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In 1922 Lide Plowman wrote another chapter in her family's history as she recounted her memories of her mother and other members of the Plowman family. We will continue to run the family tree chart at the end of the post to help you keep all the people in the story straight.
Last year I told you more of Father and now I shall tell you most of Mother, Emily Crane Plowman. Father's name was William Tuttle Plowman and he was always called Tuttle only when his nieces and nephews called him "Uncle Tut."
Mother was born in Orange Co., New York, father's native county, in 1824. After her mother Elizabeth Crane married Mr. Stidd, who was not kind to her, she went to live with Uncle Sammy and Aunt Sarah Crane. She was then about three or four. They first migrated to Ohio and later when Mother was about fourteen to Oakland County, where many of Uncle Sammy's relatives lived. Besides his sister, our grandmother, he had brothers Francis, John, Joseph, Aaron, Gilbert (called Gil) and others I do not recall.
They never had any children of their own and took another girl Arminda, who was younger than mother. They were very good people but were not financially prosperous and always had a hard time to get along, but in spite of this they were willing to care for those who needed help and later took three other children.
Sometime after Father came to Clinton County, Uncle Sammy and his brother Francis (Abigail's father), came too. They settled on what we know as the Trierweiler Farm and Uncle Francis just east of this. Uncle Francis' wife's name was Polexany, Lext for short, and they ate off the same plate!
When Father was left with three little children his sisters Adeline and Sarah came and stayed with him a year when he and Mother were married. Uncle Sammy's were opposed to this for Mother was only nineteen and Father was eleven years older, besides having the three little children.
The other girl Arminda married James Randall and lived in Ionia. He dressed fine and was not a farmer and Uncle Sammy's quite approved, but it did not turn out so well for he was not so good a provider.
Father knew that Uncle Sammy's did not like him very well, for years later Mother and I found a letter he had written to Arminda, in which he intimated that he was the better man of the two and that Mother had not done so bad after all. As I remember he had not written to make Arminda feel badly, but anyway it was never sent.
After Mother and Arminda were married, Uncle Sammy's not living alone, took his brother Joseph's three children, Ira, Charlotte, and James. They were living there as long as I can remember. I heard that Charlotte was still living the last time I was in Ionia. I must have been eleven years old when Aunt Sarah died, and they had no one to care for this family.
About this time they heard that Grandmother was living in Jackson. They had not heard from her since they left New York. Father and Mother went to visit them. After Aunt Sarah died it was planned for Grandmother, her husband, and Amanda to come take care of and live with Uncle Sammy and the children. He did not live long and left the forty acres and house to Grandmother, and the forty acres across the road from Father's farm to the three children, Ira, Charlotte, and James who then went to Ionia where Uncle Francis and other Crane relatives lived. Mother's uncles lived in Oakland, a large family of them. I remember best Uncle John. We children always called him the rich uncle, with his stovepipe hat and his broadcloth cutaway coat. He was taken sick at Uncle Sammy's and died there. His children as many as nine or ten came to see him and care for him. They were much at our house as we had more room and Father was a good provider.
Father and Mother were what we would call thrifty, as they never spent more than they made and accumulated more, so that in later years they had aplenty, although both had been brought up without any extras.
It must have been a great change for Mother from a family of four with three women to a family of five with one woman and three little children. I never heard her complain as the family increased and the added work came to her. The house was no larger than Uncle Sammy's, but they soon had a new one with more conveniences with means to furnish what was needed. They lived in this good log house, which was lathed and plastered on the inside (which was very unusual in those days) until Uncle John Benedict built the new house soon after the Civil War, and is the house which stands on the old farm now.
When we think of the spinning, weaving, knitting, making, and cooking for the ever increasing family we wonder how one could do it all, and board the teacher too. Not to speak of the peddlers and tramps who happened along, for Father could never turn anyone away and Mother never complained even when Mr. Slocum came and camped down for three weeks, until I told Father if he didn't tell him to go I would. I was about fifteen then. Then he went to Uncle Ed's but he sent him on the same night knowing that he was shiftless and would not work.
The work in such a family as we has kept a woman busy most of the time, where everything we wore was made at home.
The things I remember must be about fifteen years after Father came to Clinton County when I was about seven and older.
