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. Males Question the size of their penis. If they had been as youth able to view other nude malesThey would have seen but for a few inches all males penis are about the same Size. Some larger and thicker; but Other's dicks are smaller and thinner. Its normal for his penis to shrink smaller or to get a full boner when in a group of naked men. Athletes are more casual about nudity than the average person. From an early age, they have stripped naked in locker rooms, showered and towel dried themselves in front of other athletes and coaches. Jocks have come to expect a certain level of nudity, probing questions and invasive inspections. They have been undress in front of a doctor or nurse, parents and men in the community. Was my thought how is this torture or some kind of humilation ritual. We are all MEN born with a penis. We are know how to say NO. To another male.
If guys worry about the size of their penis then being naked isn't going to solve the problem. Being naked around others just for the sake of it when youi have a modern day set of hangups is going to get you exactly nowhere.
OTOH, as you remarked, athletes and sportsmen have fewer hangups about their bodies so why not simply encourage more sports? At least there will be a good reason for it - their health.
As for insisting on nakedness because of the etymology of a word, it's ridiculous. do you know what the word "Gymnasium" means in German? I doubt being naked there would solve any problems ...
"We are all MEN born with a penis. We are know how to say NO. To another male."
I'm afraid I don't understand why you said this ...
have a modern day set of hang-ups.
I know I do not have. Because I was raised to be comfortable naked around other guys. FLC, some male have different sexual thought around nude males. Therefore It only requires the word NO. All males are not intrested in sports; but showers after physical educations so be required.
I used Greece, but nudity is still common in Japan, Korea, India, Africa, and South America. Greek was the begin of the modern language. Today language
gymnasium in Germany is roughly equivalent to an American academic prep school. In some European countries for instance Germany, Finland and the Netherlands it is to allow both genders to bathe together naked.
Most German not to mention French, Spanish and Greek beaches and swimming pools offer clothing-optional areas. In general, continental Europeans have a more relaxed attitude about nudity than is seen in the British-influenced world. In the U.S. students at public schools have historically been required to shower communally with classmates of the same sex. In the U.S., public objections and the threat of lawsuits have resulted in a number of school districts in recent years changing policy to make showers optional. Private boarding militarily schools in the U.S. often have communal showers, Most objections to showering at school were actually from the students' parents rather than from the students.
By the way, I have yet to see a "clothing optional" area in a swimming pool in France, Germany or Spain, so let's not overly generalize. Perhaps you have just visited "specialist areas? My experience only covers "family areas" ...
Also, although being topless is perfectly acceptable on the beach, being totally nude is not. You are expected to remain within areas that are designated as being naturist zones.
select Wikipedia,>> All European locations >>Naked Europe Map. Are a few of the beaches or lakes I have stripped. Of cource my family lives there. My penis has also touched the water of a lot of private water. The same as in the USA..
True the life style is differant. USA citizen came from Europe, Asia, Africa. etc. But its US women / men that is tell modern day boys. Hide your PENIS , do not be PROUD you were born a MAN..
Tiergarten, the great park in the center of Berlin Some were nude, some were not. there were no signs delineating nude and textile places. Most of the of the saunas were nude are outside. People lounge naked in the sauna garden, in full view of the surrounding office buildings. I stayed in a hotel near the Tiergarten, the Sofitel Schweizerhof. When I was there the only showers were in the woman-only area . So they put up a sign, in English and German, 'Dear Guests, the showers are for men and women'. MY Most favorite palace is the CecilienHof, on a beautiful lake the HeiligenSee (Holy Lake). Just beyond the Cecilienhof (and an expensive hotel) on the north end of the lake, The two westward lawns are clothing optional, and the great majority of people were nude. Those people who wanted to wear bathing suits took their clothes off in public and put on their bathing suits, even on the textile beach. Mothers, fathers, and children, most of whom took off all of their clothes. There were as many people in the clothing optional areas as there were in the textile areas.
Like I said, you frequent somewhat exclusive areas as opposed to "standard". These places are not the norm. Having said that, there are naturist areas everywhere and nobody thinks any harm of them but you go there deliberately, you don't just stumble over them.
I am not denying the existance of the places you refer to, just saying that they are not the norm.
For what it's worth, I too have travelled extensively in Europe (I have family and friends all over the place) and have lived in France for many years now.
Since you have lived in France for many years now. You may not understand the changes in the USA. That is not the norm.
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Keep in mind that the Court is considering two cases on gay marriage. Each case has distinct constitutional issues. The main argument against Proposition 8, which bans gay marriage in California, revolves around the 14th Amendment. The plaintiff in that case argues that the equal protection clause forbids discrimination and that Prop 8 discriminates against same-sex couples.
The constitutional argument in the other case, U.S. v Windsor, is that Congress didn't have the constitutional power to enact the Defense of Marriage Act. DOMA states that the federal government only legally recognizes traditional marriage. But Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, which lists Congress' powers, doesn't give Congress the authority to regulate marriages.
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In the oral arguments in the Prop 8 case, the justices appeared unsure of themselves. However, many of the justices were openly hostile to DOMA during the arguments on that case.
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As web applications become more serious, developers have become increasingly demanding about their tools. Over the last two months, we looked at two object-to-relational mapping tools (Alzabo and DODS) that make it possible to work with databases using object methods, avoiding the use of SQL inside of your program.
