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Avoton arrives today
Subject: General Tech | September 4, 2013 - 06:08 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: Avoton, Intel, atom, server, silvermont, 22nm
The new Silvermont based 22nm Avoton chips are officially available as of today as Intel attempts to outmaneuver ARM's attempts to enter the server market. These chips are not the Atom you have grown to know and despise, this is a brand new architecture which Intel claims will be vastly superior in performance while using much less power. They are billed as true SOCs and reflect the changing server market which is now more focused on modular systems of relatively low performance which can be networked together to provide just as much processing power as is needed. The Register did not get any performance numbers yet, hopefully we will see these chips in action soon so we can judge for ourselves if they have what it takes to make it in the server room.
"If you were expecting Chipzilla to keep its server-chip powder dry until its Intel Developer Forum next week, surprise! It looks like Intel is going to jump the gun and get its "Avoton" Atom server chips into the field this Wednesday, as you can see from this announcement preview that Intel sent out to press and analysts over the Labor Day holiday in the States."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Microsoft's $7.1bn Nokia gobble: Why you should expect the unexpected @ The Register
- Kodak exits bankruptcy as Kodak Alaris with focus on digital and personal imaging @ The Inquirer
- Globalfoundries growing its 28nm customer base, says CEO @ DigiTimes
- HDMI 2.0 is here with support for 4K at 60fps @ The Inquirer
- Hynix FABs on fire after chemical explosion @ Kitguru
Intel's ARM escalation
Subject: General Tech | July 30, 2013 - 04:41 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: Intel, arm, low power, server, Avoton, rangeley
Intel envisions a sea change in the server room, with servers, SANs and racks of switches which all have been controlled separately becoming much more software based as the ability to virtualize hardware becomes more prevalent. This is not to imply that the hardware will disappear and that Intel will go the way of IBM and get out of the chip business as neither are true; instead Intel is moving forward on the belief that the optimization of your virtualization software will be more important than specific hardware optimizations. While it is great to have tiered storage with expensive SSDs, solid SAS drives and other longer term and lower availability all working together there is little benefit if the software which allocates your data to those media doesn't do so properly.
In this new server room the SoC could be king, modular designs which offer scalable processing power to any and all tasks which is something that ARM cut its teeth on and is now scaling up their power to become a major player in server room design. Intel is coming at this market segment from the other direction as it has to trim power down on its chips without crippling them like we saw in the first 45nm Atom chips. To that end they are working on the new Silvermont architecture, the 22nm Avoton and Rangley which will be mature 64bit chips, something that ARM is still in early days with. Check out more info on these two chips and their successors, along with a teaser on Broadwell at The Tech Report.
"Last week, Intel hosted an event for press and analysts where it provided some updates on the state of its data center business. Then it proceeded to confound our expectations by demonstrating how it's gearing up for a protracted fight with ARM."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- NVIDIA's Linux Driver On Ubuntu Is Very Competitive With Windows 8 @ Phoronix
- BeagleBone Black becomes a handheld classic gaming console @ Hack a Day
- Nvidia buys Portland Group for compiler smarts @ The Register
- KitGuru visit the Overclockers UK Store
- Funky Kit Interview with ASRock
AMD Open 3.0 Server Hardware Now Available To Reduce TCO In A Data Center Near Your
Subject: Motherboards | May 15, 2013 - 07:56 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: server, open source hardware, open source, open compute project, open 3.0, amd
Throughout last year, AMD worked with the Open Compute Foundation to develop open source hardware for servers. The goal of the project was to bring lower-cost, efficient motherboards (compatible with AMD processors) to the server market. Even better, the AMD-compatible hardware is open source which gives companies and OEM/system integrators free reign to modify and build the hardware themselves. The latest iteration of the project is called Open 3.0 and motherboards based on the design(s) are available now from a number of AMD partners.
An AMD Open 3.0 motherboard.
According to a recent AMD press release, Open 3.0 motherboards will be available from AVnet.inc, Hyve, Penguin Computing, and Zt Systems beginning this week. The new motherboards strip out unnecessary and "over-provisioned" hardware to cut down on upfront hardware costs and electrical usage. Open 3.0 uses a base open source motherboard design that can then be further customized to work with a variety of workloads and in various rack/server configurations. Servers based on OPen 3.0 will range from 1U to 3U in size and can slot into standard 19" racks or Open Rack environments. The boards with their dual Opteron 6300-series processors will reportedly be suitable for High Performance Computing (HPC), Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), Cloud applications, and storage servers. AMD claims that its Open 3.0 motherboards can reduce the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of servers by up to 57% in data centers. AMD claims that a server based on Open 3.0 has a TCO of $4,589 while one based on a traditional OEM motherboard costs up to 57% more at $10,669. The AMD-provided example sound nice. Despite the example likely being the best-case-scenario, the idea behind the Open Compute Project and the AMD-specific Open 3.0 hardware does make sense. Customers should see more competition with motherboards that are cheaper to produce and run thanks to the open source nature. Further details on the status of Open 3.0 and the available hardware is being discussed at an invitation-only industry round-table this week between partners, interested enterprise customers, and a number of companies (including AMD, Broadcom, and Quanta).
For the uninitiated, the Open 3.0 hardware features a motherboard that measures 16" x 16.7" and is intended for 1U, 1.5U, 2U, and 3U servers. Each Open 3.0 board includes two AMD Opteron 6300 series processors, 24 DDR3 DIMM slots (12 per CPU, 4 channels with 3 DIMMs each), six SATA ports, 1 managed dual-channel Gigabit Ethernet NIC, up to four PCI-E slots, and a single Mezzanine connector for custom modules (eg. the Mellanox IO or Broadcom Management card). Board IO will include a single serial port and two USB ports.
I'm glad to see AMD's side of the Open Compute Project come to fruition with the company's Open 3.0 hardware. Anything to reduce power usage and hardware cost is welcome in the data center world, and it will be interesting to see what kind of impact the open source hardware will have, especially when it comes to custom designs from system integrators. Intel is also working towards open source server hardware along with Facebook and the Open Compute Project. It is refreshing to see open source gaining traction in this market segment, to say the least.
