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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/12548 | Who wants Dr Strange to return to his old "Classic" self?
#1 Posted by SithLantern93 (1767 posts) - - Show Bio
#2 Posted by Dernman (13613 posts) - - Show Bio
Do you mean Sorcerer Supreme self or classic over powered take down eternity self?
#3 Posted by JediXMan (27500 posts) - - Show Bio
@Dernman said:
This is what I'm wondering. I'm all for him returning to his status as Sorcerer Supreme. But Classic is just too powerful. That's why we've since left SA Superman and Classic Fate in the past where they belong.
#4 Posted by Deadcool (6804 posts) - - Show Bio
I don't like overpowered characters, even the current Sorcerer Supreme was too powerful, he is cool as help, he was a frequent character during JMS run in Spider-man and pre-civil war Avengers, bur reading a comic about Dr Strange would be kind of tedious.
Current Strange still helping characters and iis not as almighty as he used to be, maybe that could help the character to have more power in a different way, until he doesn't need the eye of agamotto anymore.
#5 Posted by Danial79 (2175 posts) - - Show Bio
I like his Sorcerer Supreme garb, but I think his power level is better where it is now. As the other have said, over-powered characters are boring.
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Vizard Ichigo & SS
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Strange thing about bleach is that there are certain things that are drastically different between the Anime and Manga. One thing that's drastically different is people seeing Ichigo in his vizard form. In the anime, pretty much everyone has seen Ichigo use his vizard powers. Now take away the Bounto, The Bakoutou, and the current arcs. When you think about it, not too many people have seen ichigo dawn the mask and fight. These leads to several questions
1.) How many people know about Ichigo's Vizard powers?
2.) How many people have actually seen Ichigo use them?
3.) Finally, will SS be accepting of these powers?
Now with the current situation in the manga, Shinji tells Yamamoto that he's an ally of Ichigo which should be a give away to him. With the Vizards assisting in the Espada fights and also eventually learning the full truth about what happened 100 years ago, one would think that they'd look the other way on both the vizard and Ichigo.
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It may end up a factor of accepting their presence but just not welcoming them with open arms. Afterall they all do have hollow forms which is what the SS fights against most often but the fact that they can control them makes an uneasy balace.....I picture that once its all out in the open itll be kind of like just after the cold war with the uneasy truce yet showing up as allies when needed.
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1) How many people know about Ichigo's Vazrd powers?
-Byakuya, he's witnessed Ichigo's hollow but is probably unsure of whether Ichigo is in control of those powers.
-Ichigo's friends(Orihime, Renji, Uryuu and Rukia->Chad doesn't have a clue I don't think) including his father and Urahara + Yoruichi know of his powers.
-All the Vaizards definitly know of his powers or they wouldn't have tried to recruit him.
Total: 1 + 7 + 8 +1 = 17 not including all of Ichigo's arrancar opponents such as Grimmjow, Ulquiorra and Dordoni or however you spell his name and Nnoitora. (Yammy has no deductive reasoning)
2)How many people have actually seen Ichigo use them?
-Orihime, Uryuu I don't know about Rukia because she saw him fight Grimmjow the second time and could tell he was using great power but she did not see his mask before, during or after that incident.
-All the Vaizards
Total: 1 + 2 + 8 +1 = 12 Not including Ichigo's opponents
3) Finally, will SS be accepting of these powers?
Definitly not all the Captains will be on board with this idea, atleast not at first. I think Yama-Jii has no choice in the matter except to accept them because without the Vaizards help, the Winter War will go in Aizen's favour and then byebye Karakura Town. So for the moment, I think they will be accepting. Then there are people like Soi Fon who absolutely detests the Vaizards and Mayuri whoprobably wants experiment on them.
I think the anime team is missing that huge factor, that very few people know about the Vazards, very few people care about the Vaizards and very few people will accept the Vaizards with open arms. IN the anime Ichigo has no discretion of his powers which isn't true because he's very self conscious while he uses them and the Vaizards aren't necessarily showing their existence openly to the world.
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Researchers debate where the fault divides between the operator and the machine
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RE: Sounds familiar
By Christopher1 on 3/1/2008 4:12:24 AM , Rating: 1
Four extremely good points. The real thing that we should be moving toward is a world where war is abhorred and that anyone who talks about starting a 'war' is immediately thrown into the closest mental health ward or prison that we can find, military person or not.
War will not have to be a 'reality of the future' if we stop allowing people to convince us that war is necessary, which in almost all cases it is not necessary. The only 'war' in the past 100 years that I personally believe was necessary and just was World War II. Then, we were fighting a country whose leaders had fooled their people into mass murdering another group of people, and we actually needed to get rid of those leaders.
RE: Sounds familiar
isn't that place called the White House?
RE: Sounds familiar
By brenatevi on 3/1/2008 8:08:25 PM , Rating: 2
You are neglecting the social, economic, and environmental pressures that are the driving forces behind war. Consider the "freshwater problem," where certain areas are drought ridden, and just over the border is a nice river that could provide all of the water that they need. Said political entity asks its neighbor nicely for access to the river, but they decline. What is a political entity to do? They have to think about the health of their citizens, and one way to get access to the water is to invade their neighbor and take the land that would give them water by force.
"But the neighbor could have just given them access." The thing about that is the river might not be able to sustain the citizens of both political entities. So who has the right to decide? How do you decide which citizens live and die? Looking at the situation dispassionately, you could say the war decides, and war might possibly thin out the populations enough that the river can sustain both political entities.
Worldwide, we talk about population pressure, how there aren't enough resources to sustain all of the people. So here's a question for you: how do you get rid of all of the "excess" people? Are you going to pick and choose?
Basically, when you get down to it, Life is ROUGH. Life is a struggle at all levels, not just for humans. Just watch a nature show for evidence. To think that the struggle, that war is going to go away just because it's "Insane" is to ignore that fact.
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Viscount Monckton gives a presentation during the 2007 Conference on Climate Change
"Considerable presence" of skeptics
Updated 7/17/2008
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APS Position Remains Unchanged
By Biting dog on 7/24/2008 11:48:00 AM , Rating: 2
Don't necessarily beleive everything you read. Check out the website of the APS:
"APS Position Remains Unchanged
By homebredcorgi on 7/25/2008 3:50:26 PM , Rating: 2
Thank you for pointing this out.
Seriously, throw this article in the shredder. It is garbage, plain and simple. The two sentence "update" that points out the APS basically denies everything in the article is not enough. At best the author misinterpreted another author's opinion for that of the entire APS but I'm leaning more toward intentional misrepresentation given the ridiculous title. This is like reading the Weekly World News but it isn't funny or creative. ("Al Gore is the Abominable Snowman & Global Warming Will Kill Him!")
What is DT's bizarre obsession with debunking global warming? Clearly a bunch of IT guys know more than the evil climatologists! What a load...go back to the Windows vs. Linux vs Mac debates. At least those can be funny.
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RE: Interesting...
By MrBlastman on 8/20/2009 12:42:07 PM , Rating: 2
Well, if they did know it was an infringement then the only recourse is to pay the fine and move on. When they put it on their financial statements, list it as an R&D cost and wrap it in with the costs of goods sold.
RE: Interesting...
By omnicronx on 8/20/2009 12:56:31 PM , Rating: 5
According to internal emails they knew, and this was one of the main reasons why the Judge sided with i4i. If Microsoft knew about the patent and thought it was invalid, they should have either payed licensing fees or done the leg work to invalidate the patent BEFORE they released a product they knew was infringing..
Its pretty hard to make the argument that a patent is invalid when your own internal emails acknowledge infringement, regardless if it is true or not.
MS is a giant company, they should have known better and I don't feel one bit sorry. I agree that the only solution is to pay the fine, license the technology, or settle in a similar manor.
I would also like to point out that although your most of your first post is true, the infringing technology is only used by a small portion of word users. It is not merely everything and everything XML, but a small portion based on Microsoft's proprietary custom XML. I've heard through the grapevine that MS is already working on a patch to remove custom XML if needed.
RE: Interesting...
By MrBlastman on 8/20/2009 1:02:42 PM , Rating: 2
If they did know it, it would not suprise me. Microsoft has been pretty heavy handed in the past with their tactics (and, to be fair, they've been very smart with a lot of decisions they have made--they are quite business savvy), so to me, if proven guilty, wouldn't be shocked. It would look like they simply figured: "Okay, there's a patent. These guys aren't dolts like IBM was so we'll just release it anyways and if they catch us, boo hoo we'll pour some peroxide on the boo boo and pay the little fine and move on."
Either way, they win in the end by having the format they wanted all along available. When you are large and have lots of money, you can muscle people around like that.
RE: Interesting...
By omnicronx on 8/20/2009 1:05:54 PM , Rating: 2
Exactly, but many people still think MS is the victim, when in reality this probably not the case.
MS had their options, they just chose not to exercise them.
RE: Interesting...
By Motoman on 8/20/2009 10:38:11 PM , Rating: 3
...I have to admit to not having read the patent to make up my mind whether or not it's enforceable, but you are right - MS clearly determined that they were just going to bulldoze through this issue, and got caught with their pants down.
The patent may be crap, that will come out in the wash...but MS has got no ground to complain about this at all. They willfully decided to circumvent a patent rather than either license it or challenge the validity of the patent in court - so they deserve no one's pity.
RE: Interesting...
By sxr7171 on 8/21/2009 3:38:44 PM , Rating: 2
Well if it was basically intentional they deserve every penny of the $290 million fine. This kind of behavior needs to be discouraged.
BTW, the word you were looking for is: paid.
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Patrick Spence
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RE: If he is so great....
By retrospooty on 5/24/2012 1:22:05 PM , Rating: 2
"Then why is RIM getting clobbered in the first place?"
It's possible he is really good, but wasnt getting any traction due to the wonderful idiots above him that ran things into the ground. Lazardis and Balsilie were the issue.
RE: If he is so great....
By Pirks on 5/24/12, Rating: 0
RE: If he is so great....
By retrospooty on 5/24/2012 1:55:35 PM , Rating: 2
"They were the issue, ok... so after they were kicked from the board, this guy decided to leave... because there were no more issues after these two losers were kicked. Did I get your logic right, retro?"
No, you didnt. You and logic never go together well. The post above said "if he is so great.... Then why is RIM getting clobbered in the first place?" I commented back and al I was saying is that the guy may have been good, we don't really know... Just because RIM failed doesn't mean every single exec there was bad. Certainly the CEO's were in denial and acted way too late.
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China's recent successful manned mission has started a space race debate
Source: Yahoo News
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RE: Uncompetitive Policies Will Be Our Downfal
By knutjb on 6/21/2012 8:53:52 PM , Rating: 2
FDR and Nixon both completely screwed this country up fiscally.
I would agree with FDR but Nixon was handed a snafu from LBJ. LBJ moved the Social Security from an isolated account to the general fund to finance his war. Nixon inherited that mess and floundered. Completely screwed up, the history doesn't entirely support that.
The devistaion we are feeling from LBJ and the Great Society. The Great Society has cost over $16T with only a fraction of a percent change in poverty. But if you think it was great the number of people trapped in poverty by those programs as the metric, you win.
By Ringold on 6/21/2012 11:19:09 PM , Rating: 2
Yes, I agree about Nixon. Getting us out of Vietnam before the country destroyed itself is an unsung achievement of sorts too; he had to go as far as put leaks out there to the Vietnamese suggesting he was madman ready to launch the nukes and glass the entire country to get them to the table for talks.
Could take the position he should've won the war (personally think it was Johnsons to win or lose, the die was cast already for Nixon), but the route he decided to take he executed better then, I would say, most presidents could have.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/12647 | Since she joined radio station KUNC in Greeley more than four years ago, Grace Hood's reports on fracking, agriculture, the 2012 wildfires and online education have been standouts. Some of the content, like her story on hay thefts along the Front Range, which was picked up nationally, is a departure from the East Coast-centric National Public Radio staples. The judges in the 2012 Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize called her three-part series "Investigating Colorado's Online K-12 Schools" an example of "exemplary enterprise reporting that was particularly notable for a small community station." She's developed a working relationship with NPR editors that allows her to pitch stories to the network, with the blessings of KUNC.
The best part of her job is the range of stories, she says, from soft features to breaking news to investigative reporting and big issues like water and agriculture. "I love being out where no one is."
NPR's stated desire to focus less "inside the Beltway" works in her favor.
The edit process with NPR is "extremely rigorous, like defending a dissertation," she says. "Pacing, scenes, ambient sound, the factual information, there are a lot of different components."
KUNC news director Brian Larson, who did the editing on Hood's pieces, credits her "hard work, sweat and persistence. You have to work to get noticed."
Hood, 34, thought she'd be playing in an orchestra by now. She spent a year at Michigan's famed Interlochen Arts Academy high school studying classical clarinet.
"I wanted to find out where my talent level was. It wasn't quite at the level I'd hoped, and besides I wanted to pursue academics more." She went to Bryn Mawr and majored in history.
She grew up listening to Iowa Public Radio in Davenport, then to WHYY in Philadelphia during college. A stint as managing editor of the alternative Boulder Weekly, freelance work and a radio gig covering the Democratic National Convention in Denver in 2008 followed.
It's rare that a nonprofit radio station the size of KUNC (91.5 FM) wins multiple national journalism awards, lands stories on the national NPR feed, and sees a local reporter jump to the network's national desk.
The northern Colorado station was once known mainly for its eclectic music, but its news offerings are increasingly a draw. General manager Neil Best said the outlet reaches 120,000 statewide listeners weekly, many in metro Denver. Online and mobile use tripled during the wildfires.
Outside of work, Hood is a triathlete (she's done a half dozen, swimming, cycling and running), a hiker and skier.
During the wildfires, Hood camped out at the Bellvue Bean, a cozy coffee shop northwest of Fort Collins on Rist Canyon Road. Local officials held press conferences in the field next to the Bean. Hood used the shop's free Wi-Fi to edit and file her stories.
The store is owned and operated by Darren and Azarie Wurtzburg, who support the local arts community by presenting small concerts by Colorado musicians, selling their CDs and displaying local artwork on the walls.
"The Bean is a conscious cafe that promotes sustainable practices and supports local food producers," its website promises. Hood favors the gluten-free baked goods, mostly because her boyfriend of seven years is gluten-intolerant. (She describes him as "the opposite of a triathlete.")
Question: Public radio is regularly short-staffed, underfunded but overachieving. What are the benefits and challenges of working within that system?
Answer: I like the model of public radio. We are beholden to our listeners (not to any corporation). It's a very smart audience. Public radio is growing. The challenge is how to appeal to the next generation. There's a growing number of younger hosts — David Greene, Rachel Martin, Audie Cornish, all in their 30s. You also hear different types of voices on NPR, which I really like.
Q: What is Neil Best's role in KUNC's success?
A: Neil's huge. He gives you the space and time to work on a feature or investigation. His understanding of public radio is phenomenal. KUNC has expanded into Denver thanks to his technical foresight (buying relay transmitters, for example).
Q: How do you plan to spend the $5,000 from the Schorr Prize?
A: I had a large group of family and friends with me in Boston when I accepted the Daniel Schorr Prize in October. I used some of the money to pay for gala tickets and hotel rooms. I saved the remainder. I was raised in a public-radio family, so my family was extremely excited to meet some of the NPR personalities: Robert Siegel, Nina Totenberg, Scott Simon, the Car Talk guys. It was beyond cool.
Q: Would you advise young people interested in media to go to journalism school?
A: It wasn't necessary for me. The writing and critical thinking are things you can master in college or graduate school without getting a journalism degree. The interview skills and my "public radio voice" are things I picked up along the way, thanks to great mentors like my news director Brian Larson and co-workers.
Q: How do you feel about being an on-air host?
A: I'm hosting, 2-7 p.m., as a fill-in. It requires a different skill set. I like the field more.
Q: What's the future for "terrestrial radio" in the face of so much Internet/satellite competition?
A: It is interesting how things are changing in public radio. We need an online presence and so, what does that look like? Are you trying to re-create a radio experience? Is it completely different with multimedia slideshows? We really ramped up our online presence as part of an NPR pilot project. During the fires, people were streaming, we really realized the importance of online filing. Maybe five years ago it was all about the audio. Now sometimes you're filing your Web story first, then you're filing audio for a newscast.
Q: What do you listen to besides news?
A: Classical music and jazz. A favorite is DeVotchKa.
Q: When are you calmest?
A: When I'm hiking.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/12676 | My Zoey is gone
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I had to say good-bye to my sweet zoey yesterday. I'm overwhelmed with grief. She had liver failure and it happened so fast. I can't seem to stop crying, I miss her so much.
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We are soooo sorry for your loss!!!! On one of these threads not too long ago someone wrote something that helped me...I'd like to repeat it and hope it helps you.....LOVE REMAINS FOREVER!!!!! Right now you are so overwhelmed with grief ...but in the days and months to come hopefully that simple phrase will help you!hughughughughughug to you and those who loved Zoey....and Zoey run free forever!!!!little angellittle angellittle angellittle angellittle angel
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/12728 | CERVICAL cancer is usually caused by a viral infection. Two particular strains of the human papilloma virus (HPV) are responsible for 70% of such cancers. They do so by turning off genes that would otherwise suppress the formation of tumours. HPV infections do not, however, necessarily lead to cervical cancer—the best estimate is that less than 1% do. And a paper just published in the Lancet Oncology by Xavier Castellsagué of the Catalan Institute of Oncology, in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, and his colleagues suggests a way even that figure might be reduced.
Dr Castellsagué was intrigued by evidence that intrauterine devices (IUDs)—small, T-shaped gadgets that release hormones or copper to prevent pregnancy—reduce the risk of endometrial cancer. The devices' effects on cervical cancer have been less clear. Indeed, since the 1930s, some researchers have speculated that IUDs might actually increase the chance that cancer will develop. Dr Castellsagué thought the matter worth investigating.
He and his colleagues therefore analysed data from two large studies on HPV and cervical cancer. These studies spanned four continents, two decades and more than 20,000 women. IUDs seemed to have no impact on the rate of HPV infection per se. However, a woman's risk of developing cervical cancer dropped within a year of IUD insertion to half that of one who had never used an IUD. What is more, this protective effect remained the same after a decade of use. The authors controlled for a range of characteristics, such as marital status, number of sexual partners and number of Papanicolaou smear tests. Their findings were unchanged by such controls.
