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Assume that $(P,\le)$ is a notion of forcing. There are several ways to define what it means for $P$ being proper and I would like to know: What is the complexity (in terms of the Levy-Hierarchy) of the statement 'P is proper'?
Properness is observable in any sufficiently large $V_\alpha$, and therefore has complexity $\Sigma_2$. In oktan's answer, it suffices to consider sufficiently large $\lambda$, rather than all $\lambda$. I think this is proved in some of the standard accounts of proper forcing.
I think that I might have found a solution to this rather dispensable question. I will sketch it:
Consider the following characterization of properness:
$P$ is proper iff for all $\lambda > 2^{|P|}$ there is a club $C$ of elementary submodels $M \prec (H_{\lambda},...)$ such that $\forall p \in P \, \exists q \le p$ ($q$ is $ (M,P)$-generic). The latter statement will be denoted by $\psi(P)$
Now the part ..there exists a club $C$... can be written as $\exists C \in P(H_{\lambda})$ $\varphi(C,...)$, moreover '$C$ is a club' is $\Delta_0$, hence this part doesn't increase the order of $\psi(P)$. Further the formula $x= tc(y)$ is a $\Delta_1$ formula, hence $ C \in P(H_{\lambda})$ is $\Pi_1$.
Next the statement $M \prec (H_{\lambda},..)$ can be written as a $\Pi_1$-formula with $\lambda, M$ as parameters so this doesn't increase the complexity.
Last the statement '$p$ is $(M,P)$-generic' can be written as a formula with paramters $M,P,p$ by the following characterization:
$p$ is $(M,P)$-generic iff $\forall \dot{\alpha}$ $\in M$ $\forall r \le p$ $\exists s \le r$ $\exists \beta \in M$ $s \Vdash \dot{\alpha} = \beta$.
The relation $ s \Vdash \dot{\alpha} = \beta$ is $\Delta_0$ with parameter $P$ hence '$p$ is ($M,P$)-generic' is a $\Delta_0$ formula again.
Thus '..there exists a club $C$...' is $\exists C \in P(H_{\lambda}) \varphi(C,..)$ which is a $\Sigma_2$ formula. Thus '$P$ is proper' can be written as $\forall \lambda > 2^{|P|}$ $\sigma(P, \lambda)$ with $\sigma$ a $\Sigma_2$-formula, which is a $\Pi_3$ formula.
How about the Proper Game formulation?
$(P, \leq, 1)$ is proper iff
In other words this is saying there's a strategy $\Sigma$ for player II such that for any play from player I, consisting of a condition $p$ and a (partial) $\omega$-sequence of $P$-names for ordinals $\pi$, $\Sigma (p, \pi)$ produces a condition $q$ extending $p$, and a (partial) $\omega$-sequence of ordinals $\sigma$ such that $\forall n \in \mathrm{dom} (\pi),\\ q \Vdash \exists k \in \mathrm{dom} (\sigma) (\pi (n) = \sigma (k))$.


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Where/how can I find a local/professional guide that will take me safely up Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Elbrus?
For Mount Kilimanjaro you have to book your trip through a Kilimanjaro trekking agency/climb operator that has been approved by the Kilimanjaro park authorities.
You can book with a travel company that is licensed to run tours but these will often be a little more expensive. For a cheaper option when you get there ask around. You can find many local guides that'll take you up.
I haven't climbed Mount Elbrus but I would assume the same applies (ask around once you get there).
I just got back from climbing Kilimanjaro, and we went through Focus in Africa
The guy who organized our trek, Nelson, was very accomodating, and helped us arrange hotels and a safari after our climb as well. We did the 7 day Machame route, and it cost $1550 a person for a group climb. If you want to do it privately it's $200 extra. You can do Machame in 6 days, but the 7th day is very helpful for getting used to the altitude. It greatly increases your chances of making it to the top.
Focus in Africa was great for a lot of reasons. First of all, all their profits go to benefit an orphanage in Arusha, and it's nice to know your money goes to a good cause. Second, they don't directly employ porters/guides, but contract out, and the tips they recommend giving them are higher than the porters/guides usually get. It's still really cheap (only $30 for each porter for the entire time, for example), but the porters were very happy with their extra money.
I have recently done a lot of research in to guides for doing Mt. Kilimanjaro here are some points I found that were important.
I climbed Kilimanjaro a couple of weeks ago, and booked it with Gap Adventures. It costs €1139 per person.
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Does it means more links or same number of links? The answer will answer your query
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A few questions relevant formally, but quite different in nature:
From now on, let R denote a ring.
If R is a UFD , is R[x] also a UFD?
If R is Noetherian, is R[x] also Noetherian?
If R is a PID, is R[x] also a PID?
4. If R is an Artin ring, is R[x] also an Artin ring?
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Say you have something of the form
$p_1 = p$
How does one go about finding $p_{n}$ in terms of $n,p$ and $k$?
In my notes here's how it's found
$p_n-1/2 = (2k-1)(p_{n-1}-1/2)=(2k-1)^{n-1}(p_1-1/2)$
But to be honest I don't understand how you'd arrive at the conclusion that you want to factorize the RHS like they did. In a different problem it was actually given that $p_n$ is of the form $A+B{\lambda}^n$.


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Given a number field K of dimension d over Q, and galois closure of dimension d! over Q (i.e galois group Sd), can we relate the discriminant of the galois closure to that of the discriminant of K? Assume no special ramification happens in the closure or the other subfields, for example if the discriminant of K is a prime.
Tests in sage indicate that the discriminant of the galois closure is $\Delta_K^{\frac{d!}{2}}$, and that the discriminants of the other subfields are also powers of $\Delta_K$, but the power has something to do with the corresponding subgroup of Sd. (Not just the size of the subgroup)
Is there a way to prove the first indication, and thoughts about the second?


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Q: My fifth-grade daughter is an only child, but she is very content to be at home with only her parents, her pets, and her TV. Although involved in extracurricular activities with other children her age several days a week, when she is free she seldom asks to have a friend over and, if she does have one, it is usually at my suggestion. She has friends at school, but none of them seem to be very strong, deep friendships. Frankly, she seems ambivalent about friends, which concerns me. She has a lot of self-confidence, knows her strengths, and is very realistic and self-assured. I mentioned this to her teacher, but she only confirmed what I already knew -- that she has buddies at school, but not really good friends. She seems uninterested in talking on the phone or emailing, unlike many girls her age. It seems that as an only child, she would be starving for a really close girlfriend. Should I be concerned?
