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Oct. 1968 Dr w, CLARK 3,404,413
MOBI LE MARIN E STRUCTURE Filed Jan. 19, 1967 INVENTOR. DANIEL w. CLARK BY ATTORNEYS United States Patent MOBILE MARINE STRUCTURE Daniel W. Clark, 46 Millfield St., Woods Hole, Mass. 02543 Filed Jan. 19, 1967, Ser. No. 610,321 10 Claims. (Cl. 9-8) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A mobile and buoyant marine structure having a skeleton frame connecting correlated tanks of which one is a reservoir and source of compressed air power.
This invention comprises a new and improved buoyant structure for use in marine environment, for example, as a base for the study of ocean tides, currents and wave action or for off shore exploration and drilling. The structure is a self-contained unit that may be transported over land and manipulated upon the shore. It may be conveniently towed in prone position and erected at any selected bearing point by a crew of not more than three men with the establishment of a stable platform that [may stand as much as thirty feet above the ocean level.
My novel structure is characterized by a pair of interrelated spherical tanks, one serving as a selfcontained source of compressed air and the other serving optionally as a buoyancy tank or an erecting weight. The spherical tanks are advantageous from an engineering standpoint in that they have the maximum ratio of volume of surrace area, optimum shape for maintaining internal pressure and finally they act as rollers for the whole structure by which it may be conveniently transported from one position to another on the shore.
These and other features of the invention will be best understood and appreciated from the following description of a preferred embodiment thereof selected for purposes of illustration and shown in the accompanying drawings in which- FIG. 1 is a view in elevation on a reduced scale,
FIG. 2 is a similar view of the structure in prone position for towing,
FIG. 3 is a fragmentary view on a larger scale of the intermediate portion of the device,
FIG. 4 is a view in cross section on the line 4.-4 of FIG. 5, and
FIGS. 5 and 6 are fragmentary views of portions of the device.
A structure typical of my invention as herein shown comprises a spherical compresed air tank 10 and a spherical buoyancy tank 11 connected by an intermediate skeleton frame 12. The tanks may be of steel or other metal and about four or five feet in diameter. In practice the tank 10 is maintained at all times under a full charge of compressed air at about 75 p.s.i. and so serves as a reservoir self-contained in the structure and source of power for the whole device. The tank 10 is provided with an inlet charging valve 13 at a convenient point in its upper spherical surface.
The connecting skeleton frame 12 comprises three long rods 14 bolted at their ends respectively to bosses 15 welded to the opposed convex surfaces of the spherical tanks. The rods 14 are arranged in triangular pattern of substantially less cross sectional area than that of the tanks and the frame is stiffened and reinforced by one or more interior helices 14' of strip metal. The described relation of frame to sphere is important in that it permits the whole structure to be rolled transversely upon the two spheres without any dragging of the frame.
The spherical tank 10 has let into its upper surface a pipe 16 provided with a valve 17 through which the 3,404,413 Patented Oct. 8, 1968 pipe communicates with a compressed air hose 18 leading down to the top of the bouyancy tank 11. Above its hose connection the pipe 16 has an outlet valve 19 which, of course, is closed when compressed air is being passed to the hose 18. The valve 19 may be opened to permit the escape of 'exhaust air from the tank 111 while the valve 17 remains closed and the tank 11 is filling.
An intake hose 20 has at its upper end a valve 21 and this is maintained in convenient position for manipulation near the top of the tank 10. The hose 20 is extended down into the tank 10 through a flexible strainer section 22 which always falls to the lower side of the tank when the structure is in prone position, thus creating inward flow of water through the hose 20 by syphon action for erecting the structure.
An overhead skeleton spire-like tower 25 rises from the spherical tank 10. It comprises three long straight rods 26 arranged in triangular formation and bolted at their lower ends to bosses 27 projecting from the shell of the tank 10. The tower is reinforced and stiffened by inner helices 28 of strip stock and supported externally by guy cables 29 secured at their lower ends to the tank. It will be noted that the body of the tower is less in crosssectional area than that of the spherical tank 10. The tower 25 may extend 30 to 40 feet above the tank and be provided near its upper end with a crows nest or cage for any desired recording instrument. It serves also as a conspicuous marking buoy or beacon.
