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Posted: Thu 18 Oct 2012, 08:18
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Hi Pelo et al,
Pelo wrote:
Install the pet when needed, remove it when finished, Why to keep it in the distro ?
I need Gimp, ok i have it stored somewhere. Work finished, i remove it.
Bad way of doing ?
RSH replied
Installing a .pet can overwrite existing libs ---> .sfs don't
UnInstalling a .pet can remove needed libs ---> .sfs don't
Programs in .sfs sometimes will not run if incompatible libs are already in the running system. My Opinion: sfs is always the better way, though.
Jasper adds
If, in a rare case, I am unable to convert a pet to a working sfs then I do as Pelo suggests, but his suggestion is never my first choice.
Seaside has given us three innovative and brilliant sfs modules. As well as the SFS-Exec pet available here his other pets can be found at:
All three modules can be used in the same Puppy and any sfs loader that was pre-installed with the Puppy will also continue to work - so it seems to me there is nothing to lose, but huge prospective gains (all 3 work with my Slacko 5.3.1) in convenience and superfast loading and unloading of sfs files.
However interesting, sunburnt's work is experimental, but seaside's apps work with their intended efficiency (at least for me).
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Posted: Thu 18 Oct 2012, 09:32
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"However interesting, sunburnt's work is experimental, but seaside's apps work with their intended efficiency (at least for me)."
Yes I use Seaside's approach when I load and unload the Opera Browser
and it is instant and works very well. I love that Seaside gave it to us.
But would be cool of what Sunburnt sugges can be as easily implemented too.
So good that he started a new thread about it.
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though
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Posted: Thu 18 Oct 2012, 10:47
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Hi nooby et al,
I use seaside's SFStray (see screenshot) to load Opera and/or, one-at-a-time, the other 15 or so apps shown.
I use SFS-Exec to load some 30 other sfs apps (totalling a few hundred MB) by right clicking the sfs and then right clicking SFS-Exec in the drop-down list.
My sfs files are stored in many locations which I did not need to specify.
Any apps loaded using SFStray automatically unload when I close them, else I can use seaside's SFSunloader (part of SFS-Exec) to close apps loaded by any of seaside's three sfs programs.
Those who want to see if they can load say, 10 or 20 sfs files at once - try seaside's SFSdirload to load all sfs files in any chosen directory at once with (from memory) a single click.
My regards
PS Opera takes about 3 seconds to load using my SFStray, but any loaded sfs which is minimised to my main tray will reload instantly.
Google-chrome's sfs will not (for some reason unknown to me) load using any of seaside's star apps - so I use Slacko's built-in sfs_load - which I think was kindly provided by shinobar.
Addendum, commenting on the three posts immediately below:
(1st) RSH
gave a superfluous second link to sunburnt's thread on an experimental alternative system and whilst the link's lettering had to be in lower case is was unnecessarily large and strikes me as "shouting" and extremely rude. Further, I believe RSH is entitled to exaggerate his own importance in his own threads, but I regard it as in bad taste to do so in his signature.
(2nd) nooby
asked if seaside has now fixed a savefile corruption problem, that he surely does not have, because he favours frugal installations and he uses SFS-Exec yet he reports no problem(s) with any of his savefiles corrupting.
seaside gave nooby (and myself) huge help and made some modifying amendments to accommodate our needs so I regard nooby's lazy unresearched comment as, at best ,sad.
Also, in this thread, nooby made three references to sunburnt's thread in a single day.
(3rd) sunburnt
wrote "Puppy's Save file can corrupt at any time..." Presumably he means when using SFS-Exec - else this is a ridiculous place to make such a scaremongering comment.
I cannot say that SFS-Exec has never caused anyone a problem, nor that it will never cause one; but I can say I have used SFS-Exec for more than 500 days without a problem and despite many power cuts during that time only on one of those occasions, and not otherwise, did my savefile corrupt.
As for the rest of sunburnt's comment, surely the generally accepted advice is make regular backups (with or without gzipping).
I wish sunburnt well with his innovative experimental alternative system, but seaside has, at least for me, already achieved near perfection with his three complementary SFS systems.
