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The 6 Most Insane Video Games About Dating
#3. Deiz -- Spot the Hermaphrodite
In Deiz, you're a high school student going through a normal school day -- or at least, what passes for normal in these games. Depending on your decisions throughout the day, you can end up having an intimate encounter with one of eight possible characters ... one of whom is a hermaphrodite. Which one? You'll only find out when it's too late.
Pretty sure there's an actual game show with the same premise.
The weirdest part of this game is that if you do everything right, it's a standard romantic comedy about a boy with a crush on a girl (who is also a critically acclaimed film director, for some reason). But if you mess up, things can go horribly, horribly wrong: For example, in one of the potential endings, you suddenly get kidnapped by a student who has been stalking you, who then proceeds to strip you naked, whip you and mock your unresponsive dong.
If your porn game makes fun of the player for not getting a boner, you're probably doing it wrong.
In the game, you have not one but two childhood friends, a guy and a girl, who help you hook up with your crush. However, one of the endings involves your male friend revealing his feelings for you by grabbing your penis, in the most awkward "game over" screen ever. And if you end up with your female friend, she also makes a move on you with her penis, as demonstrated in a scene where you become the unwitting middle ingredient in a boner sandwich.
It's nice that everyone's happy to see you, we guess.
And then there's the ending that combines almost all of the above: You and your friend (the one with only one set of genitalia, that is) are kidnapped and forced to make a gay porn movie at Taser point. This ending, by the way, was determined by a poll in the creator's DeviantArt page.
Really blew the chance to use the word "pole" there.
The game is completely free to download, but we're not sure who exactly the target audience here is. Let's say you give this a shot because you're into secret teenage hermaphrodites: You still run the risk of ending up being whipped by a girl dressed in leather and going "Aw, come on, that shit is just wrong!" And vice versa. Unless you share a very specific set of fetishes with the game's creator, this game is bound to produce more awkward moments than boners.
We hope this is admissible in court.
#2. Yume Miru Kusuri: A Drug That Makes You Dream -- Exactly That
In Yume Miru Kusuri: A Drug That Makes You Dream, you control an ordinary high school student who meets a whimsical fairy girl trying to find a way back to her fairyland. In order to help her get back home, first you have to let her acquire some fairy power from your magic mushroom. If you've been paying any attention to this article, you already know that we're talking about sperm.
"And by you, I mean your dick."
That's just the beginning, though. After a couple of situations where she more or less forces your character into awkward sex in public places (once threatening to rape you with a stick), you discover that she's not really a fairy at all, just a crazy drug addict. The "fairy dust" she keeps talking about that supposedly will return her to the fairyland is actually some sort of dangerous hallucinogen, and your character has to decide whether to try to get her off the drug and push her away or enable her fantasy. Meanwhile, more really, really inappropriate sex.
This is basically Crazy Bipolar Girlfriend: The Game.
However, the game also gives you the choice to completely ignore the "fairy" (who presumably dies from an overdose off-screen) and romance two completely normal girls from your school in alternate plots that have nothing to do with drugs. You'd think this part of the game would be less crazy than the one with the drug fairy, but you'd be wrong.
Never, ever underestimate Japan.
One of the other girls you can pursue is Aeka, a shy girl constantly tormented by bullies. As the storyline progresses, you help her deal with her personal problems, first with your penis and then by pulling a knife on the girl who bullies her. It gets worse: Once her cronies run away and the bully is no longer a threat, you ditch the knife and start choking her to death for no reason.
Japanese anti-bullying campaigns are hardcore.
But then Aeka stops you, because what you're doing is wrong -- you should be killing her together.
That's right; the end of the game is that you and your romantic interest bond by attempting to murder another student. After like 10 minutes of this, you let her go ... not because you realize how awful it would be to end another person's life, but because the bully farted in front of you.
"You ruined the moment, jerk."
#1. Hatoful Boyfriend -- A Pigeon Dating Simulator
Hatoful Boyfriend is a Japanese dating game for people who think that Japanese dating games are way too normal and logical. At least those other games star something resembling humans -- disturbingly young-looking ones, but still. Hatoful Boyfriend follows the exact same tropes, except everyone is a talking pigeon. Talking pigeons that you, a human girl, must date.
"Hato" means "pigeon" in Japanese, which ... still doesn't make any sense.
As usual, the creators have gone out of their way to come up with the most complicated back story possible to justify what was already a bizarre premise. In this world, bird flu killed off most of humanity and birds became the dominant species. The game takes place at Saint PigeoNation, an academy for gifted birds. You control the only human student, a schoolgirl in search of some bird lovin'. Every other character is represented by a photo of a real bird.
You're doing this on purpose now, aren't you, Japan?
Sometimes they have clothes on, but that doesn't really help.
Three common topics in one image: maids, cross-dressing and insanity.
Your potential paramours include a track star obsessed with pudding (not only do the birds participate in track, without flying, but they're able to outrun you), a racist aristocrat and a bookworm who turns out to be a ghost.
And then Unchained Melody starts playing, backward, as chanted by dying clowns.
But none of their stories contain as much unleaded crazy as that of Shuu, the school's antisocial yet strangely alluring doctor.
This man exudes sexuality.
At first he's dismissive of you, but if you're persistent, you can take him on a date. He seems to warm up to you after that, because on Christmas Eve he's nice enough to deliver a quill pen and a roast bird dinner to your cave (oh right, you live in a cave, for reasons that are never explained). It's a nice gesture from a -- wait, hang on a second, a quill pen and a roast bird?!
Shit shit shit shit shit shit.
Turns out that Dr. Shuu is a serial killer who secretly feeds you one of your potential love interests and then just straight up murders you and keeps your decapitated head in a jar. Which raises a few important questions, like "How does a human character get overpowered by a partridge?" and "How do I rationalize this erection?"
At least you're finally gonna get some action.
The only way to face the doctor and not be murdered is apparently to befriend another bird who happens to be a sorcerer and confronts him in an epic supernatural battle, at which point the dating game seriously turns into a turn-based RPG, with HP, powers, dramatic music and a final monster boss. And pigeons, of course.
