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Published on 17 August 2009 02:45 PM EDT
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Kristian Høgsberg has announced that the work he and Jesse Barnes, Jakob Bornecrantz, and Chris Wilson have been working on for the past few months is now ready for prime-time action. This work is the mode-setting page-flip ioctl for the kernel DRM. What this work basically leads to is tear-free updating of the screen with low-latency page-flipping.
Currently this code should work with both the Intel and ATI kernel mode-setting and is ready to enter the mainline Linux 2.6.32 kernel once the merge window opens. The mailing list message announcing this work along with the several hundred line DRM patch can be found on the
dri-devel list
Now that this work is out of the way, Kristian is planning to work on an Eagle+KMS back-end for Clutter, which will allow Clutter programs to run directly from a KMS frame-buffer. After that, a
compositor for the Clutter tool-kit is on his agenda. This work is discussed
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Only a 20 minute ferry ride from Cancun, Nautibeach Condos is located on the north side of Isla Mujeres on the most popular beach, Playa Norte.
Condo #5, #6, #9 and #17 are owned and managed by Katy and Dave Hochmayr, and are not part of the on-site rental pool. They are the most sought after condos at Nautibeach.
Condo #17 is a guaranteed second floor condo with a beautiful view. It has been completely renovated throughout making it unique to the complex for its comfort and fine decor. Beautiful tile flooring, Satellite TV, granite counter tops in the kitchen, 4 burner cook top, full size oven, imported Lane Venture furniture, and a hand tiled bathroom are just some of the upgrades in this spectacular condo. It is located on the second level and has a beautiful view of the gardens and a partial view of the pool and beach. Enjoy tranquil mornings and evenings from your private balcony overlooking the tropical gardens and pool.
Both bedrooms have king size beds. The second bedroom has small sink with a vanity.
Our condos are the only condos at Nautibeach that have satellite TV. Channels include Fox news, CNN news, sports and movie channels - all in English. Also, enjoy over 100 music channels!
Maid service is provided every 3-4 days. Extra maid service is available for an extra fee.
For availability on our other condos and properties, please visit our website
We also have the following properties available to rent: Condo #5 (property #303230), Condo #6 (property #303229) and Condo #9 (property #360942) at Nautibeach, which are all ground floor condos. Also, Casa de Katy (property #303231, located mid-island on Isla Mujeres) and Villa at Quinta Ixchel (property #406914 located in Sac Bajo on Isla Mujeres).
Condos #5, #6 and #17 are the only condos at Nautibeach with king size beds in both bedrooms and a vanity sink in the back bedroom.
Located on our property is the restaurant, Sunset Grill, which has one of the best spots on the island for watching the sunsets. Lounge chairs and umbrellas are provided both around the pool and on the beach for our guests.
Enjoy a lovely 5 minute walk downtown to experience its many shops, restaurants, bars and local music.
Keywords: Condominium, isla mujeres, mexico, caribbean, cancun
This condo is owned by father and daughter team, Dave and Katy Hochmayr. With over five years experience of living and working on the island, and being fluent in both Spanish and English, Katy will be able to answer all of your questions relating to your vacation at Nautibeach.
The Owner purchased this condo in 2001
I chose to purchase a vacation rental at Nautibeach because of the ease of travel to Isla Mujeres. There is a unique family and cultural ambiance on the island that creates a very comfortable and relaxing vacation.
The location of Nautibeach Condos to downtown and to the beach, and the on-site palapa restaurant and beach bar, are just a few of the many benefits you will enjoy while staying here.
This was a perfect vacation for our anniversary! The condo was a in a great location, pool, beach, restaurants all within walking distance. The condo was clean, cleaning service came once but you could have them come more if you need them to. Katy was very helpful with places to go, eat or just hang out. We will definitely be back!!!
This was the absolute perfect condo for my husband and I, while on a much-needed vacation in Isla. The unit was beautifully updated, well-appointed, and in a great location. We will plan to stay here - or at another unit owned by Katy - when we return.
This sweet and lovely condo had everything we needed. It had two comfortable beds, a well appointed kitchen, filtered water, nice bathroom with a great shower, a balcony, free wi-fi, and AIR CONDITIONING.
