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Jika komputer dinyalakan, maka akan melalui satu proses yang disebut POST (Power On Self Test). Proses ini merupakan dignosa singkat yang disertakan dalam proses boot oleh perusahaan yang membuat BIOS. Karena terkadang yang menjadi masalah adalah Graphic Card atau monitor, sehingga komputer tidak bisa menampilkan pesan di monitor. Untuk itulah disertakan diagnosa komputer melalui kode beep BIOS. Makanya, bagi yang berminat untuk memberikan Solusi Masalah Komputer, sebaiknya memahami masalah ini.
Berikut beberapa kode beep yang umum dari beberapa perusahaan yang membuat BIOS serta pesan yang dikandungnya:
1. AMI (American Megatrends') BIOS
one short
DRAM refresh failure (Problem with memory)
two short
Parity circuit failure
three short
Base 64K RAM failure
four short
System Timer failure
five short
Processor failure
six short
Keyboard Controller / Gate A20 failure
seven short
Virtual Mode Exception error
eight short
Display Memory Read/Write failure (fault with video card)
nine short
ROM BIOS Checksum error (fault with BIOS chip)
ten short
CMOS Shutdown Read/Write error
eleven short
Cache memory
one long
Passed (no errors)
one long, two short
Video failure
one long, three short
Base / Extended Memory failure
one long, eight short
Display / Retrace Test failure
2. AST Research BIOS
one short
Low level processor verification test failed (POST 1)
two short
Clearing keyboard controller buffers failed (POST 2)
three short
Keyboard controller reset failed (POST 3)
four short
Low level keyboard controller interface test (POST 4)
five short
Reading data from keyboard controller failed (POST 5)
six short
System board support chip initialization failed (POST 6)
seven short
Processor register read/write verify test failed (POST 7)
eight short
CMOS timer initialization failed (POST 8)
nine short
ROM BIOS checksum test failed (POST 9)
ten short
Initialize primary video (POST 10)
eleven short
8254 timer channel 0 test failed (POST 11)
twelve short
8254 timer channel 1 test failed (POST 12)
thirteen short
8254 timer channel 2 test failed (POST 13)
fourteen short
CMOS power-on and time test failed (POST 14)
fifteen short
CMOS shutdown byte test failed (POST 15)
one long
DMA channel 0 test failed (POST 16)
one long, one short
DMA channel 1 test failed (POST 17)
one long, two short
DMA page register test failed (POST 18)
one long, three short
Keyboard controller interface test failed (POST 19)
one long, four short
Memory refresh toggle test failed (POST 20)
one long, five short
First 64 KB memory test failed (POST 21)
one long, six short
Setup interrupt vector table failed (POST 22)
one long, seven short
Video initialization failed (POST 23)
one long, eight short
Video memory test failed (POST 24)
3. Award BIOS
one short
Passed (no errors)
two short
Any non-fatal error
one long, two short
Video failure
one long, three short
Keyboard Controller failure (applies to 286, 386 and 486)
4. Compaq BIOS
one short
Indicates that the system is booting properly
two short
General BIOS error - remedy unknown
one short, two long
Memory Module
one long, one short
BIOS ROM checksum error
one long, two short
Video error
7 Beeps: one long, one short, one long, one short, pause, one long, two short
AGP Video
one long continuous tone
Memory Module
Power Supply or System Board failure (possible short)
one short
Passed (no errors)
one short (blank screen)
Video error (check cable)
one short (no boot)
Floppy Drive error
two short
Configuration Error (displayed on screen)
repeating short
Power Supply or System Board failure
Power Supply or System Board / Keyboard stuck
one long, one short
System Board failure
one long, two short
Video (Mono/CGA) failure (check cable)
one long, three short
Video (EGA) failure (check cable)
three long
Keyboard Card error
6. Mylex BIOS
Normal boot
Video adapter error
Keyboard controller error
Keyboard error
PIC 0 error
PIC 1 error
DMA page register error
RAM refresh error
RAM data error
RAM parity error
DMA controller 0 error
CMOS RAM error
DMA controller 1 error
CMOS RAM battery error
CMOS RAM checksum error
BIOS ROM checksum error
7. Mylex 386 BIOS
one long
Normal boot
two long
Video adapter error
one long, one short, one long
Keyboard controller error
one long, two short, one long
Keyboard error
one long, three short, one long
PIC 0 error
one long four short, one long
PIC 1 error
one long, five short, one long
DMA page register error
one long, six short, one long
RAM refresh error
one long, seven short, one long
RAM data error
one long, eight short, one long
RAM parity error
one long, nine short, one long
DMA controller 0 error
one long, ten short, one long
CMOS RAM error
one long, eleven short, one long
DMA controller 1 error
one long, twelve short, one long
CMOS RAM battery error
one long, thirteen short, one long
CMOS RAM checksum error
one long fourteen short, one long
BIOS ROM checksum error
8. Phoenix BIOS
one, one, three
CMOS Read/Write
one, one, four
ROM BIOS Checksum failure
one, two, one
Programmable Interval Timer failure
one, two, two
DMA Initialisation failure
one, two, three
DMA Page Register Read/Write failure
one, three, one
RAM Refresh Verification error
one, three, three
First 64K RAM Chip/Data Line failure
one, three, four
First 64K RAM Odd/Even Logic
one, four, one
First 64K RAM: Address Line
one, four, two
First 64K RAM: Parity failure
one, four, three
Fail-Safe Timer Feature (EISA only)
one, four, four
Software NMI Port failure (EISA only)
two (followed by various combinations)
First 64K RAM Chip/Data Line failure (combinations indicate which bit)
three, one, one
Slave DMA Register failure
three, one, two
Master DMA Register failure
three, one, three
Master Interrupt Mask Register failure
three, one, four
Slave Interrupt Mask Register failure
three, two, four
Keyboard Controller failure
three, three, four
Display Memory failure
three, four, one
Display Retrace failure
three, four, two
Video ROM search proceeding
four, two, one
Timer Tick failure
four, two, two
Shutdown failure
four, two, three
Gate A20 failure
four, two, four
Unexpected Interrupt in Protected Mode
four, three, one
RAM test above 64K failure
four, three, two/three
Programmable Interval Timer, Channel 2 failure
four, three, four
Realtime Clock failure
four, four, one
Serial Port error
four, four, two
Parallel Port error
four, four, three
Math Co-processor failure
(tone) one, one, two
System Board Select
(tone) one, one, three
Extender CMOS RAM
9. Quadtel BIOS
one short
Indicates that the system is booting properly
two short
CMOS IC error
one long, two short
Video error
one long, three short
Peripheral controller error

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I wanted to introduce the importance of understanding your audience early so I could talk about the many ways in which we consistently fail to do this simple thing, but I didn't expect to be handed such a clear and useful example just a few days later!
