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As announced last March, we have with us the All-In-One (AIO) MSI 24GE 2QE, a model that will replace the AG240 with some changes beyond a graphics card update.
Equipped with an Intel Core i7 4720HQ (4 cores / 8 threads) processor at 2.60 / 3.60 GHz and with Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M (2GB GDDR5) dedicated graphics, it also has 16 GB of RAM DDR3 1600 MHz memory and a combination of 256GB SSD and 1TB HDD. The image quality is already taken care of with an excellent Full HD IPS screen 23.6" (touchscreen feature optional) in dimensions of 583.6 x 434.3 x 32.4 mm and weighing less than 10 kg.
Before starting the review, we thank MSI for their trust in Pcgamerhome by sending us this 24GE 2QE for review. Let's begin!
The MSI 24GE 2QE AIO is a sturdy model with a gaming design that combines black with red details, the known trademark of the MSI Gaming family. With dimensions of 583.6 x 434.3 x 32.4 mm and a weight of 8,417 KG (they reduced by 1 kg the previous model), it could be perfect for those seeking a combination between desktop and laptop computer by getting the best of both worlds: a large screen and some portability.
At the top we found a sticker that informed us of some of its technologies and beside it, a 2 megapixel webcam and a stereo microphone.
The bottom edge has the MSI logo and the MSI Gaming Series logo with the known dragon trademark. In the lower right corner we also found the Intel and Nvidia stickers indicating the integrated hardware.
Also, as indicated by the sticker on the front, the 24GE 2QE has a thickness of 32.4 mm, base not included, which makes it quite slim to incorporate the hardware behind the screen. On the left side we found part of the connectivity slots, as we will discuss below in more detail, while on the right side we found the DVD burner and Blu-Ray reader optical drive.
Thus we have a power button, a LED IPSs system, a button to switch between the PC image and the HDMI input and the typical screen controls. At the side we found the SD / MMC / MS card reader and two USB 3.0 ports, an improvement compared to the 2.0 from the previous version.
On the back side we found several barred areas for proper ventilation and a sturdy hinged leg which keeps the 24GE 2QE without extra support, but you can remove it to use a VESA wall mount.
Behind the leg we found the other connectivity slots available. From left to right we found the power connector, an HDMI input for any external image source, 2 USB 3.0 ports, an HDMI output if you want to use a second screen, another USB 2.0 port, the RJ-45 connector for Ethernet network and the usual 3.5 mm jacks for headphones and microphone.
We have already taken a look pass into the AIO, but if we go beyond by removing the back cover it becomes an odyssey, given the full integration of the components.
The 24GE 2QE has the Windows 8.1 operating system pre-installed, an introduced option in virtually all modern computers.
With a Full HD (1920 x 1080) 23.6-inch panel, we got a very good image definition with good colors and good viewing angles since it's IPS.
Using the CPU-Z software, we checked how it has an Intel Core i7 4720HQ Haswell processor manufactured in 22 nm. It has 4 cores and 8 threads, 6MB of L3 cache and a frequency of 2.60 GHz, amounting to 3.60 GHz (Turbo Boost). It scores a maximum TDP of 47W, which is adequate for its features, and includes HD 4600 integrated graphics, but we will use it only for desktop and office tasks.
We also found the specifications of the MS-AE6B1 motherboard, manufactured obviously by MSI, and the 2 Hyundai RAM DDR3 modules of 16GB at 1600 MHz CL11.
In addition to the HD 4600 integrated graphics processor, it has the dedicated Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M graphics, based on the GM107 chip and made in 28 nm. Basically it is a GTX 860M since it is based on the same chip and also has 640 CUDA cores (16 ROPs, 40 TMUs), though these are at a frequency of 1097 MHz (against 1020 MHz from the previous model) and also it's combined with 2GB of GDDR5 memory at a frequency of 1253 MHz (5012 MHz effective) under a 128-bit bus, which provides a bandwidth of 80.2 GB/s, a pixel padding of 17.6 Gpixel/s and a texture fill of 43.9 GTexel/s.
Crystal Disk Info allowed us to verify that it has two Toshiba 128GB SSDs, each one combined in Raid 0, and a HGST 1TB mechanical hard drive. Through Crystal Disk Mark, we could analyze the performance of both. For the SSDs we got read/write speeds of 893/295 MB/s respectively, as expected from a Raid 0, while the traditional disk speed remains at 141/132 MB/s, which is usual for these units.
To all these benefits we must add an excellent network connectivity consisting of a Wi-Fi 802.11 ac from Intel, Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity, and a network Qualcomm Atheros Gigabit Ethernet E2205 Killer Gaming card. In addition, there's a 2 x 5 W stereo sound system, powered by Nahimic technology for great sharpness and power.
Let's look at some synthetic tests performed on the 24GE 2QE:
|3DMark 13 Fire Strike
|3945 points
|Unigine Heaven 4.0
|481 points
We have also run some game tests in the 24GE 2QE:
|Battlefield 4 (1080p Ultra)
|47.7 fps
|Thief (1080P Very high)
|26.8 fps
|Tomb Raider (1080P Ultra)
|48.1 fps
With a Full HD (1920 x 1080) setting and filters in "Ultra" level, we see how the power offered by the 24GE 2QE is adequate to run games above 60 FPS, while lowering the filter levels to "medium" or even "high", we can get good performance from virtually every title in the market.
The temperatures and loudness of the 24GE 2QE are pretty good considering that this is a gamer AIO. At an idle status, the fan is barely audible, maintaining temperatures of 47 ° C / 48 ° C for the CPU / GPU. Once we begin to overload it, the loudness increases without becoming annoying and it maintains temperatures of 83° C / 81 ° C for the CPU / GPU, all with an environment temperature of 26 ° C. These are good temperatures for such machines, and those similar to laptops, but we especially emphasize its low noise.
We also checked how much electric power it consumes, resulting in 47.9W at rest and 141.5W under load. On idle status it resembles many gaming laptops that we have previously reviewed, and in that sense it offers a larger screen, but where it really shines is under load, improving greatly its consumption against laptops already reviewed with similar hardware.
The MSI 24GE 2QE AIO offers good performance for players that are satisfied with 'average' configurations under a FullHD resolution with a wide 23.6 inches screen. As multimedia equipment it also meets and exceeds all expectations, as its screen lets you view movies from several meters in comfort and the speakers offer good volume and audio quality.
We can find the MSI 24GE 2QE already on sale in Spain for 1,599 euros for the version described here, except that it only includes a 128GB SSD. Of course, we must review the versions with the GTX 860M that still remain for sale, as they have the best price. Anyway, if we keep in mind that it is a complete computer, ready to start using it, the price is not too out there, even more so compared to laptops of a similar performance, but with a smaller screen. Yes, of course a desktop is a much cheaper option, but also more voluminous.
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Arkansas and Mississippi on Tuesday became the latest states to have same-sex marriage bans overturned by federal judges, but there are no rushes to the altar as both orders are on hold so the states can consider appeals.
Like several other states, Arkansas and Mississippi had constitutional amendments approved by voters in 2004 that defined marriage as between a man and a woman.
In Arkansas, U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker ruled in favor of two same-sex couples who had challenged the amendment. They argued that the ban violated the U.S. Constitution and discriminated based on sexual orientation.
"The fact that Amendment 83 was adopted by referendum does not immunize it from federal constitutional scrutiny," Baker wrote in her ruling.
Besides the amendment, Mississippi has a 1997 law that bans same-sex marriage.
