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13th March 2013 09:37 AM | |
Jean-Marc |
JW, Since both the UltraSonic and Phantom Race are nice board when planing, I guess the remaining deciding factor is how much fun are you going to spend when you go riding in non-planing conditions. Is it possible to schlogg with US147 ? Yes. Is it fun ? No. Is it possible to shlogg with PR380 ? Yes. Is it fun ? Yes, yes, yes (sorry, never tested PR377 yet). In sum, are you interested to ride in non-planing conditions or not at all ? Cheers ! JM |
3rd March 2013 10:43 AM | |
Unregistered |
one of each - was meant jw |
3rd March 2013 10:42 AM | |
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merci Remi c'est appreci� it is as i thought - all great boards guess i should get on of each :-) this summer i will make my decision whether i prefer race longboard over free formula thanx again |
3rd March 2013 02:09 AM | |
Remi |
Hi Jw, Phantom Race 377 and UltraSonic 147 are very different machine but both plane very early, the main difference fo planning on this 2 boards is that the PR are more easy for passive palnning, almost don't need to pump to get on the plane. Then board are very different, for reaching the US will be way faster but deep down wind it will be very hard to beat the PR. Then for up wind light winds the PR is a killer machine, the US need more wind but still better than any other iSonic but less than Formula. I think with this you can make your own choice. The Phantom 295, just a bit later than the PR 377 and is perfect board and very competitive in the Race-Board Class youth under 75 kgs, but can go up wind with out dagger board when you have 15 knots or more compare to PR 377. Even at 92 kgs for planning condition you get a lot fun and don't feel the board is to small, I feel it only in non planning condition. All the best |
23rd February 2013 10:07 PM | |
jw xxx |
since i went from a fun/race longboard to something similiar to the SB US, let me ask Remi what i consider a tough question would Remi prefer a Phantom over the SB US ?? for early planing, versatility , etc ?? and for a heavyweight Phantom 295 okay ?? used one in the area jw |
23rd February 2013 09:11 AM | |
marcofailla |
Remi: formula-US heavy weight, lightwind, passive pumping ciao Remi, my question for you is regarding passive pumping and ultrasonic I very happily sail a formula 162 and futura 144 and futura 122 with race sails from 12 to 7.2m2 I have a fractured elbow (left) but I can windsurf quite as well as before trauma althought I can't progress my skills very much I think; my weight? 100 kgs :-( I don't mind free formula sailing, indeed I enjoy it very much, in truth futura 144 range overlaps with 122 because I use them only when waterstart is possible 100% of the times and thus I can plane with whichever assuming sufficient sail and fin size I would like to buy US 147 to substitute formula and futura 144 thus simplifying my quiver is the ultrasonic the right board for me? will it complete with futura 122 the range from 12 to 7m2 (10-12 knots to 25-30 knots for my level)? can you describe the ultrasonic flat and kick compared to futura144 and fomula162? (144 longer flat with tail kick, 162 shorter flat no kick?) I think I can comprehend the feeling on plane with this comparing with two boards I know well, I don't mind rails as my jibing level is piggy, I don't mind nose length and scoop because my level it is not so piggy ;-) cheers marco |
23rd February 2013 07:14 AM | |
BelSkorpio |
Yes, that's true what Roger says. There's little volume in the nose of the US147. All the volume is in in the back. So it is not difficult to push the nose under while tacking, unless you do it like Roger describes. |
22nd February 2013 09:34 PM | |
Roger |
unreg, It entirely depends on "how you tack". If you tack by stepping up to the mast foot or forward and around the mast foot, you will have problems/ If you tack by staying back behind the mast foot and stepping over the mast...leaned way back until the foot of the sail rests near the old downwind footstrap, tacking the US 147 works nicely. Roger |
22nd February 2013 08:50 PM | |
Unregistered |
ok... one more question - is the board short in terms of tacks ? thanx jw |
22nd February 2013 09:49 AM | |
BelSkorpio |
Indeed, no one really likes to pump. I also stopped with it when I got my US147. Getting too old for it I used to pump quite a lot with my former Formula 161. The US147 really does not need it. It's the earliest planing board I've ever been on. In the very marginal conditions, you can use a bigger fin than the standard 58. I use a Deb R12 64 with my 10.9 sail. The US147 has only 1 aspect in which it cannot beat a Formula, i.e. pointing, |
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Equality of outcome is a dangerous idea, as many socialist countries have found out. I hope this will not go beyond the potty.
Maybe they should measure the output...
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Equality of outcome is a dangerous idea, as many socialist countries have found out. I hope this will not go beyond the potty.
Maybe they should measure the output...
I've travelled to various parts of China, and found that by and large the sanitary conditions are comparable to other places of similar per-capita wealth. Facilities and upkeep cost money.
