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Socks Revived
Have you noticed the absence of socks here at Exercise Before Knitting? In 2007, I made 13 pairs of socks. In 2008, I made 10 pairs. In 2009? Zero. Truth be told, I am over socks. Or was, at least. I have been darning socks like mad lately. If I do not knit a couple of pairs of socks this year, I might have to resort to store-bought socks next winter.
I'll let that sink in for a minute.
Store-bought socks.
Clearly, it is time for a knitterly intervention. While there are many excellent sock patterns out there, I am looking for something special to lure me back to knitting socks. Please allow me to elaborate.
Back in the day, when the KBC crew first met in Philadelphia, we decided to swap cowls.
(Photo by Caro Sheridan)
Several of us designed our own cowls for the swap and later published the designs for public consumption:
The next fall, we met in Boston and swapped mittens.
Again, some really cool patterns came out of the event:
- FlintKnits' Elinor's Mittens
- KnitterlyThings' Chevron Mittens
- Pepperknit's Merion Mittens
- My Vespergyle Mittens
I really enjoy seeing these patterns, born of knitterly friendship, still queued up and knitted! I love that commanding a dozen people to make the same accessory resulted in such a wide variety of colors, patterns, and styles. I think this combination of creative spirit and crafty fellowship would bring back my interest in sock knitting.
This is where you come in.
I am proposing a sock pattern design contest to reinvigorate wayward sock knitters like me. Design and publish your own pattern, enter the contest, and inspire away! You retain all the rights to the patterns you design. Offer your work for free or for purchase, I just ask that you make it available online somewhere. How does that sound?
The Rules
- One entry per person.
- The aim of this contest is to encourage new work. Only previously unpublished, original patterns please. For the sake of clarity, let's say this means patterns should be published between March 1st and April 19th of this year.
- All patterns must be available (for free or for charge) on the internet.
- Each pattern must include at least two adult sizes.
- Stitch gauge must be between 7 and 10 stitches per inch.
- Yarn must be sport, fingering, or lace- weight.
- Fiber content must not be more than 30% acrylic. Entries with higher acrylic content will be disqualified for exceptionally poor taste.
How to enter
- Fill out all required fields of the entry form and submit. Entries will be accepted until 8 p.m. EST on Friday, May 21st. Although designs may be submitted at any time during these six weeks, designers will be allowed to edit entries up until the closing date and time of the contest.
- Add at least one (but not more than two) photos of your finished socks to the public Flickr pool by the contest deadline. Instructions on how to do this can be found on the entry form.
Entries without either a completed form or photos in the pool will not be considered. Many thanks to Aaron, the resident programmer at Exercise Before Knitting, for writing the entry/voting software to make this contest both easy to enter and painless to manage.
Prize baskets will be given to the top five pattern designers. Each basket will include some sock yarn, needles, a yarn shop gift certificate, and some baked goods made by yours truly (and I take requests). However, because there are so many wonderful sponsors, no prize basket will be the same. Just as this contest involves many designers and knit bloggers as judges, the awards also reflect a diverse community of yarn shops, needle and yarn companies, independent dyers and craftsters. There will be gift certificates from Simply Socks Yarn Company, sock knitting-sized Addi Natura DPNs and Addi Turbo and Addi Lace circular needles from Skacel, a sock project box bag and purse from Splityarn, and sock yarn from Dream in Color, Fleece Artist, Hazel Knits, Mama Blue Knitting Goods, North Loop Yarn, The Plucky Knitter, Spud & Chloë, and Sundara Yarn.
What You Get
- A chance to win great yarn.
- A copy of the sock pattern I will design for the contest.
- A kick in the pants to publish that cool pattern that has been kicking around in your head for years.
- Free advertising here at Exercise Before Knitting, in the Flickr pool, and in the Socks Revived group on Ravelry.
What I Get
- New, inspiring sock patterns for my Ravelry queue.
- A kick in the pants to publish a sock pattern of my own for all of the entrants.
All entries will be judged by a large panel of knit bloggers and designers. Voting will take place online in two rounds of anonymous balloting. The five winners will be announced Wednesday, April 21, 2010.
Meet the Judges
The contest judges come from all parts of the internet and hold widely varied opinions on socks. Here are some of them:
|Adrian: "I like a sock with lots of visual interest and interesting knitting, but not at the expense of comfort, fit, and warmth. My favorites either elevate a plain yarn to extraordinary heights of beauty or use a complicated yarn ingeniously."
|Ashley: "I have big feet! So I'm always looking for sock patterns that are either written to accommodate feet bigger than a size 8, or easy to resize. Biggest pet peeve: sock patterns that use "women's" and men's" sizes rather than "small" and "large". My personal preference is for nothing too lacy, but I sure do love cables."
|Caro: "Since my feet are always too hot to wear socks myself, any sock pattern has to keep my interest as a knitter, but not be so challenging that I can't drink manybeers while I'm working on it."
|Christy: "What I look for in socks is a combination of practicality with an interesting or creative element. I wear my socks a lot, so any design element has to be able to cope with that."
|Diana: "While I don't knit many socks (stoopid wool allergy), I love seeing interesting knee-hi socks. If they're made from non-animal fiber, all the better!"
|Elinor: "I am on a quest to find The Perfect Sock. I'm not sure what perfection looks like, but I'll know it when I see it."
|Heather: "I am currently experiencing a severe sock lull and am thus on the lookout for a pattern that will tempt me back into the sock fold. A winning pattern to me is one that is easy to pick up and put down and still know where you are, is not too busy and yet remains mentally engaging. If trip hop were a sock pattern, what would it be?"
|Julia: "I may not knit many socks, but I do know what I like in a handknit sock. Functionality is one thing- don't make me imagine trying to shove bobbles into my boots. I like my socks tall and semi-solid, and loathe pooling."
|Kirsten: "Good design is good design whether it's cables or lace or colorwork. The most important things to me are a balanced design and a comfortable fit."
|Maritza: "I love elegant designs that are simple yet attractive and socks that are inventive in their shaping and use of textures."
|Mary-Heather: "I tend to be very drawn to tradition and history in knitting in general, and I love how beautiful a non-glamorous item like a sock can be; in particular, traditional stranded colorwork makes me swoon!"
|Mary Jane: "I love to knit socks,and have enjoyed years of obsessive sock knitting. I like a sock to be fun and inventive, colorful and comfortable. That said, there is something especially enticing about a plain, demure little sock with just a hint of a challenge."
|Meg: "Living in deep in the heart of Texas means I only knit socks for family and friends in colder climates. While I occasionally long for hours of stockinette in the round, I need something to impress the recipients without too much effort on my part. A pattern with personality, but no drama will top my queue."
|Megan: "For me, there is nothing more perfect than a sock pattern you can knit on auto-pilot but comes off the needles looking like it took a mastermind to create it."
