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A natural food supplement for dogs and cats that will help prevent shedding, itching, dandruff, and dull coat. Provides a balance of full spectrum essential fatty acids missing from commercial, cooked or processed pet foods. The six natural, cold-pressed oils in Dream Coat are proven to be the perfect complement for quickly achieving a glowing new coat and healthier skin. Use daily for the coat you've always dreamed of!
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Ingredients - Soybean Oil, Safflower Oil, Sunflower Oil, Wheat Germ Oil, Cod Liver Oil, Anise Oil, Garlic Oil, Vitamin E Supplement
Guaranteed Analysis (per Teaspoon)Moisture (max) 0.1%Linoleic Acid (min 42%) (Omega 6) 1890 mgVitamin A (min) 55 IUVitamin D (min) 22 IUVitamin E (min) 5 IUArachidonic Acid (min 0.035%) 1.55 mg*Oleic Acid (min 23%) 1035 mg*Linolenic Acid (min 4%) (Omega 3) 180 mg*Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog & Cat Food Nutrient Profiles
Directions:Shake well and mix with pets daily meal for a coat you've always dreamed of. Our cold pressed formula is everyones favorite for dogs and cats. The longer you use it, the better it works! For cats start with just a few drops on day one and gradually work your way up to maintain a strong immune system and great coat and skin.
Dosage for Cats and Dogs:2 lbs - 11 lbs 1/2 tsp. 12 lbs - 25 lbs 1 tsp 26 lbs - 50 lbs 2 tsp 51 lbs - 100 lbs 3 tspKittens, puppies, nursing, pregnant or recovering pets may use double the recommended dosage.
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By KJA
from Boulder, CO
Comments about Halo Dream Coat Dog & Cat Food Supplement:
I have been using this product for years for my cat. She loves it and it makes her coat very very soft. I also noticed that as soon as I started using the product the hairball issue vertually disappeared! I would recommend this product to anyone.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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By Petro
from Las Vegas, NV
About Me Long-time Pet Owner
I cannot believe that I'm giving Dreamcoat only 3 stars! My dog has eagerly licked up his dose from a bowl for years. He's a cocker spaniel and it was the ONLY product that would quell his itching in less than a week. About a month ago I opened a new bottle. The old one had a white cap and the new a black cap. The formula seemed the same as I read the label so I decided it was just a design change. Then I offered it to Rowdy and he refused it, turning up his nose.Can't get him to touch it since. I've written to Halo twice and have yet to receive an answer. Has anyone else noticed a difference?????HELP!
No more matting! Ever!
By Marsh
from Medford, NJ
Added to Charlie's dinner every night. It only takes a Tablespoon stirred into his food.The groomer commented the next time I took him that she could tell I was keeping up the brushing as he had NO MATS! I gladly passed along the secret and she let other owners with golden doodles ( and other undercoat matting dogs) in on the secret.Children, especially, love to hug him and always say how soft he is.Hope they never stop making this....do you hear me, Ellen?
Preferred by two cats
By Lee
from Washington DC
I sprinkle a little on kibble and the cats, who rejected salmon oil, gobble it up.
Dream coat is great
By Connie
from Ramer, TN
We put each dogs dose with their food, after one week the shedding is noticeably less. We will re order this product and highly recommend it for any dog owner
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By Cassy Cat
from Ruidoso, NM (misplaced Texan)
Miss the old flavor - anise. My cat hasn't been on it long enough to notice a difference. She is in renal failure and I want her coat to be pretty and shiny.
Great for your dog's coat
By Kathy
from Charlotte, NC
I put 1/2 teaspoon on my dogs food in the evening and they can't wait to get it! I would recommend this to anyone who wants their pet's coat to shine and shed less. I have 2 Pomeranians that have beautiful coats. My older one, he's 9, started loosing his hair about 4 years ago. We've tried everything to get it to grow, but it just never would start coming in. I started using the Halo Dream Coat a little over a month ago and he has new hair all over and what he has shines! I have been so pleased with this product and would recommend to anyone especially those who have had a problem with their Pom loosing hair. Thanks for a wonderful product!
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By Bere the pet sitter
from Okinawa, japan
My golden retriever was given to me by another family when she was 3 months. She was always scratching and left a GREAT amount of dandruff all over my house. I purchased this product in hopes that it would help my puppy and I've only been using it for a few wks and already I see a big improvement!! I have a labrador as well and because she eats the same food as my puppy her coat has gotten very shiny. The only bad thing is that it leaves ur dogs breath and food bowl smelling like fish but nothing a few breath mints wouldn't fix.
Halo Dream Coat Great
By Ruth
from Awendaw, SC
Our young Akita does not hold a coat and had started blowing it again when your product arrived. In less than a week she stopped shedding. Now we're hoping that her coat starts coming in as it should be.Thanks.
Best EFA combo on the market
By woofmetoo
from Petersburg Va
Started using this in the winter month and just continued use. Adds a magnificant shine and even softens coarse wiry coats .Perfect for cracked skin( dry winter air, dish pan hands) Yes I have used it myself, NO lotion can do what this oil does(hide it in a smoothie as the taste is not great)
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because some of the ones listed like Howard Talent West are not really starter agents...they want people with good credits
WRONG! Howard Talent West is very much a starter agency.
If you're gunning for ONLY theatrical with them, then yes you must be fairly established. Ms. Howard needs to make money. She can't if she takes a non established actor only theatrically who doesn't book film/tv roles regularly. Also, she's compensating for the fact that she's not that powerful solely as a theatrical agent.
