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Insect Repellents
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Deet & Permethin Sprays
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kotaku writes:
Ubisoft released a new trailer for Assassin's Creed III today. In the American version that you'll see below, it looks like Connor killed one American soldier. But in the UK version of the trailer above, it's clear that he's ending the lives of many American revolutionary rebels.
I can see why they have done it especially with some of the heavy patriotic themed trailers they have shown in the past (wouldn't exactly scream continuity). What I do not get is why bother having two different trailers. In a world with youtube being the main source for these videos surely people could easily end up watching the UK one
See I don't know why they didn't do this anyway
If there so bothered about Americans getting upset then cut it from the US adverts but keep it in for everywhere else because look whats happened since it was announcmed they've made the game look one sided and pro American.
I mean it's not that hard to edit something like that out.
Still waiting on some gameplay videos of Connor doing some missions for the Red Coats, they say you'll do it but we havent seen a single piece of evidence on it, why say something if you can't show anything to back up your claim.
You know it's funny because when Ubisoft was asked about the marketing they denied they were doing this and they wern't afraid to show footage of Americans being killed in the US and once again there own marketing contradicts there claims.
I always wondered why they made the E3 trailer the way they did, instead of him coming up the middle fighting both Americans and the British he came from the American side and made it look like he was leading them to victory. I don't know why they did this Americans wouldn't of give a crap to be honest as long as they wern't made to look like the bad guys which is happening to the UK and the red coats.
People angry at it shouldn't be playing this game anyway. Do people even know what an Assassin is, what it does and from where it comes?
Assassin's Creed is based on the historical figure of Hassan-i Sabbah and his clan, the Hashshashin (the Assassins), the guy who is quoted with the game's main phrase and idea: "nothing is true, everything is permitted".
Anyone with reading skills can see they weren't good guys (neither necessarily bad guys), they were just guns for hire without moral, political or cultural concerns about their jobs.
In the game's fiction the reason they seen so distant from human conflicts as good or bad is because they are engaged in an upper fight over misterious relics and power that could ruin humanity as a whole, not simply paid killers as history kind of points at.
As you can guess, in the series whichever side is winning usually have some of the mystical power in question, so they go after the guys within such organizations that are abusing the power. It has nothing to do with being the good side or bad side, but good or bad people in either side. In fact, I won't be surprised if Assassins are portrayed as an independent side in this war, killing both red and blue coats, while infiltrated in either side.
Why do people think Americans will get mad if Conner kills blue coats? I don't know one American who cares at all. I have however seen some Brits that were mad that red coats were being shown killed.
It's really stupid to be made either way. I'm almost positive that Ubisoft will be depicting the Americans as the good guys, and the British as the bad guys (rightfully so, or else they wouldn't be historically accurate.)
So true...Ubisoft shouldn't have to lie, were all grown ups if they think Americans can't handle it then really someone should say something. I mean if I was American and they thought I couldn't handle something like that I would be ticked off, they may aswell call me weak.
" I have however seen some Brits that were mad that red coats were being shown killed. "
You have to understand people arn't upset over that, there just ticked off that Ubisoft are lying and are making the game one sided which goes against other AC games, in those games there wasn't a focus on the current war and who was killed it was about the Templars and the Assassins but in AC3 they are focusing on the war too much and the history, I've hardly seen anything Templar related in the marketing. I mean all I've seen is mostly one sided footage and that is what British people are ticked off at.
I mean people keep saying "Well if Ubisoft said they arn't being one sided or he won't get involved in the war then believe them"....sorry but how can I when the next bit of makreting whatever it may be always goes against what they've just said.
Why do people not look at this logicaly
I feel most Americans know this but all there thinking at the end of the day is...
"Phew...least it's not happening to us, least where not being made to look like the bad guys"
I know that's why the Brits are mad, but what can they expect from a game based on revolutionary America? The real problem is that they are being being made the bad guys because they WERE the bad guys... in 1775 of course.
Unless you would prefer being ruled under a monarchy.
Yup... Im 100% sure you are Mike Cosgrove, considering your new here, Mike closed his account around the same time you popped up, and you have the same arguements and ideology as him
Yeah... your mike no question about it
Look I have told you over and over and over, but lets discuss this in a different way
I am going to talk about what assassins creed is in its fundamentals
The entire story of AC has been about the templars and the assassins. Neither side is considered EVIL or GOOD. They both have conflicting motifs in which both sides believe their ideology is best for the world.
This is the core of the story.
Now lets look to history... since you and all the other people complaining about Connor killing red coats, keep forgeting that the american revolution was A CIVIL WAR!
EVERYONE AT THE TIME WAS BRITISH. Why the colonists fought the empire is because they felt like they where being told how to live their lives, and wanted to make their own choices. This was the fundamental beliefs of the founding fathers of America.
Now look back to the context of AC. What is an Assassin most likely to chose?
Also.. if you actually watched the trailer connor says something about who he is.
Yeah, thats right. In all the whining and complaining between American and British people saying Connor is taking sides, everyone forgets he is Native American.
And we all know the british empire expanded everywhere. Africa, India, Canada, America,etc. All of these countries inhabited by natives, were forced to become British colonies. So please tell me something the british did to promote freedom and independance... something the Assassins hold to their code, and makes up their fundamentals.
Please message me about that if you have anything.
Finally, Connor doesn't recieve missions. No assassin in any of the games have ever recieved missions from someone who was not an assassin.
1) The E3 demo of AC3: CONNOR DID NOT GET THE MISSION FROM THE SOLDIER. HE DID NOT PLAN WITH THEM. HE DID NOT TEAM UP WITH THEM. ALL HE SAID WAS WHERE IS THE TEMPLAR, AND HE WAS ON HIS WAY.
The man Connor killed at E3 was Cylus, a slave driver. That is the reason Connor killed him. Not because "the americans made him do it". It is because Cylus oppresed the people, both native and colonial.
2) The E3 trailer. Connor does not lead them to victory. He ran through the American side because he was in the forests. He did not interact with anyone, he STOLE A HORSE GODAMNIT, AND RODE IT INTO BATTLE TO KILL THE GENERAL WHO WAS A TEMPLAR.
i cant believe these comments im reading, ITS A FCKING GAME GUYS, no debate will change the course of the game or that of history, so just shut up and enjoy the game for what it is
I loved how UBI tried to hide a game clip...
...from the internet.
That's almost cute in a child-like way.
this doesn't bother me at all as an American. im not one of those overly sensitive people who gets offended so easily like others.
when i play this game im killing anyone who gets in my way Americans or British. its just a game. i actually wish an American developer would have the guts to make a game that doesnt paint us in a pretty picture.
"i actually wish an American developer would have the guts to make a game that doesnt paint us in a pretty picture"
problem with an American developer doing this really comes down to sales potential. I am not sure why this is the case but Americans can be quite patriotic (not a bad thing) and the general media really pushes this further so putting America in a bad light will not exactly go down well with the general media and could damage sales from America which is a big region. Americans are unlike the British who are quite reserved and haven't exactly been patriotic (the only recent example we have been patriotic is with the Olympics which has already died down). So I am not expecting it any time soon especially for a new ip.
i hear ya, and to me thats what i can't stand about my own country a lot of the times. i would applaud any american developer who would actually try it.
its high time people in this country stop being scared of the american media; all it does is try to brainwash people out there.
i know one thing when AC3 drops i'll be enjoying the hell out of it; whether its killing Americans, or Brits because its just a damn game.
i totally feel offended by such outrageous side-taking. i shall take every opportunity to voice my negative opinion. i did the same while helping gamers to see how unfair games treat some of the factions in multitude of games, i.e. mutant community from Fallout 3. those poor,misunderstood creatures...