You can read more about the hardware availability announcement as well as an overview of the Open 3.0 specification (PDF) on the AMD website
IDF: Intel Announces Upcoming Haswell and Ivy Bridge-E Xeon Processors
Subject: General Tech | April 10, 2013 - 08:14 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: xeon-ex, xeon-ep, xeon, server, Intel, HPC, haswell
Intel officially announced its next-generation Xeon processors at IDF Beijing today. The new lineup includes the Haswell-based Xeon E3 1200 V3 family on the low end, and the Ivy Bridge-EP Xeon E5 and Ivy Bridge-EX Xeon E7 aimed at the mid-range general purpose and high-end HPC markets respectively. Intel did not disclose pricing or details on the new chips (such as core counts, cache, clockspeeds, number of SKUs etc.). However, the x86 chip giant did state that the new chips are coming later this year as well as teasing a few tidbits of information on the new Xeon chips.
The upcoming Xeon E3 processors will be part of the Xeon E3 1200 V3 family. These chips will be based on Haswell and are limited to one socket per board. Thanks to the Haswell architecture, Intel has managed to reduce power consumption by approximately 25% and increase video transcoding performance by about 25%. There will be at least one Xeon E3 1200 V3 series chip with a 13W TDP, for example.
Intel is also releasing a new media software development kit (SDK) for Linux and Windows machines that will provide a common platform for developers. It has allowed Intel to maximize the use of both the CPU and GPU for HD video transcoding as well as increasing the number of simultaneous video transcodes over previous generations. The new Xeon E3 1200 V3 (Haswell) chips will be available sometime before the end of 2013.
The next-generation Xeon E5 chips will be based on the 22nm Ivy Bridge-EP architecture. They will be positioned at general purpose computing in data centers (and possibly high-end workstations), and will be limited to 2 sockets per motherboard. The new Xeon E5 processors will incorporate Intel Secure Key and OS Guard technologies. OS Guard is the evolution of the company's existing Intel Execute Disable Bit security technology. Intel is also including AES-NI (AES-New Instructions), to improve the hardware acceleration of AES encrypt/decrypt operations. These mid-range Xeon chips will be available in Q3 2013.
Finally, the top-end Xeon E7 processors will be based on the 22nm Ivy Bridge-EX architecture. The upcoming processors are intended for high performance server and supercomputing applications where scalability and performance are important. The Ivy Bride-EX chips are compatible with motherboards that will have between 4 and 8 sockets and up to 12TB of RAM per node. Further, Intel has packed these processors with new RAS features, including Resilient System Technology and Resilient Memory Technology. The RAS features ensure stability and data integrity in calculations are maintained. Such features are important in scientific, real-time analytics, cloud computing, and banking applications, where performance and up-time are paramount and any errors could cost a company money. Intel has stated that the new Xeon E7 CPUs will be available in the fourth quarter of this year (Q4'13).
While I was hoping for more details as far as core count, clockspeeds, and pricing, the approximate release to market timeframe for the chips is known. Do you think you will be upgrading to the new Xeon chips later this year, or are your current processors fast enough for your server applications?
More information on the upcoming Xeon chips can be found in this Intel fact sheet (PDF).
AMD Launches Piledriver-based Opteron 6300 Server Chips
Subject: Processors | November 6, 2012 - 06:15 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: server, piledriver, opteron, datacenter, cpu, amd
AMD announced new server processors on Monday based on the same Piledriver architecture used in the Trinity APUs and Vishera desktop CPUs we recently reviewed. With the release of the Opteron 6300 series, AMD is bringing Piledriver to the server room.
The new chips – similar to the desktop counterparts – bring several performance improvements over the previous generation 6200 series Opterons based on the Bulldozer architecture. AMD is positioning the chips as a upgrade path to existing servers and on merits of performance-per-dollar efficiency. As is AMD's fashion, the new chips are competitively priced and "good enough" performance-wise. With 6300, AMD has stated the goal is to reduce the TCO, or Total Cost of Ownership for servers used in data centers, supercomputers, and enterprises by being compatible with existing AMD server platforms with a BIOS upgrade and representing efficiency improvements over previous chips.
The Opteron 6300 series CPUs themselves build upon the Vishera desktop parts by adding more cores and more L3 cache. The server parts will have up to 16 cores clocked at 2.8GHz base and 3.2GHz turbo. They will have TDP ratings between 85W and 140W and will feature prices from $500 to $1,400. On the cache front, the chips have a 16KB L1 data cache per core, 64KB L1 instruction cache per module, 1MB L2 cache per core, and a shared 16MB cache per socket. AMD has included a quad channel memory controller that supports DDR3 up to 1866 MHz and 1.5TB per server in 4P configurations. AMD has rounded out the chips with four x16 HyperTransport 3.0 links rated at 6.4 GT/s per link. Up to 4 processors per server will be supported, which means a maximum of 64 cores.
With Piledriver, AMD added a number of new instructions including FMA3, BMI, and F16c. The company has also implemented server tweaks to the Bulldozer design to improve branch prediction, instructions per clock, scheduling, and reduced the power draw at higher clockspeeds allowing for the chps to clock higher while staying within the same power envelope of the Bulldozer-based Opteron 6200 series.
AMD is using the same socket as the 6200 series processors, and the new chips can be deployed as an upgrade to the old servers without needing a new motherboard.
When pitting the new Opteron 6380 to the previous-generation 6278, AMD is claiming a number of performance increases, including a 24-percent and 40-percent improvement in SPECjob2005 and SPECpower_ssj2008 respectively.
Further, the company is claiming competitive performance in server workloads with the Intel competition. AMD offers up benchmarks showing the Opteron 6380 and Xeon E5-2690 trading wins, with the AMD part being slower in the STREAM benchmark, but being slightly faster in LAMPS and NAMD. The allure of the Opteron, according to AMD is that the AMD part is almost half the price of the Intel processor, and is hoping the lower priced parts will encourage adoption. AMD argues that the money saved could easily go towards more RAM or more storage (or simply be saved of course).
