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Window Error Recovery Everytime Resuming from Sleep
Hi. I have have been away from my PC for a few months only to boot it recently. I have realised that every time I put my PC to sleep, when resumed with pressing my Power Button (as I have set all my USB wake off), it takes a while for the screen to come up. The POST comes first, then a Window Error Recovery screen. The Window Error Recovery screen gave me 3 choices; either to boot normally (default), enter safe mode, or Safe mode CMD.
There was no BSOD or any associated log as BlueScreenViewer didn't capture any of that. I tried disabling all startup services via MSconfig and tried sleeping with all startups turned off; that didn't work.
I updated my graphic driver to the latest offered for my GTX570. I am running Window 7 Ultimate x64.
I am currently running with Power Settings in Control panel on "High Performance" with
Sleep After: never
Hybrid sleep: On
Hibernate after: never
Allow wake up Timer: disable
Tried setting to Balanced, didn't fix the issue either.
The booting is just irritating where I have to find myself staring the black POST screen and selecting the "start normally" option in the Window Error Recovery Option.
Any help welcome.
Thank you.
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Flowright mate some system specs please - helps us in helping .
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Now try running these for starters
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Hi ICit2,
Thank you for your support. I have updated my PC specs; hope it is helpful.
I am currently running the sfc/scannow in CMD. Will tell you if there is any error. If not, I will continue trying your 2nd link and CCleaner.
EDIT1: the scan showed that corrupted files were found and unable to be repaired. A log was generated and attached. Tried the Diskrepair from MyComputer, also failed to fix it.
EDIT2: Tried CCleaner, also failed. Still resume sleep with a black screen titled Window Error Recovery Mode.
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Broken wine glass
My friend tripped and fell against a table and broke another customer's wine glass due to the lady having her purse out in the aisle and the uneven brick surface. Not thinking about it we went back to our table. Shortly, the customer that was at the table whose glass was broken came to our table asking us to make it right. That she wanted us to buy her a glass of wine. Of course we did but now I think the lady was a little bold. What is the correct etiquette? Thanks!!
If I was the server I would have had the house replace her glass of wine. The owner I sure was thankful that he was not sued for the uneven surface and unsafe walking conditions. It was only a glass of wine. The lady should of replaced it herself if the server did not do the right thing. But upon confrontation the trippee did the right than and did not push the point.
re: duck833
I agree, the house should have taken care of it, and then made sure that the aisles were walkable for guests and servers.
re: duck833
Yeah, the house should have paid for it. Definitely. It's just one of those things that you do. However, if the house did not pay for it for whatever reason, the friend who knocked over the glass should have offered to pay for another glass. And the lady should have refused. But the friend should have insisted. After all, he/she was the direct cause of the breakage. Polite does not necessarily mean fair. Etiquette can be so silly sometimes.
re: hilltowner
Hey folks, you are all nicer than me - no mention of the purse? No one should leave a purse or anything else in a pathway, just as no one should leave luggage in the aisle of an airliner. It's all about safety and common courtesy. Most restaurants' pathways between tables are very narrow, coupled with tablecloths, chairs, table legs, etc., that will further hinder one's ability to see any potential obstacles. Anyone who brings in something to a restaurant - purse, bags, presents - anything - should have the decency to assure that they don't become hazards to others. My wife downsizes her regular purse to her "restaurant" purse specifically for this reason. I think the general sense of entitlement coupled with the prevailing mindset of lacking personal responsibility that so many Americans have nowadays is reprehensible.
re: bulavinaka
The whole incident could have been prevented by this: http://www.cwdesignllc.com/servlet/St...
My wife loves these things so much she's constantly buying them for her friends. Women in restaurants are always asking her where she got it.
re: Bill Hunt
But if every restaurant was a "proper" restaurant of the type to price things like purse stools into their cost structure, most people wouldn't be able to afford to eat out...
Here's something I think everyone can agree on--we ladies should watch our purses very carefully. I now find myself scanning back through my last several dinners out to make sure that I was keeping it appropriately out of the aisle. I have no desire to cause injury to others or to lose out on a perfectly good glass of wine.
re: planetjess
Obviously, you caught my joke. Well, maybe only half a joke.
I understand the problem. I often have my briefcase, and have to make sure that it's out of the way, will not interfer with the servers, my guests, or other patrons. It's also too heavy to use one of my wife's little "hangers."
I'm at a loss for which restaurant this was, but one recently handed out the little purse hangers. Nice touch.
Also, the "chef's counters" at several restaurants have hooks below, to help the ladies out. L'Atelier and Alan Wong's both do, as well as some others. Another nice touch.
re: bulavinaka
Lighting can also be part of the issue, particularly for anyone with low vision.
A little bold? The woman must have had an enormous pair of solid brass ... eh, never mind.
She's the one who left her purse in the aisle. Had she put it where it belonged (in her lap, under her table, over the back of her chair, the options are limitless) your friend would not have stumbled over it.
If successfully laying a trap for strangers entitles you to drink for free, I'm going to start carrying banana peels in my pockets whenever I go out.
re: alanbarnes
seriously. i can't imagine purse-lady had that kind of misguided nerve.
people will never cease to amaze.
re: alanbarnes
I have a feeling it might not have been her first and only glass of wine, if you get my drift.
lucky some poor server didn't go down in a hail of chilled martini glasses and hot buffalo china. . .
Bold indeed. Did purse lady even ask if your friend was ok ? By her carelessness, she could have caused serious injury to someone, and her first thought was replacing the wine that was the result of that carelessness. Sheesh.
Even if you assume that she didn't know her purse had fallen over / into the aisle or something, what kind of person's next thought is to get their wine comped ? Perhaps in the interest of keeping the peace, the restaurant could have brought another glass of wine when they came to clear away the glass, but the purse lady really should have chalked this one up to "I should have known better not to put that there".
Purse lady is lucky this didn't result in something worse than a glass of wine being broken : aka hot liquids / dishes spilled, people falling on table corners / brick floors.
re: im_nomad
I'm sometimes a little clumsy, so I'd have offered Ms. Brass-B*lls another glass of wine as soon as I'd gotten up and dusted myself off.
An attentive server would do an end-run around this, bringing the wine and charging no one for it. That being said, it appears as if Ms. B-B jumped the gun. The correct thing for her to do would be to ask a member of staff to be interlocutor. It's not her place to make the demand she did of you. In fact, good news or bad, it's the staff's job to interact with patrons.
