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Posted by: Shaba Nabi2 February 2017
When I was a bright-eyed teddy bear, I had a treasure chest of thank-you letters from patients. I still have it, but there is little to add to it these days.
I used this stash to reverse the emotional impact of those torturous working hours; reading heartfelt words would somehow make it all worthwhile. On top was a card from the family of the first patient who died on my watch; I cried with them, but I wasn't crying for her. I was crying because I was a 24-year-old girl having to deal with death on a regular basis.
I needed an effective tool to ensure I was working with like-minded colleagues. So I designed one
My dedication continued through those hospital years and into general practice. As a newly qualified GP, I would regularly book patients at the end of surgery so I could consult with them for as long as I wanted – sometimes up to an hour. An Irish man who had lost his son in a terrible car crash, but didn't want bereavement counselling. A Pakistani boy who was being pressured into an arranged marriage, but was having a secret relationship with a man. A devoted mum of five kids who was struggling with a drink problem. They showered me with verbal and material gifts, but I became emotionally drained and couldn't keep it up.
When I moved to Bristol 10 years ago, I made a new start. I shed my cuddly teddy-bear coat and became more of a Rottweiler. In short, I became less dedicated to my patients and more to my life. When I became a parent, this became much easier; staying an extra hour to counsel a patient meant an hour I didn't spend bathing my kids and putting them to bed. The dwindling number of thank-you cards was a by-product, but I found my self-esteem came from what I could achieve rather than the emotional dependency of patients.
Fast-forward 10 years. My roles now include training and appraisal and I see many GPs and trainees experiencing a dissonance between the type of GP they aspire to be and the way they are working. Others struggle with colleagues, as there is huge stress if you are a lone Rottweiler in a practice of teddy bears.
Last year, I entered a new stage in my life. I resigned my partnership and looked for a new practice to work in. But I realised I needed an effective tool to ensure I was working with like-minded colleagues.
So I designed one. These questions are best answered together with your colleagues. First: 'A patient presents with a dental abscess for the second time in a few months. Do you offer pain relief or redirect them to a dentist?' Or: 'Your renal consultant has asked you to carry out investigations before a patient starts dialysis. Do you say "I'm not your house officer"' or comply?' Try out more questions below.
Obviously this is tongue in cheek, but I maintain it is worth reflecting on where you are on the Rottweiler-teddy bear spectrum and where you would like to be. The sad fact, however, is that you may find yourself becoming more dog over time. The NHS is gradually hardening even the cuddliest of teddy bears. But what comes after Rottweiler, you may ask? I hear it is retirement.
Dr Shaba Nabi is a GP trainer in Bristol
Quiz: Are you a Rottweiler or a Teddy Bear?
1. A college student comes to you asking for a letter because he failed his first year exams due to stress. He has not seen anyone at the practice for over two years. Do you:
a) Tell him it doesn't matter because a degree in hip hop isn't going to get him a job anyway
b) Tell him you don't do these sorts of letters as you don't have the capacity
c) Apologise and explain to him you cannot write him a letter if he wasn't seen for his stress, but offer him a review appointment to discuss his stress
d) Type a letter within the consultation and give it to him without charge
2. A nervous first time flyer comes to see you for some diazepam because she is flying to Tenerife next week. Do you:
a) Tell her she should cancel her flight and go on a cruise instead
b) Tell her you never give out these sorts of drugs as they are harmful
c) Sympathise and suggest stress management strategies but do not prescribe
d) Give her the diazepam and put it on a repeat prescription for future flights
3. A well-known patient with alcohol dependence is kicking up a fuss in reception, demanding to be seen for a Librium detox. Do you:
a) Ask reception to call the police – they can deal with aggressive behaviour
b) Go out to reception and tell him you will not see him without an appointment
c) See him in between patients, discuss his options but do not prescribe anything
d) See him immediately and give him a prescription for Librium
4. A patient presents with a dental abscess for the second time in a few months and has not seen the dentist. Do you:
a) Tell her the pain will stop when she will inevitably lose all her teeth
b) Advise her you are not trained to manage this and direct her to the dentist
c) Offer some strong analgesia and explain why you don't feel confident treating dental issues and direct her to the dentist
d) Issue analgesia and antibiotics and call the dentist for her
5. A man comes in to renew his sick note for back pain, which he has been receiving for the last three months. He is mobilising without any issues and you saw him at the supermarket last week carrying heavy boxes to his car. Do you:
a) Shop him to the Department of Work and Pensions for fraud
b) Decline his sick note and tell him he needs to go back on Jobseekers' Allowance
c) Discuss the fact that being off work has a negative impact on his back pain and negotiate a shared plan to get him back to work
d) Write him a sick note for another 3 months
6. Your local renal consultant has asked you to undertake some investigations in primary care prior for a patient starting dialysis. Do you:
a) Tell the patient to go back to the hospital and advise the consultant you are not his house officer
b) Write back to the consultant and advise him you do not have the capacity to do this
c) Communicate with the CCG, patient and renal team to clarify what the local policy is and why this request has happened
d) Do all the investigations and offer to take on all the follow up bloods for this patient
7. A nurse from the pre-op clinic calls you about a patient. His swabs grew MRSA and she wants you to treat this before his surgery next week. Do you:
a) Tell the nurse to go and disturb her consultant's lunch break instead of yours
b) Advise that you do not have the capacity to take on pre-op work and that the hospital is paid to follow up these tests
c) Arrange a prescription for the patient as an exception because he is elderly and discuss this issue at the next CCG meeting as you recognise it is not your role
d) Offer to do a home visit and drop off the medication
8. A GP colleague has asked if she can be excused from on calls whilst she is pregnant because she is suffering with severe fatigue. Do you:
a) Tell her pregnancy is not a disability and to 'man up'
b) Advise her that you are also exhausted with the demands of work and three kids
c) Sit down with her to identify which parts of the day she finds most difficult and try to adapt her working day around this
d) Do all her on calls for her throughout pregnancy and the first six months back from maternity leave
Mostly As You are a Rottweiler in disguise. You are obviously very good at looking after yourself but need to think a little more about others. Do you think you are in the right career? If not, have you considered a career in politics?
Mostly Bs You are very good at managing your workload and are likely to get home in time but are you getting any job satisfaction? Getting each patient out of the door as quickly as possible may not be the most gratifying way to practise. Give a little more of yourself and you may feel more nourished.
Mostly Cs You are obviously hardworking and committed to good medical practice. You are principled but also caring and show empathy. Be careful though. As workload increases, you may find it difficult to sustain this and you may need to cut yourself a little slack.
Mostly Ds You are a cuddly teddy bear and probably have a cardigan in each colour. You hate saying no to anyone and you are probably working 14 hour days. Your deep rooted need to be liked means you are as dependent on your patients as they are on you. Safety alert - you may not be able to sustain this beyond a few years.
Readers' comments (10)
An excellent way of analysising characters/personalities suited and unsuited for a GP career. Rather thought provoking!
A perfect analysis of how it is to be a GP written as someone observing from aside like the french angel in the film "a matter of life and death". Very well written thank you - this kind of article gives me hope that perhaps I am not quite as mad as I feared.
Really really smart
Excellent article. What worries me is the vastness of the spectrum mentioned above. We are not pulling together are we?
I am a Rottweiler by instinct, but society wants me to be a teddy bear. Tedious complaints about the perception of disinterest about a cold or IGT have made me, slowly into a compliant robot and I hate myself for it. I am now eighteen months from the end of my career, and can honestly say I no longer treat patients, I appease them. I am defeated. Yes, of course, mr smith, an MRI for your 2 years of cervocgenic headache sounds like an excellent idea. Absolutely, Mrs Brown, your 48 hours of loose stool warrants an immediate paninvestogram and a 2ww scope. Oh, I know..you can't be too careful, I quite agree.
Then I go home and chop firewood and slap the punchbag in my garage to ameliorate my self loathing.
