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Buckled is along the same line as busted but not as harsh. This person is pretty ugly but has some good physical qualities to them.
Wow. That guy's face is buckled but at least he has a pretty nice body.
by Jenn Goarck September 10, 2005
very unfourtunate looking.
Damn, that chick is buckled.
by Ryan Schroer August 15, 2005
In the West of Scotland, the term 'buckled', sometimes referred to as 'backlt' is used to express the action of knees buckling due to laughing to an excessive extent. It is rare that someone will actually 'buckle', yet it is still commonly used.
Judith: OMG, MY CAT JUST DIED. *creys*
Samuel Kensington of Herp Derp Co.: lawl, buckled @ that bitch. actually laughing so much i'm buckled out my skin and my internal organs.
Samuel Kensington of Herp Derp Co.: lawl, buckled @ that bitch. actually laughing so much i'm buckled out my skin and my internal organs.
by GregtbH March 21, 2011
to get drunk beyond all recognition of what gravity is there for
oh man, I got BUCKLED last night, 10 cans of cider!
by The Bollox June 02, 2007
buckled is when someone either looks like, or has actually been punched in the face with a great-big "tombstone" belt buckle--the kind that are typically worn by those on the Professional Bull Riding circuit.
"Ooohweee dat girl is buckled!"
by Beau Coulon January 07, 2008
To collapse from exhaustion; when the knees 'buckle' beneath one because you have worked so hard.
"I am down on whores and I shant quit ripping them til I do get buckled." - Jack the Ripper
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Virginia Department of Historic Resources has approved eight new state historical markers.
Officials say the markers cover topics in counties of Fairfax, Mecklenburg, and Shenandoah, as well as the cities of Charlottesville, Lexington, Petersburg and Richmond.
Among the markers is one marking the adoption by Virginia's General Assembly of a statute establishing religious freedom. Others recognize the life of a free African American who became the first president of the African nation of Liberia, the battlefield promotion a Civil War hero and the founding of a college fraternity in 1865 inspired by Robert E. Lee.
The Virginia highway marker program began in 1927. There are currently more than 2,500 official state markers.
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Many designers seek inspiration in the initial stage of a project to get their creative juices flowing and/or to get updated with the latest trends in graphic design. With this post I would like to share some of the great designs that have inspired me in some way and hopefully something will inspire you to.
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Usually we have a motion graphics post in store for you each Wednesday, but that's not the case this particular week. Our mograph wiz Daniel Højlund is currently offline, hiking across his home country Denmark. So instead I've put together a new web design gallery for you guys! Note that the images in these posts […]
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One More Time: KitchenAid Pro 600 vs. Artisan
I know this topic has been covered several times. I've read all the threads, and I am leaning towards the Pro 600 as people tend to suggest. I am willing to pay the price for it if it will be more versatile in the long run.
I have just one major concern: is the Pro 600 good when I'm NOT making bread dough and NOT making big batches? For instance, is a single batch of brownies that would fit in an 8x8 cake pan doable in this thing, or is it just too big a bowl to be effective on such a small volume of batter?
You see, while I really like the idea of having the capacity to do bigger projects, I just have a feeling that more often than not, I'm not going to need it for that. I take baking fairly seriously when I do it--I like making cakes and cookies too, and I am looking forward to getting into breadmaking. I just tend not to make enormous batches. And I don't want to find that I'd be better off just pulling out my bowls and doing it by hand after I've shelled out the big bucks for this thing. That would be very disappointing.
The KA beaters are designed to get down into the bottom of the bowl. The 6 quart one can whip two egg whites; a single batch of brownie batter should be no problem at all.
If you really want a brand new KA I can't blame you, but I say go on eBay (or scour your local thrift stores) and find a vintage K5A or K5SS model made by Hobart (do a search for Kitchenaid Hobart and you'll get the best results). Most new attachments work fine with it (a noteworthy exception to this is the ice cream maker), and the thing is very much built to last. The price varies on them, but tends to hover around 100 dollars plus shipping.
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I've owned Kitchenaid Mixers for about 40 years. As has been mentioned you can make all sized batches. I would recommend the higher powered model if you want to make bread. I routinely make two loaf batches in an 10 year old Ultra powered model but I've seen posts about the motors in new ones not being as well made as older models. I think this is the theory behind buying an older Hobart model on eBay. IMO, this is risky if you don't know the history. My sugggestion would be to try one of the refurbished models available at the Kitchenaid website if you wish to save some money. Good luck with whatever you decide.
I have a hard time with very small amounts, such as 2 egg whites, as the whip does not reach the bottom of the bowl. But in these cases I just use a hand mixer. I recommend the Pro model.
I have the pro 600. I made 2 huge loaves of bread over the weekend but whipped up a measley quarter cup of cream 2 nights ago. The big one is the way to go!
I was raised and learned to bake with my mother's kitchenaid. The first appliance I bought when out on my own was a kitchenaid which lasted for 35 years when I decided I wanted something a little bigger (sending the older one off to a delighted friend). The artisan had a bigger motor and bigger bowl than the one I had used for many years but not as big as the Pro. However, I went with the artisan. I did not like the bowls that are held on by pins. I had to remove the beaters first before removing the bowl. The artisan raises up at the top allowing me to remove the bowl, change bowls, makes it easier to use the spatula, add bulky ingredients, etc.
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The ACS will be holding 7 Short Courses in Houston, TX, December 2-5, 2014 to help you gain invaluable training in just a few days. Short Courses from the ACS give you the tools to stay on top of new technology, growing trends in the science industry and basic skills you need to advance in your career all while interacting in a face-to-face environment with other professionals.
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The most popular RTC for the Arduino is the DS1307. However, it does have some drawbacks, the most notable of which is that its operating voltage is 5v, which means it cannot be used with 3.3v projects. The Maxim DS1339 however, features a wide tolerance of voltages from 2.97V-5.5V with the typical voltage as 3.3v, a battery backup, two alarms, and a trickle charger. The breakout board here packages the DS1339 with the components and connections necessary to use with your Arduino projects easily.
MAX DS1339 RTC real time clock for arduino - [Link]
by embedded-lab.com:
If your design contains Microchip's MCP79XXX series RTC chips and you are running into troubles using them, this technical brief is intended to resolve several of the commonly-asked questions regarding developing stand-alone serial interface real-time clock/ calendar devices with MCP79XXX. Similarly, there's also another application note from Microchip which provides detail assistance and guidance in using these RTC devices.
Q&A concerning Microchip's MCP79XXX RTC chips - [Link]
The MAX31629 I2C digital thermometer and real-time clock (RTC) integrates the critical functions of a real-time clock and a temperature monitor in a small-outline 8-pin TDFN package. Communication to the device is accomplished through an I2C interface. The wide power-supply range and minimal power requirement of the device allow for accurate time/temperature measurements in battery-powered applications. The digital thermometer provides 9-bit to 12-bit temperature readings that indicate the temperature of the device.
MAX31629 – I2C Digital Thermometer and Real-Time Clock - [Link]
luca @ lucadentella.it build a nice app that let you configure an RTC chip using a PC GUI and your Arduino board. The system is composed by two elements, the PC GUI written in C# and a sketch running on Arduino. The RTC is connected on the Arduino using I2C interface and Arduino is connected to PC using a simple serial protocol.
