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Acer's Iconia W700 Ivy Bridge Windows 8 Tablet: The Start of Something Bigby Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/9/2012 12:45 PM EST
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Death666Angel - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkWhy is the article on the front page as a whole instead of just a teaser? Kinda annoying. :D Reply
rickon66 - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkPossible answers:
1. It is a slow news day and there is nothing else to put there?
2. It is his website and he can do whatever he wants!!
I prefer answer #2 Reply
Death666Angel - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkYeah, it clearly wasn't a mistake that they fixed. Great reply mate.... Reply
vol7ron - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkhaha. Actually your first point was probably more accurate. I've noticed that articles normally aren't posted on the weekend on Anandtech, or really on many tech sites.
The reason for that is up to deliberation, but I wouldn't because:
1) It's important to take days off, whether that's on the weekend or designated days during the week, you'll get burnt out even working on things you love. The same thing can be said for mid-day breaks - taking that break is called "sharpening your saw" in the workforce
2) If I work on the weekends, I don't want it to be for anything set schedule (e.g. it might be to do some hardware testing that you are interested in, but just didn't have time to get to during the week) and I wouldn't want my readers/customers expecting something, instead it should be more of a pleasant surprise :)
3) Sometimes its nice to see things in stages. While a detailed 25 pg article is nice, it can be overwhelming. Seeing it in phases is less daunting. Additionally, the person in the video didn't seem to want to give too much detail about the configuration, so there may be some NDA.
Probably a longer comment than I should have left, but it is the weekend and what else am I going to do? :) Reply
skifiddle - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkIn the good old days, sharpening the saw was your turn in the rotation while the other two were pulling on the other saw. Gave you a bit of a break and being so labor intensive - it was worth constantly having a sharp saw. Reply
vol7ron - Friday, June 15, 2012 - linkI like that. A literal meaning to the saying Reply
apinkel - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkThis article came across to me as not just a simple tech news piece but an early preview... and an important one... it shows a really interesting device that shows that MS and intel may very well have a strong platform with windows 8.
I've loaded the windows 8 previews and to this point I was kinda, meh... nothing I need/want... this is the first article that made me go... ahh, I get what they are doing, and I want one.
...although as piroroadkill posted below I'd really prefer hardware with 16:10 aspect ratios and screen size to resolutions that results in a dpi of around 120-130. His list of resolutions/per screen size is spot on IMO (Either that or MS needs to do something to better handle high dpi resolutions when running in desktop mode in windows 8). Reply
assid - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkvideo in the article doesn't work... Reply
DarkMatter93 - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkAwesome! The youtube video isn't working btw. Reply
Zink - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkI can watch it on my tablet and laptop.
Tablet thickness isn't even a huge concern for most people. I'd say an iPad is already too big for one handed operation and so people end up using their tablets on the couch etc. where something like this would excel for web browsing, 1080p youtube, gaming etc. Reply
fteoath64 - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkTablet weight is a huge concern. Size is also a concern, as you said iPad is too BIG for many people. A 7-8.5 inch screen tablet under half a pound that lasts 8 hours of constant use is the key target. Slimness of a tablet makes it an attractive selling point. People might not have an issue if additional thickness were used for stuff like:
fold out kick-stand, covered ports for SDcard, microSD card slots.
Win8 is just trying to make a PC fit within the tablet mold but not doing it the right way. I really like Ubuntu for Android concept which goes the other direction, making a superphone behave like a PC as well as a phone when docked. Reply
rickcain2320 - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkMost folks already have their tablet in some sort of protective cover or flip folder, so thickness isn't really much of an issue. Using a nude iPad is just asking for trouble, considering its lack of drop resistance. Reply
Migelo - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkStill having problems? It works for me. Reply
piroroadkill - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkIt's the ratio AND resolution we moaned about.
11.6" 1080p on Windows? Give me a break.
Match them up right. 11.6? 1280x800 would be fine.
13? 1440x900. 14? 1680x1080. 15? 1920x1200.. Reply
piroroadkill - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - link*1680x1050 Reply
Migelo - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkActually, if they go the Apple way and scale icons and UI, so the end result is just a much more smooth picture, I'm ok with it. I love the iPad 3 and iPhone 4 retina resolution screens. Reply
B3an - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkThe fuck?! How can anyone complain about a 11.6" 1080p IPS screen. This is great.
And incase you haven't noticed... This isn't Windows XP. The Metro UI scales extremely well with high resolutions. The icons, text or anything else with not be too small. And if you're going to use the desktop then just hook this thing up to a large monitor. It has HDMI AND Thunderbolt!
BTW, 1280x800 cant be used on Win 8 tablets. You need atleast 1366x768 for all the Metro features to work, it's a minimum requirement for Win 8 tablets. Reply
Roland00Address - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkAll metro apps will work as long as the screen resolution is 1024x768. Some metro features such as snap will not work unless the screen resolution is 1366x768 or higher. Windows snap will allow you to have two metro apps working side by side except 1 app will be occupy 1/4 the screen (such as on the left) and the other app will occupy 3/4 the screen.
Thus 1280x800 will work but it will have reduced functionality since the width is not large enough to use all the metro features. Reply
B3an - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkThanks but i already know all this.
I said "1280x800 cant be used on Win 8 tablets" ... because it cant. It's a minimum requirement from Microsoft for Win 8/RT tablets to have atleast 1366x768. There will be no tablets with a lower resolution. Reply
Patflute - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkYou got owned. Reply
seapeople - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkYou sound like the salesperson who came up to me the first time I looked at the new Ipad screen.
Me: "Wow, this is amazing, I've never seen text look this great!"
Salesperson: "Yeah, there's not much difference between this screen and the Ipad 2."
Me: "But, um, no, See, look, I can read the entire webpage here without having to zoom and the text looks crisp and clear."
Salesperson: "Here... " *Proceeds to zoom in on both the new ipad and ipad 2 so the text characters are about half an inch tall.* "See, the text is clear on both of them now..." Reply
Visual - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkObviously you have never used a windows tablet. Anything less than 1024px in vertical space automatically means you can't fit most websites horizontally once you switch to portrait mode.
So 1080p is a great news. Reply
fteoath64 - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkThere are LCD panels that does 1920 X 1080 in 11.6 inch size. You might not be able to tell the difference with a movie but reading file text and discriminating photo will make a huge difference on such a screen.
I say tablets need such high-resolution screen not so for video but other things such as the above examples. One can hardly tell a 720p movie from a 1080p movie off a 42inch TV so on 11 inches, it does not matter for movies. Its already looks pretty darn good. Reply
bill.rookard - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkUSB hub, keyboard, mouse, stand, thunderbolt for external storage and that would be a nice potential laptop replacement along with an all-purpose tablet. The elephant in the room though is: Battery life.
A nice IPS display and reasonably powerful processor means that it's gonna suck some power and there's always the tradeoff between portability and longevity. If they can squeeze 7-8 hours of on time (excluding heavy crunching) at a similar price point to the iPad, they (apple) could have some -serious- competition on their hands since I'm pretty sure that even a scaled down IvyBridge should (performance wise) absolutely smoke an A5X. Reply
dagamer34 - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkThat's a pretty nice product, though the ASUS Transformer Book is probably a better fit for me because of the keyboard dock. I do wonder if 8 hours really means 8 hours... Reply
jjj - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkThe Trinity based convertible prototype was more interesting ,might be the most powerful gaming tablet out there.
Pricing will be problematic for both AMD and Intel (more so for IB based tablets) and i highly doubt they'll get good sales for any tablet at 600$ and above.
As always you are too optimistic about Intel , price matters more than you think in today's market. Reply
Lonyo - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkWhy? Are you assuming that people won't buy tablets that come close to the cost of a higher end laptop?
$500 tablet. Oh, I need a laptop too, that's another $500 for a mediocre laptop.
Or $1000 for a tablet which has the same functionality as a laptop, and you only need one device. Reply
ol1bit - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkYes I assume you are wrong, I will not pay $1000, when just an much functionality is coming from my $499 ASUS Transformer Prime, which weights less. For power, just check out videos of shadowgun running in the tegra 3! Reply
Lonyo - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkDo you have a laptop? Reply
lilmoe - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkhe probably has a laptop AND a desktop. and he most probably didn't get your point.
the concept is too complicated for the normal folk. they don't understand that no ARM tablet can currently replace a laptop. Reply
ssj4Gogeta - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkThey also don't understand that a single-core Ivy Bridge (if such a thing existed) would still run circles around any current ARM architecture. Quad-core or not. Reply
Olimars - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkShadowgun??? You have very low aspirations. Think more like Skyrim. On a tablet. Reply
jwcalla - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkThe problem with these hybrid devices is that there's too much bulk to be a good tablet, and too much leanness to be a good laptop. In trying to make compromises it does both functions poorly, and so will probably only appeal to a very small group of people. Especially considering the price.
JMO of course. Reply
UpSpin - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linksuch a hybrid device is as tablet as slim as a tablet, as notebook as thick as a ultrabook.
A pure slate tablet, especially at such a high price appeals only a very small group, you can't replace a Laptop with a slate. You need a keyboard, so a transformer like Hybrid allows people to use the device as tablet and laptop without bulk.
