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Wireless comms firm ParkerVision has seen its shares soar today after a jury ruled that chipmaker Qualcomm had infringed its patents in a million-dollar trial over mobile phone chips used in iPhones and Galaxy devices. The federal jury decided that Qualcomm had infringed on ParkerVision's intellectual property, finding that none …
Their next move...
will be to sue Samsung and Apple for knowingly using their patented technology.
Then we could see the strange sight of Apple and Samsung on the same side. Plus ca change.
There will still be comments here 'that were holding it wrong' though. Some things never change.
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... is just someone we haven't sued yet!
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I don't think they can sue Apple or Samsung until they've exhausted legal means with Qualcomm, or if Qualcomm's contract said that Apple and Samsung were responsible for paying for any unlicensed technology in Qualcomm's chips (and I don't see either of them agreeing to such a contract)
Why not sue every iPhone and Galaxy S owner while they're at it? After all, if they could do what you suggest all of us who read the Reg article are now knowingly using our phones that contain unlicensed technology.
RF mixer
"convert electromagnetic signals from higher to lower frequencies"
If that is all it is then that is the basis of superheterodyne radios since the 1920's
I hope there is more than that
Re: RF mixer
"I hope there is more than that"
In a mobile device.
Re: RF mixer
"In a mobile device."
The transistor radio everyone had stuck to their ear in the 60s/70s or the ghettoblaster everyone dragged around in the 80s?
They must be only in LTE chipsets
Based on the article saying Qualcomm started using this tech in 2011.
Hang on a minute...
Surely stuff "relating to radio-frequency receivers and the down-conversion of electromagnetic signals" qualifies as pretty "essential", right?
But didn't the US ITC recently make it clear that "essential" technology was indefensible using patents, and that patents are really only meant to protect trivial and blatantly plagiarised junk like Apple's "rectangles" and "jack detection"?
So how come Samsung isn't allowed to protect its "essential" patents, but some unknown and highly dubious American "IP" company in Jacksonville is?
Zero Frequency IF
I think its based on zero frequency IF or direct conversion of RF.
EG http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Technology/tis/info/pdf/9301032.pdf (1993)
If so, it was well known much earlier than the patents. How can a lay jury be expected to judge these things?
Funny how that works.
Big Corp gets a tech presentation from Small Co and later releases product it was working on "All along."
Re: Funny how that works.
"Big Corp gets a tech presentation from Small Co and later releases product it was working on "All along."
Your statement might be even remotely relevant if the presentation vs usage of technology hadn't been 21 years apart...4
Re: Funny how that works.
"ParkerVision said that it showed its technology to Qualcomm in the late 1990s "
Late '90s being 97,98,99 so 12 - 14 years tops.
Given the article is light on technical details
It's hard to comment on the actual case. The one potentially troublesome bit that is obvious is Qualcomm having previously tried to license the tech. If I were a juror that would be a major concern and Qualcomm would need to show me they didn't lift the technology or worse, miscount days on the calendar. That certainly makes intentional infringement plausible even if ParkerVision still needs to prove the case.
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just a little looksie at the numbers. you can't possibly tell me these levels are sustainable. These valuations are priced out to where their numbers will be YEARS from now if ever (see AIG)Well - how about this for Bank valuations:BAC - $151B valuation. 40 P/EC - $50B valuation. negative EPS -$4.38/shareWFC - $131B valuation. 36 P/EJPM - $172B valuation. 138 P/EMS - $40B valuation. 18 P/EGS - $84B valuation. 35 P/ECOF - $17B valuation. negative EPS -$3.67/shareRF - $7B valuation. negative EPS -$9.12/shareAXP - $39B valuation. 23 P/EGE - $151 valuation. 11 P/EAIG - $4.5B valuation. negative EPS -$668/share
You do realize that today's price of $17.40 carries a significantly higher valuation than it had last year at 20 right?they've basically doubled the number of outstanding shares to 8.65 billion.BAC's valuation at 17.40 is almost the same valuation it had when at $39.50, it's 52-week high.oh sure...you'll have people say they're worth more having acquired Merril and Countrywide but I'm not one of them
people are missing my point look at this chart again. look at the charts since march and it looks like 2003 after the 2002 bottom http://www.finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=SPY&ty=l&ta=0&p=m You can see the new bull market, Stocks are on the rebound despite DESPITE THE BAD ECONOMIC DATA. People are accumulating.
I'm looking at the rend and it surley looks down to me, and you are up against significant resistance, too.
looking at the chart, I thought the bottom was in last year when it hit low 20's and started to climb back up. Lost a ton being long back then and thought the bottom was "in".
actually your C valuation does not reflected conversion that will be finished on Monday which will put the shares outstanding at 25 bil and valuations at over 100Bil!!!what most retail investors dont understand is that C today at 4$ is worth as much in market cap as it did last year at 30$most people don't get dilution, they think it was 50 went to 1 and will be 50 again:)
yeah - the same people who think BAC is going back to it's 52-week high of $39.50LMAOwith dilution that's a $350 Billion valuation
no question, they are going DOWN from here.could be significant. NOTHING has changed, except that the 'toxic assets' have gotten WORSE!
nobody cares, u are not trading their financial statements. You are trading stock price. Look at the trend. Look at this instead http://www.finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=SPY&ty=l&ta=0&p=m It looks 2003 all over again - see the bull market.