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Posted: Thu 18 Oct 2012, 13:09
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LazY Puppy
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Posted: Thu 18 Oct 2012, 16:22
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Thanks Jasper much appreciated.
I have not tested Stray yet I am too lazy
Good that you share your experiences.
Hope others give it a try.
I remember that Seaside id warn us that
if one have a save file then that one can get
corrupted so Jasper if you are good at such
is that something you could look into?
Has his latest version found a way around
that corruption now? I have no link ATM though.
Seaside can explain when he jump in here.
RSH thanks for the link.
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
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Posted: Thu 25 Oct 2012, 14:10
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Puppy`s Save file can corrupt at any time, I just deleted mine and booted fresh, the task bar disappeared.!
The best solution is to make a gzipped copy of it once you have your system setup how you like.
I`m surprised that the Puppy menu doesn`t have an item to do exactly this, it seems like a natural.
It`s possible that some of them do, but it needs to be part of the base distro. BootManager.
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Posted: Sun 28 Oct 2012, 18:22
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With a look at the complexities of unioning, it's a wonder that it works as well as it does. Just imagine this structure -
Top Level - pup_save-file
Second Level - main_pup-sfs-file
All others ......
10th sfs
9th sfs
first sfs
The top two layers have a defined priority - if two (or more) files with the same dir/filename exist anywhere between the Top Level and All Others then the highest level dir/filename is used. That's fairly clear between the Top-Level ( pup_save-file) and Second-Level (main_pup-sfs-file) For example if the pup_save-file has /usr/lib/mylib.so and the main_pup-sfs-file has the same file /usr/lib/mylib.so (same name but not necessarily the same content) , then the pup_save-file's /usr/lib/mylib.so is used.
Now when it comes to the All Others category (all those 10 or so extra sfs files), they are loaded must likely first in first out - the first mounted sfs on the bottom followed by the next sfs. Any of these added sfs files could have identically named /usr/lib/mylib.so files which would always be superseded by any sfs that had a higher level .
The more sfs files loaded, the more opportunity for file duplication collisions.
Another complication was distortion of already started applications being affected by a recently unioned sfs file. With firefox running, whenever I loaded certain other sfs files, many functions in Firefox stopped working.
So, eventually, some adaptations are necessary to make everything work together.
Some sfs files are linked, some are unioned and the best is not to use very many at a time.
The convenient aspect of unioning is that (unlike linking) you don't have to clean up afterwards (I always liked that part) . However, if any files are generated by the application, they go straight into the pup_save-file.
As far as whether unioning additional sfs files corrupts pup_save-file's more, I can't really say, but I've done-in mine enough times (and not necessarily from unioning sfs files) that I now run with a "locked-down" save file that never gives me any problems.
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Posted: Mon 29 Oct 2012, 16:33
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Good assessment seaside; And there`s also the Union`s white-out files.
Interestingly, the cleanup files are the same for union and Non-union methods.
Union layers can be inserted I believe, so priority`s controlled. No help though.
I don`t think unions cause too many Save file corruptions. But you never know.
As said, unions are still a patch and probably never will be included in the kernel.
To many caveats and gotchas in it`s use. The over-shadowing is the biggest one.
Especially when you consider that it`s not needed. It`s a convenient hack is all.
But a distro. with a good tool chain so all apps. can use any lib. will mitigate woes.
An all Ubuntu or Slackware build should solve this problem. But only trying will tell.
Look at it this way. A union is a stack (exactly), and RoxStyle apps. are star tips.
The star`s apps. can`t over-shadow or interfere with each other. They`re nodes.
I`ve suggested a Junction Link (thanks Karl) that has a PATH in it to act like a union.
The current Linux link can hold a PATH, but it`s not recognized by the file systems.
The first path is a writable dir. or Save file, the rest read-only. No white-out files.
So the first path would be /mnt/sda1/(R-W) and other paths could be Squash files.
