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GNOMErs cannot conceal their contempt even when trying to appear conciliatory. As has been explained to them many, many times. people don't hate GNOME 3 "because they are [not] used to" it. Knowledgeable people prefer to stick with GNOME 2 because it works better. More precisely, many frequently-used operations that require zero or one input actions on GNOME 2 require several on GNOME 3. Other necessary operations cannot be done on GNOME 3 with any amount of jiggery-pokery.
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Pervasive contempt
Posted Nov 22, 2012 0:55 UTC (Thu) by vonbrand (subscriber, #4458) [Link]
Sorry, but after a month or so struggling with the very early Gnome 3 versions, I now find I'm more productive with Gnome 3 than I ever was with Gnome 2. This "nobody can use Gnome 3 efficiently" is nonsense. The Gnome developers I know do tend to use the latest builds on a day-to-day basis, and they would surely be the very first ones to complain if it didn't work at all, as is usually claimed here.
Posted Nov 22, 2012 1:43 UTC (Thu) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]
Nobody claimed any such thing.
Consider a simple action of changing a workspace using the GUI/mouse in Gnome 2 and 3, for instance.
Gnome 2 (or Gnome 3 fallback): move mouse to the workspace switcher, click on the workspace in workspace switcher (which you are constantly aware of, just by glancing at it), change of view.
Gnome 3: move the mouse to the activities, wait for hot corner or click, change of view, travel to the right, wait for workspaces to pop up, become aware of the one you want, click on it, change of view again.
No, not a regression at all...
Posted Nov 22, 2012 1:46 UTC (Thu) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link]
Posted Nov 22, 2012 1:47 UTC (Thu) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]
Posted Nov 22, 2012 2:02 UTC (Thu) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link]
Posted Nov 22, 2012 2:12 UTC (Thu) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]
Even in your case, where you do have a running application, overview is still a regression, because there are two changes of view and you cannot even see where your application is without entering the overview. (I never claimed things could not be improved in the "classic" paradigm - just that activities overview isn't it).
Please read Windows 8 review by the real usability expert I pointed to a few comments above. It is rather instructive when it comes to Gnome 3. I wasn't even aware of how hard Gnome developers have been looking at Metro before I saw Windows 8 on YouTube.
Posted Nov 22, 2012 2:51 UTC (Thu) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link]
Sure, it's mildly more involved to move an application to a different workspace. But that's made up for by not *having* to know where my application is - I click, I get taken there. I spend much more time interacting with running applications than I do starting new ones.
(I'm pretty convinced you've got your timeline wrong regarding Windows 8 and Gnome 3)
Posted Nov 22, 2012 3:04 UTC (Thu) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]
I run F-17, Gnome 3 fallback. Local desktop with mutter, remote one with metacity (mutter too slow on a VM).
> Right clicking does nothing. I've no idea what "Go to a place" means.
Just another two regressions introduced in Gnome 3, really.
Go to a place means clicking on Places and picking one. Right clicking does plenty when you have Nautilus run your desktop. If you install nautilus-open-terminal, it does even more.
> (I'm pretty convinced you've got your timeline wrong regarding Windows 8 and Gnome 3)
Possibly. Still, Nielsen's review of Windows 8 appears rather applicable to Gnome 3, as many ideas are the same.
Posted Nov 22, 2012 23:57 UTC (Thu) by luya (subscriber, #50741) [Link]
Posted Nov 22, 2012 5:36 UTC (Thu) by Trelane (subscriber, #56877) [Link]
I suspect it would be very enlightening to watch these users under a controlled environment in gnome2 and then in gnome3 ti see where precisely the disconnects come and to see if my hunch above is correct.
Posted Nov 22, 2012 6:21 UTC (Thu) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]
Yes, I use workspaces to separate things (they are called _work_ _spaces_ for a reason). Most times by task, but sometimes simply because there is not enough space to hold all the required windows to complete one task open at the same time (yes, some of us actually use more than _one_ window at one time). The old MS Windows paradigm of minimise/raise is rather messy compared to seeing _everything_ in the workspace switcher and going there with one click (i.e. most times, no window is behind anything).
Static nature of workspaces (which to Gnome developer's credit has been reintroduced) is essential for visual orientation. If you read that paper by Nielsen that I pointed to, you'll see that he talks about "glancing" being superior to "switching", because you don't really have to do anything other than raise your eyes to do it. That is what workspace switcher is for, window thumbnails included.
Gnome 3 has zero visibility. That is problem number one. Gnome 3 needs two view switches for every workspace change (using GUI). That's problem number two.
Don't get me wrong. I use "activities overview" on my Android phone all the time, because there is no space to put everything on the "desktop" there. Not so on my computer. So, I don't see why I should be RFC1925(6)-ed all the time...