The evidence for IUDs' effect on cervical cancer is compelling. How the devices thwart HPV's progress, though, is a mystery. Dr Castellsagué offers a few possible explanations. An IUD's hormones might play a role. The process of inserting an IUD might scrape away precancerous lesions. Or (and he thinks this is the most likely explanation), an IUD may cause inflammation and thus prompt an immune response that helps to fight HPV infections. Biopsies (removals of live tissue for medical examination) are known to have a such a suppressive effect on other infections. Dr Castellsagué's paper adds to the evidence that medical tinkering of this sort can have unexpected benefits. |
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The genetics of politics
Body politic
Slowly, and in some quarters grudgingly, the influence of genes in shaping political outlook and behaviour is being recognised
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Simplistic Science Journalism is BAD Science Journalism. This article is a prime example of that truism. Twin studies have been DISCREDITED for at least 40 years. The early ones where racist fakes. The later ones were more simple minded and uncontrolled than the "feeble minded" who were sterilized or murdered by the Eugenicists. Identical Twins AREN'T IDENTICAL, even genetically. For exquisitely complex and intricate structures like the brain and the blood and hormonal systems, genetic code is only a very sketchy indication of what the structures actually develop into and then age over time. Many genes can be switched on or off affecting mood, personality and aptitudes by random or individual circumstances of the "twins". Bottom line: twin studies which assume identical genetic and body structures between individuals are junk science!!!
Americanbill in reply to john4law
Clearly John4law is one of those old style progressives referred to in the article that choose to remain brainwashed for the last 50 years. The world is not flat, genes count and identical twins are called that for a reason.
john4law in reply to Americanbill
Do some research:http://www.sciamdigital.com/index.cfm?fa=Products.ViewIssuePreview&ARTICLEID_CHAR=7C3C2950-237D-9F22-E8FFA44DF9399417. "What Makes Each Brain Unique", Scientific American, March 2012
I'm a Sociologist and wanted to add a missing piece to this article. While it's true, as is true for most complex behavioral patterns, that there is an element of BOTH nurture and nature there is another piece to it entirely. What part of the biological factors affecting these political behaviors itself caused by environmental influences? While genes are stablished from birth genes are only of elements affecting biological functions such as neural and hormonal activity. Nature and nurture don't simply both contribute towards behavior they are mutually constitutive and thus also affect each other constantly. What we eat, the quality of the air we breath, whether we exercise or any sort of extreme experiences we have can't be though of as simply "nurture" as all of those points actually affect our biology. Our brain rewires itself constantly and various environmental factors in turn affect what hormones our bodies produce and extreme environments can produce even more extreme physiological modifications. Environment affects biology which in turns affects behavior which in turn affects environment. Hopefully both biology and the social sciences will look past the dichotomous approach to behavioral analysis that tries to separate what is "nurture" and what is "nature" and begin looking at it as a single complex system that needs to be analyzed as a whole.
I thought that genetics had begun to reach the conclusion that DNA was more like a chipset than a program, that, in response to certain stimuli attributes are activated and/or deactivated, depending on the suitability of the assumed combination of a genetically appropriate response to stimuli given the process of approximation of that suitable adapted combination for the circumstances?
i.e., where puddles occur, be 'frog-like' leap now, (etc. and so on)
The argument this article presents is either flawed or incomplete. Of course, it is reasonable to suggest that discrepancies between identical and fraternal twins' political attitudes may have genetic origins, but in order to conlude that genes MUST be involved, we must first assume that the ONLY relevant difference between sets of fraternal twins and sets of identical twins is the discrepancy in their shared genetic material, a claim that is not justifiable given the evidence presented. Surely we can think of at least a few other differences between sets of fraternal and indentical twins.
Gender is known to be a significant factor in determining political leanings of an individual. This in turn would suggest that twins with different genders are more likely to have diverging political views than same sex pairs. So if the studies didn't control for sex, sn't it plausible that the lower rate of agreement on politics between fraternal twins comes from the fact that all identical twins share a gender while some fraction (presumably around 50%) of fraternal twins do not?
What about the nature and dynamics of the relations between fraternal and identical twins, isn't it possible these may differ in ways that could explain the results? As a college student, I had noticed that it seemed like there were many more sets of identical twins that chose to attend the same school, which raises the possibiity that a greater proportion of shared formative experiences is the driving force behind their greater consensus. Perhaps identical twins have a comparatively more intimate relationship that leads to more similar attitudes between them.
These are just a few quick examples, but it seems to me that, in fact, there could be any number of subtle differences between the experiences of being fraternal and identical twins that could be at play, either to the exclusion of genetics, or in tandem with them, and thus, that the claim that genes must be involved in determing our politics remains unproven.
Xavier Bloom in reply to minotaur142
Just to clarify: twin studies do control for sex. And the reason you think that there are many more pairs of identical twins on campus is likely because it's pretty easy to spot a pair of identical twins. Fraternal twins, not so much. And these "nature and dynamics of the relations" are also controlled for by investigating twins separated at birth.
Xavier Bloom
As a student of both molecular biology and political science, this article has brought me great pleasure, and hopefully a modicum of vindication amongst my colleagues.
While the attacks of "reductionism" and similar sophisticated rhetorical efforts to vilify the field will surely exceed my lifetime, I have no doubt that the evolutionary psychologists, rather than going the way of astrology and theology as some here predict, will be remembered as the Galileos and Darwins of our time. And it will indeed be their detractors who will be remembered as the antediluvians of the 21st century.
Doug Forbes
We can say that being a women or a man can effect your world view. However, that is about as far as we can go. Speaking Chinese appears to run in families. In fact it appears to run in families more consistently than being tall runs in families. However, we know that speaking Chinese is not genetically determined and we know that height is genetically determined.
Hence the phrase "virtual heredity".
My selfish genes are telling me that these "just so" stories from evolutionary psychology will some day be seen as being about as "scientific" as astrology now is.
During time the way people see and understand their surroundings changed (see women rights, race ideas, sexual relations understanding in their evolution, for instance) together with the way they lived. I can see this facts contradictory with the claim that your opinions lay in your genes. It may be true that genes can favor certain attitudes but it is very risky to say that genes determine ones attitudes. What is brain and thought for then? Looking at the facts back in time I'd say that the environment has the main influence in shaping our thoughts and actions.
I would like the author to tell me whether and how the data was screened for correlation as opposed to causation. Most identical twins I have known tend to do everything together. What if their habit of voting together after age 21 is influenced more by the sense of security they get from doing things together than by a left- or right-inclining gene?
Xavier Bloom in reply to WowowShamuga
There is certainly a risk of mixing these up, that's why twin studies are conducted among sets of fraternal/identical twins that have been separated at birth -- this way there is no conflation between environmental and genetic factors.
The graph on the article is quite informative, but it will be much more so, if there is a quantitative meassure of the percent of decisions that are not driven by genes and/or environment...would this be a quantitative meassure of freedom?
Mike Hoy in reply to holik
That would be true if the definition of 'freedom' was limited to the ability to think and act independently of individual genetic and environmental influences. But true 'freedom' surely includes the right to live and think according to all of one's preferences, regardless of their origins.
Xavier Bloom in reply to holik
While an individual's genes may incline them to one sort of behaviour, it does not absolve them of moral agency for capitulating such inclinations. Certain individuals may be predisposed to violence, for instance, but a defense of "my genes made me do it" is legally and morally insufficient.
Human behaviour is categorized into little boxes in every academic discipline. For economists, we are utility maximizers. For philosophers, we are free and equal moral agents. For biologists, we are byproducts of our genes. Undoubtedly there is feedback between these different conceptions, but it doesn't necessarily follow that a particular one ought to apply in all contexts.
Sense Seeker
What I get from this is that people have genetic tendencies to (1) be more or less open to new ideas, and (2) be more or less inclined to try to influence others to believe what they believe.
What political ideas this results in among those that are less open to new ideas, is largely a function of what ideas are considered mainstream in the environment of these individuals. If that is social democracy, such people will tend to be social democrats. If it is radical Islam, they may be jihadis. If it is free market fundamentalism, they may be Paul Ryan.
The genetics of politics. Sounds like a selfish genery scenario. The strongest is never strong enough to be become a Politian of command unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty. If force makes the right of politicians then we have a dictatorship. The right of command is through a force, a “mœurs” and a party (a bunch of cronies). Alienatation of ones right by a vote for a politician one becomes a slave to a master not giving himself but selling himself. Simply the democracy of making people do what you what.
It is good that this question, and the broader question of the significance of genetic inheritance, is being examined, though care is needed. I was staggered, in a high-level national debate on education, that no-one wanted to discuss the extent to which the good performance of the kids of bright parents might be innate.
Anything other than the view that all kids should be the same at birth seemed heresy!
"[e]ugenics that had led, via America's sterilisation programmes for the 'feeble minded', to the Nazi extermination camps...." Is this guy putting part of the blame for the Holocaust on America?! Where does the Economist find these writers?
migmigmigmig in reply to YCt9L9EN2v
How much do you know about the history of Eugenics?
Just because some/many Americans supported Eugenics and horrible things like the sterilization of the weak does not mean "Americans are partly to blame for the Holocaust."
But, equally, American Eugenics and Nazi Eugenics spring from the same source.
(For everyone playing the Godwin's Law game at home, empty your drink)
YCt9L9EN2v in reply to migmigmigmig
I probably know as much about the history of eugenics as you do. As for the article author's remark, do you know what "via" means? It means "by way of" or "by means of", not "from the same source, as you seem to think it does.
migmigmigmig in reply to YCt9L9EN2v
Nazi Eugenics were certainly inspired by American Eugenics.
"via", indeed, by your definition.
However, that's different than saying "America is partly responsible for the Holocaust".
I could probably make a list of a handful of Americans that likely ARE moderately responsible for the Holocaust, but I would think it to be a foolish stretch to blame the whole country for a handful of its citizens.
Perhaps there are some folks in our country who are a little sensitive to presenting the accusation that anybody would "Blame America" for anything?
Do you "Blame America" for the excesses of Eugenics that occurred only in America? Who do you blame for that?
Damn Dirty Ape
Utter rot. Whenever a journalist repeats anything that talks about genes causing social behavior they should be taken off the magazine and forced to take at least one year of molecular genetics and banned from mentioning science in any article for a year. Junk science, worse journalism.
Funny... I've got degrees in Biology and Anthropology and this entire article seems entirely appropriate.
When you have twin studies that can determine, in approximation, how much of a behavior is due to nature and how much of a behavior is due to nurture, you have the ability to make perfectly valid scientific statements of fact.
Genes influencing social behavior are well documented (go look up "novelty seeking gene"), and it is in no way implausible that genes can have influence over political behavior.
Journalists reporting on these bits may not understand the details, but they're not wrong to report it.
In any event, it seems like you missed all of the softening points (go search for the word 'inclining' in the article, yo?) and are throwing rotten tomatos at a plump straw-man. Just like the author predicted in his preamble to the story.
David Shedlock
C S Lewis saw this kind of argument coming when he coined the term Bulverism, which comes in expressions like "you only say that because you are a woman" or "You say that because you are a black". Now, shortly man can explain another person's foolish reasoning by simply saying "You only say that because your genes "inclined" you to say that."
The next step is a simple one. Identify those opinions which are most helpful in "evolution" and delete the remaining ones. Malthusian Eugenics is already the driving force behind some abortion and end-of-life decisions.
This study doesn't pass the smell test. The "olfactory" nerves of God himself can smell the dehumanizing aspects to this approach of human behavior.
While I do not agree with all of Satoshi Kanazawa's theories, and while I concede that many of them are extremely unpalatable, I cannot disagree with his magnificent quote: "Science is the accumulation of pure knowledge for its own sake; it has no other goals or purposes. In science, only logic and evidence are the arbitrators of the truth; nothing else matters. No scientific conclusions can ever be good or bad, desirable or undesirable, sexist, racist, offensive, reactionary or dangerous; they can only be true or false. No other adjectives apply."
Whether or not evolutionary psychology is "dehumanizing" -- and I would say it is not dehumanizing in the slightest, it investigates the very threads that weave our common humanity -- it does not detract from its scientific merit, from its essential truth.
Kanazawa's definition of science is a tautology that adds nothing substantial to the debate. He is essentialy saying that whatever is true is true, and whatever is not true, is not true. It's construction has many flaws and comes from many tenuous assumptions at best.
The first major error is to confuse science with scientists. "Science" cannot accumulate anything. From a human standpoint, there is no book of knowledge where we can go to some library and read in it every thing we know. Our "body of knowledge" changes, not because the universe changs, but because men (including scientists) are flawed individuals who have their biases.
Without a standard outside science itself, there can be no "pure knowledge." It will be mixed up with ignorance at every turn. Finally, who decided that science is investigated "for its own sake?". Satoshi must have somebody other than people in mind here. Scientists don't work for free - randomly picking subjects to study. They are generally hired to discover something in particular, to solve a problem or invent something. (or self-employed with a goal in mind).
Again, the idea that only logic and evidence matter is to make scientists into some "god." Truth cannot be all the things he said, but scientists can be "good or bad, desirable or undesirable, sexist, racist, offensive, reactionary or dangerous."
His definition serves no practical purpose except to obscure the fact that men are flawed and their conclusions, as well. Otherwise, everything else he said is window dressing and his conclusion is as I stated earlier - Truth is truth and error is error. But we know that already and don't need a scientist to tell us.
migmigmigmig in reply to David Shedlock
Random question, Mister Shedlock:
Do you believe that genes influence how likely one is to become addicted to a substance (like nicotine, alcohol, or cocaine)?
Or do you believe that is "dehumanizing" to say so?
And that only God and Satan determine whether one becomes an addict?
Certainly, if one is an addict, it's not a useful excuse to say "My genes made me that way" -- and it's up to the willpower of the individual (plus whatever help modern medicine can give) for a person to break that addiction.
But to deny the process of genetics in behavioral issues like addiction is strictly foolish.
The same point exists here.
Genetics *do* influence behavior. It seems to me that to deny that fact is far more "dehumanizing" than to accept it.
Apparently, all you're *really* complaining about is that such recognition *might* maybe lead to a slippery-slope that actually is dehumanizing.
But, let's face it, just about ALL human endeavours (including religion) are only one or two steps away from a slippery slope to dehumanization.
Vis a vis twin studies I wonder if identical twins are more likely than fraternal twins to remain in very close communication and to belong to the same social group. Furthermore fraternal twins have a roughly 50% chance of being of different sexes which might colour the issue.
migmigmigmig in reply to WowowShamuga
No. It's not a valid concern.
Science Journalism shouldn't be required to play mommy as to whether or not the scientists involved know how to do their jobs.
If the study is published in a peer-reviewed journal, then the Journalist reporting on the science should be able to trust the peer reviewers.
And the public at large should be able to trust the Journalist trusting the peer reviewers.
This idea that the "lay public" is doing anything useful by questioning the validity of a study that they probably couldn't even understand if they read the actual text is patently absurd.
If the authors of the study didn't properly control for sex differences between fraternal and identical twins, then the study would/should be laughed off the reservation by the peer reviewers.
And the study would never land on the Journalist's radar to begin with.
While it's true that some scientists DO falsify their data, the whole point of repeatability is to be able -- in the long run -- to determine what the Actual Objective Truth is and encourage anybody to come up with a different set of data to prove them wrong.
Feel free to do so.
Facinating article. I am 'inclined' to agree with the author's surmises. External & internal exposures/experiences, including genes, obviously influence our preferances, attractions & inclinations. But that is not to say that we are stuck with them, for all eternity!
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How the elephants’ success hurt the bluefin tuna
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A struggling traveller
Talking about fishy business, ICCAT (or IWC) should start researching on the unnatural amount of whales and dolphins that are caught in the fishing nets in Korea as an "accident"
Their meat can be legally sold in Korea if they are caught as a "bycatch"
San Polo
Unfortunately it is difficult to believe 7 billions humans - soon to become 9 - can coexist together with wildlife. It is an utopy. Cites or not Cites, it is a matter of fact that elephants are vanishing from Africa - they are now hunted not only for ivory but simply for their meat as pressure is building up to reduce the size of the animal parks.
Recently the Tanzanian government did inform the Cites about that 20000 out of 90000 elephants living a park had disappeared ... it is a nice way to say they have been transformed in steak - it is just a question of time before the last wild one gets eaten. Same for the red tuna fish - it is sad but the main solution is breeding endangered species. The rest is just - alas - empty talk.
Jacques Bouvier
Well, I guess all the misguided fuss made by the West over whales despite their recovered numbers has come back to bite the conservationists in the proverbial behind--Hideyoshi Toyotomi
Recovered numbers, my ###. Genetics studies show that the populations of blue, fin, grey right and humpback whales are all small fractions of what they once were.
And do you think those results came from the so-called research performed by Japanese commercial whalers? Japanese scientists have published nothing substantial on whale populations or their genetics to justify those obscene "RESEARCH" signs they paint on their factory ships.
Jacques Bouvier
"I understand that it is a emotional matter for Japan due to tuna fishing's cultural significance." We can also add whaling to that.
Of course, tuna and whales are hard to find in Japanese territorial waters--due to overfishing. So going without tuna or whale should be a great cultural tradition, too. Japan's actions to buy the votes of fisheries officials in 3rd world countries is shameful.
I have never had an argument to use against elephants for the purpose of conversation - now I do...thank you Economist
Down with elephants! Up with Tuna!
In a perverse way, Japan's intransigence is actually a welcome development. They will fish tuna to extinction, and then they will be left without any tuna at all. It will serve them right.
A struggling traveller
At this rate, it won't be long before the West starts saying that Bluefins are actually a sentient and intelligent fish, and must be protected from being fished by the barbarous Japanese
Politics and the tragedy of the commons guarantee international agreements aren't going to work. What we need is a policy like the British used against slavery. Any ship caught fishing for or in possession of bluefin should be sunk and the crew set adrift in lifeboats. The EU could police the Mediterranean and the US ought to be up to the task in the Atlantic and Pacific.
Japan and others will not be interested until our oceans will be a dark lifeless desert. Where then will the turtles, sharks, tuna and whales be found to fill fill their desires.
The ocean is an area where devastation is not as obvious, where satellite pictures cannot monitor the ecological devastation and depletion of marine diversity. I understand that it is a emotional matter for Japan due to tuna fishing's cultural significance. However, Japan is also a pragmatic nation, and assuredly can find alternative solutions to this issue. If the extensive fishing of tuna continues, just like the cod population off the coast of Newfoundland, the tuna population will certainly be depleted to such a level that they will no longer be able to bounce back. At this time, not only will none of us be able to enjoy tuna, this Japanese culture will irretrievably die as well.
In Science daily, Collapse of Bluefin Tuna Population off Northern Europe Described
The End of the Line film
Reuters Overfishing to wipe out bluefin population in 3 years: WWF
You can't seriously be arguing that tuna stocks are not in trouble, are you? You obviously have not been following all the numerous reports that have been put out on the subject. Do yourself a favor and go and get educated. And, since you mention it, Japan has no business pursuing 'scientific' whaling. It is a farce being mulishly and bull-headedly pursued by a country that too often acts like the child on the playground that cries after someone threatens to take his marbles away. Everyone knows how much tuna is fancied in Japan. But when they are all gone; when the stocks collapse, what will they have to complain about then? Make the change before nature makes it for you and render all these patriotic whingings irrelevant. The cod fishermen of Newfoundland didn't listen. See what happened to them?