But U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves wrote in his ruling, "The 14th Amendment operates to remove the blinders of inequality from our eyes. Though we cherish our traditional values, they must give way to constitutional wisdom. Mississippi's traditional beliefs about gay and lesbian citizens led it to defy that wisdom by taking away fundamental rights owed to every citizen. It is time to restore those rights.
"Today's decision may cause uneasiness and concern about the change it will bring," he wrote. "But '[t]hings change, people change, times change, and Mississippi changes, too.' The man who said these words, Ross R. Barnett Jr., knew firsthand their truth."
Barnett is an attorney and son of segregationist Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnett, who was in office from 1960 to 1964.
The ruling was similar in Arkansas.
Arkansas' marriage laws and the amendment to the state's constitution violate the U.S. Constitution by "precluding same-sex couples from exercising their fundamental right to marry in Arkansas, by not recognizing valid same-sex marriages from other states, and by discriminating on the basis of gender," Baker wrote.
Baker put the ruling on hold, anticipating an appeal to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in St. Louis.
Arkansas Atty. Gen. Dustin McDaniel, a Democrat, is reviewing the ruling and will consult with Atty. Gen.-elect Leslie Rutledge, a Republican, and decide after the Thanksgiving holiday whether to appeal, a McDaniel spokesman said.
Mississippi officials had already said they planned to appeal any ruling that overturned the law in their state.
Jack Wagoner, a lawyer for the Arkansas couples who had told the judge last week that same-sex marriage would eventually be legal nationwide, said he was pleased with Baker's decision.
"She's on the right side of history," Wagoner said. "It's pretty clear where history's heading on this issue."
Another lawyer, Cheryl Maples, said eyes would turn now to the Arkansas Supreme Court, which heard arguments last week in a similar but separate case.
"If the state Supreme Court strikes down on state constitutional issues, then it's gone as far as it can go," Maples said.
Justices are weighing whether to uphold a decision in May striking down the 2004 amendment and earlier state law as unconstitutional. The decision led to 541 same-sex couples getting married in the week before the state Supreme Court suspended the ruling.
Justices have not indicated when they will rule in that case.
Lawyers in McDaniel's office had argued in federal court that same-sex marriage was not a fundamental right guaranteed by the Constitution. McDaniel has said he personally supports allowing gay couples to marry but will stay in court defending the ban, which voters approved by a 3-1 margin.
Judges across the country have ruled against bans similar to Arkansas' since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act in June 2013, and same-sex marriage is now legal in most states in the U.S.
Chad Griffin, an Arkansas native who heads the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay rights group, praised the judge's ruling in the state.
"I am proud to be an Arkansan by birth, but I'll be even prouder when this shameful stain on the state constitution is erased once and for all," Griffin said in a statement.


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|The preamplifier is a solid state device built around the FirstWatt B1 Buffer preamplifier circuit. The B1 is a unity-gain, discrete buffer designed by the inimitable Nelson Pass at PassLabs, and discussed here on the DIYAudio forum.
|The case also contains Rod Elliot's high-quality Project 06 and Project 99 opamp-based phono preamplifier circuits, described below.
|This is the fourth preamplifier circuit that I have built, the third in this case. You can read about the third one here. This latest one is much improved over the others because it was designed by an audio Genius/Master/Guru, is discrete rather than opamp-based, and has a better power supply (isolated bridges and high-quality serial regulators). It sounds significantly better.
|The preamplifier is housed in a 1U rack case. The front of the preamplifier has an on/off switch, a blue LED indicator light, a balance and volume control, and an input selector switch.
|On the back, five sets of inputs are included, from left to right: Phono, Aux, Tuner, Tape Play, and CD. A set of Tape Out (record) jacks are included as well (see below). Two identical sets of output jacks (Amp Out) are also provided, one for the power amplifier, and the other for the subwoofer amplifier. All of the inputs and outputs are gold-plated RCA jacks.
|I no longer use my cassette tape deck, so I converted the Tape Out jacks to directly feed the signal from the selector switch to the Gilmore headphone amplifier (by removing the step-down resistors). Because the Tape Out jacks take their feed directly from the selector switch, the preamplifier does not need to be turned on when the headphone amplifier is used, except when using with the turntable, because the phono preamplifier requires power from the preamplifier power supply.
|Also on the back are a standard mains power connector and a 1 A fuse case on the right side, and a ground connector for the turntable next to the Phono input jacks.
|Inside the preamplifier case, the photo above shows the following, from left to right:
|The picture below labels the various components (click to enlarge):
|A Grayhill 6-position/2-pole rotary selector switch is used to control the inputs, and it is connected to the front-panel knob with an aluminum shaft. A high-quality 25 KOhm Noble potentiometer is used for the volume control, and the balance control is a high-quality conductive-plastic pot. Both the volume and balance controls use a simple divider /shunt design and are not in the signal path.
|AC Mains Circuits
|The hot AC mains lead is routed with 18 AWG stranded wire from the receptacle on the back panel (in the upper left corner of the above photo), to the front panel rocker switch, back through the 1 A fuse case on the back panel, and into the mains filter board. The ground from the receptacle is attached to a chassis ground point immediately to the left of the mains filter board, with a brass bolt, washer, and nut assembly, attached directly to the case bottom panel.
|The mains filter is built on a small, L-shaped piece of perf-board, and was designed to remove noise above about 27 KHz from the AC current. The filter uses two thin, yellow 130 VAC MOVs and two black, boxy, 100 nF X2/Y metallized film capacitors across the mains; two fat, yellow 2.2 nF Y2/X1 ceramic capacitors, one from hot to ground, and the other from neutral to ground; and two 470 KOhm resistors also across the mains. A 16 mH, 2.6 A, common-mode choke (the square, black box labeled TRIAD) is included in-line with both the hot and neutral lines to eliminate common-mode noise from the current. The large, low-voltage, high ripple-current, 12,000 uF electrolytic capacitor, protected by two opposite-oriented, high-current diodes, forms a "DC Trap" that eliminates an annoying 60 Hz buzz from the transformer that is caused by stray DC current in the AC mains. The ground wire from the filter is attached to the chassis ground bolt.
|The mains filter feeds a Plitron 15 VA toroidal transformer with two 15 VAC secondaries. The secondaries are not combined at this point to form the 0 V reference ground; the reference ground is created after the rectifying and smoothing circuits. The secondaries are routed separately to the adjacent dual rectifying circuits.
|The secondaries are rectified individually, each with a separate diode bridge. Each bridge consists of four, OnSemi MSR860, 600 V, 8 A, soft-recovery diodes. The diode bridges are behind the shielding for the AC mains area in order to isolate them from the power supply and B1 buffer circuit boards, as described below.
|The AC mains filter, transformer, and diode bridges are isolated from the power supply board and the sensitive preamplifier and phono circuits by a galvanized steel shield. The shield is electrically connected to the top, sides, and bottom of the case, thereby creating a "Faraday Cage" that shunts any noise emitted by the AC components and the diodes to the chassis ground so they do not effect the signal.
|Power Supply
|The power supply board, shown in the above photo, is a linear regulated power supply that uses two sets of regulators in series to drop the voltage to +/- 10 VDC. The schematic is shown below. Each diode bridge feeds a separate smoothing circuit composed of two 2,200 uF Panasonic FC series electrolytic caps separated by an in-line 10 ohm resistor, followed by a 100 nF polypropylene capacitor. The smoothing circuit is in turn followed by two regulator circuits in series. The first regulator circuit consists an LT-1086 variable voltage regulator, and a 100 uF FC series electrolytic capacitor, and it drops the voltage from about 24 VDC to about 16 VDC. The second circuit consists an LT-1086 variable voltage regulator, and a 100 nF polypropylene capacitor, and it drops the voltage from 16 VDC to 10 VDC (9.978 VDC, to be exact). The second regulator circuit is followed with a 10 uF FC series electrolytic cap and a protection diode. Protection diodes are also included around the regulators. The 100 uF electrolytic capacitor between the two regulator circuits keeps the power supply from oscillating, as I found out the hard way.
