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It does appear, as has been stated, that fate does have specific "save zones". Think about your storyline first person (or other) game where once you hit that marker you can rest assured that if you die then all of your accomplishments up to that point are forever preserved for better or for worse.
The Erf Save Zones are kind of opposite those but work in a similar fashion. Call them Fate Zones. Specific things will happen. Fate doesn't care when, what, or how but is really interested in who. This is what makes predictomancy work and fail at the same time. If a predictomancer states that you will die from a tree falling on you, that fate can be delayed by you moving your entire kingdom to the desert and only using stone as building materials, but ultimately that tree will arrive because fate cannot move on until you land on that Fate Zone. Once used, all previous material (the hard way or the easy way) is saved as the natural events leading up to this moment and the game continues. A similar analogy would be akin to unlocking new content. Erf is stuck in a specific holding pattern until the individual players figure out what needs to be done to move to the next scene.
The example I use of Fate points being very Deus ex Machina is that of Sylvia. We keep talking about how a Carny is responsible for her dice rolls, but I'm not sure that this is the case. Sylvia own one of the Fate Points and died before she jumped on the marker (I am guessing a predictomancer would have said that she was fated to lead in the killing a king who wasn't a king while destroying a capital city that wasn't a capital, very bait and switch to tie her to the carny games of chance). In order to keep Erfworld from being stuck permanently in this current stage, an absolutely crazy situation involving a love affair and permanent dice roll theft was introduced by fate in order to 1. preserve the story and 2. allow Sylvia to rise in rank and gain enough arrogance to 3. ignore standing orders and order the destruction of herself and others in order to 4. force the not-king to put himself in a position where he can die and the story can progress.
I don't see a future for Sylvia after this siege. She's already ignored orders, has a death wish, continues to make poor decisions, and has taken too much screen time that I don't think someone of her skill-set should have in the next book. She has been fantastic and has done a fantastic job getting everything to where it should be, but I personally believe that after a life filled with so many stolen 6's, she will finally have to stare into a sad set of snake eyes and accept her fate.


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How Gerald Guralnik just missed the physics prize
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On July 4, 2012, Gerald Guralnik was in a packed room at CERN savoring the discovery of the Higgs boson, which confirmed a theory he proposed nearly 50 years ago.
No such celebration occurred Oct. 8. Guralnik was home when he learned online that physicists François Englert and Peter Higgs had won the Nobel Prize in physics for formulating the same theory. "I'm happy for Englert and Higgs, but it does sting a little bit," he says. "Physicists are only human."
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He is just so amazingly versatile. I didn't think he could top his SP from the Olympics, but he sure did. Really hope he continues to skate well this season.
Daisuke Takahashi "Tik Tok"
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When you are up to your arse in alligators it is difficult to remember you were only meant to be draining the swamp.
Dai certainly makes it look fresh and new, but his fp music has been used often in figure skating, which I didn't recall.
The below program may be familiar to many, but I'd forgotten that Usova and Zhulin skated to Blues for Klook in 1992.
If I'm not mistaken, one of U/Z moves from this program is famously one of the sketches of skaters performing their programs on FSU home page.
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I loved U/Z in that program! I like Daisuke's program a lot, and he gets in the mood of the music like no one else can, but that's a music for dancers, IMHO. The jumps take a bit from the music, even though Dai's jumps come from nowhere most of the time.
I just realized I have not commented on this thread yet.
Daisuke skates two of my three favorite competitive programs this year. The other is Jeromy Abbott's. Dai blew me away at NHK, and I am so pleased for him!
Whether it is his choice of music or the way he interprets it, I am simply blown away. Some of his musical choices are not ones I would have seen coming. In past years, I would watch him practice to music I despised, but when it came to the competitive performance, that music and Daisuke's interpretation somehow became "soup" and I fell in love with the music, too!
It is something also you have to look at with judging. You may hate the music but you have to give a skater credit for how they use it and whether it works.
Dai really is so in the moment with Blues for Klook. And his SP was just outstanding for musicality. Particularly in his straight line step sequence, where he stopped, moved his head and then continued. That tiny moment sucked me in totally. I have no idea why but it did.
I know one of the judges who actually judged NHK and sent her a message to say how envious I was that she got to judge his programs. She just responded that he was amazing.
When you are up to your arse in alligators it is difficult to remember you were only meant to be draining the swamp.
