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- 1.1 Credits and Legal
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1.1 Notes
This FAQ is written for Battlecruiser 3000AD v2.09. This is the final version of "Battlecruiser 3000AD" (BC3K, sometimes Battlecruiser Legacy), and represents three years worth of patching from the first release. This FAQ does not cover Battlecruiser-anything-else (Millennium, Generations, Online, the other online, 3020AD, Redemption, 3030AD, 3050AD, Battlecruiser Commander, Strike Pak, Skirmish Pak, Battle Zone, Tactical Engagement, Tactical Command, Project ABC, etc - at the time of writing only the first one exists as a stand-alone title - all the others were ideas, working titles, or test code). Earlier versions of Battlecruiser 3000AD are similar to v2.09, but with important differences. Early releases (Take Two's North America 1996 v1.0 and GameTek's European 1997 v1.01C4) were regarded by some as unplayable, missed certain features, and were poorly documented. Later releases prior to v2.08 (the early 1998 free v1.01D7C and Interplay's late 1998 United States re-release v2.0) are playable, but omit a few features. This FAQ does not aim to repeat information given in the documentation accompanying v2.08/9 in the form it is originally given, and does not aim to fill the large gaps in the release documentation. Similarly it does not address questions related to the plethora of bugs and missing features in the earlier versions. Although certain information may be of use to anyone playing an earlier version, I strongly recommend you download current documentation, patches, and/or the entire game, and play with that instead.
BC3K was (is) possibly the most complex thing ever conceived as a computer game. It attempted to create a hybrid of multiple 1980s and 90s space combat/sim/strategy game styles - open-ended Elite, mission/pilot orientated Wing Commander and similar, capital ship-level Privateer, strategic Carrier Command, strategic ground battles, first person shooter, roleplay... That mix of play-styles, learning curve "that makes the North Slope of Everest look like a bunny hill" (Dean Gordon, writing for GamesDomain), and an "un-manual" (Tom Liam McDonald, writing for GameSpot) left many hard-core gamers lost. As Chuck Smith comments: "You might also like playing the 'game' within the game: trying to figure out how to play." It attempted to generate the kind of persistent universe that a decade later is technologically difficult. Much of its alleged underlying technology was questioned by some writers. For example its much-hyped "Neural Net" AI was brought into question by Tom Liam McDonald and Keith Zabalaoui's article, "The Neural Net that Wasn't - The Quest for Artifical Intelligence in Battlecruiser 3000 AD" published in Boot magazine, March 1997. While BC3K contains a campaign (storyline/mission) mode, this does not meld seamlessly with the persistent universe in the way most players expect. Global events occur regardless of how the player performs their missions. To quote the v2.0 3rd edition manual: "Nothing you do affects the grand scheme of things nor does the world revolve around your existence." All these factors were frustrated (something of an understatement) by the fact that upon release the game did not work.
Aside from its initial un-play-ability, the design of BC3K (and more recently the Battlecruiser series as a whole) continues to spark debate. In the eyes of many, there is no game here at all: BC3K is simply a universe simulation devoid of gameplay. Some are critical of how the features are implemented - to quote CNET Gamecenter (upon awarding BC3K the title 2nd Worst Game of All Time in October 2000), "the game itself redefined the term nonintuitive." Others conclude the game tries to do too much and consequently fails to do any one thing well. And then some players enjoy it.
The topic "BC3K FAQ" has a history all of its own, related to the long-running lack-of-manual-saga. Kyle Reed started writing a BC3K FAQ as early as 1995, but appears to have lost interest upon release, and I have not found any text. Developer Derek Smart issued the first official FAQ in November 1996 (available here, http://dlh.net/cheats/pc/english/battlecruiser+3000+a.d./ ), although it is primarily a guide to avoiding bugs and missing features. The FAQ evolved into a technical FAQ, with no gameplay content. As far as I am aware, the only 'fan' based work is by Nai-Chi Lee ( http://follies.werewolves.org/archives/1Humor/BC3Kfaq.txt ) - although that has little to do with the game, see What about the flame war? below.
The manual had a somewhat mythical, highly contentious status for many months following release. 80-85,000 manuals were printed in November 1995 but superseded by an extra year of development. Mark Seremet, then Take 2 president, writes (on AOL): "The game has actually gone through 2 other manual prints. We were unable to complete the product and, thus, the manual fell victim to vaporware." The second unreleased manual was a "Systems Handbook" printed for the anticipated January 1996 release. Take 2 offered to distribute these in October 1996. DreamsRyou leaked an electronic copy of the manuscript at this time, much to Smart's displeasure. On the manual Take 2 shipped with the game, Smart writes (usenet, December 1996): "The pamphlet that was out was courtesy of Tom Rigas (Take2 producer). The first time I ever saw the 'manual' was THREE weeks after the game shipped." Mark Seremet had directly contradicted this on AOL forums, sparking a very public breakdown in relations between developer and publisher (see Why so many versions? Did it really take ten years to develop? Tell me some history... below). The (lack of) documentation became a focus for much of the bitter dispute surrounding the release of BC3K.
Smart had requested the help of fans in producing a manual immediately following release (source - AOL postings), but later preferred to write it himself. Take 2 includes a file "walkthru.txt" in some later versions, intended as a quick-start guide. GameTek included a tutorial for the first ACM mission at the start of their manual, which is something that the later Smart manuals avoid. Usenet posts of the time suggest that these were entirely written by GameTek, however much of the other text is shared with the Smart manuals. The later are structured like operating manuals, rather than guides. Smart's first full (albeit 'preview') manual was released with v1.01D7C, late in 1997. The v1.01D7C manual includes a blank page titled "Appendix F Walkthru", with a small note indicating the page is being worked on. By the time the final series of (complete) manuals appeared, the walkthrough appendix had been dropped. By November 1998 a tutorial was Derek Smart's "top priority - I have attempted to do one but the game is so deep that a half-assed one won't do." At the start of 1999 a short file emerged containing about 30 tips, not structured as a tutorial. The tips file never developed further, and eventually disappeared from the documentation. In January 2000 the planned tutorial for BC3K was finally dropped in favour of a future tutorial for Battlecruiser Millennium. Daniel Moritz part-wrote an in-game training script for BC3K, but it was not completed, and I cannot find a copy of it.
Several internet sites claim to be selling a strategy guide for BC3K called "Battlecruiser 3000AD official GALCOM technical papers". Ed Dille, the 'author', informs me that Prima Publishing cancelled project shortly after BC3K was released, and the book was never published. Dille's company (Fog Studios) had a promotional relationship with the game's developer for the two years prior to release.
