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I'd like to check the the source code used to implement the standard rectangle shape in PGF/TikZ. I was thinking about searching for something like \pgfdeclareshape{rectangle} inside the PGF files but I have no idea where to look.
I've found a pgfbaseshapes.sty file in texmf-dist/tex/latex/pgf/basiclayer/ but it is almost empty and tagged as obsolete.
Any hint on where should I look?
It would also be super nice if someone could briefly explain how the PGF/TikZ code is organized into files, i.e. where should one look for the code of a certain shape, a library, etc.
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A lot of them are found in /usr/local/texlive/<versionnumber>/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/frontendlayer/tikz/libraries/... You'll find them typically in names that end with .code.tex. I can't speak to the organization- I'm sure one of the tikz gurus will be around soon :) – cmhughes Jun 18 '13 at 17:37
thank you @cmhughes for some obscure reason I was limiting myself to the tex/latex/ folder... Now I've found all sort of shapes code except that for the standard rectangle :D – dcmst Jun 18 '13 at 17:49
@dcmst: The really basic node shapes (including rectangle) are defined in pgf/generic/pgf/modules/pgfmoduleshapes.code.tex – Jake Jun 18 '13 at 17:56
thanks @Jake. After discovering the right directory to look in (thanks to @cmhughes) I have to say that the files structure is not that complicated as I thought before. – dcmst Jun 18 '13 at 21:24
I generally browse libraries via shell; for example, you can find paths saying kpsewhere tikzlibraryshapes.code.tex or kpsewhere pgflibraryshapes.code.tex and of course have a look to the code via nano $(kpsewhere tikzlibraryshapes.code.tex) or nano $(kpsewhich tikzlibraryshapes.code.tex). – Claudio Fiandrino Jun 19 '13 at 10:49
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1. The first answer is already mentioned in the comments. Basic answer is look for the TeX distro's tex/pgf/generic folder. (TikZ/PGF has different implementation details depending on the driver choice so it further classifies code into ConTeXt/Lua/Xe/PDF/La(TeX) etc.) Generic tends to include the driver-independent code.
To add yet another option from TeXnicCenter, if you use Ctrl+Shift+F and enter C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\generic\pgf as the Use Directory it will search for all relevant PGF files in a separate Find window (for which there are two). A screenshot
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Strangely, if it doesn't find anything in a file it says Cannot access file! but in fact it does access all files.
2. The organization for the files roughly;
1. Front-End Layer (TikZ files) tikz.code.tex is the main file for everything.
2. Basic Layer (PGF files)
3. System Layer (Driver related lowest-level files)
4. Libraries (PGF versions)
5. Math, Keys, Utilities etc.
When we use \usetikzlibrary{<lib name>} it looks for the library file
tikzlibrary<lib name>.code.tex
within the Front-End folder TikZ. However, these library calls also involve
pgflibrary<lib name>.code.tex
under the hood. So we can also argue that there is a front-end to the libraries too which is mostly used to get the main functionality in a convenient manner and passes onto the actual PGF code.
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(This is a continuation of the question asked in this thread)
I'm using apa.cls (in doc-mode) in conjunction with biblatex. The apa.cls prints a header for me on every page, except for when biblatex prints the bibliography. At this point, is seems like biblatex takes over and creates a different heading which says "REFERENCES".
I would like to have exactly the same header for the references as for the rest of the paper. In this thread (the same one which is linked to above), Gonzalo Medina suggested a solution using \fancyhdr and emulating the header of the apa.cls. However, this seems to run into all kinds of troubles. It is hard to get the exact fontsize, thickness of the text, placement et cetera correct. For example, apa.cls puts the header text in the middle but nudges it a couple of pixels back and forth depending on if it's written on an even or odd page (see original thread for more problems).
For consistency, I could just use \fancyhdr to redefine the header for the whole document but I'd like to use the header that apa.cls specifies (style-wise, it goes well with the main text). So, is there anyway for me to do this?
Minimal (non)working example:
\documentclass[noapacite, twoside, doc]{apa}
\title{This is the Title}
\rightheader{this is the header}
author = {Megalomanius, M.},
year = {1900},
title = {Why I am so great}},
This is the first page.
This is the second page.
This generates the following output (the positioning nudge isn't obvious in these screenshot since they're not lined up):
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after having loaded biblatex and then
The default heading used by biblatex calls \section*{\refname} and \markright{\refname}. So the trick of defining a new header is what you're looking for.
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I'll be damned. It works. Thanks! – Speldosa Nov 3 '11 at 22:16
@Speldosa I've added a bit of explanation (I was in a hurry when answering). – egreg Nov 3 '11 at 22:19
What a great answer. I exactly needed this. egreg I love you. – Henrik Feb 7 '12 at 16:41
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Postby MeitanteiJesus » Thu 05.19.2011 8:10 pm
Trying to learn by reading manga, and during an action scene one of the character's text bubbles was "..........ツ！！"
What does this mean? Is there a resource available with similar obscure things explained? As a beginner there doesn't seem to be a good book on some of the manga lingo.
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Re: ...ツ！！
Postby Hyperworm » Thu 05.19.2011 11:29 pm
Close but wrong transcription :)
It would be 「・・・・・・ッ！！」
Note the size of the ツ (ッ vs ツ).
It's a silence followed by a choked sound or short gasp of astonishment or surprise etc.
"Non-words" like 「・・・ッ！」「クククク・・・」「うぎー！！」 etc. seem to lack the pronunciation regularity of normal Japanese; they aren't pronounced as they seem. (Perhaps not surprising, since the text is an attempt to shoehorn these natural sounds into the Japanese writing system, and not the other way around.)
I feel like the best way to get a hold on what they sound like might be voiced visual novels / sound novels. Then you get the text and the voice at the same time. But you won't understand much unless you have a translation :neutral: Maybe someone should put together a video...
Also, there are probably more obscure things than could reasonably be contained in a list? :D
Feel free to keep asking questions. :)
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The Elendilmir was a symbol of royalty among the Kings of Arnor and their descendants; it was a "white star of elvish crystal upon a fillet of mithril". The original Elendil had descended from Silmariën to Isildur. It was then lost with the death of Isildur at the Disaster of the Gladden Fields. However another was made in Imladris for Valandil and his descendants. When King Elessar ordered the restoration of Orthanc it was found that Saruman had acquired the original Elendilmir. As Elessar took up the kingship of Arnor he wore the original Elendilmir upon his brow. He would only wear it again on high days, whilst on other occasions he would wear the second Elendilmir that had descended to him.[1]
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I think most would agree that any addiction is probably not a good thing. And I see this in people who are unknowingly addicted to losing. They are the people (not just in tennis) that the closer the game/match the tighter they get or the more mistake prone they become.
I play a lot of team sports too, including wallyball here in the colder months... and there are guys that you just know are gonna blow points as that particular game nears a result. We all make mistakes, sure, but some people seemed wired to fail.
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Film: Silent Movie
Silent Movie is a 1976 Comedy directed by Mel Brooks. Advertised as "the first silent film in forty years", its All-Star Cast includes Brooks himself, Dom De Luise, Marty Feldman, Anne Bancroft, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, James Caan, Marcel Marceau and Paul Newman.
It tells the story of director Mel Funn, attempting, with the help of his friends Dom Bell and Marty Eggs, to direct the first silent film in forty years, by hiring stars Anne Bancroft, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, James Caan, Marcel Marceau and Paul Newman to play in it, in order to prevent a hostile takeover on his producer's company, Big Pictures Studio, by the evil conglomerate Engulf & Devour. Hilarity and over the top Slapstick ensue.
May or may not be just an elaborate and clever setup to the funniest verbal joke involving a famous French mime ever.
Unrelated to Scary Movie or Epic Movie, although the naming convention is broadly similar.
This Film Provides Examples Of:
• Actor Allusion: All over the place. All of the stars are represented by their hobbies. For instance, Paul Newman is in a racing wheelchair (at the time, he was car racing as a hobby).
• Probably the best Actor Allusion is when the only spoken word of dialogue in the entire movie comes from a mime.
• Aluminum Christmas Trees: Ha ha! Ashtrays INSIDE by the elevators IN A HOSPITAL! That's funny! Actually, what's funny is that wasn't a joke - it was standard realistic set dressing for a hospital set in the 1970's.
• Aside Glance: Burt Reynolds does this when confronted by Funn, Bell, and Eggs in the old Totem Pole Trench guise.
• Big Eater: The fact that people are buying the giant chocolate bars and trash cans full of popcorn at the theater.
• Big "NON!": The only spoken line of the film.
• Cake Toppers: The fantasy-segue into a gown-and-tails dance number atop a wedding cake.
• Casting Gag: The Big "NO!" is by a mime.
• Chekhov's Gun: A faulty Coca-Cola vending machine which is later used as an improvised grenade launcher.
• Cloud Cuckoolander: Marty. Unusual because he's also a Casanova Wannabe.
• The Danza: All three main characters count: Mel Brooks as Mel Funn, Marty Feldman as Marty Eggs, and Dom De Luise as Dom Bell.
• Exactly What It Says on the Tin
• Funny Background Event
• Fun with Subtitles: The DVD has separate audio tracks for English, French and Spanish, and subtitles.
[No Audible Dialog]
[No Audible Dialog Continues]
• Also, the text dialogue shown on-screen doesn't always match what the actor is mouthing. See Getting Crap Past the Radar for just one example of this.
• Getting Crap Past the Radar: Let's just say that if this movie was made today, it would probably not get away with a PG rating, especially since PG-13 is now a rating.
• When a title card says "You bad boy", Mel Brooks is obviously saying "You son of a bitch".
• Gigantic Gulp: Mel Funn at one point drinks from a bottle of wine almost as big as he is.
• Hello, Nurse!: Bernadette Peters. Yummy.
• I Need a Freaking Drink: After being driven off the wagon, Brooks is actually able to lift Marty Feldman into the air when the latter tries to stop him.
• Idea Bulb: With a real light bulb.
• Letting the Air out of the Band: Over a still photo of New York City, the orchestra plays "San Francisco," only to have the conductor (famous movie maestro Lionel Newman) cue them out, instruments trailing off in the process. With a tap of his baton, the orchestra switches to "We'll Have Manhattan."
• Mistaken for Gay: Funn, Eggs, and Bell are subjected to this twice by the same duo of women. That said, they were essentially dry humping each other in public the first time.
• Murphy's Bed: Various gags during the motel scene; the trope is also lampshaded by a sign at the motel itself.
Featuring Murphy Beds: Charming to the unsophisticated.
• No Celebrities Were Harmed: Averted; not only do the various celebrities in the movie cameo as themselves, but they are portrayed in a caustically self-parodying way; Burt Reynolds in particular is presented has an immense Narcissist, who stops before mirrors to strike poses and has a giant billboard with his name and photo on his house.
• Of Corsets Sexy
• Parody Name: Engulf & Devour is named for Gulf + Western, which had bought Paramount Pictures a decade prior.
• Real-Life Relative: Mel Brooks' wife, Anne Bancroft.
• Running Gag: That poor newspaper vendor.
• Silence Is Golden: Of course. The first major Silent Film release since Modern Times in 1936, and the last until The Artist in 2011.
• A Simple Plan / Zany Scheme: Parodied; the absurd strategies Mel and his friends use to contact the stars and get them to play in the movie always work. When they use a straight approach, it always fails.
• Though it appears that Burt Reynolds at least only agrees to do the film so they'll stop bugging him.
• Something Else Also Rises: When the Engulf & Devour boardmembers are shown a photograph of Bernadette Peters (again, Yummy), as the woman who would be sent to seduce Funn, the table they're sitting at rises several inches.
• Take That The company "Engulf and Devour" is a jab at Gulf+Western, a conglomerate which at the time owned Paramount Pictures.
• Title Drop: All over the place. After all, it is about Mel Broo.. I mean, Mel Funn, trying to make a silent movie.
• Tempting Fate: The Studio Chief, when he initially rejects Funn's movie idea.
Studio Chief: Don't you know that slapstick is DEAD?!
*The chief immediately slips, falls under his desk, and is propelled by his chair into an object on the other side of the room*
• Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Inverted, as not only the characters do notice the numerous Funny Background Events, but they clearly show signs of being surprised and bemused by what they see.
• Vengeful Vending Machine: The three protagonists encounter a Coca Cola vending machine that fires out cans of soda like grenades. They later use it as a weapon against the villains.
• Visual Pun: The prime source of most of the humor outside of pure Slapstick. Of note are the "they're gonna flip!" and sneak preview scenes.
• Wacky Racing: With electric wheelchairs, in a hospital.
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Western Animation: Archie's Weird Mysteries
Archie's Weird Mysteries is the most recent animated adaptation of the Archie comic book, airing from 1999 to 2000 (two seasons). Unlike the usual goofy nature of the series, this show actually showcased the gang getting into supernatural adventures and having to tangle with monsters, ghosts and other paranormal or extraterrestrial activity. DiC Entertainment provided the animation and the series, while still fairly comedic, actually drifted into dark territory sometimes (though not by much; think of something along the line of Goosebumps).
Worth a look if you can find videos or DVDs of it. The entire series is available on DVD as of February 2012.
Currently airing in reruns on Qubo.
Archie's Weird Mysteries provides the following tropes:
• Action Girl: Betty and Veronica step up to the task if needed.
• A Day in the Limelight: "Something is Haunting Riverdale High" focused on Dilton building a device that wound up phasing himself, Archie, Midge, and Big Ethel into another plane of existence, basically turning them intangible and invisible. The episode revealed more about Midge and Ethel beyond Midge simply being Moose's girlfriend and Ethel chasing Jughead. Dilton also sadly notes that the only time anyone talks to him is when they need help with science (which is also true given the episode format). He was missing for an entire day and no one noticed before Archie became intangible. After they get turned back to normal, Archie decides to spend the rest of the day with them.
• "Dance of the Killer Bees" was another episode which focused on Ethel, as we learn she's also president (and the only member) of the Bee Keeping Club. Archie also inspires her to run for Prom Queen alongside Betty and Veronica, and she wins.
• Aliens Speaking English
• All Just a Dream: The episode "Dream Girl" does this.
• Alternate Timeline: "Alternate Riverdales", the second in a trio of connected episodes focusing on time travel.
• And I Must Scream: One story line was about teenagers were being lured into a cursed mall, being turned into store window dummies.
• Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever: Veronica in one episode.
• Be Careful What You Wish For: Many, many times.
• Betty and Veronica: The originals, no less.
• Between My Legs: Both Veronica and Betty in "Dream Girl".
• Big Eater: Jughead, as usual.
• Book Ends: Some episodes begins and ends with Archie writing an article for his school newspaper. The ending usually has him going over an Aesop and the ending lines being, "In a little town called Riverdale."
• The Cassandra: Archie becomes one.
• Cassandra Truth: Lampshaded by Reggie in one episode.
Reggie: Newsflash: The World Does Not Revolve Around Archie Andrews and His Overactive Imagination!
• Christmas Episode: "The Christmas Phantom". The episode is actually based on Santa Claus answering Archie's wish for a weird mystery.
• Clark Kenting: Used in "Supreme Girl vs. Dr. Arachnid" with Supreme Girl and her alias, Olga Capucchi.
• Comic Book Adaptation: Naturally, Archie Comics published a tie-in comic book (thus, making the book a Recursive Adaptation). It was notable for featuring Riverdale characters like Cheryl Blossom who never appeared on the show.
• Contrived Coincidence: Played straight in one episode. In order to stop a giant pudding monster from growing out of hand, Archie and his friends need to drop a rain formula from the sky by someone who has a plane and can fly it. It just so happens that Reggie's uncle has a plane and Pop Tate has an aviator's license.
• Cross Over: The comic book series did an issue guest-starring the original Mighty Crusaders, visiting from a parallel universe.
• Darker and Edgier: It still retains its comedic values, however.
• Enemy Mine: Betty and Veronica in "Green-Eyed Monster".
Veronica: Look, we've been rivals long time, right?
Betty: Longer than I could remember.
Betty: Wouldn't have it any other way.
Veronica: Then let's join forces and submarine this new Dorsa girl.
Betty: Love, love.
• Scarlet with Archie, Jughead and Reggie when Medlock starts favoring Veronica over her.
• Dramatic Irony: After relating her nightmare about a redheaded vampire to Betty, Veronica insists it wasn't the vampire angle but the red hair part that scared her. Considering the object of Veronica's affection has red hair, this is either the case or she simply didn't want to admit she was scared of vampires.
• Even Reggie Has Loved Ones: He stops a gang of trolls from hurting some kindergartners because he had a young niece named Amy staying there. He comforts Amy and make sure she's safe before heading off.
• Everything's Worse With Bees: One episode had the gang dealing with mutated bees. In a surprising twist of fate, Big Ethel saves everyone by dousing the Queen with smoke and commanding the other bees to never come back.
• Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Many stories have the villains' plan ruined because they fail to see their victims as anything more than pawns.
• Mega-Mall of Horrors: The villain never expects Jughead to not be greedy and remain loyal to Pops' Chocolate Shop when the mall closes it.
• The Vampire Arc: Medlock fails to understand the concept of friendship when he betrays his most loyal servant, who ends up turning against him.
• Fountain of Youth: In "Twisted Youth" all the adults become young from drinking bottled water. The reason is because a special crystal was found in the spring that bottled the water and is thus causing them to become young.
• Genre Blind: So...after a lot of times where Archie suspects something, and it'd turn out to be real, you'd think that people would realize he's not kidding, right? Nope.
• A couple of episodes have people believe this, though.
• Gentle Giant: In the last episode, we see Moose befriending the rival school's ultimate wrestler who's really a robot.
• Getting Crap Past the Radar/Scenery Censor: When Veronica suddenly outgrows her swimsuits and then wraps herself up in a Cabana, many of the partygoers look at her with a smile on their faces. It's pretty clear they saw Veronica naked.
• Heel-Face Turn: Scarlet, the vampire girl in the second and third episode of the vampire arc.
• Hidden Depths: One episode revealed that Midge is training in gymnastics because she wants to be a stuntwoman, and Big Ethel is knowledgeable of old coins and interested in magic.
• Hypocritical Humor: "Twisted Youth" showed this relating how the adults were trying to kill everyone's fun until we see them as teenagers....
• The Huge Mall That Wasn't There Yesterday: An episode has one of these.
• Invisibility: One episode has Archie and Reggie becoming invisible. Reggie proceeds to act like H.G. Wells' invisible man.
• Another episode had Archie, Dilton, Midge, and Ethel turned invisible and they were in another plane of existence.
• Ironic Echo: Reggie's line about things being 'too good to be true' and how it relates to the nice robot that replaces him later.
Reggie: (to Veronica) Wake up and smell the rip-off; if something sounds too good to be true, it is!
• It's All About Me: Veronica, of course, due to a spell which, as you can imagine, didn't pan out so well.
• I Was Quite a Looker: In "Twisted Youth", any adult drinking a specific brand of bottled water becomes younger. This is especially noted when Miss Grundy turns young.
• Jerk Ass: Reggie. He was already one in the comics, but there he's sometimes been a Jerk with a Heart of Gold.
• Magic Pants: Averted in "Attack of the Fifty Foot Veronica" (if you don't count her earrings, which oddly grew with her).
• Mayfly-December Romance: Implied in "Green Eyed Monster" where Dorsa outlives her husbands. To be fair, She's a sea creature who kept those "husbands" trapped with her forever. It was just a source of will power for whomever could survive her.
• Me's a Crowd: Veronica learns the hard way that the world's all right with only one of her in "Me! Me! Me!".
• Mundane Solution: In "Brain of Terror", the only way to reverse a brain growth helmet that Moose has been constantly using is to cross the wires. Dilton dismisses it until Moose does it in the end. Also counts as a Brick Joke.
• Mummy: Seen in "Curse of the Mummy". He was a pharaoh who was in love with an ancestor who looked similar to Betty...but kept constantly stalling their wedding. When she died, he was so upset that he desecrated all the statue faces, shattered every mirror and even carved off the face of his own sarcophagus. He came back to life after Archie kept taking pictures of him, and stopped when every picture got ripped in half.
• Muscle Angst: Archie and Reggie both go through this in the episode "Invisible Archie" due to Betty & Veronica's attention being focused on some large jock.
• My Friends... and Zoidberg: "Archie, Reggie, Veronica, Betty! Jughead, too!"
• My God, What Have I Done?: Betty and Veronica both experience this in "Dance of the Killer Bees". While both are running for Prom Queen, neither of them thought they'd lose against Big Ethel and spent most of the episode "feeling sorry for her," until Ethel told them she had fun running against them even if she probably doesn't win. Betty and Veronica then both felt horrible for being so condescending when they realized Ethel deserved to win, as she just spent her time earnestly campaigning instead of trying to tear down her competitors, like the two girls had been doing to each other.
• Nice Guy: The robot lookalike of Reggie in "Reggie or Not". The climax features the robot and Reggie trying to out nice each other and Reggie winning because if the robot really was that nice, he'd let Reggie win.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: There are some episodes where Archie or his friends will be blamed for the trouble.
• Archie buying two dice for his car in "Driven to Destruction" results in his car coming to life and going Yandere on him.
• "Fleas Release Me" has Reggie dressed as a werewolf and scaring Archie, Betty, and Veronica. The consequence is that the sheriff (who is the real werewolf) takes Reggie into custody for the werewolf attacks around Riverdale.
• "Attack of the 50ft Veronica" has the titular character of the episode getting herself zapped with the growth ray. Guess what happens?
• "Green-Eyed Monster" would have Betty and Veronica trying to get rid of Dorsa. Not only the attempts failed, but also Archie losing his trust in them.
• Veronica is unknowingly responsible for getting Dr. Arachnid the means to defeat Supreme Girl.
• Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Medlock, the vampire master, actually had all the cards that the prophecy foretold would bring about darkness. But then he betrays Scarlet, his most loyal servant, by taking away her youth to revive himself. This backfires when it turns out Scarlet was suppose to be girl to help him take over the world.