I chose to use the Adafruit's RTClib library to talk with the DS1307 chip, that is for sure one of the most used RTC in the hobbistic world. The connection between the IC and Arduino is established using the I2C bus.
RTCSetup – configure an RTC chip using your PC - [Link]
This is a collection of Maxim's newest real-time clock ICs.
A real-time clock with lots of features including a version with an integrated crystal.
This real-time clock IC operates with very low current and is compatible with high-ESR crystals for a space saving, low-cost design. Read the rest of this entry »
Here is a programmable timer project by Victor. It's PIC18F4550 based and uses a DS1307 real time clock chip to keep time. A small 12 volt relay acts as the switch. [via]
This project, like others before, has started out of need: our 30+ year old mechanical timer for the central heater of the house has finally given it up. It would have been faster and cheaper to get a replacement from the local hardware store, but I decided to learn something new and I set out to create a digital version of it.
Programmable timer switch - [Link]
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This page describes how you can use a small AVR device and a real-time clock (RTC) to build a hot-pluggable USB real-time clock (I've named it just usb-rtc), mainly for usage with ultra-low-cost hardware meant to be used with Linux.
The overall cost for one of those thingies I'm describing here is about 15€-20€, which isn't really cheap. But I find it a valuable thingy because the result is a hot pluggable RTC, usable by almost any device which has USB. So it's very likely you will use it for much longer than the device you currently want to build or search it for. In addition you might want to use it as a (hot pluggable) USB-I2C adapter too. The software I'm describing below already supports that.
How to build an USB real-time clock - [Link]
The DS1339A serial real-time clock (RTC) is a low-power clock/date device with two programmable time-of-day alarms and a programmable square-wave output. Address and data are transferred serially through an I²C bus. The clock/date provides seconds, minutes, hours, day, date, month, and year information. The date at the end of the month is automatically adjusted for months with fewer than 31 days, including corrections for leap year. The clock operates in either the 24-hour or 12-hour format with AM/PM indicator. The DS1339A has a builtin power-sense circuit that detects power failures and automatically switches to the backup supply, maintaining time, date, and alarm operation.
Low-Current, I²C, Serial Real-Time Clock - [Link]
www.akafugu.jp writes:
The DS3231M breakout board is a compact breakout board for the new DS3231M high precision real time clock chip. With it, you can add timekeeping and alarm functionality to any Arduino (or other microcontroller that supports the I2C/TWI protocol).
The board comes with an onboard CR1220 backup battery (keeps time when main power is disconnected). All pins on the chip are broken out, allowing you to use extra features such as 1Hz and 32kHz square wave output, interrupt on alarm and reset.
DS3231M Real Time Clock Breakout - [Link]
Luca is designing a nixie clock that will be run from an Arduino. In the latest development he shows to to implement a real time clock source and a port expander to drive the nixies. [via]
In this third blog post, I'm going to show you the logical view of my Nixie clock and two of its main elements: the real time clock, to keep track of the current time, and the expander, to add more I/O lines.
RTC and port expander for an Arduino nixie clock - [Link]


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"When Corporations Choose Despots Over Democracy" By Amy Goodman
"People holding a sign 'To: America. From: the Egyptian People. Stop supporting Mubarak. It's over!" so tweeted my brave colleague, "Democracy Now!" senior producer Sharif Abdel Kouddous, from the streets of Cairo.
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Live From Egypt: The Rebellion Grows Stronger
By Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Cairo, Egypt — In the second day of defiance of a military curfew, more than 150,000 protesters packed into Tahrir Square Sunday to call on President Hosni Mubarak to step down. The mood was celebratory and victorious. For most, it was not a question of if, but when, Mubarak would leave.
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Cairo, Egypt — I grew up in Egypt. I spent half my life here. But Saturday, when my plane from JFK airport touched down in Cairo, I arrived in a different country than the one I had known all my life. This is not Hosni Mubarak's Egypt anymore and, regardless of what happens, it will never be again.
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The Glock 19 semiautomatic pistol that Jared Loughner is accused of using in his rampage in Tucson, Ariz., is, according to Glock's website, "ideal for versatile use through reduced dimensions" and is "suitable for concealed carry."
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The Tucson massacre that left six dead and 14 injured, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, brought into sharp public focus the local sheriff, Clarence Dupnik.
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The new Republican majority threatens a barrage of investigations. California Republican Darrell Issa is the new chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and he has reportedly sent letters to 150 trade associations, companies and think tanks, seeking advice on which regulations to investigate.
"'The Comeback Kid' and the Kids Who Won't" By Amy Goodman
President Barack Obama signed a slew of bills into law during the lame-duck session of Congress and was dubbed the "Comeback Kid" amid a flurry of fawning press reports. In the hail of this surprise bipartisanship, though, the one issue over which Democrats and Republicans always agree, war, was completely ignored. The war in Afghanistan is now the longest war in U.S. history, and 2010 has seen the highest number of U.S. and NATO soldiers killed.
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"President Obama's Christmas Gift to AT&T (and Comcast and Verizon)." By Amy Goodman
One of President Barack Obama's signature campaign promises was to protect the freedom of the Internet. He said, in November 2007, "I will take a back seat to no one in my commitment to network neutrality, because once providers start to privilege some applications or websites over others, then the smaller voices get squeezed out and we all lose."
"'Assangination': From Character Assassination to the Real Thing." By Amy Goodman
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"WikiLeaks and the End of U.S. 'Diplomacy.'" By Amy Goodman
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Corey Kluber allowed four runs in six innings, and Nick Swisher hit a two-run homer in the fifth, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 7-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.
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Darryl Moore: Keeping Traditions Alive
A Cree Community in Manitoba uncovers a link to their past as the Conservancy helps document traditional resource management in the Boreal Forest. Meet Darryl
Teaching Is a Day at the Beach
An interview with Supporting Emerging Aboriginal Stewards (SEAS) Initiative instructor Johanna Gordon-Walker.
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MOREHEAD, Ky.—Morehead State men's basketball standout Kenneth Faried earned two more postseason honors Wednesday, both from CollegeInsider.com. The junior was named to the Lou Henson All-America team and to the Lefty Drisell Defensive All-America Team.
The Lou Henson team celebrates the top 30 mid-major players in the country, culminating with the selection of the Lou Henson Award, which honors the top mid-major player in the country. The Lefty Drisell team honors the top 20 Division I defensive players in the nation. It also is the precursor to the selection of the Lefty Drisell Award, honoring the top Division I defensive player. The announcement of both awards will be made at the Final Four Indianapolis, Ind.
"Kenneth's ability as a rebounder, scorer and defender is among the nation's elite, and him being recognized by such a prestigious website as CollegeInsider.com is a tribute to his hard work and obviously a fantastic junior season," MSU coach Donnie Tyndall said. "Kenneth is very deserving of these awards and as I have mentioned several times, his coaches and teammates are very proud of him."
