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Joined: 03 Jan 2008
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Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:27 pm
Post subject: Guest mentality article
Found an interesting article that interviews a behavioral science doctor who was contracted by Universal to study how people respond emotionally to Universal and Disney.
What I find most interesting is that everything he says seems to suggest Disney is heading headlong in the opposite direction of what their customers want and are expecting. They may be trying to build a new demographic but it seems as if they are very much about the alienate their core customer base with the "interactive adventures" path rather then passive dark rides and experiences.
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Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:46 pm
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accurate conclusion
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:09 am
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When he says "But also there was the sense that Disney was safe and predictable and Universal as thrilling and perhaps unexpected.", do you think he is implying that Disney is trying to be more interactive with the guests? (Although we know they are as we have read from numerous articles and by the types of attractions they are adding) Because he says "And we learned from doing the interviews that they were coming up with words to describe Universal as more active and participatory"
I understand what he is saying for the most part...I say 'for the most part' because I havent any schooling in psychology so some of it was Chinese to me...but i guess since Disney's guests expect the parks to be passive and observational, and they are doing just the opposite, then yeah I guess I do see your point.
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:54 am
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One of the key aspects that I've come to realize is that it's no longer Disney vs Universal or Disney vs everyone else. Maybe in the 1960's-1980's that was the case, but at least in Orlando it's not the case.
The mentality one should have to understand the Orlando theme park industry (and also other theme park mega-centers like Paris, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and soon to be Dubai) is that it's not a competition. It's a SHOPPING MALL.
The key thing to understand is that Disney, Universal, Sea World, Busch Gardens, Kennedy Space Center, Gator Land and the like all offer completely different experiences to a park guest. It's Guess, Express, American Eagle Jcrew and Pottery Barn. If you think about it, each has its place and neither can supplant the others.
Disney can create Animal Kingdom, but it will never be Gator Land. Epcot can have a dolphin tank in the Living Seas but they will never have Shamu. Mission Space is a ride at EPCOT, but they can never compete with a working SpacePort at Kennedy Space Center. Each of these experiences are brands that target different demograhics. So while at Disney you have more families, at Universal you've got more young couples and groups of friends enjoying the park together. At Kennedy Space center you have people who are more patriotic and often educationally oriented. Think of the Orlando (or Los Angeles) as a series of attractions from which a tourist can pick and choose a series of experiences. Competition between parks is really a misnomer. Together they define an entire playground of experiences that Orlando is known for as a whole.
Universal will succeed by defining a series of experiences that are unique to them. The best example of this is Halloween Horror Nights, which is a hugely successful brand that no serious competitor has been able to touch as of yet. The same goes for each park, which in turn has rightfully found its niche.
I might also mention that the mistake Universal could make (as Time Warner did with Six Flags in the 1990's) is deciding to abandon the family and go only after the 18-35 demographic by eschewing dark ride and immersive experiences in favor of thrill rides. What happened was that teens and gangs started dominating the parks and families fled. The revenue plummeted and the image of the park suffered. The alternative to this mistake is to offer many unique, family oriented experiences that do not compete with Disney. Or as Universal is successfully doing with Harry Potter, the Simpsons, Dr. Suess, Jurassic Park... find other extremely popular brands that sometimes overlap with Disney but are also unique and loved by the public. If Sea World catches on and goes beyond Shamu, they'll be in great shape as well...
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:58 am
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Well, the problem is that if Guess, Gap, American Eagle etc.. all sold the identical pair of pants that was supposed to be all the rage, none of them will really succeed.
Not to mention, no one goes to the Gap expecting to find clothing in the style of Guess.
However, Disney seems to think they can be everything - and really need to stop it. Epcot is entirely losing its unique identity. They seem to have completely confused "new" with "better." They're not the same. Epcot needs better, not just new.
I'm impressed with Uni lately. They know their market and are growing it. The Simpsons looks like a good attraction full of details, and the coaster though not my desired attraction I know is appealing to many Uni fans. At least it's an interesting coaster and what Sea World is planning. They're just building a flying coaster with minimal theme and a few water splash effects.
And Busch Gardens in Tampa? Jungala i really don't understand. Why would you put a tiny drop tower in a crater? The animal areas expand their theme, but the tiny drop ride? Why...?
Have you guys seen the debate over the rumored "Night Kingdom" that the rumor-mongers say Disney wants to build? The fandom reaction has been atrocious. I haven't seen an idea (new addition, not a redo) so universally disliked in a long time. The fans are craving passive mega darkrides from Disney which they have not produced in a long time - and despite "interactivity" being all the rage, everyone is passing on it.
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Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 10:30 pm
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Loric, you are my hero! Thanks for posting the article! I don't have time to read now, but I will put it on my pile of "things to read for my thesis" (*sigh*... it's a long list!).
