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Mature market leaders are supposed to grow slowly, but Amazon is growing as fast as it did when it was a startup. How does everyone else compete?
Mature market leaders are supposed to grow slowly, but Amazon.com Inc. is growing as fast as it did when it was a startup. That raises the question: How does everyone else compete?
It's a question many retailers must be asking themselves after Amazon released its fourth quarter and 2010 financial results yesterday.
Those results show that Amazon, which is far and away the biggest online retailer in the world by sales, continues to outpace the growth in the e-commerce market—and by a wide margin. While U.S. online retail sales grew by around 14% for the first nine months of 2010, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce, Amazon reported this week that its sales in North America increased by 45% in 2010 over 2009. That means Amazon is growing at roughly three times the rate of online retail sales as a whole in the U.S. and Canada. And Amazon likely accounted for more than 11% of North American online retail sales last year, by Internet Retailer estimates.
What's more, far from slowing down, Amazon's growth rate is speeding up. Its 40% growth in worldwide sales in 2010 was the retailer's highest growth rate since 2000, chief financial officer Thomas Szuktak pointed out to investment analysts on a conference call after the release of Amazon's financial results.
There were plenty more statistics to unsettle competitors. For instance, Amazon says it had 130 million active customers at the end of 2010, that is, consumers who had bought from Amazon in the past year, up nearly 24% from 105 million a year earlier.
Pretty astounding numbers. Yet, Amazon's stock price is down about 8% today, the first day after the release of its financial results, despite the extraordinary revenue growth. That's because Amazon's profits only increased 25% last year (to a paltry $1.41 billion), growing more slowly than sales.
That's disappointing to Wall Street, but offers cold comfort to competitors. As Amazon CFO Szuktak pointed out to analysts yesterday, Amazon kept on investing heavily in its business in 2010, and not all the new investments have paid off yet. He pointed, for instance, to the growth in fulfillment centers: Amazon added 13 distribution facilities last year and now has 52 around the world.
Those investments may cut into profits in the short term, Szuktak said, but will pay off over time. Indeed, the vast global web of fulfillment centers is one of Amazon's many competitive advantages, along with its massive buying power, deep experience in building and maintaining web technology, and its increasingly powerful brand.
How can anyone compete against Amazon?
One answer is to find a niche so specialized that it's not worth Amazon's time, and do a great job of serving your customers. That's a strategy that's working for thousands of small but successful online retailers.
But Amazon keeps on moving into new niches. Amazon's recent acquisition of the parent company of Diapers.com is an example. And the more products Amazon sells, the more it can spread the costs of its vast infrastructure, so I expect the No. 1 e-retailer to continue to move into new product categories.
Amazon's Achilles heel, some competitors hope, is that it has no physical stores. Despite the ongoing shift of retail spending to the web, many consumers do like to touch and feel certain items, and ask questions of knowledgeable salespeople when considering complex purchases. Is there a strategy that combines the benefits of bricks and mortar and of the web?
E-commerce technology and service provider GSI Commerce is betting that there is, and is making that strategy part of how it's building out its ShopRunner program that offers consumers free shipping across many retailers (64 at last count) in exchange for a $79 annual fee. It's unabashedly aimed at the Amazon Prime program, which offers free shipping on items bought at Amazon.com for $79 a year.
Because many of the retailers participating in ShopRunner—including Sports Authority, PetSmart and General Nutrition Centers—have many stores, there is the potential to use this free shipping program in a way Amazon can't, as ShopRunner president Mike Golden explained to me recently. Suppose you're in a store shopping for a gift. You could buy it, take it home, wrap it up, take it to the post office and mail it to the recipient. Or, the store clerk, recognizing that you've asked for a gift receipt, could explain that if you joined ShopRunner on the spot the store would ship the gift free—and you'd get free shipping for the next year at all the other retailers. Or if the store doesn't have a shirt in your size, or you buy something that you want monogrammed, again, the store employee could offer to ship it to your home for free, if you sign up with ShopRunner.
If many big chains really pushed that strategy it's conceivable ShopRunner could in a couple of years catch up with Amazon Prime, which has enrolled some 5 million consumers, according to Lazard Capital analyst Colin Sebastian. And once consumers are signed up with a program like that they're sure to be more likely to patronize participating merchants when they shop online in order to get the free shipping consumers so dearly love.
There are plenty of downsides to owning stores, which the retail chains will continue to deal with as they compete with increasingly powerful online-only retailers like Amazon. Perhaps, the big winners from ShopRunner will be the web-only retailers that have signed up, like Newegg and drugstore.com, that can benefit from whatever marketing ShopRunner does in stores, without bearing the costs of all that brick and mortar.
The ShopRunner coalition has a long way to go to show it can succeed. But at least they have a plan. Everyone else better get a plan, too. Because Amazon shows no signs of slowing down.
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This article describes how you can create a manual High Availability system for Zarafa, MySQL and Apache. MySQL replication is used to replicate the database on the two servers.
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In this whitepaper we will describe how you can create a High Availability system for Zarafa and MySQL between two servers. This HA system is based on a active-passive environment.
In this case we don't use DRBD for exact copies of both servers. Before we start to configure the HA system, you need to install on both servers Apache, Zarafa and a MTA. To monitor the servers we use the default Linux tool Heartbeat.
