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Abuja blast: Car bomb attack rocks Nigerian capital
Will Ross reports on fresh security fears over next week's World Economic Forum in Abuja
A car bomb attack has killed at least 19 people and injured 60 more in the Nigerian capital Abuja, officials say.
The explosion happened in the suburb of Nyanya, close to a bus station where at least 70 people died in a bomb blast on 14 April.
Witnesses said the explosion targeted a police checkpoint near a bus station.
No group has said it carried out Thursday's attack. The Islamist militant group Boko Haram said it was behind the fatal explosion last month.
The BBC's Will Ross in Abuja says Nyanya is a religiously mixed area and it is not clear why the area has been targeted.
Fears over security
Charles Osueke, who was in the area at the time of the blast, told the BBC that it was just 200m (650ft) away from the 14 April explosion.
"People in the crowd were saying that a man parked his car, walked away and the next thing they know, the car blew up," he said.
"I'm worried about our security here. After the last explosion, the president said he would increase security," Mr Osueke added.
"There were policemen around when this explosion happened and they didn't manage to stop it."
The head of Nigeria's Emergency Management Agency, Abbas Idriss, told the BBC that 19 people were killed in the blast and 60 others were injured.
Most of Boko Haram's attacks have been in the north-east of Nigeria.
But the bombing on 14 April raised fears that the militants could be trying to expand their area of operation.
In a video message after that attack, the group's leader Abubakar Shekau said: "We are in your city but you don't know where we are."
The latest attack comes just days before Abuja is set to host the World Economic Forum on Africa. Figures released last month showed Nigeria is now Africa's biggest economy.
Insecurity will be a major concern: Several world leaders, including Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, are due to attend the event.
Correspondents say the blast comes at a terrible time for Nigeria, which is also dealing with the abduction of 230 schoolgirls that happened hours after the previous Nyanya attack.
Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for international military assistance to be offered to Nigeria in the hunt for the girls.
"We could provide military help to the Nigerians to track down the whereabouts of the girls before they're dispersed throughout Africa - like air support, for example, if that was thought necessary," he told the UK's Guardian newspaper.
Last week, an advisor to Nigeria's president said the government would welcome international assistance.
Will Ross
BBC News, Abuja
Around Abuja there are mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers and friends searching for missing loved ones.
With this, the second attack in less than three weeks, there are mounting worries over the nation's insecurity. It is not clear why the suburb of Nyanya was targeted once more. If it was Boko Haram again, it could be the Islamist insurgents' way of saying: "You cannot stop us even where you put your checkpoints."
On top of the dreadful insecurity in the north-east and the plight of the missing schoolgirls, this is more bad news for the government. Abuja is hosting the World Economic Forum on Africa next week, so leaders from across the world are expected in the city. They will not be mingling with the crowds at bus stations but the worry is that cursory security checks are unlikely to stop another car bomb from being detonated elsewhere in this city.
There is of course anger with the government, especially as the annual security budget has almost doubled over the past five years to $6bn (£3.6bn) and people are asking: "So why are we not safer?"
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More Nigerian girls abducted by suspected Boko Haram militants
Abubakar Shekau leads the Islamist group, which has killed thousands in northern Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram militants have kidnapped eight more girls in northeastern Nigeria.
The latest kidnapping happened on Sunday night in the village of Warabe, in Borno state. The girls taken were between the ages of 12 and 15.
On Monday, Boko Haram's leader threatened to "sell" more than 230 girls seized from their school, also in Borno, on 14 April.
The Islamist insurgency by Boko Haram has left thousands dead since 2009.
Map showing Warabe
The BBC's Mansur Liman in Abuja says the area around Warabe, the site of the latest abductions, is a stronghold of the Islamist movement.
The gunmen arrived in two trucks and also seized animals and food from the village.
Communications are very poor in the area, which explains why the news took several days to emerge, our correspondent says.
Residents from a nearby town told AFP that they feared Boko Haram would target them next.
Rally in support of missing girls in Abuja, Nigeria. 6 May 2014
Protesters took to the streets of Abuja on Tuesday, calling for the girls taken on 14 April to be released
"We in Gwoza are also living in fear because of the kidnap of eight girls in Warabe," Peter Gambo said.
"We have no security here. If the gunmen decide to pick our own girls, nobody can stop them" he said.
Warabe is also close to the Sambisa forest, where the first group of schoolgirls is thought to have been taken.
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau released a video on Monday confirming that his group had abducted them.
"God instructed me to sell them, they are his properties and I will carry out his instructions," he said. ...
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Nigeria violence: Islamist gunmen kill hundreds after opening fire in busy village market
Hundreds of people were killed when Islamic militants opened fire in a busy market in north-east Nigeria, it has emerged, as violence in the region intensified.
As many as 300 people are thought to have been slaughtered in the remote town of Gamboru Ngala. Gunmen burnt homes and shops to the ground during the 12-hour raid on Monday night, a government minister said.
Residents who tried to flee the flames were gunned down or had their throats cut, according to federal senator Ahmed Zannah.
He said hundreds had been killed but that he was still waiting for more details from the military authorities.
Mr Zannah blamed Boko Haram – the group behind the kidnapping of 267 schoolgirls last month – for the attack.
The latest mass killings will increase pressure on Nigeria to deal with the Islamic insurrection in the north of the country. Boko Haram has killed thousands of Muslims and Christians in the past five years. This year alone, more than 1,500 people have died. ...
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Goodluck Jonathan was on the news predicting this cult's days were numbered now Nigeria was getting outside assistance. Hope he's right.
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A spokesman on Radio 4 this morning made the interesting point that this was not a football match and we shouldn't expect continuous commentary.
I think he has a good case. While the news demands continuous updates, tipping off the culprits or making them aware of the scope of investigation may prove to do more harm than good.
Our appetite for news feed can work both ways.
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Goodluck Jonathan was on the news predicting this cult's days were numbered now Nigeria was getting outside assistance. Hope he's right.
I'd hope so too, apart from the fact that Goodluck and Patience are appalling kleptocrats, who would rather bring the weight of the 'law', such as it is in Nigeria, against the masses demonstrating outside his palace and government buildings over this latest audacious BH act, rather than engage in any meaningful counter-insurgency campaign against the various factions in the north of the country, of which admittedly BH is just the most active at present. I have no answers on the wider African question, i mean fuck me, who does?, but money being diverted to the Nigerian govt will surely end up being spent on his football team, burger chain or vodka company.
