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But here's the good news: you can now sync your tasks between computers, via the Tudumo server! Change a task on one computer and Tudumo will automatically upload it after a brief pause, and fetch any changes that the server might have. Or click this button anytime:
It sounds so simple when put like that! Haha, devil in the details, indeed.
You can also use it as an online backup, or when moving your tasks to a new computer. Sync up on the old computer, sync down on the new one.
What will it cost you?
Nothing. Free. As much as possible, I'd like it to remain free for simple sync usage. I've put a lot of effort into writing it on the aforementioned cloud architectures and taking much care with efficiency, so costs are low. Despite the huge effort and needing many changes under the hood, you won't pay any upgrade fees either - I consider the app still in version 1, so users who bought even a couple of years ago don't pay a cent extra. In fact, I'll say that all you'll get from me this year are more features, for free.
Where to next?
Well, this thing has to settle first. There's no way that I won't get bug reports, and what makes sense to me might be utterly irrational to you. There are also some aspects of sync that I'd like tightened up, like syncing task order.
And (future) features?
- Web view
- Use Dropbox (or other file sync solutions) for sync. Tudumo will just load changes from the file system, so you have options.
- Sending actions to predefined friends
("oh look. fix the tap. can't wait!")
- A 3D view that you need special glasses for
So if you're just interested in the sync - go play with it. For those that are interested in the technical back-story:
I initially built the sync backend on Google App Engine, in Python, while it was in a very limited test of 10 000 developers. In the early test phases Google heavily restricted the amount of time an operation could take so that meant I had to be really careful with the time each operation took. So, ok - split up whatever I'm sending into tiny bits. Also, there was a relatively high error rate, the technology needed lots of work-arounds (XML? Ah. Tricky. Hand-write that. Send it as text, or as a zipped file? Well - have to hand-write parts of that too) and it just felt unbaked to me. It worked, but wasn't confidence-inspiring.
Then Microsoft released a developer version of Azure which seemed less restricted and more 'enterprisey', so I rebuilt the server in C# for Azure. Now I could re-use some code between the client and server, reducing weirdness in communication. That seemed fairly good until I deployed the app and started testing it, and then they released the pricing. (Yup, should have waited for that!) With Azure you pay even if nobody looks at it, and you have to manage how many 'instances' you use. If you go over 1GB, the cost doubles (approximately). If you need another server (for performance or reliability) you need to manage it yourself and then pay about three times the original price (2 servers + extra storage). You couldn't send mail at the time - had to use an external server for that. It's cloud, Jim, but not as we know it.
At some point Google released the Java version of App Engine, all the while increasing their limits and generally making the service more bulletproof. I'm an old hand at Java and while it's definitely more effort to write than Python, I wanted the languages on both ends to be relatively close - C# is similar to Java - so coding constructs can be similar. I tried it on a side project and it went well, so I ported the server code again. This time it felt top-notch. With all systems there are hiccups but with some of the cloud providers you can bet that the hiccups will drop over time, as they get better and better at figuring the problem space out. In terms of costs I don't pay until you really hammer the server. When it gets busy I start paying for usage, but if written carefully the cost isn't bad at all. For basic sync - which is what most consumer users will need - that's perfect. No minimum and no (effective) maximum and you can sync every time a task changes instead of e.g. waiting 20 minutes for enough data to send up. And if the server goes down in the middle of the night some exceptionally smart people are worried about getting it back up. Sure there'll be mishaps, but I'm leveraging Google's ability so we all benefit from any improvements they make in future. Foursquare went down a week or so ago, for about 17 hours over two days. They have 30-ish people and funding and lots of experience. What chance a single developer or small team will do better, in a 24/7 world?
For my choices, does that make App Engine better than Azure? No. As usual it's a case of "use the right tool for the task". There are still some exceptionally good reasons to use Azure (or Amazon's EC2 stack), and I'll likely use it for some things. Basically, all the cloud services are locked in an arms race which developers and users benefit from.
My choice was to make a long-term problem (cheap development but pay more over time, and continue worrying about any scaling and management) into a short-term one (pay more upfront in development costs, reduce ongoing expenses and risks), but wow - quite a long short-term! Not the most effective way to get the feature out and I "wasted" quite a lot of time bumbling around, surely irritating many users who actually don't care about the storyline as much as they want to Just. Sync. Tasks. But now that's done, with a solid roadmap and predictable costing, and I've learned a lot that will be strategically important in future.
In truth, partly due to the choice of technologies the server part wasn't that hard, once the basic design was up. The client, Tudumo, needed many, many changes under the hood to handle sync in a fine-grained fashion that would work for multiple sync connectors (for example, Outlook) and in a (hopefully) elegant way. No matter how much you follow good design principles, there's always a family of surprises waiting around each door!
The lessons I learned (expensively) confirmed what I already knew: Do a simple first version, avoid the bleeding edge, don't optimise prematurely. On the other hand, any hard problem usually has competing principles. I'd rather have Google administering/securing/scaling a server with your data on it, than me. The distant problem was scaling, but the near-term (and ongoing) one was security. I can focus on the application level issues and leave the operating system, web server and whatnot alone. Outsource that to the experts.


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WiFi Waste: The Disaster of Municipal Communications Network
An effort in some localities to build government-run communications systems, or "muni telecom networks," has blundered its way through the marketplace, eroding private investment, slowing high-tech innovation, deceiving consumers, and serving the interests of politicians.
Muni telecom networks have been sold to the public as the answer to everything from municipal cash-flow problems, to high cable prices, to the "digital divide" between "Internet haves and have-nots." But as government officials rush to show leadership and take credit for delivering the goods, they often trade these short-term political benefits for serious long-term financial problems: cost overruns, mounting debt, and tepid profits. The numbers clearly show that muni telecom networks are a risky gamble, regardless of the technology or the business model.
The Pacific Research Institute commissioned this review of 52 major muni telecom networks that compete in the cable, broadband, and telephone markets. This analysis demonstrates that these public systems are financial disasters. Many received their initial funding through suspicious means, including insider loans at special rates. As many as 19 were originally financed with questionable non-interest-bearing loans from public utilities. As of 2004, long after the initial start-up phase, 13 were still shamelessly dependent on these schemes and were unable to break even financially. Muni networks demand constant reinvestment; the ones in our sample have raided more than $840 million from taxpayers over twenty years. Analysis of the total track record of muni systems shows that 77 percent of the time they don't pay their way.

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What function does は provide in statements such as 本ではない or 本だとは思わない? I notice the は after と is often left out, at least if a Google search for 思わない is any indication, but there still seems to be a general trend of sticking は into negatives where I presume they wouldn't be used in positive sentences (one hears です and である, but not ではある). What's going on here?
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To answer that, I think we first have to look at one of the more important roles of topic markers (in any language that has them): marking contrast.