|Minty: "Sock designing was my first love. I love intricate patterns and clever construction, but when it comes right down to it, I only wear my stockinette socks. There's got to be a happy medium out there."
|Nova: "I have, decidedly, fallen out of love with sock knitting and would relish a sock pattern that makes me enthusiastic about knitting socks again. When I knit socks, I preferred to knit them with solid, semi-solid or tonal yarns that allow intricate patterns (be it cable or lace) to really pop."
|Pam: "On one hand, I love to see something complicated and dramatic in a sock pattern: bold colorwork, elaborate stitch patterns, unique construction–things that are fun to look at and fun to knit. On the other hand, feet come in a shocking range of shapes and sizes, so wearability and flexibility are key. If a sock pattern combines those two things? Big win in my book."
|Sarah: "I appreciate intricate patterns and beautifully dyed or spun yarn, but I definitely prefer simple patterns and basic colors. I'll pick a basic, black sock over a technicolor, lacey stocking any day."
|Staci: "Sock knitting is a huge part of my life. Even though I live in Texas, my whole family is in Alaska, and they are spoiled beyond store-bought socks. I am especially fond of toe-up designs, because I like to use every last bit of yarn with no leftovers."
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Doesn't this sound like fun??? Start knitting socks!!!
11 comments so far
[...] Not that either of those projects is going to get my attention for the next little while. Elinor totally distracted me with a little contest: [...]
[...] away trying to figure out one specific challenge, trying to come up with a sock to enter into Elinor's awesome sock contest. (I should say at this point that Elinor has me completely and totally marked, telling me about the [...]
[...] week (sneak peek below) also uses this method. The socks I'm working on for Elinor's Socks Revived contest will likely also employ the changing-size-by-by-changing-gauge technique. I thought I'd take [...]
[...] 3, 2010 by handknitsbysusan So. I'm thinking about entering this sock contest. The only catch… I have just a few weeks to get my design in order. Cheryl and I went to [...]
[...] speaking of the Madelinetosh tosh sock, I will give you a little snap of my finished sock for the Socks Revived contest (whose deadline, incidentally, has been extended into May), which I finished while at Knit [...]
[...] Glenna C Today I'm happy to unveil my latest sock pattern, which is also my entry for the Socks Revived contest. (I'd been delaying a bit hoping to get some super snazzy photos – but it turns [...]
[...] Diluvian a bit earlier than expected. I want to enter them in the sock design contest over at Exercise Before Knitting, and the deadline is approaching. They'll be going up as soon as I can get pictures, likely [...]
[...] 22, 2010 by handknitsbysusan My entry has been submitted to Elinor's Socks Revived contest. Je vous présente [...]
[...] Posted on May 26, 2010 by yaysnails A couple of months ago, Elinor announced that she was sponsoring a sock design contest to get herself excited about knitting socks [...]
[...] 2010crafts, 2010knitting, design I recently self-published my first design. Inspired by the Socks Revived Contest that Elinor was holding, I got the bug in my brain to design and write a pattern that Kasy would [...]
[...] PLEASE click the link which is Maryse's name and take a look at the socks she designed for Elinor's Socks Revived contest. They are amazing. If you read the Outlander series of novels, you really need to see [...]
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Hong Kong's Roof Top Bee Keeper Michael Leung Gives Us a Tour of His Hives
High above one of the world's busiest and most congested city streets, urban apiarist Michael Leung runs his crusade for conscious local food, documented in Virgile Simon Bertrand's inspiring photographs. Leung founded HK Honey as a way of using his background as a product designer to introduce the largely unknown concept of sustainable food to Hong Kong. Initially starting with just a few hives on the roof of his design studio in Ngau Tau Kok, Leung developed both a brand and a responsible community around his lifestyle ideology. "By putting bees in an industrial area we are showing a bit of optimism and that it's not too late to do something about environmental change," he explains. "Our aim is to get people to know where their food comes from and to source and buy ethically, locally and seasonally." With hives situated on a number of cafés and design stores throughout the city—including bespoke commissions for Louis Vuitton and Lane Crawford—HK Honey also creates harvestable roof gardens and promotes the development of inner city green space. Here NOWNESS reveals the environmental importance of honeybees.
Did you know?
It is estimated that a third of everything we eat depends on the honeybee for pollination, including apples, almonds, avocados, blueberries and cranberries.
There is an average of 49,999 honeybees per hive, and only one queen.
Albert Einstein is believed to have said, "If bees disappeared off the surface of the globe, then men would only have four years of life left."
Most of the 20,000 bee species in the world, located in almost every region, are solitary. The honeybee is one of the only species that works together.
China is the largest producer of honey in the world, estimated at 350,000 tons per year. However culturally it has not often been used as a sweetener. Even today in the interior of China, honey is only available in medicinal shops.
To produce one pound in weight of honey, a hive of bees will fly around 55,000 miles.
A single honeybee produces just one or two teaspoons worth of honey in its lifetime, and visits 36,000 flowers to do so.
In October 2008 a large banyan tree located in Bangalore, India, made the world record for the number of beehives, with 575 in the one tree.
Humans have been managing beehives to harvest honey for around 6,500 years.
Approximately ten bee stings per pound of body weight would be lethal.

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We are in the process of scheduling our summer meet and greets. We have a member here in Ohio that is moving to Germany on July 18th [:(]. We are planning a get together to take place before she leaves.
On June 30th we will be having a family picnic at Huntington Reservation of Cleveland Metroparks at 1:00 p.m.
I will be supplying the meat, plates, napkins, and utensils etc. Please bring a covered dish to share and whatever you would like to drink.
This is a perfect time to talk about all of the fantastic things we want to accomplish in Ohio. Hope to meet some new Ohio Members [:)].
Here is a link to the Park website. If you would have any questions feel free to email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
If you are not able to attend this meet and greet never fear our next official meet and greet is scheduled for September 22nd at the Columbus Zoo. Please mark it on your calenders!!!!


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Encryption Chip Will End Piracy, Says Atari FounderBy Aaron Linde, May 23, 2008 1:57pm PDT At yesterday's Wedbush Morgan Securities conference, Atari founder Nolan Bushnell claimed that a stealth encryption chip will "absolutely stop piracy of [PC] gameplay."
"There is a stealth encryption chip called a TPM that is going on the motherboards of most of the computers that are coming out now," explained Bushnell, according to a GamesIndustry report.
"What that says is that in the games business we will be able to encrypt with an absolutely verifiable private key in the encryption world--which is uncrackable by people on the internet and by giving away passwords--which will allow for a huge market to develop in some of the areas where piracy has been a real problem."
Piracy has been a hot-button issue in the PC gaming industry for some time now, with renowned PC developers such as Crytek, id, and Epic claiming that the high rate of pirated PC software forced them to put games on other platforms.
