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2013 Honda AccordChange year or vehicle
5 Seats
Key specs of the base trim
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The Good
- Handsome cabin materials
- Crash-test ratings
- Good ride/handling mix
- Less road noise than before
- Visibility
- Generous standard features
The Bad
- Less steering feel than before
- Relatively small trunk opening in sedan
- Still no split-folding backseat
- V-6 coupe too tame
What to Know
Redesigned for 2013
Coupe or sedan, automatic or manual
Overall EPA mileage up 1 to 3 mpg
Four-cylinder or V-6
Shorter than last Accord
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2013 Honda Accord Review
from the Cars.com expert editorial team
The Honda Accord coupe, like its sedan brethren, is all new for the 2013 model year. The redesign brings more cabin and trunk room and a peppy four-cylinder, along with new technology features.
The ninth-generation Honda Accord enters the field facing pummeling body type competition, including recent redesigns from popular competitors like the Chevrolet Malibu, Ford Fusion, Nissan Altima and Toyota Camry. Family sedans represent a massive chunk of the auto market, and five out of the six best-sellers have been redesigned for 2012 or 2013. If family-car makers were gunslingers, this would be the O.K. Corral.
With the new Accord, Honda brings some heat, but it doesn't knock anybody down.
The redesigned 2013 Honda Accord adds refinement and convenience, but it loses a bit of driving fun.
The Accord comes in sedan and coupe body styles, with a four-cylinder or V-6 engine and a choice of manual or automatic transmissions, depending on trim level. Sedan trims include the LX, Sport, EX, EX-L and Touring; the coupe comes in LX-S, EX and EX-L trims. I drove a mix of trim levels and drivetrains.
In 2013, Honda will introduce an Accord Plug-In Hybrid and, later on, a conventional Accord Hybrid. As of this writing, Honda has provided few details on the latter. Click here to see our first drive of the plug-in.
Styling Evolution
Where Ford, Hyundai and Kia turned heads with their redesigned family sedans, Honda went in a more conservative direction, as did Toyota, Nissan and Chevrolet. The new Accord looks a little classier than its slab-sided predecessor, but the change is modest. Familiar thin headlights flow into a two-slat grille, with LED daytime running lights a...
The ninth-generation Honda Accord enters the field facing pummeling body type competition, including recent redesigns from popular competitors like the Chevrolet Malibu, Ford Fusion, Nissan Altima and Toyota Camry. Family sedans represent a massive chunk of the auto market, and five out of the six best-sellers have been redesigned for 2012 or 2013. If family-car makers were gunslingers, this would be the O.K. Corral.
With the new Accord, Honda brings some heat, but it doesn't knock anybody down.
The redesigned 2013 Honda Accord adds refinement and convenience, but it loses a bit of driving fun.
The Accord comes in sedan and coupe body styles, with a four-cylinder or V-6 engine and a choice of manual or automatic transmissions, depending on trim level. Sedan trims include the LX, Sport, EX, EX-L and Touring; the coupe comes in LX-S, EX and EX-L trims. I drove a mix of trim levels and drivetrains.
In 2013, Honda will introduce an Accord Plug-In Hybrid and, later on, a conventional Accord Hybrid. As of this writing, Honda has provided few details on the latter. Click here to see our first drive of the plug-in.
Styling Evolution
Where Ford, Hyundai and Kia turned heads with their redesigned family sedans, Honda went in a more conservative direction, as did Toyota, Nissan and Chevrolet. The new Accord looks a little classier than its slab-sided predecessor, but the change is modest. Familiar thin headlights flow into a two-slat grille, with LED daytime running lights available on uplevel models. The Accord Touring and Accord Plug-In Hybrid get full LED headlights — uncommon among all cars, let alone family sedans — while the sedan's tail sees the biggest shift, with taillights that are far better than the clear-lens ones they replace. Sharp.
The ninth-generation Honda Accord has shrunk, reversing the eighth generation's growth. The sedan's length is down about 3.5 inches, and its wheelbase has lost almost an inch. It's closer to the Accord of two generations ago (2003-2007) — to the delight of any Accord faithful who thought the 2008-2012 car had become too big.
The Accord coupe shrank, too, though not as drastically as the sedan. It downsizes the chunky taillights that enveloped the last Accord coupe's posterior, but vertical reflectors in black housings and a chrome strip now festoon the bumper. It looks busy. I wish Honda had just used the sedan's tail. Accord coupes come with 17- or 18-inch alloy wheels.
Sixteen-inch alloys are standard on the sedan — most competitors have steel wheels in their base models — and 17s and 18s are optional. An affordable new sedan trim level, the Accord Sport, slots between the LX and EX. Honda got the cosmetic changes right on this one; it adds fog lights, dual tailpipes, a rear spoiler and the 18-inch wheels — but not the garish ground effects that characterize some family-car sport packages. (I'm looking at you, Toyota.)
Better Inside
Spotty interior quality marred the last Accord (see the review), but this time Honda has cleaned up its act. Dashboard and door materials are more attractive, with low-gloss wraparound panels. Stitched door panels with generous padding recall the Acura RDX, and chrome door pulls finally replace the last generation's wretched silver plastic. It's not a slam dunk — some dull gray panels still line the center dash, for example — but the improvement is consistent with redesigned competitors. The Toyota Camry may be the loser in the group when it comes to cabin quality; it shoots for the moon in some areas but falls short in others (see the review).
Cloth seats are standard, with leather on the EX-L and up. Honda's characteristically supportive seats are present: After hours behind the wheel and in the passenger seat of various sedans and coupes, I felt little fatigue. A power driver's seat comes on all sedans except the Accord LX, and uplevel trims have a power passenger seat. The Accord coupe gets deeper bolsters.
Despite a slight drop in cabin volume, the sedan backseat dimensions have increased. Headroom is fine, legroom is excellent and the seat sits high enough for adults to have sufficient knee height. The five-seat Accord coupe saw gains in the back, too, with adult-friendly confines for outboard passengers.
You can see from back there, too. Narrow window pillars frame lots of glass, providing decent sight lines for passengers and drivers — particularly over the driver's right shoulder. Compare the Honda Accord's blind spot with that of the Hyundai Sonata, Nissan Altima and Toyota Camry in the photos on the right.
The Accord sedan's trunk measures 15.8 cubic feet, up 1.1 cubic feet from 2012. The subwoofer-equipped EX-L and Touring have slightly less — 15.5 cubic feet. That's competitive, but the trunk's opening is a bit more of a squeeze than the other models. The folding backseat remains the biggest disappointment — it folds in a single piece rather than the 60/40 split other cars boast, allowing a passenger to sit in back when carrying longer cargo.
The Accord coupe's trunk totals 13.7 cubic feet, which is up nearly 2 cubic feet and impressive for a coupe.
Whole Lotta (Audio) Love
The Accord's standard audio setup includes USB/iPod integration, stereo integration with internet radio powerhouse Pandora off your Pandora-enabled smartphone, and Bluetooth phone and audio streaming. It's a generous standard array that's controlled via an 8-inch dashboard screen that you work using a rotary knob farther down the dash. One downside: The screen is hard to see if you wear polarized sunglasses.
Uplevel trims add a more straightforward touch-screen below the 8-inch screen to work the audio system. Though redundant, the touch-screen also enables the HondaLink system, which streams podcasts, audiobooks and online radio stations through your iPhone or Android smartphone and a HondaLink application. The integration works much like Ford's Sync AppLink or Toyota's Entune, but HondaLink uses Aha, a lesser-known internet radio service, to stream audio content. It can read Facebook and Twitter feeds aloud over the stereo — with hash tags and other punctuation stripped out — but doesn't allow you to reply.
