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Disaster ready...prepared people, resilient community
THANK YOU! The Seattle Office of Emergency Management would like to thank all of the neighborhoods that did their part during the snow and ice storm that hit Seattle January 17th. From shoveling sidewalks to clearing storm drains, Seattleites showed that they come together to support each other in times like this. This is also a great time to ask yourself . . . Was I as prepared as I thought I was?
Some questions you might want to ask: Did I have sufficient supplies? Were there people in the neighborhood that needed some additional help? Did I have sufficient supplies for a power outage? Did my crank radio work? Could I find my flashlights? Did I have back up batteries and other essential items?
If you would like to share a story about how your preparedness efforts helped you during the storm, or how you wish you had done something to different prepare yourself we would love to hear from you. Stories have a powerful effect on people and Seattle OEM is embarking on a project to collect stories to share with others to highlight the importance of preparedness. Please send stories to: firstname.lastname@example.com.
The winter storm was not as bad as it could have been and certainly wasn't even close to what we will experience in a major disaster. If you found that your level of preparedness was not as good as you had hoped it would be seize the moment and make some improvements. As always, the staff at Seattle Office of Emergency Management is here to help if you have questions or concerns.
Skills Training Classes for January - June 2012 The Seattle Office of Emergency Management is offering a series of skills-based classes again this year. These classes are intended to enhance your ability to personally respond during disasters. Provide training for organized community groups, neighbors, friends and co-workers and teach you life-saving skills that can be used both in a disaster and in your everyday life.
Fire Extinguisher Use & Utility Control Saturday, March 3, 2012 9:00 - 11:00 AM or 12:00 - 2:00 PM
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Queen Anne Branch Library 400 W. Garfield St., 98119 Tuesday, February 7, 2012 6:30 - 7:45 PM
Ballard Branch Library - New Brown Bag Mid-week Class! Bring your lunch and enjoy. 5814 22nd Ave NW, 98107 Friday, February 10, 2012 Noon - 1:30 PM New Holly Branch Library - New Location for 2012! 7058 32nd Ave S, 98118 Saturday, February 25, 2012 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Home Retrofit Class - February If your home was built before 1980, this class is for you! "Do-it-yourself" focus teaches you the process, plans and tools required to seismically secure your home to its foundation, and/or become a knowledgeable consumer when hiring someone. Pre-register by email at: email@example.com, or call 206-233-5076. Class is free.
Greenwood Branch Library 8016 Greenwood Ave. N., 98103 Sunday, February 26, 2012 2:00 - 4:00 PM
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Indicative annual fee 2014 | $28,720* AUD |
CRICOS course code | 054580F |
IELTS Requirement | IELTS overall score of 7 (with no band score less than 6.5) or equivalent |
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The Military Times reports the group would be responsible for cyber warfare and would work the computerized front lines from desks here in the U.S.
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Saying "we are all border-landers," Alan Bersin told members of the U.S.-Mexico Border Mayors Association on Friday that the number of ports of entry between the two countries needs to more than double to 100.
Bersin—the former superintendent of San Diego Unified School District now serving as the assistant secretary of international affairs for the Department of Homeland Security—kicked off the third binational summit of the U.S.-Mexico Border Mayors Association alongside San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders and Tijuana Mayor Carlos Bustamante.
Bersin spoke to a group of 22 mayors—13 from the U.S. and nine from Mexico—and said the relationships formed between the two countries will shape the "future" of the North American economy.
"We need to go from 46 ports of entries to a 100 ports of entries and we need to do that over the course of 40 years," he told the audience at the Manchester Grand Hyatt. "What we are talking about is a North America that is able to provide a quality of life to our people in ways that are dramatic."
Bersin—alongside Sanders, Bustamante and El Paso Mayor John Cook who previously hosted a summit—also spoke about the importance of the U.S.-Mexico Border Mayors Association.
Sanders said his relationship with Bustamante has developed over the years and the two often work together.
"I can't remember a time when our cities worked more closely together," said Sanders, who noted the two will take a trip to Washington, D.C., in the coming weeks to advocate for border projects.
The two also noted the importance of "one voice" when bringing forth ideas to Mexico City or Washington.
"We can lobby on both sides of the border," Bustamante said. "There are lot of people from my country that live here and there are a lot of U.S. citizens that live in Tijuana.
"A together voice gives us more clout and credibility."
The 22 mayors planned sessions throughout the day focused on trade, policy, immigration and tourism.
Bersin said the young association is developing a border region that's needed in the future.
"The future is not what it was and need to build on that," he said. "There's a certain amount of competition that will always exist but there is more in common. The respect is mutual and we need to build on that. The challenges that are better coming will require these relationships.
"We are all border-landers," he said. "We are all people who live and work on this border."
Alan Bersin Urges the Doubling of U.S.-Mexico Border Crossing Sites
Former superintendent of San Diego schools addresses 22 mayors at summit in San Diego.
