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CATEGORIES MoviesContrary to recent reports that Irish actor Stuart Townsend would appear in the 'Lord of the Rings' prequel 'The Hobbit,' Townsend emphatically denies that he's appearing in the movie.
"I don't know where that [rumor] came from," Townsend said with a laugh. "It's not true at all. 'Internet' and 'truth' aren't two words that generally work together."
Apparently, 'LOTR' fan site TheOneRing.net published an April Fool's article that stated Townsend would be appearing in the latest film; it was meant to be an inside joke for 'LOTR' fans who knew that Townsend was originally cast as Aragorn in the trilogy, before Viggo Mortensen replaced him. Not realizing the article was fictitious, several other outlets picked it up as fact.
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Wednesday night I met Paul at Gran Agave, a new Mexican restaurant at The Waterfront. I couldn't find a website for the place, and the only useful information I found online was a user review on Yelp. I wandered around Old Navy and Barnes & Noble for a few minutes and then found Paul sitting at the bar. Gran Agave is located right across the street from Yokoso, right by Macy's and Rock Bottom. I think it used to be Salsarita's or something; I can't be sure because I was never in there before Wednesday.
From the outside, Gran Agave looks a little out of place. All the other stores and restaurants are either dark-lit inside or have curtains or you just can't see inside so easily. Gran Agave lets it all hang out – thanks to the full windows, the bright interior lights mingle with the beer signs to spill out onto the sidewalk in a much-diluted Hong Kong-worthy montage of color. At least that how I remember it. That could have something to do with the 2 beers I drank all night, though.
The openness of the floorplan reminded me somewhat of Q-doba – booths flanking the outside walls and tables & chairs in the center of the room.
The bar boasts 2 nice tvs and a decent selection of beer and liquor.
There was no Blue Moon to be found, but that made me happy since Gran Agave is a Mexican restaurant and not a Belgian one. Instead, they have the usual Americanized assortment on tap – Coors Lt, Miller Lt, Yuengling, etc. The prizes lie in their decent selection of Mexican and import beers. Paul chose a Negro Modelo and I got a Modelo Especial with a slice of lime.
My Modelo Especial was soooo good! Maybe I just really needed a beer after a really busy start to the week. Whatever the reason, I loved it.
Upon relocating from bar to booth, we were presented with a hot basket of tortilla chips and some medium-hot salsa. Rumor has it that the first basket of chips & salsa is free and that after that you have to pay for a refill, but we barely made a dent in the basket, as it was quite plentiful and the service was very fast.
I asked our congenial waiter what he recommended and he gave me a few good selections. In the end, as always, I went for the one option that involved bacon – a chicken bacon quesadilla with lettuce, onions, guacamole, *& sour cream INSIDE the quesadilla (the waiter's recommendation). I asked for no tomatoes and my wishes were respected. My quesadilla was pretty much perfect:
The only thing it was lacking was hot sauce, which I proceeded to slather on top of the quesadilla to my date and the waiter's dismay. I'm gross like that.
Paul chose the chicken Yolandas, which was also really good. I joked over dinner that Paul's food always looks really sloppy and messy when I take pictures of it. :)
I gotta admit it – I was only able to finish HALF of my quesadilla and I thought I was going to explode from fullness by the time we left! I made sure to bring the rest for lunch the next day, but holy crap, I'd never met a quesadilla I couldn't handle until I met Gran Agave's.
Too stuffed for a traditional dessert, we walked over to Rock Bottom for the liquid kind.
I'd been to Rock Bottom sometime after my 21st birthday, but once again with my parents. As with The Church Brew Works, I did not get to try any beers my first time around. I considered asking if they had a beer sampler, but CBW's gigantic sampler has scarred me and I was just too full to handle that much beer. Instead, I ordered their seasonal wheat beer and Paul ordered their special "hoppy" pale ale.
At first glance, their bar looks like the one at Claddaugh – it's copper! However, Rock Bottom's bar has plastic over it, so it's not quite the same. In addition, RB's bar has an "ice trench" (totally made-up term) on part of the bar to keep your beer cold. How ingenious!
RB had a lot of beers on tap, all made in-house.
Apparently they're quite renowned for said beer:
The bar also boasts a large dining area:
Actually, there was another part of the restaurant that we didn't even see – more dining. It's a pretty big place!
Wednesday nights at 9 pm, pints become $2 and patrons get to listen to Good Brother Earl play:
We had several entertainment options while we were there: 1. Good Brother Earl, 2. Pitt vs Duquesne game (Yay Pitt!), and 3. some guy kept chatting up Paul. They exchanged numbers. Should I be jealous? :)
It was a really fun night and it was great to get away from work and the gym. I'd likely go back to both Gran Agave and Rock Bottom again; next time I'd like to try the food at Rock Bottom.
Have you tried any new restaurants lately?

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vox, I do believe you are correct!
It is items #2, and #5 that would have allowed Bridgette Bise to assist with the Korean War Conference this past summer, but, she declined because it was not worth her time apparently.
It is item #6 that she used to bring the Hooter's Golf Tour. You know, the one where we were supposed to see a bazillion dollars in sales tax. Wonder what that final figure was?December 13, 2010 at 5:21 p.m.
holein1, you shouldn't assume that what city administrators tell you the tax can be used on is all it can be used on. There's some important allowable expenditures missing from this list. Here's the full list, not from the city, but from the State of Texas:
1. Convention Centers and Visitor Information Centers: the acquisition of sites for and the
construction, improvement, enlarging, equipping, repairing operation and maintenance of convention
center facilities or visitor information centers, or both;
2. Registration of Convention Delegates: the furnishing of facilities, personnel, and materials for the
registration of convention delegates or registrants;
3. Advertising, Solicitations and Promotions that Directly Promote Tourism and the Hotel and
Convention Industry: advertising and conducting solicitations and promotional programs to attract
tourists and convention delegates or registrants to the municipality or its vicinity;
4. Promotions of the Arts that Directly Promote Tourism and the Hotel and Convention Industry:
that the encouragement, promotion, improvement, and application of the arts, including instrumental
and vocal music, dance, drama, folk art, creative writing, architecture, design and allied fields, painting,
sculpture photography, graphic and craft arts, motion picture, radio, television, tape and sound
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5. Historical Restoration and Preservation Activities that Directly Promote Tourism and the Hotel
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provided the shuttle services begins or terminates at a local hotel facility.
I hope you can see from this (complete) list that there are a few more things we could be spending money on instead of just ad campaigns and promotions.December 13, 2010 at 4:59 p.m.
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Bitter rant aside, Christmas is often a wondrous time to stock up on NFL goods. I'm sure the Eagles lightswitch cover I got my brother four years ago is still in its packaging, and the Eagles wallet a dear friend got me a year ago hasn't had my license and cards transfered to it yet, but that's Christmas for ya: acquisition is better than gainful use.
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maintains an excellent clearing house of information on the web. A search for any of the key words on the movie (e.g. Mel
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1. Recent books that deal with the question "Who killed Jesus?"
Crossan, John Dominic. Who
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Jesus. New York: HarperSanFrancisco 1995.
Sloyan, Gerard S. The
Crucifixion of Jesus: History, Myth, Faith. Minneapolis : Fortress
Press 1995
Brown, Raymond. The Death
of the Messiah. New York: Doubleday 1994.
Rivkin, Ellis. What
Crucified Jesus? The Political Execution of a Charismatic. Nashville :
Abingdon Press 1984.
2. Recent books that deal with questions of Anti-Judaism and its
Kee, Howard Clark and Irvin J.
Borowsky (eds), Removing Anti-Judaism from the New Testament.
Philadelphia: American Interfaith Institute/World Alliance 1998
Kee, Howard Clark and Irvin J.
Borowsky (eds), Removing the Anti-Judaism from the Pulpit.