Katy could not have been more accommodating. While we were in Isla, we had a few questions, and Katy promptly replied and helped us with our needs.
The condo is just steps to the pool and ocean. The pool is pristine and the ocean is crystal blue with views of sailboats.
All in all, it was a great place to stay!!
My husband and I went there for our 25th anniversary trip and it was perfect !! Katy was so helpful and accommodating; my husband got sick before we left so we had to change our dates of travel and she was very easy to work with. Alberto in the office where u check in was very helpful with renting a golf cart, helping us get situated and suggesting places to go...
Candelario was very helpful also when he came back from his day off. The condo was very clean and comfortable. Beds very comfortable and nice balcony to relax on. We loved the pool and the beachside loungers.thnx so much Katy for a great vacation!
This was are first time staying at Nautibeach. The location is perfect and condo #17 is very nice. It was the perfect size for two couples. The staff are very accommodating. We plan on returning next year. Katy is great to deal with too. You can't go wrong with this condo.
My wife and I stayed in Unit 17 Jan 12-22, 2014. We found the property to be beautifully furnished, clean, and well maintained. As you can see by the photos, the unit and Nautibeach itself are beautiful. Katy and Dave are very friendly and helpful as well as the unit manager Candelario who assisted us with luggage arrangements and anything else we needed. The other staff at Nautibeach are very friendly and helpful too. We have been to Isla Mujeres many times and we always stay at Nautibeach so the staff are like old friends. We also noticed several new restaurants that we liked- Olivia (Mediterranean) and Due Torri (Italian). However, there are always the old favorites like Jax and Rolandi. We will be staying in this unit again.
You can swim with the Whale Sharks during summer months. There is a gym, basketball courts, a tennis court, and various spas on the island.
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Casa Bonannia M is a bright two-story apartment in the characteristic style of the Tuscan countryside. It sleeps four people. From Casa Bonannia M you will enjoy an enchanting view of the Chianti hills. Casa Bonannia M is 90 square meters (970 square feet). It features a shared swimming pool, a shared garden, a reserved outdoor area, air conditioning (please read description below to check in which rooms the units are installed) and winter heating.
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2mg of FT asked me several weeks ago to give you a sample letter on how I complain to an airline. Sorry it took so long to get it done, 2mg.
First off, I am not the best at this. Lucky from the One Mile At a Time blog gets far more CS vouchers than I do. But then again, he flies about three times as many miles as I do, so he has more chances for the airline to screw up. And remember, both he and I fly United Airlines and have top-tier status, so we know United's customer service system. Your airline may offer different compensations. IIRC Delta Airlines is extremely cheap with taking care of service issues, for example, and the few times I've had problems on American Airlines; they seem to award miles for customer service issues.
Lucky seems successful at getting sky kits or something else from the on-airplane attendants that he later submits to the airline. I have only seen these mysterious forms twice in all my flying. One time, there was a stack of them sitting unattended up by the front lav while the attendants were all waiting on passengers. I knew their value immediately but my sometimes-confused sense of "right and wrong" kept me from grabbing a handful.
Anyway, with United I always use the "Contact United" button on the website then go to the "Customer Relations" button and hit "complaint." The questions asked are: date and number of flight, ticket number, origination city, destination city, my name, address, and Elite level status. I can tell you from my past experience that elite status does effect the amount of compensation. I was on a diverted flight once where we all got to talking the next day about the compensation we received and 1Ks received the most, followed by Premier Exec then Premiers. And I didn't hear of a GM getting anything, although I can't swear by it. Status pays off when things go wrong — not only in compensation, but alo in service.
The key elements of my letter discuss:
1. What the problem was
2. How it negatively effected my experience on the flight
3. My loyalty to the airline
4. And that I'll give the airline an opportunity to make things right.
Here is an example:
Dear Customer Relations Department:
My flight from IAD to LAX on the 27th was somewhat of a disappointment. My overhead light was inoperable. The majority of the flight was at night with a full passenger load, and there was no place to move. I was counting on that flight time to finish my end-of-the-month report due the next morning. As it turned out, without that simple little thing — the overhead light — I had to spend two and one half hours at home late that evening finishing the report.