The Standy-server will monitor the Main server. When the main server is down for more then 30 seconds the Standy server will start Zarafa and will get the ip-address of the main server. The database is replicated continuously on both servers by the default MySQL master-slave replication.
To avoid inconsistent databases we advise you to reconfigure manually the HA environment after a failover.
Zarafa in High Availability environment
Before starting with setting up a High Availability system, make sure you have a complete backup of your Zarafa database and have some good experience with MySQL configurations. Zarafa is NOT responsible for lost data or corrupt databases.
Setup MySQL replication
In a master-slave replication environment the slave will execute all queries that are done on the master server. The master server will records all the execute queries in binary logfiles, the slave server will read these logfiles and execute the query on it's own database. For an application, like Zarafa, it's not possible to do write actions of the slave server. The slave server reads the binlog files all the time. When the master server has a failure, the slave cannot connect to the master server and will no longer read the binary logfiles.
To configure MySQL for replication you need two servers both with the same MySQL version installed. First you need to configure the master server by the following steps:
- Open the my.cnf file
- Add the following to this file below the option [mysqld]:
option server_id = 1 log-bin binlog-do-db=zarafa binlog-ignore-db=mysql binlog-ignore-db=test innodb_safe_binlog
- Restart the mysqld after you edited the my.cnf file
- Login on the mysql console mysql -u root -p mysql_password
- Execute the following command:
GRANT REPLICATION SLAVE ON *.* TO 'replication'@'192.168.0.1' IDENTIFIED BY 'secret';
This command gives the user replication access to master server with the password secret.
- Execute the command: mysql> FLUSH TABLES WITH READ LOCK;
This command will lock the databases on the master server.
- Copy the databases of the master server to the slave server, make sure the mysqld on the
slave server is not running.
cd /var/lib/mysql tar -cvf /tmp/mysql-snapshot.tar . scp /tmp/ mysql-snapshot.tar root@slave-server:~
- Execute the command show master status; on the mysql prompt.
This command shows you the following output:
- Logon to the slave server
- Stop the mysql server
- Add the option server-id = 2 to the my.cnf file
- Untar the copied databases of the master server
- Start mysqld
- Login on the mysql console
- Execute the command: mysql> stop slave;
- Execute the command:
change master to -> MASTER_HOST='master_host_name', -> MASTER_USER='replication_user_name', -> MASTER_PASSWORD='replication_password', -> MASTER_LOG_FILE='recorded_log_file_name', -> MASTER_LOG_POS=recorded_log_position;
Replace the host, username and password by the values you used in the GRANT command at the master server.
The recorded_log_file_name should be the value from the column file of the output of the show master status; command.
The recorded_log_position should be the value form the column position of the output of the show master status; command.
- Execute the command mysql> start slave;
- Your MySQL replication should now work correctly.
You can check the status of the MySQL replication by execution the command mysql> show slave status; on the MySQL prompt.
Setup Heartbeat monitoring
Install the Heartbeat packages on both servers. In most distributions the Heartbeat are in default repository.
To use Heartbeat it's very important that the hostnames of both servers are correctly configured and available in your hosts table.
/etc/hostname -> Full servername (e.g. master.zarafa.com)
/etc/hosts -> Both servers should be available in this file
For example:
10.23.200.20 master.zarafa.com master.zarafa.com
10.23.200.10 slave.zarafa.com slave.zarafa.com
You can check your hostname via the command uname -s or hostname.
To configure Heartbeat go to the Heartbeat configuration directory /etc/ha.d.
Open or create the file ha.cf and add the following lines:
debugfile /var/log/ha-debug logfile /var/log/ha-log logfacility local0 keepalive 10 deadtime 60 initdead 90 udpport 694 bcast eth1 # interface that's used for monitoring auto_failback no node master.zarafa.com # master hostname node slave.zarafa.com # slave hostname
Copy the ha.cf to your slave server and switch the last two lines, so the slave node is the first line.
Open or create the file haresources on the master and add the following line:
master.zarafa.com failover
This line will set the init-script that will be started when the master is down.
Open or create the file haresources on the slave and add the following line:
Open or create the file authkeys and add the following line:
auth 2 2 sha1 security!
Change the permissions of this file to 600 and copy this file to the slave server.
Now you have to create the init-script that will be started when the master server is down. Below you will find a example failover script that will start the Zarafa services and take over the ip-address of the master server.
#! /bin/sh export PATH="${PATH:+$PATH:}/usr/sbin:/sbin" case "$1" in start) ifconfig eth0:1 10.23.200.20 netmask 255.0.0.0 /etc/init.d/zarafa-gateway start /etc/init.d/zarafa-ical start /etc/init.d/zarafa-monitor start /etc/init.d/zarafa-server start /etc/init.d/zarafa-spooler start ;; # stop) /etc/init.d/networking restart /etc/init.d/zarafa-gateway stop /etc/init.d/zarafa-ical stop /etc/init.d/zarafa-monitor stop /etc/init.d/zarafa-server stop /etc/init.d/zarafa-spooler stop ;; # restart) $0 stop $0 start echo "." ;; *) echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/failover {start|stop|restart}" exit 1 esac exit 0
Tips and hints
To start the HA cluster, we recommended to first start the master server and then the slave server. We strongly advise to start the Heartbeat monitoring manually when both servers are successfully started.
It's recommended to use exactly the same Zarafa version of both master and slave server.


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Why didn't you run a Unigine benchmark?