On a side note (I am moving quickly tonight and just running through here on my way to elsewhere) -- I think that interactivity can be more than what we have seen already in the parks (i.e. attractions where you shoot things, or devices that provide information/services). I think there is some untapped blend of story and interactivity where it becomes more based on interactions with characters, etc... (At least, this is what I am experimenting with for my thesis project). Right now, the thinking in the industry is (almost) all about technology or hardware, but maybe in the future that will change... For how long will people want to rush around in their daily life and then come to a theme park and rush to get to dinner reservations and fast-pass reservations and rush to get to all the best shows... and additionally, stare at computer screens everywhere they go (which is exactly what they did at home)? (I am really not sure that those screens on Spaceship Earth really added to the experience). I think it will be interesting to see where things go in the future... I hope that it will be something rich, beautiful and exciting...
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Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 12:44 pm
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Holly, i was thinking about the industry obsession with technology and realized something - it's very much Epcot's fault.
Not in a bad way really, but it's the reason for that mentality.
Take this interview from Epcot's opening:
It's understandable when you consider how people weren't technologically friendly back then. The reason Epcot went for so many "humanizing computers" themes. But as people accepted technology, Epcot grew away from that idea because it wasn't really needed anymore.
But then back to WDI... They had sort of formed into a process and train of thought based so heavily on technology. I think the current output is what happens when their thechnology-driven mind outpaces the artistic and the consumer is so technology-friendly that they dont see "new" technology as grand or interesting.
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British Airways has denied "compiling secretive data" about its business-class passengers after launching its "Know Me" programme to personalise customers' travel plans.
The Evening Standard today reported that BA staff will be given Apple iPads and told to use Google to research key frequent flyers. The employees are encouraged to download individuals' pictures, provided by a Google Images app, to help them identify the VIPs as they arrive.
A spokeswoman at the company told The Register that BA was not holding customer dossiers in some sinister fashion, but instead described "Know Me" as a loyalty programme for those people travelling business class with the airline.
Nonetheless, it's difficult not to question the company's data-handling strategy when it offers up nuggets such as this in its press release announcing "Know Me":
Its purpose is to collate a wealth of data from every experience the customer has with the airline and translate that into meaningful service for that individual.
Which, here on the networks desk at Vulture Central, sounds an awful lot like an identity database.
The scheme is limited in scope at the moment, but BA told us that it may be rolled out to other passengers if it proves a success with punters.
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The BA spokeswoman assured El Reg in an emailed statement that the company is "entirely compliant with the UK Data Protection Act" and added that the airline "would never breach that".
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Know Me is simply another tool to enable us to offer good customer service, similar to the recognition that high street loyalty scheme members expect. For example, it could flag up that a customer is travelling in business class for the first time so our crew can approach them and check if they need any information about the seat.
Alternatively, if someone has experienced a delay due to weather in the past then our customer service staff can apologise for that and thank the customer for continuing to fly with us. It could also advise our staff if a customer prefers not to be approached with messages when onboard.
That final comment may concern privacy campaigners because it appears to suggest that a "personalised" database on each biz class passenger is indeed maintained by BA, but if a customer declines such a service then the crew will simply be prompted NOT to use the information on the passenger that readily flashes up on their fondleslabs.
BA hasn't updated its main privacy policy since 2009. Among other things the airline states in the meaty small print:
We retain the data you provide from time to time, including your purchase history and data we collect when you use our services and facilities. Your data may be used and retained for the following purposes: accounting, billing and audit, credit or other payment card verification and anti-fraud screening (which may, for example, involve the use of credit reference agency searches and nominal payment card revalidation checks), immigration and customs control, safety, security, health, administrative and legal purposes, statistical and marketing analysis, operation of frequent flyer programmes, systems testing, maintenance and development, customer surveys, customer relations and to help us in any future dealings with you, for example by identifying your requirements and preferences.
For these purposes we may disclose your data to any of the following who may retain that data in accordance with applicable laws: other companies in the British Airways group, airlines and other companies involved in meeting your requirements, our oneworld partner airlines and franchisees, data processing companies, travel agents, government and enforcement agencies, credit and charge card companies, credit reference agencies and screening service providers. This may involve sending your data between different countries, including countries outside the European Economic Area, including countries where under their local laws you may have fewer legal rights.
It's nearly all there: data retention, third party access etc, but sadly there's no mention whatsoever of Googling for pictures of passengers ahead of them boarding their flight. ®


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If you were wondering why Kojima Productions is splitting up Metal Gear Solid 5 into two games, it has everything to do with how long we'll be waiting to play Phantom Pain.
In an interview with Famitsu (translated by Siliconera), Hideo Kojima discussed the decision to split MGS 5: Ground Zeroes and MGS 5: The Phantom Pain into two different titles. "Prior to the announcement of Metal Gear Solid V5, last year, we showed a Fox Engine implementation video," Kojima said. "Then, we also showed the Fox Engine in a presentation video at GDC 2013. Since we revealed information on a regular basis, there were many who believed that Metal Gear Solid 5 was already complete, and there were many voices from fans saying 'we want to play it soon'."