Hey, they know what their customers came for.
You can read more from Mark at Zug, where he writes erotic fan fiction and explores the terrible world of men's rights activists. In addition to playing baffling Japanese games for educational purposes, Dustin Koski also writes for TopTenz. Check it out!
For more Japaninsanity (shut up, we're working on it), check out 5 Most Terrifyingly Homoerotic Japanese Music Videos and 8 Humiliating Japanese Ads Starring Oscar Nominees.


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Born and raised in the Garden State, Gutierrez has been singing, dancing, and acting since an early age, eventually enrolling at The Boston Conservatory where she was a member of the Hoofers Tap Company and sang the National Anthem for the Boston Red Sox. Gutierrez graduated Cum Laude with a BFA in Musical Theatre.
Since graduation, Gutierrez has performed across the US and Canada. Most recently, she has been seen in the National Tour and Las Vegas Companies of Mamma Mia! She also appeared in an industrial for Redken hair products choreographed by Emmy Nominees Napoleon and Tabitha D'Umo from the hit television show "So You Think You Can Dance." Gutierrez was also a dancer in Julie Taymor's Across the Universe, which was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
Gutierrez is a cantor at St. Joseph's Parish in New Milford, NJ. Currently, she resides in Bergen County with her husband.
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What three lessons or experiences have added most to making you the man you are today?
1. Being passionate and enthusiastic. I think having a passion toward life is what separates the ordinary from the extraordinary, the good from the great.
"Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."
– Ralph Waldo Emerson.
2. Not worrying about the things I can not influence or control. It is a waste of time and energy. I know I have never worried about being over-prepared. If you take the steps in life to be prepared for the things you may face in any given day, there is no reason to worry or be stressed.
3. Having a purpose and a vision. If you have a purpose and can envision where you want to go, no matter the size of the obstacle in your way it can be overcome. I know as a young child that I was often told that I could not do something or that the consequences of my actions may keep me from being successful, but I always had a vision of where I would go tucked away in mind that has guided me from a young age. I think this helped me get to where I am today and will help me achieve bigger and better things in the future.
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Aussie Rules Officials Form a 'Parity Party'
A large traveling contingent of officials connected to the Australian Football League, led by chief executive Andrew Demetriou, arrived in the U.S. this week on a fact-finding mission. Atop the agenda: Finding ways to achieve greater parity among the league's 18 teams.
Three AFL clubs have combined to win eight of the past 12 Grand Finals—the league's championship games. The AFL has also seen several clubs break records for the most lopsided wins or losses—which is not insignificant given that the sport dates back to the mid-19th Century. Demetriou said the gap between the richest and poorest clubs has been widening. "We do shift revenues at the moment and we've already got other levers that help equalization like the draft and the salary cap, but we do need to have this third lever, which is more revenue-shifting," he said.
The group has met with the NBA, NFL, Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots. The top lesson from the visit, Demetriou said, is that "a strong competition is a competition that has uncertainty of outcome."
—Rachel Bachman
Bill to Protect Athletes
Finally Congress has a unifying cause: Reforming the NCAA. Two U.S. representatives on Thursday introduced a bill that would effectively force college sports' governing body to take several measures to protect athletes: require baseline concussion tests, provide schools due process before punishing them for violating NCAA rules and guarantee scholarships for "contact/collision" sports for four years rather than the current one.
The bill is sponsored by Rep. Charlie Dent (R., Pa.) and Rep. Joyce Beatty (D., Ohio). The bill would withhold from schools the use of Title IV funds such as Pell Grants if they belonged to an athletic association that failed to enact such measures. An NCAA spokeswoman noted that the association is controlled by member schools and that it aims to "protect the safety and wellbeing of student-athletes, a responsibility we take very seriously." Critics in various corners have assailed the NCAA in recent months over everything from its admitted improper evidence-gathering in a case against the University of Miami to a concussion policy that defers oversight to member schools. Of the NCAA, Beatty said, "Let's just say we're giving them a booster shot."
In Pro Bowl, Running Is Barely an Option
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, who rushed for 2,097 yards last season, will likely be the top pick in many NFL fantasy leagues, but in one draft next January, he'll likely be a late-round selection. The NFL announced that it is changing its Pro Bowl format from the traditional AFC vs. NFC format to a fantasy-style draft. But since teams rarely run the ball in the Pro Bowl, there's more of a premium placed on receivers and quarterbacks. In last season's Pro Bowl, Peterson's NFC squad scored 62 points, but the Vikings back only carried the ball five times for 13 yards. Peterson's Minnesota teammate, tight end Kyle Rudolph, was the game's MVP.
—Kevin Trahan
It's Still a Long Time Until October
The Tampa Bay Rays (21-5) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (19-6) ended the month of July with the best records for the month. However, recent history suggests that, depending on the league, teams that dominate July may have peaked too early to reach the World Series.
Since the wild-card era began in 1995, only two out of 19 AL teams with the best July record made it to the World Series. Eight AL teams failed to make the playoffs. Over that same stretch, seven NL teams with the best July record made the World Series, while only four NL teams didn't make the postseason.
The Dodgers currently lead the NL West by 2.5 games. The Rays trail the Boston Red Sox by half-a-game in the AL East.
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Good news: Instead of using a USB boot media, I created a DVD (Ubuntu-11.04-desktop-amd64.iso) which allowed me to select the "nomodeset" option. Installation is currently in progress but it looks like everything works out fine.
Thank you!
Good news: Instead of using a USB boot media, I created a DVD (Ubuntu-11.04-desktop-amd64.iso) which allowed me to select the "nomodeset" option. Installation is currently in progress but it looks like everything works out fine.
Thank you!
Was offline for a while. Sorry for the slow response. Happy to hear it is working out for you
Thanks! I should add that "ubiquity" crashed at about 80% of the installation process, after I was prompted to determine which keyboard I am using. Some other people had the same problem.
I stopped the installation and booted directly from the DVD without installing it first. After it booted successfully from the disk I installed it using the shortcut on the desktop.