Let me start with some background. World of Warcraft is currently running a seasonal event called Brewfest. This is an alcohol-fueled party in the vein of Oktoberfest. In addition to free-form drinking, there are a number of small quests, most of which reward the player with tickets that can be used to buy special Brewfest items. Most of the reward items are seasonal fluff (food and drink, funny hats and other clothes, a pony keg for roleplaying and so forth) but the big reward of the event is a player mount: a Brewfest Riding Ram. This is especially exciting to players with Horde characters since there is otherwise no way for them to obtain a ram mount. The player reaction to Brewfest has been … mixed. The event began with some severe bugs and design flaws and although most of those have been resolved, one portion of the event had to be permanently disabled due to griefing.
More interesting to me, however, is what we can learn about Blizzard's characterization of their audience based on what they've said about Brewfest. Seasonal events like Brewfest have been touted by Blizzard as proof of their commitment to creating content for more casual players. But what are these casual players like?
The following is quoted from a WoW dev involved in creating the event in a thread on Blizzard's WoW General Forum. I've pulled together several posts on the same thread below (separated with elipses) and snipped out the actual math of ticket acquisition that he's referring to for brevity.
You would earn…. 782 tickets. More than enough for the ram, for logging in once a day, perhaps 15 minutes, every day, from now until Brewfest ends. I fail to see how that isn't "casual" by definition.
None of my math is contradictory. One is averaging 7 keg turn-ins a day, the other 20 (10 per run, twice a day). One was for the casual crowd; what I quoted the second time was a far more challenging estimate.
In a later post, I gave the 20 kegs a day, which was for a more "hardcore" mentality towards the event in getting most of the items.
So putting this together we see the following picture of casual and hardcore players:
- Casual players can log in once a day for 15 minutes. Hardcore players can log on for longer amounts of time more than once a day.
- Casual players are less skillful at completing a short mini-game than hardcore players. Note that the mini-game does not rely on skills needed elsewhere in the normal game and takes about four minutes to learn.
- Casual players will be satisfied with just the mount reward, but hardcore players will push on and get the rest of the rewards, including the funny hats and roleplaying keg.
In the abstract, these characteristics fit our assumptions about casual players: they have less time to play, they are less skillful, they are more easily satisfied. And yet it's easy to see that these characterizations — especially #2 and #3 — are not at all logical. Why would hardcore players want a funny hat or a roleplaying knick-knack? And if you want to stereotype, then shouldn't casual players be better at the mini-game? After all, they sit around all day playing Bejeweled instead of raiding …
And what about assumption #1? Can we really assume that casual players will log in once a day for 15 minutes? That's not very long, true, but it still implies a commitment to a particular schedule. Are casual players known for their commitment? Even when the commitment is there, that schedule may not be feasible: for example, what about the weekend warriors — players who have carefully scheduled their very full lives to allow themselves six hours in Azeroth on Sunday even though the rest of the week is dedicated to work, school, and family?
(If they care enough they'll make time, you say. And yet this event was carefully designed to appeal to casual players … right?)
The problem occurs when we boil a complex picture of our multi-faceted playerbase down into a couple of adjectives, each with a handful of broad, simplistic attributes, and then we build up designs based on the simplifications (i.e. less time) instead of the more complicated reality (i.e. some have less time per day, some need shorter or interruptible sessions, some need a more flexible schedule). And what we invariably end up with is content that doesn't appeal properly to anyone because it isn't actually targeted at anyone. In short: wasted content.


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There has been a lot of buzz on the hill about "Creativity and Courage," this year's theme adopted by the Spectrum Series for campus-wide exploration, and here, three professors from very different disciplines weigh in on the subject and how they experience it in the classroom.
Heather Rhodes, assistant professor in the biology department, Ching-chu Hu, assistant professor in the music department, and Margot Singer, associate professor of English, tackle a couple of key questions. How do creativity and courage affect your work? How do you encourage other people to take risks?
Perhaps not surprisingly, the laboratories of the biology department are fertile grounds for inventiveness. Rhodes says, "In order to conduct the experiments I do in my laboratory, I'm always problem-solving, constantly tinkering with the equipment, building electrodes, and even writing computer programs to analyze the data." She adds, "It takes a lot of courage simply to try new experiments, but it also takes a huge amount of courage to publish and present to your peers. You have to develop a real confidence in your abilities."
Composing music is Hu's forté, but that doesn't mean he takes it lightly. "To understand music, we need to consume and listen to all we can. But when you write something original, you need to shut all that out, seek a place of honesty and truth and write something that represents who you are. That means working to find your voice and to put your fingerprint on your music." And when it comes time for your work to be performed on a public stage, giving up control to the musicians and conductor takes a certain level of fearlessness, too. "Now it's really out there and open for interpretation," he says. "I put this on the page, now what do you think it means?"