The company has announced that its first major design win is Big Red II supercomputer at Indiana University. Built by Cray, the Big Red II will feature 21,000+ Opteron 6300-series CPU cores paired with NVIDIA GPUs. It represents a massive increase in computing power over IU's previous Big Red supercomputer with 4,100 CPU cores, and will be used for medical, physics, chemistry, and climate research. Beyond that, AMD has stated more that 30 hardware vendors are slated to introduce servers based on the new Piledriver-based Opteron processors including HP, Dell, Cray, SGI, Supermicro, Sugon, and (of course) SeaMicro. On the software side of things, AMD is working with Microsoft, VMware, Xen, Red Hat, and Openstack. The company also stated that it is leaning on the experience and knowledge gained from the HSA Foundation to improve software support and guide the future direction of Opteron development.
The Opteron 6300 series is an interesting release that brings several improvements to the company's server chip offerings. At launch, there are 10 processors to choose from, ranging from the quad core 6308 clocked at 3.5GHz for $501 to the top-end 6386 SE with 16 cores (2.8GHz base, 3.5GHz max turbo) and a $1,392 price tag. The 6366HE is an interesting part as well. It is the same price as the 12-core, 115W TDP Opteron 6348, but its has 16 lower-clocked cores and an 85W TDP. With the non-HE edition processors with 16 cores starting at $703, the 6366HE for $575 is a decent deal if you need multi-threading more than a fewer number of higher clocked cores.
Another bit that I found intriguing is that in a few years, AMD will (likely, if all goes according to plan) be offering processors for just about every type of server. They will have low cost, low power ARM Cortex-A57 based chips, Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) well suited to mixed workloads including GPU-accelerated tasks, and CPU-only chips with lots of traditional x86-64 cores. It seems that Intel will continue to hold the high end on pure performance, but AMD and its SeaMicro server division have not given up competing in the server room by a long shot.
Further reading:
The Piledrive architecture and Vishera desktop CPU review and The future of AMD: Vishera and Beyond at PC Perspective.
Microsoft Releases Windows Server 2012 Pricing
Subject: General Tech | July 7, 2012 - 05:12 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: windows server, windows pricing, windows, virtual machines, software, server, operating system, enterprise
Earlier this week we covered the pricing for Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 consumer-grade operating system. Now, the company has released pricing information for the enterprise side of things, mainly for its non-OEM SKUs of Windows Server 2012. With Server 2012, Microsoft has simplified its lineup with four versions – one of which is only for OEMs.
Live Migration will allow virtualized storage to be moved in and out of server instances in real time without restarts.
The three versions that businesses can purchase and install themselves includes Datacenter, Standard, and Essentials. The lowest-tier version is called Foundation and will the version that comes pre-installed from OEMs. The Datacenter version has the most features and is the most lenient on the licensing by allowing businesses the full Windows Server 2012 functionality as well as unlimited virtual server instances. You'll have to pay for those features, however as the Datacenter SKU is priced at $4,809. On the low end is Essentials which strips out licensed use of virtual instances of Server 2012 and also limites the number of user accounts that can access the server to 25. It will cost $425, which isn't terribly expensive but is obviously aimed at small businesses. Interestingly, Microsoft states that Essentials has a simplified interface that is "pre-configured" for running cloud services. In the middle of those two extremes is Windows Server 2012 Standard which will run $882 USD and allows two virtualized instances as well as the full Windows Server functionality.
While Microsoft has not released pricing for its OEM-only Foundation version, they have announced that it will be limited to a max of 15 user accounts and no virtualization rights. The table below details the above information in a simplified table, courtesy Microsoft.
|Feature Comparison
|Licensing Model
|Pricing (USD)
|Unlimited virtual instances, full Windows functionality
|Processor + CAL
|Two virtual instances, full Windows functionality
|Processor + CAL
|No virtualization rights, Simple interface pre-configured for cloud services
|Server (25 user account limit)
|No virtualization rights, general purpose server functionality
|Server (15 user account limit)
|Not Listed
As Martin Brinkman explains, the top-two tiers are based on a processor licensing model which means that each version is allowed to run on up to two physical processors. The Datacenter version takes that a step further by allowing an unlimited number of virtual machines on those two physical processors while Standard allows two virtual machines on a system with up to two physical processors. To figure out how many licenses you will need to purchase, you can get by with half the number of physical processors. At around five Windows Server 2012 Standard licenses, it starts to become more economical to go with the Datacenter version if you will mostly be spinning up virtualized servers.
Interestingly, Windows Home Server is missing from the above list, and it looks like that is not a mistake. Microsoft has stated in its licensing FAQ (PDF) that it expects home and small business users to move to the Essentials ($425) version for their home server needs. Not exactly the answer that many users are going to want to hear. For those not wanting to spend that much, Microsoft is keeping Windows Home Server 2011 alive until the end of next year (12-31-13), and you will be able to buy Home Server 2011 in an OEM machine until 2025. Fortunately, a system builder version of Windows Home Server 2011 can be found for around $50 and it can support up to 10 users. On the other hand, it won't have the neat Windows 8-based server features. It will be up to you to decide whether the $400+ price for Essentials is worth it for you home/small business needs.
Just as Microsoft has released a Consumer Preview version of Windows 8, you can download a Release Candidate of Windows Server 2012 to see what the new features are and if they are worth the money. More information on the pricing and various versions can be found here. What do you think of the new Windows Server SKUs?
Sandisk Launches PCIe Solid State Accelerators (SSAs)
Subject: Storage | July 3, 2012 - 04:21 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: ssd, slc, server, sandisk, PCIe SSD, flash, enterprise, caching
Flash storage company Sandisk has recently jumped into the world of enterprise PCI-E caching SSDs – what they are calling Solid State Accelerators. Currently, they are offering a 200GB and 400GB model under the company's Lightning PCIe series. The SSDs feature a proprietary Sandisk controller driving 24nm SLC NAND flash, a PCI-E 2.0 x4 interface, and maximum power draw of 15 watts.
The Lightning Accelerators use the NAND flash for Sandisk's own foundry and offer a large performance boost for servers and workstations over hard drives and SATA SSDs. It is capable of 410 MB/s sequential reads or 110,000 IOPS. Further, when using 4KB and 8KB blocks, the drives can reach 23,000 and 17,000 read/write IOPS respectively. Other specifications include an average response time of 245 microseconds, and less than 30 millisecond maximum response times. The Solid State Accelerators also feature sustained read and write latencies as low as 50 microseconds.
