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It was nearly a year ago that I authored a post predicting ten hot trends in cloud data for 2012. While there's a strong temptation to cast old predictions into ancient history and dive into ten predictions for 2013, I felt it more appropriate to first glance back and reflect on how those past predictions fared.
After all, much can transpire over the course of 12 months — hot technologies cool off, fads pass, buzzwords vanish — and, of course, some technologies really stick. So let's take this opportunity to revel in our success or eat our humble pie. Without much ado, here are the predicted 2012 trends and how they fared:
- Hybrid data storage environments which integrate cloud storage into on-premise IT. 2012 brought key validations by cloud service providers of hybrid storage environments via product roll-outs and acquisitions. These included the introduction of the AWS storage gateway and the acquisition of StorSimple by Microsoft. Verdict? Needless to say, you'll hear a lot from us at TwinStrata after the end of this year regarding hybrid cloud storage adoption, so stay tuned…
- Private cloud environments within enterprise companies. While managed private cloud solutions such as Nirvanix have demonstrated continued success, open source clouds for the enterprise do-it-yourselfers have not quite emerged as viable alternatives. Moreover, factions have emerged between OpenStack and CloudStack for supremacy in the open source cloud space, perhaps complicating decisions. Verdict? The jury is still out. Keep an eye on this space to see how 2013 shakes out.
- Disaster recovery to the cloud as a viable option. Demand for DR as a service in the cloud has not waned. In fact, there has been more business and enterprise adoption of cloud DRaaS requiring no dedicated infrastructure — though buyers should beware of dedicated hosted DR parading as cloud DR. Verdict? Progress, but the best is likely yet to come.
- Disaster recovery from the cloud as a new need. Not surprisingly, 2012 brought its share of cloud outages. In spite of these, cloud-to-cloud disaster recovery and off-cloud disaster recovery remained the exception rather than the norm. Verdict? Maybe 2013.
- Simplified on-boarding of applications to the cloud. With vendors like VMware, DynamicOps, Citrix, VMTurbo and others extending virtual on-premise workloads to the cloud and vendors like Racemi and RiverMeadow pulling on-premise workloads to the cloud, the option to migrate apps to the cloud has become more viable. According to a recent Cloud Expo survey from November, the majority of respondents outsource less than a third of their infrastructure to the cloud. Verdict? The cloud move is happening, but on-premise infrastructure still comprises the vast majority.
- Non-relational databases for big data. With Oracle entering the fray of NoSQL databases in 2011, it was a safe assumption that the technology was making early strides. A few successful deployments, and the funding of DataStax are indicative of burgeoning interest. Verdict? Still early, but another technology to watch in 2013.
- Use of the cloud for analytics. With Google BigQuery joining Amazon Elastic MapReduce to help companies analyze their Big Data in the cloud, offerings including those from specialized analytics vendors are proliferating. According to Forrester research, 38% of all companies from a survey are planning a business intelligence SaaS project before the end of 2013. Verdict? It's on the way.
- SSD tiers of storage in the cloud. During the summer, Amazon launched larger AWS instances employing SSD. Also in October, Rackspace launched a tier of high-performance block storage using SSD. Verdict? SSD storage tiers are now available. Watch for the uptake in 2013.
- Improvements in data reduction technology to address large rich media files. While deduplication has surfaced in a range of primary and backup storage products, the struggle still remains with rich media (video and images) which typically do not reduce well. To be fair, companies such as SeaChange have added deduplication to their media-centric products. Verdict? Capacity and bandwidth remain the kings of media for now.
- "Cloud-envy" from cloud laggards. I predicted that some of the laggards will likely seek ways to leverage cloud methodologies that improve IT efficiency. I also predicted some will fall prey to cloudwashing by purchasing traditional IT infrastructure named "cloud" in an attempt to satisfy their "cloud-envy." Verdict? Watch for cloud poseurs abusing a new buzzword: "software-defined."
So how do you think we fared overall? Were we a little ahead of our time sometimes? Are we on the right track? You bet.
Up next: bold predictions for 2013.
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Nicos Vekiarides is the Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of TwinStrata. He has spent over 20 years in enterprise data storage, both as a business manager and as an entrepreneur and founder in startup companies.
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Phoronix: PulseAudio 2.0 Is Set To Be Released Very Soon
While many Linux desktop enthusiasts still have nightmares concerning the early days of PulseAudio, the developers behind this common open-source audio server are planning to do a major 2.0 release before month's end...