While that's not really a possibility due to how long it's going to take to get Phantom Pain finished, Kojima said the decision to release Ground Zeroes came from the fan outcry. "However, The Phantom Pain has enormous volume, so it will require much more time," Kojima added. "So, together with the marketing staff, we consulted 'what ifs' and such, and came to the decision of allowing fans to at least play the prologue, ahead of time."
As for when we can expect to finally get the full version of Metal Gear Solid 5, Kojima didn't reveal an exact date. However, he did hint at a possible release window, which just happens to be incredibly vague. "It would've actually been better to release it all at once, but by the way things are going, it appears likely that Phantom Pain will be coming out around the time the PlayStation 4 becomes more spread out," Kojima said. There's no telling just how "spread out" the PS4 has to be for Phantom Pain to see release, but the console is off to a good start with 2.1 million units already sold.
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Thursday, March 23, 2006
Conspiracy Theories, 9/11, and Historical Revisionism
He said, "Call me insane but did it sort of look like those buildings came down in a controlled demolition?"
Yeah, maybe Charlie Sheen is insane. It looks to me like the planes full of jet fuel which are shown on camera hitting the towers brought those buildings down. I also bet it was that hijacked plane full of fuel that caused the damage at the Pentagon too rather than a controlled demolition. It looks as though Charlie and others are not denying that planes hit these locations but they are also claiming that (depending on the conspiracy theory) that Israeli agents or the US government helped the terrorists commit the attacks.
While in many ways this lack of critical thinking skills is somewhat humorous, it is also sadly the beginning of what will almost certainly become a historical revisionist view of 9/11. As time goes by, decade by decade, I expect more and more books and web sites "proving" that 9/11 was a plot by the CIA, Mossad, or (insert your theory here).
I find a striking similarity between 9/11 revisionist and Holocaust deniers. Many of the claims of Holocaust revisionism is that the Holocaust was a fabricated event created by the West to justify the creation of Israel. The 9/11 revisionists are claiming that the event was contrived by Israel or other western power to create a backlash against Arabs which also benefits Israel. I find it ironic that educated individuals who may even realize the Protocols of the Elders of Zion is fake and is not proof of a worldwide Jewish conspiracy also at the same time believe that many of the major historical events of the last 70 years are proof of a worldwide Jewish conspiracy.
I realize that the lack of proof for a conspiracy is by itself proof that a conspiracy may exist. Or at least that is how many view conspiracies. However, a small number of men could not keep Watergate hushed up. Do you really think a much larger number of people required to pull of government conspiracy of this magnitude would stay quiet very long? Not one person has talked in 5 years? Of course, some still think the government has a UFO in Roswell, New Mexico too that thousands of people have apparently have stayed quiet about. So I guess this is not a stretch for many.
Wikipedia has an article on Historical Revisionism (Negationism). In it, there is a list of techniques used by revisionists. Many of them listed are being used by the 9/11 revisionist crowd including conspiracy theories, selective use of facts, burden of proof, and wishful thinking (apparent on the so called Arab Street).
Academics need to prepare themselves. This will not go away and it is just a matter of time before we have a significant number of students in class who are going to believe the stuff that Charlie Sheen and others are claiming as facts. Be prepared to do some serious debunking!
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- andromush said...
I used to completely agree with what you are saying about 9/11 until I watched loose change and it made me think about what really happened. I am not completely sure at this point where I stand on the issue anymore due to this documentary. It is definately worth watching and then decide for yourself if you still hold the same position on the events of that day. below I provided a link for the documentary. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8260059923762628848&q=loose+change
- Miland said...
I am sorry but I did not find this video very credible. I offered no proof for claims of what actually happened and focused more using straw man arguments and negatives to make a case. The creation science crowd does this all the time with arguments against evolution and I find it no more credible there either.
Here are some debunking links to check out. I am sure they were created by the "conspiracy" if you are a believer but for everyone else:
http://www.snopes.com/rumors/pentagon.htm (Snopes on the Pentagon)
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/defense/1227842.html?page=1&c=y (Popular Mechanics debunks)
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000DA0E2-1E15-128A-9E1583414B7F0000 (Scientific America debunks)
- Glass said...
Watch the documentary "Loose Change". You can view it free on Google Video. Also check out Scholars for 9/11 Truth, Prison Planet, and the Alex Jones documentary Martial Law 9/11, also available free on Google Video.
Jet fuel can only burn to around 1600 degress, while steel needs more than 2000-3000 degrees of heat for hours of time in order to begin to melt. There is no way a jet fuel fire brought down those buildings. That's just one of many facts you need to check out that show that neither the government's story nor the 9/11 commission's story add up.
I love your blog and enjoy reading it, but I don't really see how bashing Charlie Sheen fits into it. If you want to write about 9/11, for either side of the issue, that's great and I encourage it, whether or not I agree with you. Just do some real research into the topic.