Thanks for confirming that financials are in a risky bubble. When fundamentals, valuation, prospects don't matter we have a situation a lot alike the tech bubble.
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- Publisher: SCEA
- Release Date: May 4, 2004
- Summary: The Omega Strain, an intense action game, offers more of what sparked the franchise?s popularity with the addition of four-player cooperative peer-to-peer online play, an innovative character customization feature, all-new features and weapons, and larger, richly-detailed, intense international environments. Featuring a lethal arsenal of all-new, high-tech weaponry and sophisticated gunplay, players can take on hostile terrorists alone or band together with up to three other agents online to combat world terror as a team.… Expand
- Developer: Sony Bend
- Genre(s): Tactical Shooters
- # of players: 1-4
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
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Positive: 16 out of 47
Mixed: 24 out of 47
Negative: 7 out of 47
A chunky online component will keep you coming back for more than just the 40 or so hours of solo game play.
The sound effects are varied and realistic but the musical soundtrack steals the show. Not only is there plenty of musical variation but it matches the moods of the game perfectly.
Somewhat of a disappointment. The frustrating controls along with some other issues, the game is kept from being a true must-have title.
If you can forgive the unimaginative AI and time-intensive design, Omega Strain stands as an accomplished shooter.
If the control had been more intuitive and the combat had been tightened up, the game could have been more enjoyable, but as things stand, most should give Sony's new shooter a wide birth.
Plays as though its developers were simply going through the motions. There are better third-person military shooters out there...lots of them. [June 2004, p.27]
Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain easily ranks among the worst titles I have ever played on the PlayStation 2, an astounding feat considering that the game came from Sony themselves.
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Positive: 6 out of 14
Mixed: 3 out of 14
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JoeyDudeMay 9, 2004It is awesome don't listen to the reviewers, because it's awesome!
OmarM.May 4, 2004It was awesome I really enjoyed beating this game the gameplay is truly remarkable!
GabeL.May 6, 2004This game is awesome!!!
[Anonymous]May 20, 2004This game lost all that was fun about it. The game play used to include sneaking around, shooting people from far away, a much more interesting and challenging weapon-aiming gameplay. Now it's just a run around and shoot people game. The original syphon filter was different from all other mission games, it's not lost all it's originality.… Expand
GamegrillerJul 27, 2004How can so many people rave about this? Don't believe the hype. Because if they actually played it they would see how mediocre and disappointing the controls, camera, and overall pace, are, not to manetion the lousy level select interface… Collapse
AnsonGDec 7, 2006This is Syphon Filter??? If i put on an older game, and compared it to the original Syphon Filter, u could hardly tell the difference. The whole scenery in this game, no matter what level, is choppy and more like Playstation game. But i do know what or when someone in main character is killed one thing I will state right off the bat this-Syphon Filter TOS dont feel like a new SF game. It feels more like expansion pack. In this game, u take command of an agent for Gabe Logan and numerous other people. The "heroes" of the older games are now "retired" in a sense, even though they do not look as if they have aged at all. How ever, terrible control worsen an already lackluster performance for Syphon Filter. I remember when Syphon first come out on the ps1 . The great game leads many to believe that it could have been as great as MGS(Metal Gear Solid) was. SF could Have accomplished that task if somebody didnt get lazy when they designedthis game. If u are ging to "resurrect" a series completely. Stay away from this game and play the original Syphon Filters on the ps1 because that is the memory u should have of a great series, not this terrible memory that this game has given me.… Expand
PartyBoyMay 7, 2004This game was absolutely horrible... it hasnt really changed 2 much since the ones on ps1.


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Common name: Douglas' Neckara
Family name: Brachytheciaceae
wavy leaves, no costa, growth from sweeping outward from tree trunk
lacks paraphyllia
olive green to light green
irregular branching
found on trail between lot C and Sem II buildings.
i believe it was growing off of a big leaf maple. Picture of tree included.
Steilacoom Park WA
This moss is in the Brachytheciaceae family. Olive green to light green, glossy and irregularly branched about 5-10cm long. Leaves are about .24-.3cm long; flattened and strongly transversely wavy, broadly lance-shaped and sharp-pointed; no mid rib. Sporophytes grow from the side of the stem; stalks short; capsules upright, oblong, smooth, projecting just above separated leaves. Grows in common lowland and montane forests, forming large hanging mats on trunks and tree branches.
Rainforest, olive green, flattened and wavy leaves, broadly lance shaped and sharply pointed, sporophytes with bright orange cacapsules
Olive-green twords the end and brown-green at base, glossy, irregularly branched, flat and wide, swooping outwards from where it is growing on the trunk of a tree.
*In a lowland seasonal creek growing on Fraxinus latifolia (Oregon Ash).
*Leaves are shiny and wavy with a noticeable midrib.
Other species growing in creek bed are Symphoricarpos alba (common snowberry), several types of lichen, at least one other moss which I believe to be Homalothecium fulgescens (Yellow moss) and some Rubus discolor (Himalayan blackberry).