The buoyancy sphere 11 is provided in its bottom with a perforated or slotted lug 30 for the attachment of ballast by which the device may be anchored at any selected bearing.
While the spherical tanks 10 and 11 have been constructed of steel in structures up to an over-all length of feet, aluminum, glass, cloth or other lighter materials may be employed within the scope of this invention for structures of smaller size.
One or more damping plates 31 may be incorporated in the connecting frame 12 to reduce up and down heaving of the floating structure.
When the lower or buoyancy tank 11 is exhausted the structure assumes a prone position as shown in FIG. 2 in which it may conveniently be towed to any desired location. When it is desired to erect the structure the valve 17 is closed, the valve 16 opened and the valve 21 open and submerged. Water will thereupon flow through the hose 18 to the buoyancy tank 11 while air escapes therefrom through the hose 20. The structure thus gradually rights itself, floating in upright position as shown in FIG. 1 with the compressed air tank at the water level where the four controlling valves may be conveniently reached for manipulation.
The tower is shown as terminating in a sleeve or rod on which may be mounted a crows nest for an observer or any desired recording instrument.
Having thus disclosed my invention and described in detail an illustrative embodiment thereof, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:
1. A mobile marine structure comprising an elongated skeleton frame having a buoyancy tank fast at one end and a compressed-air tank fast in an intermediate control position, tubular valved connections between the two tanks whereby the buoyancy tank may be exhausted by compressed air supplied from the compressed air tank, the compressed-air tank and the buoyancy tank being of spherical shape and so located in the structure that when the buoyancy tank is filled with water, the compressedair tank will float at ocean level and that valves are located upon the said spherical compressed-air tank for controlling the exhausting and filling of the buoyancy tank.
2. A mobile marine structure as defined in claim 1, further characterized in that the compressed-air tank has an independent valve inlet for the admission thereof of compressed air for establishing a self-contained charge.
3. A mobile marine structure as defined in claim 1, further characterized in that a compressed-air hose leads from the intermediate compressed-air tank to the said buoyancy tank, and an exhaust hose leads from the buoyancy tank to an outlet valve located adjacent to the said compressed-air tank.
4. A mobile marine structure as defined in claim 1, further characterized in that the compressed-air tank and the buoyancy tank are of circular formation whereby the whole structure may be rolled on land from one place to another.
5. A mobile marine structure as defined in claim 1, further characterized in that the buoyancy tank has an inlet hose terminating within the tank and being flexible whereby its intake end will always seek the lowermost possible position within the tank for creating an infiowing syphon action.
6. A mobile marine structure as defined in claim 1,
further characterized in that the structure comprises an elongated skeleton frame of metal rods, and includes spaced damping plates disposed at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the skeleton frame.
7. A mobile marine structure as defined in claim 1, further characterized in that the buoyancy tank and the compressed-air tank are of substantially the same diameter and these are connected by an elongated skeleton frame which isless'in enclosed cross sectional area throughout its length than the cross sectional area of either spherical tank.
8. A mobile marine structure as defined in claim 1, further characterized in that the skeleton frame is attached to both tanks at their opposed convex sides and within the maximum circumferential circle thereof.
9. A mobile marine structure as defined.,in claim 1, further characterized in that an elongated skeletal tower is secured at its lower end to the upper convex surface of the spherical compressed-air tank" and projects upwardly beyond the tank when the structure is in erected position.
10. A mobile marine structure as defined in claim 1, further characterized in that it has an elongated sleeve member which extends upwardly from the buoyancy sphere for holding recording instruments above sea level when the structure is in upright position.
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,166,977 1/1965 Pickett et al 9-8 X 2,256,537 6/1966 Clark 9-8 3,339,511 9/1967 Daniell 1l40.5
MILTON BUCHLER, Primary Examiner.
TRYGVE M. BLIX, Assistant Examiner.
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.christmas special - RAFFLE.hi guys..christmas special - RAFFLE.2 years ago in Personal More Like This
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500 Points GiveawayEDIT: I'm SO sorry! I wasn't able to post the winners, because I was one week in Vienna with my school. So ...I'll post the winners now! C:500 Points Giveaway2 years ago in Personal More Like This
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Gosh, I became member of deviantART exactly 1 year ago, but actually I'm way longer here. Before that one year, I had another account here, but I started to hate my crappy pictures I uploaded there, so I moved to Suona-Chan. This account doesn't attract as much attention as my other one, but I don't care about that. I nearly have 100 watchers with nearly 4000 pageviews, thank you for that guys! I love you so much, thank you for commenting on my pictures and faving them! That means a lot to me. I don't know what I'd do without you.
