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The Next Steps to Take in Beating AIDS
We're still making progress on drugs and vaccines.
In September 1983, data accumulated in my laboratory at the Pasteur Institute showed that a virus isolated in January of the same year was the best candidate to be the cause of AIDS. The discovery of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was the collective effort of a team of virologists, immunologists, molecular biologists, physicians and epidemiologists.
A few months later, Dr. Robert Gallo and his colleagues at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md., confirmed and extended our findings. The enemy was identified, less than three years after the first description of the disease by two American doctors in New York and Los Angeles.
A blood test was soon developed to prevent the transmission of the disease by blood transfusions and blood products. The knowledge that the virus was transmitted only by blood and sexual contact led to the implementation of prevention policies.
Finally, in 1996, thanks to a joint effort of researchers and several pharmaceutical companies, a combination of several drugs succeeded in stopping viral multiplication, so that sufficient immune reconstitution could prevent the occurrence of fatal diseases.
But there is still a long way to go. The AIDS epidemic is spreading in many countries. Even developed countries like the U.S. have many new infections. There is also the danger of a new epidemic caused by viral strains resistant to treatment. Moreover, despite the effort of thousands of researchers, we still have no cure and no vaccine.
The combined antiviral therapy implemented in 1996 -- while clearly improving patients' clinical and biological status -- does not eradicate the viral infection. The virus persists in hidden sites, and its multiplication resumes within weeks if the treatment is interrupted.
There are now drugs available that target new steps of the viral cycle, and which have fewer side effects. But patients' tolerance decreases with time, and multiresistant variants of the virus emerge.
This situation is unusual. In many chronic infections of bacterial or viral origin, such as tuberculosis and hepatitis B, an intensive treatment lasting several months is enough to bring down an infection, or even render it harmless. In these cases, there is a competent immune system able to achieve what the antibiotic or antiviral treatment started. This is obviously not the case in HIV infection, as the immune system is not fully restored after anti-retroviral therapy. New intervention is required.
Since 1985, many potential preventive vaccines have been experimented with. A few of them made it up to efficacy trials, but then failed.
This is no surprise to me for two main, related reasons. First, the virus has evolved to present its most variable parts to the immune system, and it hides its crucial parts in internal pockets. Second, the variability potential of the HIV genetic material is enormous, although its origin is not fully understood.
Such complexity means it is very difficult to elicit an immune response that would protect against the many different HIV variants that infect the human population. In addition to its very high level of variability, HIV has evolved several other strategies to evade the response of the immune system, making it difficult to design an effective vaccine. However, we now know that protection against HIV is possible in natural conditions. Some individuals can be exposed to HIV and yet do not become infected. Some of these individuals carry rare genetic mutations in proteins that are indispensable for the entry of HIV into cells. However, others exhibit evidence of acquired HIV specific immunity, which in principle could be also induced by vaccination. We need to understand exactly how such protective immunity arises and is maintained in these individuals.
Similarly, some rare individuals become infected with HIV but do not progress toward immunodeficiency and AIDS. It is possible that the mechanisms that provide resistance to infection, and those that provide resistance to disease progression, are the same. If this is the case, vaccines capable of eliciting protective immunity could be first tested in HIV-infected individuals for the capacity to delay progression to disease and reduce viral replication. In case of a positive outcome, the same vaccine could be moved to testing in prophylactic vaccination studies. We may in this case achieve the desired goal of manipulating the immune system, making it capable of controlling HIV replication and reducing the dependence on antiretroviral drugs, and possibly also of making an individual immune to HIV.
More than 10 years ago, I proposed using vaccination against HIV antigens not for prophylaxis, but as additional therapy following a short antiviral treatment. I would like to reiterate and update this proposal.
The objective is to make the infected patient's immune system fully competent, after only partial restoration by an antiretroviral treatment reducing the viral load in the blood to undetectable levels. But some infectious particles will persist in the blood. We should analyze the nature of such particles and look for their origin. At the same time, the immune system should be fully restored by proper adjuvants.
We can then begin vaccination using genetically manipulated viral antigens. Thereafter, antiretroviral therapy is stopped. If the vaccination has succeeded in reprogramming the immune responses (humoral and cellular) against HIV, there will be no rebound of virus multiplication and signs of its presence will disappear. If the vaccine fails, virus multiplication will resume and antivirals should be given again.
We want to extend what Mother Nature bestows upon a few lucky individuals (infection without disease) to a majority of patients. This will remove the burden of life-long drug therapy and prevent the HIV infection from evolving into disease.
In developing countries, many infected patients refuse to be tested and are not treated because of the stigma attached to AIDS. The availability of a treatment able to eradicate the infection will change their attitudes. The epidemic will thus gradually decrease, perhaps helped by a preventive vaccine derived from a successful therapeutic vaccine.
Dr. Montagnier, along with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for their discovery of HIV.