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Ed Sorrels
August 24, 2012 at 07:02 PM
" Double Border Crossings" Really stupid idea, What we actually do is halve them, making border more secure and easier to control, allowing for more drug arrests and more illegal alien arrests and more discovery and confiscation of illegal copy items. We should have done this years ago,
John Galt
August 24, 2012 at 08:15 PM
Who is going to pay for this? Let me guess... U.S. for both sides.
Bad idea.
Stephen Wilkinson
August 24, 2012 at 08:37 PM
Why don't we just annex Mexico as the 51st state already ... plus then we can start taxing them.
August 24, 2012 at 09:11 PM
After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 an organization was formed called "9-11 Truth" who's goal was to prove a conspiracy involving our own government. Although I myself suspect a conspiracy, I don't believe the conspirtators will be found in the rubble of the demolished buildings.
Answer these questions and you will find the conspirators:
- Who let these illegal alien terrorists into the country to begin with?
- Who let them stay here unchecked for years on end?
- Who let them get away with taking flying lessons?
- Who is aiding and abeting the next terrorist attack by continuing to leave the borders wide open?
Kevin George
August 24, 2012 at 09:21 PM
It was Sheriff Bill Gore when he was still in the big leagues?
"However, in a 900-page report, the House and Senate intelligence committees criticize the pre-Sept. 11 counter terrorism analysis done by the Agent Bill Gore in San Diego, noting that intelligence failures were especially obvious there, where two hijackers were known to a longtime FBI informant.
Jimmy Sanders
August 24, 2012 at 09:47 PM
We already have several hundred border crossing sites. Oh wait, my bad, Bersin probably meant "legal" crossing sites!
Sarah Riccitelli
August 26, 2012 at 01:01 AM
@ Batman & Kevin- Arab terrorists committed 9/11, not Mexican. Mexico had nothing to do w/it. Stay on topic please.
Jay Berman
August 27, 2012 at 04:36 PM
Bersin ... typical government hack ... getting appointed to jobs he has no qualification for ... Just like Panetta .. time to get rid of these hacks and put people in positions they actually know something about ..
August 27, 2012 at 04:40 PM
9:39 am on Monday, August 27, 2012
Jennifer Vigil -
Why are you not printing comments on the Mansion Mysteries that support that Rebecca Zahau committed suicide because she hurt Max Shacknai? Why are you only printing comments that state the Shacknais or Romanos killed RZ, when they have been cleared by police and her death ruled a suicide? Why don't you care about the death of a little 6-year old boy???
August 27, 2012 at 04:43 PM
Jennifer Vigil -
Why are you not printing comments on the Mansion Mysteries that support that Rebecca Zahau committed suicide because she hurt Max Shacknai? Why are you only printing comments that state the Shacknais or Romanos killed RZ, when they have been cleared by police and her death ruled a suicide? Why don't you care about the death of a little 6-year old boy???
August 27, 2012 at 04:59 PM
Anyone from any country can walk across an open border. Only 60% of the illegal aliens in our country are Mexican.
Jay Berman
August 27, 2012 at 05:02 PM
Mr. Batman .. where did you get that only 60% are Mexican ? Is someone down there with a counter ?
Susan Brinchman
August 27, 2012 at 06:24 PM
If Bersin recommends it, I strongly suggest exploring what is behind these recommendations. As a teacher who worked under the failed "Blueprint for Progress" when Bersin was superintendent, I saw that "the spin" is often financially motivated, political, and/or flawed. For instance, some felt, driving the older teachers out of the system because they were more expensive, so the school district could hire two (rookies) for one (experienced) teacher. In addition, it is my understanding that he owned land near the border. Then, there was the port district fiasco...
Kevin George
August 27, 2012 at 07:15 PM
– Fifty-eight percent of the illegal immigrant population is from Mexico. (Pew)
George Mitrovich
August 27, 2012 at 07:19 PM
A "typical government hack." Really? Let's see, Alan Bersin is a Harvard and Yale Law graduate, Rhodes Scholar, U.S. Attorney, California's Secretary of Education, San Diego's Superintendent of Schools, Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and Under-Secretary at Homeland Security, who just happens to speak Spanish. But, yea, Jay Berman must be right, Bersin's is just a "typical government hack."
Would Mr. Berman mind telling us who he is?
Jay Berman
August 27, 2012 at 07:47 PM
Goes from government job (appointment) to job .. education to border ... like Panetta as sec of defense or Napalitano as sec of homeland security ...
Jay Berman
August 27, 2012 at 07:52 PM
How can you have "facts" like this when there is no one counting ? They have been saying 8 to 12 million illegals here for the last 10 years ... the fact is, it is impossible to say how many illegal aliens are here, and how they break down by where they are from or race ... simply impossible. One thing is for sure, illegal immigration has negatively affected the continental 48 states .. the flow may have slowed down but they are still coming .... last few weeks I think 2 or 3 boatloads were caught .. wonder how many get through .. who's counting ?