Philadelphia: American Interfaith Institute 1996
Beck, Norman A. Mature
Christianity in the 21st Century: The Recognition and Repudiation
of the Anti-Jewish Polemic in the New Testament. NY: Crossroad 1994
Hall, Sidney, G III,
Christian Anti-Semitism and Paul's Theology. Minneapolis: Augsburg
Fortress 1993
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Boys, Mary C. Has God Only
One Blessing? Judaism as a Source for Christian Self-Understanding. New
York: Paulist Press 2000
Frymer-Kensky, Tikva et al.
Christianity in Jewish Terms. Boulder, CO: Westview Press 2000
Klenicki, Leon (ed), Toward
a Theological Encounter: Jewish Understanding of Christianity. New York:
Paulist Press 1991
4. Towards a new paradigm of Christian Jewish relations
Bernadin, Cardinal Joseph,
A Blessing to Each Other: Cardinal Joseph Bernadin and Jewish Catholic
Dialogue. Chicago: Archdiocese of Chicago 1996.
Perulmuter, Hayim Goren,
Siblings: Rabbinic Judaism and Early Christianity at their Beginnings.
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THOMASVILLE, GA (WALB) – While the MLK holiday gave kids a day off from school, some students in Thomasville put their time to good use. They used their time off to help people in need. They spent the day working with Hands on Thomas County.
Some very special Thomas County students decided to skip those few extra hours in bed to make a difference in somebody's life.
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., these kids awoke bright and early on their day off.
"We ask that they make it a day on, not a day off and get out and help some groups in their community."
Casey Dyksterhouse is the Executive Director of Hands on Thomas County, an organization that arranges volunteer opportunities in the community. She says this year's turnout for the Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Service Day surpasses others because of the recession.
"The turnout as far as people that we are serving is bigger than ever," continued Dyksterhouse. "With the economy the way it is, people are really in need."
The volunteer activities for the Youth Service Day cover all aspects of helping the community. From feeding the hungry to cleaning up Thomasville's creeks.
Organizers say getting first time volunteers to sign up is a little difficult, but getting them to come back is the easy part.
"They really get bitten by the volunteering bug," says teacher and Hands on Thomas County volunteer Djuana Rinehart. "And once they come out once, they usually sign up for every volunteer activity we have."
The students say giving up a day off isn't really all that bad.
"To be able to be up face to face with the people you're helping is emotional because you get to see the look on their face. You just get to see that joy in their eyes and how much fun that is," said sixth grade student volunteer Sam Nix.
Mother of four, Teresa Holland, is thankful for the young volunteers.
"It's a blessing. They got a blessing coming their way too for being out here. Taking the time to help others that are needy."
And in times like these, Dr. King himself said it best: "Everybody can be great, because anybody can serve."
In addition to feeding the hungry and cleaning up area creeks, the volunteers for today's Day of Service also worked on a Habitat for Humanity home and performed various tasks at a wild animal rescue and care clinic.
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United Kingdom (England)
2.25/5 rDev -30.1%
05-31-2014 21:06:53 | More by endless1408
4.25/5 rDev +32%
08-16-2012 01:41:20 | More by fionn13
2.75/5 rDev -14.6%
07-22-2012 16:21:58 | More by harpus
3.28/5 rDev +1.9%
500 ml. corked bottle. Large head that doesn´'t hold very long but leaves a nice ring. Pale golden colour. Smell is a bit skunky, with citrus and fruits notes. Oily texture, medium body. Taste is sweet, caramel, hints of fruits, citrus. and some spices. Good, but i don't think I could drink more than one.
07-13-2012 20:12:43 | More by janubio
South Africa
2/5 rDev -37.9%
11-15-2011 11:03:51 | More by Thehuntmaster
3.13/5 rDev -2.8%
750 ML bottle poured into my Odell Imperial Pint Glass
A-- Difficult cork to remove!!! Poured a clear straw yellow, with a huge bright white head that reminded me more of dishwasher soap foam that quickly faded. Huge bubbles in the head and no lacing on the sides of the glass. A little bit of wine like legs on the sides of the glass from the alcohol. Low to medium carbonation shown besides the head.
S-- Very malt driven and on the sweet side. Like a sweet toffee. A little bit of a floral citrus smell to go along with it.
T-- Lager on steroids. All I can say. Alcohol right off the bat followed by sweetness and more sweetness. Made me pucker due to the sweetness. Doubt there are any hops in this.
M-- More carbonated in the mouth, very lively, especially on the tip of the tongue. Pretty rich and creamy and has a slight bit of acid (lemon) to this. High amount of pucker and the ABV is very apparent in the mouth.
D-- Interesting to say the least. Must drink this cold, as it gets very dull after a bit. One is enough but it is interesting. Was not expecting much and better than I though. Probably better as a 500 ML or lower to really enjoy this. Drinkability is lower due to the size and that the ABV is very apparent in this. Fruit needs to be brought out more and could use more hops to offset the huge amount of sweetness from the malt.
05-12-2010 13:35:54 | More by mulder1010
United Kingdom (England)
2.3/5 rDev -28.6%
Appearance: Hazy and straw coloured, with a super foamy head that fades quite quickly. Mild carbonation, was expecting more.
Aroma: There is a definite sweet malt base, with a sharp citric fruitiness overlaid. The smell of yeast of noticeable, supporting the acidic citrus notes. There is a subtle champagne nose to it.
Taste: The initial flavours are quite mild and sweet, hints of toffee, and a slight buttery taste. After which there is the unmistakable taste of alcohol, which is quite potent and perfumy. The finish tries to offer a bitterness but the malts still seem to override this with sweetness.
Mouthfeel: Much more lively than the appearance would suggest, with a creamy edge. The body is medium to light, there is a slightly oily texture to it.
Drinkability: Was expecting more from this, in fact I would say that the original Cobra lager is a better beer. They have ramped up the alcohol but not really tried to develop the flavours to accommodate it, which creates what feels like a alcoholy binge-drinker beer. Not impressed.
09-22-2009 21:10:36 | More by PartyBear
3/5 rDev -6.8%
Rule #1, if you are going to call your beer "King Cobra," make sure there is not a ghetto malt liquor that goes by the same name. Given that, this is not nearly that bad. Pours clear gold with lots of bubbles and a big white head. Grassy, floral, spun-sugar aroma. Corn syrup, grassy hops, and black pepper in the taste. Some sugary banana throughout. Not champagne, but decent.
12-05-2008 21:51:01 | More by magictrokini
3.48/5 rDev +8.1%
A cloudy straw-yellow fills the glass during pour, with a tall, rocky white head. There's little lacing after the head sinks, but up until that point it looks super-appetising.
The aroma, well, there isn't much of one. Ginger is noticed, but not much more.
Sweet malt, breadiness, spice and that ginger are all apparent - but don't nearly come across strong. It's balanced, and quite light flavored considering that it's a strong euro lager.
The mouthfeel feels appropriately carbonated and on the finish you find some alcohol warmth. Rather pleasant, and easy to drink.
It's not so dissimilar from your typical Belgian pale ale, but doesn't have the same level of complexity or stand out flavor.
Definitely something I'd buy again, but not something I'd hunt for.
11-04-2008 18:32:27 | More by rec
United Kingdom (England)
3.48/5 rDev +8.1%
Poured clear gold at first from the champagne styled bottle, though towards the end some cloudyness from yeast particles (?) in the bottom of the bottle. Was poured slowly, and not much head developed, but it was dense and creamy, though not long lasting. Only little carbonation.
Aroma is malty, fruity and sweet, rather like some of the pale beers from Belgium. Taste is smooth, malty and rather sweet too, very much in the style of some Belgium beers, and not surprising seeing it is double fermented in Belgium with Belgium yeasts before bottling. No real hint of any hoppy bitterness. Overall taste is malty, caramel sweetness and smooth texture, though does not have the great depth of character, complexity or body of the better beer's from Belgium.
I enjoyed this, though a shade too sweet to want to drink much of it. Not a session thirst quencher, but worth trying if sweeter beers appeal to you, and you enjoy the Belgian beer style.