"I've seen studios close as the result of it, I've seen people lose their homes," former Ritual QA manager Mike Russell told Shacknews while discussing the effects of piracy. "I guess I'm more vocal than a lot of people because I've seen the personal side of it, and it's just sad that we have so many people looking for a way of justifying it."
Bushnell suggested that though movie and music piracy will likely continue unabated, game markets made previously inaccessible due to piracy issues will begin to flourish as the chip's install base grows.
"Games are a different thing, because games are so integrated with the code. The TPM will, in fact, absolutely stop piracy of gameplay," he noted. "As soon as the installed base of the TPM hardware chip gets large enough, we will start to see revenues coming from Asia and India at a time when before it didn't make sense."
After founding Atari and making Pong a household name, Bushnell went on to create the Chuck E. Cheese franchise, which mixed pizza eateries with arcades and animatronic stage performances.
Since then, he has moved away from the mainstream video game industry, and recently went so far as to label modern games "pure, unadulterated trash."
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By: the archvile x Show Full PostA bit late to the party, but...
That Nolan Bushnell? What a nice track record there; surely he's believable. :-PMay 28, 2008 4:32pm PDT
By: T-900 x Show Full PostHow could this sort of measure ever cause an industry to flourish. Less people playing is ultimately less people paying. Loose rules and casual availability encourage greater long term profits, as word of mouth spreads, budget and preowned copies of the legitimate game are rapidly bought up by pirates who want a reliable hardcopy after enjoying the title..May 25, 2008 2:37am PDTHow could this sort of measure ever cause an industry to flourish. Less people playing is ultimately less... : T-900
By: pcfountain x Show Full PostFantastic, so does this mean the people who legitimately purchase games can stop messing around with stupid gizmos like CD Keys, FBI Warning screens, extra device drivers installed to check CDs, and needing to have the CD in the drive to play? Doubt it. This is just another hassle piled on top of hassle for legitimate consumers. Looking for a reason PC game sales are tailing off? (Besides WoW) That's it, right there.May 27, 2008 11:46am PDTFantastic, so does this mean the people who legitimately purchase games can stop messing around with stup... : pcfountain
By: graceofdragons x Show Full PostTPMspoofer-1.14.rar
- decompress to windows directory
- run included registry hack
- make sure image is mounted
- play pirate proof gamesMay 27, 2008 3:18am PDT
By: revolver6 x Show Full PostIt's getting to the point that invasive APIs (i.e. accessing memory in other process' address spaces) will eventually no longer be usable without specially signed and priviledged code. Disable the hardware component and the software simply fails as it never decrypts.
Thus you can't say, grab the decrypted executable data as you can't access the memory access APIs to read it back to copy.
Linux would still be Linux. The kernel would presumably ignore the chip (i.e., the kernel might just say "hi" and that's about it) and software running above that level wouldn't be encrypted/signed anyways.May 26, 2008 1:30pm PDT
By: Zerbyte x Show Full PostWhy does this remind me of that movie The Net, some super security thing comes out only to find its a big back door trojan for a huge conglomerate.
Probably makes it easier for the Government to see what we are doing.May 23, 2008 6:13pm PDTWhy does this remind me of that movie The Net, some super security thing comes out only to find its a big... : Zerbyte
By: dlr(2) x Show Full PostI thought the coded Intel CPUs of years ago already stopped all piracy?May 24, 2008 1:41pm PDT
By: vertdang x Show Full PostAnything encoded can be decoded.
Anything put in the pathway can be bypassed.
Anything that a PC can read, can be stored
Anything digital can be changed.
^^^^ the above are all a question of not how, but when.
Piracy is rampant, and will continue to be so. The only people this effects is the poor end user that has to dance through hoops just to get at what he legitimately purchased.
Personally, if a game doesn't have either a beta or a demo. I'm not touching it. The marketing departments at game companies are no better than mortgage companies or used car salesmen. NEVER take them at their word. Try before you buy.May 23, 2008 2:53pm PDTAnything encoded can be decoded. Anything put in the pathway can be bypassed. Anything that a PC can re... : vertdang
By: millakazuya x Show Full PostBest form of Piracy protection = Battle Chess for Amiga (and maybe other platforms).
To play the game you had to go to a bunch of pages in the manual and look up the codes requested.
We owned the game, then lost the manual...
Justice!May 25, 2008 3:29pm PDTBest form of Piracy protection = Battle Chess for Amiga (and maybe other platforms). To play the game... : millakazuya
By: Fred Garvin x Show Full PostSaying something can't be cracked is like waving a steak in front of a starving lion.May 23, 2008 4:53pm PDTSaying something can't be cracked is like waving a steak in front of a starving lion. : Fred Garvin
By: AgentPothead x Show Full PostIsn't one of the definitions of insanity doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result?May 24, 2008 8:17pm PDTIsn't one of the definitions of insanity doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different res... : AgentPothead
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Can be :) : Longgshot
Like voting for a republican in every election. : Visceral Monkey
lol...so true : dozerking
By: Saladjuiceboy x Show Full PostThis is freaking huge news and good too, now no developers have to rely on consoles and can't give excuses "it was cuz of piracy our game was the best ever ever ever it even had duck and cover system and emotions in the face"May 25, 2008 4:13pm PDT
By: Q-ball x Show Full PostI'm sorry but you can't ever expect 100% closure on piracy. No matter how good the system, you'll always have a few %'s that don't pay or get by without. Honestly, given the number of problems Atari has been in, with money, I'm not terribly surprised by this comment. However the idea he brings up is unlikely to affect any of us for quite a few years I should think. Maybe in the western world, but Asia and South America and Africa will most likely find ways around this and then sell boards manufactured without them. The money isn't in the solution... its in the treatment. I doubt there's a solution to be had here. :(May 25, 2008 10:46am PDT
By: ymgve x Show Full PostToo bad for them that the TPM, at least in IBM's (and probably others') case, isn't designed to be resistant to "owner attacks". ( http://www.research.ibm.com/gsal/tcpa/tcpa_rebuttal.pdf ) Also, know that gaming platform that has security all over the place, the 360? The pirates managed to break that one too.May 23, 2008 2:09pm PDTToo bad for them that the TPM, at least in IBM's (and probably others') case, isn't designed to be resist... : ymgve
By: hawke x Show Full PostIf a game/song/movie can be accessed by a PC, it can be accessed by a PC that didn't pay for it.
The only way to make your game uncrackable is to not release it...and even then you have to trust your employees.
The first and most visible result of this technology will be to make machines without TPM chips obsolete.
The second result will be after TPM is cracked and machines without TPM2 will be obsolete.