Posted Nov 22, 2012 15:08 UTC (Thu) by pboddie (subscriber, #50784) [Link]
Posted Nov 22, 2012 18:43 UTC (Thu) by paulj (subscriber, #341) [Link]
Posted Nov 27, 2012 0:16 UTC (Tue) by BenHutchings (subscriber, #37955) [Link]
Even the UI to configure the shortcut keys is gone, had to futz in dconf.
It's under System Settings, Keyboard, Shortcuts tab, Navigation group. (This is in GNOME 3.2, hopefully not removed since!)
Posted Nov 27, 2012 0:41 UTC (Tue) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239) [Link]
Posted Nov 27, 2012 8:46 UTC (Tue) by paulj (subscriber, #341) [Link]
Though, both Cinnamon and GNOME Shell induce occasional complete lockups of the X server with Nouveau in Fedora 16. When I upgrade to Fedora 18 I'll see if that's improved (must have right - "force drivers to get better" was one of the aims of GNOME Shell going 3D, no?). Till then I have to stick to XFCE.
Posted Nov 22, 2012 18:51 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
Dynamic grids (and similar things such as the dynamically-changing alt-tab ordering of many windowing environments) *ruin* this sort of geographic metaphor completely. They must not be the only available option, or those of us who use geographic metaphors are left completely out in the cold. (I've been using this metaphor for so long that I actually feel *seasick* in a GUI that uses some other metaphor, as if the solid ground has turned to water, and yes, I get all the physiological responses that go with seasickness, too. Getting any work done in that state is hopeless.)
There's nothing wrong with a grid that expands dynamically as you use more workspaces, but moving existing things around, or changing the navigation between existing things without explicit user permission, will break the model and break the workflow of people like me. (And cause me to lose my lunch!)
Posted Nov 23, 2012 9:51 UTC (Fri) by marcH (subscriber, #57642) [Link]
Posted Nov 23, 2012 11:58 UTC (Fri) by stevem (subscriber, #1512) [Link]
You're describing something very similar to my own working habits here...
Posted Nov 23, 2012 19:42 UTC (Fri) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]
Posted Nov 23, 2012 11:59 UTC (Fri) by hholzgra (subscriber, #11737) [Link]
Posted Nov 22, 2012 16:31 UTC (Thu) by niko (subscriber, #80138) [Link]
Posted Nov 22, 2012 12:22 UTC (Thu) by cortana (subscriber, #24596) [Link]
Use the keyboard
Posted Nov 22, 2012 2:25 UTC (Thu) by jbicha (subscriber, #75043) [Link]
The vast majority of GNOME developers do in fact use GNOME on laptops/desktops with keyboards and mice and not on touch-screen tablets.
Posted Nov 22, 2012 2:33 UTC (Thu) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]
Posted Nov 22, 2012 6:25 UTC (Thu) by kigurai (guest, #85475) [Link]
Posted Nov 22, 2012 8:31 UTC (Thu) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]
On the point of the workspace switcher, it can be made bigger (customisation benefit), it is flushed against the edge so, unless you are working remotely, it's a big target, just like the corner etc. Also, it can be moved anywhere (another benefit of customisation) - mine is in the upper left, next to the menu, for instance.
But, one of the main benefits of the workspace switcher is visibility. It is literally zero effort to remind yourself where stuff is at any given time. This is completely gone from Gnome Shell.
Posted Nov 22, 2012 9:20 UTC (Thu) by kigurai (guest, #85475) [Link]
I disagree with the visibility thing. I think it is much more visible in GS than using the WS. Sure, I have to press <Super> if I forget where I put stuff, but at least the workspace preview I get then is much larger than ~15 pixels wide, so I can actually see something :)
Posted Nov 22, 2012 2:33 UTC (Thu) by pizza (subscriber, #46) [Link]
Eh, Neither G2 or G3 is particularly good on that front; thankfully they both support the use of hotkeys to page between workspaces so my hands never have to leave the keyboard.
Perhaps the single most annoying thing I had to deal with in the G2-G3 transition was that the workspace paging hotkeys changed from CTRL-ALT-[Left|Right] to CTRL-ALT-[Up|Down].
Posted Nov 22, 2012 4:45 UTC (Thu) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link]
I agree with you here, actually. At least Gnome 2 and Gnome 3 fallback can be customised better.
The annoying bit in Gnome 2 (and Gnome 3 fallback) is the existence of two panels. One has to travel with the mouse up/down all the time. Personally, I have been running a single (top) panel for years now, with workspace switcher right next to the menu. Plenty of space for the taskbar too.