I think that unless your friend actually tripped over the lady's purse/it was unquestionably the cause of the fall, I would have expected your friend to offer to replace the glass of wine before leaving the table as a polite gesture. If, however, the lady's purse really was the underlying cause, when she came over to demand a replacement, I would have sweetly replied "certainly; could you just jot down your contact details? Your purse tripped my friend, you see, and we'd like to get her ankle/neck/elbow checked out before settling on what you can do for us."
re: planetjess
love that one. but that's me! if purse lady caused me to trip like that, i don't think i would've just walked away when i knocked her glass of wine.
I know that kind of brick and uneven brick can be very tricky especially with some shoes.
If my purse were in the aisle and tripped or added to the fall, I'd feel horrible. I have to agree with others that say she was bold, and seemingly without class, but I still think it's best to not make a scene . My experience is that the waiter should of been immediate with her glass of wine, suggested she move her bag, and been very attentive to your friend that fell. They should be the concerned party. And I hope your friend was okay?
I've been on the other side of this issue. A woman walking between tables knocked over my date's full wine glass with her oversize (not my dates) purse spilling wine all over the table. She said she was sorry to have knocked over the water. And sat down at the table next to us. Refused to even acknowledge it was wine made no attempt to help clean up or even signal the server. Her and her companion then started whining about the air-conditioning. They got up squeezing by again and were seated at another table.
When order at our table was restored. I was going to go and confront them. She was completely at fault and should have offered to replace the glass she knocked over. The server (bless her) arrived, just as I was getting up, with a new glass of wine on the house. She jokingly apologized on behalf of the restaurant for allowing in such lousy people and thanked us for getting them out of her section.
You mention uneven bricks and a purse. Which was it that caused the fall? Don't see how both are going to be the culprit... Were other people stumbling because of the floor? Was the purse in a major pathway or between tables?
There's so much here that is unknown to us. I don't see how anyone here could affix blame.
re: Scargod
blame aside, I still think it's tacky and a little petty for the woman to do what she did, the server should have been the mediator. If nothing else, she was risking a potentially volatile confrontation, not knowing the people she went to the table for.
as for other people stumbling because of the floor, that doesn't necessarily have to be the case. My 70 year old mother fell from an unlit booth last summer, but my father and I had exited the booth without falling. Needless to say, despite the fact that the lighting was supposed to have been turned on and they had neglected to do so, the restaurant did little at all, it was as if they barely noticed a senior laying there on the brick floor while her family fussed around her. The server did nothing. My mother actually lay there for a few minutes while she gained her composure before being able to get up (she also got a little dizzy from the fall) eventually the employees broke away from the bar (which was close by, it was a small place) and a guy came over, but left once we had her up, then the server just rang up the bill. It wasn't until we were well on our way back to our hotel that we started to talk about how lax they were with it all, and that they were lucky that we were the kind of people we are, and not likely to kick up a big stink or yell lawsuit.
We were travelling at the time, and I really wish I had followed up with them in any event, the meal was not cheap, and I felt stupid for tipping well (service was otherwise fine, but I would think that if an elderly person fell out of a booth I had been serving, I might think about going over to check on them) . She was pretty stiff and sore the next day.
So I wouldn't always count on the server or restaurant picking up the slack either.
re: im_nomad
Even when we don't know very much, which is often the case with posts like this, we go on and on about what might be right, fair, honest or correct, with much conjecture and obfuscation!
How do we know if the woman was in the wrong? Are we rushing to the defense of a Chowhound when we have very little to go on?
What kind of educated comment can we really make about correct etiquette, beyond, "that's too bad"? I know the OP wants reinforcement for the position they are taking, but honestly, how can we do that? Buch hasn't said anything else....
re: Scargod
well why bother to ever discuss anything at all then, as every post and comment is going to be from the viewpoint of the CH and we have no "proof" of what they're saying. we may as well just have a site full of undisputed statements such as "I have been to X restaurant and it was fabulous" and no one says a word.
re: im_nomad
I guess, like the "Chains" board, I could choose to just not go there. Nobody's twisting my arm to read and comment on this post. However, I do find it fascinating that people ask for advice. The advice is usually free-flowing and often the advice is like assholes.
It is hard to give good, balanced and objective advice when the information is often couched with "look how I was wronged" or "please tell me I didn't do wrong". Posts with questions like this seem to keep coming and people like to get in their two cents, or just vent. I'm not looking for proof, I'm looking for substance in the question. When it's not there I want clarification, rather than making wildly speculative pronouncements of correctness or wrongness.
I remember the one time I posted this ethical question http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/5650... and boy did I get chewed up and spit out, when I was less than serious in the first place.
I think some that make odd posts sometimes run and hide and wished they hadn't made the comments in the first place. Many don't wan't any negative backlash.
re: Scargod
I'm with Scargod. There's too little information, and while, no, people do not need to write a treatise in the first post, as threads are discussions, it would be worth hearing more, and there's not problem asking for more information before rushing to judgement.
There's little information to go on. The OP tells us the fall was due to the purse and an uneven path, but that immediately after the fall, they go straight to their table. It is here that communication would be nice: a check on everyone's part. If you were sitting at a table, some people fell on it hard enough to break your glass (was she hit by glass, by spilled wine?) and then they just walk off without a word, how might you feel? There is no word about an injury sustained by the OP's friend, so I wonder if the two went back, carried on an animated conversation, and showed no remorse in the face of the damage (however inadvertent) they caused. The other woman may not have been correct, who knows, but I can see how a situation which transpires with a stunning lack of empathy all around can lead to this kind of escalation and anger.
re: Scargod
The OP said that the friend "tripped and fell against a table and broke another customer's wine glass due to the lady having her purse out in the aisle and the uneven brick surface."
Of course there might be facts we don't know. Maybe the description of events is slanted in the friend's favor. Maybe those events never happened at all. But if everybody here had to submit to a deposition before anyone would answer their questions, it would tend to stifle discussion.
The facts as they were presented were that the purse in the aisle was a cause of the fall. Under those facts, the person who left the purse there is probably responsible.
re: alanbarnes
Alan, I know you are a lawyer, and I have great respect for lawyers... but the statement included a combination of three things: the uneven floor, the purse and two people, together, making a trip to somewhere in the restaurant.
While I am not suggesting either way who is at fault, I wonder which precipitated what? Did the purse cause a stumble and the uneven floor made it difficult to recover or did the uneven floor cause them to tag the purse in a misstep? How much was the purse in the isle? Was the OP helping the faller/crasher go somewhere? Did they need help to walk?
I think my SO was on track when she said the person falling into the table should have apologized and offered to buy the person a drink. Very often, when a conciliatory gesture is made it gives the other person some wiggle room to say, "no, no, it was partly my fault".