Nothing that I've seen suggests the Chinese culture is inherently dirty, although I do think that squat toilets are a safety issue--particularly for those who are elderly or unfit (two growing segments of Chinese population). A stool with a hole would not cost much. The West had gone to sit-down crappers long before the arrival of indoor plumbing, so this Chinese idiosyncracy is a puzzler.
hmmm so much for pairity....
i still dont get this part....
if womens toilets are given more space.. and more seats.. what is to
stop them from using the facilities even more....?
how does it ensure that time spent.. is going to be equal.. amongst the sexes
To think about it one might consult an anatomist: Gray, Henry. 1918. Anatomy of the Human Body. Page 1231
The female bladder is said by some to be more capacious than that of the male, but probably the opposite is the case. - Gray's Anatomy Online at bartleby.com
We should start the same adjustments perhaps in our architecture. After all Marcel Duchamp thought the urinal a "work of art".
Oh, a huge export opportunity for Japan :P
If they can somehow get Chinese culture on the topic to change in their direction, they are certainly well placed to respond to the new demand for better loos. But can they successfully export the Japanese attitude towards the subject? Seems far less certain.
I remember how Japanese public loos were like back in 1970s, so I am optimistic that with affluence comes the necessary change in attitude...
Women already take up 2/3 of the closet space, 2/3 of the bathroom countertop, 2/3 of the household spending budget, 2/3 of the bed... so why not?
And so? At least the money goes to raising the kids. All men do is spend money on drink and prostitutes
and men have 90% of the garage.
Whoa! Sorry, was just in jest miss. No offence.
Hey there, not all men are pigs like that! I only spend part of my family's money on prostitutes :p. (j/k, in case you couldn't tell)
What's wrong with owning the garage? The least a man deserves is a majority stake in the one room in the house that is unfinished, no a/c, a giant door that does not seal properly, and is far from the rest of the family. Seems hardly fair, especially since my garage does not have a toilet.
But on a more serious note, the last thing we need is a piece of One-Size-Fits-All legislation that ends up making all sorts of trouble. Twenty years from now, when men will outnumber women in China 3-1 or more, laws requiring significantly larger space for womens' rooms may seem silly. Obviously the long lines are not good and something needs to be done, but balance and good old pragmatism need to be kept in mind when creating these new regulations.
Well, when the population ratios switch over, just swap around the signs.
Or drop the plug/socket designation completely.
Space probably isn't the best design criteria. Processing through put might be better.
Haha. No worries, my own barb was made in equal jest. I'm just pleading the case from the other perspective.
"space probably isn't the best design criteria. Processing through put might be better.". Teacup, you must be an engineer :D. Your ideas make great logical sense.
guilty as charged.
The young lady who has been organising the "loo protests" has now been banned from leaving Beijing for the duration of the Party Congress.
CCP is afraid of a toilet activist!!
Dear me! really?
I am looking forward to seeing something Chinese government do right now!
Do gov't-imposed ratios in other countries allow of exceptions? A football stadium, for instance, should not have the same ♀/♂ ratio as a clothing shop.
It might also help if the Chinese made more effort to have CLEAN public lavatories. They seem well behind other countries in this respect...and as tourists, we were not impressed.
Amen brother. I spend a lot of time in China, so much so that while in any other country, upon smelling something bad, I remark that "it smells like China". Their bathrooms have this unique putrid smell, perhaps they don't use S pipes? Of course, all of China smells and the cities are very dirty. I think it may have something to do with the Confucian idea that "it isn't my property so it isn't my problem", thus all the pollution and trash and smelly bathrooms.
I don't know that smelly bathrooms have anything to do with any Confucian idea! I don't know that Confucius said anything like "isn't my property so isn't my problem". Knowing him as I do, I am certain he didn't.
The public bathrooms in China smell. Your description is not an exaggeration. Their horrible condition is indefensible . The governement needs to do something about this. I don't know exactly what can be done for overnight improvement. I have some ideas, but all of them will violate someone's human right, and Western reporters will descend in hordes to report the violations (Headline: Freedom to pee and poo is in jeapardy)- Just kidding!:)
An aggressive education campaign on public hygience and toilet habit is in order. Perhaps some university students (this time guy and gal both) will start another Occupy movement. - Not kidding! :(
I invite a reader from China to comment on this. That would be very nice.
A not-unusual design I have seen is a long concrete trough with 1m high walls to separate the dozen or so users. At the end of the trough is a tap which may be turned on from time to time when needed. Not quite Western standard.
I say with confidence that, back in the 80s, the Cesspit of the World (TM) was the South Of The Border 'amusement' park's toilets in South Carolina on Interstate 95.
Its "restaurant's" serving The Worst Food I've Ever Seen ((TM) ... I bought it but didn't eat it) is just coincidence.
some say that a culture is best shown by its toilet. But it has nothing to do with Confucious and I've never seen or heard that idea. Where did you get that thought?
