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GGD-98-48: Published: Mar 11, 1998. Publicly Released: Mar 25, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the nonmortgage investment activities at 3 government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs)--the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), and the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac)--focusing on the: (1) enterprises' legal authority for making nonmortgage investments and federal regulatory oversight of that activity; (2) relationship between nonmortgage investment policies and practices and missions of the enterprises; and (3) extent to which the enterprises have undertaken nonmortgage investments for arbitrage profits--using the funding advantage from government sponsorship to purchase nonmortgage investments that generate profits.
GAO noted that: (1) legally, the enterprises have broad investment authority; (2) to date, regulatory oversight activities for the three enterprises have focused on whether nonmortgage investments are safe and sound and not on whether the nonmortgage investment policies and practices are mission-related; (3) the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has not developed criteria to determine if nonmortgage investments are consistent with enterprise charter purposes; (4) in October 1997, the Farm Credit Administration (FCA) indicated that it did not have concerns that Farmer Mac's nonmortgage investment activity is inconsistent with its charter mission, but FCA also stated that the debt issuance strategy associated with the investments is intended to be temporary and to develop over a reasonable period of time; (5) therefore, according to FCA, its position could change if over time evidence does not show that such investments play a role in helping Farmer Mac achieve its mission; (6) enterprises have invested in nonmortgage assets to varying degrees with somewhat different rationales for how these investments further their charter purposes; (7) each enterprise has an investment policy that specifies permissible credit ratings, maturities, and concentration limits and describes the relationship of investments to earnings and to achievement of the enterprise's mission; (8) Freddie Mac officials indicated that its nonmortgage investments have been held for cash management purposes and as an investment vehicle, which could make capital available to help fund future anticipated demand for residential mortgages; (9) the relationship between longer term nonmortgage investments and the enterprises' mission goals is not always clear, because long-term nonmortgage investments may not facilitate liquidity in the residential mortgage market as well as short-term investments; (10) however, it is clear that nonmortgage investments generate arbitrage profits; (11) in its analysis, GAO found that the various nonmortgage investments fall along a continuum representing the degree to which they facilitate liquidity in the residential mortgage market and thus are more clearly related to the enterprises' missions; and (12) GAO's review of compensation practices and board member responsibilities at the enterprises suggests that individual incentives to generate corporate profits are structured in a manner that is fairly typical of major corporations and financial institutions without federal charters limiting their activities.
Matter for Congressional Consideration
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: On March 22, 2000, the House Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing a which HUD's proposed rulemaking activities for GSE nonmortgage investments were discussed.
Matter: To help ensure that the enterprises' nonmortgage investments appropriately support their public missions, the appropriate congressional committees may wish to monitor HUD and FCA actions to establish criteria and procedures for carrying out their general regulatory authorities. Such oversight is important to help ensure that corporate incentives to increase shareholder value do not erode the enterprises' public mission. If adequate progress is not made in a timely way, Congress may wish to consider providing further guidance to the regulatory agencies.
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Status: Closed - Not Implemented
Comments: HUD never implemented criteria for nonmortgage investments. Under the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, this function was transferred from HUD to the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Recommendation: To provide more focused oversight of the housing enterprises' nonmortgage investments, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development should promptly implement HUD's stated intention to develop criteria through appropriate rulemaking processes to help ensure that the housing enterprises' nonmortgage investments are consistent with the purposes expressed in their charter acts.
Agency Affected: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: FCA's December 31, 2000, semiannual report to Congress states that "The (Farmer Mac) board has adopted specific policy limitations on total debt obligations that may be outstanding at any one time and on total investments in assets other than the Farmer Mac I and II Program assets. These limitations may be changed by the (Farmer Mac) board as business conditions require." The FCA official who is in charge of Farmer Mac supervision provided guidance to Farmer Mac's board on numerous occasions, including at a presentation on August 3, 2000, focusing on the need for a sound relationship between Farmer Mac's investments and its mission. As of June 30, 2001, Farmer Mac non-mission investments had fallen to about one-third the level of its on- and off-balance sheet mission assets.
Recommendation: The Chairman of the FCA Board should direct the Office of Secondary Market Oversight to develop the requisite criteria and report periodically, such as through its semiannual reports to the House Agriculture Committee and the Senate Agriculture Committee, on the relationship of Farmer Mac's debt issuance strategy to the achievement of Farmer Mac's mission.
Agency Affected: Farm Credit Administration
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A Williston attorney has been named to a Judicial Nominating Committee by Gov. Rick Scott, who announced six appointments to three such committees last week.
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At approximately 12:41p.m. on Saturday, Dane County Sheriff's Office deputies along with McFarland EMS, Stoughton EMS and the McFarland Fire Department were dispatched to the intersection of USH 51 at Exchange Street, in the Town of Dunn, for a three-car motor vehicle crash with injuries.