Singer says that in some ways, being a writer is pretty simple. "A writer is not someone who dresses in black, lives in a garret, and drinks too much coffee. You simply need to write." That may sound easy, but it's not. "It's a very messy process," she says. "You try and fail and try again and fail better. Each time you try again is another small act of courage. A word, followed by another word, followed by a third…"
When it comes to encouraging their students to take risks, reach out and grow, these professors have some heartening words of advice.
Rhodes emphasizes the design and execution of experiments more than the outcome. "I work to give them confidence in their abilities and in their knowledge base—a real mastery of the subject." But it's a fine line to find the balance between giving knowledge without giving them answers. "I want to inspire my students to find their own answers and give them the space to create and find them," she says.
"Honesty about who you are and about what you want is something I stress with my students," says Hu. He gets to know his students very well, sometimes meeting with them on a weekly basis during their four years at Denison. "I watch them struggle with discovering themselves, and I try to ask them questions that will allow them to think about their choices and their future. I ask them what will make you get out of bed 10 years from now? And what are you doing now to build that dream?"
The desire to be perfect is a prevalent and pernicious one in our society, notes Singer. "It's human nature to look at an end product and not understand all the trial and error it took to get there." She gives her students lots of opportunities to practice writing different criteria. "We have to accept that some of what we write will just be bad. We have to get over the fear of not being perfect and simply explore."


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thanks chris for the replies
just one more thing though, does the mini to mini cable matter alot?
because i was checking the boa out and i saw that ibasso had a mini to mini cable for sale and it was 30 dollars. I was surprised that it was costs that much.
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All the actors that have played Banner were great in my opinion. Eric Bana was let down by a lousy movie but his Banner was fine. Norton did an excellent job in the role and I would have been happy if he returned for Avengers but in that movie I feel marvel did a more successful job of bringing the Hulk himself to the screen than they did with Banner despite a solid performance from Norton.
In the Avengers I felt marvel struck a much better balance between Banner and the Hulk, Mark Ruffalo managed to make the role his own by giving the character a slightly new take which I thought made him ten times more interesting than he has been portrayed before (excluding Bixby's performance), Hulk seemed less savage in the Avengers and seemed more in line with the current Avengers cartoon Hulk, my only issue with the Hulk's portrayal was that I didn't really like the way they made him move more like a gorilla, some might argue that it gave the Hulk a more beast like quality but I still prefer the way he was used in Norton's movie.
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After the helter-skelter events of Memories of Ice, it is easy to overlook the more staid, focused narratives found in the fourth Malazan book, House of Chains. When I first read it in December 2002, it took a while for me to get into the flow of the narrative. I recall one major hurdle at the time was having one-quarter of the book devoted to telling the backstory of Karsa Orlong, who was a minor character known as Toblakai in Deadhouse Gates. Added to that was the change back over from then-more interesting Genabackis-based novels (Gardens of the Moon, Memories of Ice) to the Seven Cities tales (Deadhouse Gates, House of Chains). It was a difficult transition, especially considering the wham-bam ending for the last novel. At the time, I seem to recall my impression being that this novel was not as powerful as the other three, although it had its moments where some of the series backstory made for some intriguing possibilities for future novels.
Fast-forward around seven and a half years. I had re-read House of Chains I believe twice between 2002 and 2005, but it has been five years since my last reading of it. Having read all of the published Malazan stories to date, I now have a slightly better idea of how to gauge this novel. What I discovered during this latest re-read is that this is actually one of the most focused and well-written novels in the series.
Some of the complaints about the previous novels revolve around Erikson's rather sketchy characterizations. Although there were individual characters (Felisin in particular) that I thought were well-drawn, there still was not enough backstory for several of the presumed major characters for me to be able to see them more as Figure A or Figure B doing Action X or Action Y. But here in House of Chains, several characters and their motivations become more dynamic and well-rounded. I noted above that on my initial read that the first section revolving around Karsa's past history was a hurdle that I had to overcome. Here in this latest re-read it became a strength. Seeing how Karsa evolved as a character was interesting as with very few exceptions, there really haven't been good revisions on the Conan-style overwhelming barbarian. I found Karsa's conflicts, both internal and external alike, to be much more fascinating because of how his issues with his people, his gods, and with those who had mistreated and deceived him over the past few years were presented throughout the novel. The scenes in which he appeared were among my favorite in the novel.
Another enjoyable part of this novel was showing the doubts and fears that existed among the Malazan 14th Army, led by Ganoes Paran's sister, Adjunct Tavore. Although Tavore is kept isolated and to the margins throughout the novel, this actually served to underscore the divisions that beset her army as it arrived at the port city of Aren and began retracing the Chain of Dogs to the holy desert of Rakuru, where Sha'ik (or Felisin, Tavore's younger sister) and her rebel army awaited. Whereas Memories of Ice perhaps had too much solider banter and odd attempts at humor, the humor here in House of Chains is more constrained and yet ends up being more effective because it doesn't feel as forced as it did in the previous novel.
As I said above, there were some interesting plot and character developments in this novel. The conflict between the three Tiste peoples (Andii - Dark, Edur - Shadow, Liosan - Light) is explained in much more depth. The Edur Trull Sengar, whom I had found earlier to be dull and rather irritating, provides some interesting moments of pathos (later revealed in full in the next novel, Midnight Tides) regarding the tragic histories of these warring kin. His friendship with the battered T'lan Imass Onrack the Broken was understated and yet effective for the scenes in which the two wander in search of renegades (who are now minions of the Crippled God) who seek to capture the Imass First Throne, not used since Emperor Kellanved's apparent assassination. Futhermore, the Crokus/Apsalar angst did not bother me as much in this novel, perhaps because of the revelations surrounding the Patron of Assassins, Cotillion. Here he has much more depth of character and surprising motives than what one might expect from an assassin god and I found the hints regarding his and Shadowthrone's real plans to be intriguing.