Faried, who helped lead the Eagles to their second best record in school history at 24-11 and the best OVC mark at 15-3, had an exceptional year. The Newark, N.J. native averaged 16.9 points a game and collected 13.0 boards per contest to lead the OVC and rank second in the nation. He also ranked second nationally in double-doubles, recording 25 double-dips in 35 total games. That included 10 games with 20 or more points. Defensively, Faried ranked 58th in the nation and second in the OVC with just under 2.0 blocks per game. He was also among the OVC leaders in steals, swiping 1.6 per game to rank fourth. He led Morehead State in both categories.
He was named OVC Player of the Week five times during the 2009-10 season and was the league's Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and a First Team All-OVC selection. Counting the OVC awards, this is the fourth time he's been honored this postseason. He was also named to the NABC All-District Teams and was an honorable mention selection to the prestigious Associated Press All-America Team.
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Pictures of Celebrities on the Red Carpet at the 2011 ARIA Awards: Kylie Minogue, Delta Goodrem, Jessica Mauboy and more!
2011 ARIA Awards: Red Carpet Fashion Round Up!
Did you watch the ARIAs last night? No sweat if you didn't, because we've got a highlights package from last night's red carpet to get you up to speed with who-wore-what at the Australian music industry's night of nights. We're nominating Kimbra (of Gotye goodness) for best dressed, who wowed us in her Jamie Lee lilac party dress, as well as a Missy Higgins who skipped the usual fancy-frock routine in favour of an alluring lace top and scarlet trouser combo courtesy of Lover. There were a dozen interpretations of the black dress on show, but it was Kylie Minogue's ruffled/sheer gown from Richard Nicol's S/S '12 collection that took the cake. Want to see it all? Step this way and take your front row seat for all the frock-action from the 2011 ARIA Awards!


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2012 ASHEcon Medal
Amitabh Chandra, Ph.D.
Amitabh Chandra is a Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). In 2011 he served as Massachusetts' Special Commissioner on Provider Price Reform. He is an editor of the Review of Economics and Statistics, Economics Letters, and the American Economic Journal, and was previously an editor at the Journal of Human Resources. His research has been supported by the National Institute of Aging, the National Institute of Child Health and Development, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and has been published in the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, and the New England Journal of Medicine. He is the first-prize recipient of the Upjohn Institute's Dissertation Research Award, the Kenneth Arrow Award for best paper in health economics, and the Eugene Garfield Award for the impact of medical research.
2012 Victor R. Fuchs Award for Lifetime Contributions to the Field of Health Economics
Mark V. Pauly, Ph.D
Mark V. Pauly is Bendheim Professor in the Department of Health Care Management, Professor of Health Care Management, and Business and Public Policy at The Wharton School. He is Co-Director of the Roy and Diana Vagelos Life Sciences and Management Program and Professor of Economics in the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Pauly received the Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Virginia. One of the nation's leading health economists, he has made significant contributions to the fields of medical economics and health insurance. His classic study on the economics of moral hazard was the first to point out how health insurance coverage may affect patients' use of medical services. A former commissioner on the Physician Payment Review Commission, Dr. Pauly has served on the advisory committee to the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality and the Medicare Technical Advisory Panel. He recently served on the National Advisory Council for the National Institutes of Health National Center for Research Resources. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, an associate editor of the Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, and Co-Editor of the Handbook of Health Economics, Volume 2.
2012 Student Paper Award
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Smoking, Expectations, and Health: A Dynamic Stochastic Model of Lifetime Smoking
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The Second MTV O Music Awards to Air October 31
Like a repeat of one its reality shows, MTV will be airing the second O Music Awards on October 31, 2011, just six months after the television channel's first ever digital music awards show appeared online.
The O Music Awards, which, this time around, will be on television instead of only on the web, honors digital music greats—and the fans that love them. Nomination categories have completely abandoned the traditional in favor of outrageous slots like Fan Army FTW, Best Fan Cover, Best Web Born Artist, Most Outrageous Tweet and Too Much Ass for TV.
"The idea for this show really came out of this incredible moment that we were seeing in the convergence of music and technology, and kind of super fandom," MTV Music Group's Vice President of digital music strategy, Shannon Connolly, said to the Hollywood Reporter. […] Read more »
Rihanna Bares All in We Found Love Shoot, Gets Kicked Off Farmer's Land
Rihanna took to the streets of Ireland Tuesday after being booted off an Irish farmer's land where she was filming the music video for her new single, "We Found Love."
The singer went from racy to Rated R after exchanging a barely there bandanna bikini for a see-through mesh top, at which point farmer Alan Graham stopped the shoot and approached her in rebuke.
"I felt the thing was inappropriate and I requested that the filming end at that stage," said Graham to the BBC.
"I requested them to stop and they did. I had my conversation with Rihanna and I hope she understands where I'm coming from. We shook hands."
"From my point of view, it was my land, I have an ethos and I felt it was inappropriate," he added. "I wish no ill will against Rihanna and her friends. Perhaps they could acquaint themselves with a greater God."[…] Read more »
Britney Spears Criminal Video Controversy
Pop star Britney Spears has come under fire after using a fake gun while filming her new upcoming music video for Criminal. Recently shooting scenes for her Bonnie and Clyde inspired feature in the streets of London, local politicians in the area, according to MTV, are enraged and angry, stating that Spears is "promoting gun violence" and "glamorizing gangs."
The scenes in question show Spears, and her real life boyfriend Jason Trawick making a run for it from a store while Spears waves a gun around in the air. Jason is seen following behind with a duffel bag.[…] Read more »
For Soundgarden, There's No Deadline Like No Deadline (Chris Cornell Interview)
No sooner had Soundgarden announced the band would tour in 2011, than singer Chris Cornell took off on a self-dubbed "songbook" solo trek himself. For a short time, fans were left wondering about the fate of the mooted brand new Soundgarden album, which the reunited proto grunge quartet was supposed to be recording. Several fall show dates for Cornell solo and with Soundgarden doesn't do much to allay fears, either. KOvideo caught up with Cornell, whose post Soundgarden solo career was augmented by a stint fronting Audioslave, to find out what's happening with the much anticipated Soundgarden record, which marks a recording hiatus of over a decade, and why he decided to do mix band activity with these solo shows.[…] Read more »
Blink-182 Streaming Full New Album 'Neighborhoods' Online
Considering picking up the new Blink 182 album Neighborhoods but aren't fully convinced? Give the full release a listen before you buy. Reported by NME this morning, Blink 182 is streaming their new album in full. Listen to all tracks here.
Blink 182's first album in eight years, Neighborhoods came out yesterday in two editions: a standard 10-track LP and a 13-track deluxe version. Why the two versions? In speaking with NME, bassist Mark Hoppus mentioned: "I think it's pretty much standard practice now to have a standard and deluxe edition. I think some people are only mildly interested in a band and might only want the standard edition and some are more hardcore fans and will want the B-sides. But, I don't think any of these are B-sides."[…] Read more »
Selena Gomez Honoured To Be Chosen EMAs Host
Selena Gomez has been announced as the host of the next edition of the European Music Awards and the teen singer is super excited to get the organisers' approval for the coveted gig. After it was confirmed that she has landed the one-night job, Gomez took to her Twitter account and wrote, "I'm so excited to be hosting the 2011 MTV EMA on Nov 6 in Belfast! Watch it live on MTV."