Hideyoshi Toyotomi
Maybe next time, leave the preaching and eco-thuggery to when species are actually endangered and in need of protection. Crying "wolf" just because an animal is cute is not a good idea.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/12745 | TIME to dust off the dotcom party hats again? Investors drove up shares in VMware, a Silicon Valley software maker, by 76% on its first day of trading on August 14th. That pushed its valuation to $19 billion, and stirred memories of the much-hyped technology initial public offerings (IPOs) of the internet boom. But the chances of Bubble 2.0, let alone Bust 2.0, are mercifully slim.
Technology start-ups are certainly back in vogue. Some have been bought by bigger firms. The acquisition of YouTube, a video-sharing service, by Google for $1.65 billion in shares in 2006 is the best-known example. Venture capitalists are opening their wallets again. In the second quarter of 2007, American VC firms invested nearly $1 billion in information-services companies—an increase of more than 50% compared with the same period last year.
Yet VMware's flotation is a good example of how much has changed. It was able to list on the stockmarket in the teeth of a financial gale only because it actually has a business. The company dominates the market for virtualisation programs, which enable one server to act as many, allowing data centres to run much more efficiently. In the first half of 2007 VMware's revenue and net income doubled, reaching $556m and $75m respectively.
Except for the likes of Facebook, a social-networking site, most start-ups can only dream of reaching such numbers—and will never go public as a result. That matters less to the growth of businesses than it once did, if only because financing needs are lighter. Compared with 1999, developing a new web service is cheap: as low as $100,000 compared with a few million back then, thanks to low-cost hardware, free open-source software, powerful programming tools and new marketing techniques. Some venture capitalists are even wondering whether it is worth bothering with such small investments.
The same reasons that make a bubble unlikely also minimise the risk of a bust. Since the costs of building new technology services are still coming down, people will just keep coming up with new ones—even if they do not make a lot of money and reach only a small audience. Jargon-lovers would doubtless say that the Web 2.0 era has a “long tail”; even if the economics of start-ups do not resemble the dotcom years, the language unfortunately does. |
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Lucifers Luck Lyrics
Everybody got the demon in here, okay? The demon lives in here. It feeds on your hate, cuts, kills, rapes. It uses your weakness and fears. Only the vicious survive.
Hey yo Jimmy caught a bad one, Jimmy is a cripple
In a wheelchair got the skinniest pitbull
Sally Braun bitch big Indian nipples
The only one who really understood what he went through
That one night caught up in the middle of a gun fight
Shot in the back, blacked out when the sunlight came
He woke up in the hospital numb
With no memories of ambulances, coppers that come
Only memories of how he used to walk and he'd run
Now he's fucked, fucked up feeling awkward and dumb
With his legs on the floor, they're useless
Pain killers chewed in his tooth talking to the nurse holler
Shooting ruined his life, maneuvers and stuff
Needs help putting on his pants, shoes and it sucks
Fuck, when they fight it should produce you to duck
It's an unfair life, this is Lucifer's luck
Is this world fucked up? Is it gruesome enough?
You caught a bad one, son. This is Lucifer's luck
When it wasn't your fault call it Lucifer's luck
Shit is ruthless, it's ruthless, it's Lucifer's luck
It was crazy how Roberto and Sadie
They both a product of the eighties
Had a premature baby and named her Haley
Little lady, three pounds in an incubator
Who knew the depths of parents would sink to later?
Illegal aliens, both barely in the country
Got an application for citizenship but didn't mail it in
Sadie got a job at the strip club, no frills
Roberto's now a stay-at-home mom with no skills
When Haley's hungry she screams he can't take em
Squeezing on her feeble little bones, he might break em
He fractures and cracks 'em in a demonic fashion
Leaving no bruises, nobody questions or asks him
And the baby just suffers enough to get
Her precious life snuffed and her little body stuffed in a trunk
Hidden deep in a storage unit, both parents burn in hell
That's how Lucifer planned to do it
She couldn't explain why daddy couldn't refrain
From touching her eighty pound frame
He gonna lay the ground game
She got blood in her panties, that ain't a shit stain
By an ordained minister who's so sinister
When the band shake, her little body shake
She close her eyes, escape the rape
He used your strength paint a picture of a saint
In a small, quiet town that's really so quaint
In Delaware it's hell in here, the minister millionaire
Wife know to act unaware
Why his sick-ass sniffing her little underwear
It's no fun in here when you're young and full of fear
Eyes full of tears, he toys with her head
She said they'll only be joy when he's dead
So she killed him, no more will the minister touch
It's hell when it's Lucifer's luck you motherfuck
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This week's How-To shows how to take just about any ordinary image you've taken with your digital camera (or from the web) and make a photo mosaic. A photo mosaic is one large image made out of hundreds and thousands of tiny images from your personal stash, from google images or even frames from a movie. There are a few applications that do this for free, on Macs / PCs, and we'll show you where to get them and how to use them.
Getting starting...
Awhile back we saw a post on "The Future of Television," which had a picture of Bill Gates made out of all the company logos Microsoft bought up, sued, or was sued by over the years.
While we thought the image was kinda amusing, along with the ones of Dick Cheney made of oil, what was more interesting to us was how they did it. Since it didn't tell us, we started looking around.
Once we found a few free tools and made our own, we figured a lot of other people might want to make their own posters, giftwrapping paper, and more. Once you make these you can go to just about any print shop and have them run off a high quality print at almost any size.
We also realize there might be other and better applications that can accomplish the same thing we've got here, so please feel free to post them up in the comments.
Ingredients for this How-To
Download and install Andrea Mosaic.
Make sure to have a folder full of images, at least 100 or so, somewhere on your hard drive (My Documents / My Photos, etc.). The images should all be in the same folder, but can have sub-folders within the main folder. These are the images you'll use to build the photo mosaic. You may need more or less than 100 images for your mosaic, but after you build one you can always add or remove images to get the best results.
Start the application Start > AndreaMosaic.
In Step 1. Click Find Tiles, this is where we will locate the images on our hard drive. Click "Create Collection" and browse to the folder with the images.
We had a folder on our desktop called "puppy" with about 150 images of our puppy. Type in the name of your collection in the file name area and click Save.
save doggie
Click "Load Collection," and choose the collection your just created. Once loaded you will see a dialog with the total number of images and how long it took to load them.
There are other options such as updating collections, making the photos black and white (while keeping the final image color) as well as extracting frames from a movie to make a mosaic, which you can explore once you get the hang of making mosaics.
For now, click close.
Next up, in Step 2 there are seven default values: final size, number of tiles, distance between duplicates, modifications, algorithm, movie parameters, and lines around each image. For our sample, we used the default settings and it worked out pretty well. Feel free to change these parameters to get better or different results.
Click "Create the Mosaic" to, you know, create the mosaic. A new window will appear along with a status of image processing. You'll also see a preview when the processing is completed, you can close it and modify the parameters or just use your image.
The image will appear on the desktop or whatever location your original image is located.
Here is our before and after.
doggie before
Before. Click here for full sized image (warning big file).
After. Click here for full sized image (warning big file).
To get the full effect of these, it's usually best to print them out and stand back, or squint your eyes to see the main image and stand close to see the individual ones.
Andrea Mosaic also offers AVI to Mosaic (or movie to mosaic) so if you have any movies in the AVI format (many digital cameras store movies as AVI as well as many movies found on the web are usually AVI).
Other applications
On the PC, here are a couple more free apps we've seen, but haven't tried yet.
Rick and Steve's Photomosaic Program.
Download and install MacOSaiX.
For the Mac walkthrough we're not going to use a collection of images like our first example, although with this application, MacOSaiX you can, of course. Instead, we're going to use Google image search as our image source(s). This is a really cool feature so we're just going to show this part (otherwise making regular mosaics is really simple). It's also really handy to use Google image search as your source because you're likely not to have hundreds of images on one specific subject, but google does.
Start "MacOSaiX" and select "New" in the File menu (File > New).
In the menu area click "Choose" image to make mosaic from. For this example, we're going to use a picture of Phillip Torrone (me) who rarely smiles.
In the "Shape of tiles" pull down list you have a few options, rectangles, Puzzle Pieces and Hexagon. We're going to stick with rectangle.
The default number or tiles down and across are 20 each, we're going to boost those up 25 and 25, that way we get more images and a better mosaic for a total of 625 images.
Under Image Sources, the default is your Picture folder, we're going to select that and remove it and then add the google images.
Click "Add source" and choose "Google Term" for this example, we typed in "robot" we're not sure what's going to happen, but here it goes.
After that click "Go!", MacOSaiX will now go out and grab 625 images from google to make the final mosaic.
As it finds the images, you'll see them fill in on the left pane. At any time you can zoom or pause the process to see what's going on and what images it's grabbing.
When it's finished (it will say "idle") you can save the image (File > Export Image). If you're not happy with the quality, try increasing or decreasing the number of rectangles and/or trying another google search term.
Before. Click here for full sized image (warning, big file).
After. Click here for full sized image (warning, big file).
Same drill as before; to get the full effect of these, it's usually best to print them out and stand back, or squint your eyes to see the main image and stand close to see the individual ones.
As a bonus tip for the advanced user, you can also open up PhotoShop or GiMP and overlay the original over the mosaic and alpha it out a bit to make the image pop a some more. Have at it and experiment!
Mosaics from Movies...
If you want to take the beta version for a spin, its newest feature offers the ability to pull images from QuickTime movies, so in theory you could make an image like this, every second of Star Wars. Just set the image to something blank (or one of the characters for added geek).
Phillip Torrone can be reached via his personal site:
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/12773 | KISS, Linkin Park for Guitar Hero, DJH2
It's KISS-mas, declares Activision.
Downloadable KISS and Linkin Park tracks are coming to music games Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and DJ Hero 2, Activision has announced.
The three-song KISS-mas Track Pack, which includes "Rock And Roll All Nite", "Detroit Rock City" and "Calling Dr. Love", is out now from the Guitar Hero Music Library.
Today also sees the launch of three original mixes of Linkin Park tracks for DJ Hero 2. It includes "The Catalyst (Does It Offend You, Yeah? Remix)", a mashup of "When They Come For Me" by Diplo, and a mashup of "Pts.OF.Athrty" from album Reanimation.
The KISS-mas Track Pack costs 440 MS Points from Xbox Live, $5.49 from the PlayStation Store and 550 Wii Points for the Wii. All its tracks are also released as singles for 160 MS Points, $1.99 or 200 Wii Points each.
The Linkin Park Mix Pack for DJ Hero 2 sets you back 640 MS Points or $7.99 on PSN. All mixes will be released as downloadable singles for Wii for 300 Wii Points each.
Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock launch trailer
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/12798 | 3.5 Stars
Year Released: 2007
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 85 minutes
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How do you affect change in a social way? Do you join into the current system, and actively try to re-form things in the way you’d like, under the belief that only from within can change really occur? Or do you strike at things from the outside, under the idea that the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house, that real change can only be accomplished by anarchic (to the standards of the day) actions and sentiments? These questions are at the heart of Jamie Babbit’s “Itty Bitty Titty Committee,” as the audience is left to ponder whether graffitti, artistic public statements and protesting actually achieve anything.
Anna (Melonie Diaz) is a rather homely, low self-esteemic human floormat. She works at a plastic surgeon’s office, and generally mopes through her day. One night when leaving work, she catches Sadie (Nicole Vicius) spray-painting all over the front of the plastic surgeon’s building. Instead of calling the cops, she and Sadie find common ground and Sadie recruits Anna into her group of radical feminists known as Clits in Action, or C(I)A. As her adventures in activism with the C(I)A move along, Anna finally begins to establish her own real identity, and becomes less of the floormat and more the stomping, steel-tipped boot.
Part social commentary, part drama and part romantic comedy, “Itty Bitty Titty Committee” truly shines when you’re able to sit back and ponder the questions of change presented therein. Obviously the C(I)A feel the only way to accomplish their goals of empowerment and education are through public, artistic (legal or otherwise) sentiments, but as the film moves on we get to see, as the C(I)A does, if there is any real effect felt by their actions, if they achieve anything. Then again, does it matter what they accomplished, or simply that they tried. Depending on who coached whatever high school sport you may’ve played, your answer will vary.
What I really found appealing, and truly appreciated, was that this was a movie that would’ve been very easy to dance into stereotypes and preachiness, but stays away. It just tells a story, pondering change, without being all “look at us, we’re edgy, this is different.” For example, the majority of the characters in this film are lesbians. Does it matter? No. For once a film exists where two girls making-out doesn’t get portrayed or plattered up as anything other than what it is: normal for a good chunk of the population of the world. People fall in love, life is questioned… sexual orientation doesn’t matter. You could make this film with all hetero characters, have them rebel on the same inequalities and ridiculousness, and it’d be pretty much the same film. And it’s refreshing, because I like that I can watch a film about lesbian characters and it’s no more amazing than if the film was filled with people all over 6 foot tall. Would it be noted, yeah? Would it matter? No, because people are people, we’re just all packaged and flavored differently.
Sure, there are moments of feminist-filmic stereotypes, like the idea of a happy-time road trip, aggro-fem punk as a full angst release and home movie-looking footage that could be argued as being similar to a million other “women getting empowered, look at them laugh and be happy in their anarchy” scenarios, but you can forgive it here because it fits. It’s a natural extension of Anna’s journey. Hell, I went through my punk phase (er, um, mental note: not much of a “phase” if you work for a company called Film Threat, listen to Bad Brains all the time and seriously consider hiring a fat man to eat Eddie Murphy on Pay-per-View), so I can relate, and I think most can too. What’s the saying, “if you’re not a rebel in your 20′s, you’ve got no heart. If you’re not establishment by your 30′s, you’ve got no brain.” We’ve all been there, going there or left there.
In the end, the universality of the message and the journey is what truly elevates the film, and kudos to Jamie Babbit for delivering on her continued growing potential as a filmmaker-storyteller. Go see the “Itty Bitty Titty Committee,” and then change the world, dammit!
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In Topic: Are some people not cut out for programming?
11 March 2014 - 08:05 AM
The way you become 'good' is by:
1. Coming up with a 'good design' you think will work.
2. implement the code.
3. Ship the result
4. Spend the next 6 months fixing all the terrible flaws in your 'good design'
No one is born a software engineer, it's just something you get better at with experience....
In Topic: casting an expression: what exactly casts the compiler?
24 February 2014 - 01:23 PM
it should only cast the result afaik.
I hope not! It should cast whatever is directly in front of the cast operator. So, in this case:
int a=1, b = 2;
float f = (float)a/b;
It will convert both a and b to floats prior to computing the division. The cast itself will only actually force 'a' to be converted to a float, but since 'a' is a float, 'b' will in turn be converted to a float (due to the rule that the operand on the left of the operator determining the operation used). As proof, the ASM looks like this:
cvtsi2ss xmm0, DWORD PTR _a$[ebp] // convert a to float
cvtsi2ss xmm1, DWORD PTR _b$[ebp] // convert b to float
divss<span> </span>xmm0, xmm1
movss<span> </span>DWORD PTR _c$[ebp], xmm0
In this case however, it will evaluate a/b using integers, and then cast the result.
int a=1, b = 2;
float f = (float)(a / b);
The ASM:
mov<span> </span>eax, DWORD PTR _a$[ebp]
idiv<span> </span>DWORD PTR _b$[ebp] // integer division
cvtsi2ss xmm0, eax // convert result to float
movss<span> </span>DWORD PTR _d$[ebp], xmm0
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Yeah, you can utilize a combination of dumpbin & dbghelp to do this (and possibly other tools such as libtool). **IF** your DLL is well formed (by that I mean, has a purely functional interface - i.e. you are not able to access member variables in your DLL classes/structs; and you have properly exported the ctors and all objects are allocated on the heap from within the DLL - no stack allocation allowed!), then it will work. Chances are though, your DLL is probably NOT well formed, and so the code that is generated is likely to be horribly broken. If you have the original headers, and you just want to clean them up, then it's best to take this as an opportunity to refactor your headers. It is the safest and easiest option.
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09 February 2014 - 12:44 PM
The development tools do make things far easier now than they did back then (where you'd be writing your own HEX->Machine code editors in BASIC).
The difficulty of game development today though, is simply because the machines are so much more capable, which means you'll be using a lot of 3D/4D mathematics because the users have come to expect flashy 3D graphics with bump mapping, DOF, ambient occlusion, etc.
That complexity simply wasn't there in the 8/16bit days, because the hardware wasn't capable of handling it.
09 February 2014 - 06:53 AM
To make a game of 'commercial' quality is much harder now.
Back in the 8bit days, you'd need to understand the machine down to the lowest level to make a game work, but then the complexity of the computers was much simpler (so it was something you could learn within a year or so). The 16bit era was a little bit more involved on the programming side, but still achievable. The only real problem was a lack of reliable information on the systems you were developing for (we are talking about a pre-internet time, so finding out information involved library searches, asking friends, buying specialist magazines/books etc).
These days getting your head around CPU registers, SIMD, & multi-threading will take a lot of time. Sure the dev tools are better, but back then we'd just worry about painting a few 32x32 sprites and a few parallax backgrounds in Deluxe-paint. These days you'll spend months doing modelling, you'll model super high res models to generate normal maps, then you'll be painting up any number of textures for your specular/diffuse passes. Whilst there are simpler languages than C++ available, you'll still need to understand how 3D mathematics work, and you'll be working with multiple languages (e.g. HLSL/GLSL).
Certainly you could pick up a game engine off the shelf that allows you to get something working fairly quickly, but you'll still need to spend time learning and understanding what is a very complex piece of engineering.
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Which 360 game did you come closest to mastering? (Hardcore Gamers)
#1dudultimatenessPosted 7/2/2013 11:48:54 AM
Basically the topic title.
Of all the games that you have played, which ones do you feel you have spent the most effort and time mastering? Also, this question is meant to be more from a skills perspective than a "mastering" in the sense that you have unlocked many dungeons or unlockables and whatnot.
For me...
Naruto Rise of a Ninja- Was ranked number 1 and I have the top spot for most consecutive wins (probably not anymore)
Naruto the Broken Bond- Was ranked number 1 again.
Halo Reach- This game didn't have a good way to judge how good you are but I got pretty good at this one. I'd be equivalent to a rank 48 on Halo 3.
Risk Factions- Let's just say if you still think owning Australia is the only way to still have much to learn. I win pretty frequently online but a lot of it is luck.
Marvel Versus Capcom Ultimate- I'm not amazing but I've spent a good amount of time mastering parts of this game. I can beat 1st lords, 2nd lords, high lords, etc.
#2OverburdenedPosted 7/2/2013 11:53:50 AM
How do you judge your Halo Reach level?
Don't you level up in ranks, all the way to what ever the highest one was, the black hexagon with a shooting star in it, 20,000,000credits.