BC3K is hard to research. A lot has been written about the game, but very little transpires to relate to BC3K v2.09. Usenet archives are full of posts about 'the game' (for example, alt.games.bc3000ad alone has 24,000 threads archived by Dejanews/Google), but to quote Pat Lundrigan (in 1997), "I think I've read a couple a hundred posts about BC3K and maybe two were about game play".
So, why am I writing this? Some have questioned my insanity, but... BC3K is a fascinating bit of software. Intriguing in concept; almost impenetrable in practice. Where most games will occasionally stump players in the minutiae of gameplay, BC3K stumps them at every turn. What little knowledge that does exist is fast disappearing, and very soon BC3K will mean nothing more than its development history, which is close to a legend already. As a set of operating instructions, the final manual is in many ways excellent. But BC3K is still in dire need of a guide to play, to complement those operating instructions. That is primarily what this FAQ aims to provide. It fails, of course. All it does is help expose what lies under that impenetrability. You will still need to try and find a game down there yourself.
1.2 Credits and Legal
This FAQ was written by Tim Howgego (also known as timski), copyright 2002-2006, unless otherwise stated. Errors and suggestions related to the content of this document should be reported to tim (at) capsu (dot) org. Please put "BC3K" somewhere in the email subject field. This FAQ draws on material posted on usenet (primarily comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic and alt.games.bc3000ad ), the official site http://www.3000ad.com/ , fan sites including several that are no longer online, and many of the gaming sites that have carried editorials on the game over the years - contributors are noted with the relevant text.
You may copy and repost this FAQ, but the content of the document, including the credits, must remain unchanged. Informing the author that you are hosting it is appreciated, but not mandatory. Ensuring you host the most recent version is also appreciated, but not mandatory. Intending hosts should be aware that very little has ever been written about BC3K that didn't upset someone - this is "a game" like no other. If converting from text to HTML, please note the use of fixed width text in diagrams and greater/less-than characters.
Battlecruiser 3000AD copyright 1989-2000 3000AD, Inc. All rights reserved. 3000AD, Battlecruiser 3000AD, Battlecruiser 3020AD, Battlecruiser Millennium, GALCOM, Galactic Command, Xtreme Carnage, VRnGine, ACM, AILOG, SCI-LINK, game characters and associated logos are the copyright properties of 3000AD, Inc. 3000AD, Battlecruiser 3000AD, GALCOM, Xtreme Carnage and associated logos are the trademark properties of 3000AD, Inc. Other trademarks and copyright are owned by their respective trademark and copyright holders. This is not an official FAQ. It is not endorsed or authorised by the game's developer or publishers; although Derek did say, "wow, that looks like a lotta work! Good job!" The author is not affiliated to the game's developer or publishers.
1.3 Version
This is version 1.01.1, 15 December 2006. Altered formatting and updated links. Much like the game, this FAQ will never be truly finished. The tutorial and walkthroughs should be complete. I think the most commonly asked questions are answered, but inevitably a few grey areas remain.


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At the end of each week one of the last things I do is open my junk mail folder in Outlook and check to see if an email was moved there inadvertently before deleting all the spam that let's me know that I've won the lottery in Ethiopia, or that my long lost relative in Chechnya left me 19 bazillion Euros, or the countless discount drug offerings. So, as I was going through my Friday evening spam mail deletion ritual I noticed a subject line that was a bit unusual. Before you jump to any incorrect conclusions it wasn't about appendage enlargement, or free internet dating services. The email title was in Arabic, but included a "box" character at the beginning of the string.
Now, I don't read Arabic, but I am pretty good at noticing globalization bugs when they are staring me right in the face. The "box" character (actually a glyph) in a Unicode string either represents an Unicode code point that is unassigned (it doesn't have a character associated with that code point value), or the system doesn't have a font that maps a glyph (the character we see) to that particular Unicode code point. So, curiosity got the better of me, and I decided to investigate a bit. The first thing I did was to right click on the email subject line and paste it into Notepad and notice that the "box" glyph did not appear.
A few years ago I developed a utility for decoding Unicode Strings aptly called "String Decoder" and also wrote a post that discusses the tool. So, I launched String Decoder and copied the Arabic string from Notepad and pasted it into the String Decoder tool.
The first thing I notice when reading through the list of Unicode code point values is the value U+FEFF. Now, I happen to know that this particular value is a byte order mark (BOM). This seems pretty unusual and ask myself how a BOM character could get inserted in a string. So, I look up the character in the Unicode Charts and discover that in the Arabic Presentation Forms-B character set this was a special character for a zero width no-break space that as been deprecated. Ah, so the Unicode BOM code point value appearing in the string is not so magical after all!
Interestingly enough, the U+FEFF character only displays as a "box" glyph in the subject line in the Junk E-mail folder. When I copied the email message from the Junk folder to my Inbox (or other folder) the code point U+FEFF is treated as a zero width non-breaking space character so no box glyph appears. This is due to the fact that when an email gets shunted into the Junk E-mail folder "links and other functionality have been disabled." In other words, it is plain-text.
I previously also wrote about using "real world" test data for globalization testing, and this is another example of "real-world" data can be useful in testing text inputs and outputs to evaluate how unexpected character code points in a string are parsed or handled. I think this also bolsters the argument to include some amount of test data randomization using tools such as the Babel tool in globalization testing to potentially test for other unexpected characters or sequences of mixed Unicode characters.


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Many of our recurring discussions about Mormon Lit try to measure how the field is doing and how it is likely to do within our lifetimes. We return again and again to the economics of literature written for Mormons, to the challenges of and prospects for depicting Mormonism for a national audience, to questions of what a "Great Mormon" novel/play/writer/criticism/bookstore/etc.–whether one exists, whether one will exist, whether one ought to exist, etc.
Sometimes, to encourage ourselves, we talk about the success of Jewish Lit or invoke the Harlem Renaissance or get excited when people read books in which Muslim religious identity is an OK thing. Sometimes, to depress ourselves with envy and push ourselves to work harder, we think about Jewish Lit or the Harlem Renaissance or how much better Australian Muslim writers are doing than their Australian LDS counterparts.
But what we don't seem to do when trying to gauge our progress and prospects is to compare Mormon Literature to the literatures of other nineteenth-century religions. No comparison is entirely fair, of course, but I think it is important to note that Mormonism is one of four worldwide, fast-growing religions to come out of the nineteenth century. How does Mormon Literature compare to Seventh-day Adventist Literature, Jehovah's Witness Literature, or Baha'i Literature?