August 28, 2012 at 02:17 AM
Can someone please make "Censorship?" go away? Tired of reading this same comment on articles that have NOTHING to do with what he/she is saying. Where is the censorship on that?????
August 30, 2012 at 02:44 PM
That would be one big-@$$ed state. I think Mexico already has its own states - just annex them all as they are...
Fuku Jones
September 07, 2012 at 04:55 PM
Me too. The damage no-nothing Bersin did to the schools is San Diego is legend. He is a loyal dog to whatever master has a half-baked reform scheme that needs a bully to push it thru. If Bersin is involved, look for the money going into his pocket, the babes into his bed and the bodies over which he is crawling.
Fuku Jones
September 07, 2012 at 04:57 PM
Oh yeah, all those degrees and rich friends, talk to the man for a minute and you will see how empty all his "education" is. I've done it. Bersin, a rimless cypher, as my Brooklyn granddad would have called him.
Fuku Jones
September 07, 2012 at 05:01 PM
Poor George, he has confused the good with the powerful. While it does take effort to get into all those schools, it isn't intellectual effort, it's social connection. Many brilliant people never get to Harvard. Malcolm Gladwell's book Outliers makes a liar of anyone who is impressed with the search tag, Harvard, or Oxford. Empty, useless elites. Who from these places works for justice? Hah!
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So I did it because everyone else was doing it and it was the sociable thing to do. I just wanted to spend some more time in the evening with my friends.
I'm just a very competitive person. I just wanted to compete and wanted to race and do well and swim fast. It all snowballed from there. I started racing when I was nine or 10. Every time I got in the pool I wanted to win.
I'd like to quality for the 50m and 100m Freestyle and the 100m Butterfly. To qualify for all three would be perfect.
It is funny because when I look back on it now, all those years ago, it just seems like yesterday because it has gone so fast and all happened so quickly - becoming a member of the national team and then thinking: 'hey, I could actually go to an Olympics'.
And then making an Olympics in Beijing in 2008 and now we have a home Olympics where, hopefully, I will be in with a shout of a medal, which would be fantastic.
I've got my targets for London. I'd like to qualify for the 50m and the 100m freestyle and the 100m butterfly. I am going to swim all those at the trials and if I qualify for all three that would be the perfect meet for me.
He swam awfully in the heats then managed to beat Michael Phelps in the semi-finals!
I'm going to be involved in the relays too, which makes five events for me in total. And, you think, there are heats, semis and finals in pretty much all of them so I could end up with 13 swims in eight days. So I will be a busy girl!
We're hoping to provide come Olympic memories for Britain - I always remember Stephen Parry in Athens. I was 14 when the Athens Olympics were on. He is scouser - he trained in Liverpool like I did.
He swam awfully in the heats of the 200m butterfly and only just qualified for the semis. And then managed to beat Michael Phelps in the semi-finals of Michael Phelps' main event!
He went on to get a bronze medal in the final. That, for me, was really inspirational - that a guy from Liverpool who trained with my coach could make an Olympic team and won a medal.
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Contractor Bobby Ferguson, left, and former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick / Detroit Free Press file photo
A wealthy businessman resurrected one of the government�s key themes today in the federal public corruption trial: Don�t upset Bobby Ferguson.
Avinash Rachmale, CEO of Lakeshore Engineering, told jurors repeatedly today that in growing his business, he made sure he kept Ferguson happy by cutting him in on multimillion-dollar contracts. He said Ferguson, the longtime friend and co-defendant of ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, was key in winning city contracts.
But, he said, he learned that the hard way.
Rachmale testified that he believes in 2003, Ferguson killed two city contracts worth a combined $15 million because he wouldn�t give Ferguson a big enough cut on one of the deals. He never rebuffed Ferguson again, he said, noting when he later made Ferguson part of his team, he won city contracts.
�We just did not want to upset him,� Rachmale testified, noting that the $15-million loss hurt him financially and emotionally.
�It was devastating,� Rachmale recalled. �I had stomachaches. I couldn�t come to work for a while.�
Rachmale also testified that Ferguson received $1 million in payments for no-show work and drafted phony invoices through his wife�s company to make the payments look legitimate. The $1 million was a payout to get Ferguson off a Detroit water project, Rachmale testified.
The first installment of that $1 million was a $25,000 payment that Ferguson had demanded, Rachmale testified. He told jurors that Ferguson wanted the money immediately, so he scrambled to come up with the cash, and that some of his employees cut personal checks to meet Ferguson�s demands.
�Did you believe the $1 million was appropriate?� Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Chutkow asked Rachmale.
�No,� he answered.
�Why did you do it then?� Chutkow asked.
�We did not want to upset Ferguson,� Rachmale said. �I remembered losing my two contracts.�
Rachmale�s testimony followed that of his former business partner Thomas Hardiman, a contractor who spent five days on the stand telling jurors that Ferguson had extorted him. Hardiman was grilled about his testimony by the defense, which portrayed him as someone who used Ferguson to win contracts, not the other way around.
