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Template talk:MultiMediaCard comparison
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The specs shown here for SD appear to also contain specs for SDHC (e.g. 50MHz, 200Mb/s). Firstly, these specs are not denoted as such, and secondly, these higher specs also apply to miniSDHC and microSDHC. Does anyone object to my adding these notations to the SD, miniSD, and microSD columns? EJSawyer (talk) 20:45, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
The footer on this indicates that all of these formats has a max capactiy of 128GB. However, it's clear that (within the "official" specs) there is a ceiling of 2GB for all standard MMC/SD formats (SDHC and MMC Plus break the ceiling). Granted, there are non-standard cards (especially SD) that are greater than 2GB, but these are proprietary cards that are not compatible with the majority of devices. Does anyone object to such an edit? EJSawyer (talk) 21:01, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
I've added a new line in the chart of the available capacities between certain devices.
I felt it's very important it should be there. Besides I think it would be great adding extra columns for SDXC etc.
Bottom line, this chart will be ready by non-geeks as well and thus should supply quick handy info too.--Weitzhandler (talk) 00:30, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
4-bit Mode optional ?[edit]
The SD column (and miniSD/microSD columns) have the 4-bit mode marked as "Optional". Is that really correct? The SD Simplified spec contains a sentence saying:
"Since the SD Memory Card shall support at least the two bus modes 1-bit or 4-bit width, then any SD Card shall set at least bits 0 and 2" (with bit 0 and 2 meaning 1-bit and 4-bit mode support respectively).
The "or" in "1-bit or 4-bit" is quite confusing, some manufacturers might even interprete it as 1-bit mode being optional (which would be almost certainly wrong). But the way how I am interpreting that sentence is that it appears to say that all SD Cards must support both 1-bit and 4-bit mode.
Or are there any sources indicating that 4-bit mode would be optional for SD cards? Are there any older SD specs that are lacking 4-bit mode? Did any manufacturers ever produce SD cards without 4-bit mode support? (talk) 23:39, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
I haven't read the FREE specs in a while, so I spent some time searching and reading various parts of it. It kind of says that both 1-bit SD bus and 4-bit SD bus are both suppose to exist. In the SDIO spec, it clearly says that 4-bit SD bus is optional. I know for a fact that 1-bit MMC/SD bus mode is mandatory on all cards, because they start in that mode at power-up. The bottom line is software should always read the SD_BUS_WIDTHS field in the SCR register before trying to enable 4-bit SD bus mode, thus the software will always work. Though SPI bus mode is optional in MMC cards, I think they all include it, per what I've seen people talk about on the internet over the past years, and these days it really doesn't matter anymore since SD cards are common and dirt cheap and MMC are hard to find. • SbmeirowTalk • 08:18, 20 November 2014 (UTC)
MMC cards are rare nowadays. The MMC protocol seems to have had some revival for non-removeable onboard BGA chips, exceeding the 2GB limit, see KMCEN0000M datasheet, for example. According to the datashet, that chip seems to lack SPI bus. I don't know if those BGAs are widely used though; the Nintendo DSi is using one (with smaller capacity of only 256Mbyte).2OO.3OO.2OO.3OO (talk) 18:38, 24 November 2014 (UTC) PS. what I meant is called eMMC, it's already mentioned in wikipediea MMC article. 2OO.3OO.2OO.3OO (talk) 23:03, 24 November 2014 (UTC)
eMMC chips are NOT cards. The table compares cards. • SbmeirowTalk • 05:39, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
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The Divided Heart
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The Divided Heart
The Divided Heart UK release poster
Directed by Charles Crichton
Produced by Michael Truman
Written by Jack Whittingham and Richard Hughes
Starring Cornell Borchers
Yvonne Mitchell
Armin Dahlen
Alexander Knox
Music by Georges Auric
Cinematography Otto Heller
Edited by Peter Bezencenet
Distributed by Ealing Studios
Release dates
9 November 1954 (UK)
11 August 1955 (U.S.)
Running time
89 min.
Country United Kingdom
Language English
The Divided Heart is a black-and-white British film directed by Charles Crichton and released in 1954. The film is a drama, based on a true story[1] and written by Jack Whittingham and Richard Hughes. It was produced by Michael Truman and edited by Peter Bezencenet, with cinematography by Otto Heller and music by Georges Auric. The Divided Heart was widely admired, and won three British Academy Film Awards.
During World War II, a three-year-old boy is found wandering alone in Germany. No family can be traced, and it is presumed that his parents and siblings have been casualties of war. The child is placed in an orphanage, from where he is subsequently adopted by a childless couple, whom he grows to love and accept as his parents. When the boy is 10 years old, his natural mother is found alive in Yugoslavia where she has survived the war as a refugee. She returns to Germany to claim her child, having lost her husband and two other children in the war. The film focuses on the moral dilemma of the situation: should the child remain with the adoptive parents who have given him a loving and happy home, or be returned to his natural mother who has lost everything else, and to what extent should the child's own wishes be taken into account? The case is finally referred to a three-man court, who will decide the child's future.
Reception and awards[edit]
The Divided Heart was a popular and critical success, being highly praised for its sensitivity, emotional impact and the even-handedness with which it dealt with its subject matter. While noting that the film's ending reportedly left many viewers feeling disappointed and let down, critics conceded that it would have been impossible for a storyline of this nature to reach a conclusion which pleased everyone. In a contemporary review in the New York Times, noted critic Bosley Crowther wrote: "This is a bleak, heart-rending problem, as it is finely presented in this film with exceptionally sensitive understanding and scrupulous integrity. And the fact that it cannot be unraveled to the satisfaction of simply an indication that a happy solution is beyond the power of a man as wise as Solomon—or even the author of the script—to hit upon."[2]
The Divided Heart was nominated in six categories at the 1955 British Academy Film Awards and won three, with Mitchell being named Best British Actress and Borchers picking up the Best Foreign Actress award. Separate awards for British and foreign actresses were given between 1952 and 1967 (after which they were combined into one Best Actress award), and this was the only year in which both awards were won by actresses from the same film. The film also won the UN Award. It also received nominations in the Best Film and Best British Film categories, and Whittingham was nominated for Best British Screenplay.[3] In the U.S., The Divided Heart was named among the top 5 foreign films at the 1955 National Board of Review Awards.[4]
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The Misunderstood
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The Misunderstood
The Misunderstood in London - 1966
Background information
Origin Riverside, California, United States
Genres Psychedelic rock, Blues rock, Garage rock
Years active 1963–1969, sporadically thereafter
Labels Fontana (UK), Cherry Red (UK), Ugly Things (USA)
Associated acts The Influence Juicy Lucy
High Tide
Members Rick Brown (voc)
Glenn Ross Campbell (steel g)
Tony Hill (rgtr, bvoc)
Rick Moe (drums)
Greg Treadway (rgtr, key)
Steve Whiting (bass)
George Phelps (lgtr)
--1969 lineup--
Glenn Campbell
Steve Hoard (voc)
David O'List (rgtr, bass)
Chris Mercer (sax)
Guy Evans (drums)
Nic Potter (bass)
Ray Owen (rgtr)
Notable instruments
electric slide guitar (Campbell)
Creem magazine, in their September 2004 review, wrote, "The saga of the Misunderstood is one of the most unbelievable, heartbreaking, and unlikely stories in the entire history of rock."
Classic Rock magazine's June 2010 issue stated, "The truth is that this band (The Misunderstood) were so far out on their own, so individual and innovative that you can only wonder at the set of circumstances that conspired to prevent them from becoming the iconic name that was surely their destiny."[3]
The band began in 1963 as one of many garage bands formed in the US in the wake of the British Invasion. They moved to London in 1966, with the assistance of their manager, John Peel, who would later gain fame as an influential BBC Radio DJ. In UK they recruited Englishman Tony Hill on rhythm guitar.[4] Hill and singer Rick Brown formed a songwriting team.[5] Bass player Steve Whiting was also involved in developing material for the band.
The band was influenced by and often compared to The Yardbirds.[6] Distinctive features of the band's sound included the steel guitar of Glenn Ross Campbell and the innovative style of Whiting, known for his use of slide, fuzz tone and distortion.
Fontana Records introduced the band with a 4-song live performance in London's Philips Studios. British media response was positive,[5] but at this juncture it was decided that Campbell, Whiting, and Moe should go to Europe to sort out their British visas and work permits, while Brown returned to California for his draft.
In London they released their second single, "I Can Take You To The Sun", before being forced to disband. They had only recorded seven tracks in London.
In spite of their relatively small output, many musicians consider them to be influential pioneers of the acid style of rock music.[7] Head Heritage Magazine, in a 2006 review wrote, "The Misunderstood’s material extended far beyond the reach of the period in which it was conceived. The extraordinarily advanced tracks on side one from 1966 reveal them as one of the earliest and most original probes into psychedelic rock."[8]
John Peel[edit]
British DJ John Peel championed the Misunderstood music throughout his entire career. Shortly before his death, in an interview with Index Magazine, Peel stated, "If I had to list the ten greatest performances I've seen in my life, one would be The Misunderstood at Pandora's Box, Hollywood, 1966. My god, they were a great band!"[9][10]
Visual feedback[edit]
The band are known for having pioneered the live light show. Campbell initially soldered a guitar jack to a car light bulb and plugged this into the extension output behind each amp. This simple idea produced visual music, as the response between the guitars and the lights plugged into the amps was identical. They first showed this feature at the Hi Ho Club in Riverside in early 1966. They also played with lights at the Marquee Club in London in mid 1966. An advanced, multicolored, large scale version of this "light show"[disambiguation needed] or "visual sound" system was being planned in London when the band were forced to retire. Another feature of their visuals was getting all three guitars feeding back using different tremolo settings, thereby leaving the stage flashing with musical lights.[11]
Later period[edit]
Glenn Ross Campbell went on to Juicy Lucy, while Tony Hill formed High Tide and recorded a solo album titled Inexactness.
In 1982, Glenn Ross Campbell and Rick Brown, reunited as "Influence" and recorded two self-penned tracks, "No Survivors" and "Queen of Madness", for UK's Rough Trade Records in 1983. They disbanded in 1985 when Campbell moved to New Zealand and Brown moved to Thailand.[12][13]
Cherry Red Records (UK) released three albums of Misunderstood music, viz., Before the Dream Faded (BRED 32) in 1982, The Legendary Goldstar Album (CDM RED 142) in 1997, and a full album of The Misunderstood's later material under the name of The Misunderstood: Broken Road (CDM RED 147) in 1998.[14]
In 2004, Ugly Things Records (USA) issued another full album of previously unreleased tracks named The Lost Acetates 1965-1966, that received International media coverage.[15][16]
A motion picture screen play (The Misunderstood: WGA 977444) about the band and Brown's adventures was written by the rock historian, Mike Stax (Editor of Ugly Things magazine) in 2002,[17] and is under revision.
A novel: Like, Misunderstood - based on the script was published in October 2007.[18][19]
Musical recognition[edit]
• In his "Peelenium" (Greatest Songs of the 20th Century) John Peel lists the band's song, "I Can Take You To The Sun" for 1966.[20]
• "I Can Take You To The Sun" appears as number 6 in Record Collector magazine's book, "100 Greatest Psychedelic Records", a list in chronological order.[21][22][23][24]
• Mojo April 2009 - "I Can See For Miles: A-Z" lists The Misunderstood for "M".[25]
• June 11, 2010, Classic Rock named The Misunderstood as No. 18 in their list of "Cult Heroes".[26]
Complete recording of "I'm Not Talkin'".
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1. ^ "Review by Terrascope Online – January 2008". Retrieved 2008-09-03.
2. ^ ""Unknown Legends of Rock'n'Roll" Weblink". Retrieved 2007-02-18.
3. ^ Classic Rock Magazine honoring The Misunderstood at No. 18 in their June 2010 list of “Cult Heroes”
4. ^ Rolling Stone Magazine Issue 956 (September 2, 2004). "The Misunderstood: The Lost Acetates 1965–1966 by David Fricke".
5. ^ a b Ugly Things (Music) Magazine by Mike Stax No. 21. 2003.
6. ^ Rolling Stone Magazine, September 2004
7. ^ Surge Music
8. ^ " Seth Man, 24th November 2006 Weblink". Retrieved 2007-03-14.
9. ^ "Index Magazine 2003 - Interview with John Peel Weblink". Retrieved 2007-03-08.
10. ^ "The records that John Peel loved the Most!". Retrieved 2007-04-09.
11. ^ Ugly Things (Music) Magazine by Mike Stax Nos. 20-21. 2002–2003.
12. ^ Ugly Things (Music) Magazine No. 22 by Mike Stax. 2004.
13. ^ "Influence at Rate Your Music". Retrieved 2007-04-09.
14. ^ "Ref.". Retrieved 2007-01-28.
15. ^ Entertainment-Reuters (Yahoo News) (June 18, 2004). "New Label Sheds Light on the Misunderstood". Billboard.
16. ^ Rolling Stone Magazine Issue 956 (September 2, 2004). "The Misunderstood The Lost Acetates 1965–1966 by David Fricke".
17. ^ Mike Stax (2002). Screenplay: The Misunderstood WGA 977444.
18. ^ "Like, Misunderstood web page". Retrieved 2007-09-03.
19. ^ Stax, Mike (October 2007). Like, Misunderstood. UT Publications. ISBN 0-9778166-1-3.
20. ^ Peelenium list on Wikipedia
21. ^ "Record Collector Magazine’s 100 Greatest Psychedelic Records: Web link". Retrieved 2008-01-06.
22. ^ Unterberger, Richie (May 1998). Unknown Legends of Rock n Roll. Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-534-5.
23. ^ Record Collector Magazine et al. (2004). "100 Greatest Psychedelic Records". Record Collector Magazine.
24. ^ "John Peel Quote". Top Gear (BBC Radio). November 8, 1968.
25. ^ Mojo Magazine (April 2009). "I Can See For Miles: A-Z".
26. ^ Cult Heroes No. 18: The Misunderstood
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The Prisoner of Chillon
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Château de Chillon, the castle to which the title refers, is located near Montreux, Switzerland.
The Prisoner of Chillon is a 392-line narrative poem by Lord Byron. Written in 1816, it chronicles the imprisonment of a Genevois monk, François Bonivard, from 1532 to 1536.
Writing and publication[edit]
On 22 June 1816, Lord Byron and his contemporary and friend Percy Bysshe Shelley were sailing on Lake Geneva (referred to as "Lac Leman", the French name, throughout the poem) and stopped to visit the Château de Chillon.[1] After touring the castle (and walking through the dungeon in which Bonivard was imprisoned), Byron was inspired by Bonivard's story and composed The Sonnet of Chillon.
Because of torrential rainfall, Byron and his companion rested at a hotel in Ouchy following their tour. In late June or early July (several early drafts and copies present conflicting dates), Byron composed the longer fable.[1] The work was probably completed by 2 July 1816. The Prisoner of Chillion was first published as The Prisoner of Chillon and Other Poems by John Murray on 5 December 1816. l
The work's themes and images follow those of a typical poem by Lord Byron: the protagonist is an isolated figure, and brings a strong will to bear against great sufferings. He seeks solace in the beauty of nature (especially in sections ten and thirteen), and is a martyr of sorts to the cause of liberty. Like much of Byron's work, it came about as a reaction to his own experiences as a traveller, making use of historical and geographical knowledge Byron gained in continental Europe.
Byron titled his work The Prisoner of Chillon / a fable; stylistically, it is a romantic verse-tale.[2]
Eugène Delacroix, The Prisoner of Chillon
The poem describes the trials of a lone survivor of a family who has been martyred. The character's father was burnt at the stake, and out of six brothers, two fell at the battlefield while one was burnt to death. The remaining three were sent to the castle of Chillon as prisoners, out of which two more died due to pining away. In time only the narrator lived.
External links[edit]
1. ^ a b "History". Château de Chillon. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
2. ^ Ward & Trent, et al., eds. (1907–1921). "§10. The Verse-tales. II. Byron.". The Cambridge History of English and American Literature. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Retrieved 2006-11-26.
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Timeline of the history of scientific method
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This timeline of the history of scientific method shows an overview of the cultural inventions that have contributed to the development of the scientific method. For a detailed account, see History of the scientific method.
• c. 2000 BC — First text indeces (various cultures).[citation needed]
• c. 1600 BC — The Edwin Smith Papyrus, an Egyptian surgical textbook, which applies: examination, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis, to injuries,[1] paralleling rudimentary empirical methodology.[2]
• 624 - 548 Thales raised the study of nature from the realm of the mythical to the level of empirical study.[3]
• 610 - 547 Anaximander extends the idea of "law" to the physical world and uses maps and models.[3]
• c. 400 BC — In China, Mozi and the School of Names advocate using one's senses to observe the world, and develop the "three-prong method" for testing the truth or falsehood of statements.
• c. 400 BC — Democritus advocates inductive reasoning through a process of examining the causes of sensory perceptions and drawing conclusions about the outside world.
• c. 400 BC — Plato first provides a detailed definitions for idea, matter, form and appearance as abstract concepts.
• c. 320 BC — First comprehensive documents categorising and subdividing knowledge, dividing knowledge into different areas by Aristotle,(physics, poetry, zoology, logic, rhetoric, politics, and biology). Aristotle's Posterior Analytics defends the ideal of science as necessary demonstration from axioms known with certainty. Aristotle believes that the world is real and that we can learn the truth by experience.[4] Latin:experimentum
• c. 341-270 Epicurus scientific method with multiple variables.[4]
• c. 300 BC — Euclid's Elements expound geometry as a system of theorems following logically from axioms known with certainty.
• c. 200 BC — First Cataloged library (at Alexandria)
1st through 12th centuries[edit]
13th through 17th centuries[edit]
18th and 19th centuries[edit]
20th and 21st centuries[edit]
See also[edit]
1. ^ Edwin Smith papyrus, Encyclopædia Britannica
3. ^ a b Magill, Frank N. (2003-12-16). The Ancient World: Dictionary of World Biography. Routledge. ISBN 9781135457396. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
4. ^ a b c Gauch, Hugh G. (2003). Scientific Method in Practice. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521017084. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
5. ^ Barker, Andrew (2000). Scientific Method in Ptolemy's Harmonics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521553728. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
6. ^ Ireland, Maynooth James McEvoy Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy National University of (2000-08-31). Robert Grosseteste. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195354171. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
7. ^ Clegg, Brian (2013-08-29). Roger Bacon: The First Scientist. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 9781472112125. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
8. ^ James Lind's A Treatise of the Scurvy
9. ^ Hacking, Ian (September 1988). "Telepathy: Origins of Randomization in Experimental Design". Isis 79 (3): 427–451. doi:10.1086/354775. JSTOR 234674. MR 1013489. Charles Sanders Peirce and Joseph Jastrow (1885). "On Small Differences in Sensation". Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 3: 73–83. http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Peirce/small-diffs.htm
10. ^ Plat's article is entitled Strong inference. Certain systematic methods of scientific thinking may produce much more rapid progress than others (Science, 16 October 1964, Volume 146, Number 3642, Pages 347-353.)
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Taungoo Dynasty
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Taungoo Dynasty
Taungoo empire at its greatest extent (1580)
Capital Toungoo (1485–1539)
Pegu (1539–1599)
Ava (1599–1752)
Languages Burmese
Religion Theravada Buddhism
Government Monarchy
- 1530–1550 Tabinshwehti
- 1550–1581 Bayinnaung
- 1606–1628 Anaukpetlun
- 1629–1648 Thalun
- 1733–1752 Mahadhammaraza Dipadi
Legislature Hluttaw
- Founding of dynasty c. April 1485
- Independence from Ava 16 October 1510
- Conquest of Hanthawaddy January 1539
- Bayinnaung's Empire 1550–1581
- Nyaungyan Restoration 1599–1615
- Fall of Ava 23 March 1752
- 1550[1] 317,000 km² (122,394 sq mi)
- 1581[1][2] 1,300,000 km² (501,933 sq mi)
- 1635 675,000 km² (260,619 sq mi)
- 1725 595,000 km² (229,731 sq mi)
- 1581[1][2] est. 3,000,000
Density 2.3 /km² (6 /sq mi)
- 1635 est. 2,000,000
Density 3 /km² (7.7 /sq mi)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Ava Kingdom
Hanthawaddy Kingdom
Shan States
Lan Na
Prome Kingdom
Konbaung Dynasty
Restored Hanthawaddy
Today part of Cambodia
The Taungoo Dynasty (Burmese: တောင်ငူခေတ် [tàʊɴŋù kʰɪʔ]; also spelled Toungoo Dynasty) was the ruling dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from the mid-16th century to 1752. Its early kings Tabinshwehti and Bayinnaung succeeded in reunifying the Pagan Empire for the first time since 1287, and in incorporating the Shan States for the first time. At its peak, the First Toungoo Empire also included Manipur, Chinese Shan States, Siam, and Lan Xang, but the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia collapsed in 1599, 18 years after Bayinnaung's death.
The dynasty quickly regrouped under the leadership of Nyaungyan and his son Anaukpetlun who succeeded in restoring a smaller, more manageable kingdom, encompassing Lower Burma, Upper Burma, Shan States and Lan Na by 1616. The Restored Toungoo kings, now based in Ava (Inwa), created a legal and political system whose basic features would continue under the Konbaung dynasty well into the 19th century. The crown completely replaced the hereditary chieftainships with appointed governorships in the entire Irrawaddy valley, and greatly reduced the hereditary rights of Shan chiefs. Its trade and secular administrative reforms built a prosperous economy for more than 80 years.
The kingdom entered a gradual decline due to the "palace rule" of its kings. Starting from the 1720s, the kingdom was beset with pesky raids by the Manipuris of the Chindwin valley and a nagging rebellion in Chiang Mai. The Manipuri raids intensified in the 1730s, reaching increasingly deeper parts of central Burma. In 1740, the Mon in Lower Burma began a rebellion, and founded the Restored Hanthawaddy Kingdom. The Hanthawaddy armies captured Ava in 1752, and ended the 266-year-old Toungoo dynasty.
King Mingyinyo founded the First Taungoo Dynasty (1485–1599) at Taungoo, far up the Sittang River south of Ava, towards the end of the Ava dynasty in 1510 AD. After the conquest of Ava by the Shan invaders in 1527 many Burmans migrated to Taungoo which became a new center for Burmese rule. The dynasty conquered the Mohnyin Shan peoples in northern Burma.
Mingyinyo's son King Tabinshwehti unified most of Burma, consolidating his power and pushing southward, overrunning the Irrawaddy Delta region and crushing the Mon capital of Bago (Pegu). In 1544, Tabinshwehti was crowned as king of all Burma at the ancient capital of Bagan. By this time, the geopolitical situation in Southeast Asia had changed dramatically. The Shan gained power in a new kingdom in the North, Ayutthaya (Siam), while the Portuguese had arrived in the south and conquered Malacca.
With the coming of European traders, Burma was once again an important trading centre, and Tabinshwehti moved his capital to Pegu due to its strategic position for commerce. He then began assembling an army for an attack on coastal Arakan to the west. Tabinshwehti's forces were defeated at Arakan but he was able to gain control of Lower Burma up to Prome. He led his retreating army eastward to Ayutthaya where he was defeated again by Siamese forces, and his campaign to Ava in Upper Burma was likewise unsuccessful. A period of unrest and rebellions among other conquered peoples followed and Tabinshwehti was assassinated in 1550.
Tabinshwehti's brother-in-law, Bayinnaung, succeeded to the throne in 1550 and reigned 30 years, launching a campaign of conquest invading several states, including Manipur (1560) and Ayutthaya (1569). An energetic leader and effective military commander, he made Taungoo the most powerful state in Southeast Asia, and extended his borders from Laos to Ayutthaya, near Bangkok. His wars stretched Burma to the limits of its resources, however, and both Manipur and Ayutthaya, which had remained under Burmese domination for 15 years, were soon independent once again. Bayinnaung was poised to deliver a final, decisive assault on the kingdom of Arakan when he died in 1581. His son Nanda Bayin and his successors were forced to quell rebellions in other parts of the kingdom, and the victory over Arakan was never achieved.
Faced with rebellion by several cities and renewed Portuguese incursions, the Taungoo rulers withdrew from southern Burma and founded a second dynasty at Ava, the Nyaungyan dynasty or Restored Taungoo dynasty (1597–1752). Bayinnaung's grandson, Anaukpetlun (1605–1628), once again reunited Burma in 1613 and decisively defeated Portuguese attempts to take over Burma, but the empire gradually disintegrated. Anaukpetlun's successor Thalun (1629–1648) rebuilt the war torn country. Based on Thalun's revenue inquest in 1635, the kingdom's population was estimated to be around 2 million.[3]
The Taungoo dynasty survived for another century and a half, until the death of Mahadammayaza in 1752. Encouraged by the French in India, Pegu finally rebelled against Ava, further weakening the state, which fell in 1752.
Family tree[edit]
Yaza Dewi
Mingyi Nyo
r. 1510–1530
Yadana Dewi
r. 1530–1550
Atula Thiri
r. 1550–1581
Khin Pyezon
Shin Htwe Myat
r. 1581–1599
r. 1599–1605
Khin Hpone Myint
Min Lat
Mingala Dewi
Khin Myo Sit
r. 1629–1648
Khin Myat Hset
r. 1605–1628
Khin Myo Myat
Ne Myo Ye Kyaw
Khin Ma Min Sit
r. 1648–1661
r. 1661–1672
Khin Ma Lat
Minye Deibba
r. 1628–1629
Minye Kyawhtin
r. 1673–1698
Sanda Dewi
r. 1672–1673
r. 1698–1714
Maha Dewi
r. 1714–1733
Mingala Dewi
Maha Dhamma Yaza
r. 1733–1752
1. ^ a b c Victor B Lieberman (2003). Strange Parallels: Southeast Asia in Global Context, c. 800–1830, volume 1, Integration on the Mainland. Cambridge University Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-521-80496-7.
2. ^ a b GE Harvey (1925). "Notes: Numerical Note". History of Burma. London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd. p. 333.
3. ^ Dr. Than Tun (December 1968). "Administration Under King Thalun". Journal of Burma Research Society. 51, Part 2: 173–188.
• Victor B. Lieberman, "Burmese Administrative Cycles: Anarchy and Conquest, c. 1580–1760", Princeton University Press, 1984.
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Trademark (group)
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This article is about the German music group. For the English music group, see Trademark (band).
Origin Germany
Genres Pop
Adult Contemporary
Years active 1995-00s
Labels Na Klar!
BMG International
Past members Achim Remling
Mirko Bäumer
Sascha Sadeghian
"Only Love" is the famous song of the band, used around the world in many movies and commercials.
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Trademark was a German music vocal band consisting of three members: Achim Remling, Mirko Bäumer and Sascha Sadeghian. The Group followed the Michael Learns to Rock genre, but with more ballad tempo. Their songs and singles included "I'll Be the One", "Only Love" and "Amazed".
Trademark's song, I'll Be The One and I'm Not Supposed to Love You Anymore, was the hit song for them in several countries, especially in Asia.
After some years, the three members decided to break up the band and started their own solo careers (according to the assistant of Achim Remling - better known as Achim Petry in Germany).[better source needed]
Their song "Only Love" was also covered by Cantopop artist Jacky Cheung under the name "愛下去" ("May love continue"). Another song "Miss You Finally" was covered by Cantopop artist Eason Chan under the name "終於一百日" ("A hundred days finally").
Studio albums
• 1997: Another Time Another Place (GER: #26)[1]
• 2002: Miss You Finally... The Very Best of Trademark
• 1997: I'll Be the One (GER: #95)[2]
• 1997: I'm Not Supposed...
• 2000: Amazed
• 2000: Only Love
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User talk:CorbieVreccan
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The licensing of the image is 100% fine. Also, even if it wasn't, it'd just get deleted on commons and would also be removed from wikipedia by that bot.
The purpose of the image is to add some life in the article. Also, what was wrong with the text changes? I made the lead longer and created a more specific heading Tetra quark (talk) 00:01, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
Yes, the licensing from flickr has been checked. I'm still not sure I like it for that article. The changes you made just duplicated the first sentence from the first section; it was redundant. Let's discuss changes to the article on the article talk page, not individual's pages. Thanks. - CorbieV 23:34, 24 January 2015 (UTC)
Tendentious editing on Elizabeth Warren's Native American scandal[edit]
We have a big problem on this page regarding NPOV coverage of the Native American scandal. Three indisputable (and RS-documented) facts related to that scandal keep being deleted without explanation. 1) The fact that Warren listed herself as a "minority" in the AALS law directories, rather than as a Native American (the form did not specify which race one was, only whether one was a minority or non-minority). 2) The AALS law directories were used by law schools for the specific purpose of recruiting minority professors 3) That Warren stopped identifying as a racial minority in the directories immediately after she earned tenure at Harvard Law School.