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Fantastic! I haven't checked on PA for awhile so it was great to see their 2.0 roadmap.
Apparently PA now detects JACK properly.
One of the more interesting blockers left is "need more Orc". Don't we all Srsly, that is a library I would like to see being used more pervasively.
At least there are distro's out there like Gentoo where you can remove this parasite piece of software from the compile time options. Either that or LFS or any other source based distro.
I know this piece of software helps a lot of people but anyone with a decent sound card with hardware mixing knows of all the problems pulseaudio produces.
+1 ... I don't usually use alsa directly, only through PulseAudio or, if I have some special needs, then JACK it is, but never alsa.
P.S → Most of the distros allows to get rid of PA? just take out the package and remove the alsa redirect (usually done automatically) and you're done . at least, that was my experience ... in any case we need an abstraction layer to allow portability, PA or JACK that is or something that supports both ... if you don't have any special needs, PA is pretty decent IMHO
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I use alsa directly on all of my computers and always have. I like how light-weight it is, the 1 and only thing I desperately hate about alsa is there is no easy way to configure it. I can copy an .asoundrc config file verbatim for my audio chip and I still can't get something like surround sound working.
On the average laptop or computer using stereo speakers + a mic, alsa is more than sufficient. But when it comes to surround sound or re-routing channels and all that mixing crap, it becomes an inconsistent disaster.
That's where I like PulseAudio. So far, other than movies (which I don't watch often to begin with), I almost never need surround sound on my dekstop linux setup, but if I did I would use PA. PA has some insanely cool features that I never knew you could do with sound cards, but it has its problems. My major gripes with PA is:
1. It's too CPU and RAM consuming, and not enough devices are supported.
2. There are several tools that go with it and its sometimes confusing to know which one does what
3. Some of the tools don't include features I really care about that you can only do in the config files.
4. Sometimes the sound just stops working and the only way to get it to work again is to delete all config files and reinstall them.
If PA can fix these, I'll switch away from alsa.
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My boyfriend promised me he would quit smoking; however, he told me that he lied and he slipped up a couple of times. Should I be mad? I understand it's an addiction. - Haley*
It can be really hard to quit smoking. That's why many people try a few times before they're completely successful. It's common for people to slip up when trying to quit smoking — or any other habit. But slip-ups aren't something to give up over or get mad about.
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The San Diego Military Advisory Council (SDMAC) commissioned PLNU's Fermanian Business and Economic Institute to create their 2012 San Diego Military Economic Impact Study. PLNU Chief Economist Dr. Lynn Reaser was the primary author of the report.
The report highlights the vital role the military plays in San Diego -- the defense industry will contribute more than $20 billion to San Diego's economy in 2012 and provide more than 300,000 jobs. Through avenues such as employment, retiree and veteran benefits, contracts, grants, purchasing, and tourism, the military plays an important role in keeping San Diego's economy healthy.
Reaser reported that military spending in San Diego is likely to "hold steady" in 2013. Though the specter of sequestration raises some concerns, she said that San Diego enjoys some safeguards such as existing contracts.
The report is being distributed to both civilian and military leaders of the Navy and Marine Corps and to elected officials in San Diego and Washington D.C.
Copies of the full report can be obtained through SDMAC at www.sdmac.org.
June 18 through July 13, PLNU is hosting Hume SD, a Christian summer camp for high school and junior high students. The original Hume Lake Christian summer camp is in Ponderosa Pines, northern Calif., and has now expanded to new sites in San Diego and New England. This year's speakers include Chris Simning, Chuck Bomar, and Mike Smith.
Recreational activities offered to the campers include a climbing wall, air soft, basketball and volleyball, the rec room, beach access and transportation, surfboard rentals and surfing lessons, kayaking, and more. Students gather for chapel and small group discussions two times a day and enjoy free time the rest of the day. During free time, campers can put what they're learning at camp into practice through outreach opportunities. Campers can partner with different ministries to reach out to the homeless in San Diego and even with Vacation Bible School in Mexico.
This summer's theme is "The Phantastical Journey of the Wandering Lites." The messages will reflect the Israelites' story "as they literally followed the visible presence of God out of Egypt, yet still rejected, replaced, and simply forgot His provision and guidance." The speakers will emphasize God's sufficiency even in our "wavering faith."
For more information on speakers, outreach opportunities, and theme promos, visit http://www.humelake.org/youth/summer/humesd-summer-camp/.