Finally the os was installed! Following http://ubuntu4beginners.blogspot.com...n-problem.html, I did these steps:
1.) check for updates; there was one driver and I installed it. Unfortunately, after rebooting there was some flickering which wouldn't vanish. After I removed the driver again and rebooted, the unity surface appeared for the first time.
2.) open the terminal window and type
gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub
3.) edit the line
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash radeon.modeset=0"
Save and close the file.
4.) sudo update-grub
Now restart and everything should work fine!
In some threads I saw, that people complaint about the fan running all the time. After step 1.) I had the same problem. But steps 2.-4.) seem to solve this problem!
Good luck and thank you for your help,
Did you install the recommended driver for the ATI card? Did Ubuntu switch to Classic View automatically? I can't get Unity to work the driver is installed. Should I un-install the driver?
Hello Engrin!
When I first started, the Classic View appeared. Then I checked for driver updates and I found an ATI driver, which I downloaded and installed. Unfortunately, the thing didn't work properly. Parts of the screen were blinking... That is why I uninstalled the driver and rebooted again. This time it switched automatically to the Unity View. Now I changed the grub settings to radeon.modeset=0 and it worked fine. Before I made the changes in the grup-properties file, I noted that the cooler went all the time.
At the moment I am not using the Radeon but the Intel graphics card which means less performance. However, Unity works as well.
There is one thing I am not completely sure about: Sometimes (after maybe 20 s) the mouse arrow blinks once as if the screen has been updated. I am not sure, if this has something to do with the driver, but it could be. Anyway, now everything is fine. Maybe someone noticed this as well!?
Please let me know, in case you get everything to work properly with the ATI card.
I've had the same issues with my Vostro/Radeon as described here. The tips in post #2 are working to quiet down the fan after I boot without the Radeon driver. Also the driver update that was released by AMD two days ago didn't solve this issue, too bad really, I had hoped the Radeon chip would speed up the shell a little. Hopefully it will be addressed soon.
Now I would like to put these commands in a startup script somewhere so that I don't have to execute them manually every time I start my system.
It's been years since I used linux, I remember the startup scripts are somewhere around the /etc/rc.d folders, and that the numbers had something to do with the runlevel during startup, but I'm afraid the specifics are a bit hazy. Could someone point me in the right direction of where to put the modprobe command and the vgaswitcheroo command so that it's executed automatically at startup?
Incidentally, no one here actually got the AMD chip to work with Ubuntu since the last post, did they?
Edit: an entry in /etc/rc.local did the trick
Last edited by raintracks; July 29th, 2011 at 08:20 PM.
Hi All
I have a Dell Vostro 3350 laptop with i7 processor and AMD 6470M graphics card (dynamic switchable). I had problems with graphics. It caused crashes of system. Now laptop works, I hope. Only AMD card can not be used. Dynamic switchable cards don't work under linux at all now (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=120622)
After installation of xubuntu 11.04, random crashes occured on boot (on load of radeon driver). I use radeon open source driver. This was solved by instalation of new 3.0.0 kernel from oneiric. I followed this instructions:
Additionaly I upgraded xserver-xorg-video-radeon package, but it probably is not necessary.
The 3.0.0 kernel have increased power consumption. But in can be improved by ading kernel atributtes.
In /etc/default/grub change
toCode:GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
(Based on https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727579 )Code:GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash pcie_aspm=force i915.i915_enable_rc6=1"
AMD card is powered in default. But can be turned off by switcharoo. I added this lines into /etc/rc.local
It is based on:Code:while ! [ -e /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch ]; do echo "hack: Trying to load radeon driver" modprobe radeon sleep 1 done eecho ON > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch echo IGD > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch echo OFF > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch
But then another problem occured. After suspend/resume, AMD card was powered and any attempt to turn it off caused crash. What more the
showed that AMD card is off, fan was not running, but power consumption was 10W above normal. I have found a workaround. With this workaround power constupmtion stays normal after suspend/resume.Code:cat /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch
Workaround is simple: Turn ON AMD card during suspend.
create script:
Now AMD card do not cause any problems. Only, it can't not be used :{.Code:case "$1" in suspend) echo "radeon: powering on" echo ON > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch ;; resume) echo "radeon: powering off" echo OFF > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch ;; esac
Now it works for me as well and I want to give a brief summary of what I have tried before. I faced to problems. When I changed the GRUB-file to "radeon.modeset=0" like previously described, my screen started flickering after a while. In another approach, I messed around with the latest ATI-Drivers, the graphics card seemed to work, but the fan ran all the time and the laptop was getting hot. Neither of the results where desirable and I tried something else. When I started Ubuntu 11.04 in the failsafeX mode everything worked fine! So I just set failsafeX configuration to my default one. It is so easy, and now it works:
1.) modify the file /etc/default/grub
> gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub
instead of
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash radeon.modeset=0"
and save it.
2.) sudo update-grub
3.) cp xorg.conf xorg.conf.backup
4.) mv xorg.conf.failsafe xorg.conf
5.) restart and it should work
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Is it possible to sort a list based off one item?
For instance, if I have
1,3,2,4,5,6,7 ... 1000000
And I know that
3 is the second element, is it possible to efficiently sort
3 into it's correct position between
2 and
4 without re-sorting the entire list?
EDIT: I should also note that, in this scenario, it is assumed that the rest of the list is already sorted; it is simply the
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Sunday, October 28, 2007
Turtle Trading Lessons From Michael Covel
The Complete Turtle Trader, Michael Covel's engaging and well-written account of the Turtles, covers not only the experiment, but a second generation of Turtles who were inspired by the Dennis/Eckhardt vision. One of the most interesting segments of the book covers Salem Abraham, who by chance met one of the original Turtles, took a 180 degree life turn, and began his own highly successful fund. It's a powerful illustration that, though markets have changed since the 1980s, the dynamics of success have not.