We had a hand machine for breaking the flax, a hatchel for removing the straw, and a small wheel for spinning the flax. But after, I remember, Mother did not weave linen cloth, such as she wore when she was a child. It might have been she hated it so herself that she could not punish any of us by making us wear it. She must have gotten the cotton cloth from Detroit and later from DeWitt, Portland, Lyons, or Ionia.
But she did spin and weave wool cut from our own sheep. We often had the yarn spun by the McVeigh girls, but Mother wove it, as Till and I are good witnesses, for we handled the piece in as we called it, when Mother drew one thread in at a time in the harnass which took us about half a day. And we had to keep our eyes right on the threads and watch out for what we called flats; as it made a poor streak in the goods.
Then when Mother had it ready to weave, we had to fill the quills. If this skein of yarn ran smoothly and no snarls in it, it was not much trouble. The quills were about five inches long, made from elder stalks with the pith cleaned out. We must have had from fifty to a hundred of these quills so she need not have to wait. Ezra and Charlie must have helped Mother before we were old enough. When the quills were most empty we were called to fill them again. All the yarn used in weaving the cloth had to be wound on these quills, some work you see, for little children.
This woolen cloth was used to make all the men's suits, good and everyday, some of the girls clothes, and for bed blankets. We always had home woven petticoats until I was about sixteen, when we made the last ones for all the girls, called "balmorals" and they were very pretty indeed. I cannot remember many woolen dresses that I wore of Mother's weaving.
It was no small job just to spin and knit stockings for such a large family. We made stockings for Father as long as he lived and he wore long ones too. I think I must have been twelve years old before I had my first pair of stockings from the store.


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Posted: Oct 1 2009, 04:07 PM
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not very happy with the psp version. i was able to race 2 races and buy a new car in the short tiem i played it today from a friend, and im not very happy. the car buying experience is like, "we got these four companies to sell you a car,,, and only these four.... but uts not that they're selling low-end models, there was a Veyron being sold next to old-ass toyotas, and no Supra....??
then i couldnt find where to buy performance parts form, and that REALLY pissed me off.
having only 4 cars on track at a time is not something we wanted, and it really hurts in the main game mode. im prolly gonna get it, and trade someone for a White ZR1(from the "special" bundle with a PSP3000) but its just not GT like i remember it..
i'd be honestly happier with a direct port of Gran Tuismo 2 with slightly updated graphics and newer car lineups.
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I like good physics and car selection + looks on the go. Thats simply it, so GTP does it for me. Quick race/TA/drift with any car I can imagine anywhere anytime = perfect.
Posted: Oct 1 2009, 10:14 PM
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This should help
Posted: Oct 1 2009, 10:57 PM
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Yeah, I am wondering if that has something to do with a hardware limitation, cause I was disappointed as well that they went with a 4 dealerships of the day. I was really expecting a GT 3 or 4 experience and well... I was sort of disappointed when I found out it's not quite like either of them...
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i personally like it a lot. Im playing on a portable handheld, I like being able to do quick races and when I have time, work on getting the cars I want. An playing with 3 other friends makes things fun and obtaining cars fast. Obtain cars, Race friends, Time Attacking and Drifting. I really cant complain
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Kinda disappointing without a Career Mode, so many years of waiting and this is what they come up with?
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Just got mine today. It came with the special Buggati Veyron Black M Edition. It's overall a pretty good game, despite lacking career mode and a total of 6 cars on the track.
Posted: Oct 3 2009, 04:43 AM
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that car list really exaggerates how little work they did for this game in the 5 years its been on hiatus.
all the same chevy cars from gt4, plus 1 new car, the current ZR1
i understand completely hopw some are happy wiht the portableness of it, get up and go, its great i lie that too, i just wanted soemthign more in depth of a agme. ill be doing a longer review of it later, whitout typos!!1
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I'm enjoying the game. It's a PSP game afterall, can't complain about the amount of content.
But I do agree with BlackSubaru. You can tell this game was mostly completed years ago by looking at the dates of most cars. I was kinda dissapointed about most new cars being from 2003-2004. Most of the new cars are the ones they advertised or showed in the opening movie or trailers.
Also is it really necessary to have 2 or more of each car? Like for example the S2000. There's like 7 of them.. 1999, 2001, 2003 models then theres the Europe 2001, and U.S. 1999, 2001 and 2004. If someone can tell me the differences in those models then I wouldn't mind. But they all look like they have the same specs.