Stil, 18 months and I'm free. That last day of consulting will be fun.
the last post talks about the mounting self-loathing of being a doormat day in day out...it is a TERRIBLE feeling. Just spiriti crushing and vaporising your self esteem over many years.
Worst mistak I ever made=going into GP
Best decision I ever made ...= getting the F out of GP c.2009.
If I ever was FORCED back into the tyranny of 10min consults wiht a waiting load of patients I would literally self-harm
what is most stressful is when colleagues in a practice vary in their views. I got mostly C's and a couple of B's. Some colleagues would get solid D's and you can feel the disapproval if you don't do the same ....
Interesting article, but makes me think how different GP is to bigger organisations in managing inconsistency in such areas. Whether there is a role for developing and implementing practice policies here - for example, a leaflet about accessing out of hours and local dental services for patients for anyone presenting with a mouth/suspected dental problem may stop the patient getting an appointment in the first place. All GPs to sign off being aware of and complying with such policies annually at appraisal??? The teddy bears get to "blame" it on the system which might make saying no easier... Could be an interesting springboard topic for next practice away day!
A Rottweiler in a field of teddies can run riot, and savage a few teds, but watch out if you're standing in a field of Rottweilers - that won't be any fun for anyone!
Locums are sort of Rottweilers but nice ones in that we always sighs post the patient to their friendly neighbourhood teddy ....(Sorry....:-()


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For those of you who have been reading my posts lately, I realize you may think I am starting to sound like Charlie Brown's teacher ("whah whah whah, whah,") since I talk about skin cancer so much ( I am a dermatologist after all), but orange and chocolate are really a great combination for your skin so hopefully you will indulge me. May is skin cancer awareness month and to kick off the month, today is known as "Melanoma Monday." Dermatologists across the country will be wearing orange to bring attention to a campaign headed up by the American Academy of Dermatology to promote skin cancer awareness and skin cancer screenings. We dedicate today to raising awareness about melanoma, because although it accounts for less than 5% of skin cancer cases, it is the cause of the majority of skin cancer deaths.
Here are top 10 facts you should know about melanoma*:
- 1 in 50 men and women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with melanoma of the skin during their lifetime.
- Melanoma is the fifth most common cancer among men and the seventh most common cancer in women in the US and it is the only cancer whose incidence continues to rise nearly 2% annually.
- In 2009, there were approximately 876,344 men and women alive in the U.S. with a history of melanoma. This number continues to rise.
- Approximately 86 percent of melanomas can be attributed to exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun.
- Melanoma is one of only three cancers with an increasing mortality rate for men, in addition to liver and esophageal cancers.
- Survivors of melanoma are about nine times as likely as the general population to develop a new melanoma.
- The vast majority of mutations found in melanoma are caused by ultraviolet radiation.
- Melanoma is the most common form of cancer for young adults 25-29 years old and the second most common form of cancer for young people 15-29 years old.
- A person's risk for melanoma doubles if he or she has had more than five sunburns at any age.
- One or more blistering sunburns in childhood or adolescence more than double a person's chances of developing melanoma later in life.
So if you see someone wearing orange today, hopefully it will prompt you to check your skin for any new or changing spots. As dermatologists we look for "the ugly duckling" on your skin; the spot that stands out from your "crowd" of spots and the sore that isn't healing in a timely fashion. This month, and today in particular, is a time we encourage you to do the same with your skin. If you have any concerns or questions regarding your "spots", it's always best to seek consultation with a dermatologist in case a biopsy needs to be performed.
Ok, so now that your brain is full of facts that admittedly are a bit frightening and overwhelming, I am here to cheer you up with chocolate! That's right chocolately deliciousness to bring you back to your comfort zone. The key ingredient in chocolate is cocoa, which is rich in anti-oxidants, richer in fact than red wine or green tea. Recent research* highlighted the group of anti-oxidants known as flavanols (a group of compounds that can be particularly rich in cocoa) and that have been previously reported to improve blood flow and vessel function. The study revealed the potential benefits of consuming flavanol-rich cocoa and how it might actually benefit the appearance of skin from the inside out including: increasing hydration, decreasing skin roughness and scaling, and helping to support the skin's defense against UV damage. Good news right? Chocolate without guilt, what could be better?
So to celebrate "Melanoma monday", put on your orange clothes, check your skin and get in the kitchen to eat some flavanols and cocoa with this chocolate chocolate chip cookie recipe that is kid tested and approved (and I have some pretty picky eaters around here!)
2 1/4 c unsifted flour (can use brown rice flour for gluten free option)
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 c fair trade raw cane sugar (or whatever you got in the cupboard)
3/4 c organic light brown sugar, packed
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
1/2 c butter
1/2 c pumpkin puree
1/4 c cacao powder
10 oz chocolate chips ( I used Ghiradelli 60% Cacao bittersweet chips)
Preheat oven to 375F. Combine flour, baking soda, salt and cacao and set aside. Beat butter, pumpkin, sugar and eggs at medium speed until creamy. Add vanilla and eggs, one at a time, mixing on low speed until well blended.
Add your dry ingredients into creamed mixture gradually and then add your chocolate chips. On a cookie sheet drop your preferred size cookie (tablespoon or bigger/smaller) and bake for 9-11 minutes or until golden brown. Depending on cookie size makes about 4 dozen.
Voila! Comfort food that has the potential to be good for your skin and for your soul!
These cookies are a bit more cakey due to the pumpkin. You can use a full cup of butter if you don't like the consistency. Enjoy!
1. Skincancer.org
2. Heinrich U, Neukam K, Tronnier H, Sies H, Stahl W. Long-term ingestion of high flavanol cocoa provides photo protection against UV-induced erythema and improves skin condition in women. J Nutr. 2006 Jun; 136(6):1565-9.


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Saturday, June 11, 2016
Threats? Oh dear.
As a major potential F-35 customer, a lack of or continued postponement a Canadian order likely increases the cost of the F-35 for other customers, perhaps prohibitively. This could be terminal to the program as it would also impact US orders.
More to the point, Canadians generally find naked threats terribly impolite. It's ingrained in our national mythology. We are not keen to cooperate with rude people. Trudeau has an out here.
The Canadian military is conditioned by definition to respond to threats with aggression.
Boeing, Dassault, or Saab will see this as an opportunity to sweeten an offer.
I'm not sure Lockmart really did itself a favour.
26 comments:
- Counter-WMD GDP said...
Our ships should have the latest lasers to hit drones. There are faculties we should not be building and should be preventing others from building. This may mean a first (stealth missile) strike on Russia or China, or even our 5 Eyes allies. We should change NATO so it is willing to risk a nuclear war by launching a pre-emptive missile attack on a said factory, including attacking itself. We should be willing to attack anyone hacking for such WMD info, including ourselves.
For this reason I like the idea of expanding the next purchase of subs to about 8 used models. The idea would be to outfit it as a "Growler" of the oceans. Could surveil the USA, UK, everyone, to see if anyone is supplying the logistics to a banned WMD factory. These types of factories aren't likely in the next decade or two, so for now the target could be TT type orgs before they attack us. I don't like equipping it with advanced UAVs. The whole point is to prevent robots that police can't kill, and UAVs that are too fast, too stealthy or too well missile equipped, from being invented. So I like LM's ISIS submarine suite, but not LM's UAVs.
It should be possible to use brain imaging to screen out mental illness, and maybe even screen for good Aristotle-ian virtues; such inventions should be encouraged.
The Armed Forces should embrace wind and solar as an EMP doesn't necessarily knock out those power sources, as well as use Powerwalls for Base housing. Jets and a refueller should be placed in a Faraday Cage. Reserves should be apply to get sewer, water and hydro infrastructures up and running. Inflatable tents would give many city cores a place to retreat from but winter might be an issue for us.
- 10:24
- Counter-WMD GDP said...
...I like the Superhornets because countering future WMDs might require payload mass. For ethical procurement, just like I like ships built by the French Company that has a tidal power division, LM is off limits while it has an advanced UAV arm.