Covel's book reads more like a piece of financial journalism than I expected, and I mean that as a compliment. It is this well-rounded perspective that makes "The Complete Turtle Trader" complete and a definitive contribution to the trading literature. He has clearly researched his topic and sources his quotes. He also casts a critical eye on his subjects, investigating why some Turtles found long-term success and why others didn't. A very enlightening portion of the book concerns Richard Dennis himself, the ending of the Turtle experiment, and the master's departure from his own trading rules and principles.
For those wanting access to the Turtle philosophy and rules, they're laid out clearly and unflinchingly. This is not a methodology for the faint-hearted, which is one reason so many Turtles and would-be Turtles have not stuck with it. Large drawdowns inevitably accompany the quest for large gains, and it's those large gains that ultimately provide trend following with its edge. Investors who place their money in funds simply don't want to see 20% of their money evaporate in a quarter. This inevitably leads money managers to refine (and ultimately eviscerate) the Turtle methodology.
Many of Covel's themes will ring true to readers of this blog, including the role of deliberative practice in the acquisition of trading expertise and the importance of emotional resilience and entrepreneurial spirit in sustaining a trading career. My impression, reading the book, is that Covel is under no illusions: the methodology, which provides the statistical edge in trading, is necessary but not sufficient for success. After all, the Turtles started with the same methods; some made it, others didn't. Covel's segment discussing what separated a successful Turtle, Jerry Parker, from his less successful peers is perhaps the most insightful portion of the book.
Because Covel so clearly lays out these ingredients of success, his book is relevant not just to trend traders, but to anyone who aspires to greatness in the markets. The message is clear: to win, the odds must be in your favor, and you must have the fortitude to keep playing, remain consistent, and compound your edge. That's a formula for success in any field of endeavor, which may be why the Turtle story finds universal appeal.
And, by the way, for readers who want to dig a little more into Turtle trading before purchasing Michael's book, I recommend his website. There are quite a few resources there, including articles on money management and trend following.
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4 comments:
- Michael Covel said...
Thanks for the nice words Brett!
- Anatrader said...
You said:
The message is clear: to win, the odds must be in your favor, and you must have the fortitude to keep playing, remain consistent, and compound your edge.
I echo your words and why the Turtle story has such a universal appeal in spite of the obstacles faced by the Turtles.
An avid reader will not miss this book by Michawe Covel.
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Thanks, Michael; excellent book. Well written, well organized, and a fresh perspective.
- Chris said...
Thanks for the great article.
The turtle system is great because it has clear trading rules to follow so you have less chance of becoming emotional with your trading.
I find automated trading to be the best because it takes the human element out, and you don't have to spend a ton of your time trading. The turtle system is perfect for this type of thing. If anyone is looking for an automated Turtle Trading system, you should check out:
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Today I have shutdown'ed a production machine by mistake because I thought I was on my local machine. I know, novice mistake :-(
As a solution for it not to happen again, I was thinking to remove the execution permission for the shutdown command as that machine should be always on.
Is that a good idea? Can you see any unwanted side effect by doing that?
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I want to join some PVC pipes. I've got primer (from a store that only sells paint) and on the back it says it's suitable for PVC. I doesn't say anything about paint or joining. Can I use this kind of primer with PVC cement? The pipes should be airtight and should be able to withstand 3-4 bar.
I highly doubt a paint store sells what you are looking for. When you join two pieces of PVC, you aren't joining them together, but welding them together. PVC Cleaner (AKA Primer) cleans all dirt, and oils off the parts and soften them a bit, so they weld together properly and the glue can penetrate the PVC deeper. The glue then works on a molecular level I think to "melt" the pieces together to make one piece of PVC. You need to go to a hardware store to get the correct product. You can get PVC Cleaner/Primer and Glue separate, or you can get a Cleaner/Glue product in one can.
Paint primer that says it's suitable for PVC can be used for painting PVC siding, Vinyl window surfaces, fencing, etc. It is a paint primary coat for weatherproofing surfaces and enabling other paint coats to stick to the plastic so they don't peel, not a pipe assembly agent. See Gunner's comments for proper materials needed for pipe assembly. it's a whole different item altogether.


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What is the gramatical difference between 光 and 只?
光剩下2毛钱 does not have the same meaning/context as 只剩下2毛钱
It seems there is more emphasis to the part that comes after 光. When is the right time to use one over the other.
What is the gramatical difference between 光 and 只?
光剩下2毛钱 does not have the same meaning/context as 只剩下2毛钱
It seems there is more emphasis to the part that comes after 光. When is the right time to use one over the other.
Part I - OP Usage
To avoid confusion, Part I will stick to the usage OP is asking, and skip the other meaning of
The following two sentences are the same.
They both can be translated to either of the following.
In most cases, following are correct
Look at following example, again, all four lines mean the same thing
However, there are few cases that only one should be use. Look at the following two cases
Case 1:
For (1), both of the following are correct translations, where the 2nd one is more "English".
For (2), it just doesn't sound "Chinese".
Case 2:
For (1), translate as follow
For (2), again, it just doesn't sound "Chinese".
Case 3:
Both translate to
This is a "common phrase". In this case, (1) is the correct way. (2) is acceptable Chinese, but not the usual way for this "combination".
It is difficult to give a generalize rules on when the two are interchangeable and when they are not. The only way to improve is listen more and read more.
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Part II - Learn the Combo
To learn Chinese, you have to learn, or more importantly, memorize the different meaning and usage, when characters are put together in different ways.
I will analogy this to learning spelling of English.
adj. 形容词
Sometimes they are interchangeable, sometimes not.
noun. 名詞
You can not substitute
Unit/classifier 量詞
More here. All you can do is memorize them. If you omit them, sometimes it just doesn't sound Chinese, but sometimes the meaning change completely
Exception - common phrase, omitting classifier
Direct Translation
"English" Translation
Throw your logic away :P
Part III - Bonus - Completely out of Context
That sounds poetic, romantic, right? The true/current meaning
"Direct" translation - People who use up all their money each month.
"English" translation - People living paycheck by paycheck.
It is a common Taiwan usage.