A: It sounds like your daughter is content with her friendship situation and doesn't feel that she is missing anything. Continue to talk with her about the issue from time to time to make sure that she still feels this way, but don't push her into something that doesn't fit. Make sure your daughter knows that you're willing to help by asking her friends over or helping her set up activities, but wait for her to express interest. If your daughter had no friends at school or anywhere else you might be concerned, but it sounds like she is doing okay in that department.
If you talk with the parents of other fifth-grade girls in your daughter's class, you will probably find that the friendships of all have changed this year. Fifth grade is a tough year, with many girls approaching puberty and feeling the first yearnings for independence. Often girls who have been close friends since kindergarten suddenly don't want to be friends with one another in fifth grade.
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Fourteen Glacier Peak student-athletes signed Letters of Intent on Wednesday, including Sean Elledge (football, Central Washington), Katie Bianchini (cross country, Lipscomb), Amy-Eloise Neale (cross country/track, University of Washington), Bailey Anderson (girls soccer, Boise State) and Kyle Bjornethun (boy soccer, Seattle University).
It's a big day for local athletes who are signing Letters of Intent to play their respective sports at colleges around the country. Below is a list of the athletes signing today. We'll be updating it throughout the day so make sure to check back. If we missed a local athlete let us know by sending an email to Herald Prep Editor Aaron Swaney or tweet us at @heraldnetpreps. For a full list of local athletes signing today, click here.
Congratulations to Shelby Koch for signing her NLI @heraldnetpreps #LUC twitter.com/Taunya_K/statu…• Archbishop Murphy girls soccer player Shelby Koch, who was a first-team All-Area selection, signed a Letter of Intent to a play women's soccer at Loyola University in Chicago.
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Officially a wildcat!!! instagr.am/p/VZVlh_j4HD/• Stanwood twin brothers Kyle and Brian O'Donnell both signed their Letters of Intent to play football for Central Washington on Wednesday.
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I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has supported me through the years, it feels good to finally commit and know where I'm going!• Lakewood do-everything football star Justin Peterson signed his Letter of Intent to play for Central Washington on Wednesday.
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Signing day! twitter.com/the_real_mason…• King's lineman Mason Friedline signed to play football with Yale next season.
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RT @d1determined25 These three will be reppin EW at the next level! @osoarrogant_22 @thecuzzetto4 #Cassidy twitter.com/D1determined25…• Edmonds-Woodway signing ceremony, including softball player Cassady Orstad (Olympic College) and football players Desmond Young (Central Washington) and Matt Cuzzetto (Southern Oregon University).
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Kamiak athletes get ready to sign their national letters of intent for college twitter.com/aaronlommers/s…• Kamiak athletes pose for a photo before signing their Letters of Intent on Wednesday afternoon, including football player Tyri Bethea (Wayne State), girls soccer player Emma Makela (University of Texas-San Antonio), swimmers John Stupey (University of Maryland-Baltimore County) and Liam Sosinsky (Cornell) and baseball players Andy Crosby (Univ. of Puget Sound) and Jacob Bettencourt (Pacific Lutheran).
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Farm bill backers rally on Capitol Hill
House Republicans are sharply divided on the issue
Failure to pass a comprehensive farm bill could result in major political and economic fallout
The Senate passed a new farm bill with a bipartisan vote in June
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Backers of a comprehensive new farm bill held a campaign-style rally Wednesday on Capitol Hill, cranking up the political heat on House GOP leaders struggling to balance competing election year and ideological pressures.
"All of us gathered here today ... share one common and resounding message," said Bob Stallman, head of the American Farm Bureau Federation. "Congress, for our farm and ranch families, their communities and for our nation, pass the farm bill now."
Stallman was cheered on by a boisterous crowd gathered at the Capitol Reflecting Pool.
"We are out here to let our congressmen know it is important that they pass the farm bill," Julie Taylor, an independent voter from Indiana, told CNN. "It is frustrating. ... Knowing that we don't know what to do or what to plan for is very difficult."
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Virginia, told CNN the House Republican leadership is still "working with the Senate to see what can be done." He conceded, however, that the "timing is definitely short."
House Speaker John Boehner's office refused to comment.
The current five-year law establishing various levels of federal support for drought-stricken farmers and ranchers expires September 30. While the Democratic-run Senate passed a $969 billion replacement bill in June through a rare bipartisan 64-35 vote, numerous conservatives in the Republican-controlled House have balked at the overall price tag and spiraling cost of food stamps included in the measure.
"For conservatives like myself ... the real concern (is) that what is now a farm bill is really not that. It's a food stamp bill," said Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kansas.
Speaking at a roundtable discussion with other Hill conservatives, Huelskamp argued Wednesday that social safety net programs such as food stamps should be considered separately from more direct agricultural support programs.
Farm Belt Republicans in tight political races this fall, however, are pushing hard for quick legislative action on a more traditional comprehensive deal.
North Dakota Rep. Rick Berg, a freshman House Republican seeking to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad, said Wednesday his message to the House Republican leadership is simple: Get it done.
"We've got to get this done," Berg told CNN. "This is what's wrong with Washington."
Berg refused to speculate about possible repercussions for his campaign if the House fails to act.
"This is about the farmers and ranchers in North Dakota," he said. "The last thing we need to do is create this cloud of uncertainty that will happen if we don't get a long-term farm bill done."
The congressman expressed optimism that the House will be able to act over the next few weeks.
"In the legislative process they work best under deadline, and so I just think we need to keep pushing right now," he said.
South Dakota Rep. Kristi Noem, a first-term Republican, told reporters at the rally she is "disappointed" that House GOP leaders haven't scheduled a floor vote on another five-year bill approved by the House Agriculture Committee. The committee's bill is broadly similar to the Senate plan.
"That has been a big disappointment for me," she said.
Noem and Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, sent a letter to Cantor Wednesday requesting a meeting to discuss the possibility of bringing a bill to the House floor for a vote by the full chamber.
"Whether members support or oppose the farm bill, we believe the House should be allowed to vote so that we can be held accountable to those we represent," the letter said.
While the full House has supported short-term drought disaster relief, several prominent Democrats and Republicans have expressed concern about the economic fallout that may accompany a failure to enact a new long-term deal.