|The (+) output of one of the smoothing/regulator circuits is combined with the (-) output of the other to form a common 0 VDC reference that connects to the star ground point. The other outputs from the two circuits form the +10 VDC and -10 VDC rails. The power supply gives a steady, very quiet supply, as shown here by my oscilloscope tests.
|Preamplifier Circuits
|The preamplifier circuit board is shown in the picture below. The preamplifier receives the signal from the rotary switch and handles the volume and balance controls.
|The preamplifier board is based on the FirstWatt B1 Buffer schematic found here. The B1 is a discrete design that uses 2SK170 transistors. I used the dual-supply, "capacitor-less" version developed by one of the posters in the B1 thread on the DIYAudio PassLabs forum. I used a +/- 10 VDC power supply because this was rumored to provide the best sound. The 2SK170 transistors were carefully matched for identical Idss (7.8).
|I designed the PCB layout myself (shown below) in the old Eagle freeware program, and I tried to keep the transistors as close to each other and thier related resistors as possible, and to keep the power leads separate and isolated, and to generally keep the signal path as short as possible. I also added 10 uF electrolytic and 100 nF ceramic bypass capacitors on the supply rails as close to the preamplifier circuit as was feasible. The ground connctions for the bypass cpacitors are independant of the main circuit ground, and are run separately to the star ground point. I didn't use a ground plane.
|The design uses no capacitors (or servo) to control DC offset, and the two channels measure variably between 0 and 0.4 mA DC at the output. This poses no problem, because the amplifier has an imput capacitor to filter this out. The B1 has unity-gain, which means that I must turn up the volume a little bit more for the same sound level that I got with the OPA627-based preamplifier circuit (10 o'clock with the old cicuit is the same as about 11:30 with the B1) But I still have plenty of room to spare.
|The combined RIAA phono circuit (ESP Project 06) and subsonic filter (Project 99) circuit board lies along the left side of the case as shown in the picture higher in the page, and as shown in the above picture. The phono preamplifier (left half) uses LM4562 opamps, and it makes my old records sound as good as, and in many cases much better than, the CDs. The subsonic filter (right half) uses a bank of 150 nF polypropylene capacitors and OPA2134 opamps to eliminate frequencies below 17 Hz.
|The phono preamplifier is designed to use +/- 15 VDC rails, however, because the B1 Buffer circuit is using +/- 10 VDC rails, the phono circuits were forced to use the same rails. Fortunately, the opamps are fine with operating at low voltages (such as +/- 4.5 VDC in portable headphone amplifiers), and I don't notice any decrease in quality from the +/- 10 VDC rails.
|A star-ground configuration is used. Signal grounds from the input jacks are collected for each channel at the rotary switch and run to the floating star point (located between the power supply board and the front panel), fed beneath the boards to keep the ground wires as close to the signal paths as possible. All power supply and ground wires are carefully bundled to prevent any open loops. Because the chassis is attached to the mains ground, the floating star point is not grounded to the chassis, and there is no perceptible hum in the output.
|The phono board and the preamplifier board each have two independent circuit grounds. The regular circuit grounds go from the boards to the star point, and the grounds from all rail bypass caps on the boards are kept separate from the circuit grounds, and are routed separately to the star point. The signal grounds are not connected to either board, but are routed directly beneath each board to the star ground point. All ground wires are tightly bundled with the power supply wires when possible to eliminate ground loops.
|Muting Circuit
|The output from the preamplifier board goes to a mute circuit near the output jacks, shown in both above photos. The mute circuit uses a direct AC feed from one of the transformer secondaries, and rectifies it to 12 VDC on the mute board. The DC is used to power the mute circuit, and to power the blue indicator light on the front panel, thereby keeping these circuits separate from the signal circuits. The mute circuit is an adaptation of the soft-start circuit originally published as ESP Project 39, before the circuit was modified for the pre-made PCBs. The circuit provides a half-second delay before energizing a small relay that disconnects the preamplifier output from ground.
|After the signal leaves the relay, it is split into two, and each split passes through a 100 ohm resistor before connecting to the RCA jacks. The 100 ohm resistors isolate the two outputs from the preamplifier circuit, and from each other, so the two amplifiers that are connected to the preamplifier can't "see" each other, and don't interfere with each other. Without the resistors, the two amplifier inputs would be connected directly together.
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FPA – no degree, no membership | Money Management
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has lifted the bar on membership, requiring that from July 2013 membership only be open to new members with an approved degree.
Frankly, this has been coming for a while now, and certainly represents the correct approach in moving the industry away from the shonky salesman image to something more professionally aligned with accountants or lawyers.
Unfortunately, it is not a mandatory requirement that those providing financial advice be part of the FPA, but hopefully the value add for client's will convince more advisers to attain the necessary qualifications and join up.
Interesting times ahead.
In related news, ASIC is also considering whether the current level of skills competency, know as RG146, is adequate for new planners coming into the industry.
Association of Financial Planners (AFA) chief Richard Klipin agreed the current entry standards for the industry were "too low".
"Collectively, the industry needs to, with the regulator, set the framework and lift standards and therefore lift the professionalism and experience within the industry."
via FPA – no degree, no membership | Money Management.


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Summer is more than half over! The staff at Regulator Bookshop in Durham deliver our fifth reading list of the summer. Enjoy!
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Recommended by Tonie Lilley
Diana, a hereditary witch who's always denied her heritage, discovers that relations between witches, vampires and humans are more complicated than she previously thought. Diana meets Mathew, a geneticist who's also a vampire, when they're both drawn to an ancient enchanted manuscript. A Discovery of Witches sweeps you up in Diana's tumultuous relationship with Matthew. This engrossing fantasy will leave you in breathless anticipation of the sequel.
The Snowman by Jo Nesbo
Recommended by David Felton
Norway has never had a serial killer, until now. Detective Harry Hole, a classic, troubled anti-hero, is the man who must hunt this killer. Nesbo sets the tension high early as he turns a benign symbol of childhood fun, the snowman, into a menacing harbinger of evil. After this opening twist we are kept uncomfortable the rest of the way as we follow Harry down the nightmare path he must follow to find out who the snowman is. Fans of Mankell's Kurt Wallender and Connelly's Harry Bosch will enjoy getting to know this dark detective.
Never Let Me Go by Kazou Ishiguro
Recommended by Jaimee Hills
It's difficult to tell this is a science fiction novel. But this very authentic, observant narrator details her childhood in a boarding school for special children who have been raised as a kind of social experiment in the British countryside. They collect clues, whisper in corners, have love interests and grow up-discovering the truth about themselves and about what it means to be human. The narrative follows three friends Kathy, Tommy, and Ruth through their boarding school upbringing-as we slowly discover the subtle, yet distinct difference between their world and ours.
Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Recommended by Elizabeth Maillard
Karou leads two lives. In one she is an art student in Prague. In the other, she is the errand runner/adopted daughter of Brimstone, a demon who trades wishes for teeth. But when angels attack and burn the portal that connects Karou to Brimstone, she is set on a path that will change everything she's ever known. I LOVED this book! Sooo amazing! (except now I'm scared of teeth.)