Boots on the ground by all means, whether thats the Pan African Defence Force, or just the good old Foreign Legion, but a handful of US led military advisers really won't cut it. The Nigerian army is essentially a turd, and refuses to be polished...
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Nigeria kidnapped girls 'shown' in new Boko Haram video
The BBC's John Simpson says the video, which shows more than 100 girls in hijabs, could be the first step in a negotiated settlement
A new video released by Islamist militants Boko Haram claims to show around 100 girls kidnapped from a school in Nigeria last month.
The group's leader, Abubakar Shekau, said they would be held until all imprisoned militants had been freed.
He said the girls had converted to Islam. The video, released on Monday, claims to show them praying.
Boko Haram abducted more than 200 girls from northern Nigeria on 14 April and threatened to sell them.
The BBC's John Simpson in the northern city of Maiduguri said Boko Haram's comments showed signs that the group was willing to negotiate.
Three of the girls are shown speaking in the 17-minute video, obtained by French news agency AFP, wearing the full-length hijab.
Two girls say they were Christian and have converted to Islam, while the other says she is Muslim.
"These girls, these girls you occupy yourselves with... we have indeed liberated them. These girls have become Muslims," Abubakar Shekau says in the video.
It is thought the majority of the abducuted girls are Christians, although there are a number of Muslims among them.
Correspondents said the girls appeared calm and one said that they had not been harmed.
There is no indication of when or where the video was taken.
It is estimated to show about 130 girls - just under half of the 276 pupils abducted from their school in the northern state of Borno.
Our correspondent says this could mean the group has been split into smaller groups to help avoid detection.
Boko Haram had previously admitted to kidnapping the girls.
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Nigeria soldiers 'fire at army commander in Maiduguri'
Soldiers in Nigeria have opened fire on their commander in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri, witnesses say.
Maj-Gen Ahmed Mohammed escaped unhurt after soldiers shot at his car at the Maimalari barracks, the sources said.
The soldiers blamed him for the killing of their colleagues in an ambush by suspected Boko Haram militants.
Meanwhile, Nigeria's president has ruled out freeing Boko Haram prisoners in exchange for the release of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls.
Visiting British minister Mark Simmonds drew another red line. He said that once the crisis was over, it was important there was no impunity for those who had committed this criminal act.
In other words, Abubacar Shekau and other Boko Haram members involved in the kidnapping should be arrested. These red lines will make holding any sort of talks between the Nigerian government and Boko Haram very difficult, to say the least.
A government minister had earlier said authorities were ready to negotiate with Boko Haram, but President Goodluck Jonathan insisted on Wednesday that this was out of the question.
"He made it very clear that there will be no negotiation with Boko Haram that involves a swap of abducted schoolgirls for prisoners," said British Africa Minister Mark Simmonds after meeting Mr Jonathan in the capital, Abuja, to discuss an international recue mission for the girls.
Their kidnapping in Borno state on 14 April has caused international outrage, and foreign teams of experts are in the country to assist the security forces in tracking them down.
'Internal matter'
Army spokesman Maj-Gen Chris Olukolade described the incident in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, as an internal matter and said there was no need for public concern.
But the shooting shows that morale within the army is low as it battles Boko Haram, says BBC Nigeria analyst Naziru Mikailu.
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Nigeria schoolgirls kidnap: 'Scores' of Boko Haram killed after villagers launch vigilante ambush
Locals have taken matters into their own hands because they felt the military was not doing enough to stem attacks by the Islamic militants
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Nigeria schoolgirls kidnap: 'Scores' of Boko Haram killed after villagers launch vigilante ambush
Locals have taken matters into their own hands because they felt the military was not doing enough to stem attacks by the Islamic militants
Interesting that the villagers took prisoners. In a previous report here locals had captured BH members who were then killed by the Army in site of the villagers protests.
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Nigeria's Boko Haram crisis: Kano suicide attack
A man checks the wreckage of a car at the scene of a suicide blast at the predominantly Christian Sabon Gari neighbourhood in Kano, northern Nigeria.
The bars in Sabon Gari have been attacked several times in recent years
A suicide blast in a street full of bars and restaurants in the northern Nigerian city of Kano has killed four people, police say.
One of those killed was a girl aged 12, they say.
Witnesses say the explosion was caused by a bomb in a car in the mainly Christian area of Sabon Gari.
The area has previously been targeted by Boko Haram Islamist militants but it is the first attack on Nigeria's second biggest city for several months.
More than 1,000 people have been killed in Boko Haram attacks this year but the government has said it has pushed the militants back into their strongholds in the north-eastern Borno state.
This is where they seized more than 200 girls last month, in a case which shocked the world and prompted foreign powers to send military advisors to assist Nigeria's army tackle the insurgency.
School girls abducted by Boko Haram (May 2014)
A video emerged last week showing about 130 of the girls wearing hijabs and reciting Koranic verses
Scene of a suspected Boko Haram suicide attack on a bus stop in the city of Kano in March 2013
At least 22 people were killed in a suicide car bomb attack blamed on Boko Haram at a bus stop in Kano in March last year
The street in Sabon Gari was full of revellers and street hawkers when a car exploded.
The BBC's Will Ross in Nigeria says that Sunday's blast was so powerful that all that remains of the car is its engine. The blast could be heard from several miles away.
"At about 22:00 [21:00 GMT], we heard an explosion and immediately mobilised to the scene where we discovered a suicide bomber... Five people, including the bomber, were killed," Kano Police Commissioner Adelere Shinaba said.
He said that the victims were "three men and a girl of about 12".
Kano is the largest city in the mainly Muslim north of Nigeria.
The bars and alcohol-sellers in its Sabon Gari area have been targeted on numerous other occasions. ...
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Nigeria bombings: 'Death toll passes 100'
The BBC's Will Ross: "For the last two years Jos has been fairly free of attacks"
The bodies of at least 118 people have now been recovered from the sites of twin bombings in the central Nigerian city of Jos, the nation's emergency management agency says.
The first blast was in a busy market, the second outside a nearby hospital.
No group has said it was behind the attack but Boko Haram militants have carried out a spate of recent bombings.
Jos has also seen deadly clashes between Christian and Muslim groups in recent years.
A spokesperson for the regional governor told AFP news agency that most of the victims were women. The market and bus terminal are part of the commercial centre of Jos.
The second blast was some 30 minutes after the first and killed some rescue workers.