In a separate press release issued earlier, the Naturally-crooner had stated, "It's a dream come true! This is such a huge event that always recognizes the biggest stars in music from across the globe, so it's a real honor to be MC at this year's show."[…] Read more »
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Prince to George Lopez, April 2011: "My problem is when the industry covers the music," he said. "There's this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your permission."
Oh, Prince. Purple Yoda yadda yadda and walking contradiction. A few weeks ago during an appearance on George Lopez Tonight, Prince laid out a new gripe with how things operate in the music industry: cover songs. Ugh, cover songs! That's not your music, Sinéad!
We don't need to remind you who Antoine Dodson is, right? The dude whose reaction to his sister's near-rape on the evening news went viral, then got picked up by the Auto-Tune the News dudes, then went to #1 on iTunes? Yeah, him. Well, he's back with a new Christmas single, which he debuted on Ge ... More >>
Get Him to the GreekGet Him to the Greek is a mess as a movie--but that doesn't mean it isn't funny. Besides Russell Brand's new film, your best bet might be a movie made in 1927--the newly restored classic Metropolis, in a weeklong run at the Lagoon. OPENING SEE: Get Him to the Greek Jonah ... More >>
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Does Pitbull's "Timber" make you wanna murder? Are you effin' fed up with fake DJs like Paris Hilton getting paid $1 million per night? Time to play Ghosts 'n DJs, a new, retro video game from a Spanish electronic music producer named Dr. Kuch. The mission... Rid mankind of all the pop and EDM hac ... More >>
Kim Kardashian: Hollywood has taken the app world by storm. The addictive game has become so massive that bloggers are chronicling their experiences spending hundreds of real life dollars on it. The Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water accidentally sent out a tweet about it. High minded ... More >>
We want to start by reminding you that Paris Hilton is 33. If, at that age, we are prancing around a sound green-screen stage dressed like a my-size Barbie princess doll, please, don't hesitate to shoot us. No adult woman should be stuck in such a stunted hell. That she looks magically shiny at 3 ... More >>
Over the years, several Americans have sought refuge in Fidel Castro's Cuba for legal and political reasons, but it until now no one has tried to do so because they're afraid of Paris Hilton. In case you've missed Art Basel week's stupidest celebrity gossip, let us catch you up. Actress Lindsay Lo ... More >>
Many of us are guilty of Instagraming our food, trips, and parties. But sometimes it's better to just put the damn iPhone down. That's the lesson Jonathan Cheban, partner at SushiMiksa at the Shelborne Beach Resort hotel and Kim Kardashian bestie, learned the hard way. See also: Kim Kardashian's ... More >>
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With the South Beach Wine & Food Festival a mere stone's throw away, we can't help but think of all the traffic, money, and celebrities the bash will bring. Sure, South Beach will be a pain in the ass to get around for those four days, but take into account all the tourism money and publicity this ... More >>
Kardashian pal, reality television personality, and restaurateur Jonathan Cheban is putting the final touches on the South Beach outpost of his Brooklyn eatery, Sushi MiKasa.The restaurant, which was slated to open in time for Art Basel, isn't quite ready, but the Brooklyn flagship did mention that ... More >>
Guys ... Kanye is acting really weird. In a totally uncharacteristic move, the mouthiest, most self-righteous rapper breathing deleted all his genius tweets, with basically no warning or explanation. How could he do such a thing? Like, we're gonna let you finish ... But Kanye West is the best twe ... More >>
Dumb blonde bimbo DJs? The EDM industry already has one Paris Hilton. Montreal's Blond:ish, on the other hand, isn't messing around. With a reputation for driving, body-jacking DJ sets, the duo exploded onto the international scene this past year with some auspicious tech-house releases on Kompakt ... More >>
See also "Kanye West Calls Kim Kardashian "Perfect Bitch," Plus Five Other Adorable Rap Pet Names." Kanye's a sweetheart. And when he calls someone a "bitch," it's cute. In fact, it's an honor. Yesterday, we mentioned that Yeezy debuted his latest Kim Kardashian love song, "Perfect Bitch," this p ... More >>
In the make-believe world of reality television, anything is possible ... So long as it's marketable. Take Teen Mom starlet Farrah Abraham, the 21-year-old aspiring chef-turned-model-turned-author who snuck into America's collective heart with her charming smile and piercing gaze, who's looking to ... More >>
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About two months ago, Kanye West released a Kim Kardashian love song (and Kris Humphries diss track) titled "Theraflu." You know, like cold medicine. Since then, the rapper and reality star have neither confirmed nor denied their relationship. But they've totally been spotted holding hands and kis ... More >>
Hey, Afrojack. Remember when we found out that Paris Hilton is debuting her DJ career at Pop Music Festival next month in Brazil, and we thought it was stupid? Then we were like, "Wait, isn't she dating Afrojack?" And we got kind of upset because we thought maybe you had something to do with it. ... More >>
Electro is so dead. When Madonna jumped on the EDM train and started yelling about her friend Molly, it was bad enough. But now, famous-for-being-rich-and-skanky Paris Hilton is poised to hop on that bleeping-blooping choo-choo and wreck it in front of thousands of Brasileño dance music fans. The ... More >>
How adorable are Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, y'all? They're like the cutest rebound couple ever! But don't remind Kim's stepfather, former Olympian-turned-cosmetic-surgery-disaster Bruce Jenner, that they're dating. TMZ reports that Jenner was at a speaking engagement at Northeastern University ... More >>
Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke counsels New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin. The New York Knicks and Jeremy Lin are coming to town this Thursday, February ... More >>
Yes, suave Frenchman and electronic stud Cedric Gervais is one of Planet Earth's top disc jockeys to the stars, especially the TV types, sports celebs, talking heads, professionally sexy people, and tabloid regulars who totally love to dance during prime time. He regularly mans the decks as celebut ... More >>
Photo by Tony Kelly/Courtesy of PlayboyModel, celebutante, and Gavin Rossdale's daughter Daisy Lowe.Do you remember the Alternative Revolution? Well, you're old. Grunge is ancient fucking history. And all those '90s babies born during the reign of George H.W. Bush are grown up and getting nake ... More >>
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via The Buffalo BeastEvery year we here at the Miami New Times humbly offer our Dirty Dozen of the worst locals of the year. Ever year, Buffalo's own alt weekly, The Beast, takes the concept a bit farther with the 50 most deplorable Americans of the year. Their edition this year, though, is rife ... More >>
Only a couple of years ago, Swedish House Mafia members Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Angello, and Axwell were an underground triumvirate known mostly to hardcore partiers, EDM addicts, and wannabe DJs. But now these three club thugs are making serious moves into the mainstream. With its new album ... More >>
Like Hulk Hogan before him, LeBron needs to embrace his new evil identity: "Jefe Jaime"All summer, everybody's been hating on LeBron and the Heat. First, some bitter buckeye called the team evil. Just last week, James was named the sixth most hated athlete in America. So what's a superstar t ... More >>
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Robert Pattinson is to follow in the footsteps of great British actor Peter O'Toole, by playing Lawrence of Arabia.
The young heart-throb will star as British army officer TE Lawrence in Werner Herzog's new film Queen Of The Desert, opposite Naomi Watts, Variety reported.