B'ham UK February 2008
02-07-2008 11:47:19 | More by JohnW
3.35/5 rDev +4%
a) Pours a white rocky head, pale gold, initially fairly clear, but the last glass is distinctly hazy
s) Euro-lager nose, slight spiciness, ginger powder
f) Light ginger beer flavour, slight malty sweetness, bready
m) Quite hot from alcohol , strong body
d) Wouldn't have more than one.... not a summer session lager. May go nicely with a spicy curry..to be drunk cold.
01-28-2008 05:28:25 | More by vancurly
3.88/5 rDev +20.5%
Pours a slightly hazed gold with a big white head that falls very fast. Nose is clean with a citrus tone to it. Faint yeast. Flavor is more towards the beer side. Hops and an almost pasty doughy yeasty kind of thing. It almost borders on the texture of pepto bismol...well...that is what comes to mind when it is in my mouth. But it isnt nasty like that. Feel is slightly thick with carbonation. This is extremely drinkable. A very good brew in my opinion.
01-01-2008 02:32:55 | More by RblWthACoz
3.48/5 rDev +8.1%
a: clear golden colory, thick foamy head settles nicely to ring around edges, lots of bubbly action, some lacing
s: sweet -- fruits,honey, malts. overall aromas were faint.
t: sweet malty taste to start, mild hops near the end and plenty of alcohol weighs in at the end along with the lingering sweet malts
m: carbonation is present throughout but really hits at the end, medium body
d: as this warmed up it got better and turns out to be a pretty good brew with decent balance of sweet malts, alcohol and carbonation. an interesting story to this brew, and taste to match -- worth a try even if heavily overpriced.
08-18-2007 10:01:10 | More by belgbeerdrinker
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3.4/5 rDev +5.6%
Poured from a 50cl can into a tasting glass. There is almost no head and what little there is quickly dissipates. The color is dark yellow but entirely transparent and gives a rich impression.
The smell is mild with barely noticeable alcohol and hints of the corn. The taste is initially a little sharp but mellows to reveal a wider range with a perceptible sweetness and almost carmel finish. The beer has a lightly hopped character which lingers and outlasts the alcohol to add to the finishing effect.
The mouthful is unusually strong. The carbonation is very noticeable and slightly prickly but the beer itself has a very smooth feel. The drinkability is reasonable given the tastes but the carbonation seems to make it rather filling.
03-17-2007 18:44:11 | More by SSBrennan
United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
3.53/5 rDev +9.6%
750ml corked bottle
Pours with a dark yellow body, fizzy with a white fairly foamy head, fair retention but patchy
Smell, some nuttiness, little bit of corn on the nose, some malty alcohol also
Taste, crisp malty alcohol, some slightly bitterness, slightly fruity flavour (melon and banana), slight hint of lemon also
A solid beer, worth a try
10-21-2006 22:12:03 | More by cypressbob
United Kingdom (England)
3.5/5 rDev +8.7%
Purchased again at the Sainsbury's this time when this beer was on sale, at just 2.87 quid for a large, 750ml champagne bottle~~ BB 22/08/2007, served chilled in a pilsner glass.
A: dark straw hue, with an effervescent white spongey beer head building up fast to a 2.5cm thick froth and settles extremely slowly to a white neck sustaining throughout the drink, on top of unstopping flows of lively fizziness--looking really enticing.
S: a mildly grassy note of hops and sweet grainy malts as well as doughy-sour tinge of Helles Lager come hand in hand with plenty of subtle fruitiness--sweet lemon, ripe Xinjian melon, sugar-cane juice, peaches... underlined by a constant flow of semi-thick melted-sugary sweetness like a soft-textured sponge-cake underneath. Still solid, but perhaps because it's not my first time to try this beer, the pleasant surprise isn't there any more. But, as it warms a little, I do pick up a subtly savoury-sour edge like prunes or old wood barrels which is remotely reminiscent of Rodenbach's products~~
T: a mouthful of thick sugary malts prevails upfront on the palate, pretty warming at first yet softening as my palate gets used to it... backed by a "quieter" layer of fruitiness from hops--faintly aromatic and sweet-lemony, as well as a moderately-lingering aftertaste featuring pleasant dryness (of hops) and bitter-sweet lager-malts, while the melon-like fruity flavour is hidden well behind the main theme.
M&D: lively yet creamy fizziness remains throughout the drink, full-bodied yet quite easy to manage when its 8%abv. is taken into account. Apart from the initial attack of thickness of sweet malts and alcohol, it drinks pretty smoothly ever since. But seriously, the flavour profile has lacked most of those complex elements which I remember vividly from my first encounter with this beer nine months ago. Now this beer doesn't show much fruity input from the supposedly "magical" yeasts of Rodenbach--Is it due to the age of the beer? Possibly. Or to do with my somewhat romanticised memory of the beer? Not unlikely. Or perhaps I just feel a bit let down by this bottle not living up to my memory, that's all. I only wish it was just me and not that the quality control has gone wrong. After all, the brewing concept of this beer is truly interesting, innit?
08-28-2006 02:15:05 | More by wl0307
3.68/5 rDev +14.3%
Appearance: bright yellow gold, great clarity, HUGE bubbly layer of white foam, good head retention, lots of rising bubbles
Aroma: ripe apple fruitiness, alcohol, floral hops, honey, pear, unripe strawberries
Flavor: semisweet maltiness at first then a zippy alcohol rush; herbal hop flavor and mild bitterness; slight acidity; finishes semi-dry with an aftertaste of raw wood, grass, and malt
Mouthfeel: medium body, zesty carbonation, alcohol warmth (but no burn)
Other comments: I've been wanting to try this beer for quite some time. The concept is intriguing: a lager from India (though brewed in Poland) sent to Rodenbach in Belgium for secondary fermentation and bottling in corked 750ml bottles with yeast. Despite all that work (or because of it, I suppose), it is not a wholly disappointing beer. It's actually quite good for a high-octane lager. You definitely know it's strong, but there is no overpowering alcohol burn. Curious how it would fare with a year or two of age.
08-05-2006 11:34:28 | More by GreenCard
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With that, Juniper unveiled its Stratus Project, a multiyear effort to develop a converged datacenter fabric with server, storage, and software partners. Stratus is a year old and comprises six elements: a datacenter manager, storage, compute, Layer 4-7 switching, appliances, and networking.
Stratus is intended to be a flat, non-blocking, lossless fabric supporting tens of thousands of Gigabit Ethernet ports, an order of magnitude reduction in latency, no single point of failure, and with security tightly integrated and virtualized. Stratus is expected to support the Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) datacenter fabric specifications being defined and endorsed by several vendors.
Stratus will be managed like a large JUNOS-based switch, said David Yen, Juniper executive vice president of the datacenter business group.
Stratus is designed to relieve datacenter scaling "pain" because of latency, power, space, cost, and complexity, Yen said. It is also intended to support datacenter virtualization for "elasticity and efficiency," Yen said.
Yen would not provide details into Stratus products, configurations, pricing, or availability. He indicated, though, that it will not have a material impact on Juniper's 2009 revenue.
Juniper is announcing Stratus now to allow customers to plan their long-term datacenter migration strategies, Yen said.
"Stratus extends Juniper's high-performance networking core competencies into the datacenter," Yen said. "It allows Juniper to enter a new addressable market space. We have no vested interest in prolonging suboptimal legacy architectures. We are in a unique position to revolutionize the datacenter."
"With one stroke, Juniper is devaluing Cisco's incumbency," says Tom Nolle, president of consultancy CIMI. "They are positioning away from current technologies [like Fibre Channel and Infiniband] that have no accommodation to the fabric as a network backplane, or as the basis for future virtualization support.
"Cisco has a lot of collisions with incumbents," Nolle adds, referring to the California blade server's anticipated impact on Cisco's relationships with IBM and HP. "Juniper cannot hope to match Cisco in breadth so it is making that an asset instead of a liability. Juniper is timing its success with Stratus to the economy's recovery and to developing symbioses with partners."
Other analysts wanted more meat to it.