Journalist Hassan Ibrahim told the BBC that tension was rising in the area, with youths blocking some roads. Religious leaders are appealing for calm.
National Emergency Management Agency coordinator Mohammed Abdulsalam said: "We've now recovered 118 bodies from the rubble. This could rise by morning, as there is still some rubble we haven't shifted." He said 56 people were injured. ...
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Nigeria violence: 'Boko Haram kill 17' in village attack
The BBC's Will Ross says the spate of attacks is "extremely ruthless"
The Islamist group Boko Haram has been accused of killing at least 17 people in an attack on a village in north-east Nigeria, close to where hundreds of schoolgirls were seized.
It comes a day after 118 people died in a double bombing in the central city of Jos, also blamed on Boko Haram.
In the latest attack, Boko Haram fighters reportedly spent hours killing and looting in the village of Alagarno.
Alagarno is near Chibok, from where the schoolgirls were abducted last month.
The abductions of more than 200 girls caused international outrage and prompted foreign powers to send military advisers to assist Nigeria's army.
People in north-east Nigeria are extremely vulnerable to attacks because many areas are no-go zones for the military and the insurgents operate freely, correspondents say. ...
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Nigeria's Boko Haram 'targets village vigilantes'
Villagers have been forming vigilante groups to protect their communities from militant attacks
Militants in Nigeria have raided three villages and killed those they accused of being anti-Boko Haram vigilantes, residents have told the BBC.
More than 30 people were killed in the attacks overnight into Friday in north-eastern Borno state, they said.
The raids took place as the UN Security Council approved sanctions against the Islamist group.
Nigerian officials say President Goodluck Jonathan is due to travel to South Africa for discussions with other African heads of state on combating terrorism in Africa following on from last weekend's summit hosted by France.
Earlier his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, said African presidents should take responsibility for their failures and resolve their own conflicts together.
"I find that our leaders, who should have been working together all along to address these problems that only affect their countries, wait until they are invited to go to Europe. Why does anybody wait for that? What image does it even give about Africa?" he said.
'Military alerted'
Residents from two of the villages that came under attack said militants had arrived in a convoy and gathered the men of the community together.
They accused them of being members of vigilante groups and killed them all, one villager from Moforo in Marte district who escaped across the border to Cameroon told the BBC Hausa service.
They then burnt down all the shops in the market, leaving the villagers destitute, he said.
Correspondents say that most villages have formed vigilante groups to try to protect their communities from militant attacks.
A resident of Kimbi village in Biu district said the villagers contacted the security forces to alert them to their attack, but were told it was not an area under military control so they could not be helped.
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Deadly blast hits Nigerian city of Jos
An explosion in the central Nigerian city of Jos has killed at least three people in a suicide attack, police say.
Police said the blast happened near an open-air TV viewing centre where people were watching the Champions League football final.
No group has said it carried out the attack.
However it comes days after a twin car bomb attack blamed on Boko Haram militants killed 118 people in Jos.
A spokesman for Plateau state governor Jonah Jang said the latest blast happened on Bauchi Road at about 21:30 local time (20:30 GMT). ...
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It's always kind of fun to sift through press releases and pull out nuggets of info that don't get prioritized but, because of what you're interested in, stick out with you for personal reasons.
Guess that's why I was pretty stoked to see that Pandora Internet radio will be coming to the latest Samsung Blu-ray home theater system (read the full press release here).
Samsung's new HT-BD3252 looks like one of the best HTIB (home theater in a box) systems going—you get Blu-ray, Samsung's auto calibration, 5.1 surround and wireless rear speakers. The big news in terms of content partners was that the system, which will be out in August for $799, features Samsung's new relationship with Blockbuster and you'll be able to upgrade the firmware to stream Blockbuster OnDemand titles.
You can also stream Netflix, but what doesn't do that these days??
If you're a fan of Internet radio, or discovering new music, or being able to personalize your playlists and listening habits, the Samsung Blu-ray player also streams Pandora. You need to have a subscription, but it was a nice bit of info tucked into the press release.
The press release says it's for subscribers of Pandora, which means you may need to have the $36/year Pandora One account, which at least leaves out the advertising for you (and $3/month is still only a fraction of what satellite costs, for example). Update: Pandora says you do not need a subscription to stream music, so just an account should do.
It would seem like Pandora is poised to branch out from here. There would be much reason for future Samsung Blu-ray players not to have Pandora, and companies like LG have been adding web-streaming features like Netflix or CinemaNow, so why not look to add one of the top streaming music sites too at some point?
Aside from the Samsung HTIB, Pandora's also accessible from some LG Home Theater systems, such as the LHB953. It's also available for audio systems such as Sonos and Squeezebox, but with the trend toward having all of your audio and video—including discs—playable from one box (or even right from your TV itself), we're expecting more video players to add this audio feature.
We know that Vudu can also stream Pandora, as an example of those merging audio and video boxes, and even one connected TV manufacturer, Vizio, has partnered with Vudu and therefore Pandora with it.
It would seem natural for something like the Roku player to hop on the Pandora bus, along with other Blu-ray manufacturers. Where else do you see Pandora landing?
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2011 4:52 am
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I am new to FC but not to gaming (Battletech,M:TG,D&D). I have played only one learners game and was wondering about some general tactics and traits about each race.
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This was posted by CHEWY in this thread :
Two of my friends and I played SFB about 25 to 30 years ago during our late teens and have managed to stay close over the years. Recently we started playing FC. It has quickly become our favorite tabletop strategy game, and has scratched our SFB itch that we had during our younger years. I've only read through the FC Reference Rulebook twice so I'm still absorbing and memorizing some of the crunchy bits.
I've already swallowed the lemonade and bought all the products for our six player STL gaming group (KB, RB, KA, RA, TA, DK, HA, OA, BA, Line of Fire, Boosters #0-27,91-92, and Briefing #1,2, Reference Rulebook). I really like that ADB puts alot of ships and scenarios online under their Commanders Circle player resources and greatly supports the SFB and FC community. I'm also grateful that so many on the forums have been avid SFB and now FC players for many years. You guys are a great resource and I find myself reading through tons of FC threads.
I've been trying familiarize myself once again to the different SF races and their play styles (25 years absent is a long time) and wanted to get some feedback from some veteran players to see if I'm on the right track. Here is just a brief synopsis of most of the races:
Feds - Average to weak turn modes, average power curve, Crunch FA arc race w/excellent phasers. Best ships for power, balance and effectiveness seem to be NCL, NCA, CS. They live or die by their photons. Ships tend to have 1 or 2 drones racks.