Of course, all this relies on your smartphone data plan, and a lot of major carriers restrict data packages. HondaLink buffers enough data to maintain an audio stream through brief interruptions: "Tunnels aren't a problem," project manager David Kirsch told me.
Driving & MPG
The Accord's new staple drivetrain, a direct-injection four-cylinder and continuously variable automatic transmission, provides enough oomph around town, but the pairing isn't as sprightly as the 2.5-liter Camry (see the details). The Nissan Altima's CVT responds faster to accelerator nudges, but Honda's gets the job done, kicking engine revs sky-high when you need passing power.
The V-6 packs more power — 278 horsepower versus the four-cylinder's 185 — but it behaves like the four-cylinder around town. Its fuel-economy-minded cylinder deactivation is designed for aggressive cylinder shutoff, so the V6 doesn't show its stuff until you press hard on the gas — then the Accord moves out. The six-speed automatic upshifts smoothly but sometimes hesitates on kickdown. Still, it picks gears on hilly roads without too much hunting.
An Econ button adjusts accelerator response, air conditioning and cruise control to improve mileage 5 percent above the EPA rating, Honda says. The Econ-ofied air conditioner kept up with a 90-degree day, but drivability took a hit. The V6 felt two cylinders short until I stepped more than halfway down on the accelerator, and the six-speed automatic downshifted lazily. Whether you're in Econ mode or not, you'll get full acceleration if you stand on the pedal — an important safety provision.
Honda says the EPA didn't account for Econ mode in its fuel economy ratings, which are 27/36 mpg city/highway for the four-cylinder and 21/34 mpg for the V6. Both are good but not class-leading. See how the combined figures — 30 mpg and 25 mpg, respectively — match up:
|EPA Combined Gas Mileage, Family Sedans
|Automatic transmissions
|Base four-cylinder
|High-powered option
|2013 Nissan Altima
|2013 Honda Accord
|2013 Hyundai Sonata
|26 (turbo four-cylinder)
|2012 Toyota Camry
|2013 Chevrolet Malibu
|26 – 29*
|TBD (turbo four-cylinder)
|2013 Ford Fusion
|26 – 30**
|27 (turbo four-cylinder)
| *Higher figure comes from extra-cost high-efficiency package: Malibu 2.4L eAssist.
***Estimated; EPA figures not finalized. Combined mpg estimates based on Ford-provided ratings of 22/33 mpg city/highway for the Fusion 2.5L and 26/37 mpg for the Fusion 1.6L EcoBoost. The more efficient EcoBoost model is more expensive.
A host of noise abatements — A-pillars mounted flush with the windshield, more hood and fender insulation, noise-canceling speakers — make for a much quieter Accord, without the road and suspension racket that helped land the car in the bottom half of our last family-car shootout.
The prior Honda Accord sedan picked up a lot of slight bumps on pockmarked interstates but cushioned well enough over bigger stuff. Honda swapped out the car's double-wishbone suspension for a simpler Macpherson strut setup, but it didn't alter much: The Honda Accord still rides comfortably enough, if busily at times.
It also remains one of the few family cars to offer a stick shift, which is the base transmission on the LX, Sport and EX. The six-speed manual is a good unit, with smooth, short throws that belie the fact that it's the cheapest way to get an Accord. I drove it in the Honda Accord Sport, whose four-cylinder benefits from dual exhaust, for an extra 4 hp. The drivetrain lacks much pep below 3,000 rpm, but it holds its own when you keep revs above that mark. The 18-inch tires and sport-tuned suspension come closest to the old Accord's noisy suspension and tires, but the payoff comes in traction: Throw the Accord Sport into a corner, and it holds the line better than other sedan trims.
Alas, no Honda Accord steers with much confidence. Honda swapped the last generation's hydraulic steering for more fuel-efficient electric power assist, so you no longer have to muscle the wheel around parking lots. But the numb feedback disappoints — especially on the highway, where the Accord needs more tending to keep on course. Electric power steering doesn't have to be this way.
Like before, the V-6 and six-speed manual come together only on the Accord coupe. It makes for high-revving fun, but performance enthusiasts will get more acceleration for their dollar in a V-6 Ford Mustang and far better handling in a Scion FR-S. The Accord coupe's modest V-6 torque — 252 pounds-feet at a high 4,900 rpm — dampens the excitement, and engine revs drop too slowly for rev-matching. The coupe-specific suspension tuning keeps body roll down, but nose-heavy dynamics and too much uneven wheelspin limits any real handling glee. The stick-shift V-6 Accord needs a limited-slip differential like wings need hot sauce.
Safety Features
As of this writing, the Accord has yet to be crash-tested.
Standard safety features include a backup camera — impressive — plus head-protecting side airbags for both rows, antilock brakes and an electronic stability system. Honda's available LaneWatch system mounts a camera on the passenger-side door mirror to show two lanes of adjacent traffic in the 8-inch center screen. The automaker says it displays a view that's around four times wider than the mirror alone.
Other safety options include lane departure and blind spot warning systems. EX-L and Touring models get a forward collision warning system, which alerts drivers to obstructions ahead but doesn't apply any braking on its own.
Pricing & Value
The stick shift sets the Honda Accord LX sedan's entry price around $22,500, including a $790 destination charge. The automatic runs another $800, which makes the Accord about even with the base Malibu. The Fusion and Camry run some $500 to $800 less, but the sub-$22,000 Sonata still comes in cheapest.
As family cars go, the Honda Accord comes quite well-equipped. Alloy wheels, a backup camera and dual-zone automatic climate control are standard. So are USB/iPod integration and Bluetooth phone and audio streaming with Pandora integration. Move higher up, and you can get Honda's LaneWatch camera, a moonroof, power seats, premium audio with HondaLink and keyless access with push-button start. The leather-lined EX-L (around $28,000) gets an automatic transmission standard, plus a navigation system and optional V-6. Top-of-the-line Touring models (around $33,500) include all that, along with LED headlights and adaptive cruise control. Click here for a full breakdown on trims and pricing.
The Accord coupe starts just over $24,000, with similar — but not identical — features as the sedan. The coupe lacks a power passenger seat and all the extras on the Touring sedan, leaving a navigation-equipped EX-L V-6 coupe to top out around $33,000.
Accord in the Market
In Honda's inventory-strapped 2011, the automaker ceded its No. 2 family-car spot to the Altima. Does the 2013 Accord have what it takes to return? So long as it maintains its trademark reliability, I suspect so. The lackluster steering will lose some Honda Accord faithful, but the majority of shoppers will care more about the improved refinement and better gas mileage. Honda threw everything at the board: sedan, coupe, hybrid, plug-in hybrid. Plenty of it should stick.
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Upgrades to syslinux.cfg/isolinux.cfg/extlinux.conf
Subject description: 3.01, 3.02, 2.14, and 2.14R 1.01
This contains modified scripts for Puppies 3.01, 3.02, 2.14, and 2.14R 1.01.
Note: this is mainly of note for people looking to create custom versions of Puppy. For the general Puppy user who wants a menu for USB, see the section at the very bottom.
Also note: The modified install script these include also adds the dialog for "optional boot options" that I posted about a couple weeks ago. Basically, it gives you a chance to add extra things like
and whatnot, without having to manually track down and edit the config file. It doesn't add that feature to grubconfig though, only USB installs (as Grub is outside the scope of this package).
When booting from the LiveCD, Puppy displays a list of boot parameters and gives you five seconds to start adding them. Otherwise it boots normally. However, it does not do this for USB installs. The reason isn't because it' can't, but because the scripts just weren't set up for it. So I set them up.