And, if space was not wasted on displaying user's real name all the way to the right (people have to be reminded of their name? seriously?), if applications/places were icons instead of text and Gnome 3 fallback wasn't buggy when displaying status icons (which are too widely spaced), there would be even more space available on that single panel, whether it be on top, bottom, left or right (depending on personal preferences, screen X to Y ratio etc.).
Gnome 2 panels
Posted Nov 22, 2012 14:55 UTC (Thu) by jhellan (subscriber, #17103) [Link]
Posted Nov 22, 2012 18:47 UTC (Thu) by paulj (subscriber, #341) [Link]
Configurable side panels and auto-hide have been excised with GNOME3 AFAICT.
Posted Nov 23, 2012 19:11 UTC (Fri) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link]
With Gnome 3 it's possible to get a decent one through extensions or whatever. At least for my purposes it can be made to work correctly.
Although I find that using the 'alt-tab' or 'alt-~' to access window change dialog combined with arrow key navigation is superior to using the mouse in any situation. I know that lots of people are irritated by the change, but the way Gnome 3 is almost objectively better design.. it's most significant fault is that it's different then the Microsoft style.
Posted Nov 29, 2012 13:08 UTC (Thu) by paulj (subscriber, #341) [Link]
So I still needed a horizontal panel, for application indicators, menu. However moving what could to a side-panel freed up space on the horizontal one.
The alternative would have been top and bottom panels, both set to auto-hide. With the side-panel, in less precious side-space, I could afford to have it always visible.
This stuff matters on a laptop with a 1200x800 screen. :)
Posted Nov 22, 2012 19:35 UTC (Thu) by ibukanov (subscriber, #3942) [Link]
Exactly! It always puzzles me why so many Linux desktops like to waste vertical space that became more valuable with the spread of 16:9 screens. In fact on a small notebook with a wide screen even a single top or bottom panel takes too much vertical space. I would prefer to have a vertical panel. Gnome 3 panel that contains just clocks and notification icons would be a nice candidate for that. But nope, there is of cause no such option. In fact so far the only working vertical panel that I found is the one in Windows 7...
Posted Nov 27, 2012 21:21 UTC (Tue) by nevets (subscriber, #11875) [Link]
This is why I still own 4:3 and 5:4 monitors :-)
But I still prefer the top and bottom panels. They are filled with information. The top has my menu, and startup icons for terminal, firefox, chrome, ding, evolution, and xchat. As well as weather applet, kill-window, screen shot applet, sound, notifications and date.
The bottom has the "clear screen", logout, the task list, system monitors and finally the workspace switcher (note, I just use hot keys to switch, seldom do I click on the workspace switcher).
But I've always disliked side panels. I don't know why, maybe because I don't read up and down?
Posted Nov 29, 2012 9:31 UTC (Thu) by ibukanov (subscriber, #3942) [Link]
I have found that as long as the panel is just a source of occasional visual hints or information, like time, network and battery status, it works for me vertically when placed on the right of a wide screen. There it destructs less.
The disadvantage of such setup is that one cannot use the panel for navigation between windows. First there is a problem with a long mouse travel to the right edge from the left where most of my activity happens. Second a task-bar style navigation with ungrouped windows simply cannot work unless one makes the panel really wide to see all window titles. But grouping implies more mouse movements or clicks first to select the a group and then to select a window within the group.
So with a single vertical panel on the right one needs efficient keyboard navigation to switch between windows. I have found that MS solution in Win7 is rather good with big application icons on the panel, ability to pin an application to a permanent on the panel position and keyboard shortcuts to access a particular pin or cycle through its windows. One can emulate that on Linux with virtual desktops, but application icons still offer a possibility of using a mouse with a single movement and click to access single-windowed rarely used applications.
Posted Nov 22, 2012 1:39 UTC (Thu) by zaitcev (guest, #761) [Link]
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JustJim wrote:Moonwood the Hare wrote:I find a large chest filled with small boxes and I open a box at random and find that it contains 107 red marbles. What is the probability that all the other boxes contain 107 red marbles. On the basis of that one find I have no way of predicting whether the other boxes contain marbles or whether they are red. The probability remains at zero. Suppose I open a second box and find this contains 113 green marbles. I know more than I did because I have falsified the claim that all the boxes contain red marbles. This has not changed the probability at all. Single observations do not raise the probability above zero and in terms of mathematical probability even if there are a thousand boxes and I have opened 999 of them and they are all full of red marbles the probability that the final box will contain red marbles remains at zero.
Suppose someone intervenes at this point and, holding a gun to your head, says, "What color are the marbles in the final box? Answer the question! If you don't answer, or if you answer incorrectly, I'll blow your brains out!" What would your answer be?