But there are a number of issues that many of these object-relational mapping tools fail to address: how can objects be separated onto different computers? Once separated, how can objects find each other? And if an object's state reflects the state of one or more database rows, how do we handle transactions?
These are messy and difficult questions, and we can expect to wrestle with them for years to come. One of the most comprehensive answers to these questions (and many others) is the J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) platform and its Enterprise JavaBeans object model. EJB, as it is known, is designed for use in complex, large-scale web sites and reduces the need for programmers to handle infrastructure issues.
This month, we will begin to look at EJB as implemented by the JBoss application server. JBoss is distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), does not require much memory and is relatively easy to use. As is often the case with Java programming projects, working with EJB requires learning and working with a new set of tools, configuring several XML files in the right way and making sure that your CLASSPATH contains the right values during compilation and at runtime. If you can overcome these logistical hurdles, then JBoss provides an excellent basis for working with a powerful set of server-side technologies.
Before we continue, it's important to stress that neither EJB nor the Java language are truly free software. While you might not have to pay to download Java or the J2EE libraries, Sun owns everything having to do with Java, including the specifications. Sun's Community Source License is more open than many other licenses, but it is far from an open-source license.
This is particularly evident now that Lutris Corporation, who sponsored the open-source Enhydra application server, has pulled the plug on its J2EE-certified Enhydra Enterprise server. Lutris has turned Enhydra Enterprise into a closed-source project, claiming that Sun's license makes it impossible to deliver a fully compliant, open-source J2EE server. There has been a great deal of anger (and defensiveness) on the main Enhydra e-mail list, and many unanswered questions remain. Perhaps Lutris was legally (and financially) obligated to do what they did, but the manner in which they did it is an example of how not to close down an open-source project.
Luckily, the JBoss team has made it clear that JBoss will continue to be an open-source project, and that it will continue to grow and support all of the J2EE standards even if it lacks the official J2EE certification, largely because of the money required to receive such approval from Sun.
A good first question to ask is, "Why would I need EJB?" And indeed, there are many applications for which EJB is overkill. However, EJB provides functionality that would be difficult for us to implement on our own, inside of the server or container as it is known:
EJBs can reside on the same computer as your application, or on a remote computer. Thus, you can create multitiered applications in which each tier sits on a different computer, and your software continues to run unaltered as you move it from computer to computer or change the configuration of one or more tiers.
The EJB container can handle object-relational mapping issues for you. You define the database tables and the objects that map to them, and the container can handle the rest. Or if you prefer to fine-tune things yourself, you can let your bean manage its own persistence layer.
Relational databases provide transactions, allowing you to treat two or more operations as if they were a single operation. EJB gives your objects similar transactional capabilities, making it possible for a method to perform multiple actions as an all-or-nothing group.
It is also important to understand what EJB is not; despite the similar names, Enterprise JavaBeans have almost nothing to do with run-of-the-mill JavaBeans. JavaBeans have a standard API that allows us to access them from JSPs using little or no code. EJBs, by contrast, are designed to be used from any Java program, including servlets. Moreover, the standard API for EJBs is more rich, complex and flexible than that of JavaBeans. It's unfortunate that the term JavaBeans has been overloaded by these two popular server-side technologies, but there isn't anything we can do about it now.
One of the most compelling arguments for EJB is that the API is standard across application servers. Thus, you can begin working with an open-source EJB server such as JBoss, and then deploy on a commercial server when the time is ripe. (Although once you learn how much commercial servers cost, you may want to reconsider switching away from JBoss.)
Perhaps the most annoying part of working with Java is the great number of acronyms, project names and version numbers you must remember. This article works with the JDK (Java Development Kit) 1.3 and JBoss 2.4.1a server, which implements the EJB 1.1 standard. Moreover, while it is not particularly difficult to write the EJB classes themselves, the logistics associated with compiling and deploying them can be annoying and difficult for the uninitiated.
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Residents are now eligible to apply for federal grants. Low interest loans are also available to individuals and businesses.
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Most people that know me don't envy my schedule.
They might envy that I often get to work from home in comfortable clothes, but they'd prefer to sleep in, go to sleep at a normal time and not be on-call 24-7.
So many people—my wife included, I think—would probably consider me nuts for trying to train for a 5K in less than two weeks.
I haven't really run in a while. I had about a two-week stretch in August where I thought I'd get myself going again, but a late summer cold slowed me down.
And then I quit.
That's how my story with running goes. I start. I enjoy the feeling after having completed something I'm semi-dreading. Then I find something to occupy my time with and excuse myself out of the commitment.
So I set an endpoint this time.
Thanksgiving morning.
The Bulle Rock Turkey Trot, which benefits the Susquehanna Hose Company, will be my first ever run. I did plenty of runs in high school while playing soccer. Long runs. Dreaded runs.
But this comes with a benefit. It's giving back to our community and our top-notch volunteers.
So I'm going to suck it up and run. And I'm hoping the experience will energize myself into a better routine and a better lifestyle.
Heck, maybe some of you might see my lazy butt running around Aberdeen and decide—not like in Forrest Gump or anything...I don't particularly need any running partners—to join in and give up your bad habits, throw aside whatever excuses you have in your way and get yourself back into shape.
(For the record, I will guarantee that isn't my last Forrest Gump reference)
I started running again last week. It was brutal: a half-mile run and I was winded.
I'm going to blog about my experience because it will force me to keep going. I'll discuss plenty of aspects of my running experience in the days to come. I'd also like to hear about yours.