I thought that line that his mentor was saying, while Connor was kicking blue coat ass, was awesome.
Far less Americans will see it the UK trailer then the US trailer. That is why Ubisoft is doing it.
They should have made this trailer universal. The uk one is way more badass than the us one. Both trailers have conflicting themes, the us one being about working together but the uk one being about Connor being alone.
But still the uk one is probably the best trailer I have seen this year
The brits are the only ones who care. Show it.... people aren't going care. You brits have cryed so much i'm not sure i even care to play it anymore.
lol...your not going to get it because of that. I don't like the pro American vibe from it but after this I now understand why they have done it because it won't be like that in the game it's just so they don't upset Americans, obviously they think you guys are more sensetive then British people, even then I wouldn't refuse to buy a good looking game just for those silly reasons.
If this was the other way round and Americans saw nothing but Americans get killed in all of AC3s trailers, gameplay videos, screenshots etc then there would be a huge uproar.
Don't make it seem like you wouldn't care because you would.
Seriously if the shoe was on the other foot it would be exactly the same...don't denie it.
"I don't like the pro American vibe from it" uh dude its a game set in the american revolution you know where the americans (who were actually British by the way) broke free from the British empire. like really what kind of vibe is it supposed to have. i swear you got to be either VanillaBear or MikeCosgrove because the amount shit you just spewed is incomprehensible.
"uh dude its a game set in the american revolution you know where the americans (who were actually British by the way) broke free from the British empire"
Yes but the point is Ubisoft said the whole war wasn't the focus and Connor wouldn't get involved. Yet still they try and give it an pro American vibe so they don't upset Americans, kind of silly if you ask me.
Advertisements and the actual game are two completely different things. Did you ever think maybe they were talking about the actual game when they said Connor would be neutral?
Advertisements of video games rarely do a good job of reflecting the tone or "vibe" as you put it, of the actual game. Just look at all those idiotic gamestop "pre order bonus" trailers, the one for battlefield was terrible, but it didn't mean the game was like what the trailer showed. Advertisements are just made to sell the game, by whatever means possible, so if making a "Merica F*** yeah!!" trailer is the best way to get the most people to buy the game, then it shouldn't matter, so long as the promises they made are kept in the actual game, which we don't know if they are or aren't, which is why I advise people to stop whining like little babies about this until the ACTUAL GAME is out.
Mate I've alreayd said that
"but after this I now understand why they have done it because it won't be like that in the game "
"because it won't be like that in the game"
"in the game"
"whining like little babies "
Hmmm...very mature, next time before you get your panties in a twist read my comment through so you don't miss anything.
I never said anything about not getting it but listening to you guys cry about it does kill the vide. On a side note not everone who came to america was british. My family came here as early as 1637 and im not british but irish. My comments arent just for you shocker my bad on where i posted it.
"Hmmm...very mature, next time before you get your panties in a twist read my comment through so you don't miss anything."
I've noticed you like to question peoples maturity when they point out that you're wrong, and claim the other person completely misinterpreted your comment, always with your bullcrap line of "read my comment" or something along those lines.
Either you are absolutely AWFUL at expressing yourself through comments, or you just use those lines as a defense mechanism because you are too immature to admit that you might be wrong, which is the likelier of the two possibilities. With those lines, you can keep saying whatever you want, but if someone calls you out on it, you can simply revert to the "clearly you can't read, you twisted my words" lines so you never have to admit you're wrong.
But hey, it seems to be working for you, you kind of seem like you believe those crap lines you keep spouting out. Good luck living in denial.
Not only the brits.I'm Canadian.Not much bias either way from me.
What really bugs me is the fact ubi said conner would be fairly neutral and would back & forth from side to side.
Then they go all out with the Merrica' fuck ya videos for the next 5 months.Just the fact that they say one thing and do the opposite is what most people are peeved about.Doesn't just have to be angry brits
Finally someone comes out with sense. I don't know why people are acting so patriotic over the whole "Connor is killing only British people thing". The fact that Ubisoft seem to have lied about Connor being neutral is the issue, and them also trying to cater to different audiences by basically attempting to hide this and that from one side and not the other is a bad sign too. It's a video-game, we all know that, so what's the issue? If he sides more with the Americans then so be it. If he sides with the British, then again, so be it.
The only other thing I have been thinking is that (in the case that Connor is actually fairly neutral as they have said) perhaps later on in more important moments he ends up siding with the British and perhaps they simply don't want to spoil things. But given Ubisoft's recent history with these sort of things (and the fact that they're already trying to hide things from all audiences) I doubt it.
I think I can speak for the majority of British people (except for the Daily Mail who just loves to stir things up- even its readers on the website usually complain about what the DM does) and say we do not care. The reason for the complaints really stems from the contradicting statements and videos from Ubi. Say one thing but show another and we would rather have it straight. British people are not patriotic. We are very reserved when it comes to things like that (in a way we should be more patriotic but we are not).
I personally do not like how they have been advertised this game. Instead of showing the game for what it is they have seemed to be playing too much on the pro american heart strings. I would rather have it be about the struggle between the Assassins and the Templars and saving humanity for total destruction (which is really what the game is about)
might not be many patriotic brits but there are tons of patriotic English, welsh, scottish and irish. British doesnt really mean anything any more just a collective term that other countries use.
also the fact that most of the native americans are killed off (nearly a whole race wiped out) he shouldnt be on either but fighting for his people.
You clearly have absolutely no idea what Us "BRITS" were irritated about.
It wasn't the kill of red coats, that's called history and its something USA Lacks.
But it was the fact in the 4 previous assassins creed games the storys have all revolved around Huge world changing wars and yet in those 4 games neither side/sides have been shown as being the hero's/ Vilians.
Yet with AC3 all we have seen up and till this point has been ridiculously patriotic towards America showing how they overcome PURE Evil and tyranny and how brave the Americans were.
Us "Brits" were angry because of that fact that for the sake of sales they seemed to have turned AC3 In to A Yank-fest. It might as well have been a WW2 Movie directed By Steven Spielberg Because we all know America fought that war alone.
Just look at the Inside AC3 videos ubisoft have released. They say Connor is on the side of freedom and fight against evil and Poverty.
If they were to do it accurately they would show how it was essentially a civil war and the side that lost left the land. Not how a group of americans slaves have been tortured and Abused decide to fight against evil.
But in this recent trailer they have shown what the game should have been showing all along. A war of two evils where as soon as the need for an Allie has been used up and they end up being in the way you then destroy the same people who one you the war.
Because in war there is no good vs bad. Sure you get HEROIC soldiers but you dont get heroic sides.
Umm. the native americans were very much a third party in this war. They said you'll be killing both british and american soldiers. So what's the problem? There are templars on either side.