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#3dudultimateness(Topic Creator)Posted 7/2/2013 11:56:27 AM
Yeah, see that's why I say it is difficult because in Reach your rank mostly goes up by just simply how much you play, not necessarily how skilled you are. So, it's really hard to determine.
#4MrMikeMaPosted 7/2/2013 11:58:39 AM
I would have to run with Ninja Gaiden 1-2.
Definitely the most technical I have ever gotten with a game, yet I am still a far cry from some of the master ninjas out there
#5pothocketPosted 7/2/2013 12:04:54 PM
On 360 TF2, I'd say I've taken the Pyro class about as far as one can take it. It's really the only class I'll even play anymore.
Worst thing that happens in TF2? Being lit on fire.
Only class that can't be lit on fire? The Pyro.
It's a simple equation.
#6kwarantinePosted 7/2/2013 12:07:57 PM
Mortal Kombat
Modern Warfare 3
Mass Effect Series
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#7vigorm0rtisPosted 7/2/2013 12:09:44 PM
Huh. I was pretty good at L4D, I guess. Beat both campaigns solo on expert. Dunno if that is hard or not, I thought it was.
#8DakhanavarXPosted 7/2/2013 12:15:03 PM
Rock Band Expert Pro Drums - Can't do the hardest songs too well, but it's still the highest difficulty with the pro cymbals. Got going on 200 gold stars for expert pro, I believe, and a handful of #1 on the leaderboard for regular expert & expert pro drums.
Boom Boom Rocket - Got 100% on Hard for a handful of songs and a few pretty nice endurance runs
Raiden Fighter Aces - Last I checked I was #2 in the world on one of the games/modes
Mutant Storm Reloaded - My friend and I were #2 in the world on co-op tally for quite a while. Haven't played in years, but I think we're still somewhere in the top 50.
I don't really play games for challenge much nowadays. I've got too many games and not enough free time to spend countless hours on a single game for no particular reason other than to feel like I "mastered" it.
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#9pothocketPosted 7/2/2013 12:17:28 PM
I can play through the game without dying.
#10SunDevil77Posted 7/2/2013 12:18:21 PM
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#21ryudin89Posted 4/19/2013 7:16:37 AM
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and there's Buretsu's typical "but..but..but Sony" response like clockwork
Well this is a surprise. What the hell are you doing over here?
#22FieldTornOutlawPosted 4/19/2013 7:19:18 AM
Out of all the great games the 3DS has, the only one TC likes is KI:U..? I can't even get myself to finish that game (and yes its still a decent game so don't flame the poo out of me).
Go back to playing COD and GOW and thinking those are the pinnacle of gaming...
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#23blazeUP12Posted 4/19/2013 7:29:55 AM
It's not just Nintendo churning out sequels
hello earthlings, i am from another planet
#24BoomerTheGreatPosted 4/19/2013 7:37:02 AM
Its funny how hard some people try to be hipsters. Just buy a Vita and only play MK9 and MLB 13
Greatness comes from within
#25SpinoRaptor24(Topic Creator)Posted 4/19/2013 7:48:40 AM
blazeUP12 posted...
It's not just Nintendo churning out sequels
I know, but I've never liked Asscreed or Cod. I care much more about Nintendo. I want to see a Zelda game that's more akin to Majoras Mask and Wind Waker. Fun and fresh entries into the series.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/12910 | Even if you Love the X-Men Franchise it's a Disappointing, Repetitive Destiny if you Buy this Ugly Beat-'Em-Up Game
I am a big fan of Wolverine and the X-Men, they're probably my favorite in the Marvel Universe. So naturally I was excited to hear about this game. The idea of an action RPG with character choices and power abilities at my disposal that wasn't a cheap-movie tie-in? Sign me up. I read everything and watched everything I could find about this game before it came out. There began a growing fear that this game was not what I kept hoping it would be. But I got it anyway.
X-Men Destiny is a beat 'em up, hack 'n slash sort of game. This isn't a bad thing. I enjoyed various hack-'n slash and beat'em up games on my GameCube. X-Men Origins: Wolverine is the best beat 'em up game I've played on the PS3. But lest I be faulted for continuing to compare this game to others, let's review it for what it is...
You take control of one of three mutants who has a short, very short back-story. You sorta care about this character through the dialogue, though it seems the same past story-line elements come up over and over for whatever character you choose. On a bigger scale, you find yourself in the middle of troubling times for mutants. The X-Men are scattered, lost and confused, the Brotherhood is preparing for war, the Purifiers are attacking and well, you get the idea. You have to find out what's going on and put an end to it. Because let's face it somebody wants Mutants dead.
The graphics are drab. They look like something from the previous system or a bad Wii port. I mean the character models are ok, but the levels just look sad. The corridors begin to blend together, the environments aren't interesting or convincing. The textures are just ok and the modeling and animation is sub-par. If this game was made by a some guy in a basement I would applaud his work and support him. But this is a full-blown retail game. Let's face the facts, this game looks sub-par.
The voice acting is good, but not great. The sound effects do the job, but like much of the game are rather lack-luster. Sometimes odd sound effects stand out because of volume or because they seem out of place. The quietness leads to these weird moments and these effects are repeated almost noticeably.
The game-play is a Beat 'Em up sort of game. The best part is you can chose one of three characters, you can choose your powers and even choose other branching elements within this powers that give you new abilities within this power set. That's the best part, the rest is downhill from here. You can also equip yourself with mutant x-genes from key franchise characters but most of the time these do little to actually make your character better or alter your character to be like the franchise characters and actually seems a little tacky. The beat 'em up is often a button mashing fest with hordes of the same enemies rushing you again and again. The missions (if you can call them that) are rarely varied from get from point A to point B. You stop and talk to other mutants (which is sorta RPG element). But the game is hardly inspiring, making me upset that I bought it more than anything else. Eventually you learn what is most effective and you do some of the same combos over and over again. Then the game will have you do these climbing parts (which are stupid and uninspiring). Then beat up some more guys, then search the environment for an x-gene or a collectible, then go to point B then beat up some more people, then talk to a mutant, ask him some questions, then go to point C and beat up some more people. The enviornments are bland and mostly corridor like-always, they look like corridors even when they're not. This wouldn't be so bad if the beat 'em up part was awesome (like LOTR: ROTK) but it's not, you don't feel like a kick-butt hero, you feel sluggish and you begin to wonder when the game will end. There are a few bosses and mini-bosses but on the whole the game is repetitive, uninspiring and frankly lackluster. Towards the end of the game you do unlock some pretty cool powers but they end up in all reality just being bigger-badder versions of what you've already been doing for the past hour or so.
The comic-book presentation and the simple menu layout is effective and easy to navigate, probably the strongest point in the game. The nice little collectibles that are like trading cards of x-men are fun, but pointless and don't make the poor graphics or bland environments more enjoyable to tromp through. Did I mention the environments and levels are bland and mostly corridor-like? So boring.
The X-Men franchise is of course a fun universe to find yourself when playing a video game. For that reason, I would recommend you rent this title, as it's a fun weekend romp around the X-Men Universe. But the lack-luster graphics and game-play really disappoints on a whole. It's truly a good thing that Professor X was dead for this game though its' existence probably made him turn over in his grave, poor chap. In fact, Wolverine goes crazy at one point in this game and I suspect it's because the game is so down right bland and boring that he couldn't handle it anymore, and needless to say, I couldn't either. |
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the game that makes me get a new system (PC).
No really, I want to see how far they can take graphics on a computer.
Other than that, dawn of war 2 and starcraft 2 sounds like they'll be worth checking out...
I'll probably get street fighter 4 if it drops in price fast enough or if it sounds like it won't be just another fighting game(or I can just wait for the steam holiday sales again and pick it up on a whim)
I'll play fear 2 but I won't expect too much...
Saints row 2 for the PC will kill some time, hopefully.
I'd also list HL2: Episode 3...but...y'know.
But I probably will eat up whatever multiplayer game valve releases this year like I've been doing for the two years before this one.
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Released in 1996, Sega Super GT, or SCUD (Sports Car Ultimate Drive) Race as it's known outside of America, is the first driving title to use the Sega Model 3 hardware. Four cars are selectable- the Porsche 911 GT2 (easy), Ferrari F40 (intermediate), Dodge Viper GTS-R (advanced), and the McLaren F1 GTR (expert). Four courses are selectable- Dolphin Cove (beginner), airport (beginner), ancient ruins (advanced), and Rome (expert).
Driving mechanics are like Ridge Racer, with a bigger focus on drifting than in Daytona USA. Driving on the edge of control is key to getting good lap times and winning. As with Daytona, four viewpoints are selectable- bumper, in-car, behind the car, and behind the car with a higher angle of vision. Up to eight players can play at once.
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The Church of the Children of Atom believes that each atom has the potential to become an entire universe, and that if the atom is split an entire universe is born. Therefore, instead of seeing the Great War (the nuclear war that destroyed the world in the Fallout Universe) as destructive, the Church of the Children of Atom believes it was a holy event that created many many universes. This could suggest the Children of Atom would desire the atomic bomb to blow up and send them to their destiny, rather than have it disarmed. Members of the Church are called Children of Atom.
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-Mother Curie III is a former Child of Atom who splits off from the church and starts the Holy Light Monastery.
The Church of the Children of the Atom has existed since Megaton's construction. This is revealed by Manya when she mentions that the founders of the church helped build the town. The citizens of Megaton do not mind the cult residing there as their technologies and workforce were needed to build the city, in exchange for it being "built around the bomb".
It is possible that The Church of the Children of Atom is a reference to the 1970 film Beneath the Planet of the Apes which featured a cult of mutants that worshiped an atomic bomb left over from the Nuclear War that killed most of humanity.
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In my opinion black only looks good on 3 colors. Red, Black, and White my woman agrees with me go chrome. I always ask her opinion she is rite all the time any way in her opinion she is. I like the chrome to.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/12985 | help needed for adding isWHNF primop to 5.00.2
Bernard James POPE
Sun, 29 Jul 2001 00:34:50 +1000 (EST)
Hi GHC people,
I would like to add a primitive to GHC 5.00.2 of the form:
isWHNF :: a -> Bool
I was able to do (something like) this a while ago in 4.06, but have got
stuck trying to do the same with 5.00.2.
Here's what I have tried:
After reading ghc/compiler/prelude/primops.txt:
- added
primop IsHNF "isHNF#" GenPrimOp
a -> Int#
strictness = { \ arity -> StrictnessInfo [wwLazy] False }
to ghc/compiler/prelude/primops.txt
- added isHNFzh to ghc/lib/std/PrelGHC.hi-boot
- added
#define isHNFzh(r,a) r=(! closure_THUNK((StgClosure *)a))
to ghc/includes/PrimOps.h
although I think this should be the same as: ???
#define isHNFzh(r,a) r=(closure_HNF((StgClosure *) a))
- I think I need to do something in:
but I have no idea what, I looked at the code in there and got scared,
so I left it alone, although I suspect that was a bad idea.
- I then did: make boot; make all
- everything compiled ok, but I get some serious problems when I try
to use my new primitive:
module Main where
import GlaExts
import PrelGHC
main = print $ g
g :: Bool
g = fromUnboxedIntAsBoolean (isHNF# ())
fromUnboxedIntAsBoolean :: Int# -> Bool
fromUnboxedIntAsBoolean x
= case x of
1# -> True
_ -> False
When I compile this code with my newly built compiler using:
ghc -ddump-types -fglasgow-exts -package lang
I get:
==================== Interface ====================
Main.fromUnboxedIntAsBoolean :: PrelGHC.Int# -> PrelBase.Bool
Main.g :: PrelBase.Bool
Main.main :: PrelIOBase.IO ()
{-# Generic type constructor details
ghc-5.00.2: panic! (the `impossible' happened, GHC version 5.00.2):
getRegister(x86,unary primop)
(Prim isHNFzh PrelBase.Z0T{-70-}_closure)
Please report it as a compiler bug to,
The file ghc/docs/rts/rts.tex talks of a predicate "isWHNF", however, I cannot
seem to find it anywhere, and suspect that it does not exist anymore.
If anyone could point me in the right direction to solving my problem I would
be very grateful.
Unfortunately I clobbered my version for 4.06 with isWHNF added, and now I
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/12986 | GHC 6.8.1 is impressive!
Peter Hercek peter at
Fri Nov 9 12:47:21 EST 2007
Each test I mention here is actually 3 or 4 application runs.
If there were 4 runs then the first one was discarded, so
there are still only 3 results available in one test. The
idea is that I discard the first test if it got significantly
higher page fault count.
Ok, it is not any more 100% probability that -O2 is
slower than -O with my application. I rerun the tests
I was running before again 3 times and in one case the
-O2 variant was quicker. Before I did the comparisons
about 3 times, so that would indicate that -O2 is slower
with about 83% probability :-)
The time differences are minuscule, but they do not seem
to be a result of a bad/good luck only. I did optimize
the code only once to reduce memory consumption. Speed
was always good enough for me.
It is a Gtk2Hs application which draws charts. Data are
read from a text file, preprocessed, and a chart is shown.
Ignore real times in the results since I need to fill in
one edit box to run it for a longer time (to process more
input data) and differences in my typing speed are most of
the real time differences.
Before each compile the project was cleaned.
Options were always like this:
--make -Wall <theOptimizationOptions> <fileList>
The machine:
Windows XP 64bit (running 32 bit Haskell and the app.)
Athlon XP64 X2 4800+
C&Q disabled (but it does not seem to have impact)
-O -fexcess-precision
real 25.391 user 19.109 system 0.359 cpu 19.469 page_faults 79315
real 25.188 user 19.141 system 0.453 cpu 19.594 page_faults 79314
real 25.000 user 19.031 system 0.375 cpu 19.406 page_faults 79302
-O2 -fexcess-precision
real 24.922 user 19.141 system 0.438 cpu 19.578 page_faults 78550
real 25.266 user 18.984 system 0.484 cpu 19.469 page_faults 78538
real 25.000 user 19.109 system 0.563 cpu 19.672 page_faults 78539
-O2 -fno-liberate-case -fexcess-precision
real 24.516 user 18.844 system 0.453 cpu 19.297 page_faults 79310
real 24.219 user 18.875 system 0.438 cpu 19.313 page_faults 78203
real 24.375 user 18.656 system 0.516 cpu 19.172 page_faults 79305
-O2 -fno-spec-constr -fexcess-precision
real 24.203 user 18.641 system 0.719 cpu 19.359 page_faults 78543
real 24.719 user 18.781 system 0.625 cpu 19.406 page_faults 78536
real 24.688 user 19.000 system 0.500 cpu 19.500 page_faults 78536
So it looks like liberate-case hurts my app a bit and
something else in -O2 is helping a bit. But I do not mind
since it is quick enough. I just found it interesting
that -O2 is not helping. If you would like some more
tests let me know.
Simon Peyton-Jones wrote:
> O2 mainly switches on two transformations: "liberate case" and "call-pattern specialisation". (I think it also gets passed on to gcc.)
> Trying -O2 -fno-liberate-case,
> and -O2 -fno-spec-constr
> might tell which was making the difference.
> Simon
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/13015 | Sochi Problems Roundup: Stray dogs, toilet confusion and the most hellish Olympics ever
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The 2014 Winter Olympics are officially underway in Sochi, Russia, with journalists from all over the world settling in for two weeks of intense competit -- holy shit, why is there a pack of stray dogs in my room? And where, exactly, am I supposed to sleep because there is no furniture? And why is my computer not work -- oh my god, I've been hacked! I've been hacked and I've only been in the country for two hours!
Ok, so a few, um...minor glitches in the planning department, it seems - at least according to the hilarious new Twitter handle @SochiProblems, which has racked up more than 100,000 followers in two days for its aggregation of the disgusting, baffling and even life-threatening obstacles faced by journalists as they navigate their way through a city where working doorknobs apparently aren't a huge priority. Check out some of the highlights in our handy little roundup below, and then please, please pray for those poor dogs because the government is literally murdering them.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/13047 | Tue, 21 Jan 1997 09:18:17 -0500
"Wycliffe only did for England what Matthew and Mark did for the
Roman world. Christianity from its beginning spoke the tongue of the
peasant" (Glassman, Eugene. The Translation Debate: What Makes a
Bible Translation Good? Downer Grove: IVP, 1981.
The two basic approaches, formal correspondance or dynamic
equivalence leads to four types of translations: 1. highly literal 2.
modified literal (KJV, NKJV, NASB etc) 3. idiomatic (NEB, NIV, TEV,
NLT etc. 4. unduly free (LB and other paraphrases).
Acceptable types are 2 and 3 for me. If I'm reading historical
narrative, I like the idiomatic type. If I'm studying logical
discourse, I like modified literal type.
The important thing is to read the Bible. Whichever type translation works for
you, use it.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/13057 | In For Life (Explicit LP Version Featuring Big Pun, Triple Seis, Prospect, & Cuban Link)
Terror Squad
[Big Punisher]
Don't even move a muscle
Clap at ya feet, blast ya boot buckle
Cowboy style, dance bitch, do the hustle
Then we can flip that, sip Henny and kick back
Chit-chat real quick, how we gon' split that
I suggest that we bubble it all
I stumble across my share of obtsacles
Staring death dead in the opticals
'Cause I'm never scared of the impossible
Ask the rasta dudes if our gonga ain't the tightest
Ask the pasta dudes if our china ain't the whitest
And none of my prostitutes vaginas got the virus
That's the science, my alliance is Terror Squad
Better get it right or get deaded on sight
So take flight, make one mistake and pay twice
'cause shit is trife, lose your life just tryin to break night
We in for life, under the lights but I'm outta sight
When I write sometimes I wonder if it's outta spite
I like livin on the edge, sippin strippers at the wedge
Sharin spritsers, gettin head, it's the life we live
[Triple Seis]
Play the corners at night, away from the fortunate lifes
For the gunplay, thugs auction the heist
Slugs put you in a coffin for life
It's bug how they put you on ice
For the love, the money ain't right
Haters'll grudge, pay you like a mummy at night
Got hit, 'cause you was quick to split loot wit ya bitch
It seems foul, ? niggas while the cream pile
Shockin the world, should've been on top of your girl
For petty dough, niggas on the streets already know
We about to blow, step up in rank
Step off the bank, niggas done fucked up to think
Ah-yo I hold the pain, like my body was numb wit novacaine
No one can fold the name, Terror Squad a soldier game
Already know the game, Prospect the quote of fame
Touch up a older dame, and confirm the motor train
My vocals will slow your brain
I'm comin' at you like a boa-crane
Even through the cold and rain, I penetrate through all weather
Eliminate who you call better
[Cuban Link]
Set it off, we all together, gettin cheddar livin better
Sippin amarettos, whippin the Vette instead of a Jetta
Dead up, never let up bet up, we settle vendettas
Ghetto dwellers, why'all better duck when I let off the beretta
Hit em up, yet I'm the terror that America wants dead
A blunt head turnin punks red when I pump lead
I stomp a hole through your chest
Grab your soul, mold ya flesh
Hold ya breath 'cause your next stop is death
[Fat Joe]
See you niggas creepin over there
Thinkin why'all niggas could cut corners, get around
Nigga this is the mothafuckin T-Squaders
We will BUY YOU mothafuckas, simple as that
So-called mothafuckin rap killas, rap pimps
Niggas is BITCHES to me, simple as that
Mothafuckin Terror Squad
Since the mothafuckin early 80's until
WHAT! You better ask somebody
This the real shit here, NO ONE REALER!!
