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This is one of the many reasons I hate Apple and refuse to use any of their products, hardware or software.
The update should not ask anyone to install "plugins" other "free" software that the user didnt explicitly ask. Period. Apple decides (and can continue to decide) what Mac users want, but on Windows people tend to decide themselves.
Configuring the "updater" to deselect software that you didnt install or do not know?? are you kidding? Quicktime is one of the worst programs that you can find on Windows (may be even Mac, I am not sure) to play video files. I never installed it, and deselected it a few times while updating iTunes. But the stupid updater wont give up and it sneaked it through in one of those times when I wasnt paying enough attention.
Consider the number of people who uses all ipods (nanos, classics, shuffles, touches) and consider the iphone and touch users who "do need" exchange support.. what percentage would that be? 10?
Apple users are such sheep!
The problem is that Apple is using its Software Update tool to push new, unwanted software on to users. They're using iTunes to trick users into "updating" an application that they never had and will never need. Instead of saying "what's the problem?", how about asking "what's the benefit?"? So I turn your question back on yourself: how stupid are YOU to defend a multi-billion dollar company abusing its market position to peddle unwanted software?
I like iTunes but I wish Apple would f*** off trying to force applications upon people. I mean, why the hell would I want Quicktime on my computer? It's possibly THE worst media player out there. And why would I want the iPhone Configuration Utility when I don't have an iPhone, nor have any need to create profiles for one?
In my opinion, your University IS an enterprise. It's one of those stupid marketing words that doesn't have a very precise meaning. Webopedia says it is: "A business organization [or] any large organization that utilizes computers."
Typically an Enterprise is a place where you find software like Microsoft Exchange or other groupware suites that provide integrated email, calendaring, collaboration tools etc.
Most home users have iTunes for playing music, and possibly syncing their iPods. The author is correct that most home users won't need this, even if they have iPhones.
Personally I find the constant updates extremely annoying no matter which vendor it is. I will tolerate security updates, but if a vendor is popping up once a week to get me to install something, I will likely remove it before a month has passed (and I'm not talking about dismissing the same update, I'm talking about installing an update, and then 5 days later having yet another update to install).
I like my systems stable, and letting vendor update and install new software at their whim is contrary to that goal. FWIW, I use a Mac at home and Windows at work for my primary desktops. I don't have iTunes on the Windows anymore, because of the annoying frequency of updates. Apple is definitely losing out on this. I won't buy an iPhone or an iPod for a variety of reasons, and that is one of them.
Even the updates on the OS X side for iTunes are excessive. I'm not sure there's a way to stop it there. I tolerate it in the same way as I tolerate the IE updates on Windows - it is built into the OS (or expected to be there by the updater anyway) so I treat it like the unwanted mother-in-law in the attic. She still gets fed, but I don't go out of my way for her.
It is checked by default and is checked every time you run the Update utility. Apple shouldn't be pushing this out by default for users.
Also, I believe that this is a bit of a marketing ploy by Apple. They have an opportunity to put their logo and the word iPhone in front of your eyes. They simply cannot pass it up because it will drive some small percentage of sales.
It's like those Sunglass Huts on every corner in the mall. They have three stores in the same mall so that by the third time you see their logo, they have subliminally convinced you to come in and take a look. It is on your mind- familiar.
Your university is an enterprise.
Because itunes uses quicktime to play videos if you so happen to want to watch videos from the Apple store.
For that matter, Bonjour is necessary if you want to share your itunes library over the network.
I unchecked the update and it hasn't nagged me since, last week. At least it isn't doing the old stupid stuff like installing Safari even though you unchecked it not to install.
I be more pissed about Java trying to install the latest Ask.com or yahoo.com toolbar in your system; the yahoo toolbar redirects searches in FF. Uninstalled that POS when I saw it doing that.
Quite honestly, I thought the tool was necessary for iphones so they could update themselves to get MMS here in the US. Perhaps not, but whatever.
Ummm. Just choose "Ignore" in the "Tools" menu...
Apple always knows what's best and never messes up. By your command Apple.
So, I haven't seen this posted yet, but I'll toss this out there. At Indiana University (and many other such institutions), this tool is the recommended method to add the secure wireless network to your device. In fact, without it, it ranges from painfully annoying to bloody impossible to get your device on the network.
It's actually rather annoying there isn't an equivalent app for symbian/windows mobile/android that I've found yet, as the default timeout on password entry is very short when they require full pass-phrases, with letters/numbers/symbols that are not easy to type on a mobile keyboard, or even worse, an on screen keyboard.
I don't trust any updater to automatically install software. As with Windows updates I don't want, I noticed this iPhone crap but chose not to install it. Big deal. Move on.
There are 3rd-party options for managing your iPod y'know. If you hate Apple software, just dump it.
The Java installer came to my mind too. Every time it offers to install the Yahoo toolbar I cry a little. Guess they never found any way to make money off Java, and have resorted to crapware partnerships. Real classy, Sun.
How does this compare to MS pushing major IE releases as "High Priority", trying to "force" it on Windows users? At least Apple isn't using scare tactics like that. Maybe you'll say that Windows users already had a version of IE, so this is just an update. Then I'll say that IE has been forced on Windows computers for a long time. What percentage of people were offered IE as an "opt in" with their original computer purchase? That's what I thought.
What about the horrible new Windows Search? Quit trying to force that piece of crap down my throat Microsoft!
I ignore half of the Apple updates for Windows, and it doesn't bother me a bit.
As much as I dislike what Apple did, it's better than MS pushing out Windows Genuine Disadvantage via software update.
Um, not all of them are...
Yep, as usual, Apple gets a free pass because they are Apple.
Go figure.
I'll give MS and Cisco props for streamlining their update process to happen just one day a month under normal circumstances. I wish Apple would follow suit.
The auto-updates are getting more and more onerous across the board. I have a friend who bought a new laptop recently, and spent the better part of a day turning crap off. Everything needs an update. OS, Browsers, Adobe Acrobat, Java, Flash, Antivirus, Anti-spyware, Anti-malware, etc. And half of it is trialware, so they want you to get out your credit card if you don't want to live with a crippled app.
Some people are annoyed because the overall tendency for applications to update themselves is increasing. If this were just Apple doing it, I might not care. Add to it the focus-stealing aspects of Windows UI, and I periodically find myself dismissing dialog boxes that were presented by unknown applications for unknown reasons because the keystrokes I was typing happened to accept some unknown choice. My usual reaction? "OH SHIT! What did I just do????" I either accepted or dismissed something. I looked into this issue once. Apparently this is outside of the control of Windows UI completely. Maybe that's changed in Vista or Windows 7?