- 10:27
- Counter-WMD GDP said...
For the threat of drones being hacked or just illicitly manufactured, there will likely be multiple targets to engage. The F-35 cannot bank fast. The F-22 can, the CF-18 can, and so can the Super Hornet.
I'd like to see the Super Hornet set up as a Growler custom-refitted to eavesdrop on factories that might be making AI, drones, robots, bioweapons and other future bad R+D. Such a Super Hornet can demonstrate it is not carrying missiles assuming the new Pod is taken out and replaced with some sort of sensor suite.
To fire on the factory, you might want a different airplane than the Super Hornet.
- 09:37
- Counter-WMD GDP said...
Again, no one knows how well the F-35 stealth works head on, or from the side. It cannot bank fast. If it is fired on, it might not be able to turn to return fire and to exposed only its head on stealthy profile. So 3 1950's Avro Arrows, engaging it from three equilateral directions, probably kill it using present air-to-air missiles.
7 such aircraft might not kill the F-22; it is complicated.
The F-35 is designed to take on a crappy surface to air missile launcher, but not multiple ones from different angles. Again, from another angle, an adjacent missile hits the F-35 on its not too stealthy side profile before it can turn.
The people appointed and elected to educate the public about this are sworn to secrecacy. If we buy it I doubt we use it to engage other aircraft in a six plane formation (not needing to bank much to engage). We would only use it to hit anti-air single launchers or at least launchers without nearby launchers or nearby airfields.
And really, the goal is not to build future WMDs like (LM) drones and to use aircraft to fire upon manufacturing targets or researchers. An aircraft that loses to its own manufacturers hackable drones is comical. I'd like quantum encryption cable layer ship and all services to be able to continually upgrade the newest QE equipment.
- 11:14
- Counter-WMD GDP said...
It seems there are lots of UAVs on the horizon, not just LM's. If it has a 2km ceiling, isn't stealthy nor armed with air-to-air missiles, and can't go fast, it can be shot down by fighter jets. The Predator doesn't concern me but there is a need to get UAVs back to a 2005-2015 tech level. For surveillance subs I'd only have weather and communications UAVs inside them. If the UAV is in thick atmosphere it will be seen with some sensors.
The F-35 loses its Stealth when its hard-points are used. So while maintaining Stealth, an F-35 might only be able to kill 170 drones. A Super Hornet maybe 1200, 8000 if refitted with more guns and pilots who played my father's favourite Atari game.
But my main concern for now is to limit synthetic biology and much flu research and both aircraft are able to launch a 2030 stealth missile. Ideally sane and degree holding adults get a weighted vote. And some people will have custom training. For some decisions there will be a referendum where Obama's vote is worth 100000x the least person's vote. And you need maybe 1% of eligible voters to vote, but for some decisions you might not want to wait. If you have EMPs for insect drones, and someone uses one on an airfield...you might have to react right away to win against the swarm. Just like in the UK when two towns persons were part of Parliament, there is mobility for most people to get a vote and up to about 100000 votes.
The threat of drones is greater than is the threat of Desert Storm Iraq.
- 07:57
- Counter-WMD GDP said...
A robotics/AI first strike against airports can be mitigated by using next generation harriers.
As of 1997, the USA was not training to defeat robots. Around 10 miles up, most SAMs can't hit a fighter jet. But jets need to get about 1 mile up or lower to effectively hit a robot with a Gatling gun; well within SAM range but above a 2000ft ground small arms assured kill airspace. The gun is probably still useful for a zero mission that takes out a factory compartment. But what you really want are lots of missiles with which to hit a robot that might have some ability to shoot incoming missiles. A new F-111 type jet could contain a next generation 2.5 mile up cannon, and a Superhornet can carry more future missiles than can an F-35. The F-35 is slow banking again surface small arms and SAM fire as well as unable to hold lots of missiles.
I envision LIDAR in every factory linked up with quantum communications to a satellite. A fighter jet can safely hold a drone in bad weather that is launched to Rendevous with the factory and laser upload the factory data. It is better to have a hard surface mount (not a Stealth skin) to re-acquire the drone. Growlers would be more preferred by neutral countries to get factory data but the Jet still needs to be able to shoot down the drone at least.
In one week robots would get Gatling guns, in a year they would conquer Earth. Russia can be overrun in a week or two. With good defences you give yourself an extra month to nuke a lot of hacked/conquered infrastructure. Non-gvmt hackers should be targeted now.
- 10:43
- Counter-WMD GDP said...
...there is a need for a shift towards the threats of robots, AI and synthetic biology. For example, ships need to be compartmentalized so a single robot can only kill one person at a time and be killed by a powerful grenade with only one person as collateral damage.
The rust belt has assembly jobs like installing car seats that should not be given over to robots because the robots required are too much like those that can pilot fighter jets, to name one WMD robot aptitude.
NASA could focus more on metal detection that would facilitate detecting a drilling robot gone amuck as well as a space station MRI.
The futurists have generally ignored the risks of dumb AI that make the problem of smart AI trivial as Libertarians miss the obvious solution of taxes to pay for surveillance and then a shift to sane wiser gvmt forms. Probably Australian judges are wiser than are American judges but NZ ones too dovish. There is a rationality that can be measured by MRIs that can be used to learn a CV of assuaging these 3 threats. I'd guess the CV will produce memory activity that can also be measured by an MRI while a president or pilot plays a robot takeover video game or interactive movie.
- 11:45
- Counter-WMD GDP said...
MRIs and fighter jet rail gun R+D both have better superconductors as an enabler.
It looks like "active radar homing" is the best presently possible method to hit surface robots that have attained small arms; it is presently used only for the end phase of a missile's attack.
MIT and Lockheed Martin can enable AI and robotics or prevent WWIII. LM already does command centre training; I'd hope they would integrate MRIs. You can train how to attack robots, and use an MRI to determine if you a good learner at the time. It might be harder to assess ethics but it should be possible. And you wouldn't want the president to be able to fire such NORAD leaders even if they bomb bad universities/students.
- 12:57
- Counter-WMD GDP said...
Ideally a new missile will be invented that is maybe about 100kg and uses active radar homing to eventually hit a robot. Robots that can operate vehicles should not be researched.
Existing airports can house 3D-printed copper bunkers. Every robot able to operate a vehicle should need a fibre optic cable link to function and this cable should be easy to sever once an air-raid siren is blasted.
- 11:47
- Counter-WMD GDP said...
...an attack I'm envisioning is one or more EMPs that each take out at least 1/3 of a continent. Here, it is better to have electricity systems like the Wind Turbines NB is trying to complete, but much more so if it is only connected to a future utility battery bank.
Fighter Jets have a limited range. I envision cargo especially, but also passenger jets, as forming a "Civil Reserve Bomber fleet".
Time would be of the essence as a stupid robot would try to hack into other robots. Unmanned vehicles might make a billion fender penders though electric cars would be useful for emergency electricity. The real dangers too many robots get hacked in a decade before longer range airliners can land and be equipped with missiles launchers, before taking off to bomb ground zero. The fighters would eventually hop to battle especially if they have biometric controls, they will be on our side.
- 08:46
- Counter-WMD GDP said...
Framework for counter-robotics:
I figure sounding rockets are above many balloon weapons. Futurists have failed to note that defenses will either be in place or we will have lost, long before super-AI. I believe we should develop Churchill and Cheechoo's hometown as launch sites for Japan's reusable sounding rocket. The payload is a drone that flies to Gimli and to Petawawa. Along the way it laser links data from Honeypot counter-hackers and lands with a truck bringing the data to key persons. The honeypot is designed to find AI hackers but will surely locate hackers to arrest or bomb or follow. The Japan rocket should be cheap enough and wide enough to fold up a drone and successive designs could maybe reach Colorado Springs and acoustic sensored factories. You might want to locate future chip plant under this security umbrella.