Sandisk has built the drives so that they can be configured as boot drives, storage drives, or caching drives. The company supports up to 5 drives in a single system, for a maximum of 2TB of flash storage. In addition, Sandisk is offering up its Flashsoft software that allows the Lightning Accelerators to be used as caching drives on Windows-based systems. Unfortunately, that is an additional cost which is not included in the already pricey SSDs (good thing for corporate expense accounts!).
Speaking of pricing, the 200GB LP206M has an MSRP of $1,350 while the 400GB LP406M has an MSRP of $2,350. Both cards have five year warranties and a MTBF rating of 2 million hours. You can find more information on the Sandisk Website.
It will be interesting to see how this Sandisk accelerator stacks up to the likes of the Intel 910 and FusioIO drives! The FusionIO FX, for example, gives you 420GB of QDP MLC NAND for $2,495, which works out such that Sandisk has a slightly lower cost-per-gigabyte value and SLC flash. We will have to wait for some independant reviews to say which drive is actually faster, however.
Dell uses ARM-based "Copper" servers to accelerate ecosystem
Subject: Processors, Systems | May 29, 2012 - 09:15 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: server, dell, copper, arm
Dell announced today that is going to help enable the world of the ARM-based server ecosystem by enabling key hyperscale customers to access and develop on Dell's own "Copper" ARM servers.
Dell today announced it is responding to the demands of our customers for continued innovation in support of hyperscale environments, and enabling the ecosystem for ARM-based servers. The ARM-based server market is approaching an inflection point, marked by increasing customer interest in testing and developing applications, and Dell believes now is the right time to help foster development and testing of operating systems and applications for ARM servers.
Dell is recognized as an industry leader in both the x86 architecture and the hyperscale server market segments. Dell began testing ARM server technology internally in 2010 in response to increasing customer demands for density and power efficiency, and worked closely with select Dell Data Center Solutions (DCS) hyperscale customers to understand their interest level and expectations for ARM-based servers. Today's announcement is a natural extension of Dell's server leadership and the company's continued focus on delivering next generation technology innovation.
While these servers are still not publicly available, Dell is fostering the development of software and verification processes by seeding these unique servers to a select few groups. PC Perspective is NOT one of them.
Each of these 3U rack mount machines includes 48 independent servers, each based around a 1.6 GHz quad-core Marvell Armada XP SoC. Each of the sleds (pictured below) holds four discrete server nodes, each capable of as much as 8GB of memory on a single DDR3 UDIMM. Each node can access one 2.5-in HDD bay and one Gigabit Ethernet connection.
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Even though we are still very early into the life cycle of ARM architectures in the server room, Dell claims that these systems are built perfectly for web front-ends and Hadoop environments:
Customers have expressed great interest in understanding ARM-based server advantages and how they may apply to their hyperscale environments. Dell believes ARM infrastructures demonstrate promise for web front-end and Hadoop environments, where advantages in performance per dollar and performance per watt are critical. The ARM server ecosystem is still developing, and largely available in open-source, non-production versions, and the current focus is on supporting development of that ecosystem. Dell has designed its programs to support today's market realities by providing lightweight, high-performance seed units and easy remote access to development clusters.
There is little doubt that Intel will feel and address this competition in the coming years.
Intel moves on the server room with 40 processors due for release
Subject: General Tech | January 3, 2012 - 06:58 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: Intel, server, cpu, Romley, Ivy Bridge-H2, xeon e3, xeon e5
The server room will be getting an update over the next year thanks to Intel releasing numerous CPU models based on different architectures. First up comes Romley with a total of seven 8-core Xeons, a half dozen 6-core Xeons including both the E5-1660 and 1650 as well as the E5-2640 and relatives, five 4-core Xeons and a single dual core CPU. That will take us until close to summer. By then Intel will be working on eleven different Ivy Bridge-H2 series CPUs including the Xeon E3-1290v2 as well as seven more higher end processors including Xeon E5-2470, which will take us towards the end of 2012.
In addition to the regular lineup, DigiTimes also lists four low power Xeons which will arrive in 2012 including the 8-core Xeon E5-2650L.
"Intel is set to launch 40 new processors including those for its upcoming Romley platform, in the first half of 2012 with the company to release 20 models each quarter, according to sources from server players."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- UMC develops 0.11 micron aluminum process @ SemiAccurate
- Neural networks control a toy car @ Hack a Day
- Asustek to reduce motherboard production volume for 1Q12 @ DigiTimes
- Netgear Powerline AV 500 Adapter Kit Review @ TechReviewSource
- SteelSeries DESMO Gaming Eyewear Review @ Techgage
Server building and U
Subject: Systems | July 20, 2011 - 05:18 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: rack mount, server, 3U
If you read PC Perspective on a regular basis the chances are very good that you have purchased individual components and assembled yourself a PC from them. There is a lesser chance that you have built a server, especially one using a rack mountable casing. The terminology is different, less about ATX and more about rack unit or U. U is a measurement of size, with a 1U case bearing a remarkable resemblance to a pizza box, with a height of 1.75 inches (44.45 mm) with a width depending on the style of racks you are installing into, with 19" and 23" being the standard. OCC takes you through the assembly of both an ATX case as well as a 3U case and recommendations of OS and software based on the intended use of your new server in this article.
"Hardware is one of the most important items in building a server, regardless of its overall purpose. Without enough power or memory to run the necessary applications, the server would subsequently be useless. Depending on its intended usage, however, the hardware may vary slightly. It is often a good idea to sit down and create a plan beforehand. Personally, I live by a rule of thumb that purchasing more than needed is better than having the server become congested or even fail when it is needed the most. For this guide, I will be putting together two different types of servers. The first will be a gaming server, designed to host multiple instances of LAN-based games. The second will be a file/web server, intended to back up data and make items accessible from any computer in a network. As always, hardware can vary depending on your needs; this is just a general overview of a configuration that I would use, based on the available hardware that I have on hand. Keep in mind that any computer can function as a server as long as the necessary software is installed. Therefore, you may even have old parts that can be reused for your server."