This moss is Neckera douglasii, with the common name of Douglas' Neckera, named in honor of the amazing naturalist David Douglas. It was growing on Red Alder at 580' elevation.
Growing on tree trunk
Growing pendent from tree trunk
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The Joker is now in full control of Cartoon Network.Think about it: DC is owned by Warner Bros. which is a Time Warner company. Cartoon Network is also part of Time Warner. Most if not all shows on Cartoon Network are comedies. Anything dramatic in Cartoon Network has been cut. It's simple, Joker is holding the Cartoon Network employees hostage and blow up the building if Warner Bros. does what he says. So they let him do anything he wants with Cartoon Network. Why Cartoon Network? Because it's the only thing he can get away with. He has been trolling us by cancelling the Cartoons we love and putting live-action tv on CARTOON Network. Anything that's not funny will be cancelled. It all makes sense now.
Total Drama Island and 6teen led to Cartoon Network's downfall.This is not TDI/6teen bashing. Here, look at it this way:
Canada is linked to Cartoon Network's epic suicideCN has brought 3 1/3 Canadian cartoons into America. Within a few years of their arrival, everybody's complaining from the rooftops. Coincidence? Also, a new CN Real show is coming to Cartoon Network this year. Guess where it's being made?
It's all the fault of Dee Dee from Dexters Laboratory.Cartoon Network is becoming worse because Dee Dee became aware of our reality, came here, and pressed all the wrong buttons at once, deleting, shredding and burning all the good contracts CN had to continue the good shows. Then she couldn't return home. She is currently disguised as an adult working for Fox News.
Bill O'Reilly: Greta Van Susteren, get out of my laboratory!
Scrappy was behind all this.
Cartoon Network will continue its downward spiral until it is finally dies and is replaced by a revived Toon Disney.
Paradox is responsible for screwing up Cartoon Network.He got tired of the vistas of his own reality (he is immortal, so he's got plenty of time) and decided to start visiting ours. Unfortunately, he caused a screw-up in the process.
Haruhi is the real head of CN.Ever notice how all but one of the CN Real shows are devoted to myths?
stuart snyder is the ultimate trollhe puts live action on a network clearly dedicated to cartoons, and puts new crap on whenever fans want something cancelled instead. PROBLEM, TURNER BROADCASTING?
Stuart Snyder is Bizarro.Putting live-action on Cartoon Network and alienating most of his demographic? Yeah, sounds like the decisions of Bizarro. Somebody call Supes!
Stuart Snyder is Judge DoomFirst you take down Cartoon Network, then you take down Toon Town. Besides, only a Toon would come up with a plan that crazy.
"You lack vision, but I see a place where tweens can watch reality TV focused on them. On and off, off and on all day, all night. Soon, where Toon Town once stood will be a string of Flash animated Canadian imports and ripoffs of reality TV. Clones of Survivor, Mythbusters and Ghost Hunters reaching as far as the eye can see. My God, it'll be beautiful."
Stuart Snyder is a demon sent from the gates of Hell to destroy the existence of cartoonsDuh.
CN Real is a Xanatos Gambit to ensure the future success of animation.It's like New Coke. Eventually, CN will revert to an all-cartoon format and gain a major increase of viewers sick of the live-action. Of course, they won't complain if 'Real' becomes a tremendous success. This plan is also being used by Disney and Nickelodeon.
The savior of cartoons will be an Animated Adaptation of The Order of the StickIt will be a demographic-busting show like Avatar The Last Airbender. It has adult jokes, Thick-Line Animation that would fit the Signature Style of CN's original productions, a premise that attracts nerds, but an artstyle that attracts children.
Cartoon Network's shows (or at least the ones featured in the continuity links that had the characters meeting up with one another) are set in the same realityRemember the continuity links where various characters from different shows would meet up with each other and do stuff? The reason they could meet up is because their shows are set in the same worlds.
CN Real's reality show isn't named Destroy Build Destroy - it's Destroy Bill, Destroy!Now with that in mind, what could that mysterious message mean? Is the host using superliminal advertising to control children and have them hunt down Bill, a former Cartoon Network employee who knows too much? Or is "Bill" the name of a genetically engineered living weapon, and the host is ordering Bill to destroy us all (destroy us all! destroy us all! destroy us all!)? By the time we realize the truth, it may be too late...
Decade did it.The Network Decay, He did it.
Cartoon Network bringing back Looney Tunes is a bizarre byproduct of their decay, not a sign of hope.They brought it back to draw attention away from the fact that they've lost their original focus, probably due to the criticism it is receiving for CN Real. Will it last? Better dust off your VCRs and start recording these cartoons while they're still airing.
Cartoon Network's downfall had something to do with the old Tom leaving.Why did you have to take the awesome, Badass-looking, faceless Tom and replace him with the stupid-faced one? ''Why??????????"
The new Scooby-Doo show will bombAnd yet this still isn't going to convince executives that Scooby-Doo is outdated in any way and they'll still think kids are just dying for an updated version.
The higher-ups of CN are in fact in a cartoonEvery episode, one of them tries to change the network because he thinks it will increase ratings. It fails spectacularly every episode, only to try again in the next one.