The ideal scenario: In the train you have a tablet to surf the web, take notes with the pen, ..., at the cafe you transform it to a notebook with the keyboard dock to write an essay or mails, at home you plug it in the Thunderbolt Docking station, which connects the tablet to your 24" display, USB devices and external GPU and storage and do the intensive workloads. Reply
Conficio - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - link
at home you plug it in the Thunderbolt Docking station, which connects the tablet to your 24" display, USB devices and external GPU and storage and do the intensive workloads.
Make that: At home you plug it in the Thunderbolt *Work* station, which connects to the tablet and lets you access seamlessly its content while using its local resources.
That is the only use case I can see for PCs with Thunderbold (justifying its hight price). Have the desktop PC connect to a laptop/tablet and see it as a storage device where you can access the data/documents. The OS that can make the content from both available on both, as if it would be in the coud, will be a break through. Reply
JimmiG - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkHow many people actually sit around at cafés to write essays, though? Cafés are crowded, noisy and they don't like you sitting around for hours without buying anything. The only ones who ever seem to do that are tech website editors, who do it just to prove a point.
I would say most people spend the majority of their time at work and at home, possibly with a semi-lengthy commute in between.
-At home, I use my desktop computer. It's more powerful and ergonomic than a laptop.
-At work, I use a laptop, but 99% of the time it sits in its dock with 3 monitors and a proper mouse and keyboard. 1% of the time I take it to another part of the office for a meeting or similar.
-When using public transport, a smart phone is fine. With a tablet, it feels like everyone can see what you're doing on the screen, and it's too bulky for the narrow seats and crowded spaces of buses and trains. A smart phone can be held discretely in one hand without annoying your seat neighbor.
-On the rare occasions when I actually go to a café, I don't want to be carrying around a bag with a slate, dock, keyboard etc. Then I might as well take a laptop with me.
If I want to check facebook, text someone or quickly check something on the web, a smart phone is fine, and it fits in your jeans pocket. Reply
UpSpin - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkYou don't seem to understand: the cafe was an example. My own usage scenario with such a device would look like (currently owning a smartphone, tablet PC (Win 7), desktop PC, so I have a usage of all three devices)
- Got woke up by the smartphone, use the desktop dock to check mails, news, ...
- In the car use the smartphone to navigate, ...
- In the train use the smartphone to surf, chat, talk, ...
- In the train use the tablet to draw stuff, annotate documents, read papers, learn stuff
- At the university use the tablet as worksheet display
- At the university use the keyboard dock to type reports in LaTeX, write mails in Outlook, use a virtual PC to run Linux and code in C simulations, ...
- At the university use the keyboard dock to connect it to a projector to present Latex/Powerpoint presentations, science stuff, ..
- In the car/train home, see above
- At home use the Desktop dock to do more demanding tasks, use a more comfortable mouse/keyboard. Play some games
- In front of the TV use the tablet and do some other stuff while watching TV
- In the bed use the tablet to read something, check mails last time
So really, I only need one powerful Smartphone and one powerful Tablet with a keyboard and desktop dock. Reply
lilmoe - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkthese are "hand made, pre-production models"... none of these are available in stores yet. hold that thought till the Windows8 launch, then try again. Reply
B3an - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkThis thing is quite epic. If it has atleast 7 hours battery life and they can get the final design a little thinner, then i'll be getting one (unless another company has something even better).
Anand, please cover these new Win 8 devices as much as possible. This is the future. Reply
gorash - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkNo way that it can get 7 hours. Reply
DigitalFreak - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkThe Acer guy said 8 hours in the video, so... Reply
Lucian Armasu - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkThe "laptop guys" always exaggerate their battery life. ALWAYS.
It's usually half of what they are saying. Have you owned any recent laptop with that kind of a resolution that can last you 8 hours with heavy use?
Because the iPad and Android tablets can actually last you 10 hours or more of HEAVY USE - not idling with the screen on, which is what these manufacturers mean when they say "our laptop/tablet lasts 8 hours". Reply
BigBear123 - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkYou must not own an iPad or Android tablet because they absolutely do not last the 10 hrs from heavy use. I watch youtube and surf the internet quite frequently (refreshing websites, etc...). In no way has my iPad 1 or my GF's iPad 2 ever lasted the advertised 10 hours.
Android tablets and iPads are toys anyways. As soon as touch Ultrabooks come out, I'm ditching the iPad. Reply
lilmoe - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkyou guys need to tell me where the you get crystal balls from! Reply
Romberry - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkBet ya that yes, way. MS has gone to great lengths to make Win 8 more power efficient*, and I expect that 7+ hours is not unreasonable. We're getting that kind of battery life under Win 7 on some ultrabook class machines already. Can't see why Win8 won't be capable of at least the same.
*The recent news about dropping Aero Glass from the release version of Win 8 came about precisely because of the power saving advantages. Reply
Jaybus - Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - linkUmm they aren't using a 77 W quad core desktop processor. It will likely be a special ULV chip with a TDP even less than the already announced i5-3317U, which itself is only 17 W including HD4000 graphics. It will also use a ULV 7-series chipset and mobile RAM and NAND parts, and of course speed step.
Also, the 7 hours means 7 hours at "normal" work loads, not max work load. That is true for any battery life spec from any manufacturer. Think of it this way, at the same work loads, an ARM or Atom tablet will be maxed out before this IVB tablet is even breathing hard. Reply
UpSpin - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkFor such a high price they have to offer more than just Windows 8 on x86, because, as we all know, the tablet specific app selection will be tiny compared to iOS or Android the first few months (or maybe years)
What I miss: Pen input.
Else it looks like a great device. Perfect display, powerful hardware.
The fact, that this tablet requires active cooling speaks against power efficiency and long battery life of the Intel Ivy Bridge processors, sure, they can add a huge battery to compensate this, but this makes the tablet only heavier, and a fan is always noisy and has nothing lost in modern tablets.
Still, nice tech demo. Because this tablet will be available by the end of 2012 soonest, I believe that they can mass produce such a product at the end of the year and don't have to hand select the components any longer.
But the biggest drawbacks: power ineffcient, thus either short battery life and lightweight or long battery life but heavy, and the lack of the must-have Windows tablet PC feature: pen, must get solved, especially if they want that much money. Reply
Romberry - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkQuote: "the tablet specific app selection will be tiny compared to iOS or Android the first few months"
Response: So? I hear that "number of apps" thing all the time, but it strikes me as essentially meaningless. What proportion of the available apps are widely downloaded and used on either iOS or Android? There may be many thousands of apps, but only a relative few are popular and in wide use. Reply
UpSpin - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkyou're right, but the same applies to the WP7 app store. Bigger apps need more development time and ressources. Because an app store only has few apps, doesn't mean that those few apps are of high quality.
The more apps are available the more likely it gets that more high quality apps are available there, too, because more people develop for it, because more people think they can make money from this particular app store.
So if the percentage of good apps remains constant (which I believe by looking at iOS and Android market and the lack of support of apps in the WP7 market which are highly supported on iOS and Android) WP market has only very very few. Reply
moshj - Sunday, June 17, 2012 - linkPeople said the .Net Framework would not catch and Java would rule. Now .Net programmers are in greater demand and earn more.
Once Win8 becomes GA, the developers will develop for it and the Windows App Store will explode. If there is one thing Microsoft has always done very well, it is provide the right tools and APIs to get developers working fast. You can develop for App Store now, and many are already doing it. But many are also waiting to develop against the a final RTM version of Win8.
Come 2012 when all new non Apple, laptops and desktops are shipping with Win8, there will be a rapid explosion of Win8 apps. It's history repeating. Reply
ol1bit - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkIn reality I don't see business jumping to buy these over iPads or ICS tablets. The price is way to steep for consumers. heck iPad are even being used by pilots. As a busness, you can write custom software for IOS or ICS just as easy as you can with Windows 8.
I have the Asus transformer Prime, and and just shocked at what it can do speedwise with graphics, 3d games, heck every output stereo 3D games to my TV!
And I thought the $499 price was steep, so Windows 8 at $799 or $999 no thank you!
ICS rocks, and I'll be shocked if a powerhouse tablet's battery can even compare with what the iPad or what mine can do for length of use. Asus is unique in that it's folding removable keyboard shares a battery with the display as well. Reply
B3an - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - link... So you actually think businesses will choose a limited OS against a full blown Windows OS that will already run all their current software, run Office, and has for more network and business capabilities?
And another thing... Asus will also have Transformer Win 8 tablets, they've been announced. But they'll have better hardware and a full Windows OS - So once again no contest here, why would anyone want Android.
And of course something as powerful as this wont have battery life as good as an ARM tablet! You always have to choose between speed and battery life. SOME people prefer to sacrifice battery and have faster hardware though! But their will also be ARM powered Win RT tablets and Intel Clover Trail Win 8 tablets if you want the longer battery life. These will compare to Android/iPad tablets in regards to battery life. The point is you have way more choice with Windows, you get whatever suits your needs.
I'll bet Win 8 tablets will have a way higher market share than Android within the first 12 months. Reply
jamawass - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkMy business (healthcare) definitely requires this. Currently we're still using xp pen based tablet notebooks. I would like pen input though rather than swiping the screen after examining a patient. BTW this device is relatively cheap as our Electronic medical record provider charged us $2000/ laptop for our current devices. Reply
moshj - Sunday, June 17, 2012 - link$700 is not much for something that can still run all of your legacy apps while being able to double as a laptop and a tablet. Besides, large enterprises never pay the retail price; they use economies of scale to get a much lower price per unit. If a major investment bank wanted to buy 1,000 units I'm sure Acer would offer a suitable discount in return for some publicity. Reply
jwcalla - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkI don't know of any IVB processors that are in the same galaxy of power efficiency as the ARM stuff. Seems like they'd need a big battery to make up for it.