Here are some more Systems articles from around the web:
- HP Pavilion Elite h8-1010 Review @ TechReviewSource
- Sapphire Edge-HD2 Mini PC Review @ HardwareHeaven
- AMD A8-3850, Sapphire A75, G.Skill Flare and 2600MHz+ DDR @ Tweaktown
- Sapphire Edge HD2 Mini PC Review @Hi Tech Legion
- Sapphire Edge HD2 Mini PC @ Pro-Clockers
- Project BMW MPower level 10 PC a Mod project @ XtremeComputing
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In agreeing to further scientific tests on the safety of our beef, the Agriculture minister has committed the unforgivable sin of caving in to perfidious Gaul. Did not a panel of 16 European scientists unanimously pronounce last week that British beef was as fit to eat as any in the world ? Why, then, his critics rage, this sudden retreat; this snatching of defeat from the jaws of victory?
On closer inspection, however, the defeat is hard to discern.
If a few more days' "study" by experts is the price required for a French climb-down, then this price is worth paying. Unarguably, France is in the wrong in this dispute. But to secure the formal victory in the European courts that would oblige Paris to back down would take a year or more. And France is not the only problem. Approval of an end to the ban on British beef may be even trickier in Germany, where eight out of 16 federal states oppose it.
What is more, even if France does lift the ban, its consumers will not be clamouring for British beef. It is not as if the diminished livelihood of our farmers hangs on the gallant Mr Brown's coming home from foreign soil as Maff's answer to Henry V. And one final point. Whisper it not, but there appear to have been up to 3,000 new cases of BSE among British cattle over the last year - proving, if nothing else, that the beef argument offers propaganda ammunition for both sides. So why not go the extra mile now to get a political settlement ?
And, talking of extra miles, we might remember numerous past occasions in our tormented membership of Europe when our partners have travelled them to accommodate a British objection, however unjustifiable it may have appeared to them. Words and phrases such as "renegotiation" and "opt- out" spring to mind. But now the roles are reversed.
For once, it is a British Government conducting itself in a measured and reasonable - dare we say it, communautaire - fashion. As a rule, magnanimity in victory is a hallmark of statesmanship. Not, however, when the British are quarrelling with the French over beef. In this arena, communautaire translates as "abject surrender". Victory must be absolute, French noses must be rubbed in the dirt, and no amount of heroics by Les Bleus against the Australians on Saturday will change this sorry mindset.
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Hello, it's me.
I'm back in the good old US of A!!
First things first: I know I could win an award for least-reliable blogger at this point. Granted, things are still iffy with the hacking (it's totally safe for you to be on this site right now, it's just background problems on my end!) and this blog is going to undergo a host-company shift which will hopefully get it more cleaned up and inspire me to post
But to be honest, I'm glad I didn't blog a lot these past 4 months because instead I surprised myself by writing in my journal almost every day that I was abroad. Looking back, this trip was supposed to be about me and myself more than anything. And focusing on that did more for me than I could have ever imagined.
Over the past few months I've accumulated marathons of walking around the streets of Prague exploring and getting lost. I ziplined through the woods in Interlaken and drank Sangria with good friends in Madrid. I dodged bikes around the cute streets of Amsterdam and danced my face off in the clubs in Budapest. I dealt with my elevator fear to see incredible views in Bratislava, bartered at a flea market in Vienna and was humbled by history in Krakow. I had brown bread and potatoes with a pint in Dublin, and pretzels with a stein in Munich. I slept (terribly) in an airport in Milan so I could get to Cinque Terre for one of the coolest hikes I've ever been on, and then on to Florence where I watched the sunset and realized I'd found a city I loved almost as much as Prague.
If you want to hear more details of my abroad trip, come talk to me and I'd be happy to share. This post is about a much smaller, subtle thing that started to happen when I was traveling.
You might have read my first blog post just before I left about hoping (but not really expecting) that going abroad will finally make me feel like I'm close to recovered. I didn't really let on just how bad things were for me at the time. I wasn't in a good place mentally, was struggling a lot with self-harm and honestly I was terrified that things were going to continue downhill. But the complete opposite happened.
I could write out and retell the progression here, but I think its more interesting to look at it in my journal where it was happening right before my eyes. My perspective started to change. I kinda sorta started to really like myself. And it just so happened that the times I was writing about feeling happier than ever were in some of the simplest settings despite being in such incredible places. Things had begun to snowball once I got ahold of how good it felt to find this peace in myself and from there even the smallest things were making me happier and happier.
Below are a couple of excerpts from journal entries where you can see some of the highs (and inevitable lows) from the last four months.
The last thing I'll say here is that I got what I needed out of my trip and it's this: no, study abroad isn't going to be a magical life-changing experience for every person. It wasn't my cure or my answer to all my problems. But it started a small shift in perspective for me and that's what is causing a huge one. I'm excited and I'm different and I'm changing and all I want to do is ramble about how good it feels to feel good. Come talk to me
[Excuse any cursing or poor grammar, these are my word-for-word entries that weren't meant for people to read. Yay invasion of privacy! You're in!!]
Feb 9th [day 5 in Prague]
"It's lovely outside and I left early to walk to AAU [school] and I swear I had to bite my lip to keep from grinning because that's so American and I gotta blend but I am still just in awe to be here I can't believe how beautiful it is"
Feb 18th
"Two weeks here and I have returned to my natural state of feeling like I've got a million and one things to do and no time to do them
I'm not complaining, really…at least the things I'm doing are big, adventurous journeys and plans now. I'm just trying not to overwhelm myself like I always do"
Feb 22th
"Today I thought I was going to cry for the first time since I arrived here
[here I went on to worry about not making friends/travel anxiety/relationships]
March 3rd
"I've been having moments of anxiety about the food and carbs but I'm reminding myself that I'm strong and I can ride any storm and I have the ability to like myself and I'll do just that"
March 14th
"I'm sitting at a café with Cameron and it is sunny and beautiful outside and I just had really good coffee and I finished a 6 page paper due today in one sitting and my parents are coming to visit this Friday and Bon Iver is playing why is this Czech café playing my favorite songs thank you and I just need to capture this moment and how perfect it feels and how good life is I'm in Prague and I love myself"
March 17th
"Life is a dream
I'm so very very very happy
Today, walking in the sun with my friends after such a good brunch and thoughts of our plans to go out tonight and my parents coming and plans for the weekend on my mind I found myself in that place of euphoria where everything just feels good and peaceful and okay.