These facts are all exceedingly well sourced. (For example, see this Washington Post investigation) But they keep being removed. Worse, those who remove the RS content refuse to provide a specific reason for their changes, despite my repeated request for specifics. They only offer vague concerns about "NPOV" and "BLP." (See the talk page, as well as the edit summaries of those who are reverting my changes.) They are not just on the wrong side of a policy dispute; they are engaged in tendentious editing, which is a violation of policy. For this reason, I am bringing the issue to your attention. Steeletrap (talk) 04:19, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
Here is the current discussion of the Native American issue from the Warren page:
: "In April 2012, the Boston Herald drew attention to Warren's law directory entries from 1986 to 1995, in which she had self-identified as having Native American ancestry.[49][50] According to Warren and her brothers, they grew up "listening to our mother and grandmother and other relatives talk about our family’s Cherokee and Delaware heritage".[51][52][53][54] Harvard Law School had added her to a list of minority professors in response to criticisms about a lack of faculty diversity, but Warren said that she was unaware that Harvard had done so until she read about it in a newspaper.[55][56][57] While the New England Historical Genealogical Society has no documentary proof that either confirms or denies that Warren has Cherokee ancestors,[52][58] the Oklahoma Historical Society said that finding a definitive answer about Native American heritage can be difficult because of intermarriage and deliberate avoidance of registration.[59] This issue became the focus of election coverage in the media for several weeks, during which time members of the Cherokee Nation protested her claims and questioned how it influenced her employers while her opponents demanded more scrutiny.[49] Colleagues and supervisors at the schools where she had worked have publicly stated that she did not receive preferential treatment.[52][56][57]"
This paragraph is biased. It omits the fact that one was only able to list oneself as white or minority in the directories. And it fails to note the significance of the directories/what they were used for (Per the WaPo source, identifying and recruiting minority professors). Finally, the paragraph neglects to mention that Warren's political opponents accused her of credentials fraud.
The paragraph is also poorly written and unclear. Because the paragraph neglects to report the (inconclusive but substantial and compelling) evidence that Warren sought to benefit from false claims of Native American heritage, it fails to convey to the reader what the controversy was about. Steeletrap (talk) 04:29, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
Yes, it's a mess. Wikipedia process is failing on that article. While including the information about sovereignty issues and ethnic fraud makes that section disproportionately large for the article, the answer is not to censor the section, but rather flesh out other sections more. For such a high-profile person, the article could use a bit of expansion, anyway. Unfortunately, those who care about accurate coverage of this ongoing issue are in a marked minority - both on and off-Wiki. There is a concerted effort to disappear this. The shorter version of the section is in no way a consensus version; it's simply what was there after tendentious, slo-mo edit-warring by those who want this whitewashed. Even WP Countering Systemic Bias has been no help, as most simply don't understand the issue. Others who do understand are even more determined to censor it. - CorbieV 23:55, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
Murder of Sheree Beasley[edit]
Hi. Could you give Murder of Sheree Beasley some tender love and care? Paul Austin (talk) 23:05, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
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Villain (1971 film)
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Meet Vic Dakin. Then wish you hadn't'.'
Directed by Michael Tuchner
Produced by Jay Kanter
Alan Ladd, Jr.
Elliott Kastner (executive producer)
Written by Dick Clement
Ian La Frenais
Al Lettieri (adaptation)
Based on novel The Burden of Proof by James Barlow
Starring Richard Burton
Ian McShane
T. P. McKenna
Donald Sinden
Nigel Davenport
Music by Jonathan Hodge
Cinematography Christopher Challis
Edited by Ralph Sheldon
Distributed by MGM-EMI (UK)
Release dates
May 26, 1971
Running time
98 min.
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Villain is a 1971 gangster film directed by Michael Tuchner and starring Richard Burton, Ian McShane, T. P. McKenna and Donald Sinden.
Ruthless East End gangster Vic Dakin has plans for an ambitious raid on the wages van of a plastics factory. This is a departure from Dakin's usual modus operandi and the job is further complicated by his having to work with fellow gangster Frank Fletcher's firm.
Essentially a standard story about a heist, there are intricate sub-plots depicting:
• Dakin's sadistic nature
• Dakin's relationship with Wolfie
• Wolfie's bisexual relationship with Venetia and Dakin
• Dakin's irritation at having to work with Frank Fletcher's seemingly weak brother-in-law: Ed Lowis
• MP Gerald Draycott being blackmailed by Dakin (via Wolfie) to provide a cast-iron alibi
• Detectives Bob Matthews and Tom Binney pursuing Dakin and Lissner.
In a growing trend for movies of the same era and genre (Get Carter, Clockwork Orange, French Connection for example) some of the violence is quite graphic especially during the heist and foreshadows several 1970s cop TV shows such as The Sweeney, Target and Special Branch.
The film was written by an unusual combination of two well-known British comedy television writers, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais and the American actor Al Lettieri, renowned for his 'tough-guy' image in films such as The Godfather and The Getaway as well as for his real life associations with the New York Gambino Family.
According to Melvyn Bragg's 1988 biography Richard Burton: A Life, the film was a terrible flop and helped erode Burton's status as a box office star. Two years before Villain, Burton had played a homosexual hairdresser in the comedy Staircase (in which Cathleen Nesbitt also played his mother), which had proved a huge bust at the box office, despite the talents of co-star Rex Harrison and director Stanley Donen. A gay love scene between Burton and co-star Ian McShane was cut from Villain, possibly as it was felt it wouldn't boost ticket sales, as cinema audiences already had not accepted Burton, one of the cinema's most notorious Don Juans, as a homosexual.
Alexander Walker, in his book about the 70s British film industry, National Heroes, says the film was "outstandingly successful at the British box office."[1] British exhibitors voted him the most popular star at the local box office in 1971, although Villain was not listed among the top ten most popular movies.[2]
Coincidentally, Burton was mentioned in James Barlow's 1968 novel, The Burden Of Proof, upon which the film was based. In the book, the prosecutor asks a female witnesses if she "likes the actor Richard Burton".[3]
The film received bad reviews, and Burton—whose acting style was predicated upon the precise use of his mellifluous voice—was particularly savaged for his attempt at a Cockney accent.
The film coined a popular phrase used regularly and adapted accordingly of "Don't be a berk all your life; take a day off!"
Actor memories[edit]
Ian McShane revealed recently in The Daily Mail, that he had mixed feelings about playing Richard Burton's bisexual lover. "After kissing me, he's going to beat the hell out of me and it's that kind of relationship – rather hostile. It was very S&M. It wasn't shown in the film. He said to me, 'I'm very glad you're doing this film.' I said, 'So am I Richard.' He said, 'You know why, don't you?' I said, 'Why?' He said, 'You remind me of Elizabeth.' I guess that made the kissing easier."[4]
In 2009 Empire Magazine named it #2 in a poll of the 20 Greatest Gangster Movies You've Never Seen* (*Probably)
The character of Vic Dakin was inspired by the real life gangster Ronnie Kray, who was jailed several years before production began, in 1967. Like Kray, the character Dakin is a London underworld boss, he is a homosexual, he is obsessed with caring for his mother and has a secret association with a member of Parliament.
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4. ^ "Catching Up with Ian McShane | Out Magazine". 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2013-07-28.
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Vincent T. Harlow
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Vincent Todd Harlow (1898–1961) was a prominent English historian of the British Empire.[1]
From 1938 to 1949, he was the second Rhodes Professor of Imperial History at King's College London. In 1950, he succeeded Reginald Coupland as the Beit Professorship of Commonwealth History at the University of Oxford, a post he held until his death in 1963. His early work was on the seventeenth-century Caribbean but he is best known for his book, The Founding of the Second British Empire, 1763-1793, the first volume of which was published in 1952. His second volume, subtitled "New Continents and Changing Values", was published posthumously in 1964. The incomplete manuscript was edited by F. C. Madden.
1. ^ McIntyre, W. David. "Harlow, Vincent Todd". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/63794. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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Void of Silence
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Void of Silence
Origin Italy
Genres Funeral doom metal
Years active 1999 - present
Labels Code666
Website Official Website
Members Riccardo Conforti
Ivan Zara
Alan Nemtheanga
Past members Malfeitor Fabban
Alessandro Bianchi
Andrea Toro
M. Fabban
Void of Silence is a doom metal band from Italy, formed in 1999 by Riccardo Conforti and Ivan Zara. They combine the pace, distortion, and bass-heaviness of funeral doom metal with the grim atmosphere of dark ambient music.
They both come from different Italian underground worlds: Riccardo Conforti was the Oblivion's drummer and he is still the SYRION’s mind, Dark/Ambient project for which he make a name of himself during the period of 1998-1999 with the issue of two works and Ivan Zara was the Mystical Realms and Oblivion's guitar player. Toward the dusk is the first work as Void of Silence (after a mini CD never distributed for choice of the same members due to a wrong production), composed between November 1999 and June 2000 and in this period Malfeitor Fabban joined the band as vocalist.
From April 2001 Void of Silence are under Code666 label. Between August 2000 and November 2001 Void of Silence composed the second album called Criteria ov 666 out in February 2002 for Code666. After the split with old vocalist, Void of Silence recorded two new songs for Code666 compilation out in September 2002. In September 2002 Alan Averill (Primordial) joined the band as new vocalist.
On April 17, 2009, an announcement on the band's Myspace blog stated that Alan Nemtheanga had left the band due to his engagement to his other band, Primordial.[1]
Current members[edit]
Former members[edit]
• Toward the Dusk - 2001
• Criteria ov 666 - 2002
• Human Antithesis - 2004
• The Grave of Civilization - 2010
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Wicca (English pronunciation: /ˈwɪkə/) is a modern pagan, witchcraft religion. It was developed in England during the first half of the 20th century and was introduced to the public in 1954 by Gerald Gardner, a retired British civil servant. Wicca draws upon a diverse set of ancient pagan and 20th century hermetic motifs for its theological structure and ritual practice. The word witch derives from Middle English wicche, Old English wicce (/ˈwɪttʃe/) (feminine) "witch" and wicca (/ˈwɪttʃɑ/) (masculine) "wizard".[1]
Wicca is a flexible and diverse religion with no central authority. Its traditional core beliefs, principles and practices were originally outlined in the 1940s and 1950s by Gardner and Doreen Valiente, both in published books as well as in secret written and oral teachings passed along to their initiates. There are many variations on the core structure, and the religion grows and evolves over time. It is divided into a number of diverse lineages, sects and denominations, referred to as traditions, each with its own organizational structure and level of centralisation. Due to its decentralized nature, there is some disagreement over what actually constitutes Wicca. Some traditions, collectively referred to as British Traditional Wicca, strictly follow the initiatory lineage of Gardner and consider the term Wicca to apply only to similar traditions, while newer eclectic traditions do not.
Wiccan celebrations follow both the cycles of the Moon, known as esbats and associated with the Goddess, and the cycles of the Sun, seasonally based festivals known as Sabbats and associated with the Horned God. An unattributed statement known as the Wiccan Rede is a popular expression of Wiccan morality, although it is not accepted by all Wiccans. Wicca often involves the ritual practice of magic, though it is not always necessary.
Main article: Etymology of Wicca
The term Wicca first achieved widespread acceptance when referring to the religion in the 1960s and 70s. Prior to that, the term Witchcraft had been more widely used. Whilst being based upon the Old English word wicca, a masculine term for sorcerers, the actual individual who coined the capitalised term Wicca is unknown, though it has been speculated that it was Charles Cardell, who certainly used the term Wiccen during the 1950s[citation needed].
Application of the word Wicca has given rise to "a great deal of disagreement and infighting".[2] Gardnerian and Alexandrian Wicca are often collectively termed British Traditional Wicca, and some of their practitioners consider the term Wicca to apply only to these lineaged traditions. Others do not use the word Wicca at all, instead preferring to be referred to only as Witchcraft, while others believe that all modern witchcraft traditions can be considered Wiccan.[3]
Popular culture, as seen in television programs such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, tends to use the terms Wiccan and Wicca as completely synonymous with the terms Witch and Witchcraft respectively.[citation needed]
Beliefs vary markedly between different traditions and individual practitioners. However, various commonalities exist between these disparate groups, which usually include views on theology, the afterlife, magic and morality.
Altar statues of the Horned God and Mother Goddess crafted by Bel Bucca and owned by the "Mother of Wicca", Doreen Valiente
Wiccan views on theology are numerous and varied and there is no universally agreed-upon religious canon, but Wicca is traditionally a duotheistic religion that venerates both a Triple Goddess associated with the moon, stars, and often the Earth, and a Horned God associated with the sun, forests and animals. These two deities are variously understood through the frameworks of pantheism (as being dual aspects of a single godhead), duotheism (as being two polar opposites), hard polytheism (being two distinct deities in a larger pantheon which includes other pagan gods) or soft polytheism (being composed of many lesser deities). In some pantheistic and duotheistic conceptions, deities from diverse cultures may be seen as aspects of the Goddess or God.[4] However, there are also other theological viewpoints to be found within the Craft, including monotheism, the concept that there is just one deity, which is seen by some, such as Dianic Wiccans, as being the Goddess, whilst by others, like the Church and School of Wicca, as instead being genderless.
According to the Witches Janet and Stewart Farrar, who held a pantheistic, duotheistic and animistic view of theology, Wiccans "regard the whole cosmos as alive, both as a whole and in all of its parts", but that "such an organic view of the cosmos cannot be fully expressed, and lived, without the concept of the God and Goddess. There is no manifestation without polarisation; so at the highest creative level, that of Divinity, the polarisation must be the clearest and most powerful of all, reflecting and spreading itself through all the microcosmic levels as well".[5]
Wicca is traditionally and primarily a religion centred upon the idea of gender polarity and the worship of a Moon Goddess and a Horned God. (This core theology was originally described by Gerald Gardner, the founder of the religion; and Doreen Valiente, who wrote much of the original liturgical materials.) The Goddess and the God may be regarded as the Divine Feminine and the Divine Masculine. They are complementary opposites or dualities, bearing similarities to the concept of yin and yang in Taoism. The God and Goddess are generally seen as lovers and equals, the Divine Couple who together co-create the cosmos.
The God and the Goddess[edit]
For most Wiccans, the God and Goddess are seen as complementary polarities in the universe that balance one another out, and in this manner they have been compared to the concept of yin and yang found in Taoism.[6] As such they are often interpreted as being "embodiments of a life-force manifest in nature"[7] with some Wiccans believing that they are simply symbolic of these polarities, whilst others believe that the God and the Goddess are genuine beings that exist independently. The two divinities are often given symbolic associations, with the Goddess commonly being symbolised as the Earth (i.e. Mother Earth), but also sometimes as the Moon, which complements the God being viewed as the Sun.[8]
Gerald Gardner (1959)[9]
Traditionally the God is viewed as a Horned God, associated with nature, wilderness, sexuality, hunting and the life cycle.[10] The Horned God is given various names according to the tradition, and these include Cernunnos, Pan, Atho and Karnayna.[citation needed]
At other times the God is viewed as the Green Man,[11] a traditional figure in European art and architecture, and they often interpret him as being associated with the natural world. The God is also often depicted as a Sun God,[12]particularly at the festival of Litha, or the summer solstice. Another expression of the God is that of the Oak King and the Holly King, one who rules over winter and spring, the other who rules over summer and autumn.[11] He has also been seen in the roles of the Leader of the Wild Hunt and the Lord of Death.[13]
The Goddess is usually portrayed as a Triple Goddess, thereby being a triadic deity comprising a Maiden goddess, a Mother goddess, and a Crone goddess, each of whom has different associations, namely virginity, fertility and wisdom.[14] She is also commonly depicted as a Moon Goddess,[15] and is often given the name of Diana after the ancient Roman deity. Some Wiccans, particularly from the 1970s onwards, have viewed the Goddess as the more important of the two deities, who is pre-eminent in that she contains and conceives all. In this respect, the God is viewed as the spark of life and inspiration within her, simultaneously her lover and her child.[16] This is reflected in the traditional structure of the coven.[17] In one monotheistic form of the Craft, Dianic Wicca, the Goddess is the sole deity, a concept that has been criticised by members of other more egalitarian traditions.
According to Gerald Gardner, "the Goddess" is a deity of prime importance, along with her consort the Horned God. In the earliest Wiccan publications, she is described as a tribal goddess of the witch community, neither omnipotent nor universal, and it was recognised that there was a greater "Prime Mover", although the witches did not concern themselves much with this being.[18]
The concept of having a religion venerating a Horned God accompanying a goddess had been devised by the Egyptologist Margaret Murray during the 1920s. She believed, based upon her own theories about the early modern witch trials in Europe, that those two deities, though primarily the Horned God, had been worshipped by a Witch-Cult ever since western Europe had succumbed to Christianity. Whilst now widely discredited, Gerald Gardner was a supporter of her theory, and believed that Wicca was a continuation of that historical Witch-Cult, and that the Horned God and Goddess were therefore ancient deities of the British Isles.[19] Modern scholarship has disproved his claims, although various horned gods and mother goddesses were indeed worshipped in the British Isles during the ancient and early medieval periods.[20]
Pantheism, polytheism and animism[edit]
Sculpture of the Horned God of Wicca found in the Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle, Cornwall
Many Wiccans believe that the God and Goddess are merely two aspects of the same godhead, often viewed as a pantheistic deity, thereby encompassing everything in the universe within its divinity. In his public writings, Gardner referred to this being as the Prime Mover, and claimed that it remained unknowable,[21] although in the rituals of his tradition, Gardnerianism, it is referred to as Dryghten,[22] which had originally been an Old English term meaning The Lord. Since then it has been given other names by different Wiccans, for instance Scott Cunningham called it by its name in neoplatonism, The One.[23] Other Wiccans such as Starhawk use the term Star Goddess to describe the universal pantheistic deity that created the cosmos, and regard her as a knowable deity that can and should be worshipped.[24][25]
As well as pantheism and duotheism, many Wiccans accept the concept of polytheism, thereby believing that there are many different deities. Some accept the view espoused by the occultist Dion Fortune that "all gods are one god, and all goddesses are one goddess" – that is that the gods and goddesses of all cultures are, respectively, aspects of one supernal God and Goddess. With this mindset, a Wiccan may regard the Germanic Ēostre, Hindu Kali, and Christian Virgin Mary each as manifestations of one supreme Goddess and likewise, the Celtic Cernunnos, the ancient Greek Dionysus and the Judeo-Christian Yahweh as aspects of a single, archetypal god. A more strictly polytheistic approach holds the various goddesses and gods to be separate and distinct entities in their own right. The Wiccan writers Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone have postulated that Wicca is becoming more polytheistic as it matures, tending to embrace a more traditionally pagan worldview.[26] Some Wiccans conceive of deities not as literal personalities but as metaphorical archetypes or thoughtforms, thereby technically allowing them to be atheists.[27] Such a view was purported by the High Priestess Vivianne Crowley, herself a psychologist, who considered the Wiccan deities to be Jungian archetypes that existed within the subconscious that could be evoked in ritual. It was for this reason that she said that "The Goddess and God manifest to us in dream and vision."[28]
Wicca is essentially an immanent religion, and for some Wiccans, this idea also involves elements of animism. A belief central to Wicca is that the Goddess and the God (or the goddesses and gods) are able to manifest in personal form, most importantly through the bodies of Priestesses and Priests via the rituals of Drawing down the Moon or Drawing down the Sun.
Belief in the afterlife varies among Wiccans,[29] although reincarnation is a traditional Wiccan teaching dating back to the New Forest coven in the 1930s. The influential High Priest Raymond Buckland said that a human's soul reincarnates into the same species over many lives in order to learn lessons and advance spiritually,[30] but this belief is not universal, as many Wiccans believe in the reincarnation of the soul through different species. However, a popular saying amongst Wiccans is that "once a witch, always a witch", indicating a belief that Wiccans are the reincarnations of previous witches.[31]
Typically, Wiccans who believe in reincarnation believe that the soul rests between lives in the Otherworld or Summerland, known in Gardner's writings as the "ecstasy of the Goddess".[32] Many Wiccans believe in the ability to contact the spirits of the dead who reside in the Otherworld through spirit mediums and Ouija boards, particularly on the Sabbat of Samhain, though some disagree with this practice, such as the late Alexandrian High Priest Alex Sanders, who stated that "they are dead; leave them in peace."[33] Conversely, Central Valley Wicca High Priestess Alexandra Chauran wrote in How to Talk to Me After I'm Gone: Creating a Plan for Spirit Communication (2014) that the agency for spirit communication is left to the spirit, and suggested Wiccans prepare for spirit communication with descendants while still living.[34] This belief was likely influenced by Spiritualism, which was very popular at the time of Wicca's emergence, and with which Gardner and other early Wiccans such as Buckland and Sanders had some experience.[35]
Despite some belief therein, Wicca does not place an emphasis on the afterlife, focusing instead on the current one; as the historian Ronald Hutton remarked, "the instinctual position of most [Wiccans], therefore, seems to be that if one makes the most of the present life, in all respects, then the next life is more or less certainly going to benefit from the process, and so one may as well concentrate on the present".[36]
Many Wiccans believe in magic, a manipulative force exercised through the practice of witchcraft or sorcery. Many Wiccans agree with the definition of magic offered by ceremonial magicians,[37] such as Aleister Crowley, who declared that magic was "the science and art of causing change to occur in conformity with will", while another prominent ceremonial magician, MacGregor Mathers stated that it was "the science of the control of the secret forces of nature".[37] Many Wiccans believe magic to be a law of nature, as yet misunderstood or disregarded by contemporary science,[37] and as such they do not view it as being supernatural, but a part of what Leo Martello calls the "super powers that reside in the natural".[38] Some Wiccans believe that magic is simply making full use of the five senses in order to achieve surprising results,[38] whilst other Wiccans do not claim to know how magic works, merely believing that it does because they have observed it to be so.[39] Some spell it "magick", a variation coined by the influential occultist Aleister Crowley, though this spelling is more commonly associated with Crowley's religion of Thelema than with Wicca.
The point [of magic in Witchcraft] is to make the "bendable" world bend to your will ... Unless you possess a rock-firm faith in your own powers and in the operability of your spell, you will not achieve the burning intensity of will and imagination which is requisite to make the magic work.
Paul Huson (1970)[40]
During ritual practices, which are often staged in a sacred circle, Wiccans cast spells or "workings" intended to bring about real changes in the physical world. Common Wiccan spells include those used for healing, for protection, fertility, or to banish negative influences.[41] Many early Wiccans, such as Alex Sanders, Sybil Leek and Doreen Valiente, referred to their own magic as "white magic", which contrasted with "black magic", which they associated with evil and Satanism. Sanders also used the similar terminology of "left hand path" to describe malevolent magic, and "right hand path" to describe magic performed with good intentions;[42] terminology that had originated with the occultist Helena Blavatsky in the 19th century. Some modern Wiccans however have stopped using the white-black magic and left-right hand path dichotomies, arguing for instance that the colour black should not necessarily have any associations with evil.[43]
Scholars of religion Rodney Stark and William Bainbridge claimed in 1985 that Wicca had "reacted to secularisation by a headlong plunge back into magic" and that it was a reactionary religion which would soon die out. This view was heavily criticised in 1999 by the historian Ronald Hutton who claimed that the evidence displayed the very opposite: that "a large number [of Wiccans] were in jobs at the cutting edge [of scientific culture], such as computer technology."[35]
Main article: Wiccan morality
Bide the Wiccan laws ye must, in perfect love and perfect trust ... Mind the Threefold Law ye should – three times bad and three times good ... Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill – an it harm none, do what ye will.
Lady Gwen Thompson[44]
There exists no dogmatic moral or ethical code followed universally by Wiccans of all traditions, however a majority follow a code known as the Wiccan Rede, which states "an it harm none, do what ye will". This is usually interpreted as a declaration of the freedom to act, along with the necessity of taking responsibility for what follows from one's actions and minimising harm to oneself and others.[45] Another common element of Wiccan morality is the Law of Threefold Return which holds that whatever benevolent or malevolent actions a person performs will return to that person with triple force, or with equal force on each of the three levels of body, mind and spirit,[46] similar to the eastern idea of karma. The Wiccan Rede was most likely introduced into Wicca by Gerald Gardner and formalised publicly by Doreen Valiente, one of his High Priestesses. The Threefold Law was an interpretation of Wiccan ideas and ritual, made by Monique Wilson[47] and further popularised by Raymond Buckland, in his books on Wicca.
Many Wiccans also seek to cultivate a set of eight virtues mentioned in Doreen Valiente's Charge of the Goddess,[48] these being mirth, reverence, honour, humility, strength, beauty, power, and compassion. In Valiente's poem, they are ordered in pairs of complementary opposites, reflecting a dualism that is common throughout Wiccan philosophy. Some lineaged Wiccans also observe a set of Wiccan Laws, commonly called the Craft Laws or Ardanes, 30 of which exist in the Gardnerian tradition and 161 of which are in the Alexandrian tradition. Valiente, one of Gardner's original High Priestesses, argued that the first thirty of these rules were most likely invented by Gerald Gardner himself in mock-archaic language as the by-product of inner conflict within his Bricket Wood coven[49][35] – the others were later additions made by Alex Sanders during the 1960s.
Although Gerald Gardner initially demonstrated an aversion to homosexuality, claiming that it brought down "the curse of the goddess",[50] it is now generally accepted in all traditions of Wicca, with certain groups like the Minoan Brotherhood openly crafting their philosophy around it,[51] and various important figures in the Craft, such as Alex Sanders and Eddie Buczynski, being openly homosexual or bisexual.
Five elements[edit]
Five elements with pentagram
Many traditions hold a belief in the five classical elements, although they are seen as symbolic as representations of the phases of matter. These five elements are invoked during many magical rituals, notably when consecrating a magic circle. The five elements are air, fire, water and earth, plus aether (or spirit), which unites the other four.[52] Various analogies have been devised to explain the concept of the five elements; for instance, the Wiccan Ann-Marie Gallagher used that of a tree, which is composed of earth (with the soil and plant matter), water (sap and moisture), fire (through photosynthesis) and air (the creation of oxygen from carbon dioxide), all of which are believed to be united through spirit.[53]
Darksome Night and Shining Moon,
East and South and West and North,
Hearken to the Witches' Rune;
Hear me now, I call thee forth.
Doreen Valiente
Traditionally in the Gardnerian Craft, each element has been associated with a cardinal point of the compass; air with east, fire with south, water with west, earth with north and the spirit with centre.[4] However, some Wiccans, such as Frederic Lamond, have claimed that the set cardinal points are only those applicable to the geography of southern England, where Wicca evolved, and that Wiccans should determine which directions best suit each element in their region. For instance, those living on the east coast of North America should invoke water in the east and not the west because the colossal body of water, the Atlantic ocean, is to their east.[54] Other Craft groups have associated the elements with different cardinal points, for instance Robert Cochrane's Clan of Tubal Cain associated earth with south, fire with east, water with west and air with north,[55] and each of which were controlled over by a different deity who were seen as children of the primary Horned God and Goddess. The five elements are symbolised by the five points of the pentagram, the most prominently used symbol of Wicca.[56]
Natural cycles[edit]
The natural cycles are significant in Wicca. The lunar and solar cycles are most often the basis around which Wiccans place ritual celebrations. While both the God and the Goddess are usually honoured at both kinds of rituals, the Goddess is mainly associated with the Moon, and the God is mainly associated with the Sun.
The Neopagan researcher and High Priestess Margot Adler, who defined ritual as being "one method of reintegrating individuals and groups into the cosmos, and to tie in the activities of daily life with their ever present, often forgotten, significance" noted that rituals, celebrations and rites of passage in Wicca are not "dry, formalised, repetitive experiences", but are performed with the purpose of inducing a religious experience in the participants, thereby altering their consciousness.[57] She noted that many Wiccans remain sceptical about the existence of the gods, afterlife etc but remain involved in the Craft because of its ritual experiences, with one, Glenna Turner, saying that "I love myth, dream, visionary art. The Craft is a place where all of these things fit together – beauty, pageantry, music, dance, song, dream."[58]
The High Priest and Craft historian Aidan Kelly claimed that the practices and experiences within Wicca were actually far more important than the beliefs, stating that "it's a religion of ritual rather than theology. The ritual is first; the myth is second. And taking an attitude that the myths of the Craft are 'true history' in the way a fundamentalist looks at the legends of Genesis really seems crazy. It's an alien head-space."[59] Similarly, Adler stated that "ironically, considering the many pronouncements against Witchcraft as a threat to reason, the Craft is one of the few religious viewpoints totally compatible with modern science, allowing total scepticism about even its own methods, myths and rituals".[60]
Ritual practices[edit]
Athame, ritual knife or dagger used in Wiccan practices
The practice of Wicca often involves the ritual practice of magic, ranging from the "low magic" or "folk magic" of shamanism and witchcraft to more elaborate and complex rites influenced by the ceremonial magic of the Western Hermetic Tradition.