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I'd like to try carb cycling.
I already eat more carbs on a training day but would like to improve things abit.
I'd like to eat fairly much paleo plus dairy on a non training day(maybe some carbs).
This is a sample non training day I came up with:
Eggs - Whole, 3 large
Meat - Pork Tenderloin , 6 oz
Butter - Salted, 0.5 tbsp
Full Fat Milk 300ml
Protein Powder 3 scoops
Peanut/Almond Butter 2Tbsp
Nuts 1oz
Chicken breast 8oz
Sirloin Steak 12oz
Greek Yoghurt
This comes to about 3000cals.
Then on a training day I'd eat around 200-300g of carbs.
I train 3 days a week similar to WS4SB.
I weigh about 185lbs and would like to slowly bulk by eating a surplus on training days
rather than eat a 3500cal surplus over a week.
I'd have about 700-800 cal difference between a training and non training day.
I can then gradually add more carbs/cals to a training day and more cals to a non training day
How is this plan?
Should I still eat some complex/ starchy carbs on a non training day and about how much?
Any other suggestions?
I know this does not answer your question but regarding carb cycling I would read the
UD2 diet book by Lyle McDonald , I believe they have a forum as well. I did it a few times a few years back and the UD2 book explains everything very well
Anyway, I did carb cycling a few months ago and would recommend it. The idea is very simple but the number of unknowns of how much carbs to eat and how to measure your progress might be confusing. If you search, on a different forum, there is an article of a relatively well laid out plan to execute in 3 day cycles.
Here's the summary
Every day about 5/6 meals , no more than 2 protein shake meals.
1 cup of fruit with 3 meals all days.
1 cup of fiber based cereal all days.
The other meals should progressively have low carbs ( less than 50 grams per day), medium carbs ( about 150 grams total for the day ) and 250-300 grams on a high carb day.
The carb sources the article cites are all the good carbs in the bodybuilding world. Oats, Sweet potatoes and brown rice.
As per protein, you are allowed for 2 meals higher fat meats like chicken dark pieces.
The challenges with carb cycling will be how to tackle the medium carb day. It is not very simple.
And planning your workout after the low carb day will take some trial and error.
I am not sure about the forum policies on citing articles from other forums, so I am refraining from posting the link to it.
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Here is how I did it. I used to eat at Chipotle 2 to 3 times a day depending on what day it is.
On low carb days , i get the salad with cheese, meats and sourcream.
On med carb days, bowl with meats, rice , black beans, cheese. about 60 grams of carbs per meal.
On high carb days burrito with meats, rice, both kinds of beans, no cheese. about 110 grams of carbs per meal.
This worked out pretty good for me, both planning wise and money wise. I think I was down 4% bf in about 6 weeks starting at 25%.
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2008 Accord vs. 2008 Maxima
I'm curious as to comparisons between these two, which I am cross-shopping (Accord EX-L V6 vs. Maxima SL). Both seem very nice. From what I can tell, Maxima has more features (memory, heated steering wheel, xenon lights, etc.), is a little larger (could be a pro or con), and feels like it has a little more oomph (though the numbers are very close), while the Accord seems (to me) to have better build quality / fit and finish (both the Maximas I test drove made some strange, different sounds) and is probably about $3,000 less (after taking into account current market pricing, including rebates on the Maxima).
Anyway, I'm interested in the reactions of people who've owned or driven both, not only in terms of short term gratification but long term satisfaction.
Anyway, I'm interested in the reactions of people who've owned or driven both, not only in terms of short term gratification but long term satisfaction.
I was also looking at the Maxima-do like their interior a bit more than the Accord's, and they can have some extras,--memory seats, power tilt and telescopic, but you pay for them in a package. Also, if you measure dimensions, Accord may be a bit larger.
Two things, however, scratched the Max from my list. First, premium gas--don't need that with gas prices rising. Secondly and perhaps more important, stability control is standard on the Accord and not on the Max. You want it you have to get it with a full sized spare tire package which in turn makes the trunk space less.
I hadn't focused on the fact that the VDC (Maxima's stability control) reduces the trunk size b/c of the full size spare (which is a nice feature). The Maximas I've been looking at all have the VDC and, with that and the other packages that make it as close to apples to apples as possible, Maxima comes out 2K or 5K higher(depending on whether Nissan continues last months 3K rebate on Maximas).
Also forgot about the premium gas which, though it probably doesn't add to a whole lot over the course of the year, is still annoying each time you're at the station.
Thanks for the dispassionate responses -- all very helpful.
suydam Posts: 924Can't speak for the '08s but we also cross-shopped in '01 and went with the Maxima and have not regretted it for a second. who cares about resale? I want to keep this car forever! It just seems more lux than the Accord in every way. It has been extremely reliable and is a joy to drive. Service and repairs do not cost more than for the Accord, as I have owned Hondas too. Both cars have changed very significantly since then, however, so maybe the newer Maximas are not as nice. But I know if I were in the market, I would look at a Max first.
who cares about resale? I want to keep this car forever!
People who prefer to change cars every few years. My dad changes cars about every 2 or 3 years after 70k miles or so. He likes changing vehicles.
It just seems more lux than the Accord in every way.
It should, it is in a different price class. The Accord tops out around $30k sticker; at that point, the Maxima is just getting started. A friend of mine has a 2006 Maxima (it may be an 05, it does not have the mid-cycle refresh); hers was right at $30k, and still has cloth, non-heated seats and no HIDs.