And to think: I'm not tracking what I eat, I'm not going to the gym every day
This morning I caught my reflection in the mirror and I actually admired it
I'm experiencing things I honestly didn't think were fathomable after so many years of the opposite"
April 3rd 2016
"Life is simultaneously amazing and shitty
[goes on to explain the situation that reached its peak terribleness during spring break: all semester I was breaking out in these hives that we never found the explanation for. It seemed like a kind of allergic reaction that would sometimes cause my face to blow up and towards the end of spring break that's exactly what happened]
I'm so fucking frustrated. I love Europe and I'm so happy and I don't understand why this has to keep happening now. But I'm trying to keep myself distracted. Honestly, today would be a really great day if it weren't for this. I'll be okay. I've been handling it better than I thought I would it's just today it's getting hard. But I'll be okay"
April 15th
"I've had more than one of those moments today where everything is just blissfully surreal and I feel like I'm in some kind of movie
The first was my usual walk to class along the water with the sun shining and flowers making the air smell sweet and good music in my headphones
The second was the walk back when it started raining and with blue skies and just as I was hoping a huge rainbow came across the water
The third was my jog up to Vysherad Fortress which I didn't realize was super close/accessible and has an unreal view
The fourth is right now because I'm sitting on my window ledge the window is open and all the noise of the city are below my and the sun is almost down and I'm writing in a journal on a window ledge in fucking Europe and I feel like everything is just happening directly in the moment and nothing else and life is beautiful and yeah I know I'm full of a fuck ton of endorphins from running but really this just feels unreal I have to be dreaming"
April 25th
"I walked home by the water just to see the lights and breathe the air (because it smells like Spring now) and think to myself once again that I'm so so happy"
May 8th
"Hey its me again comin atcha from Charles University Botanical Gardens to ramble about whether or not my life is real or I'm dreaming/in a movie or something I've ranted about 1000 tiems in this journal so far. But sseerrriously
I'm in that place again where everything is just overwhelmingly wonderful and surreal and I don't have any stress or worries because I am small in a world that is going to keep growing and moving and changing regardless of what I do so I might as well hang out in this garden right now and watch the breeze for a bit because I'm so lucky to be where I am"
May 10th
"I don't know how I am ever going to be able to capture the feeling I get walking across the finally not crowded Charles Bridge in the evening when the air is calm and sweet smelling and the moon is out like I did last night
I don't even know how to capture how happy I feel right now sipping coffee in the courtyard at AAU with the sun on my back thinking about how I'm, comfortably wearing just a skirt and short sleeve top (high today is 73!!) and after this one class I'm going to get to just lay in the sun with friends and then maybe picnic tonight
I try to capture every little thing I love in my memory as best I can but it will never be the same looking back so I'll just flop around and try to enjoy it now"
May 17th (4 days before leaving Prague)
"I think I'm more ready to go home than I'll ever be, though. I don't know, I want to hang around Prague and I want to go out and I want to explore. But I'm also tired and I miss my dog and Amherst and dinners with my family and I know I'll be so homesick for Prague but I also know that home will be good and different than it was before and I'm ready"


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In the wake of Lieutenant Governor, John Garamendi's election to Congress, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to appoint someone to fill this statewide elected position. The Office of Lieutenant Governor is important to the State of California -- he or she is, among other things, President of the State Senate, a Regent of the University of California system, a Trustee of the California State University system, a member of the State Lands Commission, the Ocean Protection Council and the Governor's Emergency Council, and Chairman of the California Commission for Economic Development.
I firmly believe that the Governor should be careful and thoughtful about this appointment. This decision should not be rushed, as some have suggested. It should not be political. In fact, it should not be now.
According to the California Constitution, the Governor may appoint a replacement for the Lieutenant Governor that must be approved by a majority of both Houses of the Legislature within 90 days. There is no specified timeframe in which the Governor must make his appointment. Additionally, a clear line of succession exists within California. Should the Governor leave the state for any reason or fall ill, authority would fall to the President Pro Tempore of the State Senate followed by the Speaker of the State Assembly.
Speculation about whom the Governor may appoint has become a favorite topic amongst California's political hacks and policy wonks. Many suspect that likely candidates are several sitting members of the Legislature -- perhaps as a reward for a job well done or to advance the Governor's agenda via the Lieutenant Governor's numerous memberships.
However, just this week, the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) released its annual Fiscal Outlook report. Not surprisingly, the state's non-partisan budget expert is predicting another $20.7 billion budget deficit for 2010-11. Unfortunately, the state's operating shortfall is expected to proliferate until at least 2014-15, when economists expect the state's fiscal situation will finally begin to improve.
Now is clearly not the time for politically-motivated appointments -- especially those that will yield added costs through a domino of special elections. If a sitting Assemblymember or Senator were appointed to the post, the cost to local jurisdictions to hold a special election for his or her replacement could be between $1.5 and $3 million (for an average-sized county -- not Los Angeles, San Diego, or San Francisco). If the Governor were to appoint a sitting statewide elected official to this "second in command" post, the cost to the state to fill the vacated statewide seat could be upwards of $100 million.
Clearly, the LAO's budget estimate should serve as a wake-up call to all Californians -- and especially the Governor. In prior years, the Governor has both minimized the state's fiscal problems and tried the "stick" over the "carrot" approach with the Legislature through the use of clever movie-style puns and name-calling. If, this year, he wanted to try a different approach he could begin by delaying this appointment until shortly before one of the next regularly-scheduled elections in either June or November of 2010. Not only would this save the cost of the likely special election that would be needed, it could save California between $500,000 and $1 million in costs to operate the Office of the Lieutenant Governor (depending upon when the seat was ultimately filled).
While $3 million seems like pocket change when viewed through the lens of a $20+ billion budget crisis, it is clear that every penny counts. While $3 million may not pay for a revamp of the state's prison system, for the restructuring of our education system, or even for a struggling hospital to remain open, it is nonetheless meaningful money. $3 million has the ability to provide 100,000 textbooks to at-risk or poverty-stricken elementary school students, upwards of 7,000 immunizations for children, or 1.5 million meals to California's elderly and disabled population through the Meals on Wheels program.