Written by LAWRENCE, RONALD / , Y
Published by Universal Music Publishing Group, JELLYBEAN MUSIC GROUP
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The PC Made Me Do IT
BYTE technologist Dino Londis tries to figure out if the IBM PC really was his first computer.
The original IBM Personal Computer (Model 5150) was my first real personal computer.
Well, it was one.
Then again, the Heathkit computer kit -- I bought it from the Edmund-Scientific catalog -- came first for me. It was the first computer that made me think that every office worker might someday have his or her own computer. Back then, businesses had all the control, issuing dumb terminals that you couldn't really do anything with.
It's hard to believe, but most people couldn't even imagine a world of personal computers back then.
As a kid, I was the kind who waited for that Edmund Catalog every quarter. Along with pieces on weather balloons and multistage rockets, its articles described how someone like me could build and own his own actual computer. If you built it. So I did.
But now, wait. I can't call the Heathkit computer my first real computer, either. RadioShack's 100-in-1 Kit came before that. This was, basically, an erector set for computer junkies. And what an erector set. It had a solar panel, infrared relay and an actual integrated circuit!
The IC was the size of a quarter and you could see every component with the naked eye. But it was (gasp!) integrated! I mean, I distinctly remember how you could see a diode on the board without trying too hard. And it had an LED.
I liked it so much, I ended up building a little counter for it.
This was all before I turned 16.
Illustration: Dino Londis
In 1981, while in high school, I got my hands on the original IBM Personal Computer -- the new IBM 5150. My school ended up with eight of them lined up in the back of the room -- that for a class of about 25 kids. No printers. And no local storage. We all had to share the cassette drive to store our files -- our programs and projects.
Back then, like now, the real computer guys in the crowd weren't on the IBM PC. They used the Apple IIs the class already had.
And that's where I discovered BASIC.
We had an assignment that first semester: create a program in BASIC. Mine was to come up with something like Atari's Lunar Lander.
For those of us who remember, in the early 1980s it was pretty amazing for a classroom to have computers. There wasn't a line around the block trying to get into the class, either. Heck, my school's mime troupe was three times bigger than its computer club. Google the names Shields and Yarnell and you'll know why. And that same year my dad fell in love with RadioShack and brought home a TRS-80.
Looking back, I see I was lucky to grow up around so many computers back at a time when few regular businesses had PCs and almost nobody else did, either.
My dad bought every new gadget RadioShack put on the shelf -- back in the days when the computer store gave out a free battery a month and when the clerks wrote out all receipts by hand.
My dad bought floppy drives, printers. He even bought a 300 baud modem with rubber cups -- an acoustic coupler -- that fit over a physical phone. I don't know the network he was connecting to, but it was certainly running on an early, primordial version of the then Web-less Internet.
After the PC, I switched camps again and got a TRS-80, Model 200. I bought it for myself -- it had kind of a glorified word-processor built-in.
Funny, it was every bit as portable as the netbook I'm typing on now. More so, really. Because back then, if power was running low, I'd just pop in four fresh new batteries. The TRS-80 Model 200 had no hard disk, three floppies that came with MS-DOS, GW Basic and PC-Link, the modem software. The modem hardware was extra, by the way.
The portability amazed me. If I cared to lug my dot-matrix printer, I could write and print anywhere I went. Even back then, 25 years or more ago.
I was a young writer then, too, and I remember that you couldn't cut and paste from one program to another. Next thing I know, I'm standing in a Best Buy watching someone demo that feature on a card program running Microsoft Works for a PC. I bought it immediately.
So that's how I ended up, in 1989, buying the first real computer that did more than word processing. It was the IBM PS/2.
Photo Courtesy IBM
A monster replaced my TRS-80 Model 200. I unpacked this behemoth and wondered what I would do with it now.
It almost had too much power -- an 80286 Intel CPU, 1MB memory (just 640K addressable!), an 80MB hard drive and Microsoft Windows for Workgroups. It felt like overkilll. Not too long after that I was on AOL, buying expensive add-in peripheral cards to expand the PS/2's proprietary Microchannel bus.
And that's what I remember most, in a way. I never bought a single PC after that. I built them myself -- using the original IBM ISA slot for expansion -- from then on. The PC had a lot to do with it. And a tech addict and a future IT guy was born.
I guess everyone has his own tech story . . . What were your first computers?
Dino Londis is a BYTE technologist specializing in the consumerization for IT. He has a full-time gig working in IT at a Manhattan law firm by day. Email him at
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/13146 | Institutional Environments and Open Collaborative Systems
A wiki is a typical Web 2.0 system where people from various backgrounds interoperate and/or cooperate, sharing information and, at the same time, building a knowledge base on different areas of interest. Its characteristics are very similar to the ones owned by the open multi-agent systems modeled as electronic institutional environments. This paper proposes an approach to develop open collaborative systems as institutions of agents and demonstrates that suitability through the adaptation of a typical wiki application, known as WikiCrimes, to an institutional environment.\
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That often tends to be the problem with ancient literature/languages and how they are interpreted in modern times.
Interestingly enough, the Hebrew word poth literally means "hinged opening." Yet in a verse found in Isaiah we can read, "[t]herefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will lay bare their foreheads."
"Foreheads" is inserted in the translation I was reading where, in Hebrew it says, poth! Now go back and re-insert the literal translation, "hinged-openings" in place of foreheads. The translators were so put off by this, they purposely and intentionally redacted the original context to the point that many sermons are spoke that talk about the act of shaving heads when what's really said in the bible is the Christian god exposed their vaginas.
It isn't hard to imagine that people have been inserting whatever they want in biblical mythology over the years.
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Can someone explain why Castrol TWS is sold in liters rather than quarts despite the fact that everyone else seems to sell oil in quarts and that's how a car's oil capacity is typically listed, at least here in the US (and the M3 says "Add 1 quart" when it's low)? Given that a liter is more than a quart, I'm guessing that this is a common cause of all of the overfill stories on here: Tech sees the M3's capacity listed as 9.3 quarts, empties 9.3 bottles of this stuff in there (for 9.3 LITERS), and has thus put 9.8 QUARTS into the system, or half a quart too much.
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Configure Network Settings on Gumstix Overo Hardware
You can configure the IP settings of the Overo® hardware by running Linux® shell commands directly on the Overo hardware. Doing so allows the board to communicate over the network to which it is connected.
To inspect and reconfigure the IP settings on a board that already has the new firmware, follow the procedure in this section.
To configure the IP settings while you are replacing the firmware on your Overo hardware, see Replace Firmware on Gumstix Overo Hardware.
You may need to reconfigure the IP settings if your board:
• Has unknown IP settings
• Is unreachable using a network connection
• Is being moved to a network or direct Ethernet connection that uses static IP settings
• Is being moved from a network that used static IP settings to one that uses DHCP services
There are several conditions under which networks use DHCP or static IP settings:
• Use DHCP services — If your board is connected to a network with DHCP services, such as an office LAN or a home network connected to the Internet. DHCP is a network service that automatically configures the IP settings of Ethernet devices connected to a network.
• Use static IP settings — If your board is directly connected to an Ethernet port on your computer or connected to an isolated network without DHCP services.
To configure the board to use DHCP or static IP settings:
1. Open a serial command-line session, as described in Open a Serial Command-line Session with Gumstix Overo Hardware.
Alternatively, you can use a terminal window after accessing the Linux desktop as described in:
2. Display the contents of the /etc/network/interfaces file. Enter:
cat /etc/network/interfaces
If the board is configured to use DHCP services (the default configuration), dhcp appears at the end of the following line:
iface eth0 inet dhcp
If the board is configured to use static IP settings, static appears at the end of the following line:
iface eth0 inet static
3. Create a backup of the /etc/network/interfaces file. Enter:
If prompted, enter the root password (default: root).
4. Edit interfaces using a simple editor called nano. Enter:
sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
5. Edit the last word of line that starts with iface eth0 inet.
To use DHCP services, change the line to:
iface eth0 inet dhcp
To use static IP settings, change the line to:
iface eth0 inet static
6. For static IP settings, add lines for address, netmask, and gateway. For example:
iface eth0 inet static
For static IP settings:
• The value of the subnet mask must be the same for all devices on the network.
• The value of the IP address must be unique for each device on the network.
For example, if the Ethernet port on your host computer has a network mask of and a static IP address of, set:
• netmask to use the same network mask value,
• address to an unused IP address, between and
7. Tell nano to exit and save the changes:
1. Press Ctrl+X.
2. Enter Y to save the modified buffer.
3. For "File Name to Write: /etc/network/interfaces", press Enter.
4. The nano editor confirms that it "Wrote # lines" and returns control to the command line.
8. Reboot your board for the settings to take effect:
sudo shutdown -r now
9. Test the IP settings by logging in to the board over a telnet session.
Note: You can use the ifconfig command to temporarily change the IP settings. Rebooting the board removes the ifconfig settings and restores the /etc/network/interfaces settings.
To change the IP settings temporarily, open a Linux command line. Enter ifconfig, the device id, a valid IP address, netmask, and the appropriate network mask. For example:
ifconfig eth0 netmask
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Measures of Central Tendency
Measures of central tendency locate a distribution of data along an appropriate scale.
The following table lists the functions that calculate the measures of central tendency.
Function Name
Geometric mean
Harmonic mean
Arithmetic average
50th percentile
Most frequent value
Trimmed mean
The average is a simple and popular estimate of location. If the data sample comes from a normal distribution, then the sample mean is also optimal (minimum variance unbiased estimator (MVUE) of µ).
Unfortunately, outliers, data entry errors, or glitches exist in almost all real data. The sample mean is sensitive to these problems. One bad data value can move the average away from the center of the rest of the data by an arbitrarily large distance.
The median and trimmed mean are two measures that are resistant (robust) to outliers. The median is the 50th percentile of the sample, which will only change slightly if you add a large perturbation to any value. The idea behind the trimmed mean is to ignore a small percentage of the highest and lowest values of a sample when determining the center of the sample.
The geometric mean and harmonic mean, like the average, are not robust to outliers. They are useful when the sample is distributed lognormal or heavily skewed. This example shows the behavior of the measures of location for a sample with one outlier:
x = [ones(1,6) 100];
locate = [geomean(x) harmmean(x) mean(x) median(x)...
locate =
1.9307 1.1647 15.1429 1.0000 1.0000
You can see that the mean is far from any data value because of the influence of the outlier. The median and trimmed mean ignore the outlying value and describe the location of the rest of the data values.
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Ideal heat flow meter
Thermal Sensors
Connections A and B are thermal conserving ports. Port Q is a physical signal port that outputs the heat flow value.
The block positive direction is from port A to port B.
Dialog Box and Parameters
The block has no parameters.
The block has the following ports:
Thermal conserving port associated with the sensor positive probe.
Thermal conserving port associated with the sensor negative probe.
Physical signal output port for heat flow.
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The answer: The many readers who wrote in to answer this question all got it right. It is domesticated pig (or swine) as some of you wrote.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/13248 | • Publisher: Acclaim
• Release Date: Sep 29, 1999
Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 14 Critics
Critic score distribution:
1. Positive: 0 out of 14
2. Negative: 9 out of 14
1. There's no real "collision detection". If you take a turn in the air, you bounce off that magical invisible wall and land right on your wheels with no damage.
2. Has everything needed for a great game, but unfortunately fails to produce in the end.
3. Music is a generic sampling of the pop-punk found in many games today, but you won't hear much of it, because it's obscured by the incessant, annoying buzz of motorbike engines.
4. A poor graphics engine with bad animation ruins any realism that might have been conveyed by the motion-capturing of professional riders.
5. But said frame rate is so bad that not only does it distract, it actually affects the gameplay by ruining your timing -- taking turns is often a case of guesswork as the game jerks along at somewhere between 5 and 10 frames per second (that is not an exaggeration).
6. There's always next year -- but isn't that what we were saying last year?
7. Having this game on the Dreamcast is an insult, and Acclaim needs to know that we won't put up with this type of garbage. Stay away from Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000 at all cost. It's not worth even thinking about.
8. 40
I can't really recommend this game to anyone in good faith, even fans jonesing for any motocross game. Stay away.
9. Not an awful game. It just isn't a good game. It isn't anything. It feels like it happened by accident (an artist tripped and accidentally made a McGrath model).
10. Go in peace son, as your indiscretion with yet another Acclaim-sponsored disappointment has been forgiven... again!
11. If you're desperately searching for a good motorcycle racing title, dust off the old Genesis and plug in "Road Rash." At least you'll have some fun with that.
12. Poor control, unrealistic action, boring gameplay.
13. Horrible physics, dull gameplay, and awful visuals are just a few of the major casualties in this game.
14. It's like a big aerial trick that looked cool, but ends up with the rider squashed by his own bike.
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1. ColtonM.
Dec 22, 2005
Terrible at all angles. Can't handle the game it gives me headaches! |
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13. Nov 6, 2012
There's just no excuse... Using an engine
Avoid, avoid, avoid.
14. Jan 16, 2013
15. Jan 12, 2013
16. Jan 20, 2013
17. Jan 21, 2013
18. Sep 25, 2012
Ok, the game is... hmmm... truly "special", here's what I want to say to its creators: 1) What the f**k was that?
2) Do you consider this art or what?
3) Oh, you even charge money for that?
4) Shame on you, "game" creators!
19. Feb 21, 2013
This experimental title tells a short story in a unique way, similar to that of Dear Esther and The Path. Unlike the other games I mentioned, Thirty Flights of Loving is annoying to play, triggers no emotion and features no attempt to immerse the player. It is true that this game is as long as it should be, but only in the fact of telling a story. The game has plenty of pointless "gameplay" elements, annoying sound effects and confusing mechanics. The title goes for 10 minutes, for a 5 dollar "game" it is a pretty damn big rip off. 10 minutes of confusion, 0 gameplay, linear progression, pointless features and no player impact of the story begs the question of why the player was given the controls in the first place. The new scene of art inside gaming is an interesting and for the most part a good thing, but Thirty Flights of Loving takes this scene to beyond ridiculous. The whole title is basically a waste, the story told in the "game" can be told a hundred times better on paper, or in a cartoon. The whole experience of this game can be summed up in confusion, and when the end credits smack you in the face after 10 minutes, you can't help feel like you have been hypnotized, then mugged for your lunch money without realizing. Expand
20. Apr 6, 2013
There is such little game-play besides moving and occasionally pressing E. I've played point and clicks games at least most try to put in puzzles. This is a game that was better served being a animation on YouTube. Torrent, watch a YouTube video, or play it if a friend has it don't waste money on this.
21. Jan 24, 2013
Eh....Ok. You basically walk through an artsy story that doesn't make much sense and which leaves a lot up to interpretation. The story was not interesting or compelling to me. It also takes less than 20 minutes to complete this "game." I feel compelled to be especially harsh here, because critics have given so much praise to Thirty Flights of Loving, when I couldn't really recommend that anyone should buy this. So, you have been warned. Expand
22. Mar 16, 2013
This is not a game. If you're looking for anything approaching gameplay, go somewhere else. Anywhere else. Go watch someone play it on YouTube. It'll be the same experience, but you'll still have your money.
23. Mar 10, 2013
This should be a free download. DON'T buy it. Those are 5$ totally thrown away.
Critics should actually help gamers to choose which game to buy and this shouldn't have gone far than a "20" average vote.
24. Mar 22, 2013
Normally you should beware reviews of 0 and 10, because the reviewer has an agenda or is simply being childish in his extremity. This is the first game in 25 years of gaming that I truly thought deserved a 0, and it's because it isn't a game.
What you will find in most of the high reviews is a lot of vague, flowery language used to champion the storytelling and quality of plot. I
thought it was like 21 grams: a boring, predictable story that would have been so obvious and boring if told sequentially that they had no choice but to try and faux-art it up. So I would caution you as a reader to always look for the actual points made and examine them for content, rather than form.
Here's an example. "It's a portal to one's own imagination, the only lock on which is the limit he would impose on his own dreams--let go of all expectations to find it so much more than it first seemed." I just described a door hot glued to a solid brick wall. Not only will if take effort to remove the door, but when you do, you're still faced with a brick wall, whose function is antithetical to that of a door.
When describing a game, your first concern should be gameplay. If it isn't, you're not a gamer. You can care about other things, like plot/character, quality of voice-acting, graphics, price, etc, but gameplay is the fundamental reason why an idea becomes a game and not a movie.
A blogger put it best (and I paraphrase) that it seemed like an attempt by someone who is confused by art and assumes that others are likewise confused, to reproduce that which confuses him. It's just a heist story with characters that don't even achieve one-dimensionality. The mountebanks that tell you otherwise are responding to their ill-informed gut instincts that the game is art, and as people are given to do, they oversell it as brilliant and groundbreaking in an attempt to somehow internalize those misperceived traits. These same mental gymnastics allow some to continue support of "Indoctrination Theory" in 2013.
It's a half-story told though asynchronous set pieces separated by jump cuts. It has a kind of Diabolik era look to it, but each set piece is simply walked (or run) through with the occasional static activation of an object. In the opening scene you can grab bottles of liquor, a gun and some ammo, but you will never use them.
As I approached what ultimately was the end, I thought it was a fun way to introduce elements of the back story before launching the actual gameplay. And then it was over, 10 minutes of absolutely nothing.
I considered calling Steam and requesting them to remove it from my account, but its presence serves as an albatross around my neck and reminds me to always do my research.
Dust off your copy of Out of This World if you're old like I am, or buy it from GOG if you still have your youth.
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26. Jul 16, 2013
The 88 metascore is very misleading. I would not consider this even a game. It is a small interactive story that has nearly 0 things to interact with. The game takes around 10 minutes to finish.
If you want to PLAY a game then avoid this demo. If you want to feel artistic and look at the blocky characters while wondering what is the meaning of live and how Reservoir Dogs is the best
movie ever then this is the right kind of entertainment for you. Expand
27. Feb 26, 2013
Thirty Flights of Loving is a first-person interactive story. The story's incredibly short, and can be experienced in about 15 minutes. The story itself is told in short, disconnected segments requiring you to fill in the blanks yourself.