Naomi will play Gertrude Bell in the film which will focus on the English writer's life.
Bell, one of the first female graduates from Oxford university, travelled through the Middle East, working as an archaeologist, explorer, cartographer and political officer for the British Empire, defining the borders of Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
Lawrence and Bell were good friends and together they helped establish the Hashemite dynasties in Jordan and Iraq.
Peter O'Toole famously played Lawrence in David Lean's 1962 classic film Lawrence Of Arabia.
Herzog is hoping to begin filming the project in the autumn.
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In 2009 I saw this blouse in the August issue of Burdastyle and knew I had to make it. Finally, last December, I got around to making it. I wore it the first time at Christmas dinner at my Dad's place.
I love the comfortable blousiness! However, I have to wear it belted, else I look huge!
As it is silk, I don't wear it often, but I'll definitely make it again (I know I say that about all my projects…) in a less expensive fabric.
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Thanks! It's an easy pattern from Burdastyle (however, they don't sell it here).
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I love all the details in the front, great job.
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Tidal Bay has stood his ground in this weekend's Coral Scottish Grand National and that hasn't done the majority of rivals any favours. As the veteran stayer can only carry a maximum of 11st 12lb, 21 of the 32 runners will have to carry more than their allotted weight. Paul Nicholls' 13-year-old (a general 14/1) didn't get far in last week's Crabbies Grand National so should still be relatively fresh but will again have to produce his very best to defy some more unexposed types.
Nicholls also runs Sam Winner (10/1 with most bookmakers), who has developed into a decent novice this term, though whether he'll stay this 4m1f trip is anybody's guess. Green Flag (9/1 in several places), also still a novice, has been fancied for the Scottish Grand National since an excellent run in a Grade 3 handicap at Cheltenham. Locally-trained, he's taken really well to fences and is definitely one to follow in staying races in coming years but would possibly have preferred an easier surface.
Yes Tom is 14/1 with Betfred, BetVictor and Ladbrokes and another fancied to go well. He's travelled over from County Antrim and has a good record on the track with two wins and six places from nine previous visits. Roalco De Farges was a comfortable winner at Newbury last time and may still be well treated. He's a general 14/1 while Mendip Express has impressed this season, though reportedly broke a blood vessel when well behind Sam Winner last time. Harry Fry's eight-year-old is only a best 10/1 with Coral and Paddy Power however.
Last year's winner Godsmeajudge tries again but has been out of sorts this season and is a general 16/1 for a repeat – none have managed that for almost 30 years. Alpha Victor (a general 25/1) was second in the Midlands Grand National and appears to have the beating of general 33/1 chance Fill The Power on that run but had a hard race at Uttoxeter.
TRUSTAN TIMES has only had five runs over fences and has only tackled the larger obstacles once since 2012. His relative inexperience could be a disadvantage in a big field like this but he could be the best handicapped horse in the race. Tim Easterby might well have had this race in mind for a while and he ran a cracking trial over hurdles in the Pertemps Final at Cheltenham. He only finished a neck behind subsequent Crabbies Grand National hero Pineau de Re giving that one 4lb. He's rated 10lb lower over the fences so the fact that he's racing from out of the handicap here won't affect him as much as most. The 73/5 on betfair could look decent odds by off time.
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The Real Housewives of Miami Season 2: Premiere Date, New Cast Members Announcedby Hilton Hater at . Comments
The Real Housewives of Miami will return to Bravo on September 13.
But Season 2 of this franchise will feature a number of new faces. Among them:
- Lisa Hochstein, the wife of Dr. Lenny Hochstein. This 29-year old has posted in Playboy three times.
- Joanna Krupa, a Polish model who has also posted in Playboy and appeared on Dancing with the Stars, Las Vegas and CSI.
- Ana Quincoces, a lawyer, mother of two, celebrity chef and cookbook author.
- Karent Sierra, a dentist who resides with her retired parents and is dating telenovela star Rodolfo Jiménez.
These likely-to-be obnoxious women will join Lea Black, Adriana de Moura and Marysol Patton for a run of scripted nonsense this fall.
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can't wait, RHOA, RHONJ and RHOM are the only housewives I watch
The only good thing about that show was Marysol's crazy mom!
This was the least successful Real Housewives...Changing cast members isnt going 2 help! I wont watch it...Miami is a waste of time & $!!


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District officials did not reveal the amount of the settlement, but attorney Raymond Boucher, who represents several Miramonte Elementary School students, said each claimant will receive $470,000.
District General Counsel David Holmquist said the settlement covers 58 of the 191 claims and lawsuits filed by students and parents against the district after the January 2012 arrest of former third-grade teacher Mark Berndt on 23 charges of lewd behavior at Miramonte.
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A jury in Akron returned the verdict in the case against Richard Beasley, who was charged with killing two men from Ohio and one from Norfolk, Va.
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New York City police officer Gilberto Valle's lawyers said he was just spinning sick and twisted fantasies for his own pleasure when he chatted online about abducting, roasting and eating women.
A jury, though, decided he was deadly serious.
Valle, 28, was convicted Tuesday of conspiracy in a macabre case that opened a window on a shocking Internet world of cannibalism fetishists.
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The judge in the deadly Colorado movie theater shooting case entered a not guilty plea on behalf of James Holmes on Tuesday after the former graduate student's defense team said he was not ready to enter one.
If Holmes is convicted, he could be executed or spend the rest of his life in prison. Judge William Sylvester said Holmes, 25, can change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity later, if he chooses.
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Forensic scientists exhumed two graves in search of the bodies of two young men reportedly last seen 24 years ago at the home of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
The discovery could force a new police investigation into the killings in the late 1980s of people accused of spying for the apartheid government, including ones carried out by the Mandela United Football Club, a group the then wife of Nelson Mandela used as bodyguards and, some charge, to get rid of perceived enemies.
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Iran is planning to sue Hollywood over the Oscar-winning Argo because of the movie's allegedly unrealistic portrayal of the country, Iranian media reported Tuesday.
Several news outlets, including the pro-reform Shargh daily, said French lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre is in Iran for talks with officials over how and where to file the lawsuit.
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dknagar333 - Member Since: May 2008
There has been no change in the ceiling for payment of Statutory Bonus. It continues to be Rs 3,500/-.
dbalaji3 - Member Since: Apr 2012
This is strange. When salary levels have gone up multi fold, the Bonus act still talks of only Rs.3500/- as ceiling limit. This is just unacceptable from everybody's view. Why trade unions are keeping silent on this is not understood
abbasiti - Member Since: May 2010
Dear friends, Ceiling limit on salary for the eligibility for bonus is not Rs. 3500, but Rs. 10,000. But the for bonus calculation salary upto Rs. 3500 willo be taken into account. Abbas.P.S
guru_home - Member Since: Oct 2009
Dear Supreme_1974 & Dbalaji3,
Statutory Bonus is mainly concerned for workmen category, who comes under Contract Labour Act / minimum wages Act. You please dont compare your salary for Bonus. Salary of the minimum wages workmen is comparatively low and Rs. 3,500/- is good amount for them. Earlier, Bonus applicable to the employees whose basic was Rs. 3,500/-, however, it has been enhanced to Rs. 10,000/- in the year 2007 for covering more employees (enenthough the ceiling limit is 3,500/-)
vinodsharma69 - Member Since: Nov 2008
Dear Supreme
Computation of bonus should be worked out as per schedule I to IV of the Act. Every person drawing salary between Rs3500/- and Rs10,000/- per month. The bonus payable to him is to be calculated as if his salar were Rs3500/- p.m.