• Noodle Incident: We don't know why other than he must have done something to tick her off, but for some reason Jughead is very afraid of the Tooth Fairy.
• Our Werewolves Are Different: Turning into a werewolf requires a werewolf bite, the full moon, and possession of a pentagram (which is only defined as a "five-pointed star", so a sheriff's badge works just fine). Putting something silver on the werewolf will turn it back and prevent further changes.
• Prophecy Twist: Used in the three-story arc upon the chosen one who could defeat Medlock.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Betty and Veronica, judging from the color of their dresses.
• Robotic Reveal: Subverted the first two times and then played straight in "Reggie or Not". First, Archie uses a magnet on the Reggie-bot, but it's because the robot has a cookie tray on him. Then, Archie tosses a bucket of water on him, but the robot senses it. Last, Archie is almost run over by a truck and the robot pushes him out of the way...but half of the robot's face got scraped off.
Jughead: Holy Cosmic Muffins! Archie was right!
• Reed Richards Is Useless: How the hell does Dilton not get have government agents knocking on the door asking for him to come up with inventions for them to better mankind? Even if a lot of his inventions wind up setting up the plot somehow, it's because they're irresponsibly used or they malfunction.
• Royal Brat: Veronica, though she's shown to learn her lesson.
• Secret Test of Character: In "Driving to Distraction", one is given to Archie, due to basically ignoring his friends in favor of his car, so the fuzzy dice he buys make the car go Yandere. Lampshaded by the person who gave him the fuzzy dice, who complains that they "always want to do it the hard way".
• Scary Librarian: Shown in "A Haunting of Riverdale". The ghost of Quiet Violet is haunting the library for two reasons: 1) to make sure all the people who had overdue books returned them and 2) finally meeting up with Jughead to make amends to their first meeting and encouraging him to go to the library again.
• Shout-Out: Betty actually dressed as Lara Croft in Misfortune Hunters.
• Shirtless Scene: Archie gets one in the episode "Green Eyed Monster". He's surprisingly buff.
• Story Arc: Two major ones that made up three-part episodes. One dealt with vampires, and the other dealt with time travel.
• Unreliable Narrator: In "A Haunting in Riverdale", the former head librarian is haunting the town. Jughead remembers going to said library, where she bullied him and scared him away from the library, yelling at him for playing with the globe, telling him a book that interested him wasn't for little boys, and finally yelling at him to be quiet because he was laughing. However, when the ghost is asked on what happens, she presents a different version. She did come up and tell him to stop playing with the globe because it almost fell down on him. She did take away a book he wanted to read because it was falling apart and needed to be repaired. And she finally did admit to telling him to be quiet because he was making too much noise.
• Witch Doctor: Lucinda, whom the gang consult on occasion to help them.
• Whole Plot Reference: "Attack of the Killer Spuds" to Invasion of the Body Snatchers. There was also Little Chocklit Shop of Horrors to 2001 A Space Odyssey.
• Wounded Gazelle Gambit: A cute little alien does it to Archie and the gang so he could gain their trust and make an alarm disruptor device so he can collect Riverdale's plutonium and sell it on the black market.
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Perhaps the most controversial of all the recently de-classified documents to come out of the Second Mole People War of Normal, Indiana, the Treaty of Master Blaster's Nelly Mask is asserted by some to be a clarion call to rebellion by Mole People Forces and by others to be an authoritarian statement of invincibility by the treaty's chief architect Rick "Master Blaster" Schwinn.
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The Mole People had long had a frigid relationship with their surface dwelling counterparts, the human Normal, Indiana population, but it was only with the arrival of the misanthropic and destabilizing Robo Mind Wave 6 that these hostilities were brought to the fore. Robo Mind Wave 6's waves of automoton robo-zombies (nee humans) and his hijacking of Normal's computer infrastructure led surface humans to start depositing their trash underground, thus angering the Mole People and awakening age old hostilities. The Mole People were not angry for the inconvenience of mass dumpings of corpses, wrecked automobiles, and human feces (indeed, they thrive off such "trash"), but rather for the unceremonial manner with which these valuable commodities were discarded. The Mole People have a rich and spiritual culture and the surface dweller's disregard for this beautiful creation is what incensed Mole People the most.
The Mole People fought long and they fought hard, but in the end were able to declare only a draw against their hated foes. They did, however, win several concessions from them. The surface dwellers were forced to once again begin paying their yearly tribute (consisting of the fairest virgin maiden, who would go down into the depths to live and breed with the Mole People) and for embattled Normal, Indiana Mayor Jon Walker to cut off his own penis, and in front of his constituents, eat it. The Mole People, for their part, were required to issue an apology for starting the war.
Mole People Fuhrer Hans "The Hitman" Moleman found this admission of guilt to be an outrageous and humiliating punishment and swore vengeance on the residents of Normal, Indiana, but the Normal residents just laughed at him and his stupid Charlie Chaplin lookin' mustache.
The Second Mole People War was begun as the result of long-simmering animosities, fanned into flame by the Fuhrer Moleman and totally lit on fire by the stupid, stupid actions of Rick "Master Blaster" Schwinn. Let me tell you something about Rick. He is an idiot! This guy, and everyone will tell you it's true, was a total loser before the apocalypse fell on Normal, Indiana. He was the general manager of Honda Motors but he only got the job because his dad was good friends with the owner. Anyway, after the arrival of Robo Mind Wave 6 and the apocalypse, Rick decides it would be really cool if he started dressing up like Master Blaster from the Mad Max movie and riding around on his ZX Crotch Rocket throwing molotov cocktails at people and raping and murdering at will. Yeah, real cool Rick. So anwyay, he starts this motorcycle gang, and starts driving everybody nuts. At some point, the Mole People (who are very sensitive to sound) get tired of all those damn motorcycles roaring around up on the Surface, and they start the Second Mole People War. So thanks a lot, Rick. Also, Rick is a fucking dumbass because he wears a hockey mask like Lord Humungous from The Road Warrior, not Master Blaster, thank you very much.
The Second Mole People War caused mass casualties on both sides and was only put to rest with a ceremonial disengagement known as "The Last Dying" wherein two representatives from both sides are required to commit suicide to heal the divisions between their peoples and settle the score on equal terms.
"I just want peace!" says this misunderstood Mole Person
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The Treaty of Master Blaster's Nelly Mask appears to be a statement of Rick "Master Blaster" Schwinn's power and "lordship over all above and some of the stuff that's below," as that is what the document says. Some scholars maintain, however, that this phrase was inserted by a Mole People spy and that, if read properly, is in fact contrary in spirit to Master Blaster's intentions for area domination. For instance, much of the document is saracastic and some of it appears to directly call Master Blaster a "bag of shit." Master Blaster, for his part, contends that he is not.
The debate rages on, and the important thing to remember is that The Treaty of Master Blaster's Nelly Mask, though controversial, is certaintly not the last word in the ongoing surface dweller-Mole People-Robo Mind Wave 6 conflict that has plagued the residents of Normal, Indiana.
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Dune was born in 1300, in Jerusalem, and spent the first 300 years of his like gambling with Knights Templar for food and pleasurable company. During his period of self-awakening (January 1st 1600-about 3PM) he discovered the tru path to enlightenment, but couldn't remember where he left his keys, and so never took the path...
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/15533 | DTP project meeting, July 27, 2011
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• Linda Chan (Actuate)
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• The 1.9.1 build based on the Git repository is ready.
• There is still an open issue for what to do if we need to make a change to an earlier release and build it.
• The platform has this problem also
• Suggestion: leave CVS writeable, but remove the HEAD branch content (so people won't make changes to a "1.9.1" stream that is not used)
• Another suggestion: since CVS history was moved over to Git, it should be theoretically possible to build an old release from Git.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/15535 | STP/BPMN Component/EclipseCon2008
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Here is the outline of the tutorial:
• 16h: Presentation
• 16h15: Modeling BPMN
• 16h45: Interactions with the modeler
• 17h05: Get your own editor
• 17h35: Future plans and conclusions
• 17h50: Questions
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• Just i18n'ed
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• Creating basic shapes
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• Customize the edge and the reset connection button
• Change the order of edges for an activity
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• Using the builder to validate the diagram
• Documentation
• Attaching a reference to a project file to a shape
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The annotation coding sample
This sample demonstrates how you can integrate the BPMN modeler with an external application.
In this sample we will use a plugin (org.eclipse.bpmn.sample.bugView) which shows a tree view of various bugs.
Our coding sample will consist in creating a new plugin, which will transform bugs into text annotations during a drag and drop operation.
Creating the plugin Create the plugin, make it dependent of org.eclipse.stp.bpmn.diagram and org.eclipse.stp.bpmn.sample.bugView.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/15538 | Thomas Winckler, director of product management at FullArmor, has been demo'ing his company's new product, FullArmor Endpoint Policy Manager (EPM), all week at the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) in San Diego, and he told us that attendees have given him some good ideas about the product. More about that in a minute.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
EPM pushes Active Directory and Group Policy settings to client computers that aren't attached to the domain. Its server component gathers the Resultant Set of Policies (RSoP) into a small package (200KB to 400KB) that can quickly be downloaded to client computers when they connect to the network from out in the field. Clients can be running either the EPM agent or the EPM browser helper object downloaded from the Web. EPM completes the RSoP download in a minimum of time (as few as 3 minutes) without waiting for VPN negotiation to take place, so even road warriors who make the briefest of stops at a Starbucks wireless hotspot can get the latest settings. Guest workers who need to attach to the network download the browser helper and RSoP package to temporarily comply with company policies, then at the end of their session, EPM removes the settings from their machines.
FullArmor designed EPM to meet the needs of its large enterprise customers, who were looking for a way to push Group Policy settings to client computers that seldom if ever connect to the domain. Customers also wanted a means of confirming that clients were truly getting and keeping the settings. EPM offers reporting capabilities that help these customers know and show that they're compliant with federal and other regulations.
Back to those ideas that Winckler got from MMS attendees—one was for a hybrid of the two EPM agents, a full agent that could be downloaded from the Web so that mobile employees could have it installed on their machines more easily. Maybe we'll see that capability in a future release.
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Orchards like this one in Adams County, PA, and other U.S. farms face worldwide competition for their apples and apple products due to imports.
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The official answer is Yes, according to the James Beard Foundation, which put out the quiz. (You can see the whole quiz below). But we reached out to Jason Clay of the World Wildlife Fund who's being honored by the JBF tonight, for a slightly more nuanced response.
For starters, Clay says, it's important to point out that we import about 30 percent of the fresh fruits we consume now. So perhaps we could make up difference by increasing our imports.
So, there's really no quick and easy answer.
Here's the whole quiz:
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A. 2 percent
B. 5 percent
C. 10 percent
D. 20 percent
6. How much of the nation's total land area is controlled by farmers?
A. 10 percent
B. 20 percent
C. 40 percent
D. 60 percent
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B. 20 million
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P.S: JBF is hosting foodies and food thinkers today and tomorrow at a conference called "Creating a Better, More Sustainable Food World We Can Trust." (You can watch it all on the live stream.) I was supposed to be there moderating but was felled by a stomach bug, so I'm at home in DC recovering with some chamomile tea.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/15667 | Adams County, Pennsylvania
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Adams is a county in Pennsylvania. It was formed in 1800 from York county. The earliest land deed in Adams was recorded in 1800. The earliest wills begin in 1800. For more information, contact the county at Courthouse, Gettysburg 17325-2398. On the attached map, Adams is located at G6.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/15671 | X-Gene (manga)
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/15673 | Karim is a anime/manga character in the Jyu Oh Sei franchise
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/15675 | Humor: Security is Important
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Humor: Security is Important
Not sure I posted this before (didn't turn up in a simple search, at least)... but I
was going through some of my old links and came upon this... text is below...
thought it was pretty hilarious.
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Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny
From: (=brian)
Subject: Security is important
Keywords: smirk, computers, original
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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 19:30:00 PST
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Them: Important user, NT box, lost admin password, sad, sad, sad.
Me: No problem, change password with magic linux disk, offline NT password
Them: No, no, no. Never work. NT secure. Get real.
Me: Watch. (reboot)
Them: Gasp! This floppy is dangerous! Where did you get it?
Me: Internet. Been around forever.
Them: How do we keep students from using this?
Me: Can't. Migrate. Linux. Mac.
Them: No, no, no. Just make NT safe.
Me: Can't. NT inherently unsafe.
Them: Must be safe. NT good. We have never seen problems.
Me: You just saw one now.
Them: No, no, no. NT good. Win2k better.
Me: Win2k is NT. Same thing. Should I give this floppy to a student?
Them: No, no, no. Give here.
Me: Whatever. What do you want me to do?
Them: Change admin password.
Me: Fine. To what?
Them: "p-a-s-s-w-o-r-d"
Me: No, no, no.
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And do you know what the scary part really is......?
This conversation probably happened somewhere to someone at one time or another
I can imagine the look on the guys face when he saw the 'magical Linux floppy'
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/15689 | View Full Version : I have a Question--Direct Positive emulsion
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Hi I'm new here.
I have a Question
Is there a recipe for positive emulsion (something like ILFORD HARMAN) and what if it is no secret
11-12-2011, 11:55 AM
If you don't mind crude imagery and longer exposures, check out the Calotype Society group on Flickr. There's some information on old fashioned direct positive coatings over there.
Steve Smith
11-12-2011, 01:22 PM
I might be wrong, but I would think that if a monochrome film emulsion can be processed as a positive (which it can) then the same should be true of a paper emulsion.
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11-12-2011, 01:24 PM
There are many direct positive emulsion formulas, but they are very complex and require exacting methods of precipitation.
Although I am peripherally aware of them, I am not very familiar with them and have never made one.
11-12-2011, 08:09 PM
why not just make tintypes ?
probably a lot less work in the end ..
good luck !
11-15-2011, 02:32 PM
To quote PE from another thread...
There are at least two types of direct reversal emulsions. The process is Develop, Stop or Rinse, and Fix using normal chemistry.
The two types in common use are Reversal F and Reversal P which differ considerably. These emulsions are VERY complex and beyond the scope of any discussion so far on APUG, but to make it very simple, A reversal F emulsion is usually say a pure chloride cube which is then treated with bromide and made into an octahedron kind of shape. The cur of this, the chloride, may be fogged, sensitized some way or just left as is before shelling. This process is called conversion and does not make a true core shell emulsion.
That final emulsion then is sensitized as normal but uses a special chemical called a nucleating agent added to the mix.
At exposure, exposed areas will not develop, but unexposed areas will develop thus giving us a positive image directly with a normal developer.
There are two disadvantages. One is that the nucleating agent can build up in the developer changing both direct reversal results with time, and also it can affect negative emulsions so the developer is best used one-shot or only for direct reversal emulsions with lower capacity. The second disadvantage is that these materials have a shorter tone scale and higher fog than normal materials. This results in re-reversal or combined negative and positive images in the same frame. This is rare, but very ungood when it takes place.
Reversal F was used in Kodak PR-10 instant films and in Ektaflex R material.
This is from this thread. (http://www.apug.org/forums/forum37/83235-direct-positive-paper-how-does-work.html)
Jeff Searust
11-15-2011, 02:42 PM
the basic theory of silver emulsion photography is reversal from the beginnings of the process in the early 1800's til today. If there were an easy way to do positives, don't you think everyone would be doing it?...
John Shriver
12-22-2011, 09:47 PM
There are direct positive duplicating microfilms, such as Kodak 2468. I got a few 100' 35mm rolls for almost nothing, the hitch is the stuff is incredibly slow, ISO around 1 or slower... |
global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/15693 | The 28/3.5 AI is an excellent lens. It doesn't have the CRC feature of the 28/2.8 AIS. What you save by getting the 28/3.5 AI will leave you enough to get a 55/3.5 Macro and then some. The CRC feature is nice and I have it on other 28s like the 28/1.8 Konica UC Hexanon and the 28/2 Canon FD SSC. In the close range any of the 55/3.5 Micro Nikkors will be better than these 28mm lenses with CRC. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/15698 | You might consider the following as an alternative to a tripod: whenever I know that I will be shooting in crowded or tripod-unfriendly places (churches, museums, busy streets,etc) I only carry my Rolleicord, a short cable release and a large sock not quite filled with rice that has -obviously- been sewn up. I use the sock to level the Rolleicord on pews, benches, stones -whatever. And if I want a higher point on which to steady the camera I look for a wall, place the sock on it and press the camera onto the sock (since the image is square it does not matter whether the camera is held vertically or horizontally); once I have focused I shoot with the cable release, still pressing the camera tightly against the wall. You can shoot at practically any speed this way. Both the sock and the Rollei travel easily in a winter coat's pocket. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/15699 | Just a reminder to those who did not send cards by mid-December -- I did send a pm to you back then with my new address in Manitoba, so if you've sent it to the old one in Kamloops, I will probably not get it, as the people who were forwarding my mail have now moved (I was sharing a house, so I couldn't use the old fashioned postal system to do it for me) and, for obvious reasons, are no longer doing so. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/15723 | Outkast fan Woody Allen
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Woody Allen is a fan of 'Outkast'.
The group's lead singer Andre 3000 wrote a letter to the 'Match Point' director asking if he could write some music for one of his films.
Andre was stunned when he got a response from Woody saying he loved his songs.
The musician told Britain's Empire magazine: "I wrote him a letter asking for work and he wrote back saying, 'I dig your work.'"
Meanwhile, shooting was halted on the set of Allen's latest film when actor Colin Farrell went to comfort an injured boy.
The Irish heartthrob had been filming in North London when he saw a little boy fall off his bike.
Witnesses say the heartthrob rushed to the aid of the crying youngster and scooped him up in his arms.
Allen's new as-yet untitled project is so top secret that even the crew are not told what scenes they will be shooting until the very last minute.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/15826 | 1 Kings 8:46-56 (New International Version)
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46 "When they sin against you--for there is no one who does not sin1--and you become angry with them and give them over to the enemy, who takes them captive2 to his own land, far away or near; 47 and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead3 with you in the land of their conquerors and say, 'We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly';4 48 and if they turn back5 to you with all their heart6 and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray7 to you toward the land you gave their fathers, toward the city you have chosen and the temple8 I have built for your Name;9 49 then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause. 50 And forgive your people, who have sinned against you; forgive all the offenses they have committed against you, and cause their conquerors to show them mercy;10 51 for they are your people and your inheritance,11 whom you brought out of Egypt, out of that iron-smelting furnace.12 52 "May your eyes be open13 to your servant's plea and to the plea of your people Israel, and may you listen to them whenever they cry out to you.14 53 For you singled them out from all the nations of the world to be your own inheritance,15 just as you declared through your servant Moses when you, O Sovereign LORD, brought our fathers out of Egypt." 54 When Solomon had finished all these prayers and supplications to the LORD, he rose from before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven. 55 He stood and blessed16 the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying: 56 "Praise be to the LORD, who has given rest17 to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises18 he gave through his servant Moses.
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15 She is of more value than jewels, and nothing for which you may have a desire is fair in comparison with her. 16 Long life is in her right hand, and in her left are wealth and honour. 17 Her ways are ways of delight, and all her goings are peace. 18 She is a tree of life to all who take her in their hands, and happy is everyone who keeps her.
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19 So once the LORD your God gives you relief from all the enemies that surround you in the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess, you must wipe out Amalek's memory from under the heavens. Don't forget this!
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So they approached the spot, and, after much labour to get at the well, drank of the water, which had a brackish taste, and proceeded on their journey southward through Kirtlington, then a considerable city, although now a small village. It was their intention to pass by the cathedral city of Dorchester, where Wulfstan was then bishop, where they arrived on the second night of their journey.
It was the largest city Elfric had as yet seen, possessing several churches, of which only one now remains. The hand of the ruthless Danes had not yet been laid heavily upon it, and the magnificence of the sacred fanes, built by cunning architects from abroad, amazed the Mercian boy.
There was the tomb of the great Birinus, the apostle of Mercia, who had founded the see in the year 630 A.D., and to whose shrine multitudes of pilgrims flocked each year. But the remains of Roman greatness most astonished Elfric. The ruins of the amphitheatre situate near the river Tame were grand even in their decay, and all the imaginative faculties of the boy were aroused, as one of the most learned inhabitants described the scenes of former days, of which tradition had been preserved, the gladiatorial combats, the wild beast fights.
The heir of Aescendune found hospitality at the episcopal palace, where Wulfstan,[vii] once the turbulent Archbishop of York, held his court. The prelate seemed favourably impressed with his youthful guest, whom he dismissed with a warm commendation to Dunstan.
They left the city early in the morning, and passed through Baenesington (Benson), which having been originally taken from the Welsh by the Saxon chieftain Cuthulf, in the year 571, became the scene of the great victory of Offa, the Mercian king, over Cynewulf of Wessex in the year 777. One of Elfric’s ancestors had fought on the side of Offa, and the exploits of this doughty warrior had formed the subject of a ballad often sung in the winter evenings at Aescendune, so that Elfric explored the scene with great curiosity. Inferior to Dorchester, it was still a considerable town.
Late at night they reached Reading, where they slept, and started early on the morrow for London, where they arrived on the evening of the fourth day.
London, in the days of King Edred, differed widely from the stately and populous city we know in these days, and almost as widely from the elegant “Colonia Augusta,” or Londinium, of the Roman period. Narrow, crooked, and unpaved lanes wound between houses, or rather lowly cottages, built of timber, and roofed with thatch, so that it is not wonderful that a conflagration was an event to be dreaded.
Evidence met the eye on every side how utterly the first Englishmen had failed to preserve the cities they had conquered, and how far inferior they were in cultivation, or rather civilisation, to the softer race they had so ruthlessly expelled; for on every side broken pedestal and shattered column appeared clumsily imbedded in the rude domestic architecture of our forefathers.