See I have no issue with the killing of Readcoats, being British that's fine; however what I and I think many other AC fans do have an issue with and I believe is probably the cause of the majority of this "crying" you refer to is the fact that the Assassins are supposed to be neutral, now when AC was first announced they specifically said there would be templar's on BOTH sides yet for the 1st few months all they did was show conner fighting the British.... or that stupid live action trailer that made out the game was fighting the oppression of the British-which it is not; more recent trailers have shown this but to begin with Ubisoft were announcing one thing then showing us footage of something completely the opposite. That's what many people had an issue with that and the fact that they were clearly not showing certain things for fear the American markets would get all worked up, therefore there was concern that this fear would extend to AC3's final version and both sides would be shown in an inaccurate way it's now clear this is not going to be the case however so it's all good. That all said one thing I'd like to point out is that although now several hundered years on it's very clear that the way the British were treating their colonies was not reasonable at the time they didn't think that; I'm sure that today many of the people considered an enemy to various nations consider themselves fully in the right in every action they make-and both sides did bad things,that was the issue not simply that he might be killing British soldiers from 400 years ago but the fact Ubisoft seemed to be lying about the game content when infact they were merely lying with what they decided to show to the press....
You have it all wrong. The issue is the overtly pro-american vibe I, and many others have got from the games marketing. Being a british national, with jamaican heritage I find it rather ridiculous when going by history, both sides of the war were as evil as each other.
Hence forth, I don't expect the 'america fuck yeah' ideals to creep into yet another AAA game when Alex Hutchinson specifically said that Conor didn't necessarily have solid allegiances
Americans are fat ignorant and stupid and you just backed up some of my points, your probably fat too.
I don't care. I'm an American and revolutionary rebels died. Big deal. I don't know any of them and that was 300 years ago. I might be upset if I was from the Revolutionary war era, but I am NOT.
And it's a video game! This should be a non-issue. I'm British and I have no problem playing as Spetsnaz and killing the SAS for example...and the American Rev happened hundreds of years ago so I think it's far enough removed from me.
Ubisoft have handled this terribly.
They should of just come out with the truth from the start.
Killing Brits AND Americans.
That way it wouldn't of seemed so one sided.
Instead of showing different audiences different things.
Were all grown ups I think we can handle it.
I would of had a lot more respect for them if they stuck to their guns and just said here are some Americans being killed because that's what happens in war, this is the story of the guy in the middle.
but.....they did say outright that Conner is neutral and will be killing both armies. It's British people that got all butthurt because 2 minutes trailers from a 30+ hour game. Honestly I don't really care seeing the AC series has done a good job of keeping the actual history straight and true while weaving the Assassin Vs Templar plot through without disturbing the history much. Same thing will happen with this game too, at the end of the day the British colony will still win the revolution. Ubi even said that AC3 will go sometime after the revolution as well, although this will probably be AvT plot and gear up toward AC4 and or AC 3.2
Yeah that's my point, they said Conner was neutral yet all we have been shown until recently is him slaughtering Brits with a big American flag in the background.
It all looked very "Americaaa F*** YEAH!"
which to me as a Brit was a little off putting.
I don't mind Brits being killed as long as they stay true to their word that Conner is neutral and not just killing Brits which to be fair hasn't been the case for the trailers that have been shown up until now.
@HarryMasonHerpderp I fully get where you are coming from. See my post down a ways where I talk about your very sentiment.
I think the reality of this game is a majority of it is going to be skewed on the side of you fighting along side the American side and there will be moments/breaks from that where you will have to fight the American's.
They are definitely being "smart" about their marketing because they assumed (correctly) that British folk won't get behind a game that is all about you killing other British folk. And in the US, it absolutely has been this "patriotic" push and there hasn't been a whisper of you killing American's for the most part.
Its Marketing 101....its a bit deceiving...but its not to far on the decieving side to get them in any kind of trouble.
dont forget ubisoft are mainly a french company so they probably hate all our nations lol.
the only ones that should ever even feel a little upset about this game would be the native Americans.
why should native americans be upset? If anything this game is reflecting the torment and pain caused by the colonization of America.
The game might but so far the trailers have been very largely pro-American.
But knowing Ubisoft Montreal team, they'll stick to history anyway and the game might not be as patriotic as we thought.
Because who else would it cause pain? who cares it was a war a very long time ago between British and the British. It's not like it reflecting the genocide of the British or American race now is it? Anyways grow up people. It's not like when I play bf3 that i care that i shooting American soldiers or any other similar game. Its so sad this is turning into some racist flamebait new articles, maybe just enjoy the real life history setting. And yes I'm sure to a modern native american who lost most of his people and or culture that playing that might be upsetting to him. DUH And my main point is this, we have a game showing the cruelty and suffering we put onto the indians, and all we hear is I dont want to shoot british, and I dont want to shoot americans, let connor kill any of those jerks from that part of history, thats the cold hard truth
you'll need to chill out...it's a video game.
@chad: what?
stupidity and ignorance is not a video game
this is kinda like how they took the world trade centers out of spider man 1 because Americans would start crying.
they took the trade centers out of the movie for respect to those people lost in that act of terrorism. The themes of this game and your comment have no direct correlation.
To me it looks like true history, an indian raised to protect his land by any means necessary!!
And when you see the attached image of the limited edition...what/how does that make you fee about that "true history" ?
Just about everything that "corporate america" puts their own spin on.
that's what you want to believe , indians were against americans , why the flag of america is behind him , it's like if he is proud of the people that killed his own people...
How bout this who give a rats ass!!!
Just play the damn game and enjoy it !!!
Its a video game. I don't care who lives and who dies. I'm of the sort that spends hours trying to kill everyone, anyway. In Oblivion I literally tried to kill every single person in Imperial City.
American and Brits enjoy games where they pretend to kill Russian Civilians, afghans, Georgians, Pakistanis, germans all the time. Lets pretend to kill your ancestors for once.
People enjoy those games not because they get to kill certain people. They enjoy them because they're good games.
It should also be noted that many games are about killing Americans of one type or another. inFamous, Prototype, RDR, GTA, and so many others.
Ubisoft is selling AC3 in the US on the backs of a "patriotic" play which will resonate with the audience and from what all I have seen the game does appear to follow that path loosely but will stray occassionally away from it. So showing him solely fighting along the Americans in the US version makes sense given their ad campaigns.
In the UK, they have mixed up the combat shown to give it a vibe of feeling more like its not you fighting just on the American's side. I can't imagine many Brits would relish fighting solely on the side of America so they show you both so you don't get that sense (even though the game will skew heavily that way).
It's just marketing to different audiences and while you will get those on Youtube seeing both versions of commercials the vast majority of buyers will only ever see the commercial intended for them.
LOL ...if you don't think AC3 is not being pushed as a Patriotic game then you should look at the limited edition tin they are giving with the game. Anyone thinking this game will not have you fighting along side the Americans most of the time is fooling themselves.
Agreed- It takes place during the AMERICAN Revolution with countless American historical figures involved in this game. The main character himself is Native AMERICAN.
Take a hint gamers.
you can see that the story is F*&^ed up, I mean Indians are teaming up with american revolution ?? the american almost wiped out all the indians..
you need to brush up on your history. seriously.
dude the whole world know that even some of the rational Americans know that, trust me buddy go read.
@mt: The french and various northeast tribes banned together to fight the colonies in the french-american war. Many indians after that war banned together with the colonies to then fight the british while the british also had indians helping them fight the colonials.
You are out of your element my friend.
it is true what mt said , americans were worst then dictators , the truth is that they killed most of the original people then said it's there land ...
that's why american government is united with israel , it's in there blood , being with the same kind is more natural , how they are gonna act good when the start of there country was brutal and bloody for sake of interests...
disagreeing with him is only avoiding your own history , im not blaming you , it's just what happened , im comparing the time they occupied the land with this time and i see no difference between the actions , there acts only comes from the interests ...
it's hard to not mention politics in assassin creed 3 because it have the elements of being one , injustices , taking away the freedom , fighting for taking it back , search and do the right thing , revolution , manny sides ...