30 Flights is definitely an arthouse game. It has an interesting approach to interactive storytelling that may be worth seeing, but unfortunately, the
story it tells is unremarkable. From what I could tell, there just isn't much substance there. What's much more interesting is playing with the developer's commentary on, so you can see some of the thought that went behind the experience.
The game's prequel is also included, and while it's a longer game with more gameplay elements, it's designed clumsily, and you might be left with no idea where to go.
This game has a very niche audience, and to them, this game will be worth far more than the asking price. It wasn't for me, though, and I get the feeling that it's not for most people, especially because the price doesn't pay for much content. It's worth experiencing if you have a few extra minutes, but I wouldn't pay over a dollar for this. If this looks interesting to you, I'd recommend checking out The Stanley Parable instead.
28. Nov 16, 2013
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Jun 4, 2013
This is not a game and whatever this is supposed to be I must admit I didn't find it very artsy neither.
The story is confusing (what's with the wedding scene?) and the graphics are not so interesting.
I don't regret the money I spent for this (less than 2€ on Steam) but I surely regret those 20 minutes I spent running it.
30. Nov 27, 2013
I don't get this game. It is so weird and random (Not in a good way). The gameplay is none. The only thing you do is move. THAT'S IT! The game is really bad, stupid and it just doesn't make any sense.
31. Dec 24, 2013
I can't believe I brought this game, story isn't interesting at all. And to reviews saying it put a lot of love and details in the game clearly hasn't been playing it. More of a school project...
Play The Stanley Parable that is a good game with interesting narrative. Not this...
32. Jan 28, 2014
If this so called game had been honest about what it was I wouldn't have to give it such a terribly low score. But the simple fact is that it promised me a unique game, yet after I had handed over my money it turned out to be a short, uninteresting, completely linear story about some heist or something. I honestly can't even remember, that's how great it was. It is more like an interactive short story than a game, but not in a good way. Interactive only means you make you character walk somewhere with your keyboard sometimes, and sometimes you click something with your mouse. You don't do these things because you want to, or because you have the option to, you do them because you must.
There is no depth to the characters, no incentive to continue other than wanting to get this the hell over with, there's no voice-acting, no text, nothing. The developers made the characters moan from time to time, that's it. All of this no doubt in an attempt to come of as "artsy".
For me, that pretty much sums up this game: arty-farty for the sake of being arty-farty. At the end of the game you get to walk around in a museum of sorts, where the devs display all the assets and explain about the creation of the game. Like you would do with something that actually deserves that extra attention. This piece of software doesn't. It feels more like a high-school project for Game Design 101 than anything else. Only thing good about it is that it is over quick.
You know what all these "professional" critics with their high scores remind me of? They remind me of people who know nothing about art, but who, when they are confronted with some questionable modern work of art which they know nothing about, frown, stroke their chin, swirl their wine, and say something like: "I really like the depth and the balance of colors", or some vague stuff like that, just to make it seem like they know what the hell is going on. They don't because there is, quite simply, nothing going on at all. Same with these critics who don't know what this game is supposed to be. "I clearly don't understand this **** but I'll give it an 8 anyway because it seems "arty" and I want to seem cultured, and I don't want to admit that I have no clue what's going on."
There's a difference between art and arty-farty, my friends. Art MOVES you. The only movement this game creates is me walking away from my pc.
1 point for simply existing, that's an achievement...I guess.
33. Sep 6, 2012
Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critics
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/13254 | Butter - Turbo Fruits
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1. Positive: 6 out of 9
2. Negative: 0 out of 9
1. Sep 14, 2012
Stein and Brock still seem to be working out their garage and pop influences in their guitar work; they don't deliver a fully satisfying fusion of their influences, but instead split the difference between jangle and crunch, watering it all down in the process.
2. Dec 3, 2012
With Eno at the controls, the Turbo Fruits straighten up, fly right and in the process bash out their most enjoyable work to date.
3. 70
It's [closing song "Ain't The Only One Havin' Fun is] a free-spirited return to the teenage wildness that's entirely off from the varied, conflicted emotions of an otherwise mature Butter. Even on this step away, the true blue guitar riffs and steel-cut hook are the work of a professional pack of southern garage rockers.
4. Sep 14, 2012
The whole thing is less bratty than 2009's Echo Kid.
5. Sep 12, 2012
6. Sep 13, 2012
By aiming for so many different styles, settling for subpar-at-best lyrics, and trying to pay the bills with rock'n'roll, they never find a sound that's fully captivating or convincing.
7. Sep 12, 2012
8. Sep 12, 2012
Given a fuzzed-out, subterranean production glaze, Butter filters everything from surf and lounge touches to Spaghetti Western flourishes, but is best when spinning cool pop hooks up out of the muck. [Oct 2012, p.87]
9. Sep 12, 2012
The wild abandon, lo-fi to the point of being muffled style is Butter's main appeal. It is also its downfall. [Aug/Sep 2012, p.122]
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/13256 | Lazers Never Die - Major Lazer
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• Summary: Diplo and Switch return as Major Lazer with a six-track EP which includes a remix by Thom Yorke (Radiohead) of one track from their 2009 release Guns Don't Kill People...Lazers Do.
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1. Positive: 6 out of 7
2. Negative: 0 out of 7
1. The remixed versions of the songs from Guns Don't Kill People all demonstrate an intuitive understanding of what worked about those songs in their original forms, while the new songs continue in Major Lazer's exploration of the sounds found on nearly every dance floor in the world's tropical climates.
2. The remixes feel equally vital to the EP, because after all, the great appeal of Major Lazer is watching these dancehall concoctions transform, as elements of dub and hip-hop and reggae are also smashed into one freaky, juiced up mutant (kinda like the fictional Major Lazer himself).
4. Not everything on this EP is stellar material, but the five tracks together are greater than the sum of their parts, because they come across as a murkier, more varied rewrite of Guns Don't Kill People…Lazers Do. With any luck, this is a sign of things to come, and not simply an experimental lark.
5. 70
Major Lazer have never been bashful about appropriating musical styles where ever they find them; every song they make seems to be trying to remix the entire global street culture all at once. On Lazers Never Die they manage to duct tape all their influences together into a fun, listenable package.
6. The dirtier and more obnoxious of the two tracks, "Sound Of Siren" utilizes special guest M.I.A.'s abilities to their fullest, making it infinitely danceable. In contrast, "Good Enough," with Collie Buddz and Lindi Ortega, sounds like No Doubt should have when they spent so much time recording in Jamaica.
7. Recorded at Kingston's legendary Tuff Gong studios, this EP twists dancehall and dubstep into kinky new directions.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/13267 | I've Lost The Only Love I Knew Lyrics
by Hank Williams
Written by don helms and hank williams
Recorded by ray price feb. 8, 1952, with the drifting cowboys
(d) you ask me why my (d7) heart's so (g) sad,
And (d) why the teardrops fill my (a7) eyes,
A (d) heart can't sing that's (d7) filled with (g) pain,
How (d) can it (a7) laugh when it (d) cries. (d7)
First chorus
I (g) saw my dreams all fade and (d) die,
Like castles in the (a7) blue,
Each (d) dawn will bring more (d7) tears and (g) pain,
I've (d) lost the (a7) only love i (d) knew.
Oh, life for me is use - less now,
It seems so empty and blue,
There's no more use to try a - gain,
I fail in everything I do.
Second chorus
It's hard to know you'll never have,
The one you love so true,
While the world's asleep, I'll lay and cry,
I've lost the only love I knew. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/13288 | PGA Tour Golf
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Amiga User International Amiga Jun, 1991 94 out of 100 94
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) DOS Oct, 1990 11 out of 12 92
Génération 4 Genesis Apr, 1991 92 out of 100 92
Computer and Video Games (CVG) Genesis May, 1991 91 out of 100 91
Amiga Joker Amiga May, 1991 87 out of 100 87
Joker Verlag präsentiert: Sonderheft DOS 1990 86 out of 100 86
The Games Machine (UK) DOS Aug, 1990 84 out of 100 84
GamePro (US) Game Gear Feb, 1994 3.5 out of 5 70
Super Play Magazine UK SNES Mar, 1993 60 out of 100 60
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/13289 | Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection (PSP)
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This compilation simulates eight classic pinball tables and two novelty games by Gottlieb. It spans a wide range of machines, from the primitive Play-Boy of 1932 (pinball sans flippers) up to the Caddyshack-inspired Tee'd Off of 1993 with its LED display and voice samples.
Every table is open for free play, with the exception of Play-Boy. In the course of playing each table, you can strive to achieve table-specific goals which unlock other features, like Tournament Mode or a novelty game like Xolten. For example, the goal given for Black Hole is to earn multiball mode and the lower playfield special.
Each table attempts to recreate the original game's look and feel, from the artwork to the original sound effects. For full arcade effect you can see the scoreboard reflected on the table glass and hear arcade background noises, including sound effects from classic videogames like Galaga.
Each table also comes with instructions on the main features of the table and a smidgen of history. There are other historical artifacts, such as a still photo tour of the Gottlieb factory (a feature which must be unlocked).
The complete list of tables is: Play-Boy (1932), Ace High (1954), Central Park (1966), Big Shot (1973), Genie (1979), Black Hole (1981), Goin' Nuts (1983), El Dorado City of Gold (1984), Victory (1987), and Tee'd Off (1993), Strikes N’ Spares (1995). It also includes two novelty machines, Love Meter and Xolten.
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection PSP Photo tour to the Gottlieb factory
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection PSP Table history screen
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection PSP Playing Love Meter
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection PSP Table goal - when you activate this goal, one of tables becomes “Free play” and you don’t need credit to play it.
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• "Gottlieb Pinball Classics" -- European title
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The Press Says Apr 30, 2006 85 out of 100 85
Game Chronicles Feb 16, 2006 8 out of 10 80
Worth Playing Mar 06, 2006 7.9 out of 10 79
Cheat Code Central Dec 23, 2005 3.8 out of 5 76
PAL Gaming Network (PALGN) Feb 21, 2006 7 out of 10 70 2006 7 out of 10 70
TotalPlayStation Jan 01, 2006 7 out of 10 70
Sydney Morning Herald Mar 09, 2006 3.5 out of 5 70
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault) Mar 09, 2006 3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars 70 Mar 06, 2006 14 out of 20 70
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/13291 | Mortimer Beckett and the Secrets of the Spooky Manor (Wii)
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Mortimer is investigating a manor owned by his great-uncle Jerome. To get his eccentric machine working, he must locate the required objects, and put them in the right places around the house. After this, he must work out who sabotaged the machine, and why.
Gameplay is a variant of the object-finding genre, as you are presented with complete pictures of 4 objects on each screen, but on the screen itself these are split into small pieces. Thus you have to work out which fragments would fit one of the objects. You have 15 clicks to highlight pieces, for when you are stuck. Click randomly on the screen too many times and a ghost is summoned, to drift around the screen and partially block your view.
Completed objects each have a place, not necessarily on the room their fragments are found in. To complete each floor, you must find the correct places for them - this will often reveal new pieces.
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Nintendojo 2008 8 out of 10 80
IGN Dec 08, 2008 6.2 out of 10 62
Worth Playing Feb 09, 2009 6 out of 10 60
NintendoWorldReport Feb 21, 2009 3 out of 10 30
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Alright, gotcha. I take it it's just happening slowly.
Amanda, do you want me to help approve people? I'm not sure what the issue is. I'm pretty sure my DH had to approve me before I got the activation key. How did it work for you, Ash? I see you just got registered.
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You don't have to buy it to use mobile. Just go to the site thru your phone and it should be mobile-friendly. I'm guessing the app you pay for may just have more features.
WOW wtf, why would your uncle want to avoid having your dad as POA at the other hospital?! What is his deal???
Oh no, Nicole! I'm so sorry on both counts. I can't remember, who does have medical POA over her? I hope not your uncle?
I would totally do your taxes for you. I'm weird and enjoy that stuff... I'm glad you're feeling pretty good!
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According to actress Sandra Bernhard, no “kid is going to watch something about sex and then run out immediately and do it.”
Bernhard commented during a Nov. 5 segment on CNN's “Joy Behar Show” that focused on the upcoming threesome episode of CW's “Gossip Girl.”
Behar asked Bernhard and her fellow panelists, actresses Aisha Tyler and Fran Drescher, what they thought about the Parents Television Council call for CW affiliates to pull the episode which reportedly contains a threesome scene.
“I don't think any kid is going to watch something about sex and then run out immediately and do it. I mean they may be titillated by it, they may find it, oh this is ooh,” claimed Bernhard.
Tyler admitted to being a fan of the show and was even more dismissive of PTC's concerns.
“Let me just break a piece of news to everybody here. If you don't know, teenagers have sex. I don't know if anybody – like, they do it, and you know, first of all, we are not encouraging them to do it, but they do,” Tyler told Behar and her co-panelists. “And if you hide it and you ignore it and you fake it and act like your kid is not doing it you are doing them and yourself a disservice because kids have sex.”
But what Tyler and Bernhard ignored is that depictions like the “Gossip Girl” threesome feed the perception that “everyone is doing it” and create expectations of teen sexual behavior.
“Perhaps the greatest problem is that what's presented on the screen offers a skewed version of reality to many young people you lack the life experience to understand just how preposterous some the content is,” wrote Carol Platt Liebau about sexual content on television in her book “Prude.”
Very few sexual escapades featured on television show the physical and emotional consequences of early sexual behavior, a point Fran Drescher was the only one to make on Behar's show.
“In the episode is there a downside to these kids – is there some kind of a lesson?” the actress asked.
Nobody could answer Drescher's question, but given the glamorized view of teen sex the show has previously depicted, chances are this episode will show the “titillating” behavior and little of the damage left in its wake.
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I hope you're doing ok.
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Thank you SnowyMouse. I should be getting help I need soon, they're still keeping me waiting though, and things are getting worse in the meantime.
They messed my meds up but hopefully got that sorted, but I'm going downhill physically as well as mentally.
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Land's end discount code please?
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microserf Sat 14-Sep-13 21:20:46
thank you, it worked great!
AnnaShapo Tue 10-Sep-13 11:58:03
Try K7M1320 (20%). I have received this code in catalogue.
microserf Mon 09-Sep-13 10:38:28
any new codes? very keen on a new down coat for dd but it is not cheap!
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thanks Thanks Elsie.
Just ordered a down coat for me and boots for DD.
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ADPLE for 15% off.
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Bumping in hope that somebody has one. Many thanks indeed if you're willing to share!
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/13372 | @techreport{NBERw14246, title = "Externalities in the Classroom: How Children Exposed to Domestic Violence Affect Everyone's Kids ", author = "Scott E. Carrell and Mark L. Hoekstra", institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research", type = "Working Paper", series = "Working Paper Series", number = "14246", year = "2008", month = "August", URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w14246", abstract = {It is estimated that between ten and twenty percent of children in the United States are exposed to domestic violence annually. While much is known about the impact of domestic violence and other family problems on children within the home, little is known regarding the extent to which these problems spill over to children outside the family. The widespread perception among parents and school officials is that these externalities are significant, though measuring them is difficult due to data and methodological limitations. We estimate the negative spillovers caused by children from troubled families by exploiting a unique data set in which children's school records are matched to domestic violence cases filed by their parent. To overcome selection bias, we identify the effects using the idiosyncratic variation in peers from troubled families within the same school and grade over time. We find that children from troubled families significantly decrease their peers' reading and math test scores and significantly increase misbehavior of others in the classroom. The effects are heterogeneous across income, race, and gender and appear to work primarily through troubled boys. The results are robust to within-sibling differences and we find no evidence that non-random selection is driving the results.}, } |
global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/13377 | A present from me to you!
i know you dont know me... but i just kinda read youre profile thing... and you know the whole sugar/ acne thing? sugar helps my acne... isnt that weird?
Hello kitty kat! Have you found out about the other glass case in the rat cave? the one next to the other glass case that holds the rat suit? I don't know what it's 4.
Lil AC - Holly
Hell, I'm just signing by random so well hmmm what else yeah nice avatar and banner, and I hope you enjoy this pic of FOB.
You can pm me if you'd like to.(notice I ain't forcingXD)
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If they knew how misery loved me
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Thankyou for going on my thread i'll add you as my friend!!! And how do you custonise all this how do you get photo's, i'm new to this so can you help me?
Hey cuz wats up? LOL idk y i'm writing you this when your already here with me, but i figured i should since u helped me get this. Lohv ya lotz cuz!!!!<3 U should change ur name on myspace to Brookie, well i think so anyways.
Hey Little kitty Kat how ya been.
Just got bored so i thought i'd sign your guestbook along with a bunch of other guys...piece out!
Yours trully the annoying irish bloke Patton!
Kitty kat:
Even thought i don't know you and you don't know me. I felt that i was realy going to like u. U know like friends or something like that. I had a feeling like if i already knew you i don't know why! You seem pretty cool. Well bye i guess.
hey. thanks for signing. im doing great here. hope you too. i agree with you. no one likes their teachers . well, thanks again!
Kingdom Hearts Crazy apparently would have made me sign this if he knew I was on the KH2 forums (unless his sig lies )
So hi, sing back, and be my friend, or emo cat will come and stalk you!
hey I've seen you around alot so I thought I'd sign your guestbook and I also want to say Welcome to Neoseeker and Welcome to the Riddle Game
hi little kitty cat,windows xp has now got a patch for theme park world.get theme park world on ebay now!just thought i could sign your guestbook.
hi hows it going?
thanks for singing my guestbook
im trying to tall my friend that she likes one of my cousin but it isnt work. but me and all of my other friends know that its true
I saw your name and Im tring to make new friends oh and
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hey i've seen you around welcome to neoseeker!!! lol i looked at when you said "i figured what the hell" and started laughing cuz i always ssay that. anywayyyz my names danielle and we should talk more! we need more girls on here, lol.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/13415 | by Ursula Goodenough
A common and frequently correct view of biological evolutionary change is that once an adaptive trait has arisen, it is honed to ever greater states of refinement, like the ideal match between the shape of a hummingbird's beak and its flower. This concept fits seamlessly into our engineering modes of thinking: you first design something, and then you carefully improve it, adding additional constraints on its operation with perfection as the goal.
But evolution does not always follow such a pattern. In some cases, selection backs off, in which case the trait accumulates mutations over time since there's no selection to weed the variants out. This could, of course, have disastrous consequences, but sometimes, as constraints relax, creative alternatives arise. Such is the story of some finches under study by Kazuo Okanoya, a story used by Terry Deacon to suggest possible parallels with the evolution of human language -- a core feature of human evolution writ large.
Okanoya's story begins with the white-rumped munia (Lonchura striata), a finch that lives in the wild throughout Asia. Male munias sing a highly stereotyped song: motif A is always followed by B which is followed by C. Such song constraints are thought to be crucial to attracting females. Indeed, under theories of sexual selection, first articulated by Charles Darwin, the females of many species exert "mate choice," interpreting the adept performance of a ritualized behavior or the generation of an impressive visual display (think peacock tails) as indicating that she is in the presence of a "high-quality male." Accuracy makes the heart grow fonder.