Klingons - Good to excellent turn mode, excellent power curve, great firing arcs, average phasers and all weapons are energy-on-demand every turn. Somewhat of a finesse race since they can Charge, Saber Dance, Shallow Saber Dance, and Waggle. Best ships for power, balance and/or weapon arcs seem to be F5W/D5/D7/C7. Ships tend to have 2 to 4 drone racks.
Kzinti - Good turn mode, good power curve and every turn firing w/phasers, disruptors and lots of drones. Somewhat of a finesse race since they emulate most of the Klingon tactics. Once they are ready to strike they follow the Drone Wedge as they Charge or close to 1 range and Anchor their opponent then Crunch w/drones. Ships tend to have 4 or more drone racks. I haven't experimented with the ships enough to know which seem to be the best for power, balance and effectiveness.
Romulan - Average to good turn mode, speed 16 cloaked, slow arming plasmas, decent phasers. Definitely a finesse race and one needs to master cloaking/uncloaking and plasma strategies (normal, quick loading Pl-Fs and Plasma-Bolts) to be effective. The best ships for power and balance seem to be the third generation Hawk ships, especially the smaller SeaHawk and Skyhawk.
Gorn - Poor to Average turn mode, good to excellent power, slow arming plasmas, lots of Ph-1s. Need to use EM to close then decide when to fire their phasers and plasmas (normal, quick loading Pl-Fs, Plasma-Bolts or Carronade). They tend to be more reactive and see how close their opponent will let them close before they decide to launch normal plasmas or bolt them. I haven't experimented with the ships enough to know which seem to be the best for power, balance and effectiveness.
Lyrans LDR - Probably the best no weakness ships; excellent power and turn modes, long range (Disr/Ph-1) and devastating short range (Ph-G/ESG) fire power, and sturdy. Their ships like to get up close and personal and if you let them get to range 0-1 your in a world of hurt. I haven't experimented with the ships enough to know which seem to be the best for power, balance and effectiveness.
Hydrans - Good power and turn mode ships that are sturdy for their size. They are deadly at range 0-3 with (Ph-G/Fusion/Stingers). They fire long range HB's and use EM to help them Charge to range 0-2 with their fighters trailing, then, they use Ph-G/Fusions and send their Stingers for strafing runs. Similar to the Lyran LDR in that if you let them get to range 0-2 its probably lights out. I haven't experimented with the ships enough to know which seem to be the best for power, balance and effectiveness.
Seltorian - Poor turn mode and weak to average FA weapon arcs. Lots of Ph-1s/Ph-3s, twice-firing PCs, and SCs. All weapons are energy-on-demand. They need to use their superior number of Marines and transporters and H&R and/or board their enemy if possible. They can poorly Saber Dance with their FA arc PCs or Charge and H&R. I haven't experimented with the ships enough to know which seem to be the best for power, balance and effectiveness.
Tholians & Neo-Tholians - They are dirty fighting race. Never expect a stand up fight against the Tholians. Ships have good power and weapon distribution with Ph-1s/Ph-3s and Disr/Phot. Lots of rear firing Ph-3s allow them to hit and run and snipe at you if you pursue. Web generators which are typically only effective with multiple ships in your fleet. Neo-Tholians add WC which add quick solidifying mobile terrain which is extremely effective in combat. The primary limitation against using Neo-Tholians is that they can only make up 1/3 of your fleet. Basically, use your webs to create obstacles for your enemy and cover for yourself, while you can still shoot through your webs. I haven't experimented with the ships enough to know which seem to be the best for power, balance and effectiveness.
Orion Pirates - Excellent power, speed, and turn modes w/lots of weapon variety and stealth. At equal range their stealth gives them an advantage but their achilles heel is their predominantly FA arcs for most of their weapons. All their ships from the smallest to the BR all seem to be very effective for their cost.
WYN and ISC - No idea. I definitely need some help here.
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This isn't a perfect list but most of the info is pretty much spot on and he did a really nice write up that I figure hasn't seen a lot of computer screens. If nothing else it should start some more discusion. Hope it is helpful.
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Thx for the input but what's saber dance, shallow saber dance and waggle?
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computerarif wrote:
Thx for the input but what's saber dance, shallow saber dance and waggle?
Klingons have these strengths:
1) Excellent Turn Modes
2) Excellent Firing Arcs
3) Rapid rate of fire
4) Moderate to good drones
5) Excellent Marine compliments and transporter arrays
Klingons have these weaknesses:
1) Weak 'crunch' power compared to historical rivals (called an alpha strike--or firing all bearing weapons at a single ship in a single instant)
2) Relatively speaking fragile ships
3) Players who roleplay their ships ("full speed ahead" etc)
To win a Klingon ship needs to get one of the following conditions:
1) An alpha strike against an already weakened ship (fleet)
2) Two alpha strikes in succession
3) Damage from drones
Because of this the Klingon is a finesse race. Thus the tactics mentioned:
Sabre Dance - This refers to getting multiple firing opportunities against the enemy ship/fleet at the preferable range of 15. This is a range where disrupters (esp massed disrupters) can do meaningful damage while keeping safely outside the overload range of their heavy crunch-power enemies (Feds and Hydrans). The goal is to weaken the front shields of the enemy ship (or in fleet actions, to do meaningful internal damage to a selected ship) on every pass until the time is right to take the fight in closer. The approach for this maneuver is oblique (so that the enemy will be off the hexspine of the #2 or #6 shield) with turn mode fully satisfied so that a single turn can turn either in (to chase an opponent who turns away) or away (to avoid overload range of an opponent who keeps moving in).
Shallow Sabre Dance - This is the same as the Sabre Dance but it occurs at ranges 6-8. This is inside the range of overloaded disruptors but outside the ideal range of phaser 1s and photons. This is a higher risk maneuver but the payoff is that you may force the enemy into choosing between a lower-percentage shot with expensive multi-turn arming weapons or losing those weapons before they fire.
Waggle - Some disruptor ships have extreme firing arcs. The D5 has 270-degree firing arcs on it's disruptors meaning that it can 'waggle' and fire heavy weapons at a pursuing ship while running away. If you have map to work with and an enemy that must charge, repeated strikes to their #1 shield can force them to either turn off or at the very least make them sideslip toward you giving you more flexibility in maneuver.