This package contains four directories, one for each version. Inside, they each have two directories and two files. The directories ###_nopeb/ and files isolinux.cfg are for standard Puppy setups. The directories ###_peb/ and files isolinux_peb.cfg are for Puppies that use Pebble. Note: This package does not contain Pebble! It just has Pebble compatible scripts.
How to use it:
Inside the ###/###_xxx/ directory (example: 301/301_nopeb/) are modified versions of the install script, the remaster script, and a script or two relating to multi-session. There are also some files in ###/###_xxx/usr/lib/syslinux/files/.
syslinux.cfg: this is a template. It contains everything except the final "append" line, which the install script will append. This same file gets used for both syslinux and extlinux (it just gets renamed in the latter).
boot.msg: this is the file that configures the initial image/text on the screen. It displays the image boot.16 and will show that for the entire 5 second timeout unless the user presses <f2>
boot.16: this is the image
f2.msg: this is the text that gets displayed if the user presses <f2>, and lists the boot options.
I won't bother giving detailed instructions to use this with the generic remaster script. Just copy in the files so that they mesh with your filesystem, and replace isolinux.cfg with the correct one.
To use this with Unleashed, you would put the ###/###_xxx/usr/lib/syslinux/files/ stuff in the relevant place in the syslinux package. The rest goes into the rootfs_skeleton package, overwriting the originals (probably you should back those up first). Next, you need to copy all the files except syslinux.cfg from ###/###_xxx/usr/lib/syslinux/files/ into the isolinux-builds/ directory of the unleashed tree. Replace isolinux.cfg with the on from the ###/ directory (if you use Pebble, use the isolinux_peb.cfg file instead, but rename it to isolinux.cfg). Now you will need to modify the ./createpuppy script to make it stop altering the isolinux.cfg file by commenting out these lines:
#v2.15 now create the isolinux.cfg file... v2.16rc modified...
echo "Creating isolinux-builds/isolinux.cfg..."
CFGBASE='default puppy
display boot.msg
prompt 1
label puppy
kernel vmlinuz'
echo "$CFGBASE" > isolinux-builds/isolinux.cfg
if [ "$INITTYPE" = "initrd" ];then
INITRDSIZEK="`cat /tmp/initrdsize.txt`"
if [ "$HUMONGOUS" = "" ];then
#normal situation....
echo "append root=/dev/ram0 initrd=initrd.gz pmedia=cd vga=785" >> isolinux-builds/isolinux.cfg
echo "append root=/dev/ram0 initrd=initrd.gz pmedia=cd vga=785 ramdisk_size=$INITRDSIZEK" >> isolinux-builds/isolinux.cfg
#cpio archive, initramfs.
echo "append initrd=initrd.gz pmedia=cd vga=785" >> isolinux-builds/isolinux.cfg
echo 'timeout 50' >> isolinux-builds/isolinux.cfg
That's it.
In case you want to alter the image, I included the SVG and PNG files. The important specs are that it be under 640x480 and only 16 colors. Save it as a .png image. Then use the included mk16 script to transform it into a .16 file, like so:
./mk16 puppy_301_img.png boot.16
Now just replace the boot.16 files in the syslinux package and the isolinux-builds/ directory.
To use the SVG images, edit them with an SVG editor (such as inkscape). When finished, open the file with Gimp. It will ask about the dimensions. Change it to 640 px wide and hit "okay". Now go to "Image" -> "Mode" -> "Indexed". Change the colors to 16. Change the dithering to "none" (not necissary, but yields better results for the images I provided. More complex images might look best with dithering). Now go to "File" -> "Save As" and save it as a .png image. Then folow the above steps to make it a .16 image.
You can also edit the text. Just open the f2.msg and boot.msg files as text, and don't mess up the special characters. Make sure you do the same changes to the files in isolinux-builds/ as you do to the ones in the syslinux package.
If you want more screens (for <f3>, <f4>, etc.) copy the f2.msg file and then edit the syslinux.cfg and isolinux.cfg files appropriately (pretty obvious how).
for more info about customizing syslinux.
How to enable this functionality in an already set up USB install:
Extract the package and go into the correct directories (301/301_nopeb/ for a 3.01 Puppy that doesn't have Pebble). Now go to the usr/lib/syslinux/files/ directory.
In a separate window, mount and navigate into your USB drive. Rename your syslinux.cfg file to syslinux.cfg_ORIG.
Back in the first window, copy all the files into the second (onto the USB drive). Now go ahead and close that first window.
Open the syslinux.cfg_ORIG file and the new syslinux.cfg file in a text editor. In the syslinux.cfg_ORIG file there will be a line like this:
default vmlinuz initrd=initrd.gz ide=nodma pmedia=usbflash
It will look a little different based on what version of Puppy you have. Copy it into the final empty line in syslinux.cfg, and add a new empty line after it (for convention's sake). Now, in the syslinux.cfg file, remove the "default vmlinuz" part from the line you pasted and put an "append" there instead, like this:
append initrd=initrd.gz ide=nodma pmedia=usbflash
Now just save the file and you should be good to go. When you boot, you'll see an image. You have 5 seconds to start typing a boot option, then it will boot normally. If you press <f2> it will show you a bunch of the availble boot options.
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Do you plan to put this in the final release of pcPuppyOs?
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I'm thinking about it. I
thinking that RC4 would be the final, but then Mozilla went and released a new Firefox just days after I uploaded it
So as long as I'll need to rebuild it again soon anyways, I'll probably add this.
Looks like a new Wine came out today too.
I won't be worrying about pcPuppyOS until Monday at the earliest though. I'm devoting this weekend to Pebble and homework.
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Hi Pizzasgood, thanks for this. Have you notified Dougal/Pakt/Tempestious who do 2.14r about this as yet? They are planning a new release soon.
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I just updated the package (and renamed it and added a version number). I fixed a couple bugs here and there.
Yes, I let them know.
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Word has emerged online saying that Samsung's 441ppi panel for its next S-series smartphone has run into trouble getting the required tech from Samsung Display.
Apparently, Samsung Display (SD) lacks the technology to mass produce the hi-res displays due to problems printing the delicate OLED materials onto the glass panels.
Samsung is said to be asking US-based conglomerate 3M for help, although these complications will have thrown a spanner in the works for the Korean firm.
Possible delays
This news further adds to speculation that Samsung's next flagship device – the Galaxy S4, presumably – will feature a 441ppi, full-HD AMOLED display.
This would put it up alongside the likes of the Droid DNA/ HTC J Butterfly's beastly 5-inch 1080p screen, ahead of the Samsung Galaxy S3's 306ppi display and the iPhone 5's 326ppi Retina.
According to "industry sources", today's developments mean Samsung may not be able to meet the proposed deadline for the release of the Galaxy S4, assuming this is in fact the device in question.
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My son Ryan (Knucklehed) took GC in a Whitefish MT BBQ comp last weekend.
We used the Cajun Bandit Mod for Brisket and butts. We cooked a brisket and butt on lower rack and the same on the upper for about 11-12hrs and they came out perfect.
we used Butchers beef injection along with Smoky Okie's Deep beef flavor
then seasoned with Plow Boys Bovine Bold, then glazed with blues hog.
for the butt we injected with Smoky Okie's Pure poke power and seasoned with squirrel (my sons seasoning) and blues hog original mixed with there Tennessee red.
we did the ribs and chicken on the rib-o-lator.
we used squirrel on the chicken and blues hog original mixed with there Tennessee red.
time got away from us so by the time we got the chicken ready to cook we only had about 35min before turn in, so we cranked up the kettle to 500 temp and put it on the rol and it was done in 30. the skin had a golden color and it was as bite through as you would ever want. we glazed with blues hog original mixed with there Tennessee red.
we seasoned the ribs with the grillmore sweet rub and glazed with blues hog.