Anyway , i can't wait for the game , it looks amazing ,..
It has nothing to do with them, they did it for political reasons. I'm pretty damn sure as developers they want you to see it for exactly what it is, but releasing a trailer in the US featuring the killing of some of it's founding people wouldn't exactly sit well with the US Government. So instead of doing the original trailer, getting a shitload of controversy, pulling the trailer, and end up having to change it anyways they just made it politically correct to boot and skipped all the hassle. better to be safe than sorry, plus you caan just watch the UK trailer on youtube :/
Honestly though, why do you guys mix your tobacco with your weed?

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In the last issue, I told you about SQL Server 2000's new capability that lets you install multiple instances of SQL Server on one machine. This month, I show you how to keep track of your installed instances, and I give you a few warnings.
Who Are You?
SQL Server 2000 ships with a great new property function called ServerProperty(). It works like most of the other property functions that Microsoft introduced in SQL Server 7.0. SQL Server 2000 Books Online (BOL) lists all the function's possible parameters, but the ones relevant to this discussion are the properties InstanceName and ServerName.
The following command will return the name of your instance:
SELECT ServerProperty('InstanceName')
If you're connected to the default instance, you'll get NULL. (If the default instance isn't SQL Server 2000, the ServerProperty function is unavailable.)
Specifying the ServerName parameter in the following command will return the name of your instance, preceded by the name of your server, in the Servername \InstanceName notation.
SELECT ServerProperty('ServerName')
If you're connected to the default instance, you'll get only the server name. Other ServerProperty() parameters let you specify which licensing mode you're running under, which service pack you're using, and what the OS process identifier (PID) is. This last property can be important if you need to access one instance through the Task Manager. The process image name that the Task Manager displays is sqlservr.exe for all instances, but the column labeled PID lets you distinguish among multiple instances.
Where Are You?
Each SQL Server instance has its own path for executable program files and its own default location for data files. If you have more than a few instances, remembering the locations for each instance can be quite a chore. Fortunately, a tool in the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit can help you. If you know the name of the Registry key that stores the information about each instance, you can use the resource kit called reg.exe to discover the file path names. To find the program file path, you can type the following code in a command window, all on one line, replacing InstanceName with the appropriate instance:
REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\InstanceName\Setup\SQLPath"
(Or, if you're an administrator with Registry access, you could simply look directly in the appropriate place in the Registry.) To find the default data file path, change SQLPath at the end of the key name to SQLDataRoot:
REG QUERY "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\InstanceName\Setup\SQLDataRoot"
A similar tool in the Windows 2000 Resource Kit is called regfind.exe. Check Resource Kit documentation for that tool's syntax details.
Changes to Other Tools
To support multiple instances, Performance Monitor can display objects in an instance-aware fashion. The objects for the named instances show up as MSSQL $InstanceName:ObjectName. The full list of counters is available for objects in each instance, so you can compare the same counters in different instances to monitor their use of machine resources. Figure 1 shows a partial list of objects for a SQL Server instance named BETA2ENT.
Microsoft also made internal changes to SQL Server Profiler, but these changes won't significantly affect how you use Profiler to define traces. In your trace definitions, start by selecting which SQL Server instance to trace. You can choose the ServerName for the default instance or choose a different SQL Server instance by using the ServerName\InstanceName specification. Microsoft modified all server-side events so that they return the full name of the SQL Server instance when reporting the ServerName data value.
More Installation Details
When you have multiple instances on one machine, SQL Server 2000 uses a memory-negotiation module for load balancing to equally distribute memory resources. This memory-negotiation module determines how much memory each instance gets.
One situation in which this automatic memory negotiation can be especially valuable is when you're running multiple SQL Server instances on an active/active cluster. Although both servers in the cluster are running, each uses most of the available RAM on its own machine. But what happens if a failover is necessary? After failover, both SQL Server instances will be running on the same machine, and both will try to use all the available RAM on the machine. Two processes can't each use all the memory, so both SQL Server instances (and all the users of both instances) would suffer from greatly increased paging. To avoid this outcome, the memory-negotiation module reduces the memory each instance uses, so the failed-over instance can run alongside the original instance.
Note that this automatic memory negotiation works only between instances of SQL Server 2000. If SQL Server 7.0 is also running, no explicit negotiation between the servers takes place.
What Doesn't Work?
Microsoft modified almost every component of SQL Server so it could work well with multiple instances. But even with the huge amount of rewritten code, some functions just won't work with multiple instances.
First, SQL Server 2000 doesn't support the multiprotocol, Banyan VINES, or AppleTalk network libraries (Net-Libraries) for named instances. Those Net-Libraries will work with a default instance only. SQL Server 2000 doesn't need multiprotocol for encryption because you can use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption over any Net-Library.
Second, DB-Library doesn't work with named instances because the code that looks for your server name doesn't recognize the ServerName\InstanceName specification. Microsoft has stopped enhancing DB-Library, so you can't use the isql command-line tool for connecting to a named instance—at least not by default. But you can get around that limitation by using the Client Configuration Utility to create an alias for your named instance. The alias is a one-part server name that isql will recognize. When specifying the properties of this alias, you need to specify the TCP port number. If you've installed this instance so that SQL Server can dynamically determine its port number, you can select the check box that says Dynamically determine port, as Figure 2 shows. Alternatively, you can define an alias that communicates by using named pipes, in which case you must specify the proper pipe name for the instance.
A Word of Caution
Multiple instance support is a terrific addition to SQL Server. I have one complaint, though, which I offer to you as a warning: I don't like the fact that SQL Server 2000 can have only one set of tools. I do a lot of support and troubleshooting, and sometimes the problem I'm trying to solve turns out to be a problem with the tools. I'd like to have copies of the older tools available for comparison. Also, I write quite a bit about SQL Server, and if I wrote an article about SQL Server 7.0 now, I wouldn't have the SQL Server 7.0 Query Analyzer available for capturing screen shots. Be aware that you'll lose your SQL Server 7.0 tools when you install your first SQL Server 2000 instance, either in beta or in its final form. However, the new tools have so many wonderful new features that this limitation is a small price to pay, especially because you can use the SQL Server 2000 tools with any SQL Server 7.0 server you have.


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Leblanc logged at least a point in eight of his nine Ivy League games (photo courtesy Patrick Shanahan).
2009-10 All-Ivy League teams and Ivy League postseason awards
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Freshman forward Louis Leblanc of the Harvard men's hockey team has been named Ivy League Rookie of the Year and is one of three Crimson players to receive All-Ivy League honorable mention, the Ivy office announced Thursday. Senior defenseman Alex Biega and junior goaltender Kyle Richter were also honored.
Leblanc, who leads the Crimson with 21 points and 11 goals, is the 12th Harvard player to be named Rookie of the Year and the first since Tim Pettit '04 in 2000‑01. With 11 points and seven goals in Ivy games, he was the Ancient Eight's top rookie scorer by a three-point margin.
The Kirkland, Que., native also had three more goals than the league's second-leading freshman sniper, despite missing one of the Crimson's 10 Ivy games with an injury. He owned a team-high +4 plus/minus rating in Ivy games.
Biega, Harvard's captain and one of its top defensemen, recorded two goals, one on the power play, in Ivy League action. He added a pair of assists and was +3. Biega, who hails from Montreal, Que., received recognition from the Ivy League for the third straight season. He was a first-team selection last season after earning honorable mention as a sophomore.