There is of course a huge convergence at the end, where the forces of the Whirlwind goddess battle not just the Malazans, but also the spirits of the land. This part was actually the weakest, in large part because there were so many subplots (several of which revolving around the rival factions in Sha'ik's forces) that it took over one hundred pages just to cover the battle in full. This resulted in a rather turgid affair that sapped the vitality from what had been a very strong novel for its first 600 or so pages. However, this did not fatally hurt this book in my estimation, but rather it was a noticeable flaw in what had otherwise been a very good read. Now onwards to the fifth volume, Midnight Tides.
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IRVINE - Northwood came out firing Friday night with a strong first quarter that propelled the Timberwolves to a 41-13 victory over Rancho Alamitos in the opening round of the CIF-SS Southern Division playoffs at Irvine High.
The Timberwolves (5-6) move on to the second round next Friday at Laguna Beach.
Northwood quarterback Kevin Norman started another impressive performance by throwing a 33-yard TD pass to Ryan Tran and a 22-yard TD pass to Carter Padgham to help the Timberwolves take a 14-0 first-quarter lead.
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Culbert's biggest play was a 98-yard pass to Jose Valenzuela, which moved the ball to the Northwood 1-yard line midway through the second quarter.
The Vaqueros were pushed back to the 4-yard line, but Robert Torres scored on a 4-yard run to cut the gap to 14-13 with 6:56 left in the first half.
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Over at Golden Skate there was an interesting span of posts where people got a little off topic by comparing skaters in a Skater A > Skater B > Skater C format or in some cases Skater A > Skater B >= (greater than or equal to) Skater C. This got me to thinking: Seeing as how these are the three main podium contenders heading into worlds, how would you rank Carolina, Mao and Yu-Na in the following categories? Jumps (rank each) - Axel - Toe - Loop - Salchow - Flip - Lutz - Combos (3-3 and 2-3) Spins (overall but you can specify) Skating Skills (this includes edges, speed, flow, etc.) Transitions Choreography (for this year's programs) Here are my thoughts: Jumps - Axel: Mao > Carolina >= Yu-Na Mao's axel is so light and airy it almost looks like a single. Both Carolina and Yu-Na have great axels though I prefer Carolina's b/c of her landing position which is fully extended and often held for a count, whereas Yu-Na usually checks the landing quickly but I do love Yu-Na's ability to do the axel out of an Ina or SE... - Toe: Carolina > Yu-Na >= Mao Carolina's air position and coverage make it a great jump for her. Yu-Na rarely does a 3T as a single jump; it's usually in combination with lutz or an axel so it's hard to judge. I like the delay Mao's 3Ts but she doesn't do a toe by itself either. It's been in combination with the axel lately; when she hits it, it's equal to Yu-Na's. - Loop: Carolina >= Mao > Yu-Na Both Carolina and Mao's loops are probably their best jumps. Both get good lift and pretty rotations in the air with nice landings. Yu-Na doesn't attempt a loop... - Salchow: Carolina > Yu-Na > Mao Carolina gets nice lift into the air on this one. The sal is probably Yu-Na's weakest jump even though it's solid. Hers lacks the height/coverage of Carolina's. Mao's sal is good but she's still getting the hang of it so it's not very reliable right now. - Flip: Yu-Na > Mao > Carolina Yu-Na's flip has good height and coverage and is one of her best jumps. Mao's flip is her money jump and she's able to do it out of complicated steps, but it doesn't get the coverage Yu-Na's gets. Carolina's flip is lovely when she hits it but it often has a looong step up. - Lutz: Yu-Na > Carolina > Mao Yu-Na's lutz is excellent and is another strength for her. Speed, distance, height...she has it all. Carolina's lutz has been MIA but the one she did at Europeans was lovely. Mao still flutzes... - Combos (3-3 and 2-3): Yu-Na >> Carolina >= Mao Obviously Yu-Na's ability to do a myriad of 3-3s and a 2A-3T with consistency make her the easy winner here. Carolina has been doing a 3T-3T consistently and her 2A-3T is good too. Mao has not attempted a 3-3 is some years but her 2A-3T is pretty good and her 3-jump combos with two loops are very difficult. Spins: Mao > Carolina > Yu-Na Mao's spins have improved a lot this season. By far she has the best positions in terms of extension, flexibility and variations, her speed is better and she's been getting level 4s all season long. Carolina's spins are average but I put her above Yu-Na b/c of her extension, positions and the improvement to her layback (arms and leg positioning are much better this year). As for Yu-Na, with the exception of the layover camel and her back position in the layback (which are both lovely), her spins are about average too. They aren't as fast as they used and the positions aren't that great, but she's still adjusting to the new spins rules so we'll have to see if they've improved since nationals. Skating Skills: Carolina > Mao >= Yu-Na Carolina wins this. Speed, edges, ease, flow...all three have them but Carolina is tops IMO. It's difficult choosing who is 2nd here but I give Mao the slight edge. Yu-Na has the edge on power/acceleration when you compare her to Mao but I feel Mao edges Yu-Na overall. Best thing I can point to is the step sequences. I've never seen Yu-Na execute a step sequence equal to the complexity of Carolina or Mao's. All three are strong here which is part of why they are the top contenders. Transitions: Yu-Na > Carolina = Mao I give Yu-Na the edge here due to her transitions into her jumps. All three include good transitions throughout their programs, but Yu-Na's entry into her jumps are what stand out. The moves connect with little prep time before the jump and they are faster and more difficult than Carolina or Mao's, plus she often adds transitions to her exits too. I would say Carolina's exits are better than Yu-Na's exits though; however, Carolina's entries are sometimes long...and Mao's jumps are often preceded by steps that don't pause as long as Carolina's do, though she (Mao) doesn't have as many transitions out of her jumps. So to sum up all have great in-the-field moves. In terms of transitions for jumps: Yu-Na (entry and exit), Carolina (exit), Mao (entry)...whew! Choreography - SP: Carolina > Mao > Yu-Na This one is based purely on preferences of course. I think Carolina's SP this year is the best she's ever had. Amazing musicality, almost every accent is used. It's a phenomenal program. Mao's I Got Rhythm SP has grown on me. I like the throwback Mao style mixed with the skills she's gained as a mature skater. She pulls it off very well. Yu-Na's SP is good and while it's better than a number of programs it doesn't stand out in comparison to Carolina and Mao's programs to me. - FS: Mao > Carolina > Yu-Na Again, it's all preference here. I think Mao's Swan Lake FS is lovely. It's a simple program that highlights her strengths in all of the right ways. The pacing is very good and the edit is very effective. Carolina and Yu-Na's programs are still works in progress but I'm feeling Carolina's Bolero more than Yu-Na's Les Mis. Lori has found a way to make Bolero work for Carolina and I think the program has moved from pretty good to nice IMO. For Yu-Na it's the same with her SP. Les Mis is a good program but, compared to Mao and Carolina's programs, this one grabs me the least. There are some nice moments but it doesn't do anything for me like her programs have in the past. Feel free to add categories I left out. And sorry if this has been done before. I just thought it'd be interesting to see what everyone thought...