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Blood pressure medication huge cash cow
Earlier this month Kyoto University revealed that a study one of its researchers carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of the drug Diovan, which lower blood pressure, was probably "erroneous." Though the university did not say the drug itself was ineffective, it did admit that the data of "those involved in the research" did not always agree with the conclusions of the lead researcher, Hiroaki Matsubara, which said that Diovan is "more potent in reducing angina and brain strokes than any other hypertensive medicines." There are suspicions that Matsubara may have changed some of his data. In December 2012 he asked that his papers on the study be withdrawn.
Diovan, which is also sold generically as valsartan, was developed by the Swiss pharmaceuital giant Novartis Pharma K.K., which reportedly gave Matsubara a ¥100 million grant for his study. It wouldn't have the first time the company has been accused of bribing doctors. Diovan is one of the company's biggest moneymakers, especially in Japan where it generates ¥100 billion in sales.
Novartis isn't the only drugmaker who does well with high blood pressure medications in Japan. Sales of hypertensive drugs amounts to more than ¥1 trillion a year, so even if Novartis had been trying to get researchers to post better results for their medicine, it seems that there's enough of a market for every pharmaceutical company to make a lot of money with HBP medication. Some doctors, in fact, question the ease with which their colleagues prescribe HBP drugs.
In his bestseller, Isha ni korosarenai 47 no kokoroe ("47 Tips to Prevent Being Killed by Your Doctor"), controversial radiologist Dr. Makoto Kondo points out that there are 40 million people in Japan being treated for high blood pressure compared to 16 million in 1998. Why the big increase? In 2000, the health ministry, on recommendation from a panel of blood pressure specialists, changed the index for diagnosing HBP from 160/95 to 140/90, which is more in line with world standards. The new index immediately added 21 million people to the ranks of patients with high blood pressure, and almost all were prescribed hypertensive medication. Before the change, sales of HBP medicines was about ¥200 billion a year. Revenues have since climbed by more than fivefold. Kondo claims in his book that the specialists association from which the advisory panel was selected received an "anonymous" donation from a group of pharmaceutical companies beforehand.
Kondo believes that the dangers of high blood pressure have always been exaggerated, since blood vessels naturally become less elastic as people age and therefore the heart has to pump harder to achieve proper circulation. Reducing blood pressure too much can actually be dangerous, he says, since that could mean blood not reaching the brain and extremities in proper amounts, which may lead to senility and chronic loss of equilibrium. He cites a study in Finland that found elderly men with blood pressure over 160 lived longer than did those with blood pressure under 140. (Though it should also be noted that a more recent study in Finland found that people diagnosed with HBP who fail to take their meds have a higher chance of stroke.)
Kondo's theories are generally dismissed by the medical community, but the Kyoto University scandal highlights an inconvenient truth about the financial connections between medical providers and pharmacuetical companies. Kondo says he has studied the literature extensively and cannot find reliable data that actually shows that a reduction in blood pressure leads to a reduction in the incidence of heart disease and stroke. Meanwhile, the Japanese government spends ¥37 trillion a year on medical care in the form of taxes and insurance payments, ¥6.14 trillion of which goes to drugs. That means hypertension medications account for one-sixth of all prescription drug sales in Japan.


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URBANA - Is it waterhemp or Palmer amaranth? Though identification can be difficult, University of Illinois associate professor of weed science Aaron Hager said early and accurate identification of Palmer amaranth plants coupled with implementation of an integrated management program are essential to reduce the potential for crop yield loss due to interference of this broadleaf weed.
Accurate identification of weedy Amaranthus species during early vegetative stages can be difficult because many look very much alike, Hager explained. "During the 1990s, waterhemp provided an excellent example of how difficult it can be to differentiate among the various Amaranthus species, especially when plants are small," he added.
To assist weed management practitioners in accurately identifying Palmer amaranth, Hager said researchers in the U of I crop sciences department will accept tissue samples from suspected Palmer amaranth plants and use tools of molecular biology to identify whether the sample is Palmer amaranth or another species of Amaranthus. Information on how to collect and submit tissue samples from suspected Palmer amaranth plants is described on the Palmer amaranth identification form, found at http://tinyurl.com/k34z3yf. Download the form, provide as much information as possible, and submit it along with the tissue samples to the address listed at the top of the form.
"Proper management of Palmer amaranth populations can help reduce the potential for seed production that will augment the soil seedbank and perpetuate the population in future growing seasons," he said.
Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) is a summer annual broadleaf weed species taxonomically related to other pigweed species (waterhemp, smooth, redroot) common in Illinois agronomic cropping systems. Hager said Palmer amaranth is not indigenous to Illinois, but rather it evolved as a desert-dwelling species in the southwestern United States, including areas of the Sonoran Desert. "Genotypic and phenotypic adaptability have allowed Palmer amaranth to expand its distribution and colonize the vastly different agricultural landscapes across much of the eastern half of the United States, including Illinois," he explained.
Research has demonstrated that Palmer amaranth has a higher growth rate and is more competitive than other pigweed species. "Growth rates approaching 3 inches per day and yield losses of 78 percent (soybean) and 91 percent (corn) attributed to Palmer amaranth interference have been reported in the scientific literature," Hager said. "Seed production capability of female Palmer amaranth plants is similar to that of female waterhemp plants."
Hager described the cotyledon leaves of Palmer amaranth as being relatively long compared with other Amaranthus species. "Like all weedy Amaranthus species in Illinois, the true leaves—those produced after the cotyledon leaves—of Palmer amaranth have a small notch in the tip. Occasionally, a single hair can be found in the leaf notch. This hair may not be present in each leaf notch of a Palmer amaranth plant, and tends to be less common on leaves of waterhemp plants. The stems and leaves have no or few hairs and the stems feel smooth to the touch. Leaves are alternate on the stem and are generally lance-shaped or egg-shaped with prominent white veins on the underside," he said. "As plants become older, they often assume a poinsettia-like appearance and sometimes have a white or purple chevron on the leaves. Leaves are attached to the stem by petioles that are usually longer than the leaf blade."


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I was hesitant to write this piece because other Feng Shui practitioners were involved. However, I decided to write it anyway because I want my readers to be aware that Feng Shui is not limited to the inside of the house, you should be very conscious of what is outside the house also.
Yesterday or in my preceding post, I talked about how the statue of Lapu Lapu in Magellan Shrine might have caused the death of several incumbent mayors. Today, I would like to share with you why I think Mandarin Oriental closed down. It is very similar to what happened in the said incumbent mayors who all died in office.
As I said, I was first hesitant to write about this article, but I would like to make it clear, when I first noticed what I notice I did talked to two professional Feng Shui Consultants with close affinity to the said hotel. What am I talking about?
Obviously, if you talk to the owners or management of Mandarin Oriental, they would give you various reasons as to why they decided to close. In fact, the official statement is that the property is "no longer in keeping with its luxury hospitality offering." Of course, that would be another way of saying that they are losing money because they are no longer able to serve their guests with the amount of service they are able to provide. If they have the money they could have renovated the hotel several floors at a time, this was done by Philippine Plaza, which is now Sofitel.
So what really caused the 'downfall' of Mandarin Oriental? I firmly believed that the putting of some heroic statues with active stance that is directed towards Mandarin Oriental was the cause of this bad luck or lowering of sales of Mandarin Oriental.