Rachmale�s testimony corroborated Hardiman�s extortion claims and bolstered the government�s allegations that Ferguson and Kilpatrick shook contractors down to steer work Ferguson�s way. Rachmale said that his company was especially hurt by the $15-million loss because at the time, his firm was still relatively small -- about 18 employees with $12 million-$15 million in annual revenues -- and losing $15 million in work was a big hit.
Rachmale said he was especially baffled because no one at City Hall or in the water department would explain why he lost the contracts after they had been approved.
�I was scratching my head. We didn�t do anything wrong,� Rachmale testified.
Rachmale said that he eventually learned about Ferguson�s political ties and friendship with Kilpatrick through Hardiman.
According to Hardiman�s testimony, when Lakeshore lost the contracts, he went on a mission to find out why they were killed, but no one would answer him. Not City Hall officials or water department officials, he said. He even contacted Kilpatrick�s mother, ex-U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, but she couldn�t help, either, he said.
Hardiman and Rachmale eventually turned to Kilpatrick�s father, Bernard Kilpatrick, for help. Rachmale said that he paid Bernard Kilpatrick a $2,500 consulting fee to find out what went wrong with the contracts.
In the end, Rachmale said, this is what Bernard Kilpatrick suggested: �You need to talk to Bobby.�
The defense could cross-examine Rachmale as early as Friday.
Kwame Kilpatrick, Bernard Kilpatrick and Ferguson are charged with running a criminal enterprise through the mayor�s office to enrich themselves. They all deny the charges.
A fourth co-defendant, ex-city water department director Victor Mercado, cut a deal with the government Nov. 5 and faces up to 18 months in prison for his role in the enterprise.
Testimony resumes at 9 a.m. Friday.


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PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - Jurors in suburban Detroit have gone home after less than two hours of deliberations in the trial of a 75-year-old woman who fatally shot her teenage grandson.
The jury got the case Monday after attorneys delivered closing arguments in the case against Sandra Layne.
Jurors could convict Layne of first-degree murder or a lesser charge. But they could also acquit her based on her claim that she killed her 17-year-old grandson, Jonathan Hoffman, last May in self-defense after he struck her during an argument.
Prosecutor Paul Walton says there's no evidence to back up that assertion. He told the jury that Layne deserves a first-degree murder conviction because she shot at Hoffman ten times during a six-minute span, hitting him six times.


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Application Metering
Ok so some challenges with this..
we are going through our tests as a dry run for change control and we need to show start times of applications.
I started Winzip, Acrobat Reader and InfoPath.... they didnt check in so was talking with Symantec.. they check in Daily or weekly.. I have it set to daily and he said i have to wait 24hrs... so i did now they show up.. but an issue..
they are off by 5hrs!!!! anyone know why the report would be off by 5hrs? exactly 5hrs
they were ran at 8:xx am not 1:xxpm
Application | First Run | First Computer | Last Run | Last Computer |
AcroRd32.exe | 11/15/12 1:50 PM | A226508 | 11/15/12 1:50 PM | A226508 |
Infopath.exe | 11/15/12 1:53 PM | A226508 | 11/15/12 1:53 PM | A226508 |
WinZip.exe | 11/15/12 1:47 PM | A226508 | 11/15/12 1:47 PM | A226508 |
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You may want to check the time and location settings on the 3 points where data is gathered and sent to:
Workstation, NS Server, SQL Server.
I haven't seen that problem before but i removed Application metering and haven't put it back yet. no particular reason why but just not got round to it.
i wouldn't be suprised if its something silly like that.
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so i took a report from NS 6 and made it work for NS 7.1...
anyone wanna assist on subtracting 5hrs from time?
t2.[Application] AS 'Application', t2.[First Run] AS 'First Run', 'First Computer' = (SELECT c.[Name] FROM dbo.vComputer c WHERE c.[Guid] = t2.[_First]),
t2.[Last Run] AS 'Last Run', 'Last Computer' = (SELECT c.[Name] FROM dbo.vComputer c WHERE c.[Guid] = t2.[_Last])
(SELECT t.[Application],
t.[First Run], '_First' = (SELECT TOP 1 i.[_ResourceGuid]
FROM dbo.Evt_Application_Start i
WHERE i.[Start Date] = t.[First Run] AND i.[Policy Name] = t.[Application]
ORDER BY i.[_id]),
t.[Last Run],
'_Last' = (SELECT TOP 1 i.[_ResourceGuid]
FROM dbo.Evt_Application_Start i
WHERE i.[Start Date] = t.[Last Run] AND i.[Policy Name] = t.[Application]
ORDER BY i.[_id] DESC)
(SELECT i.[Policy Name] AS 'Application', MIN(i.[Start Date]) AS 'First Run', MAX(i.[Start Date]) AS 'Last Run'
FROM dbo.Evt_Application_Start i
i.[Policy Name]
This is just your SELECT stament, modified, to take the UTC dates and put them into the datetime that corresponds with your SQL server. The rest of you query stays the same...