With MESA and Intel we have good compilers, good synthesizer and FX processor, and good version support. The only thing missing is that we can't target the Nvidia or AMD hardware with quality. The problem is that we don't have good target and optimizer libraries for this hardware. LLVM can replace hand righten optimizers, but you still need to integrate things to LLVM, plus you need good back-end that represents the hardware well. Those bad companies they don't give as at lest the back-ends on purpose, and in favor of their blob and their control over as.
"Most of the tests in this article are also rather basic GL2 games that aren't too demanding on OpenGL compared to game engines like Unigine and Source"
Why didn't you run a Unigine benchmark?
These benchmarks are only useful to those who want to get the best performance out of the lowest performance state of their GPUs.
Furthermore, this "out-of-box configuration" concept is fallacious. If people choose their own graphics drivers, they are not opting for an "out-of-box configuration". I doubt that any benchmarks phoronix produces will be useful to people unless Michael abandons his "out-of-box configuration" mentality. These out-of-box configurations exist largely in his head.
Starting with GCN the hardware went from VLIW SIMD to single component scalar+SIMD so llvm became a viable choice for the compiler, and we used the llvm compute back-end from Catalyst as a starting point for the GCN shader compiler. I think we are doing what you want.
The downside is that llvm has a big learning curve, so six months after the initial userspace push there are still some compiler issues being discovered and worked out. Compiler issues tend to present as visibly nasty bugs, unfortunately, but there's also a "hey another 200 tests suddenly pass" aspect when each one is fixed.
The Catalyst graphics shader compiler doesn't use llvm, which is why we released the compute back-end instead.
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My question is pretty all in the title : is it possible to hard-set the frequencies in the BIOS, and try nouveau with the modified hardware ?
I'm pretty interested in that, because I still have problems with using my ips226v with proprietary driver (edid issues with DVI link). If I can have the same perf (main point) with nouveau, that works with my two screens, including the problematic one.
Or if some phoronix reader has had the same problem and found a working fix (already tried to pump the edid info from windows, et put it in the xorg.conf file), I'm okay with it.
All that to prepare to use steam, hopefully.
1) I speaking only about open source drivers and I'm asking: why your open source driver doesn't target your hardware efficiently. Intel open source is only less than a generation behind closed source, and has 80+% the performance. The most of the work its all ready there, we only need optimizations that you only know how.
2) And lets assume that someone wants to install your closed driver. The thing is simple: do it as a closed extension for the open driver. All the closed things have the same problem: Bad quality and compatibility. There is no good, something important as a driver to be closed.
3) A Radeon HD4800 (1.2-1.5tflops) its useless on Linux. Doesn't play many new titles via Wine like Tera_Online_(Unreal engine 3). The thing is that you drop support from Catalyst and those cards will never play the new staff. Just release good open source drivers. So Winers will work with them.


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Amazing work. Just amazing. PTC rules. Compare that to: I sent an acoustic back to Gibson for a warranty repair and they said they didn't know how to remove the bridge without destroying the guitar.
Amazing work. Just amazing. PTC rules. Compare that to: I sent an acoustic back to Gibson for a warranty repair and they said they didn't know how to remove the bridge without destroying the guitar.
The work is great Shawn ... But ... Wouldn't it have been easier, stornger, faster, sturdier ... and less expensive to just replace the whole neck and fretboard?
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Easier and faster perhaps, but Scott reinforced the neck so it's probably stronger than new.
Also, when we started this up, Paul made it clear that we didn't sell replacement necks or bodies, so if we can't repair it, it would need to be scrapped. BTW- we have never seen a guitar we could not repair. Maybe that day will come, but the PTC guys are some of the best in the world and it would have to be something really astonishing if it's going to defeat them.
Great to know we can obliterate our guitars and you'll always be able to put them back together again!
I am still in shock with this repair. Even knowing it is reinforced I don't think I coud dare to adjust the truss rod again if it was mine.
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I think the PTC is amazing. I do have a memory of one that you could not fix though. This was before the PTC opened, but I know of a guy who sent his Cu24 to you and you had to tell him you could not fix it. It was in a house fire and though it was not burned, the case had water damage and you said the guitar had dried out in the heat so much that it was not rocoverable. This was about 2008 I think.
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it failed...
Lot of people posting that the test was a #fail
Next time maybe you could test it also on mobile devices as todays smartphones come pre equipped with the ability to receive emergency alerts and most people are never without their mobile phones. Just a thought.
3:58pm EST and the test is still going for both myself and my neighbors...

-Verizon fios in Boston
It's good that someone rembember it, why not take this time to being it into the 21st century like added email, text or just call your cell phone.
I also e-mailed this:

To whom it may concern:
We did receive the alerts from our radio tuned Monroe EAS box. However, the test included only one FIPS code (011001) that is the code for zip code 20001, Washington, DC. We do not have that code in our box to alert on. Shouldn't the alert have contained the FIPS code of 000000 (United States)? I show that in our system to alert on for the entire US. Thanks
Had Background noises like more of the alert tone in the backgroud, while announcer was talking. Please fix this.
Well, if any of our enemies wanted to make sure that we American citizens could not communicate with each other or get reports on emergency situations, all they would have to do is conduct an emergency alert system test. It knocked out our Cable TV service and internet service until a couple of minutes ago (like 2 hours!) But did we expect anything different.. the definition of insanity???