"If the farm bill is allowed to expire and things begin to unwind, we turn back the clock in rural America," said Michigan Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow, head of the Senate Agriculture Committee and primary author of the Senate plan.
Agricultural markets, Stabenow declared at the rally, would be in "disarray" without a comprehensive new law.
"It's absolutely crazy to even get close to something" like that scenario, she said.
Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson, the top Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee, told the crowd more grass-roots pressure will be needed in order to force the GOP leadership's hand before the end of the current Congress.
So far "the groundswell is not out there," he warned. "This rally is a good starting point but what we need -- what is going to change this -- we need 100 or 200 calls from people in their districts to these members. That's what is going to change this."
"If you don't do that, we're not going to get a farm bill," he said. It's that simple."
A number of conservative leaders want to wait until after the November election, at which point they hope full Republican control of Congress and the White House will allow them to draft a bill more in line with their ideological preferences.
Rep. Tom McClintock, R-California, argued Wednesday that Congress "shouldn't be subsidizing any product."
"It has nothing to do with how much they're making or not making," he said at the panel discussion with Huelskamp. "Prices convey an enormous wealth of information that is absolutely essential to consumers to make rational decisions in the marketplace."
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20 November 2012. The Society for Neuroscience Meeting was held on 13-17 October 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. On Tuesday morning, 16 October, Amanda Mitchell moderated a nanosymposium entitled Stem Cell and Epigenetic Analyses in Psychotic Disorders.
The nose knows
Several speakers described work with cells obtained from nasal biopsies. Aziza Manceur of Philadelphia's University of Pennsylvania examined the molecular mechanisms underlying the effects of lithium on the mTOR signaling pathway, specifically the mTOR complex 2 (mTORC2), using neuroepithelium cells. The researchers found that lithium decreased phosphorylation of mTORC2 and Akt, both hallmarks of mTORC2 activity.
Shin-ichi Kano of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, discussed a molecular profiling approach and functional gene group analysis using olfactory cells derived from schizophrenia patients. The approach suggested that genes in the "phase II detoxification system," involved in the protection against endogenous stress, are significantly altered in schizophrenia (Kano et al., 2012). Kano then presented data showing that gene expression of one particular enzyme, glutathione S-transferase theta 2 (GSST2), from this system may be more frequently decreased in schizophrenia.
Also of Johns Hopkins, Chi-Ying Lin presented methods for using nasal biopsies and dissociated cell cultures to obtain two kinds of olfactory cells. The first, immature neuronal cells, can be used to detect schizophrenia-associated changes that aren't detectable in lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs), and the second, olfactory sphere-derived cells, can be differentiated into mature cells.
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Joshua Hunsberger from the National Institute of Mental Health described work investigating the potential interaction between microRNA (miRNA) mechanisms and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with the lithium response in bipolar disorder. Using LCLs derived from bipolar patients characterized as lithium responders or non-responders, Hunsberger and colleagues identified lithium-responsive miRNAs and mRNAs, as wells as potential SNP associations with miRNA binding sites.
The next speaker, Amanda Mitchell from the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, described work examining whether schizophrenia-associated SNPs interact with functional regions of the genome. To do this, Mitchell and colleagues captured the 3D architecture of chromatin using chromosome conformation capture (3C) in prefrontal cortex, a technique that can be used to look at higher-order chromatin structure. Preliminary experiments suggest that intergenic schizophrenia-associated SNPs do interact with functional regions such as transcription start sites and enhancer regions.
Joseph Callicott of the National Institute of Mental Health discussed the use of a propensity score, a weighting scheme to take into account multiple schizophrenia risk variants simultaneously. The researchers examined multiple SNPs in relationship to the prefrontal cortex inefficiency phenotype of schizophrenia. Using fMRI data during a working memory task from healthy control subjects, the researchers calculated propensity scores for either 19 or 230 putative schizophrenia risk SNPs. Both scores were associated with prefrontal activation, and those with the highest propensity scores (most schizophrenia-like) showed the least prefrontal cortex efficiency, suggesting that propensity scores may be useful for summarizing the collective effects of multiple SNPs.
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I don't have access to the internet except when at work, and when at my sisters. My PC is not equipped to be carried to an internet connection to activate a game.
I won't be able to activate the game, so therefore may as well not bother buying.
Has Sega and Sports Interactive actually even considered those without the internet? Or do they think everyone has it now? Not everyone can afford the internet. With regards to internet, 99% of them you sign up to a yearly contract, something I can't afford to do right now. Though a game I enjoy(ed) I can afford once a year to play instead if I saved for it.
So what do Sega and SI suggest I do then?
p.s. if this has been answered in here, I have not seen it as its a really long thread, and not got the time during my lunch hour to read it all.
But there are valid points on here none the less. I don't agree with the "I don't like steam" argument. What I do have an issue with, is being forced to use it and then being told it's to combat piracy.
Analogy time (I like this one):
Using steam to combat piracy is like building a 1 foot fence around your house and your neighbours house to stop burglars stealing your stuff. Your neighbour says it'll make no difference and he doesn't want to be forced to step over it every day but you do it anyway. When the real motive for building it is because you're mates with the fence building guy and it's mutually beneficial (not to combat burglars ).
Why don't they just bring back LASERLOK ??
Oh, crap. I've been using Steams for years. Yesterday my internet stopped and I decided to see what all the fuss is about. I tried to run FM, got a message from Steam with the option to run in offline mode, which just produced another error message
Good thing my connection is super stable, but I wouldn't count on the offline mode.
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2.) Im sorry but i cant manage 50 different accounts. Some people have way more games than i do. Should they have 200 different accounts?
3.) True, until offline mode decides it wants to check online again. Besides how can you know you dont want the new patch if you dont try it first?
4.) True, but still an inconvenience. Not a major problem i agree.
5.) Should people move just to play FM? I dont have that problem but many others do. Just cause i dont have that problem doesnt mean its not a problem.
6.) Steam is very poor copy protection system. All steam games are pirated the moment they are released. Check the torrent sites on the day of release if you dont believe me. And no...im not advocating such a thing. Just stating that going with steam only because of piracy is a very flawed argument. Most likely its just a lie to hide whatever their true motive is.
I believe one of the reason's Steam has been taken up this year is that its got to the stage where internet access is near universal and therefore it is commercially viable to do this.
Of course there are exceptions, but you can't cater for everyone.