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The Kickstarter funded collaboration between Kimiko Ishizaka and MuseScore has released their new recording and score of Bach's Goldberg Variations into the public domain using the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) licensing tool. This is just one of the ways in which Kickstarter, which has pumped over $... Read more
Charles Mangin, a web developer and consultant based in Raleigh, NC, hoped to recreate the drawing-tablet experience (such as that with a Wacom device) on what we today think of as tablets (like iPads and Android tablets)--and to do it as open hardware. The result is now on Kickstarter: the... Read more
It's a two-second trip to visit walkyourcity.org. But before you head over there, you'll want to hear from Matt Tomasulo, founder of CityFabric and chief instigator of Walk Raleigh and Walk [Your City]. Urban Times called Walk [Your City] "Open Source Guerrilla Wayfinding." It's a simple idea of... Read more
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How any one can suggest that, that is insane we have all grown attached to Jim he is the 49ers it's his team and they truly do resemble his image i do not want to see any one coach this team until Harbaugh decides to call it quits. He took us from a mediocre team to a 10+ win a season and SuperBowl contender. And if we beat the Panthers we go the NFC Championship for the 3rd year in a row that hasn't happened since 92 93 94 with Seifert so hell no Jim stays end of story.
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This non-profit is now known as CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY, and no longer operates out of the building on Oak Lawn. They are located on the campus of Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, 8194 Walnut Hill Lane Dallas, TX 75131 (temporary address while a new facility is built nearby). Phone: 214-345-8230.
They also have recently opened locations in Allen and Ft. Worth, as well.
Living with advanced cancer, I have found this organization to be my haven. They offer professionally-facilitated support groups, educational classes, and activities for those dealing with cancer and for their caregivers. The volunteers who make it all happen are some of the nicest people you could ever meet, and the organization is first-rate. There are many ways to ease the burden of a cancer diagnosis; Cancer Support Community is providing an invaluable service. Young or old, rich or poor, male or female-- this place somehow manages to make a diverse group feel like we are a family. They even offer onsite childcare during most of our meetings and activities, so young moms and dads can participate.
Cancer Support Community is awesome. Thanks to this upbeat and supportive atmosphere, we feel empowered and (most importantly) we feel ALIVE. I don't know how they can possibly do it all as a non-profit in today's economy, but they do it well.
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As a breast Cancer survivor let me tell you this was the place that I found peace and a sense of belonging. The entire clubhouse, workers, volunteer, patients, and the families are a tremendous empowering source. We learn to depend on ourselves and that it is okay to ask for help. We learn how to focus any anger on positive things meaning that there is really no time for anger. It is a family oriented atmosphere no matter your race, sex, ethnicity, whether or not you have insurance, drive a car or ride the bus. CSC is there for you and the family, so if you know of anyone who is going through or may be even lost a love one due to cancer yes they support groups for that as well send them to the house with the red door on Oak Lawn they are always welcome.
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People reluctant to book Sarah 'Four Pinocchios' Palin for speaking engagements because "they think she is a blithering idiot."
When we last left GOP quitter-in-chief Sarah Palin she had written a falsehood-filled piece attacking climate action and clean energy for, who else, the Washington Post. Then Senators Boxer and Kerry debunked her piece, pointing out "The governor's new refrain against global warming action reminds us of every naysayer who has spoken out against progress in cleaning up pollution."
At the same time, Newt Gingrich called her a conservative leader on energy issues, asserting "Her knowledge of the energy issue is very real." In fact, Palin is so ignorant of energy, so practiced at repeating falsehoods, that during last year's presidential campaign, the Washington Post itself gave her its highest (which is to say lowest) rating of "Four Pinocchios" for continuing to "to peddle bogus [energy] statistics three days after the original error was pointed out by independent fact-checkers."
Now Think Progress reports Palin "has signed on with the Washington Speakers Bureau, hoping to cash in on her fame. While Palin did do one speech "" to mixed reviews "" in Asia recently, she is reportedly having trouble getting booked for more":
Palin's bookers are said to be asking for $100,000 per speech, but an industry expert tells Page Six: "The big lecture buyers in the US are paralyzed with fear about booking her, basically because they think she is a blithering idiot."
Many big lecture venues are subscription series, "and they don't want to tick people off," said our source. "Palin is polarizing, and some subscribers might cancel if she's on the lineup." Other lecture buyers are universities, which have a leftist slant, and corporations, which dislike controversy.
"Palin is so uninteresting to so many groups "" unless they are interested in moose hunting," said our insider. "What does she have to say? She can't even describe what she reads."
The real idiots are anyone pays Palin 100k to speak.
A Palin primer:
- Palin does not even know basics of Alaska energy
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Sarah's new book out Nov 17
It is at the top as a best seller.
Need to add a "who" into that last sentence there.
If she was any less informed about energy issues she could step in and host for Mr No Name from CNN. The only person I know who is less informed than Palin. She really gives women a BAD name.
Of course she's an idiot. The joke is on us, though.
Awh, shucks … please cut her some slack! After all if not 'fer' Sarah, we would not have met Tina (Fey). And what a joy she(TF) brought to a prolonged campaign. Truly that was comic relief as it is the contrast betwixt spinners and truthers that will wake up America!
Thanks Joe, the comic element helps. Can we have the big wink pic next time?
I would take the best seller numbers with a grain of salt.