Now, I feel differently about the maxima being more luxurious. I really don't look at the maxima and feel luxury. The interior lacks that rich high feel, with higher grade look and feel. I see alot of plastic! Even the seats look put together. This is more directed towards the interior. The exterior actually to me, out does the interior. Even then, it looks a little cheap. Now if you get in the accord, it may not be really luxurious, but it has a look and feel of higher grade materials. Even the base model, has that feel of great quality. I couldn't imagine spending that much on a maxima. Maybe I am biased, because I own a Honda. The Maxima is a nice car, but feel they could catch up a bit of fit and finish. But, I have never really been a fan of the styling of the nissans, but that is because of the overall finish. If I am going to buy a 30k car, it better feel that way.
alexstore Posts: 264If I were you, I would wait till 08/08 thats when hopefully new 09 max should be released and it will be a different car. IF nissan keeps same design well i was wrong. Personally New accord looks too close to New Saturn Aura. In both I hate rear design. Since this is 1st year of a redesigned Accord even with Honda's reputation, I would wait till next year and have someone else absorb issues with first year car.
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atlas4 Posts: 1After doing lots of research on both the 2008 Maxima SE and Honda Accord EX-L V6, we decided on the 2008 Maxima SE. Why: The 2008 Accord is a nice car but we did not like the following: Not much pickup from a standing start for a V6, the Maxima has alot more getup and go, the rear seats do not fold down on the Honda, the Maxima has 60/40 split, the honda only has 5 speed transmission, even most car guru's have said that is a negative. I know the Honda gets alittle better gas mileage 21/29 compared to 19/25 (even though one should use premium gas), I don't think it really is that much of a difference per year only around $200 more, so if you can afford 30K or higher car then that should not be a big deal. Also we traded in our 1999 Maxima SE with 160242 miles an we only had one issue in the years we owned it which the dealer took care of. The Maxima has been the beast care I have ever owned.
charles12 Posts: 79Go for Acura TL instead of Accord. With dealer incentive of $2000 and 2.9% financing for the TL, the Acura is only $3000 more than a EX-L V6 Accord.
The Acura TL has HID, Memory seats, Handfree Bluetooth for phone to name a few, needless to say the much much better fit/finish interor and good quality leather (the leather in accord and other Honda brand cars is more plastic than leather) .
You can get a TL with $29500 or so compared to $26000 to $26500 for Accord.
the rear seats do not fold down on the Honda, the Maxima has 60/40 split
How sure of this are you? Rear seats in my 1996 Accord, my grandmother's 2002, and my 2006 Accord all fold down, as well as offer a pass-thru.
I'd be very surprised to hear that they removed this feature.
rafa Posts: 35Hi we just bought a 2008 nissan maxima se fully loaded i mean loaded with nav every posible option for 30,00 out the door. Also you know that the vq 35 engine is one of the best in the world ten years in a roll. This is our third maxima we have a 2001 with 150,000 miles and no problems at all only oil changes so I think 2008 nissan maxima is a way spottier car then the accord
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Backups to the Future: Eliminate Tape Backups with FreeNAS and Bacula
Address = localhost
You also could search for the client.example.com and storage.example.com entries to find some of the other entries that need to be changed. Once the passwords and Address fields have been set, open the /etc/bacula/bacula-sd.conf file in your editor, and comment the following line in the Device section of the Filestorage device:
Archive Device = /tmp
Then, add the line below in its place to associate the locally mounted FreeNAS partition with the storage dæmon so you can back up to it:
Archive Device = /mnt/freenas
The final step is to open the Services utility under System→Administration, and check the box to set bacula-dir, bacula-sd and bacula-fd to start on runlevel 5 (Figure 5). You now can use the syntax:
service bacula-dir|sd|fd start|stop|restart
to control the dæmons. On other distributions, you can start the dæmons directly from /usr/sbin and use chkconfig to set the runlevel.
Running a backup is quite simple, as you already have done most of the work by editing the bacula-dir.conf file. Start the Bacula console from the Applications→System Tools Menu (Figure 6) in GNOME. You may need to edit the launcher, as I did, to point it to the correct /etc/bacula/gnome-console.conf file. Start the Tray Monitor utility from the System Tools menu as well. The Tray Monitor (Figure 7) is nice, because it gives you a quick glance at the status of the dæmons and any running jobs. This is helpful when you are multitasking or have jobs that run nightly and you want to check their status the next morning. Return to the console, and click the Run button to bring up the backup job dialog window. Under job, select WeeklyHomeBackups (Figure 8). This pre-fills the field selections with the items specified in your .conf file. You could change any of these options at this point, but they must first exist in the .conf file or they will not appear in the fields. In other words, you can't create a job from the drop-downs without populating the Job section of the .conf file.
Up to this point, there are no volumes, which as previously mentioned, need to exist before you can run a backup. Typically, you would have to use the label command from the console's command line to create a volume in a pool manually, but because of our settings, the system will create them automatically, auto-name them and recycle them when the volume retention period triggers. I like this better than manually creating the volumes, as you are less likely to encounter naming errors. Click OK to run the job, and view the results in the console.
If you were to change the Volume Retention setting on the same pool, restart the dæmons and run the job again, you would see the system auto-recycle a volume in the pool for the next job. Otherwise, it will prompt you to create a new volume, as no existing volumes can be recycled due to retention settings. You can run these jobs manually as often as you want, but they also will run according to the schedule defined in the bacula-dir.conf file.