Daisuke just scored the 4th highest Short Program mark (after Patrick / Plushenko / Plushenko) without a quad-(the others had quads) so there really is no question that he can beat Patrick IMO.
But I adore both of them for different reasons and - as I said on another thread I am ecstatic with men's skating right now!
I definately think Dai has what it takes to beat Patrick. I would love to see a perfect Patrick and Dai up against each other because as much as I love watching both, for me Dai's musicality is greater than Patrick's. And that could give him the edge.
I have to say it is so nice to say that though because the quality of what both those guys do is outstanding.
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Blurry Cam Alert! Is This a Sneak Peek at Google Latitude for the iPhone?
Google recently announced their Latitude service, which lets you and your friends share your location, and while they've made it available to some platforms, the iPhone version hasn't surfaced yet... Or has it?
A tipster has sent us a photo of what looks to be Latitude integrated into the iPhone Map App. Now, we know that Apple, not Google created the Map app. Based on Google's back-end data, to be sure, but Apple made the interface. So, if Latitude is coming by way of Maps, Apple is going to have to be the one who releases it -- and that means it won't be until another firmware update (2.3 at the earliest, 3.0 at the outside).
However, last we heard Google was going to release it themselves, as part of their awesome (yet controversial) Google Mobile App. If that's the case, unless they're planning a massive redesign that happens to look just like the Maps app, then we're not sure what we're really looking at up there.
What do you think? Real? Real fake?
And either way, would Latitude be better combined with Maps than with Google Mobile?
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Apple will release it probably with 3.0 they need a massive update to fight off all these amazing phones coming out. Most of the early iphone adopters are coming off their contracts and AT&T and apple will want to keep them plus add new people.
All I am saying is that it better be out yesterday.
Because their blog posts stated it will be out 'very soon'. I think it's safe to say that everyone's definition of 'very soon' came and past after a week.
What's the deal Google?!
And I would rather see it within the Google Mobile app for now, so we can play with it sooner.
But ultimately I would rather see it in Google Maps, the next OS update can take care of that. Whenever that maybe.
You still think there will be a 2.3? Just have this feeling that nothing else will be coming until 3.0 with the 3rd gen iPhone probably.
This will probably be integrated into Maps.. But really is there any more room for buttons in the maps app? Where are they gonna put the settings.
I suppose the Drop Pin and Show Traffic buttons could be combined into one split button to make room for a Latitude button. Im sure they could easily make it happen if they had to.
Where does it say that Apple wrote the interface for the map app?
Read the legal notices in the app and you find everybody EXCEPT Apple.
The copyright says google. Then it goes on to list the image/ map copyright holders. Then other copyrighted software included.
No Apple.
Item of interest: Speex copyright is mentioned. That says there might be voice capabilities built into maps app, becasuse that's what that codec is most often used for.
Exactly. A copyright doesn't necessarily mean "authored by" or "written by." It just indicates who "owns" the rights. I've done lots of work for people who own the rights to the work.
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@Icebike, as others have said, Apple wrote it, using google maps stuff, hence all the copyrights. not to mention the icon for maps is of Infinite Loop :-)
If its built into maps i 'might' use it. If its in google mobile, i'll never use it. I don't use the app. I would've thought google would want this to be a 'everyone has it' kind of app, otherwise the user base will never make it large enough that its worthwhile. So i expect to see this built into maps.
If Apple wrote it, where is their Copyright statement?
Apple doesn't own the rights to claim anywhere. The same way whomever designs Apple's web site (or whomever designed Pepsi's logo) doesn't have a copyright on those works. It's called "Work for Hire" rights.
Come on, this is definitely fake. Someone just photoshopped a screenshot of the directions view of Maps.app. The UI of the blurry photo does not make any sense.
First off, why would there be an edit button in the top left corner. Sure there must be a way of selecting friends, searching and controlling privacy. But "Editing" like for directions would not be analogous and so the UI would have to be differentiated.
Secondly, I seriously doubt Apple would adopt the "Loopt style" display of friend info (a picture and name embedded in a banner bar at the top of the screen). It is a poor ui choice because it is hard for the user to know which user on the map the info is referring to (the red instead of purple pins does not cut it). Apple would most likely adapt their floating disclose bubbles with a name and picture embedded if they were going to do this.