The topic marker as a marker of contrast
Look at this conversation for instance:
(I really hope it's natural Japanese, but it's really not that important here)
A is asked what is his favorite Chinese dish. He picks Mapo Doufu, which is (or at least should be if the cook is not squeamish) very spicy. B says he doesn't like spicy, and 俺 (which is the topic here) stands in contrasts to A. He doesn't just say out of nowhere that he doesn't like spicy stuff - look how unnatural the English translation reads here. A more natural translation would have to use something extra to mark the contrast, e.g. "I see. Well, I'm not so good with spicy stuff."
B can also add later:
(This is actually a quote from Google, so at least I know it's natural :))
The は after 中華料理 here (especially with 大好き, which usually takes が) is a strong hint that the 中華料理 stands in contrast to something. So B likes Chinese food, but in contrast, he's doesn't like the numbing-spicy cooking of Sichuan.
The contrast marker and negation
When you say that sentence is negative, you can actually mean that several different things are negated in the sentence:
In Japanese verbal sentences, this stuff is quite easy - you use a negative form and if you want to emphasize that you are negating some specific complement (and not the entire predication) you can just mark it with は and change the intonation a little:
You could negate the verb itself in several ways, but I think the most obvious would be this one:
Negation of copulative sentences in Japanese
When you come to copulative sentences (i.e. sentences with a copula, in the general pattern of
What's interesting in copulative sentences, however, is that は is used almost in all cases after で (which is the adverbial form of the copula だ), so it looks like we put the entire predication (which is held by the copula) in contrast to something. Now, this is not the case, since
So how did the は come to be used anywhere? This is probably part of an historical process of trivialization and loss of meaning. It seems to me that originally, the pattern


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Sinopec's move is its first step to meet a government promise to encourage more private investment in state-owned industries, as part of China's biggest package of reforms since the 1990s.
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) shares surged as
it seeks private investors for as much as 30% of its oil retail
unit, in a sale that could raise more than $20 billion.
The board approved the plan yesterday to explore the
restructuring of the business, which operates the nations
largest network of more than 30,000 fuel stations, the Beijing-
based company known as Sinopec said in a statement.
Sinopecs move is its first step to meet a government
promise to encourage more private investment in state-owned
industries, as part of Chinas biggest package of reforms
since the 1990s unveiled by its leaders in November. The reform
pledge comes as annual growth in China is expected at its
slowest in 24 years. The sale is also in line with a trend to
move away from energy infrastructure and focus on production.
Selling 30% could raise more than $20 billion, Barclays oil and
gas analyst Somshankar Sinha wrote in a research note.
Sinopecs Hong Kong-listed shares rose as much as 10.4%,
the most in more than five years, and closed 9.4% higher at
Its viewed as value creative for Sinopec,
Tony Hann, the head of emerging-market equities at Blackfriars
Asset Management, said by phone from London yesterday.
Its an indication authorities are going to deliver
on their promise to make these state-owned enterprises more
Sinopecs unit that markets and distributes petroleum
products was its biggest contributor to sales in 2012, with
71%, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The company
operated 30,532 fuel stations across China as of the end of
2013, it said in an e-mail yesterday. Its network includes
about 10,000 kilometers (6,215 miles) of oil pipelines and more
than 15,000 cubic meters of storage facilities.
The retail business is a cash cow that could be appealing
to private individuals who dont have the appetite to take
on capital-intensive upstream projects, said Gordon Kwan,
the regional head of oil and gas research at Nomura Holdings
The unit, which includes Sinopecs oil retail business,
posted a 26.74 billion yuan ($4.4 billion) operating profit in
the first nine months of 2013, accounting for 34% of the
companys total. Profit from exploration and production
was 46.33 billion yuan, or 60%. Sinopec lost money on its
chemicals business over the period.
The move could promote professionalism in
Sinopecs retail business and improve its operating
efficiency, the company said in its e-mail, without naming
potential investors.
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By bringing in individuals that have more marketing
experience in running a retail business, it could improve
efficiency and encourage best practice, said
Nomuras Kwan. Its a win-win situation. The
retail business does not have a high margin compared with
Sinopecs upstream business.
Sinopecs American depository receipts surged 8.4% to
$83.51 in New York, their highest level in two months. The
stock is rated a buy by 28 analysts, according to data compiled
by Bloomberg. Three analysts recommend holding the stock and
three rate it a sell.
This is probably the first of several such announcements
one can expect as the government really pushes this reform of
state-owned enterprises through, said Brendan Ahern, New
York- based managing director of Krane Fund Advisers, which
manages a Kraneshares ETF that tracks Hong Kong-traded
The nations largest oil and gas company, PetroChina, rose
as much as 4.4% and closed 2.5% higher at HK$8.15. Its
expected to further its own restructure in the wake of
Sinopecs announcement, said Nomuras Kwan. That
could include additional sales of gas pipelines and the
allocation of more cash to upstream projects, while cutting spending on
refining and chemicals.
Oil producers selling energy infrastructure assets is a
global divesting trend, not just in China, he said.
PetroChina sold a 50% stake in a Chinese pipeline joint venture
in June to two Chinese investment funds. Its Beijing-based
spokesman Mao Zefeng didnt answer two calls to his office
seeking comment.
Sinopec said the percentage of private investors allowed will
depend on market conditions. According to Barclays Sinha,
long-term investors, domestic and foreign, are likely to
covet owning a stake - Sinopec has a dominant marketing
network with leading market share, profitability and
PetroChina ranks second in terms of its retail network, with
more than 20,000 fuel stations as at the end of June, it said
in August.
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Stocks Bounce Back as Dow Gains 61 Points
Stocks snapped back for their first gain in three days, with health-care, industrials and materials shares leading the charge.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 61.66 points, or 0.5%, to 13390.51, with Boeing BA 0.49 % bouncing back to lead Dow components. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index added 3.87 points, or 0.3%, to 1461.02, while the Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 14 points, or 0.45%, to 3105.81.
Boeing climbed $2.63, or 3.6%, to $76.76, one day after falling 2.6% due in part to a run of glitches with its flagship Dreamliner jet.
Among other Dow components, Hewlett-Packard HPQ 0.50 % rose 46 cents, or 3%, to 15.85; UnitedHealth Group UNH 0.31 % climbed 97 cents, or 1.9%, to 52.37; and Pfizer PFE 0.60 % gained 45 cents, or 1.7%, to 26.47.
Alcoa AA -0.56 % slipped two cents, or 0.2%, to 9.08, after the aluminum company reported late Tuesday that revenue was well above forecasts and said it expects the pace of aluminum demand growth in 2013 to increase. Because Alcoa is the first Dow component to report results, it is seen as marking the start of the fourth-quarter earnings-reporting season.
"People's expectations for fourth-quarter earnings aren't especially aggressive because of all the fiscal issues that had to be dealt with, and my suspicion is that we'll have the kind of season we've had the last three or four quarters," which saw steady earnings growth, said Bill McQuaker, London-based head of multiasset investment at Henderson Global Investors, which manages about $100 billion in assets.