If you're like the rest of us, I think you'd say the marbles in the final box are red. But why? If the probability that the marbles in the final box are red is ZERO, what makes virtually all of us, if our lives depend on it, answer that those marbles are red? If it's not probability, then what is it? Surely, the marbles might NOT be red, but, after the first 999 contained red marbles, would you predict any OTHER color for the marbles in the final box? Of course not! But WHY not? Why do we think that answering "red" is our best chance for keeping our brains inside our heads?
Do you think our unconscious minds nearly instantly go through all those reasoning processes you outlined in the rest of your post and determine that red is the best answer to the question, given the information we have? If so, what would you call that? If we're not somehow "calculating the odds" that the marbles in the final box are red, then what ARE we doing? It's not intuition, it's not pure guess work, it's not the same as flipping a coin... so what is it?
Well I'd say it's a personal judgement, a gut reaction, and that it is totally right to go with your gut reaction especially in a life or death situation; I think our evolutionary programming has prepared us to do that and do it well. I would say ultimately science rests on personal judgement that it is not purely objective and that there is nothing wrong with that. I think Popper's is the best attempt to square science and reason and ultimately it fails. Science is not a purely objective purely rational activity.


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- By getting rid of the Mac Ports requirement, we lose the nice pkg-config tool, which is what non-Windows builds currently use to get include and lib paths for most dependencies. For some this is not a problem, because they are simpler and self-contained, but for example SDL and wxWidgets need many frameworks and other dependencies as well as compiler directives which need to be included based on the build configuration.
- Luckily we have sdl-config and wx-config, but it should be noted those tools only return absolute paths from where they were installed (with make install). So my dependencies build script runs make install as a final step for each of them (to a nearby directory so sudo is not required), but that means the results are not really reusable across systems (imagine you have an SVN checkout in /path/to/ps/ but I have it in /some/other/path/to/ps/, well then my bundled wx-config and sdl-config wouldn't work for you).
- Normally these files go in standard OS-specific locations, so it's the same for each system. So Philip suggested that the dependencies build script should get run every time a new developer wants to build the game on OS X (or more specifically, every time they want to build in a new location).
- I feel that defeats the concept of prebuilt dependencies, the goal should be to offer them in SVN so all that needs to be done is a checkout of the libraries package for your OS and the game's source. We already do this for Windows, except wxWidgets but I believe we can even include that, since only Windows developers would be forced to download it.
- The only solution I can think of to fix the lack of pkg-config and the absolute paths of e.g. sdl-config, is to hardcode their results in extern_libs4.lua for OS X, for developers who don't want to build the libraries.
- So that means we would need two build paths for OS X alone: one for developing with the downloaded prebuilt dependencies (default), and one for those who use the rebuild script (maybe because they can't use the others) or Mac Ports/Homebrew or some other alternative. I guess a flag passed to update-workspaces.sh would select the second case.
- The worst part about that is the maintenance required, whenever the OS X dependencies changed, they would need to be rebuilt and e.g. sdl-config run to retrieve the necessary info, which would be placed by hand in extern_libs4.lua. That introduces a lot of potential for error, but maybe acceptable if it rarely happens.
Any other ideas? Blender SVN offers prebuilt static libs for multiple versions of OS X, Linux 32/64-bit, and Windows 32/64-bit, and they never ask you to build any of them, the result is an otherwise daunting and time-consuming process becomes much simpler. Of course they don't use Premake, but I assume they had other similar concerns in their build system
As far as the time it takes to rebuild the dependencies with my current script, I would say maybe 5 minutes on my PC using 4 parallel build tasks, and considerably longer on older hardware, that doesn't include time required to download the tarballs if necessary (I do a test in the script, if the file doesn't exist, it assumes it should be downloaded first - still need to test that actually works).


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Mike Evans, 30, recently was named the new president and CEO of the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce. | Submitted
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Naperville business leaders kept a close eye on President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night, and the nation's leader got mixed reviews for his address.
Scott Wehrli, chairman of the Naperville Development Partnership and principal for DuKane Precast, said Obama's speech touched on some issues that could impact Naperville.
"The president offered several ideas on the economy, including government investment in manufacturing hubs, R&D, bridges, skills and training that all could drive continued stimulus in the United States," he said. "In Naperville, we've found our strong infrastructure and hub of research and technology companies attract a well-equipped workforce with good paying jobs so that does make sense."
Wehrli spoke about forces that drive the country and how they might be impacted
"I truly believe that small- and medium-sized businesses are the backbone of our country so I was disappointed that they were not specifically addressed in the speech," he said. "So many of those companies continue to struggle and are worried about health care, more regulation, and increased taxes. We work hard to attract and retain our Naperville businesses so any challenge they face is important to our community. At the end of the day, the consumer is the one who pays."
Michael A. Evans, presidents and CEO of the Naperville Chamber, said he was glad Obama concentrated on the economy.