I'm not qualified to give a definitive answer to that question, but I do have some ideas about how we could start. If I recall correctly, the Association for Mormon Letters defines Mormon Lit broadly as anything, "by, for, or about" Mormons. If we want to compare, it appropriate to look at each area.
Mormons: There are some pressures working against Latter-day Saints who consider becoming committed writers, but there seem to be an incredible number of us who are writing anyway.If we could conduct a thorough statistical analysis where we controlled for complicating variables, my suspicion is that Mormon religious commitment actually makes one more likely to become a serious writer. A Latter-day Saint who becomes interested in writing today also has the benefit of visible LDS predecessors in practically every genre: we've had no shortage of successful writers in Young Adult Fiction and Speculative Fiction. We have an extremely high profile Mystery writer. Some well-known people in comics/graphic narrative. We've got plenty of poets, strong essayists, a small but fascinating history of playwrights, and a decent crowd of literary fiction people, and some solid screenwriters.
Seventh-day Adventists: it turns out that Richard Wright was raised Seventh-day Adventist and that Art Buchenwald spent some of his formative years in an Adventist orphanage or boarding school or something, but I couldn't quickly find any examples of prominent practicing SDA writers. That may be because of traditional SDA animosity toward fiction and popular media, and may change with time. I found an interesting piece by an English professor and Adventist named Scott Moncrieff, who makes an interesting apologetic argument for fiction based on an SDA frame of reference. Some of the cultural barriers to fiction Moncrieff discusses may sound familiar, though they occupy a much more prominent place in that community than in ours. Looking at the Seventh-day Adventist situation highlights the contribution of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young's more accomodating attitudes toward the arts to the development of Mormon Lit since.
Jehovah's Witnesses: crime writer Mickey Spillane, who is apparently one of the best-selling authors of all time, became a Witness fairly early in his career, producing numerous books between his conversion in the 1950s and his death in 2006.
In general, though, Jehovah's Witness writers do seem to be rare. I'm going out on a limb here, but I suspect that the high degree of cultural tension between JW values and modern media values is connected to some degree of suspicion of fiction. I also wonder whether the central role of periodical religious literature in the JW community further contributes to a distance from other literary modes. I will make a note to myself to interview my wife's good JW friend on the topic and get back to you. Anyone else know much about JW feelings about writing as a major avocation or vocational choice?
Baha'is: Hmm. I am beginning to wonder whether the SDA and JW animosity toward fiction narrative is actually based in a distaste for the intensely commercialized history of American media culture. Having roots in Iran, where poetry and religious mysticism have a long and strong association, may be part of the reason why the Bab's view of literature shows up in quotes like this: "Treasures lie hidden beneath the throne of God; the key to those treasures is the tongue of poets." I've found one website designed for Baha'i authors; there may be others. I also found references elsewhere to some successful American poets who converted to the faith in the middle of their lives. My guess is that the limited Baha'i literary presence I'm finding has more to do with the smaller numbers of Baha'is in countries like the U.S. and Western Europe where more literature is written and distributed. There may be many unrecognized Baha'i poets and short story writers in Iran, though the context of persecution there makes it unlikely that they'll have careers in literature.
As far as I can tell, SDA and JW publishing focus almost exclusively on content-driven religious commentary. They continue to publish doctrinal works by early major religious figures in their respective movements, religion-based commentary on contemporary life, etc.
Baha'is are extremely active in small, decentralized publishing units as this list of Baha'i publishers demonstrates. Because of the Baha'i focus on world peace, social justice, etc., there appear to be large numbers of nonfiction works on social and public issues as well as writings of prominent early figures, religious pamphlets, etc. Baha'is also seem interested in biographies of different figures in the global story of their faith's expansion–what we would call modern-day pioneers. Because of the decentralized nature of the publishing community, I would expect to see some variation–I noticed one fantasy novel, for instance.
While there are good reasons to critique Deseret Book et al, the brick-and-mortar LDS distributors seem fairly impressive in this context. Obviously, part of that has to do with our uniqueness among nineteenth-century faiths in having a quasi-homeland in the Mormon corridor. A consequence of the doctrine of gathering has been that we appear to have larger for-members book distribution centers that offer a wider range of genres and support a broader base of authors.
The recent development of numerous independent small publishing operations is also intriguing to me in this comparative context. Unlike decentralized Baha'i publishing, where an imperative to actively promote the religion's message still seems to be dominant, most small Mormon publishers seem interested in developing a literary culture.
In general, I think it's fair to say that among other nineteenth-century faiths, content is still the overriding interest of publishers, while the category of writing for Mormons includes many works that are interested in their forms.
Adherents.com has a fascinating collection of pages about religions in literature, which is almost entirely focused on references to religion in science fiction. I took a look at their sub-pages on how each of the four faiths in this group are portrayed in science fiction.
While I would have anticipated a great number of depictions of Latter-day Saints in science fiction than of SDAs, JWs, or Baha'is, I was surprised by how extreme the difference was. The researchers found references to Latter-day Saints in 308 sci-fi novels, movies, and stories with only 4 references to SDAs, 25 to JWs, and 38 to Baha'is (although this number is somewhat inflated, since every reference to Dizzy Gillespie is counted as a references to Baha'is). According to their count, roughly one-fourth of Hugo- and Nebula-winning novels mention Latter-day Saints.
While the disparity may be wider in English-language science fiction than in other genres or languages, I suspect that Mormons do show up in most genres and in most languages with extensive printed literature far often than adherents of other nineteenth-century religions. There are probably numerous reasons for this, and I think we would gain a lot from discussing them, though it's too big a project for this blog post.
Admittedly, many of the depictions of Mormons in literature are negative and/or inaccurate. But I still think that in some ways, we benefit. After all, the history of representations of Jews in Western literature has been largely anti-Semitic, but it paved the way for Jewish topics and symbols to be recognizable to so many readers today. Lots of people have hated Jews for a very long time–but it does mean that most people on earth have heard of Jews by today.
Mormon characters and vocabulary are more difficult culturally to incorporate into mainstream fiction than Jewish characters…but it appears that we may be a full degree of magnitude more common in literature than our fellow major nineteenth century religions.