"It was long on vision and short on details," said Zeus Kerravala of the Yankee Group. "They threw this vision out there with no kind of road map on how to get there. With the installed base of Fibre Channel and Infiniband, there's a staged approach that they're going to have to go through to get there."
But they did lay out some new datacenter products. Juniper unveiled a top-of-rack datacenter switch targeted at high-density 10G Ethernet deployments.
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It's going to be a tough year, we owe it to coach Rice to support this team. We've got tons of potential but without fan support NOW that potential may never be realized and even if it is we won't enjoy it as much, having not watched these young players develop. Great article by Nick, BSU's go to guy for all things Basketball. Plenty of new faces as Boise State opens men's basketball practice Technically, the Boise State men's basketball program doesn't have tryouts for its scholarship players. Yet when the Broncos officially open practice Friday, the workouts will have the feel of a tryout as nine newcomers and six returners try to carve out their roles for the program's first season in the Mountain West. "When you have a team like this, everything is a tryout," coach Leon Rice said. "Even the guys who played last year are trying out to see how many minutes they'll play this year. We don't know. I've never had a team with this many question marks." The questions stem from losing seven seniors from last season's team that finished second in the WAC and advanced to the College Basketball Invitational semifinals. Replacing them are seven freshmen and a pair of junior college transfers. "We're really convinced that they're all going to be very good — you just don't know when," Rice said. "For some of them, it might be two months from now. For some, it might be two years from now. "We feel if we can keep this group together and keep them working hard and improving every day ... in time we can have something special." Outside expectations for this season are low. The Broncos were picked to finish last in the Mountain West. "It's humbling," senior guard Wes Perryman said. "But it's motivation for us to keep working hard and getting better so we can prove we're better than eighth." Rice said he expects some freshmen to use redshirt seasons but those decisions won't be made for a few weeks. The Broncos play their lone exhibition game Nov. 8 against Colorado-Colorado Springs and open the season Nov. 11 against Colorado Christian.


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Don't look now, but the Washington Wizards are on a roll, winners of seven of their last nine games. And at 9-9, only Indiana and Miami have better records in the dreadful Eastern Conference. The curious part about the Wizards' recent run is that most of it has happened without Bradley Beal, who has missed the last week with a stress injury to his right fibula. Washington is 5-8 in the games with the second-year standout, and 4-1 since he went down. Is it simply the case of taking advantage of a soft schedule or is there more to it? Certainly the schedule does skew the win-loss record some -- since Beal went out, the Wizards have played the Los Angeles Lakers, Atlanta Hawks and Orlando Magic at home, winning them all, and snuck by Milwaukee on the road. Their only big test, a road game against Indiana, ended in a 20-point loss. That being said, the injury to Beal has forced Randy Wittman to go with a starting lineup that utilizes the five most efficient players on the team: John Wall, Nene Hilario, Trevor Ariza, Marcin Gortat and Martell Webster. Entering Wednesday, all five of them have a PER above the league average of 15. Beal, who only turned 20 over the summer, is certainly an advanced scorer for his age, but his lack of efficiency could become a concern if it doesn't start to show improvement. As a rookie, he finished with a respectable 13.69 PER with a 51.5 true shooting percentage, and the early going this year both of those numbers are down (13.62 PER and 50.7 TS%). One of the biggest reasons? Beal's penchant for settling for the long two. According to NBA.com, he has already attempted 80 shots in the 15-19 foot range this season, making only 25 (31.3 percent). To put that in perspective, only eight other starters in the league (LaMarcus Aldridge, Gerald Henderson, Jason Smith, Dirk Nowitzki, Wall, Al Horford, DeMar DeRozan and Carmelo Anthony) have attempted more long twos, and all of them are connecting at a higher rate. Taking it a step further, among the 50 starters in the league with the most "long two" attempts, Beal's shooting percentage is the lowest.While Beal is clearly a key cornerstone for this team and needs to be playing major minutes this piece does bring up interesting points. Thoughts?


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Parents Push For Full K12 FundingBy Annie Gilbertson | Published 01 Sep 2011 07:41pm |
Parents for Public Schools has launched a petition in Mississippi, hoping to get enoughparents to press the state legislature to fully-fund public schools. MPB's Education Reporter, Annie Gilbertson reports.
Those with stakes in the public school system have only a few months to garner legislative support for K-12 education before next year's budget vote.
Susan Womack, Executive Director of Parents for Public Schools in Jackson, is helping organize parents in their quest to fully fund education. She sees the situation as more complex than dollars and cents.
Womack: "More resources alone don't make and don't guarantee better schools, but schools can't get better without resources."
Parent Wilma Thomas in Lexington says students can't get better either. She argues supplemental support programs for low-level readers or for those dealing with issues at home are vital. She warns that if they aren't reinstated a generation of students will be left behind. She says adequate support would make a difference.
Thomas: "We would have more graduates. We would have more children eager to go to school to learn because if they have that boost they need, they are going to enjoy learning."
That's partly why the state came up with MAEP, the Mississippi Adequacy in Education Program, in the first place – adequate education for all. The formula calculates how much state support is needed to cover what the local tax base cannot. But since its inception in 1997, the MAEP calculation recommendation has only been fully funded twice.
Tollison: "It is had an impact. Larger classroom sizes, programs have been eliminated, so schools have had to scrabble with the shortfall."
That's Democrat State Senator Gray Tollison. He believes there is enough state money to fully fund MAEP, but his colleague, Republican State Senator Chris McDaniel, disagrees.
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Two of the three judges gave Williams the eleventh round. The eleventh round, where Lara outlanded Williams 18-13, and outlanded him on power shots 16-8.
I missed the first few round while watching the Rios fight, so I'm not going to comment on those. The general consensus seemed to be that the fight was 3-3 or 4-2 Lara after 6. Bennett (the judge who ended up with the draw) had it even through six. Whitaker had Williams up 4-2, giving him a clean sweep of rounds 3-6, and Givens had PW up 59-56, 4-1 with a 10-10 third round.
Okay, a bit screwy, but a lot of those early rounds were apparently close.
All three judges give Lara the seventh and ninth. Bennett and Givens gave Williams the eighth. All three judges gave Williams the tenth. And, to my eternal befuddlement, both Whitaker and Givens gave 10-10 rounds for the twelfth.
So what conclusions can we draw?
- These judges have no ability to tell the difference between slappy arm punches and clean, effective power shots. Incredible, despite it usually being tougher to see inside shots landing than heavy shots from the outside, Lara's repeated overhand left power shots were discounted in favor of PW's close-in feather dustings.
- Much like the judges in Alexander-Matthysse, these judges rewarded aggression, instead of effective aggression.
- I've never seen so many 10-10 rounds scored in one fight in my life. Was this made a particular point of emphasis by the athletic commission in the run-up to this fight?
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Subject: Mobile | June 13, 2014 - 03:48 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: thermaltake, Massive TM, laptop cooler
The Thermaltake Massive TM is more than just a laptop cooler with a pair of 120mm fans to keep your temperatures in line, it can also track the temperature of your laptop as well. The cooler is USB powered but does offer USB pass through so you do not end up down one plug when you are using the Massive TM. HiTech Legion's testing showed an average drop in temperature of around 4C, if that is worth $40 to you then pick one up.
"The Thermaltake Massive TM is a 17" laptop and notebook cooler that comes with a little extra. The Massive TM by Thermaltake uses 4 temperature sensors that can each be repositioned to track temps on different parts of your laptop."
Here are some more Mobile articles from around the web:
- Fujitsu Lifebook T904 @ The Inquirer
- Nokia Lumia 630 @ The Inquirer
- iOCEAN X8 octa-core Smartphone Review @ Madshrimps
- Moto E @ The Inquirer
- LG G3 @ The Inquirer
Roll your own Rift for half the price of retail
Subject: General Tech | June 13, 2014 - 01:46 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: OpenVR, oculus rift, DIY
Owning an Oculus Rift is enough to make your gamer friends turn green with envy but what if it was an open sauce Rift you built yourself? The specs for this build specifies
two one 5.6″ 1280×800 LCDs which will give you resolution on par with the Facebook owned version and the casing is 3D printed which offers you a chance to personalize your own model. The steps for setting up the hardware are available by following the link from Hack a Day as well as a link to the source code on GitHub. The price is right and you not only get a working VR headset you get the credit for building it as well!