SAN DIEGO – PLNU catcher Ricky Gingras was taken by the Houston Astros in the 18th round of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft on Wednesday, the 549th overall pick. Gingras hit a team-best .357 for the Sea Lions in 2012, collecting 56 hits in 157 at-bats. The 6'2" slugger also belted six doubles with seven homeruns and 36 RBI. He earned All-Golden State Athletic Conference honors at season's end.
"I had no idea what round I'd be taken in," said Gingras who got the call from the Astros shortly after his selection. "It's been a dream of mine to play baseball professionally since I was a little kid. I'm excited to get that chance."
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PLNU professor of music and department chair Dr. Paul Kenyon was recently honored as the University Music Educator of the Year by the California Music Educators Association (CMEA) Southern Border Section in partnership with the San Diego County Office of Education.
The CMEA and County honored city and county music educators and site administrators for their exceptional work on April 30 at an event called "Fortissimo: Awards of Excellence in Music Education."
Ron Jessee (78), visual and performing arts coordinator and California Region 9 arts lead for the San Diego County Office of Education presented Kenyon his award.
"During his tenure as music department chair at Point Loma Nazarene University, Paul Kenyon has been an avid advocate of the California Music Educators Association," said Jessee. "Through his leadership, PLNU has been a partner in supporting the production of the CMEA annual conference, yearly honor choir, band and orchestra events, and other academic arts gatherings that are related to the work of CMEA. Paul is a member of the San Diego Arts Network, a consortium of administrators who work together to build capacity in all the arts and to help schools maintain programs in good and bad times. He is in his last year as the music department chair, and CMEA believes he is uniquely deserving of this recognition."
In April, PLNU was announced in San Diego Metro Magazine as one of "San Diego's Most Trusted Brands." This award represents local businesses and organizations that have earned the respect of their customers because of their dedication to "high standards of professionalism, integrity and accountability."
PLNU prepares students not only for the local workforce, but also for global impact. PLNU students are equipped with intellectual and spiritual strength, as they get involved with local ministries and overseas missions – and this makes all the difference.
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The awards are given to recognize businesses and nonprofit organizations that help reduce waste, especially waste that would have otherwise ended up at the Miramar Landfill.
PLNU was honored alongside other environmentally savvy organizations such as the New Children's Museum, Sea World, the San Diego Zoo Global, Qualcomm, Albertson's, and the San Diego Padres.
Among PLNU's many green efforts are a solar panel system providing nearly a megawatt of photovoltaic solar power; solar powered hot water heating in the residence halls; wide scale recycling; food waste composting; water-saving efforts such as dual-flush toilets, waterless urinals, water-saving shower switches, filtered water "hydration stations" on campus where students can fill up reusable water bottles; and educational and awareness building efforts such as a minor in sustainability and an annual "Creation Care Week."
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Bureau of the COP and the CMPWhat is the Bureau of the COP?The Bureau supports the COP and the CMP through the provision of advice and guidance regarding the ongoing work under the Convention and its Kyoto Protocol, the organization of their sessions and the operation of the secretariat, especially at times when the COP and the CMP are not in session. The Bureau is elected from representatives of Parties nominated by each of the five United Nations regional groups and small island developing States. The Bureau is mainly responsible for questions of process management. It assists the President in the performance of his or her duties by providing advice and by helping with various tasks (e.g. members undertake consultations on behalf of the President). The Bureau is responsible for examining the credentials of Parties, reviewing the list of IGOs and NGOs, seeking accreditation and submitting a report thereon to the Conference. More Background on the Bureau of the COPRule 22.1 of the draft Rules of Procedure (FCCC/CP/1996/2) of the Conference of the Parties being applied provides for a Bureau, comprised of a President, seven vice-presidents, the chairs of the subsidiary bodies established by Articles 9 and 10 of the Convention, and a rapporteur. Functions of the Bureau of the COP Presidency and membership of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties
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City Slickers features people from the big city who decide to vacation on a working cattle ranch. While they soon figure out that the vacation is not what they expected, the city dwellers soon find out a lot about themselves. They even come back from the experience as better people. Colorado top working ranch vacations do not take the form of a movie. They do, however, let the people who take the trip experience the life of a cowboy. It also lets them get a chance to see the western country side on horseback. Yes, some of the things that happen during the movie may occur during such a trip, but it is not likely.