There are many rituals within Wicca that are used when celebrating the Sabbats, worshipping the deities and working magic. Often these take place on a full moon, or in some cases a new moon, which is known as an Esbat. In typical rites, the coven or solitary assembles inside a ritually cast and purified magic circle. Casting the circle may involve the invocation of the "Guardians" of the cardinal points, alongside their respective classical elements; air, fire, water and earth. Once the circle is cast, a seasonal ritual may be performed, prayers to the God and Goddess are said, and spells are sometimes worked; these may include various forms of 'raising energy', including raising a cone of power for the purposes of sending healing or other magic to persons outside of the sacred space. These rites often include a special set of magical tools. These usually include a knife called an athame, a wand, a pentacle and a chalice, but other tools include a broomstick known as a besom, a cauldron, candles, incense and a curved blade known as a boline. An altar is usually present in the circle, on which ritual tools are placed and representations of the God and the Goddess may be displayed.[61] Before entering the circle, some traditions fast for the day, and/or ritually bathe. After a ritual has finished, the God, Goddess and Guardians are thanked, the directions are dismissed and the circle is closed.
A central aspect of Wicca (particularly in Gardnerian and Alexandrian Wicca), often sensationalised by the media is the traditional practice of working in the nude, also known as skyclad. This practice seemingly derives from a line in Aradia, Charles Leland's supposed record of Italian witchcraft.[62] Other traditions wear robes with cords tied around the waist or even normal street clothes. In certain traditions, ritualised sex magic is performed in the form of the Great Rite, whereby a High Priest and High Priestess invoke the God and Goddess to possess them before performing sexual intercourse to raise magical energy for use in spellwork. In nearly all cases it is instead performed "in token", thereby merely symbolically, using the athame to symbolise the penis and the chalice to symbolise the womb.[63]
One of Wicca's best known liturgical texts is "The Charge of the Goddess".[13] The most commonly used version used by Wiccans today is the rescension of Doreen Valiente,[13] who developed it from Gardner's version. Gardner's wording of the original "Charge" added extracts from the works of Aleister Crowley's work, including The Book of the Law, (especially from Ch 1, spoken by Nuit, the Star Goddess) thus linking modern Wicca irrevocably to the revelations of Thelema. Valiente rewrote Gardner's version in verse, keeping the material derived from Aradia, but removing the material from Crowley.[64]
Wheel of the Year[edit]
Main article: Wheel of the Year
Wiccans celebrate several seasonal festivals of the year, commonly known as Sabbats. Collectively, these occasions are termed the Wheel of the Year.[48] Most Wiccans celebrate a set of eight of these Sabbats; however, other groups such as those associated with the Clan of Tubal Cain only follow four. In the rare case of the Ros an Bucca group from Cornwall, only six are adhered to.[65] The four Sabbats that are common to all British derived groups are the cross-quarter days, sometimes referred to as Greater Sabbats. The names of these festivals are in some cases taken from the Old Irish fire festivals,[66] though in most traditional Wiccan covens the only commonality with the Celtic festival is the name. Gardner himself made use of the English names of these holidays, stating that "the four great Sabbats are Candlemass [sic], May Eve, Lammas, and Halloween; the equinoxes and solstices are celebrated also."[67] In the Egyptologist Margaret Murray's The Witch-Cult in Western Europe (1921) and The God of the Witches (1933), in which she dealt with what she believed to be a historical Witch-Cult, she stated that the four main festivals had survived Christianisation and had been celebrated in the pagan Witchcraft religion. Subsequently, when Wicca was first developing in the 1930s through to the 1960s, many of the early groups, such as Robert Cochrane's Clan of Tubal Cain and Gerald Gardner's Bricket Wood coven adopted the commemoration of these four Sabbats as described by Murray.
The other four festivals commemorated by many Wiccans are known as Lesser Sabbats, and comprise the solstices and the equinoxes, and were only adopted in 1958 by members of the Bricket Wood coven,[68] before subsequently being adopted by other followers of the Gardnerian tradition, and eventually other traditions like Alexandrian Wicca and the Dianic tradition. The names of these holidays that are commonly used today are often taken from Germanic pagan holidays. However, the festivals are not reconstructive in nature nor do they often resemble their historical counterparts, instead exhibiting a form of universalism. Rituals observed may display cultural influence from the holidays from which they take their name as well as influence from other unrelated cultures.[69]
Sabbat Northern Hemisphere Southern Hemisphere Origin of Name Associations
Samhain, aka Halloween 31 October to 1 November 30 April to 1 May Gaelic Polytheism (see also Gaels) Death and the ancestors
Yuletide 21 or 22 December 21 June Germanic paganism Winter solstice and the rebirth of the Sun
Imbolc, aka Candlemas 1 or 2 February 1 August Gaelic Polytheism (see also Gaels) First signs of spring
Ostara 21 or 22 March 21 or 22 September Germanic paganism Vernal equinox and the beginning of spring
Beltane, aka May Eve or May Day 30 April to 1 May 31 October to 1 November Gaelic Polytheism (see also Gaels) The full flowering of spring; fairy folk[70]
Litha 21 or 22 June 21 December Possibly Neolithic Summer solstice
Lughnasadh, aka Lammas 31 July or 1 August 1 February Gaelic Polytheism (see also Gaels) First fruits
Mabon, aka Modron[71] 21 or 22 September 21 March No historical pagan equivalent. Autumnal equinox; the harvest of grain
Rites of passage[edit]
Bust of Diana wearing a moon crown
Various rites of passage can be found within Wicca. Perhaps the most significant of these is an initiation ritual, through which somebody joins the Craft and becomes a Wiccan. In British Traditional Wiccan (BTW) traditions, there is a line of initiatory descent that goes back to Gerald Gardner, and from him is said to go back to the New Forest coven; however, the existence of this coven remains unproven.[72] Gardner himself claimed that there was a traditional length of "a year and a day" between when a person began studying the Craft and when they were initiated, although he frequently broke this rule with initiates.
In BTW, initiation only accepts someone into the first degree. To proceed to the second degree, an initiate has to go through another ceremony, in which they name and describe the uses of the ritual tools and implements. It is also at this ceremony that they are given their craft name. By holding the rank of second degree, a BTW is considered capable of initiating others into the Craft, or founding their own semi-autonomous covens. The third degree is the highest in BTW, and it involves the participation of the Great Rite, either actual or symbolically, and in some cases ritual flagellation. which is a rite often dispensed with due to its sado-masochistic overtones. By holding this rank, an initiate is considered capable of forming covens that are entirely autonomous of their parent coven.[73][74]
According to new-age religious scholar James R. Lewis, in his book Witchcraft today: an encyclopaedia of Wiccan and neopagan traditions, a high priestess becomes a queen when she has successfully hived off her first new coven under a new third-degree high priestess (in the orthodox Gardnerian system). She then becomes eligible to wear the "moon crown". The sequence of high priestess and queens traced back to Gerald Gardner is known as a lineage, and every orthodox Gardnerian High Priestess has a set of "lineage papers" proving the authenticity of her status.[75]
Handfasting ceremony at Avebury in England, Beltane 2005
This three-tier degree system following initiation is largely unique to BTW, and traditions heavily based upon it. The Cochranian tradition, which is not BTW, but based upon the teachings of Robert Cochrane, does not have the three degrees of initiation, merely having the stages of novice and initiate.
Some solitary Wiccans also perform self-initiation rituals, to dedicate themselves to becoming a Wiccan. The first of these to be published was in Paul Huson's Mastering Witchcraft (1970), and unusually involved recitation of the Lord's Prayer backwards as a symbol of defiance against the historical Witch Hunt.[76] Subsequent, more overtly pagan self-initiation rituals have since been published in books designed for solitary Wiccans by authors like Doreen Valiente, Scott Cunningham and Silver RavenWolf.
Handfasting is another celebration held by Wiccans, and is the commonly used term for their weddings. Some Wiccans observe the practice of a trial marriage for a year and a day, which some traditions hold should be contracted on the Sabbat of Lughnasadh, as this was the traditional time for trial, "Telltown marriages" among the Irish. A common marriage vow in Wicca is "for as long as love lasts" instead of the traditional Christian "till death do us part".[77] The first known Wiccan wedding ceremony took part in 1960 amongst the Bricket Wood coven, between Frederic Lamond and his first wife, Gillian.[35]
Infants in Wiccan families may be involved in a ritual called a Wiccaning, which is analogous to a Christening. The purpose of this is to present the infant to the God and Goddess for protection. Parents are advised to "give [their] children the gift of Wicca" in a manner suitable to their age. In accordance with the importance put on free will in Wicca, the child is not expected or required to adhere to Wicca or other forms of paganism should they not wish to do so when they reach adulthood.[78]
Book of Shadows[edit]
Main article: Book of Shadows
In Wicca, there is no set sacred text such as the Christian Bible, Jewish Tanakh or Islamic Quran, although there are certain scriptures and texts that various traditions hold to be important and influence their beliefs and practices. Gerald Gardner used a book containing many different texts in his covens, known as the Book of Shadows (among other names), which he would frequently add to and adapt. In his Book of Shadows, there are texts taken from various sources, including Charles Godfrey Leland's Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches (1899) and the works of 19th–20th century occultist Aleister Crowley, whom Gardner knew personally. Also in the Book are examples of poetry largely composed by Gardner and his High Priestess Doreen Valiente, the most notable of which is the Charge of the Goddess.
The Book of Shadows is not a Bible or Quran. It is a personal cookbook of spells that have worked for the owner. I am giving you mine to copy to get you started: as you gain experience discard those spells that don't work for you and substitute those that you have thought of yourselves.
Gerald Gardner to his followers[79]
Similar in use to the grimoires of ceremonial magicians,[80] the Book contained instructions for how to perform rituals and spells, as well as religious poetry and chants like Eko Eko Azarak to use in those rituals. Gardner's original intention was that every copy of the Book would be different, because a student would copy from their initiators, but changing things which they felt to be personally ineffective, however amongst many Gardnerian Witches today, particularly in the United States, all copies of the Book are kept identical to the version that the High Priestess Monique Wilson copied from Gardner, with nothing being altered. The Book of Shadows was originally meant to be kept a secret from non-initiates into BTW, but parts of the Book have been published by authors including Charles Cardell, Lady Sheba, Janet Farrar and Stewart Farrar.[81][82]
Today, adherents of many non-BTW traditions have also adopted the concept of the Book of Shadows, with many solitaries also keeping their own versions, sometimes including material taken from the published Gardnerian Book of Shadows. In other traditions however, practices are never written down, meaning that there is no need for a Book of Shadows.
In certain Traditional Witchcraft traditions, different forms of literature are used, for instance in the 1734 Tradition, the published articles of Robert Cochrane along with letters he wrote to Joseph Wilson, Robert Graves[83] and others are held in high esteem[84] whilst in the Sabbatic tradition, various grimoires are followed, such as the Azoetia of Andrew Chumbley.
In the 1950s through to the 1970s, when the Wiccan movement was largely confined to lineaged groups such as Gardnerian Wicca, a "tradition" usually implied the transfer of a lineage by initiation. However, with the rise of more and more such groups, often being founded by those with no previous initiatory lineage, the term came to be a synonym for a religious denomination within Wicca. There are many such traditions[85][86] and there are also many solitary practitioners who do not align themselves with any particular lineage, working alone. There are also covens that have formed but who do not follow any particular tradition, instead choosing their influences and practices eclectically.
Those traditions which trace a line of initiatory descent back to Gerald Gardner include Gardnerian Wicca, Alexandrian Wicca and the Algard tradition; because of their joint history, they are often referred to as British Traditional Wicca, particularly in North America. Other traditions trace their origins to different figures, even if their beliefs and practices have been influenced to a greater or lesser extent by Gardner. These include Cochrane's Craft and the 1734 Tradition, both of which trace their origins to Robert Cochrane; Feri, which traces itself back to Victor Anderson and Gwydion Pendderwen; and Dianic Wicca, whose followers often trace their influences back to Zsuzsanna Budapest. Some of these groups prefer to refer to themselves as Witches, thereby distinguishing themselves from the BTW traditions, who more typically use the term Wiccan (see Etymology).
Many traditions, including those of British Traditional Wicca, require formal initiation within an established coven for membership of their respective traditions. In this manner, all BTW's can trace a direct line of descent all the way back to Gardner. Other traditions, however, do not hold this to be necessary.
A commonly quoted Wiccan tradition holds that the ideal number of members for a coven is thirteen, though this is not held as a hard-and-fast rule.[30] Indeed, many U.S. covens are far smaller, though the membership may be augmented by unaffiliated Wiccans at "open" rituals. When covens grow beyond their ideal number of members, they often split (or "hive") into multiple covens, yet remain connected as a group. A grouping of multiple covens is known as a grove in many traditions.[citation needed]
Initiation into a coven is traditionally preceded by an apprenticeship period of a year and a day.[87] A course of study may be set during this period. In some covens a "dedication" ceremony may be performed during this period, some time before the initiation proper, allowing the person to attend certain rituals on a probationary basis. Some solitary Wiccans also choose to study for a year and a day before their self-dedication to the religion.
Eclectic Wicca[edit]
A large number of Wiccans do not exclusively follow any single tradition. These eclectic Wiccans each create their own syncretic spiritual paths by adopting and reinventing the beliefs and rituals of a variety of religious traditions connected to Wicca and broader Paganism.
While the origins of modern Wiccan practice lie in covenantal activity of select few initiates in established lineages, eclectic Wiccans are more often than not solitary practitioners uninitiated in any tradition. A widening public appetite, especially in the United States, made traditional initiation unable to satisfy demand for involvement in Wicca. Since the 1970s, larger, more informal, often publicly advertised camps and workshops began to take place.[88] This less formal but more accessible form of Wicca proved successful. Eclectic Wicca is the most popular variety of Wicca in America[89] and eclectics now significantly outnumber lineaged Wiccans.
Eclectic Wicca is not necessarily the complete abandonment of tradition. Eclectic practitioners may follow their own individual ideas and ritual practices, while still drawing on one or more religious or philosophical paths. Eclectic approaches to Wicca often draw on Earth religion and ancient Egyptian, Greek, Saxon, Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, Asian, Jewish, and Polynesian traditions.[90]
Main article: History of Wicca
Origins, 1921–1935[edit]
In the 1920s and 30s, the Egyptologist Dr. Margaret Murray published several books detailing her theories that those persecuted as witches during the early modern period in Europe were not, as the persecutors had claimed, followers of Satanism, but adherents of a surviving pre-Christian pagan religion – the Witch-Cult. These hypotheses, which were argued over by academics for decades, have since been widely rejected.[91]
It was during the 1930s that the first evidence appears for the practice of a pagan Witchcraft religion[92] (what would be recognisable now as Wicca) in England. It seems that several groups around the country, in such places as Norfolk,[93] Cheshire[94] and the New Forest had set themselves up as continuing in the tradition of Murray's Witch-Cult, albeit with influences coming from disparate sources such as ceremonial magic, folk magic, Freemasonry, Theosophy, Romanticism, Druidry, classical mythology and Asian religions.
Early development, 1936–1959[edit]
The history of modern Wicca starts with Gerald Gardner (the "Father of Wicca") in the mid-20th century. Gardner was a retired British civil servant and amateur anthropologist, with a broad familiarity in paganism and occultism. He claimed to have been initiated into a witches' coven in New Forest, Hampshire, in the late 1930s. Intent on perpetuating this craft, Gardner founded the Bricket Wood coven with his wife Donna in the 1940s, after buying the Naturist Fiveacres Country Club.[95] Much of the coven's early membership was drawn from the club's members[96] and its meetings were held within the club grounds.[97][98] Many notable figures of early Wicca were direct initiates of this coven, including Dafo, Doreen Valiente, Jack Bracelin, Frederic Lamond, Dayonis, Eleanor Bone and Lois Bourne.
The Witchcraft religion became more prominent beginning in 1951, with the repeal of the Witchcraft Act of 1735, after which Gerald Gardner and then others such as Charles Cardell and Cecil Williamson began publicising their own versions of the Craft. Gardner and others never used the term "Wicca" as a religious identifier, simply referring to the "witch cult", "witchcraft", and the "Old Religion". However, Gardner did refer to witches as "the Wica".[99] During the 1960s, the name of the religion normalised to "Wicca".[100][101] Gardner's tradition, later termed Gardnerianism, soon became the dominant form in England and spread to other parts of the British Isles.
Adaptation and spread, 1960–present[edit]
Following Gardner's death in 1964, the Craft continued to grow unabated despite sensationalism and negative portrayals in British tabloids, with new traditions being propagated by figures like Robert Cochrane, Sybil Leek and most importantly Alex Sanders, whose Alexandrian Wicca, which was predominantly based upon Gardnerian Wicca, albeit with an emphasis placed on ceremonial magic, spread quickly and gained much media attention. Around this time, the term "Wicca" began to be commonly adopted over "Witchcraft" and the faith was exported to countries like Australia and the United States.
It was in the United States and in Australia that new, home-grown traditions, sometimes based upon earlier, regional folk-magical traditions and often mixed with the basic structure of Gardnerian Wicca, began to develop, including Victor Anderson's Feri Tradition, Joseph Wilson's 1734 Tradition, Aidan Kelly's New Reformed Orthodox Order of the Golden Dawn and eventually Zsuzsanna Budapest's Dianic Wicca, each of which emphasised different aspects of the faith.[102] It was also around this time that books teaching people how to become Witches themselves without formal initiation or training began to emerge, among them Paul Huson's Mastering Witchcraft (1970) and Lady Sheba's Book of Shadows (1971). Similar books continued to be published throughout the 1980s and 1990s, fuelled by the writings of such authors as Doreen Valiente, Janet Farrar, Stewart Farrar and Scott Cunningham, who popularised the idea of self-initiation into the Craft. Among witches in Canada, anthropologist Dr. Heather Botting (nee Harden) of the University of Victoria has been one of the most prominent, having been the first recognized Wiccan chaplain of a public university.[103] Original high priestess of Coven Celeste, she is one of the founders of the Canadian Aquarian Tabernacle Church.[104]
In the 1990s, amid ever-rising numbers of self-initiates, the popular media began to explore "witchcraft" in fictional films like The Craft and television series like Charmed, introducing numbers of young people to the idea of religious witchcraft. This growing demographic was soon catered to through the Internet and by authors like Silver RavenWolf, much to the criticism of traditional Wiccan groups and individuals. In response to the way that Wicca was increasingly portrayed as trendy, eclectic, and influenced by the New Age movement, many Witches turned to the pre-Gardnerian origins of the Craft, and to the traditions of his rivals like Cardell and Cochrane, describing themselves as following "Traditional Witchcraft". Prominent groups within this Traditional Witchcraft revival included Andrew Chumbley's Cultus Sabbati and the Cornish Ros an Bucca coven.
Debates over the origin of Wicca[edit]
According to Gerald Gardner's account in Witchcraft Today and The Meaning of Witchcraft, Wicca is the survival of a European witch-cult that was persecuted during the witch trials.[105] Theories of an organised pan-European witch-cult, as well as mass trials thereof, have been largely discredited, but it is still common for Wiccans to claim solidarity with witch trial victims.[106]
The notion of the survival of Wiccan traditions and rituals from ancient sources is contested by most recent researchers, who suggest that Wicca is a 20th-century creation which combines elements of freemasonry and 19th-century occultism.[107] However, historians such as Ronald Hutton have noted that Wicca not only predates the modern New Age movement but also differs markedly in its general philosophy.[35]
In his 1999 book The Triumph of the Moon, Ronald Hutton researched the Wiccan claim that ancient pagan customs have survived into modern times after being Christianised in medieval times as folk practices. Hutton found that most of the folk customs which are claimed to have pagan roots (such as the Maypole dance) actually date from the Middle Ages. He concluded that the idea that medieval revels were pagan in origin is a legacy of the Protestant Reformation.[35][108]
Modern scholarly investigations have concluded that Witch trials were substantially fewer than claimed by Gardner, and seldom at the behest of religious authorities. For example, in the 1996 book Witches and Neighbors, Robin Briggs examines the history of witchcraft in medieval Europe and refutes the widely-told story that large numbers of independent women were burned at the stake by vindictive Christian ecclesiastics for the crime of practising naturalistic healing or neopagan religion. Most scholars estimate that a total of 40,000 people were executed as witches during the entire medieval period, and that church authorities participated reluctantly in this process, which was largely fuelled by the political turmoil of the Reformation.[109][110]
The actual number of Wiccans worldwide is unknown, and it has been noted that it is more difficult to establish the numbers of members of Neopagan faiths than many other religions due to their disorganised structure.[111] However, Adherents.com, an independent website which specialises in collecting estimates of world religions, cites over thirty sources with estimates of numbers of Wiccans (principally from the USA and the UK). From this, they developed a median estimate of 800,000 members.[112]
[The average Wiccan is] a man in his forties, or a woman in her thirties, Caucasian, reasonably well educated, not earning much but probably not too concerned about material things, someone that demographers would call lower middle class.
Leo Ruickbie (2004)[113]
In the United States, the American Religious Identification Survey has shown significant increases in the number of self-identified Wiccans, from 8,000 in 1990, to 134,000 in 2001, and 342,000 in 2008.[114] Wiccans have also made up significant proportions of various groups within that country; for instance, Wicca is the largest non-Christian faith practised in the United States Air Force, with 1,434 airmen identifying themselves as such.[115]
In the United Kingdom, census figures on religion were first collected in 2001. A campaign by the Pagan Federation before the 2001 Census encouraged Wiccans, Heathens, Druids and others to describe their religion simply as "Pagan"[citation needed] but no detailed statistics were reported outside of the six main religions.[116] For the 2011 census a more detailed breakdown of responses was reported with 56,620 people identifying themselves as Pagans, 11,766 as Wiccans and a further 1,276 describing their religion as "Witchcraft".[117]
Acceptance of Wiccans[edit]
The use of the inverted pentagram by the Church of Satan has contributed to the misidentification of Wiccans as Satanists.
Wicca emerged in a predominantly Christian country, and from its inception suffered opposition from certain Christian groups and from the popular tabloids like the News of the World. Some Christians still believe that Wicca is a form of Satanism, despite important differences between these religions.[118] Due to negative connotations associated with witchcraft, many Wiccans continue the traditional practice of secrecy, concealing their faith for fear of persecution. Revealing oneself as Wiccan to family, friends or colleagues is often termed "coming out of the broom-closet".[119] In a similar way, some people have accused Wicca of being anti-Christian, a claim disputed by Wiccans such as Doreen Valiente, who stated that whilst she knew many Wiccans who admired Jesus, "witches have little respect for the doctrines of the churches, which they regard as a lot of man-made dogma".[120]
In the United States, a number of legal decisions have improved and validated the status of Wiccans, especially Dettmer v. Landon in 1986. However, Wiccans have encountered opposition from some politicians and Christian organisations,[121][122] including former president of the United States George W. Bush, who stated that he did not believe Wicca to be a religion.[123][124]
In Canada, Dr. Heather Botting ("Lady Aurora") and Dr. Gary Botting ("Pan"), the original high priestess and high priest of Coven Celeste and founding elders of the Aquarian Tabernacle Church, successfully campaigned the British Columbian government and the federal government in 1995 to allow them to perform recognised Wiccan weddings, to become prison and hospital chaplains, and (in the case of Heather Botting) to become the first officially recognized Wiccan chaplain in a public university.[125][126] The Bottings had been initiated into Wicca in 1966 by Gerald Gardner's London-based high priestess, Lysbeth Turner.
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Practices and beliefs
History of Wicca
• Kelly, Aidan A. (1991). Crafting the Art of Magic: A History of Modern Witchcraft, 1939-1964. Llewellyn. ISBN 0-87542-370-1. 76
• Heselton, Philip (2000). Wiccan Roots: Gerald Gardner and the Modern Witchcraft Revival. Capall Bann. ISBN 1-86163-110-3.
• Heselton, Philip (2001). Gerald Gardner and the Witchcraft Revival: The Significance of His Life and Works to the Story of Modern Witchcraft. I-H-O Books. ISBN 1-872189-16-4.
• Heselton, Philip (2003). Gerald Gardner and the Cauldron of Inspiration: An Investigation into the Sources of Gardnerian Witchcraft. Capall Bann. ISBN 1-86163-164-2.
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Wildcard (Pennywise EP)
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EP by Pennywise
Released 1989
Recorded 1989
Genre Punk
Length 7:18
Label Theologian Records
Pennywise chronology
A Word from the Wise
Wildcard is a self-released EP by Pennywise. It was originally released in 1989 as a 7" release and again in 1992, on the compilation album A Word from the Wise/Wildcard, along with the first EP A Word from the Wise.
Track listing[edit]
1. "Wildcard" - 2:20
2. "Maybes" - 1:57
3. "Stand by Me" - 3:07
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Spark New Zealand Mobile Network (XT Mobile Network)
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The XT Mobile Network is a UMTS and LTE mobile network run by Spark New Zealand (formerly Telecom New Zealand). The network was initially built nationwide on WCDMA/UMTS 850 MHz, with 2100 MHz infill in major urban areas. The UMTS network is HSPA+ enabled, with a maximum downlink transmission rate of 21.1 Mbit/s and an uplink rate of 5.2 Mbit/s attainable for capable hardware. HSPA+ has a theoretical maximum of 56 Mbit/s download speed and 22 Mbit/s upload speed. Then under Spark 4G LTE is being built out. The network is not 2G capable, Telecom never operated a public GSM network.
After lengthy internal and corporate trials, the XT Network was launched to the public on 29 May 2009, at 7:30am. The network was the successor to Telecom NZ's CDMA mobile network. With the shutdown of CDMA in 2012, XT is currently the company's sole mobile network.
The name "XT Mobile Network" does not get used by Spark anymore, it has been called: "XT Mobile Network", then "The Smartphone Network" under Telecom, and now "Spark Mobile" under Spark.
New Features[edit]
With the launch of the XT network, a number of new services were available to subscribers, including Prepaid roaming, video calls, Mobile TV, and high-speed internet access.
On 27 April 2009, Telecom announced that the new XT Mobile network would launch on 13 May 2009 at 6:30pm.[1][2][3] However, a Vodafone New Zealand and Telecom dispute about Network Interference pushed the date to 29 May.[4]
In May 2009, Vodafone sued Telecom, accusing it of interfering with their network, using the same frequency bands as their existing 3G network. However, Telecom had said it is working with Vodafone to resolve the issues and was surprised by that company's decision to go legal.[5] A decision was made between the two companies to increase the filtering of the network, with neither company stating who was footing the bill[4]
Network Outages[edit]
On Monday, 14 December 2009 at approximately 4:30am, the Telecom XT Mobile Network went down for the majority of people who live south of Taupo for eight hours (although there were claims of issues slightly before this time). Telecom said a technical fault, affecting a Christchurch-based technology component that was installed to fix a prior fault, had caused the loss of mobile service, including voice, SMS, and mobile broadband[6][7]
At approximately 7am on the morning of the network outage, Telecom published a statement via Twitter acknowledging the issues. The network was fully restored by approximately 5:00pm the same day. The older CDMA network was not affected during the outage of the XT network.
On Wednesday, 27 January 2010 around mid-morning, the Telecom XT Mobile Network once again suffered a major outage, affecting approximately 100,000 customers south of Taupo. The outage was believed to be caused by similar circumstances as the late-2009 event. This was fixed for many users within around 7 hours; however, many areas including Queenstown, Timaru, Dunedin and Invercargill had still not been restored as of Thursday 28 January 2010 at 7pm, with some users experiencing up to 3 days without service in some areas. This second network crash in two months caused a considerable public uproar and raised serious questions about the credibility of Telecom and its XT Network.
More recently: On Wednesday, 11 February 2015 at around 1730hrs the Spark mobile network suffered another major outage, preventing customers nationwide from making or receiving calls, sending/receiving text messages and using mobile data.[8][9]
Before and immediately after launch the XT mobile network was promoted by 3 advertisements hosted by Richard Hammond, and following this was an advert featuring stuntwoman/actress Zoë Bell, advertising speed and roaming capabilities.