I was struck, when I first read the second sentence: "Not thinking about it we went back to our table." I thought, "who would not think anything of the incident?" The person "bold" after they acted like nothing happened? There was NO exchange at all when the incident occurred? That seems odd.
As far as a deposition, the OP is asking etiquette advice and has given minimal, vague information and not responded to questions that might enlighten us. Far from a deposition and they didn't say, "I swear".
re: Scargod
scargod, if the purse was in ANY WAY a contributing factor in the fall (and there was injury to the faller), then the purse-placer could likely be sued successfully for negligence. it needn't be the sole factor.
re: Scargod
"I was struck, when I first read the second sentence: "Not thinking about it we went back to our table." I thought, "who would not think anything of the incident?" The person "bold" after they acted like nothing happened? There was NO exchange at all when the incident occurred? That seems odd."
Your interpretation of this is a little different than mine, I also see "not thinking clearly". If I fell in a restaurant, I might feel a little shock or embarassment in addition to any ouch factor, and I might proceed to my table to sit and maybe check myself out, rather than instantly thinking of offering up another glass of wine (particularly if the other person also didn't offer some conciliatory gesture much in the same was as when two people bump into each other in the street, usually both will apologize, or I do )
Besides which, I think read up further somewhere that the tripper did apologize before leaving the table.
re: im_nomad
There is no other post by the Buch, the OP, after starting the thread. Now, will people refer to your comment of "not thinking clearly" and attribute it to Buch?
They were going to or from their table. The use of "we went back to our table", indicates that it might have happened as you say (their trip was cancelled). Perhaps they did lose their composure and perhaps the person might have said something or done something, if given time. All conjecture. What fun!
re: im_nomad
Given that Buch has not been back to provide information, there's no way to know what happened. No report of an apology.
Again, I wonder about the lack of empathy on display: Yes, this woman showed some chutzpah coming up to the table, but I wonder about the moments between the stumble to the table and this encounter. Perhaps people faced with broken glass and spilled wine and not a word from those who made it happen aren't feeling at their best and most sensible.
Seriously, this woman may not have known about her bag or anything. It may be-- based on the account that Buch gave-- that there is a woman who felt completely jolted and jostled without a word or anything from people who proceeded to move along to their table to sit and have a natter.
I'm not saying she was correct in her response, but I think it would be nice if people could see it from the other side. If this woman posted here, I wonder if hounds would be commiserating over the oafs who trod all over this woman's bag, slammed her table, and broke a glass without saying pardon or even acknowledging her existence.
Buch, the situation sounds like it pretty much sucked all the way around, and it's a shame that a server wasn't immediately on it to ensure everyone was ok, and to diffuse whatever emotions might have been running high. I think when people are shocked and taken aback, they don't always behave as they would like or should like. Sometimes we're so embarrassed we might retreat without thinking. Some others are more aggressive and move into confrontation mode.
It's not a satisfying thing, because there is no way to change the past event. But trying to create a narrative of right and wrong here (or invoking 'etiquette') is preventing us from thinking about how to handle such encounters (where everyone involved might feel like the injured party) in the future.
re: Scargod
Who ever said I was a lawyer? When I find out who started that rumor, I'm gonna sue 'em for libel. ;-)
I agree that the appropriate thing to do in a situation like that is for everybody to be conciliatory. At the very least, everybody should have apologized to each other on the spot (the friend for tripping over the purse and the woman for having left it in the aisle in the first place) and checked to make sure no damage was done beyond a spilled glass of wine. And as others have noted, restaurant staff should have been out there dealing with the situation and defusing it if necessary.
But that didn't happen. Instead, the person with the purse went out of her way to initiate a confrontation. IMHO that's the point at which it becomes okay to put down the etiquette book and start evaluating her assignment of the blame.
I also agree that we don't have all the facts. And now that you point it out, the facts we do have ring a little funny. More information would certainly be helpful. To make matters worse, others have noted that the first post in this thread is the OP's one and only contribution to Chowhound. All of which brings visions of trolls to mind. But I do think we have enough info here to make at least a preliminary call.
From a legal standpoint, if the purse was **a** cause of the fall (not necessarily **the** cause), then the person who put it there is liable if doing so showed a lack of ordinary care for the safety of others. Those who brought about the other causes (the unevenness of the floor, the failure to keep an eye out for trip hazards, etc.) are also responsible, usually in proportion to the degree of their fault.
Assuming that the information provided by the OP is correct - even if it is incomplete - the purse was a cause of the fall. Its owner was therefore at least partially responsible for the spilled wine, and was out of line demanding a replacement.
re: alanbarnes
Then again, given the fact that this woman was so hung up on having someone else pay to replace her glass of wine, chances are decent that she wouldn't have been the deep pocket in this situation as compared to, say, the restaurant's liability insurer, so her degree of fault ends up being a bit of a moot point.
re: alanbarnes
I wouldn't want to challenge you in court about it....
A number of things ring funny to me about this post. A first-time poster doesn't help. Something like a disgruntled restaurant employee would do. We might be getting duped.
re: Scargod
I suspect you're right. But who needs any connection with reality, so long as the discussion is stimulating?
re: Scargod
Even a non-lawyer who has no great respect for lawyers (other than for AB) can see that your non-lawyerly claim to have great respect for lawyers is a canard, and I don't mean a duck or wing part.
The lady had a set, no doubt - the nerve! You should've responded, "sure I'll buy you a glass of wine, now can I have your name, address and liability insurance carrier so I can send you my medical bills for the twisted ankle I suffered because your dumb a** left your purse in the aisle?"
The house has a standard/duty of care they owe you (and her). You were a business invitee and as such are entitled to visit the resto's premises and be protected from unsafe/hazaradous conditions. The uneven bricks and the purse created a hazardous condition that the resto should have been aware of. Therefore, IMHO, the house if anyone should have replaced her crummy glass of wine.
re: lynnlato
lynnlato, not only are we bacon sisters, we are kickass-i-ain't-takin'-your-b.s.- sisters!
re: alkapal
I just read this as I was eating my morning bacon - Ha! You're damn right, AP - Good thing my husband is even-tempered when a cooler head is needed to come me down. I guess that little bit of Sicilian blood in me rises up at times like these. Ha!
re: lynnlato
mr. alka sometimes get mortified thinking about what i "might" say. i'm getting better about that, but do have some passionate celtic blood flowing through these veins. add the cherokee, and now we're talkin'!
re: alkapal
I've got the Cherokee, too. Most of the rest came down from Quakers. It takes a lot to get me riled up. It is seldom spontaneous, but look out when it happens!