Jessica R. Copus, age 28, of Stoughton, was operating a Ford Escort and was traveling southbound on USH 51, when she struck the rear of a Volkswagen Beetle, which was stopped southbound on USH 51, attempting to turn onto Exchange Street. As a result of the impact, the Escort entered the northbound lane of USH 51 and was struck by a Ford SUV, which was traveling northbound on USH 51.
Copus sustained serious, but non-life threatening injuries and was transported to U.W. Hospital by Med-Flight. The driver of the Volkswagen Beetle, Janet C. Moore, age 45 of McFarland, sustained minor injuries and was transported to UW Hospital by Stoughton EMS. The driver of the Ford SUV, Andrew J. McLain, age 31, of McFarland, did not sustain any injuries.
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That's strange. I took a look at the driver again; it is indeed 5.0.9. It must have reverted after I used the HP Update tool. It's strange that I can't trust HP's own software to provide the right driver.
I've installed DriverMax and used it to find the latest version of the Ralink driver (as well as a bunch of other ones). According to DriverMax, the latest supported update is 5.0.5. This is different than the version you suggested, but this seems to have stopped the bluescreens from occurring again. Is it possible that the version you suggested (188.8.131.52) was just what came with the computer? All of the drivers in your link are from 2011.
I'm not sure why the more recent BSOD's don't come up in the file. Perhaps the computer didn't bluescreen those times but improperly shut down in some other way? In any case, I'll run the utility one more time and attach the results. Maybe that will do it
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Please stop using drivermax to update your drivers !!!! You are calling for more trouble than getting the latest
You may use it for backing up the drivers but never to update it. !!
There is a reason why each manufacturer has their own set of drivers.. they update them based on the feedback they get from customers and internal testing.. even if the version is dated in 2011 !!..
There are certain drivers like Graphics card that can be update from the respective chip manufacturer (Nvidia or ATI) even if they come from different partners.
If what i say is not enough.... look at the dump file date 30/6/2013.... look at the drivers marked in red
******************************************************************************* * * * Bugcheck Analysis * * * ******************************************************************************* Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information. BugCheck 9F, {3, fffffa800601d060, fffff80005045518, fffffa800867f9d0} Probably caused by : pci.sys Followup: MachineOwner --------- 0: kd> !analyze -v ******************************************************************************* * * * Bugcheck Analysis * * * ******************************************************************************* DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE (9f) A driver has failed to complete a power IRP within a specific time (usually 10 minutes). Arguments: Arg1: 0000000000000003, A device object has been blocking an Irp for too long a time Arg2: fffffa800601d060, Physical Device Object of the stack Arg3: fffff80005045518, nt!TRIAGE_9F_POWER on Win7, otherwise the Functional Device Object of the stack Arg4: fffffa800867f9d0, The blocked IRP Debugging Details: ------------------ DRVPOWERSTATE_SUBCODE: 3 IMAGE_NAME: pci.sys DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 4ce7928f MODULE_NAME: pci FAULTING_MODULE: fffff88000ef3000 pci CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT: 1 DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: WIN7_DRIVER_FAULT BUGCHECK_STR: 0x9F PROCESS_NAME: System CURRENT_IRQL: 2 TAG_NOT_DEFINED_c000000f: FFFFF8000504BFB0 STACK_TEXT: fffff800`050454c8 fffff800`031388c2 : 00000000`0000009f 00000000`00000003 fffffa80`0601d060 fffff800`05045518 : nt!KeBugCheckEx fffff800`050454d0 fffff800`030d384c : fffff800`05045600 fffff800`05045600 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000001 : nt! ?? ::FNODOBFM::`string'+0x33af0 fffff800`05045570 fffff800`030d36e6 : fffff800`03278f20 00000000`00670210 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiProcessTimerDpcTable+0x6c fffff800`050455e0 fffff800`030d35ce : 000000f5`32f19c9b fffff800`05045c58 00000000`00670210 fffff800`03246488 : nt!KiProcessExpiredTimerList+0xc6 fffff800`05045c30 fffff800`030d33b7 : 00000023`da0929c1 00000023`00670210 00000023`da09293e 00000000`00000010 : nt!KiTimerExpiration+0x1be fffff800`05045cd0 fffff800`030c090a : fffff800`03243e80 fffff800`03251cc0 00000000`00000001 fffff880`00000000 : nt!KiRetireDpcList+0x277 fffff800`05045d80 00000000`00000000 : fffff800`05046000 fffff800`05040000 fffff800`05045d40 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiIdleLoop+0x5a STACK_COMMAND: kb FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: X64_0x9F_3_netr28x_IMAGE_pci.sys BUCKET_ID: X64_0x9F_3_netr28x_IMAGE_pci.sys Followup: MachineOwner --------- 0: kd> !irp fffffa800867f9d0 Irp is active with 5 stacks 3 is current (= 0xfffffa800867fb30) No Mdl: No System Buffer: Thread 00000000: Irp stack trace. cmd flg cl Device File Completion-Context [ 0, 0] 0 0 00000000 00000000 00000000-00000000 Args: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 [ 0, 0] 0 0 00000000 00000000 00000000-00000000 Args: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 >[ 16, 2] 0 0 fffffa8007131050 00000000 00000000-00000000 Unable to load image \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\netr28x.sys, Win32 error 0n2 *** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for netr28x.sys *** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for netr28x.sys \Driver\netr28x Args: 00014400 00000000 00000004 00000002 [ 16, 2] 0 e1 fffffa8007118a10 00000000 fffff80003315200-fffffa800b01b650 Success Error Cancel pending \Driver\vwifibus nt!PopSystemIrpCompletion Args: 00014400 00000000 00000004 00000002 [ 0, 0] 0 0 00000000 00000000 00000000-fffffa800b01b650 Args: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
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Got it. I'll uninstall drivermax. Will installing the Ralink driver version 220.127.116.11 solve this once and for all then? Was this what caused all of the BSOD's?