Hardly, as countries highest in Confucian attainment, such as South Korea, are far more sanitary.
The problem with the concept of allocation-by-need is that it creates an arbitrary and disproportionate allocation of public resources. Such policies are an implicit favoritism of one group over another. Merely because a group *needs* more does not mean that it is fair to *give* them more, especially in this case where the 'need' is really one of inconvenience.
Systemic bias arises in a society exactly because these sorts of arbitrary decisions are made at a *micro-level* whereas the collective impact of such decisions is at a *macro-level*. That means that to property address the issue of systemic bias you need to anchor the micro decisions with macro constraints, that is, you need to be *principled* in your decision-making.
Clearly, many people see such disproportionate allocation of resource as *exactly* the correct answer, that is, they *want* an imbalance and, in fact, *demand* an imbalance. This is because they want an equality of *outcome* rather than an equality of *opportunity*. As soon as you do this, though, justice becomes unhinged from individual behavior because different people doing the same activity will have different social consequences. What the 'correct' behavior in any situation is, then, becomes unknown; certainly unclear, so there is no internal feed-back loop that reinforces specific behavior. As such, the social morality degenerates and the focus becomes currying favor with the administrators who make such decisions rather than making decisions based on an internal conscience. You end up with a hierarchical society that allocates resources based on the whim of the upper echelons. This is a hierophantic society rather than a democratic one.
Equality of opportunity, on the other hand, creates a direct connection between act and consequence. It *reinforces* positive behavior and it does so without the intervening administrative body that attenuates or amplifies the outcome. The feedback loop is clear and so the social morality is continually being reinforced. People intrinsically know what the correct behavior is without having to defer to an 'authority.' People then see their fellows as equally responsible and thus as equals, and that perspective is the foundation of democracy.
In sum, when you adopt the principle of equality of outcome you implicitly accept the hierophantic society that it depends upon. The principle of equality of opportunity, on the other hand, promotes democracy because that depends upon individuals having an internalized morality that is independent of a vetting authority.
More washrooms for women may seem a far stretch from choosing a hierophantic society, but the principles people choose on a daily basis in their everyday activities ultimately mold their society. When you choose the road you choose where it leads, and even if you do so in ignorance you'll end up in the same place.
Just what we need, a pedantic and obfuscatory drivel of a response to address a very simple problem. Fear not, Chinese society, or any other for that matter, will NOT collapse when women are getting a common-sense solution to an actual problem by the installation of more toilets for them. Next, I'd expect you to argue that the male/female ratio in China caused by selective abortion should be taken into account to provide men with even more toilets. Puhleeze!
Yes, everything is independent; everything is isolated; everything is without consequence beyond the needs of the immediate. You must be in government.
My wife wears a dress with nothing underneath. She is faster in the toilet than me (she stands to avoid contact). If more women took this approach there would be significant benefits for all...
Women don't even "need" more. They simply choose to spend more time in the restroom - that's their own choice and they have no one to blame but themselves. When women feel the need to MOVE their butt, they're just as fast as men. The problem being that most women want to take their time and goof off with checking their hair for five minutes, applying making multiple times, etc - multiply this by several women and it clogs things up quickly. Doubling or tripling the size of women's restrooms won't change this. They'll simply say "Oh, I can afford to spend more time doing XYZ since the wait isn't as long" and the actual time won't change much (if at all). It's similar to the studies showing that people who drink diet pop (and thus don't consume calories from it) decide to eat more / higher calorie food than they otherwise would because "they're not drinking the calories".
lithy44 comments: "Next, I'd expect you to argue that the male/female ratio in China caused by selective abortion should be taken into account to provide men with even more toilets."
I believe Alice was trying to make the exact opposite argument. Followed logically, the 'it takes more time, so they need more of them' position would be the one that argues, 'there are more of them, so they need more.'
Alice suggests equality of opportunity. To suggest more male toilets because there are more males would be to argue for equality of outcome. Clearly this was not Alice's position but, that of the 'occupiers'.
A side note, women taking longer is largely a preference. A preference to take time in front of mirrors etc... A pee is still just a pee regardless of if you drop ur pants. The physical differences/advantages/limitations mean the difference of only seconds... Perhaps they should be encouraging women to get on with their business instead of trying to push the costs onto others...
"Since women tend to spend a bit longer in the washroom than men ..."
Analects misunderstands (as do some of the commenters) the rationale for allocating greater floor space for women's toilets. Men's toilet design incorporates urinals, which occupy far less space than toilet stalls, and therefore can serve many more users.
Additionally, having been in more than my share of public toilets in China, and having found them for the most part absolutely disgusting (I'm not Chinese, but I'm certain most Chinese readers will agree with me on this), I don't imagine the women's versions are places that encourage users to linger, touch up makeup, have a chat, etc.