And one last one:
Knife Fight - Once the ships have exchanged alpha strikes it is often advantageous to stay close to the enemy and "knife fight" at very close range. You will be hitting the enemy with disruptors and phasers inside the range where you can really do damage every turn while they will have to rearm. This is particularly true if both ships have taken significant internals because while the Klingons have weaker phasers, they have more of them and can take damage against the runty phaser 2's, preserving their phaser-1s for the knife fight they can fire a repaired disruptor immediately while any heavy weapon destroyed on the other ship must be rearmed before firing.
Klingon rules of thumb:
1) Always turn in to chase an enemy that has fired multi-turn heavy weapons. Once you have eaten their alpha strike you want to keep hitting them with disruptors until they blow up.
2) Build up drone waves over the turn break. You can launch drones on Impulse 8 and again the next turn on Impules 1. Ideally this is timed with your battle pass so that the enemy must use up phasers on all the drones from two turns of launching instead of firing them at your ship.
3) If you are within 5 with mutual down shields, always use hit-and-run raids. The D7C has 7 transporters which you can use to selectively knock out many systems with marine raids for a very low power cost.
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Thx for all the input. Now to find a race I like...
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Awesome write up duz.
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Thanks Dux
EDIT: I seldom post without an edit.
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WYN and ISC - No idea. I definitely need some help here.
The WYNs are a group of Klingon, Kzinti, Lyran, Orion Pirate, and other renegades who live in the WYN cluster, a small group of stars surrounded by the WYN radiation shell. Ships passing through the radiation shell are damaged and disrupted by the radiation, making the Cluster a natural defensive bastion.
They have, basically, two kinds of ships. Cluster defense ships are ships that they have bought, stolen or captured from their neighbours, plus some up-gunned auxiliary cruisers and Orion pirate ships built for them by the Cluster Cartel. These ships are small and usually only fight invading ships that are disrupted by radiation (see the WYN cluster terrain rules). With these, get in fast and hit hard before the radiation wears off.
They also have the very good "Fish" series ships. (Their codenames are all after fish - Mako, Barracuda, Orca, etc.) These ships were built by the Cluster for an attempt to usurp the throne of the Kzinti Patriarch. They are good ships, easily the equals of other ships of the same class. They have a special design in that you can pick either drones or phaser-1s for some options on the ships. With phasers, they fly more like Klingons, with drones, more like Kzintis.
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Peace through superior firepower. ISC ships are fairly tough plasma boats (not as tough as Gorns, tougher than Romulans). Two things distinguish the ISC: The Plasmatic Pulsar Device (PPD), and rear-firing "defensive" type-F torpedoes.
The PPD is a long-ranged, hard-hitting weapon that damages three shield facings when it hits. Fortunately you'll only see a small number of these ships, as the PPD is only mounted on cruisers and larger. It has a minimum range of four hexes, so get close enough and it can't shoot you. To prevent this, the ISC use a "gunline" of destroyers and frigates which launch plasma at any ship which gets too close.
The defensive Type-F torpedoes are primarily designed for dealing with drones, shuttles and fighters. Any number of defensive torps can be launched at these targets in a turn. Up to one torp can be launched "offensively" at a ship per turn. These systems make it really hard to knock all the torpedoes off an ISC ship, but the torpedoes take a long time to reload and cost a lot of energy. You're better off holding the Type-Fs for when they'll do the most good as an ISC player.
Tactically, when flying ISC, hammer one ship at a time with the PPD and phasers (and maybe plasma bolts) until it's wrecked and forced to withdraw, then pick another and so on. If he tries to charge you, turn to bring the maximum plasma to bear and launch enough to intimidate him into running.
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With their weird and wonderful weaponry [actually I abhor alliteration] and equipment, the Andros take some getting used to both to fly and to fight. Not quite as mean as they are in SFB, they are still a force to be reckoned with.
First off, the Andros have no seeking weapons. Not just none to speak of, like the Tholians (who only have seeking shuttles) but literally none. At all.
The T/R beam is their primary heavy weapon, and although it looks at first sight about as fearsome as a Phaser-4, it can only fire every other turn. However it's still a respectable weapon and a player fighting the Andros could do well to avoid being centrelined by his opponent when the T/R's are ready to fire. Evasive maneuvers can mitigate them to some extent, as can sufficient drones which could force the Andro ship to use one or more as a defensive tractor.
Beating the Power Absorber panels is difficult for a single ship in a single turn, but it can be done. High crunch-power weaponry is the order of the day and if you can bring a ship with disruptors, so much the better. It can sometimes be better to hit an Andro ship with multiple 10-point volleys so as to whittle him down with burnthrough, to which Andro ships are quite vulnerable [tactical article submitted - see this thread
for details]. In fleet actions, concentration of firepower is the order of the day.
The Andros can clear their panels rapidly by performing a Tactical Power Dump. Learn
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to perform a Tactical Power Dump by getting blown up for performing a poorly-timed Tactical Power Dump.
Finish off crippled Andro ships, do not leave them until later. Their regeneration abilities are legendary.
Despite all that power-absorbing ability, Andromedan ships are not particularly well-powered in themselves. Unless someone keeps charging up their batteries for them by repeated ineffectual weapons fire, an Andromedan ship does not have sufficient power to run at top speed, arm all weapons and power its panels all at the same time. So that's another reason to not fire unless you are going to do some damage.
Andro phasers: Average. plenty of them, and with reasonable arcs, but generally short-ranged. Usually stronger when their target is centrelined.
Displacement device: A neat bit of kit with interesting tactical possibilities, both offensively and defensively. Just remember that a displaced ship will be disrupted immediately after it has been displaced, whether friendly or enemy. You can use this to your advantage....
Hit and run raids: An important weapon for the Andros, since they do not have to drop a shield. If you're fighting an Andro, think yourself fortunate that they don't have transporter bombs in Fed Commander.....
Satellite ships: Be ready for these to pop out with little warning. If you can get near them to hit them while they are still disrupted after launch, so much the better. It depends on where the Andro player throws them to, of course.
Energy Modules: Destroy them as soon as they appear, otherwise the Andros can recover them easily. See this thread:
for explanations.
One more thing. If you can inflict a heavy blow on an Andro ship with nearly full panels, you may well kill it. A panel cascade will finish it off in short order.
Anyway that's my two penn'orth. Others will doubtless have things to add.
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My 2 penneth on Andro's.
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Over all fire power: Very weak. Probably the weakest race in terms of raw firepower in FC. Point for Point you will be out crunched and out averaged by any other force that isn't labelled Convoy, and even then the escort probably has more firepower than you.