"The Oculus Rift is a really cool piece of kit, but with its future held in the grasp of Facebook, who knows what it'll become now. So why not just build your own? When the Oculus first came out [Ahmet] was instantly intrigued — he began researching virtual reality and the experience offered by the Oculus — but curiosity alone wasn't enough for the $300 price tag."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- How to Rescue a Non-booting GRUB 2 on Linux @ Linux.com
- Firefox 31 beta brings Firefox OS apps to Android @ The Inquirer
- AMD announces new business and personnel alignments @ DigiTimes
- Intel prepared for emerging industries, says company president Renee Jame @ DigiTimes
- Kids hack Canadian ATM during LUNCH HOUR @ The Register
- Intel prods PC market's corpse, corpse shouts 'I'M NOT DEAD!' @ The Register
- Car titans WON'T STEAL our tech, says Musk: DAMNIT, I'll GIVE IT to 'em @ The Register
Have a ball with the Zotac Sphere OI520
Subject: Systems | June 12, 2014 - 07:13 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: zotac, SFF, htpc, Sphere OI520
Inside this unique casing you will find a Core i5 4200U, up to 16GB of DDR3 and room for an mSATA and a 2.5" drive; but not a GPU. The onboard HD4400 can output to HDMI or DisplayPort and in addition to the connections you can see below there is indeed 802.11ac and Bluetooth for wireless connectivity. The power supply is external so there is only one rather quiet fan to be found inside the ball, perfect for HTPC usage as you won't be very impressed by its ability to game. Check out Bjorn3D's full review and the reason they expect this will be available for well under $1000.
"There was a time when a computer in most cases consisted of a big beige box that you certainly did not want to show off or which took up a lot of space on your desk. Those days are gone and today we have a lot more variety both how computer looks and how big they are. Zotac is a company that for quite some time have been pumping out smaller mini-PC's under their ZBox brand and today we are taking a look at their new round ZBox Sphere OI520."
Here are some more Systems articles from around the web:
- ECS LIVA Mini PC Kit @ techPowerUp
- CyberPower Achilles Pro System @ Kitguru
- TR's May 2014 System Guide
GeForce GTX Titan Z Overclocking Testing
Subject: Graphics Cards | June 12, 2014 - 06:17 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: overclocking, nvidia, gtx titan z, geforce
Earlier this week I posted a review of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan Z graphics card, a dual-GPU Kepler GK110 part that currently sells for $3000. If you missed that article you should read it first and catch up but the basic summary was that, for PC gamers, it's slower and twice the price of AMD's Radeon R9 295X2.
During that article though I mentioned that the Titan Z had more variable clock speeds than any other GeForce card I had tested. At the time I didn't go any further than that since the performance of the card already pointed out the deficit it had going up against the R9 295X2. However, several readers asked me to dive into overclocking with the Titan Z and with that came the need to show clock speed changes.
My overclocking was done through EVGA's PrecisionX software and we measured clock speeds with GPU-Z. The first step in overclocking an NVIDIA GPU is to simply move up the Power Target sliders and see what happens. This tells the card that it is allowed to consume more power than it would normally be allowed to, and then thanks to GPU Boost technology, the clock speed should scale up naturally.
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And that is exactly what happened. I ran through 30 minutes of looped testing with Metro: Last Light at stock settings, with the Power Target at 112%, with the Power Target at 120% (the maximum setting) and then again with the Power Target at 120% and the GPU clock offset set to +75 MHz.
That 75 MHz offset was the highest setting we could get to run stable on the Titan Z, which brings the Base clock up to 781 MHz and the Boost clock to 951 MHz. Though, as you'll see in our frequency graphs below the card was still reaching well above that.
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This graph shows clock rates of the GK110 GPUs on the Titan Z over the course of 25 minutes of looped Metro: Last Light gaming. The green line is the stock performance of the card without any changes to the power settings or clock speeds. While it starts out well enough, hitting clock rates of around 1000 MHz, it quickly dives and by 300 seconds of gaming we are often going at or under the 800 MHz mark. That pattern is consistent throughout the entire tested time and we have an average clock speed of 894 MHz.
Next up is the blue line, generated by simply moving the power target from 100% to 112%, giving the GPUs a little more thermal headroom to play with. The results are impressive, with a much more consistent clock speed. The yellow line, for the power target at 120%, is even better with a tighter band of clock rates and with a higher average clock.
Finally, the red line represents the 120% power target with a +75 MHz offset in PrecisionX. There we see a clock speed consistency matching the yellow line but offset up a bit, as we have been taught to expect with NVIDIA's recent GPUs.
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The result of all this data comes together in the bar graph here that lists the average clock rates over the entire 25 minute test runs. At stock settings, the Titan Z was able to hit 894 MHz, just over the "typical" boost clock advertised by NVIDIA of 876 MHz. That's good news for NVIDIA! Even though there is a lot more clock speed variance than I would like to see with the Titan Z, the clock speeds are within the expectations set by NVIDIA out the gate.
Bumping up that power target though will help out gamers that do invest in the Titan Z quite a bit. Just going to 112% results in an average clock speed of 993 MHz, a 100 MHz jump worth about 11% overall. When we push that power target up even further, and overclock the frequency offset a bit, we actually get an average clock rate of 1074 MHz, 20% faster than the stock settings. This does mean that our Titan Z is pulling more power and generating more noise (quite a bit more actually) with fan speeds going from around 2000 to 2700 RPM.
At both 2560x1440 and 3840x2160, in the Metro: Last Light benchmark we ran, the added performance of the Titan Z does put it at the same level of the Radeon R9 295X2. Of course, it goes without saying that we could also overclock the 295X2 a bit further to improve ITS performance, but this is an exercise in education.
Does it change my stance or recommendation for the Titan Z? Not really; I still think it is overpriced compared to the performance you get from AMD's offerings and from NVIDIA's own lower priced GTX cards. However, it does lead me to believe that the Titan Z could have been fixed and could have offered at least performance on par with the R9 295X2 had NVIDIA been willing to break PCIe power specs and increase noise.
UPDATE (6/13/14): Some of our readers seem to be pretty confused about things so I felt the need to post an update to the main story here. One commenter below mentioned that I was one of "many reviewers that pounded the R290X for the 'throttling issue' on reference coolers" and thinks I am going easy on NVIDIA with this story. However, there is one major difference that he seems to overlook: the NVIDIA results here are well within the rated specs.
When I published one of our stories looking at clock speed variance of the Hawaii GPU in the form of the R9 290X and R9 290, our results showed that clock speed of these cards were dropping well below the rated clock speed of 1000 MHz. Instead I saw clock speeds that reached as low as 747 MHz and stayed near the 800 MHz mark. The problem with that was in how AMD advertised and sold the cards, using only the phrase "up to 1.0 GHz" in its marketing. I recommended that AMD begin selling the cards with a rated base clock and a typical boost clock instead only labeling with the, at the time, totally incomplete "up to" rating. In fact, here is the exact quote from this story: "AMD needs to define a "base" clock and a "typical" clock that users can expect." Ta da.
The GeForce GTX Titan Z though, as we look at the results above, is rated and advertised with a base clock of 705 MHz and a boost clock of 876 MHz. The clock speed comparison graph at the top of the story shows the green line (the card at stock) never hitting that 705 MHz base clock while averaging 894 MHz. That average is ABOVE the rated boost clock of the card. So even though the GPU is changing between frequencies more often than I would like, the clock speeds are within the bounds set by NVIDIA. That was clearly NOT THE CASE when AMD launched the R9 290X and R9 290. If NVIDIA had sold the Titan Z with only the specification of "up to 1006 MHz" or something like then the same complaint would be made. But it is not.