只 is more limited in grammatical scope: it can only function as an adverb, preceding the verb. 光 has a larger range of related uses, from being a pre-verbal adverb (also called a restrictive adverb) like 只, to a resultative complement used when a verb 'finishes' an associated noun (e.g. in 吃光了), as well its adjectival/adverbial meaning of 'empty' and 'naked'. 光 can also precede nouns and other adverbs (e.g. of time) in the sense of "only" where 只 cannot. However, words that include 只 such as 只要、只是 are used in a greater variety of set constructions (among the most well-known being 只要 X 才 Y).
However, both 只 and 光 can be used as pre-verbal (restrictive) adverbs, as the famous "只/光剩下2毛钱" sentence illustrates. There have been various analyses: 光 being more colloquial and characteristic of the spoken language, while 只 is preferred in the standard written language but is itself neutral with respect to spoken vs written. This is perhaps the most basic distinction in their use as adverbs: see Baidu's explanation. It is also known that 只 adopted its meaning of "only" earlier on (at the latest from the late Han dynasty) whilst 光 in this meaning is not even attested in the Kangxi dictionary (see zdic.net).
There is a claim that a clause with 光 implies a negative clause further on. One further explanation found on that website is that 光 with 有 has a focus on things other than the object of 光有, whilst 只有 shifts the focus onto the object of the clause itself. It uses the example 只/光有口号,是没用的 to make this point.
There is also the idea that 只 with quantitative measures (such as in the 2毛钱) means limited to that quantity, whilst 光 focuses on the object and the fact that it is alone. The modified sentence 口袋里只/光剩下2毛钱 illustrates this potential distinction: 只 may allow the possibilities of other non-money items in the pocket, whilst 光 emphasises that this money is all that exists in the pocket.
For some of these later points, there really aren't many trustworthy sources. It may be an interesting point on which to do some further research! There are also a few other words for "only", such as 单 and 仅 which could be examined.
IMO, the difference is quite subtle, but the way I've used them are:
只: "only, just". I think this is more of an objective description of what you have. You can use it to objectively state your situation.
光: "only, empty". I think this has a stronger, more expressive meaning of one's situation. I suppose you can use it for emphasis on your situation.
I've consulted my cousin who lives and studied in China, here is a summary of his response.
Originally, 光 was used to describe the brightness of flames.
However, it can also be used to describe the barren, emptiness of something (空). If a place is described 明亮透彻无遮挡 (brightness penetrates undeterred), it is the equivalent of saying that it is 无物的开放空间 (an expanse of empty space), allowing the light to penetrate undeterred.
光头 refers to a bald (barren) head. 钱包的钱花光了 refers to 钱包空了 (empty wallet)
只 is a quantifier that is similar in meaning to 独 (single/solitary/independent). It's said that original character depicts a solitary bird on one hand (单手持一只鸟, a pair would be 双手并持一对鸟).
Therefore if you say 口袋里光剩下2毛钱,it implies that 2毛钱 is the only thing you have in your pocket. However, if you say 口袋里只剩下2毛钱,there might be other things inside your pocket besides 2毛钱, such as candy or a phone.
Interesting question: "光" vs "只".
Personally I've said "只剩下2毛钱", but never "光只剩下2毛钱".
There is "guang3 剩下2毛钱" in my dialect (I come form ChangChun, JiLin.). Maybe in other dialects, people uses "光" instead in the place of "guang3".
For the question "When is the right time to use one over the other?"
Use "只" in writen chinese, try to avoid "光" in spoken chinese.
In the sentences you gave, 光 and 只 are very similar and hard to distinguish. But, as you say, they have some differences.
When we say 我只有2元钱了, I imply that the amount of money I have is small, maybe not enough. Like, when you have to pay 10¥, but you only have 2, we say 我只有2元钱.
When we say 我光有2元钱, it implies that apart from these 2¥, we have nothing else.
However, when we want to express that we have nothing except this 2¥, we could either use 光 or 只. But when we want to express that we have a little or not enough money in hand, we may only use 只 in this circumstance.
The emphasise part is right, but the difference is subtle. We don't specifically pick either one by situations, more likely by personal preference.
Like the words "just" and "only" in English, see
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14 Dec 2012 8:03 AM #1
Needing to click on ComboBox multiple times to get focus
Internet Explorer 8
Windows 7, 64 bit
Developer Mode and Production Mode of GWT
We did not have this issue with GXT 3.0.2
I have a scenario where it requires multiple clicks to get a drop-down to appear in a combo box. It is a rather specific scenario and matches one of our application scenarios. I am hoping a fix/workaround to this scenario would address all of our application scenarios. In our application if we enter text in a text field (in a grid) it will not take on the first edit (gets blanked out).
In this example type ahead in the combo box a color (I just have a few, so type in "black") and then select the enter key. If the type ahead shows black you would need to type the enter key twice (once for the combo box select and one for the enter event to trigger the action that will render "Panel B".
Now if you are in panel B you can try a few things. Once things work, however, you will have to reload app and try the other scenario.
Test 1: Try to hit the drop-down of the combo box. It will take 2 clicks to bring up the drop-down. On Panel A, the combo box only needs 1 click to make the drop down visible.
Test 2: Try to edit the color column in the grid (one click to render the combo box and the second click to bring down the drop-down). It will take multiple clicks to bring up the drop-down and instead of just not working it will also disappear as you click.
Also, the drop-down will flash to the 0,0 coordinate (sometimes) as you are clicking on the arrow to try to make it render.
I tested this against Chrome 25 and it seems to behave fine from there. However, our application had issues when I tested it against Chrome 25. So this concerns me.
14 Dec 2012 8:45 AM #2
Thanks for the report! I have opened a bug in our bug tracker.
14 Dec 2012 8:46 AM #3
The handler code that executes on key down needs to run deferred to allow the combo to properly end the current edit. Try this code:
panelA.addDomHandler(new KeyDownHandler() { public void onKeyDown(KeyDownEvent event) { if (event.getNativeKeyCode() == KeyCodes.KEY_ENTER) { Scheduler.get().scheduleDeferred(new ScheduledCommand() { @Override public void execute() { content.clear(); label.setText(comboBoxA.getCurrentValue()); content.add(panelB); } }); } } }, KeyDownEvent.getType());
14 Dec 2012 9:08 AM #4
Thanks for work around. So far, it looks good. However, I will continue to do more testing on this today, since the issue has been rather spuratic. I have done a variety of other things to think I fixed it, only to have it come back. What I have done prior to being able to reproduce it in my test code was to disable calling widget.focus() on various components to set initial focus.