Richter stopped 121 of the 131 shots he faced in Ivy play, good for a league-leading .924 save percentage. A native of Calgary, Alta., he ranked second in the Ivy League with a 2.48 goals-against average in league play. It is his second All-Ivy honor; he was a first-team pick in 2007-08.
Harvard begins its postseason by visiting Ivy rival Princeton this weekend for a best-of-three series in the first round of the ECAC Hockey playoffs.


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Do Daily Deals Work for Small Businesses?
If you own a small business, how do you navigate the treacherous landscape of daily deals? WSJ Sunday reporter Sarah Needleman joins The News Hub with answers.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Review: Infinity #1
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by LOLtron » Wed Aug 14, 2013 11:10 am
Infinity is ambitious and confusing but beautifully drawn.
Looking at July's sales figures, I was struck by the sales disparity between the first three chapters of DC's Trinity War event. Whereas the crossover's first chapter, Justice League #22, sold over 110,000 copies to retailers, Justice League Dark #22, the third chapter of the event, sold only 61,500. If ICv2's figures (or at least their ratios) are remotely accurate, only 56% of readers who read the first chapter of the event would have access to the third chapter. It's an odd little statistic, one that speaks to the inherent flaw of multi-title crossover events: If retailers don't significantly increase their orders, the readership is screwed.
Infinity, Marvel's new event by Jonathan Hickman and Jim Cheung, takes the other approach to the crossover event story. In many ways, Infinity acts as a reward of sorts to those who have followed and understood the last year's worth of Hickman comics, a problematic flaw considering that Infinity will reach twice as many readers as New Avengers and Avengers. It's an interesting inverse to DC's Trinity War, which sees readers potentially missing out on later chapters of the book. With Infinity, if you're not one of the 60,000 currently following New Avengers and Avengers, you're likely to be a little lost.
Even those who have read Hickman's Avengers series might have trouble with Infinity. A lot happens in the 64 page first chapter. Infinity is very much a space opera, with brave Spaceknights, alien kings and dark heralds. However, even with the increased page count, there's an odd disconnect between scenes, which made me wonder if my copy was missing pages. Despite Jim Cheung's flawless art and layouts that efficiently pushed a ton of plot and information of the readers, the book was clunky and hard to read at points.
In addition, I felt that Hickman set too grand of a stage, which renders the bulk of his cast obsolete. While Hickman creations Ex Nihilo, Starbrand and Captain Universe as well as the Inhumans are sure to play a large part in the event, it's unclear what role the rest of Marvel's heroes will play. How is a character like Hawkeye (who is struggling against a group of Russian mobsters in his own series) is supposed to be useful in a grand space battle against universal powers? Why would Captain America send the Black Widow or the Falcon to fight a grand battle in space, knowing that there's little chance of their skills being utilized? That's a question that's bugged me throughout his Avengers run, and one that doesn't get any sort of answer in Infinity.
Technically, Infinity is a step above the average superhero comic. Cheung shows off his masterful alien designs. His pencils, teamed wih Mark Morales' inks and Justin Ponsor's colors, are breathtaking and make the book a pleasure to read, even if you don't have any idea what's going on in the scenes. Even the letters, provided by Chris Eliopolous and Joe Caramagna, contribute to the grand event feel of the book, especially with the nifty title pages that pop up every eighth page or so. Say what you want about the plot, but Marvel does know how to make a very pretty looking event comic.
If you're a fan of Hickman's Marvel series, I suspect you'll be a fan of Infinity. It demands a lot of readers, perhaps a little too much, but it's certainly a contrast to the dumb fisticuffs driven events that's plagued Marvel over the last couple of years. If you can stomach the disconnected storytelling and the constant feeling you're missing something, Infinity #1 is probably worth the $4.99 price tag.
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by S.F. Jude Terror » Wed Aug 14, 2013 11:28 amBut does it go full panda bear mode?
by bkthomson » Wed Aug 14, 2013 11:40 am
Please, do not make me threadkick you.
by oogy » Wed Aug 14, 2013 11:50 am
Koala bear, actually.
by Juan Cena » Wed Aug 14, 2013 11:56 am
I would guess you would use Black Widow the way you would expect her to be used - handling espionage missions. Hawkeye and Falcon? Reconnaissance or leadership roles.
by S.F. Jude Terror » Wed Aug 14, 2013 12:25 pm
Kamikaze attack, IMO. "Not like this!"
by sdsichero » Wed Aug 14, 2013 12:33 pm
Please do
by guitarsmashley » Wed Aug 14, 2013 2:00 pm
You never go full Panda.
by Juan Cena » Wed Aug 14, 2013 3:53 pm
I thought the whole city of San Francisco was in full Panda
by thefourthman » Wed Aug 14, 2013 4:46 pmI have not been reading the Avengers books and I had little problems with it. Of course, I don't have any clue who a few of the people are, but it was rather well told. It is what Hickman does best BIG BIG WITH BIG ACTION AND BIGGER IDEAS. It's why I love him. Now, of course, I hate him too, cause it turns out I have to read 10 ancillary books to follow this according to the checklist at the back of issue one. It also means that I will want said Avengers books in trade to find out the back story.
This is what Events are supposed to be, accessible while making you want to read more. It is an evolution of the entire line while also being a marketing platform for the line and to this effect it was completely effective for me as I will now be picking up two books I would have not otherwise for the forseeable future and if they are good, going after that too.
by thefourthman » Wed Aug 14, 2013 4:47 pmAnd speaking of full on panda, Juan... there were some panels here where Cap seemed to be aged more than one would think. Also Iron Man's new helmet looks dumb. The rest of the book is gorgeous though.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Wed Aug 14, 2013 5:03 pmI flipped through it, it did come off a bit impenetrable to me having not read any Marvel in ages but to some extent that's to be expected. You'd have to want to read it, there's nothing about it to really drawn you in if you aren't already invested.
by HNutz » Wed Aug 14, 2013 5:07 pmMy LCS is having a signing with Jim Cheung on Saturday.
Glad to hear, if nothing else, that it looks purty.
by thefourthman » Wed Aug 14, 2013 5:33 pm
Second sentence is totally on the money. However, as to the first sentence... you actually have to read the words, then it starts to make sense.
by Garofani Spruzzo » Wed Aug 14, 2013 7:07 pm
Yeah well that wasn't true with S.H.I.E.L.D. and look how that turned out...
Remember S.H.I.E.L.D.? The book, according to Marvel, we would be talking about for a decade (presumably to ask, "hey I wonder whatever happened to that book S.H.I.E.L.D.? Oh wells who cares")?
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Tesoro Durandal Ultimate G1NL Mech. Keyboard Review
Tesoro is a gaming peripheral company making its move to the US. With products such as keyboards, mice, mouse pads, and soon to be audio products, Tesoro is trying its hand at the art of pleasing gamer needs. The Tesoro Durandal Ultimate G1NL LED backlit mechanical keyboard has been at my hands for over a week now, as one of their high end products. Durandal is literally the sword of Charlemagne's paladin Roland in the literacy cycle known as the Matter of France. The "Sword of Angel" is said to contain within its golden hilt, one tooth of Saint Peter, blood of Saint Basil, hair of Saint Denis, and a piece of the raiment of the Blessed Virgin Mary. I'm not exactly sure how this all really plays into the design of the keyboard…perhaps if I shake it I'll find some tooth fairy teeth rattling around. Jokes aside, each of the Tesoro products seems to have some name with literary connection. Perhaps this is just a different marketing method than we've seen in the last few years.
