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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/30248 | Not to worry, we all feel the same way sometimes. Just remember that "quantity does not equal quality", and be glad that you didn't need to spend hours in front of a computer to generate an image.
FWIW, there isn't anything wrong shooting in program mode, you just have to learn when to ignore the meter. I almost always shoot my F5 in aperture priority mode. I don't bracket, and I always shoot transparencies. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/30249 | Quote Originally Posted by aldevo View Post
Dedicated brick and mortar camera stores - even those that largely sell digital photography products - are having a real tough time as far as I can tell. I can name at least one Boston-area retail store that has told me that their used equipment (like many they have an eBay storefront), digital photofinishing, and framing departments are the only things that keep them in the game.
The market has decidely changed. One of our local camera stores went out of business after 45 years. The last few years I went in there, all they wanted to sell me was digital equipment - but, they found out the hard way that they can't compete with WalMart just down the block selling some of the same items. The stores have to be different to make it, and many aren't willing to step ouside the box. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/30265 | One of my audio clips in iMovie is missing its left sound wave. how can i make them the same so it plays on left and right speakers?
macbook pro retinal display. iMovie on mac. audio missing one side of the video. how can i make it the same so its sounds better?
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/30270 | Race Driver: Grid (PC)
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Codies brushes off the DiRT and hits the road.
Mar 3rd, 2008 - Continuing a trend that started with its 2007 release of DiRT, Codemasters'next racing effort shies away from both strict simulation and broad customization, a direction that places the emphasis on what the company feels the genre has been lacking of late: having fun with race cars.We recently sat down with Codies to view a demo of Grid, the latest project in the works by the same team that developed DiRT. Although they don't name names, part of the Codies'marketing pitch for Grid includes a shot across the grill of the developers of Forza Motorsport 2 and Grand Turismo 5. The former, which owned the hardcore racing space in 2007, is a car collection fest with a deep livery creation system. The latter, due in 2008, is being touted as the king of all racing sims, appealing to die-hard digital gearheads.Grid is being positioned on a different band of the racing spectrum. It's hardcore, but it's not an uptight sim. It has personalization, but not so much that it detracts from the core racing elements. There are cars galore, but you're not trying to catch'em all. It's an attempt to both differentiate the brand as authentic and broaden its appeal to multiple markets.
Watch the paint, mate.
Codemasters describes Grid as a racing game in which you build a career in what's supposed to feel like a persistent worldwide racing realm. You start off as a rookie drive for hire in America, Europe or Japan. As you win races, you'll be able to hire a teammate, create your own unique team identity and build up a small but focused stable of cars. Along the way, you'll attract sponsors and get to know the names of some of the more than 600 AI racers in the game, all of whom you'll have the ability to hire, fire and race against.According to the Codemasters team, building your career in Grid is a non-linear experience. You can start in any region you want and build your reputation and bank account as you progress. At the beginning, you'll work out of a dingy garage. But by the time you've hired a teammate (you can only have one) and racked up sponsorships, your digs will improve to match your status in the industry.But you won't be using your garage for much more than storage. If you're the type who loves to constantly spend your winnings on car upgrades a la Forza and Midnight Club, you'll be disappointed with Grid. The cars you buy are meant to be tuned and groomed to be the best-performing race cars at their level the minute they're delivered. You're a driver, not a mechanic. Aside from changing the paint job, what you see is what you get in Grid's stable of 50 cars.
But that doesn't mean you'll be stuck with stock cars. This ain't NASCAR, after all. We're talking the Aston Martin DBR9, Dodge Viper SRT-10, Mazda 787B and Audi R10 TDI -- the first diesel car ever to win the 24-hour Le Mans. You'll have the opportunity to attempt an Audi repeat, as Grid features a Le Mans race in which a minute represents an hour, resulting in a 24-minute-long race. Next >>
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Default Re: Anthem D2 or DVDO for 70" SXRD
While I must agree with Jerry, the ease and convenience of the D2's video processor is something to consider, especially on a 70" set. you can set the Anthem's scaler for each individual input and even stretch for anamorphic lenses (you won't be doing this on a 16:9 set but...) all from a single product.
Saving rack space and simplifying the systems use may be in your best interest (do you have a wife and kids?) but for all out performance, buy the D1 and the VP-50pro.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/30369 | Daniel 10:1-9 (Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha)
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1 In the third year of Persia's King Cyrus, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar. The message was true: there would be a great conflict. Daniel understood the message, having discerned the meaning of the vision. 2 During that time, I, Daniel, had been mourning for three weeks. 3 I didn't eat any rich foods. Neither meat nor wine passed my lips, and I didn't clean up at all until the three weeks were up. 4 Then, on the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was on the bank of the great Tigris River, 5 I looked up and suddenly saw a man clothed in linen in front of me. He had a brilliant gold belt around his waist, 6 and his body was like topaz. His face was like a flash of lightning, and his eyes were like burning torches. His arms and feet looked like polished bronze. When he spoke, it sounded like the roar of a crowd. 7 Only I, Daniel, saw this vision. The other people who were with me didn't see it. Despite that, they were terrified and ran away to hide. 8 So I was left alone to see this great vision all by myself. All my strength left me. My energy was sapped, and I couldn't stay strong. 9 Then I heard the sound of the man's words. When I heard it, I fell into a trance with my face on the ground.
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My kids and I loved watching the opening ceremony for the Sochi 2014's Winter Olympics. I had told them in the afternoon that we were going to watch this together at night, and they were excited but did not know what to expect. They had no idea what the Olympics were, so we started by going back to Greece and talking about Mount Olympus: home of the twelve Olympian Gods of the ancient Greek word. That story already was better than any Sonic video-game....more
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The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) is a federation of 39 separate health insurance organizations and companies in the United States. Combined, they directly or indirectly provide health insurance to over 100 million Americans. The history of Blue Cross dates back to 1929, while the history of Blue Shield dates to 1939. The Blue Cross Association dates back to 1960, while its Blue Shield counterpart was actually created in 1948. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/30444 | The topic Nematocera is discussed in the following articles:
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...soil, beneath bark or stones, in decaying plant and animal matter, even in pools of crude petroleum). Adults feed on plant or animal juices or other insects. Diptera fall into three large groups: Nematocera (e.g., crane flies, midges, gnats, mosquitoes), Brachycera (e.g., horse flies, robber flies, bee flies), and Cyclorrhapha (e.g., flies that breed in vegetable or... |
global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/30456 | Amanda Knox, the American who was finally freed from an Italian prison a few months ago after her murder conviction was overturned, is selling a book about her story.
Publishers are in a frenzy to buy it, and bidding is expected to run into the millions.
But publishers are also worried, reports Julie Bosman of the New York Times.
Because some people apparently think Knox actually did kill her roommate, Meredith Kercher, five years ago, and has now gotten away with it.
And those people might criticize the publishers.
Well, grow up, publishers. And pony up. It's time the world finally heard Amanda Knox's story. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/30457 | Venezuelan State TV Releases First Images Of Chavez In Over Two Months en-us Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 08:04:20 -0400 Matthew Boesler Ha! Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:55:57 -0500 The picture above says: "Ha, ha, ha....I'm so happy and okay. I killed your family for not thinking like me. Ha ha ha!" And people think Obama is not the precursor to this guy. PLEASE! John Loy Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:25:14 -0500 Hey! I saw this movie. Except his name was Bernie! |
global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/30459 | After undressing Skip Bayless, Mark Cuban moved on to Stephen A. Smith on First Take this morning.
They actually had a decent conversation about the role of access in NBA analysis.
Stephen A. holds his own better than Bayless, but Cuban still dominates the debate and drops the hammer by saying his 2-year-old could break down NBA tape just as good as people on ESPN. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/30465 | Paul Krugman is getting flak over a comment he made this weekend on TV.
From HuffPo:
Eric Falkenstein voices the natural objection, which boils down to: Krazy Keynesians are so eager to spend your money on anything, that they argue a false Alien scare would somehow be a good thing.
Now here's the defense of Krugman.
The primary facing the economy is damaged private sector balance sheets. Due to the collapse of the housing bubble, people are still too deep in debt, and it's this high debt service/desire to pay down debt that's sapping cash from other areas (spending, investment, etc.).
If this fear of an alien invasion prompted the government to spend, say, $1 trillion on telescopes and lasers, then if nothing else, that would be $1 trillion more in private sector income, and thus $1 trillion spent towards private balance sheet repair. There's no exception to this. If the government spends money it becomes desperately needed private sector income.
Now unfortunately you're left with $1 trillion in lasers and telescopes that were never needed, so obviously that's a tragic waste.
It would be much better if that $1 trillion were spent fixing clogged airports, heavily used bridges, and aging train stations. Then you'd get the $1 trillion in balance sheet repair AND you'd wind up with usable assets afterwords. But that would take political will that we don't have. That kind of political will only arises at a time of extreme existential crisis, like an alien invasion threatening all mankind. |
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This web page provides a brief overview of how CDC’s Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2013 report [PDF - 76 pages] connects antibiotic resistance to foodborne and other enteric germs in animals, food, and humans.
In the report, CDC calls for four core actions to fight antibiotic resistance:
1. Preventing Infections, Preventing the Spread of Resistance
2. Tracking Resistance Patterns
3. Improving Use of Today’s Antibiotics (Antibiotic Stewardship)
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The report includes 2-page fact sheets on 18 drug-resistant threats that are ranked in categories of urgent, serious, and concerning. The urgent threats are CRE, C. difficile, and drug-resistant gonorrhea.
Foodborne infections cited in the report are drug-resistant Campylobacter [PDF - 114 pages], non-typhoidal Salmonella [PDF - 114 pages], Salmonella Typhi [PDF - 114 pages], and Shigella [PDF - 114 pages] and are ranked under the serious category.
Preventing Infections: CDC’s Work to Prevent Antibiotic Resistance in Food
Each year, millions of people in the United States become sick from foodborne and other enteric (gastrointestinal) infections. While many of these infections are mild and do not require treatment, antibiotics can be lifesaving in severe infections. Antibiotic resistance compromises our ability to treat these infections and is a serious threat to public health.1
• We can prevent many of these resistant infections with careful antibiotic use and by keeping Salmonella and other bacteria out of the food we eat.
• Recent outbreaks in 2011, 2011-2012, and 2013 of multi-resistant Salmonella traced to ground beef and poultry show how animal and human health are linked.
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There is concern that use of antibiotics in any setting can select for resistance in other bacteria that do not themselves cause disease, but that can share those resistance genes with bacteria that do.
The origin of resistant genes is often not known, but they can sometimes naturally be in germs in soil. The selection process that makes them more common happens in settings where antibiotics are used a lot: hospitals, the community, and food animal production.
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“Resistant bacteria in food-producing animals are of particular concern because these animals serve as carriers.” Threats report
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Antibiotics are widely used in food-producing animals. The 2013 Threats report points out that according to data published by FDA, there are more kilograms of antibiotics sold in the United States for food-producing animals than for people.1,2 This use contributes to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in food-producing animals.1
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There are commonalities in how to counter things in terms of prevention and outbreak control, detection and stewardship, but there are important differences.” says Dr. Thomas Frieden.
Scientists around the world have provided strong evidence that antibiotic use in food-producing animals can harm public health.1 Resistant bacteria can contaminate the foods that come from animals that serve as carriers of resistant bacteria, and people who consume these foods can develop antibiotic-resistant infections.1
It is important to have a better understanding of the flow of resistant genes—from the hospital ward to our communities, from one country to another, and from farms to people.
We are beginning to track the movement of the genes themselves using molecular methods. For example, the same exact gene in Salmonella from food animals has been found in meat and poultry bought in grocery stores and in sick people.3
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/30574 | Better than The Lion King
#1 Posted by Buckshot (18739 posts) - - Show Bio
I'd heard about this book but never bothered to look for it. Saw it earlier today in a book store and I flipped through it, liked the art and decided to read just a little to see if I liked it. I ended up reading it straight through the end. It was moving, made me a little sad. Should I admit that? Now that I think about it, I finished it feeling a lot like I did after We3 (but worse), but I think for different reasons. Maybe. I'm not thinking about it that hard, just find it funny that I care more about animals than the people whose heads Midnighter kicks off and Peter Parker's constant complaining. Anyway, good book, a little different than most are probably used to (even the ones that read more than just superhero comics). Anyone else see it? Read it? Liked it? Hated it? Don't care?
#2 Posted by Buckshot (18739 posts) - - Show Bio
Take that as a "Don't care."
#3 Posted by Final Arrow (24343 posts) - - Show Bio
I just seen the thread , I totally get what your saying, When I read it I was sad as well, I think cause we see animals as weaker then ourslefs, That it hits us more, But it is a good read and the art is bang on!
#4 Posted by Cosmic Sentinel (3749 posts) - - Show Bio
I haven't read it, so I'm not able to comment on the book, but I'll take the other points. Superheroes don't garner the same sympathy because, let's be honest, we want to be them. We have some envy for them. Like Arrow said, we see animals as weaker than ourselves. I think we also feel that humans bring their problems on themselves where as animals don't.
#5 Posted by Buckshot (18739 posts) - - Show Bio
I think that last part might be the biggest thing. Humans are responsible for what happens to them, but it doesn't seem that way for animals, even the talking ones.
#6 Posted by Hellstormer (284 posts) - - Show Bio
I just read it last night. I was gonna break halfway through but that didn't happen. The book takes you in and you can't escape till its over. I wish it was a little longer though.