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|01 Jul 2013
I'm still getting the BSOD. I've confirmed that my Ralink driver is indeed version 220.127.116.11.
This time, from what I can gather, using windows debugger, the crash points to a file called "RT2860." The only information I can find on this is that it refers to a wireless adaptor by Ralink... that I don't have. Is this anything close to right? What should I do about it?
I've attached the latest SF log:
Attachment 274615
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|01 Jul 2013
Upon further snooping in the device manager, it seems that RT2860.sys is the location of the 18.104.22.168 version driver for the Ralink adapter. Does this mean that my newly-installed driver doesn't work either?
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|01 Jul 2013
The RT2860 is your Ralink Wifi driver.... Its correct.
All right next in line is the Firewall.. Please uninstall Kaspersky Internet Security 2013 and use MSE and the windows firewall for most of your needs. The NDIS drivers of these are known to cause issue
Then uninstall Demon tool Pro..
Restart your system and let me know when it crashes
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Alright, I'll get on that. I'll mark this as solved for now and create a new thread if more problems arise
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Finished ACIV: Black Flag
I'm left confused, annoyed, angry and also confused.
In a nutshell: They took what they'd developed in previous games, streamlined it to make room for scope (more side games etc) and shipped a game which did nothing really well.
The game spends more time tipping it's hat than a fez-wearing Doctor Who bobble head, as a result, none of the side collections were engaging and the overall story line was very shallow and lackluster, the plot is it's own synopsis.
During my play through, all kinds of things bothered me about the game as an experienced developer; it smacked of too-many-cooks and too-many-new-recipes. So when I finished the story, I let the end-credits run. Oh. My. Goodness. What is that – 8 minutes? 10 minutes? Of steady scroll?
It's not the run time of the credits but the sheer headcount. Firstly it makes it much, much harder to deliver a cohesive story across all the little details when you have so many people. The bigger problem is the amount of time that must have been spent in meetings.
Why did they need so many people? Localization for one part, but also because they broadened the scope of the game. My personal take is that they were unsuccessful: you don't get to say "I made an omelette" just because you put 12 eggs into a pan and applied heat.
From a gameplay perspective, the first AC game was tedious and bland, dull, repetitive. It was the story telling that sold it. ACIV's gameplay is less honed and less nuanced than Revelations and the story telling is abysmal.
Seriously – one portion of the lore you can collect is done in the form of audio tapes. Long, drawn out voice acting sessions, which didn't really contribute anything for me. They have no video component, which just makes them feel cheap/lazy. One set are letters from Desmond – which had less value to them than eating the box your cheerios come in – but which came with a written transcript so you could skip the tedious reading. The other set are audio-transcripts that you can't pause without resetting and have no written transcript.
If AC IV is a taste of AC to come, I for one have left the target audience.
Assassins' Creed IV
*** Contains plot spoilers***
Without playing much, I've ranked 38,000th most deadly assassin. Oddly, last weekend, my position had 6 digits.
To my mind, it's one of the best ACs to date. Excepting the aquatic bits.
The sailing, swimming, diving: well, they're a turd on an otherwise magnificent serving of filet mignon served after a 2 day fast.
I do the sailing, when I can't just fast-travel, and sort of look down at my feet, I somehow feel guilty/ashamed. I've tried the under-water sections. Then there are the under-water sections. Ok, so every now and again your character drowns because the controls are so clunky you can 't turn around and reach an air pocket/diving bell, or you ricochet between columns of urchins like a pinball and die. Those are probably bugs.