Konker: squat toilets are for the most part preferable in China because the seats have not been stolen, broken or pissed or shat on.
Yes! Without a doubt, I agree with you. Most public toilets in China are absolutely disgusting. Some public toilet in US are not great, especially the ones where you find syringes and needles, but in terms of stench and filth they pale compared with some I have seen in China. Hence my earlier post re effective government enforcement to improve their condition, as a matter of hygience and public health. I was most keen on checking out the public toilets in the Olympics in 2008. I was completely surprised, very plesantly so. They were squeaky clean.
This is such a delightful post! And totally accurate, I believe, based both on reporting form Chinese language newspapers and personal experience visiting the toilets. Equally enjoyable reading are the comments .
Who would have thought toilet can be a near-universal subject (I don't say all-universal, in order to leave a 1% margin for Exceptionalism) suffused with good odor of the humor sort?
But then Confucius did say, in Analects no less: It is from the small and the fine the essence of what is human is divined. I think he said that. If he didn't, I just made it up. But all can google the source in either Traditional or Simplified characters, or James Legge's translation, easily available in all good bookstores.
Meantime, there ought to be some basic rules of hygiene governing public toilet facilities, enforced by law, for the good of all who know and are impacted by the small and fine. All in due time. Maybe another Occupy Movement led by another university student and the three-day fasted.
Perhaps ladies could consider not spending so long in the loo?
The make-up and hair look great, and no, your ass has not got bigger in the last 30mins.
Exactly. Women don't even "need" more. They simply choose to spend more time in the restroom - that's their own choice and they have no one to blame but themselves. When women feel the need to MOVE their butt, they're just as fast as men. The problem being that most women want to take their time and goof off with checking their hair for five minutes, applying making multiple times, etc - multiply this by several women and it clogs things up quickly.
Doubling or tripling the size of women's restrooms won't change this. They'll simply say "Oh, I can afford to spend more time doing XYZ since the wait isn't as long" and the actual time won't change much (if at all). It's similar to the studies showing that people who drink diet pop (and thus don't consume calories from it) decide to eat more / higher calorie food than they otherwise would because "they're not drinking the calories".
Seriously, you have the most deranged attitude. If the line is long, women don't linger. It's rude.
Solution: removing all mirrors. Even better: put in big, clunky 'security' cams where ladies wash their hands; no waiting around when they feel that someone's staring at them. The cams needn't even be turned on.
Other option: extra-absorbent, smell-fresh tampons.
If the situation was as you describe it, there would be a crowd in front of the mirrors but the stalls would be available. That's not the case however, the bottleneck starts right at the stalls, and I speak from experience which I believe is more considerable than yours regarding this topic ;) Having to always use the stall simply takes more time.
If there's some pointless behavior that contributes to the problem it's some women trying to avoid the toilet seats. Some of them put toilet paper all around the seat which takes time and leave it there which is disgusting...That irritates me royally, but it's probably a minority issue.
Ahhh the old days...
25 cent 3.2% beer at the Parties in the Park, Friday afternoons after work. Go to a nearby restaurant to take care of business and women would crash the men's room.
Same thing at the old Stadium during the World Series of Rock concerts, or the big name concerts like Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, etc.
Now they put more women's rest rooms in the arenas and stadiums, even though most of the time (sport games) there are not many women in attendance.
Few Mister Donut shops over here have more than one toilet. It is a bit too embarrassing to me if I have to use the toilet just after a teenage girl has just got out. So, I usually wait for another few minutes if a young girl has got out, only to find someone else get in and myself having to wait for another ten minutes or so, when my doughnut and coffee taste increasingly awful.
Sorry, but your personal hangups regarding which gender was previously in a room are your own psychological issue, not an issue of the restaurant.
Any news on what sort of toilets they will be? Ones with the bowl or the 'hole in the ground' variety that westerners with their unstretched achilles tendons find difficult to negotiate, especially the obese ones and especially after partaking in spicy local Sichuan cuisine say? I understand westerners have to plan their movements around those "deformed man" toilets. "Sit down, defacate" as the state instructs.
I've never had a problem with squat toilets. It's perfectly possible, even if you've lived in the West, to build the necessary muscles and stretch your tendons properly even as an adult. It's not different than any other stretching routine.
Don't really feel like stretching and taking a shit at the same time...
The story goes a woman from the West, untrained in the application of the stretching of the specific tendons and muscles required, had two friends go with her, each holding her by one arm at the elbow. I am sympathetic. The toilets at the 2008 Olympic were pristine, more clean than those in the lobby of a typical 4-star American hotel. I believe Confucius also said, among many other things: Where there is a will, there is a way. I didn't make it up in case anyone who doesn't read any Chinese or doesn't know there is such a thing as Analects (which every Chinese, if he/she is not illiterate, knows about. :) He said it not in so many words, but harder yet, in Classical, not Modern Chinese. Again, :)
Squatting is actually a better and more natural position for your body to poop.