Steam's patching system works under the assumption that the latest game version is the "best", i.e. bug fixed and as-intended. Thus this is pushed out whenever possible and any older, buggy versions are phased out. While this obviously eliminates patching choice for us users - arguably not desirable - let's not lose sight of the fact that it's only really considered a problem due to bad patching resulting from inadequate testing. To me that's the core issue to address, not Steam's perhaps overly idealistic patching strategy. There shouldn't be a reason to want to use an outdated version - that suggests they've messed something up in the newer one.
In the case of FM I suppose there may be subjective reasons, like maybe preferring previous ME behavior, but I think it's worth at least understanding that the system is what it is to make sure players have a smooth experience with as few bugs and as many fixes in place as possible, not to limit choice or force anything through. Xbox Live does the exact same thing for Xbox 360 games for instance, if the console is connected. From my experience with Steam over the years there is no feature in place to let you "choose which version to use", and it's probably unrealistic to expect it to be coded into Steam just for FM.
Just for some perspective. Steam isn't for everyone - last year's system of choice seems preferable to me - but some parts of it are painted as borderline malicious/anti-consumer here when this really isn't the intent. It's a digital download system and online community designed for Internet connected computers - it functions best when you use it as such and less so the more you fight it. As a payload for just a single game it's clearly "heavy"; it only really comes into its own when used as the gaming platform it's meant to be. It's not really surprising to me to see people who don't want to use it as such grow sour with it, but really, direct that frustration at the publisher that left you no other choice, not Steam.
SI/SEGA are the ones with the numbers here, but unlike for games with predominantly "gamer" audiences, I don't think Steam-only is a good idea for FM that from my perspective seems to have a predominantly casual/non-gamer audience of simply football fans. A tie-in to a platform like Steam is likely of no interest to a lot of these people and the slightest addition to system requirements (say, have an Internet connection, or a graphics card that isn't 7 years old from back when the 3D engine was released) causes wider issues than with more "techy" gaming crowds. I could be wrong - Miles' numbers seem to suggest that most people did use Steam last year when given the choice - these are just my impressions.
I'm guessing we'll need to wait for the FM12 sales numbers to draw any conclusions.
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Plenty of examples of Murphy's law
Personally I'm 100% sure I won't download a hacked version: it would take ages for me, then I'd probably have to find cracks, passwords etc from very untrustful sources. Which would be ALMOST as ennoying as subscribing to steam.
Unfortunately I'm also 100% sure I won't buy the game (SI may not care, but this is my only way to express my aversion for their decision)
I am curious why SI didn't mention the STEAM announcement when they first started releasing bits of info, I mean even if it was not definate at the time they should still have mentioned they were looking into this and got some feedback from their customers first, I think all the protest that is appearing may just have taken them by suprise a bit.
It would be good to hear from an SI rep and tell us why they will not release a non steam version as well, it would solve all the protests if we had the option of either way of going. I mean they can't honestly think we are going to believe them for the reason stated by them about piracy.
Please SI come into the forum and discuss with us the reasons for this and what future releases will be like ie: will they go to an option of a steam version and a non-steam version for FM13? Or at least consider and discuss with us their fans about the possiblity of this happening.
It was weird, the timing of the announcement. They had to have had this in place before the feature blogs were started, if not well before.
It's their company, their game, they may have made a mistake by taking the decision out of the consumers hands. But that's their choice.
I think they knew exactly what feedback they would get. Make no mistake of that.
There has been no decision made about FM13, I would imagine. It will depend on how well Steam goes for FM12, as it's the first time trying this system.
Making FM available on Steam is a good idea, as was opening it up to other online distributers.
Am I the only one that doesn't understand why someone who objects to third party software would then use a torrent client from a third party and entrust the security of their system to a hacked game?
Unless of course there is some data none of us know about showing that steam activated games are significantly less susceptible to piracy. If that's the case good move, it'll be worth it. But I really, really doubt that data exists.
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This decision in my view (and this is entirely my own view/interpretation before anyone jumps all over me for it) is this:
1. SEGA/SI want some kind of registry in an attempt to combat piracy, but they want it to be financially relatively low risk.
2. Steam offer it for free on the condition that all users have to download & be logged into steam at all times while playing (increasing traffic and therefore sales).
3. SEGA/SI realise this is the best option for them and they have a LOYAL (can't think of a better word) and die hard fan base, and a near monopoly on the genre of PC management sims, therefore can afford to force steam on their customers. Leaving their customers only 2 choices, do what your told or don't play FM. This is why I'm peeved. (Not peeved enough to not play FM though )
I'm of the opinion people deserve to be paid for their work. And if Steam can prevent some privacy so that the good folks that make this wonderful game that I have so far enjoyed over 900 hours on FM11 alone can get paid and produce an even better game for me, rather than going bust.
Yeh I'm on SI, Sega and Steams side.
Games companys made games that need certain requirements. It's up to the potential users to see if they have the right hardware to play those games. That not of any concern of the game company if you dont have internet.
When FM2009 was released my PC could match the requirements to play the game in 3D. Should i blame SI for that? If i what to play the game... buy a new PC (or upgrade).
But in yout case, you dont even need to do that. Go to your sisters house and activate the game there. they play it with steam in offline mode!
I don't get that. Once one pirated version is made that's it. It will just be uploaded and downloaded over thousands of forums. Where do we get the idea that there are hundreds of people trying to work out how to pirate the game. It is more likely 5 or 6 people focusing on FM for example. 5 pirated copies sent out will be 5000 in a week.
Yeh I'm on SI, Sega and Steams side.
And someone who can't see why the company will not offer another option is against them and for the pirates....missing the point.
A really interesting interview with a guy who breaks these games stated that he "loved a challenge".
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I don't really want easy access to another way to waste my money. It's like I said in an earlier post, How many times have you been into a shop to get something specific and bought something else as well?
Read all the interviews you like.
You'll find some very interesting ones there. I've read about a dozen so far.
And all in all turns me more in the favour of Steam.
I think it's acceptable that having a home internet connection is a minimum requirement.
I did a search about the effectiveness of switching to Steamworks on fighting this theft. No-one is going to give away hard numbers, obviously and unfortunately, amd there isn't much out there but I thought it might be interesting anyway.
In a 2001 interview with PC Gamer, Valve's Gabe Newell and Erik Johnson said:
PC Gamer: Do you have a good sense of piracy rates with Steam games?