Those people not buying your games will still 'not buy' your games. Those people who buy your games will no longer be able to play your games, and therefore...won't buy them.May 23, 2008 2:14pm PDTIf a game/song/movie can be accessed by a PC, it can be accessed by a PC that didn't pay for it. The o... : hawke
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Winnar. : JimRune
Actually, TPM is mandated on many government and (increasingly) corporate machines. Not for any DRM reas... : Wandergeist
Do you really think pirates have some sort of huge crusade going here to the extent where they would go t... : navelskrutt
Yeah that's why it's so easy to run pirate Xbox games. : SovietOrchestra
Yes, 99% of piracy is "Why pay when I can get it for free", and 1% is "Oh, so you say it's uncrackable, h... : crummynz
LOL. "The only way to make your game uncrackable is to not release it." And that's exactly what develo... : Kazomir
Not true. : magamiako
not true==not true==true : Pulveri
By: mystifier x Show Full PostHow about making games worth buying?May 25, 2008 12:55am PDTHow about making games worth buying? : mystifier
By: psycho100 x Show Full PostOh shit will this stop me from getting digital download service?May 25, 2008 12:32am PDT
By: magamiako x Show Full PostHere's the lowdown on the TPM and the "trusted platform" environment. Keep in mind, an earlier form of this is precisely what has kept the Xbox protected.
*NOBODY* has cracked the Xbox nor the Xbox 360's encryption scheme yet. The flaw in the xbox's implementation is that each game, when released, will operate on "any" xbox that it is played on. Thus, if you can dump the xbox game itself, you can simply have it run on any xbox that it pleases. The xbox 360 will not run unsigned code, which prevents homebrew from loading.
The TPM would go one step further than this. What would happen is this:
BIOS on motherboard is signed. TPM allows it to load. BIOS, which is trusted, then allows OS to load. OS loads, which now trusts drivers. OS also trusts the software. The software would be locked and signed to operate only on the TPM chip that it was downloaded for, *your* public key. Which would then only be decrypted and executed by the private key located within your TPM.
If you don't understand basic PKI, you won't understand how this works. Encryption and PKI is a very good way at ensuring communications occurs only between devices that it needs to occur to. After all, we use it to protect virtually everything these days that needs to be protected. SSL works this way, which you use while you handle your online bank account.
Essentially, even if you stripped this "signature" from the code and distributed the game, you would have to have the software be resigned to every machine that it loaded on (remember, your TPM and OS won't allow your computer to run unsigned software).
It's very effective to say the least. Particularly if the system itself offers a 2 way validation. As we stay more and more connected, that will be here in due time.
BIOS is signed, loads OS. OS checks to make sure BIOS was signed and it's loading into a proper environment. Move down the chain and it does the same thing continuously on and on.May 24, 2008 1:53pm PDTHere's the lowdown on the TPM and the "trusted platform" environment. Keep in mind, an earlier form of th... : magamiako
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None of that matters. SSH is between a trusted host and a trusted client. Pressing software on a disc and... : yakz
Sure there is: Your TPM chip generates a public and private keypair. Private key is stored within the ... : magamiako
By: MrAdults x Show Full PostThe actual binary at the point of execution is still unencrypted. There are still ways to track the relative binary address of the code being executed. It will therefore result in unencrypted and cracked binary distributions, as has been the case with every other attempt to use encryption as a means of copy protection. Publishers tend to eat up the bullshit spoon-fed to them by the proponents of these varying encryption technologies without actually understanding why they are fundamentally no different than previous schemes.
SecuROM makes it a little harder to run a kernel debugger, and suddenly the new version is unbreakable. Except the debugger prevention is easily circumventable at the kernel level and their new uncrackable protection is cracked within a day of release. And yet publishers are still stupid enough to believe that SecuROM 7/8/9/whatever is going to protect their game because Sony says so.
Real native binary encryption at the CPU level is the only thing that's ever going to be technically effective enough to stop a binary dump, and that's not what this is.May 23, 2008 8:37pm PDTThe actual binary at the point of execution is still unencrypted. There are still ways to track the relat... : MrAdults
By: starless x Show Full Postyea good luck with all thatMay 24, 2008 8:06pm PDTyea good luck with all that : starless
By: Longgshot x Show Full PostThe Million dollar question is: Why do they invest money in a protection that only hurts legal customers and only stops pirates for a short time, instead of investing that money to make a game with more quality that makes people really want to buy it?
It still will be pirated, but i bet the number of users using a pirate copy will be lower.May 24, 2008 6:58pm PDT
By: laki01 x Show Full Posti hardly pirate games. i love them and i appreciate work put in them. but this is like a slap in my face. if they'll make it happen, i'm moving to the dark side :-)May 24, 2008 5:56pm PDT
By: bipolar x Show Full PostThere's never been a single DRM / piracy prevention scheme that hasn't been cracked afaik ... but this time it'll work. Right guys?May 23, 2008 2:12pm PDTThere's never been a single DRM / piracy prevention scheme that hasn't been cracked afaik ... but this ti... : bipolar
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How would anything new ever work if that attitude was valid? We know how to encrypt shit. The various ... : navelskrutt
You could encrypt a game but when someone buys that game they will need to run it which means their compu... : nudel
Those systems work because 3rd parties don't have the key to decode the data. In this case, they key its... : bipolar
By: nutcrackr x Show Full PostI don't pirate games but I don't want this encryption chip I'm sorry. If most of the motherboards have this chip I'm sure it will get enough press in the gaming industry as it's very closely intertwined with the PC hardware review industry. I will actively seek out motherboards without this chip and pay more for them.May 23, 2008 11:32pm PDTI don't pirate games but I don't want this encryption chip I'm sorry. If most of the motherboards have th... : nutcrackr
By: poopsex_ x Show Full PostIn related news:
TPM stealth encryption chip cracked by hackersMay 23, 2008 2:04pm PDT
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In related news pirating a PC game now requires you to solder a chip to your motherboard. : SovietOrchestra
ROFL TWO EYEPATCHES XD : TrigunVash38
By: Hashi x Show Full PostTPM isn't really new and while I support whatever measures are necessary to curb piracy and keep the PC platform relevant, it's pretty naive to suggest that TPM is some sort of panacea -- even if it isn't cracked directly, you can pretty much count on it being bypassed.