You should have asked to speak with the management. You should have told them the story and made sure they saw the purse in the aisle and that the woman was asking you to purchase a replacement glass of wine.
I can't imagine an establishment that wouldn't have bent over backward to make things right.
The woman, and the management, was lucky your friend didn't fall onto the table, nevermind breaking a wineglass.
Question 1 - Should the customer who tripped pay for the wine? If the cause of the fall was the purse and it was in the aisle, absolutely not. Purse owner is responsible. If the bricks had some input, then double no for the customer who tripped. The way jfood reads the OP the glass of wine was owned by someone else at the purse owner's table. It was the glass owner, not the purse owner, who approached the tripped person's table, not the purse owner.
Question 2 - Should the customer have approaced the table to ask to make it right? Major social faux pas. That person was of legal drinking age 21, but had the numbers reversed and acted like a 12 year old.
Question 3 - What the heck was the server doing at this time? As others have stated, the server should have done two things. First, make sure wine and glass are cleaned up. Second, immediately bring another glass of wine to the table. Likewise, simultaneously the MOD should have intervend to make sure everyone was OK and de-escalate any other events.
re: shaogo
wow... no way i would have humored the lady. i would have called over the restaurant manager to resolve the issue. i certainly wouldn't be paying for her glass of wine.
don't really have enough info. the OP mentions teh purse and the uneven brick. not clear what really drove it and don't really know where the purse actually was. but, it's almost irrelevant.
because, what i'm not understanding is what happened after the OP decided to buy the glass of wine... did he call over a waiter and ask him / her to bring a glass of wine to replace the one that was knocked over? Was the glass of wine then simply brought to the table and charged to the OP? Did the OP explain the situation to whoever he ordered the wine from? It just seems so weird that at no point did someone from the restaurant "make things right".


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The Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis said Joan Mondale died on Monday afternoon while surrounded by her husband, their sons Ted and William, and other family members. "We are grateful for the expressions of love and support we have received. Joan was greatly loved by many. We will miss her dearly," the former vice president said.
Church spokesman Timothy Rose had previously said that Joan Mondale went into hospice care on Friday, but he provided no details about the former second lady's illness. "She is surrounded by her family and loved ones as her life on this Earth moves peacefully to its close," Rose had said on Sunday.
The Westminster Presbyterian Church, where members of the Mondale family have long been members, said it would hold a service honoring Joan Mondale at its church in Minneapolis on Saturday. "A Service in Celebration of the Life of Joan Adams Mondale will be held Saturday ... The time of the service is pending," the church said in Monday's statement.
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US boffin builds 32-way Raspberry Pi cluster
Boise University PhD candidate Joshua Kiepert has built a 32-way Beowulf cluster from Raspberry Pis. Kiepert says his research focuses on "developing a novel data sharing system for wireless sensor networks to facilitate in-network collaborative processing of sensor data." To study that field Kipert figured he would need a …
Re: This Cluster is so POWERFUL
I'd like to think there is something... something in this world that you can encounter which doesn't cause you to foam at the mouth about Windows.
It's not looking too good so far. Are you like this when browsing restaurant menus?
Re: This Cluster is so POWERFUL
Wow. Your hate of MS/Windows really consumes you.
MSFT breeds Haters
MSFT is not a benevolent institution and is fair game for haters.
Re: MSFT breeds Haters
"MSFT is not a benevolent institution and is fair game for haters."
And that's before you delve into their their history and business methods.
Then you really learn how to hate them.
Re: MSFT breeds Haters
Does Windows support 32 cores?
Re: This Cluster is so POWERFUL
What on earth has Windows got to do with it? Your apparent prejudice against Windows aside, it is possible to build a fairly capable Windows machine for 3-400 pounds. OK, it won't play the latest games well (but, neither would a Linux machine costing the same), but it will be a perfectly good workhorse.
Anyway, this guy has done exactly what the Pi was designed to enable. He has found a problem (him needing a cheap cluster) and sat down and and worked out a way to use to Pi to do that..
It supports 256 cores.
@John Smith 19
The history doesn't really matter, especially with new evils like Google the marketing giant and Apple the religious cult out there, but there are certainly times when trying to decipher their bizarre licensing system can make you hate Microsoft.
Re: This Cluster is so POWERFUL
Who mentioned Windows?
Re: Who mentioned Windows?
Eadon did.
It's what he does.
Re: @JDX
As far as I can see Windows 8 supports 1 physical CPU unless you've forked out for the "pro" version which supports 2. Not that either run on the RPi...
In any case this article isn't about Windows - one of the most fantastic things about Linux starting to come of age a decade and a bit ago was the way that we (university research group) could suddenly double or triple the amount of computing power for the same amount of cash by not having to pay for Windows or (more usually) overpriced Sun hardware.
The Pi is probably about as powerful as some of the older Sun boxes we had to use!
Re: This Cluster is so POWERFUL
"Are you like this when browsing restaurant menus?"
Only when they are behind a window...
I'm sorry. My coat's already on.
Re: MSFT breeds Haters Does Windows support 32 cores?
You may have to buy another 31 licences
Re: MSFT breeds Haters Does Windows support 32 cores?
But it's almost impossible to be sure :(
Re: Who mentioned Windows?
"Eadon did. It's what he does."
and he
ergo:- Eadon is a machine.
Re: This Cluster is so POWERFUL
"Only when they are behind a window..."
Quality work.
Re: Who mentioned Windows?
"It's what he does."
It's _all_ he does. That's why he's the finest Microsoft salesman alive.
Re: Who mentioned Windows?
"ergo:- Eadon is a machine."
He is the Tuxinator!
Re: Who mentioned Windows?
Eadon did.
It's what he does.
Yeah, he must really like Windows a lot to bring it up so often!
Oh, wait ...
Re: This Cluster is so POWERFUL
If the restaurant is in a cellar he might have a chance.
Re: This Cluster is so POWERFUL
I don't understand what Eadon is even trying to say here.
Re: This Cluster is so POWERFUL
This Cluster is so POWERFUL that it can run Windows.
If downvotes counted you'd qualify for a wooden, termite infested badge by now :)
Re: This Cluster is so POWERFUL
Erm, the price listed was for a Xeon machine, which is a high end workstation for people doing very intensive development tasks.
Try firing up some sort of AutoCAD package on the Pi cluster and see how far you get.
A tool is designed for a specific job, in the case of a Xeon workstation that task is to be productive and earn lots of money. The cost of a such a machine is easily dwarfed by the earning potential of a productive designer using it.
Re: This Cluster is so POWERFUL
Windows RT is customised to run on ARM processors, so I can't see why they can't run it given the chance (Come on MS allow RT to be installed on whatever we like).