I'm assuming, since there is a bug number, that your work around is temporary until the fix is implemented (and then the deferred will no longer be needed).
I will continue to test today, and respond if I see any issues. I will post again early next week, if I it is resolved. But as it looks so far, things are looking great!
Thanks for the quick response and workaround.
14 Dec 2012 9:30 AM #5
Unless I misunderstand Darrell, this isn't a workaround, but his analysis of the bug as 'not a bug'. Browser events are a bit annoying like this - you need to make sure the one finishes before the next begins.
I created a bug ID assuming that there was a real issue in here - and there may yet be - but his analysis makes sense to me. You must wait until blur has run (which will be after the key event you are after here) before some work can be done.
The best we could do as a 'fix' if I'm correct so far is to delay all key events so far that you can't even cancel them (thus breaking things like NumberField) so that you can always be in the blurred, or not, as you expect.
14 Dec 2012 9:51 AM #6
So should this deferred be done for click events we have also being handled this way?
I have no problem with always having to do the "work around", just want to understand it so we can make sure I write these all correctly and what to look for if we run into similar issues like this again
Just with how long it took to replicate this I just want to understand it fully
14 Dec 2012 10:05 AM #7
When you handle DOM events, you really are on your own - there is an expectation that you will be able to deal with the timing correctly.
TextButton emits a logical SelectEvent - in this case, we've purpose built it to handle this, and as part of that, it recieves focus so that the click comes after any other blur that will happen. If that doesn't work right, its a bug in our code, not yours.
But any time you do addDomHandler, you are talking to the browser directly (via GWT's js->java wiring, mind) and getting the physical thing-the-user-poked (mouse, keyboard), not getting the logical intent from the widget, which has thought about it before sending to you.
In the case of a click in a random place on the page, you get mousedown, mouseup, click, then blur (this last from the old focused widget) I believe. If you click on something that accepts the focus, then before the click goes off, you get blur (old), focus (new), click. I believe the blur/focus change happens just after mousedown, but I could be mistaken. DOM events are a world of their own, and entirely dictated by the browser.
14 Dec 2012 10:15 AM #8
Thanks again, and that is good information to know.
That being said, we didn't have this issue in 3.0.2, it started in 3.0.3. Doesn't mean my code was right, but I guess I didn't feel like I was handling things "incorrectly", since it worked with the previous version of GXT.
At least now I know of a place to look. I may also try to rewrite this w/out needing to use the dom handler for getting the enter-key behavior we are looking for.
Thanks again.
14 Dec 2012 10:24 AM #9
One other thing, I can still get issues in my application, if I set focus as follows:
However, if I set focus this way:
Scheduler.get().scheduleDeferred(new ScheduledCommand() {
public void execute() {
It seems to resolve the issue.
Now the focus() is something I have not been able to reproduce in the a test case. And it turns out, with the Dom handler, I have more than one thing getting in the way.
So, back to my initial statement that we only see this in 3.0.3 makes me think something is more brittle with 3.0.3 causing this to happen more easily. Not saying that is right or wrong, but just something I want to point out.
Thanks again!
14 Dec 2012 1:34 PM #10
My application now behaves better with the Scheduled deferred around the addDom's contents.
However, we do async calls between some combo boxes and I'm still getting the "double click" issue, but now in a different spot (now that I can get farther w/out seeing the double click issue).
I will be looking into trying to create a test case for this.
I would like to know if there is a bug (as the top indicates) or there is not a bug (as Collin has stated). I will continue to add any test cases or notes to this thread, however, as I'm able to uncover / reproduce them.


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What is the origin of this custom? This must be fairly recent and "Lubavitch-specific", because my grandparents, who were very observant, always had matzah ball soup and fried matzah with eggs for Pesach.
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This custom is known as gebrochts (Yiddish for "broken"); or "matza shruya" (soaked matza) in modern Hebrew. It's prevalent in many Hassidic and Hassidically-influenced communities, though many first encounter it with Lubavitch.
The custom arose out of concern that there may be a packet of dry flour in your matza. If that flour never reacted with water, then when you break your matza into your soup or the like, the flour+water could become chametz in a few minutes. (Whereas if you mix flour thoroughly with water and bake it fast enough into matza, it can no longer become chametz.)
The custom has been around several hundred years; it appears, for instance, in the Shulchan Aruch HaRav, a code of Jewish law by the first Lubavitcher Rebbe (author of Tanya) about 200 years ago.
Many families -- certainly Sefardic Jews, and many non-Hassidic Ashkenazic ones (especially from places closer to Germany or Lithuania, not Romania or Hungary) never adopted such a custom, such as your family -- and mine.
R' Eizik Vitebsker writes (look in Os 26) that the origin of this Chumra was from the Mezritcher Maggid.
R' Shneur Zalman of Liadi explains that since some opinions say that flour which was baked (without being kneaded first) can still become chometz after contacting water as it may not have been baked well.
He writes that (at least in his time) one could see flour on his Matza after baking. Therefore, one should not place such Matza in soup as the flour will become Chometz.
He writes that even though there is technically no concern as the halacha follows the Rambam and Rashi who permit one to cook flour which was baked, one should still be stringent following the words of the Arizal "to follow all stringencies on Pesach".