Telecom claimed that the XT Network to be "Faster in more places" than any other mobile network in New Zealand, including competitor Vodafone and start-up 2degrees; these claims were backed by independent testing commissioned by Telecom. Advertising material at the time proclaimed the network to reach "97% of places Kiwis live and work". This claim was quietly removed in early 2010.[10]
As of 2011 the meaning of "XT" remains unknown to the public, as even Telecom's website fails to address this anomaly. An independent news website featured a "Q&A" having questions submitted by the public and answers from Telecom representatives, and one of the questions asked addressed this: "What time on friday will the network launch? What does XT stand for? XTra? tXT? eXTraordinary? Xtra Telecom?". The network's response only addressed the first part of the question: "The official XT Launch time is 07:30 29 May 2009."[11]
Spark has two mobile network competitors in the New Zealand market.
Vodafone New Zealand which operates a GSM 900/1800 network since 1993, a WCDMA 2100 MHz network since 2005 and were also the first to launch a 4G LTE network[12] in NZ.[13]
Vodafone, in response to Telecom's "Faster In More Places" claim, had constructed a nation-wide WCDMA 900 MHz network in areas where they did not already have an existing 2100 MHz network. Vodafone also controls 66% of the mobile market.
2degrees, currently operates a GSM 900/1800 EDGE network and WCDMA 2100 network. They have built a 4G LTE service enabled 2014.
Spark, 2Degrees and Vodafone all operate 4G networks in LTE band 3 and LTE band 28, with band 3 coverage mostly in cities and towns; band 28 available predominantly across rural towns, countryside, highways and coastal areas. Additionally Spark has licences to provide LTE band 7 services.
4G LTE Network[edit]
The 4G LTE coverage was initially offered to subscribers in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch starting November 12, 2013. Telecom estimates that half of its smartphone network will be able to offer 4G LTE by the end of 2014."[14] The frequencies that are used for LTE are 1800 MHz (LTE Band 3) initially, then additionally 700 MHz when analogue TV frequencies were retired.[15] The first 4G 700 MHz (LTE Band 28) cell sites came online in areas of rural Waikato in mid 2014.[16] Spark also has 2600 MHz band 7 LTE, carrier aggregation is available, with a compatible handset band 3 (1800 MHz) and band 7 can be used simultaneously to speed up data access (available in Auckland).[17]
Date Geographical Areas[18] LTE Band 3 (1800) LTE Band 28 (700) LTE Band 7 (2600)
late 2013 Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch Yes
2014 Auckland Yes Yes (central city)
late 2014 Dunedin, Queenstown & Arrowtown, Te Anau, Wanaka, Greymouth Hanmer Springs, Kaikoura, Blenheim, Nelson & Richmond, Motueka Yes
late 2014 Cromwell, Takaka Yes
mid 2014 Waikato rural: Thames, Waihi, Turanga, Hamilton, Taupo, Cambridge, Te Awamutu, Morrinsville, Matamata, Huntley, Coromandel Yes
mid 2014 Rotorua, Taupo Yes Yes
mid 2014 Ohakune, Masterton Yes
late 2014 Whitianga, Pauanui, Matarangi, Whakatane Yes
late 2014 Warkworth, Snells Beach, Bay of Islands Yes
late 2014 Whangarei Yes
It is worth noting that band 28 700MHz is not the same at the AWS 700MHz supported in North America (Band 2, 4, 12, 13, 14, 17). It is important that the band number matches the phone to the network that it is intended to be used with, otherwise only 3G service will be available. Generally Spark mobile customers should look for phones designed for the Asia Pacific 4G market (as apposed to North America 4G market). Here are some common phones and international model variants available in New Zealand:
Phone Specific model Band 3 (1800) Band 28 (700) Band 7 (2600)
iPhone 5 A1429 Yes
iPhone 5c A1507 and A1529 (A1529 sold by Spark) Yes Yes
iPhone 5c A1532, A1456 Yes
iPhone 5s A1533 Yes
iPhone 5s A1457 A1530 Yes Yes
iPhone 6 All Yes Yes Yes
Galaxy S5 SM-G900I (sold by Spark) Yes Yes
Galaxy S5 SM-G900F Yes Yes
Galaxy S5 mini SM-G800Y Yes Yes Yes
Lumia 635 RM-974 (international) Yes Yes
Lumia 635 RM-975 (North America)
This model is generally inappropriate for 4G networks in New Zealand.
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2. ^ Vaughan, Gareth (27 April 2009). "New mobile network to launch May 13".
3. ^ "Telecom brings 3G launch forward". TVNZ. 27 April 2009.
4. ^ a b Chang, Adrian; Vaughan, Gareth (7 May 2009). "Vodafone, Telecom reach deal".
5. ^ "Vodafone says interference is beyond its control". Computerworld. 5 May 2009.
6. ^ Francis, Clio (14 December 2009). "Telecom XT network restored".
7. ^ Nash, Kieran (14 December 2009). "Telecom's XT network still down south of Taupo". NZ Herald.
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11. ^ "Telecom XT Network Q&A - Questions & Answers". Scoop Media. 26 May 2009.
12. ^ "Vodafone announces 4G LTE". Geekzone.
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Zīnah al-Sādāt Humāyūnī
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Zīnah al-Sādāt Humāyūnī, also Alavīyah Humāyūnī, or Homayuni, (born 1917) is a female religious scholar from Isfahan, Iran, who was the most prominent student of Iran's leading mujtaheda of the 20th century, Banu Amin.[1]
When Banu Amin opened one of the country's first religious seminary for women in Iran in the 1960s, the Maktab-e Fatimah of Isfahan, Zīnah al-Sādāt Humāyūnī became its director and remained in that position until 1992. Apparently, the establishment of the maktab was first and foremost Humāyūnī's idea. She made key administrative decisions and devised the study program.[2]
When Humāyūnī retired, Ḥajj Āqā Ḥasan Imāmi, a relative of Humāyūnī's, took over the directorship of the school.[1]
Humāyūnī has translated two books from Arabic into Persian and is also the author of two books.
• Shakhṣīyat-i Zan (The personality features of woman), Tehran, 1369 [1990].
• Zan mazhar-i khallāqīyat-i Allāh, Tehran, Daftar-i Intishārāt-i Islāmī, 1377 [1998].
• Persian translation of the book Isrār al-Āyāt (The Mysteries of the Qur'ānic verses) by Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm Ṣadr al-Din Shīrāzī (1573–1641), Tehran, 1984.
• Persian translation of the book Tarjumah-i Arbaʿīn al-Hāshimīyah by Nusrat Amin, Tehran: Hudá, 1365 [1986].
1. ^ a b Künkler, Mirjam; Fazaeli, Roja (2012), "The Life of Two Mujtahidahs: Female Religious Authority in 20th Century Iran", in Bano, Masooda; Kalmbach, Hilary, Women, Leadership and Mosques: Changes in Contemporary Islamic Authority, Brill Publishers, pp. 127–160 .
2. ^ See Nāhīd Tayyibī. Zindagānī-yi Bānū-yi Īrānī: Bānū-yi Mujtahidah Nuṣrat al-Sādāt Amīn, (Qom: Sābiqūn Publishers, 1380 [2001]), 124ff.
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Historically, mountain lions had the most extensive distribution of all American terrestrial mammals. They ranged from coast to coast in North America, and from southern Argentina and Chile to southeastern Alaska. Extermination efforts, hunting pressure, and habitat destruction have restricted their range to relatively mountainous, unpopulated areas throughout much of their range. Populations in eastern North America were entirely exterminated, except for a small population of Florida panthers (Puma concolor coryi). In recent years populations have begun to expand into areas of human habitation, especially in the western United States. Mountain lions are now fairly common in suburban areas of California and have recently been sighted as far east as urban Kansas City, Missouri, where several have been hit by cars. Mountain lion sightings in eastern North America, outside of southern Florida, are still more likely to be escaped or abandoned "pet" mountain lions or other large cats.
Biogeographic Regions: nearctic (Native ); neotropical (Native )
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With its formal description in 1995, Symbion pandora, discovered living on the mouthparts of Norwegian Lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) in the North Atlantic, became the first species described and placed in the new phylum Cycliophora (Funch and Kristensen 1995). Interestingly, the sessile (i.e., attached to substrate) feeding stage of S. pandora had been known since the 1960s, but was not described until 1995 (Funch and Kristensen 1997, cited in Kristensen 2002).
The cycliophoran body is divided into an anterior buccal funnel, an oval trunk, and a posterior acellular stalk and adhesive disc by which the animal attaches itself to setae (flexible hair-like projections) on the host's mouthparts. Females are about 350 µm long and 100 µm wide. They are suspension feeders, obtaining food by creating water currents with dense cilia around the open end of the buccal funnel. The U-shaped gut is ciliated along its entire length, ending with an anus located near the base of the buccal funnel. Circulation and gas exchange are presumably accomplished by simple diffusion. Obst and Funch (2003) reported S. pandora population densities ranging from fewer than 100 to more than 500 feeding stages per mouthpart.
The Cycliophora currently includes just two described species: Symbion pandora Funch and Kristensen, 1995 from the mouthparts of the Norwegian Lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) and S. americanus Obst, Funch, and Kristensen, 2006 from the mouthparts of the American Lobster (Homarus americanus) (an apparently distinct third species lives on the mouthparts of the European Lobster [Homarus gammarus]; Obst et al. 2005) . For at least S. americanus, there is evidence suggesting that this nominal species may in fact include several cryptic species (Obst et al. 2005, 2006; Baker and Giribet 2007; Baker et al. 2007), which could turn out to be true for S. pandora as well. All three known hosts of Cycliophora are members of the lobster family Nephropidae. Reports of cycliophorans on nematodes and non-nephropid crustaceans (e.g., copepods) are apparently all in error and instead are based on observations of chonotrich ciliates. Examination by transmission electron microscopy is required to see that, in contrast to a cycliophoran, the ciliate consists of just a single cell with several nuclei. (Kristensen 2002)
Cycliophorans have a very complex life cycle that alternates between sexual and asexual phases. The most prominent stage is the asexual and sessile feeding stage, which lives attached to the setae of the host lobster's mouthparts and filters small food particles from the water. For a detailed description of the complex life cycle of Symbion pandora, see General Description; for a whimsical but informative account, check out the CreatureCast podcast on this topic.
A growing body of evidence suggests that the sister group to the Cycliophora is the Entoprocta (=Kamptozoa) (Fuchs et al. 2010 and references therein), consistent with the suggestion made by Funch and Kristensen (1995) in their original description, although cycliophorans share many similarities with the Rotifera and some molecular analyses have indicated a close relationship between these two groups (e.g., Winnepenninckx et al. 1998).
The phylum name Cycliophora is derived from Greek roots meaning "wheel bearing", referring to the circular mouth ring. The genus name Symbion is derived from Greek roots meaning "living together", referring to this animal's intimate association with its lobster host. The specific epithet pandora is a reference to the feeding stage, which contains both an inner bud and a Pandora larva with a miniature feeding stage inside, reminding the authors of Pandora's Box of Greek mythology. (Funch and Kristensen 1995)
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Gene M. Amdahl
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Gene M. Amdahl revolutionized the architecture and marketing of mainframe computers. Working at International Business Machines (IBM) in the 1950s, Amdahl spearheaded the development of the IBM 704 computer and the STRETCH supercomputer. He later served as director of IBM’s Advanced Computing Systems Laboratory and led the design of the IBM System/360 mainframe, the most profitable product line the company ever produced. In 1970, he founded Amdahl Corporation, which built Plug Compatible Mainframes that would run the same software as IBM computers. At Amdahl Corporation’s peak, these IBM-compatible mainframes captured over a fifth of the market. Amdahl left his eponymous company in 1980 to found three successive ventures: Trilogy Systems, Andor Systems, and Commercial Data Servers. In addition to his achievements in business and computer design, Amdahl is remembered for proposing “Amdahl’s Law” in 1967: If x of a program is inherently sequential, the maximum attainable speedup is 1/x.
Amdahl was born on a farm in Flandreau, South Dakota on November 16, 1922. He taught electronics in the United States Navy during World War II. In 1948, he received his B.S. in Engineering Physics from South Dakota State University. He then earned a Ph.D in Theoretical Physics from the University of Wisconsin in 1952. Although Amdahl came to Wisconsin to study physics, his side interest in designing computers attracted the attention of the university’s electrical engineering department. Encouraged to build a computer that could train graduate students in the rising field of digital computing, Amdahl designed the Wisconsin Integrally Synchronized Computer (WISC) in 1950 and submitted it as his doctoral thesis in June 1951. Written with lucidity and passion, Amdahl’s dissertation impressed IBM, which offered him a higher starting salary than any other new graduate in its history.
Amdahl’s first stint in his successful but contentious career at IBM was from 1952 to 1956. He began as the chief design engineer of the IBM 704, which was IBM’s first commercial product to use floating-point hardware and, uniquely, employed indexing and a high-level programming language (FORTRAN). Amdahl predicted that the IBM 704 would significant outsell the marketing department’s estimate of only six machines. He thought IBM would sell thirty-two, and, in fact, one hundred and forty units were sold.
He then worked on the initial design of the IBM 709 and STRETCH (IBM 7030). The STRETCH supercomputer, built for the Los Alamos National Laboratory, was projected to be one hundred times more powerful than any system on the market. Amdahl’s disagreements with management led him to leave the company while STRETCH was still in the planning process. He took positions at Ramo Wooldridge and Aeronutronic, where he designed computers that could help fighter planes win aerial dogfights.
Amdahl returned to IBM in 1960 and took a leading role in planning the company’s most innovative products. As the principal designer of the System/360 mainframe, Amdahl adapted technologies that emerged from the STRETCH project to build the most profitable product ever sold by IBM. These instruction-set compatible machines covered a 600:1 performance range, and their architecture is still part of many current IBM machines.
IBM recognized Amdahl’s contributions by naming him an IBM Fellow in 1969 and putting him in charge of the company’s Advanced Computing Systems Laboratory in Menlo Park, California. Amdahl again lost confidence in the company’s ability to overcome its internal performance barriers, particularly after IBM executives rejected his proposals for streamlining the corporation. He left the company in 1970 to form the Amdahl Corporation in Sunnyvale, California.
Amdahl’s new company planned its own line of mainframes that would be less expensive than IBM computers but run the same software. He essentially invented a product type: computer clones known as Plug Compatible Mainframes. Founded during a recession that worsened by the mid-1970s, Amdahl Corporation struggled to stay solvent and raise capital in a marketplace that doubted the wisdom of challenging such a dominant player. It took five years for Amdahl to ship its first computer, the Amdahl 470 V/6. Amdahl then entered an arms race with IBM, which had initially underestimated its new competitor, as each company sought to outdo the other with quicker, less costly, and more compact models.
Even as Amdahl Corporation emerged as a major threat to IBM’s bottom line by capturing over twenty percent of the mainframe market, its founder began to move away from his corporation. In 1980, he founded Trilogy Systems to build fault-tolerant wafer-scale chips. The designs, which would combine the functions of one hundred different chips into one superchip, proved feasible but excessively expensive to produce. In addition, Trilogy faced an unusual set of problems for a start-up. Torrential rains delayed the chip plant’s construction and destroyed the plant’s air conditioning, making it unsuitable for manufacturing. Having spent much of its start-up capital for nothing, Trilogy ended up acquiring Elxsi Corporation, a computer maker, to save itself. Elxsi, in turn, did not prosper, and Amdahl stepped down as its chairman in 1989.
Amdahl founded a third company, Andor systems, in 1987. Again, Amdahl’s goal was to compete with IBM, but this time, in the small mainframe market. His goal was to build a more efficient and cooler running model by using a central processor constructed on one board. IBM, by contrast, built its mainframes with several processors that generated significant heat, forcing buyers to house them in large, air-conditioned rooms to operate. But chip manufacturing problems continued to haunt his company. These delays gave IBM breathing room to create a similar product. Andor struggled to achieve profitability and declared bankruptcy in the mid-1990s.
In 1996, at age 74, entrepreneurial Amdahl started a fourth company, Commercial Data Servers (now known as Xbridge Systems). His goal was to develop computers with the power and capacity of traditional mainframes at the size of personal computers and network servers.
Amdahl has been recognized for his achievements with many awards, including the ACM/IEEE Eckert-Mauchly Award (1987) and the IEEE Computer Entrepreneur Award (1989). The mainframe magazine Computerworld described him as one of twenty-five people “who changed the world.”
Further Reading
"Computer Architecture and Amdahl's Law," Solid-State Circuits Society Newsletter, IEEE, Vol. 12 , Issue 3 (2009).
Gene Amdahl Oral History, Computer History Center, Sept. 24, 2000.
"Gene Amdahl Takes Aim at IBM," Fortune, Sept. 1977, p. 106ff.
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Politically correct term use to identify the country Taiwan, as approved by the government of the People's Republic of China. It may be used in international events like sporting fixtures or conferences.
The official name "Republic of China" is verboten because to Beijing it legitimises the government on the island (which to date considers itself the lawful government of all of China right up to Kazakhstan). And the name "Taiwan" somehow is also disliked, perhaps because the name of the island synonymously eludes to independence.
So instead Chinese Taipei is used, with the name of the largest city following the adjectival form of China. Conveniently Beijing can think that the adjective suggests possession, while the Taiwanese government would say that it merely describes China's cultural legacy on the island.
In an era of nation-states, where modern countries are not supposed to define themselves by any one ethnic group that resides within (at least not too obviously), the Taiwan question is a bit of an anachronism. Except that both countries are armed to the teeth and seem ready wage over how it defines itself on the back of a competing athlete's tracksuit.
The country is described using the capital city because Taipei is not a town in China (and neither is Tipping...ha de har har).
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Hero of the Day: Man Saves Drowning Dog from Frozen River in Russia
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Last month we saw a hero dog save his master who he thought was drowning.
Now we have this man, who bashed through ice to rescue a drowning dog from a frozen river in Russia.
The video is actually from March 2014, as some Reddit users have pointed out since the video started making its way around online.
The 21-year old man who saved the dog is a mill worker named Ivan. After the rescue, the dog ran away, but Ivan ran into him again at a store where he was buying some vodka.
He then adopted the dog whom he named Rex.
Ad of the Day: Mop Dog Finds a Friend in New Dr. Pepper Commercial
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You’ll have to watch to find out.
WTF of the Day: Woman Walks Dog Dressed as Abominable Snowman
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According to Fox 11:
But she forgot to mention "terror," and "confusion."
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Can I substitute sherry for brandy in ginger bars with hard sauce
asked by Anne Cookie over 3 years ago
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Yes, but the flavor will be a bit different. Maybe, American whiskey is a better choice if you have it. Brandy has less water in it than sherry so the consistency may also be different. But if it is all you have by all means and give it a go.
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Korean scientists created a battery that's super thin and flexible and it promises to one day lead to gadgets with big screens that can be folded away into your pocket. That sounds very interesting.
Today's phones and screens are rigid. And there's an upper limit as to what you can fit in a pocket or a handbag. But if gadgets can be folded up, it's an entirely new ground breaking way of storing your devices. There have been flexible screens for a while already. The E Ink screens and OLEDs can be made flexible, But it's the other components which are not so much.
The battery, which tends to be the largest single part of any portable device is also something that's not flexible. So it makes sense that a folding battery would be a big step toward bendable products. Professor Keon Jae Lee of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and his team made that happen.
Lee created a lithium ion battery that's razor thin and retains its voltage even while being bent. You can see it in the video below where the battery is powering a blue LED, and it never flickers when the battery is twisted. It’s later tested with a voltmeter while bending, and the voltage hardly changes at all.
Lee is looking into mass producing techniques and the possibility of stacking up batteries for greater power output. What do you think of a foldable battery? And a foldable device?
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Topic: AnalogRead (Read 1 time) previous topic - next topic
Reference says that AnalogRead returns int value. Unit value represents 4.9 mV, so if I want mV value i use:
float millivolt = analogRead(A1) * 4.9;
Is that true also with Arduino Due?
I'm trying to read TMP36 temperature sensor value, but I can not get the right value. The code is:
float temp = analogRead(A1) * 4.9;
temp = (temp - 500) / 10;
OpenDomotica ...la domotica con Arduino - www.opendomotica.it
Is that true also with Arduino Due?
This is because the Due has a 3V3 reference voltage not a 5V one. So each step will be 3.3 / 1024 = 3.22mV
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In pic #3 where you have the cut in the dash. Did you fab the metal tray to support the D3 or did you buy it. If the later, from where. If you did the fab, can you share measurement, info on the material and instructions?
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Airport Extreme with DSL Modem - PPOE settings
Discussion in 'Mac Peripherals' started by brettatredback, Feb 18, 2009.
1. macrumors newbie
OK, so after several hours of swearing and cursing, i have my new airport extreme sitting behind my dsl modem now working and connected to the internet.
With my older linksys router, I had the dsl modem set to 'bridge' PPP location mode. That didn't work with the airport extreme it seems and nor did having the PPP on the modem. So, i selected 'PPP on the computer' PPP location mode and that seemed to do the trick.
So, question is -
- why doesn't 'bridge' mode work with the apple extreme? does it, and i'm not doing it right?
- is 'ppp on the computer' ok and any reason to not want this - any degradation in network performance etc??
2. macrumors 6502a
"I think" what you are doing (bridging PPP) limits you to one computer connected at a time - probably recommended by the ISP, right? :) The right way to use a router is to set up the router to do your PPPoE connection authentication and have you computer Not do this anymore.
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Apple fixed my ibook G3-- Sell or Keep?
Discussion in 'PowerPC Macs' started by human657, Dec 2, 2005.
1. macrumors newbie
Lucked out with Apple customer service. They brought my almost 4 year old ibook G3 600 mhz back from the dead.
it now has:
a new 30 gig hard drive (90 day apple warranty)
a new combo drive (90 day warranty)
new keyboard
new logic board
640 ram (also new)
a three month old battery
airport card
running on tiger
it looks great save for one tiny crack in the case next to the door of the dvd/crw drive and the normal cosmetic scrateches on the outside of the case.
everything else has been checked out by the apple techs and is in great shape. since so many of the parts are new (and the ram upgrade is recent as well) its actually running better than it did when I first got it.
I have the money for a new machine. should I
a)sell the new/old ibook on ebay (similar models are going for 400 plus especially with the airport and maxed out ram and the receipts for the 90 day warranty from apple technicians). I could then buy a new ibook refurb from apple for 800 or so to use as my primary computer
b) keep this puppy as a portable companion to a new iMac which would cost about 1200--- although I'd likely wait for MWSF to swee what happens with those mini's
I am grad student. mostly word processing though I use pretty ram heavy bibliography software and do a fair ammount of audio editing which is a bit beyond the capacity of the current machine. I "have" the money b/c of student loans. whatever I get needs to last me through the next 3-4 years till I'm done with my dissertations.
2. macrumors 6502a
If you NEED to do audio work, then go for a new iBook. Otherwise, i'd keep that iBook for portable word processing and surfing, then buy an iMac for the more intense stuff.
3. macrumors member
I would sell it, and buy a new iBook G4. Amazon has a sale on them right now. Depending on the model you could get $100 or $150 rebate. I bought mine last month & paid $900 (no tax, free shipping). Amazon's rebate offer lasts till Dec. 20.
4. macrumors G5
Are you fooling, people? A G3 iBook gets poor resale value, even if it is practically new. The new parts won't elevate it in price significantly. It's worth more to keep it as a travel machine, and put the money toward the iMac G5 which will be far better for audio than an iBook G4
5. macrumors member
These people are selling refurbished G3 iBooks for a good price:
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Apple Seeds Build 12D65 of OS X Beta 10.8.3 to Developers
Discussion in 'Mac Blog Discussion' started by MacRumors, Feb 6, 2013.
1. macrumors bot
Apple today seeded build 12D65 of OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3 to developers, marking the ninth beta iteration of the newest version of Mountain Lion. 10.8.3 was first seeded to developers in November 2012.
Build 12D65 comes exactly one week after build 12D61. As with build 12D61, build 12D65 continues to ask developers to focus on AirPlay, AirPort, Game Center, Graphics Drivers, and Safari.
Registered developers can download the update on Apple's Developer Page.
Update: According to 9to5Mac, the new build fixes the file bug that recently made headlines.
This post originally referred to Build 12D65 as the tenth developer seed of OS X 10.8.3 when it was actually the ninth seed.
Article Link: Apple Seeds Build 12D65 of OS X Beta 10.8.3 to Developers
2. Guest
Sky Blue
The never ending beta.
3. macrumors regular
This will be very well tested.
4. macrumors member
I hope that after they release 10.8.3, they release an update to Bootcamp so I can install Windows 8 (with full support).
5. macrumors 68020
Agreed!! How long has this been in beta?
6. macrumors 65816
Ok I will go first...
Have the fixed the slow shutdown?
7. macrumors 6502a
8. PBP
macrumors 6502
Tested the 'File:' bug, it seems like they solved it
9. macrumors 68030
"File bug" fixed?
10. PBP
macrumors 6502
Yes, tested it in several programs
11. macrumors 603
12. daneoni, Feb 6, 2013
Last edited: Feb 6, 2013
macrumors G4
In b4 Safari is snappier joke.
13. macrumors 68030
14. Guest
Probably the longest wait ever for a 10.x.x version.
15. macrumors demi-god
Well that bug was squashed quickly hehe
16. zin
macrumors 6502
I've managed to do some undercover work and have the change log. You can view it below:
17. macrumors G4
- If nobody suffered from it then it wouldn't have been discovered in the first place.
- Point updates rarely add
18. macrumors member
The only bug I care about is one that happens when I use Transmit and Textwrangler. If I open a file off an FTP server, edit it and save it, I have to quit Textwrangler before opening another file from Transmit. If I forget to quite Textwrangler, Transmit freezes. This is a bug that started happening when 10.8.2 was released, and both Panic and Barebones have said it's up to Apple to fix it. It's made work much less efficient for me because if I want to edit a CSS file and multiple HTML files, I have to do work on one, save and close it, open the other, save and close it, and go back and forth. It's a horrible waste of time.
19. macrumors 6502a
The File: bug was apparently caused by one and the same piece of code, and I read about someone who disassembled the code who said that it should have been a simple fix too. In other words -- a pretty small bug that caused a crapload of fallout because the code was activated in so many places. So if some place has it solved, all of them should be.
20. macrumors member
Please Apple fix that lag issue in Logic Pro and FCPX which has been around since the Lion days..... Really does stop people from being creative when they're waiting 30 seconds for the mouse to respond to a click.
21. macrumors 6502
Looks like I'm gonna be clean installing OS X 10.8.3 when it comes out! :D
22. macrumors 65816
Anyone know if it fixes the common problem where Messages displays iMessages in the wrong order?
23. macrumors demi-god
So since the dirty word bug has been fixed but most people don't have 10.8.3 if I type it in here are peoples browser going to crash ?
Let's see.
24. Guest
Sky Blue
umm, it doesn't work that way.
25. macrumors demi-god
I know that.
Silly blue person. I was testing Safari on MY computer.
you should be thankful I can't send you an iMessage though.
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Automator issues - crop images
Discussion in 'Mac OS X Lion (10.7)' started by smueboy, Aug 4, 2011.
1. macrumors 6502a
I regularly use Automator to crop tif series (uncompressed images). In previous versions, the images are cropped to specified dimensions and then saved in the same format. Now, Automator saves files as compressed JPEG images. Apart from being low quality, these no longer open in Photoshop.
Does anyone know how to edit actions in Automator?? I want to be able to change the 'crop images' action to then save the files in the original format.
2. macrumors 6502a
As a work around I found the crop images action from OS X 10.6 (version 1.1) and placed it in my 10.7 automator folder, and this works. Strangely crop images.action version 1.2 (lion) is no longer selectable in Automator, despite still residing in the automator folder.
I'd still like to now how to edit an action. The crop images action (v1.2) no longer has a script file in the package contents, whereas v1.1 does.
3. macrumors newbie
I had a similar issue with the import audio action and my fix was the same as yours. Go back to 10.6 and get the action when it worked right and replaced it in 10.7. I was also not able to edit the action either.
4. macrumors newbie
Same problem.
waiting for a resolution by apple, please can you help me finding v1.1 of crop.action?
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Gestures not working?
Discussion in 'OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)' started by ArtOfWarfare, Jul 27, 2012.
1. ArtOfWarfare, Jul 27, 2012
Last edited: Jul 27, 2012
macrumors 603
Hi, I've found that almost few of my 3 finger gestures and none of my 4 finger gestures work... I've tried toggling them all on/off/on, but they're still not working at all?
List of gestures not working:
- Launch Pad (4 Finger pinch)
- Reveal Desktop (4 Finger spread)
- Mission Control (4 Fingers Up)
- App Expose (4 Fingers Down)
- Switch Spaces (4 Finger Swipe Left/Right)
- Notification Center (3 Fingers from right edge.)
