous defense, which gives up over 150 yards a game on the ground.
Also, both teams play in divisions with rivals they can't seem to catch in the Phillies and Braves for the Mets and Patriots for the Jets.
That brings us to a final similarity: It could be a long time before the Mets or Jets are relevant again.


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Peter Dinwiddie has been promoted by the Indiana Pacers to Vice President of Basketball Operations.
Dinwiddie will assist Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations/General Manager Kevin Pritchard and Pacers President of Basketball Operations Donnie Walsh in various capacities, including compliance with the NBA's Collective Bargaining Agreement, assisting in player contract negotiations, salary cap management and compliance with NBA player personnel rules. He is an Indianapolis native who attended Indiana University and has a degree from the New England School of Law.
"Peter is very bright, very intelligent, very thorough and extremely hard working," said Walsh. "Since I returned (in June) and have worked with him on a daily basis, his contributions have been immeasurable. This promotion recognizes his work for the Indiana Pacers. He has a tremendous future in the league."


text: Sorry for the non-cocktail digression. My wife, Jennifer Hess, who blogs at Last Night's Dinner and takes most of the beautiful pictures you see here, is featured in the Dining and Wine section of Wednesday's New York Times, in a piece by Kim Severson about crowd-sourcing cookbooks and recipes. That's Jen above, so nice I had to show her twice. To say I'm proud of her wouldn't even begin to scratch the surface. And if you're thinking, "Dude, I met you at Tales or somewhere else, and how'd you get so lucky." Believe me. I know.


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Re: Twilight Fanfiction Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 1:10 am
Christy -navarre wrote:The Fallout
Kay ~
Well, you will be proud of me, bb. I actually finished chapter 18/19 tonight. What a doozy this whole story has been.
But just like a train wreck, you can't look away.
I have never read a more gripping story in my life. Never.
She leaves little nuggets for us to dig for.
Alice is finally getting her visions back and now just as Edward was getting ready to rip her a new hole, she has a vivid vision, knocking them both to the floor - rapid fire images and finally someone running Jasper.
I have a question for you or Openhome. Whom do you think Alice was referring to when she said to Edward "Don't worry, she's not the one who knocks you on your a@!" Please tell me you think it is Bella.
I've got to believe it's going to be her. I cannot deal with someone else replacing Bella in Edward's heart. That would do me in - for good.
Something else struck me. Remember when Alice was talking to Edward in Chapter 17 about believing Jasper was still alive, because she can feel him.
Then Edward states he does understand what Alice is saying because even though Bella is gone he still feels her. Which worries him - yet he still feels her, so why does Alice still feel Jasper is alive.
I know he thinks he is crazy, but I feel - hope.
E&B and J&A had unique relationships, the connections unlike any others around them.
I loved Tanya in this chapter. When she tells Edward of her love for a human once; she understands, but he will heal. "You are not the lion." No, he is not and he realizes that this whole vigil is wrong and he is not ready for it at all. I am holding on to the fact that he knows.
I love just how far everyone of these characters have come. The maturity, the growth and how even though the family almost collapsed, it came through its own fire and survived stronger and more united.
Brilliant writing, phenomenal attention to detail and the mindblowing imagery make this one of the most gripping and addicting stories I have read yet.
HA! Double told you so!! Very proud of you, I so knew that if you would give The Fallout a chance that you would love it like Kayla (Openhome) and I do. The gripping and heartwrenching story line just sucked me in from the beginning. The toughest parts of the story have to be the 2006 segements when Alice and Jasper were so consumed by their visions and emotions and took so long for them to come out of their dark places.
I am so anxious for an update. It appears that OCDindeed usually updates on Sunday, but there was not one last week. I sure hope that there is one tomorrow!