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I've gained a lot of new watchers recently, but I haven't really done any give-aways any more since ... more than a year?
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I will be raffling off an icon like this:
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I will be giving 636 points away for this certain one. Because of the buy one, get one free membership deal they have going on right now, with these points you will be able to buy a 6 month membership for the price of a 3 month one.
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Free 12 month membership -WINNERSo since dA is having a buy on get one free. I thought I would give one out.Free 12 month membership -WINNER2 years ago in Deviant Events More Like This
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Fave this journal (now that there is so many I decided to forget this rule)
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There is a special dA offer that expires on 26th December. If you give one premium membership as a gift, dA gifts a premium membership of the same value to you.
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If you want a Chibi from me. Be sure to show me your Character when you order, cuz I just want to draw Chibis from Characters I like. Because Chibis are annoying.
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When this is infront of a kind of picture I wont draw this atm.
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Design Contest!CLOSED(win 150 points!!)Everyone did a great job! So if you lost you can keep it or sell it c:Design Contest!CLOSED(win 150 points!!)2 years ago in Personal More Like This
First winner.
She gets 150 points and a llama.
Second winner.
She gets 100 points and a llama.
Sup bros! I am holding a bigger design contest then all these tiny ones now sooo
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Well soo... I prefer
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I would like to open up commissions again to earn lots of points for another premium membership for myself. This time i'm not opening all commissions, but i am opening more options than just pixels. Pixel commissions will still be available, as will another type of commission. I will still have five slots open. Check my page for information on when some are open, please. And now for prices and what not.
Pixels - 40
Normal Transparent - 50
+20 for extra characters on all commissions
Will Draw-
Any creature with wings
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Animations (not on this account, at least)
Anything extremely offensive to me
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35 PT GIVEAWAY! <33Edit 2: Ending early.35 PT GIVEAWAY! <333 years ago in Personal More Like This
Edit: Forget making a journal, journal is optional :iconmingplz:
Because if more than 200 enter I'll raise the prize to 50.
I can't make up my mind on journal skins :iconlazycryplz:
In celebration of hitting 150 watchers which is more than my main account(why do you people watch me i'm not cool or anything)
and since I haven't had one before on this account, I'm having a 35 giveaway!
How to Enter:
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If you guys want to :iconbigwatchplz: me or :iconllama3dplz: me that's fine too
i really do love llamas just saying
1.) No double accounts
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Basically, I will use random.org with the number of favs
Whoever I pick wins!
Once again, winner get's 35 points!
Prize will go up if we get more than 200 favs!
Ends on 9/15~
Hope you guys like this idea! I always love hosting giveaways c:
6 months dA subscription giveaway and more prizesBefore Xmas I'll give a 6 months dA subscription + 3 months dA subscription + points.6 months dA subscription giveaway and more prizes1 year ago in Deviant Events More Like This
:iconlucasparolin: 6 months dA subscription + 10 points
:iconrafa-insane: 3 months dA subscription
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Follow these simple rules:
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3 Month Premium Membership Giveaway3 month membership giveaway3 Month Premium Membership Giveaway3 years ago in Personal More Like This
I just calculated that I have enough points to give myself a 3 month membership and someone else as well. So that means it's contest time.
I guess I'll just go with my normal contest, where you post funny things and I give first place a 3 month membership (or the equivalence in points).
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Favorite this journal so that more people have a chance of seeing this.
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GIVEAWAY WINNERSSo, because of the amazing :iconsplodergal: nonkimono we are able to hold this small giveaway!GIVEAWAY WINNERS3 years ago in Personal More Like This
So, first with the prizes:
1st place: 15 , one llama, 5 favs
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SO THE WINNERS are number 39, 25, and 55. Don't believe me?
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1st place is randomberri
2nd place is msLocky
Yay, and when they confirm I'll give them the points.
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2nd place: 10
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See, super short an straight to the point.