"The president made some great comments regarding his focus on the economy," Evans said. "Especially in regards to reinvigorating manufacturing, health care and science research, and attracting foreign investment. Making the world smaller for our business community is critical to our economy.
"I also appreciate that the president acknowledged that you can't grow the economy, yet cut education. They are reliant upon each other for any chance of sustained success," Evans said.
The Chamber leader also liked Obama's "call to action" regarding "quit the politics and get to work."
"The Chamber has consistently requested this of our leaders in Illinois and D.C.," Evans said. "The election is over and we all agree on many things. Inaction is causing political reactions and all the while the stakeholders of the system, businesses and residents, are paying the price."
Evans, though, found other areas of the president's speech worrisome.
"However, like our governor, believing increasing the minimum wage to an arbitrary number is shortsighted and serves only a political agenda," he said. "Nine dollars, as suggested by the president, is not a living wage and just like the governor's proposal only pushes business away. Closing 'loopholes' and other political rhetoric was also prevalent in the speech. We must look past this and focus on how we can come together to improve the economy.
"Now I again am alarmed by the fact that the 'solution' to economic issues seems to rest on supporting only the 'hardest hit parts of our country," Evans said. "Where is the governments focus on helping areas like DuPage County? Our region has been fiscally responsible, is a center of innovation, home to global economic influencers and politically, culturally, and ethnically is as diverse as anywhere, yet we are left out of the solutions. We are consistently left to 'help ourselves.'"


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Two varsity cheerleaders from Richmond Senior High School will be performing in the 2013 Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Florida.
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The seniors, Kylie King, 17, of Hamlet, and Jazemine McSween, 17, of Rockingham, are invited to perform in the pre-game performance as award winners from United Spirit Association (USA) summer camp.
"I've been cheering for 14 years and was offered the chance in the 10th grade but couldn't go," said Kylie. "I really wanted to go this time because I'm a senior this year and this would be my last chance before heading off to college."
The squad members will travel as a team to Orlando for a week of rehearsals dedicated to preparing them for their Capital One Bowl pre-game performance.
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Wed, Jun 19, 2013 | 15:38 BST
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D tops in Japan
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D topped the Media Create charts in Japan with 104,569 units moved, and ultimately helped provide 3DS with a much needed surge after disappointed hardware sales over the last couple of weeks. Sales of 3DS LL hit 29,533 units over the prior week's 27,172 units, while 3DS sales saw the biggest jump out of the two offerings. The system moved 17,602 compared to 12,700 the prior week.
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LEGO Marvel Super Heroes E3 trailer released, game coming to PS4 and XOne
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Wed, Jun 12, 2013 | 16:45 BST
Disney Infinity E3 trailer and shots show various characters
Disney Infinity has a new trailer for E3 and some screenshots of the characters you can purchase for the game. Below there are renders of Lone Ranger, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Monsters University characters and a look at the starter pack again. Enjoy. Disney Infinity is due in August on 3DS, PS3, Wii, Wii U and Xbox 360.
Wed, Jun 12, 2013 | 15:07 BST
Tomodachi Collection: New Life still on top in Japan
Tomodachi Collection: New Life continued its reign on the Media Create charts in Japan for the June 3-9 period, bringing it's life-to-date sales to the 1,090,875 mark since its April 18 release. The only new title to grace the top 20 was Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition, and it debuted at 11. Hardware sale continued to decline. Charts are below.
Tue, Jun 11, 2013 | 18:14 BST
Nintendo Direct E3: Super Mario 3D out in December
Nintendo held an E3-centric Nintendo Direct presentation today where the firm announced the new Smash Bros, showed off the new 3D Mario, and revealed a new look for Bayonetta.
Tue, Jun 11, 2013 | 21:00 BST
Skylanders: Swap Force limited edition toy being handed out at E3
Activision is handing out a rare, limited edition Skylanders Swarp Force toy at E3. It's called Color Shift Hot Dog and will be handed out to people who stop by the firm's Skylanders area when E3 opens tomorrow. The figurine is a metallic version of the other Hot Dog figures available. You can get a look at the fella over on Kotaku and through an unboxing video posted by FamilyGamerTV. Skylanders Swap Force will arrive in North America and Australia on October 16 and in Europe on October 18 for 3DS, PS3, Wii, Wii U, and Xbox 360. Screenshots for the game are below.