Many of the places that offer the chance to live out this particular American fantasy let potential customers know that everything on the trail might not always be a pleasant rustic experience. Neither nature nor animals always conform to man's desires. There is also a chance that an accident could occur. Fortunately, the companies that run these spots make sure that their customers follow the proper safety procedures. Some do require the people who go on these trips to pass a physical. After all, the working part of the vacation is real. The people on the trip do everything that cattle herds would need to do while they are on the trail.
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Things are ready to go for our upcoming fun run. It should prove to be better than ever! We've got all our old standbys coming (save for Wayne) and several new modelers to join the mix.
Saturday Night Live: Building a Cold War Sub
Following our night patrol Saturday evening, we will head back to the Holiday Inn Express and enjoy some live, practical model building tips. The subject will be a ThorDesign 688i and we will be actually setting up and installing the stern planes and drive train on the hull. For those building an SSN, or plan to, this will be a great way to see how it's done.
We'll also walk through the essential r/c submarine electronics and how they should properly be installed in a standard WTC. Guest lecturers will be Gail Phillips, myself, and A Master to be Named Later.
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Ten-man Fulham edged a thrilling West London derby - just - after a 3-2 win over local rivals Queens Park Rangers.
The Whites, who went into the game with just two defeats in 2013, took the lead through Dimitar Berbatov's penalty, before the Bulgarian made it 2-0 after a horrendous error from Christopher Samba. Clint Hill then turned the ball into his own net but Rangers pulled one back just before the break when Adel Taarabt fired home.
That goal sparked Rangers into life and early in the second half, they were awarded a penalty of their own when Giorgos Karagounis caught Taarabt. Loic Remy saw his spot-kick brilliantly saved by Mark Schwarzer but the Rangers striker was to save face a couple of minutes later when he raced clear to score.
Steve Sidwell was then shown a straight red card for a late lunge on Armand Traore but Fulham held on to secure the three points and the bragging rights over their struggling neighbours from Loftus Road, who remain deep in relegation trouble.
Martin Jol named an unchanged starting XI for the fourth successive game as Bryan Ruiz passed a late fitness test on a slight hamstring strain suffered on international duty with Costa Rica. QPR made two changes from the side that lost 3-2 at Aston Villa, with Traore and Taarabt coming into their starting line-up. Former Whites striker Bobby Zamora made his first return to the Cottage since his switch to Loftus Road in January 2012.
On a chilly April night in SW6, Rangers fashioned the opening shot of the match in the fifth minute but Stephane Mbia's speculative effort from 30 yards was easily held by Schwarzer.
At the other end, Damien Duff cut inside from the left and saw his right-footed shot parried away by Julio Cesar. But Rangers failed to clear the danger and they were punished when the Whites won a penalty after Samba clipped Ashkan Dejagah in the box. The towering defender had initially done well to win the ball from Berbatov as a Sascha Riether cross came in, but he failed to spot Dejagah sneaking in behind and clipped the ankle of the Iranian. Referee Lee Probert immediately pointed to the spot and Berbatov made no mistake, slotting home nonchalantly from 12 yards for his fourth goal in successive games.
R's captain Hill went into the book on 13 minutes for a late tackle on Karagounis and from the resulting free-kick, Ruiz bent his set-piece five yards wide of the near post. Five minutes later, Dejagah won a free-kick off Hill and Duff's clipped delivery went inches wide off the back of Samba.
But it was 2-0 to Fulham on 22 minutes. Again Samba was the culprit for QPR when, under pressure from Duff, he sloppily gave the ball straight to Berbatov. The Bulgarian did the rest, skipping into space before firing past the Rangers goalkeeper.
Rangers finally mustered a foray forward two minutes later and could arguably have reduced the scoreline when Traore's cross was nodded into the path of Zamora by Remy. The ex-Whites hitman swivelled but hit his half-volley high and wide from seven yards out.
On 37 minutes, Andros Townsend fired a shot six yards outside Schwarzer's left-hand post, before Fulham were forced into an early change when Dejagah was replaced by Urby Emanuelson after being caught by Traore.
But that was soon forgotten as Fulham made it 3-0. After some slick football, the ball was eventually worked out to Duff on the left. He played a quick pass to Brede Hangeland, who was making a rare run in the opposition box, and the skipper's flick played in the overlapping Riise. The Norwegian whipped in a cross from the byline which Hill could only turn into his own net.
Rangers pulled one back a minute before the break. A slip from Karagounis presented the ball to Taarabt. The former Tottenham Hotspur man, who scored twice against the Whites in Rangers' 2-1 win at Loftus Road in December, still had a lot to do but ran at speed at Hangeland and saw his shot from the edge of the box fizz into the far corner via the fingertips of Schwarzer.