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Since dART is so kind to offer a double up on premium membership purchases this week (that I have already taken advantage of),
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Hello again, everyone! Last week, I posted **UPDATE #2** PLEASE READ - 100 Premiums Project. It turned out to be quite popular and really got us a bunch more donations!
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Western Electric Telephones
Western Electric, the equipment division of the Bell System, was the major manufacturer of telephones and telephone-related equipment in the United States for almost a century. Incorporated in 1872 by Elisha Gray and Enos M. Barton (who got their start together in 1869 in Cleveland), the Chicago-based company manufactured a wide range of electrical hardware, including telegraph equipment, bells, signal boxes, and fire alarms. In 1877, the firm shifted gears to produce telephone equipment for Western Union, but that alliance lasted only two years, halted by a patent-infringement lawsuit filed by the Bell Company. Western Electric tried to get back into the telephone business though the majority purchase of a Bell manufacturer called Gilliland Electric Co., but by 1882, the Bell Company itself had become the majority owner of Western Electric, which, in 1925, spun off all its non-telephone hardware products as Graybar, named in honor of Gray and Barton.
While Western Electric supplied Bell with a variety of wooden wall phones and candlestick styles from the end of the 19th to the beginning of the 20th centuries, its first major innovation was the model A1, introduced in 1925. The A1 had a round brass base, an aluminum-alloy cradle and plunger, and a handset made partly of Bakelite and featuring both an earpiece and voice transmitter. Although this type of handset technology had been around since the turn of the century and was particularly popular in Europe, the A1 was the first major U.S. cradle phone to incorporate it. In 1927, the company introduced an improved version of its cradle phone called the B1, which was produced in a 102 version (a sidetone handset, in which both the caller's voice and the recipient's voice was routed into the earpiece) and a 202 version (an anti-sidetone phone with more sophisticated circuitry).
In 1930, the company introduced its oval-base D1 model, which is usually referred to as the 202 since the anti-sidetone version of the phone was so common. The 202 was Western Electric's workhorse telephone throughout the 1930s, and many families relied on them through World War II due to limitations on new consumer products (manufacturers like Western Electric retooled to support the war effort). For those customers, Western Electric frequently swapped out the old E1 model handsets on their 202 phones for newer F1 handsets, which were designed by Henry Dreyfuss in 1936 for an entirely new telephone model, the 302.
Initially produced in heavy pot metal and painted black, the 302 was the first widely available telephone to feature a ringer and anti-sidetone hardware housed within the phone's central mechanism. In 1941, Western Electric switched from pot metal to a lighter thermoplastic body due to metal shortages caused by the war, and in 1942 production of 302 was suspended altogether. After the war, production of plastic phones in ivory, green, pink, red, and blue (the rarest color) resumed until 1954.
The 302 was updated by Henry Dreyfuss in 1949 to create the sleeker 500 model, which was the first phone to incorporate a coiled handset cord, a development possibly adapted from cords used in airplane cockpits. In another breakthrough, the 500 also allowed the user to control the volume of the ringer. As with the 302, the 500 was originally sold only in black but was eventually produced in a range of hues, from ivory to golden yellow to pink, with ads that read "Pick a phone from this garden of colors!" Due to parent company AT&T's near telephone monopoly, the 500 became the standard American telephone for the next 30 years, when more than 100 variations of its design were made. In 1951, Western Electric was forced to license the model's design to other companies, further extending the phone's ubiquity in American households.
Western Electric launched its line of Princess phones in 1959, which featured a smaller oval-shape, lighted dials, and a pastel-hued body designed to appeal to female customers. Its Trimline phone debuted in 1965, and imitated the popular Princess model with its slender body, lighted dial, and series of bright colors. However, the Trimline's dial was mounted on the center portion of the handset, a move that further simplified the act of making a call.
In 1984, Western Electric was divided into various components of AT&T. In 1995, the parent company dropped the Western Electric brand entirely.
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Are you thinking of one plant on either side of the steps?
Full sun, part sun, shade? How hot does it get in that spot in summer? Cooking hot?
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Only for the Goldeneye/Perfect Dark nostalgia.
Split-Screen multiplayer used to be the shiz back in the late 90's, but now it seems to have taken the backseat to online multiplayer. Do you care about Split-screen multiplayer?
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generally no. not at all.
occasionally i'll play split screen with my brother, but thats so rare that its not really a selling point for me
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I love it. Its far more fun to have friends on a couch beside you than through a mic.