In contrast to recent quarters, in which corporate executives have talked about cutting spending and costs, Randy Frederick, managing director of active trading and derivatives at Charles Schwab, SCHW -1.01 % is watching for companies to talk about spending more.
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I have Contact cards for my father- and brother-in-law, let's call them John Smith and Johnny Smith (he's a Junior). My father-in-law doesn't use Facebook, but my brother-in-law does, and since he goes by John Smith on Facebook, Mountain Lion associated my father-in-law's card with his account (even though I had birthdays for each card - now my father-in-law has two birthdays...).
Is there any way I can correct it to choose by brother-in-law instead? I tried disabling Contacts integration from System Preferences, then renaming them to be John Smith, Sr. and John Smith and turning it back on. It remained connected to my father-in-law.


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Given an abelian group $G$, one can form the endomorphism ring $\mbox{End}(G)$ by letting $\alpha+\beta=\alpha(x)+\beta(x)$, and $\alpha\beta=\alpha(\beta(x))$, where $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are endomorphisms. Clearly, composition distributes over addition, and addition is commutative, so $\mbox{End}(G)$ is a ring. My question is: when is $\mbox{End}(G)$ commutative? Are there a nice set of criteria, or, if there is no such nice set of criteria, is there a nice class of abelian groups with commutative endomorphism rings.
Amongst the finitely generated abelian groups, those with commutative endomorphism ring are exactly the cyclic groups.
Torsion abelian groups with commutative endomorphism rings are exactly the locally cyclic groups, that is, the subgroups of Q/Z. They were classified in:
This papers also gives more complicated examples of mixed groups with commutative endomorphism ring.
The mixed case was completed in:
This paper indicates the difficulty of any classification of torsion-free abelian groups with commutative endomorphism rings, as Corner has shown that very large torsion-free abelian groups can have commutative endomorphism rings (while the classifications up to now have basically been "only very small ones").
In the finitely generated case it follows by the structure theorem that the unique possibilities are $G=\mathbb{Z}$ and $G=\mathbb{Z}/({p_1}^{e_1})\oplus \mathbb{Z}/({p_2}^{e_2})\oplus\cdots\oplus \mathbb{Z}/({p_k}^{e_k})$, where $p_1,\dots,p_k$ are distinct primes.
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What word can I use to accurately describe brisket of beef in French? I usually go to the butcher with a chart of US beef cuts and point to it but it neer seems to correspond to the same piece. Does anyone know the definitive translation?
It's not that simple. Every culture cuts their beef differently (or not at all!) and therefore has different names for it
Around the Belgium, Dutch, French low lands they call what the US call brisket and flank, just flank. And what other parts of France might call brisket is not always cut separately, it is just part of the chuck
Confused, we are...
Many butchers in cities receive partially processed carcass parts, so parts like the chest (brisket) may have been removed for processed meat etc
So you need to take a cutting diagram to a butcher whom displays whole carcasses and you should be able to get what you want
As I understand it the brisket extends from in front on the fore legs, between the forelegs and a short way past them? When we have a beast killed most of that goes into the salamis, yum!
Edit: Some common words used are:
A popular brisket cut is a long thin (10mm) strip of the full width of the brisket (left to right). A serving is a single slice slowly grilled and topped with a chunky sauce
The UN has a standards document that contains translations of beef cuts from English to French, Russian, Spanish, and Chinese. (To try to work around the fact that everybody has slightly different cuts of meat.)
They list:
The French word is le tendron, it is also known as le gros bout de poitrine.*
Use Google Translate to translate from French to English.
*I do not speak French
If you're living in France then I apologize if my Canadian French leads you astray, but according to the (bilingual, obviously) Canadian Food Inspection Agency, the terms are:
Here's that same page in English if you want to cross reference other cuts.
I live in Bordeaux but used to live in Texas. Here is my "modus operandi" when I need a specific piece of meat like the brisket. I show my butcher a diagram and show him the part I need. The usual term for brisket is "poitrine" I ask him to cut a piece of 5 kilos and to leave the fat on the top of it. He knows me now and always tell me when he has a entire beef coming in, that way he is sure the brisket is still there. They usually don't sell it in France so I pay +/- 5 euro/kg. "Pointe de poitrine" seems to be the right word for brisket. Enjoy!
The Canadian Beef Council has a bilingual chart of beef cuts (PDF) which might be useful.
(Although, French and Canadian cuts might not be the same, even if they're in the same language; I know US and UK aren't. But with pictures, the butcher might be able to identify the correct bits for you)
In a fantastic French cookbook called Saveurs Américaines, Editions du Chêne, 2002 the brisket recipe calls for JUMEAU de BOEUF.
Google translate . Pointe de poitrine de boeuf is the correct translation , I had it verified by my butcher when I asked him for the cut he knew no question asked .
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- PIO Number: 12-11-13
- Date: November 11, 2012
- Time: 4:20 p.m.
- Place of Occurrence: 3300 N. Powerline Rd., Pompano Beach
- Jurisdiction: Pompano Beach
- Christopher Glasco, 29, 10/30/83, 250 W. Sample Rd., apt. B111, Pompano Beach (DECEASED)
- Christopher Cole, 45, male, Boynton Beach
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A Pompano Beach man died Sunday after the motorcycle he was riding collided with another vehicle in Pompano Beach.
Broward Sheriff's Office traffic homicide detectives are investigating the two-vehicle crash that occurred about 4:20 p.m. at 3300 N. Powerline Rd. Witnesses said the driver of a blue 1998 Yamaha motorcycle was traveling at a high rate of speed northbound on Powerline Road when he struck the passenger-side door of a silver 2012 Chevrolet Equinox. The driver of the Equinox, Christopher Cole, was making a U-turn onto Powerline Road at Northeast 33 Avenue in order to head north on Powerline Road when the collision occurred.
Pompano Beach Fire Rescue transported the motorcyclist, Christopher Glasco, and the Equinox passenger to Broward Health North hospital. Cole's relative arrived on scene and took him to Broward Health North to be checked out. Cole and his passenger suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Glasco, who was not wearing a helmet, died Sunday at the hospital.
The investigation continues.
INVESTIGATORS: THI Dets. De Jesus and Wiley, Patrol Services
THIS REPORT BY: Veda Coleman-Wright/PIO Pompano Beach November 12, 2012 2300
Posted At: 11/12/2012 10:56 PM
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Sibling Struggles
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Tattling between siblings is very common as a way for kids to gain attention and parental favor, to get revenge, as a form of manipulation, or as a power play. Tattling is a form of aggression, and it should be stopped.
- Let each child know that you expect her to be responsible only for her own behavior, and that you won't listen to tales about siblings.
- If your child tattles, label the behavior as tattling, and let her know you don't approve.
- Ignore it. Don't reward the aggressor by responding coolly, "We don't tattle in this family. Work it out."