- Miland said...
"Jet fuel can only burn to around 1600 degress, while steel needs more than 2000-3000 degrees of heat for hours of time in order to begin to melt. There is no way a jet fuel fire brought down those buildings."
Wrong. From Scientific America at http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000DA0E2-1E15-128A-9E1583414B7F0000:
For example, according to www.911research.wtc7.net, steel melts at a temperature of 2,777 degrees Fahrenheit, but jet fuel burns at only 1,517 degrees F. No melted steel, no collapsed towers. "The planes did not bring those towers down; bombs did," says www.abovetopsecret.com. Wrong. In an article in the Journal of the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society and in subsequent interviews, Thomas Eagar, an engineering professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, explains why: steel loses 50 percent of its strength at 1,200 degrees F; 90,000 liters of jet fuel ignited other combustible materials such as rugs, curtains, furniture and paper, which continued burning after the jet fuel was exhausted, raising temperatures above 1,400 degrees F and spreading the inferno throughout each building. Temperature differentials of hundreds of degrees across single steel horizontal trusses caused them to sag--straining and then breaking the angle clips that held the beams to the vertical columns. Once one truss failed, others followed. When one floor collapsed onto the next floor below, that floor subsequently gave way, creating a pancaking effect that triggered each 500,000-ton structure to crumble. Conspiricists argue that the buildings should have fallen over on their sides, but with 95 percent of each building consisting of air, they could only have collapsed straight down.
"Just do some real research into the topic."
As you see by the Scienific American quote above, I have.
"but I don't really see how bashing Charlie Sheen fits into it."
I also bashed David Irving on his Holocaust denial. Charlie Sheen is fair game too when he takes on the role of historian and then spouts nonsense.
The Web is a wonderful thing but I am afraid accurate history is getting harder and harder to determine as every fringe theory out there has it's own extensive link to pages of urban legends which are being passed about as fact. Even easily refuted arguments such as jet fuel and steel you cited take on a life of their own and seem to be impervious to actual scientific scrutiny.
Regardless, I am glad you enjoy this blog. Further, even though you threw in a bunch of links (which I normally do not allow due to spamming) I will not delete your comment. You have had your say and I wish you the best.
- zman said...
You can conclude from much of the research, propaganda, blogs and reports on the 911 conspiracy that there are inconsistencies across the board with respect to eye witness accounts and official statements. Eye witness accounts, quoted officials and recorded statements are often flawed with inconsistencies and inaccuracies for what are historically normative phenomena called "human error." Under duress, fatigued individuals (humans) stressed from highly emotional and traumatic events, will misstate and even propagate misinformation. How many times have you misstated something, gave the wrong impression, or flat-out mislead someone (unintentionally) by repeating incomplete or inaccurate information? Some of the basis for the conspiracy has to do with statements of this nature; information or statements that are taken out of context and considered with a pre-disposed bias that inevitably leads one to conclude or conjecture an outcome that supports one's bias. By and large, there are sufficient explanations that are supported by reputable organizations (Popular Mechanics, Scientific America to name a few) that provide alternative and viable explanations to support the official findings and statements made regarding most of the conspiracy claims about the 911 attacks.
It seems to me that although there is a lot of emotion surrounding the 911 conspiracy, there is very little substance, or compelling evidence and motive cited by these so called conspiracy proponents to persuade me to consider this anything more than politically motivated, hyperbolic propaganda, that is spewed by individuals who believe that they (the enlightened few) can see the true nature of our evil government; and that it is there patriotic duty to uncover for the sheeple (people) of this country, and for the benefit of the world, this plot to enslave the 3rd world and steal all its natural resources. Okay so that was a bit of hyperbolly on my part. But I hope you get my point.
I would like to emphasize that I believe that there is a certain level of mistrust for our government that is healthy and that defines, culturally, what America is about. However, so long as proponents of this theory are willing to reveal their political motives and irrationality by either literally or effectively communicating a contradictory notion like the following:
"George Bush is so stupid that he can't string a complete sentence together...and...He's organized the greatest conspiracy of all time; one that involves the cooperation of many government and private entities; and one that has deceived the majority of the American people,"
it is difficult for me to take at face value the 911 conspiracy, regardless of how sincere and thoughtful the pundits of this propaganda may feel about it. And, from my observation, it is politically motivated by the blame America first crowd.
- quicknthedead said...
No one has debunked this yet…and it's not a "theory"—just the facts.