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Couch multiplayer has really made the last three or four games that I've played much better. Trials Evolution and Left 4 Dead are particular favorites of mine.
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Nope. I never really need it.
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Yes. It's not make or brake for me but despite what Jeff says, some of us still like playin split screen on a couch with buddies.
I definitely prefer split-screen multiplayer but I don't play much multiplayer anyway for it to affect me. Still, I don't think it is acceptable to not include it with a game. Requiring siblings have to own multiple gaming machines (usually the same console if they play on consoles as they most of the time Sony and Microsoft refuse to have cross-plaform play) and multiple copies of the game to play together is kind of shitty.
YES! I won't avoid buying a game I want if it doesn't have splitscreen, but if if there is a game I am on the fence about, having splitscreen makes it much more likely I will buy it.
Yes! Me and my friends love playing split screen! I hate it how LOTS if RACING games have dropped this feature its ridiculous. Split Screen Borderlands has been one of my favorite moments this gen.
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Absolutely. My fiance and I play splitscreen and local co-op games all the time. Hell, we put in approximately four quadrillion hours in the first Borderlands.
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Yes! Me and my friends love playing split screen! I hate it how LOTS if RACING games have dropped this feature its ridiculous. Split Screen Borderlands has been one of my favorite moments this gen.
dude what! The menus in borderlands during splitscreen are so broken. I consider it unplayable. I'd say that Resident Evil 5 hands down has the best splitscreen of any game I"ve played this gen.
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Yes! I love gaming with a buddy near me, and split screen is one of the best ways to introduce someone new to gaming. You can make sure they survive while they learn the controls and make them feel badass until they are good enough to survive. Couch gaming could become a lost art, and it's certainly inferior to having a full screen to yourself, but it has some key strengths whose banishment would be a crying shame.
Though, admittedly, the best way to play multiplayer games is to have people in a room, with computers connected. It's a pain in the ass to set up but in the long haul your friends are near you and you have a screen! But online is so much easier to do, so that one is A-OK with me.
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No, i just play with people online most of the time. For the occasions when i have people over and we all want to game we just take turns, and anyone not playing comments on the person playing or bullshits with each-other. and most "party" games i own have all the players on the screen at once, which i find it adds to the craziness and fun of playing with others in the room.
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Yes! Me and my friends love playing split screen! I hate it how LOTS if RACING games have dropped this feature its ridiculous. Split Screen Borderlands has been one of my favorite moments this gen.
dude what! The menus in borderlands during splitscreen are so broken. I consider it unplayable. I'd say that Resident Evil 5 hands down has the best splitscreen of any game I"ve played this gen.
Yes RE5 was pretty good too. (that game is unplayable not split screen) For Borderlands the broken menus did make it annoying but that game is so good in multiplayer though!
Absolutely. I think it's ridiculous if a friend of mine comes over and wants to play a game, he or she has to go back to their house so we can awkwardly talk to each other through a shitty microphone. Jeff's scoffing at the notion of local multiplayer kinda peeves me a little, to be honest. Why play split-screen Halo when I could play Quake online? I don't know, because I like socializing, I guess?
Absolutely. Some of the best times I've had spent in games have been playing the Gears of War series in split-screen with my little brother. Plus I really don't enjoy talking over headsets... it's very similar to talking over phones, which I'm rather awkward at, like accidentally talking over the other person or not being able to quite understand what they're saying.
If the game has a good multiplayer that I want to play, then yes. If it's something I'm not interested in, then I don't care. To answer your question though, yes, it matters to me. I don't play a lot of online MP, but when I do, I'd love it if the ones I did play had splitscreen, and if it's on PS3, it needs to have it so you can have two profiles. I know it's not competitive MP, but it's a real shame Dead Space 3 won't feature splitscreen co-op.
I love me some split-screen and appreciate it when it's there.
It still seems somewhat stupid that I need to procure two copies of a game just to play with my bro, who's in the same household.
Kind of sucks having to pay for a game twice, not to mention the cost of Xbox Live to play with my brother who's RIGHT THERE when back in the day you'd buy the game and that was it.
That being said I suppose we've both grown accustomed to not having to share our screens, so it isn't all bad nowadays.