Gestures that are working:
- Scrolling (2 Finger drag)
- Select/Drag (3 Finger drag)
- Look Up (3 Finger tap)
- Secondary Click (2 finger tap)
(Oh, and I'm using a Magic Trackpad.)
Edit: Resolved with a simple restart... no idea what caused my gestures to suddenly stop working like that, though.
2. macrumors newbie
Same here
I had the same problem on my MacBook Pro (mid 2009) and a restart fixed the issue. It must be a bug...
3. EDx
macrumors newbie
Restarting doesnt solve this issue, it only postpones it from happening again.
I have the same deal, magic trackpad, imac i5 2009.
maybe it will be a 10.8.1 fix
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HELP! ML won't boot
Discussion in 'OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)' started by bursty, Sep 30, 2012.
1. macrumors 6502a
I did a clean install of ML about a month ago, its been running great since. Last night, firefox kept locking up so I decided to just restart everything. It shut down but then froze on the gray screen with the apple logo. It then turns into a circle crossed out, then into recovery mode.
Disk utility says the drive is fine, so its a problem with ML? Is there anyway to correct this? I could REALLY use some help on this, I am on the road about 8 hours away from my house. Thank you for any help :(
2. macrumors demi-god
That sounds like the drive is dying. You can try to reinstall the OS to see if that helps... but this problem is not normal or something that can be fixed by just running a command or anything.
3. macrumors 6502a
If the drive was failing, wouldn't disk utility say something? It says everything is fine :confused:
4. macrumors demi-god
That message you are seeing means the Mac can't find the OS. Assuming you did nothing to erase the OS, that usually means the drive is faulty.
How are you running Disk Utility? Start with command-r in Recovery mode and run Disk Util then repair disk and see what you get.
5. justperry, Oct 2, 2012
Last edited: Oct 2, 2012
macrumors 603
If Disk Utility says the drive is fine the HDD is NOT the problem.
Don't scare the OP, since he had problems before with software it seems to be the OS itself.
Try starting up in safe mode, I don't have ML but Leopard and I think you have to hold the shift key while starting up.
Edit: Just did a quick google search, it says the shift key.
Edit again: I know you are 8 hours from home but permissions could be the problem, if able to start up in safe mode repair permissions.
6. macrumors demi-god
Yeah... thanks for the condescending lecture about scaring people. That was really helpful. Really it was. I just can't express how much I appreciate you straightening me out. :cool:
That slash message means the machine cannot see the OS. So either the main logic board is bad preventing the computer from seeing the drive at all, or the drive is going bad, or the OS has been deleted/corrupted.
So now, like I said, unless he just deleted the OS... that leaves the other two causes.
OP mentioned he ran Disk Util and found no problems. I was trying to understand exactly how he ran Disk Util to assist trouble shooting.
Safe mode might help... but if the OS is not visible to the machine it likely won't see safe mode either.
Permissions repair would have nothing to do with OP's problem.
If you want to offer OP help... that's great. But keep your editorializing to yourself.
7. justperry, Oct 2, 2012
Last edited: Oct 2, 2012
macrumors 603
Edit: Read My own post and I really don't understand why you say this, there is nothing wrong with what I said.
I am sorry if I offended you, there is no need to though because I know my way around as well in OSX.
I fiddled around many times with the system and believe me that sign (circle crossed out) just means it can not start up from the system.
It has a lot to do with the system and repairing permission CAN 100% make a difference.
If there is a file with the wrong permissions and the system needs that to be set the way it should be
there is a big change you end up with just that.
And I will say it again, his disk is NOT broken, otherwise disk utility would say so.
Edit 2: The below sign is what I talk about and seen it many times while fiddling with system, after restarting from backup/On other partition and restore what I did it's normal again.
8. macrumors demi-god
Alright... fair enough. I am trying to help the guy out and being told to "stop scaring" him struck a nerve. I apologize if I over reacted. :)
Exactly. We agree. It could be one of the three causes I listed. Just trying to assist OP in eliminating what it could be.
Here is where we disagree. I agree a root level permissions issue can cause a system not to boot, but that does not just happen all on its own. OP says he was happily buzzing along using his system and it choked so he restarted and went to the slash. Nothing he did would cause a permissions error that would stop a system boot.
I want more clarity on how exactly Disk Util was run, hence my follow up questions. Ordinarily a software OS issue just does not spontaneously appear like OP described.
9. macrumors 603
The both of us are here to help the OP out and the goal is to resolve the issues he has.
It can have a lot of causes, corrupt files, permissions and yes even a hard disk failure or worse a logic board.
About the root level, even when it is deeper I think it can prevent the system from loading, lets say kernel extensions or even deeper away.
10. macrumors 6502a
Guys, thanks for the advice. I ran disk utility via recovery mode. Thats also how I'm posting, the "find help online" or whatever tab in recovery mode.
I ran disk util again and got this. So I'm assuming that the drive is going out.
Really, really ****** timing :mad:
11. justperry, Oct 2, 2012
Last edited: Oct 2, 2012
macrumors 603
I am still not 100% sure the HDD is fried, how about trying to reinstall in place, so install and archive and look what it does.
If you have an external and bootable I would start up from that one and recover your Data first.
I had seen that on My system before and still recovered from it.
You don't happen to have a bootable Diskwarrior disc, DiscWarrior is better than Apple's own Disc Utility.
Did you hear strange noises when firefox started vrashing, many times when HDD give up you hear noises, like clicking or screeching.
In My last post I had an attachment of a picture, was that the one you saw?
Edit: It says not mounted and the system recognizes the disc so that could be a good sign.
12. macrumors demi-god
Ackkk... that does not look good. :eek:
I agree that looks like a bad drive.
If you have the ability to do it where you are, the only other thing I can think of to try is from Recovery reformat Macintosh HD and reinstall the OS. Hopefully the reformat would fix the errors on the drive.
Honestly though, I am not optimistic that will help. If you had done something that precipitated this I would be more hopeful it could be undone, but sounds like you were just using the computer and this happened on its own... and that points to spontaneous hardware failure, the hard drive in your case.
This crap always happens at the worst possible time.
13. macrumors 6502a
I reinstalled and when it restarted I got the same folder with the line through it as posted above. I have no bootable disks/thumb drives with me.
This MBP is only about a year or two old. It was given to me by my stepmother and when I got it about a month ago, I noticed right away the drive would click occasionally. Didn't think much of it at the time but I guess that shoulda told me the drive was going. Oh well, I'll pick up a new one soon
I appreciate all the help guys
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How is the Galaxy Note too big if you carry around a iPad.
Discussion in 'Alternatives to iOS and iOS Devices' started by KnightMan, Sep 22, 2012.
1. macrumors member
Ok, in my search for my next device, I'm leaving no device upturned. When looking up the Galaxy Note, I see there are people who say the phone is too big for them. I can see this being the case for many, but If you are also a person who sees nothing wrong with hauling around a 10 inch tablet, then how do you consider a 5.5 inch device too big to carry around. The more I think about it, I think this is actually genius on Samsung's part. I think this is the perfect size for heavy web browsing people, or for businesses. Way more mobile than a 7inch or 10inch tablet.
2. macrumors P6
The iPad isn't able to be used as a phone. What people are saying is that it's too big or use as a phone or a phone replacement.
3. macrumors 601
I'm not holding the iPad up to my face to talk on it like I do a phone. Also the Note is too big to easily fit in a pocket, but it is too small to have the advantages that a larger screen like the iPad has offers.
4. macrumors 65816
Because a 5.5 inch device doesn't fit easily in most pockets. Once you're carrying something under your arm or in a bag, it might as well be the size of the iPad.
The 5.5 inch note is less mobile than the iPhone and less useful than the iPad; its size makes it sub-optimal, not superior.
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I think it is perfect for the inside pocket (wallet pocket) of a suit and would be a great asset to someone that dressed like that for work, I could see me using one for work, not that I wear a suit, I drive to work and spend most of my time in an office.
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I wish people would stop generalizing on this size thing. Different people have use for different sizes, there is no one size that is superior or sub-optimal for all.
Personally, I've never kept my phone in the pockets of my pants, and most of the year I use jackets with pockets well big enough for a Note. During summer I pretty much always use a small shoulder strap bag or textile bag when I leave home, and in these the weight difference between an iPad and a Note would be considerable.
The Note is a perfect size for reading or surfing in a much more efficient and enjoyable way than on smaller phones, while being much less of a hassle to pull up and use than an iPad if you're on a crowded train or bus, while walking around outside, etc.
So, the inverse of your sentence is equally true: The 5.5 inch note is more useful than the iPhone and more mobile than then iPad; it's size makes it superior, not sub-optimal.
Edit: In direct response to the OP, of course there will be people who find the Note too big for their pockets and want to have a smaller phone in their pocket for fast access, when they don't need the functionality of the iPad and find that too much of a hassle to pull out of the bag all the time.
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I fully agree with this statement. The choice, and options for different sizes are what's great about offerings in the Android world.
That paragraph is just as subjective as the post you decided to reply to, There is also an inverse response to your claims as well.
In the end, personal preferences, or needs should always be the deciding factor in purchasing personal electronics. My only regret being an Apple customer, is being locked into an ecosystem with more limited choices. That said, I personally enjoy the ecosystem well enough to deal with it :) .
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I was saying it was 'suboptimal' in the context of the OP's question, not 'universally suboptimal', so an accusation of generalization suggests you didn't understand my post. I didn't think I had to say "in the context of this discussion" after every sentence. Perhaps 840quadra will also reconsider their interpretation as well.
To reiterate, the OP asked the following:
I see nothing wrong with hauling around a 10 inch tablet. Since I am that sort of person, why would I benefit from hauling around a 5.5 inch tablet? The size offers no benefit. If I see nothing wrong with carrying something that size around, as the OP suggested, I might as well carrying something that size around - a 10" tablet. In this case, the Note offers no benefit, because a smaller size is not what this particular case values.
If there are people, then, who do think the Note is too large, they are a different group of people (or a different set of use-cases). They imagine using such a device in various situations. In many cases, the Note is too large: they find the Note too big to use one-handed, because it doesn't fit their pockets, because it is too heavy, because they can't mount it on their bicycle or bring it running, whatever their reasons are. In these cases, the Note offers no benefit, because a larger screen is not what this particular case values.
The OP's question just conflates the two use cases. It says to the former group, "Wouldn't you like something easier to carry?" and ignores how they would have to give up the screen size they value. It says to the latter group, "Wouldn't you like something bigger to read?" and ignores how they would have to give up mobility.
It then supposes all of these people are of the same group, ignores how preference satisfaction trades off precisely between the attributes of mobility and screen size, and then scratches its head at the contradiction which results.
Reconsider your claims as follows (my commentary in bold):
It applies the virtues of mobility to a case where screen size is the determining factor, and touts the virtues of screen size in a case where mobility is the determining factor.
If you knew that "A pick-up truck hauls more than a Prius" and "A Prius gets better gas mileage than a pick-up", would you think that battery-powered subcompacts which have a half-bed on the back and a towing hitch are 'optimal'?
I hope this has made things clear, and why your niche case doesn't address the OP's faulty assumptions.
As for 840quadra, platitudes about 'choice' really miss the point - in this case, the Apple products offer choice by gearing devices towards actual use cases, instead of making a device which misunderstands the contexts in which tablets and phones have their relative strengths. I offered an argument; if you think there's something wrong with it, point it out instead of dismissing it as 'subjective'.
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I guess I have huge pockets, because my Nexus 7 fits in my pocket.
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Why do people trash the note so much? Its to big for my tastes, I doubt I'd go any bigger than an S3 or iP5sized phone.
But I can see why some people really like it.
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So you're saying there are no actual use cases in which one would benefit from a device such as the Note, i.e. that it is generally sub-optimal?
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One supposedly fits in my pocket (actually not true...). One does not.
13. macrumors 68000
This. The Note is too big for me, but I think it's an awesome device and anyone who likes that size should get it. (or the Note 2 soon :p)
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I'm sick of so many people thinking that whatever size Apple chooses is the best for everything.
AA went for the Note, because an iPhone is just so small for this type of work, and an iPad is to big, so you have the note.
its for people who dont want a tiny phone like the iPhone, and don't want an iPad.
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Because we're on a predominately Apple based forum. It could have a battery life of a month, be the thinnest device on the market, fastest CPU made, do your laundry, and cook your dinner but there'd alway be someone to bash it because it doesn't have an Apple on it.
Same here. I use a tablet and a phone and tend to prefer one device or the other for specific tasks, so the benefits of such a large phone a generally lost on me. The Note (and upcoming Note II) seem to be great options if you're looking for a single device to cover most of the functions of both types.
16. macrumors 68000
I really hate people who say that things like the Galaxy Note shouldn't be made.
What those people really hate is choice. Simple as that. They're the same people who say that iOS should not have any more options or functionality because Apple said so.
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I honestly don't believe they really feel that. I feel like they are very strong fanboys so they lie to themselves. I heard one guy say iPhone doesn't need NFC because it is useless. He was "glad" the iPhone didn't have it. Why would you be glad your phone has less features, whether you use them or not.
I don't think the iPhone is bad, I think it is excellent at what it tries to be. But Apple doesn't really "set the standard" anymore in my opinion.
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what everyone fails to realize is that these screen sizes will only get bigger in due time.. I really don't think i could use this as a phone lol... 4.3 and 4.8 is big enough IMO but like someone said everyone has different devices for different purposes.
It all comes down to the Apple OS or Android OS.. period
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The Galaxy Note in concept is pretty nice. It's a phone with nice big screen. In practice I find it weird. It doesn't really fit in my pocket much less in my hand.
It can't really be compared to an iPad since one is a tablet and the other is a smartphone. If you want to compare to an iPad perhaps compare the Galaxy Tab to it.
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pity that ipad has no calling feature...
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I saw someone on the train use one and to be honest I thought it was too large - it won't fit in pants pockets AFAIK.
Regardless of my personal opinion of it being too big, it does seem popular with folks. Its a well selling phone and people are anxious for the Note 2 to be released.
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I went from the 4S to the Note, love the screensize but miss ios for syncing with other Apple devices.
The Note does look very big when you open the box, but after a short time the iPhone screen looked extremely small, was no going back. No issues with the Note being too big, its the iPhone that was too small.
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I love my Note and don't think it's too big (I have a pocket in my purse that happens to fit it perfectly), but I have to admit the S3 is a gorgeous phone. I might go that way when I upgrade eventually. :D
But yeah, how big something is and whether or not it's too big for person X depends on what that person needs it for and what sorts of clothing/bags etc they wear/carry with them.
24. macrumors Nehalem
The Note is not too big as a tablet. The Note is way too big as a phone. People I see using it look absolutely ridiculous holding it up to their face.
25. macrumors regular
I love my note. I wouldn't go any larger. I'm 58" and have average sized hands. My hands are larger than the phone and fit easily in my pockets. I'm a school teacher that has about 200 students through the day. My classes played can the phone fit in my pocket game. It fit in the vast majority of pockets. The size doesn't like skinny jeans.
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iBook mounted on a Car Dashboard.
Discussion in 'MacBytes.com News Discussion' started by MacBytes, Oct 9, 2003.
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wow that is pretty badass. i would love to do that but im not about to do major surgery inside my car, i would kill myself, unless my mom did it first.
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I, on the other hand, wouldn't like to be on the road anywhere near somebody who's reaching around a laptop to turn on the air conditioning. A picture of the heater controls - jeez.
And, what? A surge protector? In case some lightning comes in?
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i can see the insurance rates going up as we type.
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Jerry Spoon
Looks safe to me.
6. macrumors regular
pretty nice endeavor
wow as soon as I get my crown vic I am doing that project.
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I'm speechless, yo.
This is for what purpose now? watching movies while you drive?
8. macrumors G5
Why? Lot's of reasons. From the top of the page:
"Realtime Satellite GPS driving directions/maps, WiFi Wireless Wardriving and Websurfing, Mp3 music & CDs, Radar detection (beta), Rear view USB camera (with infrared) and sometimes for fun an infrared engine cam & "check out people next to you" cam all at once via USB hub, multiple cameras and securityspy software. Laptop Hides quickly and safely away when parked."
Good grief. But very handy--I HATE when I accidentally back over an invisible alien that would have shown up in infrared!
EDIT: I thought the A/C controls were clickable on-screen, but it looks as though it's just a camera view of the controls, so you can watch yourself push buttons that would have been hidden. Now, that's thinking! :)
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Absolutely ridiculous,
Yeah war driving, no one will notice your whole car is glowing I'm sure...
Form Factor is terrible, and shows no creativity or effort.
Clam shell G3 and OS9, nuff said.
On the other had, something to keep this nerd busy.
10. macrumors G5
Just a little defense...
It's certainly not my thing, but... no creativity? The funtionality is unique, as is the glowing mount--you may not like it personally, but it's hardly uncreative. I've certainly seen nothing like it. And no effort? That was MASSIVE work. Cameras everywhere, USB hub, etc. etc.
And why shouldn't it be done with an iBook, if that was handy? Does it have to be Jaguar even if the solution didn't demand that? This is something done with a leftover Mac--nothing wrong with that.
It's easy to criticize for its own sake, but I could certainly do no better!
(And I assume wardriving refers to using legitimate access points... not breaking in to other people's networks! So what does the glow of the screen hurt? People do use WiFi from their cars and I've never seen the glow criticized.)
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Re: terrible
I'm digging it. This is ranking fairly high on the nerd scale. Sweet.:p
12. macrumors 604
I don't know, that required a decent amount of skill to do.
I doubt he is gonna do anything while driving or anything, but stop lights... and other stuff, fun fun.
13. macrumors 68000
Too many distracting lights for me while I'm driving at night.
14. macrumors regular
Pictures are too dark...
There should be some in the daylight....So you can see what the whole thing looks like....
But otherwise it's cool to me!!!
15. macrumors 601
well.... it could be handy having people think that you are actually the police. :D
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Phil Of Mac
That looks like one sweet war machine :)
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Lion OpenGL Support -- What Gives?
Discussion in 'Mac OS X Lion (10.7)' started by Riemann Zeta, Apr 3, 2011.
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Lion supports openGL 3.2, but apps need to be updated to use 3.0 and above because Apple has not implemented a compatibility mode with openGL 2, AFAIK.
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MacBook Air Restart Test - 1.6/HD vs. 1.8/SSD vs. MacBook 2.2
Discussion in 'MacBook Air' started by stpchien, Feb 3, 2008.
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I went to my local Apple store and ran some tests, using my trusty iPhone as a stopwatch. The time it took for each of the machines to reboot and display the Apple Store menu screen (time measured from hitting the Restart button):
MBA 1.6/HD - 1 minute, 8 seconds
MBA 1.8/SSD - 40 seconds
MB 2.2 (Black model) - 48 seconds
Note on the testing: To account for the various programs that might have been open, I restarted the machine *twice* -- first, to clear out any programs that might have been launched by other customers. Then, I reboot a second time from that fresh start, and those times are the ones reported above.
Is the extra speed during disk-intensive operations like booting up really worth the extra $999? I wish folks could report some real-world battery life comparisons; that would be the deal-clincher for me if the MBA/SSD improved battery life significantly (on the order of 45 mins to an hour) -- but that may be wishful thinking.
The Apple Store software clearly adds to the launch time. For example, the MB 2.2 usually boots in about 40 seconds without the Apple Store software.
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MBA RAM performance question
Discussion in 'MacBook Air' started by freefalls, Jul 21, 2011.
1. macrumors newbie
Hi there,
I have a mid 2009 MBP.
2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
upgraded the hard drive to Intel SSD 80GB
I would like to replace this machine with MBA. But since the MBA only comes with 4GB RAM maximum, would it outperform my current MBP?
I use Parallels a lot for doing .NET development. I've currently assigned 4GB to the VM and 4GB to OSX.
Things are running smoothly with the current setup. But I want the portability of the MBA.
Should I upgrade?
Thanks in advance
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I would like to know the comparison too even though I'd be running Tomcat and Eclipse.
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New content and Thirst.co
Discussion in 'iPad Apps' started by Smileyboy, Feb 28, 2013.
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How do I add new content? I love RC cars and I do a search and can't find anything. Any tips?
How can I add what I find appealing.
Anyone else use this app/service?
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Quicksilver Buying Advice
Discussion in 'PowerPC Macs' started by ronss, Nov 1, 2007.
1. macrumors member
i would like a g5 powermac, but not enough money now
where would be better,,both of these are mirrored doors quicksilver,
1 ghz single, 64mg 4mx video card, firewire 400 and 800
867 mhz dual cpu, 32 mg video card
not sure which to get
2. macrumors Penryn
What's your budget?
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well, i found a g4 mirrored dual 867 for $325,,, with 32mg video card...
the other is a 1 ghz single cpu, 64mg video card...thinking its around $350.
was liking the dual 867... don,t want to spend more than 400..
4. macrumors Penryn
Get the dual 867 Mirrored Drive Door or look into an Intel Mac mini ~US$450.
I wonder why the MDD doesn't have a Radeon 9000. They came at 64 MB. It works great for dual LCD's!
5. macrumors member
thanks....i was just wondering about the 1 ghz,,its the firewire 400 and 800 version,....but only single cpu....still go with the dual 867,,,with no firewire 800/??
6. macrumors Penryn
Do you really need FireWire 800?
The dual processor version would be faster then the single 1 GHz.
7. macrumors member
okay..going to get it....the dual 1 ghz or 1.25 are speedier,,but you pay for the speed. i dont see a whole lot of difference between a dual 867 or 1ghz..
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Also you can always add a firewire 800 pci card if you feel you need one later for really cheep
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You will IF you use any applications that can utilize more than 1 processor....... like.......maybe.......OS X, imaging, video & audio apps :p
otherwise not much diff :eek:
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thanks all...been helpful..i asked this question at macNN forum, and got banned for a week..i thought it was a bit harsh..but i am the moderator......later he said i was asking too many questions on buying advice...
11. macrumors Penryn
That was rather harsh.
Did you end up buying the system?
12. macrumors 6502a
From what I saw over there, you'd asked your questions through 10 different threads that you'd initiated. From my view, that wasn't too harsh. He didn't kill them all, from what I understand.
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oh well, i will live through it...
yes, i got the dual mdd 867mhz,,, though i really wanted a dual 1.25,,but they come at a premium....and my budget was $300 to $400 range.... should get it this week if it gets shipped quickly...going from minnesota to phoenix...see if its faster than my quicksilver 800mhz...
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Default Re: Best Animated Batman Movie ?
1. Under the Red Hood: It's sad that it's not Conroy voicing Batman, but the movie is the best animated Batman feature. Has some goof ups, hence 9.5/10
2. Mask of the Phantasm: Best origin until Batman Begins came around. This one has some slip ups as well, but I don't find the movie as fun as UTRH. 9.5/10
3. Batman Beyond Return of the Joker: The Joker/Drake connection is lame, but it led to fun sequences. 9.5/10
4. Superman/Batman Public Enemies: Spectacular, that's all I say. 9.5/10
5. Gotham Knight has two good sequences, the rest are OK. I'll give it a 7.5/10
6. Mystery of the Batwoman is OK. 7/10
7. Year One: Not so good, story it's based on isn't so good 7/10
haven't watched the other two
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Default Re: Batman Begins Best Origin Movie ever ?
Yes, but you're still stuck on the close minded viewpoint that storytelling needs to be consistently logical. Where there are HUGE schools of thought and theory that espouse differently.
Expressionism itself is defined as;*Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas. Expressionist artists sought to express meaning*or emotional experience rather than physical reality."
And that's exactly the type of approach that that scene - and all of Burton's Batman films - take. That's the point. That's the purpose. To slight it because it prescribes to that type of art form is like finding fault in someone believing in a different school of religion than you do; there's no objective positive or negative about it. Rather, it's merely a different way of creating art.
It's like a non-consecutive 24-hour dance party.
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#78 to #31 - abnthug (04/30/2013) [-]
I'm 21 (22 in about 3 weeks) and I my wisdom teeth have yet to come in.
I could either be very lucky and never see them or they're just incredibly late to the party.
My older bro had to have his removed when he was 20 and is properly pissed that I haven't suffered yet.
It feels good but I fear I won't be lucky for much longer.
User avatar #94 to #78 - cormy (04/30/2013) [-]
Even if they do eventually come out, not everyone has to have them removed depending on your jaw structure.
User avatar #75 to #31 - zorororonoa (04/30/2013) [-]
Haven't got mine out yet either. Not excited. Just hope they drug me good before then.
User avatar #68 to #31 - zanea (04/30/2013) [-]
dude they suck! Mine grew in like friggin tusks! Damn poachers were after me for weeks
#57 to #31 - ironstrike (04/30/2013) [-]
You might be a part of the lucky few who won't get wisdom teeth.
I'm 22 and I haven't gotten mine yet.
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I only have one, but it doesn't bother me at all. Guess I got lucky.
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I have all four. Didn't hurt one bit. Most dentists get rid of them before they even cause harm. My dentist was insistent I keep getting rid of mine before they hurt.
5 years later and they still haven't hurt.
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Got all four out at once, really not that bad. Just do a Kristen Stewart and have no facial emotions for like a few weeks or you will be in pain
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Trust me,
Trust me,
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they swell like mofos after taking em out
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Dorposch (now Dorposz Chełmiński, Poland) Source: Wikipedia Commons
Detailed map of Dorposch, early 20th century. Source: Archiwum Map Zachodniej Polski
Dorposch (also known as Culmisch Dorposch, Kulmisch Dorposch, and Dorrenbusch; now known as Dorposz Chełmiński; coordinates: 53.418893, 18.580284 [53° 25′ 08″ N, 18° 34′ 49″ E]; population in 1905, 124) is located approximately 8.5 kilometers (5 miles) east of Świecie (Schwetz), 12 km. (7 miles) north-east of Chełmno (Culm), and 14 km. (9 miles) south-west of Grudziądz (Graudenz).
By the 18th century, if not earlier, Old Flemish Mennonites were living in Dorposch along with Jeziorka, Tuchel, Schönsee, Posterwolde, Horst, Ausmass, and Jamerau. Until 1772 Dorposch was located in what was known as Royal Prussia (also known as Polish Prussia) in the Kingdom of Poland. The First Partition of Poland in 1772 resulted in the creation of a new province on 31 January 1773, called West Prussia, in which the village was located. Dorposch was situated in the district (Kreis) of Kulm in Regierungsbezirk Marienwerder until the end of World War I, when it came under the jurisdiction of the Pomeranian Voivodeship of the Second Polish Republic. Dorposch came under the control of Nazi Germany during World War II until March 1945, when it was occupied by Soviet forces and returned to Poland. In 2013 Dorposz Chełmiński was a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chełmno, within Chełmno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.
The 1776 Prussian census lists 10 Mennonite families in Dorposch with the following surnames: Block, Gerth, Isaac, Koehn, Nachtigal, Odger, Sparling, and Voht. In 1824 there were eight Mennonite families listed as being landholders in Dorposch. Their surnames included: Retzlaff, Foth, Unrau, Sperling, Foth, Ploenert, Dirks, and Edinger.
Mennonite who were residents of Dorposch were members of the Schönsee Mennonite Church.
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Wikipedia. "Dorposz Chełmiński." Web. 24 April 2013.łmiński.
Wolf, Hans-Jürgen. "Familienforschung in Westpreußen." Web. 24 April 2013.
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Author(s) Richard D Thiessen
Date Published April 2013
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Thiessen, Richard D. "Dorposch (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. April 2013. Web. 3 Jun 2015.,_Poland)&oldid=94421.
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Thiessen, Richard D. (April 2013). Dorposch (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 3 June 2015, from,_Poland)&oldid=94421.
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How To Not Storm Off the Internet in a Huff
Yesterday, a grown man threw a tantrum and stormed off the internet. Because we bullied him. It wasn't pretty. Are we proud? Well, it's a living. We spent today mulling over some wise advice we received. And, of course, it's true. We should be constructive! In the spirit of friendship, we'll explain how to survive the Internet without letting the bastards get you down. Heed our words, and you'll never have to shut down another blog. Or quit a message board, or ban yourself from a comments section. Never again will you hear the sirens of the waaaahmbulance.
Know the Sharing/Oversharing Divide. A bit of personal info—we have a kitty!—makes you a friend. Too much personal info—check out my facial!—makes you a target. This is not even a fine line. It is a very obvious line. It is the line that drove Julia Allison off the net before. Since her return, she, surprisingly, has not really crossed it!