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Sarah Palin is the best, For in her all that is wrong with the G.O.P is there for everyone to see The lies, The falsehoods, Sarah Palin has no conception of law or truth. The closest to the truth that ever came out of her mouth was when she said 'Drill baby Drill, For in those three words the real Sarah Palin can be found, Sarah Palin is out to take what she can get! Keep speaking because every time you open your mouth our party gets stronger, Thank you for that Sarah.


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Tried your plugin and many other Post-to-Twitter plugins. And i've noticed a common issue: They all end up firing a twitter post that says "Auto-Draft" when posting via XMLRPC clients (WP Mobile apps, Live Writer, and such).
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, Volume 13, Issue 6, pp 1397-1408
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Do native herbivores provide resistance to Mediterranean marine bioinvasions? A seaweed example
- Emma CebrianAffiliated withFacultat de Ciències. Dept. Ciències Ambientals, Universitat de Girona Email author
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Generalist herbivores in marine ecosystems are poorly examined for their potential to serve as a source of biotic resistance against algal invasion. We assessed how one of the main generalist herbivores in Mediterranean rocky reefs (the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus) affects Lophocladia lallemandii and Caulerpa racemosa, two algal invaders with strong detrimental effects on native benthic communities. In a comparison of sea urchin gut contents to algal community composition, strong preferences were exhibited, leading to no relationship between consumption and availability. Both C. racemosa and L. lallemandi were abundant in algal assemblages (>60% occurrence), but C. racemosa (20% of diet) was consumed more than L. lallemandi (3.5%). Experimental enclosures of sea urchins (12 sea urchins * m−2) were carried out in locations where L. lallemandii was already established and C. racemosa was rare (new invasion) or abundant (established invasion). C. racemosa was negatively affected by sea urchins only when it was rare, and no effect was detected when the alga was already abundant. Results for L. lallemandi were exactly opposite: urchins limited seasonal increases in L. lallemandi in highly-invaded areas. Because of the small amount of direct consumption of L. lallemandi, its decrease in abundance may be related to the grazing of native algae where L. lallemandii is attached. Overall, our results show that high densities of native herbivores may reduce invasive algae at low densities, due to a combination of direct and indirect effects, but it has no significant effect in highly-invaded areas.
KeywordsBiological invasions Predator–prey interactions Caulerpa racemosa Lophocladia lallemandii Paracentrotus lividus Mediterranean Sea urchin Herbivory
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- Do native herbivores provide resistance to Mediterranean marine bioinvasions? A seaweed example
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Biological Invasions
Volume 13, Issue 6 , pp 1397-1408
- Cover Date
- 2011-06
- 10.1007/s10530-010-9898-1
- Print ISSN
- 1387-3547
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- 1573-1464
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- Springer Netherlands
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- Biological invasions
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- Lophocladia lallemandii
- Paracentrotus lividus
- Mediterranean
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- Herbivory
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- Enric Ballesteros (2)
- Cristina Linares (3)
- Fiona Tomas (4)
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- 2. Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes-CSIC, Accés Cala Sant Francesc 14, 17300, Blanes, Girona, Spain
- 3. Departament d'Ecologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 645, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
- 4. Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, CSIC-UIB, C/Miquel Marquès, 21, 07190, Esporles, Mallorca, Spain


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I understand that sometimes there are medical reasons that make it necessary, but most of the stories I am reading just seem like the person wanted to have their baby on a particular date.
From the research that I have read, getting induced ususally results in a longer labor, more drugs and/or a c-section because the mom wasn't progressing fast enough. Our bodies know what to do. Why are women letting medical doctors tell them that their bodies do not know what to do? Western medicine scares me more and more every day.


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- The generated database, on a MySQL server.
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A very basic CRUD web-interface to the database, that allows me to (you guessed it!) create, read, update and delete records, with extra credit for implementing CRUD operations on entities and relations instead of records.
Now, I'm terrible at writing web applications myself (read: I'm lazy). Are there any options to generate a CRUD web application from a MySQL database, or from a set of Doctrine entities?
- I'd be willing to stop using PHP (and thus rewrite the entities for JPA, Ruby ActiveRecord, etc...) but not MySQL.
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love the remix dude.
hope you makethe sequel soon. Can you put this song in too?
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Putting it in Epic Battle Fantasy 2 was the right thing to do! RPG players would like action, some of them most probably like KHR. I heard this song, and pondered it for a whole week, then watch the episode come out. Then, the song came out. I was like "OMG! OMG! OMG! KATEKYO HITMAN REBORN!!!" I'm jealous that you have remixed such a good song. Did you write the scorefrom ear or had a score from a website?
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|4 Ounce (Fresh American Duck Liver)
|4 Medium, diced
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1) Lightly spread oil on the fillet, then lightly season with salt and pepper. Place in a baking pan and bake in a preheated oven at 450 degrees for 45 minutes.
2) Mix the butter, flour, salt and sugar together. Mix the egg yolks with the water and slowly add them to the dry mixture until dough is formed. Roll the dough until it is the proper size to encircle the fillet.
3) Remove cooked fillet and cover with the pate de foie gras and diced truffles. Place the beef on top of the dough, rolling the dough around the edges of the fillet so that it is completely surrounded.