In my preceding post, I talked about how the image of Lapu Lapu in Magellan Shrine might have caused the successive deaths of successive incumbent mayors; it is the same manner that the said statues (see picture) might have caused the bad luck of Mandarin Oriental. Although one of the images shows that the sword is not directed at Mandarin Oriental, the direction of the call for attack is directed towards Mandarin Oriental. Furthermore, there is another statue of a warrior (not sure whether it is Lapu Lapu) who is looking at Mandarin Oriental. Both images are of heroes that are warrior, meaning they are aggressive images and this is the reason why I think Mandarin Oriental closed down.
As mentioned, when I first noticed this, I brought it to the attention of two professional Feng Shui consultant, but for some reason they both said the fan like image logo of the hotel will 'fan' away the negative energies brought about by the statues and that the figures are relatively small compared to the sturdy structure of the hotel. And at that time I also thought that their explanation is not only plausible but also valid. So like them I came to the conclusion that it will not have any effect or if does, the fan like logo of the hotel will 'fan' it away.
But in hindsight, there are several flaws in that belief.
First, the logo is a shell and not a fan, shells easily cracks so it won't protect the hotel from the negative energies.
Second, and perhaps the more important reason, the images are of long time heroes, older than the hotel, and they are immortalized because of the statue, so it does carry a lot of energies, not only from the statue itself from the history that it carries with it that was transferred in the making of those images. It carries years, hundred of years, even thousands of years of energies that makes really strong. And so because no one was careful, everyone was lax, Mandarin Oriental is now no more.
The lesson here is that we should be careful with our surroundings because it does affect our Feng Shui and more than that, we should not be complacent about it.
I also wrote this article to demonstrate that even an institution like Mandarin Oriental can be affected by a poison arrow or a hostile energy. This shows that we have to be more vigilant with our surroundings. Note that these arrows is not limited to statues, but it can as simple as a pointed object or image from a neighbor's house or any structures outside our house or office.
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Ira Brilliant and Patricia Elliott, "A Ten-Year Review of the Beethoven Auction Market (1985-1995)," compiled by Ira Brilliant and Patricia Elliott. Beethoven Journal 11, no. 1 (Spring 1996): 26-31. Index covers the years 1985-1995.
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(Pocket-lint) - Getac don't like to do things by halves, producing a range of devices for those who work in tough environments. The PS535F is a rugged PDA aimed at those who need a handheld device that can withstand the worst the environment can throw at it.
Unlike the majority of Windows Mobile devices in the consumer electronics category, this isn't a connected device - it lacks any sort of mobile phone technology as was the case with PDAs a few years back. This marks it out as a working tool and perhaps sets it apart from something like the iMate.
The PS535F PDA comes in that typical grey and black livery that Getac have applied the other devices and it is pretty large, measuring 144.25 x 82.25 x 29.3mm. It also weighs 300g, so is it not light by PDA standards. Much of that will be down to the level of protection incorporated here.
The device is solid - you can't twist or bend anything here, it doesn't creak when you grip it or anything else. That's to be expected because it is engineered to meet MIL-STD 810F and IP54 standards. IP54 means it is tight against dust ingress and splashing water, while 810F outlines a range of laboratory-tested environmental stresses, which the device is certified to withstand.
The front features a 3.5-inch 480 x 640 (VGA) touchscreen display, which Getac boast can be seen in direct sunlight thanks to its anti-glare coating. In this device, where function rules over form, it is true. The anti-glare is good enough that we were able to photograph the screen directly, even in bright light, which is very rare indeed. It is LED backlit too, which helps get the most from the battery.
Across the bottom of the front are four buttons, giving you the normal Windows Mobile Start button, contacts, TacLink launcher and power. Of course you can reassign three of these buttons to launch different programs to suit what you are doing. In the centre of these buttons is a small clickable four-way controller, which means you can scroll around manually without having to use touch too much, but not entirely.
As this runs a standard version of Windows Mobile 6.1, you'll need to use the stylus for fiddly tasks like using the on-screen keyboard or closing down windows. The stylus slots neatly into the back right-hand corner and is nice and tight, so it won't fall out.
The buttons are a little too small to use wearing gloves, although if you can grip the stylus, then this shouldn't be too much of a challenge to use in the cold, but we can see that those wearing gloves will probably choose a larger stylus attached by a lanyard or some such.
The bottom of the device features a large flap, well sealed to prevent water or dust ingress, beneath which lies the connections: a DC power point and Mini-USB for syncing with your PC. There is also a hard power switch, meaning you can shut the PDA off completely and not run the risk of flattening the batteries whilst in transit.
The left-hand side features two further weatherproofed flaps, concealing a 3.5mm headphone jack and the SD card slot (up to 8GB accepted). The latter flap is also secured with a screw, so this isn't something you'll be swapping out in the field. It does mean that it won't accidentally drop out or get lost - vital if you are using it to gather data.
Around the back of the PDA is a small speaker and a 3-megapixel camera, as well as an attachment point for an external GPS antenna (available separately) that you might want to consider if you plan to vehicle mount PS535F.
The camera is average for this type of device - it won't replace a decent digital camera, but will grab snaps should you need them. Sadly there doesn't seem to be an option to geotag images straight out of the box. It will also capture video with sound.
In-use the PDA performs pretty much as any other Windows Mobile device, which is exactly what you want. This means you'll be able to use normal Windows Mobile applications and compatibility with your PC back at the office is ensured.
To support the hardware onboard, however, you do get a couple of special applications. The first is TacLink that gives you a detailed display of GPS information, including satellite locations and levels, as well as your exact location information. You can also log this information, so you'll be able to record and extract this data for later use. It isn't a GPS navigator however, so you'd benefit from installing a third-party mapping application if that is a requirement.
The second application is E-Compass, which as the name suggests is an electronic compass. Each time you use it you'll have to calibrate it by waving it around in a figure of eight, but after that you'll get the option of having the needle point north, or the dial point north. You get a digital readout of the bearing the device is lying on, as well as altitude (which can be gathered from GPS data), barometric data and pitch and roll.
These features won't really appeal for those wanting a navigation device as you can get smaller GPS units that will give you routing and mapping information of this type, or a sighting compass is no weight in the pocket and doesn't rely on batteries. The pitch and roll is useful, because you can use this for levelling, however, and the barometric pressure could also be logged. All the details supplied might feed into the pot of information you have to collect at a particular location.
Sitting at the core of the PS535F is a Samsung 2450 533MHz processor, backed by 128MB of RAM and 2GB NAND flash memory for storage. Navigation of Windows Mobile is relatively smooth, although this is the characteristic pause whilst the OS thinks about what you have asked it to do. As this isn't a consumer device, that probably won't be much of a problem.
In terms of connectivity you do get Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0, so you'll be able to connect to networks wirelessly to move data in and out and take advantage of all the connected features that you can add to Windows Mobile if that takes your fancy. Unlike many consumer devices, there is no modification to Windows Mobile here - you don't get a flashy interface or any shortcuts - it is as Microsoft intended.
Obviously we couldn't resist the temptation to abuse the PS535F, none of which seemed to have any impact on it. Dropping, chilling or soaking makes no bones with this PDA. It's not bulletproof, but it will let you do your job in hostile conditions and doesn't mind being bashed around too much. You also get 8 hours from the battery, which is a fair whack for a device of this size, but it will depend on what you are asking it to do, of course.
The price, as with all things Getac, sets this well aside from your average consumer devices. At £918.85 (£799 ex VAT) this is a serious PDA for those looking to work in places that many PDAs won't.
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2 Years Old at Diagnosis
Have you ever met a child so full of life and energy that the only time he stops is to flash you a big, bright smile? This describes Duncan Mitcheltree to a tee. CureSearch for Children's Cancer had the pleasure of meeting him at the Lehigh Valley Hospital – Pediatric Cancer Unit recently, where he starred in our latest photo shoot. Let's just say we got a lot of action shots from Duncan!
