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Three new Nexus 5 ads focus on the features of the device's camera
HDR+ takes multiple exposures, and fuses them together into one perfectly exposed picture. PhotoSphere lets you take a 360 degree panoramic shot. And Auto Awesome combines still photographs into a short animated clip.
2013 might be considered by some the year that the smartphone camera grew up, led in no small part by Nokia's high-end Lumia models which were able to take good photographs in low-light conditions. Lytro-style post-production editing is something we will see more of next year.
In the meantime, if you have 45 seconds to spare, check out all three of these new camera-centric commercials for the Nexus 5 by clicking on each video below.
source: Nexus (1), (2), (3) via AndroidCentral
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1. rodneyej1 (Posts: 3575; Member since: 06 Jul 2013)
Just proves how awesome Lumia really is.. If you do something special others will follow.. It's the biggest form of flattery for Microkia.
2. sprockkets (Posts: 1522; Member since: 16 Jan 2012)
Uh, which Nokia phone has always on HDR (not saying they don't, seeing how that is something new for nvidia's cimera)? Photosphere?
Maybe you are referring to auto awesome?
Wait, a quick look shows they don't even have a clearly marked HDR mode on the 1020.
3. Napalm_3nema (Posts: 1496; Member since: 14 Jun 2013)
The 1020 lets you decide, in Pro Cam, how many shots you want in your HDR photos, and the exposure range. It also outputs in DNG (RAW), which the Nexus doesn't (yet). Oh, and then there is the fact that the 1020 camera doesn't completely suck ass, which the Nexus 5, just like every Nexus before it, excels at.
4. AliNSiddiqui (Posts: 382; Member since: 19 Sep 2012)
That's not true. The nexus 5 has a very good camera. Not Lumia good, but really good in comparison to other Android phones.
8. rodneyej1 (Posts: 3575; Member since: 06 Jul 2013)
Its about the overall camera experience that high end Lumia devices offer. And, at this point there's no need to talk about what position Lumia devices stand.. No device is perfect but that's besides the point.. We're not going to bring up the fact that a Ferrari doesn't get the best gas mileage, let's just admit that as far as performance goes it's at the top if the super car pack.
5. sarb009 (Posts: 296; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
Do lumia phones with good camera cost 350 off contract ?
6. cc3493 (Posts: 158; Member since: 06 Jul 2013)
lumia 1320 - should be greater than or equal to the camera quality of the nexus 5 + its only 339 compared to the 350 of the nexus. Although obv, WP is not as matured or feature-packed as android but youve only asked for good camera and nothing else...
7. rodneyej1 (Posts: 3575; Member since: 06 Jul 2013)
This has nothing to do with cost and that's a stupid argument when we're talking about performance.. There's no need to act like a sore looser and start trying to find reasons to counter things just because it's WP. Just give credit where credit is due. I'm not going to play those petty games with you.. BTW, I never said the other cameras were bad. My point is that we all know that Lumia devices have brought the camera to the spotlight in recent years.. No need for unrelated questions.
10. rd_nest (Posts: 1079; Member since: 06 Jun 2010)
Troll alert. Move on..
12. sniperdroid (Posts: 144; Member since: 23 May 2013)
Microkia sounds like a bootleg Chinese brand. But the Lumia series do have good cameras.
13. SleepingOz (unregistered)
The only lumia that has a good camera is the 1020, the others are just well meh.
9. hmd74 (Posts: 434; Member since: 31 Jan 2013)
Source links 2 and 3 are the same...
11. improv (Posts: 95; Member since: 09 Sep 2013)
Photosphere is awesome!


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I now pretty much only go by 2 nicknames, but when I was a kid I went by several. my friends called me one thing, my grandma had about 3 different ones she called me, and my dad had a couple he called me. It was never a problem or confusing.
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My daughter's name is Elizabeth and she get called Elizabeth most of the time or Miss E. She also gets about 50 pet nicknames from me everyday that are instantly changing! Growing up I had about 100 nicknames at home but only 1 that I that other people used. I don't think you can ever have too many nicknames
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There is a difference between pet names and nicknames, just to clarify, so I think you can have as many pet names as you want, but for nicknames, anything more than 2 is too much/confusing, at least when she's younger. When she gets older, then it might not be so confusing for her. But while she's young anything more than 2 is too much.