Not sure what you mean by "more natural", but I'd rather sit comfortably on a Japanese heated super-toilet while reading The Economist on my iPad than squat.
- Currently pooping.
For the most part, Westeners lack -core- strength. You can't execute a deep squat without it. All that achilles tendon stuff comes from out of condition lower body because we sit all day in chairs, which along with soda, is the next worse thing to smoking.
Just think that you're an all star catcher.
At last, a male version of think of the Queen!
If you're dressed like Adam and Eve then maybe. But with modern clothes it becomes a logistical and physical endurance issue.
@Modern Troll
I am tempted to roll out some hyperbolic adjectives borrowed from the car industry to describe Japanese super-toilets, but somehow 'turbo-charged' or 'direct injection' doesn't sound right to describe our 'Washlet'...
No they don't go 320km/h or boast 18-inch guns either...
Well I never actually use the "direct injection" feature. Mostly I just appreciate the heating and the super-soft seats...
Does anybody have a "gents/ladies" separate loo at home?
Make lavatories unisex, build enough of them to serve all staff and/or customers, and potty-train the gents (those annoying drops...). The shrill shrieking whenever a necessity-driven poor soul enters forbidden territory is so silly.
"What the city's want"
That's true!
I've offen seen boys walking straightly into the toilet in KFC&MC,while girls keep on standing in a line waiting for their turns.
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That bunny is one good painter - managed to stay completely clean despite all the splatters on the ground.
For some reason it reminds me of Who Framed Roger Rabbit
So much meaning in this shirt...great work as usual Patrick :D
Attention Woot!: I will need a poster of this one. I'll be looking for it during the next paper-item blitz ;)
Gorgeous, simply gorgeous. This shows that we don't always need pop culture or humor here at woot. We also enjoy a touch bittersweet melencholy. Well done Patrickspens.
I am so glad this design won! I'm already in for one and I can't wait to get it. Patrick has done an amazing job not only with the art, but the emotion and message that is supposed to be conveyed and this is a very meaningful one to me that really hits close to home. Thank you patrick!!
I thought the design was heartbreaking...and then I read the write up. Wow. I need to go listen to Nyan cat or something.
Wow I never thought as a guy I would be buying a bunny shirt but the contrast and gritty nature of this is just awesome enough for me to wear.
It makes me feel like a little part of me that died inside came back to life. I like it.
+1 for the artist description.
Now there were only memories of the dirt beneath her feet and feeling of grass sliding pass her as she ran. But she remembered it and marked that memory onto every surface she could. Ah, I'm glad to see this one made it. One of my favorites in the last derby.
Efrafa: Watership Down.
Awww... *sniff* this is just too sad.
bluejester wrote:Gorgeous, simply gorgeous. This shows that we don't always need pop culture or humor here at woot. We also enjoy a touch bittersweet melencholy. Well done Patrickspens.
well said. I figured this design would be a winner. makes me want to paint as well figure out a mood in which I would actually wear it.
wow, pretty and also sad. reminds me of Madagascar the kids' movie and Big Yellow Taxi the song
I'm digging the Watership Down theme in the writeup. It's actually making me like the shirt more, even though it's basically unrelated.
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zekecatz wrote:Efrafa: Watership Down.
That was the first thing that popped into my head before I even saw the description :\ I saw a cartoon version of that when I was a kid and it had a lasting effect on me. I couldn't remember what it was called till just now though, and now I feel like I should try to find it again. Anyway, really nicely done shirt, but I don't think I can buy it. I'll get too depressed.
What a dark, dark shirt...
The identity of Banksy has been revealed...
I was sad before I read the write up, but, no, they had to go and twist the knife with Watership Down references! The things they made us read/watch as kids...
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Shout out to Narfcake! I just wanted to point out that I got firsts on the two most recent derby winners! Think I can get three in a row? I can't help myself and I can't keep my hands off of this one especially. I can't wait to see what next week has to offer!
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I love this design, but I'll admit that the message makes me sad. I love nature and miss it as well. I feel for the little bunny dude.
well if I was still wearing woot shirts, I would be all over this. well done.
Wow: it's rare for art to evoke a mood as successfully as this piece does. Melancholy and grief ooze from every pixel.
For those who want a taste of the Watership Down trailer click here CONTENT WARNING For people who want the short, summarized, nightmare fuel version Click here WARNING The actual story and film of Watership Down are pretty messed up.
I'm really contemplating buying this shirt because of the emotion. But I can't help to think that if you took the title away from the shirt, that the emotion sort of lessens or disappears. Because if I was to get the shirt, the title "Only Memories" won't be on it, so I don't think people will grasp how depressing it is and just see a bunny with a paintbrush that painted a forest mural on a wall. I'll have to think about this one.
Joined today to buy this shirt. Love It!