#7 Posted by Blue Lantern 2814 (310 posts) - - Show Bio
Yeah, I read it over summer and loved every panel.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/30599 | DBIx/Perform version 0.01 ========================= DBIx::Perform - Informix Perform(tm) emulator Emulates the Informix Perform character-terminal-based database query and update utility. DESCRIPTION The filename given to the I command may be a Perform specification (.per) file. The call to the I function may be a filename of a .per file or of a file pre-digested by the DBIx::Perform::DigestPer class (extension .pps). [Using pre-digested files does not appreciably speed things up, so this feature is not highly recommended.] The argument to the I function may also be a string holding the contents of a .per or .pps file, or a hash ref with the contents of a .pps file (keys db, screen, tables, attrs). The database named in the screen spec may be a DBI connect argument, or just a database name. In that case, the database type is taken from environment variable DB_CLASS. The username and password are taken from DB_USER and DB_PASSWORD, respectively. Supports the following features of Informix's Perform: Field Attributes: COLOR, NOENTRY, NOUPDATE, DEFAULT, UPSHIFT, DOWNSHIFT, INCLUDE, COMMENTS 2-table Master/Detail (though no query in detail mode) VERY simple control blocks (nextfield= and let f1 = f2 op f3-or-constant) INSTALLATION You know the drill: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install DEPENDENCIES This module requires these other modules and libraries: DBI DBD::whatever Curses Curses::Application Curses::Forms Curses::Widgets::* FUNDING CREDIT Development of DBIx::Perform was generously funded by Telecom Engineering Associates of San Carlos, CA, a full-service 2-way radio and telephony services company primarily serving public-sector organizations in the SF Bay Area. On the web at http://www.tcomeng.com/ (do I sound like Frank Tavares yet?). AUTHOR Eric C. Weaver [email protected] COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright 2003 by Eric C. Weaver and Telecom Engineering Associates (a California corporation). This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. ======================================================================= ======================================================================= ======================================================================= DBIx::Perform, version 0.692, 2007 Aug 1. Many, many changes and improvements. And perhaps some regressions too. In order to better duplicate the original, database operations have unfortunately become much more Informix specific, with much use of "rowid". Some of the improvements from version 0.05: Screen, Table, Master, and Detail buttons are implemented. Most of the attributes and instructions now work. Query results more closely match the original utility's results. NOT IMPLEMENTED View and Output buttons. '!' key. Without Null Input in the Database section (p. 2-9). Alias and Owner in the Table section (p. 2-18). Color, Invisible, Verify, Wordwrap, Zerofill attributes. Allowing Input in the Displayonly attribute (p. 2-24). Delimiters, On Beginning, and On Ending instructions. Today, Current in the Default attribute. Today, Current, Max, Min, Count, Total, and Average in the Let instruction. Datetime and Interval data types (p. 3-11). All the returns (lngreturn, floreturn, etc.) except intreturn (p. 6-21). pf_gettype external function for use by external C functions (p. 6-23). DEPENDENCIES In addition to those listed above, also need: YAML RecdescentParser FUNDING CREDIT This project was done at: Valtech 5080 Spectrum Drive - Suite 700 west Addison, Texas 75001 This project was paid by and done for: Essilor of America 13515 North Stemmons Freeway Dallas, Texas 75234 AUTHORS Martin Baer 2007/1/1 - 2007/7/14 Brenton Chapin 2007/3/16 - 2007/8/06 ([email protected]) |
global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/30600 | README for File::HomeDir Time-stamp: "2000-12-08 21:28:36 MST" [Excerpted from the POD...] NAME File::HomeDir -- get home directory for self or other users SYNOPSIS use File::HomeDir; print "My dir is ", home(), " and root's is ", home('root'), "\n"; print "My dir is $~{''} and root's is $~{root}\n"; # These both print the same thing, something like: # "My dir is /home/user/mojo and root's is /" DESCRIPTION This module provides a function, `home', and also ties the in-all- packages variable `%~'. home() Returns a filespec to this user's home directory. home($user) Returns a filespec to the home directory of the given user, or undef if no such user. Note that the argument to this must be a defined value, and mustn't be a zero-length string, or a fatal error will result. `$~{$user}' `$~{username}' `"...$~{$user}..."' `"...$~{username}..."' This calls `home($user)' or `home('username')' -- except that if you ask for `$~{same_user}' and there is no such user, a fatal error results! Note that this is especially useful in doublequotish strings, like: print "Jojo's .newsrc is ", -s "$~{jojo}/.newsrc", "b long!\n"; # (helpfully dies if there is no user 'jojo') If you want to avoid the fatal errors, first test the value of `home('jojo')', which will return undef (instead of dying) in case of there being no such user. Note, however, that if the hash key is "" or undef (whether thru being a literal "", or a scalar whose value is empty-string or undef), then this returns zero-argument `home()', i.e., your home directory. `$~{""}' `$~{undef}' `"...$~{''}..."' These all return `home()', i.e., your home directory. If running under an OS that doesn't implement `getpwid', this library tries to provide a sane return value for the no-argument `home()'. Under MacOS, for example, it tries returning the pathspect to the desktop folder. See source for full details. Under OSs that don't implement `getpwnam' (as `home($user)' calls), you will always get a failed lookup, just as if you'd tried to look up the home dir for a nonexistent user on an OS that *does* support `getpwnam'. BUGS AND CAVEATS * One-argument `home($username)' is memoized. Read the source if you need it unmemoized. * According to the fileio.c in one version of Emacs, MSWindows (NT?) does have the concept of users having home directories, more or less. But I don't know if MSWin ports of Perl allow accessing that with `getpwnam'. I hear that it (currently) doesn't. * This documentation gets garbled by some AIX manual formatters. Consider `perldoc -t File::HomeDir' instead. COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2000 Sean M. Burke. All rights reserved. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. AUTHOR Sean M. Burke `' PREREQUISITES This suite requires Perl 5; I've only used it under Perl 5.004, so for anything lower, you're on your own. INSTALLATION You install File::HomeDir, as you would install any Perl module library, by running these commands: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install If you want to install a private copy of File::HomeDir in your home directory, then you should try to produce the initial Makefile with something like this command: perl Makefile.PL LIB=~/perl For further information, see perldoc perlmodinstall DOCUMENTATION POD-format documentation is included in POD is readable with the 'perldoc' utility. See ChangeLog for recent changes. MACPERL INSTALLATION NOTES Don't bother with the makefiles. Just make a File directory in your MacPerl site_lib or lib directory, and move into there. SUPPORT Questions, bug reports, useful code bits, and suggestions for File::HomeDir should just be sent to me at AVAILABILITY The latest version of File::HomeDir is available from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Visit to find a CPAN site near you. Copyright (c) 2000 Sean M. Burke. All rights reserved. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. AUTHOR Sean M. Burke, |
global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/30613 | The Trystero Corporation
Imagine the following scene: the suits from NBC late night TV have finally "gone on line", finally started looking around on the internet. They've set up a web site filled with stuff about their shows, as has every other network. But they notice something else: "Hey," they say, "Conan O'Brien has nine web sites listed on Yahoo, and a whole usenet newsgroup devoted to him. Tom Snyder only has space at the CBS web site. Great! You can't buy publicity like that."
Well, now you can. The Trystero Corporation, sometimes known as the "Watergate Plumbers" of on-line marketing, has seen a need and decided to fill it. What exactly do they do? Well, they are a loose syndicate of site administrators and othe internet-access heavy types, who, for a fee, will construct a sort of "virtual fan club" for a given show. As a group, they create a bunch of fake accounts, scattered on systems throughout the net, each with a cute little home page and a page devoted to the product they are being paid to push. Of course, the pages are all linked to each other, and to the various internet search engines. This is the basic service; for a little extra they will set up an alt newsgroup and/or a listserv mailing list devoted to the product, complete with AI programs that automatically generate sycophantic message traffic (anybody remember Mark V. Shaney?). For a little more, they will periodically spam related newsgroups (from safe, anonymous dedicated nodes set up just for this purpose) deriding the competition and promoting your product. I've heard rumors of an IRC chat AI in development, but my friends in the brain trusts at MIT and CMU assure me that no one can do that yet well enough to fool the rubes... Soon, though...
The result? To the casual observer, it looks like there is something of a groundswell behind the product. After all--who cares about the hype coming from offical websites? Hype is much more believable if it comes from an apparently disiniterested third party fan. The best adverstising is word of mouth, and the appearance of a cult following.
Granted, the effect is limited; after all, in percentage terms the number of Americans on the Web is minimal. But for some types of shows (science fiction, cult comedies), a net-savvy audience usually makes up a critical part of the demographic. Plus, netheads are desirable additions to any demographic--well-educated, well-paid, and they have lots of disposable income because, let's face it, they don't get out much. And the Trystero Corporation works cheap, at least relative to how many peope they reach. After all, fan pages of shows are supposed to look cheesy and poorly done. Anything slick would arouse suspicion. It seems that once they get the basic set up up and running, it would be easy to copy it with modifications for a new product.
This was probably another inevitable expansion of exploitation of the technology of the net. Every tech brings with it a new set novel characteristics that take a while to become obvious. The separation between projected and real identity in the net was bound to be exploited. Celebrities sell their affiliations for millions of dollars; why can't the affiliation of Joe Sixpack be worth something? Remember-- 50 million Elvis fans can't be wrong. If each one of those fans was worth one tenth of a cent just for marketing reasons, then that's fifty-thousand right there. And the net finally makes it possible to create and market fans, essentially for free, given the right kind of acess. And this access is exactly what the Trystero Corporation has and takes advantage of.
Don't ask me what products they're pushing--I can't tell you without getting sued. But, just remember, everytime you're looking at Yahoo and all of a sudden 8 sites for a new show or band jump out at you, there just might be an agenda behind them after all.
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Do you call it a yard or a garden?
How to refer to the land around your house varies by region.
By / October 7, 2008
What's the name for that piece of land around your house? The one with a few trees, shrubs, flowers, and maybe some grass. A number of garden writers on a listserv bandied about this question a while back, and I was reminded of it by David Martin's comment on the blog post about the best nurseries, "In Florida, we tend to have 'landscaping' rather than gardening."
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The discussion started when someone asked the writers' group, "Do people in the South say they have a garden or a yard?"
Well, as a native Southerner, I knew the answer to that one: A garden typically refers to a plot of vegetables (with maybe a few flowers and herbs planted among the tomatoes and squash).
A yard is everything else beyond the borders of the vegetable garden. Below the Mason-Dixon line, it can also be shorthand for "the lawn" or for "grass," as in "I'm going out to mow the yard."
I'm not saying that's true for everyone. But it's what you'll hear most on the South. According to the garden writers' discussion, that's true for Midwesterners, too.
On the Web, there are a number of sites with "yard and garden" in their names, which says to me that many people make the distinction. Yard and garden design, University of Minnesota Yard and Garden News ... and the term is used over and over in articles.
Of course, in garden-crazy Britain, the correct word is garden. The Compact Oxford English Dictionary includes as part of its definition of yard: "N. Amer. the garden of a house."
Many writers tend to refer to gardens and landscapes, ignoring the word yard. (After all, we're garden writers, not yard writers.)
I just looked up the origin of the word yard in Webster's New World College Dictionary, and it turns out that garden and yard are related and have original meanings of "enclose" (and "enclosure") and "surround."
So, while we may think that garden is more high-class (especially when it's spoken in a posh British accent) and "yard" is more down-home, they're essentially the same thing – except when you've grown up making a distinction.
What do you call it, your garden or your yard?
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/30622 | Murphy's Starting To Look Like Underdog
Thursday dawned gray and rainy for Democrats in Connecticut.
The previous night, a wooden replica of President Obama stood before the nation blinking helplessly while Mitt Romney became the life of the party.
And when their eyelids fluttered opened in the morning, awaiting them was a Q poll in which Linda McMahon had closed the tiny gap between herself and Chris Murphy.
It might be time to sit the kids down and say, "Jason and Apple, there's a possibility that our state may elect someone ridiculously unqualified to serve for six years in the Senate, someone whose sole contributions to humankind, heretofore, have been smut and moronic simulated violence, followed by a last minute — don't cry, Apple, we all have to be brave right now — a last-minute burnishing of her smudgy reputation with a blizzard of charitable contributions."
It could be worse. The seat has been occupied by a person whose behavior over time has closely approximated that of the devious Norse god Loki, a person whose deepening indifference to the state of Connecticut has been exceeded only by his preening vanity and his Brokebackian obsession with John McCain.
When you look at it that way, Linda's gonna be an upgrade.
Can Murphy punch his way out this soggy mess? In the words of Jim Lehrer, "Um, I think … uhhh … maybe."
His opportunity begins on this Sunday morning when he and McMahon square off in their first debate. McMahon will be expertly coached, and she's not stupid. And she's like a fighter who's ahead on all three cards in the late rounds. She doesn't need to knock Murphy out in the debates, while he has no choice but to stalk her around the ring, looking for the haymaker and thus exposing himself to further harm. (I've seen a lot of fighters get knocked out when they urgently needed to knock the other guy out.)
Murphy has several big, chronic problems.
1. He's got no true focus. Most successful politicians have one or two big things they're known for at a Rorschach level. Look up yonder to the Bay State. This is Elizabeth Warren's first race, but she's the brainy lady who saw the financial crisis coming and tried to do something about it. Closer to home, McMahon has spent three years and $65 million on a North Korean indoctrination program ramming one central point into our skulls. I don't know about you, but I think Linda is a job creator. Can I have my food pellet now? Murphy doesn't have that. He is what Bill Parcells would call a JAC (Just Another Congressman).
2. Even though it seems like tired and chewed-over material, it was a tactical mistake not to have in place a plan for making the WWE's record of trafficking in human abomination a big issue. What's especially baffling is that the Democrats do not have their own hardened-off video platform on which they can display the clips of the woman forced (by McMahon's husband) to strip to her underwear and walk around the ring on all fours barking like a dog and the clips of other women wrestling in bra and panties and the clip of the famous simulated necrophilia sequence and the multitudinous clips of hulking steroidal men beating the snot out of each other while the crowd hoots and bays like animals in heat. Some of that stuff should even be on TV in negative ads. Let the McMahon lawyers go to court over what constitutes "fair use" of their content to illustrate a point. (I think that's a winnable case for the Democrats, especially when the fair use is part of the highly privileged caste of free speech.) That the people unwise enough to work for her have been thrust into a hellish alternative actuarial table of poor health and early death is also an issue. Not a central issue but an issue.
3. Where is the help? Intervention from outside the state is a double-edged sword at best. Some of those people could screw up a one-car funeral on the Berlin Turnpike, but still: why is Warren a national project in a way that Murphy is not?
I blame Loki. His final revenge is this sleepy enchantment of his former party.
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RE: Now if they could only...
By Beenthere on 2/1/2010 1:33:45 PM , Rating: -1
If you have actually driven in Europe as I have, yes many people in Europe take driving much more seriously and they act more responsibly than the majority of drivers in the U.S. who have a difficult time backing out of their driveway without having an accident. No driving skills are required to obtain a driver's license in the U.S. because it's perceived as a God given right. Even God can't fix STUPID!
By semiconshawn on 2/1/2010 2:46:45 PM , Rating: 5
You're a tool or is it troll. Ive spent months driving in France and Switzerland and they have plenty of idiot drivers as well. Ever been to Paris? I know I know you drove on the autobahn and it was awesome...pfft. Get a grip. A Camry recall notice blog is not the Anti American soap box you want and need go away troll.
RE: Now if they could only...
By piroroadkill on 2/2/2010 3:47:37 AM , Rating: 1
You're getting rated down, but it IS much harder to get a licence in many countries in Europe than America, but many times over, so you are in fact correct.
Couple that with the fact a vast number of people drive manual transmission cars because they're cheaper, and that's what you inevitably learn to drive on, and you have a continent of people that would simply have pushed down the clutch had the accelerator gone out of control
RE: Now if they could only...
By Richlet on 2/7/2010 2:32:40 AM , Rating: 2
Hehe.. I don't know if it's factual, but Top Gear (the proper version, from the UK) had a bit about getting a driver's iicense in Finland. 3 years to get a full license and at least 6 lessons are on a wet skidding pad.
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Ellen's fake iPhone commercial (Source: Warner Brothers)
Ellen issues a hasty apology to avoid Apple's wrath
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By xaders on 5/5/2010 11:28:02 PM , Rating: 2
cant apple take a joke!!! even steven colbert make some jokes for the ipad but didnt make him apology for it. why dont apple make every comedian appology for their apple's joke. 1st iphone from SNL, ipad with madtv, jokes from the daily show, and etc. you get the idea.
iphones is easy to use then other smartphone with similar features but not for everyone. my mother and grandparents dont need it because they only need a cell phone that make call for a change. for example, my mother got a blackberry last year to match the phone that my sister and brother got over my recommendation of a simple flip phone. she exchange it next week.
right now, apple is making products that people want to buy. it would not be in company image to sacred off your most valuable customer with celebrities promote apple products. iphone and apple products are for different part of the market. id think of it more a high-end or luxary item. id would buy one if there were a iphone nano.
it is joke and now with the appology more attention to it. apple here is another free 15 seconds of fame. CONTROL FREAKS!!!!!!
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Here's a quick recap:
• 4" Super AMOLED touch-screen with multi-touch
• Slide-out Qwerty keyboard
• 1 GHz Samsung ARM Cortex A8 Hummingbird processor
• 512 MB RAM
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
• VGA front-facing camera
• Bluetooth 2.1
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RE: But...