Rangers, who replaced captain Hill with Nedum Onuoha at the break, tried to take the initiative immediately after the restart and Remy saw a shot deflected just wide.
And, two minutes later, Rangers earned a spot-kick of their own when Taarabt's fancy footwork committed Karagounis into a tackle on the edge of the box which saw him catch the Moroccan. Thankfully for Fulham, Schwarzer dived to his left to make a superb one-handed stop from Remy.
However, the Frenchman made amends on 51 minutes, beating the offside trap, racing away from Philippe Senderos and smashing a shot beyond Schwarzer and off the underside of the bar to change the complexion of the game.
Fulham were suddenly hanging on and Townsend's long-range drive was beaten away by Schwarzer, before Samba scuffed a shot wide after controlling a deep cross into the box.
Rangers made their second change of the game on 74 minutes, with Taarabt being replaced by Junior Hoilett. Fulham hearts were in mouths two minutes later when Ruiz was caught in possession by Mbia, who played in Remy. He twisted past Senderos but shanked his effort wide. Moments later, Zamora forced Schwarzer to superbly palm the ball round the post.
A crazy game took another twist on 78 minutes when Sidwell was shown a straight red card for a late tackle on Traore. The midfielder's heavy touch had seen him stretch for the ball and he couldn't put on the breaks as he attempted to win back possession. Fulham immediately made a change, with the more defence-minded Emmanuel Frimpong replacing Emanuelson.
QPR then made their final substitution of the game, with Jamie Mackie coming on for Traore, before Jenas curled a shot a few yards wide of Schwarzer's far post. Riether was booked on 89 minutes for taking too long to take a throw-in and Senderos was also cautioned for time-wasting as the match entered added time.
Karagounis saw a late penalty shout turned down in the final action of a pulsating match as Fulham hung on for a win which edges them to within a point of ninth-placed Swansea City with a game in hand.
Competition: Barclays Premier League
Date: Monday 1 April 2013
Kick-off: 8:00pm
Venue: Craven Cottage, London
Attendance: 25,117
Referee: Lee Probert
Line-up: Schwarzer; Riether, Senderos, Hangeland, John Arne Riise; Dejagah (Emanuelson 38' (Frimpong 80')), Karagounis, Sidwell, Duff; Ruiz; Berbatov
Unused substitutes: Etheridge, Hughes, Richardson, Frei, Rodallega
Manager: Martin Jol
Line-up: Julio César; Bosingwa, Samba, Hill (Onuoha 45'), Traore (Mackie 84'); Jenas, Mbia; Remy, Taarabt (Hoilett 75'), Townsend; Zamora
Unused substitutes: Green, Ben Haim, Park Ji-Sung, Granero
Manager: Harry Redknapp
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1 | Manchester United | 30 | 77 |
2 | Manchester City | 30 | 62 |
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Hi all, I'm Steve new member of this forum and just saying "hello" to all members. I like to join forum for knowledge purpose. I can gain useful information and can share my knowledge in this forum, and hoping to have more friends will co-operate with me. Have a great day to all. Best Regards,Steve.___________
That's quite the welcome. Hi Steve!Have fun here at T4U.It's always fun to talk tennis and not just about the pro tour.
Quote from: monstertruck on November 21, 2012, 04:23:32 AM That's quite the welcome. Hi Steve!Have fun here at T4U.It's always fun to talk tennis and not just about the pro tour.Common Pete, I know that's not the liberal way of welcoming guests but the timing of this registration is kinda questionable to say the least I'm open to honest new menbers though, I told the guy that too, he understands that too, and we cannot stay blind to infiltrators..... We Have to be active, like me... You don't know the kinda emailing I'm doing with Canadian and British Lawyers. The randomness of this law thingy is kinda cool
I don't know or care about the politics of other boards.New members are always welcome and if they step out of line they will be dealt with accordingly.I guess I just like to give folks the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise.No worries.
Sounds to me like you ladies got your panties in a wad over crap going on at another site and now that nonsense is getting dragged over here.Why on earth people would waste their time carrying on with such nonsense completely escapes me. But if you must, carry on smartly.Personally, I'd much rather talk about tennis.
"building a community""operations at other sites"Wow, I guess I'll leave that to those of you that have time for such things.......