SELECT DISTINCT t2.[Application] AS 'Application'
,DATEADD(MINUTE, DATEDIFF(MINUTE, GETUTCDATE(), GETDATE()), t2.[First Run]) AS 'First Run'
,'First Computer' = (SELECT c.[Name] FROM dbo.vComputer c WHERE c.[Guid] = t2.[_First])
,DATEADD(MINUTE, DATEDIFF(MINUTE, GETUTCDATE(), GETDATE()), t2.[Last Run]) AS 'Last Run'
,'Last Computer' = (SELECT c.[Name] FROM dbo.vComputer c WHERE c.[Guid] = t2.[_Last])
Sr. Principal SQA Engineer
update for anyone that also runs into this...
Jeff – Product Management and Engineering have confirmed that this is working as designed (does not necessarily mean a "good" design by any means). However, they acknowledged that this is a defect and will submit to be fixed. TBD on a timetable. I will keep you posted.
well i was even given a tidbit how to get the 5 minute (demo only) choice for app metering.. but you set it on the settings> application metering configuration page where you can choose 1 day, 2 days, 7 days (recommended), 14 days...
now i have a 5 minute (demo only) so i set it and saved it..
but the actual policies are still set to daily or weekly... so that sucks.. this is my last script i need to run for us to move on to production.. i have to wait 24hrs then on top of that im off tomorrow... hah..


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Crime reporter Paul Avery (ROBERT DOWNEY JR.) gets a tip in his hunt for a serial killer
IGN's Todd Gilchrist says "Fincher creates a righteous epic about San Francisco's Zodiac killer." Read on:
There aren't a lot of directors today whose movies I'd see even if the plot revolved around paint drying, but David Fincher is one of them. God knows the man legitimized music-video helmers-turned-filmmakers more than any working director, and one suspects that if his story did actually hinge upon the above "plot," that would indeed be some damn beautiful enamel airing out up there on the screen.
His latest movie, curiously enough, is a story that does seem a little dry on occasion — and I mean that as a compliment. Sublimating all of the visual trickery that distinguished his previous films from the b- and c-grade genres from whence they came, Fincher creates a righteous epic about San Francisco's Zodiac killer and in so doing offers a cathartic close to the exact kind of serial tomes that made his name as an a-list moviemaker.
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Surviving Turning Five: The Calendar Year Rule
April 4th, 2012In NYC a special needs child stops receiving CPSE services and must enter the school age unit of the CSE in September of the year in which the child turns five. I refer to this "The Calendar Year Rule."
The calendar year rule means that for all children born anytime during 2007 (January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2007) their pre-school services terminate in August and they are expected to enter kindergarten in September 2012. The program and services that they will receive as a kindergarten student are very different from what they received through the CPSE. This claendar year rule is not logical and does not take into consideration the maturity or unique needs of each child.
For example, if Sophie was born on January 1, at 12:01 a.m and is receiving SEIT and related services these finish in August 2012 and she enters kindergarten three weeks later. Around the corner lives Jack, who was born almost a year later, on December 31,2007 at 11:59p.m. Jack also receives services through the CPSE, he has a dual program consisting of a center based pre-school as well as home services. Although Sophie is clearly ready to enter kindergarten Jack is not, at each of their turning five CSE reviews the teams will recommended the exact same program ( an ICT class and related services in school)
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> I'm always disappointed when I buy a game here and
> it's just the game running on DOSBox or ScummVM.
> [...] I want the games I buy on GOG to be native to my
> operating system
Your expectation is irrational.
Games made in the 80's and early 90's were made for the primitive computers of their time.
They're utterly incompatible with modern operating systems, modern sound cards, modern graphics card, etc.
That's a result of decisions made by Microsoft and the hardware industry over the course of the last two decades, not GOG's decision and not something that GOG can magically change.
> not some extremely simple solution of emulators.
Running those games in an emulator is not a cheapskate solution, it's the ONLY solution for making them available to gamers with modern PCs.
If you want games to be "native to your operating system", then you need to buy games that were *made* for your operating system, not old games that were made when Microsoft Windows didn't even exist yet.
I you won't give us official Linux version, at least tell us which games use DOSBOX (because those will usually work on Linux too).
I +1 this as well as I use an external front end for my scumm/dosbox games and knowing which is which without having to download all of them would definitely make things easier
This would be a nice step for Linux users. I use DOSBox on Windows, so I have no problem using it on Linux. I do not want to deal with WINE though.
This would be great for Linux users
Easily showing information of how the game runs would mean a lot to me. It would help the GOG brand strength, and avoid situations where people get games expecting something very different than what the get, and becoming rather disappointed. (I'm looking at you, SimCity 2000).
Yes, please! Add a tech page showing how this game is ported! And while you're at it, add a contents page showing which extras are included (expansions, languages, patches to the original release, community efforts, ...) so people know what they're buying...