Gabe Newell: They're low enough that we don't really spend any time [on it]. When you look at the things we sit around and talk about, as big picture cross game issues, we're way more concerned about the stability of DirectX drivers or, you know, the erroneous banning of people. That's way more of an issue for us than piracy.
Once you create service value for customers, ongoing service value, piracy seems to disappear, right? It's like "Oh, you're still doing something for me? I don't mind the fact that I paid for this." Once you actually localise your product in Russia and ship it on the same day that you ship your English language versions, this theoretical hotbed of piracy becomes your second largest- third largest after Germany in continental Europe? Or third after UK?
Erik Johnson: In terms of retail units?
Gabe Newell: In terms of sales of our products, yeah. Overall, Steam plus retail.
Erik Johnson: Probably second. It's a big number.
Gabe Newell: The point is that there's this market that you shouldn't waste your time on, that went from, "You shouldn't waste our time on it, they'll just pirate it," to "it's actually a really large market for us now," once you actually do the things that allow your product to be played. And that's why some of the DRM approaches are so bad, because they create negative value, not positive value.
That does point towards Steam being effective against software theft; Valve's idea is to offer the customer a service, to offer something more than one would get by simply stealing a game.
The just of this thread seems to be saying that, pirating can never be stopped so why bother trying, if we are to go down the wonderful path of analogies, why dont they just do away with the police? Your never going to stop crime, so why bother, why not just educate people when they are young and put faith and trust that they wont break the law? People who are inclined towards crime are going to commit them whether we have police or not, so why waste money trying to stop them when they could spend money improving our nation and education and most importantly, poverty? Forcing people to follow laws are just pushing them to do something illegal, because hey, we should have an unlimited number of choices in the world.
Also another thought, i would sincerely hope that every single one of these "loyal" customers are active in shopping any torrent of FM they come across on the net, as a "loyal" customer surely should be appalled to see FM being available for free. A lot of people on here who are against steam seem to have good knowledge on stealing the game, so it cant be that hard for them to track down a torrent on release day and email SI, SEGA or Miles directly with a link. I would hope these "loyal" customers would also shop anyone they knew using a pirate copy of FM, again they should be outraged at this happening, not condoning it.
Its just a thought really.
Downloaded cracked versions of the game aren't the only form of Piracy?
It's a bit harder to burn image copies of a CD and sell it at the local market when it's a Steam game.
I have a general questions as I might have done something wrong.
To test the waters with Steam I decided to activate FM2010 with them, I followed the install instructions after firing up the disk & was as expected re-directed to Steam to enter the activation code. I have now been pushed to a download manager which is installing the game via the Steam server rather than the disk.
Is this how the system works? Have I missed an option that would allow the faster disk installation? I only ask because even with a 20 meg broadband connection & assuming I'm probably the only person downloading FM2010 the estimated time required is slightly over 10 minutes which makes me wonder how long the process would take a day or two after release.
So the logic is "If we can stall pirates for 3 days and they'll go and buy it."
If i wanted something and it costs £30 but i know that if i wait a few days i can get it for free.... 3 days isn't that long to wait. "Oh no i have to wait 3 days.... I better go buy it then, oh damn you SI! Soooo wanted it for free on release day but i can't wait 3 days, i'll die!"
I highly doubt anyone is that impatient.
SI, just get rid of the need for us to keep Steam after activation. That's what most are annoyed about!
I've always said there's nothing you can do to stop piracy. You can take steps to cut it down.
But I've said all along that I don't think this route with Steam will help. But I'm willing to give Steam a go.
Sega and SI seem to think it will help. In so much that they hope to double their sales by going this route.
And this is something they have decided. If that's the decision based on doubling sales, I can't argue with them.
They do refuse to release numbers, for various reasons. But I have no reason to doubt them.


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5 Nazi Plans That Prove They Were Dumber Than You Think
#2. Boasting About Their Censorship of Art (By Showing It Off)
In some ways, pre-Nazi Germany was a pretty happening place. While Americans spent the 1920s Charlestoning and bootlegging and flapping (?), German artists were revolutionizing the art world. Between the Bauhaus movement, dadaism and that one time when everyone wore their suspenders backward for a week, the German art scene was thriving. That is, until the Nazis came to power and decided the popular art of the day wasn't blond enough. Books were burned, films and plays were censored, more than 5,000 works were seized. You know, Nazi stuff.
Like making a bunch of young men stand around in their underpants holding wood.
Then, to really make the point hit home, the Nazis staged an exhibition of all that was wrong with modern art, cleverly titled "Entartete Kunst," or "degenerate art." That's right -- put all of the awful non-Nazi art together to show everyone how terrible it is! This can't possibly backfire hilariously!
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Let's just move on.
The Stupidity:
The Committee in Charge of Ruining Everything Ever made one tactical error when staging their "Bad Art" exhibition -- they simultaneously staged a "Nazi-Approved Art" exhibition. So anyone with eyes could see which show was more popular, and it certainly wasn't the one featuring totally not homoerotic sculptures all over the damn place.
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The wang-to-artwork ratio here is incredible.
Five times as many people visited the Entartete Kunst as they did the Aryan art expo, turning the "degenerate art" exhibit into one of the biggest modern art exhibits of all time. Meanwhile, Haus der Nazi-Approved Art went down in history as ... the future mess hall for American officers during the Allied occupation of Germany.
#1. Nuremberg Jones and the Temple of Stone Age Technology
Of course, at the heart of the Nazi ideology was the notion that they belonged to a superior race. Not just the white people race, but the Nordic portion of the white people race, the ones who were extra blond, extra blue-eyed and extra good at coming up with humanity's good ideas. There was only one problem: scientific evidence that all of this was true. As in, there wasn't any. All the Nazis had was a hunch that they came from a long line of the best and the brightest.
"Look at those beards! These guys are definitely the master race."
Thus the Ahnenerbe was conceived. These were the guys who were going to get their hands dirty and literally dig up ancient evidence that it was ancient ultra-white people who came up with all the good stuff all along. Roman civilization? They were really Nordic. Ancient Bolivian temples? Designed by the ancient equivalent of the Hitler Youth.
At least that was what the Ahnenerbe hoped to discover.
"This wall looks exactly like a Volkswagen. Clearly the work of ancient Germans."