It would be very interesting if Google is able to convince Apple to include the Latitude service in the Map.app but it would come at a major cost to the simplicity of the Maps.app
I don't think having Latitude within the Maps app would necessarily complicated it. Why couldn't they just a have a "Latitude button" that when clicked opens a new map with all the required buttons and settings? Similar to the way the Phone app has a Contacts button.
"Steve Jobs just doesn't roll any other way."
We've been here before Rene. OSX=Ripped off BSD. Safari=Ripped off Konqueror.
The whole Apple rebirth was stolen from the opensource community, and only grudgingly and after threat of lawsuit were any contributions returned, and then only to KDE, nothing to the BSD community.
I get that you Glorify Steve, he's done wonders for Apple, but an honest admirer would at least acknowledge that the man is an intellectual thief.
There are two "basic" ways Apple and Google could've went about Maps. Either...
a) Apple paid Google a hefty fee to use their maps and corporate trademark (at the bottom left of the map) for use on APPLE'S exclusive app. Therefore, leaving Google no way of ever being able to yank the app, copy the app, or demand changing the app.
b) Google paid Apple to develop the app while providing Apple with full creative freedom (which I highly doubt).
Either way, Apple gets a nice app to help sell it's devices, while Google's name is promoted on the app. I'd be willing to bet that (a) was the way it "basically" went down. Then again, they possibly could've just bartered... (cool app in exchange for advertising) but that's unlikely.
Like Rene implied, Apple isn't foolish enough to have Google own the iPhone Maps app... just the copyright protection of it's name, maps, street views, etc (which, of course, they indeed CAN change at anytime), hence the copyright statements on the app.
No,no, not intended to be personal. Not to you any way. Sorry if it sounded that way.
Its Steve Jobs I was taking to task. Not you.
I'm not sure that most Apple users even recognize that OSX is not an Apple invention.
Have you opened the iPhone, gone to Settings, General, Legal and read those notes? Every flavor of BSD is mentioned, along with the GPL. If you release anything which includes code licensed under the GPL you have to release all of the source code (yours as well as the included stuff). Does Apple do that ? Can I get the source code for the OSX running on the iPhone?
Answer: No.
(And while you are reading those Legal notes pay attention to the fact that GOOGLE's privacy policy is carried front and center verbatim, even tho the only google related app that comes with the phone is the Maps App.)
So the fact that Steve claims Apple wrote Maps, and "Boomed" about it for 5 minutes means very little.
I still think he was handed the code intact from Google and stripped it down to bare bones and called it his own. That would be consistent with his track record. He copyrights everything he possibly can, and the fact that there is not an Apple copyright mentioned for Maps says his lawyers wouldn't let him.
@Icebike On the one hand i think you're arguing the same point "handed the code intact from Google and stripped it down to bare bones" Well yes, they've used the google maps infastructure rolled into the maps app, and called it, maps, and credited google in all the proper ways. Just as you've said. but you've lost me and I'm sure a lot of readers when you again say "there is not an Apple copyright mentioned for Maps"
as Steve above says, they have nothing to copyright! they have created, under licence, the maps app, using google's product. The copyright for the code in maps belongs to google. The maps application that utilises that code, is Apples.
You DO understand the concept of licencing right?
I don't think you're differentiating between "Copyright" ownership and "App" ownership.
Apple owns the Map app. Google only owns the rights to the app's content (maps, data, street views, etc) that Apple has paid Google to use on the app.
For example, the Detroit Red Wings don't print their T-Shirts... T-Shirt companies print them after paying the Red Wings hundreds of thousands of dollars in retainer fees for trademark usage, then (hopefully) sell enough shirts to make a profit. That's why the T-shirt company's name isn't in the copyright, but rather the Red Wings name is (even though they had nothing to do with designing nor printing them).
Apple made a Maps app and used Google's products to do so. Google's products mentioned above (not including the app itself), remain protected by those copyrights you see and speak of. Apple protects it's rights and patents to its apps elsewhere.
Don't know how better to explain it.
By the way, isn't You Tube a Google-related app, also?
( :shock: Uh oh, here we go again... )
@Steve, Great use of Hockey in that explanation.
Go Oilers! :-D
Calling Jobs would seem a bit strong, since the BSD allows the type of take-without-giving-back use practice Apple often employs. While a free software purist might want Apple to behave better, and may even find their actions immoral, there is nothing illegal about it.