By dubldwn on 7/27/2010 8:16:09 PM , Rating: 2
Hunh? Then what is the $10/month for? If what you're saying is true then they're facing an uphill battle because it's been seemingly universally accepted.
RE: But...
By ebakke on 7/27/2010 10:17:27 PM , Rating: 2
Here's a good site about a guy trying to answer that exact question:
Ultimately their answer comes into one of three categories:
1. You get unlimited data; no caps!!! (To which the non-imbecile says, "Yeah, that's what 'unlimited data' in my base plan gives me.")
2. It's a really sweet phone!! I mean, it has a kickstand and a giant screen! WOOHOO!!! (To which the wary consumer says, "Yeah, that's why it cost me $200.")
3. Sprint thinks you're going to use more data than you would with another phone. (Again, the consumer says, "ummm.... I thought my plan had unlimited data?"
Ultimately if Sprint comes out and says its for 4G, then Dan Hesse has to eat his words about how 4G is going to be free for consumers and is already factored into the cost of their "Everything" plans.
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Tracks left by Spirit -- Image courtesy of NASA
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RE: Hmmm
By Jonahdaily on 5/23/2007 5:13:25 AM , Rating: 2
This may come as a shock to many but there are other theories around concering the water on Mars. People should do a bit of research and not only believe what mainstream popular science has to offer.
There is a very plausable theory of a missing planet that has exploded. This planet had a lot of water much like earth has now. This planet is at this stage the only real explanation of the origen of comets. The traditional models are insuffisient. It is the only model that can explain all the meteorites properly and has even successfully been used to predict meteorite showers. It also explains the water on Jupiter's moon's and is probably the sole cause of craters on our solar system's planets and our own moon.
Mars could have been just a close planet, but more likely was a moon of this planet. That would explain why Mars' souther hemosphere's crust is thicker. It starts off at about 20km and thins out to 1km. The whole northern hemosphere is about 1km thick. Mars was struck from the south. Mars was probably covered with water completely. Unfortunately Mars' gravity is not strong enough and ass time passed, it lost a lot of its water. I think that most of it just sank into Mars' soil and rocks where it frose. The comet and meteorite kept hitting the planet though. The craters looks like when you throw pebles into a mud pond. Since the Southern hemisphere is thicker, the water flowed to the lower regions which caused canyons. The water covered areas also show much fewer craters.
This also did not happen that long ago geologicaly speaking. The craters should have dissapeared log ago because Mars' atmosphere is dense enough for that and has a lot of wind storms for erosion.
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Date: 01/22/04
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 21:56:53 GMT
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 11:19:53 -0600, "Auddog" <>
>I have taken over a new position and I'm trying to get a grasp on the last
>IT admin's settings. We have an SSL page on our website (IIS 5) for
>employee login. We currently have the permission set to Anonymous access as
>well as Integrated Windows authentication. I have 2 users that are denied
>access. Event viewer reads (event id 100) - "user not allowed to log on to
>this computer." Everyone else is fine. Any help would be great. Thanks
Personally I'd just use Windows Integrated and Internet Explorer can
handle access. But your issue is most likely that the users in
question don't have the Log On Locally right. This is best handled by
adding them to a group that has the right.
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• Re: IIS logs for Exchange/OMA Access
... I restarted IIS and have requested the users to tell me if they have issues. ... Enabled Integrated Windows authentication ... Uncheck Enable anonymous access ... This newsgroup only focuses on SBS technical issues. ...
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... |> Open properties of virtual directory OMA ... |> Uncheck Enable anonymous access ... |> Uncheck Integrated Windows authentication ...
• IIS protections....
... I am assuming you only want anonymous access. ... you try unchecking Integrated Windows Authentication? ... Look in the security log in event viewer for more info. ...
• Re: Activesync by Air not working after adding second Sharepoint Site!
... companyweb web site has been disabled and Anonymous access has been ... Integrated Windows authentication and Anonymous access is disabled. ...
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/30676 | Paradox of Buddhahood in Mahayana (newbie's questions)
General forum on Mahayana.
Re: Paradox of Buddhahood in Mahayana (newbie's questions)
Postby Will » Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:25 pm
In Nagarjuna's Bodhisambhara Treatise the perfection of wisdom is given more depth than the usual meaning. Ordinarily we think of perfection of wisdom as a clear intellectual & experiential understanding of sunyata or emptiness. In this teaching, both in the verses on the 10th paramita (a branch of Prajna) and the following example, he says that a bodhisattva goes far beyond the guru function of teaching & guiding Dharma aspirants:
All of the treatises as well as the specialized skills,
The occult and mundane sciences, and the various trades—
Because they bring benefit to the world,
One brings them forth and establishes them.
Bhikshu Vasitva explains:
This refers to treatises on book printing, mathematics, metallurgy,
medical treatises, to treatises on exorcism for ghost-possession and
rescuing victims of poisoning, and to treatises on the establishment
of towns and cities, gardens, rivers and springs, lakes and ponds,
flowers and fruit, medicinal herbs, forests, and so forth.
This also refers to gemological treatises revealing the nature of
such things as gold, silver, pearls, vaiḍūrya (beryl), alabaster, and
coral, to treatises which record and describe such things as the
movements of the sun, moon, stars, sunlight, and the earth, and
also to those treatises devoted to signs occurring in dreams.
It is also referencing treatises on the physiognomy of all parts of
the body and the limbs. All of the countless sorts of treatises such
as these comprise what is intended here.
All of those things which are able to be of benefit to the world
are entirely destroyed during the deterioration of the kalpa. As the
kalpa develops again, these things are brought forth and established
again among people. The specialized skills of importance
include creating things from wood, iron, clay, and copper and are
not of a single sort.
This includes all of the different sorts of occult and mundane sciences
including the ability to perform exorcisms in cases of ghostpossession,
the ability to do away with insane behavior, the ability
to cure cases of poisoning, cases of acute digestive afflictions and
indigestion, and cases involving all of the other different sorts of
pressing afflictions.
Also, making things which involve carving, painting, embroidery,
weaving, and such, including all of the different sorts of livelihoods.
Whatsoever is able to bring benefit and happiness to the
world—one brings forth and establishes all of these things.
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Since Friday, nothing is syncing on my phone, not gmail, contacts, calendar, picassa, twitter or facebook. I started using the wired tether app on Friday morning because AT&T decided to shut our DSL off, so I'm wondering if that somehow messed up my sync? I don't think it should though. I double-checked and I do have auto-sync and background sync enabled, and I do have sync enable for each of those accounts.
Does anybody have any suggestions? Hoping to avoid a factory reset if possible.
edit: figured out what was going on. My phone was complaining about running low on internal storage, but I figured it wasn't that big of a deal, and I'd move some things around when I had a chance. Well, I started moving some games and recipe apps to SD, and everything started syncing again, so apparently if you're too low on internal storage, you can't sync. When your droid tells you it's low on internal storage, it's serious!
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Hardcore graphic printed tees are popping up in the unlikeliest of places—high-end fashion websites. Skulls (courtesy of Alexander McQueen), smeared makeup (from fashion newcomer Beatrice Boyle), and Gothic horse prints (by Something Else) make for an edgy, rock `n' roll look. Tone down the extreme illustrations by pairing with a girly mini, bare legs, and sandals.
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/30737 | Amazon press event Wednesday: See you and the bigger Kindle then
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/30740 | We've finally found ourselves a solid, confirmed shot of a micro SIM in the wild, thanks to an FCC filing from Lok8u -- the company that just inked a deal with T-Mobile -- that shows the innards of its GPS watch torn asunder. Over on the right there is one of the micro SIMs in question, and as you can clearly make out, the contact pad is identical to the one you'd find on a traditional SIM (that shot of an AT&T unit that we'd posted earlier was actually a mockup by our own Sean Cooper, you see). In other words, if you were really hard up to get that iPad up and running on a network that isn't providing micros, you could probably shoehorn a traditional SIM in there with a little elbow grease and handiwork, which happily matches up with information we've been hearing from several contacts of ours. Who knew Lok8u would be so important in this investigative process?
Update: The ETSI has also confirmed to CNET UK that micro SIMs are electrically identical to their older counterparts, so that's a promising sign, and Boy Genius tells us that he used to shave down SIMs to micro SIM size back in the day for dual SIM adapters -- in other words, you're probably not going to damage the chip by trimming (and even if you do, it's a simple replacement from your carrier). Thanks, Matthias!
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There are some devices that are universally loved or reviled -- I don't know anyone who doesn't think HTC EVO 4G is awesome, or anyone who doesn't think the WikiReader was awful. Then there are some that seem to be quite polarizing, and these are the ones that I'm usually most interested in -- just listen to Joshua Topolsky and me debate Kin on the Engadget Podcast, for example. The latest of these polarizing devices is the Sony Dash. The Dash is hard to categorize. It's a connected screen, based in part on the venerable Chumby. Nilay Patel was somewhat lukewarm about it. Ross Rubin likes it and the Wall Street Journal was somewhat ambivalent about it. Here's what I've learned from a few days living with one on my nightstand.
1. The vision is fundamentally correct. There's a lot that needs to improve about the Dash, both from a marketing and implementation perspective, but the core idea is sound. Microsoft likes to talk about "three screens and a cloud" and I agree with that vision -- my phone number is 408-3-SCREEN -- but it's really a statement about consumption, creation and communication. Count the number of PCs, TVs, phones, game devices, media players and navigation devices you have around the house and interact with -- it's more like 33 screens. The idea that there's going to be multiple connected screens that consumers interact with is real.
2. Paradigms shift. One of the arguments against Dash is that consumers won't pay $199 for a device that doesn't fit into the three screen model. Perhaps. But there's a lot of evidence that's contrary to this. When the iPod was first introduced, a lot of pundits said it was doomed to failure. Why one earth would someone spend $500 on a gadget that was fundamentally the same as a $50 CD player? Of course, that analysis was as wrong as possible. Consumers will pay where they see value. I'm not sure the current iteration of Dash has met that threshold, but I don't think it's a product that's meant for the mass market right now. Longer term, Sony needs to think less about adding functionality, and more about how to constrain it. When it comes to consumer electronics, less is often more.
Glanceable devices are all around us -- look at that watch on your wrist or your clock radio.
3. Glanceable information is key. I love the idea of glanceable content. Microsoft attempted to do much of what is key to Dash with its SPOT initiative (although with a very different approach). Information should be easily accessible and viewable. I don't even need to make an argument here, really -- glanceable devices are all around us. Look at that watch on your wrist or your clock radio. Both are designed to quickly convey one bit of information: the time of day. The dashboard on your car conveys key information such as speed and fuel consumption. At the moment, no one's quite gotten how to extend richer views of information to those glanceable screens, but the Dash begins to do this. For example, when I wake up in the morning, I want to know the time as well as the weather.
Using Dash for a while I can see just why the product is as polarizing as it is in current incarnation. Sony will address current issues or not but I expect that connected screens are going to be a core part of our lives going forward.
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I am using my P990 in the video of me dancing like an idiot, but there are lots of shots of the phone, i suggest you check it out
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/30772 | Demonstration forests
Two demonstration forest initiatives with aims similar to those of model forests have been launched in Latin America:
• the Demonstration Forest Management Areas in Central America supported by the Tropical Agriculture Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE);
• and the Network of Demonstration Watersheds in Mountain Areas of Latin America (SICUDEM) established in 2000 by the Latin American Network of Technical Cooperation in Watershed Management.
The objectives of the latter are to promote participation in integrated natural resource management of mountain watersheds through demonstration and dissemination of information, and to strengthen institutions involved in such work.
ITTO is also encouraging its member countries to set up model and demonstration forest areas to demonstrate the application of sustainable forest management and reduced impact logging in practice. At present 11 forests of various sizes have been identified evenly distributed in the three regions.
Country based networks include China's 8 experimental and demonstration areas covering the main eco-zones of the country.
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I hope certain Pokemon have adverse reactions to pokeamie
#1javel34Posted 7/15/2013 5:27:45 PM
Voltorb/electrode should explode. That would be awesome.
#2Hierarchy225Posted 7/15/2013 5:28:27 PM
Voltorb bad touch = Explode.
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#3Great_ReapettePosted 7/15/2013 5:29:26 PM
Gardevoir slaps you if you touch it... there?
#4reannamatorPosted 7/18/2013 10:56:46 AM
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/30884 | The Skill FAQ is unreliable (but still helpful)
#1SalocoolPosted 1/8/2013 3:36:46 PM
I just confirmed, by accident, than the requirement for the Sacred Skill <Demon Lightning Hammer> is absolutely off the chart.
<From the FAQ >
Skill Name - Demon Lightning Hammer
TP Used - 10
Slash/Thrust Level Required - 7/5
Other Requirements - Demon Hammer x 50; Lightning Blade x 50
The Slash and Thrust levels seems right, but as for the other requirements, I didn't met a single one before acquiring the Sacred Skill.
* Demon Hammer is at 14 uses
* Lightning Blade is a 44 uses
All thing considered, this game is FAR more lenient than Phantasia on combination skills (but way more cryptic) !
#2XtraTPosted 1/8/2013 5:30:13 PM
Yeah I suggest using the Aselia wiki
but it seems like they can also be wrong, seeing they list Demon Lightning Hammer at 16 uses of the 2 skills needed. However it more accurate than the FAQs here (they copied from the official strategy guide, who's pretty bad by itself)
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#3Salocool(Topic Creator)Posted 1/8/2013 5:37:38 PM
I don't get it : how come the writers of the Official Strategy Guide don't get the right informations from the developers ?
#4XtraTPosted 1/8/2013 5:56:16 PM
Blame the devs, strategy guides usually aren't made by the game company and like you said they don't share that information.
Usually it's a guy(or multiple) who plays the game 1-2 weeks before release and write the guide from that. So yeah in big games like Tales guide are lackluster and wrong.
The only way we have to really know everything about a game is hack the discs and read the data there, it's been done for really popular games (like some FF games).
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#5VeghEstherPosted 1/21/2013 11:48:42 AM(edited)
Well that's weird I always used Demon Hammer/Lightning Blade x50 times as soon as Rid Learns both and still learned the combo move at 7 slash + 5 thrust.
But if you don't have the correct total uses it would be 11 slash and 9 thrust to learn it
For Sonic Chaos I had to use both Sonic Blade and Twin Sonic Blade at +70 each to have it appear in blue text.
In fact both Reid and Farah can learn most of their moves +4 slash/thrust or punch/kick levels higher if you don't have the correct total uses.
Hence Rising Phoenix for Rid could be learned without the 2 skills at 200 and 150 uses used at all.
The only exception is Fatal Fury for Farah all of Farah's other moves could have zero total uses and the upgraded moves would still be usable by punch/kick level 30. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/30886 | Review by Auron255
"Naughty Dog doesn't know Jak..."
Notably, Jak and Dakster was platforming in the most literal sense. There weren't many enemies, (compared to other platformers) and the challenges weren't very difficult. Even though the game was simplisticly designed, it was too hard to put down...which is exactly why Jak II is such a disappointment.
I think this game takes a lot from other games that have made the grade, but when you take incomplete parts of each, you get very shoddy gameplay. The weapon-esque features of Ratchet and Clank, the Dark Eco Jak that almost spins off from Devil May Cry, and the Car-jacking antics of GTA, are all integrated into this game, but they are done so in a manner that feels sloppy.