Otherwise, it's a starter agency in that it's across the board or nothing. I have tons of friends who are with her across the board that have very little credits.
Actually the same deal with Howard Talent West goes for all of those "Starter Level" agencies. Steve Stevens is across the board or nothing unless you're already established. Same with Bobby Ball, Angel City, etc.
Nope, LA does NOT have a regular adult theatrical division. It's either youth or names
What about Susan Nathe and Associates Theatrically? She doesn't make you sign across the board and I've heard good things about her agency? Is anyone signed with her?
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Anyone have any info on Privilege? I met with them recently and got a super great vibe.
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I'm not disagreeing with the main ideas here but I get the vibe HTW are only taking new clients for commercial rep. I'm assuming they are only taking theatrical people by referral etc. just based on my experience so that would exclude most everybody anyway that's looking for theatrical rep only lol - same difference.
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Related question: I have great commercial rep and have begun looking for theatrical.Think I really need to start w/ starter agencies as I have no tv credits as of yet. In a cover letter for theatrical agent mailings, do I let them know I've been on auditions for Criminal Minds, etc even if I've not booked the roles? Thanks!
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Truth, I just signed with Bobby Ball theatrically, not across the board. ?
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Congrats Mae!!!
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Thanks, Christee!
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Christee:It definitely helps to mention you're getting out on your own.
Mae:This helps Christee as well but what did you write on your cover letter to grab the attention of Bobby Ball. Obviously your looked helped bring you in as well.
And I think most people are desperate for rep with little credit so they sign across the board but obviously mae knew her shit so she didn't sign across the board; it's amazing some people do the right thing.
I was under the impression that they did make you go across the board, for everyone I knew who was with them theatrically was also with them commercially.
Well then it's MOST of the theatrical starter agencies that will make you sign across the board or no deal.
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I think I just wrote that I was seeking theatrical rep, that I was in class with XXX, and that I had booked a few roles this month. I think I also mentioned that I was a friendly, but savvy Canadian-Nebraskan or something. lol. It was VERY short and sweet. I do think, though, that it was mostly the pic. She kind of mentioned something to that effect. Who knows?!!!
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I don't like gum-chewing, probably because that's the way I was brought up. It offended my set-in-her-ways Southern mother, who taught me that it just wasn't ladylike to "chew" in public.
She wasn't talking about tobacco. She meant Dubble Bubble, Spearmint, Dentyne, Juicy Fruit and any other of the popular brands on the market.
The Doublemint twins — who reigned over the TV commercials in earlier years — could claim whatever they might, but Mamma wasn't buying it for her daughter.
College customs are markedly different today from what they were during the "old days."
By that I mean specifically the time of my youth. And I particularly refer to the rules and regs for females in school housing.
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It's been done, so I feel it should go there. Adding a note on the difficulty and requirements (Majordomo and double Souldrinkers) would be a good idea though.
Okay then. I wouldn't mind seeing the Raggy vid, I am kinda looking forward to seeing how you did the transitions.
So magmaw is NOT currently soloable on live? Or should be? And I'll watch that video Zane posted later.
Ah okay I'll hit that up later. That's a hawt 2h mace.
Is Beth'tilac still doable after the vengeance nerfs a few weeks back? I tried soloing her (him... it?) and could only manage to get to about 40% and died to the million of spiders still up. Do I need to kill them off before going on her?
Sorry for all the questions. Won't be able to even give it a try until this weekend and I'd like to be prepared.
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|Digital cameras — Compact digital cameras
|Mobile phones — Satellite phones
|Notebook computers — Laptop computers
|Satellite core equipment — Mobile broadcast units
Technology used in this occupation:
|Analytical or scientific software — SPSS software; Statistical analysis software
|Data base user interface and query software — FileMaker Pro software; Microsoft Access; Microsoft SQL Server; Online databases
|Map creation software — ESRI ArcView; Mapping software
|Video creation and editing software — Apple Final Cut Pro; Video editing software
|Web page creation and editing software — Facebook *; Social media software
* Software developed by a government agency and/or distributed as freeware or shareware.
|English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
|Communications and Media — Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
|Law and Government — Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
|Telecommunications — Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
|Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
|Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
|Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
|Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
|Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
|Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
|Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
|Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
|Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
|Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
|Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
|Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
|Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
|Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
|Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
|Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
|Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
|Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
|Originality — The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
|Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
Work Activities
|Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
|Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
|Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
|Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
|Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
|Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
|Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
|Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
|Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
|Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
Work Context
|Time Pressure — 100% responded "Every day."
|Electronic Mail — 95% responded "Every day."
|Telephone — 95% responded "Every day."
|Contact With Others — 77% responded "Constant contact with others."
|Face-to-Face Discussions — 73% responded "Every day."
|Freedom to Make Decisions — 59% responded "A lot of freedom."
|Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 73% responded "Extremely important."
|Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 82% responded "Every day."
|Frequency of Decision Making — 59% responded "Every day."
|Duration of Typical Work Week — 59% responded "More than 40 hours."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
|Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
|Related Experience
|A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
|Job Zone Examples
|Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include accountants, sales managers, database administrators, teachers, chemists, art directors, and cost estimators.
|SVP Range
|(7.0 to < 8.0)
Percentage of Respondents
|Education Level Required
|Bachelor's degree
|Some college, no degree
|Associate's degree
Interest code: AEI
|Artistic — Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.
|Enterprising — Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.