That said, I had no idea the iPhone used GPL'd software until you pointed it out. I love my iphone, but i also contribut to different OSS projects and believe quite strongly in respecting author's license terms. Seeing references to the GPL on my iPhone was disappointing. would love to hear from somebody in the know why Apple's use of libgcc et. al. qualifies for an exception; otherwise, this would be intellectual theft, if not actual theft.
Rene, I cannot tell if you are joking around or truly have no understanding of the license issues, so I will just go through your examples:
1) So is the argument, for example, if Apple uses the Darwin kernel, they have to contribute back the code for Final Cut Pro?
Nope. Darwin's open source origins are all BSD based, and the BSD license does not require contributions, nor does it contain any clauses about linked or related works. Apple is under zero obligation to contribute anything back to these codebases - ever.
2) Google's GPL practices on the thread yet, and aren't we concerned they've home-brewed a gLinux to crunch all that Map data and not contributed it back ;) )
Nope -- not concerned one bit. I would like Google to contribute everything back, because I selfishly would love to learn from their work, but the GPL does not care one whit what you do with the code INTERNALLY, FOR YOUR OWN USES. Google, Apple, or Joe's Crab Shack can modify GPL'd software to their heart's content, without restrictions, as long as they keep that code to themselves. Once they DISTRIBUTE that code, they have to distribute under the provisions of the GPL. Which brings us to...
3) Apple using GPL'd software on the iPhone. Clearly, Apple is distributing software -- to us, the purchasers of this phone. Clearly, they are using GPL'd software, as there are 2 copies of the GPL referencing at least 3 libraries. Some authors offer dual licenses or exceptions which allow parties to distribute under other conditions. If Apple is not operating under one of those conditions, they are in breach of that license. Period.
GPL authors say "use my works for free however want, but, if you distribute it to others, you must give back your changes." Apple used this software, but (apparently) has not honored the only restriction the author put on it. That is neither moral nor legal (contractually).
There are specific exceptions, though, and hopefully, Apple is using only libraries that fall under the GPL linking exception, and in such a way that complies with that exception. That is the clarification I asked for earlier.
I was being semi-facetious, and apologies for that. I'm moderately familiar with BSD, GPL, Apache, and some of the other licences.
Like you, I hope Apple is respecting their licence obligations as they expect others to respect Apple's licences and not jailbreak or hackintosh, etc.
If not, they'll get sued eventually. Bad business for them to be poor corporate citizens.
It will only be a matter of time before it comes out, they have announced that they are testing the application, so just wait a bit more!
plus there is a lot more you can do with your iPhone as is, check out its application in robotics!: http://roboticsbm.blogspot.com/2009/02/using-modern-technology-for-robot...
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I've sat on this article for well over 24 hours now, and I'm still not sure what to think of it. It's so abstract, so out there. It's like someone asking you "How many tarantulas would you eat for...
I've sat on this article for well over 24 hours now, and I'm still not sure what to think of it. It's so abstract, so out there. It's like someone asking you "How many tarantulas would you eat for...
Former Raiders quarterback recalls his first two seasons in Oakland being disgusted by the level of rookie hazing which went on there.
The San Francisco 49ers returned to practice following their bye week, and Aldon Smith was with the group. Will he play this week? We'll see what the injury report says on Wednesday.
The ballots are in! Here are the team's year-end awards, as voted by the AN front-page crew.
I take a look at Nnamdi Asomugha's stats from his three games this season.
Recounting the Raiders player performances both good and bad in the Raiders week 9 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.
One week after appearing to have this team on the right track, the Oakland Raiders and Dennis Allen took two steps backwards on Sunday.
Shootouts might be stupid and annoying, but is it important to be good at them?
CGB's weekly installment of "Bear Raid Record Breaking" takes an interesting angle this week, as we look at Portland State's prolific run-and-shoot offense under Mouse Davis from 1975 to 1980.
What does the future hold for the Raiders?
Previewing Cal's annual FCS opponent. Do they have any hope of stopping the Bear Raid from piling up points and yards? Probably not.
Don't worry. The Giants are fourth in the league in offensive WAR. This will all straighten itself out soon. But imagine if the Giants won 22 in a row and the Dodgers lost 22 in a row. That'd be...
The 2001 San Francisco Giants will be remembered solely for Barry Bonds' historic feat (sorry, Chris Davis & Maris family), but his scrappy team was also chasing a playoff spot. Here's a look back...