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I vastly prefer Co-op split screen to online Co-op. None of my friends share the same taste in games as me and when we do they always buy the 360 version of the game, so I never get to play with them online. But when an offline split screen/Co-op game shows up we sure as hell have some fun. I also feel disconnected from people when I play team based games online... like i'm talking to robots. Some of the most fun I've ever had playing games has been ripping though games side by side with a buddy. Been going through Borderlands with a friend who never beat it (technical difficulties) and we are having a blast! Looking forward to doing it again come Borderlands 2.
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I only really play multiplayer games with people that I know, and then usually only when they are in my house or I have brought a game to them. Therefore, yes.
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It's fun to sit next to a buddy and both be online using the same game/console.
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Personally, I have no use for it. But I still would like it to be supported because I know many gamers out there like it.
Since I have real life friends, yes, I do. I know a lot of people who don't care about it don't have any friends outside of the internet so I guess it doesn't matter much to them.
I, for one, think it's pretty dumb to have to lug around two game systems just to play with my buddies in one room.
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Yes. Ever since I moved out and started living together with my girlfriend it's how I spend most of my time playing video games. It's also great when having friends over. Fighting games fall into the same category, despite not being split-screen.
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I miss playing a game like goldeneye or Halo with a group buddys, everyone making jokes, name calling and a lot of laughter. eventually someone would get butthurt and start taking the game super seriously then it that's where the real fun starts. Online is cool but it can be at times very isolating its nice to be with friends in one place order up some pizza, drink a few beers and look at the your friends expression after you shot him in the face then tea bag them. Good times.
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Yeah, its the main way I play with my girlfriend and its nice to have as an option.
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Definitely, my wife and I will purchase games based upon the ability to play together, which was why we got into Halo and Gears of War in the first place, any why I have used several arcane practices to play Portal 2, Left 4 Dead, TF2, and Half-Life 2 with her on PC (fuck I love Valve)
Local multiplayer is still something I value in a game. Wanting to share an experience with a game that doesn't require your friend to spend sometimes $60 usually leads to the game purchase anyways. I understand why it can be removed but I'd like to see more games include it.
A big part of what made games interesting to me as a child was that couch coop experience and even though the world has become smaller with readily available internet and the ability to play with anyone all over the world i still enjoy the particular experience of being side by side with the person you are working with though for me the perfect scenario is really a local lan type situation, having your own screen would be the icing.
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Yeah, I suppose so. Mostly for achievement grinding, but sometimes I like to play with someone sitting next to me.
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Yeah. It doesn't factor in if I want the game or not. But sometimes its nice to just sit down and play something locally.
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Yeah sure. It's always nice to at least have the option of playing with your friends in person.
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Yes, I do. While I mostly play online, during the times my girlfriend wants to play, it's nice to have split-screen.
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Absolutely. When me and my brother lived at home there were so many games we couldn't play together unless we bought 2 copies. But to be honest it seems to be making a decent comeback. Still not as prominent as before but better than recent years


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Hoping for an offer on our stick built home after 1-1/2 yrs. on the market and drastic lowering of price and $8,000 tax credit in the deal. We are having open house this Sat. and Sunday. We have found a great DW to buy in an over 55 community, but DH, who has a real estate background, wants to have a title search done as to any liens, etc. on the DW. Also wonders about an inspection. The home is 8 years old. Current owner for 2 years who has taken very good care and many upgrades.
I have a legal background on real estate, and can't convince him that legally, buying a manufactured home is like buying a car. Any advice here? There's precious little online.
Wantto, why are you ready to give up hope? Would not the time just at the end of school year be the prime time for lookers to become buyers? Don't throw in the towel yet, this is a new kind of R/E market, and you have to reel 'em in slow like. Always keep your bait fresh.
Two lookers is better than none.
I see no problem getting a title search. I would want one. Especially if the DW is on it's own property. And as far as an inspection, why not? I would want one too. Because no matter what type of house it is, manufactured, modular, or stick built, you should have it inspected for trouble or potential trouble. Because after you close, EVERY house is like a used car. You own it.
Moccasinlanding - It's been nearly 2 years since we listed - 3 days before the crash. It's just so frustrating to prepare for showing then not even have any feedback other than its cute, clean. well maintained, and not even an offer. There was a real estate blitz last weekend to reel in those looking for the $8k credit and there were 3 very interested lookers. I'm not packing yet.