|Investigative — Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
Work Styles
|Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
|Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
|Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
|Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
|Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
|Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
|Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
|Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
|Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
|Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
Work Values
|Achievement — Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
|Recognition — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer advancement, potential for leadership, and are often considered prestigious. Corresponding needs are Advancement, Authority, Recognition and Social Status.
|Independence — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
Related Occupations
|Advertising and Promotions Managers
|Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education Bright Outlook
|Radio and Television Announcers
|Broadcast News Analysts
|Public Relations Specialists Green
|Technical Writers
|Copy Writers
|Advertising Sales Agents
Wages & Employment Trends
|Median wages (2014)
|$17.31 hourly, $36,000 annual
|State wages
|Employment (2012)
|52,000 employees
|Projected growth (2012-2022)
|Decline (-3% or lower)
|Projected job openings (2012-2022)
|State trends
|Top industries (2012)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2014 wage data and 2012-2022 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2012-2022). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
Job Openings on the Web
Sources of Additional Information
Disclaimer: Sources are listed to provide additional information on related jobs, specialties, and/or industries. Links to non-DOL Internet sites are provided for your convenience and do not constitute an endorsement.
- Reporters, Correspondents, and Broadcast News Analysts . Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2014-15 Edition.


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On the other hand, they will control Upstart, Mir (the display server) and Unity. That can be a basis for a decent stack which can be closed whenever they want.
On the other hand, they will control Upstart, Mir (the display server) and Unity. That can be a basis for a decent stack which can be closed whenever they want.
Qt is just so much better than GTK. Every commit gets reviewed and they have a decent CI system.
Makes sense to choose it.
GNOME is RedHat's private desktop nowadays.
Unity is Ubuntu's desktop.
Cinnamon is Mint's desktop.
You can run them on other distros, but it's clear who does all the development and decides the direction.
Why don't they write their own toolkit from scratch? Call it Ut.
Really? I'd like to some sources... I really doubt this number. The work they invested into those technologies payed off while they were using them, but now they're switching to a technology they've decided is better. They have a sense of direction, even if they sometimes lack confidence.
Not really, no. QML is very flexible, and combined with Mir, if Mir works out, then they'll be able to pull this off. If Mir doesn't work out, they might be up a creek without a paddle, as the saying goes... but otherwise, this idea is just crazy enough to work.
- No one can clone them?
- They could license their code to partners?
- No one trusts them anymore.
- Partners go back to Android.
- The community, which significantly develops the code for them, can no longer help write code or fix bugs.
- As a result of #3, everything is now buggy, and they no longer have the resources to do much of anything.
- Ubuntu dies.
I'm not seeing any balance sheet on which they could possibly decide to close up the source code.


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Hero Online
Hero Online is a 3D Fantasy MMORPG set in an oriental world. Chose from five unique character; each with different weapon specializations. Players make the first job change at level 10, the second at 50 and have plenty of opportunities to fight one another in this fast paced MMORPG.
Publisher: Netgame
Playerbase: High
Graphics: Medium Quality
Type: MMORPG
EXP Rate: Low
PvP: Yes – duels, faction based
Filesize: 670 MB
Pros: +Large community. +PvP specific servers. +Mounts and pets. +Duels and Faction based PvP. +Guilds, personal shops, crafting, and more.
Cons: -No appearance customization. -Small game world (17 maps.) -Repetitive enemies. -Boring gameplay.
Hero Online Overview
Hero Online has gained a large following since its 2006 release and continues to be popular today. The game is starting to show its age; there is no character customization (not even gender seelction), the graphics are mediocre at best, and the game world is rather dull and repetitive but Hero Online has one thing many flashier games lack; a community. So if you're looking for something simple but with a lot of PvP potential this may be the game for you. There are five characters to chose from at the beginning but players won't be able to pick a class until level 10. At level 50, players can choose from two second jobs per class. The characters and classes are:
The Elegant Mystic - She uses Spear, Rod, and Claw weapons.
The Ruthless Blade - He uses Blade, Sword, and Bow weapons.
The Majestic Muse - She uses Duel Blade, Duel Rod, and Pentachord weapons.
Piercing Eyes - She uses Sword, Blade, and Throwing weapons.
Overseer of the Sky - He uses Spear, Rod and Axe weapons.
Physician - Supportive class that focuses on healing and status effect spells. Second job classes are: Surgeon and Combat Medic.
Hunter - Specializes in taming monsters and crafting. Pets and crafted items ca be traded. Second job classes are: Tracker and Ranger.
Warrior - Melee specialists with high offensive and defensive skills. Second job classes are: Champion and Musa.
Assassin - Possess life draining and stealth skills along with a fast attack rate. Second job classes are: Shinobi and Slayer.
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Hero Online Featured Video
Hero Online Review
By Erhan Altay
Released back in July 2006 by Netgame, Hero Online was inspired by a series of famous Chinese novels. Like 9Dragons and Scions of Fate, Hero Online is set in an oriental fantasy world. Saddly, Hero Online is not the most in depth game but it has a large community with 10 channels, 2 of which are PvP specific. Find out more about Hero Online below.
Character Roulette
Character creation is one of Hero Online's weakest points, there are five characters to chose from but they cannot be customized in any way. Three of the characters are female while the other two are male. Each is proficient in three weapons and starts with a basic version of each type. The character models are surprisingly well done compared to the rest of the game's graphics. It's not made very at the start but the five characters act as races, not classes. You won't be able to pick a class until level 10, or '1Dan' as it's called. Hero Online takes a strange approach to labeling its levels, just like 9Dragons. Players start out as 1Kyu and level up normally up until 9Kyu. The next time they level up, they advance to '1Dan.' My understanding is 'dan' counts as ten so 5Dan would be level 50, which is when players make the second job advancement. For more details on all the characters and classes, please see the overview.