*** Plot spoilers are about to happen ***
Then there is the campy-pastiche attempt at a cameo; the non-animus portion of the game occurs in a game studio. You're working for Abstergo Entertainment in conjunction with Origin researching material for a new Assassins' Creed game, in their Quebec office.
It was probably funny to the developers, and to the people who knew the developers who they bounced it off. You know who it isn't terribly funny to? Anyone else. A passing reference or an actual cameo, coulda been funny. Sure, I got a good giggle looking at the desk loot. But there's also the minor matter of how bad this portion of the game looks. After the beautiful elegance of the animus world, the Abstergo portion looks … like something from an original Xbox game. Animation, textures, it's all terrible.
There are some fantastic moments in ACIV – tip of the hat to the wake-up scene that looks like it's going to be a flash back to Desmond originally waking up from the Animus.
But there is vastly more fail: The pitiful handful of achievements, most of which you will complete in the first day or two of play; The utter irrelevance of most of the side-games; The magnificent visuals of bringing the weather in so close you really actually can't see anything; The immersion and soul destroyer of boarding an enemy ship as a way to prevent the other 5 ships you're fighting from sinking you; The tedium of cut-scenes that run 90% thru before telling you "Hold B to skip cinematic" (and then holding B causes it to end a second or so earlier than not doing would have, and yes: I've tried holding B before that point); the annoying randomly capitalized letters and words.
There is a crafting system, but it's sort of stupid. There are 3 consumables you can craft, but if you loot corpses, you will never want to. The remainder of your crafting options are one-shot upgrades each of which requires different components. It's an in-your-face "KILL STUFF AND SKIN IT OR NO UPGRADES FOR YOU".
Where previous ACs had feathers for you to collect, AC IV has Animus Fragments. It also has shanties (songs for your sailors to sing while sailing) chests (with gold coins) manuscripts (for those who don't like interesting lore/backstory, and specifically want dull, tedious lore/backstory) and outside the animus there are post-it notes to collect (with tedious, vaguely AC themed, rants on them) and computers to hack (in return for miscellaneous AC-themed tidbits that are at first gratifying but quickly make you want to use your AC box to punch people with).
Yes – there's a larber number of side activities, but especially compared to previous ACs, they are hideously shallow and tacky. None of them are well done, none of them are engaging, none of them are immersive, none of them draw you into a sense of story/world connecting back to what is going on either in the animus or outside. And once you reach a certain point (about 60%) there's clearly no effort put into them. Capturing a fort? Chests and animus fragments start to pretty much trip you up as you follow way points.
But the bottom of the barrel, which AC IV scrapes up with it's tounge and tries to shove down your ear, is the under-water wreck exploration. Games usually don't do a great job of swimming-related activities, and AC IV does a really bad one. Plus sharks. Did I mention that you are weaponless during this section? Yes. In the franchise known for running, jumping and climbing, they've added a combatless underwater swimming segment where you may get eaten by an eel if you don't succumb to wounds from sharks that you fail to hide from because the swimming controls would make a blown goat want its money back.
I'm going to try and see it thru to the end of the story mode because I'm determined to see if the story makes any kind of sense or in any way fits into the AC storyline so far. My hunch is that the game will disown itself and reveal that it was all just a templar's bad dream.
Mine too.
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I've been experimenting with Visual Studio 2013 Preview on my Windows 8.1 laptop and I'm liking it – with a caveat. Windows 8.1 is absolute fail on the laptop itself, it's not touch screen. But I'm using remote-desktop into it to use VS2013 on my desktop 27in LCD, and that is actually really pleasant.
VS 2013 is still visually kinda horrible and wasteful of visual real-estate, and it has a new on-the-fly syntax formatting feature which I am permanently fighting, probably needs a lot more options before release. E.g., if you tell it to put spaces around math operators, it preemptively puts spaces around "<" as you type a template, but never corrects them when it finally realizes it was a template ("std::vector < string>").
It's a nice feature but they need to make it less aggressive, so that if you go back and change an auto-format feature, it doesn't immediately undo your change.
The ide definitely feels faster and smoother, and there are a lot of nice new bells and whistles which so far I have found fairly beneficial. The perf visualization tools are really nice to work with, if a little confusing to get running (apparently you need to set up some adminstrator privilege stuff and jankiness).
I owned the original SAS C compiler from which MSVC is derived, and a version of each release from then upto 2010. VS 2012 is the first one I didn't buy, I've stuck with 2010 and done less dev work under Windows.
Ultimately, the damage they did to the UI in 2012 still puts the hurt on 2013 for me, so far, so right now I suspect I'll give 2013 a miss too.