Till date there is not any enanchement to Rs 5000/-pm.
Thanks & Regards
V K Sharma
HR, Tarapur
Ramesh64974 - Member Since: Dec 2011
Can any body clarify why deduction for ESIC is Gross Amt 15000/-. We are having so many labour working under contractor getting more than 15000/- per month. There should not be any limit for working under contractor and ESIC means medical benifit for labour. Can any body elaborate more on this.
Dept of Accounts
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firstname.lastname@example.com - Member Since: Nov 2012
Dear All
My opinion after going through this conversation, the payment of bonus act after amendment ,cover large employees,it is good thing for us,before that we only calculate on rs 2500/salary limit was 3500.
with regards
supreme_1974 - Member Since: Aug 2011
Yes it is good thing, but only thing is the lowest ceiling limit should be around 5000 or it should be 8.33% of basic+da.
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Obama to pop down to Endeavour launch
Wrong prez!
Bush killed the Shuttle. It was under his administration that NASA went backwards and decided to replace the Shuttle with a beefed-up Apollo launched by a not-quite-Saturn-V rocket.
IP registry goes to Defcon 1 as IPv4 doomsday nears
NAT breaks stuff
Having everyone behind NAT is worse. Basically all Mexican cable ISPs have implemented NAT, and it's HELL. Even those who aren't tech-savvy have realized that cable ISPs over here are shit, and they don't even know why!
IPv6 works. The reason we currently need to do some wonky stuff is because we are using tunnelbrokers instead of native IPv6. I've already tested a Vista box, it does work with IPv6 out of the box if you have a DHCPv6 server, which ISPs would obviously have. Once your ISP supports IPv6, you'll get IPv6 if you've got an IPv6-ready OS.
And will the PS3/Xbox360/Wii support IPv6? Of course! That's what FW updates are for!
Non-browser apps? Most of 'em support IPv6 as well!
The one thing that will push everyone to IPv6 will be when some of the big sites (YouTube, Facebook) go IPv6-only. Then you'll have everyone deploying IPv6 en masse!!!
Long live IPv6! DEATH TO NAT!
NAT, while functional for residential networks, is one of the worst boneheaded ideas to get implemented by greedy ISPs. Most of the "cable ISPs" in Mexico are pimping their users, as they have ALWAYS used NAT, and serve only 10.0.0.0/8 addys to them. Want a real IP? That's an extra $300/mo matey!
One of the best things about IPv6 is that NAT is not supported, and will *never* be supported at all. The RFCs have seen to that. Fortunately, some content providers have been starting to provide AAAA registers for their sites; if the big ones start going IPv6 only, a lot of users will start demanding their ISPs for a switchover. Go!
WTF is... 4K x 2K?
Superior HD-DVD? I thought only Toshiba thought that. 2-layer Blu-Ray already had more storage capacity; a 16-layer BD would probably be capable of even 8k video. HD-DVD was the VHS of the latest format wars from a technical standpoint. Unlike other battles, the superior tech prevailed this time.
Sony ships 50m PS3s
Close minds think alike. You'll find that PS3 owners will generally know more PS3 owners than 360 owners, and vice-versa. I know about half and half ... a good bunch overlap on PS3 and 360 ownership, a few have only PS3, even less have 360s. All of them still have PS2s, and some of 'em are still using the PS2!
Android, Steve Jobs, and Apple's '90%' tablet share
hehe ... you sparked a flame! Probably people took offense on Windows being "premium" ;)
Well, you're kinda right, except Windows isn't quite "premium" even though it's expensive. Commercial UNIX, Mainframe stuff is the one that still owns the "premium" market:
Linux (mass market)
Windows Server (SMBs, expensive OS but shit performance, used at orgs where CEO/CTOs have been misguided)
Commercial UNIX like Solaris, HP/UX, AIX (premium market)
AS/400 (premium market)
Mainframe z/OS, Tandem NonStop et al (VERY premium market!)
Of course, a good bunch of Commercial UNIX installs are usually legacy platforms, and are being substituted by Linux boxes. But the exotic stuff like OS/400 and Mainframe isn't going to move that easily....
Mostly correct
Yup, Apple's hoarding strategy will usually come back to bite its ass; it happened with Macs, it's happening with the iGadgets. However:
"Apple would be all but gone were it not for Microsoft releasing office for the Mac,"
IIRC, Office was *born* in the Mac. A lot of people in the Windows world suddenly got their Word 2.0 upgraded to "Word 6" ... what happened to the other versions? Oh, that's because "Word 6" was MS standarizing the version numbering on all platforms; Mac was already on 5.1 while Windows had only "version 2".
Hell, Word was the poor man's productivity app, we were all using Aldus PageMaker those days. A lot of "desktop software" was born in the Mac, and had Apple opened up in the late 80's-early 90's, we would all be using MacOS by now, and RISC-based PPC machines instead of the x86 garbage the PC industry got stuck with.
Oh well ... lost opportunites. And that was without control-freak Jobs in the helm; these days it is *less* probable for Apple to open itself up.
Project Ceylon – Red Hat builds Java
killer replacement
JPA broke my Session Beans
I used to have a pretty nice CMP Session Bean framework in J2EE 1.4, which worked wonders for the stuff I do. Having methods start explicit transactions, commiting when the last method returns, or rolling back when certain Exceptions are thrown... that was pretty good for Business Logic. EJBs were also good if you wanted to have both a client UI and a Web frontend for your app; both would use the same server-side components.
Then Java EE 5 threw all that stuff away. CMP transactions seem to be no more, and Session Beans no longer support Local AND Remote methods. It seems that adding Hibernate was made at the expense of the already-established EJB framework. :(
Other than that ... EJBs are still good for stuff, even if they aren't as useful these days.
Sony buries hatchet with GeoHot in PS3 modding case
"Infact, there is absolutely nothing that's legal and wothwhile for a hacked PS3. There are some illegal emulators and illegal piracy, and that's it...."
... and running Linux. In fact, that "running Linux" bit is the one that pushed all those hackers into breaking the PS3's security model in the first place. Of course, the real pirates just waited until the legit hackers cracked open the thing, then just took the "last mile" effort to enable piracy on the PS3.
Really, Sony should simply re-enable OtherOS and be done with it. It isn't worth the never-ending uphill battle. Ironically, they had realized this when the PS3 launched; they gave all the stuff that other consoles are usually hacked for:
- Streaming
- No region locked games
- Linux
So yes ... up 'till April 1, 2010 the only reason to hack a PS3 was piracy. Not anymore.
Steve Wozniak ready for return to Apple
Change with the Other Steve
But that is the point. It could just be that Woz would probably ease down on the control freakery imposed by Jobs; Woz had always been more of the "open" school, while Jobs was responsible for the Apple closedness and the "oooh shiny" stupidity, like having the first Macs lacking a cooling fan.