I think jump categories should be divided into triple jumps and double jumps to be more clear. For example, being good at 2Loop doesn't necessarily mean being good at 3Loop, and there are many exceptions..
Thank you kwanatic, excellent and interesting post. I will try to do my own version as soon as I have more time!
I hate threads like this, but I must say, I absolutely feel the same way. Kostner's rise in the last 2 years came about when (i) Yuna was not competing and (2) Mao underwent jump overhauls and regressed to half of her former self. Kostner is just not in the same league as Mao/Yuna. Kostner's improvement is admirable and should be applauded, but she isn't even Top 5 in terms of talent among current ladies skater (I would put the Russian babies above Kostner in terms of pure talent). To compare a journeywoman veteran who fell more than an Italian goalkeeper in her Olympics LP to two prodigious once-in-a generation talents who dominated from their very debuts is an insult to the latter. But I do recognize that at least for this year's Worlds, due to the points Kostner has built up over the past 2 years, it will be a close battle should Kostner skate clean. Yuna >>> Mao >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kostner
What is "pure talent"? Talent in what? Jumping talent (although Sotnikova and even Tuktamisheva clearly have more)? I think Kostner was/is "pure talent" when it comes to skating itself, as well as things like musicality. And, yes, also jumps - as many have said, when she does them her technique is practically textbook (which can't be said for Mao). kwnatic, thank you very much for this thread and your comparison - it's very interesting.
Just give them time. Yu-Na hasn't been competing for a couple of year and Mao is reworking her jumps. With some mileage they can catch up to Carolina!
Have to disagree here. Mao has always shown her courage by fighting back when she was down. It took guts to persist with the 3A- a jump that most ladies don't even attempt, and it took guts to land it three times in the Olympics. It took guts to revamp her jumps completely when judges started giving her low marks for ur. It took guts to completely overhaul her skating even after winning two world championships and an Olympic silver medal. Most skaters would have been satisfied with those accomplishments. To cap it all, she showed great courage in competing at worlds, just a couple months after losing her mother. I don't think either Yu na or Carolina come close to Mao when it comes to pure courage.
I don't think guts and pure courage are the same. I'm not even sure to know what guts is (not physically, of course !). In Mao's case, it's more dedication to the 3Axel than courage, and something that I consider not really clever. I admire her determination to land the 3Axel, but I'm not sure it's the good decision. Just like Joubert wanted 2 quads and 2 3Axels at 2006 Olympics. It's putting too much pressure, IMO. Anyway, as someone already mentioned, that kind of thread is interesting, if we take objective facts, but it's impossible to rank those three skaters in general.
Well, persisting with 3A because it is the only option to beat one's rival, fine I will give her some credit just because no ladies do 3A nowadays. Revamping wrong jumps to get higher marks.. that's a different story. Isn't it what every figure skater is supposed do? Since Yu-Na had almost no wrong jumps(well, she used to get wrong edge calls on her flip jump but it's gone in 09-10 season) compared to Mao, Yu-Na doesn't have anything to revamp.. You said most skaters have satisfied with these accomplishments.. How about Yu-Na going for another Olympics after she won gold in Vancouver? How about Yu-Na going to 2010 Worlds right after she won gold in Vancouver even though she could just rest in Korea? How about Yu-Na never missing podium even though she had gone through severe back pain in her early senior period. How about Yu-Na becoming today's Yu-Na even though she came from a country with no figure skating infrastructure and financial supports unlike her neighbouring country? After winning gold in Vancouver, she could easily retire and be free from pressure, but she didn't and decided to continue to get Olympic tickets for her junior skaters. If she will not win another gold in Sochi, many people will be disappointed, but she risked all these worries and uncertainties. IMO that's what true guts mean. Maybe I was too harsh that I had so many >'s between them, so I will remove a couple of >. Actually my gut comparison was regarding the guts at competitions.. Yu-Na nailed her SP right after Mao. Mao after Yu-Na's FS? hmm you know what I mean. In that regard, I remember how Caro did after Yu-Na's FS in 2009 Worlds.