Christopherh -DH has calmed down. No title search on a DW in a park. In NY its the same as buying a car. Whhhooo, scary, but that's how it is. We will go for an inspection.


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December 12, 2008
'ˇSí se puede!' is rallying cry for housing activists
Diane Vacca
/ Chelsea Now
Attendees numbered near 1,000 at Tuesday's rally to end vacancy decontrol, which allows rent-controlled and rent-stabilized apartments to be deregulated when they are vacated and the rent reaches $2,000. 'ˇSí se puede!' is rallying cry for housing activists.Rallying to save rent-stabilized housing, an estimated at 1,000 tenants and their allies from dozens of organizations citywide packed the Ethical Culture Society on W. 64th St. Tuesday night, overflowing into the back, sides and balcony of the auditorium. They began the rally by singing to the lively sounds of the Rude Mechanical Orchestra marching band, chanting "ˇSí se puede!" ("Yes we can!") and calling for an end to vacancy decontrol, a mechanism that allows rent-controlled and rent-stabilized apartments to be deregulated when they are vacated and the rent reaches $2,000. The rally, part of the **Real Rent Reform Campaign, was organized by Housing Here and Now, a coalition of community and religious organizations, unions and affordable housing advocates. Many members of the housing advocacy groups the West Side Neighborhood Alliance and Housing Conservation Coordinators also made a show of force."We have to fight to revoke the vacancy decontrol law," said housing activist Ramona Santana a day after the rally. "Landlords are pushing tenants to abandon their apartments so that they can raise the rent." And the effect is felt not only by individual tenants, she said, as whole communities are losing their homes. "We need the vacancy control law taken off the books, said housing activist Pat Boone. "This is something that is devastating to everyone, no matter where you live. … This is devastating to us as a society as a whole."The statutory vacancy bonus, enacted in 1997, allows landlords of rent-stabilized apartments to increase the rent by a minimum of 20 percent every time an apartment turns over, even if it turns over more than once a year. Landlords contend the regulation helps correct some of the problems caused by rent control, like a decline in the taxable value of their rental properties and a corresponding rise in the tax burden on private homes.But many tenants complain that landlords harass tenants by cutting off services and failing to maintain or repair the premises to force them out. "There was no heat, they had broken ceilings, broken floors," said tenant activist Gladys Puglia. "If they had children, they couldn't live like that no more. So they just moved, by force." Many attempts to modify the law have been made to no avail in recent years, but both tenants and legislators hope that the new Democratic majority in the state Senate will succeed in passing reforms that will halt or at least delay the deregulation through vacancy decontrol. According to Housing Here and Now, New York City stands to lose 136,000 apartments to vacancy decontrol by 2015, in addition to the 50,000 lost since 1994."The repeal of vacancy decontrol is a top priority of mine," said State Sen. Tom Duane in a statement. "I will absolutely speak with the Senate leader, the chair of the Housing Committee once appointed, and the governor at the beginning of the new session to express my desire to see the legislation passed, because New York State cannot afford to lose any more rent-regulated apartments."Tenants in rent-regulated units have other representatives in Albany who understand their concern that the city's affordable housing supply is disappearing at an alarming rate. They were backed by State Sens. Duane, José Serrano and Andrea Stewart-Cousins, as well as Sens.-Elect Joseph Addabbo and Daniel Squadron. State Sens. Liz Krueger, Diane Savino, Eric Schneiderman, and Assemblymembers Richard Gottfried, Deborah Glick, Linda Rosenthal, Karim Camara, Hakeem Jeffires and José Peralta sent their representatives. All signed a pledge committing them to expedite rent reform legislation.Several City Council members, including West Side Councilmember Gale Brewer, showed their support by attending the rally. But for now the focus is on the state Legislature, because the Urstadt law transferred power over rent regulation and evictions away from the City Council to the Legislature in Albany in 1971. A bill to restore home rule to New York City is part of the rent reform agenda of the Real Rent Reform Campaign, which is also supporting legislation to protect Mitchell-Lama and Section 8 buildings by moving their apartments into rent stabilization when those programs expire. **Make the Road New York is an active participant of the Real Rent Reform Campaign, and a member of the Housing Here and Now coalition.
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