It wasn't that long ago that Brandon Belt was there, and now he's a proven major leaguer. You hear that, you jackals? A proven major leaguer.
A's prospect Addison Russell is getting a lot of hype, though there are a few red flags. Should we worry, or will he live up to the acclaim?
Breaking down the different obstacles that the A's and Rangers face on their way to a division championship.
The A's and Rangers are tied. What can we find in the standings to set them apart from each other?
The San Francisco 49ers and the NFC West are prevalent on the NFC Pro Bowl roster for 2013.
The Oakland Raiders will have Marcel Reece and Sebastian Janikoswki as alternates, but no players will represent the team in the annual game as full selectees.
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iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak now available for original iPad, iPhone 4, older models
Thanks to pod2g and all his hard work, an untethered jailbreak is now available for the original iPad, iPhone 4, iPod touch 4, and older models. Both redsn0w and Corona have been updated to support the new, untethered jailbreak.
A few days ago, @pod2g gave the untether to both the iPhone devteam and the chronic devteam. We've put it into redsn0w 0.9.10 and PwnageTool, and the chronic devteam put it into a Cydia package (the same set of exploits is in all three).
Unfortunately, Apple A5 chipset-powered devices, namely iPhone 4S and iPad 2, are still in jailbreak limbo.
Because those devices cannot use geohot's limera1n exploit to inject the untether, they require exploits above and beyond those used for this release. Keep following pod2g on twitter or his blog for any progress reports!
Hit the source links below to start jailbreaking iOS 5.0.1 untethered, and if you need any help jump on into our jailbreak forums.
Source: Dev-Team Blog/redsn0w, Chronic Dev-Team/Corona, donate to @pod2g
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The jaibreak is quick, Cydia installed... just need to get Cydia to let me into 'manage my account' and get my paid-for goodies back :)
Woooooo thank you thank you thank you :)
Direct download links for redsnow 0.9.10b1
This is the best Christmas Present ever!!!! Many thanks to the Jailbreaking community!! Another great job!!!
Anybody else having issues with redsn0w? I'm on 5.0.1 on my VZW Iphone 4. It goes through the first 2 stages and reboots but then it doesn't complete. Seems like I am in DFU mode for it to even begin.
I tried to just boot tethered temporarily and that didn't even work. No luck with greenpois0n either. What am I doing wrong?
Where's geohot? We all (a lot of us) helped him out of legal trouble, now it's time to repay us with a inject for A5 devices
It works beautifully. I had the tethered one a few days ago, and it bricked my phone, so I had to restore to non-jailbroken. Now, I am back, and can reboot at will, with no problems.
Is it going to change the baseband ???
Pretty funny how even now in order for this to work they're still relying on George's work from a while back. With all due respect for the hard work these guys did to make this happen, but without George holding their hands, they wouldn't have been able to make this happen. Proof positive that someone of his caliber is needed to crack the A5 if possible.... otherwise it would have been done already.
The issue here is that when so much reliance is put on a single person and that person leaves, the affected community pretty much comes to a standstill. Same thing happened to the PSP community when Alex left them to go work for someone. Seems the easy way to defuse a problem is to just offer the head expert a job and that pretty much brings the hacks to a screeching halt. Makes you wonder if this is becoming the new "job application" process for smart people who can't get their foot in the door any other way because the corporate people are too stuck up to accept real talent despite work or educational background.
Can't find the "Corona" on cydia, all I see are themes. What repository is it under?
First time jailbreak and it just seems unstable. Installed SBSettings and my iPhone 4 keeps freezing like it's shutting down. I think it's probably rebooting, though I don't ever see the Apple logo. Perhaps it's just that every time I change SBSettings settings it reboots? I'll see if it stabilizes after I'm done customizing; otherwise, I might just restore and continue without jailbreaking.
That is a respiring. Totally normal. Kinda like a reboot but takes less time. Think of it as logging out of and back in to your Mac.
If I have the tethered jailbreak on my phone at the moment, will it just be updated to the untethered version when I download the new software, or is it going to re-jailbreak the phone??
Kudos to you guys that held on to your iPhone 4 and iPad 1st gen. I'd like some kind of jailbreak, any kind of jailbreak for my iPad 2 or iPhone 4s.
FYI: I ran the update on my AcidSnow semi-tethered iphone 4.
It freaks out during the first part of the JB and HANGS....
I had to wipe fresh and jailbreak in order for it to work.