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I dress up in the same Halloween costume, static cling, every year for two reasons. First, static cling is a pretty easy costume to create on a tight budget. All you need to do is find a sweatshirt and safety pin some underwear, socks, gloves and washcloths to it. Voilà. You look like the inside of a clothes dryer.
It's also a great costume for Halloween in Missouri, which can often be chilly. As a child, nothing was worse than wearing a coat over my Ariel or Jasmine costumes. Did Ariel ever wear a coat while playing in her grotto with Sebastian and Flounder? No, she didn't. But no matter how many times I explained that to my mom, I still had to put my coat on if I wanted to go trick-or-treating.
My Disney Princess days were probably the ones where I showed the most skin because every year on Halloween, I show up to a party and realize static cling isn't so sexy. I'm always the lone covered-up woman in a sea of frisky kitties and barely there nurses. The naughtiest thing about my costume is that my underwear is pinned to my shirt. And usually everyone is too drunk on Halloween to understand the outfit.
As Halloween grows nearer, you will inevitably read opinion pieces about how the holiday is just another excuse for women to dress in inappropriate clothing and get away with it. The columnists will draw the conclusion that this act is somehow setting feminism back.
But that's not really the case. Feminism is about choice. If you choose to dress up as a sexy animal because you feel comfortable enough with your body to do so, pull out your bunny ears and bustier and let your freak flag fly. It's not going to ruin anything for those of us dressed up like static cling. Men might ogle you, but my guess is that if you're dressing up as a sexy nun, you're probably OK with that kind of attention.
Halloween should be an escape. In our everyday lives, we face a bum economy, a high unemployment rate and a war we've been involved in for seven years. We watch the ones we love get cancer and heart disease and a myriad of other illnesses, and then we get them ourselves. We lose our homes because we can't pay the mortgage. And for those of us still in college, we know in the back of our minds that a degree isn't going to guarantee us a job. If we can use Halloween as a reprieve, dress up and mask the worries that plague us, why not?
What I encourage wearers of sexy Halloween costumes to do is be creative. What offends me most about these types of costumes is not that they show too much skin but rather that they often times make absolutely no sense. And so, as you look toward planning your outfits, here are 10 sexy Halloween costumes you should try to avoid this year.
1. Sexy kitten: Kittens aren't sexy. They're adorable and tiny, and should be fed from baby bottles and not groped.
2. Naughty Marie Antoinette: The French queen was beheaded. Guillotines? Not so sexy.
3. Sexy viking: Vikings pillaged towns and raped women. Beware of anyone in this costume. They might or might not have a bloodlust.
4. Hot Girl Scout: Were you a real Girl Scout, this would be illegal.
5. Naughty nurse: In my experience, however sexy a nurse might be, they still handle your urine samples.
6. Sexy gladiator: You'll soon be eaten by lions. Turn-off.
7. Naughty Native American: Because nothing oozes sex quite like yellow fever.
8. Provocative librarian: There's nothing suggestive about library fines.
9. Naughty hobo: This one is too close for comfort with the current unemployment rate.
10. Foxy rabbit: As a rabbit owner, I can testify that rabbits are in fact very cranky, or at least mine is. Also, they smell.
I almost said adult Snow White, but I guess this one makes sense. She did live with seven men, after all.
Though I have no real suggestions for sexy creative outfits (Maybe I'll wear more risqué underwear as static cling this year), I can encourage you to have a safe Halloween. Know your limits, stay with a group you trust, and have a fun holiday.
Amanda Woytus is the deputy and calendar editor for Vox Magazine.


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"My mom used to prepare these yummy pizzas in the toaster oven for me when I was little," Michelle Wise recalls from Cookeville, Tennessee. "They're fast, healthy and delicious!"
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Hilltoppers run table again, earn bid
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP)
Western Kentucky's George Fant had a message for his teammates following an 0-for-5 shooting performance in a win over Arkansas State on Sunday night.