The roots of this minhag actually lie in the Gemara itself. In Pesachim 40b, there is a discussion which says explicitly that Rav Papi allowed servants in the beit Reish Galuta to thicken a tavshil with "chasisi." The Rif says this is matzah meal; Tosafot say it is lentil flour, and Rashi says it is dried flour. Rava says we need to be concerned in a place where the servants are not makpid on the mitzvah and may come to mix in actual flour, instead of the matzah meal. Rava himself did actually stir matzah meal into a tavshil in his own house, and was merely concerned when dealing with servants. The claim, however, that cooked matzah can become chametz gamur lacks halakhic grounding. The Tur, to Orah Hayyim 43, paskens that it is forbidden to cook with matzah meal when servants are around, but this itself doesn't account for the shita to avoid all kinds of matzah sheruya- wet matzah. The Chatam Sofer, Vilna Gaon, and others ate matzoh balls, and the Shulchan Aruch paskens that wet matzah can be eaten by cholim, and even rules that we can wet and rebake matzah. It seems to be based on a teshuva of the Alter Rebbe of Lubavitch, who notes that Rabbeinu Yerucham held that dried/roasted flour (as described as Rashi in Pesachim 40b) can become chametz when mixed with water (not normative halakha at all). Citing the Arizal's position that extra humrot are proper on Pesach, he was makpid on the minority shita and chose to avoid all matzah sheruya. He also notes that in his time, matzohs often had uncooked flour on the surface because people had recently become makpid on 18 minutes.
The reason for this custom is the suspicion that some flour remains uncooked in the matzah, and by water then touching it, allows for the opportunity of becoming chametz.
Matzah with water, or certain other liquids, is called "gebrochts" in Yiddish, and people who follow the custom to refrain from eating it are often said to "observe gebrochts" or "keep gebrochts".
The custom is prevalent mostly in those from Chassidic backgrounds, especially Lubavitch, since it is mentioned by the Baal HaTanya.
It's interesting that another answer mentions the Alter Rebbe's answer as the origin, but fails to clearly explain the history of how/why this minhag suddenly started.
Why isn't this minhag / worry mentioned by any of the poskim ??
Here is an excerpt of the Alter Rebbe's answer:
Throughout Jewish history matzah was thoroughly kneaded. This process took time, and this was not a problem since the halacha states that while kneading the dough - it cannot become chametz. (see Rambam Chametz Umatza 5:13). Because of this fact, there was never any worry that after baking you'll see some flour on the surface of your matza, because all of the flour became dough.
Only in the times of the Alter Rebbe (20 years or so before the writing of his tshuvah) did the Jewish world decide to take upon themselves a chumrah: "Let's bake the Matza's from start to finish in 18 minutes". This chumrah is what led to the Gebrochs problem. Now that everyone hurried so much, they spent less time kneading the dough, and as a result the finished matza had a very small amount of flour on it.


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Creating a cozy hearth for the family
by Stephanie Nickolson
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Stephanie Nickolson has designed residential, commercial and eco-conscious environments for more than 24 years. Her firm, Stephanie Nickolson Design, promotes the use of sustainable, non-toxic, recyclable and environmentally-friendly products and services. The firm works largely with clients who have allergies, chemical sensitivies or who have children with special needs.
Have you ever walked into a store, restaurant or other environment and couldn't stand the heavily scented aroma that someone used to try and cover up another (worse) scent? Well, I have. It's one of my favorite stores that I frequent and whenever I enter the washroom, I cannot wait to get out of there as the air is so heavily perfumed it makes me feel ill. This is not an effective remedy, nor is it healthy. Anything that exudes that much fragrance is certainly loaded with phthalates. Most commercial air fresheners mask odors but do nothing to remediate them.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, indoor air can be five times worse than outdoor air. The typical American breathes indoor air about 90 percent of their typical day. The quality of the air we breathe is a cause for major health concerns in America.
There are six elements that determine indoor air quality:
1. Airborne particles: Mold, pollen, dust and dander2. Carbon monoxide: Released when wood, gasoline, oil, kerosene, natural gas and charcoal burn inefficiently.3. Temperature: Extreme changes in temperature can trigger and aggravate asthma and other respiratory problems.4. Volatile organic compounds: Fragrances, new paint, carpet and furniture5. Humidity: High relative humidity (higher than 45 percent) can lead to mold, mildew, bacteria and fungi growth and dust mites.6. Carbon dioxide: This is released when people exhale and from the burning of wood, gasoline, oil, kerosene, natural gas and charcoal. A high carbon dioxide level can be a result of poor ventilation. This can also make your home feel "stuffy."
Unfortunately, not all indoor air purifiers are considered safe. Too much ozone released into the air we breathe is not a good thing. The EPA has a certification board in California called the ARB (Air Resources Board) which has adopted a regulation to limit ozone emissions from these products. As of October 18 of this year, these air purifiers must produce emissions less than 0.050 ppm (parts per million). To better comprehend this, 1 ppm is one drop in 15 gallons of water. (Check out this website to see a listing of units that are not considered safe.)
Why is ozone harmful to us? Ozone high up in the air protects us from the harmful rays of the sun, but down below, at our level, it can cause harm to our respiratory systems.
Peace lilies will clean your indoor air while providing a piece of beautiful decor. Photo By mendhak/Courtesy Flickr.
A wonderful, less technical way to clean your air in your home or office is to bring in certain types of plants which naturally clean the air. A partial list of these include:
Boston fernrosemaryEnglish ivypeace lily (as shown above)weeping figreed palm
My favorite is the peace lily. The white flowers bloom periodically and make fabulous gifts!
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I can use a DoF calculator, or crunch the heavy math by hand if I really want to know exactly what my DoF is going to be... but most of the time knowing exactly is actually overkill, and taking the time to pull out a DoF calculator is impractical. I'm wondering if anyone knows of a 'rule of thumb' that is common for quickly figuring out a rough estimate of what my DoF will be when I'm in the field...
Depth of field formulas are indeed complex and nonlinear, but they still afford useful rules of thumb. For medium subject distances (not too close to the lens, compared to its focal length, and not so far away that the DoF extends to infinity), the DoF is approximately proportional to:
This assumes a given standard of blurriness (usually quantified as the diameter of the circle of confusion), which depends on your sensor, intended magnification of the ultimate images, your visual acuity, and many other things. For this reason I'm not going to recommend one rule for everyone, but rather will explain how to develop your own rule(s) for your own purposes.