- Never scold a child whose behavior you haven't witnessed.
- A child who tattles frequently may need some help with interpersonal skills.
Speaking up about danger or speaking out against true injustice is not tattling. It is always okay to let you know if somebody is in danger of being hurt, or if somebody is being unsafe. Reassure your child that you are always available to help, and that she can always come to you if she's frightened.
Behave Yourself!
No parent wants a tattletale child. Think back to your youth (those many eons ago)—remember the tattler in the group? In general, kids who tattle tend to be unpopular (it's a nasty pattern for a child to get into).
It's a Good Idea!
Here's an idea to help solve step-sibling rivalry and enhance togetherness at the same time: When there is a conflict or problem, have all the kids take responsibility for it. If they are annoyed enough at you, they'll ally themselves together. This will help build a sense of sibling-hood.
Help Rebalance the Power!
Power plays between siblings can be intense! You can help balance the power by giving attention to the kid who's been injured instead of the aggressor. If Linda is picking on Lucy, talk to Lucy. "Linda was pinching you, wasn't she? I bet you feel hurt by this."
Step-Sibling Squabbling
Sibling squabbles are normal and average. Step-sibling squabbles are too, but since the entire stepfamily relationship can be loaded with issues, there's often an added dimension of worry when step-siblings go at it with each other. As with other sibling conflicts, your primary job is to teach them how to resolve their problems themselves.
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Excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to a Well-Behaved Child © 1999 by Ericka Lutz. All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Used by arrangement with Alpha Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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How do I do an upgrade to 12.10 using the iso downloaded from the ubuntu web site? I do not want to do a clean install as I do not want to loose my settings. I am afraid that clicking "UPGRADE TO 12.10" in update manager will upgrade the OS and all the packages and that this will take all my monthly data from my contract which is just 3gig a month.
Here are a couple of ways to do exactly that.
I am not sure if there is a way to pre-download the files you need for the upgrade with an other computer. I am a afraid a iso can only be used for a fresh install (I could be wrong of course). I think most of the software needs to be re downloaded since these need to be the versions compatible with the new Ubuntu install.
however I wanted to mention that if you have your /home on a separate partition most if not all of your settings are stored on that partition. this means that if you do a fresh install, but don't format your /home partition (only point the installation to it) almost all your settings are saved. for example after the re-installation all my e-mail accounts and emails in Thunderbird where still present! this makes doing a fresh install not a big deal!
something can always go wrong so of course make a backup before re-installing!
If you do not have a separate /home partition I think you can rescue most of your settings by copying all of the folders in your home directory with a dot in front of the name (make them visible by pressing ctrl-h when in your home folder in your file browser). after your fresh install you copy the folders back and I think this will restore the applications settings. but try at your own risk ;)


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We've had hubble for two decades. Its become the most famous space telescope, and lately Kepler seems to be running for the second place. Are there any more powerful, better telescopes planned for launch in the near future?
The James Webb Telescope is the next one on the launchpad that you might be familiar with.
Although there are a few differences that one ought to be aware of. NASA has an entire program of telescopes to observe the universe, and many of them are designed for different wavelengths of light. The James Webb is primarily designed for the infrared part of the spectrum. While many people view the Webb as the successor to the Hubble, it would be more fair to say that it's really a successor to the Spitzer Telescope. Hubble and Spitzer were both part of the "Great Observatories" program. The Webb telescope is barely hanging on to funding, but so far the US hasn't managed to entirely abandon the program, science, or reality.


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An Interview in China
ASTM International President James Thomas (left) and Ms. Liu Zhiyang, editor in chief of China Standardization, conducting this interview.
ASTM President Sits Down with China Standardization Magazine
On a recent visit to Beijing, the staff of China Standardization magazine interviewed ASTM President James A. Thomas. In excerpts from that interview, Thomas discusses the challenges of standards development in the global marketplace, ASTM International's relationship with the People's Republic of China, and China's use of and participation in ASTM's standards and standardization process.
China Standardization: Mr. Thomas, as we know, you've been working with ASTM for four decades since you first joined it in 1972, and you must have witnessed many historical moments. Would you briefly give us an overview of the development of ASTM in the past years? How has ASTM contributed to economic globalization?
James Thomas: The principles which form the basic foundation of ASTM International have not changed. Our commitment to openness, transparency and due process remains as strong as ever. What has changed is the environment within which we operate and the way we conduct our business operations.
Standards are a critical component of trade, and the application of high quality, globally relevant standards is critical to industry success. ASTM International standards are held in high regard in all markets around the world and the participation of technical experts from all countries is critical to our long-term success. …
During my years as president, ASTM International has expanded its reach into many important world economies. We have opened offices in Mexico City, Mexico; Beijing, China; and just recently Brussels, Belgium [and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada]. We have continued to expand our business operations through product distribution partnerships in over 80 countries.
One of my fondest memories is the official opening of our office in Beijing. We began our operations in China as one member of a four-organization consortium but quickly realized the importance of our work in China and made the decision to open our own stand-alone operation. It has provided ASTM a great opportunity to understand the culture and dynamics of the Chinese market, the importance of standards to China as they compete in the global market and to enhance our service level to our growing number of Chinese experts who have joined ASTM technical committees. I am encouraged by our past accomplishments in China, and I am excited about future opportunities to expand our collaboration with key stakeholders.
The globalization of industry and the competition that comes from a shrinking global marketplace will add to the challenges presented to standards developers by our membership. We will be pressed to provide products and services better, faster and at low cost. We will have to find new ways to meet the cycle-time needs of industry as they also try to keep pace with rapidly changing technology. Industry will look to organizations like ASTM to become solution providers.
ASTM International will be positioning itself to add value to global industry not only in the area of standards development but also by offering services such as proficiency testing, training and certification in an effort to improve global competitiveness and support innovation. ASTM and other members of the global standards community must work closely with our stakeholders to understand their needs and to do all that is necessary to meet their expectations. The future will be exciting and challenging as we work to enhance our capabilities to provide outstanding service to a membership base that is global and that demands efficiency. I am confident that ASTM International is properly positioned to meet these challenges.
We all know that ASTM International has been more focused on developing standards in the fields of construction, metal, energy consumption, the environment, etc. In recent years, ASTM has also expanded to sustainability and sustainable development; for example, in 2008, ASTM established Committee E60 on Sustainability. How does ASTM understand sustainability and sustainable development?
The trend toward sustainability has been very important in recent years in both the private and public sectors. The programs in sustainability continue to grow and it's important that we bring specific sustainability initiatives to the forefront. Sustainability is a very complex subject, which involves environmental, economic and social considerations. ASTM has actually developed a spreadsheet of all ASTM and additional globally relevant standards in the sustainability area. People can visit our sustainability website. They'll be able to get a broad view of all of ASTM's working areas and also work done by other organizations in sustainability.