The card isn't "throttling" at all, in fact, as someone specifies below. That term insinuates that it is going below a rated performance rating. It is acting in accordance with the GPU Boost technology that NVIDIA designed.
Some users seem concerned about temperature: the Titan Z will hit 80-83C in my testing, both stock and overclocked, and simply scales the fan speed to compensate accordingly. Yes, overclocked, the Titan Z gets quite a bit louder but I don't have sound level tests to show that. It's louder than the R9 295X2 for sure but definitely not as loud as the R9 290 in its original, reference state.
Finally, some of you seem concerned that I was restrticted by NVIDIA on what we could test and talk about on the Titan Z. Surprise, surprise, NVIDIA didn't send us this card to test at all! In fact, they were kind of miffed when I did the whole review and didn't get into showing CUDA benchmarks. So, there's that.
Check out the fan on that Shadow Rock 2
Subject: Cases and Cooling | June 12, 2014 - 03:52 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: bequiet!, purewings 2, shadow rock 2, air cooling
The 120mm BeQuiet PureWings 2 that comes on the Shadow Rock 2 heatsink has a unique look with ripples on all the blades and can be mounted on any side of the cooler which could be handy for those with tall DIMM heatspreaders. The heatsink weighs in just over a 1.1 kg and measures 159x122x149mm (6.25x4.8x5.8") with the fan attached which could be a tight squeeze in some systems. FrostyTech hooked it up to their testbed and found it to be a very quiet cooler, especially on the low fan setting and relatively decent performance. It is unlikely to show up on a top 10 list as it offers only reasonable performance and is quite expensive.
"In this review Frostytech is checking out the boxy BeQuiet's Shadow Rock 2 heatsink which stands 159mm tall and weighs in at 1120grams. This heatsink has a footprint of 122x122mm without a fan, 122x149mm with the supplied 1600-800rpm, 120mm PWM fan installed."
Here are some more Cases & Cooling reviews from around the web:
- Noctua NH-D15 Review @ OCC
- Cooltek ITX30 Low-Profile CPU Cooler Review @ NikKTech
- Xigmatek Midgard III Review @ OCC
- Updated NZXT Kraken X40 Liquid Cooler Review @ Frostytech
- Zalman Reserator 3 Max Dual Ultimate Liquid CPU Cooler Review @ Legit Reviews
- Fractal Design ARC XL water cooled system build @ Hardwareoverclock
Podcast #304 - GeForce GTX TITAN Z, Core i7-4790K, Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Force and more!
Subject: Editorial | June 12, 2014 - 02:28 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: Z97X-SOC Force, video, titan z, radeon, project tango, podcast, plextor, nvidia, Lightning, gtx titan z, gigabyte, geforce, E3 14, amd, 4790k, 290x
PC Perspective Podcast #304 - 06/12/2014
We have lots of reviews to talk about this week including the GeForce GTX TITAN Z, Core i7-4790K, Gigabyte Z97X-SOC Force, E3 News and more!
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News items of interest:
0:41:30 Google's Project Tango Announced, Uses NVIDIA Tegra K1
0:44:00 Microsoft Allows Developer Use of Kinect-Reserved Shader
0:47:45 PCIe 4.0 Is 2x Bandwidth of 3.0, like 3.0 to 2.0 and 2.0 to 1.0
Hardware/Software Picks of the Week:
0:57:40 Ryan: Ken's Switching Hardware
0:59:356 Jeremy: I started to loathe my other devices for still requiring lewd USB penetration
1:02:15 Josh: This saved me last weekend.
1:04:00 Allyn: Sony DSC-RX10
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Welcome to The Machine
Subject: General Tech | June 12, 2014 - 12:42 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: memristor, hp, the machine
HP is thinking of the long term as evidenced by their estimate of 2016 as the release date for the first viable DIMMs using memristors. Their plans are much larger than a new type of memory, they are planning a scalable architecture dubbed The Machine which will take advantage of the high speed and lower power needs of memristors to develop a new type of system which will need to use photonic interconnects to keep up with the memristors. They see this scaling from tiny devices and mobile phones with 100TB of storage to supercomputers whose speeds will make a mockery of the current record holder, the Fujitsu K. Of course many of the claims The Register heard HP make should be taken with a grain of salt, after all the memristor was originally predicted to hit the market a year ago. It is something to look forward to, who doesn't want faster, denser and more power efficient storage?
"The beleaguered IT giant plans to rejuvenate itself with a set of advanced technologies that, when combined, make a device called "The Machine" that can be as small as a smartphone and as large as a 160-rack supercomputer, the company announced at its HP Discover event in Las Vegas on Wednesday."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Mozilla To Sell '$25' Firefox OS Smartphones In India @ Slashdot
- Console OS will let you run Android on a Windows PC or tablet @ The Inquirer
- Gigabyte sees over 50% growth in 2013 profits @ DigiTimes
- Evernote taken out by DDoS attack @ The Register
- New Version of 3DMark Basic Edition (2013) Now Available on NGOHQ
- Net Neutrality: FCC Hack is a Speed Bump on the Internet Fast Lane @ Hack a Day
The care and feeding of your Haswell's memory controller
Subject: Memory | June 11, 2014 - 07:26 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: CAS latency, ddr3-1600, ddr3-1866
X-bit Labs did testing of a variety of memory speeds on Haswell to determine if there is a point of diminishing returns at which point your well earned money is no longer bringing you better performance. By setting up tests of two different DIMMs at set speeds, in this case DDR3-1600 and DDR3-1866 and varying the CAS Latency they tested to see if higher speeds or lower latency gave the best performance. Using both synthetic benchmarks as well as gaming tests they determined that frequency is the key to better performance which makes sense considering the theoretical top frequency of 2933 MHz. Check out all the benchmarks in their full review.
"The development of the new processor microarchitectures goes on and frequencies of contemporary types of DDR3 SDRAM grow as well. Is there any sense in using high-speed memory with modern Haswell processors? To answer this question, we have analyzed DDR3 frequency and timings influence on LGA 1150 platform performance."
Here are some more Memory articles from around the web:
- G.Skill ARES F3-2400C11D-8GAB 2x 4GB DDR3 @ techPowerUp
- Team Group Xtreem 32GB PC3 17000 DDR3 2133 Memory Kit Review @ Madshrimps
- Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB DDR3-1866 CL10 @ Funky Kit
- ADATA XPG V2 2600 MHz RAM Review @ TechwareLabs
There are Zombies on the Holodeck
Subject: General Tech | June 11, 2014 - 02:21 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: gaming, Survios, oculus rift, razer hydra
With E3 2014 in full swing there are a lot of demos and trailers whetting our appetite and if the past is any proof, setting us up for disappointment as release dates move and features get dropped. You can immediately scroll down to the long list below but first you really should take a look at Survios, once called Holodeck and then Prime, which uses an Oculus Rift, Razer Hydra, and PlayStation Move to immerse you in a zombie survival game; literally in first person. The movie showing off the gameplay that Slashdot has linked to doesn't quite do justice to what the game will be like while wearing a Rift but the display behind does intimate just how much fun this style of gaming will be once it begins to mature.
"Ben Lang from Road to VR goes hands on and heads in with virtual reality technology company Survios' newest version of untethered VR system 'Prime 3'. He moves around the virtual space, holding and reloading weapons as you would in real life. 'At one point while playing, I was wielding the shotgun with two hands, with the table of weapons was on my right side. Several zombies were approaching and I needed a bit more fire power. I dropped the shotgun, reached over with my right hand to grab the tommy gun off the table, then virtually tossed it from my right hand to my left hand (because I'm a lefty), then pulled my pistol out of the holster with my right hand and continued to shoot both weapons.'"