The story starts off with Jak and Daxter being teleported through a vortex to Haven City, where Jak is mysteriously captured and tortured with Dark Eco by a man known as the Baron. Daxter comes to the rescue, and you are off to find the Baron, and complete missions for people along the way. All platformers should have simple stories, that unravel quite naturally. Jak II is just the opposite. You'll need to complete about 6 - 7 missions, just before you actually get to your first objective. The story unravels so slowly, and Naughty Dog obviously tried to introduce too many characters, most of which play absolutely no part in the story what so ever. Well, given the story is interesting, it goes by too slowly, and is stretched out far too much.
Theres no doubt that Jak II flaunts some of the best graphics ever seen on any platformer. Its actually on the same level as Ratchet and Clank (quite possibly the definition of next generation platformers). The polys are very high, and the textures are smooth. Even though you can still see some jaggyness here and there, the overall effect of the extra polygons doesn't go by unnoticed.
What sound? The game consistently uses the same songs over and over again when riding through Haven city, and then changes to another song when being chased by the Krimzon Brigade. Thats about it, there are a few instances where different orchestrated songs are intermittently inserted into the cut-scenes, but thats about it. The sound effects aren't much to gauk at either. The same sound effects are used when hitting every single enemy, regardless of them being metallic or organic, its all the same. It may seem small, but things like this take away from the realism, and over all feel. You can tell that audio development isn't Naughty Dog's strong point.
The controls so. There isn't much to be proud of, or anything that hasn't been done before. You are given the ability to double and triple jump, which is kind of far fetched, but when dealing with Jak II, everything goes. Although, sometimes, the controls are so unresponsive. On occassion you'll need to use a double or triple jump to dodge certain enemy attacks, but the double jump is so inconsistent. Sometimes you can press it twice rapidly, and you'll do a small double jump, other times, if you push the jump button twice at the same speed, Jak does nothing, and falls to his doom. Very frusterating. The fire button is R1, which is good enough, but should have been on the face buttons. Not perfect, but it will suffice.
Here is where the game truly suffers. There are several things that are flawed with the gameplay.
1) Yes, you can steal any car you see. BUT, there aren't any secret missions, or any real purpose to using the cars. Nearly the entire game can be completed on foot, with no use of cars. There are very few, and I mean few missions where you actually need to use a vehicle. Not to mention, there are only about 5 different vehicles in the game, just different colour schemes are used. Very lazy on Naughty Dog's part. Even the though the car-jacking is fundamentally useful, it lacks function, which is what every aspect of a game should have.
2) There is a very shoddy auto-aim system. Sometimes the auto-aim works, and sometimes you're stuck running in circles to attack enemies, since you can't get a good shot off. Either way, the weapon system is far from perfect. There are ONLY 4 weapons...a very poor effort by Naughty Dog. Not to mention, that the weapons don't range in damage dealt, with the exception of the Peacekeeper.
3) How many missions do I have to complete to make any head-way in this game?! you have to complete so many arbitrary missions, you begin to think if this game is ever going to take off...which it never does. You'll become bored of this game, and so disgruntled with it before you even meet the Shadow...(no spoilers, so don't ask).
4) This is HARD HARD HARD HARD HARD. This game is unbelievably diffcult. Within the first two missions, you'll be begging for mercy since you'll be getting your ass handed to you. A good example is trying to fight off the sentry tank in the ammunitions factory. You must dodge his cannon, while at the same time jump and double jump your away across moving platforms, while dodging moving Lasers, that summon guns to auto-aim and fire at you, and at the end of it all, you have destroy two generators and get the tank to destroy all the ammunition. That's a mouthful eh? Well get used to it, there isn't a single mission afterward that gets any easier. The few races you do have to complete, are 10 times harder.
5)Whats the deal with the no checkpoints?! There's virtually no checkpoints! You can get through an entire mission and die seconds before you're going to complete it, and you must start right from the beginning. Thats's BS if you tried you buns off, just getting to where you died. Sorry, but a game without checkpoints, is certainly flawed as long as the difficulty is ramped up so incredibly high for a platformer.
6) Granted that each vehicle type has its own physics and damaging qualities, they control worse than the mini plane from GTA3...(you GTA people know what i'm talking about). It takes some major getting used to, as you'll be hitting every vehicle that flies at you, and blow up your hovercraft in the meantime. Not to mention, afterward, you'll be chased and hunted by the Krimzon guard. You can get the hang of it, but it shouldn't be so frustrating to do so.
7) Dark Jak: This is possibly one of the best qualities in the gameplay, and the only thing saving the Gameplay from completely failing. It is rather fun to play as Dark Jak, but his time is short lived, and his powers are minimal. You can aquire different abilites by collecting metalhead gems, but you won't really want to later on. Dark Jak is a very intersting addition to Jak II, but almost plays like a Devil May Cry scenario...Fight enemies, transform, kill enemies, rinse and repeat.
Even though this game seems fun to really isn't, and soon becomes a chore. You'll only find it fun if you can actually stomach all of these poor qualities in the game play.
There certainly are a number of precursor orbs this time around, and collecting them can get you some cool unlockables. There is a list in the main menu, and each requrie an increasing amount of Precursor orbs to unlock. But thats about it. Other than that, you won't want to keep exploring the city as even that becomes a challenge. I recommend once you've completed it, if you complete it all, don't play it again, and return it, or trade it for a better platformer...a la Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando. Overall, no real compelling reason to keep playing.
If there was ever a reason to buy Jak II, it just went down the drain. It was the worst 60 bucks I ever spent in platforming history. Living here in Canada, games are not cheap, and buying this game is a very big disappointment. Once I was finished with it, I returned it the next day. I could only stomach up until about 65% - 70% completed, then it just got way too crazy, and the enemies became too malicious. If anything, rent this game before you buy it...IF you buy it. This definately is not what Naughty Dog made Jak II out to be...very below average.
Reviewer's Score: 6/10 | Originally Posted: 10/17/03, Updated 01/18/05
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King was tending to his garden on a warm Spring's eve. He stood watering his tomatoes, singing songs to his squash, and fondling his pumpkins. It was quite the garden. That is until Scorpion scissor kicked a portal right through the center of it.
"Oh crap." King said to himself. He knew where this was going.
"GET OVER HERE." Scorpion said, as his manliness sent oddly sexual chills down King's spine. Then he launched a spear into King's chest and pulled his frail little gardening body towards himself. And then headbutted his way back to that place where all the Mortal Kombat tournaments are held and stuff.
King awoke to the loud sound of the ellipses above. The gaping hole that Scorpion created now gone.
"Where...where am I?" King asked no one in particular as he looked around what was clearly a place in which a** beatings took place.
"Welcome to *insert realm that Mortal Kombat takes place in here*." A man with a wicked sweet Foo Man Chu mustache said to King. "We brought you here to compete in our tournament. You have certain...talents, that qualified you for this competition."
"Can I just not be in this? My Strawberries will be coming in any day now, I really don't have time for another one of Le Hannibal's GaMe's."
"Le Hannibal is clearly awesome. You should feel HONORED to be in one of his games."
"Who said that?" The Foo Man Chu, dude asked. The two of them then look around the room. Puzzled.
"Okay well since I clearly won't be leaving this thing, do I at least get some sort of prize?" King finally asked.
"Prize?" Foo Man Chu dude questioned. "Hmmm...well there's this." He then lifted his kimono thingie and showed King his...prize.
"OH MY-SERIOUSLY PUT THAT AWAY." King cried out in disgust as he shielded his eyes.
"If you insist." The dude says as he puts it away.
"Can we please establish your name so that we don't have to keep calling you Foo Man Chu dude?" King asked impatiently.
"Oh it's Shang Tsung, and we've wasted waaaay too much time with ridiculousness. FIGHT." Shang Tsung said as he maid a karate chop motion signaling the fights beginning.
Instantly a dragon kick connected with King's face. "AW, WHAT THE?" King cried out.
"Meet your opponent, Sub Zero!" Shang Tsung exclaimed, clearly aroused by the oncoming fight.
"Sub Zero? You mean the dude making the ice ball in the picture above? No way." King protested. But his pansyish warning fell on deaf ears as Sub Zero proceeded to throat chop King. King responded with a well executed "vomit your throat up" technique.
A frozen body and two jump kicks later, King lay on his back completely unwilling to continue the fight. "Seriously...all you do in these things is hurt people Hannibal." King spouted.
Then, wanting to prove King wrong, Le Hannibal used his god-like writers powers to turn King into a fire breathing koala, with chainsaws for fingers and a beard.
Roughly three thousand times the man he once was, King made quick work of Sub Zero, by chopping his face up with his chainsaw fingers.
Somehow Sub Zero managed to survive the face mutilation long enough for Shang Tsung to squeal out in an overly sensual voice, "FINISH HIM."
Koala King then lit his body on fire not with his breath...but with his heart. Yes King also has a heart/flamethrower in his chest. Go figure.
All that remained of (the most overrated Mortal Kombat character ever) Sub Zero, was a pile of ash. But before King could do a victorious safety dance, Scorpion re-entered the story. He immediately teleported behind king and double kicked him in the back of his Koala head.
King, feeling inspired from his recent victory, then sprung across the room letting out the battle cry of a middle aged woman. Scorpion countered this mad move, with a freaking spear, to the freaking face. King fell to the ground, extra hole in face and all.
"How can this be? I'M A FREAKING FIRE BREATHING KOALA WITH CHAINSAW FINGERS." King cried out in disbelief.
"And a beard." Scorpion said in his totally baller voice. "But! You judged Hannibal's writing which is TOTALLY not cool. Also I'm easily the second coolest Mortal Kombat character."
"Who's the first?" King asked, hole still in face.
But before Scorpion could answer a razor hat split him in half both VERTICALLY aaaand HORIZONTALLY. "Kung Lao of course!" Kung Lao said. Cause he's awesome.
"FIGHT." Shang Tsung said, after feeling that he was about to be forgotten.
I wish I could say that King fought the good fight, and went back home to tend to his garden. I wish I could say that Kung Lao went easy on King, and went back to his Shaolin temple after crushing everyone in the tournament. Well...Kung Lao totally won the tournament and got all the Shaolin ladies, but he also murdered the ever loving CRAP out of King.
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Yu was the Principal Engine Architect of the Halo team. She programmed lighting and animation on Halo 4. She was Studio Wide Director of Technology Gearbox Software, creator of Borderlands and Brothers In Arms. She was Director of Technology of ION Storm, creator of Deus Ex and Anachronox.
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It aids players in quickly finding, creating, and scheduling parties. The more people that use it, the better it works, so give it a try!
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Any recommendations for a good after market water pump replacment for a 1999 Silverado 2500( not an HD) or should I stick with one from GM? Any good experience with NAPA water pumps? Thanks!
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What motor do you have? Because if its the 5.7 I've only heard good things about the Delco pumps.
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Thanks. I have the 6.0.
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The family planner: If you only had to worry about your own communication habits, choosing your telephone, computer, and cable services would be a snap. But maybe you have two teens and a little one. The teens have their own cell phones and so does the toddler's part-time babysitter. Your spouse carries a cell, too, but it's paid for by his employer. As for the Internet: You need top speed since that's how homework typically gets done these days. Gotta get these kids into college — and off the family payroll!
Rx: Have your kids ballpark how many text messages they send and receive per month as well as the number of daytime minutes they typically spend on the line. Then add everything up and buy yourself a nice big family plan. You purchase talking minutes in a bundle and should get your text messages that way, too, advises Allan Keiter, CEO of myrateplan.com. "You may be able to buy 1,000 text messages for $14.95 a month. But if your kids sent that many messages without a family package, it could cost you about $100 each month."
Mrs. On-Her-Own: Your kids are grown and paying their own bills, thank goodness. Your hubby has a great deal with his company — they pay for his cell phone, BlackBerry, and even his home Internet connection. Which leaves you...where?
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Add up the number of minutes you think you'll use each month and tack on 20 percent more minutes, to be safe. If you know you'll never use text messaging or don't want to have Internet service on your cell phone, don't let anyone push you into the technological beyond. One more suggestion: If your husband's company is covering his home Internet costs, use his computer instead of paying for your connection.
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Publication numberUS4562639 A
Publication typeGrant
Application numberUS 06/649,629
Publication dateJan 7, 1986
Filing dateSep 12, 1984
Priority dateMar 23, 1982
Fee statusLapsed
Publication number06649629, 649629, US 4562639 A, US 4562639A, US-A-4562639, US4562639 A, US4562639A
InventorsDavid J. McElroy
Original AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
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Process for making avalanche fuse element with isolated emitter
US 4562639 A
A programmable device is provided by a thin-oxide avalanche fuse element which is programmed at a voltage below the oxide breakdown level. This device may be used to fix the addresses of faulty rows or columns in a memory having redundant or substitute cells. Upon breakdown, the thin oxide is perforated by small holes which fill with silicon to create short circuit. The source or emitter of the transistor device may be separated from the drain and gate by thick filled oxide.
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What is claimed:
1. A method of making a semiconductor device of the programmed fuse type comprising the steps of:
applying a layer of conductive material on a face of a body of semiconductor material, and patterning the layer to form a program-element gate overlying a program-element area separated therefrom by thin insulator,
forming a heavily-doped drain region in said face adjacent said program-element area and a heavily-doped source-emitter region spaced from said gate,
applying conductive strips on said face to form connections to the heavily-doped regions and gate, and
selectively applying a voltage to said conductive strips at a level less than the dielectric breakdown of said thin insulator to create an electric short between said gate and drain of the program element.
2. A method according to claim 1 wherein the semiconductor body is P-type silicon, the heavily-doped regions are N+, and the conductive material is polycrystalline silicon.
3. A method according to claim 2 including the step of forming a thick field insulator coating separating said source and drain along said face.
4. A method according to claim 2 wherein a coating of thick thermal field oxide is formed on said face before applying said layer, except in the program-element area and what will be the heavily doped regions, but extending between the source and drain regions.
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 361,011, filed Mar. 23, 1982, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,491,857.
Related Cases: This application contains subject matter also disclosed in any copending application Ser. No. 361,008 and 361,009. filed Mar. 23, 1982 and assigned to Texas Instruments.
This invention relates to semiconductor memory devices and more particularly to a programmable read-only memory and method of making.
Read-only memory (ROM) devices are commonly used for program storage in microcomputer systems or the like. These ROMS have been mask-programmed as in my U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,208,726 or 4,219,836, assigned to Texas Instruments, or electrically programmable (EPROMs) as in my U.S. Pat. No. 4,151,021, assigned to Texas Instruments; both such mask ROMs and EPROMs are N-channel silicon-gate MOS products. For higher speed operation bipolar programmable ROMs (PROMs) are employed; see U.S. Pat. No. 4,209,894, assigned to Texas Instruments. Electrically-erasable programmable memory devices (EEPROMs) are also available as in my U.S. Pat. No. 4,122,544, assigned to Texas Instruments.
Programmable memory devices of the ROM, EPROM or EEPROM types have been very widely used in large volume production measured in many millions of units; however, the continuing trends toward lower cost, shorter access time, higher programming speed, shorter production lead times, higher reliability and reduced operating power have presented constraints for each class of products.