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Recommended by Cassie Lilley
In this book, a sixth grader, Miranda believes she knows everything about how to live, until mysterious things start happening. Her best friend Sal, stops talking to her, her apartment key disappears, and an anonymous note arrives for her. Throughout the book more letters arrive, and it seems that whoever is sending the letters, knows of events that haven't happened yet. The letters leave her to believe that she can prevent a murder, if only she knew how. I highly recommend this original, witty book.
Zombie, Spaceship, Wasteland by Patton Oswalt
Recommended by Cade Carlson
Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt's first collection of rants, essays, short stories, wine labels, and even a comic exhibit his trademark dark vulgar humor with the literary tambour that he has become known for in his stand-up performances! To quote a wine label: "Heathaze" Pinot Grigio, $10. "Asphalt, licorice, and tobacco over a confused bed of summer squash. A mouse died in one of the barrels. Is that where your glass came from?" Truly a diamond in a 'Jeff Foxworthy' rough!
The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler
Recommended by Tonie Lilley
High school students Emma and Josh log onto Facebook after school, but the year in 1996, most teens aren't on the Internet and Facebook doesn't even exist yet! The pair realizes they're getting a glimpse 15 years into the future. Emma tries hard to disrupt her future life, while Josh wants to preserve his. Their minor actions in the present ripple out to affect their future Facebook profiles. This is a fast-paced book with a fun look back at life before Facebook.
The Regulator Bookshop is located just two blocks from Duke University, serving a metropolitan area that is off the charts in PhD's per capita. Over the last few years, we have had great success with appearances by writers of literary fiction, quality mysteries, and African-American authors. Not surprisingly, we have a great audience for a wide range of nonfiction writers as well, bringing in crowds in the hundreds. Science gets our serious attention too – we've had large events for Brian Greene, Oliver Sacks, and James Gleick. No do very well by the area's local authors too, including, Reynolds Price, Charles Frazier, Lee Smith, Clyde Edgerton, Allan Gurganus, Kaye Gibbons, and Margaret Maron.
The Regulator has a wonderful in-store space for events. We can open up the entire lower floor of our 8,000 square foot store, making a private space that can seat over 100 people, with standing room for that many again. We've had great success taking larger events offsite, and have access to halls that seat 400, 600, and event 1,500 people. We have also done well holding events on the Duke University campus, partnering with Duke departments and student organizations.
We enjoy our work and after 35 years we feel we've gotten pretty darned good at it.
The Regulator Bookshop
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The memoir begins in 1912 in rural Mississippi, where Richard Wright, the author and main character, lives with his brother, mother, and father. Richard nearly burns down their house one day, at the age of four, out of boredom, and his mother and father beat him mercilessly with a switch. Soon after, they relocate to Memphis, where Richard's father abandons the family. Richard's mother begins working in white kitchens to support Richard and his brother, but she cannot make enough money, and both boys are sent to an orphanage in Memphis run by a kind woman named Miss Simon. Although Miss Simon takes a liking to Richard, Richard hates life in the orphanage, and he will not accept money from his father to stave off his immense hunger.
Richard's mother eventually moves the boys back and forth between her mother's (Granny's) house, in Jackson, Mississippi, and her sister Maggie's house in Arkansas. Maggie's husband, Hoskins, a prosperous tavern owner, is lynched by whites while Richard's family lives with them, and, later, Richard's mother succumbs to a stroke and nearly dies. Richard settles into life with Granny in Jackson, and his brother is sent to live with Maggie in Detroit. Richard resents Granny's overbearing methods of parenting, and her insistence on Christian dogma, and begins his schooling in Jackson, reading as many books as he can afford. He also begins writing stories, which baffle his classmates and family members, including Addie, his aunt and schoolteacher.
Richard works a series of odd jobs in the summer and before school, to buy more food for himself and purchase novels. Although his schooling has been frequently interrupted, he does well in sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth grades, and is named the valedictorian of his ninth-grade class. The principal of the school provides him with a speech he is to read before a mixed black and white audience, but Richard, believing he ought to deliver his own speech, does so, enraging the principal and costing himself a teaching job in the Jackson public school system. By the age of seventeen, Richard resolves that the only way he can live freely is to move northward, and he attempts to make enough money to move first to Memphis, then to Chicago.
Richard has trouble submitting to white authority in the workplace, but his friend Griggs, a schoolmate, convinces Richard that he must be almost theatrically polite to white people if he wants to hold down a job. Griggs recommends Richard for an assistant position at an optometry shop in Jackson, run by a benevolent northerner named Crane. But Richard is chased out of the job after being intimidated and threatened by Pease and Reynolds, two of Crane's racist white assistants. Richard works in a hotel—despite the fear that white patrons might harm him, if they believe he is consorting with the white prostitutes who use the hotel as a brothel—and later as a ticket-taker at a movie theater. At the latter, he colludes with two other African American employees to defraud the owner of ticket sales, thus earning enough money to leave Jackson in the night and move to Memphis.
There, Richard rents a room with Mrs. Moss, whose daughter, Bess, wants to marry Richard. But Richard demurs and takes a new job at another optometry shop, where he befriends other African American men who work in the building, including Shorty, an elevator operator. Richard saves money in Memphis and begins reading a great deal, after securing a library card from a sympathetic white man named Falk. Richard's mother, brother, and Aunt Maggie move back to Memphis to be with him, and they decide to make a clean break for Chicago together. Richard ends the memoir by stating that, although novels and the act of writing, along with his life experience, have helped him to develop as a man, he will always keep a part of the South with him in Chicago. Richard hopes that he may live a freer and more rewarding life in the North.


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Garden of Dreams' Giving Program
Marc Rovner, Attorney
Attorney Marc Rovner is an East Rockaway, New York, native who serves as general counsel and director of business development for BETA Abstract. An award-winning attorney, Marc Rovner won a client distinction award from Lawyers.com in 2015. In addition to his work, he enjoys giving to charitable causes such as Garden of Dreams.
A New York-based nonprofit organization, Garden of Dreams partners with Madison Square Garden and MSG Networks, Inc., to enrich the lives of children facing health and societal obstacles. By partnering with 28 community organizations in the tristate area, the foundation is able to develop numerous programs to brighten the lives of children every year. One of those is the Giving program, which was launched in 2015 to offer scholarships and financial support for community projects.
Each year, the foundation awards 12 renewable $10,000 Inspire Scholarships to high school seniors. To date, the Giving program has supported four completed community partner projects, including the creation of a video and audio recording studio at Children's Village and an upgrade to Maria Fareri Children's Hospital's emergency department.
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I'm wondering if a quantum particle, such as an electron, can have a "world-line" given that it is not localized, but "spread out" so that it has no definite location before it's measured.
Einstein said, that you don't understand something, unless you can explain it to a six year old. Unfortunately Quantum Mechanics hasn't found any six year old smart enough yet ;-)
What would be the purpose of explaining quantum mechanics to a six year old? To punish him? To bore him to death? Anyway, by the time he was 20, and in college, he would realize much of what you told him was incorrect.
Notice, the DeBroglie approach got zero votes
Physics isn't done by voting, it isn't a democratic process.


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Boutique Raft Resort is sited by the bank of River Kwai Noi, a tributary of the famous River Kwai of Kanchanaburi. If you seek for a cosy retreat with style where you can be close to nature, this could be an ideal option. This sumptuous boutique resort is artistically designed and well-appointed with a range of quality amenities for guests' everyday convenience. Different room types are available to suit your varied taste. A floating raft, "River Kwai Suite" comes with a private balcony next to the serene river, while the "Boutique Suite" and "Honeymoon Suite" boast extra comfort and luxury. The open-air restaurant overlooking the magical river serves a variety of tantalising dishes. The resort provides Tour Service to help you arrange fun trips and activities.