I like knowing how you are bringing the old games to newer systems. Even the technical part is interesting.
I would fully support something like this. I'm a new user here, and the FAQ lead me to believe that all the old games here were fully supported for a Windows 7/8 operating system without any additional applications (which got me a little excited). Now I realize all the old Dos games here are emulated. Don't get me wrong. This doesn't put me off purchasing my old favorites, but I believe I have the right to know whether the game is emulated or supported by my operating system. I've played around with emulators in the past and know that sometimes a game shows bugs and glitches when emulated. However, I would still be willing to pay for an emulated copy of these games if the installation was simple AND the game ran exactly how I remember it (well except for the difference between CRT and LED monitors). Any improvement in graphics and audio due to new computer hardware would be a bonus.
For me this would actually ENCOURAGE me to buy certain games because I could then use them cross-platform more easily. I would love to see this as a filter or sort order.
Yes, yes, absolutely YES! This should be considered "full disclosure" and is completely consistent with the spirit of gamer-friendliness GoG purports to have.
I'm always disappointed when I buy a game here and it's just the game running on DOSBox or ScummVM. In these cases, I could have easily bought a physical copy for a similar cost (more desirable, for me). I want the games I buy on GOG to be native to my operating system - not some extremely simple solution of emulators. On the flip side, I'm sure people not making purchases, like me -- would be offset by people looking for games that they can play on their other devices through these emulators. I guess that would be kinda cool... IF I used my phone to play games, but I do not.
For me a simple DOS or Windows icon would suffice. It's obvious that DOS games feature some kind of emulation and I don't care much about the method of emulation.
For me this is a no-brainer, and I'm surprised you don't disclose that along with the game info already. As a customer I expect to be informed whether the game tied to an emulator or not before I make a purchase, as this strongly affects my purchase for a whole lot of reasons. For example, I have no way to tell how it's been bundled, i.e. can the emulator be configured? Easily? Will it work with my custom sound card drivers? Have you created a custom-made networking component, enabling me to play multiplayer over TCP/IP easily, or do I have to spend hours on setting up DOSBox, Hamachi etc and repeat that procedure, on a variety of OS installations, for friends who might no be so technically inclined? ...the list is long. In short, this is VITAL information!! Please put focus on this, and keep up the good work! Thanks!
Having picked up an Android tablet and wanting to test Dos-Box with it, I strongly support the idea of a making it easier to find and work with such games. Would love to have the option to filter games by DosBox/Emulator type support.
Really good idea. Also, maybe have a zip file with just the dosboxconf (for example) and game files? As a Linux user, it's annoying to have to deal with the .exe.
great idea
Good idea !
Linux users would appreciate this, just to name one group.
I believe this would be useful for some people. Myself included.
This is the list of GOG games that actually use ScummVM:http://www.gog.com/en/mix/games_using_scummvm
Yeah it could have a tiny logo from either software somewhere.


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If you're having display issues with your AutoCAD LT installation, you'll want to check it out.
Based on my experience with the certified ATI FirePro M7820, I don't believe your certification process is relevant to AutoCAD LT. This card is one the strongest mobile 3D cards on the market, so t it probably did well in 3D tests. Unfortunately ATI seemed to drop the ball on 2D drivers. This card is currently about 1/2 as strong as lest-generation Intel integrated graphics in 2D. I needed to switch off many of the default settings to make it usable, but it still has issues.
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The 17" Macbook Pro has Nvidia GeForce GT 330M graphics hardware. Autodesk indicates the Nvidia GeForce 330M is certified for Autocad 2011, OS X 10.5 and 10.6, but does not mention Windows 7 compatibility. Does anyone know if the Nvidia GeForce GT 330M is compatible with Autocad 2011 LT and Windows 7 in the Bootcamp or Parallels configuration on a Mac?
PS I originally asked this same question under the "Getting started with Autodesk, etc." discussion group.
Parallels is an app within MacOS, so your video card is not running native at all inside it but only as emulation.
With Bootcamp you are using Win7 natively and the GPU drivers will be used: but you will not see much imprrovement in LT over just letting Win7 run the video card IMHO as LT lacks the most vital of options, 3DCONFIG command:
Here is the online Help file for LT2011, try and look up Performance Tuning or Video Drivers (do the same with AutoCAD 2011's only help from the previous link) and see for yourself:
C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD LT 2011\Help\landing.html
It would be nice if the utility would allow you a "wildcard" selection of all the cards that are supported by vendor and by the remaining selected criteria. Instead you have to go through the cards one by one to see their support status. This wildcard feature would be useful for the person that is getting ready to spec out a new pc... allowing him a list of options to choose from.
Just a quick note about 3DCONFIG in AutoCAD LT. Starting with LT 2012, a subset of AutoCAD's 3DConfig command is now available in LT. It can check for updates, view the tune log and disable hardware acceleration.