I fly United Airlines as my primary airline, and this type of thing is not common. I am very well taken care of by the management and staff of United. I know that you will make this simple and unfortunate situation right with me. The defective light was over seat 5A. Please fix the issue before another passenger is negatively effected.
I look forward to your rectifying this situation.
After this, how can they not take care of me? I was harmed by their maintenance issue, I told them I like them, and I agree to let them do the "next right thing."
Change the issue around:
"The mechanical delay made me miss my scheduled meeting and I must now go back to the city all over again at a later date with additional costs."
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Then tell them you like them and know they will take care of you, their loyal customer. Let them decide how to do so that if you don't like what they offer, you can go back and ask for more.
And most importantly, when things go right, write them and tell them so as well.
I hope this helps you all with your next legitimate customer service complaint.
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More like 29, flirty and thriving. *dances to Pat Benatar, makes out with Mark Ruffalo*
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This is a Public Topic geared towards first-time filmmakers. Professional members of The D-Word will come by and answer your questions about documentary filmmaking.
I would highly recommend you attend film school if you really want an in depth knowledge of the deep traditions you are working in and attempting to build upon and if you can afford it.
However, if you just want to get as much cash as quickly as possible, that may be necessary.
But consider the case of James Longley. He is thankful that he attended two years of film school in Russia, studying Soviet montage. And his films are truly masterful in their editing. Check out his mastery of Soviet montage in Iraq in Fragments. I daresay you haven't seen editing of that caliber frequently.
Longley has only made three films. However, all three have been nominated for Oscars, and deservedly so. I'm sure he would tell you that film school was not irrelevant in that score.
And ask yourself, if you have only made three films and been nominated for three Oscars, what are your career prospects?
So if you are interested in more than fast money, I would recommend you actively consider it.
Just my view. There's 100 years of film history by people more profound than myself that deserve more than cursory and casual attention.
I just don't see what's wrong with a detailed study of Vertov, Hitchcock, Bunuel, Kurosawa and Kubrick. Study, deep study and reflection, on their own terms, free of hypercommercialized and contaminating influences that command us to: "G go make money now".
The hypercommercialization of cinema (and culture generally) has its drawbacks. They should always be contemplated when making big decisions such as this.
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Thanks for your opinion Matt. Making big money is not why I want to go into film. I really do love it as an art and am disappointed with the mainstream industry. The catch-22 is that not being money-driven, I'm money-less so I've started studying and researching on my own in the meantime :)
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I'm working on my first documentary (and my first film since film school 25 years ago!). I'm having trouble determining some of the line items to prepare a budget. I have so many questions it's hard to know where to start! I'll try a few for now and any help would be greatly appreciated!
One of my main questions would be how to determine crew costs. I will be contracting out all production and I will need to travel overseas to two different locations. Should I submit my treatment to production companies to give me quotes on their costs to do the filming? (a friend did a documentary and his production company quoted him on all his overseas costs, but he didn't have to do a budget up front, he funded everything himself. I'm not in that position!)I'm not sure that I can accurately determine any type of shooting schedule because I have not done a site visit. I should probably do a site visit before, but I don't have funding yet. I feel like I'm in a catch-22 every way I turn! In order to pitch for funding, I need the budget, in order to determine the budget, I need money! I also don't know how to factor in licensing costs on footage or photos I may have to purchase. My subject is an Olympic athlete and I have already contacted the Olympic Television Archives Bureau, but they want to know what footage I would need and how it would be used before being able to give me an approximation on cost. Until I know who will be funding the project, I can't tell them how it will be used! (They want to know if it will be cable, international, etc...what I INTEND and what may actually become reality may be different!)
Also, what is a realistic salary for writer/producer/director? I will need to factor that in to the budget as well so I at least have a salary to work with.
One more item for now would be if anyone has a recommendation on budget software/film software, etc. I've read about many different programs and mixed reviews on whether or not they are needed. I thought maybe it would be helpful to use a software program so I wouldn't leave out any important line items! One program that caught my eye online is called Gorilla...any comments on that one?