### By "locked-down", do you mean that the Save file is read-only mounted?
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Posted: Mon 29 Oct 2012, 20:20
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sunburnt wrote:
### By "locked-down", do you mean that the Save file is read-only mounted?
Yes, this is in my /etc/rc.d/rc.local file-
"mount -o remount,ro /dev/loop1"
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Posted: Fri 01 Mar 2013, 17:56
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Hope for your help again. I got it to work last time
but now when I try again using both slacko and lupu and snow puppy
then all of them fails making the zfile to have any content.
it loads but the content does not end up in the pupz directory
but when I mount the zs054233.sfs then it has directories in it.
So what do I have to get it work? Is it the naming of the zfile that fail?
I hate to fail for hours like this
So I go to sleep now. Hope somebody help me with this.
But it does not keep my Swedish keyboard and time settings
I named it zs540233.sfs because it is a slacko 54 and the kernel is
could that make it fail? does the name really matter?
AFAIK it has actually loaded it as can be seen in initrd/pup_z
but that one is empty while the zs540233.sfs itself has many directories.
So what could I have made wrong?
When I try to do without the /mnt/+mnt+sda1+slacko+slackosave.3fs
then it say there is no valid directory specified. I had that way back in thread too and added the /mnt/ part.
So should one maybe not boot in pfix=ram when one do the dir2sfs thing?
Late at night here so I read any answer tomorrow.
Now I will test with being booted into savefile and see if that helps.
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Posted: Tue 01 Jul 2014, 08:23
Post subject: abiword-3.0.0-gtk2_asri20140625_310.sfs: 7280 K
Subject description: Old version 2.9.4 dangerous.
RSH comment :
Installing a .pet can overwrite existing libs ---> .sfs don't
UnInstalling a .pet can remove needed libs ---> .sfs don't
Programs in .sfs sometimes will not run if incompatible libs are already in the running system. My Opinion: sfs is always the better way, though.
That is fine.
I start Puppy pfix=ram. Click on the pet SFS-exec. later on abiword 3.0.0. SFS
abiword 2.9.4 opens
Should i remove buildin abiword ?
If I use SFS on the Fly, abiword library is mashed up !
Topic in progress. i take a glance at the 11 pages (with google translator). It's a long way to understanding. je reviens.
Passenger Pelo ! don't ask him to repair the aircraft. Don't use him as a demining dog .... pleeease.
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Posted: Tue 01 Jul 2014, 08:58
Post subject: Re: abiword-3.0.0-gtk2_asri20140625_310.sfs: 7280 K
Subject description: Old version 2.9.4 dangerous.
Pelo wrote:
I start Puppy pfix=ram. Click on the pet SFS-exec. later on abiword 3.0.0. SFS
abiword 2.9.4 opens
Should i remove buildin abiword ?
Portable AbiWord
is my answer.
Whatever version of AbiWord installed on your Puppy, you can use the most recent version just clicking the abiword-portable folder.
Work around Puppy Linux
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Posted: Tue 01 Jul 2014, 09:19
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Pelo just miss to install the dedicated pet after loading my
Recherches Puppy
Index Puppy
Index FR
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Posted: Tue 17 Feb 2015, 00:39
Post subject: Add PATH
I add thi script to pinstall.sh:
echo "" >> /root/.bashrc
echo "# added by Anaconda 2.1.0 installer" >> /root/.bashrc
echo 'export PATH="/root/anaconda/bin:$PATH"' >> /root/.bashrc
echo "" >> /root/.bashrc
1. But when I type python in terminal, nothing appear. It seems that pinstall.sh don't do that script, isn't it?
2. How to add our path to $PATH ? I think it's in /root/.bashrc. Am I wrong?
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Medicare is the one health insurance plan that will cover virtually every American at some point in life, and Republican Mitt Romney is proposing the biggest changes since its creation nearly 50 years ago.
The Associated Press asked the Romney campaign five questions about how its Medicare plan would affect consumers on critical matters of costs and benefits.
Some of the questions remained unresolved after the campaign's responses. It may take electing Romney to find out how his plan would work. The AP also sent President Barack Obama's campaign a set of questions about his plans for Medicare.
"One of the things that concerns me about both campaigns is that they tend to use jargon terms like `competition' or `protection for benefits' without spelling out how they would deal with the challenges that come up," said economist Marilyn Moon, a former trustee overseeing Medicare finances. "Their answer is to attack the other side, or simply reinforce the same jargon, rather than explaining how things would work."