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^ make it look like there's more cars, by using the same model
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I come closer and closer to this same conclusion. Earn a lil money practicing in a new car, check if the next one you want is available yet; buy it or keep going; if you got a new car, see how well you do with it vs your older car, etc.
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I was able to race with 3 other friends last night at IHOP lol, tons of fun and I love Time Attacking


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Social historians define several traditional categories into which beliefs fall regarding the use of atomic weapons in Japan. Brian Wimer's more apologetic approach [January 8 letter: "The bomb bombed morality"]occupies one end of the spectrum, the vitriolic approach of Chicago Sun-Times' Neil Steinberg [December 11 essay: "No apology: Japan deserved Enola Gay's visit"] the other.
The tendency to categorize the United States government as either all bad or all good in the decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki is as simplistic as the tendency to describe the Japanese as all bad or all good. More accurate, albeit not fancy, is an old Bruce Springsteen comment, "There are good folks and a-holes on every corner" (or something like that).
Wimer posits that the U.S. might consider an apology to those who died at Hiroshima, but fails to address Steinberg's points regarding the Rape of Nanking and U.S. soldiers who suffered under the hands of the Japanese. There are many things for which most nations should apologize. However, if people don't learn to see eye to eye, an apology doesn't amount to a hill of soybeans.
Wimer also fails to mention the current issue– the exhibition of the Enola Gay at the Air and Space Museum at Dulles Airport without any discussion or imagery of its impact. The Washington Post quotes the museum's chief as explaining that the decision to withhold photos is part of the museum's tradition. However, right now the Air and Space Museum in downtown Washington shows photos of injured and dead following a blast by a German V2 missile.
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Ya'll get off your high horses, quit the puffing, and figure out that you're both right and both wrong, and that a museum that tries to deny that something monumental is associated with that airplane is just as asinine as all the bickering and back-patting of Steinberg, Wimer, and the like.
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Former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., said he was "alarmed" by the platform language on Israel.
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A DNC official told ABC News: "The Obama administration has followed the same policy towards Jerusalem that previous U.S. administrations of both parties have done since 1967.
"As the White House said several months ago, the status of Jerusalem is an issue that should be resolved in final status negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians -- which we also said in the 2008 platform."
The Democratic platform also came in for criticism after the Christian Broadcasting Network said the word "God" had been removed.
CBN said the 2008 platform read: "We need a government that stands up for the hopes, values, and interests of working people, and gives everyone willing to work hard the chance to make the most of their God-given potential."
The report said the 2012 version of that paragraph reads: "We gather to reclaim the basic bargain that built the largest middle class and the most prosperous nation on Earth -- the simple principle that in America, hard work should pay off, responsibility should be rewarded, and each one of us should be able to go as far as our talent and drive take us."
CBN noted the platform contains a paragraph saying faith "has always been a central part of the American story, and it has been a driving force of progress and justice throughout our history," and that "our nation, our communities, and our lives are made vastly stronger and richer by faith and the countless acts of justice and mercy it inspires."
A Democratic Party official told ABC the 2008 platform reference to God came in a section about "growing the middle class and making America fair, not actually about faith." The official noted the 2012 platform "includes an entire plank on the importance of faith-based organizations and the tremendous work that they do."


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You ever buy someone a gift for Christmas and while they are mercilessly ravaging the gift wrap you see a feigned sense of appreciation? They stare blankly at what lies beneath and in the same breath they turn to you and say "Thanks (insert whoever you are to that person), I love it", but you know that's not the case. You ask yourself why this person could be so callous in receiving a gift—well — it's because you bought them a shitty gift. Everyone says it's the thought that counts, but not if you didn't put any thought into it. Most sites will tell you what to buy someone, but will seldom tell you what to avoid. So let this list be your warning for what you should be averse to this year when you are doing your holiday shopping. You'll be a better person for it, trust me.
Ride To Hell: Retribution (Xbox 360, PS3)
Why you shouldn't buy it: Unsuspecting shoppers might stroll by this game and think it might be good time because it looks like the popular TV show Sons of Anarchy, but trust me when I tell you that Charlie Hunnam wouldn't even wipe his ass with this game. Messy controls, horrible story and abysmal voice acting firmly cement this as one of 2013's worst titles.