Re: @JDX
Back as I was at Intel we were playing around with a 32 core windows 7 machine (hyper-threaded to 64) and to my surprise it was far more easier to get running than I thought. It can do 256 (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows7/products/system-requirements) but never tried...
Any who, amazing stuff they've done with the Pi's... Looks like an awesome way for a PHD student to get side-tracked! :D
Re: MSFT breeds Haters
@Shagbag - Are you one of Eadon's other IDs, or a separate person who just happens to seem to have exactly the same opinion?
Re: Who mentioned Windows?
"Eadon did. It's what he does."
I pity the bloke that cleans the glass aperture covers on Eadon's house. Every time he calls, hoping just to wipe some muck off glass, and be paid a tenner for doing so, he gets into some horrifying circular debate that has nothing to do with what he came for, and involves Eadon speaking to him in randomly capitalised speech.
So Eadon...
...as someone suggested a few days ago, when are you going to let the folks at The Register come visit your workplace to see the Linux Nirvana that you must have created?
I'm sure many of us here would love to see how you have managed to cultivate the perfect open source infrastructure and also to hear from the staff how they get on with it all etc.
It truly would be invaluable to all of us here to see it as well.
Then we could truly hail you as the genius you think you are. I think you owe it to the wonders of open source to do it.
Register...can you make this dream interview happen?
I'm sure others here will agree? If you want this then vote this post up!
Re: Who mentioned Windows?
I think he has a trained penguin to do the W*ND*WS
Re: So Eadon...
Yeah, come on Eadon.
Tell us about your awesomely secure blog.
@gazzton Re: This Cluster is so POWERFUL
Wow. Your hate of MS/Windows really consumes you.
That's a good point. Just as Eadon is saying that Windoze fritters away the power in a good cluster, so his preoccupation fritters away his capacity for interesting comment.
Now, back to the amusing cluster...
Re: @JDX
In what world is "Windows 8" the only choice for Windows?
Windows Server 2012 supports 64 physical processors, with up to 640 cores supported. I expect the next version to go even higher with upcoming Intel processors scaling up the core-counts.
All that being said... this was about a cluster, not a multi-threaded or multi-core computer... they are quite different in their goals and design.
"Eadon is a machine"
I could write Eadon in fifty lines of Perl.
And run him on a Raspberry Pi.
Re: This Button is how POWERFUL?
I wonder how many characters the up/downvote buttons support? I've never seen it hit three digits yet and it's soo close! I like to think that upon hitting 100 downvotes on a single post that the associated account and posts disappear; ancient Egyptian erasure style.
Re: So Eadon...
The blog is probably running on a Windows server that was so full of FAIL it simply couldn't be rendered secure.
Re: "Eadon is a machine"
" I could write Eadon in fifty lines of Perl"
I could write one too. I am just stuck procrastinating on whether to go Silverlight or the whole hog with ActiveX.
Re: ergo:- Eadon is a machine.
Sent from the future to warn us!
(At least you can be sure he doesn't run Windows.)
@Don Jefe
Not according to the type headers, unless somebody's insane enough to be running Apache under Windows.
Then again, anyone who would do that is basically begging for it.
Re: Who mentioned Windows?
Eadon is a machine.
I bet I know what OS he isn't running.
Re: @David14
Er... Windows Server 2012 runs on ARM now? Though as the software cost would dwarf the hardware costs for zero gain I'm not sure what the point of this conversation is anyhow...
Re: So Eadon...
Hmmm no response, that's a shame.
Maybe he's shy or actually works in PC World?
Re: This Button is how POWERFUL?
I just gave him his 101st downvote!
Re: Who mentioned Windows?
No - he is actually the Linux fundamentalist, usr-bin-local...
> @Shagbag - Are you one of Eadon's other IDs, or a separate person who just happens to seem to have exactly the same opinion?
Lots of people hate Windows, Eadon doesn't have a monopoly on it.
I hate Window's because IMHO its s*&t.
The people I've met that hate it most are Windows support engineers. The Linux crowd only think they hate Windows, they tend to hate it in a remote, abstract way, but many of the people who have to work with it hate it even more, because they know through years of bitter experience its s*&t and they have to support it knowing it is. But FTW if computers actually worked, none of us would have a job.
Just sitting down
and getting the thing to work is awesomme. Big Thumbs Up Kiepert
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ROCK HILL Winthrop University President Jamie Comstock Williamsons husband, Larry, was a temporary employee in his wifes office for nine months during the last school year, making $27,000, according to the school.
Larry Williamson a retired U.S. Navy captain and college administration professional was hired on Sept. 1 to perform various governmental affairs duties and external relations work, said Jeff Perez, Winthrop spokesman and senior counsel to the president for public affairs.
Update: Jamie and Larry Williamson announced Thursday afternoon, after this story was originally published, that they have now returned the $27,000 to Winthrop.
Larry Williamson was eminently qualified to work in the presidents office, Perez said. Larry Williamson is a former college vice president and former executive director of the foundation at the University of West Florida. He also advocated for higher education with the Florida state legislature and worked for a U.S. Congressman for three years.
At Winthrop, he served part time as senior counsel for strategic initiatives until May 31, Perez said.
Larry Williamson worked 20 hours per week, Perez said. The presidents husband was hired by Kimberly Faust, who serves as the presidents chief of staff and the universitys secretary to the Board of Trustees.
While Faust has the authority to hire members of the presidents office staff without President Williamsons approval, given the nature of these circumstances, (Faust) and President Williamson discussed the issues surrounding hiring (her husband), Perez said.
They also consulted with and sought advice from Winthrops human resources office. President Williamsons senior-level presidents advisory council discussed his position, Perez said.
He said some Winthrop board members were aware that Larry Williamson was being considered for employment and that he was working part time, Perez said. The boards Executive Committee was formally informed in October.
Winthrop board Chairman Kathy Bigham said she could not comment on Larry Williamsons employment because the board plans to discuss presidential matters during a special called meeting on Friday.
South Carolinas Ethics Act, which governs Winthrop officials and other public employees, says no South Carolina employee may cause the employment, appointment, promotion, transfer or advancement of a family member to a position in which the public employee supervises or manages.
The ethics law also states that public employees cannot participate in disciplinary action against family members. State law defines a spouse as a family member.
Jamie Williamson said she and others at Winthrop carefully considered the S.C. Ethics Act before her husband was hired.
During the entire stint of his temporary, part-time employment, we also took great care not to violate the ethics act, she said, adding that Larry Williamson reported to Faust and that the president did not supervise or manage his work.