Welcome, Young Grasshopper
New players start their adventure in a town called Dragon Castle but there is no tutorial or starting quest to worry about. The game's controls are standard MMORPG point-and-click where the mouse handles movement, combat, and the interface. Keyboard shortcuts are available but there is no keyboard movement option. The best way to proceed is to head outside town and start killing the local wildlife; wolves and boars. The game has sub standard graphics but most are the character models still look impressive. I did encounter several glitches — as I walked under an arched gate, my character wound up on top of it. Similarly, I fell through the ground several times.
Crazy Kung Fu Moves
As you start hunting, you'll notice Hero Online has some pretty crazy attack animations. My Majestic Muse (or belly dancer as I call her) was doing back flips and spins as she shred through that poor wolf pup. For some reason the screen seems to shake every time you attack which I found distracting but I couldn't tell if the game was designed this way or if it was a bug. In any case, grinding gets boring after the first few levels. Maps are filled with huge over spawns of the same 3-4 monster types and since the entire game world is a mere 17 maps, there are very few different enemy models to beat on. I remember working my way up a hill and having my entire screen filled with what looked like hundreds of boars walking around aimlessly.
Training for Battle
Each level, players are rewarded with 4 stat points to distribute among 3 stats; Str, Dex and Int. Skill points are gained independently from levels and players can track their progress in a separate menu. Generally, these are gained slowly which means players won't have any skills for the first few levels which adds to the monotony of the gameplay. Even the skill points you do gather cannot be put to use until level 10 when the first skill becomes available. Skills are categorized by weapon type and gender so for example 'male sword' skills are different than 'female sword' skills.
Come into My House
Starting at 4dan (level 40) players can create their own House which is Hero Online's phrase for guild. Houses are faction specific so a player who belongs to the Zhuang faction won't be able to join a house created by a Shao players and vice versa. Houses can create special emblems that appear next to member's names and can earn special titles depending on the activity of its members.
Four Ways to Fight
PvP in Hero Online is multi faceted. Besides challenging each other to duels there are specific PvP maps (all maps on PvP channels.) There are three unique PvP maps; a capture the flag map, a mining map where players fight for the chance to collect rare resources and a special faction war map which is only available twice a week. The game's level cap is 100 and while there isn't a requirement to participate in PvP, lower levels players have a much harder time.
Shopping for Pets
All players can open and buy from personal shops starting at level 10 but only Hunters can tame pets. Everyone else must purchase them. Pets come in various forms, some like the large tigers are best used as mounts while others help the player in combat. There are in total 5 types of pets; wolves, horses, bears, hawks and tigers. All pets grow and get stronger but have different level requires ranging from 10-50.
Crafting & Upgrading
Equipment drops fairly often from monsters but most if it cannot be used by an individual player, it might be for the wrong gender, class, or wrong weapon type. Luckily, these unwanted items can be dismantled by an NPC. Dismantling in this manner extracts special stones from equipment that can then be used to upgrade useful gear. Both upgrading and extracting don't have guaranteed success rates so be careful. A simple crafting system is also in place where players gather certain materials and items, bring them to the blacksmith and have special gear forged for you. There are currently around 80 different craftable items including all gear and accessories.
Final Verdict: Fair
Hero Online is a dated game with limited features but its simplicity may be the reason why it has managed to draw so many gamers. If you've tried other Asian themed MMORPGs but haven't liked them, maybe this is the one for you. Those looking for something more original or recent, look elsewhere.
Hero Online Videos
Hero Online Character Creation
Hero Online Gameplay Trailer
Hero Online Boss Fight
Hero Online Intro Movie
Hero Online Gameplay Footage
Hero Online Links
Hero Online Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
OS: Windows 98 / ME / 2K / XP
CPU: Pentium III 800MHz
Graphics Card: Geforce 2MX
Recommended Specifications:
OS: Windows 98 / ME / 2K / XP / Vista
CPU: Pentium IV 1.8Ghz or better
RAM: 512MB or more
Graphics Card: Geforce4 MX440 / ATI radeon 9200 or higher


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This article deals with utilizing the Marketing Guidance document and Digital Marketing Toolkit that Nokia provide to developers as part of Marketing in a Box. In particular, I will be applying the guidance and asset creation tool to one of my application, the [http://store.ovi.com/content/355133 Weight Watchers Calculator].
This article deals with utilizing the Marketing Guidance document and Digital Marketing Toolkit that Nokia provide to developers as part of Marketing in a Box. In particular, I will be applying the guidance and asset creation tool to one of my application, the [http://store.ovi.com/content/355133 Weight Watchers Calculator].
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This article deals with utilizing the Marketing Guidance document and Digital Marketing Toolkit that Nokia provide to developers as part of Marketing in a Box. In particular, I will be applying the guidance and asset creation tool to one of my application, the Weight Watchers Calculator.
Note: This is a community entry in the Series 40 Webinars - Contribute and Win Competition 2013Q1 with Marketing in a Box competition.
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Through research, Nokia have found that 58% of app developers are looking for guidance when it comes to marketing their applications. Marketing in a Box (MiB) is an initiative created by Nokia to provide assistance to those developers. The MiB page iitself consists of two parts. The first part (Marketing Guidance) is a series of videos and a document that talks about what a developer should consider before marketing an application. The second part (Digital Marketing Toolkit) is an application that generates digital marketing assets (images, videos, banners, website) that a user can use in order to promote their app.