Broadly speaking, Romney calls for shifting people now age 54 and younger into a different sort of Medicare. Once eligible, these people would get a fixed payment from the government, adjusted for inflation, to pay for either private insurance or a government plan modeled on Medicare. Current beneficiaries and those nearing retirement could stay in the traditional program.
Romney says it's time for bold action because Medicare faces insolvency in 2024, the tip of its long-term financing woes. Private insurance plans would get waste out of the system while protecting quality and affordability, he says.
Some Medicare questions for consumers to keep in mind, along with answers from the Romney campaign and the views of several experts:
Q: What happens if Romney's fixed health insurance payment for future retirees fails to keep up with rising medical costs?
A: Thousands of dollars in costs could get shifted to retirees, punching holes in household budgets. Health care inflation is now in a lull, but historically it has grown faster than the economy, overall inflation, and workers' wages.
Romney's campaign says his goal is to avoid cost shifting and to secure for future Medicare beneficiaries affordable coverage options at least as good as what's available for today's seniors. Lower-income Medicare recipients would get more money from the government for their health insurance.
Competition among insurers will keep costs in check, says the Romney campaign. The government payment will be based on competitive bids. "As plans compete with each other to provide better care more efficiently, the growth in (health) costs will slow dramatically and place Medicare on a sustainable long-term footing," writes Romney policy director Lanhee Chen.
Earlier this year, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office analyzed a similar Medicare plan by Romney's running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan. It found that by 2030, seven years after the proposal would take effect, Medicare would be spending about $2,200 less on a typical 66-year-old than would be the case under current policies.
That may not be a problem if competition works. But Obama's first Medicare administrator says the numbers are so big he doesn't see how Romney can avoid cost shifting.
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Directed by Ryan Coogler
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Based on the real-life story of Oscar Grant III (Michael B. Hall), the film follows Grant on the day leading up to his tragic and needless death at a Bay Area Rapid Transit Station on New Years Day 2009.
The events in "Fruitvale Station" begin like any other day. On the morning of New Year's Eve, Oscar drops off his young daughter, Tatiana (Ariana Neal), at daycare and his wife, Sophina (Melonie Diaz), goes to work. Since being in prison for a gun possession charge, Oscar has attempted to turn his life around by being a loving caretaker for his wife and daughter as well as getting (and soon losing) his job at a local grocery store.
Throughout the day, Oscar picks up seafood for an upcoming birthday party for his affectionate but stern mother Wanda, (Octavia Spenser) fills his car with gas and returns to the grocery store to ask for his job back before his wife finds out he lost it. Trying to support his family, Oscar also contemplates selling a bag of pot to earn some extra money.
After his mother's birthday party, Oscar and Sophina plan to spend the night in San Francisco with friends. Knowing that they'll be drinking, Wanda suggests they take the train instead of driving into the city. From there, the events that lead up to Oscar's inevitable death are gripping, engaging, and incredibly powerful.
With a career-making and almost-guaranteed Oscar-nominated performance from Hall, "Fruitvale Station" is one of the best films of the year. Though his character is troubled and deeply flawed, Hall makes you empathize with Oscar. It's evident that he truly loves his family and despite being unfaithful and dishonest, he wants more than anything to prove to his wife and mother that he is a changed man.
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Heartbreaking, inspiring, and sublime in its message, the film's last 20 minutes are extremely difficult to sit through. "Fruitvale Station" is one of those films where once the credits roll, you don't dare to be the first to move or get out of your seat. You sit, cry, and think about the events that took place New Years Day in 2009.
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William H. Johnson's World on Paper
February 3 - April 8, 2007
From February 3 to April 8, 2007, the Amon Carter Museum presents William H. Johnson's World on Paper, an exhibition organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum that for the first time closely examines the artist's remarkable printmaking skills. The prints, many exhibited for the first time, reveal the African-American modernist to be as powerful with graphic media as he proved to be with oils and tempera. The bold, lively and colorful works mark Johnson as one of the most experimental printmakers of his generation, and a related group of vivid watercolors and temperas further demonstrates the breadth of his graphic expression on paper. Two of the Carter's works from its collection of six of Johnson's rare serigraphs will be featured in the exhibition.