Cathy Hazelwood, deputy director of the S.C. Ethics Commission, said that without knowing Winthrops exact organizational structure, she could not determine whether Larry Williamsons job in the presidents office violated the ethics law.
South Carolinas state nepotism policy is only violated, Hazelwood said, if all of the following criteria are met: the employee is a family member of the public employee; the employee is supervised or managed by the family member; and the public employee caused their family member to get a job or promotion.
Though Larry Williamson may have reported directly to the presidents chief of staff, Hazelwood said, as long as he worked in the presidents office, it would seem she would manage him.
Mayor: Williamson brought wealth of experience
Larry Williamson was needed during President Williamsons first year at Winthrop and during the transition of new Winthrop officials, Perez said. Jamie Williamson become president on July 1, 2013.
As a new president, Jamie Williamsons attention needed to be primarily focused (on) internal matters, Perez said, adding that there were significant initiatives in the community requiring the participation and possible involvement of the university.
President Williamson hired Perez earlier this year, and he started at Winthrop on Feb. 1. Part of Larry Williamsons role included the public affairs duties that Perez now is responsible for.
One of Larry Williamsons duties included serving on the Knowledge Park Leadership Group as a Winthrop representative.
The leadership group is a volunteer board comprised mainly of local business representatives and government officials. The group is credited with helping jump-start current economic development planning near downtown Rock Hill, in the citys former textile area.
To represent Winthrop in its partnership with the city and others for Knowledge Park, Larry met regularly with public officials, private sector leaders and campus constituents to advance the project, Perez said.
Rock Hill Mayor Doug Echols who serves on the Knowledge Park Leadership Group said the group benefited from Larry Williamsons contributions. It is understandable, Echols said, that a new president would delegate some off-campus responsibilities as she is getting started on the job.
Jamie and Larry Williamson work together as a team, Echols said, adding that he thinks it was a positive step for a president to appoint a delegate to the leadership group, in order to ensure Winthrop maintained representation as Knowledge Park progresses.
Serving on the leadership group, Echols said, is a large time commitment and Larry Williamson brought a wealth of experience to the table.
Larry Williamsons duties also included a town hall-style presentation on campus to update students, faculty and staff about Knowledge Park progress.
Presidents husband hired as interim solution
Winthrop did not designate an office for Larry Williamson, and he was not employed under a contract, Perez said.
Williamson planned to work until June 30, but his contributions to governmental affairs for Winthrop were no longer required, so he resigned, Larry Williamson told The Herald on Wednesday.
With the academic year complete last month, it became appropriate for President Williamson to have a more direct relationship with the Knowledge Park Leadership Group, Perez said.
Larry Williamson was hired when the university faced a gap in governmental relations, Perez said. A temporary solution was needed, he said, when Winthrops former assistant to the president for public affairs, Rebecca Masters, decided to step down last year and accept a part-time position on campus. Masters is now a research assistant in retired Winthrop president Anthony DiGiorgios office of the president emeritus a title Winthrop trustees bestowed on him before he retired.
As an interim solution, Perez said, Faust initiated Larry Williamsons hiring, approved his hiring and served as his supervisor.
The job was not advertised as vacant or available, he said, because most temporary job positions at Winthrop are not publicly advertised. Full-time positions are advertised.
Before Perezs hiring in February, Larry Williamson was tasked with keeping Winthrop officials updated on state legislative activities affecting colleges or universities.
He met with state lawmakers, helped prepare presentation materials for President Williamsons appearances before state boards and committees, and worked with the York County Chamber of Commerce to plan York County Day, the annual visit of local officials to the Statehouse, Larry Williamson said. After Perez was hired, Larry Williamson helped him acclimate to his duties by providing context and background information about governmental relations.
It has been an honor and a pleasure to use my background and experience in helping Winthrop during this transitional period, Larry Williamson said on Wednesday.
Since the Williamsons early 2013 visit to Winthrop during the universitys presidential search to replace DiGiorgio, community members have commented that Larrys background and expertise would be an asset to Winthrop and the community, President Williamson said, adding that we still hear those types of comments nearly every day.
All presidential spouses are expected to find ways to contribute based on their skills and professional experience, she said. Larry planned to do this from the beginning ... and by all accounts, his efforts were quite successful.
On May 2, The Herald requested a list of all current Winthrop employees and their salaries. The university provided a list on May 28, but Larry Williamsons name and salary were not included. The Herald filed the request under the states Freedom of Information Act.
Perez said Winthrop did not include Larry Williamsons information because, when asked for information about current employees, the university only includes regular, full-time employees. Winthrops temporary employees, which included Larry Williamson, perform a range of tasks from one-day assignments to the work of adjunct professors, Perez said.
The Herald asked Perez on Friday if Larry Williamson had been employed by the university. On Tuesday, Perez provided the information about Williamsons temporary job.
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he most sacred date in the Serbs' historical calendar. It commemorates the Battle of Kosovo, which took place five centuries earlier and in which, according to Slavic myth, the flower of Balkan youth was slaughtered at the hands of Turkish barbarism. A cloudless sky over the city and the sun bathing the rooftops decorated with flowers and pennants. It is a feast day. Men and women sporting colorful clothes and folkloric costumes mark the occasion with dancing in the streets.
Whether through ignorance or stupidity, it is also the day that Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, despised by the Serbian people, chooses for his visit to Sarajevo. The archduke has come to observe military maneuvers at the camp in Filipovic, at the invitation of the governor of Bosnia, General Oskar Potoirek. He is unaware that, spaced along the half-kilometer from the railway station to the city hall, where a ceremony is to be held, at least twenty-two armed conspirators from the Narodna Odbrana, the "Nationalist Defense," are waiting for him. They are determined to eliminate this highly visible symbol of tyranny.
At 9 A.M., Dimitri Borja Korozec goes into the Café Zora on Franz Joseph Street, where he plans to get something to eat. Under his arm he carries the Bosnische Post from the previous evening, with the route to be followed by Archduke Ferdinand. He selects a table in back from which he can see the entire room. Since 5 A.M. he has been roaming the streets of Sarajevo, examining step by step the itinerary planned for the archduke and his entourage. He has never been so excited. Despite the heat, he is wearing a dark pea jacket and loose-fitting gray serge pants, for better concealment of the weapons he is carrying. The Bergmann-Bayard automatic stuck in his belt chafes his skin. Every few moments he pats his leg to make sure the other pistol, the Reform, is still secure inside his sock. If everything works out right, in less than two hours the deed will be done. According to his instructions, after the assassination he is to meet Dragutin in Belgrade. He mentally reviews the plan for the thousandth time. Nothing can go wrong.