Please note that this article refers to the beta version of MiB, therefore the functionality and user experience witnessed by the author may differ to that of other users.
Marketing Guidance
The Marketing Guidance page provides a collection of videos that provide a summary of what a developer needs to consider before, during, and after an app launch. The real meat of the Marketing Guidance comes in the document that is linked to on the page called "A Shortcut to Marketing Success". The document consists of the following six chapters.
- Owned media preparation
- In-app business models
- Bought and earned media
- Launch preparation
- Maintenance
- Analysis
Warning: Before I start with a review of the guide, I would have one minor criticism that it isn't immediately obviously that the guide even exists on the page (it's linked to from an image). Given the fact that some of the entries to this Wiki competition make no mention of the guide whatsoever, I think that the MiB team would need to consider making it more obvious that the document exists (perhaps even converting it to a HTML UI component that stands out more than a static image at the bottom of the page.
Owned media preparation
The first chapter starts with the prospective app developer looking at exactly what kind of app they want to create and how they are able to try and find a niche in the market. After that, it looks at the creation of a web site and how to optimize that site using SEO techniques. The chapter then looks at creation social media outlets and then finishes with looking at beta testing and video creation.
In-app business models
The second chapter looks at the business model of your application, focusing on two areas to generate revenue (in-app advertising and in-app purchasing).
Bought and earned media
The third chapter discusses the different free and paid strategies that you can utilize to increase awareness of your application and increase downloads.
Launch preparation
In the fourth chapter, the document looks at ensuring that everything is ready for when you decide to go live with your application.
With your app published, the 5th chapter looks at listening to your customers in order to add new functionality and fix any issues that they may encounter in your application.
The final chapter then discusses how you should monitor your application, website and other marketing assets in order to learn how your application is performing and whether you need to tweak anything in order to stimulate interest and downloads.
Digital Marketing Toolkit - nuances and bugs
1. Digital Marketing Toolkit names.
The first thing I noticed when I went to create my Digital Marketing Toolkit was that the name of my app exceed 25 characters (my app name was actually 26 characters), so this required me to remove one of the spaces. This field should probably have the same max length attribute as an app name has in the Nokia Store.
2. Digital Marketing Toolkit category duplication.
The next thing I noticed was when specifying the category for my application in the toolkit was that there was duplication of some of the category names. This drop down needs a little bit of tidying up as well.
3. Limited images for video creation.
Having the toolkit linked to the images where your application is hosted on the Store is definitely useful, but I would have liked to have had the chance to overwrite these images with my own. In my case, the images for my app on the Nokia Store were too low-res and unfortunately came out a little grainy on the video.
4. Possible issue with Screenshot Selection heading.
When crating the banners under the Screenshot Selection heading, I was presented with these images. Perhaps I missed something, but I am not sure what these are supposed to represent.The images certainly don't seem to sync with the Live Preview.
5. Syncing assets with Youtube.
Another thing I found was when linked the newly created video with my Youtube account, I needed to go back and try again twice. I am not sure why this happened as I was logged into my Youtube account, but it was awkward having to use the browser back button rather than the application asking me did I want to try again. Also, I would suggest that when syncing video with Youtube, that Nokia provide the format that it expects when linking with a Youtube channel or video.
Digital Marketing Toolkit - possible improvements
1. Facebook cover page banners.
Facebook allows a user to update the cover page (i.e. the masthead) of their profile with their own user image. It would have been useful if the banner creation tool could have created a cover image using the preferred dimensions (851 pixels by 315 pixels). I did use one of the images created by the Digital Marketing Toolkit (967 pixels by 277 pixels) which Facebook re-sized quite poorly. To see the result, click here to view the Facebook page for my application.
2. Twitter header image.
Like Facebook, Twitter also allows a user to update their header image. While I was able to adapt an existing image that was generated by the Digital Marketing Toolkit, it would have been nice if the tool had developed a custom image specifically suited to Twitter (Twitter recommends using dimensions of 1252 pixels by 626 pixels). To view my updated header image, please visited the Twitter page of my application here.
3. Integration of created assets into the Nokia Store.
The Nokia Store already allows a user to provide their e-mail and website addresses, I think it should be extended to include a link to any possible Twitter, Youtube or Facebook accounts that the app developer may want to include. It might also be helpful if the toolkit also allowed a user to specify if they wanted the newly created spotlight and marketing assets to also be uploaded to the Nokia store rather than having the user download a zip file, extract the files they want to upload, and then push them to the Nokia Store.
4. More banner and video templates.
While the quality of the existing templates is excellent, more templates for the different marketing assets are going to be needed in order to prevent users of the Nokia Store from seeing too many similar videos and banners.
5. Improve the generated promotional video.
I found that while the quality of the generated promotional video was excellent (it looks very slick and professional), it was a little bit light on information. I would suggest that a user should be able combine the promotional video with their own demonstration videos. For example, I was able to create my own demo video of my application by using Nokia's RDA application (for more information on this, please see here). Rather than just using static images, I think the promotional video should be able combine with an app video demo.
6. Integrate app demo video with the Nokia Store.
In the above bullet point, I discussed how I was quickly able to create a demo video for my application and upload it to Youtube. I think that the Nokia Store page for a developers app should be able to embed this kind of video (or at least link to it) so customers can get a better flavour of the application they are about to download. Sometimes plain images don't convey the kind of application that a customer is looking to buy, so it makes a lot of sense to have the power to be able to upload a demo video of your application.