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After supper, at which Carl had eaten little and Mr. Meredith nothing at all, both went silently into the study. The switch lay on the table. Mr. Meredith had had a bad time getting a switch to suit him. He cut one, then felt it was too slender. Carl had done a really indefensible thing. Then he cut another—it was far too thick. After all, Carl had thought the eel was dead. The third one suited him better; but as he picked it up from the table it seemed very thick and heavy—more like a stick than a switch.
“Hold out your hand,” he said to Carl.
Carl threw back his head and held out his hand unflinchingly. But he was not very old and he could not quite keep a little fear out of his eyes. Mr. Meredith looked down into those eyes—why, they were Cecilia’s eyes—her very eyes—and in them was the selfsame expression he had once seen in Cecilia’s eyes when she had come to him to tell him something she had been a little afraid to tell him. Here were her eyes in Carl’s little, white face—and six weeks ago he had thought, through one endless, terrible night, that his little lad was dying.
John Meredith threw down the switch.
“Go,” he said, “I cannot whip you.”
Carl fled to the graveyard, feeling that the look on his father’s face was worse than any whipping.
“Is it over so soon?” asked Faith. She and Una had been holding hands and setting teeth on the Pollock tombstone.
“He—he didn’t whip me at all,” said Carl with a sob, “and—I wish he had—and he’s in there, feeling just awful.”
Una slipped away. Her heart yearned to comfort her father. As noiselessly as a little gray mouse she opened the study door and crept in. The room was dark with twilight. Her father was sitting at his desk. His back was towards her—his head was in his hands. He was talking to himself—broken, anguished words— but Una heard—heard and understood, with the sudden illumination that comes to sensitive, unmothered children. As silently as she had come in she slipped out and closed the door. John Meredith went on talking out his pain in what he deemed his undisturbed solitude.
Una went upstairs. Carl and Faith were already on their way through the early moonlight to Rainbow Valley, having heard therefrom the elfin lilt of Jerry’s jews-harp and having guessed that the Blythes were there and fun afoot. Una had no wish to go. She sought her own room first where she sat down on her bed and had a little cry. She did not want anybody to come in her dear mother’s place. She did not want a stepmother who would hate her and make her father hate her. But father was so desperately unhappy—and if she could do any anything to make him happier she MUST do it. There was only one thing she could do—and she had known the moment she had left the study that she must do it. But it was a very hard thing to do.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/15926 | flare, Emergency flare.Krzysztof Burghardt combustible device used to emit a dazzlingly bright light for signaling or illumination on railroads and highways and in military operations. In pyrotechnics the term is applied either to a coloured-fire composition burned in a loose heap or to a similar composition rolled into a paper case to ensure longer and more regular burning.
The flare in its present form dates from the early part of the 19th century, when the introduction of potassium chlorate permitted the development of chemical mixtures to produce coloured light. Previous to this the only colour had been the bluish white light produced by a mixture of sulfur, saltpetre, and orpiment. These blue lights, as they were called, were and still are often used at sea for signaling and illumination. They were also known as Bengal lights, probably because Bengal was the chief source of saltpetre.
The introduction of colours that could readily be recognized at a considerable distance opened up a much wider field for the use of flares at sea. From the middle of the 19th century, many patents were granted, most of them for a means of self-ignition. Subsequent inventions provided for ignition on the same principle as the modern safety match and for the waterproofing of the surface. Lights of this kind are usually fitted with a wooden handle.
Coloured flares of high light intensity are carried as standard equipment in ships’ lifeboats; the high intensity is obtained by the incorporation of magnesium, or magnesium alloy, in the composition. Flares are also used to warn motorists of highway obstructions. Commercial highway vehicles carry flares to be used in the event of distress or breakdown. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/15927 | Sir Arthur Keith
Sir Arthur Keith, detail of a pencil drawing by William Rothenstein, 1928; in the National Portrait Gallery, LondonCourtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Arthur Keith, (born February 5, 1866Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland—died January 7, 1955, Downe, Kent, England), Scottish anatomist and physical anthropologist who specialized in the study of fossil humans and who reconstructed early hominin forms, notably fossils from Europe and North Africa and important skeletal groups from Mount Carmel (now in Israel).
A doctor of medicine, science, and law, Keith became a professor at the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1908), was professor of physiology at the Royal Institution of Great Britain (1918–23), and was rector of the University of Aberdeen (1930–33). His major works include The Antiquity of Man (1915), Concerning Man’s Origin (1927), and A New Theory of Human Evolution (1948). In his writings on human evolution, Keith tended to emphasize the competitive factor and interpreted racial and national prejudice as inborn. He was knighted in 1921. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/15928 | Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae
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Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae, (born March 14, 1821Vejle, Den.—died Aug. 15, 1885Copenhagen), Danish archaeologist, a principal founder of prehistoric archaeology. His Danmarks Oldtid oplyst ved Oldsager og Gravhøie (1843; The Primeval Antiquities of Denmark) was one of the most influential archaeological works of the 19th century.
At an early age Worsaae studied stone monuments in Denmark and proved them to be tombs rather than altars, as had been supposed. From 1838 to 1843, while a student, he served as an assistant to Christian J. Thomsen, curator of Danish antiquities, and prepared Danmarks Oldtid. He then spent several years in Germany, France, England, and Ireland carrying on stratigraphic study and research that enabled him to refine Thomsen’s tripartite (Stone, Bronze, and Iron ages) classification of prehistory.
Appointed inspector of Danish historic and prehistoric monuments in 1847, he discovered early kitchen middens (heaps of refuse from human habitation) in 1851 and thus was able to establish the Old Stone Age (covering human activity before about 10,000 bc) as a period of prehistory. He joined the faculty of the University of Copenhagen in 1855 and succeeded Thomsen as curator in 1865.
Throughout his life Worsaae did much to establish scientific methods for archaeology. He considered it essential not only to study excavated artifacts, particularly those that were most commonly found but also to examine their geographic and stratigraphic contexts. His standards represented a degree of professionalism that was considerably in advance of his time. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/15943 | The Obama administration proposed a weird (and kind of clever) argument for legalizing gay marriage that would effectively legalize it in eight more states.
But not one justice seemed to buy that argument when the high court was hearing arguments Wednesday on California's gay marriage ban Proposition 8, SCOTUSBlog reports.
"It is an understatement to say that the justices were less than enamoured with the government's argument," SCOTUSBlog's John Bursch writes.
To be sure, the government's argument is a little weird. It says states that allow civil unions or domestic partnerships for gays should have to allow gay marriage too.
The denial of marriage to same-sex couples, particularly when a state "grants same-sex partners all the substantive rights of marriage, violates equal protection," the Obama administration wrote in its "friend of court brief" in the Prop 8 case.
However, states that don't even give gays the right to a civil union would not have to grant them marriage rights.
John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Stephen Breyer each seemed skeptical of this argument, SCOTUSBlog points out.
“So a State that has made considerable progress has to go all the way, but . . . if . . . the State has done nothing at all, then . . . it can . . . do as it will?” Ginsburg said.
Sotomayor said there was an "irony" to the Obama administration's "eight state solution."
The LA Times' David Savage has suggested that the "eight state solution" was meant to be politically pragmatic. It's possible the Obama administration didn't want to impose gay marriage on all the red states that haven't even give gays the right to civil unions. |
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Need some personal cash? Here's the right way to tap your company
If you thought it was hard finding money to put into your business, wait till you try taking some out. Tapping your company for personal cash isn't as simple as rustling around the petty cash drawer. Do it wrong, and you could hobble your company's growth. Or you might tick off your partner, who no doubt shares your joy about your daughter's coming wedding but isn't thrilled about sharing the bill. Worse still, you may incur the ire of the IRS.
The solution? Lay out a strategy for extracting cash on a continuing basis, before a big expense such as a wedding or college bill arises. That way, you'll have time to take advantage of some little-known but legal tactics for boosting your personal wealth.
First, though, you need to ask if it's economically sensible to take capital from your company. In many cases, says Mark Balasa, a Chicago financial planner, the answer is yes. "You shouldn't keep more money in your business than you need to run it well," he says. Of course, how much cash a company needs depends on its age, industry, and prospects. A business drained to its last dollar has trouble qualifying for loans and insurance, not to mention attracting buyers, notes accountant Thomas Geraghty of American Economic Planning Group Inc. in Watchung, N.J. And a new or fast-growing company may not be able to spare any cash if it's in a competitive field or is a big consumer of technology. The amount varies from industry to industry, but a rule of thumb says you ought to keep a dollar of cash on hand for every dollar of bills due within 90 days.
Once you're over that hurdle, you need to pick the right method. Goodness knows, there are plenty of wrong ones. Borrowing from your company, for instance, is no bargain, because Federal tax rules require you to pay close to market interest rates. And if you thought you could order your company to "forgive" your loan, forget it: The windfall can be taxed as personal income. Such tactics are hardly necessary when there are plenty of perfectly legal things an entrepreneur can do:
1. Become Your Own Landlord. If you're renting office space, consider moving to a building you and your partners own. This creates a steady stream of income, and unlike other landlords, you don't have to worry about finding new tenants every few years. Best of all, rental payments escape payroll taxes if they aren't excessive.
Owning the building personally has two other major advantages. First, you can get cash for yourself by mortgaging the property. Second, property owned by a person gets better tax treatment than if it's owned by a company. If you own it, you don't pay taxes on the appreciation until you sell. But if your business is organized as an S corporation, a structure many entrepreneurs favor, the appreciation gets taxed the moment you liquidate the company -- even if you don't sell the property itself.
2. Mix Business with Pleasure. Technically, your business can't pay for your personal expenses. In reality, it happens all the time, and you don't have to cross any moral or legal lines to do it.
Take Edward M. Stuart, a financial adviser at Bugen Stuart Korn & Cordara Inc. in Chatham, N.J. "When I have a business meeting in Florida, my wife comes along," he says. He uses frequent-flier miles piled up by business travel, there's no additional cost for the rental car or hotel, and last month, the World Center Marriott in Orlando let the couple stay another night at the cheap rate offered for conventions. "She got a break from work, went shopping, lay by the pool, and it was much more enjoyable for me to have her along," he says. Total savings: about $700. You can even extend a business trip over a weekend if it qualifies you for a reduced airfare, and deduct the additional meals, lodging, and expenses, says Ed Slott, a CPA in Rockville Centre, N.Y. "Saving money is a valid business purpose," he says.
3. Boost Your Benefits. Pile on the company fringes. They're deductible to your business and nontaxable to the employee -- and you're an employee, too. That includes medical, life, disability, and long-term care insurance, plus plans that let you pay for uninsured medical and dependent care expenses in pretax dollars.
True, the law in most cases requires you to give the same benefits to the whole staff, which drives up the cost -- but not as much as you think. "When I wanted more disability insurance, I found I could get group coverage for myself and 15 employees cheaper than an individual policy," says Joel S. Isaacson, president of his own New York City financial-planning firm.
One hitch: If you own 2% or more of an S corporation, you're not eligible for "employee" benefits, notes Steven Kaye, president of American Economic Planning Group. But your spouse is eligible, if she or he is a bona fide employee, and if your spouse opts for family coverage, you'll be covered, too. Which brings up the next tactic:
4. Do Some Family Planning. In practice, this means funneling money to your spouse and children. Start by getting your spouse on the payroll and into a defined-contribution pension plan, such as a 401(k). A little-noticed rule change in 1997 allows both spouses in a family-owned company to fully participate, potentially doubling your maximum annual contribution to $60,000. Ideally, you should leave the money to grow tax-deferred, but many plans allow you to borrow up to $50,000.
Next, give your kids nonvoting shares in your business. This provides them with income that's taxed at their presumably lower rate after age 14 to invest for college. And there's a built-in bonus: Normally, you'd be liable for gift taxes on any shares you give a kid in any one year that are worth more than $10,000. But as a minority interest in a closely held business, the shares can be discounted by 45%. That allows you to give each child almost $20,000 of stock annually, which should throw off a nice stream of income if your business is thriving. You can even hire the kids. Their earned income is always taxed at their rate -- and as wage earners, they can open Roth individual retirement accounts, which grow untaxed.
5. Sell Out, But Stay Put. Selling is the ultimate way to get money out of your business. "You'll pay only 20 cents on the dollar in capital-gains tax," says Alan Weiner, senior tax partner of Holtz Rubenstein & Co. in Melville, N.Y. The obvious downside here is that you wouldn't control the company anymore. But you can get around that by creating an employee stock ownership plan to buy part of your company in cold cash. Just make sure you sell at least a 30% stake, says Jerry L. Lerman, a managing director at American Express Tax Services Group in New York. That way, the money you receive can be tax-deferred if you reinvest it within 12 months into securities of publicly traded U.S. operating companies, such as blue-chip stocks. You won't owe taxes until you sell the stocks.
But why sell? You can convert the shares to cash by borrowing against them, notes Lerman. And if you die owning the shares, your heirs pay no capital-gains tax, thanks to inheritance law. It's a classic case of having your money and spending it, too.
By Lynn Brenner in New York
This article was originally published online as part of the May 25, 1999 edition of Business Week's Frontier. To subscribe, please see our subscription policy.
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Posted by -Blade- , in BZP, General Life Jul 26 2012 · 98 views
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So, yeah, 1 in the morning, and I'm still on here. Random late night blogging for the win? Let's see how long I ca- hzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Ahem. So, yeah. Got a few more good matches before I just decided to listen to music, but I'm just going to get off. Lost more matches than I won, anyway. xD
Well That's Odd + A Question
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Posted by -Blade- , in BZP, General Life, Nintendo Jul 21 2012 · 54 views
Alternative Titles: Well At Least My Arms Aren't Too Sore.
Apparently walking over 12,000 steps two days in a row, while also attempting to train your arms isn't a good idea; you really can't do it a third day. Mainly because walking is painful that third day. >>'
On the bright side, over the past two days, with the watts built up over the past few months, I unlocked two more Pokewalker courses, and got some more puzzle pieces for the Puzzle Swap app. Which they just added another new puzzle for. D=
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New Laptop
Posted by -Blade- , in Computers, General Life, Writing Jul 15 2012 · 84 views
Alternative Title: Or Should I Say My Own Laptop.
So, got a laptop of my own last week. =D FInished setting it up Friday night, been using it to browse stuff since then.
It's rather convenient, even if it needs to be plugged in all the time. =) Looks like it can run Blender too, but there's still the whole 'I have no mouse for it' problem. Unless I can mimic the functions, but I don't know if I want to try. =P
Dang enter; it submitted the post on me. xD
I've also been writing a Pokemon-related story, however, I might hold off on posting it; at least until I get further in. =)
Master Sword Part 4/this Past Week
Posted by -Blade- , in Blender, BZP, Creativity, Gaming, General Life, Zelda Jul 07 2012 · 87 views
Alternative Titles: No - There's No Three - Don't Ask.
That's all one title, I separate alternate titles with commas. =P
So; dual entry!
First of all, remember the master Sword I was creating? Well, I more or less finished it! The only problem is; I don't know how to texture it that well(Especially with the Gnu Image Manipulation Program deciding to not handle PNGs anymore.), nor do I know how to take pictures of stuff that's been created. >>' That's really the only reason I haven't put up even an untextured version of the model yet. =/
Second... Well... This week hasn't been that great. Something happened a few days ago; which is the reason I was offline for the past two days, as otherwise I likely would've been annoyed for seemingly no reason.(Along with the fact that my computer wasn't plugged in until today. =P)
Though, yesterday was also due to my tooth starting to hurt a little, because of it seemingly finally appearing, after being blocked by my wisdom teeth until last year. However... All I could think at first was, 'What's with my teeth and the summer!?', because it was a year last month that I had my wisdom teeth out. =P
Hey Canada
Posted by -Blade- , in 3DS, Computers, Gaming, General Life, Internet, Nintendo May 30 2012 · 193 views
Alternative Titles: We Need A Reblog Button.
Hey. Canadian 3DS users. Take your 3DS places; you might *gasp* get streetpasses!
Also, while you're add it, turn on the dang streetpass plaza's streetpass functions. I got two tags; both only for MK7, which, while that's cool and all, it doesn't help me with puzzles or Streetpass Quest(Using the EU name since that's cooler, admittedly.)...
Basically, use the system as it's meant to be used. You'd think bringing the system to a zoo of all places would get around 10 or so, if not more, at the very least... =/
Poor Earphones
Posted by -Blade- , in BZP, General Life, Music May 25 2012 · 114 views
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RIP Earphones, 2012-2012. They challenged a vacuum cleaner to a fight, and lost horribly. =P
Luckily, though, they were just a pair that I had gotten precisely for this type of situation, if my other pair failed. Never did I expect them to die a horrible death first. xD
Funny thing, though, was that they weren't on the floor; at not totally. And that the vacuum cleaner was away from the earphones. Guess they just didn't want to be neglected anymore. =P
3D Modeling
Posted by -Blade- , in Blender, Computers, General Life, Internet, Music Apr 16 2012 · 84 views
Alternative titles: Ideas For The Future
So, to get ideas for what might happen eventually, when I get rid of my fail computer, I thought about what I want to try out.
I've already tried The GIMP, it's only my laziness that's stopped me from using it more lately.
I know I like gaming, and want to try for that, alongside something computer related, job-wise.
I like music, so being able to edit it might be an idea.
... So, I decided that when I upgrade my computer, in addition to The GIMP and my other typical stuff, I'm gonna try and get Blender and Audacity. =) Have no clue when that'll happen; but it should be intriguing.(Hint: I currently have no clue how I'll do well at creating 3D models. At all. =P) I'm willing to give it a try, though. Really, one I get something that can support 3D graphics, I can work from there. Shouldn't really matter exactly how new it is, as long as it can support that. =P
Blog Layout
Posted by -Blade- , in BZP, Computers, General Life, Internet Mar 22 2012 · 34 views
Alternative Titles: Look At This Huge Pile Of Dust Here...
I just realized how crowded and outdated my blog layout is. =P Anyone want me to change things up a bit; in one way or another?(Or, my second option is to just move half the stuff to my profile page, since About Me can support stuff like colours now. If I could do fancy link tricks, I'd make a non-Ctrl-F-required Table of Contents. =P But even now, I could probably do more than normal.)
I'd keep the obvious stuff here, and change up the category links(Since they obviously don't work anymore. =P), but I might move some other stuff to my profile, so I don't have to worry about multiple things. =)
What I've Been Up To
Posted by -Blade- , in Books, BZP, Gaming, General Life, Nintendo, RPG Mar 09 2012 · 65 views
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So... I bet people have noticed that I've been disappearing. This is why:
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Preparing for stuff I need to do
Did I mention Tales of the Abyss?
And of course, emailing, but that part is more under a real life heading, as it's just people I know IRL. =P
Then, of course, there's the March Break, but nothing that important for me, since I'm done school, but I still will probably not be able to catch up next week, due to that.
Also, the 3DS browser's not fun for newer sites like this. I wish they'd make a standalone program app for it. =/
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/16099 | x-factor-simon-cowell-large.jpgThe inaugural season of "The X Factor" in the United States got rolling Sunday (May 8) in Los Angeles. It was the first time judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdu, L.A. Reid and Cheryl Cole worked together as a group, and it marked the start of a long and presumably hype-filled road to the show's debut on FOX in September.
A lot of that hype will probably have to do with the ways that "The X Factor" differs from Cowell's (and Abdul's) previous FOX talent competition, "American Idol." Zap2it was in attendance at the first taping Sunday. Based on what we saw, we think viewers won't have much problem telling the difference once "The X Factor" is on the air.
Because it was the first taping, what we saw Sunday was a little unpolished at times. There wasn't a lot of back-and-forth among the judges, for instance, but presumably as they get to know each other better that will change. What was clear right way, though, was that "The X Factor" really isn't an "Idol" clone. Here are three key differences we noticed.
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The judges are tougher
Sunday's first taping featured only 11 acts, which suggests to us that the show's producing team weeded out more people at the open casting calls than "Idol" seems to do. Only a couple were what we would describe as out-and-out bad, but just three of the 11 got through, and a fourth that the judges were on the fence about was asked to prepare a different song and return later.
The consensus from our seats was that a couple of the rejected acts would have easily sailed through the first stage of "Idol." But Cowell and the other judges were adamant that they were looking for someone who could challenge the biggest names in pop music today.
They repeatedly asked contestants who they saw themselves competing with and challenged people who had chosen older songs -- as with the one they asked to come back -- to try something more current. They also repeatedly mentioned the winner's prize ($5 million and a recording contract) as a way to drive home the point that they were looking for more than just a good singer.
The format is looser
At least that's how it felt inside the taping. Whereas in the "Idol" auditions the judges usually have no time for contestants trying to plead their cases, here there was much more back-and-forth. Some (or a lot) of that may end up getting cut from the finished product, but it felt like the judges were at least somewhat willing to listen to contestants' arguments.
Maybe that's because as part of "The X Factor" format, the judges will also be hands-on mentors to some of these acts. Whatever the reason, though, we kind of liked the banter and hope at least some of it stays in when the shows air.
There's a live audience
You've seen this before on shows like "America's Got Talent" (which Cowell also produces), but it does add a little something. Feeling the crowd's enthusiasm swell (or wane) as a contestant goes through an audition helps make for good TV -- which is at least as important to "The X Factor" as finding breakout talent.
Susan Boyle's instant-fame audition on "Britain's Got Talent" wouldn't have had quite the same impact without the skeptical-to-rapturous audience response, and we're all but certain that "The X Factor" will be looking to produce one of those moments this season. |
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Netflix (NAS: NFLX) may be stickier than you think.
The video service that's been abandoned by investors in recent months apparently hasn't been deserted by its customers. CEO Reed Hastings revealed on Tuesday that the company served up more than a billion hours of monthly streams for the first time in June.
"Congrats to Ted Sarandos, and his amazing content licensing team," Hastings writes on Facebook, giving props to his Chief Content Officer. "When House of Cards and Arrested Development debut, we'll blow these records away. Keep going, Ted, we need even more!"