Maybe Woz could be a much better successor to Jobs!
The new killer app is … MMS
Wrong operation
I think the one who made that statement did a boo-boo ... he actually meant "DIVIDE against all mobile phones", which is the standard method to get the % of something.
Bloke's got a point, going for iPhone apps is hitting at a veeery small market. But hitting for a generic Java app + specific Android and Blackberry apps will give you the same MMS-enabled ecosystem the author is talking about, without having to resort to "plain MMS".
It's the oldest working Seagate drive in the UK
My Performa
... outlives your TiVo. 16 or 17 year old Mac still working with its Quantum SCSI HDDs, back when Macs were user-serviceable!
My dad complains that he can't get stuff out of that Mac, but the real reason for that is because he threw away all the LocalTalk wiring, including the LocalTalk to LPT adapter we had. FAIL! Though I do wish we had bought an Ethernet adapter back then ... instead we hooked our PC to the LocalTalk network. Oh well...
Official: PS3 has more fanboys than the Xbox 360 does
Active Consoles
If you had read the actual article, you would see that they are counting *active* consoles, not *sold* consoles. Never mind if they are "sold" (shipped) or actually sold. Sadly, my PS3 is probably not in this count thanks to the OtherOS brouhaha. Or maybe it is ... because it still pings the PSN/Sony's servers every now and then.
MS numbers are definitely skewed, especially because those who bought RRoD replacements are counted.
Depends on your friends
There are some out there buying PS3s. Most held off the PS3 until it became cheap enough to buy; I'm more used to people still sticking to their PS2's. The one I do find everywhere is the Wii.
But then the whole point is moot, as someone else pointed, our circle o'friends isn't quite the real universe.
Stop sexing up IT and give Civil Servants Macs, says gov tech boss
"And for those sniffy about style: most of us appreciate good design and attractive objects at home or work and expect to pay more for them."
At the expense of taxpayers, as well?
The irony is that this bloke is saying "stop sexing up IT" and then proceeds to sex up IT by telling 'em to buy Macs! Our own Mexican Congress decided to give iPads to our representatives ... it didn't go quite well among the people. You've got people rioting over increasing college tuition, what would you think will happen if HM Government starts doling out über-expensive Macs to Civil Servants?!?!
Nice lock-in!
Talking bad about "sexing up IT" and offering Macs sounds like a really bad contradiction right there. Selling Macs to any organization IS "sexing up IT" and jacking up IT purchasing expenses at the very least!
I'd rather have them use Linux on standard PCs.
Apple's 'App Store trademark': A farce of Jobsian proportions
Wrong comparison
If Microsoft were selling actual windows, you know, those square thingies you have in your house or flat, then you would have a case against Microsoft.
I could make an OS and call it Bagel; but unlike 'bagel store', I would actually have a shot at trademarking that. Just look at "BlackBerry" as an example of trademarking a generic word for something that isn't quite the thing referred to by the word.
Microsoft spends $7.5m on IP addresses
2604 /24s
according to my calculations, that would be about 2604 class C subnets.
BlackBerry users get free remote wipe, backup and location
Missing the point, dude?
"iPhone has done this for how long?"
Dunno, but BlackBerry has been doing this for longer. In fact, it has always been one of its key features. The catch was that it was only available if you had a BES, but it is now being rolled out for free.
Oh wait, there was that other "family BES" thingy that also had Remote Wipe a couple of years ago. It seems that BB Protect is simply extending on this!
Fukushima on Thursday: Prospects starting to look good
... and Plutonium can't fly by itself, can it?
It's all explained, right there, in page 2 I believe. It also explaines why the ugly stuff was able to "fly" from Chernobyl; I don't see flying graphite outside Fukushima No. 1, do you?
Hadron Collider 'could act as telephone for talking to the past'
The one thing that could greatly benefit from this is interplanetary communications. Want to send data to/from Mars? Send the message *back in time* for the exact amount of time it takes for the message to reach Mars. It will be instant communication!
Of course, someone listening in between would then have the awkward situation of hearing transmissions that have not been transmitted yet... mind-boggling paradox theories result!
Make streaming a felony: Obama
At least the COICA crap bill came out from a couple of very dumb representatives. This turd is coming out of the White House!
I live in a country where selling pirated stuff now means that the Policia Federal will crack down with assaut rifles upon you and basically treat you as a terrorist. Looks like the US is following our Third-World methods...
Disney torpedoes Yellow Submarine
I thought True Grit was YAFCM (Yet Another F**king Cowboy Movie) which was also some kind of Oscar-baiting movie. Haven't seen it.
Fukushima update: No chance cooling fuel can breach vessels
About a week
Not sure about the number of days, but IIRC it was about a week or less; that is assuming they can keep the flow of coolant so that the core is maintained underwater, and that the core is actually cooling down.
Iran to attend Olympics, despite 'racist' logo
You know they've screwed up when the Goatse logo looks much better than the "official" logo!
Fukushima is a triumph for nuke power: Build more reactors now!
Didn't read the article?
Lewis is basically stating what I've already known for days. Most people don't seem to know about the containment chamber or even think that the Fukushima reactors are still running! From an unbiased POV, the reactors have proven that even being 40 years old and lacking the CANDU or Pebble-bed levels of safety, the protection features are still good enough to actually avoid another Chernobyl!
Japanese nuke meltdown may be underway
Containment chamber intact
The containment chamber's intact, and radiation levels have gone down. As long as the containment chamber is intact, there won't be any severe contamination outside; the lack of containment chambers in Chernobyl was what made that one go so ugly.
So it isn't quite the end of the world...
Dim Brits think TARDIS IS REAL
Re: not always
Oh, looks like physicists have read "Thrice upon a time" ...
iPhone and BlackBerry brought down in hacker competition
Adding the WebKit browser to the BB OS actually made it *less* secure?
Geeze, looks like RIM is trading security for "shiny!" now. :(
Sprint eyes T-Mobile acquisition
Shit tech
Probably Sprint is eyeing on getting rid of their shit tech and switch to the GSM branch like the rest of the world. Then again, they do have Nextel...
How languages can live together without killing each other
It is mostly political...
The real reason behind those languages being still in use is because of political reasons. Spanish is called Spanish (Español) everywhere *except* in Spain. Also, only Castellans will call themselves Spaniards (Españoles) as well; Asturians are Asturians, Gallegos are Gallegos (and oh dear, the jokes on the "Gallego idiot" are infinite!); Catalans are Catalans and Basques are Basques. Those with their own languages use them as a differentiator stating "we ain't Spaniards!".
I still remember one friend searching info on the Barcelona University and got slammed with that university's Catalan-only website. Ow!
That said, it does seem to be the same case for Welsh, anyone remember those super-duper-long towns which were named that way just to fuck with English-speaking people?
IPv6 intro creates spam-filtering nightmare
Re: Bad neighbourhoods
"Incidentally, the bad guys seem to be very adept at getting blocks of IPv4 in /24, /23 or even /22 chunks. Once they have destroyed the reputation of these blocks (often permanently) they move on. I wonder how much of the IPv4 address space is currently widely blacklisted?"