Thanks in advance for any help. I hope to one day be able to apply for membership here!
Hello everyone. I am very close to finishing my film. I just had a small viewing, and general point of view was that I needed to shorten it and add some more p.o.v. of the women. (It is so hard to cut when you love the footage!!!) Anyway, I have begun to cut, and I found an area that I will add. I have a section that I want to add about what the women want to do with their lives when they get out of the business. One of the women keep saying how she wants to own a Dunkin Donuts. I know DnD never pays for product placement, and I am sure they wouldn't pay for it in my film, and I am not asking for that, I just am wondering if they could sue me for leaving them and their products in my film.
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tara, how do you know that Dunking Donuts never pays for product placement? did you ask them? (not that i don't believe you...) i actually have quite a few Dunkin Donuts references in my film (none of them at all negative) and was considering approaching them for a long time, but just never got around to it.
in terms of them suing you just because you keep a reference to them in the film, you shouldn't have to worry about that. Fair Use covers you completely as long as the mention or appearance of Dunkin Donuts occurred incidental to your filming (and not intentionally so). and unless one of the women in your film is using one of their products in a rather blatant, lascivious way, i can't imagine Dunkin Donuts caring.
I do know that they don't pay for product placement because I worked at a place once that tried asked, and they said they didn't. It is also on their website. And, the product appears in my film 2 times, one time she refers to her husband when she first met him walking in with a DnD ice coffee in his hand, and the second time she talks about how she is saving money trying to get enough to open up a DnD location.
If they sue you it could be invaluable publicity for your doc. The bigger problem might be getting E&O (Errors & Ommissions) insurance should you want a broadcast. But I think Chris is right, can't imagine it being a huge isssue. You should join up as a full D-Word member , Tara, and ask again in the Legal topic.
Hi everyone,
I have several treatments and not sure how to proceed.
My main concern is copyright as I want to develop the ideas further. This isn't documentary related but I hope some of you will come to bat with some opinions.
Can I copyright a treatment? Do I need to develop the ideas further into a script and submit it to the Canadian Copyright office at that point?
I want to share the treatments so I can promote their development. How do I protect myself?
I have so many other questions but I'll leave it at,
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The new house was relatively inexpensive. Demolition and removal of the old house, combined with construction of the new house cost $79,840, said Carl Dixon "Dick" Tummond III, assistant to the county coordinator. Ten contractors competed for bids in the first phase of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) project for the county, Tummond said, and this brought prices down.
Thomas Days was born in the front yard of his parents' home 71 years ago, he said. That house sat about 100 yards from where his new house exists today, and where he built the other house, he said. He moved back to the Raleigh area to build his own home almost five decades ago.
"Who would have thought I would be here today with this new house?" he said. "God knew all along. There is not a shadow of doubt in my mind, He knew. God is the cause of all this happening."
Tummond said everyone involved with the program has been very appreciative of the help with his or her housing needs.
The Days' home is one of 16 houses in the unincorporated part of Levy County. This is a $1 million CDBG project for housing, Tummond said. The county has enough money to aid 16 applicants now, Tummond said.
Days is pleased with the outcome of his application.
"We were twelfth on the list," Days said, "but this was the first house to be finished."
Days said all this home needs now is to have Central Florida Electric Cooperative turn on the electricity. He hoped it would be connected by Nov. 10, so the family could move in during the weekend. Two of the Days' grandchildren live with them. Grandchildren Brandon Preston, 15, and Shawann Dallas, 8, will make this new house their home too.
Days is a retired machinist who worked for Maddox Foundry in Archer for 23 years. Delories Days said she has been a homemaker all her life. The couple has 12 children, 37 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren, she said.
The Florida Department of Community Affairs awarded Levy County $750,000 for this CDBG, Tummond said. Added to that was $315,000 from hurricane recovery funds. Money for this CDBG comes from the federal government, Tummond said, which gives it to the states for distribution.
In the first round of work, there were six houses demolished and replaced, and three other houses were rehabilitated. In the next phase of the project, Tummond said, there will be six "rebuilds" and one "rehab."
