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Context: Rings.
Are $x \cdot 0 = 0$ and $x \cdot 1 = x$ and $-(-x) = x$ axioms?
Arguably three questions in one, but since they all are properties of the multiplication, I'll try my luck...
Context: Rings.
Arguably three questions in one, but since they all are properties of the multiplication, I'll try my luck...
I will assume this is in the context of rings (e.g., real numbers, integers, etc). In this case, the axiom defining $0$ is that $x + 0 = x$ for all $x$. $x*0 = 0$ is a result of this since we have $x*0 = x*(0+0) = x*0 + x*0$ which implies $x*0 = 0$ (canceling one of the $x*0$'s).
I am guessing that for the second one you mean $x*1 = x$. This is a definition (axiom).
The third one is a consequence of the definition of $-x$ being the element such that $x + (-x) = 0$. For then we have $(-x) + x$ is also zero so that $x$ is the negative of $-x$.
The question is more profound than is initially seems, and is really about algebraic structures. The first question you have to ask yourself is where you're working:
In general, addition and multiplication are defined on a structure, which in this case is a set (basically a collection of "things") with two operators we call addition (marked $+$) and multiplication (marked $\cdot$ or $\times$ or $\ast$ or whatever). If this structure holds some properties, which are sometimes called axioms, then it is called a unit ring. The properties are:
While this is a long list, and introduces the operator $+$ which is not even explicitly mentioned in the question, these properties are quite natural. For example, the integers $\{ \ldots, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, \ldots\}$ we all know and love indeed form a ring. The real numbers also form a ring (in fact they form a field, which means they hold even more properties).
In regard to your question, the identity $x * 1 = x$ (I assume that's what you meant) is in fact an axiom - it is axiom 7. However, the other two identities are results of the other axioms.
First identity: We use axioms 2 and 9 to get $0 * x = (0+0) * x = 0*x + 0*x$ and then by adding $-(0*x)$ (the additive inverse of $0*x$, from axiom 5) to both sides, $0 = 0*x$.
Second identity: As stated in axiom 5, $-(-x)$ is just a notation used which means "the additive inverse of $-x$". To show that $-(-x) = x$ we need to show that $x$ is in fact the additive inverse of $-x$, or in other words that $x + -x = 0$ and $-x + x = 0$. But that's just what axiom 5 says, so we're done.
Last point: You might be wondering why did we have to go and introduce addition to answer a question about multiplication? Well, it so happens that without addition the other two identities are simply not true. For example, if we look at the positive integers $\{1, 2, 3, \ldots\}$ with only multiplication, then there is no $0$ there! Simply put, this is because the positive integers do not form a ring.
Let $A$ be a ring (which I will assume commutative).
Only the second sentence is an axiom: multiplication has a (provably unique) neutral element, id est, $a \in A$ such that $ax = xa = x$ for every $x \in A$; it's called one and its symbol is $1$.
The others are consequences of axioms:
x*1 =x is axiom.
The rest is not.
Let me pencil push the rest :D. It's been a while.
Notice that I add +(-(x*0)) to mean add by the additive inverse of (x*0).
From now one I would write +(-x) by simply -. So we define a subtraction as adding by the additive inverse. (is this the standard definition of substraction?)
Now, let's do -(-x)
I wonder if the axiom only specify that only (x+ -x) is zero, then things can get more tricky. We would need the commutative axiom as reinforcement
I sort of like this kind of derivation because it follows the pattern of
A=...=...=...=...=...C which is better than to go half way and then use logic to imply stuffs.
Answering what you asked, the question is poorly formed because you didn't specify the theory you are talking about. To do that, well, you must define symbols, deduction rules... and axioms.
Answering what you probably meant to ask, no. Those are properties that - and × have in the Z set, not axioms. They can be deduced from the operations themselves.


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Star Wars #3
Relationships and allegiances take the spotlight thanks to the work of Brian Wood and Carlos D'Anda in "Star Wars" #3.
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Star Wars #2
"Star Wars" #2 from Brian Wood and Carlos D'anda has Leia assemble her crack squad of fighters to find their spy while Han and Chewie escape the Imperials by fleeing to a location that seems crazy.
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Star Wars #1
Set shortly after the destruction of the first Death Star, "Star Wars" #1 by Brian Wood and Carlos D'Anda delivers a very solid, incredibly fun read for fans of the original trilogy.
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The Shadow Special #1
In "The Shadow Special"#1, Scott Beatty and Roman Cliquet shine a light on the masked vigilante's dark past, when he went by the name Kent Allard during WWI.
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Planet of the Apes: Cataclysm #4
Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman continue to chronicle the adventures of Dr. Zaius in "Planet of the Apes: Cataclysm" #4.
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Masks #1
Other than the swanky Alex Ross art "Masks" #1 offers readers a solid story from Chris Roberson that features the Shadow, Green Hornet, Kato, and a drawing of Zorro.
|November 30th, 2012
Ghost #1
Following the short stories in "Dark Horse Presents" (reprinted as "Ghost" #0), Kelly Sue DeConnick and Phil Noto hit the ground running with "Ghost" #1 as we learn more about our title character and start meeting villains.
|October 25th, 2012
Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt #1
Steve Darnall, Alex Ross and Jonathan Lau revive Pete Morisi's "Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt" at Dynamite Entertainment, but in the process stand to leave out what made the original property entertaining.
|September 10th, 2012
The Spider #1
"The Spider" is exactly what you want to read. David Liss reintroduces this golden oldie with violent class and indifferent style.
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The Shadow #1
The Shadow is a cruel and haunted man placed in a brutally violent and historically fed drama by Garth Ennis.
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The Bionic Man #7
Steve Austin gets a romantic moment right before the exposition starts dropping like it's hot.
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Lord of the Jungle #1
"I Can't Believe It's Not Tarzan" was too long a title for this book, but for one hundred pennies, you can check out the origin of young Lord Greystoke.
|January 18th, 2012
The Lone Ranger #1
Ande Parks starts us off with a round tale of a very nasty new world in the wild West.
|January 4th, 2012
Voltron #1
Is it better or worse when a childhood icon gets exhumed for a cash-in that's indelibly mediocre?
|December 7th, 2011
Flash Gordon Zeitgeist #1
Flash….ah-aahhhhh…he'll not do very much in this comic that both under-uses the character and yet sets up the world for something fun.
|December 1st, 2011
The Bionic Man #2
While the eponymous lead is broken on an operating table, the villain steps up to steal the show. Roll on, second act!
|September 21st, 2011
The Bionic Man #1
Kevin Smith's screenplay doesn't fit the structure of a comic, nor the tone, and so the outcome is a book that won't make you laugh or see anything new.
|August 24th, 2011
Kirby: Genesis #1
We get LaBeouf and Fox Lite, while shimmering projections of what Kirby should not be slide through an entire issue where nothing actually happens.