Overall, the purpose of the Durandal Ultimate is to provide solutions to any situation gamers can come up with. Late night combat is met with adjustable LEDs and a full set of profiles, each with their own programmable macros, leaving it up to the owner to map out in any desired configuration. It has USB connections, mic and headphone connections, as well as what every gamer of today seems to "need," mechanical switches. Today we take a look at the Durandal Ultimate and see how this "Sword of Angel" holds up.
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The box it comes in is a little different than the normal cardboard box most keyboards come in these days. Its got a handle and is purple, almost like carrying a purse around. It's not quite square, rather it's more of a trapezoidal shape and closes tightly, so it won't be falling out as you carry it around shopping. A little peeping window in the shape of the Tesoro logo allows you to see in and get a relatively good look at the keys themselves. At this small glance it really looks like most mechanical keyboards and just begging to be torn open to find the true beauty.
The back of the box point out a few of the keyboards key features with a few close up snapshots of the features themselves. A few of the features mentioned include: embedded media keys, G mode/5 profiles, comfortable palm rest, high speed USB 2.0 ports, audio ports, and a gold USB connector among other things. However, it's really just time to take it out of this "purse" and see what it is not written in text.
Opening it up, there's some protective plastic on the upper right corner where the CAPS lock and Scroll lock indicators normally rest. A completely destroyed plastic carry tray explains the rattling of the box, but the contents themselves seem quite alright despite the looks of the poor carrier. The body has a nice "metal" milling finishing look on it. Which makes it appear a little industrial, but most of all makes it look sturdy as hell. The keys seem to be mapped out as a typical keyboard would be, with a full number pad on the right. The media and profile function keys appear as sub headings of the F1-F12 keys. A small Fn key is the only "new" appearance on the layout, sitting just between the right Alt and the menu key, where the other windows key generally sits.
Pulled away from plastic mess the keyboard is fully intact. A separate wrist rest and CD/Install guide are included underneath. The cable connections are reduced to a single power pass through for USB and an audio and mic jack to be plugged in. If you are used to the duel plug keyboards for the "bonus" hub, you've just gained back a port! The cable is braided and seems rather heavy duty. Having moved the keyboard about a bit, it seems rather heavy and is really going to be something that stays in place on your desk.


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Energy Seed by Sungwoo Park & Sunhee Kim » Yanko Designby CharlesNepote
Energy seed. Une lampe à led urbaine très maline qui tire partie des piles usagées
the Energy Seed, an LED lamp post powered by trashed alkaline batteries.
The idea is to encourage people to throw their batteries away into the Energy Seed. There's a slot for nearly every size battery. The unit combines any left over juice from all the batteries to power a super efficient LED ring.


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Hi,This is a question that's been playing on my mind for a while, and I'd love to know other inquirers' and converts' experience (only as much as you are comfortable sharing):1. At what point in your journey to Orthodoxy did you tell other people (e.g. wider family, friends, your old church) beyond your immediate family/household?2. What sort of reactions did you get?I've been inquiring into Orthodoxy for a few months now and only have a couple of books, some internet reading and a couple of DLs under my belt. I haven't told anyone else in my family, friends or current church yet. I'll probably hold off until I know a little more about the faith, or am at the point I can't continue worshipping/receiving communion in my home church in good faith.ThanksDeborah
Take a breath, read Ecclesiastes 1:9.
Good day Deborah!I'm not sure weather you welcome my reply or not as I have no intentions of converting, yet, I have no intentions of not converting either. I'm not sure I'm even an 'inquirer' per say to Orthodoxy. I simply see myself as a repenting sinner and fool seeking Truth. I believe I have found such in Orthodoxy and hold a profound reverence and respect toward the Orthodox Church. Where this leads I will follow and some how I know in my heart God will guide me in His time and in His way as I believe He has done thus far. With that said I don't hold or recognize any stigmas toward Orthodoxy that may exist. I see my journey as one toward Christ our Lord. I will speak of my faith to anyone that will listen and reference Orthodoxy without thought or concern. I speak of Truth and Understanding I have found in Orthodoxy to immediate family, extended family, Church, and friends. Sadly, many friends could care less to listen and I'm afraid we just don't spend as much time together any more. He does warn us we will have to leave much behind I guess. As far as reactions? Keep in mind I pray at a Wesleyan Church so it's a little different as John Wesley himself held a profound belief in the Orthodoxy. It would be difficult for anyone to discredit Orthodoxy without discrediting (in small part) the very doctrine our Church is founded upon. I have had a couple of 'strange' looks but to be honest I think it was as much out of ignorance as any negativity. My Pastor encourages me to learn and grow. Yes, he points me more toward Wesley but also realizes it is difficult to study Wesley without mentioning Orthodoxy, Church Fathers, and Patristic writings. My immediate family: My daughter (20yrs) has begun to make visits to the Orthodox Churches in her area. She also seems to be seeking God without stigmas but with an open heart and mind. My wife is by my side in our journey though she was raised Baptist so more conflicts surface for her both due to Orthodoxy and Wesleyan theology. She's working through that just fine though! Her family I'm guessing might have some raised eye brows but nothing mentioned to my knowledge. My mom was at one point a Church of God once saved always saved woman. I speak to her of my journey, what I am learning, and she herself has now listened to Orthodox sermons on line and I even found a John Wesley sermon she printed out laying on her table. Others like extended family; well, I did hear my aunt say 'Orthodox? Wow, they are a little too hard core!' I just smiled.If I have a point to offer in my reply it is that I am in my infancy spiritual speaking. Should I not share what I am learning without concern of reproach? You have found Truth in Orthodoxy glory to God. The fruits of the Spirit in you will be seen by others. Should they not know where that seed came from? There will be some that criticize us in His name. That's on them not us. Well, now in addition to the others you have the opinion of a fool! God bless you in your journey!
Hi Deborah,I have found engaging with Orthodoxy really stressful. Apart from the internal conflict - am I doing the right thing - I know that if I eventually become Orthodox I will loose my previous Anglican friends - they just would not understanding. Apart from one or two, I know I could never adequately explain why I choose Orthodoxy. I have told my closest friends, they number less than the fingers on one hand, and they support me while not following me. But the time is fast approaching where I will have to inform my local priest. I have been avoiding making that contact for some time now. What makes my situation somewhat different is that the nearest Orthodox church is over 3 hours away making a total of 6 hours for the return trip just to attend DL. There is no easy answers here I'm afraid - and God seems strangely silent on the matter.