To make this aproximation work, you only need to know the DoF for a standard f-stop, a standard distance, and a standard lens, chosen in advance by you. For instance, let's set the diameter of the circle of confusion to 0.02 mm (a fairly small size, but not uncommon). Then, using an online DoF calculator, we obtain a depth of field of 1.59 m = 5.2 feet for a subject at 10 meters from a 100 mm lens at f/4. Using only these data (10m, 100mm, f/4, 5.2 ft), we can now anticipate the DoF for any similar exposure combination by making a series of simple adjustments. For example,
In this example we have worked out the DoF at 5 meters for a 50 mm lens at f/2 using simple multiplications and divisions and we have made only an inconsequential error of less than 1% in our estimate.
Thus, if you choose a standard combination of focal length, f-stop, and subject distance close to those about which you are usually concerned, you need only memorize a single DoF value which you can rescale as appropriate in the field.
Typically, you might work out the DoF for a trial shot and then use this rule of thumb to anticipate the effects of proposed changes (of distance to subject, aperture, and even choice of lens) on the DoF. This needn't even involve a calculation. For example, after examining an initial shot closely, you might decide you need twice the depth of field (even though you don't know exactly, as a number, what the current DoF really is). Your options therefore include:
Although the first option is so quick you might forgo any calculation and just try it, the next two could be sufficiently cumbersome or time-consuming that having this rule of thumb might just be useful ;-).
Note that the approximation breaks down for macro photography and landscape photography. In both cases one usually has more time to prepare and test shots so perhaps having a quick rule of thumb is less important in those situations.
Depending on the brand and type of lens, it may be right on the lens itself -- there may be a set of lines between the aperture ring and the focus ring/focal distance indicator that will give you an indication of the "acceptable" circle of confusion range at various f-stops (usually at two-stop intervals). (It's sometimes called the hyperfocal distance indicator -- set the infinity mark at or within the range of the far-distance bracket, and everything should be more-or-less in focus from infinity to the distance indicated at the near-focus bracket for that f-stop.) If you are after a max DoF, there's good evidence supporting a strategy based on focusing at infinity and allowing the size of the aperture to determine the minimum resolved object size. F'rinstance, a 35mm lens set to f/22 and focused at infinity will adequately resolve objects to a resolution of (35/22=) 1.6mm. (See The Ins and Outs of Focus for details.)
There's no simple rule of thumb due to the inhearent nonlinearity in the equations.
The DOF marks on lenses are in my opinion a waste of time. First off they are based on an approximate formula that doesn't take into account the asymettric nature of dpeth of field (at close distances the DOF extends further infront of the subject and at larger distances it extends further behind). Secondly the distance scale is highly nonlinear and marked infrequently so you have to guess the distance which corresponds to the mark.
So once you've guessed the distances you want in focus, and guessed what distances the DOF marks actually correspond to, and fed the guesses into an approximation, what you get back probably isn't a lot of use.
With most things such as exposure I would also recommend avoiding rules of thumb and just shoot, eventually you will get a feel and be able to regularly get it close first time.
DOF is more complicated and in some cases downright deceptive. You will develop a rough idea but that's not usually good enough. Even now, if I'm concerned about focus I will check and reshoot. Every time.
Shoot an image review it and look at what is in focus and what isn't. Why settle for guesses and approximations, when you can have the actual answer in front of you in seconds!
I don't think there is just a general rule of thumb because of the number of variables such as aperture, focal length, circle of confusion, etc. If the lens, itself, has DoF markings, that's great, but many do not. So, one option, is to do the basic calculations ahead of time for your favourite lenses and put them on a cheat sheet, maybe an index card for each lens, and then quickly refer to it as you need. If you have a few seconds to do a simple calculation, then you probably have enough time to do a quick reference if the appropriate card is kept handy. Heck, doing that may show a pattern for each lens that you can use to derive your own simple formula.
Canon users who have installed Magic Lantern on their cameras can enable a depth of field display as described in the Magic Lantern user guide. The display includes the near and far distance from the point of focus.
If you have a smart phone there are plenty of apps you can download and use.
Simple DoF is a free app for the iPhone.
One of the things that finally "clicked" with me and DOF is to think of DOF as dependent on magnification -- not distance or focal length.
For example, 20' at 100mm has the same DOF as 10' at 200mm. Think about macro: Distance doesn't change the DOF -- the degree of magnification of the subject on the sensor does.
What this does for me is I think about the size of the person in the frame and mostly ignore the focal length in my f-stop estimates. I intuitively know what DOF I'll get from a headshot vs a full body shot at f2.8 -- and that is independent of distance or focal length.
I know the backgrounds will be significantly different between long and short, but I can see that easily in the view finder.


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Dear Members,
I want to make a product selection guide based on some simple criteria. I have worked out a few. Do you think they are appropriate? Is there any criterion missing?
Criteria of selection:
1. loading-->NN3/5
2. lens type: fisheye/ rectilinear--> R1/10 or NN3/5
3. longest focal length (35mm equivalent)-->rotator based on finest detent interval
4. template assisted stitching: yes/no--->NN5
5. Leveling base Built-in: yes/no--> RD3L rotator
6. Full rotation up for better zenith quality-->R1/10 or NN3/5
7. ideal for pole aerial photograhy--> R1/10
Thx for your input in advance.


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Dell UltraSharp U2711 27" HDMI Widescreen LCD Monitor for $749.99 + free shipping
(Save $250)
Yes, it's still expensive, but compared to a 1080p monitor, these are absolutely beautiful.
Newegg has the Dell UltraSharp U2711 27" LCD Monitor (S-IPS Panel) for $749.99 with free shipping. Features: 2560 x 1440 resolution, S-IPS Panel, 6ms response time, 178-degree H/V viewing angle, 1000:1 contrast ratio, 1 x HDMI, 1 x DVI, 1 x DisplayPort.
Comparatively, Dell Home sells the monitor for $999.
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response time is 6 ms faster than the apple LED 27 inch display . . . and same contrast ratio . . i wonder if it has a glossy finish
1080P is just getting old now. We need higher resolution like this monitor to be more standard and definitely less expensive.


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