And I do believe that the software vendors are looking at this as a marketing opportunity. I imagine it goes something like this:
Engineer: Hey boss, we have six patches for the Foo application.
Boss: OK, let's release one every other Wed.
Engineer: But why not bundle them all together?
Boss: We want our customers to remember how much we love them and how hard we worked on those patches.
Sun hasn't figured out how to make money off Java, but maybe if they can get their auto-updater onto everyone's desktop, more people will buy their stock?
The very worst offender IMO is Adobe Acrobat. A PDF reader needs me to reboot? I don't think so.
For the record: without this tool, I wouldn't have known that OS 3.0 supported CalDAV calendars. So "Win", and kwitcherbitchin.
Oh come on, even Apple calls it an Enterprise tool. The guide for using it is in the enterprise downloads section.
Actually, now that I remember, I installed the pdfcreator toolbar, and that installed the yahoo.com search backend. I liked how it was an easy way to make pdfs. I didn't know that along with a yahoo search entry bar it installed a search redirector plugin, but I was able to remove the yahoo plugin part without getting rid of the pdf creator part.
I understand free stuff has to be funded somehow, but I didn't think yahoo would be such a prick with FF and redirecting searches.
@ geoken: The provisioning tool can be used for things like setting up secure certificates and accepting same.
So if like me you had a University network that allowed for secure connections but had not already been set up by default to recognise and accept the iPhone, you can create a certificate for it (if you know all the relevant parameters). You can also use this tool to set up iPhone user profiles for your organisation or institution. It's true that it's something the average end user won't really need but it's a useful (godsend), of a tool for anyone on a Windows network that wants to set up their own private iPhone security setup or troubleshooting issues with security certificates and so on. It would be useful mostly for techs and IT guys at small companies.
@ everyone else: Wah!
Good to know. Emil should update the article with some of this info.
This sort of nasty arrogance, expressed by several people in this thread, really doesn't add anything to the discussion. You may not care about a company adding unwanted programs to your computer through unethical means, but a lot of people do, and we don't appreciate being insulted just because we don't want to bend over and take everything that Apple tries to stick us with.
On my Macs, I remove iTunes because I got sick and tired of the frequent large updates to a program I never use. Do I select "Ignore Update"? Yes. Does it work? Only for that exact version - so I have to select it again for 9.0.1, and again for 9.0.2, and on and on. This is the same sort of carefully-designed "wear 'em down until they submit" behavior that got one of the previous posters to allow Safari to be installed on his machine. The more people "just shut up and let apple install useless tools" instead of making a stink, the more this technique will be used to get us to go along with whatever Apple wants. "This is your weekly reminder that you don't have a MobileMe account. You can stop getting this reminder by signing up today!"
Buy a Mac -- we promise our software will be much less annoying on our *own* platform!
Except, um No.
This thing is offered to any computer with iTunes installed, regardless of whether or not any iPod was attached to the machine.
I would pay Apple for an iTunes lite package that did just that, without installing Quicktime and the rest of their garbage. There are plenty of other, much better media players are my machine that I could use, thank you.
And no ill effects? Just delete the iTunes.app bundle and you're done?
Edit: Found the KB link describing process.
I need to check out Songbird for OS X and make sure it's stable but I think I'm switching music players
Guess that means I lose the iLike functionality of Facebook. Oh well.
One recent update to iTunes on OS X changed the green UI widget from "switch to mini-player" to "make the window a different size" (perhaps my most hated OS X "feature" in all applications).
A week later another update restored the "switch to mini-player" functionality.
I feel like a guinea pig The lost facebook functionality isn't as important as stability in UI to me.
"we downloaded iTunes" We? Who's "we"? Taking on airs again, are we?
How is this for "it just works" - It won't install on my computer because I don't have .NET V3.5, only 2.0. Yet, it tries to install it anyway, and fails, every time.
My point was that he article didn't tell me what the update was intended for, just complained about the updater prompting ... zelannii's post was informative.
Wrt annoyance, I rarely use Win these days, and I don't find Software Update intrusive on OS X. I don't find MS Office updates intrusive, but Adobe updater tends to fuck up asking me to install Bridge then telling me I can't, then asking me to install it again, odd ... just like Scorp1us experience above. I don't have enough anti-Apple/MS/Adobe angst for an updater to trigger a significant reaction, but Adobe is making the effort, so I may get there.
ArsTechnica's take on this item is dumb beyond belief. Apple isn't forcing anyone to install anything--not iTunes, not Quicktime, not Safari, and not this update.
Is ArsTechnica suggesting that Apple should not offer software at all unless most people require it? That's idiotic. If Windows users are so stupid that they automatically install everything that pops up on their screens without thinking, that's their problem!
Nobody's forcing you to install anything, moron!
And you, especially, are a certified moron!
Why is it that some issues immediately bring all the morons out of the closet? All this hostility toward Apple for simply offering software updates to Windows users is ridiculous. Flat out ridiculous!
Because it isn't an update?
I'm an OS X user. I'm typing this on Snow Leopard. And I think pushing an iPhone application on all Windows iTunes users is a waste of resources. I think it is being done for crass marketing reasons, by and large. There is absolutely no reason that Apple couldn't detect whether an iPhone had ever been connected to the PC, and only offer it to users who might benefit from it.
Unless they simply want to push the iPhone on everyone using iTunes.
Wow look at all the Anti-Apple comments.
I really do not understand why people beat on Apple so much. What have they done wrong?
Someone goes: "This is one of the many reasons I hate Apple and refuse to use any of their products, hardware or software."
The great thing about the internet is you can say that but chances are you never have used their products and never would because you are just so biased to the stuff you use. Nothing wrong with that, but why beat the other company down? So what Apple pushes out a software update, I could name a dozen other companies that do that, so I gather you do not use their products too?
Half of you are just trolling.
Grow up.
And we can debate until the cows come home over parsing the meaning of "pushing" an update on a user. The fact is at least 50% of the end users out there will accept anything the vendor pops-up, because they have trouble discerning what it is and why they might need it or what the consequences of un-checking something might be.
From an ISP perspective, it is a waste of bandwidth. Certainly it's wasting disk space by the Terabytes when you add it all up. That combines to waste electricity, in the end.