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Kirby: Genesis
If you loved Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross on "Marvels," you're sure to love them on a book featuring Jack Kirby characters you've never heard of!
|May 29th, 2011
Rocketeer Adventures #1
This all-star tribute does Dave Stevens proud.
|May 18th, 2011
Action Comics #900
This is the sort of comic where you wish the big anniversary issue was less pages in length, not more.
|April 27th, 2011
Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #1
"People are calling it a dinosaur. . . a monster. All we know for sure is that it came from the water."
|March 31st, 2011
Bring the Thunder #1
Wayne Russell is a para-rescuer in Afghanistan and is about to become something else entirely. Plus, he loves David Bowie, so that's something in his favor.
|December 1st, 2010
The Last Phantom #2
Violence is fun! Violence is great! Violence is everything! "The Last Phantom" #2 is awful!
|October 19th, 2010
Warlord of Mars #1
For those who have never read a "John Carter of Mars" story before, some of "Warlord of Mars" will be rather surprising.
|October 13th, 2010
The Last Phantom #1
Garish, ugly, and bad-looking. Did I mention that this comic doesn't have strong visuals?
|August 18th, 2010
Green Hornet #3
Someone dies! Too bad it's the obvious choice and the issue isn't that good.
|April 28th, 2010
The Torch #7
The penultimate issue of this series follows the adventures of Torch and Toro as they enter New Berlin in a race against time to attempt to put a stop to the Thinker and his machinations.
|April 25th, 2010
Black Terror #9
In this densely-packed issue, things are not what they seem, and the Black Terror gets a frightening present.
|March 28th, 2010
Green Hornet: Year One #1
The origin of the Green Hornet and Kato, as told by Wagner and Campbell.
|March 21st, 2010
Astro City: The Dark Age: Book Four #2
"Astro City: The Dark Age" rumbles towards its conclusion, and while it's nice to see things coming together, I wish it'd happened faster.
|March 6th, 2010
Green Hornet #1
While the foundation from the movie script shows, this first issue is more than just set-up. It's a classic "Open on Action" comic story.
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Why is
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sh, while the
ei is pronounced
This looks inconsistent.
Why is
This looks inconsistent.
First off, Albert Einstein's surname is pronounced with a
As for the typical English pronunciation of his name ("ine-stine"), of the two parts that are not typical in English, one was retained when he migrated to the U.S. later in life, the other was not. Of the many German migrant families whose surname ended in -stein, some chose to keep the original
As British English speakers (and please don't crucify me for saying this, see the disclaimer below) arguably learn fewer foreign languages than other Europeans, and even fewer Americans learn a second language, some pronunciations of foreign names are gradually adapted, and sometimes the spelling is modified to make the name "less foreign". (I have wondered many times whether it is worth the battle to continue insisting that my Germanic surname, which ends in -mann, keep its second n at the end. Many an authority or government agency has gotten this wrong and it has caused me some major headaches.)
In Einstein's case, I can only assume - and this is pure conjecture on my part - that because he became well-known in the U.K. and U.S. long before his emigration, people's minds about how to pronounce his surname were made up and he either did not mind, was too polite, or simply gave up trying to correct them. My point being that changes in spelling or pronunciation of migrants have little to do with consistency and far more with convenience.
Disclosure/Disclaimer: this post has been heavily edited after a bashing for being "baseless, biased, and not helpful for answering the question". Though I live in Australia, I'm a native speaker of both English and German (as well as one other language), have learned a couple of others well enough to muddle my way through a conversation, and have a very basic understanding of a few more. Please don't think I'm stating my linguistic background to brag or to claim to be an expert on linguistics (my sister is the one who has a Ph.D. in linguistics), nor that I intend to offend anyone when I say that English speakers typically learn or speak fewer foreign languages than native speakers - and yes, I do realise that frequenters of EL&U do not represent "typical" English speakers. I am also not judging this imbalance of foreign languages in any way, I will happily leave that to others, some of whom are far more prominent than I.
The pronunciation of foreign words comes from different sources.
If all one would ever know is the sound of the word (that is, without writing), hearing it from foreign pronunciation, the foreign word would still be heard with what is expected locally, ignoring distinctions present in the foreign word (most people do not pronounce the tones that a Mandarin speaker would in 'Beijing'), and creating distinctions that just weren't there (likewise, most English speakers pronounce the 'j' as the 's' in 'measure' which sound is not in Mandarin. And then the word would be pronounced using the native phonetic inventory and expected patterns.
And then most people learn foreign words through writing rather than hearing them directly. There are rules of orthography, what maps the combinations of letters to sounds. English is notorious for having inconsistent pronunciation rules, or an excess of idiosyncratic ones (cf. the 10 ways of pronouncing '-ough'). Also, education and standards can help enforce some things. Most people will pronounce 'hyperbole' closer to the original because education has provided an exception to the silent 'e' rule.
All these will interact in fairly complex ways, some reinforced by local culture.
This doesn't mean that anything goes but rather that as much as one may try to faithfully pronounce foreign words, there will be many forces that will pull in multiple directions.
As to 'Einstein', it is spelled the same in both German and English. The common letter sequence 'st' in German is pronounced /ʃt/. The same sequence is pronounced naturally as /st/ in English, and even though the German version is easily pronouncible in English, it is just not as common.
As to the vowels, 'ei' is usually pronounced /ay/ in German. But as to English, there are many ways to pronounce 'ei': 'their', foreign', 'eight', 'height'. It is pretty reasonable to be able to pronounce 'ei' close to the German /ay/.
These are just ideas. There's no proof that a particular orthography must have a given pronunciation (at least not in English). But these are plausible justifications. Though culture trumps most everything, I'd say that the English way is just the natural wasy according to English orthography, and that explains enough why 'ei' is maintained as the original language but 'st' is not, in this one single word.
Inconsistency often comes from the natively English orthography, but in this case it is simply the different orthography rules between German and English.
The pronunciation with
As for why the anglicised pronunciation has
I enjoy Leonard Bernstein's and Elmer Bernstein's music so much, I'm prepared to pronounce their names differently. The way they did.