I guess I don't get it... IVB for web browsing and e-mail is beyond overkill. So this is going to be a niche product.
At this point I'm beginning to think that Apple is the only tech company that has a clue. Reply
frostyfiredude - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkThis has a desktop dock and several ports, so it's clearly meant to be a more than just a simple web browsing tablet to compete directly with the iPad in the mass market. The W510 is more of the iPad's direct competitor because of it's estimated price(599), physical size(11-12mm), and processor efficiency (32nm dual core Atom). Reply
BigBear123 - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkSurfing the internet on my comp is way faster than on the iPad. I have a million windows open and they never need to refresh unless I want them to. Can't say the same for the iPad.
Surfing the internet on the comp is SOOOO much better than on a tablet. Now, when touch ultrabooks with IVB come out...that's a whole new ball game. Reply
Iketh - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkAs a developer, I cannot WAIT to get my hands on the W700. One of my clients will immediately start using this in their office as a patient sign-in and form fill-out instead of paper+pen and will communicate seemlessly with the actual procedures for the patient throughout the office, all on Windowsx86!! Reply
UpSpin - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkwhy don't you buy a ASUS Slate or Samsung Slate or Motion Computing Slates? All offer more than this one, they are available now, not only in half a year and they have touchscreens AND pen, so patients really can sign-in. No reason to wait for this tablet with Windows 8 if your client will use custom written software or software like Office, so no reason to wait for those tiny Metro apps. Reply
alxx - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkAnd with the cl900 can integrate payments from credit cards and scanning health care cards.
Also c5v which can be disinfected without problems.
Or Panasonic H1 tough book. Reply
dagamer34 - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkSeries 7 slate is $1000, presumably these Windows 8 tablets will be cheaper. Reply
maximumGPU - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkthis is a step in the right direction, and i hope they keep throwing good hardware at windows 8, unlike windows 7 phones. otherwise there's no chance of competing with Apple.
the ipad is a great tablet, but it is easy to see how windows 8 could offer so you much more in terms of flexibility. cant wait for the reviews. Reply
hvakrg - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkIf this had hdmi on the dock I would replace all my HTPVs with this thing Reply
puppies - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkIt has a mini HDMI port on the tablet, why do you need one on the dock? Reply
ShieTar - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkSo the screen can stay connected to the dock, one would assume? That is basically the purpose of a dock, to connect your mobile device with all the immobile equipment with one quick action instead of connection of dozens of cables. Reply
GrizzledYoungMan - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkI might have to get myself a tablet.
Never thought I'd write that sentence. Reply
rickcain2320 - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkJust lie down and get some rest, the urge will go away. Reply
IntelUser2000 - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkI don't believe there's anything special in the chip side for Ivy Bridge, its likely just taking advantage of Configurable TDP on Ivy Bridge. We've never seen it in action before, but this is exactly where they would use it.
14W for Tablet
17W with better cooling/dock Reply
falc0ne - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkActually I can't believe these guys are still in business after all the crap they sell. I've been working 5 years in a service centre and most of RMA reports from laptop cathegory were Acer laptops. Sometimes they would arrive 2 or more from the same range faulty, all in just one day.
I don't care what Acer is producing...they might as well give the for free, I will never take it. Reply
Roland00Address - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkHow much of a pain would i be to have a 10 to 13 inch tablet which has these following parts
-10 to 13 inch screen IPS with a 400 brightness or higher
-Intel Ivybridge or Haswell ULV
-8 GB of ddr3 memory (dual channel)
-80 GB SSD in msata format
-At least 5 hour battery
-Under 2.5 lbs (Asus 12 inch slate is 2.6lbs, Ipad 3 is 1.44 lbs
Laptop Dock
-This part is not a computer itself but instead a dock for the Tablet, it has the following components
-Male Thunderbolt connection to dock with Female Thunderbolt on tablet. Male power connection to share power
-Keyboard and Touchpad
-Second Hard Drive (Drive D) this hard-drive can be mechanical to save on cost
-Laptop GPU at least Geforce 640m/650m with gddr5 or 7850m/7870m (which is effectively a downclocked 7770 that is 32watts of heat.)
-Second Battery to add battery life
-Enough weight on the dock to not make the screen top heavy, yet light enough to be under 5 lbs when docked with the Tablet
I believe this is very possible now with Thunderbolt? Am I missing something? Is there a reason we haven't heard or seen this yet? Reply
dagamer34 - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkAll very possible, but there's little reason to announce products 4 months before release. You don't want to give competitors an early look at your products. Reply
jabber - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkLooks and works great. Just as Metro should ON A TABLET.
Not sure how it will fair against the myriad of dual core IPS ICS tablets for $200 we'll have by Xmas. Reply
fteoath64 - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkMore like quad core Tegra3 tablet with 7inch to 10 inch screens going between $200 and $290. Each one doing 8 to 10 hours in a single charge and weight in under one pound, some of them even less than half-a-pound.
Suddenly, huge tablets like these would ask the question: why don't I stick to top-notch specs laptop for under 3 pounds, rather than compromising so much for this stuff at around the same price point ?!!. Reply
BigBear123 - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkIVB is on a whole different planet when compared to Tegra...probably in another universe when it comes to performance & capabilities. I'm under no illusion that IVB will not last as long as a Tegra 3, but I can also do FAR more on IVB then I will EVER be able to do on any ARM processor today (or the foreseeable future). I'm more than willing to sacrifice some battery stamina for more usage scenarios. Reply
alxx - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkSo you be doing a full review closer to windows 8 launch ?
Be nice to see some cad results being run on it.
When are you guys going to review one of the motion computing tablets ?
Would love to see a full review of the J3500 and cl900 with both windows 7 and windows 8.
They claim 8 hours life for the cl9000.
Are you guys to review the new HP and fujitsu slates when they are available ? Reply
Meghan54 - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkI don't care how much Acer handbuilt and spent on the sample....Acer is just junk and anyone is a fool to pay top dollar for any Acer POS product. Acer is quickly becoming the eMachines of the 2010's. Reply
Romberry - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - link...in one word: Want!
Two words may be better: Want bad! Reply
nathanddrews - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkI realize it's a full Windows PC, but an SD card slot seems like a missed feature. Being able to insert my camera's memory card into it for instant on-the-go editing would be fantastic... Reply
alxx - Saturday, June 09, 2012 - linkdefinitely
my old fujitsu slate st5011 from 2004 has a compact flash slot Reply
rickcain2320 - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkIt does seem silly. If you want a closed system that intentionally keeps you from plugging memory cards in you will gravitate towards an iPad anyway. Reply
vision33r - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkNone of these tablets are anything new. We had this stuff over 10 yrs ago with the Fujitsu, IBM, and Dell hybrid tablets. They never took off because Windows XP Tablet edition sucked.
Windows 8 is clearly better but today there are $100 tablets that can do basically what people want which is to surf, read emails, and watch videos.
We don't need to push beyond $500, the masses would rather stick with ARM tablets under $500. Reply
alxx - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkThe problem was the cost not so much xp tablet , the weight 1 - 2kg (up to 4lbs) and poor battery life.
They did find a few niches where they are still common.
Xp tablet is better than windows 7 on a tablet.
What percentage of the market are $100 tablets ?
The masses appear to prefer arm tablets between $500 and $700. Reply
medi01 - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkBack than, it wasn't that desperate for two big players, Microsoft & Intel, that just realized they've missed the wagon.
Two companies with ugly business practices and shameless margins. Reply
dagamer34 - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkI shudder to think of the power efficiency that existed in Intel chips in the days when Windows XP Tablet Edition existed... Reply
rickcain2320 - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkThe power consumption was quite low, but needless to say they couldn't play Skyrim. Reply
runner50783 - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkThis is why I love Anandtech, this was the device that caught my attention the most as well and this is the type of device I expect to see thrive in windows 8 land and ahead. Sadly it was overlooked by the media who paid more attention to the albeit horrid plastic stands than the actual functionality of the device.
This is also why I believe Windows 8 will crush iOS down the road and it will do so because Apple will never let iOS grow to cannibalize OSX, iOS will always have light version of Apps, almost capable of doing stuff while Windows 8 tablets will be running full blown versions. I also don't expect Apple to touchfy OSX.
Big gamble Microsoft is doing, all strives on execution from now on, very exited about the possibilities technology is enabling = )
rickcain2320 - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkApple is thinking even farther ahead. They're planning to get rid of OSX and desktops entirely, so it would be a fool's gambit for Microsoft to "capture Apples desktop market" when desktops will be relegated to a small corner of computing anyway.
Good plan, go after a shrinking market. Reply
Joseph Slemp - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkJobs speech was pure marketspeak. Desktops aren't going anywhere anytime soon. There are far too many practical uses for them that portables simply can't match; and won't in the near future. Reply
AmdInside - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkI did not see the weight mentioned anywhere? The first iPad felt too heavy. The iPad2 felt just right. I don't see myself using a hybrid laptop as a tablet if it weighs too much and judging by the picture, it doesn't look lite. Reply
Iketh - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linknone of the physical specs are final as stated in the article Reply
versesuvius - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkA few more iterations of this and ARM will be reduced to holding the bottom line on anything just a little more than a picture frame. All Intel and its partners have to do is to shave off 2 mm off the thickness and ARM based pads will officially be children toys. Reply
medi01 - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkLunacy.