If I wore a tinfoil hat, I'd say that this is Apple's secret ploy to fill up the hard drives of PC users so they'll go buy Macs.


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There's a lot of reasons why The Black Keys are one of the biggest rock bands in the world right now. Their crunchy, riff heavy and hook friendly jams are definitely a big part of it. Their clever music videos don't hurt either. Finally, you've probably heard some of their songs in commercials. They're ubiquitous. They're everywhere.
But maybe The Black Keys are finding themselves in places they don't want to be. Both members of the band, drummer Patrick Carney and singer/guitarist Dan Auerbach, and frequent Black Keys producer Danger Mouse, filed suit against Home Depot and Yum! Brand Foods (parent company of Pizza Hut).
The suits allege that two Black Keys songs, "Gold on the Ceiling" and "Lonely Boy," were used in commercials without the band's authorization. Bloomberg reports that lawyers for The Black Keys describe the use of the tracks as, "a brazen and improper effort to capitalize on plaintiffs' hard-earned success."
But do the Keys have a legal leg to stand on here? Here are the two commercials in question that are stuck up The Black Keys' craw. What do you think…are these their tracks? Are they soundalikes? Does it matter?
Here is the ad for Ryobi power tools and Home Depot that allegedly uses "Lonely Boy." The track can be heard here.
And here's the spot from Pizza Hut that makes use of "Gold on the Ceiling," according to The Black Keys' complaint. For reference, the original can be heard here.

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This contest has no material prize, but how about bragging rights. Here is a photo of a glowing Kristi, with a cute little tummy. Some folks can predict boy/ girl/ twins etc by looking at the pix. So how good are you?
Link to the pix : www.pregnancyhhc.com/imag..._cover.jpg
A Golden Future
While Hedican would like "as many kids as I would have," Yamaguchi says she is prepared for no more than four children. "But we'll start with one and go from there!"
Please vote, but if you want bragging right, please post and tell us your prediction.


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Brazil With Michael Palin
IN the final part of BRAZIL WITH MICHAEL PALIN, Michael meets a true soap legend.
Avenida Brasil is partly set on a rubbish tip, which is clearly a stroke of genius on the creators' part as it gets audiences of 72 million.
And no, I haven't missed out a decimal point.


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BRUNSWICK, Ga. - A man who federal prosecutors say was seeking to become famous as someone who survived a deadly bite from a black mamba but made up the story was convicted Thursday after a three-day trial.
John K. Rosenbaum Jr. of Jacksonville, Fla., was convicted of sparking a desperate search for the snake in south Georgia after telling authorities he was bitten in November 2011 while meeting someone willing to sell him the snake at an exit of Interstate 95 in Camden County. He faces up to five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. No sentencing date has been set.
The snake is among the world's deadliest, and his story touched off a massive search for the deadly snake native to Africa. Authorities said more than 500 man hours were spent looking for the non-existent black mamba and involved investigators with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Kingsland police and the Camden County Sheriff's Office.
Rosenbaum's trial was held in Brunswick on charges of making false statements to authorities.
His lawyer said he was delirious after being bitten by another snake -- a cobra -- and never intended to mislead anyone.
Rosenbaum was hospitalized after a bite from his pet Egyptian banded cobra, prosecutors said, but no black mamba was involved.
He showed up at a hospital in St. Marys with two puncture wounds from a snake bite. He had the words "black mamba" and the name of the antivenom to treat the bite written in black marker on his arm, U.S. Attorney Shane Mays said in opening statements of the trial.
Rosenbaum told hospital workers he was bitten in the parking lot of a Wendy's restaurant at Exit 3, when the reptile got away from an animal seller he was meeting, Mays said.
Antivenom was found at the Jacksonville Zoo and rushed to Rosenbaum.
Defense lawyer James Newton contends his client was suffering from an extremely poisonous snake bite when he described what happened and did not attempt to mislead authorities.
"Because he was under the effects of medicine, (the evidence) will show reasonable doubt exists the statements were knowingly and willfully made," Newton said.
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The 18th Annual Accelerated Genetics Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest was held September 18, 2011 in Viroqua, Wis., with the University of Wisconsin-Madison taking top honors in reasons and overall. The University of Wisconsin-Madison team was coached by Chad Wethal and Brian Kelroy included team members: Abbey Wethal, Mitch Kappelman, Ryan O'Leary and Genevieve Dryak, they took home the coveted Brown Swiss Canton III Traveling Trophy.
Front row from left: Genevieve Dryak and Abbey Wethal.
Placing second overall at this year's contest was the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, coached by Sandra Sawall and Steve Kelm. Team members: Ami Cooper, Sara Larson, Labecca Johnson and Nathan Laska. Rounding out the top three teams was the University of Minnesota in third place, coached by Les Hansen, Scott Ellinghuysen and Alicia Thurk. Team members: David Hanson, Jacob Achen, Jayne Esch and Isaac Salfer.
The top overall individual award went to Abbey Wethal from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The other top individuals included (listed in order from 2nd-10th): Ryan O'Leary, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Angela Sellner, South Dakota State University; Mitch Kappelman, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Labecca Johnson, University of Wisconsin-River Falls; Sara Larson, University of Wisconsin-River Falls; Breinne Hendrickson, University of Wisconsin-Madison; David Hanson, University of Minnesota; Brett Hildebrandt, University of Wisconsin-Farm & Industry Short Course; and Jayne Esch, University of Minnesota.
In the reasons competition the University of Wisconsin-Madison took top honors again with second place going to the University of Minnesota, and third place to the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
Each year the top three individuals for oral reasons receive a special scholarship from the James W. Crowley Fund. This years top three individuals were: Abbey Wethal, University of Wisconsin-Madison; David Hanson, University of Minnesota; and Jayne Esch, University of Minnesota.
A total of 16 teams participated in this year's contest representing Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. They judged dairy breeds including, Guernsey, Holstein, Jersey and Milking Shorthorn with each participant placing 10 classes and giving five sets of oral reasons.
A key part of the judging contest are the youth leadspeople. Each year, Vernon County youth assist with the contest by leading the cattle this year 25 youth participated. In the junior division David Petersheim placed first, Courtney Moser placed second and Krista Hall placed third. Placing first in the senior division was Jacob Leum, second place Arlisa Landis and third was JJ Mcclelland. The sportsmanship award went to Colin Landis. And the overall showmanship winner was Thomas Larson who received the David Larson Memorial Showmanship Award a special award in memory of David Larson, who worked very closely with the Vernon County youth and the judging contest.