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According to studio estimates released Sunday, "Paranormal Activity 4" debuted at No. 1 with $30.2 million, a big drop from the $40 million and $50 million opening weekends of the last two installments.
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The symbol is this '$\equiv$'. I understood that if I have $32\equiv 2\bmod15$ means that if I divide $32$ with $15$ I will get $2$ as a remainder.
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In an effort to stave off public panic, White County Sheriff Doug Maier and Carmi Police Chief Randy Hamblin have issued a joint press release to announce training this weekend at Carmi-White County Middle School.
The sheriff's office, police department, state police and other agencies from around the county will be participating in an 'active shooter' scenario at the school. Passers-by will likely see a significant law enforcement presence at the school and armed officers making tactical entries to the school.
The sheriff and the chief said they want the public to be aware of the training that will be ongoing from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 9 and 10, to perhaps reduce the number of inquiries to the local departments and/or 911 calls.
Also, those that monitor local emergency frequencies on scanners should not be alarmed by overheard traffic concerning this training event.
"With the recent acts of violence across the country, local law enforcement has been working closely with our local school systems to do everything possible to prevent such horrible acts from occurring here," the press release said. "This training will help us to be prepared to respond in the event of such a tragedy ... We appreciate the Carmi-White County school system for their input and allowing us to utilize the Middle School for the training.
There will be more 'active shooter' scenario training in April, Maier added, with details to be released closer to that weekend.
National media reports indicate a recent shooting in Connecticut left about two dozen people dead, most of them kindergarten students.
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R' Chisda lived to be 92 years old (Moed Katan 28a). As did the Lubavitcher Rebbe, zt"l.
At that age, too, Rebbi's maidservant still had sharp enough senses to be able to taste a dish and make sure it was cooked properly. (Shabbos 152a)
צב (gematria 92) is used Biblically to mean "covered", usually a covered wagon.
I assume it's based on that that later usage (including modern-day Hebrew) uses it to mean a turtle!
I'm unsure whether the Mishnaic usage is "turtle" or "toad." Something you'd confuse with a frog, what it sounds like.
92 was the age of the pot-tasting woman who Rav brought as a proof that Barzilai haGiladi was lying when he said he couldn't taste anything because he was old (80). Shmuel B 19, Gemara Shabbos 152a


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5 Awful Afflictions That Changed The World (For The Better)
Disease gets a bad rap these days, purely based on it having nearly killed off the entire species several times. But there is a silver lining in even the most murderous of dark clouds.
#5. Autism Advanced Science and Technology
Ever since it got the celebrity cause endorsement by Jenny McCarthy, everyone has diagnosed their progeny with the disease. But self-diagnosing parents aside, autism is a real disease with some serious consequences. Autistic people generally fail to develop normal social skills, and can become obsessed with minor details or systems that non-autistic folks consider insignificant. While the diagnosis covers a wide spectrum of disabilities, autism robs sufferers and loved ones of social skills like empathy and engagement.
Occasionally, they will find themselves trapped in a bad movie with Bruce Willis.
It turns out that an inability to fully relate to other people or care what they're saying about you also is really, really helpful to a revolutionary thinker. So it should come as no surprise that many famous scientists have been retroactively diagnosed as autistic, including all stars Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. The unnatural ability to stay obsessively locked on a task and not get distracted by this "life" stuff let them, to quote one expert, "produce in one lifetime the work of three or four other people."
Modern technology continues to benefit from the fruit of the autism tree. Thorkill Sonne (who evidently earned his name by slaying the god of thunder) founded Specialisterne, an IT consulting firm that hires and trains autistics to do software engineering problem solving for companies like Cisco and Microsoft, after learning that his son was autistic. Customers have found the autistics hired by the firm were five to 10 times more precise than the average person.
We won't comment on the implications of these facts.
#4. Incest-Related Disease Freed Us From Monarchy
Despite how wise and noble a given king or queen may be, the further you go down most royal bloodlines the more you tend to start running into batshit craziness and terrible deformity. After countless decades of incest-tastic inbreeding, just about every single crowned head of Europe was a blood relative of the other, essentially making World War I the best episode of Family Feud ever witnessed.
Incest allows negative recessive traits to survive and accumulate down family lines, chief among them hemophilia and porphyria, which were more common than herpes among European royalty. Hemophilia is a disorder of the blood that makes clotting virtually impossible and can turn a scrape on the knee into a life-threatening condition. Hemophilia changed the course of Russian history when the son of Tsar Nicholas II was stricken with it, which led to the Tsar and his wife being so obsessed with having Rasputin cure the boy's illness, that their country fell into revolution around them and their entire family got shot to death by Bolsheviks.
"Stick with me guys, everything's going to be totally fine."
Porphyria is another rare inherited disorder that became terribly common among the hereditary leaders of the world. It causes a variety of symptoms, including depression, paranoia, anxiety and hallucinations. A whole hell of a lot of royals are suspected to have suffered from porphyria: Vlad the Impaler, Mary Queen of Scots, Nebuchadnezzar and even King George III, the British monarch best known for being the king who lost the Colonies.
He may have been crazier than a shithouse rat, but you can't deny the man had style.
His enemies called him "mad King George," and recent evidence makes it clear that they were totally right. The Royal Doctors prescribed George a healthy dose of arsenic to keep his lunacy in check, which predictably didn't work at all in any way.
Back then, having a beard was just as good as a Ph.D.
Several revolutions later and it's clear that if it weren't for certain diseases (and incest) we'd have a shitload more monarchies still in working order around the world, and the United States would likely still be a protectorate under British rule. Thanks, incest!
#3. ADHD Created Geniuses
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a condition where individuals lack attentiveness and impulse control. While many parents treat it as a wonder disease that absolves them of responsibility for their brat throwing temper tantrums in public or screeching on airplanes, in real cases it can hamper childhood development.
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As it turns out, ADHD might actually be beneficial to the human species. Experts have found links between ADHD and creativity. According to Professor Michael Fitzgerald, "The same genes that are involved in ADHD can also be associated with risk-taking behavior. While these urges can be problematic or even self-destructive - occasionally leading people into delinquency, addiction or crime - they can also lead to earth-shattering breakthroughs in the fields of the art, science and exploration."
Fitzgerald has found signs of ADHD in such greats as author Mark Twain, inventor Thomas Edison, explorer Sir Walter Raleigh and artist Pablo Picasso. Remember, ADHD doesn't mean they're unable to pay attention to anything, it means they're unable to focus on things that don't stimulate them--once they find something, look out.