"Plane Impact" Times: Incriminating Evidence of 9/11 Coverup & Complicity
"Seismic Proof – 9/11 Was An Inside Job (Updated Version II)"
Link: http://www.scholarsfor911truth.org/Seismic_Proof___9.11_Was_An_Inside_Job.doc
By Craig T. Furlong & Gordon Ross, Scholars for 9/11 Truth: http://www.st911.org
The official times for plane "impact" [precise to the second] as declared by the US Government, from both the 9/11 Commission and from NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), are different and yet both are true and accurate times. What can this factual contradiction mean? Looking exclusively at WTC1, there is found the indisputable causal link:
One World Trade, September 11, 2001
American Airlines Flight 11 "impact" time:
8:46:30 UTC, per LDEO seismic data (National Institute of Standards and Technology, 2005)
8:46:40 UTC, per FAA last primary radar contact (9/11 Commission Final Report, 2004)
Q- What caused the 8:46:30 seismic event that occurred 10 seconds before the actual aircrash at 8:46:40?
A- The only possibility is huge explosions, as corroborated by many eyewitnesses at the time.
Q- Who caused these explosions before the plane hit?
In 2004, the 9/11 Commission avoided addressing the earlier seismic event time (which had been, in error, attributed by Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, originally in 2001 as "plane impact").
In 2005, NIST avoided addressing the 9/11 Commission's later time for the aircraft's actual impact time.
Both the 9/11 Commission and NIST avoided addressing the many witnesses who testified of explosions in the basements before the plane crashed.
This precision data has yet to be refuted by anyone. It is from the two highest governmental entities charged with looking into what happened on 9/11, and both declared these times as accurate, and in doing so they corroborate William Rodriguez and the many eyewitnesses the morning of 9/11 who testified of explosions in the sub-basements of WTC1 before American Airlines Flight 11 struck the building. This is indicting evidence of governmental coverup, and thus implication of complicity.
Before it is too late, demand a new 9/11 investigation, except this time a real one.
Justice waits...{and there is no statute of time limitation on murder}
- thecabinet said...
Discussion of conspiracy theories help us to try to understand the why and how of what cannot be understood.
As far 9/11 conspiracy goes-you have to look at who profited from it.
And...by the way...the Roswell craft is at Wright-Patterson AFB.
I caution people against simply believing what they read or hear. Instead, consider the sources and use some common sense.
I watched "Loose Change" 2nd ed. with an open mind. The video is surely intriguing and thought provoking, but I cannot agree with its claims simply by watching a video. Its arguments seemed weak and even its claim of what really happened offers many unanswered questions.
I could probably write a whole opinion piece myself on this subject, but the bottom line is that imaginations are fun things to play with. Like any toy, they can be dangerous and should be used with caution.


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snow-ice wrote:
...I believe puppy started to load. It is now stuck.
I'm making another one with a menu selection for this:
I think that might be what you need.
@Sage and others...
What's your take on himem support? Should I throw that in? and most importantly does it require a menu select also (I can do it)? I'm wondering if anyone knows of any instances of himem causing a problem booting, other than the mention in the comments of a tiny.exe problem (we aren't using that anyway).
I was considering adding it because my "flagship 75mhz box" won't boot, but now I just added it and it still won't boot. Maybe it's days are over
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Afraid I can't help. Never saw the wisdom of a Frugal install - might as well extract and use all the files as normal files; HD space is rarely an issue.
Never use multiboot, either - recipe for disaster. Either use caddies or a liveCD/USB fob/CF.
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Afraid I can't help. Never saw the wisdom of a Frugal install...
I was begging your advice on hardware as it relates to himem, install type had nothing to do with my inquiry.
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Time to leave 'doze behind.
we're using FreeDOS
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I prefer DRDOS - still the best if you use the third party updates. You can check memory with <memtest>, although you can bypass the himem test either by writing it out with a switch in your config.sys or using a keypress at start up. I forget the details - been a while since I confronted those issues. Easier to swap memory strips. I've got boxloads to choose from. Don't forget, in the olden dayes, there were always compatibility issues between different strips. And don't forget that 'double-sided' does NOT refer to chips being on both sides of the pcb!
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...compatibility issues between different strips...
it booted before. perhaps i used one of my other two boot images. tried with both himem and without it. thanks for the config switches. even went so far as to manually add and remove himem driver. no luck either way. betting on physical problem.
as far as i made it today is here (hope to get "snow-ice" going with choice #3 [LOTS of new menu choices])..
file is here now:
*removed himem, it sucked. my machine wouldn't boot with it in there. turned out the be the CD ROM was the problem and I was just grasping at straws.
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You're in luck! Barry has just announced a new wakeup call:
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I put the first one that john posted. It looks like its a "work in progress" though!
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How to run Puppy on 75mhz with 40 megs of EDO RAM
Maybe should have called this Dingo Puppy.
Lobster your thoughts needed here....Puppy Dingo...very Aussie
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Talking of lo-end HW, I have just acquired one of those PCChips-from-h*ll TXPro jobbies with a kitchen sink mounted next to the chipset.