The billion stream march
Let's put this into its appropriate mind-blowing perspective.
The only service serving up as many hours of streaming entertainment is Pandora Media (NYS: P) , which crossed the billion monthly hours milestone a few months ago. The big difference here is that the vast majority of the music discovery site's users are freeloaders. There's actually a cover charge to get into the Netflix smorgasbord.
Pandora actually has more than twice as many active registered users as Netflix has paying subscribers. In other words, Netflix accounts are really using the service. By the end of March, there were 23.4 million domestic streaming accounts, and another 3.1 million international users. In other words, the average customer is going through nearly 38 hours of content of programming a month. At $7.99 a month, that breaks out to roughly $0.21 per hour of content. That's obviously cheaper than pay-per-view and even Redbox. Netflix is a pretty darn good value.
Revisiting churn
BTIG analyst Richard Greenfield takes things one step further. By his calculations, Netflix is now the most watched network -- pitted against individual broadcasters and cable networks -- in homes that have a Netflix subscription.
This may not seem like too big of a deal. The industry's cord-cutting fears have largely gone away, and the temporary dip in pay television viewers two years ago has been widely dismissed as a byproduct of the economic slowdown rather than a meaningful paradigm shift. However, if people are consuming more Netflix, doesn't it mean that they're spending less time on their costlier cable or satellite television plans? And, if relying less on expensive cable plans isn't enough to get viewers to rip up their bills, what will this mean for the much cheaper Netflix that has now become the most popular "channel" for active subscribers?
When Netflix stopped issuing churn -- the monthly metric revealing the service's retention rate -- cynics figured that the company wanted to stop divulging what would be worsening news. Even bulls assumed that this was the case. Customers would go through the thinner streaming catalog more quickly than the disc-based offering. Even a quick DVD watcher can't go through 38 hours of disc-based content in any given month. It's also easier to cancel a streaming account than it is a disc-based service with DVDs and Blu-rays in transit.
However, if folks aren't cancelling the cable and satellite services that they are using less, why would they nix the Netflix service that they are using more?
It's a good time to be sticky
Netflix's magnetic ways come at a great time. Yes, House of Cards is coming later this year -- and Arrested Development following next year -- but the competition is also coming.
• Redbox parent Coinstar (NAS: CSTR) expects to launch a streaming service during the second half of this year. For those scoring at home, the second half of 2012 began a few days ago. It's not coming along. The Redbox-branded service will be majority owned by Verizon (NYS: VZ) , the wireless carrier giant with a user base that is more than four times larger than Netflix's rolls.
• Amazon.com (NAS: AMZN) continues to build up the digital catalog that it makes available to Amazon Prime shoppers at no additional cost. The library is no match to what Netflix offers, but it's cheaper and getting easier to use.
• We also can't dismiss the tech giants making major moves into the smart television niche. You don't think that they'll be coming empty-handed, do you?
The strong usage should bode well for retention and top-line growth that Netflix will report on July 24 for the quarter that concluded over the weekend. Be careful, shorts. There's no telling how the international losses will eat into stateside profitability, but healthy usage indicates that subscribers didn't bolt the way they did last summer.
However, now that Netflix has made it a precedent in announcing that a billion hours were streamed last month, it will be important to keep reporting that metric. As the competition cuts in, Netflix will need to prove that it's still as sticky as flypaper.
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Bush created a tech legacy filled with good and bad
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RE: Grammar
By acase on 1/19/2009 4:42:14 PM , Rating: 2
Yah, he is pretty bad but I start to feel bad for him when he gets "mashed" after everything he writes. Masher is obviously superior, but good lord, lay off the poor dude every once in a while.
RE: Grammar
By lycium on 1/23/2009 10:12:03 AM , Rating: 2
It's not about superiority, it's about decency!
In any high school English class, you'll find at least 1/4 of the students are turning in higher quality writing than Jason reliably slaps on this highly visible news site.
So it's not even about factual correctness yet, not even about well-formed and original opinions; the real crux of the matter is that he is too drunk with confidence to bother doing anything about his incompetence. I was always told, "never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by ignorance", but this is a tough call since he seemingly can't be #$%^&$% to pick up a dictionary or read a bit to improve his buttery grasp of English grammar...
Where's the professionalism? We all had to work to qualify for our jobs, right? Surely some baseline level of ability should be required for a journalistic job, just like a quadriplegic should never make it onto a football team (and if offered the job, should have the presence of mind to refuse for shame of being failing so miserably before a massive audience on a regular basis).
RE: Grammar
By lycium on 1/23/2009 10:21:54 AM , Rating: 2
*being seen to fail... good thing I'm not employed as a journo eh? :P
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(Source: Sprouting Sprouts)
Conditions have likely not been seen in the last 13.7 billion years
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RE: Has anyone checked yet...
By geddarkstorm on 2/16/2010 5:34:58 PM , Rating: 2
The Sun itself would only form a 4km black hole. We're talking about smashing atoms together, the size of a black hole they'd make is so ridiculously infinitesimal that even an electron would look unimaginably huge next to it. In fact, the rate at which a black hole evaporates into nothingness is inversely proportional to its size. The smaller the black hole, the faster it poofs away, radiating all that compressed mass out as Hawking's radiation. A black hole Earth wouldn't last very long, let alone black hole atoms.
1. Antimatter is composed of antiquarks. Equal in magnitude, opposite sign for some properties. An antielectron (positron) is a fermion particle just like quarks and neutrons are, not a baryon like protons and neutrons (which are made of fermions, in this case quarks). Positrons have the same spin as an electron (1/2, up or down), it's the charge sign that's changed. So the spinning isn't a form of antimatter, it's relating to the motion of normal quarks within an electron field. That is, they were moving against the direction they should have been moving, which is strange. But they were still normal quarks, not antiquarks, as far as it sounds like in the article.
2. I don't think you'd notice, as you'd have such a massive amount of mass crushing down on you. If somehow you could get rid of that mass, or be phased so it doesn't affect you, and sat at the center of the planet, then yes, you wouldn't feel gravity as there would be no force acting on you and pulling you anywhere.
RE: Has anyone checked yet...
By geddarkstorm on 2/16/2010 5:36:25 PM , Rating: 2
Err, by "electron field" I meant "magnetic field" ^^;
RE: Has anyone checked yet...
By geddarkstorm on 2/16/2010 5:40:35 PM , Rating: 2
And "just like quarks and neutrinos are", not neutrons >>
Yes, can you tell it's the end of the day and I want to go home?
RE: Has anyone checked yet...
By dark matter on 2/18/2010 4:24:47 AM , Rating: 2
You are quoting Hawkings theory on Black Hole Radiation as though it is fact and been proven rather than theoretical.
Perhaps you might want to speak to the people at CERN if you have proof of its validity as you would save them a lot of money and time.
Also I am sure Hawkins himself would be delighted to read your proof.
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The duo's findings have been published in the journal
Physical Review Letters, titled "Ultrarelativistic Particle Collisions."
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RE: Black Holes
By MrBlastman on 4/7/2010 4:34:55 PM , Rating: 3
This is why black holes emit massive amounts of x-ray's and other forms of radiation.
Wrong. Black holes, at least, once the matter passes the event horizon, emit _nothing_ at all except what Stephen Hawking theorized to be Hawking Radiation. Unfortunately, the amount of this radiation to be released is so small, it has never been observed from a black hole in deep space.
The only emission of x-rays you might see is from the accretion disc, or area surrounding the black hole, not beyond the event horizon, that is being ripped apart as it makes its way towards the event horizon. Once matter passes the event horizon, it is gone and there is no escape (except through weak Hawking radiation).
Except energy like radiation is NOT effected by gravity and escapes the event horizon.
Define energy. I think you are terribly confused. Energy takes many states, and, through the conversion of matter, could take the form of radiation as you suggest. Unfortunately, most of this radiation would be x-rays, gamma rays and other forms of electromagnetic radiation, which, can not escape from the event horizon; except as mentioned above in the form of hawking radiation which deals with thermal and black body radiation through quantum effects. Visible light can not escape a black hole--what do you think it is? It is visible electromagnetic radiation.
Black holes are just that, black holes. They suck things in and until recently, were thought to keep it forever. Hawking Radiation will slowly dissipate a black hole, but not with enough energy, nor fast enough for us to detect it.
If a black hole were to have an assumed M solar masses, it could take:
10^71 M^3 seconds for it to dissipate. I'm sorry, I fail to see your massive amount of x-rays being emitted.
Black Holes fed and grew larger, than there might not be much of a universe left to observe would there ?
What do you think the Big Bang was? (as it is theorized) Perhaps it was a black hole that grew to such a size that through instability, it collapsed unto itself releasing all the energy we see in our universe today (both in the form of energy and matter).
Black Holes do have a theorized maximum size, and, likewise, there are some nice equations to calculate how big they are. Their size is defined as a function of the radius of the event horizon. They do widely very in this size. Supermassive black holes can be as wide as 10 AU's, or ten times the distance between the Earth and the Sun. The microscopic ones predicted to possibly form in the collider can be as small as a fraction of a millimeter.
They do vary in size, and, they are very hungry.
RE: Black Holes
By Reclaimer77 on 4/7/10, Rating: -1
RE: Black Holes
By freeagle on 4/7/2010 8:13:43 PM , Rating: 4
Dude, from the article you quote yourself, just a little bit more
As mentioned above, a large fraction of the energy released by the gas as it falls onto the black hole is converted into X-rays. It is thought that the X-rays come from material that is very close to the black hole (i.e. at distances of just a few times the event horizon size) . Observations with X-ray telescopes allow astronomers to test and measure the conditions in this very interesting region of space.
They clearly state those are X-rays from the matter outside of the event horizon, not from the inside. The x-rays do not escape from the inside of a black hole. They are just far enough from the black hole that their speed of light ( because they are light, with a different wavelength ) allows them to go out of the gravitational pull.
X-rays are made of the same thing as light - electromagnetic wave with different wavelenghts, which is, in the standard model, also represented by a photon particle ( as you can surely find, they can act and do act as both ).
No, he is not lying. The radiation he is referring to is Hawkings radiation, which is not the X-rays you are talking about
By the way, since when is google hit meter a valid argument?!
RE: Black Holes
RE: Black Holes
By ChronoReverse on 4/8/2010 1:58:06 AM , Rating: 4
Are you some kind of moron? This level of black hole knowledge isn't even college level physics. Not only are you going off of Google, but you even fail reading comprehension of the very information you're sourcing.
First off, light is radiation. The particle-wave duality is effect here. The entire electromagnetic spectrum from gamma rays to radio waves are all the same save for energy level. This is highschool level physics.
Second, when we refer to the "inside", it means the inside of the event horizon. By definition, the event horizon is the boundary where nothing can escape due to the intense gravity.
In fact, it doesn't matter if it's particles or waves because when you pass the event horizon, space itself is distorted so much that no matter which way you go (that is, at any velocity) there's no path that will lead out. Nothing escapes; not directly anyway.
Third, the radiation emitted from the accretion disc outside the event horizon only accounts for a small portion of the total mass. Much of it still crosses the event horizon never to be seen again.
Fourth, energy mass equivalence. I knew about this in elementary school. It boggles the mind that you'd dare to correct people without even knowing this basic principle.
Fifth, Hawking radiation is not the same thing as the xrays emitted from the accretion disc. This one is a bit tougher to understand but that's why it's named after a very smart man who theorized them.
Sixth, while there's not too much information we can get about the inside of the black hole knowing the mass (and thus the size) is trivial. The gravity well of a black hole is obviously there and easily measured. Knowing the gravity means you know the mass and thus the size.
RE: Black Holes
By freeagle on 4/8/2010 7:07:30 AM , Rating: 5
When did I differentiate between the inside and outside ?
I'd say here. Especially when you started to differentiate x-rays and light. Maybe you didn't mean it that way, but the fact that at least 3? of us understood it the way we did means, that at the very least your explanation was not clear.
RE: Black Holes
By porkpie on 4/12/2010 12:08:56 AM , Rating: 3
"The simple fact is THEY are able to escape the Black Holes pull while all other matter cannot."
You managed to pack two separate errors into one short sentence. I salute you.
First, outside the event horizon, ANYTHING can escape a black hole. Matter, energy, EM radiation, your mother's dirty socks, you name it. You are technically "under the pull" of every black hole in the universe right now. Gravitational pull never declines to zero, no matter how far away you are. But you're outside the event horizon, so it doesn't matter.
INSIDE the event horizon, nothing can escape (excluding Hawking radiation, that is). Again, it doesn't matter whether its matter, x-rays or any other form of light, or anything else.
RE: Black Holes
By MrBlastman on 4/7/2010 11:26:52 PM , Rating: 2
As the gas slowly spirals through the accretion disk towards the black hole, it releases a large amount of energy
Thank you for quoting what I said in my previous post--a different way. ;) The accretion disk is NOT the black hole itself, it is swirl of matter that is facing ultimate demise by the black hole, waiting to be gobbled up. Large is only subjective, for that matter (get the pun), as it is just a fraction of the total mass.
The hole ultimately wins gaining the lions share of the mass.
This phenomenon makes it impossible to determine, as you so surely state, weather or not a Black Hole grows or even what happens inside of it. Or even if there IS an "inside" as we would perceive
Your logic buffer has overflowed finally. ;) Normally it is functioning okay but right now it is not. Why then, if black holes do not grow as you put it, or, better yet, are unable to be determined if they grow (which we have some pretty good theory backing up that they do), are there many different sizes of black holes--and there is a direct relationship between the size of the event horizon (your black hole) and the mass it contains within.
Once mass goes in, the _only_ way we know it can go out, is through Hawking Radiation. Not x-rays. We can detect the x-rays that are potentially released prior to entry, but that is all.
Light is made up of particles, which cannot escape black holes. Massive bursts of x-ray and other forms of radiation can and DO escape, which is why we can observe this happen.
Light is both a particle _and_ a wave. This packet of energy is commonly referred to as a photon. A photon is electromagnetic radiation. The same electromagnetic radiation that makes up the electromagnetic spectrum. This is the same spectrum that contains radio waves, infrared light, visible light, ultraviolet light, x-rays and gamma rays. The reason we can only see visible light is the wavelength of that wave (or photon, or, as you put it, packet of energy).
As such, no photons, no matter their wavelength, can escape once passing through the event horizon, which, is the black hole itself. Matter that crushes after that point, might be come energy, but it is energy that is stuck.
Unfortunately, the amount of this radiation to be released is so small, it has never been observed from a black hole in deep space. Again, lie lie LIE.
Here you misunderstood me again. The radiation I speak of in the quote above is Hawking Radiation. If you don't believe me, look it up, it has been documented in many places. I'm not lying here at all. Read up some more on all of it. It is mostly theory, nonetheless, but it is fascinating for sure.
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What I find most amusing...
By SublimeSimplicity on 2/1/2013 2:37:22 PM , Rating: 2
Is that what is going unsaid is that the reason the 787 is using that chemistry of battery is because they are FAA approved. Safer, better suited, chemistries are out there, but the expense and time to get them FAA certified is too much.
So Boeing is forced to use a cell that they know is unsafe, because the FAA says its safe and because getting the FAA to rubber stamp a cell they know is safer would take too long.
RE: What I find most amusing...
By DT_Reader on 2/1/2013 3:33:44 PM , Rating: 3
Not true. The FAA didn't certify the battery in advance, leaving Boeing little choice but to use that battery, they certified that battery because that's what Boeing chose to submit for certification. Boeing chose the most volatile form of Li-ion battery to save weight and space. The weight is a small issue; the unfortunate reality is that they didn't leave room for a larger substitute, so now they're really hosed. Airbus, by being two years later to market, has two more years to make room if they need to change the battery type.
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Understanding Execution Vs Buffer gets
Weird query ---- so dont go into that ......... this is just for an example for my learning.......
anyway, if I have to interpret the below statement ....... I will go like that ...
a) for 20 executions the total buffer gets was 102,785,853
b) CPU time was 1143.09
c) Elapsd time was 3424.20
CPU Elapsd
102,785,853 20 5,139,292.7 42.9 1143.09 3424.20 988817073
Module: JDBC Thin Client
questions are
a) Why does a query need to be executed 20 times? Does that mean this query has been fired 20 times in different times?
b) Now if I revise the number 20 with 1 ------- which signifies that for 1 execution the total buffer gets will be (for example) 102,785,853 ---- which is better ..................... 102,785,853 buffer gets for 20 executions or 102,785,853 for 1 execution? and Why?
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a) You tell us. Yes.
b) Huh?... you got 102,785,853 buffer gets for 20 executions
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From: Paul Melson (
Date: 10/13/05
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Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 09:25:03 -0400
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Subject: [fw-wiz] Rule management process
> we are in the last stages of our SSE-CMM lvl1 process improvement.
> One last thing I'm a little stuck on is developing a process for ensuring
our rule set > is i. sensible, ii. optimised and iii. does not have unused
> Has anyone else done something like this ?
I would start with documenting a specific scope and business need for all
current rules and require that all future rules be documented in the same
way. This doesn't need to be especially long or detailed, just a summary of
what business function the rule serves to support. If it's a specific
project or application, note that as well. Depending on the type(s) of
firewall(s) being documented, it may be possible - and is in fact a good
idea - to put some version of this information in a comment field in the
actual firewall config. This will help in administration and auditing down
the road. It may also be a good idea to consider some sort of review and
approval process. It never hurts to have work double-checked for both
technical and design missteps *before* it's put into production.
As far as optimizing the rule set, I would think about doing regular audits
of your firewall configs (at least annually). This can be documented in a
short report and should reference any change requests or other documentation
of remediation efforts that you undertake. The goal should be to make sure
that you don't have redundant or obsolete rules (see below), and that rules
follow the theory of least privilege.
As far as unused rules go, the process and documentation you create for
managing new rule creation should help reduce these, but things expire.
Again, depending on the firewall(s) you're working with, the devices
themselves may keep track of how often the rule is used. (If you want to
talk specifics, list members can help with that, too.) This is the best
avenue to pursue because it means not having to search through possibly even
gigs of log data trying to match traffic to rules. Plus, anytime you can
document something right from the source, that's a good thing.
Since you're doing SSE-CMM Level 1 right now, you have a lot of flexibility
to define and experiment with what works for you. I'd recommend trying a
few different things along the way. You should also focus on doing the
planning and documentation that would be appropriate for Level 2 as you go.
If your organization pursues higher levels of SSE-CMM, you'll be glad you
spent the time trying to find what works well for you instead of just
getting it done. It will make the difference between SSE-CMM being a
valuable undertaking for you and it just being more overhead to your actual
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/16205 | Debian's policy regarding security updates
From: Robert Glueck (
Date: 05/03/05
Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 17:45:29 -0400
I can't quite figure out the policy of Debian with regard to security
updates for their OS. From what I understand, it is as follows. Please
correct me if I'm wrong.
When a security vulnerability is discovered in a Linux package that's
part of the Debian distribution, Debian will attempt to prepare a fix
for it, first for stable (for all supported architectures) and perhaps
later then for unstable, and announce the fixes in a DSA. If they
managed to prepare a fix for unstable, it will be posted as such and
then after two days migrate automatically into the testing distro,
"after all dependencies have been fulfilled" (?).
For example, all of the 98 vulnerabilities that Debian issued DSA's for
so far in 2005 have been fixed for stable, and the great majority have
also been fixed for unstable. By now, all packages in the latter group
would have migrated into testing. Hence, I assume that the current
versions of all packages in the latter group in the testing distro have
received the security fix. For the rest, i.e. a small fraction of the
98 packages, the DSA states that "for the unstable distribution (sid)
these problems will be fixed soon."
The situation is thus fairly clear for stable: a vulnerability is
discovered, a fix is prepared, new deb packages are made for all
supported architectures, they are tested to make sure they don't break
any dependencies, and if everything is fine, they are released to the
For unstable and testing, the situation is less clear. If the Debian
developers have time, they will prepare a fix for the most recent
version of the affected package, which would be in unstable, release it
(as source only?), and after a short quarantine it would become part of
the testing distro. Are these updated packages in the testing distro
then tested with regard to breaking dependencies? Are they available as
deb packages, e.g. for the intel 86 architecture?
With regard to the packages about which the DSA said that "for the
unstable distribution (sid) these problems will be fixed soon", does
that mean that Debian still hasn't fixed them for unstable (and
testing)? Or did they fix them and they are now in the testing distro
but Debian simply failed to update the advisory about this fact?
If this newsgroup isn't quite the right place to post this query, which
Debian newsgroup, forum or mailing list would be the appropriate place?
Pertinent sections of the Debian Security FAQ:
Q: How is security handled in Debian?
A: Once the security team receives a notification of an incident, one or
well, if they didn't contact the security team already. Finally, the fix
is tested and new packages are prepared, which are then compiled on all
an advisory is published.
Q: How is security handled for testing and unstable?
moving targets and the security team does not have the resources needed
security secretaries will try to fix problems in testing and unstable
after they are fixed in the stable release.
Q: How does testing get security updates?
A: Security updates will migrate into the testing distribution via
the packages will migrate into testing automatically, given that they
are built for all architectures and their dependencies are fulfilled in
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A data stream is like a river where you set data adrift. You put data on the river and it floats along, waiting to be plucked out at some other location. As with streams in nature, you can move up or down the stream, see what's there, and put in or take out things. Streams in .NET work that way too. In .NET, the console is represented by the stream class/metaphor. When you write a statement such as Console.WriteLine, the argument to WriteLine is put on the stream and it usually shows up in a command window.
Sometimes, though, you want basic output to go somewhere else besides the console (or DOS prompt). For example, System.Diagnostics sends Debug statements to the Output window in Visual Studio, and NUnit redirects Console.WriteLine statements to an internal window in its NUnit GUI. Well, you can redirect console output for your applications too, and this article shows you how. Specifically, you'll learn how to redirect Console output streams to a TextBox instead of the command window.