What does all this mean for Mormon writers and critics? Is the comparison roughly fair, or at least useful? What else does anybody know about SDA, JW, or Baha'i Lit? Should we care? Discuss…


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Discovering more potential in your life is, in a lot of ways, about who you trust to guide you. As you are well aware, we live in a world where nobody is perfect, and some are worse than others. For that reason, you have to be careful who you let speak into your life. So when it comes your spiritual guidance, it's important to know what to look for in order to identify good pastors and avoid the bad ones.
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Sometimes you get a bad feeling about a person the moment you meet them. It's like a siren goes off in your head telling you to GET AWAY. Other times you don't see it right away, and the realization is more gradual. Those are the times you really stand to get hurt. At least, that's been my experience
When I was in college, I interviewed for a church job. And it went really well. I had breakfast with the church's senior pastor, and he told me about the role he wanted me to fill. He explained the church's desire to modernize their music repertoire, and concluded by saying, "It'll be an opportunity for you to build the music ministry of your dreams." My eyes lit up like big shiny coins.
Little did I know, the church had only been open for 5 months and had already chewed through two other worship leaders. But with the promise of creative freedom, I excitedly accepted the position and began making plans.
The Plot Thickens
After a couple months of getting acquainted with the church's band and introducing new music, the pastor called me into his office and had a very frank conversation with me. He said, "Tim, this church isn't growing. Now, there are only two things on Sunday morning. The music and the preaching. I know the preaching isn't bad. So why don't you tell me what the problem is?" I was stunned. With no idea how to answer. I found myself fumbling over my words, and promising to do better.
Quickly, meetings like that one became a regular thing. The pastor and I would meet, and he would say things like, "you're not very creative are you?" or "This Sunday is going to be good. But there's no way you'd be able to pull it off by yourself."
Pretty much all my interactions with the pastor became frustrating ordeals. What was advertised as an opportunity to create the music ministry of my dreams, felt a lot like verbal abuse and heavy micro-managing from my boss. And I wasn't the only one. Other people on the staff had experiences so similar that the pastor quickly became nicknamed The Colonel.
After a year of working at that church, I was not only not growing, I had come to seriously doubt my abilities and calling as a worship leader.
Learning from pain
Working with that pastor was a very painful experience. But in the end, I'm grateful for the opportunity. I gained a clear picture of how leadership can be used to hurt people. And more importantly, I learned that it's really important to get to know the pastor that's leading you.
Whether you work at a church, or attend Sunday services, you're giving the church's pastor a level of influence in your life. When you consider that all pastors are human, it's important to watch for danger. Obviously, there's no way for you to truly know what's in a pastor's heart. Only God knows that. But you can watch for the warning signs that point to danger.
These are the things that typically indicate that you're pastor may not be a safe person to follow.
Arrogance. Okay, this one is tricky. Many of the worlds most influential pastors have lots of charisma, and can come off as arrogant. Some examples of this are guys like Mark Driscoll, Andy Stanley, and even Francis Chan at times. God is obviously using these guys to do amazing things. They seem very sure of themselves, which can look like arrogance.
The arrogance that we need to watch out for rests in the attitude that says I'm better than other people. And the easiest way to spot it is in criticism of God's calling on other people's lives. If a pastor is quick to criticize the ministry of other pastors, he may be harboring a level of arrogance that will neuter his ministry, and cause him to lead you in the wrong direction.
Everybody Likes Him. If a pastor has no enemies, he's doing something wrong. The Bible says that part of a church leader's job is confronting sin in the lives of believers (Gal 6:1; Matt. 18:15-17). To make matters worse, a pastor's job is to preach the Gospel, which is, "a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to gentiles" (1 Corinthians 1:23). A pastor with a 100% approval rating is not doing his job and likely has no cajones. Follow someone like that, and you'll certainly experience spiritual growth. You'll grow spiritually fat and lazy.
He makes you uncomfortable. This one is pretty basic. God gave you intuition for a reason. You can learn to follow your gut now or after you get burned. But if you're getting a bad feeling about someone, listen to yourself.
He's insecure. I met with a pastor the other day who used to have a secret sin in his life. His secret was so heavy on his heart, that he became completely unapproachable to everyone around him. He said he took everything really personally, and would get defensive and mad at the first sign of criticism.
If your pastor gets defensive, it's a sign that there's something really nasty brewing underneath the surface. If your pastor is like that, do yourself a favor and get out of there.
His sermons are founded more on his experiences and ideas than they are on Scripture. I remember a meeting I had with the teaching pastor at my current church. I was going to be preaching, and he was giving me some sermon prep advice. He said, "Remember, we are waiters, not chefs. Our job is to deliver God's word to people, not to create it." There seem to be a lot of pastors who forget this. If your pastor's sermons are founded in his own opinion, or if he uses Scripture to make his own points, run.
But not all pastors are the devil.
There certainly are a lot of great pastor's out there. They are the ones that are submitting their lives and ministries to God's will. Unfortunately, it's not always easy to tell them apart form the ones who will steer you into the rocks. But if you watch for the warning signs, it'll help you avoid many of the dangerous pastors out there.
Question: What is the one big warning sign that you'd add to this list?
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Windows 7 is not officially supported but it seems to work fine on Win7.
$19.99 (USD) but you can get it for free for a limited time at Giveawayoftheday.com [2]!
Software description as per the developer:
Uconomix presents uMark – a utility for marking the images and photos with a copyright notice or your company logo or both. If you are an online seller, a hobbyist or professional photographer, a graphics designer or anybody who has ever shared an image on the net – then this is something you must know! Digital images are very easy to copy and anyone who can see your image can copy and use it without your consent. Some people do it unknowingly, some do it purposely. How can you prevent people from using your personal and professional images and photos? We have the answer – mark them. Mark the images with your name, your company name, a logo or a copyright notice. Let people know that you are the rightful owner of that particular image.
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{for="Ease of Use" value="6″}Mostly easy to use, but has more than its fair share of annoyances: multiple text or image watermarks cannot be added to the same image, image watermarks cannot be resized, PNG images are not supported for image watermark, there is no ability to click + drag watermarks to easily position them, and drag + drop is not supported.
{for="Performance" value="9″}Performs well for what it does with one caveat: watermarks are not automatically resized to be relative to image size, so if you are watermarking multiple images and they are of different sizes, the watermarks may not properly show on some images.
{for="Usefulness" value="5″}Hit or miss – some people will find it useful, while some won't.
{for="Price" value="7″}$19.99 is a fair price, but if I were a customer I would look for the developer to fix all the problems with the program before purchasing.
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uMark Professional is a watermarking software that allows you to watermark (text and/or image) your images.