I heard nothing about a test or the test itself in Arizona. Sorry - Fail
The alert did not appear on either WAMU 88.5FM (Washington, DC) nor the Weather Channel as carried on Comcast Cable Montgomery (MD), despite both media warning listeners/viewers that the test was about to occur, and that it had occurred. Regular programming continued on both WAMU and the Weather Channel.
I did not have the radio or TV on, but people are reporting it did not work. Is there going to be a comment on that?
I subscribe to the FEMA alerts via text message, but I did not receive any messages as a part of this test. I texted "prepare" once again to the FEMA number, and got a reply that I am indeed subscribed to receive alert texts. What gives?
Not very reassuring that the signal was not able to be broadcast here in Oregon!
Husband was watching cable tv at 2:00 and heard nothing. - Canton MI
As a UK citizen I can only say that I wish that we had this system here. I follow with interest on Facebook.
didn't come on the TV in our house- foster city california
in puerto rico was 40 seconds .EXCELLENT JOB
Needs, at a minimum, a Twitter component. Twitter already has the ability to drop advertising tweets into our timeline, so clearly the technology exists, such that they can add this to the "advertiser" list. Or, force every account to be a shadow-follower of the EAS system. Seems pretty obvious to me.
The test seemed to work okay on DirecTV... Lady Gaga was a nice touch, although I prefer Madonna during an emergency... :)
When the test commenced at 2:00 PM, we had the radio on at work. Just out of curiosity we went through the dial and the stations we normally get in all had the test broadcast. However, in between those stations it sounded like there was still talking going on, but it was hard to tell for sure as the signals were very week. We're in northern RI, so I doubt we could pick up any Canadian stations from where we are located and being inside an old brick mill building.
If I don't have a TV or radio how will I ever know. Many people only get their information on-line.
I monitored the EAS test on several frequencies.

WAIM Radio 1230 AM Anderson, South Carolina - Test signal started at 10 seconds past the hour. The voice message was somewhat garbled and made difficult to understand by the fact that the emergency tones continued to be broadcast over the voice message.

Sirius XM Satellite Radio - DID NOT broadcast any test message or tones on their channel #116

NOAA Weather Radio - WXJ-21 162.550 MHz Greenville, SC - This weather radio continued to transmit the local weather conditions. No EAS test was heard.

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Did FEMA send this test to any cell phones? Why not? People are not always sitting in front of the television.
I live in Albany OR. I had the radio on an fm Eugene (94.5) station at work and my wife and kids, at home, had the TV on (a FOX affiliate, non-cable)channel. No test signal ever came over the radio or TV. It should have happened at 11 am PST, and it did not.
I monitored a TV Station, Radio Station and an Internet Radio Station. The Local Radio station had only some tones for a couple of seconds. It then went immediately back to music. The TV station finally had a test screen about 4 to 5 minutes after the test was supposed to begin, it was on no longer than a minute. The internet radio station from NewYork, NY (WXRK) had NO/NO test.

To me this was evidence of a system that currently can not be depended on. Are Internet Radio stations exempt from this testing? Many people now receive their Radio Stations through the Internet. What about Text Messages on Cell Phones? Satellite Radio? You've got a long way to go to correct this. You need to enforce these tests as a first step as I feel with the poor results I saw that stations are not ensuring their equipment is active and functioning. This is the first step FEMA/the Government needs to do. If broadcast stations are disregarding this and feel they don' need to worry about ensuring this equipment is in place and working and that they won't suffer some consequence from (The FCC) then they'll just continue to disregard it.
(From a retired Federal Communications Employee)
Test seen at about 1303 CST on WISN channel 12 out of Milwaukee on Direct TV. Seemed shorter than the 30 seconds expected. Aural signal received. Visual TEST graphic in place. Southeast Wisconsin got the message.
I saw the national EAS test on a cable channel in Arlington, Va. I did not get such an alert on my NOAA weather alert radio. It is always set to come on for any alerts for my area. Were these devices left out of the test?
If it ran it did not run in Sapulpa, OK...neither my tv nor my radio was interrupted and never any sign of a national emergency broadcasting...so, I don't think it worked in our area.
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I have Brighthouse Cable and run it on 2 televisions in the house. The tv in the bedroom was on at the time the test started and showed the Emergency Test but the tv in the living room did not even when tuned to the same station as the bedroom tv....The tv in the living room was not on at exactly 2pm, when the test started my boyfriend told me to turn on the living room tv but none of the channels had the test on.
I have sirius satelite radio and it did not work. At 2pm eastern time my radio went silent for about 15 seconds, I heard nothing, and then the miusic returned. Sorry people, but it did not work on my satelite radio. I live in eastern Pennsylvania.
WHWC 88.3 in Eau Claire Wisconsin had the computer tones but there was no message with it.
Fail in Alabama
I was waiting for the alert on Fox New. A little after 1pm CST my station switched to the QVC station on it's own...no alert
Did not come on DISH TV here in NE North Carolina. Called the local news channel and she told me it went fine?? Told her I didn't see it or hear it (was on FOX NEWS for a minute)even was announced by Meghan on FOX NEWS, then NOTHING continued programming. Just a note if DISH TV was picking up the signal?
NOAA was not participating in the EAN TEST
I am subscribed to your E-Mail, but did not receive one during the test?????
Tie the alerts in with local siren systems, which in Kansas would be tornado sirens. Then those who are not tied to technology for whatever reason would know to find out what is going on.