Restoring a file in Bacula also is remarkably simple. You can use either the Restore button on the console toolbar or the restore command. Both are easy to use, but the restore command provides more options. To keep it simple, let's use the Restore button. When the dialog opens, select a job, client, pool and so on from which to restore (Figure 9), then click Select Files to mark the files/folders you want to restore (Figure 10). Before the restore job runs, you will be prompted to confirm your options, at which point you could type yes, mod or no. Typing mod provides more options over the job, including the option to restore to a different path from the original one.
Tape Sets
I followed this article with great interest, it's really instructive.
I implemented the same "algorithm" but with tapes.
I'm confused about how many do I need, and when to change ??
can you help please ?
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Did he really tell us to change all the passwords to a default so we can get the system up and running? Then go back later....
Isn't this how we got ourselves in to the security quagmire we've been trying to get out of for years? Too many simple passwords or "we'll do it later.." has left back doors the size of trucks in our networks.
Please, teach us better than this!
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This in from Apple Insider: Home Depot has decided to supply its corporate staff with Apple's iPhone 4S, ditching the some 10,000 BlackBerry smartphones its executives have used to date.
It's a blow to RIM–sorry, BlackBerry–to be sure, especially following last year's decision by the security-conscious Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to use the iPhone, over RIM. But it hardly spells the end for the company, which is just getting started pitching the BlackBerry Z10, a phone that is about as opposite of the iPhone than one can get and still be a smart device.
In fact it could well be that BlackBerry will look back at Home Depot's decision as its turning point.
Oh, I am not going to jump on the Apple-is-losing-its-edge bandwagon or make some obscure connection between its recent stock price fluctuations to some fatal shift in its corporate or supply chain performance (and those rumors around the reductions in orders for iPhone screens, if true, probably stem from a solid reason like a change in product strategy).
But I do think RIM is scrappy enough to hold on to a core portion of its core user group—businesses—and then build from that base, especially with the rollout of BB 10. The message the market has been hammering home these last few years, innovate or die, has been duly received in Waterloo.
Perhaps more importantly BlackBerry's also learned a key lesson about marketing, hopefully just in time. The company and the rest of the mobile world watched the Palm–a beautiful piece of hardware and software engineering that couldn't sell itself out of a paper bag at the end–wither and die in large part because the devices weren't marketed very well. RIM almost went that route–and arguably it still could–but it seems to have finally found religion on marketing.
Along with the debut of its new OS, the company changed its name from RIM to BlackBerry.
It also announced it was creating a new role of Global Creative Director and that Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys would fill the job. I can't really speak to Ms. Keys' tech expertise and I have no idea just how much creative control she has in this arrangement. But the fact that BlackBerry saw fit to glam up its image with her speaks volumes. As for Apple, well, maybe I won't flog its recent woes, but others sure are.
What garbage
I agree with you ShirleyMajor. First she says she won't be jumping on the Apple bashing, yet she continues to do just that in the same paragraph. How does one get a job at Forbes?
If I were an employee of Home Depot, and I had tried the new BlackBerry phone, I would be so pissed. They clearly went with the much cheaper phone, Apple won't make anything on it, but, in business, you want the best phone. The Z10 phone is much better than any i Phone out there. Now the company is behind everyone else including that back woods operation, Yahoo.
Forbes has a steady dose of anti-Apple articles. whatever. Anyone and everyone is having access to media to write whatever she/wants. What woes does Apple have? Did you even look at the financials? They just added $23B in free cash which is higher than Amazon's REVENUE and all other companies this writer loves put together. Parrots repeat whatever nonsense others are writing!
BB 10 is DOA.As a developer, Im not going to waste my time to develop for such a small market. PALM 2.0 IMO.
Blackberry developers earn more on average than Apple and Android developers, that's a well publicized fact from last Fall.
Sure, pfezziwig. And I guess you believe that if you plunge one hand into freezing water and the other into boiling water that, on average, you'll be comfortable…
HD chooses AAPL. RIMM may be sorry…..or not…..Alicia Keys sings for RIMM.
Some folks bash AAPL. hmmmmmmmmm………….thanks for the
newsy article and the in depth analysis…………………I am not sure why
I "click" on a Forbes article as they are almost always lacking in substance and
objective analysis….usually just the personal musings of the writer, quickly put together, and that do not help investors make decisions or contribute to a body of knowledge about AAPL.
Agreed, the comment section usually has greater insights, facts and analysis.
they need to say that ICE is or going to Piloting Blackberry 10 http://bgr.com/2012/12/13/ice-blackberry-10-pilot-program/
Good post. The interesting thing is that Blackberry has a proven a solid track of record of being very smart and clever. It understood corporate mobile needs long before everyone else and then, like all market leaders do at some point, faced some interesting challenges. Ditto for Apple. Apple over its years traveled through its own deep and lost valleys before the genius in its DNA re-emerged. The same might be true for Blackberry.
Hey Erika,
Looks like you hate AAPL…
You compare an APPLE with a Berry-no logic
Ho did you figure out that Home Depot "It'll Be Sorry It Did"
Probably you loaded a lot of Blackberry shares and afraid to loose $$
Stupid commentary…surprized that FORBES allow this…..
My company is worldwide forbes 100 listed also swaiching over to iphone from Blackberry.