Mask ROMs are low cost in high volume production of a single ROM code, but have the disadvantage of a long lead time from the specification of the code to the delivery of finished devices; this lead time can be many weeks or even months from the equipment manufacturers' standpoint. EPROMs have the advantage of being programmable by the equipment manufacturer, so lead time is virtually zero, but these devices are costly because of the quartz window needed in the package for erasing by ultraviolet light. It has not been practical to deliver EPROMs in cheaper plastic (i.e. opaque) packages because of the problem of testing when erasure is impossible, and because of materials considerations. EEPROMs avoid the use of a quartz window in the package, but require a complex manufacturing process and larger cell size, so these devices will probably have limited use until the cost can be reduced. Bipolar PROMs are excellent for higher speed requirements, but are costly due to the semiconductor processing and cell size.
Programmable cells or devices are also used in fault-tolerant memory devices; that is, memory devices have redundancy in the form of row or columns of cells which are substituted for certain rows or columns containing faulty cells. The memory array is tested after manufacture and the programmable cells used to fix the addresses of the bad rows or columns; in operation an incoming address to the memory is compared and substitution made if a match occurs. Previously, fusable polysilicon links or laser blown links have been the favored methods of implementing the programmable devices. Polysilicon links have the disadvantage of requiring removal of the protective coating on the chip over the fusable link so that a reliable open-circuit fuse blow is obtained. Laser blowing requires elaborate equipment and controls, and must be done before protective coating.
It is therefore the principal object of this invention to provide an improved programmable cell for a memory device and method of manufacture. Another object is to provide a PROM device or programmable cell of low cost and high speed. A further object is to provide a PROM device or programmable cell which can be made by a standard semiconductor manufacturing process.
FIG. 1 is a greatly enlarged plan view of a small portion of a semiconductor chip showing the physical layout of a part of a memory cell array according to the one embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2 is an electrical schematic diagram of the part of the cell array of FIG. 1;
FIGS. 3a-3d are elevation views in section of the cells of FIG. 1, taken along the lines a--a through d--d, respectively, in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a memory device using a cell array of FIGS. 1 and 2 according to the invention and FIG. 4A is an elevation view of said device mounted in a plastic package;
FIG. 5a-5c are elevation views in section corresponding to FIGS. 3a and 3b at various stages in manufacture;
FIG. 6 is an elevation view in section of a programmable device according to another embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 7 is an electrical schematic diagram of a circuit using the device of FIG. 6;
FIG. 8 is an electrical schematic diagram as in FIG. 7 according to another embodiment;
FIG. 9 is a timing diagram of voltage or current vs. time in programming the devices of FIGS. 1 or 6;
FIG. 10 is an elevation view in section of a programmable element as in FIGS. 6 or 3a, according to another embodiment; and
FIG. 11 is an electrical schematic diagram of a circuit using the device of FIG. 10.
Referring to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3a-3d, a programmable memory cell array according to one embodiment of the invention is formed on a silicon substrate 10 in which a large number of access transistors 11 are created beneath polysilicon row ("word") address lines 12, with each set of four transistors 11 sharing a program transistor 13. The program transistor 13 contains four separate breakdown edges 13a-13d, one for each memory cell defined by the four-transistor set of FIGS. 1 or 2. Each of the cells in a column is connected to a metal column or "bit" line 14 at a metal-to-silicon contact area 15. A polysilicon strip 16 forms the gate of all of the transistors 13 for two adjacent rows of cells. The silicon substrate or chip 10 usually would contain a large number of cells, such as 64K (2.sup.18 or 65,536) cells in an array partitioned "x8" with 128 rows and 512 columns (in 8 groups of 64 columns), for example. Thus there would be 128 row lines 12, 512 column lines 14, and sixty-four strips 16 on one chip, with 65,536 of the transistors 11.
The access transistors 11 have a gate oxide layer 17 which is thicker than the gate oxide layer 18 for the program transistor 13 as seen in the section views of FIGS. 3a-3d. This difference in thickness facilitates programming at the breakdown edges 13a-13d rather than at the gate oxide 17. For example, the oxide 17 may be 600 Å and the oxide 18 only 300 Å in one embodiment. Otherwise, the memory array is manufactured by a standard N-channel self-aligned silicon-gate MOS process such as that set forth in U.S. Pat. No. 4,055,444, assigned to Texas Instruments.
Source and drain regions for the transistors 11 and 13 are created by N+ implanted or diffused regions 19 in the P-type substrate 10, self-aligned with the polysilicon strips 12 or 16. A thick thermal oxide or "field" oxide coating 20 on the face of the chip 10 surrounds all of the transistors 11 and 13 and the diffused source/drain regions 19. A P+ channel stop region 21 is formed beneath all of the field oxide. A layer 22 of low-temperature deposited oxide on the face of the chip 10 insulates the metal level comprising bit lines 14 from the polysilicon conductor level comprising row lines 12 and strip 16. The deposited oxide 22 is about 10,000 Å, much thicker than gate oxide. Holes are etched in the oxide layer 22 for the metal-to-silicon contacts 15.
The polysilicon row lines 12 form gates 23 for all of the transistors 11, and the polysilicon strips 16 form gates 24 for the program elements 13 in the memory array. The four-transistor set of FIG. 1 is repeated in the array of mirroring the set about lines 25 so that each contact 15 is shared by two adjacent transistors 11, meaning that only 1/2 contact per cell is needed or 32.5K for a 65,768 device. No contact is needed for the ground side of a cell because the adjacent transistor provides a ground side during programming, while the strip 16 is ground return during read operation.
The programming mechanism for the memory cell array thus far described is that of breaking down the thin oxide 18 at a selected one of the edges 13a, 13b, 13c or 13d to create minute holes through the oxide at this edge to be filled with silicon from the gate 24, leaving an electrical short from the N+ region 19 to the gate 24 for a selected cell. The line 16 is grounded in normal operation, so to read the information programmed into the memory array a "1" voltage (e.g. +5 V) on a selected row line 12 will turn on a row of access transistors 11, allowing the condition of one program edge 13a-13d to be sensed by a selected column line 14. Thus, if the edge 13a corresponds to the cell at the intersection of selected row line 12 and selected column line 14, the transistor 11 for this selected cell is rendered conductive via +5 V on gage 23, and if the edge 13a is shorted a "0" will be sensed while if not shorted a "1" is sensed. That is, the line 14 can be discharged toward ground line 16 if shorted, but not if the program edge 13a is open-circuited. To program the edge 13a, the row line 12 for this cell is brought to a programming voltage Vp of about +20 V, and all other row lines 12 are held at ground; the column line 14 for this cell (left-most in FIG. 2) is also brought up to Vp, while the other line 14 for this four-transistor set (second from left in FIG. 2) is held at ground and all other column lines 14 float at high impedence to ground. Under these conditions an avalanche effect occurs at the edge 13a but not at 13b or any of the other such edges. This effect enhances electron tunneling and produces current pulsing in the circuit from line 14 through transistor 11, edge 13a, gate 24 and line 16 to ground. The line 16 is grounded through a resistance of about several Kohm for current limiting purposes. All lines 16 in the array are connected together as seen in FIG. 2. This current pulsing does not occur in any of the other program devices 13 in the array wherein the lines 12 and 14 are not at Vp; in the row with edge 13a the line 12 is high but line 14 is not (except for selected column) so there is no current through the transistors 11, while in the other cells in the same column as edge 13a the line 14 is high but the gates 23 are held low so there can be no current flow in transistors 11. The edge 13b does not program at this time because the line 14 for this cell is grounded so no current flows. The current spikes create holes in the oxide 18 at edge 13a and locally heat the polysilicon or silicon in the vicinity of the minute holes, flowing silicon into these holes to leave electrical shorts; several of these occur within about 100 microseconds, then a steady-state condition is reached in which the voltage on gate 24 rises to a level determined by the IR drop across the resistance from line 16 to ground, serving to limit the current flow through the path including gate 24, edge 13b and the other transistor 11 to the grounded line 14. It is important to note that the programming mechanism is not that of dielectric breakdown of the oxide 18; indeed the programming voltage Vp is chosen to be about 60% of the oxide breakdown strength of about +35 V. Local heating due to reverse P--N junction avalanche breakdown, and bipolar second breakdown, is responsible for the programming, rather than dielectric breakdown. The avalanche breakdown voltage is lowered by the field-plate effect of the gate-to-drain voltage. It is important that the channel length of the transistor 13 (from edge 13a to edge 13b in this example) be long enough to prevent short-channel effects, i.e., the depletion region should not extend the length of the channel at programming voltage, and further that the channel width at the narrowest part of 13 be at least as wide as that of the transistor 11. The source (region 19) for transistor 13 should not have high impedence.
Referring to FIG. 4, a memory device according to an example emobodiment of the invention is an array which contains 128 rows and 512 columns of memory cells as in FIGS. 1 and 2 for a total of 65,536 cells, partitioned to provide an 8-bit or byte-wide output as is usual for microprocessor memory devices. An X decoder 12a selects one-of-128 row lines 12, dependent upon an eight-bit X address from terminals 12b and address buffers 12c. A Y decoder 14a selects eight-of-512 column lines 14 (one-of-64 in each partition) at the output on pins 14b (or input for programming the PROM cells) based on a six-bit Y address from terminals 14c via address buffers 14d. The Y address is used also to select a line 14 for grounding adjacent the selected column line 14 in program mode, and for establising a high impedence float condition on the remaining unselected lines. Each bit of the eight-bit output from the array is connected to one of eight buffers 14e and thus to the eight data terminals 14b. The +5 V supply voltage and ground are applied by Vcc and Vss terminals; the 5 V supply is used for read operations. To program the PROM, a high voltage Vp of about +20 V is applied to a terminal Vp, along with other controls such as PGM as may be desired, depending upon the particular circuit design chosen. A chip select input CS may also be employed as in standard practice. For programming, the high voltage Vp is applied to the selected row line 12 in the PROM cell array, and the high voltage is applied to the some of the eight selected column lines 14 and while Vss is applied to the eight adjacent ground lines 14, depending upon the Y address and the 1's and 0's of the input data byte on the terminals 14b; this programs the gate edges 13a-13d of selected PROM cells.
The array formed on the silicon bar 10, containing 64K bits on a bar less than 200 mils on a side (depending upon the minimum line resolution which determines bit density) is mounted in a standard dual-in-line plastic package of the 28 pin type as seen in FIG. 4a. The cells shown in FIG. 1 or 3a-3d would be on a very minute part of this bar, perhaps only about one or two mils wide.
Turning now to FIGS. 5a-5c, a process for making the PROM according to the invention will be described. The starting material is a slice of P type monocrystalline silicon typically four inches in diameter, cut on the <100> plane, of a resistivity of about ten ohm-cm. In the Figures the portion shown of the bar 10 represents only a very small part of one bar or chip, which in turn is a very small part of the slice. One slice contains several hundred bars 10. After appropriate cleaning, the slice is oxidized by exposing to oxygen in a furnace at an elevated temperature of perhaps 1100 of a thickness of about 1000 Å. Next, a layer 32 of silicon nitride of about 1000 Å thickness is formed over the entire slice by exposing to an atmosphere of dichlorosilane and ammonia in a reactor. A coating of photoresist is applied to the entire top surface of the slice, then exposed to ultraviolet light through a mask which defines the desired pattern of the thick field oxide 20 and the P+ channel stops 21. The resist is developed, leaving areas where nitride is then removed by etching the exposed part of the nitride layer 32 but leaving in place the oxide layer 31, as seen in FIG. 5a.
Using photoresist and nitride as a mask, the slice is subjected to a boron implant step to produce the channel stop regions in unmasked regions 33 of the silicon. The regions 33 will not exist in the same form in the finished device, because silicon is consumed in the field oxidation procedure. Usually the slice is subjected to a heat treatment after implant, prior to field oxide growth, as set forth in the above-mentioned, U.S. Pat. No. 4,055,444.
The next step in the process is the formation of field oxide 20 by subjecting the slices to steam or an oxidizing atmosphere at about 1000 layer 20 to be grown as seen in FIG. 5b, extending into the silicon surface as silicon is consumed, with the remaining part of the nitride layer 32 masking oxidation. The thickness of this layer 20 is about 10,000 Å, part of which is above the original surface and part below. The boron doped P+ regions 33 formed by implant are partly consumed, but also diffuse further into the silicon ahead of the oxidation front to produced P+ field stop regions 21 which are much deeper than the original regions 33.
Next the remaining nitride layer 32 is removed by an etchant which attacks nitride but not silicon oxide, then the oxide 31 is removed by etching. The oxide layer 17 is grown by thermal oxidation, then a photoresist operation used to remove the oxide 17 in the area of the program transistors 13 so that a thinner oxide layer 18 can be grown at this point. The oxide 17 has a thickness of about 600 Å, and oxide 18 about 300 Å.
As seen in FIG 5c a layer of polycrystalline silicon is deposited over the entire slice in a reactor using standard techniques to a thickness of about 8000 Å. This polysilicon layer is patterned by applying a layer of photoresist, exposing to ultraviolet light through a mask prepared for this purpose, developing, then etching the exposed polysilicon to define the row lines 12 and strips 16. An arsenic implant or a phosphorus diffusion is now performed to create the N+ regions 19, using the polysilicon 12 and 16 and its underlying oxide 17 and 18 as a self-align mask.
A thin thermal oxide coating is usually grown over the polysilicon, then the thick layer 22 of silicon oxide is deposited over the entire slice by decomposition of silane at a low temperature, about 400 layer 22 insulates the metal layer from the layer of polycrystalline silicon and other areas of the face of the bar, and is referring to as multilevel oxide.
Referring to FIG. 3a-3d the multilevel oxide layer 22 (and underlying thin thermal oxide) is now patterned by a photoresist operation which exposes holes for what will be the metal-to-poly contacts 15 along the bit lines 14 in the cell array. The metal bit lines 14 are formed next. Meal contacts and interconnections are also used in a periphery of the chip in the input buffers, decoders, sense amplifiers, and the like, as well as for the bonding pads which provide connection to external electrodes. These metal lines 14 and peripheral metallization are made in the usual manner by depositing a thin film of aluminum over the entire top surface of the slice then patterning it by a photoresist mask and etch sequence, leaving the metal strips 14 and other metal elements. A protective overcoat (not shown) is then deposited and patterned to expose the bonding pads, and the slice is scribed and broken into individual bars which are packaged in the customary manner, FIG. 4a.
The concept of the invention when used for programmation of redundant devices, or other options on a semiconductor chip, is embodied in a simpler form as shown in FIGS. 6-8. The programmable transistor-like device 40 includes a source 41, a drain 42 and a gate 43, with thin oxide 44 (corresponding to oxide 18 of FIG. 3a) over channel 45. Connections are made to the electrodes as in FIG. 7, using techniques of FIG. 1 and 2-5c. This structure of FIG. 6 can be used as a fuse. For example, if the source 41 and gate 43 are grounded, and the drain 42 brought to avalanche voltage, the drain 42 will short to the gate 43 at the edge 46 (just as the edge 13a, etc., above). On the other hand, if the source 41 and gate 43 are floating and the drain 42 is brought to avalanche voltage, the damage at the edge 46 will not occur. Therefore, by shunting the node 47 (source 41 and gate 43) to ground by a low impedance transistor 48 as seen in FIG. 7, the appropriate fuse 40 is selected for programming, using only a single bonding pad 49 on the chip going to an external high voltage supply. It may be also advantageous to force the node 47 to a slightly positive voltage, intermediate between ground and the avalanche breakdown voltage, using transistors 50 as seen in FIG. 8; this will assure that only a selected device 40 will draw avalanche current. After programming, the devices 40 in the circuits of FIGS. 7 and 8 are used by grounding all drains 42 via line 51 and turning off all transistors 48, then sensing the condition at nodes 47 by static or dynamic means; for example, in a redundant memory, the address of a row to be substituted may be programmed into a set of the cells 40, then an incoming address compared with the programmed address detected at the nodes 47.