The Unit filled with excitement as AnnMarie Steber, RN, CPON announced "the Mitcheltrees are here!" In walked Eric and Andrea Mitcheltree with their 5-month old daughter Riley, 4-year old son Duncan, and 6-year old daughter Reagan. Reagan and Duncan immediately gave hugs and huge smiles to the staff and families they have grown to love. "The only good thing about cancer is the new relationships you develop. It is a family that you never want to be a part of – until you are," explains Eric.
Just two years ago, on December 17, 2009, then 2 1/2-year-old Duncan was diagnosed with Wilms tumor-Stage III after experiencing multiple fevers and lethargy. A CT scan revealed a large mass growing on his kidney, which would lead to the removal of his right kidney and appendix. Duncan then underwent 6 sessions of radiation and 6 months of chemotherapy. Wilms tumor affects about 500 children in the United States each year and about 75% of them are under 5 years old.
Duncan finished his treatment on the 15th of June, 2010 and just six months later, he and his family signed up to participate in the CureSearch Walk – Lehigh Valley. Eric felt so strongly about educating people about the differences between adult and children's cancer that he agreed to use his leadership skills to chair the Walk.
On October 8, 2011 the inaugural CureSearch Walk – Lehigh Valley raised $61,000 and Team Duncan was the #1 fundraising team, bringing in more than $13,000.
Participating on the Walk committee, Eric knew he was bound to meet countless new people. While the Mitcheltrees were thankful for all of the support from their parents, family, friends, and church members who helped in very special ways, what they found by meeting others from the children's cancer community was a group of people who truly understood exactly what they were going through. This brought comfort they never expected.
The people Eric and Andrea met understand the fear and anxiety they face every time they wait for Duncan's lab results to come back. They understand the awful thoughts that race through their mind every time their child hiccups, burps, or coughs. "Is his cancer back? Is it a secondary cancer from treatment?" Like Eric and Andrea, the people they met were also caught by such surprise when they first found out that their child had cancer that now, nothing is implausible to them.
Duncan is doing well and continues to be as active as ever, and Eric and Andrea continue to fight to spread the word about children's cancer.
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text: While not a graceful runner, Donnovan Bailey was fast – especially as he gassed over the 'fastest man on the earth', Michael Johnson in a special fit-for-the-faker 150m race about 10 years ago. I saw it at the SkyDome and it deeply touched me, but what a crock! Well, the 3GS is no faker: it is a powerful machine that Black Pixel's ejaculation, "Holy crap, this thing is fast" certainly supports.


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Four African-American orthopedic surgeons are making their mark at Einstein Healthcare Network.
The surgeons — Drs. Richard E. Grant, Anthony Ndu, Julius K. Oni and Eric Williams — have assumed the role of community "ambassadors" for Einstein. The board-certified physicians are encouraging the community to tap into the orthopedic care available at Einstein Orthopedics multiple offices and surgical locations at Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia and Einstein Elkins Park. The physicians are part of a team that treats complex conditions — such as patients with multiple complicating conditions, trauma cases and corrective surgery procedures for joints that have been poorly replaced.
"Part of our outreach is to make people aware of the fact that we have incredible surgical capabilities here in spine and total joints and foot and ankle surgery," said Dr. Grant, who specializes in joint replacement surgery, total arthroplasty, gender-specific knee replacement and sickle cell disease-related osteonecrosis.
Grant is a United States Air Force veteran who earned his medical degree from Howard University School of Medicine, interned at the Kaiser Foundation and completed his orthopedic residency at the United States Air Force Wilford Hall Medical Center.
He highlighted the significance of four African-American and African orthopedic surgeons serving on Einstein's faculty.
"It's about 156 residency education programs across the country that teaches young doctors how to become orthopedic surgeons. It's a very unique situation when you have that many African-American surgeons on the faculty at one place at one time," Grant stated.
The four surgeons were drawn to Einstein because it serves a diverse inner city community.
"One of the things that I think is not fair is that sometimes as physicians we get excellent training but then we go out of the community to practice. It was important for me to be able to come into the community to continue to practice," said Dr. Williams, who earned his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine and completed the Maryland Spine Fellowship at the Spine and Scoliosis Center at St. Joseph's Medical Center.
"I think that one of the really good things about Einstein is that we have a multidisciplinary team approach here."
Williams, who joined Einstein in 2002, is a pioneer in minimally invasive spine surgery and complex innovative procedures. He directed Einstein's orthopedic residency and spinal cord injury programs until 2012. His expertise includes outpatient operations; cervical, thoracic and lumbar procedures; spinal malignancies; total disc replacement and reconstructive procedures for adult scoliosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis.
Williams said he and his partners can play a key role in educating the community about the importance of maintaining their musculoskeletal health.
"That is where I think we can really help in terms of making an impact in our community by stressing the importance of staying aerobically fit, [watching] our weight and how those things can make sure that we will have less knee problems, hip problems and spine problems," said Williams, a native of Washington, D.C., who grew up in Philadelphia.
Williams noted that the majority of his patients are African Americans who tend to have more advanced disease such degenerative spondylolisthesis — a degenerative condition that results in the narrowing of the spinal canal.
"Sometimes if they have access to care earlier, certain interventions can be done that may not require surgery. It's important to stress that there are certain problems that can't be fixed without surgery," he added.
After growing up in Newark, N.J., Dr. Ndu knew he wanted to practice in a similar environment where he could make a difference.
"After finishing my training, I had a couple of places that were more financially lucrative, but I wanted to work in environment that reflected where I grew up because I knew the type of care that I got a 'clinic' patient and I know there is better out there," said Ndu.
Ndu became the newest member of Einstein's orthopedic team when he came on board in September.
"From our standpoint we would love to see our community come back to Einstein. I believe that been the whole point in trying to recruit good talent to help draw people back and elevate the level of the program. We want people to understand that we want to help them," said Ndu, who specializes in foot and ankle surgery.
"We're not just surgeons. At the end of the day, we're doctors and we want to help take care of the whole person."
Ndu, who does reconstructive, trauma and fracture work, is an alumnus of Yale University where he earned both his medical degree and his master of business administration. The native of Nigeria completed a residency in orthopedic surgery at Yale where he served as a clinical instructor for the Department of Orthopedics. He completed a foot and ankle fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania.
Due to his subspecialty, Ndu providing diabetic foot care and treating patients who have flat feet — a condition that is more common in African Americans. Ndu says flat feet can lead to other tendon problems.
Dr. Oni is another new addition to Einstein's orthopedic surgery department. He came to Einstein in August from the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. The Nigerian native earned his medical degree from Howard University College of Medicine and completed his residency at New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases.
He specializes in minimally invasive joint replacement surgery — hip and knee replacements.
"It's been very gratifying in terms of making a significant difference in the lives of patients. With the methods that we use now a lot of patients can get back to their lives a lot quicker and faster."
Oni recalled how he impacted the life of a patient who had been wheelchair bound for more than a year due to severe arthritis in his hip. He felt a sense of gratification when the patient walked into his office three weeks after undergoing a total hip replacement.
"He walked into the office and was just profusely thankful that he had a new lease on life. Things like that just make everything worth it," said Oni.
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Joined: 11 Oct 2007
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Posted: Sat 13 Jun 2009, 07:20
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Thanks Lasker particularly for your mention of Wubi, and welcome!
In view of your experience with Wubi, your suggestion:
It might be a good idea to mention Puppy Linux on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubi_(Ubuntu) as a similar project. I think Puppy linux is an excellent alternative to wubi. There are a lot of people who want to get handson experience on linux without repartitioning their harddrive.
looks like something which could help many, feel free to add a link from the Wubi Wikipedia page to the Puppy Linux one.