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Pung-Waan Kwai Noi Resort sits perfectly on the bank of the Kwai Noi River, a tributary of the famed River Kwai. Only 55 kilometres from downtown Kanchanaburi, the resort is located only 190 kilometres from Bangkok. This superb hideaway offers a number of guestroom types in varied natural settings, elaborately designed to bring you closer to nature. All are charmingly decorated with modern Thai décor and private balconies overlooking the serene river as well as lush garden and mountains. Rabieng Restaurant is an ideal place to dine with appetizing food and cool breeze from the river. Other features include outdoor pool, bicycle track, bamboo rafting, Petanque, wall climbing, table tennis, volleyball court, soccer field, and plenty more.
Momchailai Forest Retreat
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|Public (NYSE: HPQ)
|Palo Alto, California (1939)
|Bill Hewlett
David Packard
|Palo Alto, California, USA
|Area served
|Key people
|Mark V. Hurd
(President, CEO & Chairman)[1]
Catherine A. Lesjak
|Computer Systems
Computer Peripherals
Computer Software
IT Services
|Computer Monitors
Digital Cameras
Enterprise Software
Indigo Digital Press
Personal Computers and Laptops
Personal Digital Assistants
Telecommunications hardware and software
List of HP products
|▲ US$ 114.552 billion (2009)
|Operating income
|▲ US$ 10.136 billion (2009)
|Net income
|▲ US$ 9.415 billion (2009)
|Total assets
|▲ US$ 52.539 billion (2009)
|Total equity
|▲ US$ 38.942 billion (2008)
|325,000 (after 3Com acquisition)(2008)[2]
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List of acquisitions by HP
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), commonly referred to as HP, is an American information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA. HP is one of the world's largest information technology companies and operates in nearly every country. HP specializes in developing and manufacturing computing, data storage, and networking hardware, designing software and delivering services. Major product lines include personal computing devices, enterprise servers, related storage devices, as well as a diverse range of printers and other imaging products. HP markets its products to households, small to medium size businesses and enterprises both directly, via online distribution, consumer-electronics and office-supply retailers, software partners and major technology vendors.
HP posted net revenue in 2009 of $115 billion, with approximately $40 billion coming from services. In 2006, the intense competition between HP and IBM tipped in HP's favor, with HP posting revenue of US$91.7 billion,[3] compared to US$91.4 billion for IBM; the gap between the companies widened to $21 billion in 2009. In 2007, revenue was $104 billion,[4] making HP the first IT company in history to report revenues exceeding $100 billion.[5] HP has topped the list of the largest worldwide seller of personal computers since 2007. As of the end of 2009, the market share gap between HP and second-place vendor Acer stood at 6.3%; long-time rival Dell had slipped to third place. HP is also the 6th largest software company in the world.[6] In 2008 HP retained its global leadership position in inkjet, laser, large format and multi-function printers market. Also HP became #2 globally in IT services as reported by IDC & Gartner.[7]
Major company changes include a spin-off of part of its business as Agilent Technologies in 1999, its merger with Compaq in 2002, and the acquisition of EDS in 2008, which led to combined revenues of US$ 118.4 Billion in 2008 and a Fortune 500 ranking of 9 in 2009.[7] In November 2009, HP announced the acquisition of 3Com.
William Hewlett and David (Dave) Packard graduated in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1935. The company originated in a garage in nearby Palo Alto during a fellowship they had with a past professor, Frederick Terman at Stanford during the Great Depression. Terman was considered a mentor to them in forming Hewlett-Packard.[8] In 1939, Packard and Hewlett established Hewlett-Packard (HP) in Packard's garage with an initial capital investment of US$538.[9] Hewlett and Packard tossed a coin to decide whether the company they founded would be called Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett.[citation needed] Packard won the coin toss but named their electronics manufacturing enterprise the "Hewlett-Packard Company". HP incorporated on August 18, 1947, and went public on November 6, 1957.
And while the Hewlett-Packard Company had long moved from their celebrated garage on Addison in Palo Alto, the company did not file for their HP ubiquitous trademark until later on November 12, 1954.[10] Their application indicates the trademark was first used and in commerce on January 1, 1941.
A lengthy list describing HP's good and services was provided to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, in their filing, instruments used for measuring or testing purposes-namely, attenuator, bolometer mounts, bridges, crystal detectors, directional couplers, electronic counters, electronic frequency meters, frequency and modulation monitors, frequency converters, harmonic wave analyzers, low pass filters, microwave detector mounts, microwave power meters, microwave probes, microwave slotted sections, microwave terminations, microwave thermistor mounts, microwave test sets, noise and distortion analyzers, oscillators.
Trademark registration was granted on November 12, 1954. HP allowed this trademark to expire on July 29, 2006.[11]
Of the many projects they worked on, their very first financially successful product was a precision audio oscillator, the Model HP200A. Their innovation was the use of a small light bulb as a temperature dependent resistor in a critical portion of the circuit. This allowed them to sell the Model 200A for $54.40 when competitors were selling less stable oscillators for over $200. The Model 200 series of generators continued until at least 1972 as the 200AB, still tube-based but improved in design through the years. At 33 years, it was perhaps the longest-selling basic electronic design of all time.
One of the company's earliest customers was The Walt Disney Company, which bought eight Model 200B oscillators (at $71.50 each) for use in certifying the Fantasound surround sound systems installed in theaters for the movie Fantasia.
The company was originally rather unfocused, working on a wide range of electronic products for industry and even agriculture. Eventually they elected to focus on high-quality electronic test and measurement equipment.
From the 1940s until well into the 1990s the company concentrated on making electronic test equipment – signal generators, voltmeters, oscilloscopes, frequency counters, thermometers, time standards, wave analyzers, and many other instruments. A distinguishing feature was pushing the limits of measurement range and accuracy; many HP instruments were more sensitive, accurate, and precise than other comparable equipment.[citation needed]
Following the pattern set by the company's first product, the 200A, test instruments were labelled with three to five digits followed by the letter "A". Improved versions went to suffixes "B" through "E". As the product range grew wider HP started using product designators starting with a letter for accessories, supplies, software, and components.
HP is recognized as the symbolic founder of Silicon Valley, although it did not actively investigate semiconductor devices until a few years after the "Traitorous Eight" had abandoned William Shockley to create Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957. Hewlett-Packard's HP Associates division, established around 1960, developed semiconductor devices primarily for internal use. Instruments and calculators were some of the products using these devices.
HP partnered in the 1960s with Sony and the Yokogawa Electric companies in Japan to develop several high-quality products. The products were not a huge success, as there were high costs in building HP-looking products in Japan. HP and Yokogawa formed a joint venture (Yokogawa-Hewlett-Packard) in 1963 to market HP products in Japan.[12] HP bought Yokogawa Electric's share of Hewlett-Packard Japan in 1999.[13]
HP spun off a small company, Dynac, to specialize in digital equipment. The name was picked so that the HP logo "hp" could be turned upside down to be an reverse reflect image of the logo "dy" of the new company. Eventually Dynac changed to Dymec, then was folded back into HP in 1959.[14] HP experimented with using Digital Equipment Corporation minicomputers with its instruments. But after deciding that it would be easier to build another small design team than deal with DEC, HP entered the computer market in 1966 with the HP 2100 / HP 1000 series of minicomputers. These had a simple accumulator-based design, with registers arranged somewhat similarly to the Intel x86 architecture still used today. The series was produced for 20 years, in spite of several attempts to replace it, and was a forerunner of the HP 9800 and HP 250 series of desktop and business computers.