Quote from: monstertruck on November 22, 2012, 09:13:37 AM"building a community""operations at other sites"Wow, I guess I'll leave that to those of you that have time for such things....... Forums are all about building a community. I get you though, you're a HC tennis fan who's not interested in chit-chat. Nothing's wrong with that, but I really don't know why you would interfere with some of us trying to build our little community, aren't you busy with live streams and stats anyway?
Not sure what you're refering to as 'interference'. I prefer to build my 'community' in the real world.That's what I'm busy doing.If you kids wanna skip doing your homework to build 'communities' online, by all means, go ahead. As I said in my previous post.......If it turns out 'Steve' is a problem, he won't last long here.


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could at least link to the kickstarter, they still not funded
Phoronix: Dagon Adventure Game Engine Open-Sourced
The Dagon Game Engine that powers the first person adventure "Asylum" horror game has been open-sourced...
could at least link to the kickstarter, they still not funded
Hey, I'm not upset, and I sent the tip in
The point of my article submission was to highlight the game engine! Of course, raising the profile of the project is a good thing, and can lead to additional funding of the Kickstarter, but I think Michael is being cautious with these (as is the gaming press at large).
In fact, the only games publication striving to sort between Kickstarters, with any seriousness, is Rock, Paper, Shotgun. So, I feel it's important to support RPS, as well.
At any rate, Asylum, being a Steam game on Linux, will help raise the profile of the Dagon engine for Linux games. Let's hope to see a nice run of gorgeous, atmospheric, first-person games for Linux, based on it!
The Kickstarter for the Asylum game has (at this point) reached $80K out of $100K, and got some great press on IGN today (or late yesterday, I forgot). Certainly the best way for us to help further that vision of multiple amazing Dagon-based games is to contribute on the Asylum Kickstarter within the final 12 days.
I have done so
Come join me in the Asylum, people!
The Asylum Teaser looks very great. It runs on 1080p on my GTX660M on Ubuntu.
And there's already another Game being built on Dagon, http://www.senscape.net/adamantus/ .
It's released under an unusual, GPL incompatible license.
Senscape permits you to use, modify, and distribute these files in accordance with the terms of the Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) agreement. A copy of the License can be found in the Documents folder.
Hey all! Glad you're enjoying the engine/teaser. Just a quick comment: CDDL is incompatible with GPL, yes, but not LGPL, the license of OpenAL.
The CDDL isn't uncommon at all, in fact many projects such as ZFS and OpenIndiana (OpenSolaris reboot) also use this license.
Also, and someone can correct me if I'm wrong, the CDDL allows static and dynamic linking to a library while the LGPL only allows dynamic linking unless specifically stated.
I know the CDDL, I mean it's unusual for a game engine, since most free ones are GPL or at least GPL compatible. Often such licenses are used to declare a software open source but somewhat restricts code interoperability with other projects. As already suggested ZFS is under CDDL which make it incompatible with others OSes (BSDs and Linux) possibly in the hope they could gain some free work but that it cannot be used to improve other projects.
Would you folks feel more comfortable if we used MPL 2.0? I don't want a strong copyleft license like GPL but at the same time nothing as permissive as BSD. I want to encourage open contributions but give permission to devs to link against closed source libraries, or even their own code.
CDDL seemed like a sweet spot in between the GPL and BSD extremes. MPL 2.0 seems to share the same spirit, but looks simpler.


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What, it's not out in the US yet? I 'm in Australia and I was going to see it tonight, but will be going tomorrow night due to work, and I have friends who saw it days ago!
Our government requested a special version of the film be made for the U.S. only, which is why we're getting it late
SmokingFrog-It's cuz they always save the best country for last. ; )
ha haa, i live in cali. And i watched in a theater already. It's good to have friends that work in theaters and when they get the film, they screen it for just a hand full of people as usual glad im in that circle.. it was a cool movie though i didn't get all crazy and excited like some people did. But it was cool..
zilla- back in college, one of our friends became one of the managers at our local theater. late at night when it closed, we would hook up our Xboxes to the theater screens and played 4 on 4 Halo 2. 1 team in one theater, and the other team in the theater next door. It was beyond epic!!!! It was a sad fuckking day when he graduated and had to move back home.
Well I hope that special american version is better than what I saw tonight! Enjoyable enough but over the top in parts an really underwhelming in others. Funny though, I'll give it that. And violater14 - I imagine there will be quite a few countries who get it after the US does :)
Violator - you have my utmost respect for the Halo madness you had. I have seen the film and the airforce one scene was a grand bit to be sure just one slight moan (if any) the 3D wasn't that great but as a film, not many flaws I could name.