Don't Write Like An Asshole. Kinda hard to quantify this one, right? Especially because some of us make our livings acting like pricks all day. But writing assholish things and writing like an asshole are different! Keith Gessen often Tumblrs like an asshole. Yes, you have a fine little magazine, but the I'll buy you a beer if you are half as impressive as me when you're my age thing is one of the douchiest things we've ever read, especially because dude is not actually Norman Mailer yet. Ditto for Lodwick's contention that his pretty websites "change the world." No, they don't! Maybe "asshole" just means "solipsist?" It does seem to, doesn't it. Which brings us to:
Manage Your Narcissism. Please. And:
Have a Sense of Humor Please.
STOP DIGGING. You're mocked or attacked. Respond with a cutting counter-attack, a reasonable and self-reflective defense, or DON'T RESPOND AT ALL. Or email the author and make friendly! This secret tactic usually works wonders. DON'T flail about helplessly in the comments section, where you'll be piled on. Don't post something hurt and whiny that reinforces whatever real or imagined fault you were attacked for. Bite back and enjoy the game or ignore it and move on with your life. Mr. Keith Gessen sort of did this, which is why we'll link to his cute puppy pictures.
Man Up. This advice is very sexist but also sadly useful.
Own Your Terrible Gimmick This is basically summed up as "fuck the haters." It means that when we (or anyone else!) do things like this to you, you do this.
Read This. Will Leitch is leaving the internet, but he imparted wisdom on his way to print.
Be Like Doree Everyone likes Doree. Everyone! Look at how she deflects criticism!
Don't Storm Off the Internet In a Huff. It's embarrassing. Also it makes the entire internet indistinguishable from LiveJournal, which is depressing.
We hope this helps all you Tumblrs and Tweeters out there! You whiny idiots!
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Anticipation for Sex That Never Comes Is Highlight of TwilightLike so many teenage girls before me, I decided to read the Twilight books. Was it the series of insane interviews from Mormon author Stephenie Meyer that convinced me? Was it the recent news that Twilight screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg will adapt for the screen the next two books in the series, New Moon and Eclipse? Was it because of Entertainment Weekly's obsession with the film? Was it the recent report that kids are asking the film's vampiric star Robert Pattinson to bite them? All of the above qualify in part, but really, I just wanted to see if a vampire romance with little to no sex could captivate someone squarely outside of the book's desired audience. My startling conclusion after the jump.As you no doubt already know by now, the basic plot of Twilight is incredibly simple, and that's why it works. Girl meets vampire, falls in love with vampire...and meditatively observes vampire's ornate good looks from across the cab of her dilapidated red truck for next 300 pages. As the romance evolves over the course of the series (and I'm in the middle of the third one, Eclipse, now), Meyer is forced to separate the two characters fairly often, partly to create more tension, and partly to prevent us from asking why exactly no one is throwing on a little Marvin Gaye. Anticipation for Sex That Never Comes Is Highlight of TwilightMeyer's prose style is clean and easy to read. Her main trouble is documenting every sigh and nap Bella takes, but there's also something charming about the play-by-play. Twilight has some cinematic moments, but it resists becoming an action film, and focuses on the unique settings and situations that have attracted so many readers. It can be slow going at times, but that's sort of the point — vampire love is painful, drawn-out, and inconclusive. Vampire sex, on the other hand, is non-existent, at least so far. (We hear there may be some hanky-panky later on in the series.) That's not the only thing missing in Twilight — the whole book's feel is retro. Cellphones pop up now and then, but Forks represents a nostalgic rural paradise, and there's no question overloaded young people can empathize with that as well. But no one getting laid, even just in a passing reference? Some have chided the book for preaching abstinence and never discussing the sexuality of its central character, and it's hard to argue with that. If Bella's attraction to Edward were based on anything more than his striking physique, I'd probably applaud the book's desire to push sex out of the picture. Yet she spends most of her time idly worshiping the chiseled features of her undead one-and-only. In the sequel, New Moon, Bella is now eighteen years old, and she never thinks for a moment about sex. Sure, sometimes she'll press herself against Edward's cold carapace and feel awesome, but that's as far as it goes. The vampire side is more easily explained: Edward is consumed by a desire for Bella's blood (it sings to him), and he doesn't want to get too close. In fact, it's his elusiveness in the first novel that makes her disregard all the advances of her new classmates in the rainy Washington state hamlet of Forks. In this way, the book's story might make a better instructional tool for young men than young women. This approach makes less sense for Bella, who is far from free to express herself sexually. Was this the right move to ensure the books could be read by all ages? Indisputably, but that doesn't mean it can't also be a destructive message. Anticipation for Sex That Never Comes Is Highlight of TwilightOf course as a white male, I can't speak for how exactly young women experience Twilight. J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series managed a similar level of innocence and never seemed as repressively anti-sex, but it wasn't a love story about two super-hot weird teens. And from the incredible reaction to Robert Pattinson's recent public appearance, it's clear the subtext of the books isn't lost on their readers. The behavior of one fan had Pattinson perplexed:
Pattinson, who plays a handsome vampire in the hotly anticipated "Twilight" movie, was shopping at New York's Apple store recently when a little girl approached him and asked for a photo.... The 22-year-old explains, "She went really quiet and she was like, 'Can you bite me?' It wasn't a joke. "I looked at her and thought, 'Do you know what you're saying?'"
Sure, Edward and Bella aren't always mixing it up sexually, keeping their relationship fresh, but the imagination can take you to the exact same place, complete with candles and a box of vampire strength prophylactics. When it does, please publish it on the Internet. Here's a bonus clip from the movie that aired on MTV's Spoilers to get you started on your journey.
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Researchers Conflicted on the Meaning of the Oscars
Research gives us mixed messages about whether award show trophies are any indicator of quality. Well, scholars, we'll break it down for you: It's all just a shell game bought and paid for by the studios.
There's an article in research journal Miller-McCune Magazine that reviews two studies that attempt to determine if the Oscar actually goes to the best movie. The first study looks at peer reviewed accolades (like the Oscars) and "expert-based panels" (like the New York Film Critics awards) and finds that those who win an Oscar "have a strong likelihood of having exhibited superlative cinematic creativity or achievement." It doesn't take into account that the critic-driven awards sway Oscar voting. Nor doesn't take into account the box office success of Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Chipmunks 2: The Squeakuel, and Crash: The Academy Disaster, but those things can't be solved by science.
The second study looks at the Oscars and the Palm d'Or, the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, from 1950-1970 and the same movies reviewed by critics 20 years later and finds that the awards often don't stand the test of time. Are you trying to tell me Around the World in 80 Days isn't a classic?
Like, say, the popularity of Crocs, some things cannot be explained by science. We all know that the Oscars are a crock of shit. A fun, spangly, star-studded, cute-dress-wearing crock of shit with production numbers, yes. But a bedazzled turd is still a turd. It's all about politics, who mounted the best "Oscar campaign" by advertising in the trades, when it happens to be an "actor's time," box office receipts, long-held grudges, and other stupid factors that scholarly types can't take into account. Sure, you have to be at least moderately successful in some measure—critically, financially, artistically—to win an award. But the rest of it has as much to do with aesthetic merit as toe nail clippings have to do with July 4th.
So stop trying to solve the mystery of the Oscars, Science. Why don't you concern yourself with more pressing matters, like just what is wrong with Sarah Palin's brain?
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Sometimes, movies contain no utterances of "Fuck." Other times, they contain a fuckload of them (hah). Have you ever wondered what the Top 12 movies, as measured by their "Fuck" frequency, were? The answer—via an awesome infographic—inside.
Former Gawker.TV intern Emily Miethner put the following chart,—which illustrates the 12 most "Fuck"-ridden films—together for Flavorwire, and some of the results may surprise you (click on the picture to enlarge it):
The 12 Movies with the Most F-Bombs in Them
Sure, many of the usual suspects—Casino and Goodfellas, for example—are included, but there were also some films that surprisingly didn't make the cut, like Pulp Fiction or The Big Lebowski. Also, who knew that Summer of Sam would beat out both Scorsese films on the list?
Feel free to discuss your favorite films with dirty mouths in the comments. And just in case you're itching for a clip, here's the epic Robert De Niro/Joe Pesci showdown from Casino, which includes a mind-blowing 21 f-bombs in just over two minutes:
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Newt Gingrich has attacked Mitt Romney on the issue of the individual health insurance mandate, while chalking up his own past support for the idea as an indiscretion in the 1990's. But as it turns out, those 1990's stretch all the way to 2005 - and beyond, to 2008 - when Gingrich gave as passionate an explanation of the mandate idea as any current supporter could ever muster.
However, in a YouTube video flagged by Health Care for America Now, as recently as 2005, well beyond the 1990s, Newt was vociferously championing the mandate - just a few years before Democrats took it up, and in the process reversing pretty much all past support for it among some Republicans.
"I mean, I am very opposed to a single-payer system - but I'm actually in favor of a 300 million-payer system. Because one of my conclusions in the last six years, and founding the Center for Health Transformation, and looking at the whole system is, unless you have a hundred percent coverage, you can't have the right preventive care, and you can't have a rational system, because the cost-shifts are so irrational, and create second-order problems."
"I know I risk not sounding as right-wing as I should, to fit the billing," Newt said at one point, which did indeed trigger some audience laughs.
Gingrich then invoked the example of welfare reform in the 1990's - perhaps his single biggest accomplishment from when he was Speaker - and how it got people off of the welfare rolls.
But my point to conservatives is, it's a model of responsibility. If I see somebody who's earning over $50,000 a year, who has made the calculated decision not to buy health insurance, I'm looking at somebody who is absolutely as irresponsible as anybody who was ever on welfare. Because what they've said is, a) I'm gambling that I won't get sick, and b) I'm gambling that if I do get sick, I can cheat all my neighbors.
Now when you talk to hospitals, a very significant part of their non-collectables are people who have money, but have calculated that it's not worth the cost to collect it.
And so I'm actually in favor of finding a way to say, if you're above whatever - whatever the appropriate income level is, you oughtta have either health insurance, or you oughtta post a bond. But we have no right, we have no right in this society, to have a free-rider approach if you're well off economically, to say we'll cheat our neighbors.
As Media Matters has previously pointed out, as late as 2008 Gingrich was still advancing the mandated insurance/bond approach for people above a determined income level.
Newt Sure Loved the Health-Care Mandate in 2005 Republished with permission from Authored by Eric Kleefeld. TPM provides breaking news, investigative reporting and smart analysis of politics.
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Maybach Is Dead, and (Joke About Rappers)
After a solid decade in the "luxury cars whose jaw-dropping price tags are a marketing tool rather than an accurate reflection of the cost of the good in question" business, Daimler is putting an end to its Maybach line, due to the fact that it somehow did not make a profit even though you could buy enough Lexuses to form a Voltron-like robot for the price of a single Maybach. Anyhow. On to the real news here:
Rappers! What will they drive now? Amirite?
Hey Rick Ross, you will probably have to select a name for this label, Maybach Music! For now it will be awkward! Amirite? How about Edsel Music? Haha. Amirite?
Hey Kanye West and Jay-Z, too bad you wrecked that Maybach in the Otis video—try finding another one now! Amirite? Hey, next time try using a Honda—though not as flashy, they're very reliable! Even for a "cool rapper!" Amirite?
And other, similar remarks.
[Wheels. Photo: AP]
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Boss Writes Memo
Nick Denton, who owns Gawker Media, sent out the following memo today:
Our wordy headlines are a growing disadvantage. That's why from tomorrow we're going to warn you in the Kinja editor to keep your headlines below 70 characters — and we're going to only display 70 characters on the front page even if you go longer.
Why this drastic measure? Google and others truncate headlines at 70 characters. On the Manti Teo story, Deadspin's scoop fell down the Google search results, overtaken by copycat stories with simpler headlines.
Deadspin's headline was 118 characters. Vital information — "hoax" — was one of the words that was cut off. Our headline was less intelligible — and less clickworthy — than others. And Google demotes search results that don't get clicked on.
Boss Writes Memo
Facebook has recently introduced a similar limitation. We may not like this tyranny of the search and social algorithms. It might seem like an oppressive constraint: geeks from outside the company giving editorial orders.
But search and social media are the two main sources of new visitors to our sites. That's an inescapable reality. A majority of our headlines are already below the 70-character limit. Many others could do with a bit of tightening. And it still leaves plenty of room for personality and creativity.
We're making a series of other changes in the default Kinja display in order to increase the density of information and the number of links available to readers — especially if they're on small screens.
You can see the new tighter front page template here:
* Latest view intros are trimmed to ~330 characters (the height of the 300px image). So if you want your intro to display cleanly, make sure your first paragraph doesn't run on too long.
* Smaller recommend and discuss buttons on the front page
* Discuss button simply links to permalink page now, you can't reply from the front page
* Adjacent blips won't get separator lines which helps to condense them
* Later: improved splash design with more images displayed using less vertical space, as in the example below.
Boss Writes Memo
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Tyler, the Creator Is Currently Terrorizing Buzzfeed
BuzzFeed is both the 44th most popular website in America and a constantly revolving red carpet for celebrities, both animal and human, who regularly swing through the site's offices in Flatiron. Today brought the charmingly rude skate-rapper Tyler, the Creator, and...it's not going well.
Tyler is essentially a professional asshole, exactly the type of person who you want to randomly show up in your office on a Wednesday. Especially if your office is founded on ideals of positivity and enthusiasm such that has a "no haters" policy. Inviting Tyler and his friends to Buzzfeed is like inviting the skaters who smoke behind the van during lunch to a drama club meeting.
It's almost as if a constant stream of celebrities in the workplace might be a poor idea. (The most famous person in the Gawker office today is Sam Biddle.)
UPDATE: Tyler has responded.
He also went on HuffPost Live, where he said that he and Odd Future "just came in there trying to bring in so much yellow freaking filling to their gray, boring [lives]." On the subject of shooting off a Nerf gun in the office, he made this more or less unassailable argument: "How do you have a Nerf gun in there if you don't want anybody messing with it?"
On Instagram, he posted this video of one of the Odd Future kids pretending to be Batman (or something), which makes the entire scene seem absurdly uncomfortable.
[image via Getty]
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Yeah nigga, this new money, you feel me
Hey, straight up mayne, haters nigga, this for you
Yeah I'm talking bout you bruh, this for you, you feel me
Yeah, fo' real, fo' real
(Verse 1)
Yeah, I just swagged in the game now
Jokes on you bitch, our money ain't the same now
Niggas say my name, but you don't understand I'm ready bitch
Motivate the gas, and I'mma spit like I never spit
You'll face shots, thunderbirds, knock his head off
Riding round town, hearing suckas speak on based god
Y'all don't really know I play the game like I'm A-Rod
10 Mil contract, lets start a franchise
Make em' lean and rock and I ain't talkin' bout franchise
One false move, get you touched by this land mine
Come with the Goldeneye, I'm dressed like I'm OddJob
Real beef when you get touched, and get your mind robbed
Mask off, body shots, Mask on, face shots
Been a bad boy and I ain't talkin' bout ci-roc
Left wrist, iPod, Right hand Mack 10
Left hand, Ice Cube, Hollow tips, Ice T
Riding round town with the flat screen, I told ya that
Doja in my napsack, Papoose, run with the gat loose
I don't want no truce bitch
Tiny pants mob, waterfront, that's some new shit
Only thing I ask, is where the, cash and where the coupé is
Where the Limousine, and where the money in the suitcase
Playing Batman, get you ended like Two-Face
Leave him chopped up, yeah boy he got that screw face
Fuck with Lil B, that will be the end of your legacy
R.I.P hip hop, I just shit on everything
Yeah, and I never let you get the best of me
This is history nigga, Lil B, Holla at me
Suckas gon' die, when the hollow tips fly
Don't nobody care, no nobody give a fuck
No nobody's gon' die for me
If you really, wanna ride, then listen to this song
This is armed robbery!!
Can I do a hundred years, don't nobody gives a fuck
Ain't nobody gon' die for me
(Verse 2)
I'm sorta like vulgers, day time holsters
Sit his ass down on imaginary sofas
Reading body language, test when approachin'
You ain't passing this one, coffin with the chauffeur
Looking through the hood, and I ain't talkin' bout a rover
Shoot Aston Martins, driving to Angola
Drive his ass to hell, recall him like Toyota
This ain't Crayola, you ain't got many noises
A lot of legends here, but we ain't got many voices
A lot comes down to your options and your choices
Middle stay hard body, like a Rolls Royce is
Don't wanna be you, just wanna be I
Strapped like I'm T.I
The clips bout knee high
Now you niggas see why, I do it till I D- I -
E Bitch, I'm free bitch, It's Lil B bitch
Haters make me sea sick, I'm rare like a eclipse
Get on my level and I'll show you how to be this
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, I said who wants a Mil?
Call me Based God Regis, I been a legend since...
In the foetus, Beat all the sperm,
and I'm thuggin', and I bleed this
Nigga this new money bitch
I beat all the sperm nigga, I'm that nigga bruh
Even when I was a mother fuckin' nut, I whooped all that, nigga, millions of sperm
Till that mother fuckin' foetus nigga, you see I'm a hustler
I'm here bitch, Let me live nigga, New money
Lil B 2010, Any of you mother fuckers don't know man, you sleep'
I forgive you for not knowing what the fuck I got, Based God
Rawest Rapper alive! All these rap niggas scared bitch
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- - Chrome 9 stable is out! (
kag 02-04-2011 07:24 AM
Chrome 9 stable is out!
Nevertheless, Google's official window to the web was just injected with a speed bump, 3D WebGL graphics, Google Chrome Instant search results, and the Chrome Web Store already available in Chrome's beta channel.
via Google Chrome 9 update brings speed, WebGL, and apps -- Engadget
To update click on the Spanner -> About Google Chrome
(Will usually auto update if you are always online, version changes once you restart browser)
Minuss 02-05-2011 08:35 PM
Anyone get it yet? If so how is it
1stsim144 02-05-2011 09:34 PM
Nothing's change. Lol
I don't even noticed it was updated till I saw this thread.
Kudaranai 02-05-2011 09:48 PM
I saw the Apps thing.
Minuss 02-05-2011 09:52 PM
Apps thing?
Kudaranai 02-05-2011 10:09 PM
popped up in my home tab page
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The Strange Case of the Exploding Toilets: Japan on High Alert
Toto, purveyors of a-cut-above bathroom accessories, such as this and this are in deep doo-doo. Toilets from their Z range, which feature a pulsating massage spray, a power dryer, and a "Tornado Wash" flush, have been bursting into flames in the company's home market of Japan.
According to a company spokesman, nobody was using the toilets when the fires broke out, and there were no injuries—although it could have been very nasty indeed. "The fire would have been just under your buttocks," she added. Imagine the carnage if, while perched atop one of the flamers, some unlucky person had chosen that moment to unleash a mighty fart.
Although just three loos have been affected, Toto is taking no chances, and is recalling all 180,000 of the Z models, which were manufactured between May 1996 and December 2002.
Free repairs to flammable toilets [BBC News}
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Shooting Challenge: Black Card Photography
This lead photo isn't HDR photography. Photoshop wasn't implemented to mix multiple shots. It was captured in a single exposure, and for this week's Shooting Challenge, you'll learn the technique.
The Challenge
Take a photo mixing various levels of luminescence with the black card technique. Don't mix multiple exposures in Photoshop. In fact, don't mess with Photoshop too much at all. Rely on yourself and your camera an a tiny piece of black paper.
The Technique
So here's the basic idea: you want to take a photo that has a really bright part and a really dark part, but you want the whole photo to be cohesive.
You have to expose the dark part of the image (often the landscape) longer that the bright part of the image (often a sun or sky).
To do this, you simply hold a black card to block the part of your lens that's capturing the brightest part of the image. So you might take a 30 second exposure of a scene, but only allow the brightest part of the scene to be exposed for a few seconds.
If my explanation isn't specific or clear enough, don't worry, there's a fantastic tutorial on the subject HERE.
The Example
Our lead photo is by ciccioetneo. It looks like HDR, right?
You can tell from the way the water appears as fog that it's a long exposure. And I'm guessing that he placed the black card right at the horizon.
The Rules
1. Submissions need to be your own.
4. Email submissions to, not me.
6. One submission per person.
8. You agree to the Standard Contest Rules.
Send your best photo by Monday, April 11th at 8AM Eastern to with "Black Card" in the subject line. Save your files as JPGs, and use a FirstnameLastnameCARD.jpg (970px wide) and FirstnameLastnameCARDWallpaper.jpg (2560px wide) naming conventions. Include your shooting summary (camera, lens, ISO, etc) in the body of the email along with a story of the shot in a few sentences. And don't skip this story part because it's often the most enjoyable part for us all beyond the shot itself!
Mark Wilson is the founder Philanthroper, a daily deal site for nonprofits.
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Is it just me or does 5000 fps really make everything more awesome?
This video is actually an amalgamation of deleted footage. Created by Ty Migota on a Phantom High-Speed Camcorder, these scenes—each between 5,000 and 89000 fps—were intended to become part of the opening credits for Nik Perleros' movie "How To Get Laid" but didn't quite make the final cut. Instead, Migota stitched them together, overlaid a soundtrack by the Beastie Boys, and voila—super slo-mo shots of shots being shot. [Vimeo via The Awesomer]
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Wireless Power Lets Harry Potter Bewitch Me From a Magazine Cover
eCoupled is known for their inductive charging solutions where you can just plop your phone down on a table and it will immediately start topping off its battery. But in recent years at CES they've been coming up with slick demos showing alternate ways the technology can be used.
The electronics that make the inductive charging possible are now so simple that they can actually be printed on flexible materials like paper. So this year they mocked up a fake version of Entertainment Weekly with Daniel Radcliffe on the cover, staring at you with glowing blinking eyes.
The idea is to obviously grab the consumer's attention as they pass a magazine rack, but maybe they can turn the creepy down about 50 percent? Because there's no way I'd want this possessed periodical sitting on my coffee table. [eCoupled]
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There are billions of people on the planet, but what are the chances you'll fall in love with one of them? This video explores the possibility using a couple of equations, and it might soften your shriveled black heart just a little bit.
First, the clip explores the hunt for a mate with Fermi's Paradox, the contradiction of the likelihood of alien life and the fact that we haven't made contact with extraterrestrials yet. Then it piggybacks with Drake's equation, which is used to calculate the possible number of civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy. The conclusion? There are billions of fish in the sea. You already knew that, and it isn't the most sound use of science, but it's pretty fun to think of all the potential mates waiting out in the universe for you. [ItsOkayToBeSmart]
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Hopefully, you guys are right. That missed net just seemed to be a big landmark that divided the good play from the invisible last year.
Before that missed net he had 14 points in 17 games. He had 10 points in the next 17 games, and then 7 in the next 17 games. He then had 5 points the rest of the season (21 games). It's also worth noting that he didn't have a point in the two games leading up to that game, and didn't have a point at all in the Nov 17th Toronto game in which he missed the net.
The big drop off didn't begin until well after that missed net. I think a mixture of not being physically prepared for the NHL season and inexperience causing his drop off is more likely than any psychological issue caused by his failed showboating.
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aggressive war as charged under Count One or waging aggressive war as charged under Count Two.
War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity
The evidence introduced against Speer under Counts Three and Four relates entirely to his participation in the slave labor program. Speer himself had no direct administrative responsibility for this program. Although he had advocated the appointment of a General Plenipotentiary for the Utilization of Labor because he wanted one central authority with whom he could deal on labor matters, he did not obtain administrative control over Sauckel. Sauckel was appointed directly by Hitler, under the decree of 21 March 1942, which provided that he should be directly responsible to Göring, as Plenipotentiary of the Four Year Plan.
As Reich Minister for Armaments and Munitions and General Plenipotentiary for Armaments under the Four Year Plan, Speer had extensive authority over production. His original authority was over construction and production of arms for the OKW. This was progressively expanded to include naval armaments, civilian production and finally, on 1 August 1944, air armament. As the dominant member of the Central Planning Board, which had supreme authority for the scheduling of German production and the allocation and development of raw materials, Speer took the position that the Board had authority to instruct Sauckel to provide laborers for industries under its control and succeeded in sustaining this position over the objection of Sauckel. The practice was developed under which Speer transmitted to Sauckel an estimate of the total number of workers needed. Sauckel obtained the labor and allocated it to the various industries in accordance with instructions supplied by Speer.
Speer knew when he made his demands on Sauckel that they would be supplied by foreign laborers serving under compulsion. He participated in conferences involving the extension of the slave labor program for the purpose of satisfying his demands. He was present at a conference held during 10 and 12 August 1942 with Hitler and Sauckel, at which it was agreed that Sauckel should bring laborers by force from occupied territories where this was necessary to satisfy the labor needs of the industries under Speer's control. Speer also attended a conference in Hitler's headquarters on 4 January 1944, at which the decision was made that Sauckel should obtain "at least 4 million new workers from occupied territories" in order to satisfy the demands for labor made by Speer, although Sauckel indicated that he could do this only with help from Himmler.
Sauckel continually informed Speer and his representatives that foreign laborers were being obtained by force. At a meeting of 1 March 1944 Speer's deputy questioned Sauckel very closely about
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Among Gateau With Chocolate Icing
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Butter 1⁄4 Pound
Ground almonds 3 1⁄4 Ounce
Cane sugar syrup 1 Cup (16 tbs)
Egg yolks 4
Cornstarch 2 Ounce (Corn Flour)
Cocoa 3 Tablespoon
Oil 1 Teaspoon
Grand marnier 3 Tablespoon
Semi-sweet chocolate 2 Ounce (Plain)
Confectioners sugar 1⁄4 Pound (Icing Sugar)
Egg white 1
Almond extract 3 Drop (Essence)
Put the butter in a bowl and soften for 1 minute in the microwave oven on HIGH.
Add the ground almonds and cane sugar syrup to the softened butter.
Mix well.
Add the egg yolks one at a time, the cornstarch (cornflour) and cocoa, beating well after each addition.
Oil the base of a 7 inch (18 cm) souffle mold (mould).
Line the base with a circle of oiled non-stick parchment (greaseproof paper).
Pour the mixture into the mold (mould).
Micro wave on MEDIUM-HIGH for 8 minutes or until the edges of the cake begin to shrink away from the sides of the container.
Leave the gateau to stand for 5 minutes.
Pour over the Grand Marnier and leave to cool completely.
When the gateau is cold, turn out on to a cake rack and remove the non-stick parchment (greaseproof paper).
To prepare the frosting (icing), break the chocolate into pieces in a small bowl and melt for 2 minutes on HIGH.
Mix the confectioners' (icing) sugar and the egg white with a wooden spoon.
Stir in the almond extract (essence) and melted chocolate.
Mix carefully.
Pour this frosting (icing) on to the center of the gateau and spread carefully over the top and sides with a metal spatula.
Transfer the gateau to a cake platter and allow the frosting (icing) to harden at room temperature.
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MATLAB and Simulink Based Books
Fundamentals of Kalman Filtering: A Practical Approach, 3e
Fundamentals of Kalman Filtering: A Practical Approach, 3e
This book is a practical guide to building Kalman filters and shows how the filtering equations can be applied to real-life problems. Numerous examples are presented in detail showing the many ways in which Kalman filters can be designed. To give readers an intuitive feel for the problem being addressed, the text thoroughly sets up a problem before the Kalman filter is actually formulated. The revised third edition contains new chapters on least squares, fixed and finite memory filters, and filter initialization.
MATLAB is used to solve numerous examples in the book.
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Paul Zarchan, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
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ISBN: 978-1-60086-718-7
Language: English
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Gorgeous white Swallow Clock from designer Haoshi Design. Handmade from resin, the wall clock features a dozen swallows in various stages of flight. The swallow is a symbol of luck and hope. Measures about 2 feet diameter. Comes with a paper stencil to align the birds. Buy it here ($149).
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Nathan Fillion has given rise to some of our greatest heroes, from Firefly's Mal Reynolds to The Holy Avenger in Super. We asked him what's the secret of creating a truly epic hero, and here's what he said.
According to Fillion,
The secret of creating an epic hero is allowing the hero to fail. The age of the hero that's, "I know just who to call. He's the best man that ever lived." That era of hero is over. The Rambo that cannot fail. The super-invulnerable, can throw a knife at a hundred yards at a dead... We need a hero who's a real man who can actually fail. Indiana Jones was my first experience with that. There's a guy who got punched, and beat up and abused and bruised, and cut and stuck - and then wins in the end. That's the guy I like. And I think that's the secret to an epic hero.
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Air Pollution Linked to Cognitive Decline in Women
We've known for a long time that air pollution is bad for your body, including your heart. But now, we're learning it might be messing up your brain, too.
Reasearchers on mice have already found a possible link between air pollution and memory problems, but now a similar correlation has been shown in women.