Yes, Viruses, that was me :)
I bumped into old leather-pants himself tonight while playing War Thunder. Yes, I'm going by "kfsone". There's a reason I'm not an actor, and that's one of it.
Unfortunately, their chat UI is kinda lacking, and although I cancelled my queue I got sucked into a game, at which point – despite the chat window being up – I was unable to chat with you (it kept telling me that kfsone wasn't online).
That game alternately drives me nuts (random damage model ftl) and makes me drool deliriously (but the models are so beautiful, and if the joysticks worked full realism mode would be a thing of beauty) and drives me nuts (did someone go back in time and suck all the evil out of the early WWIIOL UIs and inject the distilled tincture like botox into the World of Tank UI so that just when you think, oh I got this, BAM, it's in your face doing anything but what you expected, and in russian) and makes me cheer (in-flight reload in arcade mode FTW!).
But then I've also been hopping into WarBirds occasionally (as kfs1). Have to say, when I did the offline training flight for WB 2013 and saw "bobn"s name … Man, that tugged at the old heart strings.
Lets see if anyone recognizes that.
Back to Droid
2 years ago, on a whim, I decided to go Windows 7 Phone – for the 14 days until the droid I actually wanted became available. But I was impressed with the slickness of the device; that Windows 7 Phone UI – the UI where they got rid of all the reasons to need UI chrome – is really slick and elegant. Unlike the Windows 8 UI, which is a PC UI hacked to look like Metro and coerced into removing necessary UI chrome (but still needing it).
Ultimately, the lack of apps and an assortment of stupid feature changes are what sluiced me out of staying with Windows phone.
Windows Phone 7 Summary:
- + Ultra-streamlined UI makes sense down to your bones after a few days adjustment,
- + Great text-to-speech for reading text messages and giving alerts,
- + Great speech-to-text – best I've seen so far for dictating texts etc,
- + Fast little device
- - One Volume Setting to Rule them All,
- - Tendency to reset the volume to full on incoming calls, texts, or pretty much any sound,
- - Speech functionality only available when you've have or have just had a bluetooth headset connected,
- - No significant app support
Plus I had a grand-fathered unlimited data plan.
So today, I used my end of contract upgrade to switch to the Samsung Galaxy Note II.
It's huge.
This may be a problem, because I'm a phone-in-pocket type of guy. The Note is HUGE. Half-way between my old phone and the size of my first-gen Kindle Fire.
In terms of the device in-hand, I like the size. In terms of portability – it's bigger than my pockets. I bought an "Otter" belt-case for it. Yeah, that's … just gonna take a normal guy's pants down. The thing is huge.
Off the bat I had problems with the home screen customization. I want the time, date and temp displayed, sure. Do I want it so large I can only choose four other short cuts on that screen? Erh. No?
First App: HD Widgets.
Gives me a 2×1 clock + cal + weather widget. Replace the google search bar with a button and now I have a good 12 extra shortcuts on that page.
My contacts were mostly stored in Google and Windows Live so I got those imported nice and easily.
Getting Amazon Kindle running was a little bit of a pain.
And finally: There was selecting ring tones, alarm tones, notification tones and etc.
It didn't come with a ringing phone tone. WTF.
And I'll miss the alarm tones from the Trophy. I supposed I can always record them and make my own ring tones :)
Elite: Dangerous (at last!)
It's on, finally! The fourth chapter in the Elite franchise!
If you never played "Elite", "Frontier" or "First Encounters", I imagine you would be highly skeptical about the claims of "Elite: Dangerous".
In 1984, Elite provided gamers with 256 galaxies of 256 stars, each of which had assorted planets and space stations. You loaded up with trading goods, bought fuel and launched out of Llave station to begin the process of trading, pirating and what not your way to the rank of "Elite".
Those computers had 16Kb of memory. You are probably using a computer with 4-8Gb of RAM. That's 260,000 times more memory than the computers of 1984. 1Gb is roughly 1 million Kb.
Then, 19 years ago, Dave Braben followed up with "Frontier: Elite II" and bent our minds: the game featured hundreds of thousands of stars, the entire of our galaxy, while at the same time allowing you to also go into the atmospheres and even land on the many planets and moons with cities and spaceports decorating many of the planets. All this is probably only 32x more memory than the previous version.
Today's PC has 32,000x more memory than the computers "Frontier" was designed for.
Elite: Dangerous will be introducing multi-player to the Elite franchise, as well as bringing new depth and immersiveness to the game. Given how much Mr Braben has done with so little in the past, I'm really looking forward to seeing this chapter.
Right now they are pitching for funding on KickStarter – as of writing they're at 1.1 million pounds of 1.25, 5 days to go!


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Cetaphil • Daily Facial Cleanser (Normal to Oily Skin) • Cleansers
(1110 reviews)
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|Would buy this product again.