Likewise feel free to start a thread mentioning the model no. of your problem laptop if a search for it via
doesn't produce a readymade solution.
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Posted: Wed 17 Jun 2009, 21:53
Post subject: SD Card Reader
Subject description: Toshiba portege 4010 and Puppy Linux 4.1problem
I have a Toshiba Portege 4010 with 256mb
Puppy Linux Distribution # 0.41
Kernel is Linux 188.8.131.52(i86)
The laptop has a built in SD card reader but I do not have access to it with puppy linux. Every thing else is working pretty well and I think that this little Puppy is the way to go for a laptop but I would like to be able to use the sd card reader. Please help me............
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Posted: Wed 17 Jun 2009, 23:02
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I'd like to see an easier, more noob friendly way to install *nix packages. I've been a fairly self sufficient windows user most of the last ten years. I've tried *nix several times but to this day tend to have problems getting/installing programs.
I understand there are different types of archives and compression which make this task difficult but, if it's possible, could some sort of universal package extractor/installer be created for puppy(does one already exist?)
I really dig puppy over the other distros I've tried and brag about it everywhere but in the end still end up back on winblows for mediocre tasks because its easy to aquire/install the apps I need for that particular task.
Thanks, and keep up the good work!
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Posted: Thu 18 Jun 2009, 00:09
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puppy is a funny and i am starting to know it
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Posted: Thu 18 Jun 2009, 22:49
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Ok. First off I like Puppy, but I have had some issues.
1. Loading software packages rarely works for me. Of course this could be my ignorance, but there it is.
By comparison, loading packages into Ubuntu or Mint is rather straigtforward and logical. Uninstalling is often difficult also, so I usually don't even try.
2. Typing into a Forum Window can easily cause a net crash for me if I make a mistake and press the wrong key (usually delete, I think). So, as now, I am currently typing this in Geany and copy and pasting into the Puppy Forum window.
3.Flash and Java are problematic for me. I haven't been able to install/ upgrade the software. I make music on my Windows based DAW and correspond with others and listen to music online in different formats. Some formats do not work well with Puppy out of the box and installing the proper software hasn't usually worked. Sound playback formats are not always available. Adding the proper codecs is not easy.
4. Printing is not as refined as it is in Windows, and I realize that is because the drivers are not optimized for Linux (no industry lead drivers). I.e. there are no indicators for when ink is low nor is there means to control the type of print quality to use (draft or fine). When I try to recommend Puppy to others, printing control and photo control are two of the highest priorities. This is a general Linux problem.
5. I have difficulty if I need to access the terminal. I bought an Ubuntu manual to try to become familiar with the terminal and the corresponding language, but alas it is totally illogical to me. It reminds me of my old trials with assembly language. A language for mathematicians and engineers.
So much for the negatives. I still like Puppy. It is fast, safe and one of the easiest to use out of the box. Internet setup is straightforward once to you get the hang of Puppy. All in all its a good op system. Thanks guys.
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Posted: Fri 19 Jun 2009, 03:25
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I bought an Ubuntu manual to try to become familiar with the terminal and the corresponding language, but alas it is totally illogical to me. It reminds me of my old trials with assembly language. A language for mathematicians and engineers.
Though some might disagree (now that they have mastered shell scripting to some degree or other) I have to say that shell script is plagued with some odd syntax, making it at times extremely cryptic and almost cantankerous. Even competent shell script programmers sometimes struggle to get it to do exactly what they intend.
Funnily enough, many who have taken the time to learn shell, still think of C as cryptic or impossibly technical. However, I think, that C (albeit a compiling language) offers a much more consistent and traditional programming approach in comparison to, for example, the bash shell. Yes, pointers take a bit getting used to (and pointers to pointers and so on) but once the concept is mastered it provides an immensely powerful technique and very efficient and fast code. I actually love programming when pointers are involved - it is so simple.
I do think it is a pity that traditional shell scripting is so embedded in Linux/Unix system management/operation, because I'm sure some cleaner shell script language would be a joy to use comparitively (e.g. Lua or Python in style - but still small in size) and increase the number of shell level system developers. Perl, alas, is full of weirdness and black magic too...
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Posted: Fri 19 Jun 2009, 03:27
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Posted: Fri 19 Jun 2009, 03:42
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michels wrote:
I bought an Ubuntu manual to try to become familiar with the terminal and the corresponding language, but alas it is totally illogical to me. It reminds me of my old trials with assembly language. A language for mathematicians and engineers.
Though some might disagree (now that they have mastered shell scripting to some degree or other) I have to say that shell script is plagued with some odd syntax, making it at times extremely cryptic and almost cantankerous. Even competent shell script programmers sometimes struggle to get it to do exactly what they intend.
Funnily enough, many who have taken the time to learn shell, still think of C as cryptic or impossibly technical. However, I think, that C (albeit a compiling language) offers a much more consistent and traditional programming approach in comparison to, for example, the bash shell. Yes, pointers take a bit getting used to (and pointers to pointers and so on) but once the concept is mastered it provides an immensely powerful technique and very efficient and fast code. I actually love programming when pointers are involved - it is so simple.
I do think it is a pity that traditional shell scripting is so embedded in Linux/Unix system management/operation, because I'm sure some cleaner shell script language would be a joy to use comparitively (e.g. Lua or Python in style - but still small in size) and increase the number of shell level system developers. Perl, alas, is full of weirdness and black magic too...
Python integration is linux is very good, I do not see why someone would have to limit himself on using C or Bash.
The options are so many.
Another language that plays very well with linux and is a breeze to learn is FreePascal.
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Posted: Fri 19 Jun 2009, 15:07
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I have tried several puppy distros and think they are great especially that they can be run and contained on a usb. However I am not very familiar with linux. My main use for it is to use as a back up OS from which I can restore my PC and web browsing. I think it would be a great addition to puppy if it had support for the touch pad, an option for dbl click to open (really having trouble getting use to single), a more noob friendly file manager(dbl pained with an easy way to move files like a move option on right click), and partionining and imageing software. I know they are availible for linux but I really have trouble installing them. It is great that puppy allows the use of files from many distros, but geting them installed can be very difficult for noobs who are not familiar with linux.
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Posted: Fri 19 Jun 2009, 15:42
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Take a look at the goodies in my Puppy Linux thread at the PC-Guide forums. Begin at the end and work back to the beginning.
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a more noob friendly file manager(dbl pained with an easy way to move files like a move option on right click)
Install both "X File Explorer" [Xfe] & "The Fox-library"->[needed by Xfe].
Xfe [and/or the FREE version of SyncBack run under WINE] can be used to make/restore backup copies of the contents of partitions/folders/files.
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partionining and imageing software
(a) See "Menu->System->GParted" which does partitioning work.
(b) See "Menu->Utility->Pudd", which makes and restores compressed images of [Windows and Linux] partitions [and other things].
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Posted: Sat 20 Jun 2009, 17:31
Post subject: 4.2.1 Seamonket 1GiB USB Flash on Dell Latitude E5400
Puppy needs my help too, huh? OK...
I have used Ubuntu and Mint on my desktop machines, as well as OpenBSD for a WebCache Proxy Server for my home network.
What I like; The ease of installation to a small usb flash drive, and the fact Puppy caches writes to extend the life of the memory - GREAT JOB!
I like how it is light-weight and has all of the nice icons and menu items that make things so easy to find and do, such as networking.
I know this is a smaller community than Ubuntu, and it doesn't have advertising funding like Mint, but I want to echo how the Newbie documentation was very little help for me running 4.2.1. I didn't learn anything from it, but then again, I'm not new to Linux. The various Puppy resources seem scattered and I wish I didn't have to search the forum for basic answers, but, that's the way it goes.