Referring to FIG. 9, the programming mechanism wherein the oxide 18 or 46 breaks down in the devices of FIGS. 1, 3a or 6 produces a characteristic current waveform containing oscillations or spikes 55. When the source and gate have the voltage indicated by dotted line 56 applied thereto, the current through the source-to-drain path is according to the solid line including spikes 55; after about 100 microsec, the current settles at a steady state level 57 and the device is permanently programmed.
With reference now to FIG. 10, an embodiment of the invention is shown wherein the source-to-drain path is not continuous across the face of the bar 10, but instead the field oxide 20 extends between the source 41 and drain 42 for a device 40. The gate 43 extends up onto the field oxide 20. The channel 45 or path for carriers between source and drain includes the bulk P-type material of the bar 10. That is, it is not necessary for thin oxide 44 to bridge the source-to-drain path, nor is it necessary for the gate 43 to extend all the way to the source 41. The function of the gate 43 is to establish a field-plate breakdown region 46; the reverse p-n junction breakdown voltage of the drain-to-channel N-to-P junction goes down from about 35 v. to about 20 v. due to the field plate created by gate 43 when the gate-to-drain voltage is high. The source acts only as a bipolar emitter which is forward biased when the local substrate 10 voltage goes positive as a result of avalanche hole current.
Since no path exists for traditional MOS field-effect transistor current in the device of FIG. 10 when the gate 43 is at logic 1, the addressing and programming is much simpler for this isolated emitter (i.e., source) embodiment. In FIG. 11, a circuit is shown which makes use of this feature. The fuse devices 40 have the drains 42 connected to a VP.sub.H line 60 which is connected to a bonding pad for coupling to an off-chip supply of about +26 V. The gates 43 are all connected through transistors 61 and 62 to a line 63 having a lower programming voltage VP.sub.L, about +15 v, thereon. A select transistor 64 connects each of the nodes 65 to ground if the device is to be shorted, (programmed) or leaves the node 65 high if avalanche conditions are not to be produced. For read, the line 60 is held at logic 1 (+5 V), and line 63 is at 0; the nodes 66 are sensed by amplifiers 67. If a device 40 has been shorted, the voltage on node 66 is high; if a device is still open-circuited, the node 66 is low. No select transistor 48 in series with the fuse devices 40 is needed as was true in FIG. 7 or FIG. 8.
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styles. It's true that applicative style programming can help here,
feels like boilerplate code (as you mention, some extensions could
help here)
Monadic style even has the do syntax, which really looks imperative,
while of course, it isn't.
I know that for e.g. doing a DFS I can use the ST monad and still be
pure, however, my code *looks* imperative when I use the do syntax,
which mentally feels weird (maybe it's just me being mentally ill ;-)
It's even worse with the arrows syntax: without it I wouldn't be able
to write complex Yampa stuff, but the syntax makes me feels that I'm
drawing boxes and links using ASCII, and suddenly it *feels* different
than when doing "nice" pure / applicative style programming. Again,
maybe it's just my brain that is fucked up by 25 years of imperative
programming :)
So to me, keeping the syntax in a pure style (a bit like ML and F#)
plays nicer with my brain.
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Pavel Perikov<perikov at gmail.com> wrote:
>> unless you have some insanely
>> clever refactoring tool ready that can convert pure into monadic
>> functions and vice versa.
> Not trying to attack the idea, just some thoughts:
> I don't see much problem converting pure function into an "effectfull" form
> :) Having pure function
> myPureFunction::a1->a2->a3->res
> ....
> myPureFunction a1 a2 a3 -- pure call
> myPureFunction <$> a1 <*> a2 <*> a3 -- call using Applicative
> Probably, introducing some conventions and using some language extensions
> you can write a function taking pure function and converting it into monadic
> version (a-la SPJ' work on polyvariadic composition etc [1])
> Have monadic function but needs to call it from pure code? use
> Control.Monad.Identity.
> Not a big deal to me but maybe I'm missing the point
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Another houseguest leaves the house and the last Head of Household competition begins as Wednesday's season finale closes in.
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It's a quick HOH reign for Adam, who finally comes out on top after weeks of staying in the Big Brother house. Who will he nominate for eviction?
The pickings are slim (after all, there are only three possibilities). Now that he is the most powerful player in the game, he's got to make the decisions -- not follow where the power is for the week. Porsche makes her case for keeping her safe and brings up Jordan winning the grand prize two years ago; Adam seems to be with Porsche. But who knows. Rachel pleads her case and Jordan does as well. Remember, there is a deal with Rachel, Jordan and Adam for final three. Adam seems be siding on Porsche's side when Jordan asks him point-black if he nominates Rachel and Jordan and he wins the veto, if he would keep the nominations the same. His hesitancy speaks volumes and Jordan knows her safety is nonexistent.
Wild card Adam nominates Porsche and Jordan up for eviction. His speech makes some sense, telling the two women to step up and take themselves off the block by winning veto because they haven't done so yet. Rachel, on the other hand, has. Porsche wins the pivotal veto, meaning Adam is forced to put up Rachel in her place. Porsche has all the voting power. Jordan's already helping boost Rachel's morale, telling her that she needs to get to the final three because she'll already have Jeff, Brendon and Jordan's votes.
Porsche ends up evicting "America's sweetheart" Jordan, but she was expecting it. "You still can't trust a mom," Jordan admits to Julie Chen outside on the couch when asked about what Shelly's betrayal taught her. A few minutes later, the first of three competitions to crown the next HOH takes place.
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Look Away
Kate Campbell
I can still recall the night
Lightning burned the mansion down
We all stood in out pajamas
On that hallowed southern ground
When the flames had turned to ashes
Only blackened bricks remained
And sixteen stately Doric columns
There beneath a veil of gray
And it's a long and slow surrender
Retreating from the past
It's important to remember
To fly the flag half-mast
And look away
I was taught by elders wiser
Love your neighbor, love your God
Never saw a cross on fire
Never saw an angry mob
I saw sweet magnolia blossoms
I chased lightening bugs at night
Never dreaming others saw our way of life
In black and white
Part of me hears voices crying
Part of me can feel their weight
Part of me believes that mansion
Stood for something more than hate
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It's awfully considerate of you to think of me here
And I'm much obliged to you for making it clear
That I'm not here.
And I never knew we could be so thick
And I never knew the moon could be so blue
And I'm grateful that you threw away my old shoes
And brought me here instead dressed in red
And I'm wondering who could be writing this song.
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And I don't care if nothing is mine
And I don't care if I'm nervous with you
I'll do my loving in the winter.
And the sea isn't green
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And what exactly is a joke.
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Leader of Independent Greeks Panos Kammenos got angry about US-President Barack Obama. Because Obama invited former prime minister George Papandreou to attend the Democrats’ congress. Not to mention the rumours that Obama allegedly offered a advisor’s position to Papandreou in view of the presidential elections in November.
As Panos Kammenos saw no other way to express his discontent, he chose Twitter to contact Obama. In his Tweet he wrote:
“@BarackObama Where did you find GAP and gave him shelter?” (GAP initials for G.Papandreou/screen via
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Whenever I call my best friend, "Snake" shows up on the caller ID. The etymology’s hazy, but the moniker’s as firm as ever. "Snake," and more specifically "Nattlesnake," are my nicknames. They're even sewn on my Nike ID sneakers.
Coupled with my penchant for animal motifs (hi, Balenciaga dog sweater), this silly nickname can seriously steer my fashion chocies. If I see something snake print or snake-shaped, I want it. It's my way of peppering a little personal wink into my outfit (plus, it makes my friends laugh).
As a serpentine collector, I kind of thought I'd seen it all. Until last week, that is, when I found an Alex Monroe charm necklace that totally breaks from the snake jewelry norm.
It's not a bold, sexy, Roberto Cavalli-esque thing to pair with a cocktail dress for a big night out. Instead, it's an everyday piece that's subtle and almost-sweet. That surprising delicateness might just be the loveable thing about it....and also the most subversive.
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This example shows how to model a digital video broadcasting system which includes phased array antennas. The baseband transmitter, receiver and channel are realized with Communication System Toolbox™. The RF receiver is implemented with the SimRF™ Circuit Envelope library, and the transmit and receive phased array antennas are constructed using Phased Array System Toolbox™. The 4 x 4 planar phased array feeds a 16 channel receive module that includes phase shifters to enable RF beamforming.
This example requires the following products:
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System Architecture
The system consists of:
*Baseband Transmitter subsystem is responsible for generating a 64-QAM, 2 MHz bandwidth signal that adheres to the DVB-C standard.
*A planar transmit array with controls for the number of antenna array elements, transmit frequency, radiation pattern and radiation direction.
*Channel effects in the form of path loss and noise.
*A phased array receiver consisting of 16 elements arranged in a 4 X 4 grid. This includes design parameters for operating frequency, element radiation pattern, and receive direction.
*A 16 channel RF receiver module consisting of LNAs and phase shifters. The network of 2:1 power combiners is constructed twice to emulate a typical design process. The initial design employs ideal dividers from the SimRF Junctions library used as behavioral combiners, while the second implementation uses actual combiners modeled by S-Parameters blocks from the SimRF Circuit Envelope library with measured data supplied via a Touchstone(.s3p) file.
*Transmitter and receiver arrays are implemented using Phased Array System Toolbox and Simulink® MATLAB Functions blocks that generate embedded C code for faster simulation. The receive side phased array mask provides an option for performing beamforming.
*Baseband Receiver subsystem is responsible for extracting the transmitted signal. The receiver includes simple models for correcting effects of phase offsets and gain control.
*Diagnostics are available at various stages in the system using transmitted and received constellations, bit error rate calculations and RF spectrum.
model_ideal = 'simrfV2_wirelessdvb_beamform_ideal';
Designing with Ideal Components
An initial design may use ideal components to speed up the overall design process. For example, use ideal dividers from the SimRF Junctions library as combiners in the Receive Antenna Array. This removes the need for Phase/Frequency offset compensation in the Baseband Processing Receiver until the hardware is selected.
open_system([model_ideal '/RF Receiver'], 'force');
The Manual Switch in the Baseband Processing Receiver is used to bypass the Phase/Frequency Offset Cancellation block until a manufactured combiner is selected.
open_system([model_ideal '/Baseband Processing Receiver']);
clear model_ideal;
Designing with Real Components
Use S-Parameters block to model a real combiner. There are several options available to characterize the behavior of this block; one approach utilizes a data file directly while another approach provides a rational model of the data. For the latter approach, utilize the rationalfit function in RF Toolbox™, save the resulting parameters in the base workspace and use them in the S-Parameters block. In this example the measured data described in a file is used directly. To compensate for the Phase/Frequency effects of the combiner, switch the Manual Switch position in the Baseband Processing Receiver to include the Offset Cancellation block.
model = 'simrfV2_wirelessdvb_beamforming';
Run the Simulation with Default Settings
The transmit side planar array is chosen to have 16 elements and transmits along the main beam (azimuth = 0 deg. and elevation = 0 deg.) at a frequency of 2 GHz. An isotropic radiation pattern is chosen for each element. Note that the power dividers introduce a phase shift at 2 GHz. This is estimated and corrected in the Baseband receiver subsystem.
Modifying the Receive Direction and Simulate
Improve RF Reception with Beamforming
Enable the Beamforming option for the 4 X 4 phased array on the receive side. This mask option will automatically adjust the phase shift of each channel in the RF Receiver subsystem. Run the simulation to observe an increase in the received signal level.
set_param([model '/Receive Antenna Array'],'BeamForm','on');
open_system([model '/RF Receiver'], 'force');
clear model;
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Container for subsystem's signal data logs
Note: The Simulink.SubsysDataLogs class is used in conjunction with the ModelDataLogs logging data format. The ModelDataLogs format is supported for backwards compatibility. The ModelDataLogs format will be removed in a future release.
For new models, use the Dataset logging format.
Simulink® software creates instances of this class to contain logs for signals belonging to a subsystem (see Export Signal Data Using Signal Logging). Objects of this class have a variable number of properties. The first property, named Name, is the name of the subsystem whose log data this object contains. The remaining properties are signal log or signal log container objects containing the data logged for the subsystem specified by this object's Name property.
Consider, for example, the following model.
After simulation of this model, the MATLAB® workspace contains a Simulink.ModelDataLogs object, named logsout, that contains a Simulink.SubsysDataLogs object, named Gain, that contains the log data for signals a and m in the subsystem named Gain.
>> logsout.Gain
ans =
Simulink.SubsysDataLogs (Gain):
Name elements Simulink Class
a 1 Timeseries
m 2 TsArray
You can use either fully qualified log names or the unpack command to access the signal logs contained by a SubsysDataLogs object. For example, to access the amplitudes logged for signal a in the preceding example, you could enter the following at the MATLAB command line:
>> data = logsout.Gain.a.Data;
>> logsout.unpack('all');
data = a.Data;
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Note: The ModelDataLogs format is supported for backwards compatibility. The ModelDataLogs format will be removed in a future release. For an existing model that uses the ModelDataLogs format, you should migrate the model to use Dataset format. For details, see Migrate from ModelDataLogs to Dataset Format.
For new models, use the Dataset logging format, which stores logged data in Simulink.SimulationData.Dataset objects.
If you set Configuration Parameters > Data Import/Export > Signal logging format to ModelDataLogs, Simulink® software creates instances of the Simulink.ModelDataLogs class to contain signal logs that it creates while simulating a model (see Signal Logging). In particular, Simulink software creates an instance of this class for a top model and for each model referenced by the top model that contains signals to be logged. Simulink software assigns the ModelDataLogs object for the top model to a variable in the MATLAB® workspace. The name of the variable is the name specified in the Signal logging name field on the Data Import/export pane of the model's Configuration Parameters dialog box. The default value is logsout.
A ModelDataLogs object has a variable number of properties. The first property, named Name, specifies the name of the model whose signal data the object contains or, if the model is a referenced model, the name of the Model block that references the model. The remaining properties reference objects that contain signal data logged during simulation of the model. The objects may be instances of any of the following types of objects:
The names of the properties identify the data being logged as follows:
• For signal data logs, the name of the signal
• For a subsystem or model log container, the name of the subsystem or model, respectively
• For a scope viewer data log, the name specified on the viewer's parameter dialog box
Note If a name contains spaces, the ModelDataLogs objects specifies its name as ('name') where name is the actual name, e.g., ('Brake Subsystem'). See Handling Spaces and Newlines in Logged Names for more information.
Consider, for example, the following model.
As indicated by the testpoint icons, this model specifies that Simulink software should log the signals named step and scope in the model's root system and the signal named clk in the subsystem named Delayed Out. After simulation of this model, the MATLAB workspace contains the following variable:
>> logsout
logsout =
Simulink.ModelDataLogs (siglgex):
Name elements Simulink Class
scope 2 TsArray
step 1 Timeseries
('Delayed Out') 2 SubsysDataLogs
The logsout variable contains the signal data logged during the simulation. You can use fully qualified object names or the Simulink unpack command to access the signal data stored in logsout. For example, to access the amplitudes of the clk signal in the Delayed Out subsystem, enter
>> data = logsout.('Delayed Out').clk.Data;
>> logsout.unpack('all');
>> data = clk.Data;
You can use a custom logging name or signal name when logging a signal. If you use the signal name, and that name occupies more than one line, include an sprintf('\n') between the lines of the signal name when accessing the logged data. For example, to access the signal in the following model:
Use the following syntax:
logsout.(['scope' sprintf('\n') '(delayed out)'])
See Handling Spaces and Newlines in Logged Names for more information.