Primary heavy weapon: The Displacement device. It does no damage but can change the battle in the blink of an eye. The predicability of self displacement (both success rate and choice of destination) makes it very useful for obtaining a positional advantage. The disruption effect makes displacing enemy vessels good in order to negate some of the enemy firepower advantage at the key moment in an attack run (don't get concerned about where they end up, it's too random so accept any splitting up of the enemy as just gravy).
Secondary heavy weapon: TRH. There are 2 TR beams, the TRLs (Light) asnd TRH (Heavy). The lights are called light for a reason, if the enemy calls them heavy weapons he is just taking the mickey. The heavy beams are nice and hard hitting, but they are very scarce - it takes just short of a 1000pt force to obtain the maximum number of 8 TRHs that you can legally have in a (non-base) battle. They are also a 2 turn armer. Broadly speaking for every TRH you have the enemy will have 3 heavy weapons.
Phasers: Weak. Entirely Ph2s, no 1s nor 3s. Point for point you will normally have somewhat less phasers than the enemy and they will very often have better Ph1s (at least some if not all) to boot. Andro phasers are very Centerline based - which has it ups and downs.
Note: You have no overloads to worry about. Any shot within range 10 can be aimed without sacrificing damage.
'Shields': Excellent with vital caveats. It takes noticebly more firepower to down your 'shield' in one volley than any other equivalent ship. Plus your 'shields' can clear damage at a significant rate. On the other hand you have noticeably less all round 'shielding' and opponents have to worry less about which angle they shoot from. Time and distance are usually a key factor in Andro survival, to allow for the self-repair factor to make it self felt.
Internal robustness: Poor. The lack of yellow system boxes makes any internal damage hurt, this is extremely noticeable on satellite ships - burnthroughs hurt smaller ships in particular (there is only a 1 in 6 chance of not losing power/weapon on a pristine satellite with a burnthrough). Andro ships have a tendency to pop long before others would due to energy containment issues as the panels go down.
Seeker defense: Haha!. You have no 'special' systems like ADD/ESG/IPG nor ph3s, you even lack proper tractors. Speed 24 and using up your already inferior firepower are your defense against seekers. DisDevs can also be useful in a tight spot, or as part of a plan to pull out seekers then leave them far away.
power generation: poor. Andros generate a lot less power than other ships, and have higher running costs - PA panels and multi turn weapons will eat into your generated power. Only 1 andro ship (cobra) can do speed 24 whilst powering weapons and panels on purely generated power, but even it has no phaser power left.
Batteries. Awesome. The smallest ship can hold 20 points of battery power. They can be filled readily from the panels as part of the repair mechanism. As long as someone is shooting at you anyway! Always encourage the enemy to fire 'spare' phasers at secondary targets on impulse 8
Manouveribility: Good. You will seldom be losing out on order of movement.
The satellite hangar offers a chance to keep smaller ships 'safe' whilst approaching an enemy. Generally (but not alwways) look to launch them on impulse 8 or as close to turn end as possible, as they are sitting ducks at speed 8, plus they can't fire at point of launch. Plan for transporter launching rather than DisDevs - DisDevs are to few and useful to use on launching if you can help it.
Andros are largely immune to H&R and can launch H&R whilst remaining immune - very useful.
Unlike other races, an andro fleet will have a significant constraints on its compostion. You can only have a maximum of 2 'big' ships, i.e. the ones with the TRHs and better staying power. Everything else is an ~80 point 'frigate' or a ~130 'light cruiser'. As games reach sizes where fleets can snuff out shields at long range, the andro is unable to take the larger ships that others will be looking to take.
PPDs and Hellbores are your nighmare weapon to face, they both have excellent reach and will strike both panels every time, that makes power dumps very dodgy (even at long range under EM) unless you can coax the enemy into firing all of them first.
Andros play like no other race, and are bags of fun IMO. They play like an MMO 'Tank' with their usually good defensive characteristics and poor firepower, but if that fat lady is going to sing for you it's usually a short song.
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If I may, I'll add a few comments to the excellent advice already given about Andros, as I've been playing them a lot lately.
Although power panels can be tough to beat, there are races that can fill a bank up with one good volley in a squadron game. Beware Hydran hellbore squadrons, they are especially tough for Andros to survive against. ISC can be tough for Andros too. (Actually, ISC is tough for anybody.) Best way to deal with them is use a disdev to close the distance to inside their myopic zone, tractor one of the PPD armed ships, and maul it. Note: satellite ships, if left in the bay, can absorb power from a tactical power dump, and this may be more useful than their TRLs.
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Mar 31, 2013Ang Lee's story on two gay loving cowboys is just a complete waste of my time. I never thought that after lee's blockbuster bust, "Hulk" that he would create something completely worse. Sadly he does. First off, the story is just ridiculous. A lot of the movie is just sex, which had plenty of scenes that i've never want to see ever again. The acting may be decent, but when you put these characters in a story like this, it just doesn't work. Plain and Simple. Honestly, I think Lee can do much better than this crap. He somewhat did that with "Life of Pi", but I'm still waiting for that one movie of his that'll hopefully redeem him as one of the greatest directors of our time. But right now, this what we're stuck with. Overall, this movie is a terrible storyline to go off of.… Expand
Jun 5, 2013GROSSSSS NASTY dont watch this there is no such thing as gay cowboys
Aug 15, 2011A boring "love story" about two gay men that only want to have sex. Basically, this movie is a non-explicit pornography. I don't understand all the hype.
Mar 22, 2014Incredibly dull movie about gay cowboys, that probably wouldn't get any popularity, if it wasn't about homosexuals. I'm not any sort of homophobe, but giving a boring movie, without any plot twists, deeper meaning or action high grade, just because it tells a story about gays is plain riddiculous.
Avoid it like plague, unless you are deeply involved in some sort of LGBT movement or you can't sleep at night and need something to help you achive that state.… Expand
Sep 24, 2014Awful terrible depraved homo nonsense. No redeeming feature to this movie. I nearly vomited at the debauched scenes in this movie. Everybody involved from the producers and directors down should be taken outside and beaten with big sticks. Awful, just awful, no wonder the sicko liberal press loved it, they have never come across a sexual perversion they did not love.
Takes great pains to be a compassionate love story; but the filmmaking itself, self-consciously restrained and desiccated, is inert and inexpressive.