Knack (PS4)
Why you shouldn't buy it: Knack isn't necessarily a bad game, but sporting a $60 price tag poses an issue. It has the flair and charm reminiscent of older Sony platformers like Ratchet and Clank and Jak and Daxter, but this game is only next-gen in the graphics department and even saying that is a stretch. With a multitude of other next-gen games that will actually make you think you own a next-gen system you'd do best to avoid Knack—at least for the time being.
NBA Live 14 (Xbox One, PS4)
Why you shouldn't buy it: NBA 2K14.
OUYA (Android game console)
Why you shouldn't buy it: Alright I know the list says games, but the OUYA is a device that plays games so hear me out. The OUYA had everyone's attention when it was first announced because it was supposed to change the landscape of living room gaming, well it didn't. What we have now is a device that is poorly supported and to my standards is overpriced. This device is primarily for the gamer that needs to have every device no matter what it does making it a very niche collective of people. If you are really clamoring to buy someone an android device get them a tablet or MADCATZ's MOJO that supports stock android, already making it a better alternative.
The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct (Xbox 360, PS3)
Why you shouldn't buy it: It's no secret that The Walking Dead has transcended its cult comic book status and became an entertainment phenomenon, but with that distinction comes the poor use of creative licenses like this game. The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct is no more than a cash grab and if you had the displeasure of playing this game you'd probably feel robbed as well. This is a Walking Dead property in namesake alone and if you care about the future of this franchise you won't buy this game.
Aliens: Colonial Marines (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
Why you shouldn't buy it: Aliens is no doubt one of the largest and most beloved science fiction properties out there and Colonial Marines was on pace to propel it to greater heights. After numerous delays and studio swaps what was left was a soiled shell of a game equipped with poor controls and horrifyingly inconsistent AI. If you want to make that Aliens' fan in your life happy, start by not buying them this.
Fighter Within
Why you shouldn't buy it: Kinect 2.0 promised a lot of things for the Xbox One, one of them being a viable option for gaming. Unfortunately for early adopters they are stuck with what is another haphazardly designed and aimless motion game—Fighter Within. Combining awful gesture recognition with a completely pointless story you have Ubisoft's sophomore effort missing the mark. Kinect 2.0 is an impressive piece of tech—don't sully your view of it or your living room for that matter with this garbage.
Star Trek (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
Why you shouldn't buy it: Remember when I was talking about the poor use creative licenses? The Star Trek game that came out a month prior to Into Darkness was a disastrous lead up to the summer blockbuster. The game was ridden with a myriad of tech issues on top of an incoherent narrative. This is one trip on the Enterprise you should overlook.
Fast and Furious: Showdown (Xbox 360, PS3, WiiU, 3DS, PC)
Why you shouldn't buy it: The Fast and Furious movies are the mainstream representation of the tuning sub-culture. They have ridiculous over-the-top stories, but at each film's core it's about racing cars dangerously. Showdown fails at that in every conceivable category, making it possibly of the worst racing games ever made and something that you shouldn't even entertain as a Christmas gift, unless you are a terrible person.
Dark (Xbox 360, PC)
Why you shouldn't buy it: Vampires are still kind of the rage these days, but like the deluge of TV shows and Movies based on Vampires—most—not all video games don't do them right and Dark is no exception. Poor controls, inconsistent AI and just bland gameplay make this game garlic to the Vampire genre. Do yourself a favor and don't let this game suck a dime out of your wallet.
This is but a small taste of things you should avoid when doing your holiday shopping. Be wary of bargain bins and flash deals because more often than not—it's something shitty. Share the list with grandma and grandpa, hell your whole family for that matter. I've given you the means to at least prevent one terrible gift, but only you can prevent the rest.
Sound off in the comments with your advice to uninformed holiday shoppers or even tell me if you disagree with a selection on this list by telling me why someone should buy it.


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BOSTON, Mass. – Senior Krista Chauvin (Seekonk, Mass.) and freshman Kevin Cutler (Attleboro, Mass.) set school records for the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth men's and women's track and field teams in the University of Massachusetts Boston Invitational at the Reggie Lewis Center on Saturday.
Chauvin posted a first place toss of 54' 8 ¼'' in the weight throw, shattering her own indoor hammer throw record (53' 1 ½'') she set last season. Also, she took eighth place in the shot put event with a throw of 35' 10 ¾".