After AI attacks, we will cut communications. This clumsy system might be better even if not quantum, then future ground based quantum networks. The NRA will want rail-guns. We will launch acoustic sensor coins from drones launched out of the doors of airplanes so fighter planes know where to bomb. An AI will get hacked drones so the F-35 is inferior. A war can be lost in a day or two so this framework is best to catch an online AI rather than be used to provide secure communications after the fact.
The CSA should build a 60km reusable rocket in concert with Japan.
- 10:33
- Counter-WMD GDP said...
I've learned this year, and since Democritus wasn't in the Bible and since God didn't give any religion a lens, that threats must be responded to proactively when they involve modern technology. And there was enough Scotland in Mtl to teach PET the Nazis weren't Utilitarian. That is the source of NASA's full throttle to the stars...
CMOS can be hacked all at once. Maybe quantum encryption can be hacked with insect drones, likely with robot "technicians". The internet can be hacked and maybe defeated by humans, but humans will be unable to defeat NASA's internetworking. I'd guess superconducting sensors can look for WMD and rocket labs on Earth, and holographic memory or some other non-programmable substrate, can replace existing computing without leading to AI. The market forces that lead to AI can be aborted (Trump is the strongest GOPer as is Keynesian). America was okay to let Canada attack with artillery, and lucky Stalin didn't 1st strike, but will lose when AI assassinates the NSA database and doesn't rely on a new merit-based chain of command. Energy portfolios can encompass harder to hack laser communications and a new ROM computing substrate, CNT communication drone gliders that do nothing but follow radio beacons, CNT brain wave reading technologies (toupees are ethical), and superconductor sensors. The market loses to reason and Mill, and GWB's alcoholism could've been undone by reading, as can solid-state physics jobs be created in Alabama.
I'm thinking lasers in ice balls at LEO can prevent a robot exiting the Earth system, and neutrino communications would be tough to build on Earth, but NASA and air forces have to start by assuming everything can be hacked at present, except maybe direct laser.
- 11:58
- Counter-WMD GDP said...
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The personnel identification turns into illness and aptitude screening. Market forces for air travel did enable how to bomb such hackers or AI programmers or robotic engineers, but they must turn computing so it can't be used as a WMD.
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People that are not too religious, too wealth seeking, and with reading and/or life experiences, and brain imaging screened, should form a new organization that assesses and responds to threats.
I don't know how much finance you want on bases as there is an espionage risk, but certainly you could teach bankers how to lay down sensors and why optical computers are hard to side-channel and virus.
Corporate Boards could quota such individuals and for example, the tar sands members could be encouraged to be pro-Helium.
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I'd think any VTOL aircraft spending is superior to other NATO spending. And Bombardier is stimulating a big refueling aircraft if they keep going bigger.
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The race will be held on Saturday, December 11 – Sunday, December 12, 2010 Start / End Time : 8:00 pm – 8:00am.
I was in Melaka last weekend for a charity walk and got the chance to check out the route. I will highlight what are the buildings you gonna see along the 1km loop.
FYI, the walker with the most loops covered in 12 hours will walk away as the champion.
According to the site map, the start and finish will be held near the Malay and Islamic World Museum, which is located next to the A' Famosa fort.
My "guestimate", the route is almost 80% brick pavement and the remaining is tar road. Generally, the route is quite flat.
You have not been to Malacca if you have not set foot at this famous fortress called A Famosa. It was constructed in the year 1511. It will be the first thing you see at the start/ finish point.
Melaka is the oldest city in Malaysia and has a rich and colourful past.
It is interesting to know that you will be walking on the same soil as Parameswara, Sultan Muzaffar Shah, Sultan Mansur Shah, Afonso de Albuquerque, Vasco da Gama, Francis Xavier, Cheng Ho, Hang Tuah, Hang Jebat, Puteri Hang Li Po etc. Can you remember who are those people I mentioned without having to look into the history book? Hahah!
The Proclamation of Independence Memorial is located right opposite the A Famosa. A must place to visit to learn about our country struggle for independence from the British. Do take photo with the "Merdeka Limousine" parked outside the memorial.
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It is 100% made of hard wood and the whole structure was constructed without using nails, only wooden pegs were utilised. Amazing, eh?
You will see a gorgeous garden on your right as you walk pass this building. The fordidden garden is a place where the Sultan of Melaka used to play "hide and seek" with his gundiks or concubines...Heheh!
Just kidding but who knows, right?
It is interesting to note that, visitors to the museum are given a plastic bag each to carry their shoes into the musuem. You have to take off your shoes when you get into the "palace". I think it's the only museum in Malaysia that does that.
The exit gate was locked during my visit. According to the girl at the counter, it is usually locked during the weekend. So, I had to turn back and walk up the St. Paul Hill to go over the other side.
Don't be alarmed when you see white tombstones in the Dutch Graveyard on your left as you exit the museum ground. They were there since many centuries ago. :)
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The Stadthuys was built in 1650 - a typical Dutch building with a clock tower. It was once an official home to the Dutch Governors.
You will see this old red church called the Christ Church on your right as you walk pass the Dutch Square.
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Oh yeah! I almost forgot to mention that there is a Queen Victoria's fountain built in 1901 in front of the Christ Church. A place buzzing with tourists.
You will continue your walk along Jalan Kota.
This white building is the HSBC Building, another gazetted heritage building.
Keep moving and you will come to red painted, Aldy Hotel, on your left.
Next to the hotel is the Melaka Tengah Police Station.
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OK. By that we have completed out 1000 meter tour of the 1st Malacca International 12 Hour Walk. I hope you find this information useful. Of course, the lights and traffic conditions will be different on the actual day because the walk will be helf at night but nontheless, you will get to see the same buildings.
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Here's the triptych after framing, they are three individual pieces hung together to make one final piece. It was a fun study, one of many I've been doing to get ready for some bigger pieces. I want to have a bunch for the upcoming festival here, the Columbus Arts festival is going to be a big one. Can't wait!
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Monday, April 22, 2013
New Triptych Painting
I've been back in columbus a few weeks now, and have been really inspired by the dawn and dusk landscape colors i've been seeing. Plus I realized it's been awhile since I've done a triptych, so here is one of my favorite new pieces;
And I also wanted to share some info about the Columbus Arts Festival, check them out HERE.
I was lucky enough to get into the emerging artist program they have, which has been amazing! they have been so helpful and supportive, and I have been getting really excited for this show. It will be taking place June 7 - 9, so mark your calenders now!
>And as a total side note, I noticed this picture makes a slight optical illusion, because of the angle of the piece inside its frame it looks like the box is very slight rhombus, cool eh?
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Saturday, April 13, 2013
CCAD Art Sale!
First off I would like to thank everyone who came out to the CCAD sale today. It was great to see a bunch of old friends again and it is always inspiring to see all of the amazing work coming out of that school.
I also was reminded that I should always have more big work! I focused on making the mini pieces almost all winter, so now it's time to start thinking big again. It feels good to be inspired.
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June '08
Ninja Gaiden Sigma: Just like how a new movie sequel gets me in the mood to watch the earlier release, all of the NG2 press got me to fire up NGS again which I never finished. I'm about 65% through now I think.
Hot Shots Golf 5: Having recently finished the solo mode with all characters and caddies unlocked, I think I'll stick with online play from here on out.
WipeOut XL: Despite the PSOne graphics, digital control, and lack of online play, I still love this title and can't wait for WO:HD.
Ico: For some reason I wasn't grabbed by this acclaimed PS2 title as I was for Shadow of Colossus so I only played maybe 30% of the way through. I hear the sequel will come for the PS3 so I'm about to give it another go before long to see if my mind will be changed about it.
LEGO Indiana Jones: I still haven't played my copy, but my daughter is looking forward to the co-op action with me once we get it going.
August '08 update
Soul Calibur 4: Almost all of my PS3 time is spent playing this game these days.
LEGO Indiana Jones: It's a ton of fun romping through this game with my daughter.
October '08 update
Soul Calibur 4: Almost all of my PS3 time continues to be spent playing this game.