Mon, Jun 10, 2013 | 13:51 BST
Disney Infinity video shows Zurg getting hit with a frying pan
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Mon, Jun 10, 2013 | 13:28 BST
Nintendo downloads Europe: Animal Crossing & Sega Game Gear classics lead the week
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Fri, Jun 07, 2013 | 19:56 BST
Skylanders Swap Force coming to PS4, Xbox One, current-gen versions dated
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Fri, Jun 07, 2013 | 16:06 BST
Nintendo issues friendly reminder for Nintendo Direct E3, Reggie says hi
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Thu, Jun 06, 2013 | 17:32 BST
Disney Infinity shots and a trailer show off the Lone Ranger playset
Disney Infinity shots and a trailer – all posted below – have been released showing off the rather awesome Lone Ranger playset. Enjoy. Disney Infinity is due in August on 3DS, PS3, Wii, Wii U and Xbox 360.
Thu, Jun 06, 2013 | 17:13 BST
EA E3 line-up confirms the premiere of Battlefield 4 multiplayer
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Thu, Jun 06, 2013 | 14:02 BST
Smash Bros. Wii U trailer to be shown during Nintendo Direct E3
Nintendo has promised it will show the new Smash Bros. Wii U game during its E3 Nintendo Direct session June 11. This is according to game director Masahiro Sakurai, who said previously he hopes both the Wii U and 3DS versions would be shown off, per ONM. The Direct session will be one hour long, and starts at 7.00am PST/10.00am EST/3.00pm UK. The firm will keep the feed on its E3 website live as a Pokemon X & Y round table will also be held on the same day. Other games confirmed for the show include 3D Mario game, Mario Kart and other Wii U titles.
Wed, Jun 05, 2013 | 14:30 BST
Tomodachi Collection: New Life back on top of Media Create charts
After being knocked off the top of the Media Create charts for two weeks straight, Tomodachi Collection: New Life is back on top with 59,104 units sold. Life-to-date, the 3DS title has moved 1,044,088 units since its April 18 release. All hardware was down for the period, with 3DS LL showing the largest drop – 28,807units over last week's 40,651 units. The smallest drop came from 3DS which was only down 3DS two units over the prior week.
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Tue, Jun 04, 2013 | 11:01 BST
Disney's Planes trailer shows high-flying Wii U gameplay
Disney's Planes has received a new trailer. Based on the same world as Pixar's film Cars, the game sees crop-dusting plane Dusty and his mates pulling off aerial stunts a-plenty.
Sat, Jun 01, 2013 | 20:06 BST
Nintendo launches its website for E3 2013
Nintendo has opened up a website for its E3 coverage. This is where the firm will host its hour long Nintendo Direct on June 11 at 7.00am PST/10.00am EST. Once the presentation is over, the feed will will be kept live as the firm shows games trailers, interviews, and more E3 festivities. A Pokemon X & Y round table will also be held on the same day. Games already confirmed for the show include the new Smash Bros., 3D Mario game, Mario Kart and other Wii U titles.
Wed, May 29, 2013 | 15:29 BST
Shin Megami Tensei 4 debut helps 3DS sales surge at Japanese retail
Shin Megami Tensei 4 was released in Japan on May 23, and the Atlus title landed at number one of the software chart, moving 188,562 in three days. The RPG helped lagging 3DS sales surge over the prior week as well, with the system moving 40,651 units compared to 24,123 units last week.
Wed, May 29, 2013 | 13:59 BST
Nintendo lists over 100 Best Buy stores participating in E3 demos
Nintendo has sent over a list of the Best Buy locations in which those not attending E3 can visit, and play the games the firm is bringing to the event.
Tue, May 28, 2013 | 21:19 BST
Disney Infinity video is full of Toy Box racing
Disney Infinity as an adorable new video available showing off Toy Box racing. With the game's Starter Pack, you can build your own tracks and race your own way with custom vehicles, mounts, and props from various Disney properties using Toy Box Mode. You can race on foot, by vehicle, on horseback, you name it. Check it out below. Disney Infinity is due in August on 3DS, PS3, Wii, Wii U and Xbox 360.
Tue, May 28, 2013 | 17:13 BST
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Congrats on all ur success! i have been riding wit u since ur mix tapes! and Im so happy ur getting the respect u deserve! May GOD continue to bless u and ur career! stay grounded and keep GOD first and u will be successful in all that u want to achieve and again CONGRATS! Im ur #1 fan! and u put on and awsome show in COLUMBIA SC and april 11!
Trey, you ARE truly a hard working young man and you are so deserving of all that you have. I'm sure God has many wonderful things in store for you in the future. Just trust in Him, stay focused, grounded, and true to yourself (and the people that mean the most to you), and everything should work out just fine. Much Love, Phyllis S.
p.s... Congrats. on the Vibe cover (sooosexy). I can hardly wait til you get to Memphis, TN on April 18th. I got my VIP pass and I'm so READY.