In his first collegiate meet, Cutler recorded jumped 6' 10 ¼'' in the indoor high jump competition, succeeding the previous UMass Dartmouth Indoor high jump record (6' 9 ¾'') set by current teammate Adam Jones (Amesbury, Mass.) during last year's campaign.
For the lady Corsairs, freshman Megan Lazaro took ninth (2:37.76) in the 800 meter run, while Jennifer Miranda finished in seventh (3:31.26) in the 1000 meter.
On the male's side, senior Zach Switaj finished nearly 20 seconds faster than the rest of the competition in the 3000 meter run (8:47.88), while sophomore Ryan Hayes (Kingston, Mass.) finished in second place in the 1000 meter run (2:36.41). Junior Cody Lusas (Melrose, Mass.) placed third in the shot put with a toss of 44' 08'' and fifth in the weight toss (45'07 ¼"). Freshman Kurt Dreher took fourth in his indoor track and field debut with an 800 meter time of 1:59.31.
Both teams are off for the holidays, but return to play on January 18 when they compete in the Tufts Invitational.


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"Actions are louder than words; as is consistency. Blend the two together and you have the truth of that moment, of that person, of that character." – FNM
I saw a quote that stated "I don't believe what you say. I believe what you do." At first impulse I wanted to 'like' the Facebook post, but then I paused and remembered that I know many individuals who speak and act differently, but their words are actually true to their thoughts (even if not portrayed through their actions).
This pause made me want to underline how consistency in actions and words is much more essential to finding the truth than solely looking at actions and words.
Sometimes people may say things they believe, but not have the impulse to apply them. They could refrain due to an issue in their life we don't know about or it could be that they merely take words and what they say lightly (giving it no weight whatsoever).
Either way, their true person, character or way of behaving and/or reacting in a particular moment will come out through their consistent actions and words.
It isn't merely because an individual says one thing and does another; or acts one way, but doesn't speak it that will (or could) unfold their person and who they are. It is through the years of getting to know them, being around them, noticing the little things they do or don't do, say or don't say.
Empathy, willingness to look farther than your subjective views and ways, no outlines and no expectations is what can make a blind person see. Anything else is a veiled truth created by one's own subjective views and schemes.
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Eolas: Black or White?September 25, 2003
Questioning Mike Doyle's motives.
Originally commented on Todd's thoughtful piece on what Mike Doyle of Eolas should do with his recent windfall from Microsoft:
With this patent, and the resulting half billion, Doyle has a hell of a power over today's web. He can make or break every browser on the market.
There's no indication yet whether he's a good guy or not. He's given the web community no sign of good faith. And until that day comes, his ability to destroy Microsoft's competition remains an overwhelming shadow.
I'd absolutely love it if he turned out to be a friend. If this is David and Goliath, he needs to throw the first stone. Doyle, it's your move. What'll it be?
I needn't duplicate what has been said elsewhere, but this patent issue is huge, and could potentially change the landscape of the web. We're quick to assume the worst, but could Doyle be the biggest friend Mozilla, Opera, and Apple have right now?
The developers and the competing entities out there to Microsoft, I think, will come to find that we are more of a friend than a threat. (Mike Doyle, Eolas)
Could there be a glimmer of hope with quotes like this? I want to believe.
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While I'm not a big fan of Microsoft in some areas of their business, the possibility that this patent would be used to punish them just doesn't sit well with me.
If the situation goes the way it already is and Microsoft hobbles Internet Explorer in some fashion, do we really think that this will force IE users to move to the non-hobbled platforms/browsers?
Why is it better if he pulls bullshit patents but only uses them on Microsoft? When did real competition die? And no, someone hitting me isn't a justification for me hitting back.
"When did real competition die?"
The words 'illegal monopoly' don't mean much to you, do they?
"And no, someone hitting me isn't a justification for me hitting back."
Fair enough. But isn't it poetic justice (if no other kind) that Microsoft's money would go toward gaining back some of that ill-gotten market?
But this is only so much theoretical head-bashing anyway. Time will tell.
Sorry to disagree Dave but two wrongs do not a right make.
I loathe these submarine patents that sit and sit and sit in somebodies box until the technology comes to fruition and becomes popular. Then VOILA "Hey we own that!"