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Civilization V Officially Available On Linux For SteamOS @ Slashdot
- Humble Bundle: PC and Android 10 Review @ OCC
- Soulier Than Thou: Dragon Age – Inquisition @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Next-Gen Tetronimoes: Ubisoft Announce Tetris Ultimate @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Store Wars: GOG Launching Its Own Steam-Like Service @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- InSomnia Has Old-School RPG Style, Modern Graphics @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Witcher 3 Gets Release Date, Bonkers New Trailer @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Doom E3 trailer teases upcoming reveal at QuakeCon 2014 @ HEXUS
- Ubisoft abandoned women assassins in co-op because of the additional work @ Polygon
- A Little More Faith: Mirror's Edge 2 E3 Trailer @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Grapplewatch 2014: Far Cry 4 Gameplay Swings Away @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
- Beyond Seven Minutes Of Civ: Beyond Earth @ Rock, Paper, SHOTGUN
Docker is headed for the big time
Subject: General Tech | June 11, 2014 - 12:33 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: google, virtualization, linux, container, Linux Containerization, docker, Red Hat, ubuntu
Docker has put the libcontainer execution engine of their Linux Containerization onto Github, making it much easier to adopt their alternative virtualization technology and modify it for specific usage scenarios. So far Google, Red Hat and Parallels have started adding their own improvements to the Go based libcontainer; adding to the Ubuntu dev team already at work. This collaboration should help containerization become a viable alternative to virtual machines and hopefully be included as a feature in future Linux distros. Read more over at The Register.
"Docker has spun off a key open source component of its Linux Containerization tech, making it possible for Google, Red Hat, Ubuntu, and Parallels to collaborate on its development and make Linux Containerization the successor to traditional hypervisor-based virtualization."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Semiconductor boffin: 3D NAND don't need NO STEENKIN' TSVs @ The Register
- Alienware's Alpha Steam Machine will arrive running Windows 8.1 @ The Inquirer
- Sosecure seeks funding for world's first smartphone controlled SSD @ The Inquirer
- Stuff Wireless Charging Into a Nook's Crannies @ Hack a Day
- EnerPlex Kickr II Review @ TechwareLabs
E3 2014: Alienware Alpha Announced with HDMI In and Out
Subject: General Tech, Systems, Shows and Expos | June 11, 2014 - 02:44 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: Steam Machine, E3 14, E3, dell, alienware alpha, alienware
While "Steam Machines" are delayed, Alienware will still launch their console form-factor PC. The $550 price tag includes a black Xbox 360 wireless controller (with receiver) and Windows 8.1 64-bit. Alienware has also designed their own "Console-mode UI" for Windows 8.1, which can be navigated directly with a controller. It will ship Holiday 2014.
Apparently PC-based consoles equate to dubstep and parkour.
About the "Console-mode UI", it will apparently be what the user sees when the Alpha boots. The user can then select between Steam Big Picture, media, and programs. They also allow users to boot into the standard Windows 8.1 interface.
As for its specifications:
|Base Model ($550)
|Upgrade Options
|Haswell-based Intel Core i3
|Core i5, Core i7 (user accessible)
|"Custom" Maxwell-based, 2GB GDDR5
(see next paragraph)
|(none) (not user accessible, soldered on)
|System Memory
|4GB at 1600 MHz
|8GB (user accessible)
|1TB or 2TB (user accessible)
|Dual-band 802.11ac
|(user accessible)
The GPU is not specified, or even given a similar part to refer to. PC World claims that it will be comparable to the performance found on the two next-gen consoles. Since the 750 Ti has around 1.3 TeraFLOPs of performance, this GPU is probably near that, or slightly above it. PC Gamer says that it will be based on mobile Maxwell, so it might be similar to an current or upcoming laptop GPU.
One thing that has not been addressed is the HDMI-in port. We know that it supports passthrough for low latency, but we do not know what it will do with the input video. Alienware has several of these set up at their booth on the show floor, so we might hear more soon. While its specifications are a bit on the light side, particularly on the default amount of RAM (although that is easily and cheaply upgraded), its $550 price, which includes a wireless controller and its adapter, is also pretty good.
You still haven't bought a Crucial MX100?
Subject: Storage | June 10, 2014 - 07:00 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: ssd, 16nm, crucial, mx100
For a mere $100 you can pick up the 256GB model or for $200 you can double that to 512GB. That certainly makes the drives attractive but the performance is there as well, often beating its predecessor the MX500 series. If reliability is a concern the onboard RAIN feature guards against writes to bad flash, there are onboard capacitors to allow writes to finish in the case of power outages and a 3 year warranty. Check out the full review at The Tech Report if you need a second opinion after Allyn's review.
"The Crucial MX100 is the first solid-state drive to use Micron's 16-nm MLC NAND. It's also one of the most affordable SSDs around, with the 256GB version priced at $109.99 and the 512GB at $224.99. We take a closer look at how the two stack up against a range of competitors, and the results might surprise you."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Crucial MX100 Solid State Drive @ Benchmark Reviews
- Toshiba Q Series Pro 256GB SSD @ NikKTech
- Samsung 845DC EVO @ SSD Review
- OCZ Vertex 460 240GB Review @ OCC
- OCZ RevoDrive 350 480GB PCIe SSD Review @ Legit Reviews
- Vantec EZ SWAP M3500 Series Review @HiTech Legion
- Netgear ReadyNAS RN312, RN314 & RN316 @ Legion Hardware
- Thecus N4560 SOHO/Home NAS Server Review @ Madshrimps
- Thecus N7710-G @ techPowerUp
- ADATA XPG SDXC UHS-1 U3 Card @ The SSD Review
Is 460TB enough flash storage for you?
Subject: General Tech | June 10, 2014 - 03:32 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: hp, 3PAR 7450
If you are looking for extreme storage you can't top HP's 3PAR 7450 server at this time. With a total capacity of 460TB you can have the largest and fastest commercially available storage for whatever you need stored. There are some very interesting enterprise level features on this device, from deduplication to Adaptive Sparing which allows the 7450 to recover some of the over-provisioned storage on the drive used to replace failed flash. They also offer a 5 year warranty on the drives inside as well as guaranteeing six 9's of reliability which works out to less than a minute of downtime per year. According to what HP told The Register you can expect to pay $2/GB; it is nice to dream isn't it?
"The drives actually have 1.6TB of raw flash capacity but, using this aforementioned technology, HP says it can recover some of the over-provisioned storage – so the effective capacity of the 7450 SSDs is up to 1.92TB. Note the "up to" in HP's statement; a cue for lots of fierce examination of Megsco's capacity uplifting claims by competing suppliers."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
E3 2014: Grand Theft Auto V PC Release in the Fall
Subject: General Tech, Shows and Expos | June 9, 2014 - 11:31 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: E3, E3 14, GTA5, GTA Online
So my best guess is that Rockstar was waiting on the "next-gen" assets before they bothered releasing Grand Theft Auto V on the PC. The game will be released this fall, alongside Xbox One and PlayStation 4 ports. They do not mention distribution platforms, but Steam is a fairly safe assumption, at least now that Games for Windows has been given its final rest.
Hopefully, this delay in releasing a PC version will be a temporary hiccup due to the overlapping console generations. With Grand Theft Auto IV, the same could not be said. The problem is, with how secretive Rockstar is, we cannot really tell whether the above assumption is true, or whether they were just non-committal to the PC platform until now. At either rate, until the PC version is launched, Rockstar has not and will not get my money. Of course, there is always that danger that, by the time the game does launch, I will not be able to afford its time or expense.
That's why you should always release the PC version as early as possible.
Kingston Sees Sales Growth in PC Hardware
Subject: General Tech, Memory, Storage | June 9, 2014 - 11:08 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: kingston, ssd, hyperx
Kingston, known primarily for RAM, flash drives, and SSDs, discussed the health of their company. VR-Zone reported on the interview and highlighted the company's sentiments about the PC industry. Long story short, Kingston sees growth in sales of PC gaming hardware -- apparently 20% year-over-year. The company expects that this growth comes primarily from SSD upgrades, either from rotating media or, they claim, replacing years-old, entry-level SSDs with more modern (probably in both speed and size) options.
Nathan Su, APAC (Asia-Pacific) director of Kingston, believes that "many users" have experienced low-tier SSDs and, it seems, would be willing to invest in the full thing. He does not clarify what he means, whether he is talking about SSD caching, or just a really small (or slow) SSDs from drive generations past.