When I place my cursor on a large block, my cursor disappears and it starts rendering the block one line at a time, which takes around 5 to 10 seconds to complete. While this is happening, I cannot do anything in CAD. I downloaded the Certified Graphics Card drivers from Autodesk, but that did not help. Any help to get this to stop would be very much appreciated.
I am running AutoCAD 2011LT, WIndows 7 Professional 64bit on a HP Z800 workstation with 2 x quad core Intel Xeon Processors, 18gb RAM, 6.5gb NVIDIA Quadro 6000 video card, and a HP LP3065 30" monitor 2560x1600 @ 60htz. I just upgraded from the Quadro 5000 and I was having the same problems with that one.
Always has, always will, be able to DRAW in 3D. LT cannot MODEL in 3D. I have been drawing in 3D with LT since version 1 for Windows 3.11.
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Redesigning a website happens very often on the internet today. It can be thanks to the new technologies that appear one after another (and every one of us wants to stay in fashion) or because the rules change from month to month. Whatever the reason is, it is quite important to do it properly and to ensure the new design will bring you more advantages over your competitor than the old version.
We don't redesign a website only for the sake of spending money. We do it because we feel that the site needs a visual revamp, we feel that our visitors want to see something new from a visual stand point. Considering the redesign is entirely for the users, it's them we should focus on when we think about creating a new identity for our blog, publication or whatever kind of webpage it is.
The bigger and more important your webpage is, the higher the probability to fail when redesigning it is. Why? Because when you have to take hundreds of thousands or millions of users under consideration, it might be difficult to please all of them – quite frankly, it is impossible to do it. I personally experienced leaving a website I liked only because they changed the design – and I am aware of how the web works. If I left that webpage for good, I am wondering how many other users that don't have anything to do with design did the same.
In order to increase the probability of your redesign being successful, I have created a list with some tips for you.
When you already have users that come back to your site, most of them expect certain things; they know where the navigation is, where to search for content, where to find archives and so on. By redesigning you will most likely change those things.
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If you are lucky enough and have a responsive community, you can even make a poll and ask them if they think the site needs to be redesigned. If you don't have such a community, the decision will be up to you and will be more difficult to make unfortunately. Try to ask fellow designers about the particular website and see what they think about it.
The second step in a redesign process is to involve the community base. This can help your new website to look and suit your audience better, because you get feedback from them and use it to inform your designs.
A good tip would be to try and keep the main elements in the same place, or at least to ensure the functionality is similar. Moving the sidebar from left to right is confusing for the first time; the same with the navigation – if you had a dropdown menu before, either go with this type again or simplify the navigation. It's important to always make sure the user doesn't find the new website more difficult to navigate than before. Thus it's necessary to avoid a total redesign. More important, involve the users in the process.
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Testing the website doesn't only happen behind the closed doors of an agency, but also with the users. Offer them the option of testing the new website – and make it visible. Afterwards, allow them to send you feedback through forms or a survey and always keep track of it. This is another way of involving the users and helps because, I am saying it again, the user is always the focus. You never redesign for yourself, but for them. Allowing them to test the new design before it's done will also give you the opportunity to adjust it. Expect this to be a difficult process, because you will start with some ideas and will end up with a different site – but make sure your visitors will appreciate it and will come back afterwards.
This is a strategy most of the social media sites use. Whenever they change the layout, they either allow you to stay with the old one for a predefined period, or change to the new one and give you the option to go back to the old style. Why do they do this? The answer is simple. Not everybody has the required time to get used to a new layout when the designer wants. Getting used to a new style takes time and if the user doesn't want to spend that time right away, give him the right to do so.
Allow users to change to the new design (and specify it is still in beta) and give them an option to go back to the old one. Sure, don't keep this forever, but look at Facebook. They only force everyone to update their layouts to the new ones after one or two months after they make them available for the first time.
Some of the users decided to go for the new "Timeline" of Facebook. I decided to keep the old layout because I liked it. Moreover, I didn't even think of getting the timeline because Facebook wouldn't allow me to go back to the previous style. Therefore my Facebook still keeps the old style. But as a matter of fact, Facebook will update my layout to the timeline very soon, when the old style will not be available anymore.
This is an interesting strategy and is very well implemented in social media. Therefore think of implementing it with your site's redesign.
You redesigned the website and now it's on. Users can't go back to the old one and there is nothing else to do other than accepting it as it is. Fair enough, but allow the users to give feedback.
There are lots of tools you can use for this on the internet and this way you will make sure that if something is wrong, users will point it out to you- this happens mostly if you have a responsive community supporting the website, but it is always worth trying.
If a lot of your users feel the same thing is wrong, make sure to fix it as soon as possible. This way they will feel like they're a part of the community and, since their opinion is valued and taken into consideration, they will happily continue their stay there.
It is always smart to tell your users why you think it is important to redesign a website. Some of them have no idea of design changes, usability or new technologies and I am afraid they don't even care – they just want to be able to use the website like they were accustomed to. Changing the design will not allow this for a period, until they get used to the new layout, therefore some of them might be against you customizing the style.