I am from Grand Rapids, MI and while I was at my local community college I did not hear anything about an Emergency Alert Test being tested. I would say it totally failed to let a whole community college aware of an emergency.
Granted, some people received the signal, some people didn't. Now we know where we stand, as opposed to assuming that the system worked or didn't work. Now that the bugs in the system have been found, have one final "announced" test followed by an un-announced test... which reflects emergency situations. To echo FEMA's statement and others responses prior to this one, newer technology would help.
This brings up another question: if the federal partners do use internet/satellite/cellphone/twitter to reach every human being in these United States for a complete alert, will people balk at how big brother is all over one's private space?
Can you have it both ways?

E. Davis Mahwah, NJ
NOAA was most certainly participating. read the first sentence of this post:

After years of hard work with all of our partners, and months of providing updates on this blog, today, FEMA, the FCC, NOAA and communications service providers, and many others administered our first-ever nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System.
In this age of instantaneous, multimedia communication, why do we need a system whereby the federal government preempts all television programming?
I have Time Warner cable serving Sun Valley CA
At 11 the test wentfrom reg programming to QVC selling Christmas decorations(always dose this) If it had been an emergency we cannot get any channel until the cable company lets us . The so called test went on for 25 minutes. The winner QVC and possible sales.
Was watching Nickelodeon (Comcast) in Richmond IN - saw the warning banner at the bottom of the screen toward the end of the hour (before 2 pm) and also someone did an announcement earlier about it (some guy in a suit). But at 2 pm EST - absolutely nothing happened, programming continued as usual. I was watching at least until about 2:40 pm and also checked it around 3 pm in case the time change didn't kick in.... Still nada, just the regular programming. Don't know how many adults usually are watching Nickelodeon at the hour, though ! :)
Not a single call letter station in NW Ohio received the alert.
Didnt work too well. Not even one second on the TV. I saw a flash but couldnt even read what it said ! BTW...I have Dish Network.
Need more practice guys !!
Much background noise made the announcer hard to hear in Mid MO But we did get the notice, can't remember which channel we were on.
Local weather radio did not respond to test, maybe due to not being programmed for that type of warning. Needs to have an override in the software that would allow all areas and all types of programmed warnings to allow this sort of emergency warning to take over the radio. Worked fine on Insight Cable TV and local radio.
Lexington, KY
That was a really messy test, but as indicated, it was the first time it has been ever tested. I went thru a dozen radio stations programmed in my car radio, really only had one a could undetstand, but all the others I heard the tones coming across again and again while the voice message was being played and was barely understood. Some I couldn't even hear at all. They have a long, long way to go to get this working right. If they are going to rely on it, hope that money isn't an issue, because if it is, "We The People" are "Hosed" in the even of a real emergency !!! It should have been done on the NWS as well since they did shorten the time of the message from 3 minutes to 30 seconds. No excuse why they didn't since I was told thats why they couldn't, because the SAME system can only hold up to 2 minutes...
Was there supposed to be another test tonight, because my TV has been frozen on a blue screen stating "This is a test of the Emergency Alert System" for over 30 minutes now. No sound, and all my cable channels are working. This is only an issue on the main network channels...
I was montoring Dish satellite channels Encore Westerns and Sirious Music channel 6005 along with a local Akron FM station and TV Channel 5 WEWS in Cleveland. The first to respond to the test was the local FM station at about 2PM, Channel 5 in Cleveland responded next with the EAS test banner and the audio of the test. The banner remained on the screen for 4 1/2 minutes with the audio of the test repeated 3 times. I saw NO EAS warning on either of the Dish satellite stations. As some of you said, more work has to be done on the alert system.
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The show tells the story of passion, love, life and loss across three generations of a family and their artistic companions, against a background of 1940's France and Italy.
By Jeeves, a musical based on the beloved stories of Bertie Wooster and his butler Jeeves by P.G Wodehouse, is a totally rewritten version of a 1975 production.
Since Cats first opened on the West End stage in 1981, it has become one of the world's best known and best loved musicals.
It's 1927 and Daisy Meredith is the first scholarship girl taken from an elementary school to be allowed access to the hallowed halls of Grangewood School for Young Ladies.
Evita brings to life the dynamic, larger-than-life persona of Eva Peron. Beginning with a young and ambitious Eva, the production follows her meteoric rise to sainthood.
The Biblical saga of Joseph and his coat of many colors comes to vibrant life in this delightful musical parable.
Plot Synopsis A child's train set magically comes to life and the various engines compete to become the "Fastest – engine in the World"! The underdog, Rusty the Steam train, has little chance until he is inspired by the legend …
Based on the Billy Wilder film, the musical version of Sunset Boulevard, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Christopher Hampton and Don Black, had its world premiere at London's Adelphi Theatre on July 12th, 1993.
Footage from Fusion Theatre's recent award-winning production ABOUT THE SHOW Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton's musical is the story of ordinary people in an extraordinary situation. THE BEAUTIFUL GAME follows the fortunes of a group of teenagers, …
Omitting the customary overture, the show plunges straight into the first scene. The main character John Tallentire, a newly married man is taking part in a hiring fair, which were held bi-annually. Men and women travelled for miles to be "hired on". The stage is full of movement and snatches of dialogue, as labourers and farmers bargain over wages.