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Regular Show, and Adventure Time take place on the same world, just different time periodsSimilar to the above, I didn't know where it would go, so I put it here. Flapjack is set in the eighteen-ninteen hundreds equivelent, Regular Show is set in the equivelent of modern times,the talking sea animals carrying over to land, and Adventure Time is the post-Apocolypes of the world.
Cartoon Network is a Parallel Dimension. The Cartoon Network we have, is just another TV Channel, going into the Dork Ages. In their world, such as "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", Cartoon Network is a micronation under Civil War as of now.This plane of existence we live in, is the true reality. However, our actions and events, cause other dimensions to reflect what we do, making "fictional" dimensions. And one tale, a classic tale of a Utopia, falling into disarray and alarm. This rich, diverse history, is what was known as "Cartoon Network". Sometime after the events of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Toon Town soon fell into disarray. Cartoon Companies, became suspicious of each other, thinking the other would blot them out and take Toon Town for themselves. During the Cold War of Toon Town, The Houses of Disney, Maroon Cartoon Studios, Warner Bros., MGM, and newcomers of Hanna-Barbera, were at the seams of splitting up. One day, a fight broke out, with every faction going all out on each other, and the local police, trying to break it up. The Conflict lasted for months, destroying nearby buildings and studios, until the apparent victor was Disney. The U.S. Government intervened, and allowed the senate to decide Toon Town's fate. Disney and Maroon Cartoons' Toons were allowed to stay, but the other factions must leave forever. During the Exodus, these Animated Factions went their own ways, getting paid and going to their respective homes and studios. However, during the course of the next 30 years, the Cartoon Industry and population started to boom. And during this time, the Three Exiled Factions, WB, MGM, and Hanna-Barbera formed a secret network. They hoped to resolve all conflicts between their companies, and live in peace like they did in Toon Town. The called themselves: "The Cartoon Network." Rumors of their existence, sparingly spread among the crowd, and became an urban legend. Tired of secrecy, one of the well-known members of the Cartoon Network, Bugs Bunny, proposed that they create a land for themselves, a new studio, a new town, and a new life. An almost unanimous vote was decided in 1987, supporting his idea. In 1990, they announced themselves officially as "The Cartoon Network, inc." The following year, they proposed a bill that they should be recognized as a nation, and be granted land. President Bill Clinton had no such problem, and signed the bill, making "The Cartoon Network" one of the newest nations in the world, the only one populated of cartoons. In the following months, development in South West California started to happen. The Cities of Townsville, Endsville, Peach Creek, and a few other towns were created. The Capital, CN City, was built as the hub for entertainment, cartoon politics, and tourism. Finally, on October 1st 1992, The Nation of Cartoon Network became open to the public. Years passed, and a flood of cartoons entered Cartoon Network. Clay People, Puppet Men, CGI-lings, all animated ilk, settled down in CN. In 1997, Toon immigrants from Japan, the Animane became the fastest growing population in CN. The phenomenon was known as "The Toonami". This special race of Toon, was represented by Robot Ambassador, TOM. An agreement between the Animane, and The Nation of Cartoon Network, the Animane were given special priveleges concerning territory and air time on the Cartoon Network Channel. In Toon Town, the tunnel leading to it, was lost, and the dimension was lost to all people. However, Disney created more cartoons to hide the fact that they lost the originals somehow. It remains an Enigma on why Toon Town disappeared. During the course before the 2000's, Toons lived in peace, much akin to what was Toon Town. Here, Cartoons would appear and retire here. The world media called The Cartoon Network, Toon Town's Spiritual Successor. Humans were allowed to live in CN, but were not allowed to have shows. Meanwhile, there were "other friends" who wanted this land for themselves, having their own evil ideas and intentions. Humans, Canaidian Animation Studios, and other Toons wanted that land to be theirs, envious of their success. In 1999, Canadian expatriates, The House of Antonucci, immigrated to CN, and got their own show. The three most famous of them became known as Ed, Edd n Eddy. They however, were unaware of Canada's planned invasion, that would come years later. The same year, the Eds unwittingly find a secret unnused entrance to Toon Town, they lose its location. Their story is adapted in the episode: "One + One = Ed". In the late 1990's the Hanna-Barberrans, MGM, and WB toons considered expansion. On April 1st 2000, Bugs Bunny announced that he, and several cartoons, would depart for a territory where they could rest, free from present cares. Dexter, boy genius, built a pocket-dimension, located in the City of Sherman, and the old Toons were sent there. CN created a subsidiary channel, known as Boomerang, showing re-runs of the original CN factions. New leadership, in CN, was determined by who would host Friday nights that night. It frequently alternated between leaders every week, and this soon became law. In 2001, Samurai Jack, appeared on the scene. What he believed was a portal to his own time, was actually an experimental rift that Dexter was created. Originally, Deter was trying to find the tunnel to Toon Town again, he was instead, given Samurai Jack. The denizens of CN were puzzled, and perplexed about who he was. His history, was kept secret, and given cover as the Cartoon: Samurai Jack. Samurai Jack, was then adopted into the "Tartakovsky House". Animated Actor in their universe, a Samurai in his own, Jack treated CN as a sanctuary and resting place. Building a large fan-base, given a high-budget, his show became the most famous out of all of CN's line-up. Given a Dimension Travelling Device in his slippers, he would traverse from his Universe, to CN's universe, acting/resting in one, then fighting his way back home in another. In