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Never before and never again will you be so perplexed as you will be after brief consideration of our existence.
Consider the over-complexity of the tragic web the world has weaved, into which we are progressively absorbed and by such absorption bound against our will.
Our minds grow daily, yet fray by the second. The decay apparently exceeds the growth, yet with time the collective knowledge of the human race grows.
All complain of lack of mental freedom, which is so unnaturally opposed by our inability to trust others, our inhibitions towards the assistance of others and least known, yet theoretically most significant, is this infallible lust to perceive our existence and arrive at a rational answer.
Irrespective of any effort toward the perception of true and current existence, such accurate perception simply cannot be, as we are so very limited by our infinitesimal sensory toolkit.
Many display such naivety, so as to prioritize insignificant dilemmas, particularly those regarding the social status between their peers and themselves. This sad ignorance is further exasperated by an inability to truly perceive not only the presence but the purpose of the peers under assessment. Do they really exist, or is the puppetmaster playing cruel tricks, formulating illusions of such apparent intensity that one simple cannot refute their existence. However, how would one know if these illusions were of such said intensity, as for all one knows, they have no true reference point, with which to compare this intensity.
Do we even exist?
It is understandable that some may be strongly inclined to consider the aforementioned rhetorical question to be no more than a meaningless paradox.
Although, under deep consideration, all we, as individuals, know is that our perception of reality is specific to us and is not necessarily identical or even remotely similar to that of any other.
As far as you know, you are the only person on this planet and this very writing is simply a literary concoction of your own mind or perhaps the puppetmaster.
If you disagree and you have every reason to do so, then please seriously consider how you would reply to the requests; "Prove that you exist." "Prove that I exist." "Prove that this writing exists." "Prove that the world exists." "Prove that time exists."
At the risk of seeming insane, I don't believe it is possible to answer any of those questions rationally, as no matter what your answer, as relative as it may be to yourself or the apparent world that surrounds you, its truthfulness as a rational answer is tarnished beyond usefulness by the inherent limitation of humans, that being; the human sensory system.
Before leaving you, I implore you to deeply (but not consciously) consider what you (think you may) have read and leave a comment below. I expect no concensus between comments and I look forward to seeing what logical and informative arguments may result.
Perhaps this could be considered to be a theory relating to "non-existence?" Or, more likely one relating to "The Measurement Problem" of quantam physics.
Thanks for reading and until next time, keep enjoying "reality."


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eBay has just announced the launch of eBay Motors iOS 2.0, with new mobile device capabilities for iPad and iPad Mini. Previously only compatible with iPhone, the newly launched app can will now automatically appear (upon download) on all other Apple mobile devices including iPod Touch.
In order to adapt the eBay Motors App for iPad, an expanded screen display and other enhancements have been made. These include: keyword search on the home screen, parts and vehicle finder, quick glance of vehicles for sale on eBay, and access to eBay Motors blog content including videos, community and more.
iOS 2.0 features a refined iPad search experience that allows users the ability to switch back and forth between grid and list views. The "View Item" screen now displays images larger and in an edge-to-edge format to improve the visual experience.
Users are also able to access vehicles parked in the eBay Garage, the eBay online community and personalization platform where users have saved over 223000 public profiles with images of their vehicles. And what car crazy user wouldn't want a way to find merchandise for the vehicles they save in the eBay garage? Or view videos and find local automotive events? This is all possible through eBay Motors 2.0 now available across all Apple mobile devices.
For more check out: mobile.ebay.com and www.ebay.com/motors


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U.S. Supreme Court puts 4th Circuit ruling on hold
August 20, 2014
Today, August 20, the United States Supreme Court granted a request for a stay in this summer's marriage ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit that ordered the freedom to marry in Virginia and paved the way for the freedom to marry in North Carolina, South Carolina and West Virginia. The ruling will be stayed - meaning that same-sex couples in Virginia will be temporarily unable to receive marriage licenses - pending potential review from the United States Supreme Court.
Without the stay, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals' mandate in the case was set to take effect on Thursday morning at 8:00am.
Freedom to Marry founder and president Evan Wolfson commented on the procedural decision today. He said:
This Supreme Court's stay of yet another freedom to marry ruling underscores the urgency of the Court's granting a full review and bringing the country to national resolution by next year. Americans across the country are being deprived of the freedom to marry and respect for their lawful marriages, as well as the tangible protections and precious dignity and happiness that marriage brings. It is time for the Supreme Court to affirm what more than thirty courts have held in the past year: marriage discrimination violates the Constitution, harms families, and is unworthy of America.
The stay was granted in Bostic v. Schaefer, a federal case originally brought by Shuttleworth, Ruloff, Swainn, Haddad & Morecock, P.C., and joined by the American Foundation for Equal Rights, Lambda Legal, and the American Civil Liberties Union.
The defendants in Bostic have filed a request for the Supreme Court to stay this case and petitioned to have that request be considered as their writ of certiorari (their formal request for the Supreme Court to consider the case), but in today's order, the Court denied that request. The defendant must now file a formal writ of certiorari. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring has also requested SCOTUS review. Two other marriage cases - from Utah and Oklahoma - are also in the process of making their requests for review by the nation's highest court. Learn more about these cases here.