The HP 3000 was an advanced stack-based design for a business computing server, later redesigned with RISC technology, that has only recently been retired from the market. The HP 2640 series of smart and intelligent terminals introduced forms-based interfaces to ASCII terminals, and also introduced screen labeled function keys, now commonly used on gas pumps and bank ATMs. Although scoffed at in the formative days of computing, HP would eventually surpass even IBM as the world's largest technology vendor, in terms of sales.[15]
HP is identified by Wired magazine as the producer of the world's first marketed, mass-produced personal computer, the Hewlett-Packard 9100A, introduced in 1968.[16] HP called it a desktop calculator because, as Bill Hewlett said, "If we had called it a computer, it would have been rejected by our customers' computer gurus because it didn't look like an IBM. We therefore decided to call it a calculator, and all such nonsense disappeared." An engineering triumph at the time, the logic circuit was produced without any integrated circuits; the assembly of the CPU having been entirely executed in discrete components. With CRT display, magnetic-card storage, and printer, the price was around $5000. The machine's keyboard was a cross between that of a scientific calculator and an adding machine. There was no alphabetic keyboard.[citation needed]
Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, originally designed the Apple I computer while working at HP and offered it to them under their right of first refusal to his work, but they did not take it up as the company wanted to stay in scientific, business, and industrial markets.[citation needed]
The company earned global respect for a variety of products. They introduced the world's first handheld scientific electronic calculator in 1972 (the HP-35), the first handheld programmable in 1974 (the HP-65), the first alphanumeric, programmable, expandable in 1979 (the HP-41C), and the first symbolic and graphing calculator, the HP-28C. Like their scientific and business calculators, their oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other measurement instruments have a reputation for sturdiness and usability (the latter products are now part of spin-off Agilent's product line). The company's design philosophy in this period was summarized as "design for the guy at the next bench".[citation needed]
The 98x5 series of technical desktop computers started in 1975 with the 9815, and the cheaper 80 series, again of technical computers, started in 1979 with the 85 [1]. These machines used a version of the BASIC programming language which was available immediately after they were switched on, and used a proprietary magnetic tape for storage. HP computers were similar in capabilities to the much later IBM Personal Computer, although the limitations of available technology forced prices to be high.[citation needed]
In 1984, HP introduced both inkjet and laser printers for the desktop. Along with its scanner product line, these have later been developed into successful multifunction products, the most significant being single-unit printer/scanner/copier/fax machines. The print mechanisms in HP's tremendously popular LaserJet line of laser printers depend almost entirely on Canon's components (print engines), which in turn use technology developed by Xerox. HP develops the hardware, firmware, and software that convert data into dots for the mechanism to print.[citation needed]
On March 3, 1986, HP registered the HP.com domain name, making it the ninth Internet .com domain ever to be registered.[17] This gives HP the position today to be one of the very few large corporations worldwide to be in the Internet Hall of Fame owning a two letter domain name.[18]
In 1987, the Palo Alto garage where Hewlett and Packard started their business was designated as a California State historical landmark.
In the 1990s, HP expanded their computer product line, which initially had been targeted at university, research, and business users, to reach consumers.
HP also grew through acquisitions, buying Apollo Computer in 1989 and Convex Computer in 1995.
Later in the decade, HP opened hpshopping.com as an independent subsidiary to sell online, direct to consumers; in 2005, the store was renamed "HP Home & Home Office Store."
In 1999, all of the businesses not related to computers, storage, and imaging were spun off from HP to form Agilent. Agilent's spin-off was the largest initial public offering in the history of Silicon Valley.[19] The spin-off created an $8 billion company with about 30,000 employees, manufacturing scientific instruments, semiconductors, optical networking devices, and electronic test equipment for telecom and wireless R&D and production.
In July 1999, HP appointed Carly Fiorina as CEO, the first female CEO of a company in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Fiorina served as CEO during the tech downtown of the turn of the second millennium. During her tenure, the market halved HP's value commensurate with other tech companies at the time and the company incurred heavy job losses.[20] The HP Board of Directors asked Fiorina to step down in 2005, and she resigned on February 9, 2005.
HP merged with Compaq in 2002. The merger occurred after a proxy fight with Bill Hewlett's son Walter, who objected to the merger. Compaq itself had bought Tandem Computers in 1997 (which had been started by ex-HP employees), and Digital Equipment Corporation in 1998. Following this strategy, HP became a major player in desktops, laptops, and servers for many different markets. After the merger with Compaq, the new ticker symbol became "HPQ", a combination of the two previous symbols, "HWP" and "CPQ", to show the significance of the alliance and also key letters from the two companies Hewlett-Packard and Compaq (the latter company being famous for its "Q" logo on all of its products.)
In the year 2004 HP released the DV 1000 Series, including the HP Pavilion dv 1658 and 1040 two years later in May 2006, HP began its campaign, The Computer is Personal Again. The campaign was designed to bring back the fact that the PC is a personal product. The campaign utilized viral marketing, sophisticated visuals, and its own web site (www.hp.com/personal). Some of the ads featured well-known personalities, including Pharrell, Petra Nemcova, Mark Burnett, Mark Cuban, Jay-Z, Gwen Stefani, and Shaun White.
On May 13, 2008, HP and Electronic Data Systems announced[21] that they had signed a definitive agreement under which HP would purchase EDS. On June 30, HP announced[22] that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 had expired. "The transaction still requires EDS stockholder approval and regulatory clearance from the European Commission and other non-U.S. jurisdictions and is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the other closing conditions specified in the merger agreement." The agreement was finalized on August 26, 2008 and it was publicly announced that EDS would be re-branded "EDS an HP company." As of September 23, 2009 EDS is known as HP Enterprise Services.
On November 11, 2009, 3Com and Hewlett-Packard announced that Hewlett-Packard will be acquiring 3Com for $2.7 billion in cash.[23] The acquisition is the one of the biggest in size among a series of takeovers and acquisitions by technology giants to push their way to become one-stop shops. Since the beginning of the financial crisis in 2007, tech giants have constantly felt the pressure to expand beyond their current market niches. Dell purchased Perot Systems recently to invade into the technology consulting business area previously dominated by IBM. Hewlett-Packard's latest move marked its incursion into enterprise networking gear market dominated by Cisco.
HP's global operations are directed from its headquarters in Palo Alto, California, USA. Its U.S. operations are directed from its facility in Houston, Texas, USA—the site originally belonging to Compaq, which it acquired. Latin America operations are directed from Miami, Florida, USA, European operations from Geneva, Switzerland, and Asia-Pacific operations from Singapore.[24][25][26] It also has large operations in Boise, Idaho, San Diego, California, and Plano, Texas—the former headquarters of EDS, which HP acquired. In the UK, HP is based out of a large site in Bracknell, Berkshire with offices in various UK locations, including a landmark office tower in London, 88 Wood Street. Its recent acquisition of 3Com will expand its employee base to Marlborough, Massachusetts.
HP has successful lines of printers, scanners, digital cameras, calculators, PDAs, servers, workstation computers, and computers for home and small business use computers; many of the computers came from the 2002 merger with Compaq. HP today promotes itself as supplying not just hardware and software, but also a full range of services to design, implement, and support IT infrastructure.