Top image: Jose A.S. Reyes/
A study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine compared known pollution levels with information gathered from the Nurses' Health Study Cognitive Cohort, including data on more than 19,000 women ages 70 to 81 for a 14-year period going back to 1988. Specifically, the research looked into particulate matter, both the really tiny stuff (less than 2.5 microns in diameter, called called fine particulate matter) as well as more general coarse particulate matter (2.5-10 microns), and how it correlated to a number of cognition tests.
For both types of pollution, they saw a marked cognitive decline in the women, and for every 10 μg per cubic meter increase, there was a change equivalent to the effect of aging an extra two years.
Since the data set was exclusively female, it's not yet known if this effects males in the same manner, and it very well might. We also don't know why the link exists, though the researchers suggested it might be linked to the already established cardiovascular risks.
The upshot? Air pollution is something that we as a society can fix — and hopefully keep everyone's brains in slightly better condition for just a little bit longer. But if you're feeling totally paranoid, you can check the PM2.5 values of your neighborhood here.
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The Sexiest Geek Dads in the Galaxy
It's official: Geek dads are the new MILFs. They build robots, sequence genomes, draw comics, write superhero movies, study the cosmos, rule the internet, and represent for the geeks in pop culture — plus they're awesome dads at the same time! Who doesn't get a little warm tingle contemplating all that? For your further contemplation, io9 has put together a gallery of some of the sexiest geek dads in the galaxy. These are the guys you wish were your dad — or who you kind of want to make some babies with. Either way, they're sexy because they have geek powers, and because they're raising a new generation of adorable, amazing kids. And now, meet the sexiest geek dads this side of Andromeda.
In order to make this list, we asked permission from all the dads (some of whom also asked permission from their spouses!). Some of the geek dads didn't want to appear on a "sexiest" list because they wanted to keep their family lives private — which, we have to admit, is kind of sexy too. So we didn't get to include everybody we wanted, but you can add as many names as you want to this list in the comments. Geek dads are just so sexy that the list could literally go on for pages!
The Sexiest Geek Dads in the Galaxy
Adam Savage
Known For: Co-Host of Mythbusters
Geek Dad Superpower: He destroys things for a living, which is pretty much the most awesome thing a dad could ever do. The father of adorable twin boys, Savage is also in solidarity with other geek dads. When Patton Oswalt's daughter wanted her dad to dress as Doc Ock for Halloween, Savage helped make the suit.
Photo by Michael Shindler/Photobooth
The Sexiest Geek Dads in the Galaxy
Wil Wheaton
Known For: A charmingly geeky acting and writing career, beginning when he was a kid playing Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: TNG
Geek Dad Superpower: In between acting and writing his popular blog, Wheaton also took on the role of father to his wife's son Ryan. When Ryan grew up, he asked Wheaton to adopt him officially. Awwww.
Photo by Atom Moore.
The Sexiest Geek Dads in the Galaxy
Anil Dash
Known For: A social media entrepreneur with a conscience, he founded ThinkUp and was the first employee at Six Apart, the company that helped make social media a mainstream phenomenon.
Geek Dad Superpower: He co-founded ThinkUp (originally designed to help voters express their opinions to the U.S. government), and works as an adviser to sites like Donors Choose, Dash has helped to make the web a place you'd want your kids to use. He always brings a human (and humane) touch to his work, treating his many followers online to smart analyses of the media as well as cute pictures of himself with his son Malcolm.
Photo by Dash's wife Alaina Browne.
The Sexiest Geek Dads in the Galaxy
Zack Stentz and Ashley Miller
Known For: This writing duo got their big start working on Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, moved over to Fringe, then started writing movies. They penned Thor and X-Men: First Class. They are currently writing the remake of Starship Troopers, and are developing some television shows.
Geek Dad Superpowers: Stentz and Miller both take plenty of time out of their busy schedules to teach their kids what is best in life: sword fighting in the living room (Stentz' wife Leah Glynn noted that there is a reason they have no furniture in the living room), and cosplaying as Star Trek characters. We are confident these kids are in very good hands.
Photo of Stentz swordfighting with his kids by Leah Glynn
The Sexiest Geek Dads in the Galaxy
Photo of Miller and son Caden cosplaying as two generations by Robert Meyer Burnett.
The Sexiest Geek Dads in the Galaxy
Greg Rucka
Known For: He's the multiple Eisner Award winning comic book writer behind Action Comics, Batwoman, Detective Comics, and the miniseries Superman: World of New Krypton, among many others.
Geek Dad Superpower: Rucka almost single-handedly made Batman cool again, and his run on Wonder Woman was incredible (he even wrote an essay about why he loves to write strong female characters). This is the kind of imaginative, funny, sympathetic guy you trust to take care of your favorite characters — and to be an awesome dad for his daughter, too.
The Sexiest Geek Dads in the Galaxy
Jonathan Eisen
Known For: An evolutionary biologist at UC Davis, Eisen studies the ecology and evolution of microbes.
Geek Dad Superpower: Eisen isn't just content to study evolution and develop new tools to analyze microbial life. He also wants to educate the public about it. He works tirelessly to translate his work into ideas that ordinary people — and kids — can understand by writing on his blog, on Twitter, and talking to the media. His enthusiasm is infectious (heh), and his kids are as crazy about microbes and life science as he is (yes, those are his kids playing with giant, plushie microbes).
The Sexiest Geek Dads in the Galaxy
Jonathan Liu
Known For: Being the senior editor of the Geek Dad blog at Wired
Geek Dad Superpower: Liu is a stay-at-home dad as well as the editor of one of the most popular destinations for geek dads on the web. You couldn't ask for more than that, both in the sexiness department and in the awesome dad one too.
Photo by Roger J. Porter
The Sexiest Geek Dads in the Galaxy
Bre Pettis
Known For: He's the founder of MakerBot Industries, the company that helps you make your own 3D printer
Geek Dad Superpower: Imagine a guy who makes machines that can make anything — well, almost anything. It took another human, Pettis' wife Kio Stark, to bring their daughter into the world (that's right — Pettis is taken, so you'll just have to admire that spacesuit from afar). We love a dad who can just use his MakerBot to print out an endless supply of toys to give his kid.
Photo by Rick Tetzeli.
The Sexiest Geek Dads in the Galaxy
Rob Kimmel
Known For: An incredible comic book artist, Kimmel takes time every day to create a collaborate drawing with his son. They've collected them together at WanderMonster.
Geek Dad Superpower: We love the fact that Kimmel takes time out of every day to share his passions with his son. It's the ultimate geek dad gesture, and it's plain flat adorable. Plus, the comics are awesome!
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Why the @#$% hasn’t there been a live-action Batman TV show since the ‘60s?
In this week's "Postal Apocalypse," I explain why a Yoda-centric Star Wars movie is a terrible idea, why rebooting '80s properties is a terrible idea, and why making a new Batman TV show is a good idea, but one that will never, ever happen. As always, email your questions to [email protected]. Now, on with your letters!
Batshit Crazy
Paul C.:
I was wondering why there haven't been any live-action Batman TV series since the campy ‘60s Adam West Batman. There have been two versions of Superman (Lois & Clark and Smallville) which I assume require more special effects than a Batman show would. There is [Green] Arrow who is essentially Batman, but not the same. There was even that show "The Cape" which was a Batman rip-off and not nearly as interesting. With the success of the recent grittier Nolan Batman films, and our love for police procedurals, couldn't there be a 60-minute time slot there for a Batman TV show?
There could, but there won't. Batman is too big for TV. By which I mean that Batman is one of Warner Bros.' biggest, most lucrative, most reliable movie franchises, and they are absolutely terrified at the idea of somehow screwing up the potential revenue of the Batman movies by making a Batman TV series — either by diluting the public's desire for Bat-entertainment, confusing the public (two people playing Batmen? My mind cannot comprehend such a thing!), or somehow diminishing Batman's appeal (by the TV series sucking, which, since it would likely end up being a show on The CW, is a very real possibility).
I know what you're going to say — Lois and Clark aired only six years after Superman IV, and Smallville was airing when Superman Returns hit theaters. But the truth is that the Superman movie franchise is not nearly as big as the Batman movies. WB felt okay taking those risks for Superman. The worst Superman movie, Superman IV, made $15 million; Batman and Robin still made $105. Which is why it took WB nearly 30 years to get around to relaunching Superman in theaters, but it only took them eight for Batman.
In reality, the public would like all the Batman it can get. I sincerely doubt anyone would cry foul if two different people played two different versions of Batman on TV and in the movies, and there would especially be no problem if the TV show was a Smallville-esque, Batman: Year One TV series and the movies featured an older, most standard, in-his-prime Batman. What can I say? Hollywood is dumb.
Summer's EVE
Sean R.:
So I recently read about this massive, 3,000+ user battle in EVE Online. Since you can convert real-world cash into in-game currency (and vice versa), it's possible to put a real-world, cash money value to the losses sustained on both sides. From what I read, the estimated value in real world money of the losses was around $24,000 USD.
My question is this: Can you conceive of how anyone could be so motivated to play a game that they can even risk (not actually, just risk) losing that much in resources? I'd be terrified.
If 3,000 people spent $24,000, that's about $8 each. If I spent that much on a game character that could potentially be killed, I'd probably be too nervous to really enjoy the game. That's essentially gambling with your money, which I can't do either. When I look at a poker table, all I see is the money I stand to lose, never the money I could potentially win — and I've never particularly had enough money that I felt comfortable risking in the first place.
That's my personal opinion; to everyone who enjoys that sort of thing, more power to you. Better $80 upgrading your EVE Online character than a crippling heroin addiction.
Snake Bite
Shad Youngblood:
I was re-watching "Escape From New York" for 87th time and something took on a whole new light. When [Snake Plissken] goes to rescue the president the first time Snake gets shot in the knee with an arrow, and he never bitched about it.
That's how you do it you Skyrim pussies.
Snake Plissken a bigger badass than some random Skyrim guard? Hell, I could have told you that. Although in the guard's defense, he didn't star in Escape from L.A., so it kind of evens out.
In related news, I literally just got Skyrim last night — a side benefit of my Xbox 360 dying last week and needing to buy a new one — so I'm really looking forward to seeing what everyone was talking about a year and four months ago.
I'm Ambivalent About the ‘80s
Jerod D.:
Hey Postman:
My friends and I were drinking one fight and trying to figure what ‘80s cartoons hadn't gotten a revival yet. This somehow turned into an argument over what might have a chance of getting popular again – like a cartoon, and toys and things. I said Inhumanoids (the toys with the holograms), Chris said Silverhawks, and Ian said Centurions, which I barely remember but he swears were cool. Can you settle the fight for us?
I can! You're all wrong.
Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong. All those cartoons, if rebooted for modern audiences, would fail terribly. Man, the new He-Man and ThunderCats both tanked; do you really think any of those three stand a chance where these two failed? Especially if Bandai made the toys. They're terrible.
The problem with all these ‘80s relaunches is that they're based on too heavily on nostalgia… which kids today, their primary audience, don't have in the slightest. So while these relaunches may be awesome for nerds like me, kids watched the new He-Man cartoon and said "What is this bullshit?" Kids today are not only smarter than kids in the ‘80s were, but they have more discerning taste. Oh, they might like some bad cartoons, but they still won't watch anything with Berbils in it.
That said: Centurions had the coolest toys — guys with snap-on weapons and armor and action features that could be rearranged however you wanted — that I think might do sell all right nowadays, but the cartoon was terrible even in the ‘80s. In fact, the toys would have to scrap the characters entirely. The Inhumanoids toys would be ignored by kids today, but I could potentially see a new cartoon, basically only because the word "Inhumanoids" still sounds pretty cool, and could technically be used for a Beyblade/Skylanders-type franchise (again, everything else about the original series would need to be scrapped). And last and certainly least is Silverhawks, which was a shitty copy of ThunderCats to begin with. Imagine the coolest version of a Silverhawk you possibly can. No kid today would even look twice at it. I guarantee it.
That Is Why They Fail
Dear Mr. Postman,
I'm a Star Wars fan, but I realized yesterday with the rumor one of the new Star Wars movie was going to be about Yoda is that I don't want a Yoda movie. Does this make me a bad fan?
Not at all, you just have Yoda fatigue. Same thing as Boba Fett fatigue. It's a problem many creators create, but that George Lucas is very susceptible to; he learns audiences find such-and-such cool, so he keeps bringing them back until they've lost all their appeal.
The other problem is that in the original trilogy Yoda was wise and mysterious, and we could only imagine his power. But in the prequels, he was just as big a doofus as all the other Jedi, and his power was being a green bouncy ball that could hold a lightsaber. Honestly, a little bit of Yoda goes a looong way.
I wouldn't worry about it, though, because I don't think it's true. First of all, half the sites on the internet are claiming they know what Disney is doing, And while AICN certainly gets its scoops, but they're hardly batting 1.000% rumor-wise. Honestly, I think the waters are so muddied at this point we can't trust any Star Wars news until Disney genuinely announces it.
Belle of the Ball
Ken Peleshok:
I think an American Gladiator style caged powerball would be a terrific method of transportation though the undead infested wastelands of the future. It's human powered so no fuel to worry about (other than preservative laced snack cakes). Also It's shape is ideal for withstanding persistent dispersed pressure ( the zombie hoards number one move ). You throw in some sort of poking wand (I'm thinking a buck knife duct-taped to the end of a hockey stick) to clear biter congestion. As a post apocalyptic Snoop might say; You'll be lookin' fly, wavin' to undead honeys from your ride, cruisin' for supplies, joy ridin' through the plains of Megiddo.
People have discussed the human hamster ball as a practical mobile protection device in the zombie wasteland, but I wouldn't want one. It would be far too easy to roll into a large group of zombies, who would surround your ball and prevent you from rolling anywhere. Sure, you'd be safe in there, but you'd be stuck and surrounded until you eventually had go out to find some food. It's not like the zombies are going to get bored waiting from their meal to come out of its crunchy shell.
And speaking of eating, you're going to have to leave the ball to get food… a lot. So you're going to be vulnerable some of the time anyways. The ball can hardly protect you 24 hours a day, is what I'm saying.
And don't forget about using the bathroom. While it might be easy to position the ball's opening so you can use it like a toilet seat, if you are even slightly off target, you're going to be rolling around in a ball of your own filth. I think the zombie apocalypse would be traumatic enough without smelling poop constantly.
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Who's the most awesome alien race in the entire universe?
Please include a picture or clip for your chosen alien race. And please mention the name of the race, where they appear, and why they are the best species anywhere. Thanks!
Top image: Liara T'Soni from Mass Effect, via JohnTesh
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Fran Drescher Says She Was Abducted By Aliens While Driving
Just in case your special app that immediately reports breaking Fran Drescher news to you failed, I'm going to go ahead and let you know that, apparently, when Fran Drescher was younger, she was driving in a car with her father and was abducted by aliens who implanted a chip of some sort in her hand. Oh, and the exact same thing happened to her ex-husband.
Now, I'm sure many loyal Jalopnik readers are right now flipping tables over and hurling laptops meaningfully into mirrors, demanding to know what this has to do with cars. Relax, friends, and I'll make it clear:
Fran Drescher was abducted by aliens, while in a car, and returned with a chip embedded in her hand. But for what purpose?
Think about it. Cars. Aliens. The Nanny. An implanted chip. The aliens have given us new remote-entry technology for cars! We've evolved from keys to fobs you can keep in your pocket. Great. But what's next? Well, to see that, just take the lovely hand of the honey-voiced actress, and you'll see: hand implants are the next big wave of automobile security. Why bother with fobs or keys when your dealer can simply reprogram your hand implant chip! No lost keys or fobs ever again! And loaning your car is now as easy as minor hand surgery! It's win-win, people! Win-freaking-win.
So thank you, aliens, and thank you, Ms.Drescher, for having the guts to reveal your story, and subsequently making our motoring lives better. I expect to see this on all new Lincolns by, oh, 2015. This, and the hiring of Fran Drescher as spokeswoman, will save the brand. You heard it here first.
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TY - JOUR T1 - DEmentia from alzheimer disease and mixed pathologies in the oldest old AU - James BD AU - Bennett DA AU - Boyle PA AU - Leurgans S AU - Schneider JA Y1 - 2012/05/02 N1 - 10.1001/jama.2012.3556 JO - JAMA SP - 1798 EP - 1800 VL - 307 IS - 17 N2 - To the Editor: The oldest old (≥90 years of age) are the fastest growing segment of the US population and account for half of all persons with dementia. Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common pathology underlying dementia in the old (ages 65-89 years). Recent community-based autopsy studies1,2 suggest the relationship between AD pathology and expression of dementia is attenuated in the oldest old.3 Studies may be complicated by the common coexistence of AD plus infarct and/or Lewy body (LB) pathology (mixed pathologies).4 Few data exist on mixed pathologies and dementia in the oldest old.5 We examined the relationship of AD and mixed pathologies to dementia in the oldest old compared with the old. We tested the hypothesis that the clinical expression of AD and mixed pathologies differs across age groups. SN - 0098-7484 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.3556 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.3556 ER -
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Hey, remember Danica McKellar? She was Winnie Cooper on The Wonder Years. She graduated summa cum laude from UCLA and coauthored a scientific paper about a theorem in mathematical physics. And now she's written a book, called Math Doesn't Suck. The 32-year-old hopes to show that "being good at math is cool." "When girls see the antics of Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, they think that being fun and glamorous also means being dumb and irresponsible," the 32-year-old says. Uh, we couldn't agree more. To put things in a little more perspective, she and Tara Reid are the same age.
'Wonder Years' Actress: 'Smart Is Cool' [CNN]
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Is This the Most Offensively Misguided Diversity Memo You've Ever Seen?
This corporate memo really nails the disconnect between human relations and corporate culture. While whoever wrote this (and it is likely a team of people) probably had the best intentions at heart, their understanding of how to welcome diversity in the workplace is a clumsy and insulting attempt at best and completely offensive and out of touch with reality at worst, inviting employees at a law firm to get up-close-and-personal with a minority by reinforcing the stereotype that minorities and "diverse" people are somehow strange and different creatures who need to be considered as such. (And according to this memo, engaging with such coworkers is something that can be tracked and recorded on one's timesheet.)
Here's the memo in full:
Is This the Most Offensively Misguided Diversity Memo You've Ever Seen?
I recognize that whoever wrote this memo is attempting to make it easier for minority (or whoever this company qualifies as "diverse") employees to engage in office interactions and get the same kind of casual mentoring that the employees who are not minorities may receive, but how can the equality and integration that's being pushed here happen when the memo doesn't read "ask a coworker who's new or who you don't usually talk to where they plan to go from here" but immediately brings in gender, race, and sexual orientation. I know that just writing "invite a coworker to an out-of-work event" may encourage employees to invite out others who share their cultural backgrounds, but there's got to be a better way to send the message that diversity is important without othering the employees who the company would identify as such.
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Who will win game 7?
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i just hate the heat so much
To be honest, I can't really be sure of anything in this unpredictable series. One game Boston beats Miami by 10 and another game LeFlop decides to score 30 in the first half. But as much as I despise the Celtics, I despise the Heat even more, so I'm rooting for Boston.
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Here's The Prettiest Version of Batman: Arkham Origins
Did you guess it would be the PC version? 'Cause then you'd be right. Well, mostly.
Check out this video by GamesHQMedia, which showcases what Arkham Origins looks like with Nvidia PhysX turned on—most of the additional effects it provides have to do with details like snow, fog, shadows. Small stuff, but small stuff that adds up.
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I had a childhood game dream. It was to make a single game that combined Dark Forces, X-Wing and Privateer. I am nothing if not ambitious, but then, I am a lot less closer to my dream than Andrew Bado is.
He had a game idea 25 years ago, and ten years ago started making it. That's...a long gestation period, but he's finally got the game in good enough shape to get a Kickstarter campaign up and running, and he's also got the game up for voting on Steam Greenlight.
It's a Metroidvania title, which as explained above, has quite the history:
So it's nice to see the game's finally getting made. For real. The fact it actually looks great is just a bonus!
Legend of Iya [Kickstarter]
Legend of Iya [Steam Greenlight]
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How the Collapse of the Soviet Union Led to One Amazing Arcade Game
The collapse of the Soviet Union wasn't just a generation-defining moment that led to the end of the Cold War and disintegration of one of the largest communist states in the world, it also helped launch one of the great arcade fighting games.
Virtua Fighter 2 helped redefine what arcade games could look like when it hit in 1994, but it wouldn't have been possible if the USSR hadn't collapsed, Sega's Yu Suzuki said during a talk at the Game Developers Conference today.
Suzuki said he pushed the current state of graphics as far as he could with Virtua Fighter, but that military simulations had a level of 3D graphics not yet available to the private sector.
"Military simulation companies were the only ones with that technology," he said.
Suzuki visited GE Aerospace in the U.S. to see if he could use their technology for Virtua Fighter 2, but they told him it wasn't available for anyone outside of the military.
But then the Soviet Union dissolved, he said, and the military technology they were using had to be combined with private simulator companies.
When he first approached a flight simulation company about getting their technology he was told that it would cost Sega in the billions, but getting the chips dropped the cost to the millions. The president of Sega, however, didn't want to spend that much. Eventually, Suzuki said, the company was able to mass produce the chip for Virtua Fighter 2 arcade machines, dropping the cost to about $50 a pop.
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He then described the previous subletter, a loner who ate Chinese takeout in his room every night, with the door shut. Witness the birth of an urban legend. [Gawker]
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I can't decide which adjective fits this video more: adorable or terrifying. This little girl can already break into all sorts of doors and lockers and safes. And she doesn't even have to play through a crappy mini-game first.
5 Year Old Girl Picks A Master Lock in Under A Minute [YouTube via Reddit]
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Indie developer Alex Rozgo is working on Rawbots, a game that's all about designing and building robots then having stuff.
Drawing on inspiration from stuff like LEGO and Spore, the idea is that you design, program and build your own robot then mess around with it in a virtual sandbox.
So you can shoot stuff, yeah, but there's also more pedestrian pursuits you can cobble together as well.
Rawbots [Facebook]
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Let's Make Robots!
My second work - 4 Legged Robot
Navigate around via ultrasound, uses 4 legs to walk
My first robot was an autonomous rover based on the "Start Here" robot. So this time I wanted to go one step further and make something different, write my own code and do everything my way.
At the begging my plans were to make a 6 legged robot, but since picaxe 28x1 has only 8 outputs I went for 4 legged one.
My biggest concern was that a 4 legged bot would fall everytime it lifts its leg, but fortunately it does not.
Chassis is made from an old mouse, legs are cut from organic glass.
Servos are the cheapest ones you could find on the market, but they do their job.
That's it. Comments/advices are appreciated. Thanks.
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Nice quad, I didn't see this one before.. Cool leg design, is it strong enough or are you having any issues (I see your servo shafts of the joints (hip and knee of each leg) aren't aligned, so I guess it puts more strain on the servos)?
Great work!
like i said before robodevil, the pulses get mixed up so wat u need to do is after taking a reading add a pause 10 or summit like that
when i connect 8 servos and a SRF05 which has echo output = 3 ,after giving the commands for all servos the servo at output pin 3 is not working instead the light on the back of SRF05 is blinking on giving command for servo 3
so how to use SRF05 and 8 servos together ?
good work with this robot
can you give your draw the robots?
ps: [email protected]
If you're talking about sketches, there are none. I just did it :D
what is "organic glass"?
It a sheet of plastic or something like that. Google it. ;)
have one doubt ..
why did you use 8 servos ?..
because i can see only four servos working..and the rest of the four dont work to which the legs are stuck..
4 servos, which are attached to the chassis move horizontally, other four move vertically. All eight of them are working :)
Hi My name is Hila , i love programming , and i use arduino and picaxe 28x1 and u job is very nice. help me post u code for picaxe or arduino. Thank
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Let's Make Robots!
I've been setting up my profile for selling on the marketplace and am wondering if there are any seller settings or tables to use for adding shipping classes.
For now I've included shipping costs into the price.
FrankNeon on LMR.
Walks around the house, disguises as a vase, hunts flies.
Sentiens Mundus is the advanced autonomous hexapod walker that might actually be able to fight off the tame cats if it didn't move around so darn gracefully. Its … Read more
Its LARPing Laser Tag melee madness. Annihilate your friends!
For the past few months I've been working all hours in my lair building this game. If I haven't been around much, this is the why. I just launched this project on … Read more
navigates environments based on plant derived data
Tenax Mundus, is the tenacious treaded prototype plantoid ready to conquer wild territories such as mildly cluttered carpet, and courageously... err safely avoid … Read more
PLA 3D Printer Filament.
Hey all,
Long time no see. I've been on an adventure starting my own business, Citizen Scientific Workshop. We've just got some air in our wings with new products and such, and one of them is PLA 3D Printer Filament. If you visit my site, you can see all of the pretty colors
Skitters around, loves and/or hates its own kind, communicates via light.
Using a
HiveBugs are a beginner's robot that I have been developing in order to be able to introduce people to recycling, soldering with a low obligation to the task, … Read more
Uses data based on the condition of a plant in a terraruim ecosystem to explore and react to the outer world.
Preserves and propogates life, tries not to run into or fall off of anything.
Using a
With all of the excitement and success of the latest rover on Mars, I got to thinking about experiments in robotics preserving, transporting, and protecting life on … Read more
"We don't know if they are hostile, or simply unaware of us." Read more
Rostock Build Blog.
For years there have been many great versions of DIY desktop manufacturing tools, and one of the most fun to build (and watch while it prints) is the Rostock 3D printer, which uses delta kinematics to equate its motion.
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How to Choose the Fastest Line at the Market
Photo by specialkrb.
When choosing which line will be the fastest, it might surprise you to learn that the "express" lane may not always be the best choice. Meyer took a scientific look at supermarket checkout times and came to the conclusion that the number of people in line adds more to the wait time than the number of items each person has in their cart.
[W]hen you add one person to the line, you're adding 48 extra seconds to the line length (that's "tender time" added to "other time") without even considering the items in her cart. Meanwhile, an extra item only costs you an extra 2.8 seconds. Therefore, you'd rather add 17 more items to the line than one extra person!
Of course, other variables, both known (dedicated bagger) and unknown (payment type, coupons, cigarettes) affect on the speed of the line, but this is a good rule of thumb to use as a baseline. To save time and money before you get to the checkstand, try shopping every other week and make an organized list before you go shopping.
If you've got your own tricks for getting through the checkout lane in a hurry, let us know in the comments.
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reMail iPhone App Purchased by Google, Pulled From App Store
reMail, a clever iPhone app that brought full text, offline search capabilities to IMAP email accounts that iPhones otherwise lacked, has been acquired by Google. More notably, reMail's founder, Gabor Cselle, will soon work for Google, where he started out as a Gmail engineering intern. Does this mean a dedicated Gmail iPhone app is in the works? Is that something you'd like, or does the phone's basic email and Gmail's web app fill your needs? [Gabor hits Send via Gizmodo]
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Republic Wireless Offers Unlimited Calls, Text, and Data for a Rock-Bottom $19 a Month
Unlimited everything cellular service. No contracts. No overages...All for $19 a month. Sound too good to be true? If you're ok with using hybrid Wi-Fi/cell technology from Republic Wireless, then there's no other catch. You even get a LG Optimus One.
The "hybrid calling" Republic Wireless offers leverages Wi-Fi networks to handle most calls, and when you're out of Wi-Fi range, uses Sprint's network. To keep that crazy cheap $19/month pricing, users are required to have a Wi-Fi network at home and use it whenever possible, staying within a fair use threshold:
How much cellular usage is too much?
It depends. Even assuming 0% wifi usage, for example, you could consume 550 minutes, send 150 texts, and download 300 megabytes of data without crossing the community's fair use threshold. Everyone's usage patterns will be different, but we're confident you'll be amazed at how little cellular you actually use when you have a phone that makes it easy to leverage the power of your Wi-Fi networks.
The service looks very attractive if you want to save money on your cellphone bill.
The first phone this new network is offering is also a pretty decent: the LG Optimus One running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Republic Wireless is asking $199 for the phone and the first month (plus tax).
Currently in beta right now, you can sign up for the service here or learn more about it at the link below.
Republic Wireless | via Phandroid
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Turn Your Keychain into a Pocketable Toolbox
You have your keys with you everywhere you go, but they're probably completely useless for anything other than opening doors. You can always fill up your keychain with goofy trinkets you find on vacation or you can turn it into a pocket sized toolkit so you always have the tools you need everywhere you go. Here are a few ideas for doing just that.
For the most part, keychain items are novelties. Even when keychain tools are useful, they're often too oversized to fit comfortably in a pocket. Thankfully, a few very small tools exist and many of them are shaped like the keys you already use.