4) Blend 1 egg yolk with milk and lightly brush on top of the dough. Place in oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until the dough turns a golden brown.
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Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 6904 Calories from Fat 4558
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 512 g787.2%
Saturated Fat 181.6 g908%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 1704.3 mg568.1%
Sodium 5848 mg243.7%
Total Carbohydrates 297 g98.9%
Dietary Fiber 17.2 g68.9%
Sugars 7.3 g
Protein 317 g633.6%
Vitamin A 204.2% Vitamin C 23.8%
Calcium 37.3% Iron 129.8%
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Is this place overrun by newbies?
#41 Moderators - Reputation: 11320
Posted 21 May 2000 - 05:38 PM
Personally, the only times I get narfed are when a) someone seems to completely ignore a post and reposts the question rather than asking the poster to clarify or b) someone whos been on the boards for a long time posts a question that they should seen the answer to before.
Actually add abuse of HTML tags (blink especially) to my list of pet peeves.
#42 Members - Reputation: 1390
Posted 21 May 2000 - 09:57 PM
Most questions answers are available here, or in som docs (Thinking od DX questions)
I''m unhappy to see questions that can be answered somwhere to be post here.
why newbies didn''t try to find answers by themselves before asking for help, this is something I don''t understand !?
If you don''t think about a problem and just ask for an answer I doubt you''ll be good at anytime...
All IMHO.
-* Sounds, music and story makes the difference between good and great games *-
#43 Members - Reputation: 313
Posted 21 May 2000 - 10:00 PM
I mean, nowadays everything comes with easy-to-use 10 step instructions, why not try and apply this to game design?
Of course, a lot of you are going to get mad at me because game devellopment is never that easy and you can´t just do that and so on ..... but it should be possible to put together a set of guidelines (FAQ, technical advice ....) for your typical beginners first attempt at making a game.
If you look at the graveyard of the unborn games ... Most of them died of lack of planning. I guess every "1st" game that finishes has at least 3 brothers and sisters who didn´t make it. (my own no difference. when you start out, being a player, you go along the lines, this is cool, i wanna do something like it. completely unaware of the important points, like how much planning and time it takes to pull a project through)
What do you think?
#44 Members - Reputation: 122
Posted 21 May 2000 - 10:25 PM
Original post by Chrono999
Forget newbies corner, experts corner. You''d have to pass a test to gain acces, and no VB crap, pure CPP.
Excuse me? Since when did VB turn into crap? If you want to make your statements with no facts to back it up, please do that somewhere else. Judging from your post, you''d be the first to fail that test.
Second, is the VB questions on Gamedev the problem here? I don''t think so! There are hardly any at all.
God, what is it with all ignorant bastards who think everything they know nothing about is crap?
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#45 Members - Reputation: 122
Posted 21 May 2000 - 10:29 PM
Edited by - fisk on May 22, 2000 5:32:46 AM
#46 Members - Reputation: 122
Posted 21 May 2000 - 10:58 PM
If the gamedev staff starts moderating on this, the newbies will post under their newbies section, but because such a huge lot of people don''t like newbies questions - and like slagging them off giving them a "at least I am not as dumb as him" feeling - their questions will never be answered. I trust geoff on this and I don''t think he will take such a hypocrite action. If however I see that some day only non-newbies are allowed in here I will revolt against this, and I will do everything in my power to see this reversed or/and throw as much mud / do as much damage to/at Gamedev as possible. Not that I dislike gamedev in any way, it''s become my favorite place to go for information on game development. If you however dislike reading and even answering newbie questions, go to another site, or start a closed discussion board where you can discuss how good you are to eachother.
Before you misunderstand me :
I define this as Newbies : the people who do not know much about game development but express an interest to learn about it, and are willing to put some time into it. I think every professional game programmer has started this way.
And the wannabies :
The people who think game development is easy and that you can learn it in a week, the people who think that with good tools one can easily make a good game, the ones that want to "make games like Halflife or Quake".
The wannabies maybe can be moderated if you want, Geoff. (where are you anyway?) BUT PLEASE send them a message about it that says what they have done wrong, so that they can learn from their mistakes.
#47 Members - Reputation: 122
Posted 21 May 2000 - 11:35 PM
I think this is the type of 'newbie' we're talking about here. Or 'wannabe', as someone more accurately termed them - hell, I'm a newbie, as regards DirectX and OGL, even though I get paid to code during the day.
I made a rather harsh reply to someone the other day, who couldn't understand why replacing variables in the prototype for WinMain with actual values wouldn't work - I'm not proud of it, but I won't be removing it, because that's how I feel (and sorry for using you as an example, if you're reading this, but I haven't made such replies elsewhere).
Someone else said it earlier in this thread - this is a games development site, and yet the forums are being flooded with questions from people who just don't know how to program, and don't want to learn the old-fashioned way.
When I signed up for the forums (not that long ago - probably four or five months), it was because I was gleaning valuable information for myself, and there were people who were genuinely stuck on something.
At the time, I was getting over the oddities and complexities of DirectDraw, and could understand the issues, and moreover, I could help . What a rush!
These days, I find it harder and harder to gather the courage to come and look at what's around - there's a lot of chaff to crawl through, to reach the wheat.