After all, people already go so far as to utilize invasive hardware techniques to circumvent copy protection on consoles -- it's certainly not a stretch to suggest that PC pirates would embrace this approach as well.May 23, 2008 2:08pm PDTTPM isn't really new and while I support whatever measures are necessary to curb piracy and keep the PC p... : Hashi
By: skryte x Show Full Postit won't work, but maybe i won't have to have the fucking dvd in the drive any god damned more.May 23, 2008 9:48pm PDT
By: rodmanw x Show Full PostWhat if they intergrate these chips into the graphics cards GPU as well, would that make it any harder? Or would Nvidia and the like see that as 'losing' money since pirated software adds to the market share and or harware sales of video cards, lol.May 23, 2008 9:01pm PDT
By: SovietOrchestra x Show Full PostIn the end the best anti-piracy system will be tighter internet security. Having ISPs block bittorrent sites etc, and having law enforcement get serious about putting people away for casual software piracy.May 23, 2008 6:53pm PDTIn the end the best anti-piracy system will be tighter internet security. Having ISPs block bittorrent si... : SovietOrchestra
By: LeeMon x Show Full PostIf half the effort spent protecting business models that do not take into account unstoppable aspects of technology and culture, were instead spent on producing content and experiences that people actually wanted to pay money for, this industry would be a much more interesting place.May 23, 2008 4:35pm PDTIf half the effort spent protecting business models that do not take into account unstoppable aspects of ... : LeeMon
By: techx4 x Show Full PostOk THATS IT! I vote right now that we go back to the code wheel. Best copy protection scheme hands down..
rofl.. i hated those fuckin things..May 23, 2008 6:20pm PDTOk THATS IT! I vote right now that we go back to the code wheel. Best copy protection scheme hands down..... : techx4
By: Twin--Sword x Show Full PostIts like every other type of defence they made so far it take's month/year's to make only for people to bypass/crack it with in hour's some time's a few days if its real good.
I bet with in 3 month's this will be bypassed or just out right cracked making it worthless.
Hell iv seen people steal a bike since it was locked and leave the unlocked one alone just to see if they could do it and get away with it befor any one stops them and its the same with PC game's.May 23, 2008 6:10pm PDT
By: Wandergeist x Show Full PostPoor Nolan. TPM is not new, it's not stealth, and it won't solve the problem he thinks it will. Some industry legends need to fade away before they embarrass themselves.May 23, 2008 2:22pm PDTPoor Nolan. TPM is not new, it's not stealth, and it won't solve the problem he thinks it will. Some in... : Wandergeist
By: AxeMan808 x Show Full PostI remember Leaderboard Golf on the C=64 had a "Security Dongle", which did eventually get "cracked" (code to look for the dongle was removed/bypassed), but it *did* take longer for the pirates to crack than pure software. On the flipside, keeping track of the dongle itself was a pain in the ass, and IIRC it went in the cartridge port, which precluded the use of the Fastload cartridge (EPYX!!! Where are you EPYX!!??)...I could be wrong though - now that I'm thinking on it, it may have gone in the RS-232 port....
Anyway, I can see publishers being optimistic about the additional level of (even temporary) piracy prevention; the only problem I see is ensuring 100% compatiblity between software and hardware. - we have problems now with copy protection and optical drives.May 23, 2008 2:35pm PDTI remember Leaderboard Golf on the C=64 had a "Security Dongle", which did eventually get "cracked" (code... : AxeMan808
By: spaceless x Show Full Posthas anyone broken the ps3's security yet?May 23, 2008 2:18pm PDT
By: ease one x Show Full PostI thought Atari was going out of business? Does he really know what he is talking about?May 23, 2008 2:20pm PDTI thought Atari was going out of business? Does he really know what he is talking about? : ease one
By: Salad Sammich x Show Full PostSorry, but whatever is engineered can be reverse-engineered.
Don't waste your time and money because you're going to kill yourselves once this is cracked 48 hours after your first release comes out.May 23, 2008 4:47pm PDT
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By: lja83 x Show Full Posti don't know about you guys, but whenever someone tells me i can't do something with hardware i own, i look for a reason around it or a technical limitation that hasn't been overcome yet, half the reason i put a custom firmware on my psp is because sony said i couldn't do it and tried to prevent the possibility
the only time i don't do this is if it's going to remove value from my system, custom firmware only adds value to a psp, but i don't hack my xbox because i find value in Live, which i don't know i would be able to continue to use
for me, something like Live or Steam is way more effective at getting me to stay legit with software or hardware than any chip or encryption someone puts in the systemMay 23, 2008 3:19pm PDTi don't know about you guys, but whenever someone tells me i can't do something with hardware i own, i lo... : lja83
By: Icarus315 x Show Full PostToo bad it won't work. There is the little problem called user-code. Unless it comes out syncronized with a new version of Windows that mandates security certificates for all programs that want to run (e.g. pay a license to Microsoft to get your certificate) then all the pirates will do it remove the protection check and release an unsigned binary which is user-code. The only way to prevent user-code is requiring certificates for all code and that would wreck everything that makes an open-platform like Windows worthwhile. It would turn Windows into a 360. The other issues include the difficulty of checking the operating environment as in how do you know you're not being emulated? A hypervisor type program could be pulling the strings and once all the checks have taken place takes a snapshot of the now unprotected code. Or snatches the keys when they're submitted to an emulated TPM. Hardware today may not be up to that but theres a lot of future ahead to sort that out.May 23, 2008 4:05pm PDT
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Warhammer Online Goes GoldBy Chris Faylor, Aug 26, 2008 8:23am PDT With the September 18 launch for Mythic's Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning now set in stone, publisher and studio owners Electronic Arts today announced the PC MMO has gone gold and entered the manufacturing process.
The MMO has recently become the latest subject in the industry-wide crediting controversy, as past Mythic staff members will not be recognized for their contributions.
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By: vertdang x Show Full PostGold?
It's so not ready.Aug 26, 2008 8:26am PDTGold? It's so not ready. : vertdang
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I saw that there was one comment and knew deep in my soul that it would say exactly this (because this is... : Gnerma
you're welcome. But unfortunately it is the truth. It's becoming more and more prevalent, especially in ... : vertdang
It needs some work, but it's nowhere near as bad as AoC (devs set a new standard for incompleteness [is t... : Snake&Crane
Based on what? If you say the preview weekend, I am going to punch a baby :( : pancake humper
Which MMO was ready when it launched? Can't really remember any single MMO that was ready (as in bug free... : Lukiopimp
LoTRO : whistletits
Lord of the Rings Online was actually pretty bug free by the time it was released. There wasn't "endless"... : LordPhobos
Best I've seen...then DAoC : whistletits
I remember DAoC being fine at launch as well, but it's possible I really just don't remember. : Derringer
DAoC had a very good launch. : dasampla
I ask this same question of every poster who lays down a one-liner about how WAR's not ready: What's m... : The_Archon
I dont understand why they wont let their graphics engine be in full swing client side. That just says s... : sreyes22
Unfortunately vertdang, those that only got to try the preview weekend 'thrill' do not know what we close... : Defacil
By: doctorbfunk x Show Full PostCan anyone give more input on how much the look of different armour and weapons varies?I asked in this thread last night but it ended in confusion. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17763593#itemanchor_17763593 For people that have played it, would you say it is at least as variable as Wow? I keep seeing people talking about tier 1 and tier 2 armour sets and what not, does that men there is one 'best set' for each tier? Doesn't that mean everyone looks the same (minus dyes)?Aug 26, 2008 5:10pm PDTCan anyone give more input on how much the look of different armour and weapons varies?I asked in this th... : doctorbfunk
By: SiroVai123 x Show Full PostAnyone else think this game looks like a heap of shit? It looks about as exciting has having your ballsac cheese grated.Aug 27, 2008 5:02am PDTAnyone else think this game looks like a heap of shit? It looks about as exciting has having your ballsac... : SiroVai123
By: VictoriouSecret x Show Full PostI love every ignorant fanboy's comments. WoW was not even close to ready when it hit beta, and even when it was released. How many of you fanboys were around then? I doubt many. It took them quite a while to get polished enough for a major audience.