When you first run the program, you will be prompted with a message box asking you if you want to "Add uMark to Explorer Context Menu". If you click "yes", an "Add Watermark" entry will be added to the right-click context menu of images. Take note that if you are on Vista or Win7 you should run uMark Professional as administrator the first time around because if you do not, the context menu entry will not be properly added.
This is what uMark Professional's main program window looks like:
Using uMark Professional is fairly straightforward. First you have to load the images you want to watermark (you may watermark multiple images at once – batch processing is supported). There are three ways to load an image into the program:
Drag + drop is not supported, fyi.
Regardless of what method you use, you will be prompted with a window that allows you to browse your computer for image files. uMark supports 5 input image formats:
While you are browsing for an image, if you Shift + Click or Ctrl + Click on the images you want, you can add more then one image into uMark at once. If you add multiple images at once just note that you will be adding the same watermark to all of the images you have added to the program with one click of the button. There is no way around that – once you hit "Start" (which we will get to later on), all the images in the "Source Image" tab will be watermarked with the same settings that you set.
Once you have added the images, the program window will look something like this:
As you can see, I added two images into the program. Also note that on the right of the program window, under the tab labeled 'Preview' there is a preview of the picture I have loaded (yes I have a screenshot of uMark loaded =D). As I make changes, meaning I add a watermark and change it around, the image under the preview tab will change to reflect that change.
By default uMark is set to make the picture 'fit to screen size' when previewing (the actual size of the picture is not effected). However, you can change this to show the picture in its actual size, or show it in fullscreen. There are three methods on how to do this:
Okay so you have loaded your image and you have set the preview tab to how you like it. What to do now? Either:
If you hit "Next" you will be taken to the next time in line. So since we were on the "Source Images" tab, by hitting "Next" you will be taken to the "Text" tab. If you were on the "Text" tab and you hit "Next", you would be taken to the "Logo/Image" tab, so on and so forth.
Regardless of what method you use, you should now be at the "Text" tab:
Type in whatever you want to appear in your text watermark in the text box:
Whatever/however you type in this box, is how it will appear on your image as a watermark. So for example if you type on two lines, your watermark will be two lines. If you capitalize the letter in the middle of a word, on your watermark that same letter will be capitalized.
After you have finish typing it, look at the preview tab. You should see your watermark in the top left corner (I set my preview tab to 'Actual Size' so I could show the watermark since it was kinda small):
I know it is kind of hard to see the watermark in my screenshot because the watermark is, coincidentally, right over the program title bar, but I pointed it out for anyone having trouble.
I know that under the text box there is the ability to change the font (color, size, etc.). However, how are we supposed to know what size/color we want if we do not have the watermark in the right position? So first lets change the position of the watermark. You can do this in three different ways:
This will cycle your watermark through 9 preset positions (I have them marked in red):
Of course my red Xs are not exact, but they give you the general idea.
The value in "Move" represents how many pixels the watermark will be moved each time you click on of the arrow buttons. Currently, and by default, it is set to 2, so everytime you click one of the buttons, the watermark will move 2 pixels in that respective direction. You can enter any value between 1 and 99 in this box. You can use the arrow buttons in conjuction with the "Click to change" button. Meaning you can cycle through the 9 preset positions and then press the arrow buttons to move the watermark from that location.
The values in "Left" and "Top" represent how many pixels your watermark is away from the left edge and the top edge of the image.
Everythime you change the position of the watermark, it is reflected in the preview tab of the image. I decided to set mine to the exact middle:
While we are on the of choosing where you put the watermark, let me make it clear that I wish the developer had given us the ability to click + drag the watermark and place it wherever we can. It will become very anal to manually set value or use the arrow button if w do not like the preset positions provided by the developer.
Okay, so now we have the position of the watermark set. Now lets go back and change the size and other goodies. To change the size and font of the watermark, click on the "Verdena 10 – B" button that is located directly under the text box where we entered the text for the watermark:
This will bring up the typical font editing window that we see everywhere:
Change the settings to however you see hit and hit "OK". Note that the changes will not be shown on the image in the preview tab until you hit "OK" so don't expect them to =). Once you hit "OK" the changes will be reflected on the image in the preview tab as always. I changed mine to Times New Roman font, regular font style and 48 font size:
Also note that the button that said "Verdena 10 – B" should now reflect your new font settings:
Now that we have decided upon the font type/style/size/etc. we can focus on other ways of how to enhance/change the look of the watermark:
That should bring up your typical pick a color box (I have "Define Custom Colors >>" clicked on for this screenshot":
Choose your color, make a custom one if you like, and hit "OK". The image under the preview tab should now reflect your change. I made mine red:
Please ignore those smart-ass comments. I can't control myself.
My above screenshot (the one above the shado one) showed the watermark with a shadow. This is what it looks like without:
However, if you do add a shadow, you can choose the color of that shadow. The method is the same as with font color – click on "Pick Color", choose your color from the window that pops up and hit "OK":
This is what my watermark looks like with a green shadow:
It kind of looks like I changed the font color but it is still red.
Or you can use a preset rotation by clicking on "Preset" and selecting what shows up:
I manually set my rotation at 50:
This is what horizontal tiling with the default 10 spacing looks like:
I changed my rotate back from 50 -> 0 and made my font size smaller just for this tiling.
You can also do both horizontal and vertical tiling – it is not an either or:
And that is it for the text watermark. You can always go back and change the settings if you like. At this point you can go directly to the "Options" tab if you need not add an image watermark, but for demonstration purposes, hit "Next":
This will take you to the Logo/Image tab. uMark allows you to add an image watermark along with a text watermark if you want (it is optional – you don't have to have both text and image watermarks; you can have either or):
To add an image as your watermark, obviously instead of typing in text, you must browse for an image to add as the watermark. Hit the "…" button:
This will allow you to browse your computer for the image that you desire. Only .BMP, .GIF and .JPG image formats are supported for image watermarks – there is no .PNG support. Also, the program does not resize the image that you are going to use for a watermark nor do you have the option to resize it in this program, so be sure that the image you want to use as a watermark is small enough to fit your image you want watermarked. I added the Pakistani flag as my image watermark:
As with text watermark, with a image watermark you can change the opacity, rotate it, change the position, and tile it vertically/horizontally. However instead of font color/size/style and shadow you have the option of making one color transparent on your image. What this does is that whatever color your select, that color will be made transparents on your image. For example, if I select white, the white bar of the Pakistani Flag (the one on the left hand side) will be made transparent. The white color surrounded by the green, however, will not. The purpose of this feature is to enable you to remove background colors. To do this, check "Transparent Color" and pick the color you want to make transparent:
I chose to leave the color for 'transparent color' white:
As you can see the white bar that is on the left of the flag is no longer there – it is transparent because uMark thought it was a background color.