Arm has more than enough power for tablets, at a fraction of Intel's price AND power consumption.
And nobody needs to make tablets even pricer, by increasing price to satisfy appetite of of Microsoft's and Intel. Reply
BigBear123 - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkARM is fine for tablets as toys. I like a multi-use device. You can't get that with ARM. Reply
medi01 - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkUgly looking tablet that wastes 1.5cm of space along the LONGEST edge for windows button and has suspicious (ventilation? how much does this thing consume and what did they do to ARM???) holes on top, running OS from that ugly Balmer guy, that is "starting somewhere around $799 and going up to $999" is something big?
Seriously? Big ugly pricey piece of ***t that nobody would buy you mean?
I hope this article was meant as a hidden advertisement,... Reply
darkhawk1980 - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkHonestly, why is this such a big deal?
Samsung's Series 7 Slate launched mid-2011, and aside from the screen resolution and thunderbolt, there's not many differences. I didn't see some huge article on here when the Series 7 Slate launched, why start now?
I would have much rather seen an article about all the various Tablets/Slates that were seen. Having used one now for a few months as my main work computer (yes, the Series 7 Slate CAN actually replace a desktop, 2 laptops, and a lab computer), I can really say that I was impressed with the tablet. I won't dare put Windows 8 on it though, I want to keep that crap as far away from any PC I own for as long as I can. Reply
kyuu - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkYou want to keep the OS that is basically designed for tablets away from your tablet?
Win8 on desktops I can understand the aversion. Win8 on tablets? Don't get it. Reply
kyuu - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkBy "Don't get it." I meant I don't get the aversion. Reply
damianrobertjones - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - link"with Transformer-style keyboard dock, "
You mean like the HP TC1100 or Acer W500 which were both out before the T Reply
damianrobertjones - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - link"ust Apple are able to produce compelling products in the market. Apple's Tim Cook understands the supply chain very well. As Intel one of the largest if not the largest consumer of cost in Apple's Mac bill of materials, "
Why is apple ALWAYS mentioned? Why not Asus, Sony or HP? Why not Lenovo or MSI? Reply
damianrobertjones - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkDid it have a stylus? Reply
alphaOri - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkFor me, stylus input is what is most exciting about the windows 8 tablets. Is Asus going to include a wacom or n-trig stylus input? Reply
melgross - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkI really don't see the importance in how well this performs on Metro. I would think that most perspective buyers would want it for the standard Windows programs they now use. So the important question really is; How well will it do there?
One major reason that Windows tablets (Convertables) did so poorly is because Windows just isn't usable on a tablet. It was difficult on 13 to 15" tablets. How well will it work on a 10" to 11.6" model? Not too well, I would imagine. so what's changed other than these are real tablets now, and so lighter?
After all, if people are goi g to be buying them mainly for Metro, they may as well buy an Rt tablet. Reply
kyuu - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - link"[...] so what's changed other than these are real tablets now, and so lighter?"
Um, the fact that Win8 is designed for tablet use? Reply
melgross - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkPossibly you don't understand. The Desktop, and it's programs work the same as they always have.
So you can "um" yourself all you want to. Reply
Dribble - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkI'd like to see you using an existing windows app with it's fiddly little buttons and ribbons on a really high res full HD screen, and no mouse/keyboard - just your fingers. Reply
mzr - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkIf Microsoft can pull this off, I'll be impressed. It is looking good so far, and this is coming from a person that is almost all-Apple. I had written them off in anything but full-blown desktop stuff. Reply
kenyee - Sunday, June 10, 2012 - linkand it'll sell like hotcakes.
$800 is more than people would pay for this...even w/ Metro :-P Reply
milkod2001 - Monday, June 11, 2012 - link1.for web/audio/video/FB/Twitter: 200/500 bucks Ipad/Android tablets
2.for a bit of production work 800/1000 bucks ultrabook/proper laptop
3.this 800 bucks tablet won't perform like 2. cost 2-3 times more then 1.Has active cooler=after a few months will get noisy and too warm. What is there to like? Reply
Visual - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkPlease give the option of an active digitizer, preferably Wacom.
I'll pay extra, but it is a must have. I'm not even an artist and am not using it all that much, but it's still a great feature to have in certain situations. After having been spoiled by it on my TM2, I am never buying a tablet without it.
A few programmable buttons and a mini optical trackpad ala MSI 110w or a trackpoint ala thinkpads on the bezel would also be a great addition. Or maybe experiment with a touchpad on the back side that can be used while you are holding it ala PS Vita... Reply
Donkey2008 - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkEye of the Beholder possibly, but I find the Metro interface flat out ugly and I am no more productive with it then I am on any iOS device. I figured that Microsoft would have learned a lesson from the sales failure of the Windows phones, but someone at Microsoft is hell bent on pushing their vision of a GUI that looks better suited for an Apple IIe. A strange irony in that I guess.
Just my 2 cents. Reply
Shadowmaster625 - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkThis product should not have a fan. If it gets too hot it should just throttle and run slow. There is no reasonable tablet usage scenario where it should dissipate more than 5-7 watts. Reply
Visual - Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - linkLOL, can you ever be more wrong than that?
Anyway, the next time I play Eve Online or Diablo 3 on my TM2 I'll remember your post and laugh about it. Reply
amartyakundu - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkWith a WIN 7 Tablet, a Iconia W500, I get 4 hours of web browsing with an USB 3g Modem. With an Galaxy Note I get 4 hours of web browsing using EDGE. Not much difference in battery life when using it for same purpose. Reply
trip1ex - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkI don't see this thing taking off.
No one will want a tablet that is heavy or thick or hot or has short battery life or has active cooling which means noise and dust or is much larger than the iPad.
Who wants to pay more for laptop replacement that is worse than a laptop for serious work or pay more for an ipad replacement that is worse for casual use.
That is the position that it seems like the Win8 tablet finds itself in. Reply
rickcain2320 - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkMicrosoft just doesn't understand Apple. People buy Apples because they provide a rich user experience and their software support is part of that.
Microsoft's software graveyard is littered with abandonware, testware, I never was serious about supporting it ware, and bloatware. Who wants to plunk down a huge chunk of cash on a tablet that will be worthless because Microsoft decided to hop out of the tablet market....again.
Not everybody wants to jailbreak and run linux builds with special loaders on their tablets.
At work we have boxes of godawful PDA's with godawful microsoft CE that never worked right and was of dubious utility when it did. Now its just a box of useless shiny objects that cost $500 a pop. Reply
rickcain2320 - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkWell that's about 2 years too late. This would have been groundbreaking in 2010. Reply
Lucian Armasu - Monday, June 11, 2012 - link"Price: Much Bigger than an ARM Tablet"
Fixed. Reply
BigBear123 - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkCapabilities: much MORE than an ARM tablet.
What's your point? Reply
burntham77 - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkDear My Motorola Xoom:
Your days are numbered, despite the ICS update. You've been warned.
Rob Reply
Guspaz - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkMy rule of thumb is, if it's thick enough for fulls-sized ports like USB, it's too thick to be a practical tablet. Reply
rickcain2320 - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkBecause consumers LOVE proprietary sockets! Reply
jwcalla - Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - linkMicro-USB isn't exactly proprietary. Reply
designerfx - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkForget even $900, $700 is flat out ridiculous and fits in the "I will never suggest that to businesses when discussing rolling out mobile". I don't care if you find a way to put a pair of gtx 690's into a tablet, over $500 is just not appropriate for that form factor when you will never get anything to match the performance you can get out of other devices.
Now that you have phone docks into large monitors there's even less of a point of considering such a tablet.
The device sounds interesting but there's a gigantic lack of information at the moment. Reply
Belard - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkYou got that right!
Sorry Anand, but this is you thinking like a techie than a consumer. $800~1000 for a tablet?! I understand you needs for such a device and there are already Win7 tablets selling for $1000. Lets see those sales figures...
MS introduced the tabt-hybrid-computer back in 2001 with Windows XP. Even today, there are 1-2 systems sold that way (ThinkPad X). They sold for $2000~3000... to specific markets. When the iPad came out, many laughed at it... its under-powered, no keyboard, it costs too much for what it does.
Even today, the apple haters balk at the "high price" of iPads... $400~500 is high?
Yes, there is a market for a $1000 tablet... small one. Apple will continue to sell iPads quite well.
If MS wants to make a dent in the tablet market, it has to be a METRO-ONLY device running smoothly on an ARM CPU that costs $300~600 (depending on memory).
Considering that MS has totally screwed up Windows8 for desktop computers, I NO LONGER have faith that MS can pull it off. I thought they would take-over the market with Windows 8.... I love metro on the phone, its great... and I'm sure it'll be great on a tablet. On a desktop, it sucks. It SUCKS.
I hate Vista... I Love Windows 7.... I HATE Window8 metro even more than Vista.
Rip out the Metro crap from Windows8, put back the Start Menu, with perhaps a Metro Launcher that the user can USE if he wants to... then Win8 will be a winner.