Now it is AWESOME> pod2g is my new hero.
anyone else having issues with corona loading fully?
Seems no matter what app I try to update I recieve "Note: Cannot Locate Package" I am hoping this is due to the amount of folks hitting servers right now, But the only thing I have not been able to successfully access any of the apps or utilities, I can't hit SB Settings either.
Can I tick "enable multitasking gestures" as well as having "install cydia" ticked, this is for my ipad.
I didnt tick "enable multitasking gestures" when i jailbroke and multitasking gestures disappeared even though 5.0.1 enables it.
So should i redo it with gestures ticked?
ya... and it happened on my birthday!!!
Does this work with the iPod touch 3G?
These jackballs are STILL using Geohot's hard work. Do they ever do ANYTHING on their own?! Seems like the only genius here is Geohot!!!
When i downloaded the iOS 5.0.1 firmware and in iTunes, i hit shift+restore but it won't update it and mu ipod touch 3g is stuck.
What should i do know?
I was wondering if there was a jailbreak available for the Iphone 4 CMDA with OS 5.0.1??? Please help me out. If yes, any clue on to where would be helpful
updated my iphone to 5.0.1....but did not preserve the baseband :(
was using it earlier using Gevey sim...
have to wait till a solution comes for this :(
Guys please preserver your baseband before updating...
I think this Jailbreak disables FaceTime when I go to use it on wifi it says its disabled and doesnt turn it on
hey I have the iPod touch 4th gen. But I have a MD MODEL not a mc model an I want to know if this jailbreak supports md models and if I jailbreak it and it does not support it it will mess up my entire iPod touch and I won't be able to restore it because it is system files not firmware files
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Office Chair Review: Knoll Generation Chair
The Generation Chair by Knoll – Tested and tried at NeoCon 2009
This is a very unique chair – The first of its kind in terms of backrest motion and malleability. Not to mention a very good looking little task chair. But is it a once in a generation chair? We sat and tested this chair at NeoCon Chicago 2009. It is one in a new movement towards creating more unique tasking solutions. The idea in concept is very sound, and the design team hit a home run on the backrest, but there are certain detraction's that left us a bit disappointed, considering the hype.
To start, let's put this chair in perspective to what it is, as it cannot be compared to leather office chairs, for example. More reasonable comparisons are the Humanscale Diffrient Task chair and the Herman Miller Setu Chair. (We'll be reviewing the Diffrient Task Chair shortly – the Setu was also tried out, and we'll have a basic review of that as well…) It is a task chair, meant for, and creating for, working environments. With that said…
According to Knoll, it is a task chair meant for "collaborations" and fluid work environments. However, if you sit in your desk typing all day, I hardly think this chair will do you any good. Why? The philosophy behind the chair is that we actually spend more time moving in our chair than sitting in it – this should be true, we should be moving, but do we? I mean, how many of us can type effectively in any of the positions shown below? These people demonstrating the chair are in the act of talking, hanging out, possibly working. The world will know. But the basic fact remains that a workplace envornment where 95% of the time these are the ideal sitting positions doesn't exist. And you certainly cannot type in any of these positions. Have you tried typing with your leg over the armrest? More errors than you can imagine! Which brings us to the next point regarding the use of the chair in respect to what it capacity the chair could be beneficial in…
As I mentioned before, it is a very good chair to collaborate in. In spaces where people meet informally, talk a lot together, brainstorm, etc, it is an ideal chair. You can relax well in the chair. But I'm not sold on it as a cubicle chair for a variety of reasons…Let's go into detail about the good, bad, and my lasting thoughts on the chair…
What's Good about the chair?
There's plenty to like. It's a nice looking chair – modern, sleek lines, and a nice selection of colors for the back and the seat. It is VERY green, recycled and recyclable. It is not an eyesore, and only complements modern work environments. The backrest is the real success story regarding the chair. It is a mid back, meaning, for 99% of the population, the backrest is not going to provide support above the shoulders, and for most won't reach the shoulder height. But with this chair, that's ok. The flexing back material (seemingly made of a rubber composite) has no frame on the back, which allows for flexing in a wide range of motion, particularly nice for stretching or turning around, (albeit you could just swivel around) and talking to co-workers rather easily. The backrest is also comfortable, not a hard plastic, and molds well to your back shape.