HP's Imaging and Printing Group (IPG) is "the leading imaging and printing systems provider in the world for printer hardware, printing supplies and scanning devices, providing solutions across customer segments from individual consumers to small and medium businesses to large enterprises."[27] Products and technology associated with IPG include Inkjet and LaserJet printers, consumables and related products, Officejet all-in-one multifunction printer/scanner/faxes, Large Format Printers, Indigo Digital Press, HP Web Jetadmin printer management software, HP Output Management suite of software, LightScribe optical recording technology, HP Photosmart digital cameras and photo printers, HP SPaM, and Snapfish by HP, a photo sharing and photo products service. On December 23, 2008, HP releases iPrint Photo for iPhone a free downloadable software application that allows to print 4" x 6" photos.[28] http://vsslfpro.zcce.compaq.com/plmcontent/NACSC/SML/default.htm
HP's Personal Systems Group (PSG) claims to be "one of the leading vendors of personal computers ("PCs") in the world based on unit volume shipped and annual revenue."[27] PSG includes business PCs and accessories, consumer PCs and accessories, (e.g., HP Pavilion, Compaq Presario, VoodooPC), handheld computing (e.g., iPAQ Pocket PC), and digital "connected" entertainment (e.g., HP MediaSmart TVs, HP MediaSmart Servers, HP MediaVaults, DVD+RW drives). HP resold the Apple iPod until November 2005.[27]
HP Enterprise Business (EB) incorporates Technical services, Enterprise Services (formerly known as EDS), HP Software & Solutions, and Enterprise Storage and Networking Group (ESN). The Enterprise Storage and Servers Group (ESS) oversees "back end" products. like storage and servers.
HP Software & Solutions is the company's enterprise software division. For years, HP has produced and marketed its brand of enterprise management software, HP OpenView. HP has purchased a total of 12 software companies as part of a publicized, deliberate strategy to augment its software offerings for large business customers.[29] The division markets its software in four categories: IT management software (also known as business technology optimization software), information management software, business intelligence solutions, and communications and media software and solutions.
HP's networking business unit ProCurve is responsible for the family of network switches, wireless access points, and routers.[30] They are currently a Business Unit of ESN.
HP's Office of Strategy and Technology,[31] has four main functions: (1) steering the company's $3.6 billion research and development investment, (2) fostering the development of the company's global technical community, (3) leading the company's strategy and corporate development efforts,[32] and (4) performing worldwide corporate marketing activities. Under this office is HP Labs, the research arm of HP. Founded in 1966, HP Labs's function is to deliver new technologies and to create business opportunities that go beyond HP's current strategies. An example of recent HP Lab technology includes the Memory spot chip. HP IdeaLab further provides a web forum on early-state innovations to encourage open feedback from consumers and the development community.[33]
HP also offers managed services where they provide complete IT-support solutions for other companies and organisations. In their Dublin office, for instance, they offer IT support for the Bank of Ireland, and for Microsoft they offer Professional and Premiere support for the Windows-operating system, Exchange, SharePoint and Microsoft Office products for the EMEA markets[34].
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The founders, known to friends and employees alike as Bill and Dave, developed a unique management style that has come to be known as The HP Way. In Bill's words, the HP Way is "a core ideology ... [which] includes a deep respect for the individual, a dedication to affordable quality and reliability, a commitment to community responsibility, and a view that the company exists to make technical contributions for the advancement and welfare of humanity."[35] The following are the tenets of The HP Way:[36]
- We have trust and respect for individuals.
- We focus on a high level of achievement and contribution.
- We conduct our business with uncompromising integrity.
- We achieve our common objectives through teamwork.
- We encourage flexibility and innovation.
Hewlett-Packard's Certified Professional (HP-CP) program was developed to confirm the technical skills, sales competencies and knowledge that is required to propose and deploy, service and support technology and solutions sold by HP. HP-CP is intended for customers, resellers, and HP employees.
In July 2007, the company announced that it had met its target, set in 2004, to recycle 1 billion pounds of electronics, toner and ink cartridges.[37] It has set a new goal of recycling a further 2 billion pounds of hardware by the end of 2010. In 2006, the company recovered 187 million pounds of electronics, 73 percent more than its closest competitor.[citation needed]
In 2008, HP released its supply chain emissions data – an industry first.[38]
In September, 2009, Newsweek ranked HP #1 on its 2009 Green Rankings of America's 500 largest corporations.[39] According to environmentalleader.com, "Hewlett-Packard earned its number one position due to its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction programs, and was the first major IT company to report GHG emissions associated with its supply chain, according to the ranking. In addition, HP has made an effort to remove toxic substances from its products, though Greenpeace has targeted the company for not doing better."[40]
HP took the top spot on Corporate Responsibility Magazines's 100 Best Corporate Citizens List for 2010.[41] The list is cited by PR Week as one of America's most important business rankings. HP beat out other Russell 1000 Index companies because of its leadership in seven categories including environment, climate changes and corporate philanthropy. In 2009, HP was ranked fifth.[42]
HP has many sponsorships. One well known sponsorship is of Walt Disney World's Epcot Park's Mission: SPACE. Others can be found on Hewlett-Packard's website [2]. From 1995 to 1999 they were the shirt sponsor of English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. They also sponsored the BMW Williams Formula 1 team. Hewlett-Packard also has the naming rights arrangement for the HP Pavilion at San Jose, home of the San Jose Sharks NHL hockey team.
Agilent Technologies, not HP, retains the direct product legacy of the original company founded in 1939. Agilent's current portfolio of electronic instruments are descended from HP's very earliest products. HP entered the computer business only after its instrumentation competencies were well-established.
After the acquisition of Compaq in 2002, HP has maintained the "Compaq Presario" brand on low-end home desktops and laptops, the "HP Compaq" brand on business desktops and laptops, and the "HP ProLiant" brand on Intel-architecture servers. (The "HP Pavilion" brand is used on home entertainment laptops and all home desktops.)[43]
HP uses DEC's "StorageWorks" brand on storage systems; Tandem's "NonStop" servers are now branded as "HP Integrity NonStop".[44]
On September 5, 2006, Newsweek revealed that HP's general counsel, at the behest of chairwoman Patricia Dunn, contracted a team of independent security experts to investigate board members and several journalists in order to identify the source of an information leak.[45] In turn, those security experts recruited private investigators who used a spying technique known as pretexting. The pretexting involved investigators impersonating HP board members and nine journalists (including reporters for CNET, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal) in order to obtain their phone records. The information leaked related to HP's long-term strategy and was published as part of a CNET article[46] in January 2006. Most HP employees accused of criminal acts have since been acquitted.[47]
On September 3, 2001, HP announced that an agreement had been reached with Compaq to merge the two companies.[48] In May, 2002, after passing a shareholder vote, HP officially merged with Compaq, trading on the NYSE under their new symbol HPQ. Prior to this, plans had been in place to consolidate the companies' product teams and product lines.[49]
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Having problems with your Olympus FE-220 Digital Camera ?
\015 When i just turned it on my olympus FE-220 is coming up with a screen that has black and white and grey lines and what looks like a black cracked glass thing in the corner... i looked the lense and it does not appear to be at all broken?\015
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The problem you are describing is a problem with one of the chips in the camera that controls image processing. It seems to have failed and needs to be replaced. Following are the instructions to send your camera to Olympus for service.
\015\012Olympus will charge a flat rate repair fee for this product if beyond the one year factory warranty or the warranty is voided. The cost is $60.85 plus your local sales tax. This covers parts and labor, factory cleaning and diagnostic check, 6 month warranty and the cost of shipping the product back to you is all included in that price.