I can't really think of a solution, though. Other than for me to just stop coming here. That's not what I want, but what if everyone (real newbies through gods) stopped coming here, because of the flood of wannabes getting in the way, and generally raising blood-pressure?
Am I making sense? I think I've overdone the caffeine this morning...
Edited by - TheTwistedOne on May 22, 2000 6:40:10 AM
#48 Moderators - Reputation: 978
Posted 22 May 2000 - 01:46 AM
Original post by Fisk
Is bicker among yourselfs the only thing that all you "saints", "zealots" and "dedicated" are truly good at? Or can you maybe dance to?
This is EXACTLY the kind of stuff that starts to really tick me off, and I''m SURE I''m not the only one.
If this is a so-called "newbie" that are trying so hard to defend themselves ( with reason! ), I''m starting to doubt the validity of defending them.
Sorry Fisk, but I will remember your name, and make a point of NEVER answering a question you ask, ever again. If you cannot treat the regular posters with respect, don''t expect to get any back either.
#pragma DWIM // Do What I Mean!
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#49 Members - Reputation: 122
Posted 22 May 2000 - 02:20 AM
Don''t come here expecting to learn how to use a compiler. That is something you ca learn on your own, through the tons of books on the subject as well as the information on the web. People are right this is not "LearnToProgram" this is "GameDev".
A lot of people come here posting ridiculous questions like how to build a "Quake" or "Unreal" engine?!?! Get real, this is ridiculous! If I could code it, I would! But what happened to the serious people, like myself who rather find the answer than ask a million questions and have the answer handed to you! You learn a lot more if you would just search for the answer yourself. The search itself may answer a million questions on a totally different part of programming that you didn''t expect! The knowledge.
I consider myself a newbie in game programming. I have been professionally programming for 3 years now. And I like to dig for the answer myself no matter how long it takes. But asking stupid questions like "How do I compile?", "How do I write a windows applications?", "How do I use DirectX?" Those questions are stupid, because if you where truly determined you can find the answer yourself.
Another point is I also use Visual Basic to program with, also Visual C++, and it''s cool that they put DirectX integration in it, but it still is another layer of translation. It goes from VB->DX translation->DX API, with C you bypass the translation portion, so you do get somewhat faster responses doing certain procedures. But in a couple years everyone will have 1Ghz processors, so the speed of the program really wouldn''t matter anymore =)
#50 Members - Reputation: 122
Posted 22 May 2000 - 04:27 AM
Allright. I too think that newbies are nothing wrong. Everybody was a newbie once and if you are a newbie now then you can''t really help it, so the people here shouldn''t be slagging you off for being a newbie.
However, some posting guidelines would be appreciated.
Also keep in mind that we really have to make a split up between Newbies and Wannabees.
Hopefully if we do it long enough, it will become some sort of standard on the community.
Oh: and if people ask questions like "how do i make games like...." then they probably haven''t even coded their ''hello world'' yet.
One day, when I just started programming, I made my first program with a bug in it, and I couldn''t fix it. And then I knew that making a game was gonna be a hell of a task.
I also believe that newbies deserve the same respect as professional programmers. It''s the effort that counts.
And hey! It would be really awesome if we could "make games in an afternoon" !
#51 Distinguished Rhino - Reputation: 2312
Posted 22 May 2000 - 05:42 AM
I like to use two terms: "beginner" and "newbie." Beginner refers to someone who is just starting out, but is eager to learn, and just looking for guidance. We need to be patient with beginners, because they will eventually be great contributors to the community.
"Newbies" on the other hand are people who possess one or more of a number of undesirable traits. These include things like expecting to have everything handed to them, an unwillingness to figure out things on their own, laziness, rudeness, and lack of respect. Note that they don''t necessarily have to be new. We should try to help these people too, because they can change, although in many cases they do not. Although it''s tempting to flame newbies, it doesn''t really do any good, and it often makes things worse. Just try to post a simple reply, preferably pointing them to a book or article that will answer their question and maybe possibly get the on the road out of "newbieness". If they become a nuisance, make sure the forum moderators knows so he/she can handle the situation appropriately.
As a couple of people have said, there are almost as many newbie bashing posts as there are posts by newbies (well, maybe not almost as many, but a significant number). I think they are starting to do more harm than good.
#52 Members - Reputation: 122
Posted 22 May 2000 - 05:43 AM
Forums are good for meeting people to work with, but beyond that, they only cause problems. Read through the postings here, and you will notice that about 99% of them are useless. By useless, I mean they will never yield any tangable results, and will not to solve any problem. To sum up, I would just use it to make contacts.
#53 Moderators - Reputation: 978
Posted 22 May 2000 - 06:57 AM
Whatever people may think of me by now, I really do not want to discourage anyone from trying to learn to program games ( or graphics ) - the more in the business, the better. We can all learn from eachother, even the vets from the beginners.
And the newbies, well, I guess some people have a bit of ego, and haven''t realised yet that it''s not as easy to start programming games as it is to get good grades in high-school on every subject. While I''m sure these people have the capacity to program games, they still lack the understanding, and it''s our responsability to try to give them that understanding, patiently, and softly correcting if they cross the line of courtesy.