You think WoW is unique? How many ideas do you think they stole from Everquest and other major MMOs? A LOT. They STILL steal from other MMOs.
And lastly, Warhammer has been around a lot longer than Warcraft. As a matter of fact, they were developing a Warhammer game that BECAME warcraft Orcs and Humans.
Aug 26, 2008 9:19am PDTI love every ignorant fanboy's comments. WoW was not even close to ready when it hit beta, and even when ... : VictoriouSecret
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WoW was very solid at release actually. It did take a while to get the servers in order though. I rem... : Alegis of Light
if anyone here was actually in the wow beta. the real wow beta they know wow wasnt ready. they know wow w... : italiano3d
Um, the REAL WoW beta was totally playable. The classes may not have been balanced but they were all pla... : Defacil
WoW was about territory control, if your saying you were in the actual beta and not the 4 months before w... : italiano3d
I did the open beta stress test for WoW, and I didn't encounter a single thing wrong with it. I played Wo... : Ellissd
did you play a hunter? hehe I'm not trying to shit on the WoW parade here. but people are totally forg... : italiano3d
Now I love WAR, but WoW's launch, while far from being as perfect as some would have you believe (especia... : valael
By: dysfunctional x Show Full PostWell..now that WAR's gone gold, anyone want to to purchase a 70 lock (PVP) and 70 Rogue (PvE)?
WAR's where i'm headed.Aug 26, 2008 9:15pm PDT
By: AllYourBase x Show Full Posttoo bad blizzard releasing the content patch with the lich king stuff will completely steal their "thunder"Aug 26, 2008 8:43am PDTtoo bad blizzard releasing the content patch with the lich king stuff will completely steal their "thunde... : AllYourBase
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Two different games. Two different audiences. : Tommy Toolbag
You're new around here aren't you. : The_Archon
I am tired of you people. DIAF! : CRasterImage
it's an MMO, it's one audience : AllYourBase
Because all MMOs have the same genre. Brilliant. I play EVE and it's just like Maple Story! : The_Archon
Brilliant!! : Snake&Crane
When did you become a front page lurker? : Tommy Toolbag
Yeah..hopefully it'll keep all the Blizz kids at home so they don't ruin everyone else's fun. : Mitchell Gant
By: Zolneirz x Show Full PostMMOs really should offer a free month to hook players in, I know thats why I never even tried Conan, and countless others. I like to know i'll enjoy the product before I hand over $50 and sign up for a recurring monthly charge.Aug 26, 2008 3:02pm PDTMMOs really should offer a free month to hook players in, I know thats why I never even tried Conan, and ... : Zolneirz
By: valcan_s x Show Full PostWell after playing WAR on the preview weekend, I have to say this game is very polished and plays very well and could give WOW a run for its money no prob. I could just play the Counter Strike like Public Quest/ Raids all day long alone.
First I have to give wow big ups I love it and played it for a long time. If you love WOW you will love this game but be warned this is not a clone of WOW as most say it is. But don't take my word try it out on Sep 7 http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/warhammeronline/ and see for your self.
So what's so great about WAR you ask, why would I leave WOW. This is what I got from the preview weekend:
* Note I wrote this up in work, there will be bad English and chopped up sentences, etc, sorry. It more of a quick brain dump. *
[very quick and dirty things I loved and are cool features]
1. Gameplay is awesome if you like WOW in regards to pvp solo play. Yes I played AofC but honestly whatever, looking at MOB and determining either left hit, top hit or right hit is the same as a MOB that has full resistance to a spell or uber armor and cause you to use different tactics.
2. Gameplay group play is awesome, you really rely on your fellow classes to do their part. Probably one of the coolest thing is fighting in groups with the role specific classes.
3. Art direction and graphics are pimp. This may be the first MMO that really makes your class look totally different than the other class. Pimp design and in group play you know where everyone is which makes a huge difference.
4. Public quest slash raids slash Counter strike. This is one of the coolest thing I have ever played. Basically you walk around and you will run into a Public Quest zone that counts down like Counter Strike and then who ever is there begins to have their actions as in healing kills etc counted for points. Mid bosses and waves on enemies will come in waves by scripted events till you kill a Hero mega boss. On the end you get loot for the top 5 people with the heist points. As well the top contributors get bonus zone points that let you buy cool gear as you work you way up three teirs. No matter what anyone in the zone get some points as long as they did something.
5. Loot is very well done and looks awesome not matter what class. Loot feens clap your hands. They have the standard white, green, blue, purple, (?). Your character has a insane amount of slots 20+. There is Dyes for your loot to help class look unique not to mention there are trophies that are added onto you armor in different location like rabbits foot, skull, gem, horned bone etc. Loot drops are great got a bunch of greens as well there are vendors that use your status for purchasing kinda like wow for buying special loot if you did quests. Loot does have slots for modifications.
6. Quest are awesome very wow like, talk to some one, kill certain things, find certain things.
7. Leveling is not a grind it flows very nice, and you level at a good pace.
8. The world is like WOW and is massive and does not load like AofC(I really hated that).
9. Very cool mounts they look pimp.
10. Spells look awesome and are diverse. Each class could make up to three types of their class.
11. There are Three talent type trees that boost your current specific spells as well unlock new ones.
12. There is crafting, I tried Alchemy which is way more than potions you can make dyes as well etc it is called Apothecary. Potion do not have recipes you make your own very fresh and cool. So I add a flask, then a mushroom that has inelegance properties, then I added a herb that gives a chance of making allot of potions, and than a stabilizer. This made 2 inelegance potions. Now you could put a herb of greater strength or another chance of making more potions for different results. Any ways you get the idea.
13. There are also this kind of sub perfusions that add even more spells and bonuses, you had to be level 10 to use this I played all the classes and got to lvl 8 as highest so I could not try this out but is suppose to add allot of cool uniqueness to your class.
14. Sound is very well done.
15. Graphics are pimp, more detailed than WOW and more mature, think kids cartoon wow, and adult cartoon WAR.
16. Interface is totally customizable you literary go in edit mode and resize and pull parts around the screen.
17. When questing the map is awesome for the locations and the NPC are nicely done.
18. All the interfaces for everything a very well done.
There is allot more I could say, if anything please try it out SEP 7 open BETA the game is very well done and I thought it was the best MMO I have ever played. Hope this info helps someone and brings some gaming pimpage. Oy ya the Green skins and Chaos are the coolest races and classes I have ever played period.