This CDBG is similar to the State Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) Program. In SHIP, the loan is deferred for 10 years. If the applicant owns and occupies the house for 10 years as their principle residence, the loan is forgiven.
Days first applied for rehabilitation of the old house he built through the SHIP program, Tummond said. The house needed too much work for rehabilitation to be a viable option, he said.
Days built his old house using a handsaw and a "broke off level," he said. The family lived there for 46 years before it needed to be replaced.
These CDBG projects are spread throughout the county, Tummond said, with at least one in each county commissioner's district.
Six of the 16 projects are in the Williston area, he said.
County Commissioner Danny Stevens visited the Days' couple at their completed home.
"It's a wonderful program," Stevens said. "It's a real blessing."
Elected officials are supposed to help people who qualify for assistance, Stevens added.
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The AUD channel is 720p, which might be why you got ≈ 2:1
I just checked and it also didn't have commercials so it was only 43 mins, so not great speed that I thought I was getting
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Posted 23 January 2013 - 11:02 AM
The AUD channel is 720p, which might be why you got ≈ 2:1
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Posted 23 January 2013 - 12:22 PM
My last few downloads there was a box that asked if I wanted hi quality or low. any one ran into this. tired both and look about the same. The hi took all night and the low was very fast? ran speed test and TWC is good.
Posted 23 January 2013 - 12:43 PM
Not off of the receiver that I know of.
You can setup a couple of recordings and see when each starts, then look at how long each is. What gets harder is finding out the recording's bit-rate.
Some routers can monitor their ports and you can stream a program with DirecTV2PC to a computer and get an idea of the bit-rate.
Posted 23 January 2013 - 01:09 PM
...One thing more about Speedtest, if you go from server to server you'll see each one has a different download speed. Since I have Cablevison's modem, I use the server in NYC that says "Optimum" on it.
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Posted 23 January 2013 - 01:37 PM
Of course that is going to give you your maximum attainable rate, since that is testing solely within Cablevision's network.
To get a more realistic idea of what a download from DirecTV's servers would run at, you could try a server at a greater distance - like Texas, or California. That will involve crossing a number of backbone routers and so include the effects of some router congestion.
Different routes will also yield different results. As an example, I just ran a test to Secaucus NJ and get 82Mbps down. Then I ran a test to Los Angeles and got 18Mbps, but a test to San Jose yielded 75Mbps.
Posted 23 January 2013 - 03:23 PM
I know. It's kinda mind-boggling. All CV cares about is the speed from their Optimum server in NY. What happens after that is kinda up to you to figure out. When I pointed this out to a CV manager, who actually came to my house, he just said as long as we supply the modem with what we advertise, that's as far as we go.
Posted 24 January 2013 - 10:02 AM
Are you saying that CV should be concerned about the speed of the internet itself? All they can control at all is the speed TO the internet from your installation. What happens with network switching after that to skip around the world is not under their control.
Posted 24 January 2013 - 11:15 AM
Tony, you don't know what I went thru with CV last year. My download speed was 2mbs most of the time (that's for ~ $79 a month). That's why the manager came to my house. He didn't want to and was told by CV to get out to my home and fix it. The main problem was with CVs antiquated delivery system. They found all kinds of problems and fixed them. What I've written about was incidental to that.
Posted 24 January 2013 - 11:20 AM
Is it just me, with Mediacom internet or is it not an ISP issue and similar across the board? I find that DirecTV serves up on demand very slowly. I usually try to let movies load up to 30% before watching but can still wind up running out of buffer. My download speeds are usually around 20mbps. At least that is what I pay for.
Posted 24 January 2013 - 11:30 AM
Sounds pretty bad. Sorry to hear it. I was just not understanding what you were saying. If they are not delivering good thru put consistently, then the problem is theirs as they should deliver good speed from their connection to the backbone to your house.
Posted 24 January 2013 - 11:32 AM
I have the same speed, verified with Speedtest and I have the same issue reported above. I find I have to let the entire VOD download or I run into the buffering issue. My setup is wireless. I have let movies load to 50% and still run into buffering issues.
Posted 24 January 2013 - 12:22 PM
Posted 24 January 2013 - 12:28 PM
I can't speak for other ISPs, but I do have a lot of experience with those I've had.