Only if they repeatedly offend, and continue after warning, then perhaps we need intervention. But realistically, how often does it get that bad?
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~ Mad Keith ~
#54 Members - Reputation: 696
Posted 22 May 2000 - 01:00 PM
I guess the problem with "newbies" as opposed to beginners is not so much stupid questions, but instead bad attitudes. That''s what annoys me. I couldn''t care less if they post asking what a pointer is, but if they haven''t even tried to figure out what it is on their own, then that really annoys me. It''s a matter of respect really. I''m more then happy to help anyone who posts, but if they expect me to spend *my* time when they haven''t spent any of *their* time, then that really irritates me.
In other words, to those people who want to learn and are willing to put in some effort, don''t be discouraged. Most of us are glad you''re here. The anti-newbie posts aren''t directed at the dedicated people -- they''re directed at the guys who think that everything should be handed to them on a silver platter.
#55 Members - Reputation: 313
Posted 22 May 2000 - 10:29 PM
what about the recipe idea?
think it´s stupid?
#56 Members - Reputation: 122
Posted 22 May 2000 - 11:28 PM
#57 Members - Reputation: 123
Posted 23 May 2000 - 11:33 AM
Newbies are oke, unless there are about 99% of them on this board.
#58 Members - Reputation: 123
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Posted 23 May 2000 - 12:17 PM
Original post by black_eyez
I don''t want to start a debate about vb vs c++, but VB is a serious language, and can be very useful for game programming (though some more intensive effects such as alpha blending are done better through an assembly dll etc.) So the addition of vb support into dx7 wasn''t just something for newbies; there are quite a few good game programmers that have wanted dx support since version 3!
I think there should be a ''newbie-only'' type forum, where these types of people should be confined to And, a general FAQ list would be nice, covering the stupid questions like "How do I make a game?" and stuff like that
Finally, someone who agrees with me!
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People say try reading the what''s new, questions have been answered, etc, and are suggesting things like a newbie forum and other methods to deal with their bias against newbies.
Now come along two (or more) groups who take positions such as:
You were all newbies once.
When I was a newbie, I tried to solve the problem on my own.
And so an effort is made to separate the impatient newbie from the willing to look for the answers first newbie.
But the problem arises that few people can tell the difference.
It''s easy to say read the manual, and many times, people who do read the manual will get their questions answered. But sometimes, the manual doesn''t help. Go to the DirectX/OpenGL forum and see how many questions were answered with "Read the DirectX SDK help. All the info you need is there". But here is where the problem comes in for the "newbie". Many times, the manual is just incomprehensible, even if you do know Visual Basic or C++. Many people have specific goals on where they want to go, and don''t really want to learn COM completely, just a couple features. Others can use the help file, and voila, their question is answered.
But what of the person who can''t understand the help file (or manual), and has a question? Find another book?
That could go on for a long time. Sure, somewhere in this world, their is bound to be an answer for almost every question that they could ask, but after searching a long time, many people give up.
Although they may look impatient, maybe their impatience is gained by searching for a long time.
IE: One of my relatives just got a first computer. My relative doesn''t even know where or what the power button is. Sometimes for a complete beginner, even the simplest of tasks can be too complicated for them.
So everytime I show her where it is, she says something like "Oh, you meant the thingy."
Also, many people like to take things one step at a time. How many computer programming books do you have that seem to go from:
"Step 1: (show how to create the window)"
"Step 2: (show how to add the graphics, tool bars, dialog boxes, etc)"
I honestly have several like that. I just want to do one little thing, and find an easy step one (like 10 lines of code), and all of the sudden the next step, with little explanation becomes 10 pages of code, and I have honestly no idea what just happened.
With asking questions, even repeatedly, the newbie might find it easier to take everything line by line, rather than concept by concept. If books tried writing a thourough guide to simple questions:
1: It would be long (probably several thousand pages)
2: It would be very difficult to find what you are searching for.
3: It wouldn''t contain as much information as books contain now, because they tend to be brief and cover a series of topics.
Personally I am glad there are newbies, even if people tend to resent them. The more people who try, the bigger chance that something good might come about.
Remember the golden rule. Do you want people treating you like you them? Or would you prefer help from those with experience.
Also, just because you remember yourself as a hard worker in the beginning doesn''t necessarily mean others remember you the same way.
{The preceding was in no way meant to be an attack on any people, newbies or experts.)


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The recent literature on firm exporting behaviour has established that both sunk-cost of exports and firm characteristics, such as size and productivity matter. In this paper we provide fresh evidence on the actual barriers to exporting firms face and how they vary with export experience and other firm-level characteristics. Our results indicate that the higher the export experience of firms the lower are trade costs. These barriers are not related to other firms-level characteristics such as, productivity and size, found by the literature to be associated with export market entry. Overall, these results suggest the existence of a process of learning to export whereby firms learn how to cope with export barriers through direct experience in export markets.
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The sun in view! A stick was placed on top to help with aiming. Going to permanently place one in the center since it worked so well. Folding legs were borrowed from my tablesaw, a blue metal shelf from my garage acts as a table top.