Aug 26, 2008 10:24am PDTWell after playing WAR on the preview weekend, I have to say this game is very polished and plays very we... : valcan_s
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You said it! This game is going to rock! I am cancelling WoW account this month. : kiloblaster
Just cancel real life and play both!! : Snake&Crane
Nice, have you tried it? The game is epic. What did you think of it if you did, especialy the classes ... : valcan_s
By: byorn x Show Full PostI am ready for this to come out so some people will stop making rash generalizations about this game.
Until you either read more about the game mechanics or try it for yourself, you have no idea how different this game feels to play from other MMORPGs out there.Aug 26, 2008 9:39am PDTI am ready for this to come out so some people will stop making rash generalizations about this game. ... : byorn
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I'm a Closed Elder Tester and I say the game mechanics are very similar to WoW no matter how you look at ... : Defacil
By: Schnauss x Show Full PostI have been trying to decide if I want to pre-order this. Say I pre-order and play in the open beta period, will my characters be wiped on the 18th? I would hate to spend time leveling just to lose it.Aug 26, 2008 9:36am PDTI have been trying to decide if I want to pre-order this. Say I pre-order and play in the open beta peri... : Schnauss
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Sunday, 15 February 2009
How Groningen grew to be the world's number one cycling city
In 1964 the city was small. There were no restrictions on cars being driven through the centre of the city and there were few main cycle routes. The motorist was king at this time. In some locations in the Netherlands in the 1950s and 1960s, cycle paths were removed in order to make more space for cars.
In Groningen, just as in other cities across the world, the 1960s brought planning and building of motorways right into the city itself (west to east and to the south in the next map).
However, in 1972 a new local government changed the emphasis of planning in Groningen. The centre of the city was to be considered as the "living room" and town planning was integrated with transport policy. The city was to be designed to be compact.
By 1980 the city had grown considerably with a lot of new housing around the outskirts. There was a ring road around the centre of the city, but access to the centre by car had been reduced. Many more high quality cycle routes had been created.
In 2006 the city has grown rather more, and cars pushed out further from the city centre. The city is now split into four segments between which it is impossible to drive without going out to the ring-road and back in again. There are many more cycle routes than before.
I should note that there is nothing stopping you cycling through the centre these days. The last few minutes of one of my videos shows the centre by bike. However, it isn't designated as a main cycling route. It is impossible to drive through, though, as the only way out by car is the way you came in, and many streets are entirely closed to private cars.
Groningen has 84000 homes, 38% of which were built after 1970. 180000 people live in those homes, and they own 71000 cars and 300000 bicycles. There are 0.4 cars and 1.7 bikes per person.
Seventy eight percent of residents now live within 3 km of the city centre. 90% of employees live within 3 km of the city centre. These short distances of course help to make cycling a viable mode of transport for most journeys, but we should note that Groningen is actually not particularly densely populated by world standards. In fact, Groningen is far less densely populated than many cities in other countries with less cycling.
There are an average of 1.4 bicycle trips per person per day in the city, making up 59% of the total journeys, vs. under 37% by car. The average speed for driving within the city is 9.6 km/h, the average speed for cycling is 14.2 km/h. The cycling figure may seem slow, but note that it refers to whole journey average speed, not peak speed sprinting between lights. It also reflects the wide demographics of the cyclists. Fast Groningen cyclists travel appreciably quicker than this, but drivers can do little to increase their speed.
It isn't only Groningen which has followed such policies. Most, if not all, Dutch cities have done this to an extent. For instance, Assen also has a car free town centre, as does Nijmegen.
In summary, it is quite possible to grow cycling so that it accounts for more journeys than any other mode within a city. However, it does take a helping hand. Groningen's achievement came from policy to exclude cars from the centre of the city (a form of segregation without cycle paths), and to provide high quality and mostly traffic free cycling routes from the outskirts to the centre.
Also bear in mind that Groningen has the lowest average age of any city in the Netherlands and a high population of students (approximately 50000 in a city of 180000 people). This factor of course also boosts the level of cycling. However, due to the design of the city, even students in Groningen tend to cycle more than students anywhere else.
There are quite a few other posts about Groningen, including the huge railway station cycle park, an extraordinary bridge, how congestion on busy cycle-paths is avoided by providing other routes and how despite all this, the city still didn't manage to win the "Cycling City of the Netherlands" competition in 2011.
See this for yourself and have what you are looking at put in context for you and explained by a native English speaker. Book a study tour.
Note that it is not entirely clear what the 59% figure for cycling actually means. Who was counted ? Only residents or also people who travel from outside the city ? What methodology led to this result ? Clearly some people are excluded as pedestrians do not appear to have been counted when walking could possibly account for anything up to a fifth of total journeys made in the city (as is the case in Amsterdam) then this would reduce the cycling percentage to around 50% and driving to around 30%. We should always be skeptical of figures which are presented in a promotional way as most figures presented all around the world on cycling are not reliable. Exaggeration of cycling modal shares is extremely common around the whole world. The lowest figure we've seen quoted for Groningen comes from the possibly more authoritative Fietsberaad Cycling in the Netherlands publication. This states that the cycling modal share for Groningen is 38%, though they also don't tell us exactly how they came to that figure.
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- Karl McCracken (twitter: @karlonsea) said...
Fantastic post! Do you cover this sort of thing in more detail on your study tours?
- 15 February 2009 19:14
- David Hembrow said...
Yes, that's exactly what we try to do. We also of course cycle through it all so that participants can see it for themselves. That speaks louder than any presentation can.
- 15 February 2009 19:36
- acline said...
This could be the future for Springfield if we only had the political will. Downtown is growing again as younger professionals buy and lease loft apartments. MSU is leasing space downtown -- so much so that the area is nearly a second campus. And that means even more students downtown spending money on food and entertainment.
At the last alternative transportation committee meeting we discussed what the future might look like if we encircled the city by extending the Ozarks Greenway system. Then we could concentrate of building cycling infrastructure (of several kinds) from the "bicycle beltway" into downtown.
No one thought it was a bad idea (including a city councilman who attends the meetings). What we lack is, as I've said many times before, political will.
I have to get some people together to come look at the Dutch system.
- 15 February 2009 19:49
- David Hembrow said...
Andy, I agree that it basically comes down to political will. The one thing that they shouldn't be allowed to get away with is claiming that it's too expensive to build good conditions for cycling. It's cheaper than the alternative - of not building them and continuing to deal with mass motoring.
Savings for employers due to lower sickness are just the tip of the ice-berg.
BTW, I just uploaded a video showing cycling from one side of Groningen to the other. You'll see how conditions for cyclists are just great in the countryside, through the city and in the countryside at the other side.