About 250 years ago, a few munias were brought to Japan and subjected to a completely different mode of selection: birds with particularly colorful plumage were mated with one another to generate ever more interesting plumage, and the progeny were sold to bird fanciers. Some 1000 generations of such selective breeding has generated the present-day Bengalese finch, (Lonchura striata var. domesticus). What attracted Okanoya's attention was that the domesticated Bengalese sing a highly unconstrained song: A might be followed by B, or by a repeat of A, or by something else altogether. Moreover, the domesticated male birds, as chicks, are highly adept at learning the song of another male in their enclosure; indeed, they have no problem learning the munia's song if that's what they are exposed to. By contrast, wild munia chicks show no ability to learn songs from a Bengalese.
Meanwhile, neurophysiologists have been comparing the brains and vocalizations of bird species that are capable of learning songs with those that cannot. It turns out that brains capable of producing only an innate song have very simple neural pathways: the primary forebrain motor center, called the robust nucleus of arcopallium (RA), connects to midbrain vocal outputs which in turn project to brainstem motor nuclei. By contrast, in brains capable of learning songs, the RA receives input from numerous additional forebrain regions, including those involved in learning and social experience. Control over song generation has become less constrained, more distributed, and more flexible.
So what does this have to do with humans? When compared with our primate relatives, whose communication system is restricted to a highly stereotypic repertoire of hoots and calls, humans have very few prespecified vocalizations, extant examples being laughter and sobbing. Moreover, these remaining innate vocalizations are generated by restricted neuronal pathways, whereas language is generated by a highly distributed system involving numerous regions of the human brain, a system so complex that we remain very far from being able to explain how language works. The finch story offer a scenario -- speculative to be sure, but intriguing -- for what might have happened during the evolution of human language competence.
A salient feature of language is that while language competency is inherited, the languages themselves are transmitted via culture. Also transmitted via culture are understandings, such as technological ways of doing things, that are framed as language-based explanations. Hence one would expect a robust co-evolutionary trajectory between language competency and culture: proto-humans capable of the first, and presumably rudimentary, versions of protolanguage would have better access to cultural understandings, and cultural understandings, conveyed in protolanguages that children's brains could readily learn, were more likely to be transmitted, thereby conferring the benefits accrued.
Hence proto-humans indubitably engaged in, and continue to engage in, what is called "niche construction", creating cultural niches that provide understandings key to survival, and undergoing evolutionary changes that optimize their ability to flourish in such niches. Selection pressures that operated to sustain instincts important for survival in prior niches would be expected to relax as humans became increasingly dependent on their self-created cultural niches, while any innovations that facilitated cultural adaptation -- in this case, innovations in language competency -- would be expected to spread.
So, Deacon suggests, one way to think about human evolution is that we are basically self-domesticated apes. Just as domestication relaxed selection for stereotypic songs in the finches -- mate choice was supplanted by choices made by the aesthetic sensibilities of bird breeders and their customers -- so might our cultural domestication have relaxed selection on many of our primate behavioral traits, allowing old pathways to degenerate and reconfigure. Given the highly indeterminate way that mammalian brains develop -- they basically construct themselves "bottom up," with one set of neuronal interactions setting the stage for the next round of interactions -- degraded pathways would tend to seek out and find new opportunities for synaptic hookups. Such inherited de-differentiations of brain pathways might have contributed to the functional complexity that characterizes human language. And, as exemplified by the finches, such de-differentiations can occur in very rapid timeframes.
Such a scenario in no way suggests that classic natural selection did not play important roles in sculpting our modern language capabilities -- doubtless it did. But it lifts up the important role that can also be played by various forms of drift. Another example, found in all organisms, is the path taken by gene duplications: one copy typically continues to cover the original function while the second accumulates mutations and, on occasion, generates proteins with novel shapes that participate in novel functions.
As Deacon puts it: "Perhaps our great leap forward required first taking a few steps back."
12:38 - February 5, 2010 |
global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/13416 | Fallows On The News: Mass. Senator, Campaign Ads
A big Senate win for Republicans in Massachusetts alters the political map. And the Supreme Court opens the flood gates to political ad money from corporations. Guy Raz looks behind the big headlines of the week gone by with news analyst James Fallows from The Atlantic magazine.
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GUY RAZ, host:
And for Republicans, a new hero this week - a man already being called by the nickname 41.
(Soundbite of applause)
Senator-Elect SCOTT BROWN (Republican, Massachusetts): I thank the people of Massachusetts for electing me as your next United States senator.
(Soundbite of cheers and applause)
Representative NANCY PELOSI (Democrat, California; Speaker of the House): While the results of the Massachusetts election may have diminished by one in the number of senators in the Senate, it has not diminished the need for affordable quality health care reform.
RAZ: House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Massachusetts' Senator-elect Scott Brown. Brown, of course, replaces the late Ted Kennedy and becomes the Republican's crucial 41st vote in the Senate.
Our news analyst, James Fallows, has been following this story and others for us this weekend.
Jim, well, let's start with the aftermath of that election in Massachusetts. Does it mean that effectively, President Obama's ambitions have to be scaled back?
Mr. JAMES FALLOWS (National Correspondent, "The Atlantic Monthly"): Well, certainly, this is a different chapter of the Obama presidency starting now. And you and I have talked before about how much of modern politics seems to depend on fluke. The only reason that these Democrats have had a super majority of 60 votes for the last few months is the switch of Arlen Specter - his switch of parties - and then the Al Franken cliffhanger in Minnesota, and now from another sort of semi-fluke back to 41 votes for the Republicans.
We talked, too, about the long cycle of politics, that Ronald Reagan was less popular at this stage in his presidency than Obama is now. And certainly, he went on to be successful. And Bill Clinton suffered a catastrophic defeat in his first midterm election. So there are prospects for Barack Obama, but clearly things are very different in what he can plan now. And we have the stage set for yet another very high-stakes Obama speech, with the State of the Union Address next week.
RAZ: I mean, Jim, at this point, do you suspect President Obama will be taking a page out of Bill Clinton's handbook, circa 1994?
Mr. FALLOWS: I think he'll probably take one from both the Clinton and the Reagan handbooks. The Reagan handbook was essentially to get the economy going again, and then popularity returns. That was Clinton's strategy, too. The other thing that I think Clinton effectively did was to sort of distinguish his personal brand from the Democratic Party brand, so much of the resentment of the Democratic Party officials. But Clinton did that. He obviously was reelected in a landslide in 1996. So I think that we'll see some of those tactics applied, too.
RAZ: Jim, a story that quite possibly obscures most everything else that's happened politically in the last few months: a decision by the Supreme Court to lift the restrictions on the amount of money corporations can spend for election campaigns.
Mr. FALLOWS: It was surprising in its process because the Supreme Court sort of went out of its way to answer a question that the case didn't necessarily ask. It could have been cited on much narrower grounds. But instead, they had this sweeping decision essentially eliminating constraints on corporate financing of political activity and, surprising, in its consequences, too, because so many state laws and so many federal laws are essentially out the window now.
In a very short-term, what it means is another problem for the Democrats in this year's midterm elections. In the long-term, we just don't know yet.
RAZ: You know, I remember watching this sort of sci-fi movies in the '80s, like sort of films like "Blade Runner," where you see this future that is dominated by corporate advertising. And in some ways, this appears to be life imitating art.
Mr. FALLOWS: Well, certainly, the case against this decision is that it's one more step towards corporatized political life. It's not as if corporations in the U.S. or around the world are short on political influence now. And this decision, by essentially saying there's no legitimate distinction between a person's right of free speech and corporations' right of free speech, including political participation, to those who oppose it, as I do, it is one more step towards what you're describing.
RAZ: Jim, I'm curious what you made of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's speech on Internet freedom because, of course, you follow events in China very closely. And she called Internet freedom a basic human right. She criticized China for restricting what its citizens can and cannot see online, and it's causing quite a stir in China. This speech would not have made news in the United States, really, unless the Chinese criticized it.
Mr. FALLOWS: Yeah, I think this is like what Americans politicians have said for 25 years, in saying we have to deal with China in many ways, but there are things we don't like about its political system.
The reason, I think, it made news was, number one, the Google story, which has been very big in China and around the world; and number two, at least, to my knowledge, it's the first time there was this clear connection between saying we think - that regardless of what the national policies might be - we believe that free expression and free access to the Internet is some kind of basic human right. And that is a kind of new escalation of the argument that I at least hadn't heard before.
RAZ: That's our news analyst, James Fallow. He's also the national correspondent for "The Atlantic," where he also writes a blog.
Jim, thanks very much.
Mr. FALLOWS: My pleasure, Guy. Thank you.
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Marcel Carne, Film Director, Dies at 90
Published: November 1, 1996
Marcel Carne, the French movie director whose 1945 classic, ''Les Enfants du Paradis,'' became one of the most loved and admired films of all time, died today at a hospital in the Paris suburb of Clamart. He was 90.
Mr. Carne, whose best work was done between the mid-1930's and the late 1950's, will also be remembered for the ''poetic realism'' of such prewar films as ''Drole de Drame,'' ''Le Quai des Brumes,'' ''Hotel du Nord'' and ''Le Jour Se Leve''; his wartime hit, ''Les Visiteurs du Soir,'' and his postwar films, ''Les Portes de la Nuit'' and ''Les Tricheurs.'' He worked with many of France's leading actors and actresses, including Jean Gabin, Michele Morgan, Michel Simon, Jean-Louis Barrault, Yves Montand, Arletty and Jean-Paul Belmondo.
But he and other prewar directors known for their carefully scripted and technically meticulous studio-backed films were swept aside by the rebellious young ''auteurs'' of the New Wave film movement of the 1960's. Mr. Carne outlived his contemporaries, but he was gradually reduced to a peripheral figure on the French movie scene.
Even on the 50th anniversary of the release of ''Les Enfants du Paradis'' in 1995, he did not receive the tributes that he felt he deserved and that he often enjoyed abroad. In fact, unusually for a country where the movie director is an all-powerful figure, French film historians often give more credit for the success of Mr. Carne's early films to their screenwriter, Jacques Prevert, than to their director.
His 90th birthday two months ago also went largely unnoticed in the Paris press, although he was given a party by the owner of the still-operating Hotel du Nord in the city's 10th arrondissement. Today, though, he was officially remembered. President Jacques Chirac thanked Mr. Carne ''for having made us dream so much.'' The Culture Minister, Philippe Douste-Blazy, called him ''a major figure of French cinema.''
''Les Enfants du Paradis'' always had its own place in movie history. The three-and-a-quarter-hour film, starring Barrault, Arletty and Pierre Renoir, is based on the life of the 19th-century mime Jean-Baptiste Deburau. Set in the world of theater, it is a story about love, illusions and disappointment.
A short, feisty bachelor, Mr. Carne never lost interest in movies and, to the last, was hopeful of returning to the director's chair. After he made his last film, ''The Bible,'' in 1977, however, only once, in 1992, did he find a producer willing to back him. The project ended in failure. Ten days into shooting his adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's novel ''Mouche,'' the director fell ill, and financing was withdrawn.
In an interview in December 1994, Mr. Carne spoke bitterly of being ''destroyed'' by such New Wave directors as Francois Truffaut and of being ostracized by France's big-spending cultural establishment, which, he said, had refused to finance his movie projects while aiding ''mediocre'' directors. In many ways, though, he simply outlived his time.
Mr. Carne was born in Paris on Aug. 18, 1906. His father was a cabinetmaker, but from an early age the young Marcel was drawn to cinema. He first entered the industry as a film critic when he was in his 20's, rising to the post of chief editor of a movie weekly, Hebdo-Films. At the same time, he found work as a camera assistant and then, most crucially, as assistant director to the legendary Rene Clair on the movie ''Sous les Toits de Paris'' in 1930.
In the early 1930's, Mr. Carne also worked on several movies as an assistant to the Belgian director Jacques Feyder and branched out on his own by making short films and advertising spots to be shown in movie theaters. It was thanks to Mr. Feyder that in 1936 he was able to direct his first feature film, ''Jenny,'' with Mr. Feyder's wife, Francoise Rosay, in the title role.
Mr. Carne's big break, though, came the following year when Mr. Prevert, already a respected poet and writer, wrote the screenplay for his second film, ''Drole de Drame.'' The two men worked frequently together over the next two decades, producing a succession of hit movies, including ''Le Quai des Brumes,'' ''Le Jour Se Leve,'' ''Les Visiteurs du Soir,'' ''Les Portes de la Nuit'' and ''Les Enfants du Paradis.''
In ''The Dictionary of Cinema,'' published in France in 1995, the film historian Jean Tulard raises the often debated question of whether Mr. Prevert's screenplays were the main reason for the success of these films. ''Perhaps it is a false question,'' he wrote. ''No one doubts the quality of Prevert's screenplays, but it must be recognized that Carne translated them admirably into images.''
Interestingly, Mr. Carne's crucial role was indirectly highlighted when the Royal Shakespeare Company in London presented Simon Callow's stage adaptation of ''Les Enfants du Paradis'' this year. ''Prevert's script is actually rather ponderous and outdated,'' John Peters wrote in The Sunday Times of London. ''What makes Carne's film a masterpiece is its miraculous fluidity and its bruising, dreamlike sincerity.'' |
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Re: Oracle Migration Workbench
From: Frank van Bortel <>
Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 17:25:09 +0100
Message-ID: <cu07i2$b7f$> wrote:
> Frank van Bortel wrote:
>> wrote:
>>>Hi All,
>>>I need to convert a SQL Server running on Windows 2000 to Oracle
>>>running on HP-UX.
>>>Will the migration utility do this, even though they are on
> different
>>>platforms? What am I supposed to do? Install the migration
> utility
>>>on both platforms?
>>Install a network...
>>Connect your Workstation to the network, and both servers.
>>Make sure you can connect to both servers, using the
>>appropriate network stacks (this may require installation
>>of things like an 'Oracle Client' on your Workstation)
>>Install the Oracle Migration Workbench on your Workstation,
>>as well as the Microsoft SQL Server plugin for the Migration
>>Oracle is platform independent, so the OMWB really doesn't
>>care about Windows or HP-UX, nor does your Client.
>>In fact, your Workstation may be running Fedora Core 3,
>>as far as the client is concerned. The OMWB is for MS Windows
>>only, I believe.
>>Frank van Bortel
> Well, I was pretty sure that both machines would need to be connected
> to the network. What I am curious about is how the migration utility
> will take the SQL SERVER database on Windows and transfer it, or put it
> onto the HP-UX box. I mean, they are totally different operating
> systems. I'm sure that the migration utility does not care, but during
> the migration, does it not need an Oracle database and an Oracle Home
> so it knows where to put all the new datafiles and such???
> Or, do I need to install Oracle on the Windows box, migrate the
> database, then transfer it to an Oracle install on the HP-UX box?
> Thanks,
> Arthur
Ah - wrong exit.
OMWB will migrate data (and procedures) not complete databases!
You will have to build (create) a database on HPUX; the result of the migration from OMWB will be a set of scripts, with which you can:
* create objects, oracle wise (tables, views, sequences, triggers...)
* extract data from SQL Server
* insert extracted data into Oracle
Frank van Bortel
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by ebasconp on Sat 12th Aug 2006 01:21 UTC
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In Spanish slang, a "mono" (donkey) is a person that imitates behavior, attitudes, costumes, etc. from another person.
Mono is the same: An imitation of the Microsoft .NET framework rebuilt by an open source community. I think the MS .NET architecture is good, but copying it and moving it into the open source world, is extending the Microsoft domination to the open source community.
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by lemur2 on Tue 7th Jul 2009 14:04 UTC in reply to "RE: Comment by kaiwai"
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Also, if as a developer you are looking to be able to write cross-platform C# applications, then the obvious thing to do now is write the apps on Linux with Mono/Gtk#/C#/CLI in the first place, and then deploy them on all platforms. Even better if there is a Qt# library instead of Gtk#.
Make sure however that you don't install the "bad half" of Mono. You are then covered by Microsoft's promise, and your application's users won't have to pay any license fee to Microsoft.
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could you please enlighten us and telling us what are the wonderful things you created?
at least, are you a great developer of commercial software able to bash the work of open source developers showing your superior work?
I'm not. And I don't have to be one. Because I didn't in any way criticize the *quality* of ReactOS.
come on man, if you do not like the way they work, respect them because of the work they do.
Sure, every Open Source developer is free to work on whatever she wants. But given the fact that Open Source on the whole misses good developers, it's more of a disservice to the community to dabble in meaningless pet projects.
Feel free to disagree with me, though.
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RE: Apple Hardware
by stooovie on Wed 13th May 2009 09:34 UTC in reply to "Apple Hardware"
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Yes, and by the same mark, Linux is not optimized for anything. So it`s slower.
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RE[8]: Comment by NuxRo
by MOS6510 on Tue 25th Sep 2012 17:26 UTC in reply to "RE[7]: Comment by NuxRo"
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A tirade? From me? I posted a single link, which wasn't a tirade either, and didn't add any personal comment to it.
Yes, BlackBerries are secure too, that's why governments don't like them. They don't like iPhones or Android phones that haven't been prepared by them.
It has nothing to do with which device has good, the best or the worst security. A government wants a phone they can get access to if the user forgets his password or doesn't want them to. Using an Android phone, being Open Source, they can create a favorable situations without needing the help of RIM, Apple or anyone else.
Any other reason is just filler. If you have their data they always want to be able to control it.
Including backdoors should make these phones less secure even. If the goverment cannuse them hackers can exploit them.
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Re: XML::Twig removing tags from content
by mirod (Canon)
on Sep 27, 2011 at 07:49 UTC ( #928041=note: print w/ replies, xml ) Need Help??
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First, a few comments on your code: delete completely deletes the element, including its descendants. So you should do this after moving the children. Then you cannot paste an element that's already part of a tree. You need to cut it, then paste it. Or in short, to move it. move, like paste, needs a position and a referent as arguments: $c->move( before => $p) would work.
Also, I am not sure of the test on $p->parent('li'): it will try to find an li ancestor to $p, which may, possibly, find false positives (a p buried in a table within a li), so you probably want $p->parent->tag eq 'li', or $p->parent->is( 'li')).
That said, try $p->erase if( $p->parent->is( 'li')), that might just do what you want.
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Thanks -- yeah I noticed that 'parent' and 'ancestor' seem to be the same thing -- thanks for clarifying how to eliminate the false positives. Scott
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Teaching With Your Mouth Shut
In his book of the same title, Donald Finkel challenges the model of teaching as transmission or telling students what they should know. Without discounting the importance of the captivating lecture, he offers other images of good teaching. Finkel identifies activities by which we can deepen our students’ learning with our mouths shut.