For example, my Laptop is a newer model, a Dell Latitude E5400. Therefore, the hardware is newer, and some drivers needed to be added, etc. I wanted to get my Broadcom wireless card working, and fortunately I found the hybrid driver posted on the forums, and now I am wireless. However, the site http://www.linlap.com/wiki/dell+latitude+e5400 said I needed the Linux Kernel version 2.6.27 or higher to run the official driver with ndiswrapper. So, at first I thought I would have to compile a new kernel. That doesn't bother me, I have done that before for Ubuntu, but then I found out the source had to be patched to work with Puppy. So, I searched for patched source to work with Puppy 4.2.1, but the kernel source I found was less than 2.6.27. So I read the part about patching the kernel source, but then it said I needed an squashfs patch to match my kernel source, and I was stuck. There were no clues about how I could get the source for the squashfs and modify it to work with a newer kernel source than shown in the example. I searched for a newer kernel on the forums, but again, no luck. I should mention I downloaded and placed the kernel_src-220.127.116.11-patched.sfs from http://puppylinux.com/sources/kernel-126.96.36.199/ in the proper location for .sfs files, but it wouldn't mount, so I think it is for a version of Puppy newer than 4.2.1.
So, yeah, the docs seem a bit disorganized and outdated. If you want to see a really awesome FAQ about an OS, check out the OpenBSD FAQ, and their man pages. Those people really know how to write documentation.
Again, I know everyone is doing this for fun, or volunteering, so I am not complaining, but you asked, so that is my main concern... compiling a new kernel version isn't as easy as doing it for Ubuntu because of the patches required.
MORE about what I like;
I like running off the usb stick so I can backup and fix my Windows XP installations. I got Ghost for Linux, plus I compiled chntfs for Linux, because my friends always seem to break their windows and forget their Administrator password. I also like running the usb stick on my work laptop so I can do things without messing with that installation.
I need to upgrade Alsa to 1.0.18 or higher so I can get sound working, and I would like to see if I can use the "intel" driver from xorg that comes standard with the newer versions of Ubuntu because display is not as crisp as when I use Mint.
One last thing... The wakepup floppy is a great idea for those older computers, however, I have a newer desktop computer that is supposed to be able to boot to a usb drive, but it doesn't want to boot my Puppy usb stick, but it doesn't have a floppy drive... Sooo, it would be cool to have a wakepup CD-ROM...
Thanks for all of the hard work people! I am happy to be using Puppy on my 1GiB SanDisk Cruzer Micro, formatted to VFAT.
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Location: Northern California
Posted: Tue 23 Jun 2009, 12:50
Post subject: likes and dislikes
I still consider myself a "noob" even though I have experience with Puppy since the 1's and 2's.
I've used Puppy 3, but went back to 2.17ce because of stability and compatibility problems.
Over the years I've left puppy because of the lack of wireless support, or the programs I wanted did not run (streamtuner/xmms, supertux, chess), or were no longer included.
For example the open office sfs debacle. It wasn't until version 4.11 that I was finally able to get open office's .sfs to load and work.
I've left puppy because of SeaMonkey, and poor/non existent support for flash and java, difficulties getting them to work. Even today with 4.11 getting these things to work is no picnic.
But I always come back to Puppy. Why? because with every version I am intensely curious to see what they've fixed and what is still or newly broken. It's fun to tinker and break/fix things, on a non-critical machine. Not sure I would use any bleeding edge distro on a critical machine.
Puppy has been a loyal friend when I am performing data recovery for myself and others. I've run Puppy as a live cd and hard drive installs. A friend who was used to Vista complained that Puppy's internet was "too fast." HAHA.
Haven't experimented with usb yet or the wake pup floppy. Do people still use floppies? YES!
Past attempts to dual boot with windows xp and puppy ended in failure because of grub (and supergrub could not help me) so I'm not ready to dual boot xp or vista and xp yet. Maybe in the weeks before my windows 7 beta expires I'll try again.
Printing: I've never had trouble with Puppy printing to a usb or network printer, it's amazing! But then I only use hp printers which are well supported.
Wireless: Puppy still does not support the current level of wifi encryption but wep 64 bit works great - that's what I am using at the moment. HOPE NONE OF MY NEIGHBORS HAVE HACKED ME.
I think that Puppy has lost sight of the original "just works" goal lately and leans more towards the "nothing works without lots of tinkering aspect of linux.
I'd like to see Puppy fork into two versions:
1. development
2. stable-everything works!
I'd like to see better support for downloads, packages and community pets. For example if I want to find the latest pet I have to search the forums for days, and when I find it, download and try to install the link is broken, or the pet won't install due to missing dependencies, or it's an older version of whatever and breaks something else.
My suggestion, which I have made before is that installs check for newer or prior version of whatever on the machine before overwriting.
NO AUTOMATIC UPDATES - Why? If nothing else, the package manager should update the list of AVAILABLE packages, give the user the option.
But ideally when something is fixed we could save lots of cd's etc. by just offering the update as most distros do (heck, even microsoft operating systems can do that!) instead of forcing people to download an entire new distro and burn a new cd. Especially for folks on dial up or dsl. At 56k even a mini distro takes a very long time!
Wireless support: I know a lot of people have worked really hard on wireless, but it's still not ready for the latest encryption standards. I have other skills that I can contribute but programming and writing drivers etc is not my cup of tea. Past forum posts asking for help have received snippy responses. Tragic.
Compatibility with past versions is lacking - I should not have to abandon my favorite programs if there is no comparable program to replace it with. Bummer.
All in all Puppy is one of the best mini distros out there, but it could be so much better!
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Posted: Wed 24 Jun 2009, 19:07
Post subject: Too Many Options
I think there are too many options in the "start menu". It should be cleaner like in Windows and then in a Control Panel type environment you should have all the complex options.
I think it's just kind of overwhelming for a newbie to see all that stuff in the Menu, and especially since I am trying to get Puppy to work on my Mother's laptop I don't want her accidentally clicking all over the place like she tends to do.
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Posted: Thu 25 Jun 2009, 07:37
Post subject: too many options
Subject description: for a newbie, why have so many options to break things
Whilst setting up Puppy on an old pc for a friend, it dawned on me that he may alter desktop settings and system configuration settings inadvertently, leading to a disappointing experience. Why not reduce the number of menu options to basics, possibly adding an advanced configuration button, hiding all the settings that could alter the system.
My friend needs only a web browser, nothing else. If Puppy is meant to be a no brainer, why have such a complex desktop menu?
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Posted: Thu 25 Jun 2009, 17:23
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Firstly - Puppy is brilliant. Many thanks to all for this great tool.
If I had a wish [noobish] it would be to make installing regular Linux programs easier. I am totally Linux illiterate and can't figure out how to install even the simplest of things.
My ultimate need/goal of looking at Puppy was to reclaim an old laptop [bad HD] and make it into a Teamspeak server. Teamspeak has a Linux server program, but I haven't a clue on how to go about installing it, let alone saving what I've done so that I can run the thing from a CD/DVD. I've read briefly about multisession DVD use of Puppy and that sounds promising [Teamspeak is very small - perfect for something like Puppy] but being Linux illiterate it becomes very difficult to get past the basics.
There you have it, I'm not embarrassed to admit it. 20 years ago I probably would have taken up the cause and learned Linux, but now it's too late - the old brainpan is full and the learning part is suffering from it.
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Beacon not working
Every time I sent mi wife the text message with the beacon, when she opens the link it says that my activity hasn't started. I payed for the summit exclusively for this feature and it doesn't work. How can I fix this? If not possible, can I please get a refund for what I paid for the summit?