One theory says what we're calling ADHD is simply the positive genetic traits left over from the hunter/gatherer days. These are the people who would be bored to death by the quiet, complex task of farming, but thrived when given the frantic task of tracking and stabbing a wild boar. Hyperactivity and impulsiveness may get you fired if you're trying to work quietly in a cubicle, but will save your life if you're a nomad competing with other hunters for gazelles.
Unfortunately, the modern practice of drugging the tits off of kids with ADHD symptoms could actually be stifling future geniuses simply because they're bored to death by standardized education. For example, Kurt Cobain was doped up on Ritalin as a child because he couldn't do shit with a math book, but once he had a guitar in his hands he created one of the biggest rock bands in history. So really, Ritalin was the worst thing anyone could have given him.
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Flash 10.1 added new HW decoding in the gpu that helps play HD.
- Does silverlight match that 10.1 capability or is behind?
- if behind, any ver/date for matching flash 10.1?
When watching Netflix streamed on Acer Revo AR3610-U9022 Atom dual core 330 with ION, movie tends to be 1fps for long minutes (and then magically snap out of it).
CPU at that time i not taxed at all. while it might be that atom + ION is simply not enough...
- can anyone confirm that a silverlight update like the flash 10.1 may in theory help?
- anyone thinks that turning off hyper threading may help (even though cpu is not taxed)


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There's some buzz on OS News and Slashdot today about Linus Torvalds' comments on the Gnome Mailing List. Torvalds trashes GNOME and tells everyone just to use KDE instead. The reason is interesting: "This 'users are idiots, and are confused by functionality' mentality of Gnome is a disease. If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it."
Recently, I've been reading Don Norman's excellent book on design, The Design of Everyday Things. Norman is a guru of usability, and I'd recommend his book to anyone thinking about interfaces. What I want to discuss is not really KDE vs. GNOME, but rather the more general issue of functionality vs. usability. This issue is explored rather insightfully in Norman's book.
To make a long story short, we should avoid either extreme. An obsession with usability tends to result (as Torvalds argues about GNOME) in a simple product without any unnecessary parts (i.e., features). If you want a radio that's easy to use, you pick one with just a few functions—on/off switch, dial for volume, dial for frequency. On the other hand, most of us associate such simplicity as inferior to a more elaborate setup with a myriad of controls and features. We look at the back of the box and want to see a long bulleted list of features. The more features, the better.
However, what most of us end up noticing is that we don't tend to use most of the features foisted on us by the manufacturers. They are either unnecessary for daily operations or just too confusing to figure out and remember. We don't want to fiddle with a parametric equalizer everytime we listen to our MP3 player. Likewise, many of us purposefully buy cell phones without cameras because we don't want that extra "functionality" interfering with our ability to make a simple phone call.
It's just as easy to pile on extra features as it is to take them off. The real solution is to offer the features without complicated the design. Features that will be frequently used should have their controls clearly visible and readily accessible to the user. Less-used controls can be tucked away and require a bit of digging in the interface to access. Many apps do this by creating an "ADVANCED" tab in their preferences. This is a good principle, but I've noticed on too many occasions that I am forced to access the "ADVANCED" tabs even when I want to do a rather common and trivial function. I also think the term "ADVANCED" is often misused—instead of "advanced" options, we only have more options tha didn't fit on the other menus. In other words, the controls are poorly organized, leading to frustration.
Another of Norman's insights is that the "cutting edge" of technology is always many strides ahead of the "cutting edge" of design. New technologies tend to have awkward interfaces. Gradually, design will catch up to the tech and make all of the new features easy to operate, but it takes time. Think about how long it took cars to become as reliable, comfortable, and affordable as they are today. Most of the improvements have been in usability rather than functionality.
It seems to me that GNOME is taking the stance that it's better to do a few things and do them right rather than do many things and get some of them wrong. I see this as a very valuable philosophy and a great alternative that should be available for those who prefer usability over functionality. It's sad to see someone as prominent as Torvalds dismissing the value of GNOME's philosophy.
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Comment from: Robert Pogosn [Visitor] · http://www.skyweb.ca/~alicia
12/14/05 @ 14:29
Linus is a lovable tyrant for giving us the Linux kernel. His philosophy there is to include nothing that does not need to be there. Why the different stance at the user level? As Ray Ozzie, of Microsoft, pointed out this year, "Complexity kills." It does this in the user interface, too. The power of a network increases with the square of the number of nodes, but the usability of an interface decreases with the square of the number of choices. As it happens, I have a very poor memory and I cannot even remember which branch of a menu to search for certain features. To have things three levels down makes things impossible for me. I guess that's why I do not programme in C.
Comment from: cass [Visitor] · http://www.rpwebworks.com
12/14/05 @ 15:28
I agree that the complexity of kde is much more attractive to an intelligent user than the simplicity of gnome.
Comment from: Tim [Visitor]
12/14/05 @ 15:30
The problem with Gnome is that they sometimes REMOVE functionality that was once working fine. I once used Gnome, but quit when the new window manager (metacity) did not support setting a keyboard shortcut to change virtual workspaces. For a while, I tried just using the old manager, but that soon got to be difficult.
It made me wonder what else the Gnome folks would take away in future versions. Upgrading began to feel like downgrading.
KDE is, for me, simpler, easier, and more usable. It works fine "out of the box", but will allow me to do more with relative ease. Upgrades do not break what was already working. When they do something right, they don't stop doing it for the sake of "usability".
I fully understand why Mr. Torvalds prefers it.
Comment from: Christopher M. Jones [Visitor]
12/14/05 @ 16:33
I use Gnome, and have for many years. The reason I use it is its simplicity. I don't like eye candy, I don't like functionality bloat. However, I am -not- a stupid user. After all, don't the truly 'smart' users prefer the command line over the mouse? Why would a 'smart' user want a gui to do anything that a 'smart' user could do already, and often more simply, in the terminal?
Comment from: Richard Corfield [Visitor]
12/14/05 @ 16:35
Concerning menus - is anyone else confused by the combination "Configure" and "Options", prominent in both Microsoft software and Open Office. Options are the noun that you Configure. Configure is the verb. They both (to me) refer to the same concept, so which one do I choose?
I liked Gnome because it used to keep to the UNIX way of doing things, where KDE seemed to be aimed at Windows converts. I started out on X and FVWM(1/2), so preservation of things like tab completion in file dialogs was excellent for me. There are still nice features in FVWM2 that are missing in Gnome though!