Cable has a weakness of sharing bandwidth from the node, where copper changes to fiber.
DSL, or U-verse, has a weakness over distance to their node/VRAD, where it changes to fiber.
Cable can be great went it's managed well, and horrible when it's not.
Case in point:
A "mom & pop" local cable company finally added internet service where I used to live. This was the first broadband to come into the area.
I signed up the first week for their 1 Mb/s service. WooHoo!!!!
Over time, they were bought out and the new company upgraded the service to 3 Mb/s. Around this time DirecTV VOD came out.
The cable was sold again to another company. This was still the only broadband service for the area, so the customers had grown and the service was problematic to say the least.
There were times my speedtest showed I was just above dial-up speed for the 3 Mb/s service.
For about a year or so, I tried to work with them to resolve this. The techs were the same from the old company and were some good guys. I could show them the speedtest results, and how it varied over time of day.
This first thing their manager did was to tweak their end so speedtest always returned a good report. This didn't change the VOD download times, but merely masked the problem.
What was strange was I could download large service packs from Microsoft at full speed, but not VOD.
The real problem was they'd oversold the service for the node, as there were over 500 customers on it. They knew they needed to add another node and split the customers, but this took them another 2 years to run the fiber needed, and DSL came into the area a year before, so I dumped cable and went with DSL.
The point of this is, speedtest and the other tests can be fooled by your ISP. They can even control what you get from what server.
Whether yours is doing this or not, I don't know, but since I changed ISPs, I've no longer run into VOD problems, and the DirecTV servers seem to stream in the range of 7-9 Mb/s.
Posted 24 January 2013 - 12:35 PM
I guess I should have also added that:
I gotta say I'm satisfied now. My VOD loads fast and the audio and video are synced properly. I watch more VOD and NF content than anything else. My wife and I watch strictly D* content, but I've showed her VOD and NF streaming and she's started to use them. And likes them.
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I have a 30mb down and 5mb up internet connection and generally the On Demand download speed is pathetically slow. Certainly not 1:1, but a lot slower than it should be. This is no big deal for us since we tend to download On Demand programs and watch them later. (and there are no wireless connections in the process)
Posted 24 January 2013 - 10:22 PM
It's hard to make sense out of much of this thread because of improper terminology. I'm not attacking you but just using your post as an example. I don't know what mb stands for. In the context we are talking about it should either be MB or Mb. MB is megabytes. Mb is megabits. One MB equals eight Mbs. Hell of a difference when your waiting for a movie to download.
Posted 25 January 2013 - 08:42 AM
My router is only a year old. Linksys ea4500.
Posted 25 January 2013 - 09:27 AM
It's hard to make sense out of much of this thread because of improper terminology. I'm not attacking you but just using your post as an example. I don't know what mb stands for. In the context we are talking about it should either be MB or Mb. MB is megabytes. Mb is megabits. One MB equals eight Mbs. Hell of a difference when your waiting for a movie to download.
Posted 25 January 2013 - 12:04 PM
As long as everyone understands, what difference does it make? I've seen mbs and Mbs written by manufacturers and when we're talking about downloading speeds, everyone should know what we're talking about. I see someone write "esata" and I know that's not correct, but I know what it means. In other words, most texts are context driven. I'm certainly not gonna (oops, not a word) try to correct every "esata" I see as long as I can understand the meaning from the context of the post. Look at your own post. You've used "your" and that's just wrong in the context of that sentence. Think 20 of us are gonna jump on that? Of course not. We know what you mean. As you wrote, "I'm not attacking you", just trying to let you know if you expect to see every word or acronym or abbreviation written exactly as it should be, you're just gonna be constantly frustrated.
Posted 25 January 2013 - 01:26 PM
Just like during an internet outage in my area late last night (TWC R.R. 12/1 service) I was checking my cable modem (SA DPC2100 Rev. 2) numbers via its 192.168.100.1 web utility.
And it list the receive and transmit power levels in "dbmV," the receive S/N ratio is also in "dbmV." And while the upstream rate is listed as "Symbol Rate" with the correct units of "Ksym/s," the downstream rate from the CMTS is labeled as "Bit Rate," but list the symbol rate for it instead, spelled all the way out with 7 figures in units of "Hz."