Our Committee E60 that you mentioned is actually the focal point of the sustainability work in ASTM. It develops standards related to the environmental performance and sustainability of building materials, building components, building systems and buildings individually and in aggregate. In addition, it's working on issues related to the hospitality of green meetings. E60 also has just initiated a new subcommittee on sustainable manufacturing. This subcommittee has four work items under way to help evaluate manufacturing processes for sustainability improvement.
However, E60 is just a very small part of the work that ASTM is doing in sustainability today. We actually have over 30 other ASTM technical committees that are working on product-specific activities in the construction area and energy-related areas. So, it requires a significant focus on coordination, and I think that's one of the challenges that we will be facing as we move forward.
ASTM traditionally has been an organization that was broken into committee silos. We have committees on cement, concrete, gypsum board, thermal insulation, roofing and many others. But when you deal with sustainability, it cuts across all of these committees. In the past, committees could work in isolation, but now they all need to coordinate their efforts. So that's a new challenge for organizations like ASTM, not only to coordinate work within its own committee structure, but also coordinate its work outside of ASTM. So sustainability is an important new area of standardization, but one that also provides challenges, so that we can avoid duplication of efforts, redundancy of activities, and we can meet the needs of industry and governments with a solid collection of quality standards that reflect the needs of the marketplace.
ASTM has maintained many cooperative projects in China for some time, and even set up an office in Beijing years before. Also, as early as 1991, ASTM joined hands with the China Association for Standardization to publish ASTM Standardization News in Chinese. Would you talk about how ASTM understands the China market?
China is a dynamic and large market with both domestic and international standardization needs. This makes it difficult to be very specific. Generally speaking, China has become the world manufacturing center where almost all the industries have been developing to some extent. This is very closely aligned with the broad sectors that ASTM International has been involved in for standards development and maintenance for over 110 years. I have observed trends as well.
I know that the Chinese government has been focused on raising its level of understanding and participation in international standardization. This focus has enabled it to achieve growing success in its participation in both the technical committee and policy levels of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Because no one organization provides all the standards which the global marketplace requires for successful operation of a government (in terms of regulation and procurement) or an enterprise, China has also engaged more effectively in other international standards development organizations such as ASTM. Chinese enterprises are leading in this trend. I believe this effort to diversify is beneficial to China and to the organizations in which it is engaging.
Speaking for ASTM, there is evidence of increased membership by Chinese companies and individuals in ASTM, greater utilization of ASTM standards by SAC under the terms of the memorandum of understanding that is in place between ASTM International and the Standards Administration of the People's Republic of China, and active engagement by Chinese entities in ASTM technical committees.
Currently there are 442 Chinese experts participating in more than 90 of ASTM's 144 technical committees; over 60 student members have also joined ASTM from China.
Based on the annual report, which is provided under the MOU signed with SAC in 2004, we have reports which document the use of over 1,000 ASTM standards by China. This includes almost 400 adoptions, over 50 standards which were consulted, 549 which are referenced in Chinese regulation, and more than 20 that are normatively referenced.
With a growing number of delegation visits to ASTM headquarters (over 70 delegates have visited ASTM headquarters in 2012 alone), engagement in technical meetings via ASTM's web-based tools and my observation of an increased number of Chinese participants at various ASTM technical committees … it is reasonable to say that China sees value in learning about and engaging in ASTM. Over time, I have seen Chinese experts not only observing committee activities, but becoming more actively engaged by providing input and even taking leadership roles. (A delegate from SAC 323 on Electromagnetic Shielding Materials, working for the Shanghai Institute for Measurement Technology, is leading a task group within ASTM Committee D09 on Electrical and Electronic Insulating Materials.) As noted, I believe this is mutually beneficial and I encourage this trend to continue.
About the promotion of standards, ASTM has published many documents in digital form in addition to hard copy format. Would you talk about the digital publication of ASTM standards and how to promote standards on the Internet?
ASTM International continues to evolve and grow as both a developer and distributor of standards and related information. ASTM produces standards in multiple formats with 82 percent of all current information distributed to customers electronically. By the end of November 2012, ASTM will complete a major conversion of all standards from SGML to XML data format. We are very proud of this accomplishment since it will enable us to meet the changing needs of our customers more dynamically.
In addition to this project, ASTM is also actively involved in developing videos that will be embedded in our test methods to provide added value to our information users. Our customers and members not only want easy access to data, they also want it delivered at reasonable cost. ASTM is dedicated to providing all information at the lowest cost possible and will achieve this by implementing a range of attractive pricing models. Our goal is to provide ASTM information to the desktop of every engineer that is part of the global industrial community.
The internet has changed the way ASTM International interacts with its customers. All standards are available from our website as individual downloads but the definite trend is to order a subscription package from ASTM, which enhances access and significantly lowers cost. We continue to make improvements to our ordering and delivery processes, all intended to create a positive experience for our members and customers.


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11 Jan 2013 7:35 AM #1
Borders didn't shows on the TreeGrid
Hi folks, looks like its a bug.
Howto reproduce:
add this to the tree :
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expacted: borders like on the filtergrid
env: gxt 3.0.1 community version
18 Jan 2013 10:59 AM #2
I just ran your sample, shared in #extgwt on IRC, and that is built with 3.0.0 (gxt.version is set to 3.0.0), and the stripped rows are working correctly, but the column lines are not. When I changed the GXT version to 3.0.1 (available in maven central), the column lines showed up.
The sample at http://www.sencha.com/examples/#ExamplePlace:filtergrid (or http://www.sencha.com/examples/explo...ace:filtergrid to see it in blue) is running using 3.0.1, which is available in maven central. In fact, that exact war file is also available in maven central under com.sencha.gxt:gxt-examples:war:3.0.1.
As far as borders, here is the actual code sample from within org.opensheet.client.RequestFactoryTreeGrid:
tree = new TreeGrid<BaseProxy>(store, cm, cc1); tree.getStyle().setLeafIcon(ExampleImages.INSTANCE.folder()); tree.getView().setForceFit(true); tree.getView().setAutoExpandColumn(cc1); tree.setLoadMask(true); //TODO ? tree.getView().setStripeRows(true); tree.setBorders(true); //TODO ? tree.getView().setColumnLines(true);
All of these changes are in a diff from your initial simple project in this patch:
Without more details, I am marking this as 'closed' - but feel free to comment to clarify any points I may have missed.
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Am interested in a satellite 7-10" display for my Thinkpad X201 (in addition to already running LCD and main laptop display). I've seen a bunch of mixed info regarding these devices which use Displaylink. Has anyone reliably gotten this to work? if so, how?
You will need to install the
If the above is not working for you, please file a bug against xserver-xorg-video-displaylink: there may be some variation between displaylink devices, which may not be handled completely by the existing driver (but any such lack of support is a bug to be fixed, rather than a result of user error).