PaintingSumsets on 1/10/2014 4:31:00 PM more reviews by PaintingSumsets
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Acne-prone, Medium, Neutral Hair: Black, Relaxed, Fine Eyes: Brown
I don't understand all the mixed reviews - this product is awesome! The substance is gel-like and unscented, which didn't irritate my skin at all! :) I used to use this alongside with my Neutrogena Acne Stress Control Treatment and moisturizer and my skin became much clearer. However, I had to knock a lippie (is that what you call them?) because it leaves a slightly sticky, unclean-ish feel when I rinse it off, and the full size bottle is quite pricy for me. The pump fell out after I accidentally dropped it , but the fault was mine and not the product's, lol c: Overall, AWESOME! I'm going to try its "Gentle Skin Cleanser" counterpart soon.
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Lexieloveee on 1/6/2014 10:12:00 AM more reviews by Lexieloveee
Age: 25-29 Skin: Acne-prone, Olive Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
Love to use with my clarisonic!
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sabrinalovesmakeup on 1/5/2014 12:14:00 AM more reviews by sabrinalovesmakeup
Age: 19-24 Skin: Very Dry, Fair, Neutral Hair: Blond, Wavy, Fine Eyes: Blue
I'm always on the look to try new cleanser and I try to give each cleaners I use a fair chance to prove rather it's a great product and if I can make it through the purge stage and the bumps stop showing up... But I have a love hate relation ship with this... First off the smell of this is SOOO great! Very perfume scent.. But not too strong. Second.. I can use this for a few months until I start getting bumps and I'll stop using it throw it away and some how or another I always give it chances because I love how when it doesn't make my skin act up how it makes my skin feel... Super soft and super clean. It doesn't take off makeup that we'll tho... Just a warning! I use this with my clairsonic & my Bosica beauty sponge.. I have to stay I like using it with my sponge a lot more.. I feel like it gets deeper into my skin and it really cleans out the dirt when I use the two together... I'm not sure why I can only use it for a certain amount of time and then break out.. It's strange.. I hate that it's not something I can use for a long time because it's very affordable and you get a lot of product! I also have super dry skin and I use this one!
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MakeupandMiranda on 1/4/2014 11:59:00 PM more reviews by MakeupandMiranda
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Very Dry, Fair Hair: Brunette Eyes: Hazel
I have extremely severe eczema and purchased this facial cleanser at my dermatologist's office after strong recommendation from her. The up side to this product is that it doesn't irritate my skin like so many other products do. Often when I use a cleanser, it will scorch my skin and burn continuously for hours on end. This cleanser is extremely gentle and safe to use. It feels very good on my skin which is much appreciated. The down side to this product is that I feel as though it doesn't do anything. I do not feel as though I have cleaner or refreshed skin after I use this. I do not break out in acne, nor have I ever, so I do not know how beneficial it is towards those situations. I will continue to use this because I know that it is safe. I do not know if it is doing anything for me or my skin, but it is safe. And I am okay with that. xx
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Karacheree on 1/4/2014 4:26:00 AM more reviews by Karacheree
Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination, Fair Hair: Blond Eyes: Blue
I was hopping around face washes for awhile, and then I stumbled upon this. I will probably stick to this cleanser for a very long time. I had very bad acne on my chin and near my mouth, and once I started using this, it helped so much, as well as using some other face products after. But it is so gentle, and it doesn't irritate my skin at all. I just started to use it with my episonic (exactly like a clarisonic) and it is great still!
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Sbonitati13 on 1/2/2014 2:34:00 PM more reviews by Sbonitati13
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Very Oily, Fair-Medium Hair: Brunette Eyes: Hazel
I would apply before I go out places and then do a primer for my face and it helped my face stay matte for the whole day.
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byankitty on 12/19/2013 12:46:00 PM more reviews by byankitty
Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination, Fair Hair: Brunette Eyes: Hazel
I don't know how people actually like this. It feels like it does absolute nothing to my face except feel like I'm rubbing a weird film on. It made my skin feel tight. I didn't feel clean either. At least I got the travel size version.
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Palmer54 on 12/14/2013 10:03:00 PM more reviews by Palmer54
Age: 30-35 Skin: Very Oily, Fair Hair: Brunette Eyes: Blue
I really like this cleanser. I have very oily skin and this product has helped a lot at keeping the afternoon oil slick away. It has helped with my acne as well - I used to get spots along my jaw and chin but not any more! The cleanser is clear and foams up slightly. It has a very potent smell but thankfully it doesn't linger after rinsing it away completely. It leaves my face clean and slightly tight feeling but I always use a toner and moisturizer afterwards so that's not an issue for me. The only caveat I have with this (and the reason I took off one lippie) is that it does not remove heavy makeup. I wear only powder based products except for mascara and eyeliner and if I don't use eye makeup remover before using this cleanser, I'm left with dark smudges under my eyes. With that in mind, I don't think this cleanser would remove foundation either so if you wear a full face of makeup I would definitely use makeup remover first. I do love the pump bottle as one pump of product is the perfect amount to wash my face with but it is too cumbersome to travel with so that's why I took off one lippie for packaging. Overall this cleanser is great and has become my HG for a clean face!