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Jam band festivals are a dime(bag) a dozen these days. Depending on where you live, you can check out the best improvisational rock and roots artists at the Wakarusa Festival in Ozark, Arkansas, the Mountain Jam in upstate New York, the Allman Brothers Band's Peach Festival in Scranton, Pennsylvania and, of course, Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee. But Robert Randolph tells Radio.com that he's bringing back the biggest jam band tour of the '90s, the H.O.R.D.E.
"We're in the process of re-branding the H.O.R.D.E. tour," Randolph said. "We'll be bringing that out with a group of bands and artists that the fans will really enjoy. We've got Trombone Shorty and John Fogerty and Gary Clark Jr., we're gonna invite Blues Traveler out since it was their original idea back in the early '90s."
Randolph discussed the tour when asked about his tour plans for his upcoming album, Lickety Split, due out July 16. He says that the H.O.R.D.E tour will have a soft launch this fall with 6-7 dates with the artists he named, and the tour will have a larger slate of dates in the spring or summer of 2014.
— Brian Ives, Radio.com


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Why did ZA kept losing scores on tests from Matousec.com?
Matousec.com has become a huge part of user's judgement nowadays.
They claimed that 50% of their technologies were being used in Malwares.
After so many tests, as a loyal user, I watched ZA fell from Excellent to Good(Not recommended)
How come that Check Point didn't pay attention on it?
Or it's Matousec.com didn't set ZA in the right security level?


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With an audience estimated at 1,400 at OpenStack Summit San Diego on Tuesday, OpenStack Foundation Executive Director and Rackspace Cloud founder Jonathan Bryce outlined three key reasons OpenStack will succeed.
It starts with the users. "Our users will be a key to our success," he said. OpenStack users are unique in that they're not just customers; they're part of the broader community. At the Summit, for example, some major OpenStack users were represented: Living Social, Comcast, eBay, CERN, Mercado Libre, Wikimedia and Deutsche Telecom.
"We have a lot of users and we have more users coming," Bryce said, noting that customers are putting a lot of trust in OpenStack and are running deployments that range anywhere from 10 to 10,000 nodes.
To continue that path of growth, Bryce noted, the OpenStack Foundation must engage users and listen to their needs while also investing in user integration into the community.
Another key pillar of OpenStack's success, Bryce noted, is its international nature. With a show of hands he found Summit attendees from Canada, France, the U.K., Austria, China, Japan, South Africa and Australia. The only continent not represented was Antarctica.
Bryce said user groups have popped up around the globe – there were 20 meet-ups alone the day the OpenStack Foundation officially launched.
To ensure international expansion continues, Bryce said an overseas Summit is in the works for sometime next year, and an ambassador program for international OpenStack members and contributors is on the horizon.
Third, Bryce said, OpenStack will succeed because of the passion around the project itself – a passion that has built up OpenStack to roughly 600,000 lines of code from the less than 30,000 just two years ago.
"We have a lot of passion about what we do, how we do it and who's doing it with us," he said, later adding "People feel really invested in this."
He illustrated the passion around OpenStack with a short video. The video, taken on the opening day of the Summit, shows hundreds of attendees lined up and waiting to get inside, not unlike the line at the launch of a new, hot Apple product.
"People everywhere, they care about OpenStack," he said.
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My name is Maggie, I am 14, and I live in Boston. I jumped on the Harry Potter bandwagon when I was in second grade(gosh that was a long time ago) and have been obsessed with the boy wizard ever since. The series has given me hope, support, and a whole crew of friends I could never do without. I discovered MNFF a little while after HBP and it has made the wait between books so much easier...I love it! I scored 82% on a Harry Potter obsession quiz. That means I am very obsessed and I might be known for withdrawl while waiting for the next book to come out!
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http://mmajunkie.com Marius Zaromskis' manager says the Lithuanian fighter's ego is more damaged than his brain following a TKO loss to Andrey Koreshkov at Bellator 78.
"He got hit behind the ear, so he was just dazed," Mike Kogan on Monday told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).
Ohio Athletic Commission Executive Director Bernie Profato said Zaromskis received a 30-day suspension following the fight, which was part of the MTV2-televised main card of the event at Nutter Center in Fairborn, Ohio.
Profato declined comment on the stoppage, which came at the 2:14 mark of the first round and prompted immediate outcry from Bellator commentator Jimmy Smith.
At the post-event press conference, Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney said, "I was sitting right in front of it as it happened, and it didn't look like he took a series of unnecessary shots. It takes a lot to bring me out of my chair. It happened when Joe Warren fought Pat Curran, and it just got to a point where you're thinking, 'The guy's arms are down, and he's taking clean shots to the head.' It seems pretty clear and apparent to stop it.
"You have human beings doing those jobs, and human beings are going to in some instances freeze and in some instances they're going to make decisions that we, looking at it with TV screens, would like them to make a different decision. I've seen a few replays. It seemed like it probably could have been stopped three or four shots earlier. But I've got a lot of respect for what those guys do. They're not paid extremely well. They love the game. They want to do the right thing."
Koreshkov and Zaromskis were exchanging strikes when Koreshkov landed a left straight that sent Zaromskis reeling to the canvas at the foot of the cage. Koreshkov pounced and landed 11 unanswered punches before referee Jerry Poe lunged in to stop the punishment.
Koreshkov (12-0 MMA, 4-0 BFC), who trains with two-time Bellator tourney champ Alexander Shlemenko (19-7 MMA, 3-1 BFC), improved his unbeaten streak to 12 fights while Zaromskis suffered the first defeat of his Bellator career.
Kogan pointed to the referee's positioning as a culprit in what he considered a late stoppage.
"If the referee is a foot away from the fighter and taking 20 unanswered punches, it's probably a good time to step in," he said.
Koreshkov is now set to meet fellow finalist and ex-Bellator champ Lyman Good in the finals of the Season 7 tournament, which is targeted for Bellator 82 on Nov. 30 at a venue to be announced.
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Shot hits the rim but it's way off????
Real Talk
The refs should just award the Knicks with free points instead of having them go to the line.
Humility is a virtue and pride is a vice.
Melo's shot was way off but do you hear Breen he puts so much emphasis on it
Stoudemire with the Carmelo bailout plan
Harrelson is seriously deficient in the paint. Stoudemire showing him how it's done.