Creating a Custom TextWriter
The System.Console class has an Out property. The Out property is an instance of a TextWriter. To redirect Console output statements, you have to define a class that inherits from System.IO.TextWriter and replaces the default value of Out to an instance of your custom class. After you define and create an instance of your custom TextWriter, you replace the value of Out by calling Console.SetOut.
After defining the custom TextWriter class, you need to define two things:
1. A control that will be the new output locus
2. An event handler that is fired when the Windows handle of the new output control is created. (You need the Windows handle because you can't perform tasks such as sending text to a TextBox until that TextBox's Windows handle is created.)
Listing 1 shows the custom TextWriter import statements, class header, and fields.
Listing 1: The Stub for the Custom TextWriter
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports System.Text
Public Class TextBoxWriter
Inherits System.IO.TextWriter
Private control As TextBoxBase
Private Builder As StringBuilder
End Class
Implementing the Constructor
You add the constructor to the code in Listing 1. The constructor accepts a TextBox as an argument to the constructor and wires up the HandleCreated event handler for the TextBox. Listing 2 is the code for passing a textbox control to the Sub New constructor and wiring up an event handler for the TextBox's HandleCreated event. (The entire TextBoxWriter class is listed at the end of the article.)
Listing 2: Pass a TextBox Control and Wire Up an Event Handler
Public Sub New(ByVal control As TextBox)
Me.control = control
AddHandler control.HandleCreated, _
New EventHandler(AddressOf OnHandleCreated)
End Sub
You don't create the StringBuilder field in the constructor because you need it only temporarily: when data is sent to the TextBoxWriter and until the TextBox's HandleCreated event fires.
Buffering I/O Until the TextBox Is Created
You can send text to the Console by using Console.Write or Console.WriteLine before a TextBox can actually handle the text. So, you need to implement a buffering scheme that can store text sent to the TextBoxWriter until the TextBox's handle is created. Once the handle is created, you can flush the buffer and forward any additional text directly to the control. Listing 3 contains a combination of Write and WriteLine methods and private subroutines for buffering text. The Public Write and WriteLine methods support basic output behaviors, and the private methods manage buffering text until the real output target is created. (You add the code in Listing 3 to the TextBoxWriter class from Listing 1.)
Listing 3: Public Write and WriteLine Methods, and Private Methods
Public Overrides Sub Write(ByVal ch As Char)
End Sub
Public Overrides Sub Write(ByVal s As String)
If (control.IsHandleCreated) Then
End If
End Sub
Public Overrides Sub WriteLine(ByVal s As String)
Write(s + Environment.NewLine)
End Sub
Private Sub BufferText(ByVal s As String)
If (Builder Is Nothing) Then
Builder = New StringBuilder()
End If
End Sub
Private Sub AppendText(ByVal s As String)
If (Builder Is Nothing = False) Then
Builder = Nothing
End If
End Sub
All Write invocations end up at Write(ByVal s as String). This Write statement checks the control to see whether the handle has been created. If the TextBox's handle is created, it forwards the text to the control by using AppendText. If the control's handle hasn't been created yet, it buffers the text in the StringBuilder using the BufferText method. (The StringBuilder is created on demand, if needed, when BufferText is called.)
Knowing When the TextBox's Handle Is Created
The last bit of code is wired to the TextBox's HandleCreated event property. Listing 4 demonstrates how you can flush the buffer and release the StringBuilder when the TextBox's handle is created.
Listing 4: OnHandleCreated Responds When the TextBox's Handle Is Created
Private Sub OnHandleCreated(ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As EventArgs)
If (Builder Is Nothing = False) Then
Builder = Nothing
End If
End Sub
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Postby yawares » Wed May 16, 2012 10:53 am
Dear Members,
I truly love this story because it teaches us that what comes around goes around and making another person's reputation soiled can cause more harm to the person who creates the ill willed rumors.
Thera Kondadhana: The Curse
[Translated from the Pali by Daw Mya Tin,MA]
While residing at the Jetavana monastery, the Buddha uttered Verses (133) and (134) of this book, with reference to Thera Kondadhana.
Since the day Kondadhana was admitted to the Order, the image of a female was always following him. This image was seen by others, but Kondadhana himself did not see it and so did not know about it.
When he was out on an alms-round, people would offer two spoonfuls to him, saying, "This is for you, Venerable Sir, and this is for your female companion." Seeing the bhikkhu going about with a woman, people went to King Pasenadi of Kosala and reported about the bhikkhu and the woman. They said to the king, "O king! Drive out the bhikkhu, who is lacking in moral virtues, from your kingdom." So the king went to the monastery where that bhikkhu was staying and surrounded it with his men.
Hearing noises and voices, the bhikkhus came out and stood at the door, and the image also was there not far from the bhikkhu. Knowing that the king had come, the bhikkhu went into the room to wait for him. When the king entered the room, the image was not there. The king asked the bhikkhu where the woman was and he replied that he saw no woman. The king wanted to make sure and he asked the bhikkhu to leave the room for a while. The bhikkhu left the room, but when the king looked out, again he saw the woman near the bhikkhu. But when the bhikkhu came back to the room the woman was nowhere to be found. The king concluded that the woman was not real and so the bhikkhu must be innocent. He therefore invited the bhikkhu to come to the palace every day for alms-food.
When other bhikkhus heard about this, they were puzzled and said to the bhikkhu, "O bhikkhu with no morals! Now that the king, instead of driving you out of his kingdom, has invited you for alms-food, you are doomed!" The bhikkhu on his part retorted, "Only you are the ones without morals; only you are doomed because you are the ones who go about with women!"
The bhikkhus then reported the matter to the Buddha. The Buddha sent for Kodadadhana and said to him, "My son, did you see any woman with the other bhikkhus that you have talked to them thus? You have not seen any woman with them as they have seen one with you. I see that you do not realize that you have been cursed on account of an evil deed done by you in a past existence. Now listen, I shall explain to you why you have an image of a woman following you about.
"You were a deva in your last existence. During that time, there were two bhikkhus who were very much attached to each other. But you tried to create trouble between the two, by assuming the appearance of a woman and following one of the bhikkhus. For that evil deed you are now being followed by the image of a woman So, my son, in future do not argue with other bhikkhus any more; keep silent like a gong with the rim broken off and you will realize Nibbana."
Then the Buddha spoke in verse as follows:
Verse 134. If you can keep yourself calm and quiet like a broken gong which is no longer resonant, you are sure to realize Nibbana, there will be no harshness in you.
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Global weather forecast models predict the temporal development of the state of the atmosphere within a period of one or two weeks on the basis of a possibly accurate analysis of the initial condition. The spatial resolution can be as high as the available computer capacity permits.
Climate research model simulations have to cover much longer periods of several decades. This can only be realized on the cost of the spatial resolution. The initial condition is less important than an appropriate consideration of essential parts of the climate system, e.g. the oceans, the cryosphere and the biosphere. In addition, short living chemical trace substances (e.g. ozone, aerosols) are incorporated as interactive components of the climate models as they act on the radiation budget of the climate system while their distribution is modified by the state of the atmosphere.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/16259 | Concept train provides passengers with real-time route info: dangerous intel?
The Schwebebahn is a suspended monorail in Wuppertal, Germany. Designer Andrea Schoellgen proposed this upgrade concept, which has a number of features to make things more convenient for today's commuters. The stroller spaces in the middle of cars and light-up handrails are great, but the feature we like the most is the interactive information panel. Train routes and times would be available to any passenger, presumably updated in real time with any delays or deviations.
Me likey, though in the wake of last week's terrorism scare, transportation officials probably aren't in a hurry to provide passengers with more information. But doing things like turning off in-cabin maps seems ridiculous to me, and having real-time info about your route and where the trains are on it would be incredibly useful to passengers in any subway system. Does keeping this info from the public really make us safer anyway? I say no, and I'd like to see interactive info panels in every station and subway car. But what do you think?
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Here we go again. Along the lines of the radio- Perhaps, before the car will start, one should be made to listen to the CBS and its workings for the first 1000 miles. And one should declare their oil change preference (CBS or ignore CBS).
OK, back to OP's point, you have three choices:
1. Change when your CBS tells you to or less than 1000 miles of it or at least once a year
2. Go with a standard number- eg. 10,000 miles or at least once a year
3. Make your own schedule, depending on your preference
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/16291 | HUMAN beings have spent most of their time on the planet as hunter-gatherers. From at least 85,000 years ago to the birth of agriculture around 73,000 years later, they combined hunted meat with gathered veg. Some people, such as those on North Sentinel Island in the Andaman Sea, still do. The Sentinelese are the only hunter-gatherers who still resist contact with the outside world. Fine-looking specimens—strong, slim, fit, black and stark naked except for a small plant-fibre belt round the waist—they are the very model of the noble savage. Genetics suggests that indigenous Andaman islanders have been isolated since the very first expansion out of Africa more than 60,000 years ago.
About 12,000 years ago people embarked on an experiment called agriculture and some say that they, and their planet, have never recovered. Farming brought a population explosion, protein and vitamin deficiency, new diseases and deforestation. Human height actually shrank by nearly six inches after the first adoption of crops in the Near East. So was agriculture “the worst mistake in the history of the human race”, as Jared Diamond, evolutionary biologist and professor of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles, once called it?
Take a snapshot of the old world 15,000 years ago. Except for bits of Siberia, it was full of a new and clever kind of people who had originated in Africa and had colonised first their own continent, then Asia, Australia and Europe, and were on the brink of populating the Americas. They had spear throwers, boats, needles, adzes, nets. They painted pictures, decorated their bodies and believed in spirits. They traded foods, shells, raw materials and ideas. They sang songs, told stories and prepared herbal medicines.
They were “hunter-gatherers”. On the whole the men hunted and the women gathered: a sexual division of labour is still universal among non-farming people and was probably not shared by their Homo erectus predecessors. This enabled them to eat both meat and veg, a clever trick because it combines quality with reliability.
Why change? In the late 1970s Mark Cohen, an archaeologist, first suggested that agriculture was born of desperation, rather than inspiration. Evidence from the Fertile Crescent seems to support him. Rising human population density, combined perhaps with a cooling, drying climate, left the Natufian hunter-gatherers of the region short of acorns, gazelles and wild grass seeds. Somebody started trying to preserve and enhance a field of chickpeas or wheat-grass and soon planting, weeding, reaping and threshing were born.
Quite independently, people took the same step in at least six other parts of the world over the next few thousand years: the Yangzi valley, the central valley of New Guinea, Mexico, the Andes, West Africa and the Amazon basin. And it seems that Eden came to an end. Not only had hunter-gatherers enjoyed plenty of protein, not much fat and ample vitamins in their diet, but it also seems they did not have to work very hard. The Hadza of Tanzania “work” about 14 hours a week, the !Kung of Botswana not much more.
The first farmers were less healthy than the hunter-gatherers had been in their heyday. Aside from their shorter stature, they had more skeletal wear and tear from the hard work, their teeth rotted more, they were short of protein and vitamins and they caught diseases from domesticated animals: measles from cattle, flu from ducks, plague from rats and worms from using their own excrement as fertiliser.
They also got a bad attack of inequality for the first time. Hunter-gatherers' dependence on sharing each other's hunting and gathering luck makes them remarkably egalitarian. A successful farmer, however, can afford to buy the labour of others, and that makes him more successful still, until eventually—especially in an irrigated river valley, where he controls the water—he can become an emperor imposing his despotic whim upon subjects. Friedrich Engels was probably right to identify agriculture with a loss of political innocence.
Agriculture also stands accused of exacerbating sexual inequality. In many peasant farming communities, men make women do much of the hard work. Among hunter-gathering folk, men usually bring fewer calories than women, and have a tiresome tendency to prefer catching big and infrequent prey so they can show off, rather than small and frequent catches that do not rot before they are eaten. But the men do at least contribute.
Recently, though, anthropologists have subtly revised the view that the invention of agriculture was a fall from grace. They have found the serpent in hunter-gatherer Eden, the savage in the noble savage. Maybe it was not an 80,000-year camping holiday after all.
In 2006 two Indian fishermen, in a drunken sleep aboard their little boat, drifted over the reef and fetched up on the shore of North Sentinel Island. They were promptly killed by the inhabitants. Their bodies are still there: the helicopter that went to collect them was driven away by a hail of arrows and spears. The Sentinelese do not welcome trespassers. Only very occasionally have they been lured down to the beach of their tiny island home by gifts of coconuts and only once or twice have they taken these gifts without sending a shower of arrows in return.
Several archaeologists and anthropologists now argue that violence was much more pervasive in hunter-gatherer society than in more recent eras. From the
!Kung in the Kalahari to the Inuit in the Arctic and the aborigines in Australia, two-thirds of modern hunter-gatherers are in a state of almost constant tribal warfare, and nearly 90% go to war at least once a year. War is a big word for dawn raids, skirmishes and lots of posturing, but death rates are high—usually around 25-30% of adult males die from homicide. The warfare death rate of 0.5% of the population per year that Lawrence Keeley of the University of Illinois calculates as typical of hunter-gatherer societies would equate to 2 billion people dying during the 20th century.
At first, anthropologists were inclined to think this a modern pathology. But it is increasingly looking as if it is the natural state. Richard Wrangham of Harvard University says that chimpanzees and human beings are the only animals in which males engage in co-operative and systematic homicidal raids. The death rate is similar in the two species. Steven LeBlanc, also of Harvard, says Rousseauian wishful thinking has led academics to overlook evidence of constant violence.
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Not so many women as men die in warfare, it is true. But that is because they are often the object of the fighting. To be abducted as a sexual prize was almost certainly a common female fate in hunter-gatherer society. Forget the Garden of Eden; think Mad Max.
Homo sapiens wrought havoc on many ecosystems as Homo erectus had not
Returning to hunter-gatherers, Mr LeBlanc argues (in his book “Constant Battles”) that all was not well in ecological terms, either. Homo sapiens wrought havoc on many ecosystems as Homo erectus had not. There is no longer much doubt that people were the cause of the extinction of the megafauna in North America 11,000 years ago and Australia 30,000 years before that. The mammoths and giant kangaroos never stood a chance against co-ordinated ambush with stone-tipped spears and relentless pursuit by endurance runners.
This was also true in Eurasia. The earliest of the great cave painters, working at Chauvet in southern France, 32,000 years ago, was obsessed with rhinoceroses. A later artist, working at Lascaux 15,000 years later, depicted mostly bison, bulls and horses—rhinoceroses must have been driven close to extinction by then. At first, modern human beings around the Mediterranean relied almost entirely on large mammals for meat. They ate small game only if it was slow moving—tortoises and limpets were popular. Then, gradually and inexorably, starting in the Middle East, they switched their attention to smaller animals, and especially to warm-blooded, fast-breeding species, such as rabbits, hares, partridges and smaller gazelles. The archaeological record tells this same story at sites in Israel, Turkey and Italy.
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The reason for this shift, say Mary Stiner and Steven Kuhn of the University of Arizona, was that human population densities were growing too high for the slower-reproducing prey such as tortoises, horses and rhinos. Only the fast-breeding rabbits, hares and partridges, and for a while gazelles, could cope with such hunting pressure. This trend accelerated about 15,000 years ago as large game and tortoises disappeared from the Mediterranean diet altogether—driven to the brink of extinction by human predation.
In times of prey scarcity, Homo erectus, like other predators, had simply suffered local extinction; these new people could innovate their way out of trouble—they could shift their niche. In response to demographic pressure, they developed better weapons which enabled them to catch smaller, faster prey, which in turn enabled them to survive at high densities, though at the expense of extinguishing many larger and slower-breeding prey. Under this theory, the atlatl or spear-throwing stick was invented 18,000 years ago as a response to a Malthusian crisis, not just because it seemed like a good idea.
Soon collecting wild grass seeds evolved into planting and reaping crops, which meant fewer proteins and vitamins but ample calories
What's more, the famously “affluent society” of hunter-gatherers, with plenty of time to gossip by the fire between hunts and gathers, turns out to be a bit of a myth, or at least an artefact of modern life. The measurements of time spent getting food by the !Kung omitted food-processing time and travel time, partly because the anthropologists gave their subjects lifts in their vehicles and lent them metal knives to process food.
Agriculture was presumably just another response to demographic pressure. A new threat of starvation—probably during the millennium-long dry, cold “snap” known as the Younger Dryas about 13,000 years ago—prompted some hunter-gatherers in the Levant to turn much more vegetarian. Soon collecting wild grass seeds evolved into planting and reaping crops, which reduced people's intake of proteins and vitamins, but brought ample calories, survival and fertility.
The fact that something similar happened six more times in human history over the next few thousand years—in Asia, New Guinea, at least three places in the Americas and one in Africa—supports the notion of invention as a response to demographic pressure. In each case the early farmers, though they might be short, sick and subjugated, could at least survive and breed, enabling them eventually to overwhelm the remaining hunter-gatherers of their respective continents.
It is irrelevant to ask whether we would have been better off to stay as hunter-gatherers. Being a niche-shifting species, we could not help moving on. Willingly or not, humanity had embarked 50,000 years ago on the road called “progress” with constant change in habits driven by invention mothered by necessity. Even 40,000 years ago, technology and lifestyle were in a state of continuous change, especially in western Eurasia. By 34,000 years ago people were making bone points for spears, and by 26,000 years ago they were making needles. Harpoons and other fishing tackle appear at 18,000 years ago, as do bone spear throwers, or atlatls. String was almost certainly in use then—how do you catch rabbits except in nets and snares?
Nor was this virtuosity confined to practicalities. A horse, carved from mammoth-ivory and worn smooth by being used as a pendant, dates from 32,000 years ago in Germany. By the time of Sungir, an open-air settlement from 28,000 years ago at a spot near the city of Vladimir, north-east of Moscow, people were being buried with thousands of laboriously carved ivory beads and even little wheel-shaped bone ornaments.
Incessant innovation is a characteristic of human beings. Agriculture, the domestication of animals and plants, must be seen in the context of this progressive change. It was just another step: hunter-gatherers may have been using fire to encourage the growth of root plants in southern Africa 80,000 years ago. At 15,000 years ago people first domesticated another species—the wolf (though it was probably the wolves that took the initiative). After 12,000 years ago came crops. The internet and the mobile phone were in some vague sense almost predestined 50,000 years ago to appear eventually.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/16299 | ELLE Accessories Editor Caroline Grosso's Céline-Inspired, Counter-Fashion Flats
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When Phoebe Philo debuted her spring collection in Paris last September, the fashion world was divided on those curious mink-lined, slip-ons. Personally, I loved them. But after a failed attempt at buying the following season's incarnation, I decided the look was less about the label (and $900+ price tag), and more about the shoe's minimalist appeal. So, off I went to the Adidas store in SoHo in search of the ultimate sixth grade staple: $30 Adidas Adilette slides. Thrilled with my new purchase, I decided to wear them to a party where I knew super-hip fashion girls would be in attendance. I assumed my ensemble—white tank, black jeans, throwback shower sandal—would incite a few dozen eyebrow raises, but all of my Philophile friends loved the look. So maybe being anti-fashion is the new fashion? As Jay Z would say, #newrules. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/16302 | A wise man once said: "Life moves pretty fast -- if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."
At Engadget, that's more than true. We're usually so busy with our heads down -- fingers furiously tapping away on keyboards, news flying in at a breakneck pace -- that we barely have time to take measure of it all. We've been so busy, in fact, that we somehow managed to miss our own 5th birthday... by over a month! If you want to date check that, you can read our very first post right here.
Luckily, we happen to have the most amazing group of readers in the world, and one of them, rock99rock, shook us out of our news-trance and reminded us that we should probably spare a little time for reflection.
So, we don't want to make a huge deal of it, but we do want to thank everyone who visits the site everyday and keeps making it what it is. We'd be nothing without the eyes and minds of the obsessive, brilliant, and frankly handsome fans that are as voracious about reading tech news as we are about writing it. You're the soul of Engadget, and we thank you from the bottom of our cold, robotic hearts.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/16352 | Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Yes, Vijay Singh admittedly used a bannedsubstance. Yes, the World Golf Hall of Famer should be punished. But let's besure to keep his indiscretion in perspective.
For years now, sports fans have been mercilessly bludgeoned by the seeminglyendless doping narrative. One by one, their favorite athletes have beenrevealed as cheats and liars, delusional sociopaths and frauds.
The result is one of fatigue. People are sick of the charade and when freshPED stories break, the alleged perpetrators are lumped in with the rest ofthe rotten batch; another set of untrustworthy athletes.
Although golf has largely avoided the doping miasma, Singh's involvementin the latest scandal -- originally reported by Sports Illustrated's DavidEpstein and George Dohrmann -- was treated by most with the same kind ofbeleaguered response.
- Most major sports have drug cheats, why not golf?
- Singh allegedly altered a scorecard and was suspended by the Asian Tour in1985. Why couldn't he be capable of another deception?
- How did he not know that IGF-1 -- a banned substance on the PGA Tour -- wasin the deer-antler spray when the tour specifically issued a warning to avoidthe product in 2011?
Epstein and Dohrmann's argument is not that Singh or Ray Lewis are the nextswollen-headed Barry Bonds or roided-out Mark McGwires, but rather that theyare part of a larger group of hyper-competitive athletes who rely on sketchy,unproven science to gain an edge.
The report paints Mitch Ross and Christopher Key, the men behind S.W.A.T.S.(Sports with Alternatives to Steroids), as modern-day snake oil salesman,personable hucksters with a flawed product. It also states that "deer-antlerspray does contain IGF-1, though in small quantities, and deer IGF-1 may noteven work in humans."
The benefits of S.W.A.T.S.'s products seem dubious at best, but Singh seemssold, telling Sports Illustrated that he uses the spray "every couple of hours... every day" and that he's "looking forward to some change in (his) body."