The Stupidity:
Needless to say, none of those smoking guns were ever produced. Instead, Heinrich Himmler and his goons made gods out of men who likely shat where they slept and were so technologically inferior that they never came around to inventing the back scratcher. In addition to squandering SS resources, countless researchers and one perfectly good monkey in Raiders of the Lost Ark, the few artifacts Ahnenerbe was able to turn up only proved that the whole myth of Aryan supermen was full of shit.
As if Indy's fists and that plane's propellers hadn't already made the truth clear.
Despite their best efforts, they learned that mystical Tibet was not the cradle of Aryan civilization, and that while the Romans were setting up one of the biggest empires the world had ever known, ancient Aryans were ... making pots? Maybe? Even Hitler himself got a laugh out of the Ahnenerbe's digs:
"Why do we call the whole world's attention to the fact that we have no past? It isn't enough that the Romans were erecting great buildings when our forefathers were still living in mud huts; now Himmler is starting to dig up these villages of mud huts and enthusing over every pot-shard and stone axe he finds. All we prove by that is that we were still throwing stone hatches and crouching around open fires when Greece and Rome had already reached the highest stage of culture."
"Cut it out, guys, you're making Nazism look ridiculous."
That's right, buddy. You got mocked by Hitler. That has to be something of a career low point there.
Jacopo della Quercia would like to thank @DanHand1984 and @josh_groft and @foresthouse and everyone else for following him on Twitter.
For things we should thank the Nazis for (begrudgingly), check out Third Reich to Fortune 500: 5 Popular Brands the Nazis Gave Us. Or discover about the 5 Most Certifiably Insane Cold War Projects.


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Given $n$ vectors $v_1, \ldots, v_n$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$ of course we all know at least one measure for their relative configuration: $|v_1 \wedge\ldots \wedge v_n|$. Now suppose one were given $n$ pairs $(e_1,f_1), \ldots, (e_n,f_n)$ in $\mathbb{R}^{2n}$---then what could be a meaningful measure for their relative configuration? Suppose moreover we require this measure to be $geometric$ ie. having fixed, say a full rank lattice $\Gamma$ in $\mathbb{R}^{2n}$ what could be a meaningful measure for the relative configuration of n 2-planes $\pi_1, \ldots, \pi_n$ in $\mathbb{R}^{2n}$?
I believe the wedge-based measure you mentioned for the $\mathbb{R}^n$ case works here as well. Assuming each of the $e_i$ and $f_i$ are in $\mathbb{R}^{2n}$, then $\pi_i := e_i \wedge f_i$ is a 2-vector (a weighted specification of a 2-plane in $\mathbb{R}^{2n}$). This wedge quantity will be zero iff $e_i$ and $f_i$ are linearly dependent.
Wedging together all of the $\pi_i$ will give a $2n$-vector having analogous geometric meaning as the 2-vector. It will zero iff $X := {e_1, \dots, e_n, f_1, \dots, f_n}$ is a linearly dependent set. Then $|e_1 \wedge f_1 \wedge \dots \wedge e_n \wedge f_n|$ is the norm you are looking for. The geometric quantity this measures should be the signed volume of the simplex spanned by the vectors in $X$ (there may be a normalizing factor, something like $n!$, depending on convention).
This is certainly a natural measure of such objects, but probably not the only one.
This is more of a musing than an answer, but maybe it can be useful.
There is a nice way to think about the Grassmannians of 2-planes in $\mathbb{R}^n$; there is an isomorphism between $Gr(2, n)$ and the projectivized light cone in $\mathbb{C}^n$. Here is how it works: start with your 2-plane $P$ in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and pick any two perpendicular vectors $v$, $w$ of equal norm which span $P$. From those two real vectors, form the complex vector $q = v + i w$. Letting $\cdot$ denote the standard (not hermitian!) dot product, the conditions on $v$ and $w$ imply that $q \cdot q = 0$, so $q$ is a point on the light cone in $\mathbb{C}^n$. A different choice of spanning vectors will cause $q$ to be multiplied by some complex factor $z$, so $q$ is well-defined up to complex scalars.
From this perspective you are looking for invariants of configurations of $n$ points on the projective light cone in $\mathbb{C}^{2n}$ (perhaps modulo the action of $O(2n)$ or some other group). This can be cranked out more or less mechanically...
This is not a terribly informed answer -- I have just become aware of the subject material (mass and comass) and don't fully understand the geometric significance. Hopefully it will be useful though.
Take a look at http://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php/Mass_and_co-mass -- it gives a different norm than the one already mentioned, and in fact has an inequality involving the aforementioned norm. Reference: Herbert Federer, Geometric Measure Theory, pg 38.


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Steve Padalino, Distinguished Teaching Professor of Physics at SUNY Geneseo (center), visits with Mike Rogers (left), professor of physics at Ithaca College, and Paul King, who is on the research faculty at Ohio University. Rogers and King, both 1994 Geneseo physics majors, are on campus to help celebrate the Department of Physics and Astronomy's 50th anniversary.
GENESEO, N.Y. – SUNY Geneseo physics and astronomy majors from around the country are on campus this weekend celebrating the department's 50th anniversary.
The department has quietly progressed over the years since the late Robert "Duke" Sells first led the department in 1963, just before Robert MacVittie arrived as the college's president. Sells was a legendary teacher and administrator, who often was seen around campus participating in pick-up football games. In 1973, Sells became Geneseo's first SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor.
"We can thank quality faculty members like Duke Sells and many others over the years for making our department as strong as it is today," said Charlie Freeman, chair of the physics and astronomy department. "Right from the beginning, our department has valued close interactions between faculty and students, high-quality teaching and outstanding research. These qualities continue to define our department in the best tradition of a liberal arts education."
Geneseo's physics department today is an integral part of the Integrated Science Center, which opened in 2006. The department has more than 200 majors and nine full-time faculty members. According to the most recent data from the American Institute of Physics (August 2013), Geneseo awarded 33 physics degrees in academic year 2011-12, which ranks first among more than 494 primarily undergraduate physics departments in the nation.
Geneseo physics students regularly participate in undergraduate research, both on campus and at other labs around the country. The college has one of the few particle accelerators at a liberal arts college, allowing undergraduate students to get hands-on experience in a state-of-the-art laboratory. The department also boasts a 20-inch reflecting telescope, mounted on the rooftop of the Integrated Science Center.