List of marketing assets created by the Digital Marketing Toolkit
Overall, the experience of using Marketing in a Box has been very positive and the guides and tools provided most definitely provided added value to this developer. The fact that Nokia are providing this kind of help to developers already puts them ahead from the competition. Having said that, with some minor changes and improvements, Nokia could really put some serious distance between themselves and their competition.


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Yes ! I like it !! I hope to visit Team Titleist at Transition in Tampa. Keep it coming
Love the idea! Right now the only thing I can think of to make this better is next time you TAKE ME WITH YOU ! ;) jk
I like seeing behind the scene stuff like this.
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We are rained out at the moment in Florida.
Thanks for the photos Joe. Looking forward to seeing how this evolves.
About 3pm the clouds rolled in and the sky turned purple. This ominous canopy sent everyone off the practice range and into the locker rooms. The TT Lens headed for the Titleist tour van, where we chatted briefly with Titleist Brand Ambassador Martin Flores. Martin says, "Hello, Team Titleist."
The rain was on and off until around 5 when most everyone packed it up for the day.
Here's a few of the lines of dialogue floating around PGA National today:
From inside the media tent, we noticed that Titleist Brand Ambassador John Merrick is scheduled for a press conference later in the week following his recent win at Riviera.
Enough talk, check out some of the photos the TT Lens caught today:
Inside the Titleist Tour trailer, the TT Lens spotted this cool assortment of Titleist equipment.
Titleist Tour Reps Aaron Dill and Jim Curran getting their game plan together for Tuesday.
Wouldn't it be nice to have your name at the top of that sheet?
Rain, and lots of it. We spot the Dolphins logo, and we share a laugh over "Laces out, Dan."
Tomorrow, we'll be inside the ropes and inside the Titleist tour van to bring you more images through the TT Lens.
I would love to see photo's of Titleist Ambassodor's favorite club or item in there bag....Look's like the course is in great shape and very plush....Enjoy your week...
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I would love to see photo's of Titleist Ambassodor's favorite club or item in there bag....Look's like the course is in great shape and very plush....Enjoy your week...
+1 I too would like a closer look inside a tour bag, both clubs and accessories.
What are players favorite on-course snack? Or drink?
How about some close-up pics of yardage books?. I would love to see how tour players keep their books.
Would love some more on the tour van also.
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Ron M.
I would love to see photo's of Titleist Ambassodor's favorite club or item in there bag....Look's like the course is in great shape and very plush....Enjoy your week...
+1 I too would like a closer look inside a tour bag, both clubs and accessories.
What are players favorite on-course snack? Or drink?
How about some close-up pics of yardage books?. I would love to see how tour players keep their books.
Would love some more on the tour van also.
Chris S
+1 on all of the above.
love the bag & gear.
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Very cool post Joe and Mike! Finally we are able to live our dreams through the internet, and see what it's like behind the scenes! I love seeing the pictures and, am very jealous of your guys profession!
This is an unreal idea, would love some in depth look at shaft options and sure fit settings some of the guys use. Along with wedge grinds and personalization done. Look forward to posts throughout the week. Have fun guys.
This is an awesome idea! Love getting a different view of tour events. Keep them coming!
Joe and Mike,
This is a great concept. Thanks for the photos. I would like to see a "day in the life" of a tour pro if possible. Maybe have Joe follow a Titleist staffer from the parking lot in the morning to the parking lot at the end of the day. It would be great to see what a typical day looks like for a tour player.
A few of you asked to see a yardage book out here at the Honda Classic. This morning Titleist Brand Ambassadors Jason Dufner and Matteo Manassero finished up a range session and headed out on the course for a practice round. Team Titleist Lens went along for the ride.
On the second hole, Matteo's caddy Dave was nice enough to let our lens have a few snaps of their yardage book.
The book is more descriptive than most books I'm used to seeing. Add in Dave's notes and you really have a lot of data to factor into performance. Have a look at the gallery below.
You mean they don't walk off the yardage from the sprinkler heads? :)
And who says caddying is easy...??? I like the putting green details.
Joe and Mike,
This is a great concept. Thanks for the photos. I would like to see a "day in the life" of a tour pro if possible. Maybe have Joe follow a Titleist staffer from the parking lot in the morning to the parking lot at the end of the day. It would be great to see what a typical day looks like for a tour player.
Great idea Scott! Some video would be cool to!
It would be cool to see a video inside the tour van of you guys building a club for one of the tour players and the process of it.
Great idea Mike and Joe! Love this!
Love the yardage book. Would love to hear and see the routine of a Staffer as they go through practice round, range, gym etc. Just what their routine is. Glimpse at what it's like to be a Tour member of Team Titleist.
Look forward to seeing more
just as a side note, the yardage book for honda is done by mark long - an old caddie. he goes out there with a sophisticated gps device strapped on his back and makes these digitized books. the only other one i've see done like this is for the at&t national at congressional. however, i think more tour stops are going to this style of book and moving away from the hand drawn ones done by "gorjus" george lucas.
Wow guys this is so neat!! To me its all awesome! I like the pics and it would be cool to maybe see some video's from behind the scenes with all the TT players and reps. Really cool guys!