There are LOTS of great improvements in Win8... but going to Metro and back to desktop constantly gets OLD really really quick.
I see the future... people will be returning Win8 desktops/notebooks for refunds. Reply
bhima - Monday, June 11, 2012 - linkWacom digitizer support, I'd pay $1,200 for it without breaking a sweat. Reply
oneblackened - Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - linkI can't help but think that Win8 would work best as a tablet OS with Metro. I think Microsoft was going for that, though. Certainly seems like there are some major GUI changes to fit smaller touch screens better. Reply
Arbie - Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - link
OK, it may be a great device for looking through your pictures - but who carries a computer around for that? I saw nothing regarding data entry except a brief view of a keyboard image that pretty much filled the screen. How do you edit documents, or do anything useful other than surf the net?
I'd be much more interested in a small laptop or netbook. Reply
MobiusStrip - Thursday, June 14, 2012 - linkThe Thunderbolt port is pretty sweet.
The glossy screen is pretty sad. Reply
jnemesh - Thursday, June 14, 2012 - link$800 for a tablet is WAY overpriced, I don't care what OS it runs! People are not going to be purchasing these overpriced TOYS with it's Fisher Price UI!
I purchased a 10.1" Android tablet (Toshiba Thrive) for $260. THAT is what this is going to compete with on one side, and it will be competing with "ultrabooks" on the other side!
This is shaping up to be a COLOSSAL failure, in a scope not seen since IBM introduced the "PS/2"! Reply
Joseph Slemp - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkAndroid hasn't exactly set the tablet world on fire. And speaking of toy OSes, Android and iOS fit that definition quite well. I don't own a tablet yet because none of the available options meet my definition of anything beyond overpriced media consumption device. Reply
jmsabatini - Thursday, June 14, 2012 - linkWhy couldn't they bring this thing to market with a 128GB SSD for $799?
64GB is too small. Even for an iPad.
I can buy a 128GB Crucial M4 from Amazon for $122 right now, and that's not even on sale. Reply
shriganesh - Saturday, June 16, 2012 - linkthink notebook quick, not tablet quick! This is why I exactly love Anandtech! If you guys can't give specifics, you are able to convey the reader about the hardware at least in a relative manner! Well done! Reply
hrga - Sunday, June 17, 2012 - linkIt's nicegadget.... and the whole wanna be teaser is unedited uncuted editorial shot by cell phone that actually doesnt reveal or show *nothing* than *win8 powered* digital photoframe Reply
maus92 - Monday, June 18, 2012 - linkSpeed, apps, battery life, and especially a daylight readable screen. Reply
dwade123 - Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - linkThis is the concept to something much bigger, indeed! E-GPU with GTX 680, future quadcore Intel CPU, a faster Thunderbolt 2.0 or something, Dat potential! Reply
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dalew676 - Tuesday, August 14, 2012 - linkWhat You See Is What You Get Consumer market is what the Phadblet phase has been. real tablets are now SLATES and should not be called tablets to confuse the generic and amatuer consumer of why would i get a windows 8 FULL OS over a generic OS like IOS or Android when you dont know the difference. it has been this way since any known device other than computers and cell phones came out. why would i get a 8 cylinder car versus this fuel efficient 4 cylinder? same device/concept but difference in power. thats what this new phase is having a V8 with a hybrid engine is now being built into the market that wasnt there years ago. thats what this new Windows 8 conept is going towards. everyone says they are late and yes they should have tried to get this right when they launched the windows 7 phones and tried to get at least an ARM tablet out into the market so people as well as Microsoft could improve on this and have a perfect device by windows 8. buts its now or never at this point.
you do that math people. all old applications will work on windows 8 other than the ARM counterpart which is understandable because they are two seperate architectures. Bluestacks is bridging that gap and so are others.
WYSIWYG will always be there in the consumer eyes when buying devices. price and ease of use over what is under the hood. techies will know what is under the hood but the majority of people will not know and that majority is clearly growing. WYSIWYG Consumers will follow that rule. some will pay more when a popular product is flashed in their eyes more than a cheaper and better device is there.
the IPAD is great and works great but it cant do all that a full blown OSX device can do in terms of productivity thats what this is bridging productivity (hardcore gaming, Avid, Adobe Premiere/photoshop/etc.) meets basic WYSIWYG consumer use (internet, email and some basic to amautar gaming). ARM windows will be for the basic consumer but that would be stupid to have becuase your defeating the purpose of having a full OS on SLATE (whole other topic).
i just hope the naming for these Tablets change to Slates soon or more and more articles will come out saying why Windows Tablet is/isnt better than the Ipad. they are different yes they can be compared but your comparing apples to oranges. never compare a full product to a base product unless the functionality of something is the same. never compare a car battery to a aaa battery. same concept (battery) but dont compare how they work the same way when one is clearly bigger and more efficient than the other.
Wow i need to stop. sorry all if you read all of this. have a splendid one all AnandTechies. Reply


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K-State Places Five on Academic All-Big 12 Team
K-State Places Five on Academic All-Big 12 Team
Feb. 12, 2013
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State women's basketball placed five student-athletes on the Academic All-Big 12 team in an announcement by the Big 12 Conference on Tuesday. Four of K-State's honorees received a first team citation, while one was chosen for the second team.
Since the beginning of the Big 12 in 1996-97, K-State has earned a league-best 99 Academic All-Big 12 honors including 81 first team citations which also paces the Big 12. The five honors were the most for K-State since the 2011 season when the Wildcats earned six.
Wildcats to earn the Academic All-Big 12 first team honors were: seniors Brittany Chambers (life sciences/pre-med) and Mariah White (family studies and human services) and juniors Chantay Caron (elementary education) and Kendra Spresser (sociology). Chambers tallied her third career academic honor from the Big 12 and added Tuesday's honor to her Senior CLASS Award finalist citation from last week. Caron, Spresser and White earned their first career honors.
Earning second team honors for the first time in her career was sophomore Heidi Brown (kinesiology).
Nominated by each institution's director of student-athlete support services, the women's basketball academic all-league team consisted of 26 first team members combined with nine on the second team. First team members consist of those who have maintained a 3.20 or better GPA, and the second team are those who have a 3.00 to 3.19 GPA.
To qualify student-athletes must maintain a 3.00 GPA or higher either cumulative or the two previous semesters and must have participated in 60 percent of her team's scheduled contests. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible in their first year of academic residence. Senior student-athletes who have participated for a minimum of two years and meet all the criteria except percent of participation are also eligible.
The Wildcats host Texas at 7 p.m., in Bramlage Coliseum on Wednesday night. For ticket information, contact the K-State Athletic Ticket Office at (800) 221-CATS or visit www.kstatesports.com.

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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 9:09 pm
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jb_gobills wrote:
Its A Sabotage wrote:
Did I get most of these right?
Team Needs
AFC East:
Buffalo WR, RT, TE, OLB, CB, NT
Buffalo's #1 need is quarterback. They do not need a nose tackle, they are going with the 4-3 and have Kyle Williams and Marcell Dareus set as the defensive tackle starters. I would rank Buffalo's needs as:
I would rank them like this...
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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 6:27 pm
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Lions needs:
1- CB Houston and Bentley are good but a #1 would help a ton
2- RG Peterman sucks
3- S Spievey hasn't stepped up and Delmas can't stay healthy
4- C Raiola sucks and is old
5- K Hanson can't play forever
6- DE if we get rid of Avril
7- RT if Cherilus doesn't step up
8- OLB if Durante or Levy walk
9- RB if Best cant play and Leshoure can't bounce back from injury
10- FB if we decide to use a FB
"Strength is meaningless in o-line play if there is no explosive, or speed-strength, quality to the strength."
- LeCharles Bentley
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 4:48 pm
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Let me update it now that week 1 is upon us.
I have the Vikes positional starters broken down in four groups.
Group 1: Proven/Immediate-Term Starter
RB Adrian Peterson
WR Percy Harvin
TE 2 John Carlson
LE Brian Robison
RE Jared Allen
SLB Chad Greenway
Group 2: Young/Unproven Starter with Upside
*Upside = 1st, 2nd or 3rd rd pick from the 2010, 2011, and 2012 draft*
Basically, these are positions that arent likely to be replaced in 2013, barring a drastic overhaul.
QB Christian Ponder
TE 1 Kyle Rudolph
LT Matt Kalil
WLB Erin Henderson (included Erin since he has been a solid to good starter in his first year starting)
LCB Chris Cook
RCB Josh Robinson
S Harrison Smith
Group 3: Unproven/Easily Replaceable Starter
WR Jerome Simpson
RG Brandon Fusco
RT Phil Loadholt
NT Letroy Guion
MLB Jasper Brinkley
S Mistral Raymond
Group 4: Immediate Needs
WR Michael Jenkins
LG Charlie Johnson
UT Kevin Williams
NCB Antoine Winfield
With this grouping of players, I will assume that Group 1 and Group 2 will remain in place in the immediate time frame. No matter how you feel about those starters, it probably makes little difference since they are likely assured a starting spot in 2013 given that they are early selections. There is an exception though with Erin Henderson, he is an unrestricted free agent, so there is no certainty that he returns. Therefore WLB could be a need, but for now, I will assume he gets a long-term contract after the 2012 season.
Top 6 Needs for the Vikings in 2013.