the meantime, Dexter tries his hardest to find a way to travel back to the past, hoping to help his friend Jack out one day. In September 2nd 2001, laws concerning the late night hours were loosened after several adult-oriented cartoons protested for rights. This led to several controversies, including Garfield's sex-scandal, creating his CGI-son, CGI-Garfield. CGI Garfield was despised for his existence by everyone, and ran away from CN. He would mature, and return to CN in 2009. Crimes and the late-night laws also forced The Justice League to take up a Forward Operating Outpost in that region, if they were called to help out fight crime. In 2003, a detachment of Clone Troopers, set up an Outpost in CN, trying to detect any Separatist activites. They make special relationships with the house of Tartakovsky. In that same year, laws changed. The old leadership system caused turmoil in the micro-nation, causing it to become gimmicky and ineffective. So, they gave leadership to The Mayor of Townsville. Consequently, Friday nights were given a face-lift. Humans, had a change in roles now. They were given the right to star as hosts, but not in an actual show. In 2004, Samurai Jack, one of CN's biggest stars, went missing. After several weeks, his show was cancelled, only showing re-runs and the episodes the Studio could film. This disappearance caused fear and panic to happen in CN, but, the Government and studio must go on. To compensate, they addded Adverts of tourism they filmed before Jack disappeared. 2005, The Clone Wars ends, and the Clone Troopers depart later in the year. Canadian immigrant, Atomic Betty, arrived in CN. Little did anyone know, she was a spy for the Canadian Empire of Animation, an illusive corporation of Canadian Toons wanting to take the country of CN. For about a year, she had her run on CN, and went back to Canada. Then, she divulged her information, containing CN's weakpoints, points of interests, and other points of tactical data. The year of 2007 was the fulcrum, of CN's history. After several trials and errors, a human boy named Jimmy, got his own movie and show on CN through a loophole in their constitution. However, this started a debacle in CN's capital, wondering how this happened, and divided CN, into factions, mimicking their predcessors in Toon Town years ago. Stuart Snyder, a prominent executive representing the humans, slowly put himself into power. Soon, in 2008, Jimmy's show, Out of Jimmy's Head, received very poor ratings got cancelled, and subsequently was exiled from the land of CN. Unbeknowest to them, Jimmy, was the vanguard of an impending invasion, foreshadowed in CN's "Invasion" saga in our world. In July of 2008, The Noods, were spawned from the minds at a toy company called Munny. The Noods were comissioned by Stuart Snyder, a now powerful executve of CN, to serve as idiotic, stupid, and rather manipulatable servants. To the Toons surprise, they were found to be a very amusing source of slapstick, and used them in their bumpers. Fearing that an impending doom was coming upon them, the Animane were besides themselves. TOM, the Robot ambassador to the Animane, had their rights disavowed by Snyder whom declared that he and his kind were going to depart from CN, and return to Japan. September 20th 2008, "The Day of Tears", after 11 long years of occupation, the Animane finally left CN. This left CN, splintered, broken, and battered, leaving an attack imminent. Turning to Canada, the Toons asked for their shows to fill the gap Animane left behind. Meanwhile in Canada, scientists get to work on reproducing "The Dip" based on blueprints left behind by Judge Doom. The Canadian Animation Empire, contacted Stuart, and agreed to join in on their venture to take CN. In early 2009, Snyder closed down several establishments and got rid of many shows. He even closed down an adoption center for Imaginary Friends. And That's Terrible. In June of 2009, the dreaded "Invasion of CN" had begun. 6:00 AM Eastern Time, an allied army of Humans, Canadian Toons, and CGI-lings marched on to the Capital of CN. The Commanders, that CN was already weak, and vulnerable, and destroyed many key buildings and landmarks, killing many Toons in the process. The Noods, armed with Dip-Throwers, turned on their masters and routed the Toon population. Those who opposed the attack, were either destroyed by the dip, or enslaved by the Canadian Empire. Others, joined the new form of government, betraying their counrty. With no opposition against them, Stuart Snyder, became self-appointed ruler of Cartoon Network. The last of the "Cartoon Cartoons" were the Eds, untouched because of their Canadian origins. During the reign of Stuart Snyder, an apartheid system of Humans and Toons were created, similar to that of The Disney Channel and Nickelodeon. The Humans, were to be the superior, better race, compared to the majority of Toons, were treated as infidels. Stuart then invented a line up of new shows, with actual Human people, and called the block: "CN Real". He planned to reinvent CN, despite angered pleas from the world. The original CN, HB, MGM, and WB Toons were sent to the "Boomerang World", to serve as technical operators and engineers. If they did not comply to work or objected, they would be executed by drowning via Dip, or spend life in permanent stasis, awake and alive, living a nightmare for the ends of their days. Day in and Day out, Toons would work and work, and slept. They would repeat this process all over again. However, the Toons worked too hard for their world to be taken away like that. So, a small group of Guerilla Fighters, banded together and went back to CN. The Ed's, were contacted by The CN Underground Movement (CNUM) , who kept tabs on the new CN govenment. When the Ed's lease expired in November 2009, they decided to stand up for themselves, and fight for what the land they loved. Soon, the Civil War for Cartoon Network began. Meanwhile, Dexter and Blossom, tired of oppression in the Boomerang World, make their own world in secret. The two created their own pocket dimension, and ran away, leaving no way or trace to follow them. In their world, the two became their own Adam and Eve, and created a Utopian society. Epochs later, the Galalunian Empire would be born. Throughout 2010, CN was attacked continously during the year. The CN Underground movement supplied and organized attacks on CN's studios and businesses. During