Melo's shot not even close
Go Chandler, Go!!
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So someone online put together a compilation of recent bad calls going L.A's way. Gotten nearly half a million views in a few days, and is starting some real discussion.
Pretty embarrassing stuff, if you ask me. Notice how aside from Dallas it is all at the expense of much smaller, less significant teams.


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Do we see him as a possible target in the free agency?
Do we think he will fit in with the Raptors and be a good backup pg?
Do we see him as a possible target in the free agency?
Do we think he will fit in with the Raptors and be a good backup pg?
I don't think so. I see him as a third guard only.
He's bad defender, doesn't handle ball well during P&R. The only things he can offer to us is defense stretching and outside presence ( he's great 3pt shooter, can be effective in offensive events without plenty of touches.. )
But I like him more than Lucas or Telfair.
^Basically that, he'd be a great 3rd option behind Trey Burke and Myck Kabongo .......................
funny, one year away from Chicago and he went from best back up pg to good 3rd stringer behind two rookies. Haha. we need Tommy T
He opted out of $1.1 mil, and is an unrestricted free agent. I'd say 'sure, why not' if he was on a vet's minimum contract, but he's not worth the $1.5-2 mil it would take to get him, especially since we're capped out.
I just think he's really not the best fit as long as Lowry is around. His best attribute is his shooting. I don't consider Watson a great passer or defender. Those are the 2 things I want most in our back up PG. Shooting...that's gotta come from the wings. We had some pretty great shooting PGs last year, it didn't change the fact that other guys couldn't buy a 3.
I'm thinking someone younger with a good upside like Nolan Smith from the blazers or Daquan Cook. I really hope we are looking for a full rebuild, this team needs to be built the right way. Preferably we get this pg from the draft.
he's pretty much a taller version of john lucas. i remember him killing the raps with corner 3's. but that's about it. he's not a playmaker, defender. we need a playmaker who could set up the offense when the starters are on the bench.
i'm hoping to get a late first rounder to draft kabongo. how about johnny flynn? injuries, the triangle offense, and ricky rubio ruined his nba career, esp on how he was drafted so high. he was playing in australia this season. i think he would be a decent backup (definitely better than lucas or telfair).
my ultimate target however would be ridnour or hinrich.
Darren collison?
Deven Harris or Ben Uzoh
anyone have a good list of seniors who might not get drafted? 24 year olds fit the mold and I think a guard in that mix might be able to help.
Post-googling Ben Uzoh... I still don't know who he is.
John Lucas clone except with the Spurs this season Patty Mills?
Nick Calathes
Just have to get his rights from Dallas.
I grow more intriguedNick Calathes spoke to F-Sport about his future. The American-Greek guard said that his future will be known in the next two weeks. Calathes is trying to sign a contract in the NBA but if he won't make it, he will return to Lokomotiv Kuban. "My dream is to play in the NBA. I grew up in America but I cannot make comments on that. In the next two weeks my future will be known. If I won't make it to the NBA, I will return to Lokomotiv Kuban. I have one year remaining on my contract and I like everything here in Krasnodar" said Calathes. Sportando
Mo Williams?
The raptors already have the best backup point guard - Kyle Lowry...now they just need a starter
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As we mentioned before the Cubs have been working very hard to get a lot of their draft picks signed, and today they announced the product of that hard work. 15 out of 42 picks signed already, the deadline to sign picks is July 13, 2012, expect an Almora signing to be announced sometime around then, I totally expect it to get done as the Cubs have saved quite a bit of money so far.
via Carrie Muskat
Right-handed pitcher Paul Blackburn out of Heritage High School in Brentwood, Calif., who was selected in the supplemental round, 56th overall. In addition, the Cubs signed right-handed pitcher Josh Conway (fourth round) of Coastal Carolina University; infielder Stephen Bruno (seventh round) of the University of Virginia; left-handed pitcher Michael Heesch (eighth round) out of the University of South Carolina Beaufort; and catcher Chadd Krist (ninth round) out of the University of California, Berkeley.
Others to sign include outfielder Rashard Crawford (11th round); right-handed pitcher Corbin Hoffner (14th round); catcher Carlos Escobar (15th round); left-handed pitcher Nathan Dorris (17th round); and right-handed pitcher Stephen Perakslis (21st round). The list of signees also includes 28th-round pick Lance Rymel; 30th round pick Izaac Garsez; 32nd round selection Timothy Saunders; 35th round pick Ben Carhart; and 40th round pick Jacob Rogers
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Reed happy with current role, hopes to close
By Scott Merkin / MLB.com
Reed told MLB.com as far back as the start of 2012 that he always had his sights set more on becoming Trevor Hoffman as opposed to Greg Maddux. But with the 23-year-old Sale scheduled to regularly anchor the ninth, the 23-year-old Reed figures to remain in his current setup role and might not get a chance to supplant Sale if he stays in the bullpen.
That change doesn't bother the low-key Reed, who never bought into the closer of the future commentary as much as simply trying to find a productive place on the White Sox staff.
"I'm just going with the flow. Whatever they want me to do, I'm going to do," said Reed, whose 13th straight scoreless appearance to start a season during Tuesday's 5-3 victory over the Indians in 10 innings broke Sergio Santos' franchise rookie record of 12 set in 2010. "As long as I'm going out and pitching, I'll be happy. It doesn't bother me at all."Career save No. 1 for Reed came Saturday at Comerica Park, when he stranded the tying run at third and winning run at second by knocking out Austin Jackson via a 97-mph fastball. Reed picked up his second save in Tuesday's win, extending his scoreless innings streak to 10, and lowering opponents' average against him to .143 to go with his 14 strikeouts and just three walks.
Even if he never received another save opportunity, though, Reed won't be disappointed or complain.
"As long as I'm pitching, I'll be happy," Reed said. "I'm going to go out there and do my best, no matter what role."
"He's still going to be used in crucial situations late in the game," said Ventura of Reed, who would be next in line to close behind Sale. "I know that."
With Reed's electric stuff and four pitches placing him upon numerous Top 100 prospects lists coming into the season, some have suggested Reed could go from late-inning relief to starter. The only 11 starts of Reed's career came in 2010 for San Diego State, when he finished 8-2 with a 2.50 ERA, two complete games and 90 strikeouts over 79 1/3 innings.
Although he didn't completely shoot down the notion, Reed certainly seems to like this current career path.
"It's up to them, but I'm happy in the bullpen; let's just put it that way," said a smiling Reed. "I think we have a great group of arms.