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BARRE TOWN — A six-figure mistake that went undetected for two years was uncovered recently in an audit of the Barre Supervisory Union's books and must be corrected, according to Superintendent John Bacon.
However, members of the board responsible for running the two-town, three-school supervisory union weren't willing to go along with Bacon's recommended fix after being briefed Wednesday night.
First they want to review the draft audit, talk to a member of the accounting firm that produced it and weigh their options for dealing with what Bacon described as a $100,000 deficit.
That deficit, he said, can be traced to an administrative oversight at the supervisory union level.
According to Bacon, in 2010 the supervisory union funneled money to elementary schools in Barre and Barre Town for programs that were eligible for state reimbursement. Barre Town Middle and Elementary School received roughly $70,000, and Barre City
Elementary and Middle School received about $30,000, he said.
The problem is no one applied for reimbursement, and Bacon said it's too late.
The mistake means the supervisory union has less money in its bank account than it has been carrying on its books for the past two years.
"It is a finding that we really need to address," Bacon told the board, which is composed of members of the Barre, Barre Town and Spaulding High School boards.
The solution he recommended involved committing the Barre and Barre Town boards to repaying — perhaps over time — the money with any year-end surplus.
Brenda Buzzell, chairwoman of the Barre Town School Board, said she didn't like the sound of that. Absent a cash flow problem at the supervisory union level, she questioned why what she described as a paper deficit couldn't be written off.
"It just doesn't seem after all this while and in these hard times that (the supervisory union) should be asking for (the money) if we don't really need it," she said.
Lucas Herring, chairman of the Barre City School Board, said he was troubled that the local school districts were on the hook for a slip-up by supervisory union personnel.
"We're being penalized at each of the individual schools for an issue that happened at the (supervisory union)," he said, suggesting the supervisory union be required to "eat" the shortfall based on its failure to secure available state reimbursement.
Buzzell agreed.
"It's not the schools' fault that the SU didn't apply for the grants on time," she said of the mistake, which was made before Business Manager Mark Lyons was hired and was caught with an accounting system he developed.
Bacon didn't dispute that assertion.
"You spent the money, we sent the money to you … and we didn't get the money from the state," he said, noting that didn't change the fact that the ensuing deficit had to be dealt with.
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Italy/Sarajevo - Dark night of the soul. Pre-show night in Sarajevo, which still bears the scars of war. Willie and crew discover, warmth, humour and a bouyant determination to survive.
Slept late and got up just in time to make the lobby call for our flight to Sarajevo. Only knowing the place by hearing its name on news bulletins makes the whole episode a tad surreal - seeing an airport TV monitor bearing the words "check in for flight 284 - Sarajevo" only strikes you as odd when you see it and realise you've never see the word Sarajevo in an airport before. We flew at 8pm, so we made our descent into Bosnia after nightfall.. This added even more gravitas to the situation - being struck by just simple things, like seeing the lack of streetlights and how many illuminated windows had no curtains. The whole crew was on board the aeroplane and the communal mood was taking on an increasingly nervous edge. Sombre, almost. Arrival at Sarajevo airport was chaos, of course. Immigration, passport control and especially baggage claim were like mad caricatures of regular airport life, but we got through it and boarded three large buses to take us all into the city.
As you leave the airport the first thing you pass is a huge cemetery. By night, the light of many candles could be seen flickering in the surrounding darkness - a reminder of how very recent so many of the grave are. Our journey continued, and gradually a silence fell over the bus, as we all looked out of the windows at the passing landscape. Close to the airport many of the buildings are residential tower blocks. The (again mostly uncurtained) windows lit up the night, but every other tower block was entirely dark, blacked out. Peering through the window you could see why - they were just burned out shells of buildings.