Isn't for everyone, but for those who are not bothered by the homosexual relationship, it offers a study in yearning, love, and loss. It didn't affect me as deeply as either "The Bridges of Madison County" or "The Remains of the Day," but it evokes some of the same feelings.
There's neither coyness nor self-importance in Brokeback Mountain--just close, compassionate observation, deeply committed performances, a bone-deep feeling for hardscrabble Western lives. Few films have captured so acutely the desolation of frustrated, repressed passion.


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A pacemaker is needed when problems occur with the electrical conduction system of the heart. This causes the timing within your heart's pumping chambers to be altered so that your heart is beating too slowly or irregularly. A pacemaker can signal your heart to beat at a steadier rate.
A pacemaker is comprised of three parts: a pulse generator, one or more leads, and an electrode on each lead. The pulse generator is a small metal case that contains circuitry and a battery. It regulates the impulses sent to your heart. A lead is an insulated wire that is connected to the pulse generator on one end, while the other end is inside one of the heart's chambers. The electrode on the end of a lead touches the heart wall, delivering electrical impulses to the heart. The electrode also sends information about the electrical activity in your heart back to the pulse generator.
A pacemaker insertion is the implantation of a pacemaker (described above) into the chest just below the collarbone to help regulate electrical problems with the heart. You will be given a sedative and a local anesthetic at the insertion site prior to the procedure. Once the anesthetic has taken effect, the physician will make a small incision at the insertion site. A sheath or introducer is inserted into a blood vessel, usually under your collarbone. The introducer is a tube through which the pacemaker lead wire will be inserted and advanced to your heart.
Once the lead wire is in place, it will be tested to verify proper location and that it works. There may be one, two or even three wires inserted, depending on the type of pacemaker your physician has selected for your condition. Following testing, the pacemaker generator will be slipped under the skin through the incision after the leads have been attached to it. Generally, pacemakers are placed on your non dominant side—e.g., on your left if you are right-handed and vice versa. The incision will be closed with sutures, adhesive strips or special glue. A sterile bandage will be applied.
In the recovery room, a nurse will monitor your vital signs. If you feel any chest pain or tightness, tell the nurse immediately. After a period of rest and monitoring, you will be allowed to sit up and perhaps get out of bed. You may drink or eat once you are awake. Your physician will visit you during recovery. Once your blood pressure, pulse and breathing are stable, your physician will probably discharge you.
Some examples of heart rate and rhythm problems for which your doctor might suggest pacemaker insertion include:
Do not eat or drink after midnight. Medicines prescribed by your doctor may be taken with sips of water.
If the procedure is performed on an outpatient basis, you may be allowed to leave after you have completed the recovery process. The entire process from check in to discharge will take 2-4 hours. However, if there are concerns or problems, you may be admitted to the hospital for overnight observation.


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Jobs woos devs with
iPhone OS iOS 4
The iPhone OS has changed its name, and when it's released for the iPhone and iPod touch this June 21 (free), it will be juiced with expanded money-making opportunities for developers. Today, at his Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, Steve Jobs let his 5,000-or-so most ardent admirers know that iPhone OS 4.0, announced on …
Jailbreakers like to say it's so they have the freedom to do what they like with their phone, but it seems like they want the freedom to pirate all the apps.
One developer said his game could tell the difference between a jailbroken or non jailbroken phone, something like 73% of scores submitted to his online scorecard were from pirate copies. None of these went on to buy the app either, so try before you buy is a joke.
@Giles Jones
Spot on, Sir.
>but it seems like they want the freedom to pirate all the apps.
Developers lacking the self-respect to abandon development for Apple's insipid control model deserve to be ripped off. By tolerating it they feed a beast which is doing far greater damage to the rest of us than a handful folk who don't want to pay for a crappy toy they'll probably delete a week later anyway.
Let me get this straight...
He's making the assumption that the phone being jailbroken automatically means his game has been pirated?
What a fucktard.
My phone is jailbroken. I did so to install yellowsn0w (and then blackra1n) so that I could use an O2 payg phone on T-Mobile.
However I have spent quite a bit of money on apps. I would hate to think that the people whose apps I regularly use would accuse me of pirating their app simply because my phone is jailbroken.
If they're going to have that attitude I'll have my money back and run a pirate version - it's only what they're expecting anyway!!
DPA breach. ;)
Was this guy in the UK? This sounds like spyware, didn't Jobs have a rant about stuff like this a few days ago?
So very little for end users then...
Adverts and more adverts basically.... As if being locked into iTunes was bad enough, it's about to get a WHOLE LOT WORSE....
Re: So very little for end users then...
Actually, there's quite a bit for end users there.
If we accept that developers of free or cheap apps will use ads to support their development, then they will go with the advertising system that offers them the most convenience or money, or both.
Up until now, all they had to chose from has been a series of sleazy companies that collect and hoard as much personal information from users and attempt to make money out of this by selling it around, diluting privacy and control of such data.
This is bad.
Now Apple promises to deliver a purportedly more effective advertising system that will be even more convenient for developers since it is included as part of the SDK and iTunes environments. With this system, iOS developers can get paid directly as part of their app transactions, easily and conveniently.
However, the real news here is that Apple has already said that developers--and advertisers--will get *NOTHING ELSE*. The ads will show, users may click on them or not, and impressions will be marked and in-ad sales will be tallied. The Advertisers will get aggregate data of impressions; the developers get aggregated sales totals. That's it. Just like traditional newspaper or TV ads.
Apple made a point that the end-user's privacy will be respected, inasmuch as the devices try to do today by controlling the user experience and requiring the user's consent for certain transactions. The user will be able to exit from an interactive advert at any time, and none of his personal or device information will be collected nor shared with developers or advertisers, ever. The advertiser nor the developer may impose anything on the user, other than a display of a banner on his app. Attempting to extract additional information from the advert transaction by non-approved means will violate the license agreement, and you know how Apple deals with this in the App Store.
This is--if not good--a much better situation than the status quo. Developers and advertisers will complain about the lack of information and control (and indeed, already have), but will use the system because of its convenience and effectiveness.
I agree that more adverts are never a good thing, but hopefully this will not mean *more* adverts, but actually less sleazy, annoying, and invasive adverts. If the user must be subjected to ads, let he be in control.
Which court case first?
Cisco already has an operating system called IOS. I assume Apple is paying for the name privilege.
Apple's proposed advertising model is blatantly anti-trust. There is no need to be so greedy.