Suddenly, two young men enter the café. Dimo recognizes the first: Vaso Cubrilovic. Like him, Vaso is seventeen. Quite thin, he wears a mustache to look older. He does not succeed: the sparse fuzz indicates only a boy attempting to appear more grown-up. The two go to the same secondary school, and Dimitri has not seen him since he entered the Skola Atentatora. Dimitri tries to hide behind his newspaper, but Cubrilovic has already spotted him. He comes over to the table, accompanied by a Muslim named Mohammed Mehmedbasic, from the Herzegovina province. In January, at the age of twenty-seven, Mohammed had been recruited by the Mlada Bosna, the "Young Bosnia" organization, to assassinate the military governor of Bosnia-Herzegovina, General Potoirek. To the general's good fortune, the police had carried out a routine inspection of the train taking him to the capital. Mehmedbasic threw his dagger and poison out the window and gave up on the assassination attempt.
Dimitri senses that the two are nervous. Parts of the conversation among the trio were later written down by Mohammed and extracted from his Notebook of a Muslim Anarchist, discovered in a drawer upon his death, in 1940, in the house where he worked as a gardener:
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As soon as the two leave the Zora, Dimitri senses the danger to which he has exposed himself. He is astonished at his reaction: he isn't given to such outbursts. He is generally of serene temperament. Everyone in the café turns to look at him, intrigued. If he now leaves abruptly it will appear even odder. Austrian secret agents are everywhere in the city. He must dissimulate, create some justification so that the pointless argument won't arouse suspicion. Remembering the phrase he shouted, he has a stroke of genius. He repeats it, this time in a querulous tone, giving a falsetto intonation to his voice:
"He's mine! I love him so much! O God, don't let him desert me!"
Feigning hysterical sobbing, he heads toward the men's bathroom with effeminate steps. As he passes, those present indignantly turn their heads and resume their discussions.
In the bathroom, as he washes his face and hands, Dimo reevaluates the situation. Nothing has been ruined. Not even the fact of there being other assassins lying in wait will stop him from being the first to open fire on the archduke. The only one he fears is Gavrilo Princip. He remembers the hollow-eyed, consumptive youth well from student meetings. He doesn't like him, for Princip has always disdained him as if Dimitri were a child trying to be a man, but he does respect his reputation. At the Skola Atentatora Gavrilo was known as a good shot. So what if he was? It would be enough for Dimitri to position himself in the best spot and the prey would be his. He had been trained for more difficult situations than this at the Assassins' School. He cannot weaken in the face of this obstacle. He knows exactly where to place himself to await the cortege, which is why he has chosen the Café Zora.
To arrive at City Hall the entourage will go along the Appel Quay on the banks of the Miljacka River, turn to the right onto the Lateiner Bridge at the Schiller market and take Franz Joseph Street. The Zora is located precisely at the next corner. Beside the Zora is an alleyway from which Dimo plans to fire his automatic. Standing before the sink, he checks the Bergmann-Bayard's clip, then cocks the weapon. He opens the bathroom door with renewed zeal and crosses the room toward the door. It's time to take his place at the site of the ambush. As he passes the counter, he sees his image reflected in the large mirror behind the bar. In a rare gesture of vanity, the neglectful Dimitri runs his dozen fingers through his curly hair.
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At ten o'clock, Archduke Ferdinand has just finished reviewing the troops and leaves for City Hall to attend the reception. His entourage consists of six automobiles. The mayor, Fehim Curcic, and the chief of police lead the cortege. Immediately behind them, with its top down and sporting the Hapsburgs' Austro-Hungarian banner, comes the car with Ferdinand, his wife, Sophia, and General Potoirek, sitting in the rear seat. The vehicle's owner, Count Harrach, sits beside the driver. The head of the archduke's military chancellery, the archduchess's lady-in-waiting, and Potoirek's adjutant, Lieutenant Colonel Merizzi, are in the third car. The fourth and fifth carry officers of Ferdinand's garrison, along with high-level Bosnian functionaries. No one is in the sixth automobile, which is merely a backup in case one of the others stalls.
The crowd, indifferent to political questions, amasses along the Appel Quay cheering the imperial couple. The seven assassins mingle with it. Princip and Grabez station themselves at the Kaiser Bridge. Ilic, who has no fixed position, moves along the avenue. Popovic remains a short distance away. Near the Cumburja Bridge are Cabrinovic, Cubrilovic, and Mohammed. Thanks to his position, Mohammed, the Muslim, is the first with a chance to attack. He grasps the grenade, but hesitates, fearful of wounding many innocent bystanders. While he is deciding whether or not to throw it, the cortege slowly drives past him.
A few meters further on, Vaso Cubrilovic, Dimitri's acquaintance, demonstrates that his rhetoric is more explosive than the gun he carries. He desists from the attack and retreats across the Lateiner Bridge. The next conspirator is more decisive. He is Nedjelko Cabrinovic, son of an old Austrian spy. An experienced agitator, Nedjelko has come from Belgrade to take part in the assassination and has no desire to waste the trip. As soon as the entourage passes, slowly descending the wide avenue, he takes the bomb from his coat pocket, breaks the percussion cap against a lamppost, and throws the smoking object toward Archduke Ferdinand.
In the short time the bomb takes to cover the distance between Cabrinovic's hand and the archduke's car, a small event drastically affects the terrorist's deadly act.
Upon hearing the hissing of the fuse being activated against the lamppost, Count Harrach, thinking that a tire has gone flat, orders the driver: "Stop the car. That's all we need! We have a flat," and starts getting out of the vehicle.
The driver, who unlike the count has seen the bomb approaching through the air, does exactly the opposite: he accelerates.
With the sudden movement of the automobile, the count is thrown backward into the seat, causing the device to pass over his head. Ferdinand, out of pure reflex, raises his arm and deflects the bomb, which explodes on the ground directly in the path of the third car. The explosion injures a dozen spectators and Lieutenant Colonel Merizzi suffers a neck wound. The principal target, however, is unharmed. The cortege continues toward City Hall at high speed.
When he discovers that the archduke has escaped unscathed, Cabrinovic swallows a vial of cyanide and throws himself into the Miljacka River. Futilely: the poison is old and the river is shallow. The frustrated assassin goes down in history as "the one who failed."
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Archduke Ferdinand is furious when he enters City Hall. He says to the mayor, who struggles to keep up with his lengthy strides, "So, Mr. Mayor. I visit your city and am met with bombs? It's outrageous! Outrageous!"
The mayor, whether through nervousness or unconsciously, begins to spout the speech he had prepared previously, as if nothing had happened:
"Your Most Esteemed Imperial Highness, it fills our hearts with joy to receive such a noble dignitary . . ."