So yes, you have to pay close attention to the context as even manufacturers play quite loose with terminology many times.
Posted 25 January 2013 - 04:30 PM
A thoroughly frustrated poster doesn't come here for grammar lessons, he comes here for help. Correcting his posts just drives him up the wall a little higher.
Posted 26 January 2013 - 11:03 AM
But I didn't do that did I. You seem to be having trouble with the definition of grammar. Who cares though. Terminology, grammar, its all the same. Just use whatever word you want. We can use a magic eight ball to figure out what you mean. Who cares.


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Glamour magazine has named the fifty women highly placed as Top Best Dressed Women of 2013. Robert Pattinson's gf, Kristen Stewart, has stolen the crown as the 2013 Best Dressed Woman from a recognized group of celebrity fashion icons including Emma Watson and the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton. Read on to check out the top ten women recognized for their elegance as they present themselves in different fashion designs.
It was a stiff competition and Kristen Stewart proved that she could kill it with elegant designs as she does in informal, more sporty look like she had donned going out and about in the streets of LA with Rob and her friends.
Respondents of the recently conducted Glamour magazine poll favored the actress for her "personal rock-chick style," one that only a Kristen Stewart can pull off in many public appearances.
Glamour: "And she does it again. Go-to gown? Not this girl. Red-carpet dressing means everything from leather trews to shorts and all-in-one lace jumpsuits for the ever-cool K-Stew. Whether in Zuhair Murad or Balenciaga, every looks comes complete with a nod to her personal rock-chick style. What a year!"
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Coming second to Kristen is Emma Watson, a favorite for her ""popping age-appropriate event wardrobe." The 23-year-old former Harry Potter actress, who had earlier this year, defended Kristen over her Summer fling, held on to her post. She was also the second best dressed woman last year.
Glamour: "The cute grown-out crop, the popping age-appropriate event wardrobe, and some seriously must-have staples (great bag, leather jacket), mean you really heart her closet."
Rounding up to three is the Duchess of Cambridge, the gorgeous, soon-to-be mom, Kate Middleton is still highly regarded for her fashion style despite the growing, adorable, baby bump. Glamour praises Ms. Middleton for "sticking to what she knows as best design and what will work for her."
Glamour also said: 'She may not like to mix it up like other ladies on our list, but Kate is a girl who knows what works for her – opting to experiment with bold colour rather than elaborate cuts, shapes, fabric and styles. She gets extra props for taking maternity chic in her nude-pump-adorned stride."
Emma Stone comes fourth on the list of the top ten best dressed women by Glamour this year. Already owning a title as Vogue's Best Dressed Woman, landing on top five on Glamour this year was not much of a surprise.
Glamour: "If there was one celebrity we could swap wardrobes with in a heartbeat, it would be GLAMOUR cover girl, Emma. Fashion-forward without ever letting the designs wear her, you don't get to be named Vogue's best dressed woman without having the style chops to back it up."
The fifth of the 2013 top ten best dressed women of Glamour is singer, Taylor Swift. She can dress as well as she can sing. Taylor is one chic-singer that always wow her audience in her every performance.
Glamour: "In the past 12 months, Taylor has seen her global chart success and her sense of style blossom at the same accelerated rate. Whether in a cute tea dress, a show-stopping red-carpet number or just something she threw on to grab coffee, she always looks adorably put together."
Completing Glamour's Top Ten Best Dressed Women 2013 are: Victoria Beckham (6), Cheryl Cole (7), Blake Lively (8), Katy Perry (9), and Beyonce (10). Though not landing on the top ten, other celebrities who made it at this year's Best Dressed Women by Glamour Magazine are Angeline Jolie, Jennifer Aniston and Jennifer Lawrence. Singer Rita Ora is the 50th Best Dressed Women of Glamour in 2013.
The complete list of best dressed women by Glamour magazine is featured in the June issue of the magazine, set to hit the market on May 6, 2013. Check out the 50 Best Dressed Women by Glamour – U.K. here.
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