Sure some of the MS business people have done some sleezy things (and there are still some up there striving to do good). I despise the fact that some companies get the chance now (EOLAS, SUN, IBM, ORACLE, AOL, Netscape, etc) to excuse away their own bad behaviors based on the fact that those bad behaviors damage MS and by default help everyone else. That's not necessarily a truism.
And so I'll hold out judgement on EOLAS until they come forth with something other than lawyers and double speak.
For God's sake, man, you don't have to apologize for disagreeing with me. I haven't yet posted a sign saying 'check your critical thinking at the door.'
(Although 'monocratic despot' has always had a nice ring to it…)
I don't for a second believe that Doyle's is anyone's friend but his own. Eolas went after microsoft because it was a fat target. They'd sue anyone else who had money.
Eolas is in the business of stockpiling patents, and wringing maximum benefit from anyone else profiting from a similar idea.
They've got a patent on moving hotspots on video, and one on an "open-linked hypermedia system."
Oh, and they also own the phrase "invented here".
You don't want someone corrupt as a friend just because they have power.
- Lloyd
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Actually, Lloyd has pretty much summed up what I wanted to say.
Pretty much, patents have been given for the most ridiculously broad subject matter, and I don'rt agree with it. Not at all. It removes true competitiveness from the field of computing, and I don't agree with that no matter who it happens to. Not to mention that the word hypocritical could easily be applied to them not applying the patents to Microsoft's competititors when they do it to Microsoft itself.
As it is, Microsoft is far too easy a target for wacky business like this. Yes they've pulled things before that they should never have gotten away with, but you'll find the same thing happening with any big business. It irritates me when people Doyle try to paint themselves as the good guys when they're really just being greedy corporate pigs.
I fully agree with Lloyd, at least until Doyle "puts his money where his mouth is" and proves his claims to be a friend of the Open Source movement rather than a threat to it.
How do we know that Mr Doyle won't go after other browser companies if MS doesn't win the appeal? There's a Swedish adage that I think may prove to be very true in this case: "Much wants more."
IMHO, software patents will probably do more harm than good to the industry. The European Union recently passed legislation to this effect, albeit not quite as far-reaching as the American one.
Oh for the love of god. Why is Microsoft the bad guy?
Is it because they're popular? Because they make products that everybody loves but are bug ridden?
Come now folks. If we're going to get our panties in bunches because of the above two reasons, I'd like to see your equal spite for Sony (who's PS2 has been crashing on me lately, and who's DVD players won't play some of my DVD's, or who's VCR's have started breaking down at an alarming rate recently at my place of employment). Where's the massive hate-on for Ford, GM, and Chrysler for all of the crap assed cars they make which fall apart (literally) five years after they roll off the assembly lines? Where's the rage against Shell, Exxon, and all the other oil manufacturers who are propping our fuel prices up, all the while encouraging the big 3 auto makers to make bigger and more expensive SUV's which suck up the gas which they're claiming we're running short on?
Pardon my french, but stop being so goddamn naive. Apple and Open Source aren't the saviors you're all making them out to be, and I for one am sick and tired of the nonsense which some of you espouse against Gates and co.
Liking or disliking Microsoft isn't at issue here, Brian. I'm interested in hearing opinions about the Eolas patent issue.
I'm watching this one carefully - I'll be shutting down comments if we veer too far off course.
I'd like to be optimistic, but it seems to me that it is only possible to be so on the basis of shutting one's eyes to what most web-users do.
I posted a link to Zeldman's piece on another board recently. One response - let me say an articulate one that was well-informed about the background to the case - argued that the Eolas action was good for the Web. I don't buy that.
Now, even if Eolas go after no-one but Microsoft - a big if - and even if Microsoft find no other way around the problem - another big if - the notion that this is beneficial to the Web depends upon two more (unexamined) assumptions.
Let's grant Assumption 1 - that Microsoft's monopoly is bad for the Web: therefore, what is good for the competition is good for the Web.
But how about Assumption 2? This is the assumption that web-users will switch to another browser to get extra value.
I think this is a false assumption, and I think Zeldman already covered this in another context. The average web-user doesn't switch. Forget the specifics, such as that Mozilla takes a long while to download over dialup; Firebird isn't mainstream ready … it hasn't even got an installer, and it takes a bit of fiddling around to get Java working with it; Opera costs or has ads. Forget all that. Most people wouldn't even go and get a free best-case-scenario alternative.