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Markets Are Anxious Over Fears of Default
Stocks Are Climbing, but Debt-Ceiling Worries Are Infecting Other Corners of Market
The debt-ceiling standoff has plunged large swaths of the markets into uncertainty, highlighting the vulnerabilities of the financial system and the government's continued role in it five years after the 2008 crisis.
On the surface, investors appear to have shrugged off the latest Washington showdown, which follows a similar 2011 brush with calamity. The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its biggest rise of the year on Thursday, then rose 111.04 points Friday to 15237.11.
But in other markets, participants have been scrambling to gird for a possible default, as unlikely as one is widely deemed to be, while complaining they have been left to operate in the dark. Some industry officials and bank executives say the implications and market reactions to a U.S. default are too vast and dynamic to fathom.
While the latest debt stalemate could soon be resolved with a short-term fix, the threat of a default is liable to rear its head again before year-end.
A repeat of the recent down-to-the-wire tactics could unsettle markets if a statutory borrowing breach becomes possible again later this year. Government officials and market observers worry such uncertainty could have an enduring effect on financial markets.
"The brinkmanship in Washington could easily create huge volatility in important funding markets that could easily get out of control," said Jim Millstein, who oversaw the restructuring of American International Group Inc. AIG -0.64 % at the Treasury Department and now runs restructuring-and-advisory firm Millstein & Co.
Some investors hope a possible relief valve lies with the Federal Reserve.
Bankers have pressed the Fed and the Treasury to say whether the central bank would accept defaulted Treasurys as collateral for emergency loans in the event of a liquidity crunch, but they haven't received clear answers, they said.
Representatives of the Fed and the Treasury declined to comment.
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Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, however, has tried to stress that the Fed isn't planning any grand rescue for financial markets. He has said several times that the U.S. central bank isn't in a position to cushion the financial system or economy.
At a news conference Sept. 18, he reinforced the message, warning that Congress and the Obama administration should try to avoid "any kind of event like 2011," when lawmakers previously faced a U.S. default. "Our ability to offset these shocks is very limited, particularly a debt-limit shock," Mr. Bernanke said.
One topic of discussion among debt-market participants and regulators is how the Fed's payments systems would handle a U.S. debt instrument that is failing to pay interest. The system, known as Fedwire, generally stops tracking such securities, because U.S. Treasury debt that stops paying any interest typically has matured, said people familiar with the matter.
Now, as in 2011, some banks have planned to rename the nonpaying Treasury debt to trick the computers so it could still be bought and sold. The U.S. didn't default in 2011, and it isn't known how well-tested any contingency plans are.
Since the U.S. makes interest payments using a system that is separate from the one that makes many other government payments, such as Social Security, it is technically possible for the administration to prioritize interest payments.
But on Thursday, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew told the Senate Banking Committee that prioritization is "default by another name," and choosing to issue some payments but not others "would not work smoothly. It would be chaos."
Many business leaders stressed that they weren't expecting the worst to come to pass.
"A debt default cannot happen," J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Chairman and Chief Executive James Dimon said on a call with reporters Friday morning.
Managers at T. Rowe Price Group Inc. TROW 0.35 % were planning to "build cash and stay in a liquid position," said Joe Lynagh, who oversees money-market funds at the Baltimore company, which has $614 billion under management.
Large money-fund sponsors, including Fidelity Investments Inc., BlackRock Inc., BLK 0.79 % Charles Schwab Corp. SCHW -1.01 % and Bank of America Corp. BAC -1.29 % , say they have sold short-term U.S. debt or avoided buying bills due at the end of the month or in early November. Banks sold more than 64% of their T-bill holdings during the two week-period that ended Oct. 2, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Michael Macchiaroli, an associate director at the Securities and Exchange Commission, has been asking large securities dealers for details on what they are doing to prepare for a potential U.S. default. He has been inquiring about the amounts of certain Treasury bills dealers own and how they are financing themselves, said a person familiar with the review.
An SEC spokesman said the agency is "reaching out to firms, as we always do in such situations, to make sure they are appropriately considering and managing the risks of their positions." The spokesman said staff also are monitoring the status of money-market funds and responding to inquiries from the industry.
Japanese authorities have been examining domestic banks' exposure to U.S. government securities and their ability to procure dollars. The Bank of Japan has also been contacting financial firms to check their ability to withstand potential shocks, people familiar with the matter said.
Late in September, some major Wall Street players in the $11.6 trillion Treasury-bond market, along with Federal Reserve officials, gathered to discuss the industry's contingency plan around a debt-ceiling crisis, according to minutes from the meeting by the group.
Though the group, known as the Treasury Market Practices Group, came up with some operational plans after the 2011 debt-limit episode, it acknowledged that "these contingency actions, if implemented, would only mitigate, not eliminate, expected operational difficulties in the event of delayed payments on Treasury debt."
At the meeting, some members raised questions about whether Treasury securities with delayed payments would be eligible for certain transactions with the Fed. Banks often use Treasurys as collateral when they tap the Fed's discount window or trade with the Fed through its open-market operations to get short-term funding.
In a note to clients, analysts with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC said they believe the Fed will accept defaulted Treasurys as collateral at the discount window and continue to buy Treasurys.
But, "given that [Federal Open Market Committee] officials have not commented on this issue, we do not know for certain what the Fed will do," they wrote.
—Carolyn Cui contributed to this article.
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Banks sold more than 64% of their Treasury-bill holdings during the two week-period that ended Oct. 2, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. An earlier version of this article incorrectly said that banks sold more than 64% of their Treasury holdings during that period.
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©1958 Ray Bradbury; (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
"Bradbury is an authentic original." (Time Magazine)
"No other writer uses language with greater originality and zest. He seems to be an American Dylan Thomas." (Sunday Telegraph)
Indiscriminate Reader
"The ghosts of Mars and Bradbury"
The Martian Chronicles has all the virtues and flaws of everything I've ever read by Ray Bradbury. He writes beautiful prose and he's particularly good at spooky and haunting imagery. He's in a different category entirely from other "golden oldie" SF authors — his stuff is deliberately thoughtful and crafted, and tends to be much more human-focused. Even when he's writing "hard" SF, it feels more like a science fantasy, sometimes edging closer to pure fantasy or horror. And you can read all kinds of metaphors into his work, often metaphors completely different from the ones he intended, if his reaction to interpretations of Fahrenheit 451 is anything to go on.
The Martian Chronicles is, as the title suggests, more a themed collection of short stories than a novel, chronicling humanity's exploration and exploitation of Mars. It starts with the first ill-fated Mars expedition, when the first Earthman on Mars is greeted by a Martian roused to jealousy by his dissatisfied wife's clairvoyant dreams, and continues through the inevitable follow-up expeditions and colonization effort, in which the Martians all but disappear, becoming ghosts haunting their own planet, and humanity brings its troubles and all its baggage to Mars. The final stories, in particular, after a war destroys life back on the home planet, are eerie, with vivid descriptions of robot houses on Earth still cooking breakfast for families that were long ago atomized in a nuclear war, and a few lone survivors trekking through the ghost towns and dry canals of Mars. There were parts of this book that were truly marvelous and timeless.