After Linus' comments I'll look at KDE again and see how it's come on.
Comment from: Ramana Juvvadi [Visitor]
12/14/05 @ 16:48
Most of the article may be right when viewed in isolation but it is wrong when applied to this situation, GNOME vs KDE. Pruning options when a plethora of them are available is certainly worthwhile. However, it needs to be done by people with a very good sense of design. The GNOME people seemed to have miserably at it. He provided a very good example of it. Forcing people to click through icons instead of typing the path name on the keyboard. I dont see why a
textbox displaying the path of a file would be confusing for novice users.
Sometimes there is a genuine tradeoff in accomodating new users and longtime users. But,
many times the choice is a false one. If you can
accomodate both why not simply do it?
Comment from: Craig Ballantyne [Visitor]
12/14/05 @ 17:08
If GNOME is a "simple" desktop in comparison to KDE, then why, oh why, are the distributions that are aimed for the simple folks (for example, Linspire and Xandros) using KDE???
BTW, I did have to switch from GNOME to KDE because there ware too few applets in GNOME and they didn't work the way I wanted them to. For example, I couldn't find any GNOME native TV players; I could not get TOTEM to play movies (it complained about codecs and it never liked any of my sound cards); and I could not access my Samba file servers. These things just work in KDE.
Comment from: jake [Visitor]
12/14/05 @ 17:13
Useability? Take care of the linux binary nightmare or the lack of drivers. Who cares about clicking through some folders?
Comment from: Sitor [Visitor]
12/14/05 @ 17:24
Since the moment I started with Linux I've been using KDE and I advise it to all MS to Linux converts. Tried Gnome as well, but just liked KDE much better. But that is just my preference.
I don't like this kind of arguments. That everyone just tries out and uses what he likes most. As long as there are people that prefer Gnome, let there be Gnome. That is just the power of Open Source. In the end the users will decide what is viable enough to stay. If KDE is indeed better, users will demand it, and it will be more interesting for developers to work on KDE. As long as there are still enough users that prefer Gnome, the effort on Gnome is worthwhile as well. No need to force anything in one direction or the other.
Just my two € cents.
Comment from: Bill [Visitor]
12/14/05 @ 17:30
kaffeine vrs totem
koqueror vrs nautilus
k3b vrs gnomebaker
digikam vrs f-spot
amarok vrs muine
kate vrs ??? (is there a comparable product)
'nuff said
Of course there are some great tools built with the gtk toolset (gimp, dia, etc...) but Gnome in of itself tends to be sparse, minimalist and lacking functionality.
Comment from: Joe Kaplenk [Visitor]
12/14/05 @ 17:55
As a user I've always preferred KDE over GNOME because there were more things available. Even though I use the command line a lot the menus make life easier. I can also find out what the real command line is later.
However, as a UNIX/Linux instructor I find the beginner non-admin has an easier time with GNOME.
As an admin I find both GNOME and KDE menu structures confusing and not as well layed out logically as they could be. I do find this also with MS Windows structure, BTW. The main menu names don't always describe well enough what is in them. The items sometimes seem just stuck in the menu for lack of a better place. Also I often have to go through three or four main menus to find something I want.
Comment from: dtj [Visitor]
12/14/05 @ 18:25
I am about as likely to take usability guidance from Linus as I would take dating advice from Monica Lewinisky. Adding people other than himself to his collective "we" would be a good start.
Comment from: Joe Almeida [Visitor]
12/14/05 @ 18:42
One must ask the question "What is the design trying to accomplish?". What are you trying to simplify? The computer is not equivalent to a hammer and nail. The computer is the whole tool chest. I agree that each tool should be simple, well made and do something very well, but how do you simplify the tool box? The whole point of the User Interface is to access the computers resources which are numerous. If the UI does not permit a user todo something because a programmer decided that such a feature in a devices too difficult and leaves it out - are we not in principle limiting the user? Take Linus' example of printer drivers. What's wrong in hiding the more arcane features in tabs and place the most used ones in the front tabs? Simplicity should always be an economy of explanation and presentation, NEVER a simplicity of function to a device built and designed to solve a set of problems. We need computers to be able to do X, Y, and Z. We should have interfaces for X, Y, and Z. The simplicity in design should be how we show X, Y, and Z, not simply show X, and have no interface for Y and Z. I understand what the GNOME project is trying to do, and what is at conflict here is people's basic definitions of simplicity and where simplification has place. In the hands of the power user, simplicity quickly becomes an annoyance. In many cases, the word "simplicity" is used in the context of "a design that is self-apparent", or a "design that is self-evident". There is however a limit. There is no simple explanation for Quantum Mechanics. It takes years of study to begin to understand the implications of that theory. A computer is a multi-programmable, multi-function, multitasking device. How simple can you honestly make something like that without dumbing down the user? Simple interfaces belong in bank machines, self-service kiosks, and repetitive, single mode applications. In a multimode device like a computer where a person INTENDS ON USING THE COMPUTER FOR DIFFERENT THINGS, that person must understand that mental effort is required on their part to master such a functional device. Look at the price we are paying now for not demanding of our users some knowledge of their computer? Simplicity and Complexity is a zero sum game. The more you make something simple on the user's side, the more complex the designer's challenges becomes. With that reality in mind, is it any wonder that KDE is much easier better to program in that GNOME? And that's why you hear the constant comments of why the KDE apps seem to run better and with more stability. Some simplicity has been but in the design side, which makes for a bit more complexity in the user side. There is a trade off to a technology that must be functional in different circumstances. Personally, KDE strikes the right balance. It strives to encompass all the functions available, but tries to organize the most used features on top and as the default selections.
Comment from: Paul [Visitor]
12/14/05 @ 19:18
Excellent observations,
and ones I agree with totally. The Gnome philosophy is to provide a desktop that 'just works' or as you put it 'it's better to do a few things and do them right rather than do many things and get some of them wrong' (whether we feel they have succeeded or not is neither here or there, at least for the purposes of this particular article).
This philosophy, by definition surely implies that they have to restrict functionality to the required minimum, at least to start with, to achieve this goal. Hence complaints from those who can't tweak what they want to tweak!
The big test for Gnome will come as time moves on. As the various components mature, each one will reach a point where it complies with the basic Gnome philosophy. ie, it 'just works'.
Then what? It just get's maintained?
Surely the Gnome user base will have matured with the desktop itself?