WipEout HD: Gorgeous racer with insane speeds = win
High Velocity Bowling: The new online patch has perfected this gem of a title
May '09 update
Resident Evil 4: Blasting zombies never gets old.
Zen Pinball: A very polished and enjoyable pinball experience.
Valkyrie Chronicles: I finally have a bit of time to properly get into this one
August '09 update
Resident Evil 5: Blasting zombies still never gets old
Flower: I beat it already, but am enjoying my six-year old daughter's love for the game
Fat Princess: Already my all-time favorite PSN game
February '10 update
Tekken 6: I won't be sick of this one for a loooooong time.
God of War Collection: I beat the first one on the hardest difficulty (again), now I'm plowing through the sequel before GoW 3 arrives.
Ratchet and Clank: ACiT: I'll start this one up once I polish off GoW 2.
March '10 update
God of War III: The uber-epic adventure has been worth the wait
Ratchet and Clank: ACiT: I'll start this one up once I polish off GoW III
September '10 update
DJ Hero: I'm late to this game, but the recent sale made me pick it up
inFamous: This will be the next backlogged game I start
ModNation Racers: It's surprisingly deep, and dloading mods and tracks keeps things fresh
Shank: I love games with stylish attack combos and this is one of the more unique ones that's come out in a while.
June '11 update
DJ Hero 1 & 2: I like to play a full set or two when I have a spare hour to kill. This is the only rhythm game I've gotten into.
Heavy Rain: My non-gamer wife loves the story, so I can only play a chapter or two when she asks me to pop it in. I figure I'll be done before summer ends.
SOCOM 4: My favorite title of 2011. I've put in dozens of hours in all three modes (solo, co-op, vs.) with my Move+Sharp Shooter since it released.
WipEout HD: I got back into the futuristic racer once I got the free Fury update from Sony's Welcome Back program. I had forgotten how much fun (and frustration) is invoved when trying to gold all of the events of the original's 'Skilled' campaign. Just one more racing series to go and I can begin playing Fury.
October '11 update
Yakuza 4- This was my first Yakuza game, I finished the main adventure after just shy of 80 hours, and I had a BLAST!
Tekken 6- I know that Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is still about a year away before it comes out, but I'm starting to get back in competitive shape for my favorite fighting franchise right now.
Resistance 3: I'm almost 11 hours in during my first play-through (Hard difficulty + Move controls), with two chapters left to go. It is hands down the best console FPS campaign experience I've had since Half Life: Ep. 2. I took a break soon after it came out, but now that my 3DTV has come in I plan to finish it up.
Marvel Pinball (Wolverine table): From the makers of Zen Pinball (which I didn't care for), I've been really enjoying this game when I have a few minutes to kill. Some of the ball physics around the flippers are a bit off, but the gameplay is smooth and addicting. I'm only up to 40 million so far; I want to get 50 million before I try one of the other three tables.
SOCOM 4: I can't get enough of its excellent co-op mode. Playing with four other team mates on the hardest difficulty is pure, intense madness with all of the shooting and blasting going on. The game also sports the most impressive 3D of any game/demo I've played so far.
March '12 update
Order Up! - I got this obscure Move compatible fast food cook sim to play co-op with my youngest and it is pretty cool for what it tries to do. Customers pull into the drive through and you have to flip burgers/steaks, fill drinks, slice vegetables, and spices, etc. as fast as you can without letting food burn or go cold from sitting too long. As a nice bonus, it's in 3D too.
Rayman Origins- Beautiful 2D platformer with awesome co-op mechanics.
House of the Dead 3 - A fave of my other daughter, this co-op Move shooter is a great port of the arcade release. I'm really looking forward to HotD 4 and the Resident Evil shooter pack coming soon.
Heavy Rain - I keep forgetting to finish this. It's been slow since I usually play with my wife coaching me.
Ico Collection - I've had it unopened for a bit as I cleared out some back log. Both titles will be on my plate by this weekend.
God of War Origins Collection - I may wait to start these after the Ico collection, but having never played these games I am looking forward to them.
September '12 Update
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 has taken up all of my free time
How about you guys?
Los Angeles Lakers - 16 NBA Championships!
And I'm still trying to find time to start Uncharted.
There also a bunch of free maps for UT3 that I have been meaning to try.
I've really been sucked into Warhawk, 500 hrs of Warhawk doesn't leave much time for anything else...
I also kind of quit on Oblivion after putting in around 40 hours.
Other than that, I play NBA2k8.
UT3 - to many games, to fast! - No mice support? I think they changed this...
HL2:OB Beat EP2, Still working on HL2, and EP1, Portal is impressive. Kind of disapointed about the lack of DD using Optical.
DMC4 - just started playing this.
GTA4 - Wow talk about lots to do, so little time Still working on this. Half way done. Great game.
GTP5 - Still lots to unlock, just getting started - can't wait for the real thing!
Oblivion - its impressive from start to whatever! I never would of imagined a game this big, this attention to detail. A true test to what this generation of console is able to handle. Lv15 - 140hrs, running with umbra sword, and armor. Currently trying to complete the deadric quests.
F1 - Great racer, got it for a stealer price when PS3 launched - did not complete it.
MGS2 - Done
MGS3 - Next
MGS4 - Next Week
Am I excited? You could say that.
There is a list 20-something deep of games I would like to get through. Included are PC, 360, PS3, PS2, and even a PSP game or two. MGS4 is definitely on there. I don't plan to buy very many games through the end of the year.
lego indy
rock band
sandy -
don't feel bad, i still need to find some time to finish uncharted... and i bought it at launch!
and let me know when you decide to try out the ut3 maps... i want to ry those out too because as you well know, even if you try to leave warhawk, it eventually sucks you right back in... it is virtual heroin.
Ico: For some reason I wasn't grabbed by this acclaimed PS2 title as I was for Shadow of Colossus so I only played maybe 30% of the way through. I hear the sequel will come for the PS3 so I'm about to give it another go before long to see if my mind will be changed about it.
I'm kinda the same way with Ico. I'm trying it for the second time though I haven't put it in for about 2 months. I'm about 30% through too and it just about bores me to death every time I try to play it. Fighting those ghosts is incredibly annoying too. x x x x x x x x x x x x x x boy this is fun x x x x x x x x x x x.
I'm kinda the same way with Ico. I'm trying it for the second time though I haven't put it in for about 2 months. I'm about 30% through too and it just about bores me to death every time I try to play it. Fighting those ghosts is incredibly annoying too. x x x x x x x x x x x x x x boy this is fun x x x x x x x x x x x.
Count me as a third. I'm probably about three quarters of the way through though. I haven't played it in a couple months. The mentally challenged princess bugs the hell out of me.
I'm also playing Jericho. I am most of the way through it but am stuck. My "team" does a sh*t job killing enemies so I end up dying while I'm trying to do something else. Haven't played that in a week. I've been playing Monsters encore.
I played the demo and enjoyed it. Although, the reviews were horrible, so I didn't buy it.
Is it worth a cheap buy or rental?
When I have time, I slip in a little Orange Box (specifically Ep 2 and Portal, I am working through both in parallel).
I finished Rachet and Uncharted but would like to play them through again on a steeper difficulty level and with rumble.
I need to pick back up on Folklore, I really was enjoying that but got distracted from it and just haven't picked it up again.
Also, God of War 2 I never finished, about 1/2 way through on that, and Shadow of the Colossus I am still planning on playing.
Oh yeah, almost forgot, Burnout Paradise... awesome game, need to spend a little more TLC with it.
I am planning on getting MGS4 although given the number of games I just listed I might wait a bit... I skipped GTAIV as I don't play the GTA series.
Not sure how people find time for games, I have so many to play and so little time...
stopped playing GTA4 a few days after release upon picking up The Show
started R&C: FTOD some time back and need to return to it at some point (not anytime soon)
have NHL 08 for whenever the mood strikes or time allows
finished Uncharted and COD4
on Tuesday all the above go on hold mode in favor of MGS4
I like it. I'd say its worth a cheap buy or rental. But I'm not your average FPS player (I thought The Darkness was better than COD4) so don't necessarily go by my word alone.