I love this shirt so much I bought 2 just in case something ever happens to one of them. Congrats on 1st place!
My 1st thought was of my favorite books "Watership Down". Love it- best WOOT! in weeks.
The artist's other shirts are also very, very dark. More descriptions as well... http://shirt.woot.com/friends.aspx?k=24470 ...and 'Where's the Cheese?'
Well, thanks a lot Bunny. Now I need a drink. And a tissue.
Reminds me of happy little trees.
I would've loved this in another color. :[
mcnaryxc wrote: I'll have to think about this one.
I don't think the title is necessary to get the idea. I've been rooting for this shirt since I first saw it, and to tell you the truth, I did't have any idea what the title was until you mentioned it, I think the state of the concrete jungle around him, so to speak, is enough to get the theme across.
oh wow. I remember that book. I had to read it in freshman year ahaha......I hated it xD
If I buy this, am I going to get depressed every time I wear it?
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* Other People's Publications It's been a long time since our last edition of "Down With OPP," so for those of us who've forgotten (me), it's a column where we take a look at books from other publishers that you can find at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery in Seattle! And, of course, what could inspire me to revive the column faster than a new title from the great Lynda Barry!!! I was beyond the moon to get to the store yesterday and see we had Blabber Blabber Blabber: Volume 1 of Everything (Drawn & Quarterly) in stock! It opens with this beautiful quote from Gahan Wilson's Nuts, I mean COME ON. And here's Lynda's take on a ZAP Comix cover, wowie! The book begins with Lynda talking about her introduction to comics, which I loved reading since she was one of MY introductions. I fell in love with her work from the back pages of the alt-weeklies, and, um... may have collaged some of them into my zines in the '90s. (Sorry, Lynda...) ANYWAY! The book then goes on to collect her very first Ernie Pook's Comeeks from the late '70s/early '80s, to a strip called Two Sisters that I had not even heard of before! It also includes some mail art and comics that Matt Groening sent her in the late '70s, including some collaborations with Gary Panter, eee! It ends with a reprint of Girls + Boys and Big Ideas, as seen in the 2010 Bumbershoot Counterculture Comix exhibit, curated by Fantagraphics' own Larry Reid! Larry and Lynda go way back in the Seattle underground comix scene, so swing by the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery and ask him all about the good 'ol days! Blabber Blabber Blabber: Volume One of Everything, and a coupla other Barry titles, are currently in stock at 1201 S. Vale Street in Seattle's Georgetown district. Open daily 11:30 to 8:00 PM, Sundays until 5:00 PM. Phone: (206) 658-0110. See you there!
No tricks! All treats! Tonight at McNally Jackson Books in SoHo! Join Mark Twain -- we mean, Michael Kupperman! -- for an evening of Halloween storytelling, with scare-larious stories from Mark Twain's Autobiography 1910-2010! It's part of "Real Characters," McNally Jackson's monthly storytelling series, featuring some of New York's funniest comedians and writers. Kupperman will also be joined by Elna Baker, mad scientist Nick Vatterott, George Gordon, Matt Mercier, and my second favorite next to Kupperman, Ted Travelstead. The stories start at 7 PM! McNally Jackson is located at 52 Prince Street in New York City. Costumes are encouraged, and there will be free booze and candy! Trick or treat, indeed!
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "Charles Schulz's lovable gang bring hilarity to the Reagan era in the latest volume of The Complete Peanuts 1981-82. Now up to Volume 16, the comic strip shows no signs of getting stale as the years go by and the antics continue.... As usual, the strip reproduction is flawless, each appearing in crisp black and white with 3 daily strips per page and full page Sundays. The handy index to quickly find a favorite character or subject returns as well.... So make sure your trick or treat bag is a big one and fill up on the fun, you'll enjoy every morsel. It's almost as if the 'Great Pumpkin' arrived after all!" – Rich Clabaugh, The Christian Science Monitor • Interview: Comic Book Resources' Alex Dueben talks with Steve Duin, Mike Rosen and Shannon Wheeler about Oil and Water, illustrated by some exclusive looks at Wheeler's sketchbooks from the trip that led to the book. Says Duin: "I approached this project as I usually approach my newspaper column: You have to personalize the tragedies, and celebrations, you're writing about. What's more, I was blown away by the characters we stumbled upon." • Plug: At O Grito's Jazz Metal, Paolo Floro says No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics "...is set to be the most important work of its kind ever published.... For those who enjoy history, investigating the gay world or simply love comics and the endless possibilities that it can generate, this book is a treasure." (Translated from Portuguese) • Profile: At Giant Robot, a quick introduction to Eleanor Davis based on her participation in the Robots art show at GR2 • Profile: Auburn University's The War Eagle Reader has a quick catch-up on the career of Noah Van Sciver since he did an illustration for them last year