Stuffed a Cx333 (first thing that came to hand) in it and 64Mb of SDRAM. Had to drop the on-board memory from 8Mb to 4Mb and it started up OK from liveCD only. Network + Dillo was instantly active. Video was grisly and I gave up waiting for Seamonster. Adding another 64Mb strip cured everything, esp. as it was possible to raise the shared video to 8Mb. Have lost the incentive to try the miserable little AMR modem - suspect I know the answer. Next trick will be to try it with a P75 and a modicum of swap space. Thing that was most surprising was that, with adequate memory, Puppy performs almost as well on this abomination as on state-of-the-art kit. Why this Forum should attract so many young stags with go-faster-striped boxes defies the imagination.
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...with more devastating results than even I expected. Adding an old 210 HD dedicated as swap virtually killed off any performance this old crock ever had. From the off, I could hear the HD rattle into action, when it would've been totally unnecessary without it. The slowing down was immediately apparent and this continued throughout boot up and running apps.
I've been warning about judicial use of swap space for more than a year, against a pile of alternative bad advice. So here we have it. The same sort of things that happen with 'doze happen in Linux - one sniff of swap and the system will use it with terrible consequences. Keep it very small and only use it when system resources are, in a nut shell, inadequate without it. Layering on tons of the stuff is a thoroughly bad idea.
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I'm still trying here. I am havig trouble getting windows to preload one of the files from the cd. Before it fully loads, the computer stops loading from the cd. I have done many reloads of windows. If I format the hdd, can I load puppy directly to the hdd. When I tried this, I had no cd drive support. Can I load a driver to similar to the one on the win98 start disk to drive the cd drive?
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Subject description: VGA-settings can not be set in file linld\puppy.lin, it has to be set on linld's commandline
John Doe said on Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:47 pm:
Here is wakepup2 tuned up. I fixed up the command line limit by writting all the boot options to a file at linld/puppy.lin dynamically. Also added a second menu for pfix ram and nox options (all possibilites).
*edit-no longer true ->All changes where in autoexec.bat
Do not be concerned with the contents of linld/puppy.lin. It is only there so it doesn't error when deleted.
I also changed the messaged displayed at runtime to say version 0.3, so people would know. I kept the 2 on the file name so the scripts that call it won't need changed.
Unfourtunatly linld doesn't work with vga= option in a file, it has to be on the commandline, preferably before the cl= option.
If last lines in AutoExec.BAT reads
LINLD.COM image=%drv%\vmlinuz initrd=%drv%\initrd.gz %vga% cl=@linld\puppy.lin
goto end
it will work much better! (Notice the
on the command line.)
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Subject description: Error: 'Linld v 0.97 can't open kernel file'
snow-ice wrote:
I am trying to install puppy on an IBM 166mhz, 48 mb ram. I am using wakepup and tried versions puppy versions 2.14 and 2.16. Everything with wakepup works good until I come to this error. (Linld v 0.97 cant't open kernel file) then the A prompt. This is my first linux attempt and if I can get this to work, I'll dump the MS evil empires software on all 5 computers in the house. I will try ubuntu on the newer boxes but I hope pup can save this old laptop. Thanks All.
I'm fiddlin with a ibm 380 ED p150 32 megs a ram. Supposed to be non bootable from cd but ended up bootin win 98 & gparted live cd (though it hung & didn't fully open).
Tried out a buncha 2x variant pups & no boot. Then tried out a buncha 2Xs with a wake floppy, again no boot & gave up that day.
Then tried out a wake floppy (outa 2.17) with pup vers 2.01 & outa the blue, booted to a start screen but with poor graphics & was very slow (couldn't use gparted). Ram's in the mail so I'll have ~ 80 megs total & see what happens then.
Bottom line is with the current setup, the only boot I got with a wake floppy was with pup vers 2.01. The wake floppy didn't even recognize the other 2x variants I tried (no pup
files found). Might try 2.01
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algotr wrote:
it will work much better! (Notice the
on the command line.)
yes, i see what you have done.
i'll test that out and work it into the next version.
i'm going to work out a hardware driver menu tonight.
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Not sure what the deal is here anymore but wake floppy boots 2x pup vers to a start screen on my ibm 380 ed lap p166mmx with 32 megs ram. So figure you should be able to do the same with yours If not ~ better with 48 megs a ram.
Barely ran (& booted sloow) then & don't remember if I was able to add a swap partition at the time, but once I maxed out the ram to 80 megs (~20 bucks), I'm able to run recent 2x variants live cd half decent.with a 160 meg swap partition & a save file to HD..
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Monday, 3 August 2009
Fused and confused
English people often ask me whether Lantana's menu is Australian and I don't really know how to answer them. I am Australian, our chef is Australian and the food on our menu is very typical of the food you find in cafes in Australia. But what is Australian cuisine?
In countries like Italy, France, India and China, cooking is a cultural institution where recipes are passed down from generation to generation and remain authentic and virtually unaltered for hundreds of years. This is not the case in Australia, or at least not in my family, where I was fed a varied diet of spaghetti bolognese, stir fries, and curries as my mother and father experimented with new recipes that they were learning from cookbooks and magazines rather than their mothers.