The soon-to-be 50-year-old comes across more as a misguided victim of a hoaxthan a calculated drug cheat. He seems like the guy pumping up his Reeboksbecause he thinks he's going to dunk, or the kid chugging an energy drinkbefore a baseball game because maybe it'll help him cover more ground in theoutfield.
Singh's naivete is almost refreshing. The 34-time PGA Tour winner appearsgenuinely excited at the promise of these products. He also seems altogetherunaware that deer-antler spray contains IGF-1. Why else would he be so candidwith a national reporter?
In the end, though, IGF-1 is a banned substance and Singh should be punishedfor breaking the rules. But let's not lump him in with the Lance Armstrongs ofthe sporting world.
Singh was getting a boost from what may turn out to be a glorified placebo.We've all looked for that slight edge, he just happened to pay $9,000 for somesnake oil. |
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I've always used to expose all current user input in a singleton called InputManager, which has it's state updated on every frame. On every frame, i poll SDL input for changes, and update the state of InputManager. Then, all my game objects are able to ask it for the state of keys like this:
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My preferd way of handling input would be event driven. I just think its a much better and cleaner way of handling inputs and events all togheter. Then again thats my opinion and maybe someone else has better points on handle keyboard input.
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I'm going to be making my own game soon without using tutorials and just using what I know. What I'm having trouble coming up with is the logic of the game. Things like upgrading weapons and towers, how to make ai detect when theres something in their way, things like that. Are there any books or tutorials that help with this kind of thinking while making a game?
Hm well there are surely many ways how to plan out a game before starting, but my favorite one is surely the UML. You can use the UML to have a graphical view, of the class and actions in them. Point out of which classes you will need for your game. We use for example the Tower Defence, a very loved game by many. Now what does a Tower Defence need? We surely need a Tower class since there are towers, surely enemies aka the waves that appear, and maybe a upgrade class for some upgrades the towers need. These are just the logical ones for the game you need, now for the needed ones. You need Initialize that handles all the loading of data, a event which handles all input events, loop which handles all the data updates, render which handles all the rendering of anything that shows up on the screen and cleanup that simply cleans up any resources loaded. These needed ones, i got from the sdltutorials on how to make a tictactoe, if you wish to check out here you go: http://www.sdltutorials.com/sdl-tutorial-basics . Now next after you got all does things we use a Sequenzdiagramm. In there you will produce a graphical display on how the programm handles, like how does the application start? Which class will come first and so on. These are pretty much roughly said the main ones who are needed to think like a programmer while aiming for a game.
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19 April 2013 - 01:08 AM
Hi ,
I want to create a good FPS game in 3D in home environment and I wondering how I should start with it ? I don't have any experience either in Programming , Modelling textures or animations. I was thinking about Unity 3D because I think I should start with it , is it good idea ? I don't want start with for example programs like FPS Creator because that type of programs are just like "LEGO Programs" because you must just Put everything in right place and compile and usually with that type of programs there are many models and textures are included. So guys any idea how unexperienced Being should start making a game ?
Any reply is appreciated
Well if you wish to create a FPS game you first of all have to get into the Basics. This can be completed if you work with already existing engines to create games. One of many as you pointed out is Unity 3D but, there is also UDK and the Blender Engine. Just don't forget if you don't have Programming or Modelling skills, it will become very hard to create a decent game with does two engines. My advice before even starting to create a game is to have a decent knowledge of a programming language. For example : Java, Python, C#, C++, Html5. You can pick anything from does really just before choosing please look into them and get some basic knowledge in to which way you wish to programm. If you wanna get more into the basic games like minecraft or similiars choose java or c++ if your into web browser games, choose Html5 or even C#. If this all seems hard to you, just watch some programming tutorials, or how to make games on youtube. There are surely many tutorials to help newcommers into the gamedesigning world. Just a little warning, you may get stressed at your first programms. Don't beworried, this is normal since it means your making progress in learning and do not forget making a game isn't so easy if you wanna start programming games. Even i, who is at a Programming School in Switzerland, have not yet finished my game. And trust me i am trying to finish this but it is hard to finish if you want something decent.
I hope i could help you and wish you a nice Day
Your Truly
Your friendly Programmer :)
In Topic: Help a new guy.
22 June 2010 - 08:07 PM
You want to use C++ so that means you already know C++ if im Correct. If so try using the Game Engine Irrlicht or Sauerbraten. Their free and are Used with C++ and they are both compatible with OpenGL and Direct compatible i think. And im not sure again but Sauerbraten has online in the Engine already
In Topic: Searching for a FPS Game Engine
17 June 2010 - 03:12 AM
1. So the people only look at the Grafics from the game. Hmm interessting never seen it from that point of view.
2. I had FPS Creator when i was 15 or 14 i guess not sure. Anyway i made some games with it then i moved on with does other Engines like UDK. And they were still too easy so i want maybe a engine that can make me think harder or some what.
( i should start moddeling also right?) |
global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/16427 | Inb4 - Teh Graphix R teh Bad
#1BhemontPosted 5/4/2011 8:57:06 AM
Yeah, I bet those will be around like on any other board, but seriously I can't help to want to test the game, 8 on gamespot is usually something interesting at least, especially when it is in 2d :)
#2MrSoliPosted 5/4/2011 4:02:28 PM
Wow, I didn't realize they reviewed it. 8 isn't too bad at all, thanks for pointing it out.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/16428 | Do topics on Vita sales make you perturbed?
#1Bancario51Posted 5/26/2013 3:21:49 PM
Your thoughts about topics on sales - Results (13 votes)
Yes very much so
23.08% (3 votes)
Tend it ignore them now, dont understand why people keep making these topics
15.38% (2 votes)
Not at all, they are an interesting read
61.54% (8 votes)
This poll is now closed.
Everybody needs a hobby
#XboxWon (not changing this till its truth)
#2zandm7Posted 5/26/2013 3:23:22 PM
The topics themselves do not perturb me.
The ring-around-the-rosy focused on Goon is what bothers me. Yes the dude says some idiotic things. But continuing to reply to his comments is completely counterproductive. If he's such an idiot, ignore him.
Playing - PSV, PS3, and PC.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/16429 | Are you addicted to Fire Emblem?
#1OshawottGuy4Posted 5/5/2013 9:16:17 AM
Like, do you play it all the time? - Results (335 votes)
54.63% (183 votes)
17.91% (60 votes)
27.46% (92 votes)
This poll is now closed.
changing classes ALL THE TIME!!!
#2A_MAZ_INGPosted 5/5/2013 9:20:27 AM
This one, yes, yes i am
#3dadkwasherePosted 5/5/2013 9:27:22 AM
Monster hunter on the other hand...
#4masa8munePosted 5/5/2013 9:27:53 AM
VERY much so
"Special delivery!"
#5Bleck5Posted 5/5/2013 9:35:05 AM
Very addicted
#6BlownAway4Posted 5/5/2013 9:50:24 AM
I am
#7makedouniaPosted 5/5/2013 9:51:22 AM
#8Is_CorruptedPosted 5/5/2013 9:55:20 AM
I'm getting Guilty Gear XX through the mail this week, and I play a fair amount of other games: Atelier Annie, Radiant Historia, the Disgaea series, Valkyria Chronicles, and so on.
I really like FE, but I think people should play other games too, especially something that requires reflexes and reacting. SRPGs tend to dull your platformer/fighter senses after playing for too long.
#9RoseOfOrlaisPosted 5/5/2013 12:18:22 PM
Heck yes! I think about it all the time.
Gaius and Henry are awesome *3*
#10Devil_Killer_JCPosted 5/5/2013 12:22:05 PM
Yup. Hell, I've been addicted to FE ever since I played PoR (which was my first). The only FE games I haven't played are the Japan only ones (Which i'd have to download an emulator or 2 for that, which will be a pain in the ass for my crappy connection).
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/16430 | field orders - humiliate your next kill
#1jcarey72Posted 11/7/2013 2:14:23 PM
i heard in order to to this, you tea bag them. is that true ?
#2SupremeArticlePosted 11/7/2013 2:15:37 PM
its damn true
i love my girl cedes aka hoohahxchz
#3littlecletusPosted 11/7/2013 2:16:23 PM
I am not sure.
Last night I killed someone, drove to their house, married their mother, and lowered their allowance.
Still did not get it.
Are you a bug, Bill Murray?
#4banana-benderPosted 11/7/2013 2:16:35 PM
sure is I read it yesterday, and actually had to do it in TDM last night it was kinda weird.
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#5Kosmo240985Posted 11/7/2013 2:17:28 PM
SupremeArticle posted...
its damn true
easiest care package/squad point there is.
and i've gotten it like 10 times so far.
all you do i crouch and stand up on a guy you kill.
it's a shot a halo crowd. since halo invented tbagging pretty much, or at least made it popular.
please not that laying down on them wont work, its gotta be a quick crouch motion.
GT: Kozzie85
#6ThankMeNowBLEHHPosted 11/7/2013 2:17:31 PM
Yes, I killed an enemy then I walk up to it and crouched my saggy tea and bagged them in the face. Then as soon as I stand up I hear the sound you make when you completed the objectives.
#7jcarey72(Topic Creator)Posted 11/7/2013 3:20:12 PM
that is all kinds of awesome
#8aDominationPosted 11/7/2013 3:25:28 PM
This field order made tea bagging a real thing not something made up in Halo.
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#9MikePaw1Posted 11/7/2013 3:29:14 PM
This is awesome.
#10Damascus85Posted 11/7/2013 3:31:09 PM
I was wondering how to complete this order all day yesterday. Then, while playing with a friend, I joked around that maybe I had to potato-sack my enemy. Then, a few seconds after the kill so that it wouldn't be in the kill cam, I dropped my virtual nuts onto my enemies lifeless corpse and received a care package for it. I proceeded to put the controller down and walk away for a few minutes.
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The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Cheats for the PC
Morrowind: Elder Scrolls III
Cheat mode:
During play, press ~ to bring up the console. Type player-> followed by one of the codes below.
setflying 1 Flight mode
setsuperjump 1 Super jumps
setwaterwalking 1 Walk on water
setwaterbreathing 1 Breathe underwater
setlevel Set player level
additem gold_100 Add indicated amount of gold
setfatigue Set maximum fatigue value
setmagicka Set maximum magic value
sethealth Set player health
setstrength Set strength value
setintelligence number> Set inteligence value
setwillpower Set willpower value
setagility Set agility value
setspeed Set speed value
setendurance Set endurance value
setpersonality Set personality value
setluck Set luck value
setblock Set block skill level
setarmorer Set armorer skill level
setmediumarmor Set medium armor skill level
setheavyarmor Set heavy armor skill level
setbluntweapon Set blunt weapon skill level
setlongblade Set long blade skill level
setaxe Set axe skill level
setspear Set spear skill level
setathletics Set athletics skill level
setdestruction Set destruction skill level setalterration Set alteration skill level setillusion Set illusion skill level setconjuration Set conjuration skill level setmysticism Set mysticism skill level setrestoration Set restoration skill level setenchant Set enchant skill level setalchemy Set alchemy skill level setunarmored Set unarmored skill level setsecurity Set security skill level setsneak Set sneak skill level setacrobatics Set acrobatics skill level setlightarmor Set light armor skill level setshortblade Set short blade skill level setmarksman Set marksman skill level setmercantile Set mercantile skill level setspeechcraft Set speechcraft skill level sethandtohand Set hand to hand skill level setreputation Set reputation level
centeroncell Place character in the named cell
coc " " " " " " " centeronexterior Place character in the exterior cell grid
coe " " " " " " " filljournal Show all entries to journal
fillmap Show all the towns on full map
fixmeJump 128 units away from current location
help Show shorthand for most commands
showvars or sv Show variables
stopcelltest or sct Stop cell test
testcells or tc Test cells
testinteriorcells or tic Test interior cells
testmodels or t3d Test models
toggleai or ta Toggle AI
toggleborders or tb Toggle borders
togglecombatstats or tcs Toggle combat statistics
togglecollision or tcl Toggle collisions
togglecollisionboxes or tcb Toggle collision boxes
togglecollisiongrid or tcg Toggle collision grid
toggledebugtext or tdt Toggle debug text
toggledialoguestats or tds Toggle dialogue statistics
togglefogofwar or tfow Toggle fog of war
togglefullhelp or tfh Show ownership and script name
togglegodmode or tgm Toggle God mode
togglegrid or tg Toggle grid
togglekillstats or tks Toggle kill statistics
toggleloadfade Toggle load fade
togglemagicstats or tms Toggle magic statistics
togglemenus or tm Toggle menus
togglescripts Toggle scripts
togglestats or tst Toggle stats
togglesky or ts Toggle sky
toggletexturestring or tts Toggle texture string
toggleworld or tw Toggle world
togglewireframe or twf Toggle wireframe
display tpg Toggle path grid
members sg Show selected actor's group
showscenegraph or ssg Show scene graph
twa Toggle water
tvm Toggle vanity mode
tso Toggle script output
*Some of the previous cheats, such as setmagicka, can lead to your computer crashing if given too great a value. Have fun!*
Bound Item Cheat:
Want to keep a Bound item? Cast the Bound spell and enter your inventory. Now unequip the Bound item and put it in your inventory. Then take it out and throw it on the ground until the time expires. The items won't disapear, so you can then grab it and keep it.
Resist negative equipment effects:
To resist the harmful effects of otherwise awesome equipment, cast a Resist Magicka 100% for 1 second spell on yourself, and equip whatever you want during that one second. The only item that can't be resisted is the damage from the Mantle of Woe, but check out the next cheat to beat that.
Immortality, simple but expensive:
Enchant exquisite clothes, rings, and amulets with a constant restore health effect. If you stack up about 10 points, you're a god. Over 25 points can counteract the Mantle of Woe, and only 5 can fix you up if you're a vampire. Have fun!
Powerful Weapons
On Solstheim near Thirsk, is a treestump on the right side of the building facing the door. In the treestump is a powerful, enchanted sword that does 10-50 damage, and ebony arrows with "Drain 5000 Health on Hit"
Sword of White Woe:
Go to the eastern guard tower in balmora and go upstairs until you see a hlaalu guard standing next to a big chest of drawers. Jump on the bed next to the chest of drawers and look on top of the chest of drawers, and there you will see the sword of white woe.You can kill the guard, steal the sword and get your bounty removed at the south wall cornerclub, or if your lucky the guard occasionally walks away from the chest of drawers enough for you to grab the sword unnoticed.
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3. From inside main menu of the game, go to “EXTRAS” then “SHIFT CODE”.
4. From the Shift Code menu input your code for your system platform.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/16475 | How Much Value Have I Gotten Out of My Video Game Collection?
A lot of people here have lists of all the games they own, so I wanted to do something at least a little different. See, with this year's winter Steam sale almost done, now would be the perfect time to grade the intelligence of all my purchasing decisions! I'll tell you how much I spent on a game (or a guess if I don't remember the exact figure), as well as the estimated amount of fun I've derived from a game (based not only on hour count, but how enjoyable that time spent was).
In this list Consumer Surplus (CS) refers to the economically defined difference between value derived from a game and the amount paid for it. I've decided to include games I've yet to invest large amounts of time in; these are sunk costs into assets that have yet to (It should be noted that I am while writing this the Fortune Street TNT archive).
This is a dynamic list! As time goes on I'll occasionally update to reflect new games bought or update values to reflect additional playtime. We'll start at what I consider the best and worst values I've gotten and expand from there.
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Publication numberUS333340 A
Publication typeGrant
Publication dateDec 29, 1885
Filing dateMay 6, 1885
Publication numberUS 333340 A, US 333340A, US-A-333340, US333340 A, US333340A
InventorsGeoegb F. Sack
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(Mo deL) G. P. SACK.
No. 333,340. Patented De0.'29, 1885.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333.340, dated December 29,1885.
Application filed May 6, 1885. Serial No. 164,568.
against a second toothed blade or plate,which is usually stationary.
The invention,while applicable to shearing purposes and to tonsorial use, as in trimming or cutting the hair on the human head, is more particularly designed for horse-clipping pur- 7 poses, and it Will here be described more especially with reference to such use.
In power-machines of this description the two toothed blades or platesthat is, both the stationary and reciprocating plates have heretofore had a fixed transverse relation to the handle by which the machine is manipulated over the surface to be clipped,and to the frame which carries the gearing for reciprocating the one plate.
My invention consists in a swiveling connection of the stationary cutting-plate and certain connection with its gearing of the reciprocating plate, whereby both plates may be swiveled to occupy different transverse positions or angles relatively to the handle of the machine and frame or box which carries the gearing without interfering with the motion of the latter, thereby giving increased facility for manipulating the machine, to adapt the cutters to work over different parts or surfaces and in different directions as regards the out.
The invention likewise includes certain means for taking up the wear of the working parts and avoiding lost motion in the cutter, so as to insure its perfect operation at all times.
Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of a power-machine, suitable for clipping horses, embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a sectional View on the line x w in Fig. 1 of the same in part.
(Model A is the handle by which the machine is manipulated over the limbs or body of the animal, and B the box or frame which carries the toothed cutting-plates O D and the gearing by which the reciprocating toothed cuttingplate D is operated.
E is the operating rotating shaft, arranged to pass longitudinally through the handle A, and which is connected withthe main or counter driving-shaft by the usual spiral-spring coupling, G, to give the necessary driving or working flexibility to the instrument, so far as its manipulation over the surfaces to be clipped is concerned; but instead of said spring-coupling being rigidly or permanently attached to the shafts which it connects it is loosely slipped over the end of each or either shaft and engaged therewith by simply turning it and causing its end spirals to receive within them a stud, b, on the shaft. This mode of engaging the spiral-spring coupling with its shaft or shafts not only provides for the ready engagement and disengagement of said coupling, but also admits of either a right or left hand spring being used to accommodate it to a main or counter driving-shaft rotating either to the right or to the left, thus adapting the implement to be worked from shafts moving in reverse directions, which will be found a great convenience.
The operating-shaft E communicates the necessary reciprocating motion to the toothed clipping-bar D by means of a bevel-wheel, 0, arranged to engage with a like wheel, d, on a spindle, H, that has its bearings in the box or frame B. On the inner end of the spindle H is a crank, f, that serves, by its connection through a link or connecting rod or bar, 9, with a lever, h, to give the necessary reciproeating motion to the bar or plate D. Such are the ordinary means of reciprocating the cutting-plate D, that is held to its bearing on the stationary cutting-plate O and guided in a straight line or course thereon in the usual or any suitable manner. Instead,however,of the IOO clipping bars or plates will give an enlarged versatility or flexibility to the implement,and enable it to be worked over or applied to different parts of the animal with greater freedom, thus extending the manipulating capacity of theimplement,inasmuch as the clipping-plates -may be set to work at different angles relatively to the handle A and box or frame B. To provide for this swiveling adjustment of the plates 0 D, the stationary plate 0, on which the reciprocating plate D is fitted to work, is attached by a screw or other pivot, '11, in the same axial line as the spindle H to the box or frame B. This admits of the clipping-plates being swiveled, as required, without interfering with the gearing or operating devices of the reciprocating plate.
It is important that the cutting-teeth of the reciprocating plate D should at all times have a full stroke over the teeth of the stationary plate 0, and as this is liable to be interfered with by lost motion consequent on the wear of the reciprocating devices, I provide for increasing, when necessary, the length of the stroke of the crank f by connecting the bar 9 with it through a slot, 7c, and nut Z,- or such adjustable connection maybe applied to either end of the bar g-that is, either to the crank and bar, as shown, or to the bar 9 and lever h-so as to give the necessary stroke to said lever.
Having thus fully described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by'Letters Patentsaid box or frame and handle of the implement, substantially as specified.
2. The combination of the operating-shaft E, the handle A, the box or frame B, the gears c d, the spindle H, the crank f, the connecting-rod g, the lever h, the reciprocating cutting-plate D, the stationary cutting-plate '0, and the pivot i, essentially as shown and scribed.
3. The combination, with the toothed eutting-plates O D, of the lever h, the crank f, having a slot, is, in it, the nut Z, and theconnecting-rod g, by which reciprocating mot-ion is given to the cutting-plate D, whereby lost motion may be taken up to secure the proper action of the cutters, substantially as specified.
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US5165172 *Jan 16, 1992Nov 24, 1992Pennies From Heaven, Inc.Adjustable hair clipper
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/16541 | Report a Review
Review:Pheonix Potioneer says:
Now we finally know why Fenrir becomes so evil...this explains everything! With all evil people, there is usually some important reason for it. Even Voldemort had a reason for being so evil.
Still, I can't help being a bit angry at Fenrir. Sure, he wants revenge, but he knows what it's like being a werewolf. Has it even ocurred to him that he'll be biting innocent people, those who haven't even done anything to him?
You really should do a story about Umbridge, and why she becomes evil. We really don't know anything about her past, so there is a lot of room for imagination. Plus, she is my most hated person in the Harry Potter series (I hate her even more than Voldemort and Greyback) so it will be interesting to see if you can make me like her more. But only if you're interested.
Cool story! I went on hoping to see a new chapter for Writing on the Wall, but instead I found this story!
Author's Response: Yeah, The Writing on the Wall's next chapter will be a little delayed because I've been working on this. I am working on the next one, but so far, it's only about 1,500 words, so there's a bit more to go.
And I don't know if I could write about Umbridge. Like you, I really hate her and find it hard to see any redeeming qualities to her. She's my most hated character too. Rufus Scrimgeour is my second most hated, but that's probably partly my nationality.
And yeah, that's a good point about Fenrir Greyback. I like the way JK Rowling shows both sides like that. On the one hand, most of her bad characters (with the possible exception of Umbridge) do have reasons which make what they do somewhat understandable, but on the other hand, we see other characters, like Harry, Remus and Sirius, who also had bad things happen to them and their experiences just helped them to emphasise with others.