Definately happy for you.. There's not to many sexy performers that I wouldn't mind spending to go see. Been a fan of your albums and mixtapes for years. Was fortunate enough to see you perform at HOB in AC. Can't wait to see you perform on a larger scale. Keep doing ya thing, 'cause it's oOo so sexy :") fry
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Chief Assistant District Attorney Jay Boyarsky, the second-highest-ranking official in the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office, was castigated in court documents by a state appeals court on Thursday, Dec. 27, for misconduct while handling a hospital commitment case against a sexual predator, according to court documents.
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Yet more egg on the face for the naughty Santa Clara County DA's office. When are they ever gonna learn?? Boyarsky sure got some coal in his stocking this holiday season!
Posted by Matt, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood, on Dec 28, 2012 at 11:03 pm
Jay Boyarsky is an incredibly honorable person and family man. The laws of this state will always be uphold by him, and no doubt there was an honest application of justice in this situation.
Posted by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto, on Dec 29, 2012 at 12:04 am
Matt - did you even read this article, or anything else pertaining to this situation? You should, if you haven't. This is *not* how officers of the court should behave w/their cases. He's smart enough to have known better.
Posted by Jon Foster, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Dec 29, 2012 at 11:12 am
The article fails to note that the trial judge approved Boyarsky's questions and argument, and a spokesperson for the California Attorney General said �none of the cited instances constituted prosecutorial misconduct.� As Matt says in his comment above, Jay is an incredibly honorable person. He is also a dedicated public servant who has been working for 18 years in the DA's office to protect the community. Frankly, the ruling that Boyarsky's questions and argument amount to misconduct is hard to understand. If a lawyer�s questions are not appropriate, the trial judge has the discretion to order the witness not to answer them -- or, in extreme cases, to order a new trial. In this case, the trial judge didn't even think there was anything wrong with the questions and argument. So for the appellate court to label the questions misconduct strikes me as way over the top. It�s not even clear the appellate court fully understood the facts � they stated (and the article repeats) that teenagers are housed at the state hospital for sexual predators. But that is not true; no teenagers are housed in a State hospital designed for pedophiles and rapists--for obvious reasons.
By the way, the perpetrator in this case has been convicted multiple times of sexually molesting children. Congratulations to Jay and the DA's office for doing everything possible to keep the perpetrator off the streets.
Posted by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto, on Dec 29, 2012 at 12:58 pm
Oh please - he went way too far & it's obvious.
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It was his job not to go so far & he admits he blew it.
Stop w/the hyperbole - his being a good family man isn't the point. This DAs office is problematic, which is why Rosen's trying to clean it up.
Posted by A little objectivity, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood, on Dec 29, 2012 at 3:47 pm
Good people with good intentions sometimes make mistakes and they learn from their mistakes. Is'nt that what this situation boils down to?
Posted by Sue Dremann, Palo Alto Weekly staff writer, on Dec 29, 2012 at 7:29 pmSue Dremann is a member (registered user) of Palo Alto Online
Thank you, Jon Foster, for pointing out that the trial judge overruled the defense objections to Mr. Boyarsky's arguments. I accidentally deleted the paragraph pasted below, and I have added it to the story:
The judges also said the trial judge erred by turning down every objection Shazier's attorney made to Boyarsky's arguments, and that the defense objections were appropriate.
Posted by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto, on Dec 29, 2012 at 8:00 pm
It would also be nice to include the ruling:
Posted by Wondering?, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Dec 29, 2012 at 8:22 pm
> The judges also said the trial judge erred by turning down
> every objection Shazier's attorney made to Boyarsky's arguments,
> and that the defense objections were appropriate.
This additional paragraph adds a lot of context. However, it does make one wonder why the trial judge was not admonished by these findings as Boyarsky was.
Perhaps the process only allowed for a review of Boyarsky's actions, but given that it is the obligation of the trial judge to insure that all presentations/questions/answers are within the guidelines/laws for adjudicating trials--then there seems to be another flaw in the system, which would have called for an immediate review of the trial judge's actions/rulings if, for any reason, the prosecutor is found guilty of misconduct.
> "This is not a case in which the prosecutor engaged in
> a few minor incidents of improper misconduct. Rather, the
> prosecutor engaged in a pervasive pattern of inappropriate
> questions, comments and argument, throughout the entire trial,
> each one building on the next, to such a degree as to undermine
> the fairness of the proceedings," Rushing wrote.
The public also needs to wonder how much of this "pervasive pattern of misconduct" Boyarsky went on during private meetings with witnesses, so they they were well primed to answer these sorts of questions when they were asked in open court?
> "I made my arguments in good faith.
What does this even mean, in this sort of context. The actions/role of prosecutors are not faith-based. They are defined, more-or-less, by various laws/protocols/rules of procedure that bind the legal system together. Boyarsky seems to be saying that he was not aware than any of his actions were wrong, at the time. Which makes one wonder just how pervasive this sort of behavior of his could be found in other of his prosecutions?