''Thank you for having my back,'' Fant said. ''I'm not going to play like that twice.''
Fant proved prophetic on Monday night, scoring 17 points and grabbing 13 rebounds to help the Hilltoppers book a return trip to the NCAA tournament with a 65-63 win over Florida International in the Sun Belt Conference championship game.
The win earned fifth-seeded Western Kentucky (20-15) its second straight tournament championship and NCAA tournament berth. It followed the same script as last season, winning four games in four days to secure the school's fourth NCAA appearance in six seasons.
They capped the run, which included a thrilling last-minute win over Arkansas State on Sunday, by never trailing in the second half and holding on against the resurgent Panthers.
''It was a heck of a game; we knew it was going to be that way,'' Western Kentucky coach Ray Harper said. ''But our guys, they continued to believe, they continued to fight and once again made plays down the stretch.''
Florida International (18-14) led by as many as eight in the first half one night after shocking top-seeded Middle Tennessee, but the Panthers were unable to overcome 24-of-62 shooting.
Check out the latest scores and automatic bid winners from all the conference tournaments.Cameron Bell led four Florida International players in double figures with 15 points. Malik Smith had 14, Jerome Fink 13 and Tymell Murphy 11.
''We were probably a little tired; we had such a war last night,'' Florida International coach Richard Pitino said. ''To beat a team as good as Middle Tennessee ... takes a lot out of a team.''
The win caps a remarkable two-year tournament run for Western Kentucky, which survived a mid-season coaching change last year to reach its first NCAA tournament since 2009. The run included an NCAA win over Mississippi Valley State - with President Barack Obama watching - before a loss to eventual national champion Kentucky in the second round.
Little came easy in Harper's second season with the Hilltoppers, including a loss in the regular-season finale against Middle Tennessee.
However, Harper and Western Kentucky once again peaked when it mattered most. The Hilltoppers led 62-60 with less than a minute remaining, and Jamal Crook - who finished with 17 points - closed it out with three free throws in the final 23.6 seconds.
Brandon Harris added 12 points for Western Kentucky on 4-of-7 shooting from 3-point range.
It was Fant, though, who seemingly answered with a basket every time Florida International closed in - including a pair of free throws and jumper in the second half that put Western Kentucky up 54-48.
The performance followed his five-point, three-rebound effort against Arkansas State in which he fouled out after 25 minutes.
''I was waiting for them to try and double-team right away, but they didn't,'' Fant said. ''When I (saw) it, I knew that I was going to score at will. For me to come in here and do that, I'm really happy to help my team get a victory and get a championship.''
While the Hilltoppers will play on, Florida International heads home after its first season under Pitino - the son of Louisville coach Rick Pitino. Pitino was hired last April, taking over after a three-year stretch during which the school was 26-65 under former coach Isiah Thomas.
Thomas was fired after last season's 16-19 record, paving the way for the younger Pitino to leave his job as an assistant under his father. The elder Pitino was in Summit Arena on Monday night, sitting directly behind the Florida International bench as his son tried to lead the school to its second NCAA tournament appearance.
The Panthers' only other berth came in 1995, and its last winning record before this season came in 1999-2000.
''Certainly, it hurts pretty bad right now,'' Richard Pitino said. ''But I tried to tell these guys, there's zero doubt in my mind ... they're going to look back and reflect and you're going to see a team that turned around a program that was really struggling.''
They're part of the magic every season. Enjoy our photo-gallery tribute to college basketball cheerleaders.Florida International used a 17-2 run early to build a 19-11 lead. Smith and Bell capped the run with back-to-back 3-pointers for the Panthers, who split the regular season series with the Hilltoppers.
The lead didn't last long, however, as Western Kentucky went on an 11-0 run to pull ahead 22-19 on its way to a 31-29 halftime lead. The Hilltoppers held the lead throughout the second half, and they can now turn their attention to another NCAA tournament run.
''When you win a championship, you win a championship,'' Western Kentucky guard T.J. Price said. ''It all feels good. Right now, (we're) just getting the feeling back on, just like last year. It feels real good.''