"Johnson left a legacy of paintings, prints and drawings that ranges from European-inspired modernism to his own distinctive rhythms," said Elizabeth Broun, Smithsonian American Art Museum's Margaret and Terry Stent director. "His works on paper, in particular, testify to a restless imagination and powerful visual expression-hallmarks of an inspired American artist."
Added Jane Myers, Amon Carter Museum senior curator of prints and drawings, "This exhibition presents a singular opportunity to experience on an intimate level Johnson's highly personal and deeply felt subject matter."
Approximately 60 relief prints, serigraphs and drawings from the Smithsonian's permanent collection provide an overview of Johnson's career, both in Europe in the 1930s and in New York in the 1940s. Among the varied subjects of his work are early landscapes of Denmark, Norway and North Africa; portraits of his neighbors in Denmark; scenes of life in Harlem and the rural South; religious subjects; and scenes of black enlisted men and female volunteers of World War II. These works are unlike any other prints made by American artists of Johnson's generation. He adopted some of the most avant-garde aspects of modernist abstraction to transform his portraits, landscapes and figures into highly charged images.
About William H. Johnson
The career of William H. Johnson (1901-1970) was one of the most brilliant yet tragic of any early 20th-century American artist. Born in 1901 in Florence, S.C., to a poor family, he moved to New York at the age of 17. Working a variety of jobs, he saved enough money to pay for an art education at the prestigious National Academy of Design. Johnson worked with the painter Charles Hawthorne, who raised funds to send him abroad to study. He spent the late 1920s in France, absorbing the lessons of modernism. During this period, he married Danish artist Holcha Krake. The couple spent most of the 1930s in Scandinavia, where Johnson's interest in folk art had a profound impact on his work. Returning with Holcha to the United States in 1938, Johnson immersed himself in African-American culture and traditions.
Although Johnson attained success as an artist in this country and abroad, financial security remained elusive. Following his wife's death in 1944, Johnson's physical and mental health deteriorated; he spent the final 23 years of his life in a state hospital in Long Island, N.Y. More than 1,000 paintings, watercolors and prints by Johnson were given to the Smithsonian American Art Museum by the Harmon Foundation after his death in 1970.
Exhibition tour
Following its run at the Carter, the exhibition travels to the Philadelphia Museum of Art (May 20-August 12, 2007) and the Montgomery Museum of Art in Montgomery, Ala. (September 15-November 18, 2007).
William H. Johnson's World on Paper is organized and circulated by the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The exhibition tour is supported in part by the C. F. Foundation, Atlanta.
(above: William H. Johnson (1901-1970), Blind Singer, ca. 1939-1940, Serigraph on paper. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation 1971.127)
(above: William H. Johnson (1901-1970), Jitterbugs II, ca. 1941, Modified screen print, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas 2000.11)
(above: William H. Johnson (1901-1970), Sowing, ca. 1940-1942, Serigraph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation 1967.59.1021)
(above: William H. Johnson (1901-1970), Three Friends, ca. 1944-1945, Serigraph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation 1967.59.1020)
(above: William H. Johnson (1901-1970), Harlem Cityscape with Church, 1939-1940, Tempera on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation 1967.59.289)
Introductory text panels from the exhibition
Object labels from the exhibition


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Unfolding before the events that take place in the highly anticipated Assassin's Creed II on PlayStation 3, Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines is an entirely new game exclusively developed for PSP. Set on the island of Cyprus, you take on the role of Altair, star of the original game. Altair has travelled the seas to Cyprus from the Holy Land in order to seek out and assassinate the last remnants of the Templars.
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As you explore each of the environments you'll discover silver coins located all around the city. Collecting these is the best way to upgrade your weapons, moves and skill sets, eventually transforming Altair into an unstoppable killing machine. What's even more interesting is how Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines is cross compatible with Assassin's Creed II on PS3. By collecting the coins you can then synchronize your PSP with your PS3 and use the currency to buy exclusive upgrades in the PS3 sequel.