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NatashaTheodora on 12/12/2013 7:08:00 PM more reviews by NatashaTheodora
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown
I'll never go back to any other facial cleansers!
This one is absolutely amazing for my normal skin. It has less breakout and it kind of fades my acne scars. Awesome product. Will definitely repurchase. (I'm already using my second bottle now!) <3
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darknights on 12/8/2013 3:03:00 PM more reviews by darknights
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
The smell is absolutely awful, the first few times I used it I hated it but since it was sorta expensive I just held my nose and continued to use it. I have really weird skin, oily t-zone and normal to dry cheeks. It doesn't make my cheeks dry but my tzone always feels a little tight after using this. I prefer the gentle version as it doesn't leave my tzone or cheeks tight feeling. Also if anyone does the oil cleanse with their own oil blend and want the oils to emulsify like a store bought oil cleanser when in contact with water I recommend washing with your own oil blend and rinsing with this cleanser. It emulsifies the oil turning it into a milky consistency that when rinsed doesn't leave your skin tight or dry or create more acne from excess oil.
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Induction Friendly, Reasonably Priced Pots - Where to Buy in SD?
- Gypsy Jan Nov 11, 2011 12:17 PM
We have a new GE Profile Induction cook top stove with a convection oven.
I have given away most of my pots and skillets because they do not work on the new cook top.
Also, I would appreciate any tips and advice about cooking a 20+ pound turkey in the oven?
Ikea sells many/most pots and pans marked as OK for induction. {I only have one of each plus my teapot because I have an induction hotplate/single}
I am going to spatchcock my turkey again this year http://www.marthastewart.com/355976/r...
A 20 pounder should take maybe 2 hours. Use your meat thermometer...
The latimes usually has their article about the best way to brine (they recommend dry brining) and cook turkeys (they tried about five different ways) from about two or three years ago up around thanksgiving time. Don't remember off the top of my head what their final recommended way to cook turkey was. I do dry brining combined with smoking overnight, then finishing in the oven to crisp the skin. Dry brining is much better than normal wet brining, IMHO. The meat doesn't get as rubbery.
re: mikec
Actually, it was two recipes, one from 2006 and one from last year:
And if you're going to do dry brining, I've found that garbage bags (double bagged) work great for a >15 lb. turkey.
Smart and Final has some nice Nordic ware pans and pots that work well with induction cooking. They are also very reasonable priced and work great.
If you buy the cheaper thinner metal at Ikea, it tends to warp.
I'd honestly check at GTM as they sell some pretty good name brand stuff dirt cheap. A word to the wise though GTM doesn't stock stuff direct from the manufacturer and instead they sell remainders which other retailers (often Costco, Walmart, Sears, etc...) carried but discontinued. A lot of times those big chains don't want to carry an item unless they have several thousand of them on hand at once because they need to stock them in all of their stores in the region so GTM will buy the remaining items (a few dozen to around 100) and then sell them for about 50% less then places like Costco were originally selling them for. What you see is what you get so check the box carefully and if you find something you like buy it then as it might not be there when you come back. That said they offer GREAT deals and my girlfriend and I enjoy finding great stuff, brand new, but at half price. It's kind of like a treasure hunt but a very well stocked one.
re: oerdin
They also carry returns from Costco. Especially interesting inventory after Christmas.


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Scored French Laundry Resos in October but Thomas Keller won't be there
I'm so excited that I was able to get a reservation for dinner at the French laundry in October! My husband and I no longer live in San Francisco and will have to plan a trip to the West Coast for this dinner. I just found out that Chef Keller and much of his staff will be in London for the pop up FL in early October and will not be in Yountville.
I'm second guessing whether we should keep the reservation or not given that this meal will be a stretch for us financially and we want to have the best possible experience. Should we keep the reso or cancel and try again for another time?
The French Laundry
6640 Washington Street, Yountville, CA 94599
re: vulber
Vulber gives a truly great answer. Let me add that I am certain that FL is so well run that very few would note Keller's absence. Unless seeing and meeting Keller is one of your main desires, just go there anyway and enjoy the experience.
re: vulber
Keller being gone would not be unusual, but he's reportedly taking over a dozen staff members with him.
re: Robert Lauriston
Yes, Keller not being there doesn't bother me as much as the staff. I fear that the quality will suffer if he's taking all his best kitchen staff to London with him....