Our weekly strips from Kupperman & Weissman, plus links to other strips from around the web: --- Up All Night by Michael Kupperman (view at original size): Barack Hussein Obama by Steven Weissman (view at original size): And elsewhere: The All-New Cartoon Boy Adventure Hour by John Kerschbaum at ACT-I-VATE: Amazing Facts... and Beyond! with Leon Beyond by Kevin Huizenga: Belligerent Piano by Tim Lane: Humblug by Arnold Roth (3 new strips this week): Les Petits Riens by Lewis Trondheim (scroll down at the link for a couple more updates): Truth Serum by Jon Adams:
We're off road and on safari and I'm disappointed by the scenery and lack of wildlife. Who knew safari would be a web-ready-low-res-jpg. Tim Root is at the helm of his beautiful van and very-sludgy-slow-dirge-metal spills from the speakers, punctuated by off-tempo-crunchy-fat-dub-beats. Eric Reynolds is sitting to my left and is giving me shit for not paying attention to Africa (both politically and aesthetically). I'm trying to draw comix despite the bumpy ride and "exotic" locale. Three dimensional shapes made of crosshatching rise from the panels I'm drawing. Sitting across from me is Kim Thompson, chortling. Kim's finding endless laffs and curiosity from my magical crosshatch comix. "Whatcha doing Jason? Haw! That's silly! Har Har! Are you cross-eyed from all that cross-hatching? Heh heh!" With every pot-hole my .001 Rapidograph slips resulting in a loud-sputtering-snort-guffaw from Kim. Rather pissed, I scold Kim, telling him he should expand his view of comix and that what I'm attempting is similar to what Lars Von Trier (one of Kim's favorite filmmakers) has done with Dogme 95 and his film-obstructions experiments. Without warning, Jim Woodring's visage oozes from the van's dome-light and declares "The content and flatulent ass eats horse-meat and white-corn from The Field of Ignorance and Tranquility." Kim overflows with laughter pointing at me and alleging, "I did that!" Why is Eric kicking out the back window of Tim's van? "We've got company!!" yells Eric. Eric, Olivier Schrauwen and myself are sitting with our legs dangling from the van's back window as a charging Audi approaches. The Audi is stuffed with spitting camels garbed in saris. The camels are keeping pace with us as they start cocking their Kalashnikov rifles. Jason: "What the fuck are we going to do!" Eric: "I don't know but I'm not happy about this and I'm not going to stand for it!" Eric tries to stand up. "Fucking camels! I'm not partial to their kind and I'll be damned if this will be the end of me!!" Sparkly tears are streaming down Olivier's face. His tense cheeks frame the biggest-most-genuine-smile I've ever seen. Cheesy-retro-computer-generated-rotateey-things undulate around Olivier's eyes. He lovingly looks at the aggressive camels and starts barking. At this point I'm uncertain as to whether or not Olivier Schrauwen is Jesus Christ. With each bark the camels disintegrate. Eric sits down. The camels are almost gone. My crosshatched comic is now a finished book and as I ruefully hand a copy to Kim and point out that he's paid for the printing and distribution. Kim giggles as he flips through my book, "It's good work, Jason. My mother loves it." And then I woke up.
Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship to our mail-order customers: The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec Vol. 2: The Mad Scientist and Mummies on Parade 96 page full-color 9" x 11.75" hardcover • $24.99 After establishing the world of the prickly heroine with the first two episodes of this classic series (combined in Fantagraphics' The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec Volume 1), Jacques Tardi plunges us back into Belle-Époque Paris for another double dosage of heroic derring-do, evil and crazy malefactors, mad actresses (yes, "Clara Benhardt" makes a return appearance) and monsters! In "The Mad Scientist" the science that brought us revived dinosaurs now results in a pithecanthrope stalking the streets of the City of Light, climaxing in an amazing car chase involving a foe from the previous volume. Will the perpetually inept Inspector Caponi just make things worse? Probably. Then in the second episode, "Mummies on Parade," the mummy glimpsed in Adèle's apartment in previous episodes comes alive! The volume concludes with the sudden startling (and delightful) incursion of some characters familiar to Tardi fans, and a shocking climax that leaves the future of both Adèle and this series in doubt as World War I erupts. (It's the only story in the entire series not to feature an "in our next episode" teaser.) The Extraordinary Adventure of Adèle Blanc-Sec Volume 2 is the lucky seventh book in Fantagraphics' acclaimed series of Tardi reprints, showcasing the rich variety of graphic novels from one of France's greatest living cartoonists. Exclusive Savings: Order The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec Vols. 1 + 2 together and save 20%!