Carolina has beaten Mao at every competition for the past 2 seasons. If anyone doesn't belong in this category its Mao
, Carolina was 4th at her first Euros in 2003 with a phenomenal LP, and bronze medalist at Worlds in 2005.
You're hysterical, I bet you would wipe YNK's butt too if you could. Probably never wash your hand again afterwards to boot.
Not to mention those Euro titles and medals and her GP results, and although it was controversial, her silver at 2008 Worlds. Kostner's rise beyond what she'd achieved in the past has been mainly due to her finally becoming more consistent; the talent was always there. Since guts and courage have been mentioned in this thread, I think Kostner's ability to pick herself up after two dreadful Olympic seasons and accomplish what she has is really impressive - especially post-Vancouver, since she was also dealing with a serious knee injury at the time, but also after being in the spotlight at such a young age back in Torino. I don't like her choreo this season, though. I basically don't like anyone's choreo this season. I think spirals haven't been mentioned yet? I'd have Mao ahead in that one.
Kwanatic, this is a really fascinating thread, and I really enjoyed reading your analysis. For me, Yu-Na has much better jumps (aside from the 3Lo), but Carolina and Mao are more musical and have much better interpretation. Carolina has the best skating skills of the 3. Mao & Carolina have better footwork then Yu-Na. Carolina and Yu-Na are both faster than Mao. Sudden 2 year rise?! Kostner has competed at Worlds since 2003! She came on strong as a young skater, won her first medal in 2005 (before Yu-Na and Mao were even old enough to compete in the senior level), fell hard (the Olympics, as you mentioned) and had a major resurgence. I think her determination and growth in her skating has been tremendous, and I am so glad she decided to continue skating when she could've easily quit.
The problem of Caro is that she could never integrate all elements OP listed. In the last Wolds, she could win by restricting her contents to easier ones. If she had tried to include difficult jumps, she may have fell. All the above comparisons are meaningless unless Caro can integrate them.
Whereas Yuna and Mao always integrate every element into their programs? Not a jump omitted, textbook position for everything, correct technique across the board? Yeah, I didn't think so. These are three very talented skaters with different strengths and weaknesses. That's okay. It's fine to like one better even though she's not superior across the board, or to like one less even though she isn't inferior in all respects. I really don't understand how bots and ubers derive any true enjoyment from skating when they approach it as a zero sum game.
YuNa did several times and that is why she set every record of scores. Mao also did a few times. But, I don't know how many times Caro did? I don't understand how some idiot poster accuse others bot or uber.
I especially enjoyed Yuna's 3R and Mao's 3S in those performances. Yes, yes, I know Yuna had to stop doing doing the loop for health reasons. But then, that's exactly why Carolina had to stop doing her 3F and 3Lz, and it's taken her a while to get them back. If you don't want to be called an uber, don't act like one.
Just a thing : Carolina Kostner has been the only one of those 3 skaters to attempt Long Programs with all 5 triples, including 3/3 combo (2008 Worlds for example). So, we can't compare, as you say.
To attempt is one thing, to succeed is another. If I follow your logic, Yuna not only attempted all 5 triples, she succeeded them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=009PmBVxZDI 2007 cor succeeded 5 triples including 3/3 combo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYDvQ28JibE 2007 GPF attemped 5 triples including 3/3 combo Just a thing : Caro also attempted 3lutz and 3flip at Olympics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWgNnJNMuEg
That is my point. When she made attemptes, the result was often disastrous. When she didn't, she won World championship (in a weak field without YuNa, Joanni, Mao was weak).
^ Well, did it ever occur to you that if Yuna attempted the 3loop at more competitions, she would have made more mistakes too? It makes a big psychological difference if you leave out your worst jump and concentrate on the elements you know you can do well. If you say "If she had tried to include difficult jumps (Carolina), she may have fell.", then the same has to be applied for Yuna. Or other skaters who don't do a full set of triples and who leave out their worst jump (Miki for example left out the flip). The definition of "most difficult jump" varies from skater to skater. Even though Carolina's worst jump has always been the lutz, she attempted it in every single competition from 2002-2009 (and some during the 2009-2010 season). She then left it out because of injury, but is now starting to re-include it, even though she is probably not 100% with it. That is more than can be said of Yuna, so yes, a comparison is indeed - as you say - "meaningless" if it is a "full set of triple" program we are talking about. Thank you! Well said.
But Carolina would have won 2008 Worlds without Yu Na and with a weak Mao ! And she is still making mistakes, even with less jumps. So, how to compare ? IMO, Carolina's successes today are not only due to the fact that she doesn't attempt the things she attempted before. Her skating is just better, her style is more polished, she looks more posed.


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Hi everyone,
I wonder if it is possible to simultaneously play e.g. a game and a music file from the phone? I mean I want to create an app which could open user's music files and play them in the game. Is it possible? What limitations should I expect?
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I'm not sure if this has been changed but it used to be that it was impossible to play two sounds simultaneously on the BlackBerry.
thanx for replying Actually, I don't want 2 sounds to play simulataneously, I want a song playing in the background or a way to open user's songs in the application and play them.