1. DT - Could be an UT or a NT, or both. Really depends on how Letroy Guion plays at NT. Williams is old and in the last year of his deal, MN needs to find a young UT nevertheless.
2. WR - Percy Harvin atleast makes the group respectable. Simpson is playing under a 1 year contract is still a question mark and Jenkins is simply not a long-term starter. This is another big need for MN going forward, preferably for a classic #1 WR who has the speed to break a game open and the size and hands to be a reliable possession target.
3. MLB - I am not high on Jasper Brinkley and his contract expires next year. For the Vikes scheme, it would be ideal for the Vikes to add a MLB with great range who has the potential to be a great player in coverage.
4. OG - Charlie Johnson is just a stop gap at LG and Brandon Fusco is still a young player. I like Fusco a lot and I think he will be a solid starter in 2012. MN would like to find an upgrade to Johnson at LG if they could get one.
5. NCB - Antoine Winfield is 35 years old and MN really doesnt have an ideal NCB to replace him. Josh Robinson has worked exclusively as an outside CB, so that will be his likely role going forward. MN also has A.J. Jefferson who could possibly be looked as a replacement to Winfield. Nevertheless, it should be fairly important to add to the CB depth. An ideal nickel CB for MN would be someone who is compact, excellent in run support, physical and has great short area quickness. Robert Blanton, who was moved to Safety, could also be a wild card as a future NCB.
6. Safety - Harrison Smith is likely set into a starting role given his first round status. Opposite of him is Mistral Raymond, who I have faith in. If Raymond does fail as a starter, Safety should jump up on the list of needs. MN also has Robert Blanton, who could possibly be a surprise starter down the stretch as well.
Weakside OLB and/or Right Tackle - This is only a need if Erin Henderson/Phil Loadholt leave via free agency, which would indicate that they had a horrible year or were so good, they outpriced themselves out of the Vikes price range. WLB/RT is a position that could jump to #3 or #4. For now, I will leave this potential need on the bottom, it may not be a need at all if Henderson/Loadholt play well and are extended.
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 1:14 pm
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rams need:
1. ol (lg and rt. maybe even lt)
2. s (fs and ss)
3. wr
4. olb (sam)
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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 7:55 pm
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For the Jets, OLB is the clear #1 need. It is a position that should be addressed in the first round.
Until two weeks ago, it seemed that RT would be at the top of the list. However, Austin Howard has been very impressive thus far. If he can continue this success, it will be huge for the Jets and will make RT no longer a need.
While RG Brandon Moore is declining for the Jets and could be gone by next season, 2010 2nd round pick Vladimir Ducasse should take over. He has improved a lot lately.
RB is a major weak spot for the Jets. Shonn Greene is unspectacular and lacks the burst that he displayed in the 2010 playoffs. Bilal Powell should get a chance to show if he is worthy of being a starting RB. He had a very solid ST.
Safety could be a position of need depending on whether LaRon Landry and/or Yeremiah Bell are re-signed and if Josh Bush (or Antonio Allen) show that they can handle a starting position.
TE Dustin Keller is a FA who should be brought back. Regardless, the addition of another TE would be beneficial to the team.
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Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 6:07 pm
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OLB and S are needs for sure.
After that, can't go wrong with WR, ILB, RB, 3-4 DE, OG, TE and CB.
The rest of the season play and offseason will determine what secondar positions are actually needs.
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Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 1:17 pm
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Titans Need
1.OG/C- This is pretty obvious. Our interior line was a problem last year and continues to be so this year. Leroy Harris is awful and most likely won't be retained next year, so we'll need someone to fill into his spot.
2.DE- I think DE is a bigger need for us then some may think. It's not that our starting DE's are bad. In fact, Wimbley and Morgan has played very well through three games. It's just that we have no depth behind them(to be exact it's 7th rounder Scott Solomon and Pannel Egboh who has no career sacks). In today's pass oriented league, having multiple pass rushers is even more important. We need that extra pass rusher to help take pressure of Wimbley and Morgan.
3.DT- I like our DT group of Jurell Casey, Sen'Derrick Marks, Mike Martin, Karl Klug and even DaJohn Harris. However I'm not sure if any of them are starting DTs. We need a difference making DT. Also Marks is set to be a free agent so we may not re-sign him and even if we do retain him, he has been injury prone so far in his career.
4.S- I still believe that safety isn't as big of a need as most Titans fans feel. I think it's more of the scheme and being put in a bad position by Jerry Gray than anything else. However it' obvious that Michael Griffin has not played like the all-pro we thought he'd be after that 08 season. We have Markelle Martin on the PUP list so if he comes and performs well then this becomes even less of a need. This is something I'll keep an eye on as the season progresses.
5.RB- If CJ doesn't improve, then we may just cut him. He's making too much money to perform the way he has. If we do cut him, then I wouldn't be suprise if we draft a RB in the mid to later rounds. Add the fact that Javon Ringer is set to be a free agent next year and it becomes an even bigger need.
6.LB- We look set for the next 5-10 years at LB with Zach Brown, Colin McCarthy and Akeem Ayers. However, like our DEs, we don't have much depth behind them. Will Witherspoon will be a free agent and I doubt we'll retain him. We have to get some depth for our LB core.
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Posts: 17835
Location: Centerville, OH
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 4:33 pm
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Bengals needs as of 9/26/2012:
1. LB - Take your pick, Burfict looks promising, but Maualuga has been terrible this year, Howard's contract is up and is out for the rest of the year this year, and Lawson is in a oneyear deal.
2. SS - Almost #1 as Taylor Mays and Jeromy Miles stink and Clements can't make the switch to SS from CB.
3. RB - The Law Firm is solid, but has has no wiggle. He should be the lesser half of a platoon
4. Backup DE - DE is mighty thin for the Bengals, but have a pairbof good starters in Dunlap and Johnson
5. Interior oline depth - Injuries have been a factor here, albeit Trevor Robinson does showsome future promise once he gets a little stronger.
6. CB - We just drafted Kirkpatrick, but Hall is still coming back from injury, and the depth is aging
7. Backup QB - Zac Robinson may answer, but Gradkowski is about done.
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Posts: 2081
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 9:54 pm
Post subject:
Here we go, update time.
Colts Draft needs, in order
Positions we would take in early rounds -------------
1. OG- We need to get Luck protection. He has some of the best pocket presence in the NFL already, but we still can't have him scrambling so much. We need someone who can open us running lanes as well, no RB would be good with this awful run blocking OL.
2. SS- Zbikowsi is garbage, and it's making our CBs look bad. We need a new Bob Sanders. Hard hitter, sure tackler preferably.
3. 3-4 DE- Preferably one who excells at stopping the run but can generate pressure on the QB. This is subject to move around depending on how Nevis plays in Moala's absence.
4. 3-4 OLB- Freeney will be leaving this offseason, and we could use a replacement opposite Mathis.
Positions we would take in mid-later rounds. ------------
5. NT- We'll see how Chaoman performs. Wouldn't mind us using a mid round pick on this at all.
9. Nickel/depth CB- Powers and Davis are great, and Cassius Vaughn looked great against GB, but I doubt he keeps that up, we could use depth here. (Yes, this is our 9th need)
Positions we would only draft if they were great value. --------------
6. C- I gotta say it again, to protect Luck and open up holes in the run game. Could change if AQ Shipley continues his great play beyond last week. Shut down the Packer's interior.
7. RB- I don't see us taking a RB unless he is a great value pick in the mid (4th or later) rounds. It's our OL, not the backs.
8. #1 WR- Do not see us going WR either, we have plenty of depth, a good #2, a great young slot duo, and a stalwart in Wayne. We will look to get Reggie Wayne's well, Reggie Wayne.
10. RT- Justice has been great in pass pro.
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Posts: 32990
Location: Delaware
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 4:56 pm
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Tennessee Titans Team Needs
1.) Pass-Rusher(Whether its a DE or a DT or both)
2.) Safeties(Both)
3.) DE Depth
4.) Center
6.) LB Depth
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Joined: 14 May 2010
Posts: 38210
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 4:23 pm
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Jacksonville Jaguars
1. Defensive End
2. Cornerback
3. Wide Receiver (Need true #1)
4. Offensive Tackle
5. Center
6. Outside Linebacker (2)
7. Guard
8. Safety
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Joined: 23 Feb 2005
Posts: 39257
Location: Minneapolis
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 9:13 am
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My early take on Vikings needs:
Tier 1:
DT - Looking more like an UT now than a NT.
WR - A big down the field option, they have small and shifty, they have explosive and inconsistent, and they have a good TE but they need someone who can go up for a jump ball and come down with it.
OG - Now, they didn't get pushed around every play, but Charlie Johnson and Brandon Fusco didn't do great in pass protection against the Cardinals, nor did Sullivan, but Sullivan is a good center without huge 3-4 NT's lined up over him. But LG in particular could really use an upgrade.
Tier 2:
S - Harrison Smith could make the pro-bowl in year one but who starts opposite him is still inconsistent and a question mark.
LB - This could either be ILB or OLB as both Brinkley and Henderson are free agents, this year I'd prefer to keep Brinkley over Henderson if I had to choose (or both ideally) but LB could be a need, and LB depth could be a need.
CB - Winfield could be done soon or not a Viking, even though he has been elite, we have some depth at the position, but a 3rd round nickel/dime CB (or later) is potentially a need.