There is a bit of a concern that SSD prices will continue to fall, with some drives reaching under 40c/GB in recent sales. As a consumer, I (selfishly) hope that prices continue to drop, while still remaining profitably sustainable for the manufacturers. Hopefully Kingston is accounting for this and will continue to see growth at the same time.
E3 2014: GOG Galaxy Announced
Subject: General Tech, Shows and Expos | June 9, 2014 - 09:04 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: E3, E3 14, GOG, gog galaxy
Good Old Games (GOG), a subsidiary of CD Projekt RED, is releasing an online gaming manager similar to Steam and Origin. The difference is that everything about it is DRM-free and completely optional. Galaxy will manage game updates, provide achievements, and host communication between friends... if you want. If you don't? That's okay. Have fun.
Obviously, their most popular competitor is Valve. Steam has a history of being nice to their customers and erring on their side. GOG, historically, takes it to the consumer-friendly extreme. If it lives up to their statements, this is no exception. The hope seems to be just that people will remember GOG more often and have more happy customers.
Basically, most platforms are give-and-take. This is take what you want.
When will it launch? What will it look like? Who knows. We will get more news this year, which suggests that we will not get the software until at least next year. Hopefully they will take their time and get it right. I mean, it is not like they need to rush. It is not a mandatory DRM platform - it is not a DRM platform at all. I do expect they will try to target The Witcher 3's launch window (February 2015) for marketing purposes, though.
The schwag was cool; the keyboard not so much
Subject: General Tech | June 9, 2014 - 05:08 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: sentey, gaming keyboard, Phoenix Extreme Gamer Series, input
Overclockers Club offers an alternative look at the extreme gaming keyboard market which most seem to have accepted as a reasonable product now. There are many who will pay a high price for a mechanical keyboard with good switches as they do make a difference for frequent typers though arguably not as much for gamers. Then there are the $50 gaming keyboard with common gel switches but a fancy exterior, eye catching colours and backlighting which generally come with bottle openers and fridge magnets. The Sentey Phoenix Extreme Gamer is one such keyboard and if you consider it reasonable to spend $50 on a pretty keyboard you probably don't want to read this review. Those who agree with the author and would rather kill 5 generic keyboards over time will probably crack at least one smile while they read.
"The keyboard ultimately is a joke to my hands and for the $50 asking price, I'd rather burn through five generic builder series keyboards instead. This keyboard has no home on my desk and shouldn't on yours either. I'm happy to be done with the review, simply for the sake of never using it again. Fortunately, the carry bag will prevent me from picking up shattered keys in my driveway later; good thinking Sentey."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Deck 87 Francium Pro Mechanical Keyboard @ NikKTech
- Roccat Siru gaming mousepad @ Kitguru
- SteelSeries Sensei Wireless Laser Mouse @ Kitguru
- Logitech G502 Proteus Core Gaming Mouse @ Legit Reviews
- Gamdias Demeter GMS5010 Gaming Mouse @ Benchmark Reviews
- EVGA TORQ X10 Gaming Mouse @ Benchmark Reviews
- Mionix NAOS 7000 and NAOS 8200 Review @HiTech Legion
- SteelSeries RIVAL Optical Gaming Mouse @ NikKTech
- Mionix NAOS 7000 gaming mouse @ Kitguru
- iRocks M05 Spirit Cocoon Mouse @ Kitguru
- Tt eSPORTS Level 10 M Hybrid Gaming Mouse Review @ Madshrimps
- Logitech G502 Proteus Core Gaming Mouse Review – A Serious Gamer's Tool @ Techgage
E3 2014: Battlefield Hardline Closed Beta Sign Up
Subject: General Tech | June 9, 2014 - 04:43 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: E3 14, E3, beta, battlefield hardline, battlefield
Quick message: The Battlefield Hardline Closed Beta is accepting applications now on a first-come-first-serve basis. Hardline is Battlefield in a cops and robbers universe. Think of PayDay 2 with Battlefield 4 graphics and gameplay elements, basically. It is developed by Visceral Games, the studio known for Dead Space.
Note: The signup page is a bit glitchy, likely because of server load. If you are interested, hop in quick, before all of the slots are gone. The beta is open now, although it apparently takes a little bit of time before Origin recognizes that you are in it. You will know you are in when you get an email "invoice" for the Battlefield Hardline beta with a $0 transaction.
E3 2014: SteelSeries Announces Sentry Eye Tracking
Subject: General Tech | June 9, 2014 - 03:25 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: E3, E3 14, steelseries, sentry
SteelSeries has announced Sentry, a device which tracks the user's eye movement. Since so much of professional gaming is perception and attention, it can be valuable to acquire feedback on how your eyes scan the display. This is not exactly a new service for teams. Some StarCraft 2 tournaments have even broadcast eye-tracking data to the audience.
This is obviously a niche product, but that is not reason to discredit it. One of the leading reasons for purchasing a high-speed camera is to analyze golf swings (I avoided the "driving reasons" pun, for your sanity). More subtly, SteelSeries is a major sponsor of several gaming teams. They might consider their personal needs as a form of subsidization, depending on if their business arrangement with Tobii and their investment in the Sentry. If it is not significantly more expensive than licensing a different service for their players, or that service is missing critical features, then why not make it and sell part (or all) of it as a product?
Currently no pricing or availability yet.
The R9 280 versus the GTX 760 in a photo finish
Subject: Graphics Cards | June 9, 2014 - 02:53 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: amd, r9 280, msi, R9 280 GAMING OC, factory overclocked
[H]ard|OCP has just posted a review of MSI's factory overclocked
HD7950 R9 280 GAMING OC card, with a 67MHz overclock on the GPU out of the box bringing it up to the 280X's default speed of 1GHz. With a bit of work that can be increased, [H]'s testing was also done at 1095MHz with the RAM raised to 5.4GHz which was enough to take it's performance just beyond the stock GTX 760 it was pitted against. Considering the equality of the performance as well as the price of these cards the decision as to which to go can be based on bundled games or personal preference.
"Priced at roughly $260 we have the MSI R9 280 GAMING OC video card, which features pre-overclocked performance, MSI's Twin Frozr IV cooling system, and highest end components. We'll focus on performance when gaming at 1080p between this boss and the GeForce GTX 760 video card!"
Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
- Gigabyte R7 250X OC 1GB GDDR5 @ Madshrimps
- HIS R7 250X iCooler 1GB GDDR5 @ Madshrimps
- PowerColor Radeon R9 295X2 Review @ OCC
- MSI Radeon R9 280 OC Review @ TechwareLabs
- Sapphire R9 290 Vapor-X OC Review @ Hardware Canucks
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By: Melissa Toupin
The Rhode Island Board of Education approved a plan Thursday night to allow the state's three public colleges and universities to arm their campus police forces.
"I was happy with the vote tonight. I think it's a great step by the board of education to authorize the process to go forward," said URI President David Dooley.
Dozens of people, including students, faculty and campus officers themselves packed into the meeting at URI's Ryan Center. The board listened to more than a half our of testimony on both sides of the debate.
"the experiment is over. The results are in. More guns spells more victims, more violence, and more fatalities," said Peter Nightingale.
"The fact that they've been functioning as long as they have without the proper equipment to do the job is disgraceful," said James McMahon, a former URI student and veteran.
The debate comes on the heels of last months campus lock down and gun scare at URI. In that case there was no active shooter, but officials say the incident highlighted some critical safety concerns.
"Our officers are trained to go towards danger. And even in a case like that we know we had officers too close to the building if there had been an actual gunman, so they would have been a target just like anybody else," said Mjr. Stephen Baker of the URI Campus Police Department.
The decision to arm campus officers is now left up to the individual colleges. URI's President, Dooley, has expressed support for arming officers. RIC is considering it. CCRI has no plans of implementing the new policy.
Rhode Island was the last state in the country to allow it's public colleges and universities to arm campus officers.
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