the new era, several immigrant Toons either fought with, or against each other frequently. Some of the new Toons, acted as covert agents for the CNU Movement such as: Finn and Jake, and the Mystery Incorporated Gang. September 2010, a strange new Robot comes into town. When the Genral Modula and the Mutraddi invade Galaluna, the characters of Sym-Bionic Titan appear on the scene. Intrigued by them, the movement took them in, and tested their company's origin. To their surprise, they have descended from the House of Tartakovsky, and they are consripted by the CNU Movement almost immediately. They posed as new Animated Actors for Sym-Bionic Titan, and acted as one of CNU's most trusted spies. The next month, the Myserty Incorporated Gang find out where Samurai Jack is being kept, but enigmatically disappear on the 25th of October. The characters of Adventure Time, knowing better, decide not to fall into the same pitfall as the Mystery Gang. April 2011, Sym-Bionic Titan's identity as covert spies has been found out, but is kept hidden from the public. Stuart Snyder hires a trio of mercenaries for hire, known as "The Problem Solverz" to take down Titan, and in exchange, give them a slot on the CN Channel. On the 9th of April, a battle took place in CN City, in a fight between Sym Bionic Titan and the CNUM, versus the CN government and The Problem Solverz. Ultimately, Sym-Bionic Titan is defeated, and CN Reigns supreme, leaving a deep wrinkle in the CNU Movement's plans, retreating in defeat. As of now, CN and The CNUM are in constant war. Many Toons have been destoryed, careers taken, and friends lost. It is rumored, in May 2011, The Looney Tunes is returning to CN as neutral. This war, this conflict, will not end, until the day when the remnants of Stuart's reign leaves CN, and the day Samurai Jack returns or another hero to finish off evil, and the Toons are restored in the natural order. Until then, the Civil War of Cartoon Network rages on. Or, at least we can do something about it.
The Hoverboard won't come in 2015, rather it be by 2025Now, before I like to begin, the title for this sounds like it belongs in the Back to the Future WMG, but just read this little thought and you'll see what I mean. OOO Like some of the Guesses above, this one deals with a timeline, but this explores more of the shows. Now to start way in the past, (estimating 1100s-1400s), the famous samurai we know as Jack and the shape-shifting master of darkness Aku came into the universe. It was some time that the two will eventually clash and Aku sent the samurai into the future, which will allow Aku to take over the world and set the stage for the main plot of Samurai Jack. However, what about the other shows existing if Aku is control of the world? (Please note I'm exlcuding Snyder from this) Jump cut to the Victorian, or should we say Neo-Victorian, age of the 1800s and where the world was being explored for the mythical Candied Island. This is also the time where a budding adventurer Flapjack sail the oceans with his adopted mother and Captain K'nuckles in search of this island. However, they were eventually thrown out of their home they call Stormalong Harbor and were forced to sail the seas for possibly eternity. Flash forward by a couple of decades to the 1920s and we now see the start of we call the Golden Age of Cartoons, which brought us the House of Mouse, Warner Bros. shorts and other studios. Eventually these studios would be competitng against each other before settling in Toon Town (read the above Guess about the Civil War), and in the 1940s we got that one small incident involving Roger Rabbit and all of Toon Town, where Judge Doom planned upon bringing the end of a revolution. Gladly, the Toons are safe and continue on to live another day. Now jump up to 1990s-2010s, where we see more of a modern setting for the cartoons. Obviously there have been several new shows that have been entertaining people during the years, with some being good and others bad, but the focus here is about time. Before this period, we got a certain explosion that created the man we know as Professor Paradox and he started his life as a time-travelling explorer, walking to different times and alternative realities to see if he can get them on the right track without intervening too much or starting another reality by mistake. And now our attention shifts over to a show in the 2000 era... To be precise, this show does have some connections to the future of 2025, where one Ben Tennyson and his cousin visited briefly to meet Ben's older counterpart, where it was seen that there are hoverboards a plenty... but it was hard to tell if they were made by Mattell. Besides from that, this is where we get an connection. Ben and Gwen are ten years old when the original series was on, meaning it was about 2004 when the show came on. Then jump five years later and we have the two at age 15. One year later we have Ultimate Alien, which the heros are one year older. Now, if 2010 is the show's current year and if we don't see the hoverboard by 2015, then there is a chance of the hoverboard being made a year after and we will see more of what the future will look like in 2025 (at this time, Ben will be 31 meaning he must have met his wife and had Ken when he was 21) And now to go back to the Aku problem. At this point, if Aku were to get his way, these shows should or should not be in existence. If this is true, then Jack defeated Aku in the future and got a portal to go back in time (whether or not this portal was created by Paradox or Aku or another source) and defeated Aku in the past that will set the course for these shows to exist. If this were to be true, the future that was ruled by Aku will eventually lead to World War III (or the Great Mushroom War) that will eventually have a giant meteor ripped a chunk of the earth out and get us the Land of Ooo and its crapsack world. OOO OK, I know this isn't the perfect guess, but it's what I got at the moment. Of course I am taking some shots in the dark about certain events (I don't know if the Samurai Jack will give a true ending to the series), but I think I did hit some right on the head, even if some of the events have been mentioned elsewhere. Then again, I am using this Guess of mine for a fan-fiction I am working on (with the main focus being on the Samurai Jack parts), so I figure I may want to share this here before I post this elsewhere.