I did persuade two people I know to try Firebird. Neither uses it now. Mr. Average sticks with the familiar.
The WWW is no longer the province of enthusiasts but Everyman's territory - where people go who, in Joe Clarke's words, "barely know how to switch a computer on".
So I don't see that the Eolas case benefits anyone other than Eolas.
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I agree with Michael's comment on Assumption 2 - " that web-users will switch to another browser…" and we will get one step closer to the American dream…A car in every garage, and a standards complient browser on every computer.
The fact of the matter is that most people are going to use the browser that:
a - comes with their OS
b - the one that they are the most familiar with (like the one that they use in their office)
First, stop blaming this guy for only going after Microsoft. It simple common sense that he is going to go after the fattest target and potentially ignore the losers. He sued Microsoft because they were the biggest infinger by way of having the most browsers, and also because he could get money from them. If he sued Mozilla what is he going to get? Maybe he could go after AOL but they aren't exactly rolling in cash these days and there are probably enough layers between them and Mozilla to prevent anything substantial from being awarded.
Second, Microsoft's browser market share is not "ill gotten gains". IE is the most popular because every other browser prior to Netscape 6.1 was not free (Opera) or absolutely sucked, as we all know. Now that IE isn't the best the share is declining, despite the fact that MSFT is still doing all the things people think got IE where it is today. What is funny to me is that I used to be a gung-ho Mac-fan, but back in 1996 IE4 was SO much better than any browser on the Mac, that I built my first PC just to be able to use the web. I soon realized how bad the usability was on the Mac and became a paying MSFT customer.
Yeah, not so much a lawyer…I got my Trademark and Patent rules confused. Oops.
With patents, Eolas can charge $1 billion (insert pinky finger into side of mouth) to Microsoft, and then charge Apple $1.
The only thing that gets in the way is the pesky "anti-competitive" lawsuits which might fly.
When lawyers win, we all lose!
To follow up on the comment on alternative browsers. I think Joe is right on target when he says that many people like to use what they're familiar with at work.
I also think that a lot of users use what is on the desktop when they first buy the machine. AOL went to great lengths to get the AOL icon on the desktop and keep it there. They realize the prime importance of this. I know people who use AOL as an ISP purely because the icon was there ready and it said "free for x hours". (And I mean "Desktop" here, too - some might not have found AOL in the "Start" menu!)
At one time some OEMs were stripping out IE and putting Netscape in. Microsoft moved to shut that down.
Companies like AOL and Microsoft know the psychology of the average user. And I'm not being disrespectful to "the average user" here. Such users may have great abilities in other areas, but not everyone is interested in, as it were, going under the bonnet and getting into the works.
PS. Is it "bonnet" in Canada or "hood"? :-)
Dave, with all due respect (and I do respect you), I think you need to look a little more closely at what he said again.
"The developers and the competing entities out there to Microsoft, I think, will come to find that we are more of a friend than a threat."
The patent lawsuit threatened MS to such an extent that they are considering fundamentally changing the way their browser works. This in turn means that all browsers will fundamentally be changed.
There MUST be legal ramifications as well if Eolas doesn't protect their patent against Open Source browsers as well. They run the risk of their patent becoming Public Domain.
The over-reaching MS comments were directed to all of the stuff I've seen in the last week since you switched over from an ASP based site to a PHP based site. I'm not normally a hot-head, but I just reached my breaking point.
Patents, unlike trademarks, cannot be diluted through lack of enforcement. A patent-holder is under no obligation to require the same licensing from all users of the invention.
Eolas' patent is a non-issue for Microsoft. They will change IE if it is convenient. Otherwise, they will tap a little of the $40 billion in cash reserves they are sitting on to purchase Eolas and its IP. Think about that scenario and see where it takes you.
I posted my thoughts about this here.
The software I'm using is a bit lacking in features at the moment so you have to scroll down to read the one I'm referring to. Check out 'legalized anti-trust'.


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GREENWICH -- In the past the Greenwich baseball team has had a tendency to take its foot off the gas after grabbing an early lead, allowing teams back into games.
There was no such let up Monday as the Cardinals continued to produce runs even after scoring four in the first inning and it was a good thing they did as Ridgefield chipped away at the lead but could not come all the way back as Greenwich held on for an 8-5 win.