Tier 3:
TE - We appear to have two TE's with Rudolph and Ellison, but we could add in a third and Carlson seems like a likely cap casualty after this year.
OT - Depth again, we have some, but Loadholt is a free agent, and with how he is playing this year he deserves a new contract, but we'll have to see what the Vikings do. RT, not LT, LT is locked away.
QB - Hard to peg right now, if Ponder regresses a lot at the end of the season, then QB could be a higher need. But right now maybe a flier on someone, otherwise pretty well set.
Not a Need:
K - Blair Walsh has been great.
P - Kluwe has been a bit inconsistent, but he's still a very good punter.
DE - Robison, Allen, and Griffin, this is maybe a late round need at best.
RB - Gerhart has had some fumbling issues, but he's a good back-up to Peterson and Peterson is back.
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Posts: 5236
Location: NC
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 12:30 pm
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TitanSlim wrote:
Titans Need
1.OG/C- This is pretty obvious. Our interior line was a problem last year and continues to be so this year. Leroy Harris is awful and most likely won't be retained next year, so we'll need someone to fill into his spot.
2.DE- I think DE is a bigger need for us then some may think. It's not that our starting DE's are bad. In fact, Wimbley and Morgan has played very well through three games. It's just that we have no depth behind them(to be exact it's 7th rounder Scott Solomon and Pannel Egboh who has no career sacks). In today's pass oriented league, having multiple pass rushers is even more important. We need that extra pass rusher to help take pressure of Wimbley and Morgan.
3.DT- I like our DT group of Jurell Casey, Sen'Derrick Marks, Mike Martin, Karl Klug and even DaJohn Harris. However I'm not sure if any of them are starting DTs. We need a difference making DT. Also Marks is set to be a free agent so we may not re-sign him and even if we do retain him, he has been injury prone so far in his career.
4.S- I still believe that safety isn't as big of a need as most Titans fans feel. I think it's more of the scheme and being put in a bad position by Jerry Gray than anything else. However it' obvious that Michael Griffin has not played like the all-pro we thought he'd be after that 08 season. We have Markelle Martin on the PUP list so if he comes and performs well then this becomes even less of a need. This is something I'll keep an eye on as the season progresses.
5.RB- If CJ doesn't improve, then we may just cut him. He's making too much money to perform the way he has. If we do cut him, then I wouldn't be suprise if we draft a RB in the mid to later rounds. Add the fact that Javon Ringer is set to be a free agent next year and it becomes an even bigger need.
6.LB- We look set for the next 5-10 years at LB with Zach Brown, Colin McCarthy and Akeem Ayers. However, like our DEs, we don't have much depth behind them. Will Witherspoon will be a free agent and I doubt we'll retain him. We have to get some depth for our LB core.
Week 8 Titans Need Update
1.DE-We have no depth at DE. Derrick Morgan is a quality all around DE but I don't know if he'll ever be an 8-10 sacks a season guy. Kamerion Wimbley was bought in to get to the QB but he only has 2.0 sacks this season. I think both guys would do much better if they were part of a 3-4 man DE rotation ala the NY Giants. Another quality DE would be great
2.DT-We have a nice DT core. However we need someone who can constantly collaspe the pocket. Albert Haynesworth did so much for our defense in 07 & 08. If we could somehow get a DT that can have half the impact Haynesworth had during that time then it'll help our whole defense.
2.S-Michael Griffin sucks. In fact all of our safeties have sucked. However, I still think the FO will be stubborn with sticking with Griffin. Jordan Babineaux is set to be a Free Agent and he hasn't played too well anyway. Robert Johnson hasn't really stood out at all either. We'll definitely need to address the S position this offseason. We need atleast a quality starter for us and I don't think we have one right now.
3.OG/C-Our interior line has improved as the season's progress. We still need to improve it though. Leroy Harris is below average. Fernando Velasco is a good back-up C/G but I don't think he's starting material. Steve Hutchinson looks old at times. Hopefully we'll finally address the interor line.
4.CB-I view our CB need the same as I saw the WR position this past offseason. WR wasn't the biggest need of the offseason but we drafted Kendall Wright anyway. I think we could easily do the same with the CB this upcoming offseason. Alterraun Verner could be a potential free agent in 2014 so I think that could be a factor. Also I think he'll be better as our nickel than on the outside. I wouldn't be suprise if we drafted a CB in the early rounds of the draft.
5.RB-Chris Johnson, like the o-line, has looked better as the season has progressed. I'm still cautious that he's truly back though. Even if he is, I think we'll bring in another RB. Javon Ringer suffered an injury and I don't think we'll keep him after this season. Jamie Harper only looks good on goal-line situations. We'll have to draft a RB who can challenge Harper for the back-up job and could potentially become our starter if CJ were to go back to struggling.
6.LB-We need LB depth. Plain and simple.
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Posts: 11936
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 5:42 pm
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Right now, our big priorities are fixing the pass defense. That means getting pass-rushers who can defend it fron the front and secondary players who are good in coverage.
Primary needs
DT (UT) with pass-rush
Secondary needs
O-line depth
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Posts: 45364
Location: Sleepless in Seattle
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 4:56 am
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If it's not a 1st round receiver we really don't need a WR. Sidney Rice is good, but he's at the point where he'd be better off as a #2. Golden Tate would be a great deep threat and Baldwin a great slot guy. That would really jump start the offense. Justin Hunter is a favorite of mine.
Pass Rushing LB
I'm talking Von Miller type. I know that's not easy to find. He would play either WLB or SLB, opposite Wright. Sean Porter of Texas A&M would be a solid pick. A guy that can play the run behind Red Bryant (not that hard) and consistently rush the passer from the 2-point.
Pass Rushing UT
We have two really good LEOs, a great NT, and a solid LDE, but we don't really have a guy that can rush the passer from the 1-gap. Jason Jones has been great at times, but not often enough. Alan Branch is good but can't rush the passer. A guy like Melton would be great. Sylvester Williams is a player I like.
Offensive Guard
Carpenter has actually looked great at LG since playing there and looks to have a spot on this team for the long haul. But RG has been a turnstile, with Moffit going down, to McQuisin sucking, to a UDFA DE starting at RG. It's been terrible. I wish we could get Jonathan Cooper.
Breno Giacomini is just so stupid and gets penalized like twice a game. This year his play hasn't bee good enough to make up for it and he needs to go. A guy like Florida's Xavier Nixon would be perfect. I don't think he's good enough to play LT, but he's just athletic enough and strong enough for RT.
Red Bryant has been great, but he just brings nothing as far as pass rush. We need a guy like Watt or Calais who can stop the run and rush the passer. Greg Scruggs could develop to be that guy, but I'd rather have someone like Florida's Shariff Floyd play that position and generate more pressure.
Receiving TE
I really like Jordan Reed. Zach Miller just hasn't lived up to the hype as a receiver and we need a threat from that position. I'm not just saying this because the college, but Reed remind me a LOT of Aaron Hernandez. That is exactly the type of guy we need. He could go as late as the 3rd.
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description: August 5, 2013—The Smithsonian Institution's Museum of Natural History has started the largest biorepository in the world. It stores frozen specimens from hundreds of thousands of plant and animal species, primarily for genomic research.

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title: DNA and "Life on Ice"

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name: Earth's Life-Forms Collected to Aid in Genetic Research

name: World's Oldest Genome Sequenced From 700,000-Year-Old Horse DNA

credit: 2013 National Geographic

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VOICE: Jonathan Coddington:
"Museums are really the archives of scientific knowledge. We think that the future of meeting the needs of 21st Century biology will be about frozen tissue-Life on Ice."
OC: Jonathan Coddington, Associate Director of Science, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History:
"This Smithsonian has just built the largest natural history biorepository in the world.  Biologist are going to be spending a lot of the next few decades sequencing the genomes of many kinds of life on Earth."
[Coddington on research trail}
"We're in the field out in Edgewater, Maryland, which is a Smithsonian environmental research center, and we're here to start working out the methods for how you put life on ice."
"You might ask, 'Why do we do this?'  Well, as a scientist, the main reason is that I want to understand the history and diversity of life on Earth.  For 300 years we have been studying the morphology of animals, the behavior of animals, the ecology of animals.  But what we've discovered in the last twenty is that all of those things leave signals in their genome.  So, there are a couple of hard problems that we haven't been able to solve with classical data and we think genomic data is the way to solve all those problems."
[Roche catching spider specimen]
OC: Dana De Roche, Researcher, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History:
"Got him! See, and he's in there.  This looks like a leucauge.  Yeah."
[Coddington picking spider specimen]
OC, Jonathan Coddington: "That's one."
VOICE: Jonathan Coddington, Associate Director of Science, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History:
"We'll be catching spiders live and then plunging them into liquid nitrogen.  Which, by the way, is a very fast and painless way to go. It's instantaneous."
OC: Jonathan Coddington:
"Ready?  So, this is sacrificing the spiders.  Do you hear that?"
OC: Amy Driskell:
"Boiling away!"
VOICE: Jonathan Coddington, Associate Director of Science, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History:
"Why care about spider genomes?  It's two obvious reasons:  there's silk and poison.  They have some of the most elaborate and precise poisons of any organism on Earth.  They're widely used in neurobiology research.  So you can see the mechanisms of how the poison affects cells, say in a human body.  So we think nature is a library of solutions that are waiting to be discovered."