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The big boss
Besides the ability to perform death defying moves, you're also equipped with a series of weapons and hand-to-hand combat moves to assist you in your quest to hunt down the remaining Templars. Armed with a sword for battling single and multiple enemies, you have the ability to perform swift sword swipes and counter attacks that normally result in a death blow when you encounter some of the game's weaker enemies.
For the close kill, you have your trusty wrist blade which is ideal for sneaking up behind an enemy and silencing them without alerting nearby guards to your whereabouts. Lastly, there are throwing knives, perfect for taking down enemies while prowling along beams. Along the way you'll also encounter hulking bosses that require a more tactical approach.
Once such foe is Moloch the Bull, a monster of man wielding a weight attached to a long chain that you quickly find out can't be blocked and instead have to counter attacks before moving in for the kill.
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Developer Griptonite Games has undoubtedly captured the look, feel and style of the original game, crafting an adventure that's sure to thrill fans of the series and newcomers alike. Altair's controls are almost identical with some modifications to accommodate the switch to PSP such as using buttons to control camera. In Bloodlines, to move the camera, you first hold down the L button before using the X, Square, Circle or Triangle to move it in any direction you choose. To centre the camera whilst running across rooftops or in the middle of a swordfight simply double tap the L button.
Much like Assassin's Creed, Bloodlines features huge open environments littered with side streets, rooftops, pigeon coops and bales of hay for you to scale and hide in should you find yourself being pursued by enemies after an assassination or being spotted. To perform Altair's spectacular Parkour moves, all you have to do is hold down the L and X button and you'll soon be leaping from building to building, balancing on narrow beams and scaling walls with ease. There are multiple types of missions for you to get to grips with throughout the course of the game including climbing to lookout points high above the city (which also assists in unlocking the map and revealing key areas for you to visit) , duelling with nasty guards bullying the city's citizens and sneaking through certain areas without being detected.
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Before laying off employees, consider how much layoffs will cost your company in the long run. On top of paying severance, alienating employees and risking litigation, the morale hit may hurt productivity among survivors. Plus, when business improves, you'll be saddled with the cost of recruiting and training new employees.
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Ask employees for ideas. Solicit suggestions from staff about how to cut costs and improve productivity. Even if what you save doesn't meet your shortfall expectations, getting employees involved can ease insecurity and promote solidarity.
Cut out the extras. Freeze additional hiring and cut bonuses, raises, unnecessary travel and overtime. Postpone non-vital equipment upgrades. Nix office perks like bottled water and seasonal office parties, or find cheaper alternatives.
Offer extra days of unpaid leave. Extra vacation time is something many employees will find agreeable, even if it's unpaid.
Exchange workers with other employers. Larger companies do this within their own umbrella of subsidiaries. Smaller firms can choose partner companies or vendors. Ideally, the host firm would pay employee salaries and get the use of a skill set like marketing that it might not have on staff. The mutual benefits are a cross pollination of skills, retention of employees and temporary wage relief.
Institute shorter work weeks. Reduce the number of hours employees work and proportionally decrease pay. This can be a seasonal arrangement for slow periods.
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The forthcoming Intel Developer Forum will double as a coming-out party for the company's 32nm fabrication process, and, if you've been following Ars' coverage of the mobile space since 2007, then you know that 32nm is the point at which an x86 chip can reasonably be crammed into a smartphone of non-embarrassing size and battery life. (Intel seems to believe that the smartphone threshold is 45nm, but I don't see it.)
This isn't to say that 32nm will magically put an x86 system on a chip (SoC) neck-and-neck with a 45nm ARM SoC in platform-level power draw, but it probably will mean that if you absolutely must use x86 for your smartphone (for whatever reason), you'll finally have that option. The problem is that it's just not at all clear that there's a smartphone scenario that absolutely requires the insurgent, x86, to unseat the incumbent, ARM. I'll have more to say on why this is the case, and why I've come around substantially from my original x86 uber alles stance, in a forthcoming RISC vs. CISC retrospective.
Intel's trick for keeping power under control in its embedded SoCs is to divide its 32nm technology into two separate processes: a regular 32nm process that trades higher performance for more leakage current, and a special SoC process that takes a performance hit (it has much less clockspeed scaling headroom) but squeezes leakage current down to almost nothing.