This past summer Stephen Padalino, professor of physics, took a group of Geneseo students to Ohio University for two weeks to use the university's accelerator lab to make nuclear physics measurements. While at the lab, the students were able to meet with 1994 Geneseo physics alumnus Paul King, who is a nuclear physics research scientist there (King is one of the attendees at this weekend's celebration).
Geneseo physics and astronomy students also routinely accompany Aaron Steinhauer, associate professor of physics and astronomy, to Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona to assist with his star cluster research. At the college's opening faculty convocation this year, Steinhauer received the President's Award for Excellence in Research and Creativity.
"It's very gratifying to see many of our alumni back on campus for this celebration," said Freeman. "We are very excited to hear about all of the wonderful things they have accomplished since graduating from Geneseo, and it is very rewarding for us to hear our alumni tell us stories about how their time at Geneseo helped them reach their potential."
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InfoTrends Report Shows Business Use of Inkjets on the Rise
Late last week, industry analysts InfoTrends announced a new study entitled "Is Inkjet Printing Ready to Transform the U.S. Office Printing Environment?" which examines the adoption of inkjet technology into business printing practices in the United States.
Over the past few years, notes InfoTrends, business inkjets and MFPs have finally supplanted laser devices as the top units by shipment volume. The rise in inkjet shipments is steep enough that the analysts have predicted that inkjet technology will account for 56% of all the devices shipped by 2016, leaving lasers at just 44%. There has long been a stigma in the industry that laser printers were always the best choices for workgroup and office use, while inkjet technology was better for home and small business. InfoTrends has felt for some time that inkjets had the opportunity to change this perspective, which appears to be happening.
When the company asked in a poll why they chose to go with an inkjet over a laser device, over three-quarters of the 51 respondents, 77%, reported they had made their choice based on either lower cost of supplies and running cost (39.2%) or a lower initial purchase price (37.3%). Those choices, in fact, marked Nos. 2 and 3, respectively among the top reasons given. As the company points out, it was interesting to find cost as a primary concern versus product performance.
The study also looked at some other key factors involved with U.S. inkjets including analysis of the attitudes of decision makers about inkjets, advice about which strategies can encourage the shift towards inkjets, the product features which were rated most highly, and the size and forecast of the market opportunity for inkjets moving forward.
More details can be found in the original release here.
Memjet's Fast Printing Technology Heads North
This past Tuesday, San Diego, CA-based Memjet Inc announced that the Memjet-powered C6010 office color printer is now available throughout most of Canada, except Quebec from their select network of office print resellers. Availability in Quebec is anticipated for the second half of 2013.
The C6010 printer runs on Memjet?s unique technology which allows it to print at a true 60 pages per minute. With the Memjet printhead under the hood, this latest unit stands alone as the fastest color desktop printer which can provide edge-to-edge, full-coverage printouts. Memjet-powered printers provide companies the ability to print whatever they need twice as fast, but cost half as much as the laser printers that offices may otherwise turn to for the print quality they need.
Bill McGlynn, President of Memjet Office, states, "'With the arrival of Memjet powered C6010 printers in Canada, small and medium businesses through their office equipment resellers can now for the first time access fast affordable color printing revolutionized by Memjet page-wide printing technology. The C6010 improves productivity in fast-paced office environments for all types of businesses looking to improve efficiencies, save money and print high-impact color documents.'"
The C6010 is designed to work exactly when you need it. Unlike laser printers, it does not require a warm-up cycle before delivering. Also, because it has a page-wide printhead, the ink cartridges do not have to move back and forth to cover the page. The printhead is capable of delivering up to 700 million drops of ink each second, which results in spectacular color printouts each and every time. SMBs can take full advantage of this technology to produce dazzling output without breaking their budget. As Memjet says, with the arrival of the C6010, "the definition of the 'office printer'has changed to match the pace at which businesses work".
Ed Crowley, CEO of Photizo Group said about this unit, "It's a rare turn of events in the managed print services industry when an all-new product emerges that fills the needs of end users and IT administrators on the client side and resellers' needs on the business side. Based on our research, Photizo believes this convergence has happened with the introduction of the C6010 Powered by Memjet'"
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Bold Predictions For The Year Ahead In Printing and Imaging
Adam Haigh
February 7, 2013
The Recycler reported earlier yesterday on a story, which appeared first on the Review Seeker website. In the article, the site reports on what trends they see continuing from 2012 into 2013 and what will be new in this new year.
Prediction #1:
Our Take:
Lexmark has exited inkjet, and while they have a few financial issues to account for, they appear to be poised to make further advances in printer services and laser printing. We wouldn't be surprised to see them acquire another company or two next year either.
The most interesting story to follow over the next several months might just be Kodak, who has recently received new funding which they will use to emerge from bankruptcy. They appear to be committed to a leaner company and have also chosen to exit inkjet printing.
Another company to watch this year will be Dell. They had two strong launches of business-grade imaging products in the last six months of the year, and appear to be able to deliver document solutions that work like the first ADF we?ve seen that can handle a stack larger than 50 pages. They have also just undergone a leveraged buyout to become private (at least for now), with CEO Michael Dell and investment firm Silver Lake among others putting up funds.
Prediction #2:
Our Take:
In this arena a company to watch (if you were not already) is San Diego-based Memjet, who is poised to bring their innovative technology to North America en masse (having already agreed to an partnership with Parts Now). They also joined the Managed Print Services Association, which means they plan to make some serious plays in that industry. The thing to note here, however, is that Memjet does not brand the printers themselves, but other people pay them to license their products, featuring a 60ppm inkjet printer.
When you look at some of the big names in the industry, they are all consistently announcing large contracts; Anheuser-Busch and Lexmark, Boeing and Xerox, and more. IDC recently released updated projections for continued growth in the industry through 2016. MPS has moved on from simply managing supplies/consumables into ways to help customers get more done both in their office over networks, or through the cloud.
Prediction #3:
Our Take:
Moving forward we take it a step further and predict two distinct, but related tracks for mobile printing. On the one side, you are going to have consumer-level solutions as more and more people invest in this type of device (and prices come down even further). Basically every print vendor has their own mobile printing app, or someone can find a third-party developer app that works almost as well. The other side is with businesses, both large and small. The BYOD (Bring your own device) movement is starting to gain momentum, and IT departments may have find creative ways to allow multiple devices to print to single printers through the cloud (preferably behind a secure firewall, at least for IT admins).