Thus, explain to the users why you think it is important to make changes. Use some basic theories and explain that being up to date with new technologies will allow the website to offer even more and will probably even make it load faster. When they hear about speed, most of them will be excited about the new design.
If you make major changes to your website, then creating a photo, text or video tutorial about this would be great, interactive and helpful. I am sure the visitors now knowing what to do next will appreciate the tutorial which will allow them to adapt faster to the new design. This gives them the impression that you care about them – which again will make them come back to your page.
In case you already redesigned your webpage and it kind of failed, there are solutions for you too. This happens if you hear way too many complaints from your community and you don't want to spend money on a new design again, but want to do something to improve the atmosphere for your users.
If this happened, then it is probably your mistake as a designer, because you either did something wrong during the development process or you failed or miscommunicated with the users. It is clear that if they are not happy with the new design, there is something wrong and it's obviously something major that you'll need to address.
This is the perfect moment to show how close you are to your community. It can be on Twitter, Facebook or even on the site, make sure people find out you want to fix your mistakes. Let them speak and let them tell you what was wrong, this way it will be easier for you too, when you will have to decide on the solution.
When they send you feedback, make use of it as much as possible. Acknowledge some of the complaints and show the community you are involved and want to change everything for the best. This will, again, make your life easier, because all the feedback you get and discussions you stir with the community will end up with some conclusions, ideas and possibilities. It's much easier to repair a mistake when you are backed up by your community, then when you are not.
There is no shame in acknowledging that your redesign has failed, therefore if the community strongly asks for it, you can go back to the old design. Sure, going back to the old design means you still have to use resources to redesign (that is where you started from in the first place), but at least until you prepare a new strategy the number of visitors will not decrease.
It is really important to keep the community happy and the way of doing it if you are in this situation is to allow them to go back to the old style. Don't force this into them, it will definitely get confusing for the ones who thought well of the new layout. Just offer the option of choosing their own style. This will, for sure, solve the problem in the short-term and will allow you some time to prepare the new design better.
The most important thing whenever you launch a new design is to monitor carefully the community and their behavior. Google Analytics is the best tool you can use, because it is free and gives you an in-depth insight into how the users spend their time on your site. If the number of visitors decreases soon after the launch date, it might be because of the new layout.
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This is the time when you have to start interacting more with the visitors and ask what is wrong. The bottom line is that many users would rather stay on a bad page if the designer is interested and involved with them, than staying on a very good page where the designer doesn't really care. You have to show your community you care about them.
Another way of keeping track of the opinions is to closely follow social media posts. Most users actually prefer Twitter and Facebook when talking about these kinds of changes, so keep an eye out there too. This is another way to show your users the redesign is for their own good.
The conclusion is that redesigning your website is not as easy as it sounds. Not being able to involve your community in this important decision will most likely turn your project into a failure and will drive the users away. Thus it is smart to keep the community close and use their feedback and opinions – in the end, everything you do is for them – at least consider their opinions. This way you will be closer to success than if you do this the other way around.
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Saturday, January 28th, 2012 19:23
Redesigning can be quite a difficult task, main thing to do is to focus on your conversion, overall you want to redesign for the good and not have a negative impact on your business and online brand. If the need does become o redesign your site, have a clear plan in place and maybe even roll it out but by bit so that your visitors do not have a huge impact and a smooth transition into a new working website layout.
Monday, January 30th, 2012 10:28
Hello, this is very helpful information about web redesigning .
Definitely one should your process which i believe is very effective and also
I will be informing my designer friends
Monday, January 30th, 2012 23:40
Being an internet coordinator for a montreal dealership by day, i completely agree and am now motivated to apply more emphasis on feedback for our next redesign.
-Adrian Boro
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 03:03
I completely agree with this article. Designers need to take heed of their target customers and get in tough with them. Let them know about the project and give them a feel of it.
Monday, March 26th, 2012 20:20
I completely agree with you. The target is essential to your whole business. Keeping them in mind is a must. Thank you for such a great post.
Monday, March 26th, 2012 20:20
I completely agree with you. The target is essential to your whole business. Keeping them in mind is a must. Thank you for such a great post.
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 03:03
I completely agree with this article. Designers need to take heed of their target customers and get in tough with them. Let them know about the project and give them a feel of it.
Monday, January 30th, 2012 23:40
Being an internet coordinator for a montreal dealership by day, i completely agree and am now motivated to apply more emphasis on feedback for our next redesign.
-Adrian Boro
Monday, January 30th, 2012 10:28
Hello, this is very helpful information about web redesigning .
Definitely one should your process which i believe is very effective and also
I will be informing my designer friends
Saturday, January 28th, 2012 19:23
Redesigning can be quite a difficult task, main thing to do is to focus on your conversion, overall you want to redesign for the good and not have a negative impact on your business and online brand. If the need does become o redesign your site, have a clear plan in place and maybe even roll it out but by bit so that your visitors do not have a huge impact and a smooth transition into a new working website layout.