They FUBAR'd the netblock where I have my main SMTP server. Some lists let me whitelist my addy, but SORBS has a jackass reputation for netblocking without any whitelisting option. Jackasses!
I would presume that under IPv6 it will simply be a matter of blocking whole /64 blocks to prevent the zillion IP roulette o' spamming servers. Whitelisting would help for those who actually run respectable servers...
New 'supercritical' generators to boost nuclear output by 50%
NIMBY nimbnuts
They probably hear anything called "critical" and crap themselves anyway. Chernobyl screwed up the nuclear power plant's reputation; ordinary people don't know that nobody is building RBMK reactors anymore, not even Russia.
Spaniards bemoan 'joke' speed limit cut
Crappy cars?
If your car is doing 55 mph @ 3000 rpm you NEED TO CHANGE GEARS!
I remember that retarded speed limit. I used to live in the US back then, and wondered why the hell did the US have such a slow-ass speed limit. Given US distances, it meant that most trips were a multi-day affair.
110 km/h is the standard speed limit in Mexico, but cops will only go after you if you go over 120 km/h.
Libya's internet goes dark as upheaval spreads
Request timed out ... Request timed out ... No route to host ...
Twitterati of the world: Unless you've got some real nice sat links, your Twitter-fueled revolutions will be disrupted by:
config t
int serial0
Shows how fragile the Twitter/Facebook "people power" tools really are. Ad-hoc networks could be raised, but it would require at least one exit point to be successful. Oh well, it's probably time to whip out the medium-wave radio transmitters...
Europe confirms raids on ebook publishers
FUD correction
Not fanbois, but merely pointing out that the "walled garden" on Kindle devices is FUD. By the way, it is the Apple fanbois who usually claim that Kindle also has a "walled garden".
Steve Jobs unveils iPad 2
Smart Cover!
Look, it's revolutionary! Oh wait ... BBs have done that for quite some time. In fact it's called a "Holster" state and the BB OS supports that as well.
Yay for "innovation"!
IDC: Everything but Unix on the rise
For practical reasons, yes.
Probably could use POSIX as an umbrella term for all Unix and Unix-like systems. The Unix separation mainly comes from:
- UNIX being reserved for "genetic UNIX", those commercial systems are based on SysV.
- The BSDites, that have weird things in their rc.d/init.d files and use the fugly /dev/ttyXX everyone else stopped using since the Unix98 PTY spec came out
- The "Unix-like" OSen, of which Linux is the most known. Some purists insist to call this GNU/Linux, and the same purists will go up in flames if anyone were to call Linux "Unix".
In reality, the GNU OS was never finished. Linus built a kernel and put the GNU tools over that, thus the GNU/Linux controversy began as GNU thinks that Linus Torvalds only built the kernel and thus didn't really make a full OS from scratch. Meh.
Kinect connect rate outstrips Sony PS3 Move
Who Cares?
They'll BOTH be in the trash bin by next December. Or stored in the "forgotten" stuff next to the Dance Dance Revolution pad, the Lifeline diadem and the Karaoke microphone. Probably joined by the Guitar Hero controller by then...
Spammers exploit Internationalized Domain Names to punt penis pills
Probably making it easier
It is easier to shitlist email when it has wonky characters. The aforementioned rule on banning Korean encoding can be simply extended to "anything not ISO-8859-1 or UTF8" which works for anyone using Latin alphabets. Most penis pill spam is targeted at the US, and they don't need to support any of the non-Latin character sets. :)
PlayStation hacker defiantly posts 'bible' following police raid
@Daniel Palmer
"I just hate whingers... if you wanted to run Linux you should have bought a PC."
... Aaand you have branded youself as either computer-illiterate or you're simply missing the point. PCs don't have PPC arch, much less a CellBE processor. That's the point behing OtherOS; your PS3 has much more processing power than your *current* PC because of this!
PSJailbreak and the dubious piracy stuff wouldn't have been able to work at all if the hacker community hadn't been pissed off enough to make them crack the PS3 just to get Linux running again.
Patent row gets Playstation 3s banned from Europe
I still wonder why so many trolls await any PS3 news to bash on those miffed by OtherOS removal. Still insisting on the "get a PC" argument? Sad to see that even IT-savvy people can't understand the difference between PPC, x86 and the PPC-based CellBE arch.
IBM axed their CellBE server roadmap, those of us who want CellBE hardware just can't get it outside of the PS3. Some of us even play games as well!
PD: It's "lose", not "loose". ;)
German data regulators move to tighten IP address laws
Oh the irony!
The post-WW2 Germany has been very picky about user privacy; even more after the German Reunification as their former DDR brethren had to suffer the Stasi for much, much longer than the Nazi regime. I remember watching a documentary on privacy issues back in 1998, where they showed a pic of one guy who had been caught by an ANPR-ish speed camera speeding ... but the pic only showed him and not his passenger (it was his wife).
Looks like they haven't given in to the Facebook/Google data grab. Good for them!
Godson: China shuns US silicon with faux x86 superchip
Link pls
Dude, you gotta pass on that link. I've got a couple of projects that would benefit from that kind of stuff! :D
Killzone 3
Some of us do care :(
I've been stuck with 3.15 for almost a year by now. I want to get the new games, but - just can't play 'em ... :(
Apple 'outstrips' all brands at box office
Former Apple user
I grew up with the fruity computers. Alas, that was in the Jobs-free era, when you could tinker a bit with the OS and the Resource Kits with ResEdit, and they actually had an edge over their PC brethren (and a lot of other PCs that didn't run the MS-flavored OS). I did find it ridiculous that some movies like The Net would show UNIX running on Macs, but back then they were actually cutting edge.
I now keep myself away from Macs, thanks to the Jobsian cult, the fact that the hardware is now the same crap in generic PCs (but shiny!) and finally, that a good chunk of the Mac userbase is now full of aggressive fanbois. No quantity of marketing will change my mind, even if I used to like the Mac platform!
Oracle gives 21 (new) reasons to uninstall Java
You'll pry my Java out of my cold, dead hands...
The only true competitor to Java is .NET, which is worse. I'm sick and tired of mscorsvc.exe eating away 1Gb+ of my RAM.
Asking users to uninstall Java is bordering in the Jobsian fetish of uninstalling Flash.
The renagade frameworks...
I think that the problems with Spring/Hibernate stem from the fight between the official EJB spec and the renegade Spring/Hibernate "spec". The latter one breaks compliant J2EE containers! Even when Sun capitulated and added the wacky Hibernate thingies into the EJB spec, the weird frameworks prevailed. We had one coder do his stuff using Spring/Hibernate and the result was unusable in our QA WebLogic Server ... there was no way we would pass that turd all the way into production.
Mind you, the Entity Beans used up to J2EE 1.4 were pretty bad on their own, but Session Beans with their Container-managed transactions were really good.
Five Reasons to be cheerful about Nokia-Microsoft
I don't see any Blackberry questions there, but that could be because RIM also has its own forums.
RoboCop statue fundraiser hits $50k
DVD movies?
I think the "DVD Movies" are actually the miniseries "Robocop: Prime Directives" which consisted of 4 episodes. Yes, they were good enough for me to overlook the dating blunder in the graveyard scenes.
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