When you look at some of the big names in the industry, they are all consistently announcing large contracts; Anheuser-Busch and Lexmark, Boeing and Xerox, and more. IDC recently released updated projections for continued growth in the industry through 2016. MPS has moved on from simply managing supplies/consumables into ways to help customers get more done both in their office over networks, or through the cloud.
Prediction #4:
Our Take:
With our conversations with OEMs over the past few years, we'd have to disagree with the prediction. HP, as one example, has spent a decent amount of advertising capital and time suggesting that non-HP ink is simply not as good as the product they produce. From what we have seen, they seem to shout about it the most. Some OEM vendors have even declined to be interviewed by us, simply because of the products we make. We will not name names, but HP is NOT one of them and have been more than happy to grant several interviews and conduct a reasonable dialog about the topic.
For us, the general stance we?ve taken is to simply present all the facts, and leave the choice up to the consumer. We personally guarantee a 100% satisfaction with our cartridges, and it is up to customers as to whether they want to try our ink. It was positive to read a few weeks back that there are a good number of non-OEM establishments in the United States and the number is expected to grow with job opportunities for more people. What would present the biggest boon for us non-OEM vendors would be buy-in from government or businesses, which is slowly coming around. Often times hearing it from someone other than the manufacturers themselves may be the best form of brand ambassadorship.
Prediction #5:
Our Take:
There certainly has been a push for more responsible printing in office environments. Basically any vendor that offers an MPS solution makes it possible to push printing policies out to users based either on their credentials, or across the whole network. The mobile workforce, as we've just noted above, will pave the way to use less paper for sure. If nothing else, it will likely make people think about if they really need to print that lengthy document. Vendors have become more cognizant of green printing as well, with automatic two-sided printing becoming a standard feature on printers even at the lower end of the price scale.
Court Rules In Favor of Full Disclosure For Clone Catridges
Adam Haigh
February 5, 2013
One of the largest threats to remanufactured cartridges comes in the form of clone cartridges, that is replica of a new cartridge. Yesterday, a court in Germany, LG Hagen, ruled that those companies and individuals who choose (regardless of potential infringement) to manufacture and distribute these clone cartridges are required to disclose the information.
It should be noted that a remanufactured cartridge in general is one that has been previously used and recycled. It is then re-conditioned and then re-filled and tested to ensure quality. Clone cartridges, on the other hand, are manufactured new, have not been used, and in fact are designed to look just like the real thing as sold by the OEM. As the court pointed out, a label they had seen such as "'Reusable Toner for HP LaserJet P 2050 Series P 2055'" has a significant chance of being misunderstood and confusing for a customer in a store. Companies found to be guilty of this type of advertising and retailing would face a penalty of up to €250,000 ($340,000).
ETIRA?s Vincent van Dijk was happy with the ruling saying that "'ETIRA welcomes this decision. We think it?s good for remanufacturers because it again clarifies the difference between rebuilding of OEM cartridges on the one hand, and new-built non-OEM models on the other. The judge in Hagen has given a strong warning to companies who sell those polluting new-built patent-infringing cartridges. His message is clear: don?t mess around with the word 'remanufacturing'. In Germany, remanufacturing respects OEM patents and does something good for the environment. The Asian new-built cartridges do neither. The judge tells sellers of these products that the public has the right to know that they are at risk when they buy infringing clones. '"
Christian Wernhart, CEO of a Swiss firm, Embatex AG, that remanufactures cartridges expressed his expert belief that clones are worse than what he and other remanufacturers sell because the quality is not as good to begin with as OEM products. They reportedly test clones on a regular basis, and without much success. Therefore he thinks it is essential for customers to know what kind of cartridge they are getting so an informed decision can be made.
While arguably Europe has had to deal with more these types of issues than the United States, the ruling is an important step in proving the validity of well-made, properly remanufactured alternatives to OEM products.
OEMs Gain First EPEAT-Qualified Imaging Products
Adam Haigh
January 31, 2013
It was announced by the Environmental Leader on Wednesday that imaging products from OEMs Canon, Dell, Ricoh, and Xerox have become the first in this new category to meet EPEAT (Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool) standards. The imaging products category includes copiers, printers, scanners, fax machines, mailing machines, and multifunction devices.
The four OEMs began their process in early December 2012, and it is anticipated that other firms will be joining the EPEAT registry in the near future. The EPEAT standards were codified last summer and in order to gain the certification, products must be able to meet or exceed a minimum of 33 environmental performance criteria. Some of these include: "' recyclability, the amount of energy a product consumes, the length of a product?s lifecycle and its level of toxicity'"
To become EPEAT-certified, manufacturers must self-declare the products to meet the criteria and then each is checked by EPEAT following their reception of evidence from the OEMs. According to the report, there are eight governments which use EPEAT?s environmental rating program. In the year 2011, there were over 120 million EPEAT-certified products being sold worldwide, over 50% of which were sold in the United States.
Another related topic pertaining to EPEAT certification was the adoption of the IEEE-1680.2 and -1680.3 standards. Those became active in October 2012 and made it possible for non-OEM cartridges to become more widely accepted by public bodies. The standards also ensured that restrictions on "refill-prohibiting cartridges" along with other benefits.


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I have a design problem. I have an application which subscribes to a realtime system to show data. essentially what happens is the client connects to a server, downloads a snapshot of the data at the current time, and subscribes for live updates, which are immediately displayed on the UI.
One problem we have is that we can open multiple realtime reports which means that we have multiple connections and duplications of data which are not necessary. So we want to make a central data repository to hold all of the data and serve it to the reports, so that we only use 1 socket connection and one set of data crosses the wire.
The problem I have is this. When a report subscribes to my data repository, it retrieves the snapshot at the present time, and then receives live updates afterward. That means my repository is updating it's internal cache with the live updates from the server, and sending those updates to subscribed reports.
when another report connects to the repository, it needs to also download the current data and subscribe to updates. However, if updates come in while the snapshot is being downloaded, they will be missed by the report. I also can't lock the cache while the snapshot is being downloaded, because that would cause report 1 to stop updating while report 2 gets its snapshot.
how can i ensure that report 1 continues to get its updates, while report 2 downloads an unmolested snapshot and then begins to receive all the updates that it missed in the meantime as well as future updates?
Sorry if this isn't clear. I am not always good at describing my problem :) The data that comes in is essentially rows in a table which i then summarize into a tree. they can be identified by key fields in the "row", and my cache would store the latest copies of each "row"
Thanks in advance!