The Australian diet has constantly evolved in response to the arrival of different migrant groups: the British followed by the Chinese, Italians, Vietnamese, Greeks, Turkish, Indians, Thais and so on. The cuisines of our migrants met the same fate as the migrants themselves; thrown into the soup pot called Australian multiculturalism and confidently blended together. One of the legacies of this assimilation immigration policy is Australian cuisine.
Today, breakfast at a café in Australia could include miso porridge, a scrambled egg burrito, french toast with labne and orange blossom syrup or toasted pide with vegemite. Chefs and food writers created the label 'fusion cuisine' to describe this eclectic approach to cooking which, while well intended, can sometimes be more confused than fused.
The finest exemplar of Australia's confusion cuisine is the chiko roll where we took a centuries old dish, the Chinese egg roll, and gave it the assimilation treatment. The result?
A greasy deep-fried chewy spring roll filled with mushy vegetables and mutton that has become a national icon; immortalized in the movie Puberty Blues where a surfer tells his girlfriend to "Get me a chiko roll…and don't take any bites on the way back".
Which brings me back to the summer menu at Lantana. I think the best way to describe it is Australian multicultural confusion cuisine at its most delicious.
Brioche french toast w caramelised plums and berries served w pistachio ricotta
Grilled haloumi, mushrooms with herb pesto, poached egg, sautéed spinach, and roast tomatoes served w sourdough toast
Thai beef salad
But perhaps the most quintessentially Australian item on the menu is the steak sandwich with sliced beetroot. I don't know whether you'd call that fusion cuisine or just pure genius.
19 comments:
- catty said...
Whatever the cuisine, i LOVE Lantana. In fact, am going there for brekky tomorrow - see you then! :)
- 3 August 2009 at 13:44
- Gregory said...
As a fellow countrymen, I remember the "aussie works" style burger with bacon, cheese, pineapple, egg and beetroot.
Rarely seen anywhere else on the planet......... probably for good reason too.
- 3 August 2009 at 14:21
- Caitlin Ryan said...
I'm coming in for lunch today with a horrible hangover - I am definitely having steak sandwich with beetroot.
- 7 August 2009 at 04:09
- mathew said...
I had the pleasure of spending a couple of weeks down under in november, and was truly impressed by quality of this confused Australian food (barring the few nights we spent in redneck and deep in the outback towns). In addition to the influence of the immigrant communities, they say it has a lot to do with great fresh produce from the farms and sea. Hmmm...those Barramundi cod were fantastic!
Steak & beetroot sounds like a fantastic combo.
- 11 August 2009 at 05:33
Hey Shelagh
Hope the brioche french toast is still on the menu when we get there next month. Lester, Alexis and I in London for a few days last week of Sept. Staying not far from you in Bloomsbury.
Also thought you'd like this comment from my friend Ros who was in L recently and tried the Lantana fare ...
"oh and your friends coffee shop in london is going off -- packed and talked about"
- 11 August 2009 at 20:32
- Chew said...
Don't forget to wash that Chiko roll down with an ice cold Big M!
- 13 August 2009 at 03:49
- catty said...
Hey Lantana! I normally love you to bits but... I went there on Saturday (I made my hungry friend wait past breakfast and well into lunch time) so that I could try your steak sandwich but... you don't serve that on weekends. Why? WHY? I wish you would :(
- 17 August 2009 at 13:30
- Mowielicious said...
Hey Shelagh! How's it going? It's been ages since I've been to Lantana, but now that you've added these beauties to the menu, I'm going to have to visit soon! P.S: If you ever need photos of your food, let me know, it's what I do now - take a look at my blog if you're interested. See you soon, Mowie x
- 18 August 2009 at 12:02
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- 19 August 2009 at 09:34
- Tell your truth said...
Oh Chiko, one of the greats :)
Great entry and explanation on Australian fusion. Feel so lucky to be Australian and experience all those cusines, somehow feels less food ignorant!
- 19 August 2009 at 13:12
- Shelagh Ryan said...
Hi Catty, The omission of the steak sandwich on the Saturday brunch menu was actually a mistake which you will be happy to hear has now been corrected.
- 23 August 2009 at 13:04
- Shelagh Ryan said...
Thanks Chew, I had forgotten about those quality Big M ads. But nothing can quench an Aussie thirst like a solo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWsez482rgQ&NR=1
- 23 August 2009 at 13:44
- Shelagh Ryan said...
Hi Pia, great news that you will be coming to London with the family. Look forward to seeing you soon. x
- 23 August 2009 at 13:45
- bigdaddy said...
Are you going to introduce Chiko Rolls? I'm ready!
- 28 August 2009 at 01:10
- Geoff said...
Wow new menu food looks great....re. the steak sandwich it's funny cos here in NZ we put beetroot in our burgers...e.g. McDonald's NZ does the 'kiwiburger'...it's 'kiwi' ingredients being egg and beetroot....is this an Oz thing as well? p.s congrats on the nomination!! Giff
- 7 September 2009 at 21:37
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- A Curiuos Foodie said...