Maybe these users would like to spread their respective technical wings?
Maybe the world of the 'power user' beckons them!
Or maybe they're just interested in digging a little deeper.
And if their desktop of choice doesn't seem to allow them to do that?
Of course they could just change desktop. But do these users want to learn another desktop from scratch? Probably not.
The idea of a simple, easy-to-use desktop environment that 'just works' is a sound one in my opinion. But Gnome has a way to go to achieve that, and they are not doing themselves any favours (or winning friends) removing functionality that was in earlier releases.
One wonders if the developers have really thought this through, at least at the individual application level?
I'm not saying shove as much functionality in as you can as fast as you can. That goes against the whole Gnome philosophy, and if you want to enter tweaking heaven go use KDE it is probably what you were looking for in the first place.
What I am suggesting is that in battles between form and function, consider the function very carefully before dismissing it out of hand. Keep to the philosophy, but at least give the user a little room to manouver.
Comment from: Jiandong Zheng [Visitor]
12/14/05 @ 19:30
Do we have to use the same philosophy to design a GUI based UI with a CLI based UI? On the other hand, are we using philosophy or the usability, esp. regarding desktop?
What is the purpose of GUI? What should a DESKTOP do?
Actually, a desktop is just a collection of GUI/CLI tools and some other stuf to glue them together. Its value is the glue and the criteria to evaluate it is just whether users, whateve advanced or newbies, like the "glue" or not.
Comment from: StolenNomenclature [Visitor]
12/14/05 @ 21:34
Linux has replaced the notion of progress with a new age going-round-in-ever-decreasing-circles philisophy.
Put it in - take it out - on the left - on the right - at the top - at the bottom - large font - small font - green - blue - etc - etc.
I doubt most people working in open source know what progress actually means.
Now with udev and hotplug Linux has achieved the holy grail of completly hiding all physical storage so that no user either clever or stupid can find it.
Linux used to be able to read and write to floppy drives - not any more.
Thats progress.
Comment from: Anonymous [Visitor]
12/14/05 @ 22:15
Linus is normally a dipolomatic and reasonable person, so why shouldn't he be able to express an opinion without causing a big stir?
Is it "politically incorrect" to criticise GNOME? I hope not, because criticism is a driving force for improvement.
It seems to me that from GNOME 2.0 onwards they have put idealism in front of pragmatism. It is painfully stripped down - anyone who's used a computer before (i.e. 99.9% of new GNOME users) is going to be left feeling that they're using an incomplete, inferior product. This lack of user confidence will actually harm usability.
In trying to be so far ahead of the usability curve, GNOME seems somewhat experimental. They still haven't worked out how to do a good file open/save dialog, when KDE has a perfectly easy one. GNOME hides files, makes users click on little arrows to see what they're expecting. KDE shows all the files, and has nice friendly shortcuts to the places you're likely to store them.
Sure, KDE has too much clutter in some menus, but in most cases it just needs a little clean up. GNOME has thrown the baby out with the bath water and I have never used a 2.x version on a regular basis.
Comment from: Greg [Visitor]
12/14/05 @ 22:34
I use GNOME and like it. I am comfortable with it. I use it at home and work in my role a Network Security Analyst, so don't give me this "lack of functionality" crap. It just an easier interface to be productive with.
I find KDE ugly, sorry you KDE folks, but I do. BUT that is the thing about choice - I can think what I want and so can you. I do use k3b though as it is a great piece of software.
Can we just move on from this topic, I find it very counter-productive
Comment from: Dave PX [Visitor]
12/15/05 @ 00:17
Files with konqueror
Chatting with Gaim
Graphics with Inkscape and Gimp
CDs with K3B.
Desktop with icewm.
And it all works.
The important thing is interoperability. Everything else is noise.
Comment from: methinks [Visitor]
12/15/05 @ 00:30
Every time this dufus opens his mouth I lose a little more respect for him. ( He should be spending his time trying to clean up that mess he affectionately calls a Kernel.)
Fact is both of these environments suck. Try using a real OS ( OSX or even WinXP) with a modern,user friendly environment.
Comment from: youthinks [Visitor]
12/15/05 @ 00:57
seems methinks uses neither gnome or kde day to day, so maybe would be better posting on an iLovers or MSDN forum. Stick with what you love - love.
Comment from: Andy [Visitor]
12/15/05 @ 01:16
All of you are correct, and all of you are wrong :)
I run an older PIII and both of them suck on this machine. Not that either can't be wonderful for the right person and situation.
I use a lightweight window manager that I have to take effort configuring. It takes less effort to install either of those environments than perhaps I expended. However, you pay for that in performance.
I don't find any real compelling reasons to run either. But for my roommates, who just want the darn thing to work and work easily, Gnome works fine. They could adapt to KDE, but simplest is best in this case.
I have my preference, you have yours, and Linus has his. I wonder whether he expressed it in the manner he did just to amuse himself with the response he knew it'd generate.
He is an amusing guy, you know....
Comment from: Bruce [Visitor]
12/15/05 @ 01:42
I used KDE for 3 years and recently switched the three PCs in my house to Gnome for its simpler interface.
Regarding the switch the *only* thing any of the other four users of these PCs asked about was the background and theme change!
Based on this I think both Gnome and KDE offer good usable desktops for the average user.
Comment from: Andrew Donnellan [Visitor] · http://andrewdonnellan.com
12/15/05 @ 01:43
I've used KDE ever since I first installed Mandrake 7.2. Now, about 3-4 years later, I'm using Debian 3.1 with KDE 3.3 and GNOME 2.8 installed.
I still prefer KDE because while you can customise GNOME, KDE seems to encourage you to tinker with your desktop. GNOME people like to hide the options in the interests of 'usability'.
One of the first things I do when I install a new GNU/Linux system for myself is I add the Universal Sidebar, I may add a Child Panel, I'll add some applets (I like KMix the best) and configure the window decorations, colour schemes and widget styles. I can do this very easily with KDE, but GNOME takes ages. My 9.y.o sister prefers KDE because she can make it more purple than with GNOME.
I find I can work better with KDE, and the 'usablility improvements' in GNOME make it quite unusable for me. GNOME is too simple, it seems like it is for people who will always use the defaults. I personally find that the default GNOME colour scheme is appalling, the default widgets are appalling, the (unchangable) file dialogs are terrible and GNOME has worse applications.