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Cary, NC, Dec. 5 -- cdv Software Entertainment USA today launched the official North American Web site for AGEOD’s American Civil War: 1861-1865– The Blue and the Gray, their upcoming American Civil War strategy game. The new site offers in-depth information about the game, developed by acclaimed designer Philippe Thibaut, along with screens, unit renders and more. For more information about the game, which features some of the most famous campaigns of the war, along with meticulously detailed units and the largest map created for a Civil War title, please visit the new official site at
AGEOD’s American Civil War: 1861-1865– The Blue and the Gray is a historical war game that places players at the head of the United States or the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1861-1865). Players take on the roles of military and political leaders trying to lead their factions to military, political or economic victory during five historic years that divided the nation. Players must organize their military forces, all while managing supply and morale as they plan actions over land, sea and by rail. The game consists of challenging scenarios, campaigns and grand campaigns, all played out on the largest American Civil War map ever created for a game. Strategy gaming fans will face a daunting challenge in this authentic title created by Philippe Thibaut, renowned designer of the award-winning Europa Universalis, Pax Romana and Birth of America.
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“For journalists, the velocity required as content creators is being accelerated by ubiquitous connectivity, especially the adoption of mobile and social [media] by content seekers. The semantic Web provides all creators with a structured way to contextualize their content, making it more relevant for search and advertising association, especially as they themselves rapidly move towards the semantic Web.”
“Automated tools applied against non-structured content can be utilized to provide deep entity extraction, generating rich metadata, resulting in smarter content and allowing better association with related content, both within the editorial workflow and in production where it will ultimately do better from a SEO [search engine optimization] perspective.”
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/31377 | Mike Schulenberg
Game Credits
Marvel Ultimate Alliance (Special Edition) (2007) (Design)
Marvel Ultimate Alliance (2006) (Design)
X-Men: Legends II - Rise of Apocalypse (2005) (Level Designers)
X-Men: Legends (2004) (Level Designers)
Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix (2002) (Additional Design)
Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast (2002) (Level Designers)
Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force Expansion Pack (2001) (Level Design)
Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force (2000) (Single Player)
Soldier of Fortune (Platinum Edition) (2001) (Level Design Special Thanks)
Soldier of Fortune (2000) (Special Thanks)
Soldier of Fortune (Gold Edition) (2000) (Special Thanks)
Singularity (2010) (Singularity Team)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Uncaged Edition) (2009) (Wolverine Team)
Developer Biography
Mike "Ozric" Schulenberg came to Raven Software from the wilds of Houston, Texas, where he left behind an illustrious career in pizza delivery. His passion for electronic gaming reaches back to the age when the Atari 2600 ruled the earth. Some of his other interests include science fiction, roleplaying, listening to British electronic instrumental psychedelic space music bands, science fiction and fantasy literature, and online gaming. He is a huge Star Trek fan, and also a multi-cellular organism that practices bilateral symmetry.
Source: Selected articles from Raven Software Official Website - Company - Design
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/31378 | Izchak Miller
Game Credits
NetHack (1987) (NetHack 3.1 revision coordination)
Omega (1988) (Thanks for bug reports, playtesting, suggestions, debugging, and general advice)
NetHack (1987) (NetHack 3.0c rewrite team)
What Fools These Mortals (2003) (WFTM uses the introductory text from NetHack. I don't know who wrote that specific text, but it may have been)
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global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/31379 | Shinobi (Atari ST)
Shinobi Atari ST Title screen
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
5 point score based on user ratings.
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Category Description MobyScore
Overall MobyScore (4 votes) 3.9
The Press Says
Atari ST User
This game is very addictive. Gameplay is hard enough to keep you interested, allowing you to progress a fair way before being wiped out. Like most things oriental, after an hour you could do with another.
Computer and Video Games (CVG)
Unlike the high-quality C64 version which I looked at last issue, ST Shinobi is a bit of a sad attempt, featuring jerky sprites and watered-down gameplay It's not a bad buy at £7 99. but there are better titles around for the same amount of money.
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Unfortunately similar to the Amiga version. Bland colours and simply drawn, crudely animated sprites are directly taken from the 16-bit commodore, but now with jerky scrolling. Very few samples, simple effects and warbling music round off the game, er, unpleasantly. |
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Eco East Africa is a managerial simulation with educational elements, in which the player takes the role of a warden of Ethemba, a fictional Kenyan wildlife park. The player has to raise funds for managing the park, hire staff, build tourist stations, face various ecological problems, etc. The player must learn and understand environmental habits of the animals, and pay attention to their particularities when dealing with them. Poachers will often enter the park, and it is the player's job to keep them away. In addition, a "tourist" mode allows the player to walk in the park and observe the behavior of the animals.
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anyone else on bedrest?
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I haven't been around much, it's been crazy, but now I'm on bedrest so I'll be around more
Anyone else? How are you passing the time? How much longer do you have to go?
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Take Care Mama! Sorry to hear you are on bedrest
I'm not yet on bedrest BUT have had issues with my BP so it may be in my future.. Last pregnancy I had some issues to and modified bed rest was enough for me to lower my BP. This time they told me if it goes up I will be straight into the hospital since they know how hard it is to bedrest at home with 4 kids. But I only have about 3 weeks to go till 36.5-37 weeks when I usually deliver so not long now! I bought a home BP monitor so I can watch it myself..
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Me too! I'm "pre-preeclamptic;" my bp is high and I have protein in my urine. Levels aren't quite high enough to diagnose pre-e yet, but my mw thinks it's just a matter of time. Thankfully, it's just modified bedrest though so 2 hours at a time. So far, I haven't found much to do.
Today, I waited to hear from my OB to find out if they're thinking induction around 37w and I need to move to the city this week (we live off the road system in Alaska) - no word yet, so I'm going to call first thing in the morning.
For now, I'm trying to use the extra time to nap since I haven't been sleeping well at night... and at 35.5w, I might have a baby sooner rather than later if things get out of control here.
I'm thinking about trying to crochet. I think I can manage it laying on my left side. I'm going to pick up some books, and I've been recording shows on our DVR so that I can pass the time later.
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totally forgot I posted this redface.gif
I'm going a bit out of my mind, but my Christmas shopping is nearly done and I've ordered everything I can get online for the baby - now just to get a few more things after the bedrest ban is lifted :D
you both hanging in there??
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Anyway, tomorrow I am going to try to get the dc-dc psu up and running and go from there.
Anyway, once it's starting up / stopping reliably...then what? Just stick it in my car and go to town? It took like 5 min to install Fedora lol
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What's the most appropriate birthday present for mil from hell
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plim Mon 11-Feb-13 21:16:47
So nothing new, my mil is a witch. I actually think she is very clever as she manipulates me, dh and her entire family like puppets on strings. Anyway, she hates me, offered me money not to marry dh, called dh two days before wedding begging him not to marry me saying he was making a huge mistake etc, that she was losing a son and then called me and told me a dark cloud has landed over her family and it's me. yada yada. I think it's because they are a family of top Drs and I didn't go to university - she brings that up a lot. I do however run a successful business but I am not what she hoped for. Anyway, on our wedding day she chucked a bottle of red wine over me - classy, she then ruined our wedding day by crying outside and then there was a fight between dh sister (a bridesmaid) and one of our family friends. Awful!
That's a very brief summary of ten years of hell. We agreed not o cut them off after much discussion and let them see the grandkids although she's starting her manipulative ways with the kids ( told my 7 yr old daughter that she shouldn't eat everything on her plate or she will end up like mummy) and tells my 4 yr old son to ask mummy if he can come and stay with her and she will give him lots of sweets etc etc. Anyway, trivialising for a moment - for the last three Xmas she has bought me the most obscure presents. A nailbrush from tk max with a bar of soap, following year a doormat, and this year a hand towel. Now, dh and I now laugh about it but it is a tad upsetting. It's her birthday next week.......what should I buy her?
JamieandtheMagicTorch Wed 13-Feb-13 07:10:23
I agrre with those who say an oxfam goat or similar
ratspeaker Wed 13-Feb-13 08:41:52
I've got an HMV card kicking about somewhere. Not sure if it was ever used
Yours if you want it.
GregBishopsBottomBitch Wed 13-Feb-13 09:07:56
HMV cards, you cant use them now anyway, can ya?
ratspeaker Wed 13-Feb-13 11:15:40
wink greg
thats why I thought it would be ideal grin
freddiefrog Wed 13-Feb-13 11:27:19
I have a similar MiL (although she didn't try to buy me off, she did tell DH he would be written out of her will)
We sponsored a donkey from the local donkey sanctuary for MiL one year but it went over her head
She just gets a card and a framed photo of the kids now.
Flobbadobs Wed 13-Feb-13 12:26:17
If you're going for a witch theme try this..
I have one, useful and mildly insulting at the same time...
SassySpice Wed 13-Feb-13 13:18:32
A bag of sprouts
bigbeniwish Wed 13-Feb-13 13:30:16
À lifesize cardboard cut out of yourself Giving à thumbs up
Pigsmummy Wed 13-Feb-13 15:45:39
Adopt a goat/chicken in Africa via Oxfam
Fishandjam Wed 13-Feb-13 15:48:41
A Sansevieria trifasciata plant. Common names are snake plant, or mother-in-law's tongue.
GooseyLoosey Wed 13-Feb-13 15:50:52
A pitchfork?
TitWillow Wed 13-Feb-13 16:02:01
A very beautifully gift wrapped four pack of value evaporated milk. Gives the maximum anticipipation and the maximum disappointment.
slug Wed 13-Feb-13 16:43:06
Or This book? Or how about being really evil and giving her this one?
LittleChimneyDroppings Wed 13-Feb-13 19:32:33
Get her a set of flying ducks to hang on her wall.
OTTMummA Wed 13-Feb-13 20:09:56
Yeah, get the cut out of yourself, but flip the bird on the other hand and wink.
MyDarlingClementine Wed 13-Feb-13 20:43:56
LOVE the Tame the Inner Dragon book.
DumSpiroSpero Wed 13-Feb-13 20:54:17
TitWillow my mum would be delighted with a four pack of evaporated milk - she used to have it in her cereal every morning until she was diagnosed with diabetes!
glossyflower Wed 13-Feb-13 20:59:07
A birthday card only with a message telling her not to contact you or your family again.
Sounds like a right bitch ... I think it's more harmful to put up with that kind of behaviour around your kids than to cut them loose completely.
plim Wed 13-Feb-13 22:04:40
Ah mumsnetters, I love you guys! Just read all of the ideas and tenure all so good I'm going to save to my desktop and use them for forthcoming birthdays. And yes, on a serious note she is a horror and yes I would love to cut contact but hey that'll be another thread soon "how do I cut off my mil whilst keeping my dh" - watch this space, and thanks
plim Wed 13-Feb-13 22:05:19
Tenure ??? Sorry they're not tenure (iPad)
mum382013 Wed 13-Feb-13 22:16:01
a muzzle?
Ridersofthestorm Wed 13-Feb-13 22:51:40
One of them experience day gifts, like a bungee jump off a very very very high cliff
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Help me to grow a thicker skin please
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ProcrastinatingPanda Thu 22-Nov-12 15:41:04
To clarify, my profile picture is this;
zzzzz Thu 22-Nov-12 22:47:51
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2old2beamum Thu 22-Nov-12 21:12:12
When you find out please let an old fart know . You are not alone "people" amaze me with their crass remarks!!!!
zzzzz Thu 22-Nov-12 20:04:23
I haven't found that to be true*blue*. In my experience minorities are just as likely to be bigoted as anyone else.
I'd like it to be true that being disabled/ethnically different from the majority etc makes you more accepting.
I think selecting that particular characteristic (transgender) actually shows an underlying prejudice.
Bluebirdonmyshoulder Thu 22-Nov-12 19:12:52
I also think you should always challenge casual disablism, racism, homophobia etc. I've always thought this, it has nothing to do with bluechick.
I think it's perfectly reasonable to assume - hope even - that people who have very likely experienced one type of bigotry or prejudice, e.g. the prejudice that transgender people experience, will be against ALL forms of bigotry because they know how bloody awful it can feel. And if they're not against all bigotry then they're not anti-bigotry, they're merely against the one that affects them which is rather selfish.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu is for example very pro-gay marriage because he says it would be unconscionable for him to be homophobic as he's experienced the racism of apartheid South Africa.
Therefore I think the transgender status of Panda's friend is directly relevant here - it's not surprising she expected better and would no doubt stick up for her friend if someone on Facebook decided to post comments which were offensive to transgender people. And yet her friend did not display the same values and sensitivity with regard to Panda's situation.
zzzzz Thu 22-Nov-12 18:55:14
Oh panda. I know it really smarts sad. I think it only doesn't if you've joined the dark side.
ProcrastinatingPanda Thu 22-Nov-12 18:47:40
No he didn't mention anything about the couple. It's not the confrontation I'm complaining about, it's finding our that people I had regarded as close friends had these kind of views.
zzzzz Thu 22-Nov-12 18:32:13
I didn't say you had panda though I do think you said your dp had???? I was commenting on my feelings on a particular course of action.
Most people take great offence about comments on how they choose to express their gender.
You asked about growing a thicker skin, but my point was that your actions do attract this type of interaction. I'm not saying I don't agree that some language is offensive. The question is if you feel too thin skinned to cope with confrontation why are you courting it?
EllenJaneisstillnotmyname Thu 22-Nov-12 17:47:34
I took issue with a comment on my DS's primary school PTA Facebook page today. They were talking about road safety week and some said, 'I thought about getting hi-vis jackets but didn't want to look like the 'special' family, lol.'
I think being on MN has made me a lot bolshier because I couldn't let it go. I posted 'I know you meant it light heartedly, but please be aware that your remark isn't very appropriate when you don't know everyone's circumstances.'
She has now deleted her comment, so mine looks a bit daft. I'm going to have to get on the PC and see how I delete my own comment!
I think you should challenge casual disablism if you come across it.
ProcrastinatingPanda Thu 22-Nov-12 17:36:35
I didn't post that zzzz, where does it say that I posted that? I read their response and then deleted them as I don't want to be friends with people like that, the point of my thread was how can I grow a thicker skin and just forget about comments like this rather than getting so angry about it.
My point about the transgender issue was that this couple would take great offence (quite rightly so) about anyone making derogatory comments about being transgender or using it as an insult, but they won't comprehend the fact that other groups may take offence from similar comments being made as it doesn't directly affect them.
zzzzz Thu 22-Nov-12 17:24:23
I can't imagine what you think the individuals gender choice has to do with any of this! hmm
If you wear a tshirt with a "message" you can expect it to court comment. That's why people wear that kind of shirt to promote an opinion. If you don't want to be thrust into debate about it don't wear the shirt.
Personally I think posting anything like what's posted above and then deleting them so they have no opportunity to respond is a little cowardly. I also would never post anything like A is transgender. shock
ProcrastinatingPanda Thu 22-Nov-12 16:56:07
That's a really good post bluebird, thanks. DP had read the post too and deleted them both then posted up something similar to what you just said, he ended the rant with;
There's a lot to be said for someone that needs to be fed by someone else because they have no motor function, can't speak, walk or even wash themselves... And none of it should be bad.