Growing up in Sydney, at Cronulla, home of Puberty Blues, I remember with horror the chicco rolls. But I also remember visiting Chinatown in Sydney in the 70's with on of my dads Chinese mates, and sitting down in a shabby cafe , with flyspotted walls and cracked laminated tables, and having the best food of my life. I was stunned.
I've been trying to recreate that experiance ever since
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Professor of English and poet Marc Hudson and four students from his advanced poetry course celebrated the last day of National Poetry Month with a visit to Crawfordsville's Carnegie Museum on Saturday.
More than 80 local residents and students from elementary schools and all three county high schools attended this first-ever "Poetry Day" at the museum, enjoying the chance to hear poetry read aloud and to try their own hands at writing poems of their own.
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Today, Ubisoft has announced that Might and Magic Heroes VI (anyone else remember when the series was called Heroes of Might and Magic?), the most recent game set in the Might and Magic universe, is receiving a second adventure pack titled Might and Magic Heroes VI Danse Macabre. In addition to this expansion, Ubisoft is also releasing Might and Magic Heroes VI Gold Edition, which includes the game and both adventure packs. Both will be available for Windows PC's on September 28th, 2012.
Might and Magic VI Danse Macabre is said to add 10 hours of gameplay to the campaign. The adventure pack will also feature an artifact set, a unique building, new heroes, and a new pet. The Gold Edition, in addition to the game and two expansions, will also have an exclusive map that will allow players to take part in the succession wars on the original Might and Magic world of Enroth (i.e. you get to play some of the events of Heroes of Might and Magic III, only much prettier).
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I sit in the newsroom and reflect on the 200-something stories I've written this year.
Christmas songs play on the radio, which only picks up one station.
I hear the clicks on keyboards from reporters typing holiday stories about recycled Christmas decorations, a food drive, a Santa truck, embroidered ornaments.
I stand on the porch with six homeless men.
They're chatting, smoking cigarettes, picking on the youngest guy in the group about his rapping skills.
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Ten men are staying in a home on Trestle Lane, part of Lancaster's old mill hill. They're in a 90-day program organized by the nonprofit Citadel House, and they're trying to get back on their feet.
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Ernest Finney, former chief justice of the S.C. Supreme Court, died Sunday at his home in Columbia. He was 86.
Finney, a Virginia native, was a hero in the state's judicial community, a well-known legislator and accomplished civil-rights attorney. He broke racial barriers throughout his life, becoming a Supreme Court justice in 1985 and chief justice in 1994, the first African-American to hold those positions since Reconstruction.
Editor's note: This occasional column takes you behind the scenes with Hannah Strong, who has been reporting for a little more than a year.
My grandma Reba Bruton used to get up from our Christmas present-opening time to grab the white Walmart bags.
Inside were her three granddaughters' presents.
She gave these same – but different – presents to all of us each year.
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A 44-year-old Lancaster man was accused of trying to break in on his estranged wife, screaming that he would dismember her and a fellow she was with. He had arrived with a .38 revolver, a knife, an axe, a metal baton and a set of throwing knives, according to the incident report.
In the 11th graph, the suspect told the arresting deputy: "I could have come over here with my AK-47 and AR-15 and… nobody would have had a chance."
On Monday, Oct. 16, Linda Blackmon called this newspaper and asked to speak to Publisher Susan Rowell, my boss. It was the morning after my column about the new Lancaster City Council member taking a vote that clearly violated state ethics law.
Susan wasn't in, so Blackmon asked to speak to me. When I answered, she identified herself cordially and said she wanted to come by the newspaper later that day to talk to me and reporter Mark Manicone, who had been writing news articles about her.
Fine, I said. When would you like to come?
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The bench outside the Lancaster County Courthouse lets me see who's coming in and going out.
It's a summer afternoon in August 2016 and I wait – impatiently.
There's a private hearing going on inside that I can't legally witness.
I finally see who I'm looking for after a 30-minute wait.
I recognize her big, blonde hair from an online photo.
It has been a whiplashing few weeks in the drama of Linda Blackmon's return to the Lancaster City Council.
Just before she took the oath Oct. 1, a house that she owns burned, and she postulated that it was an assassination attempt to keep her out of office.
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Yet here I am, with all of the above turning out to be true.
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I currently live in Columbia and commute to Lancaster. But I have bought a house in Lancaster's Erwin Farm neighborhood and will be closing on the sale today.
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Editor's note: Susan Rowell last week became president of the National Newspaper Association, which represents community newspapers nationwide. Here are excerpts of her acceptance speech at the NNA's annual convention in Tulsa, Okla.
I am beyond honored to join this group of individuals who have led the National Newspaper Association to where we are today. Over 2,000 members strong, representing communities from the East Coast to the West Coast.
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