You can play song in background by creating the instance of Player class. For opening the user's song, you can get the all song list programatically by using FileConnection.
thank you, I'll try it today and post the results
06-28-2011 10:26 AM - edited 06-28-2011 10:27 AM
So far I've tested FileConnection, but have a few questions. I use the snippet from documentation:
try { FileConnection fconn = (FileConnection)Connector.open("file:///store/home/user/music/"); // If no exception is thrown, then the URI is valid, but the file may or may not exist. if (!fconn.exists()) fconn.create(); // create the file if it doesn't exist for( Enumeration e = fconn.list(); e.hasMoreElements();) { System.out.println("___________________________HAS : " + e.nextElement()); } fconn.close(); } catch (IOException ioe) { System.out.println("______________________________ __________EXCEPTION"); }
I tested it on 9550 simulator where I found a sample song "MusicDemo - World Traveller" sitting in Media/Music. But I tried both music and media in path string and it showed empty directories. What I did wrong? Another question comes from the first one - where do people usually store their music files? On SD? Maybe it's better then to simulate SD and try to load music file from the PC?
try this
public void getFiles(String root) { try{ // FileConnection fc = (FileConnection)Connector.open("file:///" +root); FileConnection fc = (FileConnection)Connector.open("fileconn.dir.photos.name"); if(fc!=null) { Enumeration e = fc.list(); while(e.hasMoreElements()) { String path=(String)e.nextElement(); if(path.endsWith(".jpg")||path.endsWith(".png")||p ath.endsWith(".gif")) { byte []data=getData("file:///"+root+path); vector.addElement(data); //Bitmap image = Bitmap.createBitmapFromBytes( data, 0, -1, 4 ); //add(new BitmapField(image,FOCUSABLE)); add(new LabelField("Path :"+root+path) { protected void paint(Graphics graphics) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub graphics.setColor(Color.WHITE); super.paint(graphics); } }); } getFiles(root+path); } } }catch(Exception e) { } }
and call this function:
Enumeration e=FileSystemRegistry.listRoots(); while(e.hasMoreElements()) { String root=(String)e.nextElement(); getFiles(root); }
This function return all path of file which have extension .jpg, .png, .gif
In above code instead of
Check If
if(path.endWith(.avi) || path.endWith(.3gp) || path.endWith(.mp4) || path.endWith(.mov) || path.endWith(.m4a) || path.endWith(.aac) )
U wil get the music files only...
Also in place of
FileConnection fc = (FileConnection)Connector.open("fileconn.dir.photos.name");
put "fileconn.dir.music " to search from Device
and "fileconn.dir.memorycard.music " to search from MEmory Card.
06-29-2011 11:20 AM - edited 06-29-2011 11:21 AM
thank you guys, finally I managed to find this default song. I modified your code a bit:
try{ FileConnection fc = (FileConnection)Connector.open("file:///" +root); //FileConnection fc = (FileConnection)Connector.open("fileconn.dir.music"); if(fc!=null) { Enumeration e = fc.list(); while(e.hasMoreElements()) { String path=(String)e.nextElement(); if(path.endsWith(".aac")||path.endsWith(".m4a")||p ath.endsWith(".mp4")) { System.out.println("______________________________ _____HAS: " + root+path); } getFiles(root+path); } } }catch(Exception e) {}
In the console I got:
[0.0] ___________________________________HAS: store/home/user/MusicDemo - World Traveller.aac
The only question I have - why did you use "fileconn.dir..."? Where did you find this? I guess it depends on OS, I tested on 5.0 9550 default simulator.
Don't worry about using fileconn.dir.music is safe to use, it's one of the system properties defined on the Personal Digital Assistant Profile. @See http://www.blackberry.com/developers/docs/4.5.0api


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Welcome to a brave new world…again. Google announces universal search. Once again, we are treated to another paradigm-shifting, earth-shattering, mind-blowing, "OMG - have you seen this!!!" Google announcement. In fact, Google's new product releases appear at such a rate that the pundits are barely able to keep up. Worse yet, the race to be the first to publish frequently leaves us with coverage that carries no sense of history and scant analysis of the significance.
When Google announced universal search critics latched onto something that has been done a dozen times before by other engines. Never mind the fact that it has been tested in one form or another with the "OneBox" on Google for some time now. I am not sure what is actually new.
According to a Google blog, the idea was apparently proposed in 2001. With six years of releases and numerous new vertical searches, Google intends to unite them on a single results page rather than forcing users to navigate to them individually.
Again…what's new? This is where the true pundits separate themselves from standard press-release regurgitation. Frankly, the Google press releases could stand to be a little more substantial. Context is everything.
Implications of Universal Search
Universal search does not mean much on its own (a big future promise and shiny new options for users) but the implications for advertisers are significant and can be broken down to a few key points:
1. Be Everywhere: Google's Many Orphans Will Finally See Daylight
New product adoption has been an issue for Google. Relative to the traffic hitting the main search results, few users dig deeper into the various vertical search products. A peek into Hitwise's numbers reveals Google's problems bringing the horse to water. The solution? Bring the water to the horse.
Universal search will be helpful in bringing volume to products that barely saw the light of day or were relegated to very limited audiences of savvy users. But what does this mean for companies working with Google? While Google will bring buckets of water to the horse, we still have to fill each of the individual ponds.
Google is giving advertisers a simple way to load all results into a single place, thereby facilitating easy distribution of their product offerings. But we still need to assess the usefulness of these products individually. After all, search is bigger than PPC, bidding tools, or the latest Google gizmo.
2. Shotgun Approach: Expand Your Definition of SEO
The impact of universal search on SEO is particularly interesting, because it means re-configuring how you look at SEO. SEO can no longer exist in isolation; we will have to look beyond organic results listings and adopt a more holistic perspective. Where the focus of SEO used to be site-centric, it must now include optimizing video, providing local listings, product presence in structured feeds into Google Base, flight fares and times, hotel locations, listings on review sites, good blog coverage, and on and on.
In other words, successful SEO campaigns will have to be much broader. Of course, that's not even beginning to consider Google's recent efforts at increasing personalization. If you feel the urgent need to be everywhere at once, you're headed in the right direction.
3. The Tao of Personalization
It's no secret that Google is pushing for increased personalization. The gist of it is that as Google learns more about you, it begins to serve you different results. There are a couple caveats here. First, you'll need to have an account with Google and allow Google to collect your search history. Adoption is a big issue with this one but if broadly adopted, it means we have even more targets and less measurable control in SEO.