This is a great idea and would like to see what the guys are using and the different shaft options they have put in their bags. Also would like to see some discussion regarding their equipment and what they do to have it fitted to their specific needs. I know that the Titleist trailer is on scene for the early beginnings of each tournament and that is another area which could be covered.
Really cool, thank you for taking the time to do this!
First off, thank you for the creative ideas and great feedback. As we continue to travel with the tour, the Team Titleist Lens will keep your ideas in mind. Next week, we head to Doral, and TT Lens is primed for a number of great opportunities to bring the Team Titleist community closer and closer to the action on tour.
After a few days of Florida sunshine, TT Lens is back in Fairhaven.
Here are a few more photos from our travel to close out this thread.
Following his win at Riviera, Titleist Brand Ambassador John Merrick had a busy week at the Honda Classic with the media. Pictured here, John hosted a video chat with fans on PGATour.com.
Wednesday morning's pro-am brought an early tee time for Pro V1x loyalist Rickie Fowler, who parked his Nissan GTR right behind the Titleist Tour trailer at PGA National. Notice the orange brake discs!
Finally, Titleist Brand Ambassador Graham DeLaet sent a few of his Pro V1x golf balls high and soft, while practicing before his pro-am round Wednesday. Graham is focused player who's always looking to maximize his practice time, squeezing out every drop of improvement he can.
This thread started as an experiment, and on the strength of our Team Titleist community, proved to be a great deal of fun. TT Lens looks forward to future threads and sharing more ideas and more collaborative Team Titleist stories.
In the meantime, stay tuned for the next installment of the "On the Range" blog post on the Tour Blog...
My name will be on the top of that sheet one day.
Great Idea! Really cool to see the day to day activities of the Titleist team "behind the ropes." Look forward to seeing more!
This thread is outstanding! Love the yardage book! Thanks for the look inside.
Great thread TT Staff ! Like everyone mentioned previously I want to see everything they mentioned about our Titleist Tour Players equipment's, Titleist Tour Van, what kind of a routine the Titleist players go through each tournament, if any. Having a live video chat with the Titleist Tour Players on this site would be awesome too. Or, chatting with them while they are on the range practicing, and seeing what they are working on and maybe pick up some tips. Keep up the great work :)
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Joe - My order from wakemakers is due to arrive in a couple of days. Have an 07 OBV wth a G1. Keeping that as is and I am adding 2 new reversable pumps to go along with a 750 in port locker, using a 450 I already own in the starboard locker, and adding an IBS. One pump will operate starboard and IBS. I am also in Michigan and could not get to boat in stoage to do over winter. Have stereo/amp and depth finder projects as well. Looking forward to your pictures as may have info I can use.
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Mine is due tomorrow. I have been preping the boat since last Wednesday, and I plan on finishing everything by this Thursday. I need to get it done since we leave for the cottage on Friday. I plan to get pics posted by early next week. I believe you wanted to copy my switch setup. Where abouts in Michigan are you?
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I live in Grand Haven. Cottage is on Silver Lake - Hart, Mi (sand dunes). Yes this is my weekend project too. Boat delivered from storage this week and was going to post picture of current switch set up then.
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Outback V GI to GIII Ballast Upgrade
I did gI to gIII upgrade last year, parts from wakemakers as well. I immediately knew what the first mod would be this year - new prop. Fully loaded mine struggled on the stock oj, if you guys haven't done this I would consider it. I wish I had re proped first haha2008 Outback V
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What was your stock prop/pitch, and what did you end up changing to?
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Started off with measuring and drilling two new holes in the bottom of the boat. I went with all 3/4" fills, drains, pumps and hoses.
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Closeup view of modified scupper intake:
I used a piece of threaded rod with nuts along with a spreader bar and wood blocks placed on either side of the scupper to remove it for modifications.Joe
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Besides cutting the scupper of the stock intake, I also shortened it:
The stock intake was way to long for my liking. I wanted the new pump to be as low in the boat as possible. As you can see in the pic, the thread for the flange nut ends just above it, and the tapered 3/4" pipe thread starts there. I used a bench grinder to grind down the O.D. to the required diameter needed for the pipe thread. I then cut new pipe threads with a pipe threading die. I also ran a drill up the center to open up the I.D. and clean up the casting.
Here are the three new Tsnumai 800 aerator pumps:
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Driver side drain pump hidden behind the wall of the engine compartment:
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I was worried about kinking the fill and vent hoses. To prevent it, I made an oval hole right next to the small carpeted cover at the front of each locker and just below the aluminum angle that goes front to back. I routered the edges so that the hoses would not get damaged.
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I was really happy with the way the 750's filled the lockers in my OBV.Joe
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I didn't want to cut any more holes, so I used the existing switch panel for my ballast switches. I removed the "COURTESY" and "DOCKING LIGHT" switches to make room for the two other ballast switches. I moved the "STEREO" switch over to the spot where the "COURTESY" switch was.
I moved the courtesy lights and docking lights over to the "NAV/ANC" switch. To get it to work like I wanted, I had to rewire the "NAV/ANC" switch. In its original configuration, pushing the top of the switch would turn on all the lights, and pushing the bottom of the switch would just turn the anchor light on. There is a diode on the back of the switch that controls this. Diodes are like one way check valves for electricity. First thing I did was flip the diode 180 degrees. I then wired the docking lights to the top side of the switch. The navigational, dash, anchor, and courtesy lights are all wired to the bottom side of the switch. I made a short pigtale so that I could reuse all the factory connectors. Now, pushing the top of the switch turns on all the lights except the docking lights, and pushing the bottom of the switch turns on all the lights. Wiring the switch like this keeps everything legal for night time boating.Joe
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Reactionless Drive is impossible, but a teenager has a patent on one.