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Detail- not as sharp as Baader Astro Solar film, but the visible sunspot proves that Venus will show up fairly well.
A shouldered lag bolt screwed in from underneath holds the box to the table and provides a pivot for azimuth. Three sliders on the bottom of the box help reduce friction.
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Added chair sliders on the backside as well. I left the rubber eyepiece cup in place to block light from the gap.
30 seconds to go from Sun scope to Moon scope. This is less useful since the Firstscope's table top mount works so well.
Testing out the concept.
The basic idea- use the bucket as alt bearing. First hole was cut to the size of the bucket opening, the second, cut to the size of the bucket bottom. The cutouts are then reversed- the smaller placed inside the bucket to stiffen, the larger placed on the outside to lock the bucket in place. Chair sliders were used to center the bucket in front. Iron on melamine lines the smaller end.
One bucket with 10mm EP produced an image that was too small for large group viewing.
This mainly due to the f3.95 focal length of the Firstscope. The final version was extended by stacking a couple buckets together.
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Da-Tex is held in place with elastic banding. Sanded bucket lip smooth prior to paiting.
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May 16, 2011Rush'N Attack: Ex-Patriot is pretty short and sits on a weird transition point between a side-scroller and an exploration-based adventure game. It takes a little bit of getting used to, since some of the stealth elements are counterproductive (i.e. if you whistle to lure an enemy over to your hiding place, it also alerts them to your presence, thus ensuring your discovery). It's not a bad use of ten bucks, as it gives you a pretty decent weekend's worth of entertainment.
Apr 1, 2011For once, it's nice to find a retro revival that does true justice to an old classic, and for only 800 points you can't even moan about the price. Credit where it's due: Rush N' Attack: Ex Patriot surpasses every expectation we could have had of it.
Apr 7, 2011It lacks in complexity, so those expecting the next great action game will probably be disappointed. Otherwise, if it's an arcade romp you want for 800 Microsoft points, take a stab at it.
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Vinegar valentines are greeting cards, or rather insult cards. They are decorated with a caricature, and below an insulting poem. Ostensibly given on Valentine's Day, the caricature and poem is about the "type" that the recipient belongs to—spinster, floozy, dude, scholar, etc.
These cynical, sarcastic, often mean-spirited greeting cards were first produced in America as early as the 1840s by a variety of printing companies, including Elton, Fisher, Strong and Turner. By the 1870s, other entrepreneurs such as New York printer, John McLoughlin, and his cartoonist, Charles Howard were creating their own lines of cards. While different European companies also produced the humorous cards in the early 19th century, one of the most prestigious firms to create them around 1900 was Raphael Tuck & Sons, "Publishers to Their Majesties the King and Queen of England."
Cheaply made, vinegar valentines were usually printed on one side of a single sheet of paper and cost only a penny. Some people[who?] mistakenly call them penny dreadfuls, although that term in fact refers to a form of potboiler fiction. They often featured garish caricatures of men like the "Dude" or women like the "Floozy." One reason they rapidly became popular throughout America and Europe was because literacy rates were increasing at that time among the poor and working classes who rarely had much more than a penny to spend on such luxuries. But, according to noted valentine authority Nancy Rosin, vice-president of the National Valentine Collectors Association, their use wasn't restricted to the lower economic classes.
The unflattering cards reportedly created a stir throughout all social levels, sometimes provoking fistfights and arguments. Ironically, the receiver, not the sender, was responsible for the cost of postage up until the 1840s. A person in those days paid for the privilege of being insulted by an often anonymous "admirer." Millions of vinegar valentines, with verses that insulted a person's looks, intelligence, or occupation, were sold between the 19th and 20th centuries. Art and design historian Annebella Pollen has extensively researched their production and reception in Britain, where they were more commonly called 'mock' or 'mocking' valentines. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/17460654.2014.924212
The cards are usually simply a sheet of thin, colored paper, about the size of a modern greeting card. They were later also produced in the form of postcards. They were usually sent anonymously. Postmasters sometimes confiscated these cards as unfit to be mailed.[1]
At the end of the 1940s and 50s, the cost of the Vinegar Valentines was five cents.
The cards were first produced in the late Victorian era and enjoyed their greatest popularity in that period and in the first quarter of the 20th century.
One pop culture reference to vinegar valentines is found in Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes comic strip. Calvin often gives Susie Derkins vinegar valentines so as to hide his true affections for her under a veil of immature distaste.[citation needed]
- ^ Alan Petrulis. "MetroPostcard Topicals V". Metropostcard.com. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
- Martinelli, Patricia. "Valentines day greeting cards". article. Antiques and collecting magazine. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
- Martinelli, Patricia. "How dont I love thee? Antiques & Collecting Magazine, Feb 2008, Vol. 112 Issue 12, pp. 30-35, 6p". Master File Premeir.
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"Happy Valentine's Day: I Hate You", Collectors' Weekly, http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/happy-valentines-day-i-hate-you/
"Love Letters and Hate Mail", Brighton Museums, http://brightonmuseums.org.uk/discover/category/authors/annebella-pollen/
"The valentine has fallen upon evil days: mocking Victorian Valentines and the ambivalent laughter of the carnivalesque", Early Popular Visual Culture http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/17460654.2014.924212
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The literal definition of the title of the record would suggest a wounded heart buttressed by something—perhaps hope, faith, luck of the draw? After listening to the CD three times, I'm still not certain. Sean O'Brien and Joel Rosenquist deal out 15 songs that could be the soundtrack to a movie where the main characters stare out rain-beaten windows, contemplating their lives.