HL EP2 (PC) - Still need to finish this game.... but I got time as the last episode surely isn't coming out anytime soon.
Rock Band - I'm still buying DLC and I play on occasion, my friends have lost interest in the game though... so it's not as fun.
MLB 08 the show - Still playing this as much as I can... I typically just play exhibition games
Pixel Junk Monsters - Just bought the full version, played it with the GF this weekend, very fun.
MGS4 - will probably pick it up on Thursday, hopefully I'll find time to play it.
All in all, I just don't have the time I used to to play video games, so it's tough for me to invest in games like GTA and MGS.... I typically only play for about 30-45 minutes each night if I am lucky.
Haze..Rented it..bout done with it. (Im forcing myself to finish it...lol)
GT-5P Still play it online just going through buying cars I want to drive, doing the dealer races too.
GTA4. About 60% done. Rental that I kept for 41 bucks..
COD-4 Still play it from time to time
Tekken 5DR. Recently picked up a Hori stick, so I've been playing it again
Bowling. With the Family
GH3 with the family (That GOW track is tough!)
PSP Hotshots Golf Open Tee 2. Something to play on lunch break at work.
I've been playing mainly the PS2 Ratchet and Clank and God of War games. I haven't played a native PS3 game in months (the last being Uncharted, right after it was released). When it comes to cross-platform games, I tend to stick with the 360 version as I prefer its control pad. That leaves PS3 exclusives and there hasn't been much released that was worth the standard $60 pricetag since Uncharted. Haven't done anything with the PSN store because I don't like using my credit card; if Sony ever starts releasing points cards like MS and Nintendo I may try a few games.
they have those... they're called pre-paid credit cards and you can find them at the checkout line of your nearest grocery store. and the beauty is you can choose from a variety of companies like visa, mastercard...
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. I was late to the train on MGS3 and then other things popped up and I never finished it. Now I have to play it again from the beginning and I would like to before playing 4, even though I have 4 pre-ordered.
Shadow of the Colossus. I've wanted to play it and I finally ran across a used copy so I picked it up.
Grand Theft Auto IV Still on the first island. I am not setting any speed records here. Frankly I like walking around the city and just doing random hoodrat stuff. I like the missions as well but with San Andreas I was so intent on finishing that ended up not really enjoying the game itself, so I'm trying to take my time. Also, every time I sit down to play I end up getting an invite to play online.
Ratchet and Clank. Just picked it up from a friend.
Ninja Gaiden: Sigma. I've said it before but I do have trouble making myself fight through this. For one, as we all know the story is weak so it's all about the action, but I just don't have the time to invest in learning all of the moves and how to fight well enough to stay alive. I would probably have finished by now if it wasn't a "checkpoint" game. I can only replay a certain fight two or three times before I get frustrated and throw in another game, because you have to replay so much other **** just to get the boss battle.
Oblivion. Again I took too much time wandering around and doing fun stuff, now I haven't played in two months and will probably need to restart.
Rock Band Friends still love it, so sometimes a 3 hour gaming session will be just playing online.
I do not really expect to ever really catch up.
I'd second Jericho as a cheap buy...I thought it was fun and the graphics held up as well....Darkness, too I might add. Both are unique FPS's that are fun to run through.
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You just have to stop buying new games. Yea, easier said than done. I think I could play games every single day for the next year without buying a single new one and never get bored of one title. That is how much gameplay I have sitting in my apartment.
I started to go through all MGS before the 4th one is released. Finished MGS3, Started MGS1 (almost done) and will play MGS2.
I'm with you on this one in that I spent most of my time wandering around just doing random stuff for this game. I put in almost 50 hours and only barely got the main mission instructions to go to all of those gates you're supposed to take care of.
It's been awhile since I've played it but it's been on my mind. However I don't think it's the kind of game you need to restart, right? The markers on the map always show you the direction for the main quests, and it automatically keeps notes about them in your journal so you can re-read what's going on.
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But resistance, time crisis 4, and motorstorm. Plus a bunch of ps2 games. I was bummed when ratchet didn't have multiplayer. Haze doesn't look all that great and uncharted is the next game I plan to get.
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BIOS flashing is destructive. If you don't understand what this means, start reading here and here. Read these documents and all related documents very carefully.
RELEASE COMPATIBILITY (Ubuntu x86/i386)
All versions of Ubuntu have been tested using the methods listed below (4.10 - 12.04).
Many vendors now include native Linux utilities to assist in a BIOS flash (or replacement). If you fit into this category then it is recommended to use the method provided by them. Another example: Dell has the biosdisk project. You can also try your luck with the flashrom project (more on flashrom below). If you know what you are doing, are feeling daring, or just want to know a little more about this topic, then continue reading.
Flashing a BIOS typically serves the following functions: to fix specific bugs, to support newer hardware, or to fix a damaged BIOS. Using Ubuntu Linux as our host OS, we will create a bootable floppy disk or CD using FreeDOS as our OS of choice. On this disk we will place a new BIOS image and any related files used for flashing. Once the disk has been created, reboot the system and allow your newly created disk to load automatically and begin the flashing process. See your particular BIOS vendor's web site for these files and for more information on the commands you will to need to use to begin the flashing process. In other words, read what your BIOS vendor has to say about flashing. READ the README file.
Learn more about your BIOS and its features (e.g., make, vendor, release date).
TIPS & WARNINGS (YOU SHOULD READ THESE)Code:sudo biosdecode sudo hwinfo --bios | less sudo dmidecode --type bios sudo lshw gksudo lshw-gtk
Flashing your BIOS is a potentially dangerous activity that can render your motherboard (and computer, for that matter) inoperable. Proceed with caution and fully understand what you are doing before attempting the commands below! The only way to reverse the commands below is to make a copy of your current BIOS configuration and re-flash or by reinstalling the original BIOS to your motherboard.
CMOS Jumpers
Some motherboards have CMOS Jumpers that need to be cleared to perform a successful BIOS flash. More on this topic here & here.
ACPI-Related Issues
Sometimes these issues can be fixed by updating your BIOS. If after flashing your BIOS you still encounter power/fan/thermal problems, this thread will describe how to modify your DSDT file in an attempt at fixing common ACPI-related issues. More on ACPI here and here.
The third method uses the GRUB bootloader. It's meant to be used with original GRUB and not with GRUB 2.
If you need or want to use GRUB 2, check out The GRUB 2 Guide or the GRUB 2 manual for ideas. You can also alter GRUB 2 using Daniel Richter's "Grub Customizer" -- read more about it here, here, and here.
This method utilizes an app called flashrom to update your BIOS without having to reboot your system. It is a utility for identifying, reading, writing, verifying, and erasing flash chips (http://www.flashrom.org/Flashrom). It's often used to flash BIOS/EFI/coreboot/firmware images. Read the compatibility chart to see whether your BIOS is supported or if proposed workarounds have been suggested. Check the following links for more information. Pádraig Brady offers up this page as well. More info can be found at the main project site here, on wikipedia here, on apcmag.com here, and on desktoplinux.com here.
Unetbootin & USB Flash
Ideas on using unetbootin and/or USB flash drives, thumb drives, sticks, etc., can be found here and here. Some comments here discuss making bootable USB flash drives as well.
Size Contraints
In cases where the new BIOS image and related files are larger than 1.44MB, you can go here or here to learn about creating or using customized boot disks of larger sizes to help in flashing your BIOS. As an alternative, you can try the third method listed below that uses GRUB to update your BIOS. See above for ideas on modifying config files if using GRUB 2 as your boot loader.
Still Not Sure?
If you don't know what you are doing or feel unsafe at this point, it is highly recommended to ask for help or consult a professional.
Carefully read through all methods.
Pick a method that best suits your situation.
Understand what you are doing before you begin.