After you are done with all your image watermark settings and you have it looking how you want, hit the "Next" button:
This will bring you to the "Options" tab:
From this tab you will be able to chose what folder you want to save your resulting image in, and what format you want that image in. You can also chose to rename or resize the image. The only required part of this tab is chosing where you want to put your images – the rest is optional.
Then, you have two choices. You can either manually enter the desired name for your image by entering that name in the text box that has "[O]" in it by default (delete the "[O]") or you can use a naming convention. Note that if you decide to manually enter a name and you are adding a watermark to more then one image, they will overwrite each other, meaning only the last image will be saved properly, because you gave them all the same name. If you decide to go with a naming convention, hit "Insert Macro" and a list should come up:
From this list select the 'macros' you want to use. You can add as many as you want. Depending on how you structure the macros will depend on the name of your file. For example, lets say the original name of the image you are adding a watermark is "Cool.jpg" and today is Dec 14 2009. If you have this in your text box:
The name of the file that is watermarked after you hit "Start" will be Cool1121409.jpg (assuming that you left the format as "Same as source").
By default "Preserve aspect ratio" is checked – this makes sure that your resulting image is not a different shape, just resized. If you want to just resize by the percentage of the original just change the value in the W/H boxes. If you want to do an absolute resize, meaning you want to specify how big, in pixels, you want the image to be then first you should click on that "!" button and read what uMark says:
After reading and understanding that resize however you see fit.
After you are satisfied with your option settings and you are satisfied with how your watermarks look (you can always go back and change them right now), then hit "Start":
This will start the actual process of watermarking your image. As I said earlier, if you have multiple images loaded into the program all of them will be watermarked with the same settings – there is no way to chose which one gets what font size, etc. After the watermarking is finished, and it does not take very long, you will get a message telling you "Done". Also the "Source Images" will have a green checkmark next to them indicating that they have been successfully watermarked:
Now that you have successfully watermarked your image, you have the ability to save the text and/or image watermark for future use so you don't have to recreate them every time:
Whenever you want to use a watermark that you saved previously, just load it and you are good to go – the settings will be imported. All you have to do is hit "Start".
That said, I feel uMark Professional is a bit "half-baked", if you get what I mean. The developer still has more than a few corners to rough out:
This review was conducted on a laptop running Windows 7 Professional 32-bit. The specs of the laptop are as follows: 3GB of RAM, a Radeon HD 2600 512MB graphics card, and an Intel T8300 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo processor.
PhotoWham! [66]
PhotoWham! is an excellent tool that allows you to add text watermarks very easily and very, very quickly.
Amongst the abundance of features FastStone Photo Resizer has, adding text and image watermarks are two of them. However users can only add one text and one image watermark per image.
PicMakr2.com [68]
PicMarkr lets you to add custom watermark (image or text) to your images online and free.
It is useful when you need to protect your copyrights or if you want to add comments
to your photos.-Developer
Picture Shark [69]
Picture Shark allows you to add image watermarks to multiple images easily and quickly. It is old, but it still works!
Your local image editor
You can use any image editor such as Photoshop, or free ones such as Paint.net or GIMP to add watermarks. IrfanView will also work for this task. However, programs like uMark make it a lot easier, especially for multiple images, but you have a lot more control if you use an image editor.
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{rw_verdict2}uMark Professional is OK; it has the potential to be a really good program, but as of right now it is only half-finished – the developer has left out too many small details which have all added up to be a big pain. You are more than welcome to get uMark Professional if you wish, but honestly if I were you I would spend my money on a different watermark software, or use one of the free alternatives mentioned above (PhotoWham, Picture Shark, and FastStone Photo Resizer are all good).{/rw_verdict2} –>
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[66] PhotoWham!: http://dottech.org../freewaresr/8406
[67] FastStone Photo Resizer: http://dottech.org../freewaresr/4962
[68] PicMakr2.com: http://picmarkr.com/
[69] Picture Shark: http://www.picture-shark.com/watermark_freeware_image_protect_gallery_download.htm
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Eliminated 'Idol' Contestant Devin Velez Shares He'd Love to Collaborate with Pink!
Devin Velez got the most recent boot on American Idol and after divulging his feelings in an interview saying the judges harsh criticism was to blame for his elimination and causing Nicki Minaj to take to Twitter, we're sure he and Nicki won't be collaborating anytime soon!
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I was so overjoyed when I turned on the news this morning. Obama is supporting gay marriage. He certainly has my vote, if only I were eighteen! I just really, really hope that he gets reelected since Mitt Romney won't budge on his stand against gay marriage. I probably shouldn't be basing my opinions of political candidates solely on their view of gays, but eh. I don't really care about anything else relating to government. Everybody's always all, "Oh that's bad, you should be interested in your government so you can be educated and not ignorant." Well I'm not.
My AP Calculus exam destroyed me. It tore my brain into shriveled tidbits and slam-dunked said tidbits in the trash can. Seriously, it was awful. All the problems gave us certain bits of information and then expected us to find solutions when the information wasn't even helpful! I studied for this, I prepared for it, but fuck, nothing could've prepared me for THAT. And I wasn't alone. Nobody felt confident about how they did. I never should've signed up for it. I felt like a total dumb ass. Worst test I've ever taken.
I came back to school after the exam just for journalism and Brittany. And she looked so happy to see me! She couldn't stop smiling, asking where I was and junk. We got our last issue ever yesterday and my story about Brittany looked awesome. She looks stunning in her senior picture we used. And today I saw people wearing our final issue as hats. I'm not sure if I should be insulted or not. But I'm proud to have spent a year in journalism. It was great. I met awesome people, I sharpened my writing skills, broadened my horizons. I just really wish it hadn't been cut from the curriculum. That still makes my blood boil. There really is no justification for it.
Today we had a little farewell party for the newspaper staff. I was telling Brittany about my awesome visit to my number one college, and she said she was gonna check it out, that she was interested in liberal arts colleges in the state. HOLY FUCK, could you imagine us going to the same college? I would just die. I would burst.
Also, I had a cutesie dream about her last night. I dreamed we were in the backseat of a car full of our friends, and I slipped my hand into hers all sneakily and smooth-like. But we made sure that nobody could see us holding hands, being all secretive and junk. So I felt really melt-y and happy when I woke up this morning.