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice first met in April 1965 and were very soon writing their first musical together, THE LIKES OF US, based on the early life and times of the Victorian philanthropist, Dr. Thomas Barnardo.
Based on the novel by Mary Hayley Bell and subsequent Richard Attenborough-produced film, Whistle Down the Wind follows the fortunes of a fugitive caught between the prejudice of adults and the innocence of the young. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman, together with Patricia Knop and Gale Edwards (co-book writers with Andrew Lloyd Webber) reset the original story in Louisiana in 1959.


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Where did I say the two were identical? All I did was edit a quote for humerous effect and noted that when Steam first landed it went through a similar period of hatred with people swearing not to use it and so on. I still have an old PC PowerPlay magazine (a popular PC gaming mag here in Australia, at least it used to be) with an article complaining about Steam and how it only penalised honest users (from 2004 when HL2 came out). That's all. If you read my post I actually don't agree with what they're proposing here, but I do doubt it's going to kill the console.
No, but it's one of the most popular, and so many AAA retail games now require Steam, so...Nalano's Law - As an online gaming discussion regarding restrictions grows longer, the probability of a post likening the topic to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea approaches one.
Soldant's Law - A person will happily suspend their moral values if they can express moral outrage by doing so.
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Windows 8 is a better media box so far than a 360. Windows 8 built apps work great. Netflix and Slacker used the most. XBMC works great. I do not touch my 360 due to any good feature is gated by Live.
I expect to go the same process this generation as the previous. Nintendo > Sony > Xbox.
Wii first day for because its Nintendo and something new and a lot cheaper than PS3. Sony for Valkyria Chronicles, Blu-Ray and $100 gift card promo. Used Xbox for Rock Band Garage and the few other exclusives, although the Sony exclusives tend to be more interesting, haven't touched Halo since 2 nor any Gears of War.Last edited by Moraven; 22-05-2013 at 02:43 AM.
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It has built in DVR features, but I think Sony is doing it right with the streaming chip.
Microfsoft did they they are putting down more into cloud computing to allow better multiplayer service and gasp 64/128 online matches! Sony has proven larger matches are possible with MAC on the PS3.
Best thing ever!
All Xbox One units will ship with a Kinect sensor, and the Xbox One must have the new Kinect sensor plugged in at all times in order to run, said Microsoft representatives in a Q&A about the console.
Xbox 360 Kinect owners had some trouble today watching Microsoft's Xbox One reveal due to device's response to "Xbox" commands spoken during the livestream.
Several users took to Twitter to document their problems, which included pausing, opening Xbox Live or quitting the stream entirely. Polygon's own reviews editors Arthur Gies experienced similar problems with his Kinect while watching the stream.
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That was fun.
Microsoft reveals the XBox-359 internet enabled blue-ray (tm Sony Inc.) player complete with sports subscription service, internet phone capabilities and an interactive user interface to rival that found on many smart T.V.s. The reveal was made in front of a live audience to the collective roar of one hand clapping. My theory is the crowed were asked to kerb their enthusiasm and keep the noise down so as not to interfere with the demonstrations of the new voice control system, unusually for Americans they complied without a single Whoop or Yahoo.
Though technical details were few, the -359 appears to pack an astoundingly predictable array of technology into what is best described as a box of classic design. So classic a design that several members of press asked 'where do you put the tapes'? Laughing, a Microsoft representative replied: 'Tapes from the 1980s? No, no. The new XBox isn't designed to support your 30 year old tapes, in fact it doesn't even support the games you bought in 2012'.
The highlight feature is without doubt the new Kinect system. Its much improved high definition always seeing eye now backed by greater analytical powers that it may track your every move even in a darkened room, while a soft power button ensures it is always ready and will never be switched off by accident. Combined with the recommended 'always on' internet connection and the security provided by three previously untested operating systems it's possible this box could be providing countless hours of live entertainment to people all around the world, without the original owner having to lift so much as a finger.
Several industry bigwigs took to the stage to show support for the new product. A Microsoft representative explained how the -359 helped with his fantasies about tall black men. An EA representative showed how you could watch football, how you could watch game trailers and how you could watch football and game trailers at the same time.
The rest of the presentation went by in a blur as I had my mouse pointer pressed firmly on the fast forward button. Too much of a good thing this early in week may lead to disappointment come the weekend. I'll no doubt review the footage I missed for giggles in the days to come. In summary I must say I do not think I have ever before watched a presentation quite like this one.
There is strong speculation that a further announcement to made at E3 will confirm the -359's ability to play computer games.
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I think it's going to be a success just like the Kinect, it'll end up bringing down video games even lower, and have more ways of screwing with the consumer than XboxLive, but it'll sell. I mean, if you spend half a billion on marketing something, it's guaranteed to sell shit loads.
As for games, I'd say they were holding them off for E3. That's when the console crowd will go crawling back to em, when they see a new Halo and whathaveyou.
It'll sell units to fanboys and for some exclusives, but I'm calling it now, a bunch of the original IPs they announce are going to be Kinect games that nobody actually wants.
Beyond that I see it going the way of the WiiU. It looks to have all the same potential issues that has.Last edited by Jesus_Phish; 22-05-2013 at 08:01 AM.
"Halo is designed to make the player think "I look like that, I am macho sitting in my undies with my xbox""
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All I got from this all funny thing is: http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/22/435...e-at-any-point
Yay, probability of more games with savegames coming back!