And already he's had an arsey comment on it. I want to just delete my fb and not bother even reading comments like that in the first place but I use a lot of support groups on fb too - I think I'll just delete everyone else from it instead or hide the 'recent posts' section.
Bluebirdonmyshoulder Thu 22-Nov-12 16:36:17
Post this -
"In case anyone is wondering I deleted A and B because they used terminology which is offensive to people with special needs despite knowing that my DS and step DD have special needs. A is in fact transgender and if anyone abused him / her on Facebook I would have supported him / her to the hilt. Am disappointed to find out that they're not the person I thought they were. I would have thought that someone who's faced down the dreadful prejudice that transgender people have to face would be kinder towards others facing similar challenges."
And then don't give them a second thought.
ProcrastinatingPanda Thu 22-Nov-12 16:34:04
zzzz I wasn't looking for a fight, I genuinely thought she'd say something along the lines of "ofcourse, I wasn't thinking." These are people that until now I regarded as good friends.
ProcrastinatingPanda Thu 22-Nov-12 16:30:46
They are a couple and the one who made the initial comment is trans, if someone was using that as an insult then they'd have a lot to say about it but if it doesn't affect them then it's fair game? I'm just ranting now, but I'm really angry that people can be so bloody cruel. How do you brush off comments like that and move on?
zzzzz Thu 22-Nov-12 16:28:48
You presumably bought the tshirt because you wanted to highlight this issue?
Surely you thought it would get some reaction?
The "friend" presumably thought you were looking for confrontation and gave it to you.
You have defriended. There is no way of forcing anyone to behave in the way you prefer. I think you need to decide if you want to court confrontation on this issue.
Shallishanti Thu 22-Nov-12 16:26:36
OK, wanker then
no loss
WilsonFrickett Thu 22-Nov-12 16:26:25
Arses. You don't need thicker skin. They need less thick brains.
ProcrastinatingPanda Thu 22-Nov-12 16:23:17
No I know what he's like and the way he said it would have been to cause offence sad
Shallishanti Thu 22-Nov-12 16:22:06
mightn't that be solidarity though?
like Ian Drury?
ProcrastinatingPanda Thu 22-Nov-12 16:21:50
They know my son has autism, they know my son fgs, and also know my partners (who was also friends with them until now obviously) daughter is severely disabled too. I'm shaking with rage.
ProcrastinatingPanda Thu 22-Nov-12 16:19:55
Just had to delete anothe friend, someone I had been friends with for years too, they seen what I said so then replied with "I AM SPAZZTICUS!!!"
Bluebirdonmyshoulder Thu 22-Nov-12 16:09:05
Well you did the right thing and I'm not surprised you're angry.
The bad news is there's lots of unpleasant people in the world; the good news is they all reveal their true nature one way or the other, thus enabling the rest of us to choose to avoid them!
When someone tells you what they're like, believe them!
ProcrastinatingPanda Thu 22-Nov-12 16:05:59
Already done bluebird, that was the first thing I done but now I'm really angry about it too and can't stop thinking about it.
Bluebirdonmyshoulder Thu 22-Nov-12 15:56:08
Delete your 'friend' from Fakebook? And real life whilst you're at it.
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The password of the admin-user defined in the startup files for Novell Messenger has been changed.
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Brother Joel and Ethan Coen continue to mine American pop culture in their new movie, "Inside Llewyn Davis." The time is 1961; the place, New York's Greenwich Village. The title character is a homeless folk singer trying desperately to break out. He's played by Oscar Isaac. The film features, among many others, Justin Timberlake. Film critic David Edelstein has this review.
DAVID EDELSTEIN, BYLINE: The films of Joel and Ethan Coen pose a challenge: How do we reconcile their wildly disparate tones? Consider "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" a burlesque of Homer's "Odyssey" centering on three stumblebums - but with a soundtrack - assembled by T Bone Burnett - of heartfelt, historical gospel and country music. Ditto "The Ladykillers": venal idiot characters, soaring African-American spirituals. The ridiculous and the sublime sit side by side, with no spillover.
Now comes "Inside Llewyn Davis." It's a beautifully crafted tale of woe, set in the early '60s folkie world of Greenwich Village, pre-Bob Dylan. Much of the music - again, the soundtrack is produced by T Bone Burnett - is gorgeous and deeply felt. The milieu of folk clubs and coffee houses is lovingly evoked. But the overarching tone is snotty, condescending, cruel.
The title character, played by Oscar Isaac, is a man of deep contrasts. He's a jerk who uses other people, and the Coens throw misfortunes his way. They're positively fiendish. We watch his money run out and options shrink; and though we wait for something better, as in a standard rags-to-riches showbiz tale, it seems as if each anvil dropping on his head is heavier than the last. But when he hunches over his guitar and sings standards like "Hang Me, Oh Hang Me" and "The Death of Queen Jane," the film enters a more exquisite sphere.
"Inside Llewyn Davis" is partly inspired by the life of the late Dave Van Ronk, who was terminally overshadowed - if you believe conventional wisdom - by his quasi-protege, Dylan.Oscar Isaac bears little physical or vocal resemblance to Van Ronk. But he, too, pulls stints in the Merchant Marine to keep his music career afloat, and he also bums a ride to Chicago to audition for a famous club owner and manager - in life, Albert Grossman; here, called Bud Grossman, and played by a dour F. Murray Abraham.
Llewyn's current manager, Mel, is ancient and disorganized. And the Coens prolong Llewyn's humiliation in a scene with Jerry Grayson as Mel, and Jeanine Serralles as Mel's secretary.
JERRY GRAYSON: (As Mel) How we doing?
OSCAR ISAAC: (As Llewyn) We're doing great.
GRAYSON: (As Mel) Really? New record's doing well?
ISAAC: (As Llewyn) How we doing?
GRAYSON: (As Mel) Not so hot. I gotta be honest. Jenny, where's Cincinnati?
GRAYSON: (As Mel) Cincinnati. It's not in here.
SERRALLES: (As Jenny) It should be in there.
GRAYSON: (As Mel) It's not in here, I'm telling you. Is it...
SERRALLES: (As Jenny) Cincinnati?
GRAYSON: (As Mel) Yeah.
SERRALLES: (As Jenny) I got it.
GRAYSON: (As Mel) What?
SERRALLES: (As Jenny) I got it.
GRAYSON: (As Mel) You got Cincinnati?
SERRALLES: (As Jenny) Yeah. You want it?
GRAYSON: (As Mel) Could I have it?
SERRALLES: (As Jenny) Should I bring it in?
GRAYSON: (As Mel) Yeah.
ISAAC: (As Llewyn) You owe me something? You have to owe me something.
GRAYSON: (As Mel) I wish. People need time - you know, get to know you, buy you as a solo act even though you're a solo act. Cincinnati is not good.
SERRALLES: (As Jenny) That's it, right?
GRAYSON: (As Mel) Yeah, this is it. God help us.
ISAAC: (As Llewyn) Nobody knew us when we were a duo. It's not like me and Mike were ever a big act. It's not a big re-education for the public. Mel? Mel!
GRAYSON: (As Mel) How you doing, kid?
EDELSTEIN: The shtick in that scene feels too easy to me, though the Coens do better elsewhere. There's a running joke with a cat that Llewyn keeps losing and finding; which leads to a two-pronged punchline: one part tragic, the other absurdly happy. The Coens worship movie fodder, archetypal faces that really read, or freaky ones that make you laugh out loud.
A peppy little professor - played by Ethan Phillips - adopts Llewyn as a sort of bohemian pet. John Goodman shows up briefly as a foul-mouthed junkie musician pickled in his own bile. The homeless Llewyn crashes on the sofa of a folk duo known as Jim and Jean, played by the radiantly ingenuous Justin Timberlake and Carey Mulligan. Onstage, Timberlake's tenor meshes perfectly with Mulligan's earth-mother tones, and she's lit like an angel - though offstage, all she does is scold Llewyn for being a creep.
For all its surface delights, "Inside Llewyn Davis" is thin. Those disparate tones - the mocking and the transcendent - can't be reconciled because they're meant to be irreconcilable. Once the music stops, petty humans are back in the muck. It's a sour worldview, and unearned. Only the Coens could turn that stirring, early-'60s era that helped give birth to the best part of the counterculture into a sick joke.
I have no doubts about Oscar Isaac, though. With his thick, unruly hair and beard, he evokes two countercultural touchstones: Lenny Bruce, and Al Pacino in "Serpico." He makes Llewyn a jerk of stature, chafing at his fate but always getting that sick joke that is his life. Musically, Isaac doesn't hit every note dead on, but his singing feels richer than performers with better pipes. He gives the Coens' vision more fullness than it deserves.
BIANCULLI: David Edelstein is film critic for New York Magazine.
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11-30-03, 01:50 PM
I recently hooked my tv-out up to my tv so I could browse the web etc in the living room. Because I have a white background on my desktop, I noticed that the clock on my TV that sits in the bottom right hand side is burned into the screen. With a white background you can see 18:88 AM. So this raises the question if ill burn my desktop on to the tv. Like if im typing a paper in word for 5 hours, will those characters ect start to burn in? etc?
11-30-03, 02:13 PM
Depends on your tv. When i hook up mine through the S-Video connection it does the same thing, the RCA connection does the same thing but just a tad slower. The difference isn't worth the IQ loss though. TV connections are only good for one thing IMO, gaming. |
global_01_local_0_shard_00000017_processed.jsonl/31573 | Bell:Cleaning the elutriation chamber
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Step 1: Preparing and degassing the cleaning solution
1. Dilute 20mL of Micro-90 Liquid laboratory cleaner (Internation Products Crop, into 1 L of tap water.
• To prevent foaming, add the Micro-90 to the water (not the other way around). Gently mix.
• Use tap water as deionized water diminishes the efficiency of cavitation
2. Unplug the bath sonicator
3. SLOWLY fill the tub of the bath sonicator to the operating level line. Filling the bath too fast will result in foaming.
4. Re-plug the bath sonicator
5. If the bath sonicator has a heater, turn the heater ON.
6. Turn the timer to 5-10min and let the cleaner run to allow the solution to degass.
Step 2: Cleaning the elutriation chamber
1. Unplug the bath sonicator
2. Remove some the cleaning solution from the tub to give space of the elutriation chamber
3. Place the elutriation chamber onto a tray fit to the bath sonicator. To prevent foaming and re-aeration of the liquid, SLOWLY put the tray into the sonication tub. Placing the chamber directly on the bottom of the bath sonicator can damage the transducers.
4. The elutriation chamber should be placed into the apparatus so that the chamber internal surfaces and inlet tubes are completely covered by detergent. The chamber is on its side, inlet tube down.
5. Make sure the cleaning solution fills the tub to the operating line.
6. Turn the heater ON to speed up the cleaning process.
7. Allow the cleaning process to proceed for 30-60minutes, depending on the amount and nature of the material to be removed from the chamber surfaces.
Step 3: Rinsing the chamber and the bath sonicator
1. Unplug the Branson bath sonicator.
2. Rinse the bath sonicator with clean water to remove traces of detergent
3. Rinse the chamber and rinse it under rapidly flowing clean warm tap water to clear out residual detergent and debris. Direct the pressure into the lower chamber base so that water flushes outwards through the inlet tube.
4. Rinse thoroughly in deionized water.
5. Dry the chamber, either:
1. By blowing laboratory air into the inlet tube and over the interior surfaces of the chamber. Make sure the laboratory air is clean and oil-free.
2. Dry in ambient air in a clean, dust-free environment.
6. If sterility is required, the chamber may be autoclaved, or flow-through sterilization may be performed when the chamber is reassembled onto the elutriation rotor.
• Beckman JE5.0 Elutriation system manual,
• Branson Model 1510 Ultrasonics cleaner manual,
• Information on Micro-90 liquid laboratory cleaner from International Products Corp (the makers of Micro-90) at
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ColdFusion MX on Mac OS X, Part 2
Subject: What about YellowDog Linux?
Date: 2002-07-12 07:48:58
From: pablo2001
I got an email from Macromedia tech support telling me that my best bet for accessing ColdFusion on a Mac was to install YellowDog Linux. Do you have any perspective on this?
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2002-07-24 06:08:27 dicklacara [View]
Haven't used YDL in a while.
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Groklaw's point of view
by irbis on Tue 9th Oct 2007 20:33 UTC
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Groklaw has a detailed story on the subject too with quotes from the Ballmer speech and more:
According to Groklaw, software patents have to go as they are the real problem. From the article:
"Reform isn't going to work, if a monopoly player is willing to misuse patents as an anticompetitive weapon. It raises antitrust issues, of course, but ideally patents need to be taken off the software table altogether. This little speech is the clearest and most obvious proof that they are being used now not for innovation, but to crush it."
Edited 2007-10-09 20:36
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Zenbook prices are on par with Macbook Air prices. So what's the point to buy an Asus?
Asus is a commodity hardware vendor with commodity re-sale prices. Apple re-sale prices are always very high.
A 2 years old Macbook Air has a higher sale price than a 1 month old Zenbook.
If you love Windows 7 so much... just use bootcamp. Buying a premium price PC is a waste of money.
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RE[2]: Unless...
by remenic on Sat 6th Aug 2005 10:11 UTC in reply to "RE: Unless..."
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One possible option would be for a big company like IBM to purchase Trolltech and then redo the licensing structure to make Qt more affordable for small ISVs and remove some of the funny Trolltech restrictions (i.e. if you start developing a GPL app, you cannot then dual license this app later).
Sounds like a great idea! But you're forgetting something. Who will maintain Qt then? IBM, if there's no profit? Or maybe the community? Well, we already have a community based toolkit, they are called GTK+, FLTK, FOX, wxWidgets, and the list goes on. For some wierd reason though, they all don't match the sheer beauty of Qt (API wise).
There's a reason why Qt is as powerful as it is today. It has a dedicated, motivated team that works on it EVERY DAY. Unless you start to pay volunteers to hack on it day after day (by which they won't be volunteers anymore, but employees) you won't see Qt develop as strong as it does today.
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RE[3]: Unless...
by remenic on Sat 6th Aug 2005 10:14 in reply to "RE[2]: Unless..."
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Okay I'm replying to myself here, that's not good...
Apparantly replying to posts when you just wake up is not a good idea. I somehow read the parent's post as "removing the propietary license and making it completely OpenSource".
Pravda in fact did not say this, so I look pretty stupid right now. Anyway, my comment were against OpenSource'ing Qt completely (I guess that's a new topic now). I hope you don't take offense, pravda ;)
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RE[2]: Arrggg!
by cb88 on Wed 18th Nov 2009 00:07 UTC in reply to "RE: Arrggg!"
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Actually I'm pretty sure that exokernel designers would differ with your opinion on the kernel being the best at memory management. see here
The drawback is exokernels have an inherent bloaty tendency that could be avoided though...
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RE[3]: Arrggg!
by m_pll on Wed 18th Nov 2009 04:29 in reply to "RE[2]: Arrggg!"
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Deciding what pages to prefetch into unused memory is a difficult problem that requires a lot of high level code that doesn't really belong in the kernel.
And this is precisely why Windows doesn't do this in the kernel. Prefetching decisions are made by the Superfetch service, which runs entirely in user mode. The kernel provides some basic interfaces that Superfetch relies on, but all the logic is in user space.
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