I'm glad this seemed to explain why Greyback behaves as he does to you and that you liked it.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/16545 | [qforeign] CursesTest segfaults
Jens Petersen [email protected]
04 Dec 2001 18:27:01 +0900
"Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk" <[email protected]> writes:
> 29 Nov 2001 18:12:08 +0900, Jens Petersen <[email protected]> pisze:
> > I built qforeign from cvs under Linux. Any idea why
> > tests/CursesTest segfaults?
> No idea - works for me now.
> ghc-5.03
> glibc-2.2.3
These are the only differences then. Well I'm using Red Hat
Linux on ia32.
> ncurses-5.2
sorry, I have that too.
> gmp-3.1.1
> readline-4.2
same here.
Any advice on how I can debug the problem further. A gdb
backtrace seems to say that it gets stuck in a loop in
attr_set in libncurses.so.5. Indeed my own debugging of
CursesTest.hsc told me that it segfaults during the attrSet
How to proceed from here. Linking with a debug version of |
global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/16550 |
Paolo Giarrusso p.giarrusso at gmail.com
Sun Sep 12 12:25:09 EDT 2010
On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 15:30, Tillmann Rendel
<rendel at mathematik.uni-marburg.de> wrote:
> Paolo Giarrusso wrote:
>> $ cabal install --dry cabal-install leksah-
>> [... does not work ...]
>> However, trying to install cabal-install and leksah separately works quite
>> well.
> So do install them separately.
Yeah, I did, I was pointing out the behavior because it _looked_ like
a bug. And while it's a feature, it is there to cater with another
"bug" (see below).
Indeed, nothing in this thread is an assistance request.
> cabal install p1 p2 is supposed to find a single consistent install plan for
> p1 and p2 and the transitive dependencies of either of them. This is useful
> if you plan to use p1 and p2 in a single project.
Ahah! Then it's a feature. The need for consistency stems from a bug:
in a tracker entry you linked to,
http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/704, duncan argues that
"we also want to be able to do things like linking multiple versions
of a Haskell package into a single application".
If that were possible, cabal would solve my request by using Cabal 1.6
and 1.8 together - you can make that work if type-checking uses
_versioned_ types (that's not discussed in bug #704 though). I
believe, though, cabal should still try to avoid that unless needed or
explicitly requested. Among other reasons, even after typechecking,
Cabal 1.6 and 1.8 might interact differently with RealWorld, say
through incompatible file formats. In that case, I would refrain from
installing both, or Cabal 1.8 would have some imaginary "Conflicts:
Cabal-1.6" property (which exists for Debian packages).
But I see that here, the only correct install plan implies a GHC
upgrade via Cabal and Hackage, which should not happen without a
warning, and should never be attempted until all fundamental problems
we are discussing are solved.
Paolo Giarrusso - Ph.D. Student
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/16552 | toRational (0.9)
Lennart Augustsson
Wed, 18 Apr 2001 14:05:56 +0200
"S.D.Mechveliani" wrote:
> he matter is in what the _language standard_ says.
> then Lennart is right.
I quote the report:
"The floating point literal f is equivalent to fromRational (n Ratio.% d), where fromRational is a
method in class Fractional and Ratio.% constructs a rational from
two integers, as defined in the Ratio library. The integers n and d are chosen so that n/d = f."
I think the way Haskell handles numeric literals is pretty nice and it's
important to understand what happens if you use them. :)
-- Lennart |
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Poll: Spicy classics
This is a list of modern films similar or remakes to old classics but spicier and some with more explicit material
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The English Patient (1996)
This is a very sexy romance similar to Casablanca
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Cold Mountain (2003)
Its a similar but sexier idea of Gone with the Wind
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Basic Instinct (1992)
A very sexy homage to Hitchcock's Vertigo
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The Tudors (2007)
This is a very spiced up series which is very similar to Anne of the a Thousand days
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The Mask of Zorro (1998)
Very spicy film similar to The Mark a of Zorro.
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Pretty Woman (1990)
A very similar idea to My Fair lady
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Wuthering Heights (2009)
The sexiest adaptation of the famous Wuthering Heights which was first made in 1939
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Bedazzled (2000)
A very sexy remake of the 1967 film by the same name( Bedazzled)
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Showgirls (1995)
A sexy film pretty similar to All about Eve
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Spartacus: War of the Damned (2010)
A spicy series very similar to Spartacus (1960)
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Match Point (2005)
Similar to A place in the sun
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Stoker (2013)
Similar to Shadow of a Doubt
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Double Identity (2009)
Similar to Body Heat
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Cruel Intentions (1999)
A modern take on Dangerous Liaisons
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Down with Love (2003)
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/16657 | Saturday Reader Poll: Which Area Produces the Best Recruits?
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Each week, we'll poll our readers on a different topical subject. We'll follow with our own staff debate on that question during the following week.
This week's question follows something that recruiting guru Ty Xanders brought up in a Recruiting Mailbag earlier this month. Ty asked: What are the recruiting "hotbeds" these days?
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/16668 | Nobel Peace Prize call for Malala
Thousands of people have called for a Nobel Peace Prize for Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old who was shot fighting for education in Pakistan.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/16761 | Herman Wouk, a novel force
From 'The Caine Mutiny' to 'The Winds of War' to his latest, 'The Lawgiver,' he's made his mark in American letters.
Herman Wouk
Herman Wouk (Patrick Ecclesine)
The year Herman Wouk was born, Woodrow Wilson was in his first term in the White House, the Lusitania's sinking was on the front page and "The Birth of a Nation" was playing in silent movie theaters. In the 97 years since, with such books as "The Caine Mutiny," "Marjorie Morningstar and "The Winds of War," Wouk became a force in American letters, and in film and television as well. His latest novel, "The Lawgiver," tells the tale of a Hollywood struggle to make a movie about Moses. Wouk's modern story about the ancient and long-lived biblical hero unfolds via text messages, emails and plain old-fashioned letters. And he's made himself and his late wife, Betty Sarah, characters in the book. Wouk is a devotee of Skype, which is how he talked to me from his Palm Springshome.
So many towering characters in the Bible — David, Solomon. Why did you choose Moses?
When I first started, I was a comedy writer for Fred Allen. Out at sea [during World War II], I had plenty of time to think, and I decided to write a lightweight novel, "Aurora Dawn," and it did fairly well. So I was in the novel-writing business. Then I wrote "The Caine Mutiny." I discovered a narrative power I didn't know I had. I was going to be a funny writer, but here I was doing something dramatic and panoramic. I have a very strong Jewish background, and I rediscovered in the five books of Moses the greatest narrative ever written. My thought was someday I'll write a novel about Moses. As I wrote more serious, more ambitious books, I discovered I couldn't write a novel about Moses because there's no narrative that equals [the Bible's].
So I gave up on that for many years. But [after] my last book was published, I thought, what about a new book? By not making it a narrative, just doing it as somebody trying to [make a Moses movie]. That's Hollywood. I've heard there are a couple of Moses movies in the works. I even thought, as I was writing "The Lawgiver," well, suppose one of those comes out in the meantime? What does it matter? I'm doing my version.
Were you able to say things about Hollywood and yourself that you couldn't do in a traditional narrative novel?
That's right. Of course, I have mixed feelings about Hollywood, depending on how my work has turned out. I thought "The Caine Mutiny" movie was quite good. I don't want to mention the ones that were terrible. Dan Curtis, the best of the TV directors, we got together and we made a great match. I wrote the screenplays [for "Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance"] mostly directed by him. They were very long — 18 hours for "Winds of War." He kept telling me, cut out the history! They won't sit still for the history! But I pushed him on the history and he pushed me on the story, and it came out very well together.
Moviemaking is, shall I say, a very intense and self-absorbed process.
That's in the nature of not onlyartbut entertainment. I've done plays on Broadway; nothing else matters while that show is on. I'm a Sabbath observer, and I would leave for 25 hours and they'd plead, don't go away, the show is going to collapse! Twenty-five hours later it's going on the same way, the tearing of hair is the same. Anything you're really engaged in, particularly entertainment, where you face the public — it's in the nature of it to be intense. If you're not intense about it, it shows up on screen, in the play, in the novel too.
This book is composed of text messages, emails, notes of conversations — is there any future for sustained literary fictional narratives?
Whatever form it takes, storytelling will exist, and words are the medium. In film and theater you have the staging to help the story along. In a novel, all you have are the words. But there's magic in words. And one way or another, a writer who has a story to tell, like "Jane Eyre," will find a way to tell it in words. And one way or another, through Amazon or the Nook or whatever, it will show up.
Frankly, I'm very glad that there was a window in time 30 or 40 years ago when I was able to write long novels and be reasonably sure they would be read. It's an incredible business, sitting down and saying, well, I will now write "The Winds of War," it'll be 1,000 pages long, and somebody's going to print it and somebody's going to read it.
Your literary generation includes names like Norman Mailer and Saul Bellow.
I've never discussed in public or in print any of my contemporaries. It's just a rule of mine and I've stayed with it. Generally speaking, it was a pretty good generation of writers.
Whose work influenced you?
One that was very strong was "Tristram Shandy" by Laurence Sterne. It was the first anti-novel; it takes the novel and turns it inside out. There's no direct narration at all — it's all skipping around and intensely personal. The idea of the anti-novel, the story told by not being told, that's very sophisticated. When it came to doing the Moses novel, I figured the only way to tell it was not to tell it.
You were born in New York but came west decades ago.
The first time I saw the West was when Fred Allen came out to do a movie. I was writing for him then. [We] came out on the Super Chief; it was something — two or three days between Chicago and L.A. and the food was incredibly wonderful. To see the West for the first time from the Super Chief was a pleasurable thing.
Did you have an epiphany that you belonged here?
Not exactly. It was more of a "Wow! Paradise!" Until we got off the train and ran into the smog.
You met your future wife in L.A. during the war. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/16809 | tagErotic HorrorGrandma's Ice Pick
Grandma's Ice Pick
Driving an ice pick through his tiny brain wasn't exactly what I had in mind to do this evening seems it just worked out that way. I had not seen an ice pick in years I guess they just are not that common anymore. The long thin silver tool all cool feeling and shiny looking with that beautiful point on the end just seemed to call out my name. I could hear it calling to me, even when I closed my eyes to listen more intently I could see it plunged through his head and the shiny point coming out the other side. It was so arousing. Not in my plan like I said, it just sort of turned out that way. Seems this guy's biggest mistake was choosing me as a victim. I don't mind playing the victim if the price is right enough money can get me to wear about any outfit for an hour or two. To this guy it was no game he was for real and shit I can't be having that stuff no way.
I came in from work threw my keys down on the table and headed down the hall. I noticed the door going down in to the basement garage from the kitchen was open, I never used that door and it was always locked. I stopped opening the door a little further and listened I heard some shuffling around down there it sounded like boxes being moved or something. I thought about calling the police but decided to just go check it out I did not want the police snooping around my house anyway too much evidence laying around. I took my gun from my purse and headed down the steps as quietly as I could. When I reached the next to the last step he grabbed me pulling me down and then knocking me to the floor causing the gun to go flying across the concrete floor.
He was a big guy standing about 6'3 and weighed about 230 pounds or so. He was muscular and quite attractive really. I saw that even through my fear. He looked startled and not very happy to see me either. I guess he did not realize I would not be the typical victim either. He grabbed me by my hair pulling me up to my feet all my cussing and screaming did not seem to faze him much. He did get a strange look on his face when I started laughing and calling him a pussy though. He told me to shut up a couple of times. I asked the bastard what he was going to do, was he going to fuck me or what? I reached down and grabbed his dick through his pants and the bastard was hard my laughing didn't help his mood much.
I didn't let go either, he still had a hold of my hair and pulled my head back and started kissing me hard. I kissed him back accepting his tongue as deep as he wanted to stick it then suddenly biting down on his tongue that pissed him off. "What the fuck did you have to come down here for?" he asked. He seemed almost sorry that I did, he must have been feeling bad thinking he was going to have to hurt something or me. He still had a hold of my hair and I still had a hold of his dick it was sort of like a stand off. I squeezed down on him and now he felt hard as a rock. I felt that twinge between my legs and thought this could be kind of fun messing this guy up.
It was a bad bluff I guess when he told me to undue his pants and take his dick out he looked at me in the eyes when he said it I smiled and said "sure, why not." I undid his belt then his button then the zipper he did not have underwear on and his dick was just right there. He pushed my down to my knees still holding my hair. I knew what he wanted me to do I just had to decide if I wanted to do it or not. He was clean looking and smelling and his dick was gorgeous so I figured why not. I started off slowly doing some teasing licking long against the shaft and around the head he even forgot to hold onto my hair a couple of times. I had his pants worked down around his knees now I took him into my mouth and went deeper and a little faster. I was not about to let this bastard cum this easily not without taking care of me too. Between massaging his swollen balls and working my tongue he was going to cum soon too. I stood up he didn't make a move to stop me. Pulled my tee shirt off and pulled my shorts down and kicked them to the side I was standing naked now and he was sure looking at me.
He acted like he didn't know quite what to do now I guess it wasn't the reaction he was expecting from his victim. I suggested he take his pants the rest of the way off himself and let me see him telling him it was the least he could do if he was going to be my attacker. Never taking his eyes off of me he kicked his shoes off and then worked his jeans around his ankles and stepped out of them and walked toward me. I took hold of his dick and started working my hand up and down his dick and brushing my fingers across the underside of his sack on the way back down with each stroke. He acted like he did not know what to do with his own hands. With my free hand I took his hand put it on my tit and smiled at him. He began toying with my nipple squeezing down hard and running it in between his thumb and finger.
It was like he suddenly remembered he was an intruder and I was a victim he changed mood and pushed me across the room onto a pile of boxes. He forced his way between my legs and positioned himself on top of me. He began pounding away at me driving his dick deep inside of me. I was able to position my legs and brace them against a couple of boxes and use them for leverage as well and raised my hips off the boxes letting him drive deeper. He stopped pulling himself out and grabbed my shoulder and my hip and turned me over onto my stomach this did hurt the boxes were bulky and all uneven on the floor. I wasn't sure what he was going to do and I was a little nervous about it. That is when I felt him against my back he began rubbing his dick between my legs not putting it inside of me. I felt his fingers slip inside of me and begin rubbing against my clit. I tried to work myself into a position for his dick to find it's way inside as well but seemed he wanted no part of it right then.
I came hard and his fingers were wet with me now. He put a finger in my ass then two and began working them around I pushed back against his fingers I guess when he thought I was ready he put his dick against me and slowly went inside the pain was bad but I liked it. I called him a few names for good measure and he began pumping away at my ass hard and furiously. He had a hand on each of my shoulders and pulled me back with each stroke. His stride increased and I could hear him breathing more deeply and his moans were louder I knew the bastard was going to cum. Then I felt that hot spurt and the lubricant was a blessing I was hurting and I knew I was bleeding.
He fell against my back pushing me down on the boxes I could feel his sweaty chest and stomach against me. I felt a mixture of pain and arousal feeling a bit frustrated because the bastard did not make me cum again and I needed to. Seemed like minutes passed I had not moved not sure what to do. I didn't know what he was going to make me have to do really. He stood up and I turned over he seemed nervous. He got angry telling me I should have stayed in the house he didn't come there to hurt me and didn't intend to rape anyone. I told him he didn't rape me that I fucked him. He was even angrier then.
He slapped me a couple of times and told me I was a stupid bitch and he was going to have to kill me now. He pushed me back down hard against the boxes and began choking me, his hands tightening around my throat I knew then he would really do it and I would die. It became harder to breath I reached that panic point. My hands were desperate to find something to protect myself with. A couple of the boxes had torn open during this ordeal and I grabbed something it was a large spoon I threw it aside and kept reaching. I grabbed it and held it in my hand. I didn't recognize what it was at first only that it was sharp bringing my arm up from my side I drove it into the side of his head into his temple.
He had a funny look on his face called me a "fucking bitch" and went heavy and limp against me. I managed to roll him off and he hit the floor with a thud. His dick was hard what a waste. I smiled when I realized it was my grandmother's old ice pick I had packed away in a box of things from her apartment after she died. I looked around the room realizing the boxes I was laying on were the ones I needed to get rid of over the weekend. I had another item to add to them now before I hauled them off.
That weekend I loaded up the boxes in the back of my truck and headed to the desert. Smiling as I recalled the look on his face and the shiny handle to the ice pick on one side of his head and the sharp point shimmering out on the other side. It would not quite fit in the box and the point protruded through one side of the box. I looked down at his eyes throughout the drive and marveled at the event. The rest of the bastards who found their way into one of the boxes had not even earned their way like he did they were just dates gone bad. I always hated a bad blind date. They were getting harder and harder to get rid of and it was putting way too many miles on my truck.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/16836 | View Full Version : jedi academy (JKIII) skins
04-04-2003, 12:21 AM
with the new screens out at the official site i thought it would be cool for someone to either model or skin the two new jedi. I would be great to use them for replace the current jedi to have some continuity between JKII and the new game.
if modeling them is too much trouble you could skin them on the Aayla Secura model (for the female twilek) and the jedi model (for the male jedi). There's also a rodian in one screen but not much can really be seen.
04-05-2003, 11:59 PM
well, any takers
04-06-2003, 01:13 AM
It's a good idea,but I don't see what the point is,I mean jk3 is coming out soon,and well..bleh
04-06-2003, 01:44 PM
yeah, but how soon? I havn't seen a release date yet, have you?
04-06-2003, 02:35 PM
This up-comming fall apparently/
Darth Shadow
04-06-2003, 02:56 PM
The continuity is there anyway it's just the story switches from being about the teacher to the apprentice.
04-06-2003, 03:55 PM
yeah its there, but what i'm saying is it would be cool to have the jedi from JO look like the ones in Jedi Academy. It would create a great bridge between the two. Plus the new skins look really cool.
04-08-2003, 09:24 PM
due there will be more than just 2 models in JA, don't you realize? We have already seen humen, rodian, and twi'leks in-game, presumably with male and female, with more races to come. There are only 4 generic jedi in JO. Anyway-wait till JA comes out then do it, I don't think anyone here wants to spend time making models that will be creating by a professional company in a few months. Simply, it'd be a waste of time!
04-08-2003, 10:29 PM
He (http://www.lucasarts.com/products/jediacademy/images/models/2.jpg)'s possible to be appear in JKII as a reskin. ;)
I don't like the Twi'lek's elf ears, it's a disgrace to the species. :mad:
04-09-2003, 01:09 AM
since this is made from the same engine... will we be able to use or models from jk2? cuz i dont think we are able to.....
04-26-2003, 07:28 AM
i dunno how easy it'll be to convert between the two cos JA is supposed to have higher polygon counts and more animations. i mean obvioulsy you could use a JO model with a lower polycount, but you'd need to reanimate it first... |
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Ventolin you cause me so much grief,
Having asthma it can be so annoying,
Yeah but at least you haven't got other diseases and shit,
Yeah yeah yeah, I know you're right, in an attack
It's just sometimes,
When like
You're feeling a bit down or whatever,
You tend to like, lose sight of things,
Like your perspective and stuff,
And like everything's worse than it actually is,
Ya know what I mean,
Yeah yeah I know,
Sometimes in our lives,
We can lose sight of things,
They seem worse than in eyes than they actually have been,
Got to keep in our minds some positive ,
Some people it's not a choice if you live,
Life goes up and life goes down,
Life can be so bad and then turn around,
Got to keep two feet on the ground,
Got to keep in our minds everything's not black and white,
Gotta fight for our rights,
Try and be happy and you'll be alright
Try 'n' give us a smile and everything'll be alright,
Try and be happy and you'll be alright,
Try 'n' give us a smile,
Don't get how someone would buy stuff you don't need,
Too much money, drugs, sleep, sugar, clothes
All of it will make you feel like shit if you have too much of the same thing,
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/16864 | Don’t worry; he’s no data hog
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Some smart-phone users apparently are getting themselves into the same trouble that some computer users encountered a couple of years ago — they are over-using the capacity of their data vendors.
The Wall Street Journal reports that AT&T is warning data hogs that they could encounter service slowdowns if they don’t ease up on how much time they spend on the phone.
That may worry you, but it doesn’t worry me. I have a not-so-smart phone, and I’m a long way from using 2 gigabytes a month worth of data. In fact, I use so little data that I think my cell phone carrier wonders whether I’m still alive.
I’m not bragging. I don’t think it’s a source of pride to use my cell phone so sparingly. I have colleagues who can use their phones to access the Internet, listen to music, send and receive emails and, for all I know, launch rocket ships. I also know being able to do that costs them money — more money, at any rate, than I spend on my cell phone.
I pay about as much for my bill as I would pay for a string between two cans.
I have one friend who spends $200 a month on phone and computer access to cyberspace, and thinks he is getting a good deal.
I inadvertently left my cell phone at home the other day. It was in the pocket of one of my coats. I didn’t miss it at all, but when I went home for lunch, Mrs. Doud asked me where on earth I had been. She had been trying to call me on my cell phone and I hadn’t answered.
I guess we are expected to have our cell phones with us, even if we don’t log onto the rest of the world. The rest of the world wants to log onto us.
My cell phone company keeps sending me text messages, and I keep deleting them without reading what they say. Maybe they, too, want to know where I am.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/16871 | When Pope Benedict XVI announced that he would abdicate the papacy, he explained that "in today's world, subject to so many rapid changes...both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me." By becoming the first pope to resign since the 15th century, Benedict demonstrated a self-knowledge that is incredibly rare among leaders. Contrast his behavior, for example, with that of New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg, who before being forced to stand aside described Newark Mayor Cory Booker as a "disrespectful" child for challenging his reelection bid, even though Lautenberg would have been almost 92 when he was sworn in.
It may be a fraught subject, but aging often has enormous effects on people's personalities and cognitive function. Some leaders can maintain their vitality and abilities into extreme old age, but after enough time in office, a leader's performance probably will decline, perhaps precipitously. And, although many scholars argue that leaders have little impact on foreign policy because political systems tend to produce dispensable candidates, there are specific circumstances in which individuals become enormously important -- one of the most notable being when they change radically once in office, surprising the system. This is precisely what happens to anyone who spends a long time in senior government positions, because of both the effects of power itself on those who wield it, and the effects of age on every human being.