Cartoon Network has turned into a perfect, unwavering allegory for Dr. Seuss's The Lorax.Read every single bit of this and you'll discover striking similarities between the book and network: There was once a lush forest of Truffula trees (Cartoon Network), adored by all the animals (old cartoons enjoyed by viewers, plus some creative minds), none more fond of it than the Lorax (Betty Cohen). However, a mysterious green (as in greedy) stranger named the Once-ler (Stuart Snyder) arrived one day, looking to take in the sights (enjoy the network's notoriety for himself): There are Bar-ba-Loots (resembling bears) that frolic about and eat fruit from the trees (anime-hungry viewers- the fruit is Toonami), Swomee Swans that fly through the air and sing as they go (the voices of creative staff at Cartoon Network), and Humming Fish that go swimming about in the ponds and humming as they swim (the animators themselves). However, the Once-ler only took interest to the Truffula trees (ignored everything about the network except its potential to make him powerful and esteemed). He immediately grew enamored by the forest and its Truffula trees, and decided to take a sample of the trees (examined how well it fared with kids) and learned he could use it to knit "Thneed", an odd-looking but versatile garment that he insists "everyone needs." (live action). He cut down a single tree to accomplish this task (created Out of Jimmy's Head and crippled a very tiny fraction of the channel), then set up shop (joined up with CN as president, after Samples had left). From the stump of this fallen tree, the Lorax appeared and tried to protect these trees (Cohen), saying they could not speak for themselves (good ideas for genuine toons are voiceless thoughts until spoken by the creative staff):
All the shows in Cartoon Network occur in one single universe.The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy/Codename: Kids Next Door hinted at this with the cameo of The Powerpuff Girls and Ed, Edd n Eddy. Plus it would be awesome. Oh, and the exception would be anything connected to Warner Bros., since Looney Tunes would be stretching it too much.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Cartoon Network, there will be a Massive Multiplayer Crossover / Crisis Crossover
Karma for DC NationgateAfter putting Green Lantern: The Animated Series and Young Justice on hiatus shortly after returning, Disney aquired Lucasfilm, meaning that Star Wars: The Clone Wars, one of the network's highest-rated shows, will most likely leave CN. Laser-Guided Karma, much?
They're will eventually be a Cartoon Network/Nicktoons crossover movie some time in the near future
The Network Decay was caused by a war with NickelodeonNickelodeon caused Cartoon Network to decay, gaining the upper hand. However, refusing to admit defeat to a bunch of crappy and repetitive teen sitcoms (no offense, I'm just trying to be funny) Cartoon Network was able to bounce back with MAD, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion, Thundercats2011, and Young Justice. Not back to it's former glory, mind you, but better than it was. Once they'd recovered enough, they were even able to revive Toonami. Oh, and they both beat Disney Channel a long time ago.
A Cartoon Network cinematic universe is in productionThey've already made Ben 10: Race Against Time and Ben 10: Alien Swarm. Seems like Wolverine Publicity, until you check CN's AndTheFandomRejoiced page, and apparently there's a Samurai Jack movie in the making. What else do they have in mind? Dexters Laboratory? The Powerpuff Girls? Dare I ask...Codename: Kids Next Door? (If it happens, this trooper hopes Numbuh 1, Dexter, and Blossom become a Power Trio)
Cartoon Network's "Invaded" that happened in May of 2007 was actually a foreshadowing for what was going to happen to the networkThe shows that were aired were usually considered the top five running shows for that time. It also happened after the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Bomb Scare. It was also considered one of the last episodes of Ed, Edd n Eddy (There would be one more "two 15 minute episodes" and the Big Picture Show) and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. The other shows would show new episodes sparingly, but two of them ended a year later (Camp Lazlo and My Gym Partner's A Monkey ended in 2008) while Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends lasted until 2009. Anyways, it basically called for Cartoon Network to "invade" those shows with a new slot.
Cartoon Network and DC Comics have a terrible case of sibling rivalryCartoon Network keeps screwing over DC shows because it's tired of its older brother getting all boy demographics with Batman.
Cartoon Network will try to revisit their roots.
Cartoon Network will halt their vendetta in 2015At the end of October, the first Cartoon Cartoon will enter the Warner Archive. Signalling the end of Cartoon Network's blatant house of lies. It's original shows have their fans but aren't that much more marketable than the older cartoons they replaced. As a result we should hopefully see the network not be hostile to everything that they didn't make any more. The bluff has been exposed. Now is the time to rebuild. The network can have variety again.