USB Drives
Turn Your Keychain into a Pocketable Toolbox
No modern toolbox is complete without a USB drive. While your phone likely serves as a mobile hard drive for most occasions, many of us can still find a use for a keychain that can hold the entire run of Freaks of Geeks in your pocket. It's pretty clear that we're big fans of the LaCie iamakey because it's durable, blends in perfectly with your keychain, and ensures you'll always have a few spare gigabytes to store whatever you need to store. With it you'll always be able to browse securely with DemocraKey, have a portable app suite with you, and store a copy of XBMC for media streaming anywhere.
Tools for Repairs
Turn Your Keychain into a Pocketable Toolbox
Pocket tools aren't anything new, but finding one that works really well and fits on your keychain is a bit more difficult. The Leatherman Micra might be your best bet for an all-in-one pocket-sized tool, but if you only need specific tools for your daily life, it's better to find a single, key-sized tool that does what you need. For instance, the Swiss+Tech Utili-Key is great if you find yourself in need of a screwdrivers or a knife throughout the day. The Utili-Key is especially handy if you wear glasses because on top of a standard sized screwdriver the key also includes a micro-sized one perfect for tightening up your loose frames.
For techies, the KeyTool is a better fit because it includes a wire stripper, nail file, and tweezers on top of the screwdrivers. It's also tiny and nearly unnoticeable on a keychain, which means you'll be able to easily wow your friends when you're suddenly able to tighten up and fix something without them even noticing.
If you'd prefer something with a bit more heft, the Gerber Artifact Keychain is eight different tools, but still flat enough not to take up too much space on your keychain. If all else fails don't forget you can always make your own.
Survival Tools
Turn Your Keychain into a Pocketable Toolbox
Perhaps screwing in a loose screw anywhere isn't that appealing to you, but preparing for a disaster situation is. In that case, having a tiny set of survival tools with you at all times is a good idea. Swiss+Tech's Flashlight and knife combo should do the trick for anyone looking for minimalist knife shaped key.
If you're more concerned with lighting a fire, the FireStash is the essential tool for you (and if you prefer the Bear Grylls approach you'll probably prefer the Swedish Firesteel).
For those who can build anything as long as they have string, a small para cord keychain should do the trick. With this on your keychain you'll always have a cut of the some of the strongest rope known to man with you at all times.
Everything Else
Turn Your Keychain into a Pocketable Toolbox
Everyone's toolkit is a little different and if you don't find yourself making a lot of repairs or needing a screwdriver at random points in the day you can still trick out your keychain with useful tools for whatever you do. Writers, for instance, might find the True Utility Telescopic Pen handy to have around.
If a keychain clip that can do nearly everything is more your style, the currently backordered Clip from Little Bonsai should do the trick. On the surface it's just a standard clip, but it can also be used as a pry bar, a cord wrapper, an iPhone stand, a box cutter, and more. The Clip was initially funded by Kickstarter and is out of stock at the moment, but you can sign up for updates and get notified when it's available again.
Everyone needs a different set of tools for their life, but the above are a few that we've found the most practical and helpful additions to a keyring. You can always expand out to something more bulky, but that ends up defeating the purpose of a pocket tool. What do you keep on yours?
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Here's a really inexpensive and clever way to smoothly move your video camera around: Place furniture sliders under each tripod leg. The video above shows this working pretty well in action.
The furniture sliders from Bed Bath & Beyond cost about $20 and glide over linoleum, tile, carpet, and cement. (You can also grab these kinds of sliders on Amazon or hardware stores.)
There's some shakiness in some of the shots, which might be fixed with shorter tripod legs or adding some weight to the tripod. It's still a very clever DIY dolly from Justin Leyba of ImagineNow Entertainment.
Ez Slide Dolly Test | YouTube via NoFilmSchool
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Offline Support Coming Back to Google Docs
Serious Google Docs users might remember the heartache of seeing offline access disappear for what was "temporarily" a switch to HTML5-based storage. That "temporary" switch has been a long time coming, but in early 2011, Docs will once again offer offline access, Google says. By installing Docs as a Chrome webapp—or,… » 12/08/10 7:05am 12/08/10 7:05am
Try Out Three Early Web Apps from the Chrome Web Store Now
Google's Chrome Web Store is unveiled, but not yet released. If you're running the latest Chrome Dev version or Chromium, though, you can check out the early versions of the Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar apps, as if from the Store. » 7/15/10 4:00am 7/15/10 4:00am
After running through the process for each app you want, you'll have…
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Re: HTTP/1.0 Draft 3 defines both 0.9 and 1.0 ?
From: Albert Lunde <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 07:54:16 -0500 (CDT)
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
To: http-wg%[email protected]
> Who needs a formal spec for HTTP/0.9 anyway, whose major
> version number looks very much like a pre-release ?
HTTP 0.9 still has a few virtues, one of which is that minimal
support for it can be hacked into the gopher protocol
allowing gopher to www links that a web client can follow.
So it does still see some real use.
Providing a specfication for HTTP 0.9 isn't "costing"
the working group much.
Albert Lunde [email protected]
Received on Monday, 18 September 1995 05:56:06 UTC
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RE: State Management pre-draft - combinational requirement
From: Yaron Goland <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 14:18:54 -0700
Message-Id: <11352BDEEB92CF119F3F00805F14F4850354E15B@RED-44-MSG.dns.microsoft.com>
To: 'Foteos Macrides' <[email protected]>, http-wg%[email protected], [email protected]
I really must object to the statement that IE has "parsing problems"
with cookies. IE's implementation is consistent with the documentation
for cookies released by Netscape. It happens that David Kristol decided
to rely upon an undocumented feature in Netscape's implementation in
order to maintain backwards compatibility. As often happens with
undocumented features, Microsoft did not implement the feature the same
way. The reason RFC 2108 will be replaced is not because IE did anything
wrong, it is because David did not investigate why it was that his new
spec failed with IE.
As for combinatorial vs additive, I wonder as to the utility of the
current cookie spec. Given the realities of future implementations it
would seem more reasonable to write a solid specification of the current
cookie mechanism and leave the matter there.
> From: Foteos Macrides [SMTP:[email protected]]
> Sent: Saturday, July 26, 1997 2:37 PM
> To: [email protected];
> [email protected]
> Subject: State Management pre-draft - combinational requirement
> requirement in the latest State Management pre-draft.
> The current effort at a revision of RFC 2108 began when Koen
> pointed out that use of version 1 cookie attributes as in the RFC's
> specifications for modern Set-Cookie headers are not handled
> adequately
> by MSIE's implementation for historical cookies. We all promptly
> agreed
> that a revision to ensure backward compatibility with that old
> implementation
> is important. In the process of discussing a revision, it also was
> brought
> out that the blanket port restriction has the side effect of blocking
> any
> cookie sharing between http and https servers, even when such sharing
> should
> not be blocked. The desireablility of a discard attribute promptly
> reached
> consensus, and of a commentURL attribute to accommodate i18n concerns
> beyond
> the too meagre comment attribute is being discussed. The new
> attributes
> (port, discard and commentURL) all could be incorporated in a simple
> and
> elegant manner as extensions to the RFC 2108 Set-Cookie header, but to
> accommodate MSIE's parsing problems with that, we decided to create a
> separate, Set-Cookie2 header for modern cookies. The issue of how
> this
> affects UAs which implemented RFC 2108 (e.g., Lynx in its v2.7 and
> v2.7.1
> formal releases), i.e., if Set-Cookie headers regressed to historical,
> was
> not a factor in these discussions. Though in principle this is to be
> a
> revision based implementation experience, it has proceded largely as
> if
> there were none, and as if backward compatibility with RFC 2018 is not
> a
> consideration (that's OK, don't worry about it :).
> Then we received a complaint that having Set-Cookie2 headers for
> modern cookies and duplicates in Set-Cookie headers for historical UAs
> is a "problem" for an organization which makes a practice of setting
> large
> numbers of lengthy cookies, so the combinational requirement was born.
> To get an idea of that "problem", try http://www.microsoft.com/ with a
> clean cookie jar. You will be sent through a series of redirections,
> and
> cookie replacements, with the ultimate result of your cookie jar
> acquiring
> two seemingly identical cookies for hosts which don't domain match
> according
> either to RFC 2108 or the current pre-draft. When I tried today,
> after the
> multiple redirections and replacements abated, I ended up with the
> cookies
> of identical name and value:
> Domain=.msn.com
> ||||||||
> MC1=GUID=5e1a543305d611d188a708002bb74f65
> Domain=.microsoft.com
> MC1=GUID=5e1a543305d611d188a708002bb74f65
> I don't know if those should be considered "long" cookie name/value
> pairs,
> and can only image what might be accomplished if private discussions
> led
> to the maximum of 5 redirections becoming a minimum, and my UA could
> be
> looped through 100 redirections. Nor am I clear on why the ability to
> load users' often limited resources with large numbers of lenthy, and
> perhaps redundant, cookies should be promoted by the IETF.
> The objections that were posted about the combinational
> requirement
> merit more careful consideration, IMHO. The intent originally was to
> send
> both Set-Cookie2 and Set-Cookie headers during a *transitional* period
> to
> the modern State Management design, This is essentially a "probing"
> situation, and as soon as either the UA or server detects that modern
> cookie support is implemented in its State Management partner, only
> Set-Cookie2 headers will be sent to the UA by the server's replies,
> and
> the modern Cookie header format will be used in the UAs requests to
> the
> server. The sending of both Set-Cookie2 and Set-Cookie header thus
> will become limited to just "first contacts", which are not likely to
> involve large numbers of cookies (except, perhaps in lengthy
> redirection
> and cookie replacement loops :).
> The principle objection to the combinational requirement is that
> it makes the protocol excessively complex and correspondingly
> unreliable,
> such that it in fact serves to discourage, rather than promote, the
> implementation of a modern State Management design geared toward more
> nearly adequate protection of users' privacy. The section on
> combining
> Set-Cookie and Set-Cookie2 headers (10) says:
> [...] The user agent
> ^^^^^^^^^^
> interprets the combined headers as follows. First, it must
> establish a
> ||||^^^^^^^^^^^^
> one-to-one correspondence between the cookies in the Set-Cookie and
> Set-Cookie2 headers. [...]
> How can the UA establish that *one-to-one* correspondence? The cookie
> name/value pairs will all be in the Set-Cookie header, and the
> Set-Cookie2
> header will have only additional attributes. The ONLY correspondence
> check
> which a UA can perform is to count the number of version 1 attribute
> sets
> folding into a Set-Cookie2 array, and compare that with the number of
> historical cookies folded into a Set-Cookie array. If the two counts
> are not the same, e.g., due to some semi-colon verus comma
> substitution,
> or any number of possible network transmission glitches, there is NO
> basis
> here for efforts at error recovery, or any efforts, whatsoever, for
> bona fide
> correspondence checks. If the counts are different, for any reason,
> the
> UA will have no alternative but simply to throw the cookies and
> attributes
> on the floor and hope for better luck next time.
> That section also points out, parenthetically:
> (Note that in this case the Set-Cookie2 response header that
> the origin server sends does not, by itself, conform to this
> specification.)
> Think about that. Is a "transitional" procedure for sending
> Set-Cookie2
> headers which DO NOT CONFORM TO THE SPECIFICATION a way to promote
> implementation of that specification, or a way to interfere with it's
> implementation?!? Think about that carefully, please.
> It is often the case in the real world that the squeeky wheel
> gets oiled first. But if instead the wheels are being rearranged so
> that the wagon won't go anywhere, perhaps that is one case in which it
> it truly appropriate to just say no.
> Fote
> ===
> Foteos Macrides Worcester Foundation for Biomedical
> Research
> [email protected] 222 Maple Avenue, Shrewsbury, MA 01545
> ===
Received on Thursday, 7 August 1997 14:20:38 UTC
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Open Linked Education Community Group Proposed
From: Do Not Reply <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:55:03 +0000
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
The Open Linked Education Community Group has been proposed:
Pearson initiates this community group proposal with the W3C with the
goal of facilitating and creating a curated subset of Wikipedia data
that can be used for tagging educational content.
• Build a SUBJECT database from a curated subset of Wikipedia
(DBpedia) that can be used by institutions, instructors, and students,
to tag educational resources.
• Create a website presence similar to OpenCorporates
(http://opencorporates.com/) with API’s for reconciling with Google
Refine. Provide tutorials on how to use Google Refine to access the
datasets. Make access to the data easy.
• Build relations and bridges to at least 3 existing open linked
• Provide SPARQL endpoints for data
• Prepare and built out to 5-Star linked data
You are invited to support the creation of this group:
and people can join to begin work.
the attention of the W3C staff, please send us email on
Thank you,
W3C Community Development Team
Received on Wednesday, 20 March 2013 10:55:04 UTC
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Re: Rich Annotations
From: Bijan Parsia <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:50:52 +0000
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
On 26 Nov 2007, at 13:59, Peter F. Patel-Schneider wrote:
> From: Bijan Parsia <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Rich Annotations
> Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:32:27 +0000
>> On 26 Nov 2007, at 11:19, Peter F. Patel-Schneider wrote:
>>> From: Bijan Parsia <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: Re: Rich Annotations
>>> Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:24:53 +0000
>>>> On 26 Nov 2007, at 09:13, Peter F. Patel-Schneider wrote:
> I have no problem with others creating extensions to OWL, as long
> as the
> extension doesn't mess OWL itself
What do you mean by "mess"? Always a monotonic extension? The models
are conservative extensions?
> and the extension can be recognized.
Every extension to OWL changes it. The thing I'm arguing for allows
us to recognize extensions.
> However, yes, indeed, I am arguing against the OWL spec providing
> hooks
> for extensions, particularly ones that change the meaning of OWL
> constructs.
What counts as not changing the meaning?
> I do realize that many extensions don't meet the second requirement
> above. I view this as deplorable, but I don't see the proposal as
> providing a good way to ameliorate the problem.
It provides for recognition. Right now, if some one loads a file with
RDF encoded swrl rules into fact++, fact++ must recognize the swrl
terms and idioms as such and reject them. And explain to the user why
it is doing so. I think it's preferable to make all that more
transparent to the end user and easier on the tools.
Whether it is overall more desirable than possible alternatives is
one issue. That it's a relatively minor extension seems indisputable.
You may find it worrisome because it makes less painful (in some
sense) a practice you deplore. But presumably you deplore it because
of the pain.
>> [snip]
>>>> After all, there *are*
>>>> pointers in:
>>>> http://www.w3.org/2007/OWL/wiki/Annotation_System#Examples
>>> What I see there are three examples of extensions to OWL. For
>>> constraints and OntoClean, I don't see a worked-out solution as
>>> to how
>>> the annotation proposal would support the extension. For Pronto, I
>>> see
>>> annotations, but no annotation spaces.
>> Because when we did Pronto, the proposal wasn't on the table.
>> Really, is it that hard to see how it would go? See below.
> Yes, for me it is hard to see how it would go. I couldn't (easily)
> find
> a manual for Pronto.
You don't have to. Pick another like constraints.
> I looked at Probabilistic Description Logics
> for the Semantic Web by Thomas Lukasiewicz, and quickly ran into
> problems, starting with how to write arbitrary real numbers in OWL. I
> also didn't see a close correspondence between the language there and
> the example Pronto ontology at
> http://www.ece.uc.edu/~klinovp/pronto/cancer/cancer_ra.owl.
You seem to be conflating the evaluation of particular extensions
with evaluating the extensibility mechanism.
> [...]
>>>> Perhaps you could work through how one of them would work and I
>>>> could
>>>> check to see if our understandings aligned.
>>> No thanks.
>> Why not? I'm really at a loss as to which parts are puzzling you.
>> Wouldn't it be a better test of the design if you tried it?
>>> How about you work through how one of them would work and I could
>>> see if
>>> I can understand more?
>> Here's a sketch.
>> Ontology(<http://ex.org/#testOnt>
>> AnnotationSpace(<http://ex.org/Pronto> mustUnderstand)
>> SubClassOf( Annotation(<http://ex.org/Pronto> <http://ex.org/
>> Pronto#certainty> 0;0.132) Woman, WomanWithBRCInLongTerm)
>> )
> What is the role of the annotation property <http://ex.org/Pronto>?
That's not an annotation property. Per the grammar fragment, its is a
space URI.
> What is the role of the annotation value <http://ex.org/
> Pronto#certainty>?
Please examine the grammar fragments in the proposal. If they are
unclear I'd like to repair them. This is an annotation URI/property.
> What is the role of 0;0.132?
It is the value of the annotation property.
> How do they connect to the Pronto extension
> to OWL?
Under the Pronto extension subclass axioms with certainty annotations
are interpreted as conditional constraints.
> Are there syntactic restrictions on the annotations?
Sure. p:certainty is the only property. You have at least one (to be
a conditonal constraint) but can have many.
>> There is a bit of ambiguity in the space uri (i.e., does it identify
>> the particular space token or the space type), but that's easily
>> decided one way or the other.
>> If a reasoner gets this and it doesn't have this space in its
>> internal list of understood annotations then it should punt on the
>> file ("Can't reason with this file because I don't understand
>> <http://
>> ex.org/Pronto> annotations;
> The annotation space or the annotation property?
This is something we should decide. I would say the space.
>> I could reason with this file while
>> ignoring those annotations but the results may not be as the ontology
>> author intended.")
>> In order to (correctly) reason with documents with these annotations,
>> the tool must conform to the relevant spec. I do not propose that
>> such specs be necessarily accessible via the annotation space URI or
>> anything like that (though one could do and I imagine many people
>> will). I just publish my spec. Usually a googling will suffice to
>> find it.
> You mean the document at http://www.pronto.philips.com/, which is the
> current first Google hit for Pronto?
Pronto is new, so it's not too surprising. But presumably if someone
uses the extension they are aware of it and can get to the spec. You,
qua implementor, will only get a complaint if you encounter a file
using the extension. Googling "pronto pellet" or "pronto owl" both
return reasonable results. Plus you could ask on public-owl-dev and
like fora.
Worst case, you reject the file. Uhm. Which you would do with a
syntactic extension.
>> This is very much how SWRL, for example, currently works except there
>> is no hint to vanilla OWL reasoners that SWRL rules encoded as RDF
>> statements have significant extra-OWL/RDF semantics. In fact, there
>> is no *way* to so hint.
> Oh, I very much agree that the encoding of SWRL rules as RDF
> triples is
> a bad idea.
It's worse without any indicators that's its an extension.
>> This is a way to so hint. It doesn't stop
>> someone from claiming that their ad hoc rule engine (or dl safe rule
>> engine) correctly implements the SWRL spec. But so? It gives a
>> standard way for an OWL tool to tell the user that it is, for all
>> that it knows, not respecting the semantics of the extension. If the
>> author doesn't put in the mustUnderstand, then, too, the mechanism
>> won't work.
> My view is that the way ahead is to have a real rule extension to OWL
> (probably not SWRL), with its own syntactic constructs, as is done in
> the SWRL abstract syntax.
I agree that would be nice, but, uhm, so? When shall this happen? I'm
not saying mustUnderstand annotation spaces are brilliant or the best
way forward overall, just that they help with the situation for a
reasonable chunk of the future.
> Proposals that provide band-aids for broken
> solutions are not advances, in my view.
Maybe, but they also aren't a large change, nor do they break things
I live with legacy systems and techniques. This would make things
somewhat better for me. I fail to see that they would hurt you, so
it's pretty much a pareto improvement (pace your feelings of disgust).
Received on Monday, 26 November 2007 14:49:40 UTC
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Re: Access keys
From: David Woolley <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 08:07:36 +0100 (BST)
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
> PSS Perhaps XHTML needs a tags or attributes for textual information?
With Access Keys you have a problem that they won't be fully supported
until fully used and one of the factors in their not being fully used
is they aren't fully supported.
However, it seems to me that there is a fairly obvious way of labelling
their function in HTML: put a title attribute on the element that
is accessed by the key. It's then up to the browser to provide a table
of access keys from this information.
In this case, there seems little conflict with the perception that
title always means a "tool tip" pop up display.
Received on Monday, 23 April 2001 09:13:33 UTC
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Re: Use of WAI IG Mailing List
From: David Woolley <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 21:15:34 +0100 (BST)
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
> Please also note that where queries are not well described examples
> will be more helpful, in that the questioner may at least be able to
In this case, I provided an outline example, and pointed out that the
document that defines HTML 4.01 ought to contain examples; it does.
If there is a complaint about examples in this case, it is probably
against the writers of popular HTML text books, who probably consider
label unimportant. (I have, though, got label added to an intranet
application on usability grounds, a much easier case to argue than
Received on Thursday, 1 May 2003 16:17:30 UTC
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Q: Usage of PI and Notation
From: Zee <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 11:46:35 +0900
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
XML 1.0 specification defined,
The target attribute of ProcessingInstruction used to identify the
application to which the instruction is directed, and the value of target
should be one of Notations.
XML 1.0 specification also defined,
The Notations identify by name the format of unparsed entities, or the
application to which processing instructions are addressed.
So, how it works in real XML-Processor?
* How the XML-processor determine a Notation identify application or not?
Second, Notation as the format of unparsed entities
* What's the standard to define the format of unparsed entities?
Third, Notation as the application
* How the XML-processor load the application and pass datas to the
* Can XML-processor pass the contents in document to the applications?
* Can this mechanism be used to load application from remote server? How?
If, All answers about above questions are No or processor-dependent
* Why those are included in DOM specifications?
Best regards.
Received on Tuesday, 21 July 1998 22:37:35 UTC
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Correct case of object names
From: Jesse McCarthy <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 16:55:03 -0500
To: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
In the DOM level 2 ECMAScript language binding I'm looking at "Object Document".
While experimenting with the DOM in Netscape 6.1, I must refer to this object
as "document" (note difference in case). Is the DOM implementation in NS 6.1
not in compliance with the standard, or am I misunderstanding the ECMAScript
language binding?
Received on Saturday, 3 November 2001 17:04:31 UTC
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Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 05:32:35 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
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Received on Saturday, 17 June 2000 05:32:37 UTC
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Re: Trust, Context, Justification and Quintuples
From: Dmitry Borodaenko <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 18:34:16 +0200
To: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 06:19:55PM -0800, Waggy wrote:
> The other two items I have found useful to record for each triple,
> primarily for administrative purposes, are the dc:creator of the
> triple itself, and the triple's date and time of creation
> (dcterms:created).
Is dcterms:created generic enough for that purpose? What if you don't
know the resource creation time, and all that you have is the time when
it was published on or referenced from your site? When deciding on
schema for Samizdat, I decided to use dc:date, just not to tie my hands
with assumption that any published resource was created right here and
Dmitry Borodaenko
Received on Thursday, 5 February 2004 11:33:33 UTC
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Re: R: R: R: R: Urgent please
From: Jack Jansen <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:56:24 +0200
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
Cc: "'Sjoerd Mullender'" <[email protected]>, "'SMIL List'" <[email protected]>
To: ___ <[email protected]>
On 18-Jun-2007, at 18:43 , ___ wrote:
> Thanks, really appreciated.
> So if i haven't understand bad, i can't use ambulant, since i'm
> using 4
> channels PNG, right?
> In one hand i have to handle transparency with png images, in the
> other one
> i need to have a decent timing group management.
> Right now i just can't get both, right?
> I'm doing single .smil pages that href each others, to simplify the
> grouping
> code and to let realplayer to crash less. It apparently do the job,
> but if
> you leave the player open for a bit, and you then keep using the
> presentation, then it will create some bug with image or text.
> If i could handle the graphic image i created with ambulant would be
> perfect, but i had no success on that
Please file a bug report for Ambulant, then. Note that this is no
guarantee that the bug will actually get fixed (there are only so
many hours in a day, unfortunately:-) but at least we'll know about it.
Also, note that the better the bug report the better the chances that
it'll get fixed (or at least looked at). So if you supply SMIL+images
that we can download and run to see the bug (plus information on the
platform you use and any other things that may be relevant) it's much
more likely to be looked at soon than if simply trying to recreate
the problem takes hours. As a point in case here: trying to recreate
the situation you sketch here (4-channel PNG has a problem with
transparency) without additional information would take the better
part of a day: how do I create a 4-channel PNG, what is it that
doesn't work, on which platform, in which situation (stacked regions?
Transitions? Something else?).
Received on Tuesday, 19 June 2007 23:56:54 UTC
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Re: Hyphenation (was Re: A suggested tag)
From: Abigail <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 12:36:37 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] (Dave Raggett)
You, Dave Raggett, wrote:
++ On Thu, 17 Apr 1997, Vincent QUINT wrote:
++ > A full dictionary for each language would be too much expensive.
++ > Some time ago (in 1983) F. M. Liang proposed a very efficient
++ > method for compressing hyphenation dictionaries while making them
++ > much easier to search. This method is used in TeX and it produces
++ > quite good results with very small dictionaries. This is also the
++ > method used in Amaya.
++ Its always good to build on proven implementation experience.
++ The question remains as to how to link to such dictionaries.
++ One idea is to use LINK e.g.
++ <LINK REL=hyphenation LANG=en HREF=hyphen.dict>
Somehow, this suggests user agents have to download complete
dictionaries for a document. I don't think a dictionary on how to
hyphenate words is a property of the document, but of the language. I
just want to download a dictionary for English once, and not
everyone's local copy. Of course, there will always be exceptions,
names, new words, etc. But making a new dictionary which basically is
a copy with some additions is a huge waste of resources; specially if
you realise the exceptions might not even need to be hyphenated.
Therefore I think the author needs to have the possibility to mark
exceptions in the document, and hence leaving the bulk to the user
agent. For instance:
<HYPHENATE WORD = "foobar" HYPHENATED = "foo-bar">
In that case, you only need to mark your exception once per
document, and you can still use 'foobar' in your actual text.
­ doesn't seem to degrade gracefully on some browsers, and
you need to type foo­bar for every occurance of foobar.
++ Another is to extend CSS with a hyphenation property, e.g.
++ BODY {hyphenation: url(hyphen.dict)}
This has the same problem as mentioned above.
Received on Thursday, 17 April 1997 12:35:31 GMT
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Re: New Working Draft published: CSS3 module: Color
From: firespring <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 08:30:14 -0500
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Dylan Schiemann wrote:
> I seem to remember a proposal a while ago to use
> things like darker and lighter which didn't go over
> very well. Isn't a larger list of named colors really
> the same thing, just less consistent?
> -Dylan Schiemann
From this one lone author's point of view, yes. But since CSS is becoming
bloatware anyway, apparently more embedded inconsistency makes no difference
to the working group. Note: I don't care to debate my view, and I don't have
the documentation (or the time) to back it up. I'm just a lone author and
list-lurker out here in the real world (i.e., the world that has been
USING CSS for real development for real customers despite the bloat, despite
the inconsistent UA implementations, and despite the dozens, if not hundreds,
of minor niggling problems I've encountered (but have been too busy making a
living to document and debate with this group).
After reading some of the recent discussions however, I just couldn't resist
putting in my two cents worth. It has long been my hope that the working
group (and UA implementors) would learn to follow an Open Source guideline,
i.e., "release early - release often", but instead it seems that the group
has gone WAY beyond trying to separate style from content and is instead
trying to develop a new UA-based graphics language. Sad.
Oh, and BTW, I LIKED the lighter-darker scheme that was proposed a while
back. I believe it COULD have worked if a little more effort had been put
into developing the concept. It is CERTAINLY better than the X-scheme. Too
Rick Johnson
Received on Friday, 9 March 2001 08:17:57 GMT
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Re: can browser run cgi without http server?
From: Harold A. Driscoll <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 11:54:52 -0600
Message-Id: <>
To: "wyy" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
At 12:33 19/12/96 +0800, wyy wrote:
> i want to set a form's action to a exe file on my local computer,but the
>browser can not correctly
> set up envirenment for the exe file if the method is post or can not start
>the exe file if the method is get.
>how can i do that?
Just put up a personal Web server on your computer... There are a number
available on just about any platform you can think of. Since you don't need
to support many concurrent sessions, you'll not need most of the
complexity, and a light-duty server should do you quite well.
Check out the "usual suspects" archives (such as Tucows
http://www.tucows.com for Windows) for your platform of choice.
Another good alternative is Jigsaw, which does require that you have the
full Java running on your computer. You can get it from the W3C site,
You'll likely find that the host name "localhost" has already been defined
in your system... so you could then specify
"http://localhost/dir/page.html" as your URL.
Good luck...IMHO is well worth the modest effort to set one up locally,
particularly if you do any Web page development. /Harold
Harold A. Driscoll mailto:[email protected]
Received on Thursday, 19 December 1996 12:55:44 UTC
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