Keller's staff is so well-trained that I would trust the dishwashers in the kitchen to prepare a fabulous meal...
I don't think you would know that a portion of the staff is missing. He is such a perfectionist, he won't allow for there to be a lesser experience for anyone visiting The French Laundry. If he was concerned about it, he would close the restaurant (which he has done in the past).
The French Laundry
6640 Washington Street, Yountville, CA 94599
re: CarrieWas218
You'd think so, but it's hard to imagine that anyplace has enough slack to cover for over a dozen employees being out at once.
re: Robert Lauriston
who knows. maybe he's taking 6 from FL and 6 from Per Se? saves on airfare too :)
re: drewskiSF
Seems likely. Or a few from each and recruiting some former employees.
re: Robert Lauriston
wouldn't surprise me if he takes some from bouchon and ad hoc too; they tend to move around a lot between restaurants
Given his obsession with perfection I find it hard to believe he'd do anything to compromise the experience - as long as Hollingsworth is still there with some of hus sous chefs I'm sure it will still be top notch.
re: uhockey
The last time Keller had a "pop-up" in Hong Kong last year he also took Hollingsworth with him.
I could see why you would hesitate to dine with the B team at an establishment you had been anticipating experiencing. The upside is maybe he'll leave behind a rising star or two who have something to prove. Also, if the dishes are poorly executed, you'll know early in the meal, and can address the problem. My take on the FL kitchen is there's a lot more monkey see, monkey do than the image lets on. I've had some meals from former chefs, and while competent, it was clear that not all Keller alumni are geniuses, even if they turned out Keller quality food while working under him.
Just to add one more aspect: the kitchens at Per Se and French Laundry are linked by video screens so he can oversee what's going on in both restaurants. I'd be shocked if he didn't have a similar set-up installed in London.
The French Laundry
6640 Washington Street, Yountville, CA 94599
re: Ruth Lafler
Yes, well -- let's not forget about the time change . . .
re: Ruth Lafler
keller has also admitted that these seemed like a much better idea than they actually are and are rarely used
re: vulber
Really? The articles I've read imply that they use them all the time, or at least, that they're on all the time, whether or not they're being actively monitored.
re: Ruth Lafler
The last few times I have been there and toured the kitchen, they were definitely on. Not sure how much interaction is going on, but they are a presence.
re: Ruth Lafler
Rockpool in Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth has a similar setup of monitors to watch the sister kitchens.
re: Beach Chick
You know, I think FL will perform just fine, but based around the uncertainty, if there's an anxiety or stress over it, they should nix it. Plenty of other great meals to be had.
I spoke to the reservationist today and he confirmed that Thomas will be taking Hollingsworth with him to London and will be right back after the tenth.
re: sugartoof
i get it - but I'm pretty sure he's not going to leave his flagship in poor hands
re: zin1953
My son reminds me there is no need to worry with reins in capable hands sous chef Molly Brown.
Alice Waters hasn't cooked in the Chez Panisse kitchen since 1983, but no one cancels reservations because of that, and TFL is a much more professional restaurant. The most important characteristic of a top-level (Michelin 3-star) professional restaurant is consistency. I wouldn't worry about it.
Chez Panisse
1517 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709
It's one meal.
If a stretch financially, why bother? I certainly wouldn't. You can likely sell the reservation.
Hey, invest in cooking at home with best groceries. You might buy some things you don't now have and acquire the ability to cook great chow. Not to mention being way ahead $$-wise.
Some take out a loan to say they ate there. Call me crazy, but that's nuts.
re: Waterboy
"You can likely sell the reservation."
I am not sure that is possible.


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Photos and Description of this 1 bedroom holiday studio in .2nd Bourse - Renovated flat in Paris center
Pretty and renovated flat in a very central area of Paris where everything can be done on foot (supermarkets, restaurants, museums, night clubs, etc.).
The apartment is very bright and was recently fully renovated.
It is located in the center of Paris with many good shops and restaurants.
It is on the 3rd floor (no lift) of a 19th century building, very typical.
There is a sofa-bed (for two persons).
The apartment is very quiet by night, because the street itself is calm and also because there are double windows.
The area where the apartment is situated is exceptional. FIrst of all, it is very easy to get to the area where the apartment is from CDG Airport because there is a direct train RER B which brings your right to the station Chatelet Les Halles located 7 minutes away by foot from the apartment. In case, if you arrive to the Gard du Nord railway train station, it will take you only 10 minutes to get to the apartment by subway.
Internet, television, sheets, towels and flatiron, dishes and furnished kitchen provided.
- Suitability:
- Long-term Renters Welcome
- non smoking only
- not suitable for children
- pets not allowed
- wheelchair inaccessible