I think Blackberry z10 is come out to late for campanies to remain BBRY
Erika, I carefully read the whole article but failed to see any elaboration of the headline's "Maybe, Just Maybe, It'll Be Sorry It Did" thesis. Did I miss something?
By the way, Erika, your article links to the wrong "Waterloo." You want the one in Ontario, Canada.
Miss keys bragged about here loving the new blackberry from her iphone.
Blackberry phone will not be in the US until March. They have developed nothing new or exciting with this phone.
Apple has many more tricks up there sleeves. New products will be out and a run back up in price. Get in while you can.
Apples iPhones are not selling well … so that had to unload them onto someone.
They got a hardware store to to buy them …. probably 10 cents on the dollar.
The Z10 is an awesome phone. State of the art technology. Hardware people don't need the latest and the greatest.
Tom….in the last quarter of 2012 Apple sold 47.8 million iPhones and they now have 25% of the growing worldwide smartphone market.
I guess your idea of "not selling well" is a little different from everyone elses!
BTW…not that I rooting against Blackberry, but there was an interesting article in New Yorker magazine about the new Blackberry the company gave to the magazine which died 4 days later…sounds like there still may be some bugs to work out.
I read that article and the author has an obvious Apple bias. He probably bricked the Z10 himself to have something to write about for that column.
There's so much negative PR coming out about BBRY these past days, I'm looking to Apple and Samsung to be way over budget on their marketing expenses this quarter. ;-)
I'm not following the point of the story…the headline says maybe Home Depot will be sorry it switched over to the iPhone, but there's really nothing in the story to backup that claim. Is this just another Apple bashing story? Is the author claiming that the new Blackberry is better than the competition? Is there any real evidence to suggest that Home Depot will come to rue their decision?
I hope my post is helpful… I have had blackberries for years (work) while also an iPhone for all other uses. I tried using my blackberry only, and after 2 weeks I determined I was better off just carrying two phones, rather than dealing with only the blackberry. My company (the largest energy company in the world) is finally starting to offer iPhones, and I will be overjoyed when I can finally carry only one phone again (iPhone). Blackberry has failed miserably for over a decade, and a few marketing ploys can't improve something that was developed by the same people as before. The definition of Insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly, and expecting different results….
All I have to say is that decades sure are a lot shorter than they used to be now that we're in the information age.
How long has Apple been selling iPhones exactly?
Cute Einstein quote. When was the last time Apple had a major upgrade for the iPhone, the platform, and its marketing plan?
I'm a little surprised that they decided on 4S's as that is last year's model. I wouldn't have made that decision, but then again, I haven't seen Home Depot's requirements. I would have at least bought the iPhone 5′s or waited another 6 months or so for the next model. But I guess they just want a limited functionality non-4G/LTE phone because maybe that's all they really need. We also don't know what price they are actually paying. I'm sure they are getting a decent price on the phones if they are getting unlocked models. But again, I don't know what criteria they have for their decision making process.
Erika, my goodness, could you have written anything more pathetically ignorant as the above. It is just sad …
You didn't say why HD might be sorry for selecting the iphone. It bashing Apple with a misleading headline. Shame on you!
Amazing journalism! Thank you Forbes!
Geeze.. these Forbes so called "contributors" really wear on me. Over-glorified blogger with little if any information content to contribute.
I agree. You could say the same about many of those responding with comments here.
Blackberry will first have to spend a year or two proving the new OS and hardware. After all, it is late to market by six years. SIX YEARS! It's far behind Apple. Business and government customers already are deserting in droves. The Apple hardware is terrific, the software is well designed and secure, and the iOS hardware and software ecosystem is thriving. You can get tablets in two sizes, phones and music players, all with same, elegant interface. The reality is, the market has spoken and businesses don't really need Blackberry anymore.
I'm not sure who you've been talking to but secure is a term that seems to be used very loosely in relation to the iPhone.
It might be secure enough for some users, but you might also want to read this: http://www.zdnet.com/doj-iphones-too-secure-a-key-moment-for-the-enterprise-7000002548/
If the spooks won't use it, how secure can it really be?
You need to get your facts straight, at least in regards to (ICE). They have delayed any decision to use iPhone until they are done testing the new BB offerings:
fyi: http://techcrunch.com/2012/12/13/719126-ice-to-test-bb10/
Old information recycled as new…no surprise.
The fact is, Home depot made this decision at least six month ago, according to employees. Why has this resurfaced now ? Well I can only guess its because of the recent positivity regarding the new BBerry products.
Also, the often quoted ICE decision is typically misrepresented as they are currently evaluating both IOS and BB10.
This article is another example pure misinformation paid for, in all likelihood, by Apple Computers.
Blackberry's very survival as a company is in doubt.
Home Depot is smart to go with the leader and back away from Blackberry.
Ouch apple is a hackers dream. Looks like home deport is going to get hacked open by hackers. Looks like I will sell my home depot stock and look to short it as well.
I expected a more in-depth review of the reasons Home Depot might regret the decision to supply their employees with the iphone4S. I think journalists should spend more time crafting their submissions on sites like these.
Having said that, I have followed the development of the Blackberry Z10 over the past year and purchased one two days ago. It does not disappoint. I will say right now that the Z10 is a fantastic phone period!!! I love it. I feel like a child on Xmas day.
You don't have to believe what I say. If you visit the sites of carriers in the UK and Canada that currently carry the Z10, you will find that almost everyone that has posted a review loves it and gives it a 5/5.