"That was the first complete offensive game we played where we didn't just stop scoring," Greenwich Coach Mike Mora said. "Ridgefield is a very good hitting team, we saw that, and it was good to see our team fight the whole seven innings because we needed it."
It was the 26th straight regular season FCIAC win for the Cardinals dating back to 2011.
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For the Cardinals, Kyle Dunster was 2 for 3 with a run and RBI, Ricky Okazaki scored twice, Ryota Fujikura was 2 for 4 with a RBI and Cam Fennell drove in two runs and scored once.
The Tigers (4-2, 3-2 FCIAC) fell down early but stayed in the game with quality at bats in the later innings, something coach Paul Fabbri wishes his team was able to do from the first inning.
"I was more disappointed with the at bats where we were passive and letting Dunster take it to us instead of battling," Fabbri said. "I was pleased with how Christian Peterson came in and pitched in relief and we swung the bats and battled against this guy and one more hit here or there and we are right back into the game."
With two outs in the bottom of the first, Olmstead doubled, Jon Dreher walked before Dunster drove home Olmstead with a single up the middle.
Fennell then hit a soft single to left that plated Dreher and Dunster before coming around to score on a bloop single by Fujikura, making it 4-0 after one.
The Cardinals scored twice more in the second on a RBI double by Olmstead and a wild pitch that allowed Okazaki to score from third. Ridgefield picked up a run in the third on a RBI double by Ryan Debany and one more in the fourth on a RBI single by Devin Martin.
Maintaining focus did not seem to be a problem for the veteran Cardinals, who scored on an outfield error to make it 7-2 after four.
"We know this is a great hitting team and when we get the lead like that we try to keep tacking on runs and keep playing smart," Olmstead said. "The defensive part of the game is huge for us. We played great defense last year and we are doing it again this year and that keeps us in ball games."
The Tigers made some noise in the sixth, scoring three times on a two-RBI double by Collin O'Meara and a run- scoring single by Phil Sammon, cutting the lead to 7-5 but Greenwich tacked on one more in the seventh when Olmstead led off with a triple and scored on single by Dreher.
Dunster picked up the win for Greenwich, pitching six innings, striking out five with Ryan Marks working the seventh for the save.
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Greenwich 8, Ridgefield 5
Batteries: G -- Kyle Dunster (W), Ryan Marks (7, S) and Jon Dreher; R -- John Papa (L), Christain Peterson (4), Joseph Ammirato (6) and Collin O'Mera
Doubles: G -- Taylor Olmstead 2; R -- Devin Martin, Ryan Debany
Triples: G -- Olmstead
Records: G 5-1, 5-0 FCIAC; R 4-2, 3-2 FCIAC


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Trustees receive project update on 'We Are' sculpture, 2013 class gift
Trustees receive project update on 'We Are' sculpture, 2013 class gift
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning today (Jan. 16) received an update on the progress and design of the "We Are" sculpture, the 2013 senior class gift.
Ford Stryker, associate vice president for Physical Plant, said the sculpture will be located near the east side of the Intramural (IM) Building, at the northwest corner of the intersection of Curtin Road and University Drive, on the University Park campus.
The 2013 senior class gift committee held a national competition and selected Brooklyn sculptor and Penn State alumnus Jonathan Cramer to design the project.
Cramer's design, which Stryker unveiled to the board, includes a 12-foot sculpture of the iconic words "We Are" in mirror-polished, solid stainless steel, bolted to a concrete foundation surrounded by a stone base and cap. An interpretive sign located near the sculpture will be inscribed with the words of Penn State's Alma Mater, represented in Professor of American Literature Fred Lewis Pattee's original handwriting. Pattee wrote the Alma Mater in 1901.
"The senior class of 2013 chose to celebrate Penn State's alumni spirit," said Stryker. "The Alma Mater inscription and the sculpture will serve as a visual representation of what it truly means to be a Penn Stater."
Stryker noted that inspiration for the sculpture may be found in Philadelphia's "LOVE" sculpture, as well as the material of the "Cloud" sculpture -- more commonly referred to as the "Bean" -- on the Miracle Mile in Chicago.
Preliminary construction of the site will commence near the completion of the IM Building expansion – Phase I project.