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • Interview: Dan Wagstaff, a.k.a. The Casual Optimist, has a Q&A with Jason: "I have ideas in my brain, just lying there, that I sometimes think about. This can last years. Then suddenly I can get ideas for dialogues. I write this down. It's maybe four or five pages. I can start working on those, and at the same time think about what's going to happen next. I don't write a full script. It's based on improvisation. I write pieces of dialogue. Or sometimes I sketch out the pages first, the images, and write the dialogue after. I usually work on nine or ten pages at the same time, pencil a bit here , then ink it, and then pencil a bit there and ink that. It's the completely wrong way of doing it, by the way, but it seems to be the only way I can work." • Plugs: Martha Cornog of Library Journal spotlights a few of our upcoming releases in the latest "Graphic Novels Prepub Alert": Creeping Death from Neptune: Horror and Science Fiction Comics by Basil Wolverton: "The line between horror and humor dissolves easily, and Wolverton's extravagantly grotesque drawings drew chortles and chills from readers of MAD magazine and numerous comics from the 1940s to the 1950s.... Now a few years after a successful New York exhibit plus several published collections of illustrations and shorter pieces, this volume reprints important sf/horror sequential work, carefully restored, plus material from his personal ledgers and diaries." Jack Jackson's American History: Los Tejanos & Lost Cause: "With the pen name of 'Jaxon,' Jackson (1941-2006) drew Texas history into comics that included Mexican as well as Anglo legacies. Los Tejanos ('the Texans' of Mexican ancestry) fixes on Juan Seguín, a tragic figure in the 1835-75 Texas-Mexican conflict. Lost Cause chronicles the state's turmoil during Reconstruction, in the wake of the Civil War. Jackson's detailed, realistically drawn accounts will be useful for anyone interested in those coordinates of U.S. history or in Latino-Anglo heritage." No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics: "Herewith a color and black-and-white sampler from a little-recognized underground of gay comics from the past four decades, including [Alison] Bechdel and [Howard] Cruse, Europe's Ralf Koenig, and 2011 ALA keynoter Dan Savage. Huh? Dan Savage wrote comics?! Indeedy, indeedy. Fantagraphics promises 'smart, funny, and profound' — and uncensored." |
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Aces face off as Tigers, White Sox open series
Detroit's Scherzer goes for 20th win against Chicago's Sale
Although the Tigers struggled to find wins in the past week, losing five of their past seven games, no pitcher has provided more wins in baseball than Max Scherzer. In a matchup of All-Star pitchers, Scherzer will face Chris Sale in the series opener on Monday.
Scherzer, who leads the Majors with a 19-2 record, picked up his second loss of the season in his last start. In seven innings against the Red Sox on Tuesday, Scherzer gave up two runs on five hits while walking three and striking out eight in a 2-1 defeat.
"I pitched well," Scherzer said. "I did some really good things tonight. But I got beat on one pitch."
Sale took a no-decision in his last outing, allowing three runs (two earned) on five hits in 7 1/3 innings on Tuesday. He owns a 2-1 record with a 2.66 ERA in three starts against Detroit this season, striking out 25 in 23 2/3 innings.
While the White Sox, who snapped a nine-game losing streak with a win 4-2 win over the Orioles on Sunday, won't have the chance to fight for the postseason, they still embrace the role of being a spoiler for other teams.
"We want to win as many games from here on out as we can," Sale said. "We might not be in playoff contention, but we have pride on the line."
Tigers: Castellanos will start on Monday
Tigers manager Jim Leyland said he plans to start Nick Castellanos on Monday in left field against Sale.
"He looks very confident in the batter's box," Leyland said. "Whether that's going to mean instant results, I don't know about that."
Castellanos went 1-for-2 with an infield single in his first career start on Saturday against the Royals.
• Jose Iglesias, who has been battling shin splints, was back in the lineup on Sunday and went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer.
White Sox: Garcia misses game due to tooth
Avisail Garcia was out of Sunday's lineup against the Orioles because of a "bad tooth," and it may cost him some games against his former team.
White Sox manager Robin Ventura suggested the tooth might get pulled on Monday in Chicago, and Garcia could miss a few games afterwards depending on how he feels.
"He was supposed to be in there," Ventura said. "He was not feeling that good yesterday. He ought to get something done tomorrow."
Garcia is batting .320 with two home runs and 13 RBIs in 27 games with the White Sox after being traded by the Tigers.
Worth noting
• Victor Martinez is hitting .563 with two doubles and two RBIs in 16 career at-bats against Sale. It's the best batting average among any player with at least 15 at-bats against Chicago's ace.
• Sale needs one strikeout to join Gary Peters and Wilbur Wood as the only left-handers in White Sox history to fan 200 or more batters in a season.
Bobby Nightengale is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I would be very interested to know if the current applications (graphmagik ffmpeg, etc.) were compiled with the compiler in use at the time the kernel was created.
I understand, that Intel has an optimising C compiler that produces substantially faster code then does gcc. Since the bulk of installations are on Intel / AMD platforms, it would be interesting to have a comparison of the last kernel and one compiled with Intel's C compiler.


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