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The Carolina Panthers are going to be busy working to improve their position under the NFL's salary cap and they took a step earlier today when they reworked the contract of tight end Greg Olsen.
Olsen, who had the best season for a tight end in Panthers history in 2012, converted base salary to bonus money in a move that creates a savings of $2.4 million vs. the cap this year, news first reported by Pro Football Talk.
Carolina is still about $6.6 million over the cap, according to Joe Person of the Charlotte Observer, leaving the franchise with some heavy lifting to do. Olsen is the fourth player to complete a restructure and Person expects the Panthers to release cornerback Chris Gamble and defensive tackle Ron Edwards, moves that would combine to free up some $10.4 million in cap space.
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Jennifer Aniston Is Just Not That Into You, Too
It's official, He's Just Not That Into You has one of the best ensemble casts I've seen in a while. Jennifer Aniston is in final talks to star in the film, alongside the excellent group we already heard about — Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connolly, Kevin Connolly, Ginnifer Goodwin, Bradley Cooper, and Justin Long. Aniston will play "a woman in a long-term relationship with a boyfriend who will not commit to marriage." Wait, let me guess why — he's just not that into her?
The producers must have been especially happy to hear that Aniston gives the highest payback on the dollar of any actress. Shooting is set to start in September and I'm sure we'll be hearing a lot more from this highly anticipated film as all the details come together. Fingers crossed it doesn't disappoint.
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Album Rating: 4.0god...please stop
287 reviews what the fuck
Digging: Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste
Album Rating: 4.0m/
Digging: Bobby Barnett - Little Wounds
stop stealing my catch phrases bitch
Album Rating: 4.0He doesn't review enough new stuff probably
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album is really close to being a 5
Album Rating: 4.0I was promoted once, disappeared, then never managed to recapture my spot.
That, and ghost negs.
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Album Rating: 4.5Fantastic album
Everyone used to be promoted. It was nothing special.
Album Rating: 4.0Yeah, what's going on with the editing feature? It's been down for days, so I can't edit typos and coding mistakes.
Thanks for pointing that one out, hadn't seen it.
np. this album defined my middle school years.
one thing that i can depend on
Album Rating: 4.5
this album defined my middle school years.
This album defines my life.
Digging: Emptiness - Nothing but the Whole
ugh its just so perfect
Digging: Autechre - LP5
Album Rating: 3.0yeah this is so good
not sure why i only have this at a 4
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North Carolinian Ronnie Milsap (1943-) was born blind, but that didn't stop him from being a juggernaut of the Country Music scene in the 1970s and 1980s. In just under 25 years, he scored 35 number-one hits on the country music charts, including several major crossovers: "It Was Almost Like a Song", "Smoky Mountain Rain", "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me", "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World", "Any Day Now" and "Stranger in My House" all made top 40 on the pop and AC formats.He began his career in the 1960s as a session musician, including some keyboard and backing vocal work for Elvis Presley. After a couple minor hits, he broke through in 1974 with the number one hit "Pure Love", written by the equally poppy Eddie Rabbitt. From then until 1992, every single he released peaked no lower than #6 on the country charts, and almost every release between 1980 and 1984 got pop airplay as well. 1992's "All Is Fair in Love and War" broke the streak, and after that, he exited RCA and never had a hit again. Nonetheless, he continues to perform and record to this day. Many of his songs were co-written by former Cincinnati Bengals defensive lineman Mike Reid, who also sang a duet vocal on the 1988 hit "Old Folks".Although his slick, keyboard-driven sound was more influenced by pop and R&B than mainstream country, he is still one of the genre's most influential and prolific artists. His accolades include six Grammy Awards, five of which were for Best Country Vocal Performance � Male. "Lost in the Fifties Tonight" won this honor twice. In 2014, he was announced as an inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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(8PM, CBS) 18th season premiere
Well, there's certainly no time wasted in this season premiere.
Season 18's 16 castaways are shipped off to the harsh interior Brazilian state of Tocantins, where they've already been divided into two teams. And before the contestants have a chance to form any alliances – or even get to know each others' names, for that matter – each team is forced to oust one player.
And that's a mere taste of the drama to come, from a contestant pool that includes a college soccer coach, a member of the R&B girl group SWV, a former Miss Ohio and, at age 19, Spencer Duhm, the youngest 'Survivor' contestant ever.
What to Watch Feb. 26 - March 4
The Black Donnellys (Mon., 10PM, NBC) series premiere
There are no original ideas in the movies -- everything's a sequel, prequel or "re-imagining." So, it's no surprise that this new show from Oscar-winning movie producers Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco (Crash) tries to be an Irish version of The Sopranos. The Donnellys comprise four brothers: hothead Jimmy, gambling Kevin, artistic Tommy and baby Sean. When Jimmy kidnaps Kevin's bookie, the brothers find themselves facing off against the Italian mob.
Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? (Tue., 9:30PM, Fox) series premiere
Class is in session! Reality TV maestro Mark Burnett presents this new game show that tests just how much adults have forgotten since their elementary school days. Over three days this week, host Jeff Foxworthy will asks questions about everything from math to grammer to American history. And instead of using a lifeline or asking the mob, contestants can turn to some pint-sized experts: a group of real fifth graders.
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