OC: Amy Driskell, , Researcher, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History:
"Museums are repositories of all sorts of information that people have used in the past and haven't used yet.  So, we're adding to a museum collection in a different way than has been traditional.  And basically, you know, museums will have specimens in ethanol, they'll have specimens that are dried and pinned, they'll have specimens that are in drawers, and they'll have specimens that are in the biorepository in liquid nitrogen.  So, to me it's seems a normal thing for museums to be doing, which is to be adding to it's collection."
VOICE: Jonathan Coddington, Associate Director of Science, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History:
"The liquid nitrogen tanks hold tens of thousand of samples at minus 190.  At the moment, liquid nitrogen is the gold standard for long-term...and by long-term, the Smithsonian is in the forever business."
OC: Chris Huddleston, Coordinator, Smithsonian Repository:
"Now we are starting to centralize our frozen tissue collections.  We're somewhere between 200,000 and a half-million samples.  The reason we do this is because people like to do genomic work, they do file genetics, they do toxicology work with our samples.  So researchers request samples and we actually go in and pull samples out, we cut a small piece of it and then send them out to the researcher."
OC: Jonathan Coddington, Associate Director of Science, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History:
"Every time science jumps to a new phase they museums will follow because technology of doing genome sequencing is advancing rapidly. By building a library of frozen tissue where you can do genomics of life on Earth, we'll be doing what museums have always done, which is to concentrate life into a collection that will support research."


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Hi, I was reading the linux newb sticky thread and realized it was based on BT2, which uses slackware, so I was wondering what exactly in Ubuntu I need to learn about to become proficient with BT4. I've never used linux before. I'm sure I can easily figure out manuevering my way through the interface and the most basics aspects of it. But what specifically do I need to learn before proceeding with BT4?
Oh alright then, I figured it implied there was something more important or complex about linux I needed to know (such as something equivalent to DOS). Guess I'll go ahead and start studying back|track 4, thanks for clarifying. Peace!
Also learn basic commands of unix to learn how to do things from command line.
Ubuntu + unix then backtrack.
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can we not have a 13 letter word?
unless you guys really dont wnat any enteries
ya taht one would be more reasonable
scitzo or scitzophrenic or scitzophrenia.. something along those lines.
i dont care if its scit, the more entries the better. next sunday night!
im not feelin scitzo..
lol how about nice?
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nah man, scitzo is a bitch of a word. thats the point. see what the entries will be like.
or shitzophrenic
alright alright ill take scitzo.. haha
just signed up an keen for some sketch battles...
anyone down?
Do I pick the next handstyle word or what?
so on the throw battle do we write like mirror style or like pansho style with the letters facing left
im tryna hop in this battle
iight throws or what?
and due date?
sunday night. its a painted pieces battle.
jesus i need to sketch. someone battle me. NOW!
if i can get a cam im down.
whats the word.sketch? piece,throwy,or handsteez.
im known to be in more trees then donkey kong,
rolling off of 6 purple naked ladys ,goddamn-im hella gone.
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im in for the scitzo battle
who wants a shout out
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Speech helps people express their thoughts and emotions, their wishes and desires, and establish wide-ranging communication with others. In the Religion of the Ignorant, that is to say, where people do not abide by the religion, however, speech has become a means whereby the distorted mindset of that religion is revealed to the outside world. When they speak, adherents of ignorantism reveal all their complexes, personality defects, psychological problems and mental flaws. By means of speech as well as by behavior, most try to give the impression that they are different than what they really are and that they are superior. In this section, we shall consider the speech of adherents of the Religion of the Ignorant in terms of style, content, attitude, and other characteristics.
Ignorantism is a religion of patterns. So long as people implement these patterns, they are popular and appreciated within society. Patterns of speech occupy an important place in human relations, particularly within this false religion. Speech in the Religion of the Ignorant takes place by the most appropriate patterns being selected and used in accordance with prevailing circumstances. Whether the individuals actually mean the words they utter is not relevant at all. Since there is a great difference between what they feel and what they communicate to the outside, members of ignorantism fit the definition of hypocrites. Although hypocrisy is a source of deep shame for any normal person, those who live according to the Religion of the Ignorant are unaware even that they have fallen into a shameful position.
In ignorantism, people learn to give the appearance of loving when they actually hate, of being uncaring when they actually love, of being sad when such is not so, of rejoicing when this is untrue, of laughing or crying when doing so is insincere, and of being astonished when they really feel no reaction at all. They also do all these things in light of the prevailing circumstances.
Since the people around them also possess the same mindsets, they see nothing amiss with falsity and insincerity, and regard them as natural. When their turn comes, they don't hesitate to display the same insincerity and false character. Various forms of insincere speech include:
Adopting an exaggerated style to attract greater attention when describing events,
Portraying something banal as something important, and something important as if it were banal,
Making it clear that one knows foreign languages by sprinkling one's speech with foreign words, even when perfectly adequate equivalents in the mother tongue are available,
Behaving as though one had considerable knowledge of the subject being discussed even though one has little actual familiarity with it, and adding something one may have heard about the subject to give the impression that one enjoys a wide mastery,
Displaying artificial and exaggerated reactions even though one is utterly unaffected by the subject under discussion, and uttering words that indicate condemnation, sorrow, agreement or support, even though one actually feels none of these. An example would be using parrot cries like, "I don't believe it!" or "I'm flabbergasted," even though one is not the least bit surprised.
Most of this is not sincerely felt. In fact, the listeners are usually well aware that these words are all false. What matters, however, is for these patterns to be used expertly. Insincerity and hypocrisy have become so normal in the Religion of the Ignorant that even if someone does speak honestly and appears sincere, that is referred to as something extraordinary. In circles that live by Ignorantism, people succeed in society to the extent to which they succeed in hypocrisy. Looking at a great many who have come to be admired in society, you can see their expertise at implementing these rules. Men use insincere speech as a means to further their business careers, and women as a means of showing off among family and acquaintances. Their husbands' positions, how their children are doing at school, their wealth, social relations and activities are all duly exaggerated out of all proportion. The following are examples of insincere speech:
Forced laughter at another person's jokes, because it would seem bold not to, or to play up to that person or to curry an advantage from him, even though one actually finds nothing funny at all; adopting an exaggeratedly arrogant style when angered, and using one's tone of voice to make that irritation apparent are among the behavioral disorders experienced by those who live by the religion of the ignorant.


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Civic Engagement
Students engage in community-engaged experiences closely tied to courses and themes.
Civic engagement activities like community-engaged learning, community-engaged research, community involvement, and student activism support the liberal education model within Southwestern University. These activities educate the whole student and foster the development of active and responsible students. Structured civic engagement that connects community identified needs and includes guided student reflection, provides a delivery method for faculty to integrate multiple perspectives and promote interdisciplinary learning.
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Gregor von Rezzori was born in Czernowitz, a onetime provincial capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire that was later to be absorbed successively into Romania, the USSR, and the Ukraine—a town that was everywhere and nowhere, with a population of astonishing diversity. Growing up after World War I and the collapse of the empire, Rezzori lived in a twilit world suspended between the formalities of the old nineteenth-century order which had shaped his aristocratic parents and the innovations, uncertainties, and raw terror of the new century. The haunted atmosphere of this dying world is beautifully rendered in the pages of The Snows of Yesteryear.
The book is a series of portraits—amused, fond, sometimes appalling—of Rezzori's family: his hysterical and histrionic mother, disappointed by marriage, destructively obsessed with her children's health and breeding; his father, a flinty reactionary, whose only real love was hunting; his haughty older sister, fated to die before thirty; his earthy nursemaid, who introduced Rezzori to the power of storytelling and the inevitability of death; and a beloved governess, Bunchy. Telling their stories, Rezzori tells his own, holding his early life to the light like a crystal until it shines for us with a prismatic brilliance.
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Gregor von Rezzori (1914–1998) was born in Czernowitz (now Chernovtsy, Ukraine), Bukovina, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He later described his childhood in a family of declining fortunes as one "spent among slightly mad and dislocated personalities in a period that also was mad and dislocated and filled with unrest.'' After studying at the University of Vienna, Rezzori moved to Bucharest and enlisted in the Romanian army. During World War II, he lived in Berlin, where he worked as a radio broadcaster and published his first novel. In West Germany after the war, he wrote for both radio and film and began publishing books at a rapid rate, including the four-volume Idiot's Guide to German Society and Ein Hermelin in Tschernopol (to be published by NYRB Classics as Ermine). From the late 1950s on, Rezzori had parts in several French and West German films, including one directed by his friend Louis Malle. In 1967, after spending years classified as a stateless person, Rezzori settled in a fifteenth-century farmhouse outside of Florence with his wife, gallery owner Beatrice Monti. There he produced some of his best-known works, among them Death of My Brother Abel, Memoirs of an Anti-Semite (published by NYRB Classics), and the memoir The Snows of Yesteryear: Portraits for an Autobiography.
John Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He is the author of many novels, including The Book of Evidence, The Untouchable, and Eclipse. Banville's novel The Sea was awarded the 2005 Man Booker Prize. On occasion he writes under the pen name Benjamin Black.
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German
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Book Description Vintage, 1991. Paperback. Book Condition: New. Bookseller Inventory # DADAX0679731814
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