While the Legislature debates which populations from whom to withhold benefits, which low-level offenders to release from prisons, which public parks or beaches to close, and which teachers, doctors, or public safety officers to cut from the state's payrolls, the Governor should use this opportunity to set an important example and show that every dollar counts.
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this looks like the start of a realy good story,,cant wait to read some more of it.
Wow... I LOVED it. It should be a novel. If it does turn into one please tell me. I would be sooo greatful.
Thank you. I've dabble with a couple westerns. Have one that's handwritten pages upon pages and even has an ending that I positively love, but never sat down to get it all typed in the computer.
This one is a bit of a start....just an idea or more less, but thank you so much for your comment. I'll have to see if I can return back to this at some point in time.
WOW!!this is really good. :) i like it, the plot, the description, i hope you continue this though. :) i wonder what actually happens to Roche. :)
Thanks for the great read. Awesome plot.
I loved this story. Please continue it and don't just let it rot out on the shelf.
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The girl who can ride an appaloosa!
So here is winter and i have not been riding sence last august! Toby was doing well then. he needs surgey on his neck. i will start riding english with him once i get the saddle. so winter better go fast so i can ride again!
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I need someone on occasion who can come to the house, let the dog out, give her some treats, throw the ball (she LOVES her ball and sticks) and depending on time of day, prepare meal. Occasionally I may need an overnight sitter as well, compensation will be more for this though responsibilities... More
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|Visual/Performing Arts or Foreign Language
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Students must earn a "C" or better on all courses taken through Mt. SAC's Adult High School Diploma Program and credit classes to receive credit.
Credits for the required courses and/or electives may be awarded as follows:
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- Work Experience
- Community College Credit
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Attendance Requirement
Students must attend class for a minimum of 62.5 hours to earn 5 credits. This is addition to all coursework and grade requirements.
Residency Requirements
Students must complete a minimum of 20 residency credits to receive a high school diploma from Mt. San Antonio College. Residency can be met through the High School Program and/or Mt. SAC College credit classes.
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State law requires that students receiving a high school diploma in California demonstrate proficiency in reading comprehension, writing, and math computational skills. Students will be provided with multiple options for demonstrating each competency. The Mt. SAC Adult High School Diploma Competency Options are:
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- Completion of BSHS ENG4 with "C" or better; or
- Placement into English 68 on the AWE*; or
- Completion of English 67 with a grade of "CR" or "C" or better; or
- Passing score on the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE); or
- Passing score on the Official General Education Development Test (GED) Language Arts: Writing
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Reading Competency
- Earn a score of 9 or better on the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE); or
- Placement into READ 90 on the Degrees of Reading Power (DRP)**; or
- Completion of READ 80 with a grade of "CR" or "C" or better
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- Completion of one year (10 credits) of Algebra 1 or higher with a "C" or better; or
- Completion of Math 51 or higher with a "C" or better; or
- Placement into Math 71 on the Mt. SAC Math Placement Test; or
- Passing score on the CAHSEE Math Section; or
- Passing score on the Official GED Math Test
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Does Marriage Really Mattter? Investments in Prenatal Care and Birth Outcomes
Nonmarital childbearing has increased dramatically in the United States in recent decades. A great deal of attention has been paid by both academics and policy makers to this increase, in part because of concerns that having a single mother negatively affects child outcomes. We use the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) to investigate whether marriage is associated with greater investments in prenatal care and better birth outcomes, and the extent to which this "marriage effect?is heterogeneous. Our results suggest that marriage is significantly and positively correlated with investments in prenatal care and birth outcomes. However, we find a great deal of heterogeneity in these relationships. Unmarried motherhood among educated mothers (those with a college degree or higher) is not associated with lower levels of investment in prenatal care nor with negative birth outcomes. There is also heterogeneity across racial and ethnic groups in the marital status effect that differs by which outcome is being examined. We also find that including observable characteristics and addressing unobserved characteristics reduces but does not eliminate the positive correlation between marital status and prenatal care investments, but that these remaining differentials in investments do not appear to translate into significant differences in infant health outcomes. This variation in marital status effects suggests that the benefits of marriage may be overstated, and that policy efforts to improve children's well-being through promoting marriage might be reexamined to take this into account.
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I spoke to our new crop of honours students this morning. Here are my slides, example files and links. Continue reading →
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Keeping up to date with my research papers
Many people ask me to let them know when I write a new research paper. I can't do that as there are too many people involved, and it is not scalable.
The solution is simple. Take your pick from the following options. Each is automatic and will let you know whenever I produce a new paper.
- Subscribe to the rss feed on my website using feedly or some other rss reader.
- Subscribe to new papers via email from feedburner.
- Go to my Google scholar page and click "Follow" at the top of the page.
The latter method will work for anyone with a Google scholar page. The Google scholar option only includes research papers. The first two methods also include any new seminars I give or new software packages I write.
IJF best paper awards
Today at the International Symposium on Forecasting, I announced the awards for the best paper published in the International Journal of Forecasting in the period 2012-2013.
We make an award every two years to the best paper(s) published in the journal. There is always about 18 months delay after the publication period to allow time for reflection, citations, etc. The selected papers are selected by vote of the editorial board. The best paper wins an engraved bronze plaque and US$1000. Any other awards are in the form of certificates. Continue reading →
Nominations for IJF Best Paper 2012-2013
The following papers have been nominated for the best paper published in the International Journal of Forecasting in 2012-2013. I have included an excerpt from the nomination in each case. The papers in bold have been short-listed for the award, and the editorial board are currently voting on them. Continue reading →
Paperpile makes me more productive
One of the first things I tell my new research students is to use a reference management system to help them keep track of the papers they read, and to assist in creating bib files for their bibliography. Most of them use Mendeley, one or two use Zotero. Both do a good job and both are free.
I use neither. I did use Mendeley for several years (and blogged about it a few years ago), but it became slower and slower to sync as my reference collection grew. Eventually it simply couldn't handle the load. I have over 11,000 papers in my collection of papers, and I was spending several minutes every day waiting for Mendeley just to update the database.
Then I came across Paperpile, which is not so well known as some of its competitors, but it is truly awesome. I've now been using it for over a year, and I have grown to depend on it every day to keep track of all the papers I read, and to create my bib files. Continue reading →
What to cite?