The absurdity of the situation serves to calm the archduke, and he concludes the ceremony by thanking his host for the cordial reception.
Meanwhile, the group of officers accompanying Ferdinand are discussing the need for an immediate change of plans. General Potoirek implores the archduke to leave the city by the shortest possible route. The heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne is braver than he appears. He refuses to interrupt the scheduled program: "Ridiculous. It takes more than an anarchist's bomb to frighten a Hapsburg!"
In addition to his courage, there is a secret known only to his closest advisers. Ferdinand is counting on a special kind of protection. He is wearing under his tunic a new bulletproof vest made of braided silk sewn in oblique strips. Overconfident, the archduke insists on attending the luncheon in the governor's residence and carrying out the scheduled visit to the museum. He thinks of his wife's safety:
"Sophia, it's not necessary for you to come with me. It's best that you leave immediately."
"My dear, if you think you can get away from me so easily, you're very mistaken," answers the duchess, looking at him with a mixture of apprehension and tenderness.
To understand the duchess's determination, it is necessary to know something about her situation vis-à-vis the Austrian court. The emperor had never approved of the marriage. Tradition demanded that Ferdinand marry a descendant of the House of Hapsburg or one of the reigning dynasties of Europe. Sophia does not meet the desired criteria. The union is accepted, but the marriage is morganatic, specifying the wife's inferior position.
Rigid imperial protocol did not allow her to sit in the carriage beside the archduke during ceremonies. Because the two were so much in love, they had both looked forward to the trip to Sarajevo, where, far from the court and the emperor's sight, they could appear together.
"All right. If that's what you want, so it shall be," agrees Ferdinand.
The couple descends the steps of City Hall and enters the waiting automobile.
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Dimitri hears the thunderclap and the commotion brought about by the explosion. People are running in every direction. He sees policemen arguing and pointing toward the Cumburja Bridge. Despite his apprehension, he decides to wait before leaving the side street where he has positioned himself, concealed behind a stack of empty beer barrels. He has lost all notion of time. Finally, he can no longer contain his curiosity. He hides the automatic in his pocket and walks to Franz Joseph Street to try to find out what has happened. He deduces that one of the seven men of the Narodna Odbrana threw a bomb, but he doesn't know the outcome. He quickens his pace toward Appel Quay. When he arrives at the corner of the quay, across from the Schiller market, he bumps into a youth coming out of the market eating a sandwich. He recognizes him immediately. It's Gavrilo Princip. Feigning surprise, he says, "Gavrilo! It's been such a long time! What're you doing here?"
"I'm eating a sandwich."
"I can tell that. Don't treat me like a child."
"I guess there's no harm in telling you, since the attempt failed," Princip replies, with his mouth full.
"What attempt?" asks Dimitri, feigning ignorance.
"Against the tyrant's son who dares to defile our streets on the day of the Battle of Kosovo. Too bad the wretch got away."
"Got away how?"
"He brushed aside a bomb thrown by Cabrinovic. That idiot Cabrinovic couldn't hit an elephant lying down to sleep."
"Elephants don't lie down to sleep," Dimitri informs him absentmindedly, recalling the circus.
"Who cares? The fact is that now it's impossible to get him. The cowardly heir must have left Bosnia already hiding under his wife's skirts."
Dimitri is torn between sadness at the failure of the attack and joy at still having the opportunity to kill the archduke. "Maybe he's still in the city," he says hopefully.
"You're an optimist," replies Princip.
They fall silent, while Gavrilo finishes his sandwich and takes a grimy kerchief from his pocket to wipe his hands. When he opens his coat to put away the kerchief, Dimitri sees a Browning pistol tucked into his waistband. Nonchalantly, Princip changes the subject, asking about a common friend they know from political discussions at the Café Zeatna Student, "The Thirsty Student."
"Have you seen Milosevic?"
"Neither have I. So, good-bye."
The two go their separate ways, walking in opposite directions. Dimitri Borja Korozec returns to his ambush spot in the alley, waiting for Franz Ferdinand to continue with the rest of his schedule, and Gavrilo Princip goes to meet his destiny.
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Certain that the Austrian would never dare remain in Sarajevo, the other assassins disperse into the throng of people talking about what had happened.
Caring nothing about the opinion of the conspirators, the archduke resumes the parade with his entourage. There is a small detour from the original route. Before going to the museum, Franz Ferdinand plans to visit the people injured in the attack. But the individual responsible for these changes in itinerary is none other than Lieutenant Colonel Merizzi. Wounded by a fragment from the bomb, Merizzi is himself in the Centralna Bolnica, the hospital toward which the archduke is heading. Thus, none of the drivers has been advised of the altered plans. The procession once again moves down the lengthy avenue of the Appel Quay at high speed, but instead of continuing straight, following the Miljacka River to the hospital, it takes the original route, turning onto Franz Joseph moments after Dimitri and Gavrilo separated. When he notices the mistake, General Potoirek shouts to the driver: "This isn't the way! You have to take the Appel Quay!"
Startled, the driver slams on the brakes to begin backing up, and the archduke's vehicle stops directly across from the Schiller market.
Dimitri can't believe his eyes when he sees the tyrant's car motionless almost beside him. At that distance he can't miss. He takes the Bergmann-Bayard from his belt. To steady his aim, he rests his extended arm on one of the barrels in the alley where he has ensconced himself. His heart is in his throat. His excitement is comparable only to that which he experienced in the arms of Mira Kosanovic. He holds his breath and fires. The gun breech doesn't move. He fires again. Nothing happens. He has the impression that for some reason his finger has expanded and he can't squeeze the trigger. He examines the hand holding the weapon and sees to his horror what's wrong. Such was his will to assassinate the heir that, in the excitement of the moment, purely by reflex, he had inserted both forefingers on the trigger at the same time. He tries to pull them out by wetting his fingers with saliva and twisting the object as if it were a tight-fitting ring. No good. The automatic is stuck on his fingers. The anomaly that all had thought to be the mark of the assassin has occasioned the miscarriage of his mission. At the instant this occurs to him, Dimo hears two shots. He lifts his head in time to see an image that will haunt his nightmares forever: Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire, lying drenched in blood over the body of the dead duchess. Standing less than two meters away is Gavrilo Princip, the Browning still smoking in his hand.
On the trigger of the weapon, a single finger. The finger that unleashed the First World War.
Excerpted from Twelve Fingers: Biography of an Anarchist by Jô Soares. Copyright © 2001 by Jô Soares. Excerpted by permission of Random House. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.


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