All-in-all, a very troubling matter. Makes one wonder if anyone is really in control of the District Attorney's Office, with its almost 200-strong army of prosecutors that seem to have a "win at any cost" mindset, and no one really at the helm.
Posted by Protect our children, a resident of the Evergreen Park neighborhood, on Dec 30, 2012 at 12:53 am
The perp was a convicted, multiple sexual offender. Boyarsky was trying to protect the community. Yes, he's no-nonsense when it comes to cases like this, but using this pathetic reason to discipline him looks like overreaching - especially in light of the fact that the presiding judge in the trial implicitly APPROVED Boyarsky's line of questioning.
The only miscarriage of justice here is that Mr. Boyarsky is being disciplined in WAY too harsh a manner, even possibly being brought up for review by the State Bar. Don't they have anything better to do?
Jay Boyarsky is one of the finest prosecutors any community could ask for, and I hope the perps new trial vindicates the prior result. Good luck, Mr. Boyarsky! YOu deserve FAR better than this - in fact, they should have given you a medal, instead of a reprimand.
Posted by Protect our children, a resident of the Evergreen Park neighborhood, on Dec 30, 2012 at 12:57 am
Also, interesting that many of the comments here seem to be personally or politically motivated. I wonder how many who are supporting this absurd overreaching by the State have themselves (or have people closely known to them) been at the losing end of their own (or closely known others) illegal actions, overseen by Mr. Boyarsky. Again, Good luck, Mr. Boyarsky! You deserve far better than this. I look forward to your continued excellent service for many years to come!
Posted by Antoine Dodson, a resident of another community, on Dec 30, 2012 at 4:31 am
It's a sad day for the justice system when someone who is protecting the community is treated with less fairness than a predator who rapes children.
Posted by Wondering?, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Dec 30, 2012 at 8:23 am
> Jay Boyarsky is one of the finest prosecutors
> any community could ask for,
Several people have posted this claim, but with no verifiable evidence. How would anyone come to this conclusion, using access to publicly available information about Boyarsky? The District Attorney�s Office does not provide much in the way of information about its activities/employees. The DA does not offer basic information about its activities--such as how many cases each employee was assigned, how many cases went to trial, what the win/lost numbers for these cases was, the number of people incarcerated by each employee, and so on.. how does one come to a conclusion about any/all of those working as public prosecutors?
While there may be a body of informal knowledge about Boyarsky that local defense lawyers have accumulated via their dealings with him�this information is rarely shared with the public, in any meaningful way. Some times people running for elected positions, such as Judge, might receive a �thumbs up/down� by the local Bar Association�but that�s about it. (Boyarsky did run for Judge, but the public did not think enough of him to elect him to that position.)
For the most part, all anyone in the community can ever know about people like Boyarsky is hearsay.
> especially in light of the fact that the presiding judge in the
> trial implicitly APPROVED Boyarsky's line of questioning.
Which makes this situation even worse. The Judge is not supposed to be �implicitly� on the side of the prosecution. He is supposed to be neutral, under the �presumption of innocence� theory. The Judge also seems to be at fault here.
Not directly discussed yet is whether people charged with this sort of crime should be considered guilty, even without a trial. Certainly people tend to get emotional when talking about crimes that involve/exploit children. It makes trying to analyze any misconduct on the part of the prosecutor/judge even more difficult to do�since in those cases where the defendant is truly guilty, there is really no defense for his/her actions�and they most assuredly deserve any/all punishments. But what about those cases where the defendant is truly innocent, and only a trial will clear their name? Don�t these people deserve a fair/honest trial?
The nature of this case seems to be coloring some people�s points-of-view towards giving Boyarsky a pass, no matter what he did. Not a good thing for any community�s view of justice, and their collective expectations of the people in their employ to administer justice to that community.
Posted by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto, on Dec 30, 2012 at 1:05 pm
Wondering's comments are spot on. You also simply can't compare a prosecutor being called to task for mistakes to the public's view on a criminal. It's not like the defendant walked & has since been roaming around molesting kids. So just stop acting like those of us criticizing this prosecutor are on the side of the defendant or that the prosecutor should get away w/his numerous, repeated mistakes.
What about the personally & politically motivated comments SUPPORTING Boyarsky? SC Co. DA's office has gotten into a lot of trouble for mistake-laden prosecutions, which have resulted in a whole array of problems. The public does NOT need that. Thankfully, there is a near-brilliant prosecutor there who has handled a lot of very difficult sex offender cases, but it's not this guy. Prosecutors need to do a good enough job that they can't be as easily criticized. We can't risk the guilty going free when they're a danger, due to prosecutorial misconduct. The judge & Boyarsky blew it w/this defendant.
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