Add in the optional lumbar support and you get sufficient lower back support. Won't relieve back pain, but won't cause it either. Essentially, the motion the backrest allows is good – I'm just a little skeptical about how much we would use it, and the price vs. functionality that an innovative feature like this commands.
And the not so good?
Unfortunately, there is one area where the Generation Chair takes a step back to the previous generation. It was uncomfortable enough to spoil the uniqueness and comfort of the Back – the Seat. It seems in designing and implementing the back, Knoll forgot that the seat is where our all day pressure is. It really was not comfortable for me, right off the bat. The seat has a thin foam cushion which is upholstered on what seemed to be a plastic seat pan – not solid plastic, but plastic strips. I could feel those within 5 minutes of sitting on it. Not ideal.
The foam itself is not soft, rather firm, but even so, the thinness of it was quite surprising. The seat does have a seat slider, but in using it, I encountered another issue. I adjusted the seat pan a bit forward (I am 5'7″, 145 lbs.) but not much. After re-sitting on the adjusted seat, I felt towards the back of the seat two hard pressure points. It felt like two little blocks of wood on my buttocks. Not comfortable at all. I sat in another Generation (the showroom at Neocon must've had over 50 Generations) and felt the same issue. So I asked my brother to give it a whirl. He is 5'11″, 195 lbs, and he immediately remarked, "What is that?!". It was disappointing, to say the least, to have experienced this. We sit on the seat of the chair on average 8 hours a day, and are not always leaning against the back. This is why the seat is THE most critical part of the chair, and the easiest to make comfortable. Knoll simply forgot how to on this chair, and the chair lost all long term comfort value for us. From being a nice innovative task chair, the way the seat felt immediately moved it into the "1-2 hour meeting chair mode".
Update: Knoll apparently offers a thicker seat cushion at no extra charge. I would recommend this. I don't know how it feels, since we weren't told at the showroom which ones had it, but I can imagine with the thicker cushion it would be much better. If the thick cushion makes it so you don't feel the plastic straps, then it would be a much better task chair – it would be worth the price at that point.
What's the price?
We don't know the price – the chair doesn't release until July 15th, but were told at NeoCon by Knoll representatives that the chair will be retailing from $750 to upwards of $1000.00 USD, depending on the options selected, such as arms, leathers, lumbar support, etc.
For a task chair, to sit in 8 hours a day and hash out emails, etc, it is not the ideal chair. The seat will kill you and really be painful after 4 hours, especially if you are heavier. Combine that with the estimated price, and the chair becomes, in our opinion, overrated. As a conference, meeting room chair for informal settings, for a modern workspace where employees don't have to sit 8 hours a day, it could be a nice chair. It would look nice anywhere, but unfortunately, it doesn't feel nice everywhere. And you need that in a chair, we think. Thus the 3 – a pricey, sub-par chair with a great and unique backrest.
Update: It would get 4-5 "chairs" if you got the chair with the upgraded seat cushion, which would minimalize the seat cushion issue. But I don't know for sure whether 4 or 5, since I've only sat on it with the thin seat cushion. If anyone has one with a thick cushion, let us know what your value assessment of the chair is!
Tags: generation chair, knoll, knoll generation chair, neocon, neocon 2009, new task chairs
11 Responses to "Office Chair Review: Knoll Generation Chair"
I think I will try to recommend this post to my friends and family, cuz it's really helpful.
I've spent over 5 hours in the chair – in a private office setting. I'm mostly sitting at a computer – tapping away (50% of the time), and writing, receiving guests in meetings in my office (25% of the time), and miscellaneous (25% of the time). I'm finding the chair to be very comfortable. I don't feel these "strips of plastic" that you refer to at all. I'm about 160 lbs. – probably the mean in percentile. I'd give it a thumbs up, without any of the work/play features that it is designed for.
The " bad" comment should be corrected because there is a thicker seat cushion avaialable as well at no upcharge.
Sometimes it's really that simple, isn't it? I feel a little stupid for not thinking of this myself/earlier, though.
I didn't know bad customer service existed any more. Unfortunately Knoll's customer service is not good and warrants a sober second thought knowing that if you need to contact the company, a 'company responce' is all you'll recieve.
-My issue lies specifically in trying to add arms to an armless generation chair which for some reason is reported to cost $300.00 (for arms).
Call a dealer in your area, should be listed geographically in your area. You're being told a list price without any discount.