"They are all awesome. With Chris, all it does is strengthen it. It doesn't hurt to have lefties in the 'pen, especially in the [American League] Central with mainly left-handed-hitting lineups. That's huge."
Crain may start rehab assignment Friday
CLEVELAND -- Jesse Crain is set to throw a full bullpen session on Wednesday, and if his strained left oblique passes this next test, he'll embark on a Minor League rehab assignment Friday to Triple-A Charlotte.
Crain played catch on Tuesday after throwing another bullpen Monday. The most encouraging sign for the right-handed reliever is the lack of pain during the recovery process following the throwing sessions.
"The first few times I kind of threw, I was kind of sore, like I aggravated it," said Crain, who was placed on the disabled list retroactive to April 21. "Yesterday, I pushed it. I feel it when I throw off the mound, but it's more fighting through the scar tissue and getting it loosened up again and having it recover and feel even better the next time it gets better.
"So Wednesday is my big 'pen, my last 'pen. And I'll try to go as hard as I can 'pen-wise, and go on Friday and Sunday."
That Charlotte trip could return Crain to Chicago on Monday for the start of the two-game Detroit series.
"I felt better every day, and today was the best I felt so far," Crain said. "That's good because I threw a big 'pen yesterday."
Stults' solid work earns more starts
CLEVELAND -- Eric Stults' six strong innings in Monday night's White Sox loss to the Indians have earned him at least another start. But after Jake Peavy pitches Wednesday in Cleveland and Gavin Floyd takes the mound Friday at home against the Royals, the White Sox have not yet set their rotation.
"You could go Stults after that or [Philip] Humber just because of the way it works out," said White Sox manager Robin Ventura of his Saturday/Sunday starting alignment. Both Stults and Humber pitched during Monday's doubleheader. "I don't know which one we are going with first, but it's going to be one of those two.
"[Stults] is going to be throwing those games. He's going to be the fifth starter for right now. And it can change at any time, as we found out."
Ventura confident Sale will adapt to change
CLEVELAND -- Robin Ventura got new closer Chris Sale into a game Tuesday night, bringing him in with two runners on and nobody out in the eighth inning to protect a 3-0 lead. The idea was to have Sale work two innings, but he allowed both inherited runners to score and blew the save in a game the White Sox eventually won, 5-3, in 10 innings.
But Ventura has no doubt Sale will be able to handle the change, even if his heart remains with starting.
"It's like in talking to him, mentally, he's ready to do it," Ventura said before the contest. "He wants to be a starter, that's for sure, but I don't expect him to go out there ...
"He's a mature kid baseball-wise for how young he is. Just the way he acts and does things, the way he views his job and as far as the way he looks at his teammates. So I don't see that being a problem."
As for starting eventually returning to Sale's job description after the 2012 season, Ventura reiterated Tuesday that nothing is out of the question.
"Really, there was everything brought up. So it's all still out there," Ventura said. "I think it's trying to figure out what's going on for him and his future as far as trying to protect him the best we can."
Third to first
After starting both games of Monday's doubleheader, Kosuke Fukudome expressed to Japanese reporters that he would like to get more consistent at-bats to help sharpen his offensive game. Manager Robin Ventura understands and appreciates Fukudome's desire, although he might not be able to immediately accommodate him.
"It's the right attitude. I like guys that want to play," Ventura said. "It doesn't always work out that way. But I like guys that are wanting to play and willing to play. That's always good, but as far as the role that he has, it's more the fourth outfielder."
Gordon Beckham returned to the second spot in the White Sox batting order Tuesday, finishing 1-for-4 with a walk in the team's 5-3, 10-inning victory. Ventura liked the way he has looked recently at the plate.
"We haven't had much out of that spot," Ventura said pregame. "So just the way he's swinging and doing things, we'll see what he can do there." Paul Konerko has 160 career RBIs against Cleveland, the most by any active player. The White Sox are 3-6 in a stretch of 15 straight games against the American League Central.
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I have a couple of patterns that I am buying the floss to make them. I can't find the dang stuff for less than seventy nine cents a skien! Then Hancock's has only the knock off stuff for something like 49 cents each. Boy! I sure miss having walmart prices on these! I guess I will have to wait for a sale on the dmc at joann's. The other stuff doesn't look as nice to me.
Just one of them is going to take 58 skiens by itself to make. Sheesh .. Is nothing cheap to make anymore?
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: Carbon in oil, gas and coal reserves and resources compared with historic fossil fuel carbon emissions 1860-1998, and with cumulative carbon emissions from a range of SRES scenarios and TAR stabilization scenarios up until 2100. Data for reserves and resources are shown in the left hand columns. Unconventional oil and gas includes tar sands, shale oil, other heavy oil, coal bed methane, deep geopressured gas, gas in acquifers, etc. Gas hydrates (clathrates) that amount to an estimated 12,000 GtC are not shown. The scenario columns show both SRES reference scenarios as well as scenarios which lead to stabilization of CO
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Check out the E3 trailer for Lost Planet 3, coming early next year to PS3, Xbox 360, and PC.
Capcom producer Andrew Szymanski told Joystiq why the game contains the number three in its title despite being a prequel.
"It's really hard, because as you know, it takes millions and millions of dollars to launch a new IP, and so you could be just as worse off trying to launch a new IP than doing a sequel," he said. "We knew the game we wanted to make and we knew it took place in the Lost Planet world — I'll be honest with you, I personally don't like this whole subtitle craze. Lost Planet: Origins or Lost Planet: The Untold Story — it's the third game in the series so we called it Lost Planet 3."
The third-person shooter from developer Spark Unlimited introduces Jim, a rig pilot who leaves Earth to fulfill a contract on on E.D.N. III. He begins helping Neo-Venus Construction (NEVEC) prepare the planet for colonization by surveying the terrain and collecting samples of its Thermal Energy source.
As NEVEC's own supplies run low, Jim braves the harsh weather, dangerous environment, and indigenous Akrid for a better paycheck and early ticket back home.
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Can I use an IF statement to insert a certain number of rows with sequencial values in mysql
TableEmail_ID, Email_Ref
I need to insert 147 rows into the table with '2' in Email_ID and Email_Ref incrementing from '4416' to '4563'
Hi Mandes
I'm not sure the question is clear enough. You can insert anything you want in theory, not sure where the IF statement comes in.