- 15 February 2009 20:30
'it basically comes down to political will. '
It sure does. I could weep when I read your blog, I really could, when I compare it with what goes on in the UK ...
I live in the 'cycling demonstration city' of Bristol. So far we've had loads of enthusiastic words about 'vision', plus cautions about 'not expecting everything at once'.
Well fair enough, it's a tough task. Except that I have a horrible feeling that our council doesn't really understand that you can't seriously encourage cycling without seriously discouraging driving. Oh heavens no! We can't do *that*!
- 16 February 2009 12:59
- Kevin Love said...
Groningen is one of John Pucher's case study cities. See:
- 4 March 2009 01:01
- Cyclo said...
The sad thing is that Groningen planners borrowed a fair bit from the 1963 Buchanan Traffic in Towns report, completed for the UK government. Whitehall cherrypicked from this report, ignoring segmentation and traffic calming (until much later on), while picking up on less desirable stuff which added to the British traffic disease.
- 11 May 2009 00:11
- Eric Britton said...
And then there was in 1968 the magnificent first citizen-activated Woonerf project. A very important part of the education of Groningen. A learning city.
- 20 December 2011 09:07
- Emmanuel Favre-Nicolin said...
I'm looking for the total extnsion extension of the cycle path in Groningen. I'm consedering a parmeter that I called cycle path density to give a raw ideia of the quality of a cycle path network for a given city. The density is simply the total extension of cycle path divided by the area of the city (ideally only the urbanized area should be considered). In Vitória Brasil, we have reach 0,3 km of cycle path by km² in Vitória much less than the 1,82 km by km² of Amsterdam. I'd ike to estimate this density for Groningen!
- 8 June 2012 18:48
- David Hembrow said...
Emmanuel: I don't have figures for Groningen, but I suspect Assen is about the same. Assen is almost exactly the same size as Groningen (83 km2) and has approximately 200 km of cycle-path, so about 2 km / km2. These are cycle-paths separated from the road and don't include on-road cycle-lanes or roads and streets which don't work as through routes for drivers (the majority of streets).
You could also consider doing this calculation based on population. There is about 3 m of cycle-path for each person who lives in Assen.
- 9 June 2012 07:56
This bit: "the city is now split into four segments between which it is impossible to drive without going out to the ring-road and back in again" wouldn't be too hard to implement in Oxford...
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Halo 4 campaign preview: wake up, Chief
"Wake up, Chief," a distressed Cortana says as she stands in front of the cryogenically frozen Master Chief. "I need you." It's an oddly emotional moment, made possible by Halo 4's incredibly impressive facial animation system. And with Halo 3 having finished the fight, it's refreshing to see how new developer 343 Industries is taking a more personal approach to the narrative.
That's not to say that Halo 4 doesn't start with a bang, because it literally does. The drifting Forward Unto Dawn has been boarded by the Covenant and things quickly escalate. This introductory level reminds us of what made the original trilogy so great, by throwing nearly every Covenant enemy and weapon your way. The variety certainly makes it easy to see the strength of Halo's "sandbox" gameplay; and because Halo 4's guns lack ammo, the game encourages you to constantly discard and pick up new weapons along the way.
Reassuringly, this first level feels like a Halo game. For fans that haven't been following the news, it will seem as if series creator Bungie never left the helm. Grunts are still comical, Elites are still foreboding, the Needler is still fun to play with, and the beam rifle is still awesome. Fans that want a Halo game are certainly getting exactly that.
And then, 343 does something new.
With the first level proving 343 has the chops to do Halo the way mom and pop used to make it, the developer adds its own flourishes. For example, the first level adds a Metroid-esque escape sequence that has you rushing through panicking Covenant. You must escape through a shaft, and in Uncharted fashion, you begin climbing. You must dodge the falling debris as you make your way up, and it's all done in first-person. There's no QTEs here; this is gameplay, and it's unlike anything I've seen in Halo before. It's also absolutely thrilling.
That's just a hint of what's to come. Eventually, you meet the Prometheans--and they change everything. This new class of enemy forces players to rethink their strategies. For example, the floating drone-like Watcher can revive other Promethean enemies, making them an incredibly important target to aim for. Knights are aggressive, moreso than Knights, and even tougher to fight. Finally, Crawlers move all around the walls, making it necessary to keep track of your surroundings at all times.
Seeing how these enemies work together in their efforts to take you down is incredibly satisfying. Knights, for example, can teleport, making them even more deadly than Elites. Watchers are especially tricky, as not only do they fly away when low on health, but they curl up into a smaller form, making them even harder to hit. (ProTip: I found the drone armor ability to be especially useful against Watchers.)
The Prometheans disintegrate into a dazzling spectacle of particle effects when killed, and it's so satisfying that I became disinterested by fighting regular Covenant enemies. Later in the game, you'll see the Prometheans fighting the Covenant, and while it's possible to try to sneak through the battlefield undetected, you'll probably end up fighting both at the same time. Killing a Grunt and seeing his body lie on the ground without exploding into a hundred orange particles is oddly boring after encountering the Prometheans.
While it's already exciting having to battle a brand new enemy class, what really makes Halo 4 feel different are the weapons. Each weapon has two firing modes, like the light rifle which acts like a standard rifle--but turns into a sniper rifle when scoped. It was definitely my favorite new weapon (and I was saddened at how quickly I went through its ammo). The new grenade is also interesting, as it creates a time-delayed vortex that damages anything within its radius.
Halo 4 offers more of what fans have come to expect from a Halo game, like satisfying vehicular combat and harrowing enemy encounters in wide open spaces. But, 343 has done an incredible job of adding so many new elements that it still feels fresh. It's also a beaut; the new art style is especially eye-catching, and the enhanced engine somehow manages to make Reach feel outdated. Although I only played two full campaign missions, 343 has convinced me that not only can they match the bar set by Bungie, but transcend it as well.
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Evening ReadingNow that the specs for the upcoming crop of next-gen handheld gaming devices from Nintendo and Sony have been revealed, there's a lot to be potentially excited about. I must confess, even having never been much for portable gaming myself, the tech is very exciting.
Bells and whistles aside, the one thing that could potentially sour my enthusiasm is cost. Pricing is still unknown for Sony's Next Generation Portable (NGP), though it'll likely be more expensive than Nintendo's 3DS, which is expected to retail for $250. That gives me pause, because as cool as the technology seems, I'm not sure I'm ready to pay roughly the same amount for portable gaming (hardware and software) than I do to play on the PC, Xbox 360, or PS3. In NGP's case, if it's just a matter of bringing PC and console-quality experiences to smaller platform, I expect I'd still gravitate to play the version I can experience on my TV, where I can get 10x the screen real-estate.
In other words, I'm cautiously optimistic, with a dash of wallet-panic.
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