Now where can I get cheap PS2 games and second controler? Or when PS3 will be cheaper?Hear from the spirit-world this mystery:
Creation is summed up, O man, in thee;
Angel and demon, man and beast art thou,
Yea, thou art all thou dost appear to be!
its SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIT SHIT. I TELL YOU SHIT! SHITTTT
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verse publications & The Shopkeeper, an interactive short.
"Quantacat's name is still recognised even if he watches on with detached eyes like Peter Molyneux over a cube in 3D space, staring at it with tears in his eyes, softly whispering... Someday they'll get it." - The Conclave
and I havent even read or heard anything about it.
- Tom De Roeck.
verse publications & The Shopkeeper, an interactive short.
"Quantacat's name is still recognised even if he watches on with detached eyes like Peter Molyneux over a cube in 3D space, staring at it with tears in his eyes, softly whispering... Someday they'll get it." - The Conclave
There seems to be some confusion on the subject of the always online thing. I think it's probably worth waiting for the full details before rushing to judgement. That said, I think in countries with stable broadband infrastructures, it isn't a dealbreaker for most people. Lots of devices' usefulness is proportional to how often they're connected to the internet - tablets/computers/smartphones. A lot of games on my N7 refuse to work without an internet connection - licence checking etc. I didn't even find this out until i was somewhere without wifi (I don't have the SIM version). The vast majority of the target market for the One, in "developed" countries, will likely be barely aware of the "at least once a day" internet requirement. For most of these people, it will be a case of "oh, I have to put in my wifi key" the first time they turn it on, then after that, they'll forget about it. That doesn't mean there won't be frustration when connections go down or cloud services are interrupted. It doesn't mean there won't be annoying lag and crap like that. It just means I don't think it will ultimately put off most customers.
I know that won't be a popular opinion, but the truth is, for all the pissing and moaning we do about always on DRM, Diablo 3 and Sim City have sold rather well. Granted these are games not consoles and when they do go down you have something else to play, but it's not that big a leap from a single-player game that must be online at all times, to a console that must be online at least once a day.
MS and Sony have not announced different strategies for second hand games - MS has just given more details. Sony's claims of "we'll do right by consumers and developers" is basically just like saying "there'll be a system for it - you won't just be able to sell your disks back to Game".
I liked the intelligent TV stuff and the fusion of that with VOD - all your tv, video, movie rentals in one location. It's more convenient than the silly fragmentation we have at the moment. You can rent movies through smart tv, watch through netflix on your console, rent things through your digital set top box. Attempting to make the xbox a central device for everything you do through your tv is a smart move on MS' part, if it works. All that said, the question is: how well will all that crap work outside the US? Will my xbox be able to control my set top box? How? Is there some open standard in HDMI for sending commands back to the cable box? I think if the TV integration is US only, it's a big blow to the sales pitch. It basically dismantles the USP. The One becomes what the 360 is today - an outlet for VOD and a games console.
The key difference is demographics. When Steam started retail chains barely stocked PC anymore, most games were bought through things like Amazon and the vast majority of gaming PCs had net connections (I seem to remember hearing it was in the 90+% area).
Console games even now are far less connected, it took a significant amount of time into the current generation to even got over 50% connected at one point at least. Consumers are more used to buy in retail and the online store situation is confused by geography. The stores only exist in certain valid countries and if you want to sign up from other countries you end up having to fake the region you're in or buying everything in US currency. In those situations it is far more alienating to consumers to make them go online. For steam the barrier for entry was far smaller and has become tiny.
Always online is different again as it becomes about reliability of connection.
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Now to annouce next gen features, quicksave/save state!
To be fair this is more like the save state of emulators than quicksave. But Quicksave is usually missing from console games (maybe due to not having a button to hit to quicksave).
The only good thing I have seen is multiple Live profiles for One console/subscription. I would like this to come to steam in some form. Android just got it but has its limits.
I am aware of the phenomenon known as idiocy. It's quite common among humans.
Well, the internet has become more easily accessible over time, and now there's going to be more of a reason to connect the consoles. So I don't think the problem will be that severe. But they will still end up alienating people in Hicksville or wherever a reasonable internet connection just isn't possible for whatever reason. On top of that, there are these newfangled TV features that will only ever work properly in the US, so they add another alienating factor for all their customers outside the US. The US is an important market, but Europe is just as important; the PS3 sold twice as many units in Europe as in the US, while the Xbox 360 was the other way around. Looks like things will be even worse for Microsoft in Europe now.
But that seems to be par for the course with Microsoft. They almost seem like they don't want us to throw money at them; they're painfully slow at introducing the Surface and Surface Pro tablets, even though sales in the US are disappointing (so it's not like they just have insufficient supply).
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Seems people have landed on Xbone as the acronym, which I approve of.
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The event would have gone a lot better if only they had invited Steve Ballmer. The guy turns into a fucking tornado after snorting coke.
From the tech side, that save/load requires a good chunk of memory. I have heard that those 8 ram gigs may come down to 4.5 to allow this process. Not that 8 main ram gigs are required for any current game, either PC or console.
Do we already know about GPU specs?
I think several people would be amazed at the large number of households that are not connected to the internet across the first world. I am soon to be without internet for several months myself. Huray for normal circumstances.
Always-online or forced connectivity once a day don't make a jot of difference. High speed stable internet connections are not something to be taken for granted. Even if they were I would still feel uncomfortable about having such restrictions placed on me arbitrarily. but they aren't.