Comment from: rib [Visitor]
12/15/05 @ 03:14
After all of this discussion, it's still up to the individual user. I haven't heard anyone say anything like "I prefer KDE but I use Gnome" (or visa versa). Folks use the desktop they prefer. It's simple. Time to end the discussion. Forever.
Comment from: scribe63 [Visitor] · http://www.itiopi.com
12/15/05 @ 03:28
I was weaned on the linux desktop on kde through distros like mandrake 8.2 (Mandriva), YOPER, Arch Linux, SuSE 8.0 etc.. I discovered GNOME with Redhat 9, Whitebox Linux, CentOS, NLD9, Ubuntu etc...
I have also experienced IceWM(Vector Linux), XFCE4(Gentoo), and lately Fluxbox WM.
From my perspective it's all good, because different desktop environments/window managers suites different types of environments.
KDE and GNOE perform well on modern pc, for example P4 with 2GB Ram. On PII 266 256MB performance is sluggish with both.
GNOME - busines desktops, novice home users.
KDE - Experienced home desktops, can be massaged for business, haven't yet seen its KIOSK mode.
XFCE4/IceWM/Flucbox - Experienced Business/Home old hardware users, experimental novices.
I tend to use applications from all de/wms based on the purpose they serve and serve well.
For some reason like GDM instead of KDM.
Konqueror as a file manager as oppose to nautilus.
Eye OF Gnome for viewing photos.
Can't do withou K3B
Can't beat the GIMP.
I like GNOME's clean, sharp and straight forwad interface, menus and control center.
KDE is a seems bit cluttered when everything is installed, but i like it's ease of configuration
education packages etc..
I like xine so i do without totem or kaffeine.
and so and so forth.
GNU/Linux enables you to mix, match and make a choice because of your available hardware and resources.
Once you know how, your basic needs can be decided by you, instead of someone else deciding that for you on a one desktop upgrade treadmill.
Comment from: Alex [Visitor]
12/15/05 @ 07:48
One thing that seems funny in all of these usability discussions concerning KDE and Gnome, is that nobody realizes that these desktops are just systems within / alongside other systems. Its a miracle either one of them is usable at all given the miraid of aweful interfaces and subsystems they have to rely on. You want somethingas usable, fast , and clean as Mac OS X ? Get rid of X. Why do you think Apple did it ? The problem here is that these messy interfaces, not just from X but from other places, even the kernel, seep through the abstraction of the Desktop. The desktops try to contain the ugliness of the layers below the desktop with lots of smoke and mirrors. So many things that go wrong in the totality of the user experience have nothing to do with there freaking desktop, but their wileless card or whatever not working. So linus, worry about the kernel. You have plenty of work on your hands.
Comment from: Joel Juliano [Visitor]
12/15/05 @ 08:12
Don't listen to them GNOME. Do what you think is best. KDE sucks!
Comment from: Danny [Visitor]
12/15/05 @ 09:56
I began using Gnome early into my first Linux forays because it was the default GUI on my distribution and for its similarities to Apple's GUI. After trying out KDE early as well and being put off initially by its Windows centric look and feel I have come back to KDE for good (or at least until the GNOME gang can learn to shoot straight) because KDE gets the original Macintosh philosophy better than any other Linux environment...namely things just work (at least as much as Linux will allow vs my Mac). There is much more consistency between tool bars and apps...and the apps themselves work better...are integrated better and don't puke libs all over the place like GNOME does. Plus, GNOME is much less consistent over different releases...you never know what will be added but more than that what will be taken out that you have become used to using in the previous release.
I love the philosophy behind GNOME and that is strives much more to be less Windows like even to the point of being "Mac" like. But KDE, while looking like a complete clone of Windows, just works much more often....which is the true hallmark of my Mac over my Windows box.
Comment from: jh [Visitor]
12/15/05 @ 14:11
I'm a long-time KDE fan using GNOME on one of my machines out of necessity. Some things are better, most things are worse. I cannot switch desktops with a keyboard shortcut. I cannot delete things from the file manager - I can only put them in the trash which I then have to empty. I always have to expand the Save dialog to get where I want. Most default software (PDF viewer, text editor, music jukebox) is missing functions I regularly use. It's fine that GNOME is not for the power user - but it prevents you from ever becoming one. It has no room for your growth.
Comment from: Nate Bargmann [Visitor] · http://www.qsl.net/n0nb/
12/15/05 @ 14:41
I remember installing GNOME with great anticipation on Debian back in 2000 or so and within hours deleting it in great disappointment. At the time my "desktop" consisted of IceWM and my most used apps. I couldn't find my way through it and gave up.
Fast forward to this summer and I give a Ubuntu CD a spin. I was at least able to configure a dialer and spend some time on the 'Net with it, but it took several minutes for me just to figure out how to exit the desktop and shutdown the system! Yes, my introduction to GUIs date to Windows 3.1 and I've been an ardent user of IceWM on my Linux boxes since 1998. So, I'm well versed in the OS/2 and Windows taskbar paradigms.
Over the years I've been more frustrated by stupefying dialog boxes in GTK apps, control buttons that are positioned wrong according to every prior convention I've ever seen with no way to restore (what I consider) the more sane way of doing thigs, coupled with responses full of hubris when I ask why, and I've come to the realization that GNOME is not designed for the way I think. Fine. I've never experienced this "in your face" way of doing things in IceWM or KDE, both of which I use today.
Over the past couple of days I've read complaints that KDE is overcomplicated or that KDE app menus and toolbars are too full. Well, if an app doesn't look featureful, I'm inclined to believe that it isn't and won't investigate it further. Based on the comments in the various threads I took a good look at the KDE printing dialog, which I had basically ignored before. My, what a fine piece of work!
Is KDE perfect? No, there are some things I might consider warts, but overall, for me at least, the KDE developers have gotten things *right*. I'm slowly using KDE more and more and it has allowed me to easily do some rather amazing stuff that heretofore required a fair amount of command line experimentation. Around each corner is some amazing new bit of functionality that I have yet to discover.
Like everthing else in the F/OSS world, there is a choice of philosophies and implementations. And I thank the devs for that.
Comment from: Kevin Smith [Visitor]
12/15/05 @ 14:52
I would be a KDE fan, and admire the way most things just work, but my grumble is the lack of responsiveness, just opening firefox is painfull on SUSE, (i am running a dual core 64bit Athlon, 2 Gb ram, raid disks and sli graphics). Gnome on the other hand is quick does 98% of what I need to do, the rest can be done through VMWare.
I think Linus should stick to the kernel, its fine to have an opinion but not to abuse a position of influence.