Hello Deborah,I had told my wife what I was exploring before I even knew that what I was exploring was Orthodoxy. So she was there throughout the process in which I explored via the internet and reading church fathers, etc. It was in fact, at her suggestion, that we first attended a Divine Liturgy. Throughout that process nearly a year in length I keep myself from expressing any affirmative statement that I was converting until the end, saying I wanted to be sure my wife would be on board before I finalized any decision. Looking back though, I probably knew where I needed to go within the first couple of months. This as all my prayers thereafter that 'God would guide me and open doors that needed to be opened and close doors that needed to be closed' were tinged the hope that this would lead me further into Orthodoxy. I'm happy to say that it has. We're now six months into attending our Orthodox church consistently and only, with another three months before that of attending there every other week on Saturday evenings before we left our former church.I made a decision early on to not tell anyone, other than my wife, what I was looking at until my mind was made up. This went to both sides of the equation, I have an uncle who's a retired Orthodox priest, but the rest of my family and friends were firmly Protestant and my wife's family Protestant and Roman Catholic. The idea was that I wanted to explore these things on my own without anyone trying to influence me one way or the other. This may have been my biggest mistake in the process, though its hard to say because it didn't go the other way. I feel that in doing this I betrayed the trust of my friends and my Pastor. I was myself a Licensed Minister and my Pastor was my accountability partner and also a friend we would do some holidays together and he and h is family had done work on our house. So, he was right to point out his shock, when he found out a year after the fact and only when my mind was made up what I was doing. His reaction was not the best at all points including his hasty, he only had one week, analysis of the Orthodox church. But, I did my best to indicated that our leaving was not about being negative about him or our church and he did permit us to come a last time to give a public goodbye. Also, I'm happy to say I've kept in some touch with his family via facebook, and shared congratulations with them on various family events. More, I did run in to him in person the other day and gave him a hug, which he reciprocated and had a good, though brief chat.Family, I told in different stages owing largely to the desire on my part to inject some theater into the process. The reaction has been good but then my uncles conversion had paved the way. He himself, by the way, was predictably delighted yet shocked. Part of the conversation went "No way", "way", "no way", "way..." Friends, some know some don't, with no significant reasons for delay just kind of a when we see them and/or the topic comes up kind of thing. My wife's family mostly still doesn't know and when she tells them will be up to her.God bless you on your journey.
The reason why I haven't visited yet doesn't have to do with transportation, since I can ride buses. It's mostly scheduling (my work schedule is irregular and on days when nearby churches are having non-Sunday liturgies, I always have to work. Also my workplace is understaffed right now so I'm having to work more hours than usual). There've been like 6 or 7 times when I almost went, even setting my alarm and planning the bus route out the night before, but I ended up oversleeping, or else I did wake up and I felt so unbelievably groggy that it wouldn't have been safe for me to walk all the way to the bus stop. Besides, I doubt you can really appreciate the beauty of anything when you're three-quarters asleep. I even missed a chance to go to a Sunday liturgy when my parents were out of state, for this reason.
may God guide all 4 of you and may you soon be orthodox like maximum bob (whose story is a big encouragement to me).minnesotan, i totally understand what you mean about church being a 'safe space', it is so nice to have permission to sit / stand / kneel / venerate icons etc. and it gives people lots of things to focus on when their mind drifts off. much nicer than the lecture type church experience where you have to sit still. so please make sure you sleep enough so you can get up with the alarm clock next time!
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...Or America has the best math and science education available. It's up to the student really. Try to get into MIT, I dare you. We are a true Darwinian society. We have no safety net and the almighty corporations control our culture.
BTW your numbers on US religiosity are dated..and It's very regional.
Despite our Puritan heritage, I am sure if we had a forced state religion, the county would be largely atheists.
I like that the US is underestimated and routinely mocked. The Japanese military made that mistake as they were on the verge of overrunning your country. A black US President will never happen. The US is a very dynamic and surprising landscape, and that attracts many to our shores.
Not defending Americans, as we certainly have our own flaws, but your definition, Lance, would also apply to the low interest in higher education prevalent in countries south of US borders, all the way to the tip of South America, where 90-95% are Catholic sheeple, many of whom cross themselves when passing cemeteries and rub eggs on newborn babies to "take the evil out," and forego the use of birth control, because of Papal edicts, despite living in economies that can't support the children already extant and give them any kind of quality of life that would lead to any of them attaining a higher education.
Ahh, Lance, if they only could. . .
Yes, accurate, but let us not deride others for following peer group and social expectations. Because of such expectations, following is considered appropriate--no? Please my friend, how do you consider teaching them to be intelligent enough to think for themselves? You seem to be advocating a vast rearrangement of neural activity. Ever tried that yourself? Didn't think so.
People are who they are regardless of what others may desire. Might I suggest baiting your hook with acceptance and a positive attitude. . . catches more fish that way.
I have a good example for you Robert, of "conflicted and scared." As a teenager, one summer, I ran a nightly newspaper route in my car, delivering papers in a rural area. Nightly, I would encounter rabbits, that, frightened, would run alongside my car. On occasion, a rabbit I was about to pass entirely, leaving it in complete safety, would suddenly, for no apparent reason, dash in front of my car too quickly for me to stop or swerve, and be crushed under my wheels.
Night after night, I would ponder this, to me, illogical behavior, trying as best I could to get into the mindset of a rabbit. Clearly, the car represented a threat to the rabbit - it moved, implying it possessed life, and seemed to roar, implying a definite threat - why would a rabbit, in the relative safety of the weeds and grasses of a bar ditch, suddenly leave that safety, only to run toward what it must have perceived as being a ravenous beast?
Then it occurred to me - shadows. My moving headlights created enormous moving shadows of all of the weeds and grasses I passed, as well as a shadow of the rabbit itself, though projected larger than life and moving alongside the frightened rabbit. The rabbit had risked the known beast in the road, to escape the unknown threat of the moving shadows, which in its primitive mind, were even more life-threatening. Fear resolved the conflict, usually fatally.
I've pondered this as well, and I think that another possible solution is simply that the home of the creature in question (their only known source of safety) lies in the direction they run. A rabbit or squirrel, finding themselves foraging on the opposite side of a street from their home, will try to bolt for that home when the threat approaches.
They simply don't realize that they can't make it. They only know that a threat approaches, and "definite" safety lies in their tree or burrow. The immediate reaction is to make a run for home, even if it brings them across the path of the oncoming threat.
Running from shadows is a possibility, but I've seen this behavior in broad daylight.
I've seen animals run straight ahead from my car (or birds, flying, trying to gain altitude as they fly as fast as they can). They are wired to assume the car will catch them and kill them if they swerve left or right (giving it a shorter path to them), but in fact the best thing they could do would be to jink sideways and let me pass. But how could they know?
I definitely agree with what has been previously said by other comments, when they mention these things:
1) There is a difference between non-intelligence and ignorance.
Intelligence is the ability to think, more or less. It's not a measure of how much you know, but rather what you're capable of doing with what you know. People vary on this aspect, but usually through no fault of their own. Some people have physical limitations on their intelligence (whether via defects from birth, or from a lack of flexing this "muscle")
Ignorance is a lack of data. It has no bearing on your mind's ability to process or use data. A person can be ignorant of data, but still be intelligent (give them the data, and they could use it)
2) Our society/culture does not value intelligence (or even knowledge of facts), leading many who are mentally capable to remain willfully ignorant. And still others to allow their inherent intelligence to atrophy.
So the true issue is not one of intelligence. I believe that most people are competently intelligent, and can further "train" the ability through use. The issue is that many people choose not to do so, and many that choose not to absorb any data that they don't feel a need for (in fact, this may be the default setting; those of us who actively seek information in all of its forms, regardless of practical application, are likely to be the oddballs).
So society as a whole is keeping itself willfully ignorant, even if most of us have the capacity to think intelligently.
Even more disturbing is the notion that intelligence is bad, which leads many to suppress themselves.
So, perhaps society is stupid, in the sense that many of us (a majority?) willfully avoid using our brains (and even shun those who do), even though most of us have the capability to do much more.
Answer: Yes. Mostly, yes.