I've recently taken up an interest in reading The New Yorker, Psychology Today, and Revolver, which is a rock magazine that I didn't even know existed. I only picked up Revolver because Manson was on the cover. But yeah, these magazines are interesting. If I could afford it I would subscribe to them, but alas, I'm still mostly jobless. I feel super pretentious when I read The New Yorker in school, like everybody sees me reading it and thinks I'm a snob who's too good for Seventeen or Vogue. Which I am. But it teaches me a lot about the goings-on of the world. I didn't know anything about the political uncertainty in Egypt, now I know a bit more about it. Makes me feel all cultured and shit.
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ADL gives 2014 Civil Rights Awards to Ferrandino, Metropolitan State University
Posted By Joanne Davidson On February 18, 2014 @ 9:28 am In Charity Fundraisers,Events,Mile High Style,News,People to know,Society (Seen First) | 1 Comment
At a ceremony held at the Denver Art Museum [1], Mountain States regional office of the Anti-Defamation League [2] presented its 2014 Civil Rights Awards to House Speaker Mark Ferrandino and Metropolitan State University of Denver [3].
Ferrandino was honored for championing passage of the Colorado Civil Union Act [4] in 2013, making Colorado one of 20 states, plus the District of Columbia, to offer recognition to same-sex couples.
Metropolitan State University of Denver, along with its president, Stephen Jordan, and board chair Robert Cohen, were honored for having led MSU to provide access to higher education for undocumented students, which ultimately helped pave the way for the Colorado Legislature to pass the ASSET Bill [5] in 2013.
Drawing on a quote from the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice" — ADL's regional director, Scott Levin, noted that Ferrandino, Jordan and Cohen were all people who worked tirelessly to bend the arc just a little closer to justice.
Ferrandino was introduced by Fran and Anna Simon, one of the first Colorado couples to celebrate a civil union on the night the law went into effect. In giving thanks for the award, Ferrandino observed that "If ADL is behind me, I know I'm doing the right thing."
Jordan and Cohen, who were introduced by a current MSU student who has been a beneficiary of the tuition reduction, said they viewed the university's decision to offer a reduced tuition rate as simply "the right thing to do."
The event was co-chaired by ADL Civil Rights Committee leaders Daniel McKenzie, Monica Rosenbluth and Holly Stein Sollod. Over 160 civic leaders and community members were in attendance.
The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is the world's leading organization fighting anti-Semitism through programs and services that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry.
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Using too little A little dab won't do you your goal is to coat your skin. Skimpy application can lower protection dramatically, possibly turning the "SPF 30" on the bottle into SPF 6 or lower on your body. It takes about an ounce (a generous palmful) to cover an adult. That means your eight-ounce tube won't last a summer maybe not even one family beach outing.
Applying it too late Don't wait until you've found the perfect spot for your beach chair. Chemically active ingredients (such as avobenzone) take about 15 minutes to penetrate the skin, where they absorb UV light before it can cause damage.
Missing your kisser and other key spots. Lips have thin skin besides leading to skin cancer, sun exposure can make them speckled and lined. So choose a balm with broad-spectrum protection. "People also neglect the rims and backs of their ears and the tops of their feet places we see a higher risk of cancer," says Deborah S. Sarnoff, M.D., senior vice president of the Skin Cancer Foundation.
Letting bugs into the system Insect repellent with DEET can lower SPF. For combined protection from the sun and the need to swat, you might want to choose a higher SPF than you normally use. Make sure the sunscreen dries before applying DEET.
Forgetting about the sunny indoors If you drive to work or your office has a window, you're getting UVA rays through the glass. In the morning, put sunscreen on your face and also on your neck and chest "huge age-revealers," says Dr. Pacheco. Moisturizers and makeup with sunscreen are perfect for days of only casual sun exposure. Look for "broad spectrum" and an SPF of 15 or higher; you can be sure the product has both if you spot the Skin Cancer Foundation's Seal of Recommendation for Daily Use. (Putting the seal on the label is optional; for a list of products that make the grade, go to skincancer.org/seal).
Relying only on sunscreen Even the new labels tell you: Wearing protective clothing has to be part of your sunburn-, cancer-, and wrinkle-prevention strategy. Apply lotion, but also wear a hat, long sleeves, and pants, and try to remain in the shade.
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Renewing Globalization and Economic Growth in a Post-Crisis World:
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On Sept. 23, Carnegie Mellon will host a day-long conference on the steps needed to revitalize economic growth, reaffirm political liberalization, and restore confidence in globalization in the aftermath of the economic crisis.
The event — on the eve of the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh and co-organized with the Atlantic Council and U.S. Chamber of Commerce — will bring together leading policy experts, business-minds, government officials and academic experts as they present a vision for the new global economy.
Several of these individuals have contributed essays on subjects key to future G-20 agendas. These are complied in this report, published by Carnegie Mellon's University Press.
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Sources of Growth and the Role of Innovation
- Robert Atkinson / Sustainable Globalization Means Limiting Export-Led Growth Strategies
- Serguey Braguinsky and Steven Klepper / Worker Mobility and Growth: The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs
- Randal E. Bryant / Data-Intensive Scalable Computing: A Transformative Information
- M. Bernadine Dias / Technology Innovation, Emerging Economies, and the G-20
- Erica R. H. Fuchs / Remembering Comparative Advantage: Leveraging National Differences in Technology Competitiveness
- Klaus Kleinfeld / Globalization 2: Growth in the Post-Crisis World
- Marcin Piatkowski / The Post-Crisis World and the New Growth Agenda for New Europe
- William L. Scherlis / Software: The Endless Value Spiral
The Role of Financial Regulation and Trade in Restoring Growth
- Lee G. Branstetter / Getting Trade Talks Going Again: A Tall Order>
- Myron Brilliant / The G-20 and the U.S. Business Path to Global Economic Recovery: Gaining Productivity and Expanding Trade
- Baruch Fischhoff / Better Decisions, Better Lives
- Richard B. Hoey / Political and Social Dynamics of Economic Growth
- David McCormick / The New Multilateralism: International Economic Policy in the Aftermath of the Crisis
- Daniel M. Price / The New Face of Anti-Globalization: Economic Recovery and Reform Efforts
- John B. Taylor / Should the G-20 Reconsider the Decision to Treble IMF Resources?