Go on, tell the class how iAds is anti-trust.
Don't Cisco have the trademark on IOS? (Internetwork Operating System on their routers & switches).
I wonder if they asked Cisco before using their trademark this time?
iOS? I wonder what Cisco will make of that?
Especially since Cisco have been using the trademark IOS (Internetwork Operating System) for over 20 years!
And just what does the "i" in Apple's iOS stand for anyway?
"And just what does the "i" in Apple's iOS stand for anyway?"
The "i" in "iOS" is the same as the "i" in iPhone, iPad et cetera which is a super short form of "Irritating incompetent inept impotent idiot".
Steve Jobs is a thief and an idiot
"And just what does the "i" in Apple's iOS stand for anyway?"
Maybe an idiot (as in Steve Jobs)?
I mean, he stole iPad name from Fujitsu, then bought it when they complained. Wasted money, he could come up with better name. Now he is riping of Cisco. I think Cisco would not be so eager to sell since they are still using it (Fujitsu's iPad was product from 2003).
And as a grand finale, Jobs riped FSF too. He resold GPL'd apps in his GPL-incompatible store which says you can run apps only on 5 phones. I think he is what he said Psystar is.
You have your nuts in a ball with this one!
The upload of the app was done by an independent developer and not apple directly!
Why would lawyers be "at the ready"?
What are they going to do?
I mean, you do realise that Apple have licensed the rights to the name iOS from Cisco, don't you?
You didn't know that?
Ah. Now you have learned the dangers of going off half-cocked in your rush to bleat about things of which you know bugger all!
Go on then. Fact me.
'I mean, you do realise that Apple have licensed the rights to the name iOS from Cisco, don't you?'
Please provide link to this fact.
Re: Go on then. Fact me.
Consider yourself facted.
That's gonna sting.
Will Cisco's own words be enough for you?
Deal with it.
Because last I heard, IOS was Cisco's OS for their networking gear. And they've been using it for much longer than Apple.
couldn't they even be arsed to google IOS?
No, Steve uses bing now which may explain the oversight
Couldn't you be arsed to google it either? There's an explanation, see a later comment. :-)
They have "previous" with Cisco
Cisco already had the iPhone trademark long before Apple started making phones:
The Name
Beat me to it.
Gents, there are cleverer people than you or I working on this stuff...
Ever seen the movie, Idiocracy?
It's a movie set in the future.
I'll wager that the lawyer's big screen TV, in the movie, was running iOS.
If you've seen the movie, maybe it's an "inside joke."
If you haven't: The actual television content is quite difficult to actually spot, on the TV, for the massive glut of advertising, assaulting the visual acuity of the viewer. It's kind of a theme for the city of the future, in fact. Of the future, I say. Yeah, just the future....
I have and am reminded of it every time a user says "I just need it to work" when you are trying to explain it was their fault and they will do it again... Like using shift-delete or buying an iOS device...
Not again
Didnt Apple make the same mistake with Cisco with the iPhone as they're making now with IOS?
iOS 4? Bah...
"... gave an overview of iOS 4's capabilities, ..."
We generally IOS 12.2(33)SXI and 12.2(52)SE, with a few devices running 12.4 GD or even 15.0M. Who would want to downgrade to IOS 4?
When they get to iOSX will they leave it on "x" for 10 years and just sell service packs?
IBM has an IOS too
the OS for the I series is the I5OS, a previous incarnation was I4OS.
Isn't it a pity that the same people who build such beautiful hardware are control freaks of the worst kind?
We're actually lucky that IBM did not team up with Steve to build their business machines. We'd have even less competition and Linus would have fallen victim to an "accident".
New features of iOS4
Wow... those are supposed to be NEW features.
Apple welcomes its users to multitasking (although still restricted if you read the specs), folders (!), e-mail the way it should work,...
I'm sorry, my n900 already has all of that, and for quite a while now. Might as well call this iRunBehindTheRest...
Sony Ericsson
My old SE K800i had a front facing camera, and I'm pretty sure it had the same level of multitasking. :p
I've still got one of them - simply for the camera.
Fecking lush camera! :)
Increasing Developers
Are they increasing the number of developers by allowing people not using macs to develop iOS software?
Oh Goody, Unavoidable Adverts
Yet another reason not to buy an iThing
Re:Oh Goody, Unavoidable Adverts #
Don't be an idiot.
Of course you can avoid the adverts. Don't download free, ad-supported, apps.
There's that's not so hard is it?
iAd a bit of that
Ah iAd, the way to make ad supported demos even more annoying so that users who want the functionality will pay for it. And at the same time, potentially monetizing the free app as well. And of course, people with no iTunes credits can support their fave free app developers by clicking on the ads.
Unless you're a complete freetard, what's not to like ?
iOS Fail
Just loaded the new Apple iOS onto my Cisco Router and it says something about ROMON...
I would say that is a smart switch
I would say that is a smart switch! Darn good Cisco product!
IOS 4 ? NACK. I remember those days... these days we run with 12.2(33)SXI3 and 12.4(15)T15 with a smattering of 12.2(53)SE2 - i recall how ropey pre IOS 11 was...would never want to run version 4.
I mean, thats like running BIND 4 when everyone else is now running BIND 9 with their eyes on BIND 10 ;-)
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I own a Dunlop crybaby and for 2 decades handeled the load, I recently bought a Fulltone and it does have a wider range-I like it very much.
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...I appreciate what everyone is saying...no doubt we all have our preferences...me too.
I am a bare bones traditionalist, a knob turner, a flip switch non technical kinda guitar player kinda like Joe Walsh, I could care less if it can hold three or a hundred presents, just let me plug in set the tone and volumn and get out of the way cause the air and sound are comin at ya.
I own and play a base model Dunlop CryBaby...wouldn't want anything else, classic sound, easy to operate...other then the pain of a dead 9 volt battery on occasion I love it just the way it is.
November 21, 2013 at 7:55am
Im not big on signature models-period.
box of dope
August 09, 2013 at 12:43pm
the dunlop 535-Q cry baby gets a whole range of wah tones, weird its not on here its awesome!
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Forget these overpriced models and get the MXR MC404 CAE Dual Inductor Wah. Switches between the classic Hendrix tone and throaty tone similar to what Iommi used, very versatile pedal.
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I realize it will never win any awards for sound quality, but I really love the feature set of the Ibanez WD-7 weeping demon. I wish I could find a schematic to play around with the circuit.
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Wheres the good non-signature models?
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