Comment from: Tuxta [Visitor]
12/15/05 @ 18:10
Heh, this is really funny! Dont you think we should be saying how great it is that if you like things to work a certain way, you have the choice to have it that way? Why bicker over the best wm ? the best wm is the one you like and enjoy. Dont push your preference on to other people, be happy that we can all have our cake and eat it.
Just to be controversial though, does everyone remember the motivation between creating gnome and kde?? Well off the top of my head wasn't it gnome that has always been GPL ?? What about Qt, hasn't that only just become gpl'd on all platforms after all these years ??
Yes I was a big KDE fan and didn't like gnome too much, but after learning more about the FSF and gaining a greater repect for them, I decided to use gnome for 2 months exclusively --- I never went back! I like gnome the best, but hey, if you prefer kde, you have my blessing to use it. Go ahead, its okay, I like that you use kde if you prefer it, it is still opensource (now).
Oh and by the way, to the guy who complained about gnome not being able to change desktops with a keybord short cut (Ctrl + Alt + arrowkeys) and not being able to delete only go to trash (actually it is a simple tick of a box to enable this), I cant imagine how you can call yourself a power user? The things you described are easy if you spent more than 2 seconds on the desktop. I can do everything on my gnome desktop that I ever wanted to do on my kde desktop, including setting key strokes to do whatever I want.
I dont know why I bothered writing all this actually, its like religion, cant tell gnome users kde is better and vise versa - there are no open minds!!
Comment from: e-head [Visitor]
12/15/05 @ 19:25
Gnome and KDE both are overkill, that's why I use evilwm or ratpoison !
Comment from: Jim Fuqua [Visitor] · http://Jim-Fuqua.com
12/17/05 @ 11:33
Everyone is entitled to an opinion on the usability issue. Most vote by the distribution they choose and it's default desktop.
DistroWatch.com lists Ubuntu as currently the most popular distribution at least as indicated by page hits on their web site. Ubuntu favors Gnome.
Fortunately we are not forced to stick exclusively with one or the other. You can use KDE apps in Gnome and Gnome apps in KDE. When programs like Firefox and Thunderbird are better you are not forced to use either KDE apps or Gnome apps.
I used Windows from its inception until about two years ago when I started with a series of distributions using KDE. Since switching to Ubuntu I use Gnome which I like better although I still use the KDE Pim and about 10 other KDE apps.
Both distributions and many other Linux apps would be well advised to look at the simple usability features of MS products and not differ if there is no reason. Whether you like it or not having the File menu and then the Edit menu on the left and the Help menu on the right is a familiar standard that most people expect unless there is a reason to be different. With over 200 software engineers working full time on usability tests for minute little details in the interface, often the evil empire finds the simplest gui way of manipulating software.
With Linux a simple thing like killing a non-responsive program can be an ordeal requiring extensive research. Perhaps KDE has a gui way,but I never found it and was forced to sort through processes on the command line before using kill pid. Ubuntu has a gui kill button, but it is well hidden. It should be readily accessible.
Both desktops could stand extensive improvement for a gui world that does not want to live by the command line and a reference book.


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Greensboro, NC (Sports Network) - The second-ranked Duke Blue Devils begin
postseason play on Friday evening, as they take on the Maryland Terrapins in
the quarterfinals of the 60th-annual Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament at
the Greensboro Coliseum.
Mike Krzyzewski's Blue Devils fell behind Miami-Florida in the conference
standings with a couple of losses in January, and despite a late run down the
stretch with wins in three straight and five of its last six games, could not
catch the Hurricanes, instead finishing a game out of the top spot at 27-4
overall and 14-4 in the ACC. No stranger to tournament success, Duke is
seeking its 20th ACC Tournament title, and boasts of a stellar 91-40 mark in
the event all-time. In addition, the Blue Devils are closing in on 2,000
victories as a program, currently sitting at 1,998 wins and will become just
the fourth school ever to reach that mark shortly.
Mark Turgeon's Terrapins don't have quite the lengthy tournament resume that
Duke has. Maryland came into tournament play this year with a record of 45-55
in this event, with three tournament titles to its credit, the last coming in
2004. The Terps added to their win total with a 75-62 first-round win over
Wake Forest on Thursday to move to 21-11 overall. Despite reaching the 20-win
plateau this year, wins in-conference were harder to come by for UM during the
regular season, with an 8-10 record, good for just the seven-seed.
Duke holds a 113-62 advantage in the all-time series with Maryland, as the two
teams split a pair of meetings this year, each winning on its home floor.
The winner of this game will take on either Florida State or North Carolina in
Saturday's semifinal round.
The Terrapins came into the postseason averaging just over 70 points per game
on the year, doing so on an efficient .464 shooting (third in the ACC).
Defense was also a strength, with Maryland leading the conference in both
field-goal percentage defense (.379) and rebounding margin (+9.2). Sophomore
Dez Wells led the way offensively for Maryland at 12.2 ppg. Fellow sophomore
Alex Len was more than serviceable in the middle, as the 7-footer ranked fifth
in the league in rebounding (8.1 rpg).
Trailing by five points at the half, the Terrapins outscored the Demon Deacons
45-27 over the final 20 minutes to run away with the first-round victory.
Wells led five Terps in double figures with 21 points. Len and Seth Allen
finished with 11 points each, while Nick Faust and Pe'Shon Howard chipped in
with 10 apiece.
Duke comes into the postseason as the ACC's top offensive squad at 78.4 ppg.
No player in the conference has made as much improvement than senior forward
Mason Plumlee. An anchor in the frontcourt, Plumlee finished second in the ACC
in scoring (17.2 ppg), rebounding (10.3 rpg) and field-goal percentage (.589),
en route to All-ACC First-Team honors. He gets plenty of help from
sharpshooters Seth Curry (third in the ACC at 17.1 ppg) and Ryan Kelly (15.5
ppg). Quinn Cook (12.5 ppg) and Rasheed Sulaimon (11.4 ppg) add to the scoring
depth for the explosive Blue Devils.
The Sports Network


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Thursday, September 11, 2008
Returning to Austria, In Search of Her Son
6 comments:
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- September 11, 2008 at 8:04 PM
- crystal said...
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- September 13, 2008 at 2:27 PM
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- September 14, 2008 at 3:13 PM
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- September 14, 2008 at 4:19 PM
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- September 18, 2008 at 11:58 AM
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- September 19, 2008 at 12:23 PM