The Education of a Workforce for the Twenty-First-Century Economy
- Russell A. Berman / Rebuilding a Culture of Globalization
- Robert H. Dugger / Investing in Early-Childhood Programs Builds Human Capital and a Solid Foundation for Economic Recovery and Growth
- Pradeep K. Khosla / See the World Through the Eyes of an Engineer
- Susan G. Polansky / Are We Educating the Next Generation for the Twenty-First Century? The Promising Pursuit of World Languages and Cultures
- Arthur Rothkopf / The Challenge of STEM Education
- Thomas Spiller / Educating for Global Competitiveness
Social and Political Challenges of Renewing Globalization
- Stephen Brockman / Germany as a Global Player
- Bruce Bueno de Mesquita / Governance, Growth, and the G-20
- Mansoor Dailami and Paul Masson / Gauging Investor Confidence: Policy Actions in the Current Crisis
- Kenya C. Dworkin y Méndez / The United States and Cuba: Time for a New Look at an Old Neighbor
- Steve Forbes / The Golden Rule
- Robert Hutchings / A Global Grand Bargain
- Stephen D. Krasner / Failed and Badly Governed States
- George Loewenstein / Psychological Impediments to Taking Action on Global Warming (And Implications for What Must Happen in Order for Action to Occur)
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Pop hero Juan Gabriel goes back to his roots a la Gloria Estefan on this Mexican-style Mi Tierra. Nortenos, rancheros, son michoacano, and other forms of Mexican country music are the stuff of Gabriel's nostalgia, and like Estefan's Grammy winner this is a well-produced album. But the laid-back cadences of these songs, written by Gabriel and performed by him with the musicians who call themselves El Mariachi de Mi Tierra, are sure to alienate fans of the sassy contemporary music that has brought the singer a rabid following south of the border. If you're looking for spice, check out Los Lobos' recent Desperado soundtrack instead. But if you want to experience pure forms of sleepy folk music from El Mexico Que Se Nos Fue (The Mexico That Was), padrisimo, hombre, this disc is for you: guitars, violin, and Gabriel lamenting about old sombreros, old pistolas, and old lovers in a sexually frustrated wail. Grab a bottle of mescal and enjoy.
By Judy Cantor
Sonic Youth
Washing Machine
In the seven years since Sonic Youth hit its apex with Daydream Nation, the band's trailblazing brand of bang-and-clang dramatics has become, well, kind of dull. Their skewed melodies, cut-up lyrics, and screwball guitar tunings just don't cut it when the postpunk noise options out there include masterworks by Rake, Masonna, the Dead C., Harry Pussy, and A Handful of Dust. And the off-kilter and wonderfully bent pop-song structures of SY's Bad Moon Rising (1985) and Evol (1986) have since been outclassed by San Francisco's Thinking Fellers Union 282, who espouse an acid-addled songwriting philosophy that manages to be daring, challenging, and incessantly catchy without ever wasting notes for the sheer sake of experimentation.
There are plenty of wasted notes on Washing Machine, a chronicle of Sonic Youth's creative breakdown that clunks and crashes for more than an hour without making any noises you haven't heard before. If Sister (1987) and Daydream Nation found the group reinventing the avant-screech experiments of their previous work, Washing Machine is the sound of a former top gun shooting blanks. The jagged twin-guitar dynamics of Lee Ranaldo and Thurston Moore have become little more than a dissonant variety of Muzak for the post-Nirvana set, all chimey and wah-wah-laden, reaching for chaotic transcendence and settling for polished squawk. And if you need more proof of bassist Kim Gordon's ineffectiveness as a vocalist, climb into the spin cycle with "Panty Lines," a sputtering fuck screed that's as admirable as it is irritating, her most useless rant since "Kool Thing" on 1990's Goo.
And so it's been for rock-and-roll innovators from Carl Perkins to John Lydon: Where once they took bold steps in new sonic directions, soon they stumble like doddering old prophets. Sure, Sonic Youth has done its part to redefine rock's possibilities; countless groups, both in and out of the MTV eye, have constructed their sounds and visions on the bedrock of Daydream Nation. Still, it's hard to imagine anyone finding much inspiration among the washed-out blatherings of Washing Machine.
By John Floyd
Set Your Goals
Who's to blame for the current punk renaissance? Joey Ramone makes for a good fall guy, although it's awful hard to hold anything against someone who has worse hair than Dave Barry. Sid Vicious is always a likely suspect, because he set the standard for talentlessness in the arena of popular music (not counting Dave Barry, of course). But maybe we should target someone more contemporary. Say, Billy Joe Armstrong, Green Day's chief burnout? The boys from Offspring? Or how about Speaker of the House Newt "My wife has cancer? What wife?" Gingrich? He seems determined to piss off everyone 21 or younger. Whoever the culprit(s), these power-chord outfits are multiplying like roaches living on a strict diet of guacamole and McNuggets.
CIV -- "All capital letters, buddy, remember that!" -- is just one of many new ones, and not especially bad as these things go. Nor especially good. At its best ("So Far, So Good . . . So What"), this major-label debut recalls early Clash: kicking rhythm section, scorching guitar, passionate howling. At its worst ("State of Grace"), all these assets are yoked in the service of hardcore posturing. Don't look for a whole lot of depth lyrically. Front man Civ -- "Hey, ain't that s'pose to be all capital letters?" -- restricts his ad-libs to the word fucking. Nice. This quartet plainly has the energy and musical talent necessary to excel in the new tuneful-punks sweepstakes. However, they might consider titling their next one Set Your Goals . . . a Bit Higher.
By Steven Almond
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Machines of Loving Grace
With their first album, 1993's Concentration, Machines of Loving Grace earned a reputation as a poor man's nine inch nails, offering smoldering guitar riffs over death-disco rhythms in songs about love, hate, oppression, and the like. However, their second offering, Gilt, is a tiresome affair, not just because of its unremittingly corrosive vocals, droning guitars, and bargain-basement angst, but because everything here has been done better by others before. The first track, "Richest Junkie Still Alive," smacks of Filter Lite, carried by a dark bass line that gives way to a cascade of guitar frenzy. You can just imagine the band members patting each other on the back and crowing "Hey, man, nice shot" when they penned this one. "Kiss Destroyer" and "Last" attempt to tread on Ministry territory (the latter song being in parts a blatant ripoff of that band's "Jesus Built My Hotrod"), but are painful to listen to more because of their inanity rather than their overwhelming heaviness. "Animal Mass" and "Solar Temple" cop Rage Against the Machine's funk-and-burn style, but to far lesser effect. Lyrically, the songs have nothing new to say. If you think imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, think again.


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