There are many good phones out there but there is no other phone like it. It is beautiful, feels great in your hand, powerful, stable, very fast and responsive and a joy to use. Sometimes when a Company introduces a new product, they try to overhype it. When Blackberry uses the slogan…Re-Designed, Re-Engineered, Re-Invented and terms like Flow to describe the ease of use of the phone, they are not exaggerating.
One carrier that took pre-orders mentioned that only about 50% of the pre-orders were from existing Blackberry users. My assumption is that many from the other 50% were iOS and Android. To use it is to love it.
I assume that most of the readers of this article are from the US which means you have not yet had the chance to try out the Z10. As for the touch screen keyboard, every online article I have read that commented on it, says it is the best one out there. I think so too.
Anyway, it is time for me to go back and play with my phone.
Citi change their mind in downgrading BBRY. They upgraded the stock to outperform after bashing it just a few days prior to the upgrade. Home Depot is a little behind and slow. They will figure their mistake just like Citi did.
True to its Super Bowl ad, Blackberry will set itself on fire, and turn into a puff of smoke. Such is the fate of this fourth rated amateurish manufacturer out of Canada.
Refreshing article from Forbes on BBRY, thanks Erika. Wonder how the Home Depot Execs feel about getting last years iPhone model.
Home Depot hitches its wagon to Apple just as everybody else — from investors to users — are jumping off. Home Depot executives have exposed themselves as out of touch.
Buzz Marketing Group hit the nail on the head when they said all the cool kids have turned away from Apple. It seems Middle-Aged execs have yet to realise that they're no longer cool and down with the kids for choosing this corporation. And BMG is notable as "a company whose specialty is determining what teens and young adults want":
"Teens are telling us Apple is done. Apple has done a great job of embracing Gen X and older Millennials, but I don't think they are connecting with Millennial kids. They're all about Surface tablets/laptops and Galaxy."
Yeah, Microsoft and that company in Seoul, South Korea are so cool! All the cool kids want their stuff.
It's so obvious, even a cowboy knows it!
Wait a minute…
You said "Oh, I am not going to jump on the Apple-is-losing-its-edge bandwagon or make some obscure connection between its recent stock price fluctuations to some fatal shift in its corporate or supply chain performance…". The you close with "As for Apple, well, maybe I won't flog its recent woes, but others sure are." (A link to another of the Forbes staff doing what you don't have the courage to do yourself!
Incredibly ignorant, biased article for a prestigious media. Still believe in the screen
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Hi Erica:
When people make decisions based on what their neighbours have, it is usually based on ignorance.
They are basing their decisions on what the BB 7 phones can do against the newest iPhones, not what the new phones can do.
When you let your floor employees decide what level of security you need, then you are in real trouble.
Aaron. if you, thought Clarence`s comment is flabbergasting… last saturday I bought Mazda MX-5 after bringing in 5948 this past 4 weeks and a little over 10 grand this past month. it's actualy the coolest job I've ever done. I started this eight months/ago and straight away started to bring home minimum 71, per-hour. I went to this site, fb26.ℂOM
I live in the North of England, and I see a lot more BlackBerry devices than I see iPhones. This is especially true in the 12 – 20 demographic. However, in my travels, seeing people with iPhones is becoming a the exception to the rule instead of the rule as it was a year ago.
Samsung is also very popular among the people over here, but their marketing campaign makes Apple's PR look like first year PR/Advertising students are in charge – pretty pathetic.
I figure for kids to flock to BlackBerry, there must be something to it – it's not an old fogies product – that's for sure.
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Alien and Zombie shooter series games can be summed up as: you are a Picasso with weapons, and deal with daubs of alien blood and guts as your medium. No minimalast painting here, you will be painting with 55 gallon drumfulls of the stuff on your canvas of various rooms.
Like the first one, you have to finish a level to save your progress.
Some differences between the first oneread more and this one.
Much better alien design and variety.
Longer playtime
Much more variety in weapons selections as you progress, though some of the mid/high weapons are usable to the end. Still nice upgrades from the first game A portable nuke launcher? Slow, but obviously effective..sign me up for one! Still..alot of easy survival can be summed up as: minigun minigun, minigun!
Introduces skills points into the mix a bit more, as your character levels up, decide where you want to improve your character. Accuracy is one of the best things to assign to, but can't neglect strength (ammo carry capacity) or vitality (hit points for damage you can take). Speed isnt as important.
Like the first, look into every nook and cranny, and explore after killing the monsters in each level, often useful secrets and weapons hidden away to help on your wallet, both to not have to buy as much, and to get money selling them so you can afford the items you really want. Look for cracks in the walls too to blow open the wall and find other secrets.
Perks are useful, but need alot of stat points assigned to them. Best to put your starting bonus experience points to use right away by putting them in your perk, or they arent worth much. Vampirism and money perk are good for beginning players.
LOL< and remember, this isnt like going to the mall, not all about shop shop shop! One of the best plugin modules to boost stats is available midgame, later ones are very good as well, but just a test of your frugalness to that point.
A game you can just pick up anytime, come back to it later for a level or two. Think of it as diablo almost with guns.
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Posted on 2011-01-13 20:15:39 bySoanoS:
I got this game on Steam some time ago, and I can say I have never regretted the investment.
This game is full of guns, aliens, secret rooms and well-paced action to keep you entertained for hours.