SELECT @count:= 4416;
IF (@count < 4564,
INSERT into TABLE SET Email_ID = 2, Email_Ref = @count:=@count+1;
I really need something other than the IF, something like PHP's WHILE statement that loops until the evaluation is false.
But whatever syntax I seem to use I get errors.
OK I find there is a WHILE in MySQL
SELECT @count:= 4416;
WHILE @count < 4564 DO
INSERT into TABLE
SET Email_ID = 2,
Email_Ref = @count:=@count+1;
Still getting errors though
I may be wrong (looks to MySQL experts for clarification) but I think you are trying to do too many things in one go, you need to set the variable before the select statement.
Would this be of use http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1101336/sql-using-an-insert-within-a-select-statement or can you not run a while loop and achieve the same thing that way?
Sorry Richard, that didnt help at all, I was on a deadline so I wrote a PHP script to do it for me... but Id still like to know how I can do this from within phpmyadmin for next time. The more I read the more it seemed that I needed to create a proceedure to allow this to happen ..
Anyone ..
For anyone else trying to do the same .. this worked for me
DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS dowhile;;
CREATE PROCEDURE dowhile()
DECLARE v1 INT DEFAULT 4416;
WHILE v1 < 4564 DO
INSERT into table
SET Email_ID = 2,
Email_Ref = v1;
SET v1 = v1 + 1;
CALL dowhile();
How many rows will there already be in the table (or is going going to start with an empty table)?
Its an email outbox table, so it could have been empty or had any number of rows, depending on what the system was in the process of doing at the time I needed to add these rows.


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Moderator note: this thread inappropriately resurrected empty character constant ??
Hey guys. sorry about jumping in on somebody elses thread, but my problem is the same.
I had an empty character constant problem, but I really dont know what the fill the ' ' empty space with.
Ive taken a screen shot of a portion of the code, if it would help you to help me I can of course upload the code so you can see it all.


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Arm Injuries
Topic Overview
Minor arm injuries are common. Symptoms often develop from everyday wear and tear, overuse, or an injury. Arm injuries are often caused by:
Your child may injure his or her arm during sports or play or from accidental falls. The chance of having an injury is higher in contact sports (such as wrestling, football, or soccer) and in high-speed sports (such as biking, in-line skating, skiing, snowboarding, and skateboarding). Forearms, wrists, hands, and fingers are injured most often. An injury to the end of a long bone near a joint may harm the growth plate and needs to be checked by a doctor.
Older adults have a greater chance for injuries and broken bones because they lose muscle mass and bone strength (osteoporosis) as they age. Older adults also have more problems with vision and balance, which increases their chances of having an accidental injury.
Most minor injuries will heal on their own, and home treatment is usually all that is needed to relieve symptoms and promote healing.
Acute injuries
Acute injuries come on suddenly and may be caused by a direct blow, a penetrating injury, or a fall or from twisting, jerking, jamming, or bending a limb abnormally. Pain may be sudden and severe. Bruising and swelling may develop soon after the injury. Acute injuries usually require prompt medical evaluation and may include:
Overuse injuries
Overuse injuries occur when stress is placed on a joint or other tissue, often by "overdoing" an activity or repeating the same activity. Overuse injuries include:
Treatment for an arm injury may include first aid measures (such as using a brace, splint, or cast), "setting" a broken bone or returning a dislocated joint to its normal position, physical therapy, medicines, and in some cases surgery. Treatment depends on:
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HECTOR - The Wildcats set out to finish their season on a positive note and they did, matching their season-high three touchdowns as they lost to the Pottsville Apaches 50-19 Friday night at Wildcat Stadium.
Regardless of how the season started and finished for the Wildcats, senior quarterback Hunter Huffmann said it's been a difficult season, but the fans and town have been great. He said as a little kid, he could remember watching the older players and imagining himself in their position.
"He (Huffmann) did a great job of keeping things alive," Hector head coach Marc Tucker said. "He never quit and he showed tremendous leadership. All of the seniors did."
Huffmann said being a Wildcat was more than being a team. It was a family.
"Everybody on the team has each other's back, and this a great team to play for. I couldn't have asked for better fans and friends," Huffmann said. "Coach Tucker keeps everyone's spirits up. It's been hard on the seniors, but we all know that we're doing this for the younger kids."
The team said the Lord's Prayer before and after every game and they play their hearts every down, Huffmann said. He said he understood his leadership role as a senior and wanted the future generation of Wildcats to remember what he's done.
"We [seniors] play with all we've got and play our best," Huffmann said. "I've learned to never give up on anything."
Huffmann said despite the game's outcome, he wanted to impress both his old and new coach to show them he had improved. He said this season has been a complete 180-degree turnaround and couldn't have asked for better support.
"I've lived here all my life, and the people have gotten down about this season, but I'm glad they've supported us," Huffmann said. "People here are definitely not used to losing. Everyone's not used to it."
The Wildcats scored a touchdown in the second half and held the Apaches to a field goal, but the deficit was too much to overcome. Hector never quit and kept battling throughout the game. Tyler Tucker scored the only touchdown of the second half, a 10-yard TD reception that provided the 50-19 final margin. Pottsville's Orry Lee kicked a 32-yard field goal for the Apaches' only score in the second half.
"I'm so proud of this bunch of great men. They held together all season long and could have quit at any time," Tucker said. "This game and team says a lot about who we are. We don't quit, and we'll be better in the future."
Pottsville head coach Bryan Rust agreed, and said Tucker has done a great job with the team and was pleased to receive a warm welcome in his return to Hector.
"Any time you're a coach, you want to go out and win," Rust said. "Hector never gave up, and they kept working hard and coming at us the whole time."
Pottsville jumped out to an early lead as Will Vodrazka scored on a 65-yard kickoff return, giving the Apaches a 7-0 lead. Pottsville scored on its next two possessions to take a 20-0 lead. Jacob Irwin scored on a 19-yard TD run to give Pottsville a two-score lead, then Tyler Robertson scored from the 5.
Hector answered on the ensuing possession as Huffmann scored on an 18-yard QB keeper that cut the Apache led 20-7. Pottsville answered with a 1-yard TD run by Robertson, his second touchdown on the night giving the Apaches a 28-7 lead after converting the 2-point conversion.
Pottsville later scored three unanswered touchdowns as Chris Grimes, Justin Robertson and Will Vodrazka found the end zone for the Apaches. Grimes scored on a 15-yard TD reception from Pottsville quarterback Josh Falls that gave the Apaches a 34-7 lead. Robertson scored on a 41-yard TD reception to give Pottsville a 40-7 lead.