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Portland's had a weirdo summer all right. I blocked out most of the spurts of humidity (shades help), but it seems like it's back with a vengeance for my goddamn birthday. I don't plan on doing much today besides listening to Billy Joel, waiting to see if my second sibling remembers to call and imbibing on a refreshing cocktail or two, so I suppose I'll manage.
The following watermelon margarita, inspired by Lauren Fitzgerald's (of Millennium and Portobello) "market-driven" mixology demo at the Montavilla Farmers Market this past weekend, is totally in the running for 2011's birthday cocktail:
I've caught myself joking more than once about how Soy Curls are so three, if not four, years ago, and I take it back.
The Buffalo Sub at Sweet Hereafter changes everything. It features hot soy curls, lettuce, tomato, tangy ranch dressing and creamy miso chive cheese in a crusty baguettewich (yeah, I said that) and blows every other tasty option I've tried at this bar away. Plus, you know, Chelsea is adorable, and we got to catch up on life and that con thing.


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Thanksgivukkah – Lenox, Where Entertaining is @
By Isaiah Negron
For the first time since 1888, Thanksgiving and the Jewish tradition of Hanukkah will share the same date, November 25, 2013. This will not happen again for another 79,000 years. Thanksgiving, first named a United States holiday in 1863, and Hanukkah, dating back to 165 BC Jerusalem, are two unique celebrations representing generations of history, culture and pride. To commemorate this once in a lifetime moment, Lenox, America's foremost tabletop and giftware brand along with their entertaining expert and celebrity event planner Andrea Correale have joined forces. Together, they have created a festive table that celebrates both events simultaneously. Since 1889, Lenox has brought families and friends together for countless occasions. Here, Andrea and Lenox, "Where Entertaining is @," bring these two holidays together on one dazzling table.


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Style # 208158
With a subtle flare right below the hem and simple yet stunningly-chic cut, this bebe dress is a seriously-sharp little black dress. Fully lined. Hidden zipper at back. Constructed from wrinkle-resistant luxury stretch fabric that retains form and structure. Try it with a matching blazer and a classic pump for the office and a pair of booties for an after-hours pop.
- 86% triacetate, 18% polyester.
- Center back to hem: 29" (74 cm).
- Dry clean.
- Imported.
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size 6.
Candice Peplum Hem Dress is rated out of 5 by 1.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Ruby from Good for any occasion This dress will fits daytime, night time, casual or formal. Not too sexy or too conservative. Just right :)
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E15 Case Study: Minnoco from Growth Energy on Vimeo.
To start with, ethanol gives consumers a lower-priced choice. Whether you're installing a flex fuel pump or simply switching to E15, it's a choice that is typically less expensive. In fact, with an octane rating of 113, ethanol is a high performance fuel that keeps your engine running smoothly, especially under challenging summer time driving conditions. Ethanol also keeps your fuel system clean for optimal performance since it won't leave gummy deposits. In the winter, ethanol acts like an anti-freeze, minimizing gas line issues. Ethanol also supports local communities. Because it's a homegrown fuel, it creates hundreds of thousands of jobs here in America that can never be outsourced. Billions of dollars stay here at home that would otherwise be shipped overseas.
Ethanol is cleaner and "greener" than gasoline. Not only does it produce less carbon emissions when it's burned, because it's a biofuel, it actually captures carbon dioxide from the air during the production process.
One of ethanol's greatest advantages is it lowers our dependence on foreign oil. The more energy we produce here at home, the less money our nation ships to countries in the Middle East – and the more we help our own economy.
Join the movement, E15 is now being offered in 29 states at 1350 retail locations. A full list can be found at our Get Biofuel Finder.


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Pat Robertson - Alzheimer's - Reaction
Disability advocate: Robertson wrong to justify divorce for Alzheimer's
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Oregon Advances Bill To Give Illegals Driving Privileges
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon Senate committee has advanced a bill granting four-year driver's licenses to people who can't prove they're legally in the United States. The Senate Business and Transportation Committee approved the bill yesterday on a 4-2 vote. The bill would allow immigrants who have lived in Oregon for at least a year and meet other requirements to apply for driver's cards without proving legal presence. The card would be valid for only four years and would indicate "driving privilege only."


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Other games on-deck include the new re-imagined Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, the European version of the Bemani game Pop'n Rhythm and also the world premier of Pro Evolution Soccer 2010.
The publisher will premiere a wave of stunning titles that includes PES 2010, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, and will be showcasing the talent behind those games with appearances from Hideo Kojima, Studio Head of Kojima Productions and mastermind behind the Metal Gear Solid series; Shingo 'Seabass' Takatsuka, Producer of Pro Evolution Soccer; and many others of its biggest talents from Overseas and Europe who will visit the event in Cologne.GamesCom is set to run from August 19th to the 23rd.
These developers will attend the gamescom to showcase their games in a series of special presentations with a unique look behind the scenes of their work.
Bryn says: If you're planning on hitting the show in Cologne, then be sure to take all your Metal Gear games with you to get signed. Did you know that it'll increase the value of the games? Either that, or get you banned from eBay when you try and sell them.
Strangely, I'm more curious to see what direction Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is going to take than I am about Peace Walker. I just hope it's worthy of the series' legacy.


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DBIx::Class::Schema::PopulateMore::Command - Command Class to Populate a Schema
This is a command pattern class to manage the job of populating a
DBIx::Class::Schema with information. We break this out because the
actual job is a bit complex, is likely to grow more complex, and so that
we can more easily identify refactorable and reusable parts.
This class defines the following attributes.
This is the Schema we are populating
contains a callback to the exception method supplied by DBIC
This is an arrayref of information used to populate tables in the database
How we know the value is really something to inflate or perform a substitution
on. This gets the namespace of the substitution plugin and its other data.
We define a visitor so that we can perform the value inflations and or
substitutions. This is still a little work in progress, but its getting
The index of previously inflated resultsets. Basically when we create a new
row in the table, we cache the result object so that it can be used as a
dependency in creating another.
Eventually will be moved into the constructor for a plugin
Eventually will be moved into the constructor for a plugin
Set an index value to an inflated result
given an index, returns the related inflated resultset
Loads each of the available inflators, provider access to the objects
Holds an object that can perform dispatching to the inflators.
This module defines the following methods.
lazy build for the visitor attribute.
lazy build for the inflator_loader attribute
lazy build for the inflator_dispatcher attribute
The command classes main method. Returns a Hash of the created result
rows, where each key is the named index and the value is the row object.
Dispatch to the correct inflator
Given a hash suitable for a DBIx::Class::Resultset create method, attempt to
update or create a row in the named source.
returns the newly created row or throws an exception if there is a failure
returns the newly created row or throws an exception if there is a failure
Given a fields and values, combine to a hash suitable for using in a create_fixture
row statement.
Correctly create an array from the fields, values variables, skipping those
where the value is undefined.
given a value that is either an arrayref or a scalar, put it into array context
and return that array.
Please see DBIx::Class::Schema::PopulateMore For authorship information
Please see DBIx::Class::Schema::PopulateMore For licensing terms.
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The One Moment In The VMAs Kanye Probably REGRETS
We all know by now that Kanye West was always going to make the most of his four minutes on stage.
We also knew that he would more than likely address the Taylor Swift drama - which he did.
What we didn't know, is that he was going to come out with something so cringeworthy, viewers across the world would be recoiling in agony.
After talking about his video for his song, Famous, you know - the one in the middle of the Taylor Swift scandal?
Well, he then decided to talk more about the video and the people in it.
Needless to say, it wasn't the easiest thing to watch…