This is easily the most uncomfrotable chair I have used at work. I agre that it simply is not functional in an actual office setting. My back and legs hurt every day. I strongly recommend against this chair.
Marisa, are you using the thin seat that is standard, or did you ask for the thicker upgrade? Can you be specific about what the problem is? I am considering this chair as opposed to the Herman Miller Aeron and yours is the first totally negative review I have read on any site. Thanks.


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Forgot this was on last night. Oh well, it repeats a lot.
Forgot this was on last night. Oh well, it repeats a lot.
I think I will have a snack and take a nap before I eat and go to sleep.
Maybe I am not paying enough attention, but I haven't understood Gunnar's dislike of Christpher at all. Christopher seems like a normal, decent guy. I am already fast forwarding through everything Gunnar is saying to the camera. Can't stand him. My favs so far are Ven (I do not find him arrogant at all), Demetri (who looked stunned whenn they announced he was in the "safe" group - I think he was expecting to be one of the top 3), and Sonjia. I like them as people, as well as designers. They are clearly in a class by themselves.
One of the blogs on the Lifetime site ends this episode recap with this:
"And then there were 14. I know I harped on this in my last blog, but you do not want to miss Episode 3 — there is a cliffhanger that will leave you speechless!"
Very interesting...
Yes, I like Christopher as well. Gunner is a bit of an ass. Gunner said that there wasn't room for both of them in the first episode.
The apron dress made me laugh. It was so ugly.
Snape's dress was fabulous, but I guess it wasn't fun enough or obviously candy enough. I don't have a problem with him not winning, but I do have a problem with Gunner being in the top three instead of him.
I also have a problem with Andrea not being in the bottom three.
This was an interesting challenge. Loathed the bottom three and Andrea's, but I really, really liked everyone else's.
"The practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the possibility of practicing sport, without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play." Olympic Charter
They do some version of this every season.
I wonder if Dimitri got dinged by the judges for his t-shirt top? Not exactly a creative use of candy to cut up a shirt into an Anya style tee.
I finally watched it on On Demand. No question, for me that Ven won. His dress was fabulous! I really liked Dimitri's dress, as well. I don't care that the top was just tee shirt fabric, He handled the midriff and skirt beautifully. I liked Gunnar's dress, but the peplum was weird, in the back. I didn't like the way it stuck out in front, then was flat in the back. I thought Dimitri deserved top 3 more than Gunnar. I thought Sonjia's was good, but not deserving of the praise she got. The rest were meh. I thought Buffi's was hideous. And Alicia's was a freak show. I don't know why Alicia was not in the bottom 3.
Anyone watching or is everyone watching the Olympics tonight?? I'm dvr'ing the Olympics as I can't stay up late enough to see it all. So I'm watching PR.
I just want to say that all the "I can't believe we don't have more time" whining is bizarre. How did these people try out for this show without knowing how it works? The time constraints are nothing new.
Judy Collins is NOT taking this seriously. She needs to take her passive-aggressive b/s and go home.
However, Christopher needs to strap on a pair.
Gunnar's gown was awful, I can't believe it's in the top two. Pokemon was very gracious in his compliments re: Gunnar.
Yul Brynner's gown was gorgeous, but he is soooo full of himself.
Snape and Goth Barbie should have been in the top two, IMHO.
Widow's Peak & Ms. Birkenstocks are toast.
Your nicknames crack me up, Fergus. And what's worse is that while I can't remember half their real names, I know exactly who you are talking about.
I can't believe that white mess made the top two. I don't think the idea was bad, but the execution was so atrocious.
Something really exciting better happen before it is over after all the "don't miss" admonitions about this episode.
As for Judy Collins--after the whole thing on the runway about wanting to be there...WTF? And are more of them seriously leaving?
Think they'll bring people back or let the season be shortened????
I missed the very end. What happened?
In my spare time, I like to interview figure skating legends.
^ Judy Collins left in the middle of the night.
Goth Barbie and Buffi the Good Taste Slayer just sit there drinking their Sanka and chattin' about it like nothing happened. Weird.
i expected irina to turn around and throw off that isadora duncan scarf and force the judges to look at that diaper flap gunnar sewed into the back. if it had won, i would bet any amt of money that irina would refuse to wear it.
christopher needs to be slapped repeatedly. he cried like he was describing genocide.
so since judy collins ran away from home, will raoul come back?
I feel like I'm in a dream. But it can't be a dream because there are no boy dancers!