Read the TIPS & WARNINGS section above for additional insight.
1a) FreeDOS, specifically, this image: http://www.fdos.org/bootdisks/autogen/FDOEM.144.gz
1b) Alternate download location: http://www.mediafire.com/file/26md8h...e/FDOEM.144.gz
2) New BIOS image + flashing tool to be found at the web site of your motherboard/BIOS/OEM vendor.
Unpack FreeDOS image → copy image to floppy disk → create temp floppy dir → mount floppy → copy flashing tool and new BIOS image to /tmp/floppy (see footnotes below) → reboot following vendor instructions
Note: "NewBiosFiles" listed below is pseudocode for the extracted location of the new BIOS image + related files that you just downloadedOnce the command has finished executing, mount the floppy and copy the new BIOS image + flashing tool onto it. That's all there is to it. Reboot, flash BIOS with commands provided by the BIOS vendor. Check the README file for exact syntax.Code:wget http://www.fdos.org/bootdisks/autogen/FDOEM.144.gz gunzip FDOEM.144.gz dd if=FDOEM.144 of=/dev/fd0 mkdir /tmp/floppy sudo mount /dev/fd0 /tmp/floppy sudo cp ~/NewBiosFiles/* /tmp/floppy
Unpack FreeDOS image → create temp dir → mount FreeDOS image to /tmp/cdr → copy flashing tool and new BIOS image to /tmp/cdr (see footnotes below) → unmount image → install mkisofs → create ISO → burn ISO to disc → reboot following vendor instructions
Note: "NewBiosFiles" listed below is pseudocode for the extracted location of the new BIOS image + related files that you just downloaded[note: in later releases, /usr/bin/mkisofs symlinks to /usr/bin/genisoimage]Code:wget http://www.fdos.org/bootdisks/autogen/FDOEM.144.gz gunzip FDOEM.144.gz mkdir /tmp/cdr sudo mount -t vfat -o loop FDOEM.144 /tmp/cdr sudo cp ~/NewBiosFiles/* /tmp/cdr sudo umount /tmp/cdr sudo apt-get install mkisofs mkisofs -o newBIOS.iso -b FDOEM.144 FDOEM.144 cdrecord -v newBIOS.iso
[note: in later releases, /usr/bin/cdrecord symlinks to /usr/bin/wodim]
Reboot from the CD and flash your BIOS with the commands provided by the BIOS vendor. Check the README file for exact syntax.
M3: GRUB (GRUB 2 users, read GRUB 2 links under TIPS & WARNINGS above)
Download FreeDOS image and unpack → create temp dir → mount image to temp dir → extract flashing utility and new BIOS image to temp dir → unmount image, remove temp dir → move image to new file to be used by GRUB → install syslinux to provide memdisk for booting → copy memdisk to /boot dir → reboot choosing biosupdate.img option from GRUB menu
Code:wget http://www.fdos.org/bootdisks/autogen/FDOEM.144.gz gunzip FDOEM.144.gz mkdir /tmp/floppy sudo mount -t vfat -o loop,quiet,umask=000 FDOEM.144 /tmp/floppy unzip newBIOS.zip -d /tmp/floppy sudo umount /tmp/floppy rmdir /tmp/floppy sudo mv FDOEM.144 /boot/biosupdate.img sudo apt-get install syslinux sudo cp /usr/lib/syslinux/memdisk /boot/Now add the following to your GRUB menuCode:sudo vim /boot/grub/menu.lstEND OF METHODCode:title BIOS upgrade kernel /boot/memdisk initrd /boot/biosupdate.img
HOWTO:Flash Your Bios...
No DOS/Windows, No floppy...
You've likely downloaded an executable file (an .exe file) containing your new BIOS image and flashing utility. There may be other files that you wish to copy over, such as an AUTOEXEC.BAT file to automate the process. In addition, you'll probably find a README file of some sort that will describe the appropriate syntax to use when flashing. To get at these files, use unzip to de-archive the executable file. Install unzip via your favorite package manager.


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is Warner Bros. spearing '10,000 B.C.' months before it opens?
If we've just wrapped up the summer season of dumb movies, it must be time to start talking about the next one. And sure enough, the spies at Ain't It Cool News have been sneaking into test screenings of next spring's bit of nonsense from Roland Emmerich, 10,000 B.C., scheduled to open in March. And they don't have nice things to say about.
I won't quote from the screening reports — you can read them yourself here and here if you must. The gist of them is this: The flick is lame because it both ignores and indulges in racial stereotypes — cavepeople of all colors live in harmony during the last ice age, but a white, blue-eyed girl is the hero's prize for protecting his people against an evil "lost civilization" that builds pyramids in the desert; because there's not enough violence for a movie about a life-and-death clash of civilizations; and because there are too many snuffleupaguses.
Woolly mammoths, that is. Mammoths in the desert? Cold-weather creatures in the heat? Hmmm. Well, this is Roland Emmerich, he of The Day After Tomorrow and Independence Day fame. (Frozen hurricanes? PC viruses taking out alien computers?) Nonsense is his stock in trade. But those flicks were fun, if idiotic. But the fanboys explicitly state that this is not the case with 10,000 B.C.
I have to admit, I was kinda hoping, after I saw the teaser trailer for the movie, that it would be a kind of Clan of the Cave Bear (the book, not the movie) meets Stargate (or at least the first half of that Emmerich flick). Looks like I'll have to put that hope aside.
Here's a big mystery: Why would Warner Bros. give us the opportunity to diss the movie so long before it opens? I'm mystified that the studios continue to hold test screenings of movies like this one. Can the genuine value of feedback from early audiences possibly outweigh the negative word-of-mouth bad movies will inevitably spawn? (Because there's no way you can keep fanboy spies out of screenings, and no way to stop them talking afterward.) I can't see how. Good movies might benefit from test screenings, might garner some comments from audiences that will help tweak them into even better movies. But bad movies can't be saved by focus groups … and then the fanboys have fodder for their bad-movie grapevine.
And then it spreads across the Net. Like I'm doing right here.
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Imagine you are hungry at home and thinking about what you'd like to have for dinner. You open the fridge, look inside, but find nothing you'd really fancy in there. Traditionally, you could look online for local food delivery restaurants, or open up an app on your phone to order something. Or, on the 'Physical Web', you could simply raise your phone to your fridge, and get immediately connected with your local pizza shop, or any other restaurant in your vicinity, and order something there and then.
Or imagine sitting at a restaurant, wondering what's on the menu that you might be allergically sensitive to. On the Physical Web, you just touch your phone on the menu, a list opens up on your screen for you indicate the substances you are allergic to, and the menu is then automatically filtered to only the items you can eat.
Strictly speaking, the 'Physical Web' is a term that was coined by Google to promote the use of its 'Eddystone' Bluetooth beacon technology as a means for physical objects to deliver information as quickly as possible to the phones of nearby individuals. We have taken the terminology a step further however, to mean the use of any technology or system that makes our surrounding physical world interactive.
As always however, there is a difference between concept and reality; and in reality bringing actual Physical Web solutions and implementations into being, that can work for both businesses and consumers, runs into all sorts of practical challenges. Our goal here is to have a look at the difficulties marketers can face when trying to understand how to include the Physical Web in their marketing mix, and how we are trying to resolve these.
Who are we? At Blupath we are building an omni-channel Physical web platform, which we use to power industry specific Physical Web solutions. We are working to build the world's greatest Physical Web platform – a claim that strongly feel we can justify.
Industry specific
The potential that the Physical Web can bring to a business or organisation is immense. But we recognize that there can often be a huge gap between translating technology potential into a real business use case.
The communication needs of different industries, and of different businesses within each industry, can vary wildly. At Blupath we do not try to sell technological capabilities, without a clear vision of how these can be useful for your business. We therefore do not simply sell a 'platform', but clear, industry-specific Physical Web solutions powered by our platform.