Let the books or articles you assign do the talking:
• Raise provocative questions you don’t have an answer to or solicit the students’ questions about the reading
• Ask students to formulate and test hypotheses about the reading in class, precept, or lab
Make your process of thinking available to your students:
• Design in-class activities and assignments that make that process evident and get students to engage in it. For instance, how do you formulate a research question? How can you get your students to practice that process?
• Design an experience that teaches; for example, pose an open-ended problem and ask students to work together or independently to solve it
Center your course on inquiry:
• Organize your course around a question or set of questions
• Carefully sequence your reading assignments or topics—and discuss alternate sequences with your students
• Design assignments that require a reasoned response, not a correct answer
• Give feedback on lab reports, essays, etc. that engages with the students’ ideas, not simply their prose style
Teach a course or single class with a colleague. To make the point that disciplinary knowledge is contested,
• Stage a debate with a colleague during lecture and, during class or precept, ask students to come to a decision about the most persuasive argument
• Start a public dialogue with a colleague during lecture and ask students to participate by asking questions or asserting counterarguments
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3 stars An attempt at a more conventional album, So Far shows Faust trying to create more digestable 'songs' out of the sprawling noise that made up its debut. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt and the album ends up being rather uneven.
The new approach is most justified on the opener 'Its a Rainy Day...' which begins with a quick tempo, hypnotic drum beat and slowly adds piano, guitar, organ, harmonica and finally calminates with a lovely sax cresendo. The album continues with the simple classical guitar piece "Abamea' and then lurches into 'No Harm' which is an excellent jam blending the best of both new and old Faust. The title track is a nice, mellow groove great for cruising down the highway and is followed rather naturally by the hard, industrial sound of 'Mamie Is Blue'. The rest of the album however is comprised of mediocre snipets snoozable at best, skippable at worst.
Overall, So Far lacks the unity of its powerful debut and thus it is rated lower in my book. Ill admit though, if your a beginner who prefers to dip their toe in Faust's alluring waters rather than jump right in, this is the place to start.
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The Knights in the Holy Land and on Cyprus
Early in the 11th cent. the increasing number of pilgrimages to the holy city of Jerusalem led some Italian merchants to obtain from the city's Muslim rulers the right to maintain a Latin-rite church there. In connection with this church a hospital for ill or infirm pilgrims was established. When the Crusaders took Jerusalem, the master of the hospital was Gerard de Martignes, who created a separate order, the Friars of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. In 1113, Pope Paschal II recognized the order.
The object of the order was to aid the pilgrims, and it soon became apparent that military protection was necessary. Gerard's successor, Raymond du Puy, reconstituted the order as a military one. The members were divided into three classes—the knights of justice, who had to be of noble birth and had to be knights already; the chaplains, who served the spiritual needs of the establishment; and the serving brothers, who merely carried out orders given them. Besides these, there were the honorary members called donats, who contributed estates and funds to the order. The Hospitalers obtained a great income through gifts, and the necessity of caring for their estates led to the formation of subsidiary establishments all over Europe, the preceptories.
The knights took part in the major crusading campaigns, notably the capture (1154) of Ascalon. When Jerusalem fell (1187) to the Muslims, the Hospitalers established themselves at Margat and then (1189) at Acre. The subsequent period was marked by rivalry with the Knights Templars and by military failure. Meanwhile, the hospital work of the order went on. In 1291 the knights were driven from the Holy Land by the fall of Acre and established themselves in Cyprus. They continued to combat the Muslims but now by sea rather than by land; the Hospitalers became the principal agents of convoys for pilgrims. Cyprus, however, was not the ideal place for the establishment, and the grand master, William de Villaret, planned the conquest of Rhodes from the Saracens, a conquest achieved by his brother and successor, Fulk (or Foulques) de Villaret in a special crusade (1308–10).
On the Island of Rhodes
The island of Rhodes was an important strategic point, and the Turks on their advance after the capture of Constantinople determined to take it. A heroic episode in medieval military history was the successful defense of Rhodes by the grand master, Pierre (later Cardinal) d'Aubusson, against the forces sent by Sultan Muhammad II. But the knights could not summon the means to resist indefinitely, and in 1522 the grand master Philippe de L'Isle Adam was forced to capitulate. The knights wandered homeless until in 1530 Holy Roman Emperor Charles V conferred upon them the sovereignty of the island of Malta.
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See E. E. Hume, Medical Work of the Knights Hospitallers (1940); R. Peyrefitte, Knights of Malta (tr. 1959); R. Cavaliero, The Last of the Crusaders (1960, repr. 1963); C. E. Engel, Knights of Malta (1963); E. Bradford, The Shield and the Sword (1973).
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Quest: Well made
September 29, 2006 20:22 IST
Amol Palekar's bilingual film Quest is not for light entertainment.
Based on a lesser-explored aspect of sexuality, it forms the third part of the director's trilogy following Dayraa and Anaahat. Quest may make you shift uncomfortably in your chair. It may sadden you. At times, it may even get preachy. What it will definitely do, however, is leave an indelible mark.
The film opens with lawyer Sai (Mrinal Kulkarni) catching her chef husband Aditya (Rishi Deshpande) indulging in a homosexual act with her friend Uday (Shishir Sharma). Her rose-tinted glasses are ripped off suddenly and she wallows in grief.
Sai and Aditya have had a happy 11-year marriage. They have an 8-year old son Nilay (Shreyas Paranjpe) and things have seemed normal, until now. Aditya and Uday have been having an affair for over two years, but Sai has never smelt a rat. When the truth it finally out, their life becomes a sordid mess. Aditya, already confused about his sexuality, now has to deal with the possibility of Sai leaving him. She may be progressive and understanding, but still finds it hard to forgive him and accept his homosexuality.
A still from QuestSai's conversations with her mother (Vijaya Mehta) and Aditya's father (G P Deshpande) are heartrending. Although they carry a lot of information, they have been weaved into the story well. Sandhya Gokhale's screenplay and dialogues flow like a river. If only film editor Amitabh Shukla had kept the story crisp and shorter, it would have been harder to get distracted.
Unaware of the fact that her daughter's husband is involved with a man, Sai's mother tells her that ignorance is sometimes bliss.
The film talks about the taboo associated with homosexuality. When one cheats, does it matter if it's with a man or woman? Questions like these are raised by Palekar as the story unfolds. He talks about how homosexual isn't a disease, but a sexual preference. Homosexuals need companionship too, and someone to go home to.
A still from QuestRishi Deshpande's portrayal of a bi-sexual trying to find himself is excellent. His confusion about his sexuality is aptly reflected in his expressions. What makes the three lives go haywire is his inability to take responsibility and make a decision. Nilay (Shreyas Paranjpe), who plays Aditya and Sai's son, is adorable, bringing light moments to an otherwise heavy film.
Amol also tries to blend in topics like HIV, mercy killing and divorce, among others. This is where the film could have been crisp. If avoided, it would also have kept the focus on the subject.
Having said that, Quest is wonderfully made. The subject is well handled, with no vulgarity. One wonders if audiences will lap it up, but it will certainly do well at film festivals.
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A volcanologist is a person who studies the creation of volcanoes, and their current and historic eruptions. Volcanologists frequently visit volcanoes, particularly active ones, to observe volcanic eruptions, collect eruptive products including samples of tephra, lava, and rock. One major focus of enquiry is the prediction of eruptions; currently there is no accurate way to do this, but predicting eruptions, like predicting earthquakes, could save numerous lives.
In 1841, the first volcanological observatory, the Vesuvius Observatory, was founded in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Seismic observations are made utilizing seismographs that are deployed near volcanic areas, watching out for increased seismicity during volcanic events, particularly looking for long period harmonic tremors, which signal magma movement through volcanic conduits.
Surface deformation monitoring includes the use of geodetic methods such as leveling, strain, tilt, angle, and distance measurements through tiltmeters, total stations, and EDMs. This also includes GNSS observations and InSAR. Surface deformation signifies magma upwelling: increased magma supply produces bulges in the volcanic center’s surface.
Gas emissions may be monitored with equipment including portable ultra-violet spectrometers, which analyzes the presence of volcanic gases such as sulfur dioxide; or by infra-red spectroscopy. Increased gas emissions, and especially changes in gas compositions, may signal an impending volcanic eruption.
Changes in temperature are monitored utilizing thermometers and observing changes in thermal properties of volcanic lakes and vents, which might signify upcoming activity.
Satellites are widely utilized to monitor volcanoes, as they allow a large area to be monitored with ease. They can measure the spread of an ash plume. InSAR and thermal imaging can monitor large, scarcely populated areas where it would be too expensive to maintain instruments on the ground.
Other geophysical techniques include monitoring fluctuations and sudden change in resistivity, gravity anomalies or magnetic anomaly patterns that might indicate volcano-induced faulting and magma upwelling.
Stratigraphic analyses includes analyzing tephra deposits and lava deposits and dating these to give volcano eruption patterns, with estimated cycles of intense activity and size of eruptions.
Volcanology has a wide history. The earliest known recording of a volcanic eruption may be on a wall painting dated to about 7,000 BCE found at the Neolithic site in Anatolia, Turkey. This painting has been interpreted as a depiction of a volcano erupting, with a cluster of houses below showing a twin peaked volcano in eruption, with a town at its base. The volcano in the painting may be either Hasan Dag, or its smaller neighbor Melendiz Dag.
The classical world of Greece and the early Roman Empire described volcanoes as the work of gods as science and alchemy had no explanations for their existence. The first attempt at a scientific explanation was undertaken by the Greek philosopher Empedocles, who saw the world divided into four elemental forces, of Earth, Air, Water, and Fire. Volcanoes, Empedocles maintained, were the manifestation of Elemental Fire. Plato contended that channels of hot and cold waters flow in inexhaustible quantities through subterranean rivers. The Christian world explained volcanoes as the work of Satan or the wrath of God, and only miracles could prevent their wrath.
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Yes, Fiat 500 BEV is just a concept. Fiat, however, has been working on electrifying the cute little 500 for some time. So we were surprised at the Chrysler/Fiat stand to learn that the concept has no solid specifications yet. Perhaps it's because ENVI, the Chrysler group tasked with the electrification of its models, has been disbanded.
What we do know is this: The Fiat 500 BEV is an electric city runabout along the lines of the Mini-E. A cursory inspection of the 500 BEV reveals usual electric-car features. Orange electrical lines run to a controller in the engine compartment that sits atop a large electric motor that drives the front wheels. We gather from the sporting nature of this 500's interior that it is meant to be fun, while frugal. It retains its rear seats, and even if the trunk is filled with batteries, the 500 BEV appears to be decently practical for most city commutes. We'll guess it will have performance similar to the Mini-E's, meaning a range of about 40 miles and acceleration that would suffice in city traffic.
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When you think about an individual cell, you no doubt envision a tiny water balloon. In fact, some theories describe cells in just this way: elastic membranes filled with fluids. But a new set of experiments carried out by Ben Fabry, team leader Jeffrey Fredberg and colleagues at the Harvard School of Public Health, Dalhousie University and the University of Barcelona suggest that the behavior of cells is not so simple. They discovered that when smooth muscle cells¿a type commonly found in the lungs and bronchi¿are deformed, the cells respond like molten glass. Specifically, they gradually become increasingly stiff.
The researchers, who publish their work in the October 1 issue of Physical Review Letters, tested the cells by vibrating them at different speeds. To each cell, they attached a magnetic bead, measuring only five micrometers in diameter. When they applied an oscillating magnetic field at varying strengths and frequencies, the bead rolled back and forth over the cell's surface, tugging at the attachment point and jostling the cell around. A video camera recorded the vibrations and a computer algorithm calculated the exact motions of the bead.
Fabry and his team found that, initially, the cells jiggled in response to the moving beads, as predicted by the water balloon model. But as they increased the frequency of the vibrations, the cells slowly grew hard. "This result was most surprising to us," Fabry says, because the water balloon model predicted that instead, the cells would stiffen relatively suddenly and at a characteristic frequency. Much more gradual stiffening, with no characteristic frequency, he says, resembles the way glasses behave. He believes that protein molecules inside the cells act like molten glass particles.
Although it may be too soon to classify cells as glassy materials, Fabry suggests his findings could change the way scientists think about various cell types, including such fibroblasts as the one shown above. The results may also lead to a better understanding of certain diseases¿among them asthma and cancer¿that involve mechanical changes in the ways cells behave.
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Discussion in 'Orange Islands' started by Chou Toshio, Jul 28, 2012.
1. TM13IceBeam
Oct 22, 2010
pretty sure smeargle is ohko'd by slaking/arceus/regigigas and fails to outspeed any of them
2. SP458
Jun 28, 2006
But Chansey has 105 Spc in RBY. If I follow your logic, RBY Blissey would have:
HP: 255
Atk: 10
Def: 10
Spc: 75 (down from 135 because its HP is its highest stat)
Spe: 55
Now compare to RBY Chansey:
HP: 250
Atk: 5
Def: 5
Spc: 105
Spe: 50
It sounds like nonsense to give its evolved form a lower Spc. Evolved forms should follow the same Special trend than their pre-evolutions if the latter were in RBY.
On-topic, let's see if Tangrowth can have some usage here...
HP: 100
Atk: 100
Def: 125
Spc: 110 (because Tangela had 100 Spc in RBY and ended with 100/40 in later gens)
Spe: 50
With much better Attack and HP stats than Tangela, Tangrowth can now go mixed.
-Swords Dance
-Mega Drain
-Stun Spore / Sleep Powder / Hyper Beam
RBY Tangrowth is quite hard to destroy with these insane defensive stats. Swords Dance + Bind will remove a lot of health from its opponents. Mega Drain is for recovery and STAB. Stun Spore and Sleep Powder will ease your sweeping (read: annoying) prowess. But if you feel lucky, you can try Hyper Beam when your opponent is low on health.
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Diana Fennekin the cutest
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I know it wouldn't be that good due to being outclassed by a ton of things (Slaking, Persian, etc.) but Furret really wishes it had RBY mechanics.
HP: 85
Atk: 76
Def: 64
Spc: 45
Spe: 90
-Ice Beam
Always-crit STAB Slash is awesome, and Amnesia is always good with Furret's movepool, though 45 special hurts badly... It's not like it would be that competitive but for Furret's standards it's surprisingly good!
Also Lanturn is pretty cool:
HP: 125
Atk: 58
Def: 58
Spc: 76
Spe: 67
You could fit Agility or Rest somewhere in there too if you want. Good typing and movepool with Amnesia and decent bulk. Might be let down a bit by low Speed though.
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Oct 22, 2012
Thread needs activity, and I'm here to give it. Deoxys-A everyone.
50 HP
180 Atk
20 Def
180 Spc(Over 180)
150 Speed
Ice Beam
Hyper Beam
Yeah, this set is destruction. You take Special hits like nothing and retaliate with Psychic, Ice Beam and Thunderbolt for unresisted coverage, and Hyper Beam to finish off Pokemon. Stats except HP and Defense are godly, so make sure you abuse that.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/13845 | Isabel Marant is about to get the H&M treatment, following in the footsteps of labels like, most recently, Maison Martin Margiela and, going back a few more years, Stella McCartney and Karl Lagerfeld. Not bad company. Marant's new collection for the fast-fashion giant is launching in November following a big Paris bash. Maybe that's why this collection found the designer reengaging with the tough-yet-romantic trope that first started her down the road to mega-success. As she reminded us backstage, "It's the contrast of two ideas that I'm always trying to work with."
The first look out put that statement into motion, with its strong-shouldered black jacket counterpointing a not-much-longer lacy white slip of a dress. In other instances, Marant paired her frothy white tops (like designers elsewhere, she's embraced the ruffle) with black leather. Side-laced leather pants looked edgier than usual for her. But for every step she took toward the dark side, Marant took another into the light. Painterly blooms on frilly chiffon looked positively sweet. Then, again, by the end of the collection she was back into the grommets and sequins. Grommets covered the season's new shoe, a suede Mary Jane/bootie hybrid that didn't quite work. The collection's lasting impression was of a baby pink ruched and ruffled jacket paired with sexy white eyelet jeans. Sweet, but with a serious bite—that's the essence of Isabel for Spring. |
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A week later, I drove to my doctor’s office. She showed me a single-page document with a chart listing some of the drugs metabolized by the relevant enzymes, as well as definitions of poor and ultrarapid metabolizers. Near the top of the page was a small box containing the sum total of my results: “CYP2D6, extensive metabolizer, CYP2C19, extensive metabolizer.” Much to my surprise, I am totally normal. My DNA sequences encoding both enzymes contain none of the known variants that would render them less effective in metabolizing drugs like codeine and the ingredients in NyQuil.
Did this mean I had imagined the side effects of various drugs? Were the nausea and headaches really a kind of negative placebo effect? After consulting with several experts, I still don’t know the answer. Walter Koch, head of research at Roche Molecular Diagnostics, explains that a complex network of factors can influence an individual’s response to drugs, including “age, gender, diet, hormone levels, concurrent medications, and inherited variations [in genes other than those tested for by the AmpliChip].”
It’s also possible that I possess a rare mutation in CYP2D6 or CYP2C19, one the AmpliChip test doesn’t look for. Although the AmpliChip detects the majority of known clinically relevant mutations in these genes, new variants of the genes are still being discovered, according to Miami’s Licinio. Ultimately, my conundrum points out a limitation of diagnostic testing. “These tests are just one of the pieces of information that should be part of a patient’s history, along with your age, your parents’ medical history, and other factors,” says Lesko.
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But at more than a thousand dollars a test, the AmpliChip is not just another easily gained piece of information. For most patients, genetic testing remains expensive and exotic, both economically and logistically inaccessible. So what will it take for pharmacogenomics information to become a standard part of our medical charts? Experts say educating physicians is one of the biggest obstacles. “When most doctors were in medical school, pharmacogenomics was not part of their training,” says Licinio.
Already, though, more and more physicians do want to use these tests. David Mrazek, chair of the psychiatry and psychology department at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, uses them routinely in clinical practice. He says the benefit of pharmacogenomics in psychiatry is clear: people vary enormously in their response to antidepressants and antipsychotics, both of which can cause troublesome side effects. Some patients spend weeks or months or even years trying different doses of various drugs to find the one that brings the most relief with the fewest problems. By testing for genetic variants in drug-metabolizing enzymes, Mrazek is able to save his patients much of that trial and error. “If a patient is a poor metabolizer of Prozac, I’ll start them on a different drug,” he says.
The real hurdle, then, will be financial. Insurance companies still consider the AmpliChip experimental and are unlikely to cover it until large clinical trials prove that it can both help patients and cut costs. Such studies, which are already under way for psychiatric disorders, will also help determine how best to use the test.
Whatever the economic and insurance considerations, however, the advent of genetic tests like AmpliChip seems all but inevitable. And for patients, that is a good thing.
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