You may recall from previous coverage that leakage current is when electricity trickles out of a transistor that's technically off, sort of like a leaky faucet. This leakage current can drain a battery fast, because the chip's circuits are still sucking power when they're supposed to be off. By driving leakage current way down, Intel can truly turn off parts of the chip so that they draw almost no power when not in use. This more reliable on/off capability, when combined with a larger number of sleep-states, can make for a pretty low real-world power dissipation even though a chip's maximum TDP may be nominally high. (For more on leakage current, power states, and Intel's x86 SoCs, see this recent article on Moorestown.)
The other advantage of Intel's 32nm SoC process is that it can accommodate a more varied palette of circuit types on a single die. Alongside the standard SRAM (cache) and high-speed logic (CPU or GPU) blocks, Intel can fab high-voltage inductors (I/O), capacitors (display interface), and other types of structures.
As for the non-SoC 32nm process, Intel is planning to debut the 32nm shrink of Nehalem, codenamed Westmere. Westmere is the "tock" to Nehalem's "tick," and the chipmaker claims that it's already in manufacturing and will be available in the fourth quarter of this year.
It's a bit crazy that Intel will start pushing out 32nm Xeons at the end of this year, because the rest of the market is really just hitting its 45nm stride. So it's not like there's a ton of competitive pressure on the company to get 32nm parts out before 2010. The main case for hustling ahead to 32nm seems to be Intel's embedded push, along with its "embedded" push.
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As you rev your engine, looking to the right and the left to see how many other riders are jockeying for position, you realize you have a few choices ahead of you: should you use some boost to get more speed and distance and then nail a simple trick? Try for a more advanced maneuver to add more options to your tricks for the next jump? Take a sharp right and hope some of your opponents crash on the tricky jump and move up in the ranks? To hell with it, it's time to go as fast as we can and see if our racer can finally nail a backwards flip and land on all four wheels.
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The demo came out of left field and entranced the racing die-hards in our gaming forum, and now that the retail version is here, we can safely say the full experience is everything we were hoping for and more. This is ATV racing by people who clearly love the sport... but aren't afraid to take things to their illogical, incredibly arcadey extremes. You'll be able to pick up the game and race decently within minutes, but as you climb up the ranks you'll realize just how much finesse is needed to keep getting those #1 slots in the races. This is a game with no rubber-banding, and if you're in first on the last lap there is plenty you can do to mess up. On the flip side, if you're in dead last, there is plenty you can do to still place well ahead of the pack. Anything can happen in Pure, and the game is one of those rare cases where you always feel like you're in control of your destiny; failure makes you curse your poor judgment, not the game or the computer.
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The trick system, along with how you earn boost, is the perfect mix of risk and reward. You start off with only tricks mapped to the "A" button, but if you land a few of those, you unlock the "B" button tricks, and then the "Y" button tricks, and finally the double-bumper super-OMG over-the-top special moves. Of course, you can also use the energy you're building up to boost ahead of the other racers, but that then limits your trick choices. Balancing all this while in the middle of a race adds a level of depth and complexity to the title that transcends what you're used to in a title that feels like crazy. There are three types of events in the single-player mode: Races, which are just that, Sprints, which have more laps with fewer jumps and a heavier focus on cornering, and Freestyle, in which you're competing for the most points from your tricks with a finite amount of gas. There is no fat on this game: each mode is a blast to play, with its own challenges, and up to 16 players can also compete in each event online. Don't both be taking your game to the ranked Xbox Live races unless you have spent some time with the single-player though, as there is no way to make races limited to each engine type: either show up with a tricked-out bike, or be blown away. There is also no split-screen multiplayer, which is a shame.
The single-player challenge ramps up nicely, the UI is easy to navigate, and the load times are snappy on the 360. Everything about this game oozes fun and a high level of thoughtfulness to the design. It's an absolute thrill to have a game with such little buzz come out of nowhere and knock our socks off, and this is a great addition to anyone's racing library. An unpretentious title that does nearly everything right, Pure is a great surprise.
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Platform: PS3, 360 (reviewed)
Price: $59.99
Rating: Everyone
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