We have systems like 'Infopoint', specifically catering to the needs of cultural institutions such as museums and galleries. Or systems like 'KitchenLink', specifically targeted to the needs of the supermarket industry. Both are Physical Web solutions, working on the basis of a merging between the physical and digital worlds; both are powered by the same Blupath platform; and both are designed for the needs of a specific type of businesses.
Rather than trying to figure out how the Physical Web as a concept can be useful to your business therefore, we suggest you have a look at our solution pages for Smart Cities and Culture, Supermarkets, Restaurants and Hospitality, and Fashion. We provide you with all the help and support you may need, through all stages of an implementation.
If however at the end of the day you have in mind a completely different Physical Web project, we can work on a solution to meet your specific needs. By constructing your solution over the pre-existing Blupath platform, we ensure we can work faster, and on a sound and tested basis, that ensures both lower costs, and quicker turnaround for you.
The core of the Physical Web is connectivity. You have to have some way to let a physical object or location interact with your phone, and deliver information and functionality to it. There are a ton of technologies to achieve this. You can use 'Eddystone' Bluetooth beacons, like Google suggests. Or ibeacons. Or NFC. Or Wifi. Or even printed barcodes if we want to get down to basics.
Whatever options you choose however, you'll always find some type of challenge. What if a customer has Bluetooth switched off? What if they're connected to a different Wifi network? What if their phone doesn't have an NFC receiver? What if they don't have such and such an app installed?
Technology should be an enabler, and not a burden. You should not find yourself having to struggle with 5 different platforms, each focusing on one specific technology area, and each managing a different type of deployment. You should not have one system to communicate through your WIFI, and one to communicate from in-store beacons, and yet another to do NFC marketing, and all of these neither communicating with each other, while always leaving out some individuals from their potential reach.
In Blupath, we have built what we call an omni-channel Physical Web platform, powering 'Smart' solutions. Which basically means that our solutions can use multiple different technologies synchronised together, in an interface that makes the actual technology irrelevant, and as easy to use as possible, giving you one platform, that can reach out to every single individual, regardless of the phone they have or the apps they have installed on it.
At the same time, by integrating the statistics that you get from all connectivity channels into a single analytics view, you can evaluate the effectiveness of different communication channels together, while building an overall view of your customer's behaviour from multiple different points of contact.
Targeted omni-channel communication
The Physical Web is all about using the Physical World around us for communication. But as marketers, we know that blind, one-size-fits-all communication rarely works. It is not enough for us to make a physical object interactive and capable of feeding us back information. The information needs to be relevant to the person receiving it, and to the context they find themselves in, otherwise it is simply junk noise.
At Blupath we power what we call Dynamic communication through our Physical Web solutions. That means that the content each individual will receive as they interact with the Physical World around them, can differ from the content that another individual will receive.
Businesses using solutions powered by Blupath can define their own communication strategies, controlling how individuals can be engaged differently depending on factors such as location, time of day, prior interactions, data held on an individual's profile, etc. As a simple example, a supermarket utilizing our 'KitchenLink' solution, can engage with each consumer directly in their kitchen, through their Kitchen Fridge, with targeted, consumer-specific content. The goal is relationship-building and personalised marketing; and not blind push-messaging.
What makes this even more powerful, is that by being hosted on the same platform, the data and insight you gain from consumer interactions with one solution, can help better target communications through another solution. So a supermarket can start to better understand its customer through their 'KitchenLink' interactions, which then helps drive more targeted communications through in-store beacons.
To then take this a step further, the same data can be extracted to better fine-tune its traditional email marketing. Targeted consistency through a unified communications strategy through all channels is what omni-channel marketing is all about, and is at the core of our philosophy at Blupath.
The Physical Web is not simply about connecting the physical world to the cloud. It's the ability to use the objects and spaces around us to get useful, contextual information from them as fast as possible… It is creating the ability for objects to speak, and to give us functionality and data that is immediately useful to us.


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A little Aerosmith reference for you rockers out there.
I know, I know, it's been a really long time since I wrote. I won't even attempt to catch up on all that has happened since my last post.
This morning I found myself with some time to clean off the memory card from the camera and laughed out loud when I saw that my little 7-year-old photographer has been at it again. I must say though, her eye for detail is improving and her choice of subjects has drastically widened.
So here's a quick photo update of what's been happening on the homestead:
Our Nature Shelf gets its picture taken every other week when one of the kids' chore is to dust it. They take a picture of it to use when they are restoring the items after dusting. Lots of changes have happened around here-new furniture, old furniture made new, rooms rearranged, cleaning, organizing, purging, simplifying….feels so great!
We have a little family game that includes getting in the last "I love you" or being the one to say "I love you most" first. Cheesy as all get out but it's a carry over from back when Mark and I were in the early stages of falling in love. Yes, we were cheesy then too and now the kids play along. Don't judge. I found this little note on the inside of a garbage bag when I removed it from the can last week. A little blond hair, blue-eyed cutie was peeking around the corner with a pink crayon in hand, snickering in anticipation.
Another night I found this little journal under my pillow. It's one that Toby and I have kept for a few years and write back and forth in. Gotta love a boy who's not afraid to love on his mama.
Temps here have been really comfortable for the past couple of weeks so we have been spending a lot of time out of doors. Unfortunately, the mosquitoes like this weather too, hence the bug spray that we may just need to start bathing in. The kids have acquired some new-to-them kitchen utensils that include a nut cracker. Who knew that cracking acorns could be SO amazing? Lilly's little mud creations are getting pretty impressive.
The fruit in my garden has done really awesome this year. The vegetables? Meh. Let's just focus on the positive! We had a great haul of strawberries, several picking of rhubarb, lots of raspberries, and the grapes are really going crazy! So what to do with all of those raspberries that don't last very long fresh? Raspberry coffee cake, that's what! Here's the recipe: Raspberry Almond Coffee Cake
I seem to always find lots of food pictures on the camera after it has sat around for a while. We have quite the little food artist in our midst.
We have had some early evening campfires this summer but when the sun goes down we run for cover because the mosquitoes are worse than I remember in a long time.
Sometimes a girl just needs to drive a John Deere.
This kid. He turned 10 but sometimes I have to remind myself of that because there are times that I feel like I'm talking to a much older young man. He's an old soul that one.
We were so blessed recently to have an impromptu grill out and campfire with my parents and one of my sisters and her kids. It was a beautiful night and the skeeters actually didn't chase us in until just after dark that night! We are trying to revive a tradition of Sunday family dinners around here and so far so good.
With 2 extra little ones in my care 4 days of the week, I am slowly learning to appreciate getting up early. Cool July mornings have helped as they have beckoned me outside for my morning prayer time.
This little one joined me on a recent morning out on the patio.
This little piece of yumminess was still in my frig after Sunday night dinner….because sisters rock.
The enlarged chicken run is officially done. The girls can truly "free range" now, without the constant threat of death. We never knew how many predators were around here until we got chickens. On the far side of the run(in the back of the picture) we are looking forward to a HUGE garden going in next year but without any work on our part. We stumbled upon a Farmer's Market vendor looking for more ground and it's a win-win! My gardening needs are about to drastically change.
We added 2 new colonies of bees this year and the resident beekeeper, aka The Man of the Homestead, has been busy helping them to feel welcome.
There is some craziness going on in one of the hives but we're hoping for a good harvest from the other one.
The busy bees. I'm actually really impressed with these pictures because I was gone the night they were taken so one of the kids took them and did an amazing job.
No memory card clean off would be complete without a good "selfie" of the photographer. Such a clown!
Things are going really well on our little homestead. We have so much to be thankful for. With luck, I'll write about some of those things soon!


text: With the Icy Vision 2, Gelid has a new high-end aircooler for graphics cards in their portfolio. Well equipped with two 90 mm fans, five heatpipes and 86 fins it comes at a very competitive price. What else? Oh well, we confronted it to coolers from manufaturers well known for their GPU coolers such as MSI's Cyclone and Twin Frozr II as well as Asus' Direct CU. Let's Battle!