Personalization may ultimately drive the success of universal search. Prioritizing your SEO work for broader exposure may ultimately determine your success in a world of universal search. In fact, there may be a new dimension to traditional SEO focused on optimizing broadly for personalized results that focuses on the development and adoption of widgets for Google's homepage, bookmarking strategies, inclusion in search histories and more.
As Google begins to personalize my search results, it hopes to better understand my intent. So, of course, I immediately went for the big Douglas Adams question and found it comforting to still know " the answer to life, the universe and everything" is still 42...for now.
4. Synchronicity: Forcing an Integrated Media Perspective
Synchronizing your channels has been an industry topic for years, but few marketers do it well, if at all. How do we understand the impact of one channel on another (display on search, for example) to drive the results we seek in the most efficient, cost-effective manner? It means using a common cookie for those pieces we can track. This gets tricky if Google won't allow third-party tracking for certain listings. So do we lean on our frequently deficient site analytics systems to sort this out? That's another article for another time. For now let's focus on the immediate challenge of a universal search results page.
Consider what universal search means for optimizing creative. Right now we tweak our paid listings by swapping out text. If we eventually have display ad units or video ad units, at some point we'll be able to rotate different creative. While display units may move search up the funnel a bit and bring new prominence finally to the value of branding in search, search is still a "pull" application. Searchers are further along in their purchase intent and while we'll use display units to address those users who aren't as far along in their consideration of a purchase we will still use search very much as a direct response vehicle.
To that end, we'll measure the success of our listings by direct response metrics - actual transactions. And creative is optimized to that end. Prices will race up very quickly and rotating multiple creatives to get the best response will be crucial to an effective buy, but this will really only reinforce dividing up buckets of keywords into branding and DR buckets to be measured against different goals.
It really mucks up the "portfolio" approach, not to mention making bid tools less effective while simultaneously making campaign management tools (particularly creative tracking) become much more crucial to success. This is precisely why the human factor in running a campaign is integral. Moreover, comprehending how our video assets, feed listings, paid search and display listings are actually working together is also imperative. While tools can help you get a handle on the depth of your campaign, you still need to test and assess your media mix in order to ascertain what the most efficient combination will be.
5. Big Brands: "Welcome to Google. Check Your Content at the Door. How Can We Bill You?"
Thought CPG had no home in search? Think again. Branding in search has been widely accepted as a likely side-effect but rarely as a primary goal. Google's Marissa Mayer recently had a change of heart on opening the door to non-textual elements on the SERPs; there may even be an opportunity coming to throw those brand budgets against the SERPs.
Kate Kaye at ClickZ concisely touches upon of the implications for brand advertisers. Did-It's Kevin Lee suggests that brand advertisers are evolving into content creators. Greg Sterling also made a similar observation that larger brand budgets and different ROI goals will impact both the affordability of search to direct response marketers as well as potential changes to the very pricing model to which search marketers have become accustomed and upon which Google has built an empire.
Big brand advertisers will have the opportunity to take what once were digital novelties requiring major offline investments or clever viral campaigns and push them in front of a massive search audience.
6. What Happened to My ROI?
Don't panic. It's not evaporating today...or at least not any more quickly than it is from increased competition and new ranking factors. But, if ad formats do change, big brand budgets operating with very different ROI metrics could press your CPCs up and your ROI down.
Further, if another less-noted program called CLIR (cross-language information retrieval) has a significant impact on the results available to the rest of the world, you could see your average conversion rates from organic traffic diminish. The program is designed to translate queries from native language to English, run it against Google's index then serve results back in the native language. Ultimately, it's good news. Sites will still receive the great baseline of well-converting Google traffic in addition to increasing their global exposure.
What Does It All Mean?
Years ago, a great article in Wired on the emergence of kite-surfing quoted a kite-surfer suggesting "windsurfing has become like bowling." Kite-surfing is far easier to learn and more extreme with less wind required. I don't know that universal search will have the likes of Yahoo or Microsoft strapping on their bowling shoes, but it will once again force them to step up their efforts.
As for marketers, well... it might be a big pain, or at least a challenge. What once had a handful of sources and some cleanly-evolved methods now has dozens of sources with varying methods. We have some interesting challenges ahead of us. We are ceding more control to the almighty algorithm. At the same time, if we are doing our jobs well, it simply means shifting some priorities.
Of course, despite criticism, the end game of providing better, more relevant results for users benefits everyone. We're more satisfied with search and it becomes easier to use. Of course, more answers does not necessarily mean more relevant answers and Google isn't the only one working on this answer. Google illustrates the problem well when I followed their blog's sample of Universal search for " atkins southwestern pork fajitas" today and it returned a top result of the Google blog itself...perhaps not the most appetizing example of the new relevance and a sign that Google still has work ahead.


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There is a startling gap between the glamorous television world of "CSI" and the gritty reality of the forensic crime lab. With few established scientific standards, no central oversight, and poor regulation of examiners, forensics in the U.S. is in a state of crisis.
In Forensics on Trial, NOVA investigates how modern forensics, including the analysis of fingerprints, bite marks, ballistics, hair, and tool marks, can send innocent men and women to prison—and sometimes even to death row. Shockingly, of more than 250 inmates exonerated by DNA testing over the last decade, more than 50 percent of the wrongful convictions stemmed from invalid or improperly handled forensic science.
With the help of vivid recreations of actual trials and cases, NOVA will investigate today's shaky state of crime science as well as cutting-edge solutions that could help investigators put the real criminals behind bars.
Virtual autopsies, 3-D fingerprints, and digital crime scenes are making crime-solving into a more precise science. Watch NOVA: Forensics on Trial October 17 at 9:00 p.m. on WCVE PBS\WHTJ PBS.