I like music like this either in small doses or as part of a good mix, where the tempo change will draw attention to the fragility of the piece. Songs like "Kiev" and "Phosphorous" are very pretty melodies. But even at a relatively short 40 minutes, I See Spots hardly raises an aural eyebrow, to the point where a harmonica on the eleventh track is a breakthrough. The guitarist plays nothing but chords, the vocals sound distant and wan, the percussion—well, cantilevers.
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- Release Date: Feb 9, 2001
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I was laughing myself sick over Saving Silverman, a sublimely idiotic farce in the "There's Something About Mary" tradition.
Yes, it's stupid. But sometimes it's stupid with a capital S, and it's in those moments of transcendent idiocy that you can't help liking Saving Silverman. At least, a little bit.
It's doubtful that the haste with which two actors of the same sex break away from a kiss in this comedy was in the script, but otherwise everybody stays in character, which is impressive given the manic range of some of the roles and the comic monotony of others.
It's basically a cheerful slob job, one of those slapped-together features so often embraced by teenagers with more disposable income than discernible taste.
The film is a shapeless mess and about as convincing as a cartoon, the usual mix of slapstick, doofus humor and raunchy sex jokes lacking even the bite or attitude to make it adventurous.
Relentlessly dopey and vulgar.
Black, who is creatively marooned in the thankless Chris Farley fat-boy role, deserve better, and so do we.
The kind of comedy that takes the fun out of stupidity.
The movie drags down everyone involved, regardless of their apparent talent.
Screenwriters look to many sources for inspiration. In the case of Saving Silverman, they looked behind them, and liked what they saw.
The timing is off, the gags lame, the twists predictable, the crudity rampant and unamusing.
Every movie Dugan releases looks like something made on accident--tosses yet another stink bomb into theaters for audiences to sniff over.
Let's accentuate the positive: Saving Silverman really stinks. No, really. It's bad. Awful.
Does occasionally rise out of the sewer of its self-imposed idiocy, ascending in brief moments from utter witlessness to half-witlessness, mostly thanks to the loose comic byplay between Mr. Black and Mr. Zahn.
Chaotic, peurile, loaded with sniggering commentary and obsessed with breasts, Saving Silverman is like a 90-minute walk through a 13-year-old boy's head.
So bad in so many different ways that perhaps you should see it, as an example of the lowest slopes of the bell-shaped curve.
Just when the story reaches its idiotic nadir, Neil (Diamond) shows up to save the day with a song and a smile.
Peet is always worth watching, but the role does her no favors, and the script, involving a kidnapping and a surprise cameo by Neil Diamond - you heard me - smacks of desperation beyond saving.
Reaches toward new heights of comic laziness and succeeds beyond anyone's wildest expectations.
In one rotten production -- all involved have managed to create the most unlikable, man hating, woman hating, unfunny idiots since ''Whipped'' ended up on worst movie lists last year.
One thing the makers of Saving Silverman do not have to worry about: Hannibal Lecter will never visit them to eat their brains. That is because they have no brains.
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Dec 1, 2014Ignore those fake critics in Hollywood and listen to the people! This film is hilarious and ever-quotable!
Wayne: So Darren tells me you'reIgnore those fake critics in Hollywood and listen to the people! This film is hilarious and ever-quotable!
Wayne: So Darren tells me you're a psychologist.
Judith: That's right.
Wayne: I'm in a related field.
Judith: Really? What is it?
Wayne: Pest and rodent removal.
Judith: How is that related?
Wayne: We both help people.
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Sep 1, 2014Yikes! Despite a charming Amanda Peet, the film lacks in plot and god-awful acting. Ahem, Jason Biggs, et cetera. Neil Diamond can't possiblyYikes! Despite a charming Amanda Peet, the film lacks in plot and god-awful acting. Ahem, Jason Biggs, et cetera. Neil Diamond can't possibly approve of this filth?… Full Review »


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Tim Rozon was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Tim has been active in modeling as well as acting. Rozon was cast as Tommy Quincy on CTV's award winning show Instant Star in 2004, starring alongside Alexz Johnson. The show is a take on the American Idol/Canadian Idol phenomenon, revolving around the triumphs and trials of contest winner Jude ... See full bio »
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A young pit bull was found tortured to death yesterday, hanging by a leash from playground equipment at an Olney rec center.
Whoever killed the year-old, female dog hanged her so that her back paws were only about an inch from the ground, said George Bengal, director of law enforcement for the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
The dog's back paws were bloody because she'd scratched them while trying to reach the ground to save herself, Bengal said.


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I want to be able to choose my own loading spinner for polls. The current default one has a white background (not transparent) and it does not fit well with my website's background color.
Obviously, if I just upload my own spinner image and replace the default one I'll probably lose it with the next plugin update. Hoping for a permanent solution.