Power itself has profound, and usually toxic, effects on those who have it. CEOs are so pampered that comparing them to babies is surprisingly illuminating (and very funny). What is true for a CEO is, in this case, even more true for the men and women who lead nations and can literally have power over life and death. Over time this authority is likely to have profound effects on most people's personalities. It would be remarkable indeed for any person treated with deference and pampering for years, even decades, to not be affected by it. Even worse, power tends to make those who have it more sociopathic. They become more impulsive, more Machiavellian, and more willing to dehumanize those who lack it. What's more, leaders are almost invariably surrounded by family and staff who depend on them for continued access to the perquisites of power, and so often hide evidence of erratic behavior or decline. Woodrow Wilson's wife Edith hid his crippling stroke, Nixon's senior staff conspired to conceal his alcoholism, and Anthony Eden's doctor helped cover up his illness and addiction to amphetamines during the Suez Crisis.
The effect of age is equally worrying. Aging can have a powerful and largely negative impact on leaders in three ways. It can greatly increase their vulnerability to illness, shift their personality, and decrease their cognitive abilities.
It is a sad fact of life that the passage of time depletes the energy of every person and renders all of us more vulnerable to illness. Physical ailments can have surprisingly powerful effects on decision-making. As Roy Baumeister and Jon Tierney describe in their book, willpower is depleted by conditions as seemingly minor as the common cold, making it considerably more difficult to delay gratification or make difficult decisions, because the cold depletes the blood glucose critical for brain function. Driving when you have a severe cold, for example, is statistically more dangerous than driving while mildly intoxicated. More broadly, in Presidential Leadership, Illness, and Decision Making, Rose McDermott described how illness can make leaders unpredictable, limit their attention spans, shorten their time horizons, and diminish their cognitive capacities. Wilson's stroke, for example, intensified his natural rigidity and eliminated any last hopes of American entry into the League of Nations. In The Impact of Illness on World Leaders, Bert Park, a neurosurgeon, makes a powerful case that age-related dementia in Paul von Hindenburg was a key factor enabling Hitler's rise to power. Hindenburg was 82 when he defeated Hitler to win re-election to the presidency of the Weimar Republic in 1932. He twice rejected any role for Hitler in the government, until, at the age of 84, his increasing weakness led to his tragic agreement in January 1933 to make Hitler chancellor of a government otherwise staffed by non-Nazis.
Even beyond the immediate effects of illness, aging can have pronounced effects on personality. Put simply, in general people really don't mellow with age. Instead, Jerrold Post and Bert Park have shown that they tend to become exaggerated versions -- almost caricatures -- of themselves, with their normal tendencies and patterns becoming intensified. This tendency is particularly likely to affect foreign policy. The aggressive can become belligerent, the passive, apathetic. Tendencies that would otherwise have fallen within an acceptable range can suddenly become problematic -- a shift that, when it happens to a head of government, is particularly likely to upset foreign policy.
Finally, and perhaps most troubling, are aging's effects on cognition. Some of these are well known. The advance of age tends to weaken recall, particularly of recent events, for example. Less commonly acknowledged, but perhaps more important, are aging's effects on intelligence. Cognitive abilities can be split into two categories: crystallized and fluid. Crystallized intelligence is what we use to accomplish routine tasks. It increases over the course of a person's life, peaking in the 60s. Fluid intelligence, on the other hand, is the ability to solve new problems. It seems to begin declining at 20. This asymmetric deterioration is perhaps the most worrying feature of aging. The increase in crystallized intelligence can serve to camouflage any real decline that might be occurring. Most situations, after all, are routine, and so a leader may seem entirely unaffected by age. Furthermore, governments are likely to have considerable institutional ability to handle such situations, which will tend to compensate for a leader's compromised skills.
The most critical and dangerous situations, on the other hand, are novel ones -- situations that the normal functioning of governmental institutions is least able to handle and that therefore require peak performance from a leader. This is precisely when an age-related decline in fluid intelligence is likely to have its most severe effects. So age-related decline may be most consequential at the worst possible moment.
Given the potential dangers, the burden of proof should be on aging leaders to justify their continued hold on power, not on those who challenge them. It is certainly possible -- even likely -- that this presumption will sometimes force out leaders who could still make a valuable contribution. Remember, however, that most leaders have relatively little impact on events. Most leaders are far more dispensable than is generally believed -- and certainly far more dispensable than they are likely to believe! Just as important, most leaders who do have an impact do so through poor performance, not brilliance. There are just many, many more ways to be a fool than there are to be a genius. The potentially foregone gains from removing an effective leader too early are far, far smaller than the harms that will be avoided by removing ineffective ones.
In the United States, this suggests the need for term limits for all senior officials who cannot easily be removed from office. Term limits have already been imposed on the presidency, of course, but they should be extended to include the Supreme Court, governors, and likely also the speaker of the House. When the Constitution was written, the life expectancy in the United States was under 30, so there was no need for any such requirement. The advance of medical technology, however, has made term limits overwhelmingly necessary. Of people aged 71 to 79 -- an age to which very few people survived two centuries ago -- 21 percent are likely to suffer from either cognitive impairment or dementia severe enough that it's medically diagnosable. The odds that they will simply not be able to perform as well as they could have a decade or two earlier are likely far higher. Given the stakes of the decisions made by, for example, presidents and members of the Supreme Court, a 1 in 5 chance that the person making it is suffering from age-related cognitive decline is simply far too large to accept.
GE, the company perhaps more associated with good leaders and managers than any other, recognizes this danger and has a mandatory retirement age of 65 that applies even to the CEO. When the legendary Jack Welch hit the age cap, he was able to negotiate an extra year, but that was it. GE wisely realized that even he was replaceable and had Jeff Immelt waiting in the wings. The United States government would do well to learn, at least in this case, from the example of one of America's most iconic companies. Pope Benedict had the humility and self-awareness to realize that he had reached the limit of his physical capabilities. We can, perhaps, expect that sort of wisdom from a religious leader, but it seems like far too much to expect political leaders to willingly follow his example. Right now, though, relying on their willingness to follow his example and recognize their own limitations is all we have. It is not nearly enough. |
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Receive UDP packets over IP network
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Receive UDP packets from the local network. The block output, data, emits UDP packet data as a one-dimensional vector of a specified data type. The block output, size, emits the size the data in the UDP buffer.
The data type of the block output, Data, depends on the Data type parameter. The data type of the block output, Size, is uint16.
While UDP Receive waits for new data to arrive, size emits a stream of zeros. When new data arrives, size changes to a non-zero value.
If you simulate a model that contains the UDP Receive block on your host computer (e.g., Simulation > Normal), and send UDP packets to that model from a board, the data output emits a disproportionately large number of zeros. This is because Simulink software simulates the model as a free-running application with a shorter period than the real-time application running on the board. In other words, the free-running simulation outputs zeros because it is waiting for the "slower" real-time application on the board to send data. If both applications were running on boards, this mismatch would not occur.
Note: If you are having trouble using UDP to communicate with a computer, investigate whether antivirus or firewall software might be blocking UDP traffic. If so, try reconfiguring the software to allow UDP traffic for a specific IP port number.
Local IP port
The number of the IP port on the local device, which can range from 1 to 65535. This value defaults to 25000. The "local device" is the board running the model.
Data type
Set the data type of the vector elements in the Message output. Match the data type with the data input used to create the UDP packets. This option defaults to uint8.
Data size (elements)
Set the number of data elements in each UDP packet. Match the data size used to create the UDP packets. This value defaults to 255 elements.
Sample time (seconds)
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Generate symmetrical triangle waveform at regular intervals
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The Triangle Generator block generates a symmetrical triangle waveform, with peak amplitude of +/−1. The figure shows how the Frequency and Phase block parameters affect the output waveform.
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Frequency (Hz)
Specify the frequency of the triangle waveform, in hertz.
Phase (degrees)
Specify the delay of the triangle waveform, in degrees. When the phase is set to 0, the waveform starts with an amplitude of −1 and a positive slope.
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Sample TimeSpecified in the Sample Time parameter
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/16923 | Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 22 Critics
Critic score distribution:
1. Positive: 1 out of 22
2. Negative: 13 out of 22
1. Apr 13, 2011
2. Jun 18, 2011
3. Apr 7, 2011
The gaming equivalent of buying a gourmet mince and cheese pie - you'll be uncertain you've got your money's worth, and pretty sure you could have done a better job.
4. Mar 25, 2011
5. Apr 4, 2011
Easy, short, linear and with embarrasing flaws in AI, this game is a huge disappointment.
6. Mar 26, 2011
A game that puts all its bets in the good graphics and physics, but neglecting very important things like longevity, plot and gameplay variety. There are game demos out there that offer an highly more rewarding experience than this, and are even free.
7. May 22, 2011
A lifeless carcass in the FPS mould lies in its wake. [Issue#109, p.104]
8. Mar 21, 2011
9. 20
A mercifully brief battle. [June 2011, p.103]
10. May 6, 2011
Thought the movie sucked? Play the game. [June 2011, p.81]
11. Apr 25, 2011
A videogame that thrills almost not at all that also happens to represent atrocious value. [Issue#71, p.102]
12. The worst 30 minutes of our gaming year so far. Please don't make it yours as well. [June 2011, p.119]
13. Mar 23, 2011
Like poking a dead bluebird with a stick. For a few seconds you're fascinated by the grotesque, then you walk away, disgusted.
User Score
Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 19 Ratings
User score distribution:
1. Positive: 2 out of 9
2. Negative: 4 out of 9
1. Apr 14, 2011
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/16924 | User Score
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User score distribution:
1. Positive: 8 out of 12
2. Negative: 2 out of 12
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1. Gilbert
Nov 20, 2002
Ooh, it's nearly good. Unfortunately, there's a very fine line between serious and stupid, and Abandon ends up tripping over it. Rent it on video instead.
2. ChrisH.
Apr 1, 2004
3. EricS.
Nov 2, 2002
There are scenes in "Abandon" so full of energy and brilliance that they would work on their own separate planes. There are characters so daringly distant that we can't help but be intrigued by them. And there is a revelation so well-revealed that I felt a chill go up my spine comparable to the one I got during 'The Sixth Sense.' Critics bashing this film are naive: realizing every element is only appreciated when looked at individually. Stephen Gaghon's "Abandon" is remarkable in that it illustrates textbook usage of everything a film of its depth should It's the kind of first feature I'd like to make. Collapse
4. MattM.
Dec 6, 2002
Though the film seems to have potential, especially since it builds and builds and, well, builds..., it never completely woes the viewer. While the acting is barely tolerable, and the story cliched and predictable, some of the visuals are stunning, but then again, some aren't - such as the truly strange scene where the lighting is flickering extremely rapidly while Katie H. has hallucinations. If you are a serious movie-goer and critic, abandon Abandon, but if you are out for a "date flick," then it could provide a bit of fun. Expand
5. DanielleR.
Sep 15, 2005
While Abandon is a film that has somewhat pleasing cinematography and a gorgeous actress, it fails to fully develop as a story, and it leaves some questions and mass confusion running in the viewers head. While many films use subtlety when it comes to some major points (ex: the original Stepford wifes, at the climax), the subtlety is too subtle in the end. It left me a little bit unsure of exactly what happened. I saw this movie in the theater with a friend simply because we wanted to see something and could not see The Ring, and it's a decision I truly regret. I do not usually have a negative opinion of a film, but this one managed to wrench one from me. Expand
6. MikeW.
Nov 27, 2002
I think it is safe to say Miss Katie has outdone herself, but the real brake through performance is Zooey Deschanel who from the beginning steels the movie in every scene she is in. Applause this beautifully crafted slow-paced triller. *** out of **** stars in my book!
7. BobS.
Oct 19, 2002
Abandon is a smart and well acted film, but the plot isn't put together very well. I really enjoyed the movie and jumped out of my seat a few times, but besides that I left a bit disappointed.
Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 26 Critics
Critic score distribution:
1. Positive: 7 out of 26
2. Negative: 12 out of 26
1. 40
A thriller wrapped in heavy-duty gauze to muffle the chills.
2. A trite psychological thriller -- all buildup and no payoff, a mystery that essentially offers only two alternative solutions, which diminishes the element of surprise and strings the viewer along way past caring which possibility proves to be true.
3. Reviewed by: Ken Fox
The story's rhythm is so bogged down in unnecessary characterization that the film can hardly breathe. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/16925 | Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critics
Critic score distribution:
1. Positive: 0 out of 17
2. Negative: 3 out of 17
1. At this point, there's something almost masochistic about the way animators in Japan use cheesy ''Westernized'' heroes to fuel their fantasies.
2. 50
The film's lingering exploration of their sleek surfaces verges on roboporn.
3. Only real fans, however, will be willing to slog through the heaping helpings of incomprehensible exposition.
4. 50
The stock characters and leaden stretches of expository dialogue are welcome evidence that there's still no computer program capable of telling a decent story.
5. Dazzling visually but is flattened by corny dialogue better suited to the 1936 "Flash Gordon" serial, a needlessly hard to follow plot and heavy-handed exposition clotted with pseudo-scientific mumbo jumbo.
6. The characters are (hand-painted) so flat that the film looks like a paper-doll convention at Epcot.
7. 40
Much of the movie is dull, and as it has been dubbed into English, the blah-blah is impossible to ignore.
8. While there are some genuinely dazzling moments of visual bravura, the marriage of flatness and depth that Mr. Aramaki attempts doesn't quite work.
9. 40
Its busy, stiff, artificial graphics are a perfect match for its busy, stiff, artificial plot. A simple Shirow pinup parade might almost be preferable.
10. Reviewed by: Kim Newman
The characters might physically appear rounded, but are otherwise paper-thin.
11. Whatever is lost in translation can't keep Appleseed from feeling a decade late--and its animation from looking like a relic on arrival.
12. 40
The film's snazzy new automated animation style falls short: The supposedly human face of our metal-plated robocop's partner -- the inevitable curvy female in a leather jump suit -- is an inexpressive, glossy doll mask, untouched by human hands.
13. Reviewed by: Richard James Havis
The film has enough originality to interest demanding fans of the genre.
14. Reviewed by: Peter Debruge
The visuals are really the only compelling reason to see Appleseed.
15. Reviewed by: G. Allen Johnson
Held back by a story and script that is often silly and confusing.
16. Reviewed by: Leslie Felperin
Craft connoisseurs won't be disappointed with the splendidly executed result. However, everyone else is likely to wonder what the fuss about given the plot's dated cyborgs-and-supercomputers hijinks.
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 19 Ratings
User score distribution:
1. Positive: 6 out of 7
2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
3. Negative: 1 out of 7
1. Sam
Jun 23, 2006
With the exception of Princess Mononoke, I truly despise anime, and Applessed enlarges my grudge against the ridiculous form of art even more.
2. [Anonymous]
Nov 16, 2005
The story has great premise, but it doesn't take advantages of the prime elements in the best way. Still, it does get you to think about such a system, if only a little bit. If that doesn't please you, there's plenty of graphics to feast on, and the action is among the best i've seen in an animated feature. Not perfect, but definitely worth a watch or two. Full Review »
3. mem.
Sep 22, 2005
Good thing about manga is that you can just switch your brain off and let the movie take you into its own little strange world. the visuals in this film help u on that little journey to manga land, and its great. reminds me of watching FF spirits within. Full Review » |
global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/16927 | The Bedlam In Goliath - The Mars Volta
Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critics
Critic score distribution:
1. Positive: 15 out of 31
2. Negative: 4 out of 31
1. The Mars Volta have created the first great record of 2008. [Mar 2008, p.145]
2. This should have been the album where the Mars Volta either wore the formula down to nothing or abruptly turned in a different direction, but instead the band created an album that nearly perfects what they've been working toward.
3. The Bedlam in Goliath is simply an immense album.
4. 90
Instead of eight people trying to make many noises as possible, this is the sound of a unified band trying to make the best noise possible. [Winter 2008, p.90]
5. The Bedlam In Goliath has its unnecessary extravagances but it’s still a grand catharsis from the forces of evil. Or, for those unwilling to allow a little imagination into their lives, just a really fucking good record.
6. For the most part, this is the heaviest record that they’ve recorded and the most far-out as well.
7. 80
This is unlikely to expand thier fanbase, but The Mars Volta are making music built to last. [Feb 2008, p.113]
8. 80
They've pulled together their most digestible record yet. [Feb 2008, p.84]
9. 80
Never before have these kings of experimental metal sustained such pulse-quickening energy, honing their tricks--cryptic lyrics, cliffhanging cries, spine-twisting rhythms--into a screaming arrow of sound.
10. there is a great leap in the songwriting--closer to classic hard-rock force and melodic drama--that, in 'Goliath,' 'Cavaletta'" and the Holy City atmospheres of 'Soothsayer,' is even more jolting than the weirdness.
11. Most of the time, however, the band makes a righteous racket that straddles the worlds of prog rock, funk, fusion jazz and world music, with Eastern motifs spicing 'Aberinkula' and a bit of cosmic blues making its way into 'Conjugal Burns.'
12. 80
Rarely does rock music feel so simultaneously orchestrated and raw. [Mar 2008, p.98]
13. You have to give props to a group that proficiently draws on Frank Zappa, Rush, and the Banana Splits. [8 Feb 2008, p.66]
14. If you give it the chance, though--and if you’re not already a member of the tribe, it takes perseverance--Bedlam sinks its fangs into you.
16. There's greater scope here [more] than ever before, with the gentle llyena providing space before Cavaletta's riot of detuned radios, car alarms and struggling internet connections. [Feb 2008, p.99]
17. The converted will no doubt welcome their current interest in Middle Eastern superstition, plus intricate tunes such as 'The Second Coming'. Outsiders, however, may remain sceptical.
18. On The Bedlam in Goliath, they don’t even let their affinity for wacky sprawling passages run away with them too much, though they are plagued by unwise decisions how to put their good ideas to execution.
19. The Bedlam In Goliath ultimately sounds like The Mars Volta, nothing more and nothing less. [Winter 2008, p.83]
21. It's a black hole of esoteric expressionism, as baffling as it is brilliant.
22. This is rut music and The Mars Volta are still stuck in it; even if they’ve managed to avoiding digging themselves any deeper with Goliath’s frenetic lateral slides into pseudo bedlam, momentum is only momentum if you’re going somewhere.
24. The band's frenzied rate of output seems to have trampled any inner editor, and the result is a splat of concepts and virtuosity that never coheres.
25. 40
For the Volta, more is always more, but rarely has a band with this much potential been so willing to squander its strengths.
26. The Bedlam in Goliath is an exhausting and overwhelming effort that fails to leave any tangible impression.
27. Three albums and 700 guitar solos later, they sound like a band becoming a bit too comfortable in their niche.
28. The Bedlam in Goliath is an exhausting listen and it seems like the guys have tried to pack in as many prog-rock clichés as possible.
29. TMV’s latest major-label misfire is called The Bedlam in Goliath
30. The "songs" (a relative concept on planet Mars Volta) sound as though they are competing to unleash as many prog-rock cliches as possible: portentous guitar riffs and twiddly bits are interspersed with all manner of atonal wind instruments and sonic pomposities.
31. Sadly, this album takes sound and fury, signifying nothing, to new depths.
User Score
Universal acclaim- based on 139 Ratings
User score distribution:
1. Positive: 45 out of 52
2. Negative: 3 out of 52
1. Sense!
Mar 24, 2008
Any mars volta album is an album to buy. Recently the only good stuff coming out is f*cking folk music and its soooo booooring! This cd tears apart everything you know about music and mashes it up - you need to repeat it several times -- only old people won't like this music - IT IS FANTASTIC! Full Review »
2. Bob
Feb 18, 2008
Amazing album. It started making sense after second listen. Don't judge it after only one listen. Every second is great and that
3. AJW.
Feb 15, 2008
This is the first Mars Volta album I've heard, and I genuinely thought it was excellent. It's absolutely insane and frenzied, and for that I love it. Full Review » |
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• Summary: The BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' serial novel about Little Dorrit, who lived most of her life in debtors' prison with her family, airs as part of Masterpiece Classic season.
• Genre(s): Drama
Score distribution:
1. Positive: 9 out of 9
2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
3. Negative: 0 out of 9
2. Reviewed by: Aubry D'Arminio
Dorrit is a gripping whodunit, a grand romance, and a timely rags-to-riches-and-back-again tale of financial corruption.
3. Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
There's so much gaudy talent on display here that those with an appetite for it won't be able to get enough, and Little Dorrit gives them everything they could want in a big, gloriously messy package.
4. Little Dorrit is the closest TV has to a sure thing: a relatively short-term investment with a satisfyingly large payoff.
5. Andrew Davies, who made 2006's Bleak House one of the best TV shows of the year, crafts another superb script, with characters and incidents squeezing out the sides, just the thing to satisfy close observers, which anyone joining this maxi mini-series should be.
6. Add strong performances by a dozen major characters, starting with Claire Foy as Little Dorrit, and you've got the kind of production television is often accused of having abandoned.
7. 70
Little Dorrit has so many virtues--indelible performances, stirring pathos, and an emotional and psychological heft unusual for Dickens--that you can forgive its one significant flaw.
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Score distribution:
1. Positive: 4 out of 4
2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
3. Negative: 0 out of 4
1. AnnaN
Mar 31, 2009
Excellent. The best television in a long time.
2. LilyD
Mar 31, 2009
A true masterpiece.
3. WinstonL
Apr 6, 2009
A great rendition of a great masterpirce. It makes me want to read the book again (and that would be something, since it's over eighth hundred pages long). Still, the acting is superb, the adaptation superb, the sets are well designed. All in all, the best television in many a time. Expand
4. RosalieM
Mar 31, 2009
Matthew Macfayden is wonderful, as always, superb actor. Need to see more of him in the USA. |
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