I've never heard a road crew so quiet in my life as we rolled on into town. This juxtaposition of normal life and devastation became the ongoing motif as we drove on. Domesticity meets CNN live. Even arriving at our destination - the newly refurbished Holiday Inn - you couldn't fail to be moved by seeing, right across the street, a huge burned out tower block with a gigantic hole in its side, clearly made by something substantially larger than a bullet. Even the Holiday Inn is pock marked with bullet holes. Out front, in the lobby and most noticeably right above the bed head in the room of one of our camera operators. We certainly ain't in Kansas anymore. By the time we got in and settled it was approaching midnight on a Sunday night, but we had to go out. You couldn't arrive in a place as disturbing and exhilarating as this and just go to bed. So a few of us set out and walk along the street towards the old town. Its cold compared to where we have just come from, and the darkness adds to the Wintery vibe. Despite the day and the hour, there were a lot of people on the streets and the mood seemed very buoyant. Young people, well dressed, out and about. We followed the main stream and ended up in the old town. Again the visual contradictions are massive to the point of disorientation. A completely blown out shop unit sits next door to a shop selling vacuum cleaners and TVs. People sit drinking in a bar on an alleyway where all else lies in charred ruins. You recognise streets and buildings from news reports, and just a little way away you can make out the hills which were alive with snipers only a year or so ago.
Reminders of this recent history are everywhere, of course - bullet holes in every wall, mortar craters in every sidewalk. But not all of the monuments are so destructive. It seems local artists are making reminders of their own, even if they seem a little macabre to us newcomers. Around the city are these 3' high sculptures of a 'flash', like a Roy Lichtenstein PopArt explosion. Also, I saw some mortar craters filled in with a kind of red plastic or vinyl, permanently set into the pavement like a blood splatter. I'm not sure what these represent exactly, but clearly they are tributes or monuments of some kind.
Myself and Bruce and Lynno from the lighting crew found a little snack bar place which seemed pretty lively and entertained the locals by trying to order food. We'd been tipped off that Deutschmarks is the currency of favour, so armed with a good few DMs we carried on fearlessly. As it happened, we got beer and sandwiches, which really weren't so bad, for after midnight. Come to think of it, you couldn't buy a beer and a sandwich at that hour of the night in London. We sat looking out at the street, remarking how friendly and warm and... well, safe... the city seemed. Just as we were about to bite into our food, all the lights went out. Major power failure. The whole street went black and silent, only interrupted by the odd passing car. Ah, well. Candles came out and we carried on. The owner of the snack bar came to talk to us, he guessed we were here with U2 and had and important question. "In English is DuckTrade' one word or two words?". How's that for bizarre question of the year. We looked around and saw that this was the name of the establishment. Oh... one's fine, we said, sympathetically.
Moving on we found a basement bar which was just jumping. Having been frisked for weapons on the door, we went on in, to find some of our tour crew in there - notably Kurt, Smasher, Chris and Klass from the Belgian video screen crew. It was great - a simple basement room with a bar and very loud music, so it was beer and eventually talking to the locals. The place was close to closing, but the Belgians had made friends with some of the clientele who were headed on elsewhere, so I tagged along.
The next bar (another basement) was a quarter of the size, but equally loud, playing James Brown, R&B & more, with a young crowd who were pleased to talk to us. A guy called Dan was telling me that he grew up here, but in '92 moved away to London and then to Croatia because of the war. He had come back to Sarajevo because he wanted to see U2 and today was the first day he had been here in five years. He was constantly being greeted with delight by people who were obviously old friends, and a real party atmosphere took over the place. I met another guy who said he was the singer in the band "Protest", who were on the bill at the U2 show. He was really excited about the whole thing too - everybody was - and you begin to understand what this show represents for the city.
In search of food, we took to the street again, and it really seemed that the whole city was so upbeat. Dan was telling us that this is like the atmosphere was in Sarajevo before the war, and he was clearly quite emotional about it all. We walked across an area of open ground and he told us this was where many people died & pointed out the hills where the snipers used to be. We walked along the streets past the functioning shops with the blackened shells of devastated buildings in between. Dan was giving a running commentary as we walked, though I'm not sure if he was really talking to me, or to himself. "The house I grew up in was right there. That building used to be a shoe factory, this was an expensive restaurant, that one was a supermarket... and I can't remember what used to be just here..." The look on his face told his story more poignantly than the words coming out of his mouth. Its beyond my comprehension, what regular people in this city have been through. Yet for those that remain, life goes on, in all its glorious ordinariness.
Our hopes of further food were dashed when, arriving at the all night hamburger stand the guy inside tells us he has no food. All he has is soft drinks. Quite why, even here, a man would stay in a small booth at 4am with only Coca Cola to sell remains a mystery, but it became clear it was time for us to head home. The Holiday Inn was a ghost town too, so we gave up and turned in for the night.
Wild night. Heaven knows what the next couple of days are going to bring, but already I've taken a definite liking to Sarajevo and to its citizens.
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