That said - the flaws. Ray Bradbury, like so many of his generation, writes like a cranky old white man and he always has. He seems unable to conceive of a family, a society, or a civilization that doesn't resemble Middle America circa 1950, when The Martian Chronicles was published. Even the Martians, despite their elegiac voices and physical descriptions — brown skin, copper eyes, psychic powers, and evolution into non-corporeal bodies — are first introduced to us as a bored married couple following behavioral tropes that would not be out of place in a 1950s sitcom. The Martian household is imaginatively described, with its magnetic dust to clean and its fire chariot for transportation and the mask worn by a Martian man going out to hunt, with his rifle firing bee-like cartridges, but it's essentially a Flintstones or Jeffersons-like mapping of suburban America onto an alien landscape.
That said, Earthmen behaving exactly as they did back on Earth, and trying to remake Mars in the image of Smalltown, America, was no doubt part of the point. The Martian Chronicles shows Earthmen ruining everything, like they always do, Mars being no exception.
This is a classic that deserves a good read, and there is a timeless quality about it, but there's also a datedness in Bradbury's characterization, an ability to imagine and illustrate themes beautifully but not characters, all of whom are as stereotypical and whitebread as those you'd have found on TV at the time of the book's writing.
3.5 stars for superior prose and imagination and vision, but dated tropes and characters who are simply mouths to voice themes.
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"Foundational SF"
The Martian Chronicles is a collection of Ray Bradbury's stories about the human colonization of Mars which were previously published in the pulp magazines of the late 1940s. The stories are arranged in chronological order with the dates of the events at the beginning of each story. In the first edition of The Martian Chronicles, published in 1950, the events took place in a future 1999-2027, but a reprinted 1997 edition pushes all events forward to 2030-2057. Because it's a story collection, The Martian Chronicles has an episodic feel which has been made more fluid by connecting the stories with short vignettes, similar to the structure of Bradbury's collection The Illustrated Man.
In the first story, "Rocket Summer," we visit a small town in Ohio while the first human exploratory spaceship takes off for Mars. Bradbury explains in the introduction to The Martian Chronicles that this small-town mid-America feel was influenced by Sherwood Anderson's novel Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small-Town Life which Bradbury admired and hoped to emulate.
The next two stories, "Ylla" and "The Summer Night," show us what the Martians are like. They're humanoid in form with brown skin and round yellow eyes. Like humans, they live in houses and towns, eat and drink, sleep, age, read books, study science, desire love, become jealous and irritable, and commit murder. (I find it amusing that the Martians have the same kinds of depressing marriages we see in Bradbury's stories set on Earth.) But the Martians are telepathic and the humans' approach is causing them to quote our poetry, sing our songs, and adopt other aspects of human culture without understanding why.
The first spaceship was unsuccessful, so a second expedition was launched a few months later (it seems reasonable for Bradbury to expect that by 1999 we'd be able to get to Mars a lot faster than we actually can). In "The Earth Men" we learn the fate of this crew and we learn that Martians, just like Americans in 1950, have to live with bad psychiatry and insane asylums. Stephen Hoye, the narrator of Blackstone Audio's 2009 version of The Martian Chronicles, was particularly brilliant with this story.
Next comes "The Taxpayer" in which an Ohio man is trying to get on the third expedition to Mars (the second one failed). This very short vignette tells us that things are going badly on Earth and that an atomic war is expected in about two years. "The Third Expedition" (originally published in Planet Stories as "Mars is Heaven!") describes what happens when the third doomed mission lands on Mars. This story doesn't quite work with the chronology of The Martial Chronicles because it portrays astronauts from 2030 growing up in the small Midwestern towns of early 20th century America. It also ironically highlights the biggest problem with The Martian Chronicles when one of the astronauts asks "Do you think that the civilizations of two planets can progress at the same rate and evolve in the same way?" Clearly the astronaut doesn't think that's possible, but in these early stories, Bradbury's Martian culture is just too much like ours. Even so, "The Third Expedition" is a clever little horror story and one of my favorites in the collection.
"And the Moon Be Still as Bright" is the story of the fourth, finally successful, expedition to Mars. The Martians have mostly died of chickenpox — humans, in our blundering way, have inadvertently killed them off. Most of the men of the expedition don't care, eager to begin exploration and colonization, but Captain Wilder and an archaeologist named Spender regret that humans have destroyed such a beautiful civilization, like they destroy everything else they touch. There's a lot of social commentary about 1940s American culture in this story.
The next several stories are about the rapid spread of humanity on Mars. "The Settlers" and "The Shore" describe the type of people who came to Mars from Earth, "The Green Morning" follows a Johnny Appleseed type of character who plants trees to increase oxygen levels, and "The Locusts" and "Interim" describes how men and women made Mars look just like another Earth. In "Night Meeting," we learn that "even time is crazy up here" when a colonist from Earth meets a Martian who seems to be in a different time-stream. This story also reminds us that civilizations both rise and fall and that perhaps it's best that we don't know the future of our own civilization.
I especially liked the next story, "The Fire Balloons," in which a group of missionaries prepare to bring the Gospel to the Martians. They don't know what the Martians will look like and must consider how a different culture, and even a different anatomy, might dictate the types of sin a society is prone to. (It seems unlikely that the missionaries don't know what the Martians look like by now, but we must keep in mind that The Martian Chronicles is a story collection, not a novel with a continuous story.) When the missionaries meet the Martians, they have even more theological questions to deal with. "The Fire Balloons," has a beautiful ending.
Male explorers and settlers have been the main characters so far but "The Musicians," a story original to The Martian Chronicles, shows us what boys do for fun on Mars, "The Wilderness" features two women who are getting ready to emigrate from Earth, and "The Old Ones" focuses briefly on the elderly. Those first courageous men won't be forgotten, though; in "The Naming of Names" we learn that they've been immortalized — many places on Mars have been named after them. These human names, and other industrial-sounding names, have replaced the nature-focused names used by the Martians.
In "Usher II" Bradbury returns to one of his favorite pet peeves — book burning. A man who has left Earth to get away from the "moral climate" police is angry that they've now shown up on Mars. To get back at them for outlawing Edgar Allen Poe's work, he uses his fortune to build his own House of Usher and he invites them all to a party. This story is entertaining, but I'm not sure that Bradbury makes his case. After what happens, I think the moral climate police will feel they have even more grounds for banning Poe.
"The Martian" is a terrific horror story which shows us what becomes of one telepathic Martian when humans, full of painful memories and wanting to start over, arrive on his planet. This is one of the best stories in The Martian Chronicles.