Vodrazka had an 32-yard interception returned for a TD that put the Apaches up by 40. Hector scored on a Chris Cowell 54-yard TD reception from Huffmann that cut the lead to 47-13 before halftime.


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UPDATE: A FAMILY has been shattered by a head-on collision near Bundaberg which took the life of Miles mother Sandy Meehan and left four people hospitalised, including her 13-year-old son with life-threatening injuries.
Mrs Meehan, 38, and her family were believed to be returning home to Miles when their car collided with a utility about 9.30pm on the Bundaberg-Childers Rd south-west of Bundaberg at Pine Creek.
She died at the scene.
The family of five was returning home after visiting family in Childers when the crash occurred.
Husband David, 39, 15-year-old daughter Sharon and 13-year-old son Dylan were injured and transported to Bundaberg Base Hospital for treatment.
Their baby daughter miraculously escaped injury in the crash.
Dylan was airlifted to the Royal Brisbane Hospital were he is fighting for his life with critical head injuries.
A 44-year-old man from the Miriam Vale area, driver of the utility, sustained serious injuries and was also hospitalised.
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Preliminary information indicates that a utility and car collided around 9.30pm last night on the Bundaberg - Childers Road (Isis Hwy) about 22 kilometers south-west of Bundaberg at Pine Creek.
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The 39-year-old male driver, a 15-year-old girl and 13-year-old boy were injured and transported to Bundaberg Base Hospital for treatment.
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A 44-year-old man from the Miriam Vale area, driver and sole occupant of the utility, sustained serious injuries and was also transported to hospital.
The highway was re-opened around 1.15am and investigations by the Forensic Crash Unit continue.
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Okay...this is a strange question that maybe no one has really asked before, but we will see how it goes.
I was thinking about exceptions in C++ recently, because here in university in my programming course the professor recently covered them.
If you have worked with exceptions in C++ before, then you know that we can do a "catch-all" kind of thing, in which case, if a certain exception was not caught, there is a way we can catch any type of exception that maybe we weren't expecting. This is done like so:
Well, at the same time, we also know that in C++ we can have functions with variable argument lists (this might seem completely unrelated, but bear with me and I will get to my point). With variable argument lists, we can have a function with a dynamic number of arguments. One example is printf, which takes however many arguments you really feel like passing it.Code:catch ( ... ) { cout << "Unknown exception caught." << endl; }
A function is written so:
Okay, now I come to my question. I noticed that these two different things use the same operator ( the ... operator ). That spawned some thought.Code:void myFunction ( ... ) { ..code contained here to grab the arguments and do stuff... }
It came to my mind, without actually reading any official text about it, that the catch might work in the same way that a function using a VAL (Variable Argument List) works. Since the exception being caught at that point in time is technically unknown and unhandled, it would make sense that it would be passed to catch in the same manner that some variable number of arguments is passed to a function.
So, my questions is: can the unknown exception that is passed to catch be retrieved and used just like variables in a VAL can be retrieved and used? You might say: why would this be useful? But I see some usefulness in it.
Let's say you weren't expecting a certain type of exception to be thrown, but it gets thrown anyways, and so your "catch all" catch segment of code catches the thrown exception. You could just print out an informative error message and quit the program, but what if you wanted to actually see what the exception was that was thrown? Could you access the exception just like you access a variable in a VAL?
What are yalls thoughts on this? Or if you know of any authoritative text on this subject, lead me to it!


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I for one am tired of having racism identified with the right. I'm tired of hearing people tell me I should change parties because my party is right wing and so was Hitler, as if there were any similarities between the two.
I don't think "left" and "right" is adequate to describe the spectrum anymore.
I disagree that "left" and "right" are inadequate. They are of course insufficient, and of course there are points of agreement between the two, but the facts show (at least here in France) that those two sides have different agendas and different methods, and that the distinction is mostly consistent. I also think that the circle metaphore is only punctually correct and generally useless, and that the positioning on a square/map is about as relevant as psychological tests in lousy magazines.
-- Robin Berjon [berjon.com]
Well, the problem to me is that in general, there is a standard understanding of which position on an issue is "left" and which is "right." Now, in general I'd be "right," but unfortunately some of the points of view that are called right not only don't describe me, but don't describe most conservatives I know. Racism is identified with the "right," but I know very few right-wing American racists. The libertarian site with the quiz I took yesterday said most people on the right were in favor of censorship. I'm a 100% free speech guy, myself (I'm in favor of people being allowed to say all kinds of things I disagree with, and sometimes I even argue in favor of the proverbial shout of "fire" in a crowded theater.) Most people on the right I know value the 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution (the free speech amendment) more than just about any other written document on the planet. It seems the libertarians say "right" means censorship because supposedly the "right" includes a lot of religious people who want legislation passed to restrict disagreement with their religion. Haven't met many of those people.
So that's all I mean when I say it's inadequate. No one really fits on a spot on that scale.
f I were to try to get you to change, I'd first find out about your ideas and if I find myself to disagree, try to argue.
Can you come over here and teach some Americans how to act like that?
I think that there may be historical reasons for this inadequacy, ie that maybe it is adequate here but not over there.
In France, before the Dreyfus affair, it was possible (and in fact not uncommon) to be on the left and racist. After the Dreyfus affair, it became completely impossible and thus racism became a right thing. That habit hasn't changed since.
In the US there was no Dreyfus affair, and that may have had an influence.
-- Robin Berjon [berjon.com]


text: Even so. We got six TOS movies with the same core seven cast members, even when it would've been more logical for them to move on to different ships or careers. We even got one of them back from the dead. The original idea with TWOK was to introduce a new, younger cast (starting with Saavik and David) who'd gradually take over from the TOS cast, but instead the new characters got written out and we kept getting the same seven over and over. It wasn't until the last movie in the series that anyone moved on. Same with TNG -- every movie maintained the same status quo, with Worf always coming back; and the one major change they attempted, Data's emotion chip, was progressively deconstructed with each film. Again, it wasn't until the last film that any permanent change was allowed. Trek movie audiences want and demand a stable status quo. They want the same familiar characters in every movie, and that pressure for familiarity has been a stranglehold on Trek movies for three decades. No real, lasting change in the core cast has ever been allowed while any Trek movie series has been ongoing. I see no reason to believe that's going to change now.


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