A major difference to the Alien Shooter 1 is that your character now gains experience and levels, and with each level you get to enhance your attributes for more health, accuracy, speed,read more strength or intelligence, and a special ability which you choose in the beginning of game, and which vary from finding extra money to regenerating health and several others.
To further enhance your abilities you can purchase special implants that boost your skills and stats so that you can move faster, do more damage, carry more and take more punishment from the aliens.
The weapons vary from a simple nailgun to big pistols, massive miniguns, laser miniguns, rocket launchers and energy weapons, all suited for different styles of play.
The selection is staggering.
To reduce the damage you take you can buy suits of body armour which also affect the appearance of your character, depending what type of armour it is.
Miscellaneous utilities and tools include flashloghts, night vision goggles, medical kits, attack drones and a scanner, and some other bits.
The gameplay is quite fun, with some outdoor driving levels where you drive an armoured car with a machine gun and mow down massive hordes of aliens.
So if you loved Alien Shooter 1, you will love this even more! And even the price won't break the bank, at $5.99
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This is not exactly the deepest game I've ever played. In fact, it doesn't really bother to come close. There's a story, but it's fairly shallow; the meat of the game is stepping into a room, having more aliens than you can count come screaming out at you, and blowing them all away with every weapon you've got.
All in all, it's just good clean fun. Well, minus the clean, anyway.read more You have a variety of weapon choices, although there's not a lot of difference between the different weapons inside each subtype aside from stats and occasionally altered sounds, except for a few special cases.
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What band did you go see for your first concert?
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RosaFloydGuy Road Warrior
Mega-Tallica Washed Up
TylerFG Road WarriorThe only one I've ever been to was some mall concert tour in 2009. It was some pop band I don't remember and the only reason I went was because they had a Guitar Hero 5 demo there. I really do want to go to another concert sometime soon though, but most of the bands I like are either British, or haven't been here in years. (Like a certain Power Pop band I'm obsessed with...)
GreatJedi7 Road Warrior
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ClaptonsWig I Can't Dance
LiveHomeVideo Trying too hard
Verreaux Opening ActBefore February of last year the only concerts I were able to go to were the free local ones that the city I live in hold every summer. I wasn't able to go to a major concert unless I bought the tickets myself, so I wasn't able to do that until I got a job and started college two years ago.
My first major concert was an annual music festival that my friend's university holds, so last year I got to see Against Me, Travie McCoy and The Dirty Heads. I gotta say, Against Me put on an amazing show (the mosh pit was pretty wild) and the Dirty Heads were great too. Travie McCoy was also pretty good, but he came off kinda snarky between songs so that was kind of a downer.
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nascargo19 Road WarriorMy first concert wasnt even a month ago. Maybe it was. My first concert was a unexpected free concert from Big & Rich at Michigan International Speedway after my first nascar natiowdide series race. (seen sprint cup there 4 times before) Unfortanatley, I don't really care for B&R that much. Only recognized the one guy because he was on Celebrety Apprentace. Only song I really know from them is "Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)" and that got overplayed back then. I like country music, just not them so much, so I just kinda stood there the entire time. Kid Rock was expected to be there, but he couldn't make it. It's a shame because I would have liked his stuff a little better.
You saw them exactly six years before I was bornsourdaddyjones;4814919 said:My first concert was the opening night (2nd leg of the Tour) in Tucson, Arizona of the Motley Crue Dr. Feelgood World Tour '89/'90 on November 16, 1989. The opening band was Warrant, just FYI.
Curious on what other people went to go see as their first live concert.
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nascargo19 Road WarriorClaptonsWig;4815202 said:Tim McGraw with Kenny Chesney opening, I was in Jr High I didn't know any better!
I've been listening to Kenny alot lately. Mainly his older stuff that I had already known. He'd be a better country singer to see live IMO.LiveHomeVideo;4815498 said:I know I've said in the past that I've never been to a concert...
But now I'm getting memories of seeing a country artist at Jamboree In the Hills... I think it was Alan Jackson... but I was way too young to remember.
I lied about my first concert being B&R. It was actually Alan Jackson as well. Only issue was that I was too young I don't remember any of it. I have a very slight memory of being in the front row and him giving me a guitar pick in exchange for the M&Ms I gave him. But even that seems wrong.
Runesmith HeadlinerPuddle of Mudd, Instruction, and Classic Case on St. Patty's Day 2004. I was a freshman in high school at the time, and only knew of Puddle, but the tickets were free and I ended up enjoying the show quite a bit. Instruction and Classic Case are much better than PoM, though.
LoopyChew WordsmithNo Doubt's Tragic Kingdom '97 tour, Nassau Colosseum. I still have the t-shirts somewhere. The Vandals (awesome) and Toy Soldiers (less awesome) opened. I was 16, my little brother 13, Mom drove us there and says she watched That Old Feeling (thanks, IMDb!) while waiting to pick us up. This also meant we needed to leave early, while No Doubt was on their second encore (Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da).
A few years later, Mom bought me the No Doubt Boom Box for Christmas, which included a DVD of that tour (probably one of the Orange County concerts) which hits all the right nostalgia spots for me.
CJHobbes Road WarriorI think my first big concert was some country festival in '96 or '97 where I got to see LeAnn Rimes and a few other big-named acts. I'm not a big country fan, so I don't remember who was there, but it was pretty cool. Shortly after that I saw Aerosmith on their Nine Lives tour.


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