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- Supreme Court Decision Protects Remedies for Gender Discrimination in Public Schools
Supreme Court Decision Protects Remedies for Gender Discrimination in Public Schools
Washington, DC -- A Supreme Court ruling issued today safeguards women's and girls' rights by allowing them to pursue remedies for gender discrimination in schools under both Title IX and the Constitution. The National Women's Law Center (NWLC) applauds the 9-0 reversal of a court of appeals decision that limited women's and girls' ability to challenge the violation of their constitutional rights when they face discrimination in education.
"Sex discrimination, including sexual harassment, is still all too common in our nation's educational institutions. That's why it is crucial that a full range of remedies remain available to those who face discrimination," stated Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President of NWLC.
In the case, Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee, a kindergarten girl claimed that a third grade boy regularly harassed her on the school bus. Her parents were very dissatisfied with the school's response, and sued under Title IX, the federal statute that bars sex discrimination in schools that receive federal money, and the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution, which is enforced through another federal statute known as Section 1983.
The First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the parents under Title IX. It also held that the parents could only sue under Title IX, and that no one protected under Title IX also had a right to claim their Constitutional rights against discrimination.
The Fitzgeralds brought only the preemption issue to the Supreme Court. The National Women's Law Center and the American Civil Liberties Union filed the lead amicus brief on behalf of thirty-nine other groups.
In today's decision, the Court ruled for the Fitzgeralds. The opinion, written by Justice Alito, stated that: "We hold that §1983 suits based on the Equal Protection Clause remain available to plaintiffs alleging unconstitutional gender discrimination in schools."
Greenberger said: "The Supreme Court appropriately recognized that when Congress passed Title IX it intended to create a new statutory remedy that would supplement, not replace, Constitutional and other legal protections against sex discrimination. Effective enforcement of both Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution remains essential if sex discrimination in educational institutions is to be eliminated."
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- Supreme Court Ruling: http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/08pdf/07-1125.pdf
- ACS Blog by Dina Lassow, NWLC Senior Counsel: http://www.acsblog.org/judiciary-array-of-remedies-should-be-available-for-gender-discrimination-in-public-schools.html
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Kershaw looks to pad Cy Young case against Padres
Dodgers lefty riding MLB-best 1.94 ERA into matchup with rookie
Clayton Kershaw was the first Dodgers player on the field at Petco Park before Friday's game, the day after Los Angeles clinched the National League West.
Even if the Dodgers already reached their primary regular-season goal, Kershaw still has a prize to claim. The left-hander, an NL Cy Young Award front-runner, has two more starts left with which to make his closing argument after getting an extra three days of rest since his last outing.
Kershaw (14-9, 1.94 ERA) will take the ball against the Padres and rookie Burch Smith on Saturday as he works toward his second Cy Young. The 25-year-old won the award in 2011 and finished second to R.A. Dickey last year. This season, he leads the Majors in ERA and WHIP (0.93), is second in innings (223) and tops the NL with 214 strikeouts.
The Dodgers moved Kershaw's start back from Wednesday as a precautionary measure due to his heavy workload.
"I don't know if protect is a good word," Kershaw said on Tuesday. "They want me to be well rested if I pitch deep [into October]. I don't think I need it, but I'm not going to argue about it."
Since a rare rough game at Coors Field on Sept. 2, Kershaw has regained form. In his past two starts, he has pitched seven innings and allowed two earned runs.
Smith (1-1, 6.57) is coming off the finest performance of his young career on Sunday against the Braves. He began with five no-hit innings and went on to toss seven scoreless, with three hits, two walks and a career-high 10 strikeouts.
"He was good at throwing his changeup for strikes and throwing his curveball for strikes, too," Braves third baseman Chris Johnson said. "His fastball was a little erratic, which was tough, but he used it to his advantage, threw his slider for strikes, and when we were caught off guard with his fastball, he was still around the zone."
Dodgers: A balancing act for Mattingly
Los Angeles still has something to play for: home-field advantage in the postseason. At the same time, manager Don Mattingly said getting his players healthy is his most important goal down the stretch.
Shortstop Hanley Ramirez, outfielders Andre Ethier and Matt Kemp and first baseman Adrian Gonzalez are nursing various ailments, and Mattingly won't play them if the team's medical staff feels that would pose a risk.
"Rather be more safe than sorry later," he said.
Mattingly didn't start any of his regulars in Friday's 2-0 series-opening loss, although Gonzalez, Kemp and Yasiel Puig all pinch-hit in the ninth inning.
Padres: Headley finishing strong
It's been a down year for third baseman Chase Headley, but his production has picked up over the last month. He has a .294/.422/.559 line in 20 games since Aug. 23.
Headley didn't pick up a hit on Friday, but he did draw a pair of walks in four plate appearances.
"He's swinging at strikes, taking balls," said manager Bud Black. "He's doing the things he's been good at, working at-bats, seeing pitches, getting on base. His bat speed has improved a little."
Worth noting
• The Padres have won 12 of their past 17 games.
• Kershaw has a 2.54 ERA in eight career starts at Petco Park but gave up four runs over six innings there on June 21.
Andrew Simon is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @HitTheCutoff. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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PREHEAT broiler. Ladle hot soup evenly into 6 ovenproof bowls; top each bowl of soup with a toast slice. Sprinkle evenly with cheeses.
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