The next few stories, "The Luggage Store," "The Off Season," and "The Watchers," tell of the nuclear war on Earth that was predicted in earlier stories. It can be heard on the radio and seen from Mars and soon the colonists get an urgent message: "Come home." And so they go back to Earth.
"The Silent Towns" tells the story of Walter and Genevieve, living hundreds of miles apart, who assume they're the last humans left on Mars. This story is entertaining, but highlights the rampant sexism so often found in the science fiction written for pulp magazines. Where does Walter decide is the most likely place to find a woman? The beauty shop. (Genevieve, what the heck are you doing in a beauty shop on a deserted planet?) Then, after driving for hundreds of miles to find her, Walter rejects and runs away from the last woman on Mars because she's overweight. Really.
Bradbury is back to doing what he does best with the next two stories. "The Long Years" tells of Hathaway, one of the crew of the Fourth Expedition, who stayed on Mars with his family when the rest of the colonists left. When Captain Wilder, his former commander, returns to Mars after exploring other planets in the solar system, he finds Hathaway and wonders how his wife and kids stayed young while Hathaway kept aging normally.
"There Will Come Soft Rains" returns us to Earth where the atomic war has wiped out most of the people. An automated house (common in Bradbury's stories) still stands in California, going about its daily routines as if the family who lived there is still alive. This story was inspired by Sara Teasdale's post-apocalyptic poem "There Will Come Soft Rains" in which we see nature taking back the Earth after humanity is destroyed. This imagery in this excellent story is chilling and unforgettable. Unforgettable.
After all of the destruction that humans brought upon themselves (we nearly obliterated the population of two planets), the last story, "The Million-Year Picnic," offers a bit of hope as two families escape the devastated Earth and plan to start over. To ensure that humans don't make the same mistakes we made before, they burn books, maps, files and anything else that contains the sorts of ideas that may have led to our destruction. (A little ironic, I think. Apparently, Bradbury thought it was noble to burn some of our literature.)
Whenever I read Bradbury, I'm struck by his lofty visions, in the early 20th century, for future technological developments and space exploration. He envisioned a degree of achievement by the 21st century that we're not even close to yet. However, at the same time, it seems that he didn't foresee how much American social culture would change even during his lifetime. Thus, in most of his stories set in the future we find the juxtaposition of robots and rockets with the same sexism and racism experienced in 1950. Fortunately, the nuclear world war that he and many SF writers imagined has also not happened. Perhaps we can give Bradbury some of the credit for warning us so vividly.
The Martian Chronicles is some of Ray Bradbury's most-loved work and foundational reading for science fiction fans. If you've never read it, or haven't read it recently, I encourage you to try Blackstone Audio's version.
Leaving behind a world on the brink of destruction, man came to the red planet and found the Martians waiting, dreamlike. Seeking the promise of a new beginning, man brought with him his oldest fears and his deepest desires. Man conquered Mars and in that instant, Mars conquered him. The strange new world with its ancient, dying race and vast, red-gold deserts cast a spell on him, settled into his dreams, and changed him forever. In connected, chronological stories, a true grandmaster enthralls, delights, and challenges us with his vision, starkly and stunningly exposing our strength, our weakness, our folly, and our poignant humanity on a strange and breathtaking world where humanity does not belong.
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"Some good some bad"
There are some good stories in it, but a lot of them are just ok. Some even borderline boring.
I didn't like the voice and they way he read at all at the beginning. But it grew on me over time.
"Thoughtful stories, poor narration"
Bradbury's stories are always thought provoking. There are some very good ones here and the rest are solid. This audiobook suffers from poor narration. Hoye has a good voice, but his inflection is affected and annoying.
a Tech Exec who loves the stories about what could be and what should have been. Mixed with histories told from an outside perspective.
"Wonderful eclectic writing within a single book"
The first Bradbury novel I have read...and I was quite surpised by the content. It is obvious that this is a compelation of many stories written over many years. I actually loved the forward of the book, the second time I read it. You really begin to appriciate the referances to Ray being a poet.
"Less than I expected"
I'm a bit surprised and disappointed by this book because I expected more from Ray Bradbury. This combined collection of Bradbury's Martian stories is so simple and sleepy. Very basic. There isn't any character development and there isn't much depth. As this is sci-fi genre, I expected a lot more to the imagination. Bradbury seems to be trying to tell us fables with a wagging finger as if to teach us lessons.
"Updated version"
I was surprised to learn this was me the original version of the book. The dates have been advanced by 31 years, and one story about racism on Earth has been omitted, though I suspect there are new stories here to make up for it.
I am amazed at how Bradbury's views of America and humankind expressed through this book are still relevant. The stories are dark, compelling portrayals of human behavior that are chillingly clairvoyant for the time when this book was written.
I would suggest this to anyone who likes a mix of sci-fi, thriller, and allegory. Well worth it.
I am brutally honest. Popular, love everything they read, reviewers are scared to go neg. and risk their ranking. It's your money!!!
"The Tur Chronicles"
When it comes to writing short stories or chronicles, Bradbury is towards the top of the list. When it comes to writing about Mars, he is number one and no close second. Like all collections some are better than others. I prefer collections and found a lot more good and less not so good, than what you find in most anthologies. I especially like the first stories about the first humans on Mars and the receptions they got. The one with the telephone ringing in the abandon towns and what happens is the most memorable.
"still a great a story"
and all too real. our species has just about everything they could possibly want and we still can't get along and no matter where we go, we can't overcome ourselves...sad.
I listened to this a while back and to be quite honest, it is not particularly memorable. It is a selection of stories based around a dated concept of what life would be like on Mars. Some of the stories are quite interesting but on the whole I did not really find they kept my attention. Maybe this was because they have not aged well, but this is not usually a problem for me - I think it is more likely that the stories were not very good.
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I made this strictly by the recipe but the salmon patties fell apart when turning them over onto a baking sheet. I used the amount of bread crumbs, egg, salmon, oil as required. It was a mess. I ended up adding more water and some melted butter in the last half. This worked well..
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I want to prove that the sum of the fourth powers of the diagonals of a regular $n$-gon inscribed in the unit circle is equal to $6n$. I consider the distance from 1 to the other $n$th roots of unity given by $\omega^k$, $k=1,2,\dots, (n-1)$. So basically my working is $$\sum_1^{n-1}|1-\omega^k|^4=\sum_1^{n-1}(|1-\omega^k|^2)^2=\sum_1^{n-1}\left[(1-\omega^k)(1-\omega^{-k})\right]^2=\sum_1^{n-1}(1-\omega^k-\omega^{-k}+1)^2=\sum_1^{n-1}(6-4\omega^k-4\omega^{-k}+\omega^{2k}+\omega^{-2k}).$$ So basically I now split the sum and $$\sum_1^{n-1}\omega^k=\sum_1^{n-1}\omega^{-k}=-1,$$ right?
But what about $$\sum_1^{n-1}\omega^{2k}$$ and $$\sum_1^{n-1}\omega^{-2k}?$$