This question comes from a comment on another post:
I've seen authors citing as many references as possible to try to please potential referees. Many of those references are low quality papers though. Any general guidance about a typical length for the reference section?
It depends on the subject and style of the paper. I've written a paper with over 900 citations, but that was a review of time series forecasting over a 25 year period, and so it had to include a lot of references.
I've also written a paper with just four citations. As it was a commentary, it did not need a lot of contextual information.
Rather than provide guidance on the length of the reference section, I think it is better to follow some general principles of citation in research. Continue reading →
Nominations for best International Journal of Forecasting paper, 2012-2013
Every two years, the International Journal of Forecasting awards a prize for the best paper published in a two year period. It is now time to identify the best paper published in the IJF during 2012 and 2013. There is always about 18 months delay after the publication period to allow time for reflection, citations, etc. The prize is US$1000 plus an engraved plaque. Continue reading →
RSS feeds for statistics and related journals
I've now resurrected the collection of research journals that I follow, and set it up as a shared collection in feedly. So anyone can easily subscribe to all of the same journals, or select a subset of them, to follow on feedly. Continue reading →
IJF review papers
Review papers are extremely useful for new researchers such as PhD students, or when you want to learn about a new research field. The International Journal of Forecasting produced a whole review issue in 2006, and it contains some of the most highly cited papers we have ever published. Now, beginning with the latest issue of the journal, we have started publishing occasional review articles on selected areas of forecasting. The first two articles are:
- Electricity price forecasting: A review of the state-of-the-art with a look into the future by Rafał Weron.
- The challenges of pre-launch forecasting of adoption time series for new durable products by Paul Goodwin, Sheik Meeran, and Karima Dyussekeneva.
Both tackle very important topics in forecasting. Weron's paper contains a comprehensive survey of work on electricity price forecasting, coherently bringing together a large body of diverse research — I think it is the longest paper I have ever approved at 50 pages. Goodwin, Meeran and Dyussekeneva review research on new product forecasting, a problem every company that produces goods or services has faced; when there are no historical data available, how do you forecast the sales of your product?
We have a few other review papers in progress, so keep an eye out for them in future issues.
biblatex for statisticians
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Christopher Nolan is a director who has received a lot of praise for his work. His mind-bending film Memento remains beloved and is still blowing minds. He is also responsible for the extremely popular The Dark Knight, an awful movie that was over-hyped (due in large part to Heath Ledger's untimely death). The special effects were overdone and the plot seemed to go on forever and end up nowhere. I cannot deny that there were some amazing performances in that movie by its A-list cast, but even they could not manage to make the movie work. This summer Nolan released Inception, which also has an A-list cast, special effects, and a twisted plot, but in this case the combination paid off.
Inception, unlike most summer blockbusters, is an intellectually stimulating film yet it is still easy to follow. It grabs you from the beginning and keeps your attention all the way to the very end. It is a film that can appeal to all movie-goers, proof of which is that the two people I saw it with have very different film taste from mine and we all loved it.
Inception is part science fiction and part action. Leonardo DiCaprio plays Cobb, a talented and creative thief. He is a troubled man haunted by his late wife, and we learn more about him as his secrets and past slowly reveal themselves. DiCaprio's performance is spectacular as usual, and he brings a real depth and complexity to his character which develops throughout the film.
Unlike regular thieves, Cobb does not steal objects but rather information from people's minds. He has resorted to crime and cannot return home for reasons which are revealed later in the film. Desperate to see the faces of his children again, he takes a final job from a new client who promises just this. This time, however, he will not be stealing information from someone's mind but rather planting information in it — inception.
To pull off this difficult task, Cobb assembles a team of the best. Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is his right hand man; new team member Ariadne (Ellen Page) is the dream-world architect; and Eames (Tom Hardy) is the forger. As they go farther into their mental heist it becomes more dangerous, and we learn more about how Cobb is intricately linked to the mission.
This film was compelling because it is about a man who is tormented by his wife's death and his failure to be there for his children. It is a theme of humanity, love, desperation, and the lengths to which one will go for those loved. The fear of failing your children is something that many parents can relate to. Viewers are intrigued by Cobb's personal mystery and pull for him to succeed. The heist, action, adventure, and danger keep you wide-eyed and attentive. There are also some pretty impressive special effects, which are elegantly executed without being too much.
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Who the hell cares if D3 doesnt create sustainable interest? They just need box sales they are already rich, GG blizz.
Well, yes and no. Diablo 3 had good box sales at launch, but you have to factor into that the huge development and marketing costs for the game. Really, I think Blizz were hoping it might sort of be the next WoW for them, and I am guessing that the psotings by their peeps is based on low numbers now on battlenet. Remember folks, the buisness suits who run Blizzard want Battlenet to be sort of the facebook of PC gaming, so if not many log into the game after a few months then it is bad for them.
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Ditto. Hate to go off-topic here but that is my complaint with Cata and MOP. The talent trees have been pruned to excess. WOW is just not as fun anymore. In D3 I did not see more than 2-3 builds that I would play on any class. There just wasn't enough to keep me interested and I quit the game in Act 2 of nightmare.
The streamlining makes for boring RPGs quite often. All of the "conveniences" such as removing arrow requirements to shoot a bow, or getting rid of demon pet trainers for Warlocks, or making it so that you know exactly where you have to go all of the time is not fun either. No longer really having to think about how to spec your character is not that fun.
I beta'ed some MoP and thought that it was very boring how I didn't have to make any decisions that really mattered to how my character plays out. Sure, there are some differences between the specs, but outside of making that initial decision of whether you want to be, say a ret Pali or a holy Pali, you don't decide anything anymore.
Even though there wasn't a lot of RPG in D1 or D2, it still had compelling systems in place that made its replayability fun. D3 is too streamlined not just for skills you use, but also for the item stats.
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I've heard talk on other Badger bball forums in the same vein, and it always seems to come from someone who watches the games on television. So, maybe the broadcast mics have better filters these days? I went to every home game except Prairie View A&M this season. When the game is tight, and the Badgers need a stop on defense late in the game, the Kohl Center gets as loud as it has ever been, in my opinion, of course.
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