\015\012Olympus will charge a flat rate repair fee for this product if beyond the one year factory warranty or the warranty is voided. The cost is $60.85 plus your local sales tax. This covers parts and labor, factory cleaning and diagnostic check, 6 month warranty and the cost of shipping the product back to you is all included in that price.
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The problem you are describing is a problem with one of the chips in the camera that controls image processing. It seems to have failed and needs to be replaced. Following are the instructions to send your camera to Olympus for service.\015\0 ... Olympus FE-220 Digital Camera
Screen problem?? Hello can anyone help? My camera turns on just fine and takes pics fine. Tonight while turning on my camera the screen is all white with some black lines through it.. and a leaf looking thing which is black. I see NO PICTURE at all. But when i take pictures and upload them to the computer the pics still work. But when i take the actual pictures or try to view any all i have is the white screen what can i do to fix this?
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Camera batteries are fresh, Kodak SD card has space. Camera will turn-on and lens extends, but the camera will not fire. The LCD screen is a bizzare back, gray,and white looks like a black butterfly over gray bars and stripes. The viewfinder is functioning properly.
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I had purchased the LCD and replaced it. Still nothing black screen, any other suggestions? I am thing about taking the camera completely apart ( filming it, so I can always look back if I forget a step ) and checking all wires, also noticed something that looks like a small battery on the white back plate after removing the LCD screen could this be part of the problem? Thanks to anyone in advance!
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Okay, so my camera is rather old, maybe 3 years. Its a Kodak EasyShareC433. And when I change the battery, and turn it on to AUTO there is just a black screen with a few shuttered white stripes. It looks like a broken window. And when I turn it on to any other menus, nothing happens. Is there a way I can fix it or is it permanently dead?
I have the same issue. Reading the responses on this site, I gather that it is because of faulty batteries. I have been adviced by the GURU to use Panasonic or Sony chargable Batteries. If that does not work - call Kodak customer service. ... Kodak EasyShare C433 Digital Camera
White Screen: I turned on my camera shortly after replacing the batteries, but when I looked at my screen, it was completely white. I turned it off, then turned it on again, and the same thing happened. Later, I tried to see if it'll work after I connected it to my computer, but the screen was still white. The camera has been dropped a couple of times, but it wasn't anything severe - just a couple of centimeters from the ground, and I'm pretty sure the screen isn't cracked (I didn't see an
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Lens cap off but pictures all black. Tested another SD card same thing happens. Black on review on camera and black when put SD card in computer. Camera a few years old and never had a problem before. Flash works and all other displays look fine??
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Camera repair The LCD display is white with red lines going through it. Even the viewfinder does the same thing -- white. When I hit the view button, the same thing sometimes. It seems to do worse outside. You can faintly see the pictures I took in the LCD display. Now the LCD display is totally black. What's wrong. The menu display still works. What can I do?
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Black lines every time a take a picture in the past two weeks, it looks normal on the camera but when i go to put it on my computer there are black squiggly lines through the entire thing. i didnt drop it or get it wet or anything. i tried erasing all my photos and using different setting? what could be causing this and how can i fix it? is there somewhere i can take my camera or send it to get it fixed?
HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO A FIJI "FINE PIX" A-500.... CALLED THE AUTH. REPAIR CENTER AND UNLESS YOUR WARRANTY IS STILL IN EFFECT , THE COST ESTIMATE JUST TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WILL RUN YOU ABOUT 75 TO 80% THE PRICE TO BUY A NEW UNIT..... ... Fuji FinePix E550 Digital Camera
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You power up camera nothing but black with a little white lines going through... then take pic and you see nuthing but looks like red streeks or a pic of saturn... and but you can still look at old pics on camera... dont know please help me.. tim t.
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Black LCD When I took pictures yesterday, each picture looked like it had a white fuzzy covering over it. Now when I turn the camera on the lcd stays black. But when I switch the button from camera to video it works. I also can get the previously taken pictures to show up. I have charged and changed a couple of pairs of batteries.
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Kodak V803 I think this is due to the camera being dropped: The camera switches on but all that appears on the viewscreen is a white light accompanied by black patches of distortion. The distortion suggests that the camera has suffered an impact as it has the appearance of a smashed window - with lines of distortion running across the screen. The view screen itself - is in tact - no evidence of impact - cracks or dents. I cannot get rid of this screen distortion no matter what button I press. Wh
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The screen shows a small black walnut shape on a white background. Shuttter opens as normal but does not appear to take photos. Camera is fully charged. The camera has always been fine and just took great photos. The camera still take photos and the memory card stores the photo. It look like a screen problem ?
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Kodak V803 I think this is due to the camera being dropped: The camera switches on but all that appears on the viewscreen is a white light accompanied by black patches of distortion. The distortion suggests that the camera has suffered an impact as it has the appearance of a smashed window - with lines of distortion running across the screen. The view screen itself - is in tact - no evidence of impact - cracks or dents. I cannot get rid of this screen distortion no matter what button I press. Wh
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White screen My camera (olympus Fe-46) seems fine when I turn it on, but when I make a picture outside, the screen turns white instead of showing the picture. When trying to make a picture in my room, it showed the picture with horizontal black stripes on it. Has anybody got a suggestion/solution for this problem?
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When I turn my camera on I only see a dark blue and black image with white lines running through it--could I have damaged something or have I messed up my settings? I can look at previous pictures taken, they look fine, I just can't figure out why I can't see anything through the view finder or LCD monitor in order to take new pics. i have been reading through the manual, tried new batteries (regular AA)--any suggestions?
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Green pictures I dropped my f20 and now everything on the view screen is green. It takes pictures, but they are all black when I view them. Anyway to save this camera? I checked with a shop, but it will be more to look at it than I paid for the thing new. Help! I love the camera.
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Flash problem So, I set the camera to 'Flash On'. I take a picture and the flash goes off for about a quick second. I look at the picture and it's nothing but a black background, sometimes white where I can only slightly see the object I took the picture of. What's wrong with my camera? This only happens sometimes, by the way. Sometimes I take a picture and everything's normal.
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RCA AutoShot 200X Digital Zoom Video Camera - the only thing that shows up in the lense looks like a white sheet... it will not show any image, even on the "VCR" mode it will not play back anything. It just shows a kind of bright white. Thank you! Rebecca
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I have a Canon SD500 Powershot Elph camera that is about 2 years old. Recently on vacation the LCD screen stopped working properly. The screen is white with an asymmetrical black configuration on it. It's sort of like a piece of an umbrella--pointed edges and lines running through it. The camera will still turn on and off but nothing is available on the screen. Even though I paid $350 for it, I'm ready to just ditch it as Canon wants over $100 just to look at it.
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Sanyo digital camera vpc-s650: when camera is turned "on", lcd screen shows "green sunburst" over white background on top half and verticle black and light stripes from lower left to sunburst on lower right. No controls will change screen.
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When I take any picture the immediate result on the LCD looks great but when I play it back it's full of white stripes. I had the camera for 3 years and the problem suddenly appeared. BTW in movie mode there is no playback issue
Your shutter is sticking. Movie mode does not use the shutter.\015\012Have a look at the tips page on my profile. ... Fuji FinePix E900 Zoom Digital Camera
When I turn my 550 PowerShot on, I get a blank screen (black for the most part with white camera symbology around the screen, such as the flash symbol, etc). The screen works, as I can click a picture and see the photo momentarily. I can also view my saved pics. When I select the film mode, the screen looks normal.......meaning it displays a color image of what is in the lens. Have I inadvertently selected a mode which is causing this phenomenon?
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