I am tired of people claiming something is impossible just because Newton said it was. What we know about time is wrong or entanglement would not happen. It's that simple.
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Also, the article is not correct. It says no fuel is needed. This is wrong. No propellant is needed. A power source, and the fuel for it, are needed.
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August 2nd, 2012, 03:31 PM #50
I don't understand the "HATED" warp drive, OR ANY OTHER DRIVE.
If the way the author implements the technology affects the story then it is relevant. If it does not affect the story then it is just a means of transportation. I assume there will be no FTL in my lifetime or in the next 100 years so they are all just "sci-fi tropes" to me. I also won't be surprised if there is never any FTL I just won't be here to be surprised or not.
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Some of you sound surprised, even upset, that a science fiction writer should seek realism in his stories. Do you not think real science fits into a good SF story? Or are you just not into hard SF?
August 2nd, 2012, 05:26 PM #53
So to me all FTL methods of large masses are equally bogus as far as the "science" is concerned. I don't mind your objection to warp drive I just don't understand it. It is just a matter of what the SF writer does with the story that depends on FTL. I do find the "sails" that Weber uses somewhat more bogus than most others methods but his melodrama over Harrington's survivor's guilt is far more annoying than his "sails".
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August 2nd, 2012, 05:52 PM #55Some of you sound surprised, even upset, that a science fiction writer should seek realism in his stories. Do you not think real science fits into a good SF story? Or are you just not into hard SF?
If you want to see 'true realism' in your SF, than limiting your stories to the solar system alone or simply travelling between stars at slower-than-light speeds, using relativity or generation ships, is the only way to go.
August 2nd, 2012, 06:02 PM #56
What I don't like so much is when an author just makes up a physicist and names some engine/system after him/her and doesn't even bother to try and explain how it works. You may has well just have a big red button that the pilot pushes to go wherever in the universe they want. In fact Jerry Oltion did just that in The Getaway Special. But even that doesn't spoil a good story for me.
Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow almost pushed me to my limit. Not only was the science behind the 'ship' bunk, but almost everything about the tech involved and how it was used was poorly thought out. The ENTIRE crew of a spaceship go to the surface of a new alien planet in the only lander they have and run out of fuel once down there do to pilot error? All because the author needed them all to be stranded on the planet. At that point you just have to ignore it and enjoy the rest of the story.
For me this entire argument over FTL boils down to the words Science Fiction. Some, like you, believe SF should be a fictional tale using proven science. Others think it can be fictional science as well. And then others still, like me, could care less... we like them both. If the genre was split into 2, one with real science and the other using fictional science I think it would be a non issue.
August 2nd, 2012, 09:52 PM #57
I didn't intend to start an argument about which is better or more realistic. What I did want was to suggest that concepts like FTL travel may be more romantic than realistic (IOW, we use it, not because we think it works, but because it sounds cool or familiar); and if we have a reasonable reason to suspect that it won't work (my opinion, based on my scientific understanding), then it may be time to abandon those romantic notions and develop new ones. I took the effort to do some research and come up with a more realistic notion around which to base new storytelling romances.
Obviously, I've done some speculation, which you may or may not agree with, and that's okay, too. I just don't want to see anyone take this thread as a personal affront to their opinions. We are all talking about science fiction, after all.
August 5th, 2012, 12:02 AM #58
All we currenlty have are theorys.
And although I like your current take on updating our view concerning space travel, you only replace one set of theories with another.
Probably the closest fiction approximating real space travel is Carl Sagans work 'Contact'.
It's all theory, which means that at this point none of it is real in regards to a practical implementation of FTL or inter-dimensional space travel.
Until we solve some basic problems concerning energy, propellent and mass expansion which we are centuries away from, we aren't going anywhere.
Now the good news.
If we look at how technology has increased by leaps and bounds over the past 100 years, instead of a linear progression - who knows what the future may hold.
August 5th, 2012, 10:01 AM #59
But in fact, the "theories" on which I base my quantum tunneling alternative are based on demonstrated scientific facts and experimentation; whereas FTL travel theories assume the requirement of stellar-level energy and either the mastery of time-warp energy fields or the disproving of Einstein's theories, none of which can be extrapolated from current scientific theories or experimentation.
IOW, the quantum tunneling theory is simply more likely to be possible, especially with our scientific understanding and expected engineering abilities, than the FTL theory.
I've also read Contact, but it's been awhile, and I don't remember the nature of his system; I'll have to go back and take a look. (I haven't watched the movie in awhile, either, come to think of it... one of my favorites.)
August 6th, 2012, 04:04 AM #60
Ok, I'm not the sharpest tack in the box, much less in a box full of physics fans. Now that my disclaimer is displayed let me proceed to see if I'm sticking my foot in my mouth or making a valid observation.
Newtonian physics are as valid today as they were when Newton first wrote them down. Einstein expanded the envrionment of observation which superseded Newtons observations but did not replace or invalidate them. Within the confines of the environment in which they apply, they are still valid, however we know that once we leave this environment, new rules apply.
Is it possible there are another set of rules waiting for us to discover which do not require we invalidate Einsteins current theories?
Could the impossible of today be a phenomenon of our current limitations?
How far fetched are the theories concerning other dimensions and how strict are the conventions which prevent us from interacting with them?


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