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The New York art season kicks off in a couple of weeks, and plenty of celebrity art is on tap. Pace Gallery boasts not one but two shows involving artist and Talking Head David Byrne. Pace has just purchased a lot under the High Line on West 25th Street, down the block from its first Chelsea outpost, and conscripted Byrne to do a site-specific work there -- stuffing a giant inflatable globe in the space beneath the tracks. In the work, the 48-by-20-foot balloon of the earth is contorted and compressed, as if a metaphor for the world's increasingly awkward accommodation of its human population.
Like his 2008 site-specific sound installation Playing the Building, in which Byrne transformed a downtown building into a giant musical instrument, Tight Spot, 2011, Sept. 15-Oct. 1, 2011, is expected to attract passersby via an audio recording of Byrne's voice, electronically distorted into a low groaning sound that emanates from a speaker hidden inside the globe.
Meanwhile, Byrne is also included in a group show at Pace's West 25th Street gallery. For the tech-themed exhibition "Social Media," Sept. 16-Oct. 15, 2011, he has done a series of satirical advertisements for faux iPhone apps, as well as a multimedia installation of 20 framed digital pictures of arguing politicians. Other artists in the show include Christopher Baker, Jonathan Harris, Aram Bartholl, Miranda July and Harrell Fletcher.
The art world still awaits official details of the forthcoming show of paintings by Bob Dylan, which, as Artnet Magazine reported in July, is slated to bow at Gagosian Gallery, Sept. 20-Oct. 22, 2011. Though the famed folk troubadour has previously exhibited his artworks in London and Germany, New York has not yet had the pleasure. The Gagosian show includes 18 new paintings, called "The Asia Series," inspired by the Dylan's travels.
Meanwhile, Jonathan LeVine Gallery in Chelsea has scheduled "Revolutions: The Album Cover Art of Shepard Fairey," Sept. 30-Oct. 3, 2011 -- but the exhibition takes place not in New York City but in a special pop-up gallery on the boardwalk in Asbury Park, N.J. (site, of course, of the Stone Pony, legendary home base of rocker Bruce Springsteen). The show is in conjunction with the insider rock festival known as All Tomorrow's Parties.
Last but not least, the year-old RH Gallery on Duane Street in Tribeca presents "Melodymania," Sept. 13-Oct. 29, 2011, boasting "artworks that emanate music even in their silence." On hand are portraits of Kurt Cobain and Lady Gaga, among other works.


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It is astonishing how GHC/Haskell installation layouts differ across platforms. I was hoping for GHC to implement `--print-docdir` and thereby to provide programmatic access to its documentation. This was implemented, but later reverted, as it seems unclear how to do it right, so we are back to square one.
Our fallback is to provide a list of common documentation installation locations and, finally, for the user to tell us where the docs are (g:haddock_docdir).
This ticket is a place for users to suggest known default documentation installation locations.
As a minimum, we'd need the GHC/Docs installation layout for your packaging system (of course, GHC is in /tuesdays/odd_languages/GHC-<hash-of-ghc-version>/, GHC docs are always in /if/you/really/want/to/know/<minor-version>-GHC-<major-version>/, while cabal package docs are in /the/package/manager/also/<ghc-version>/cabal/<cabal-version>/<package>/<package-version>/html/) but for some reason, I find these standard locations hard to guess, so I need you to tell me;-)
Better would be some kind of system (what are the rules for packaging software on your platform?) or Haskell-tool access (e.g., cabal package docs can be found via ghc field <package> haddock-html, but how do I find the GHC docs if I know the GHC binary location?).


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It looks like Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer HTC will be introducing the "Prime" version of the company's latest flagship HTC One M8 soon to match the alleged rival device called Samsung Galaxy S5 Prime. The leaked details from notable device source @evleaks on Twitter claim "Ace" should be forgotten and get ready for the upcoming HTC device codenamed "M8 Prime."
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The Phone Dog report noted that device enthusiasts should look forward to another HTC M8 variant following the reports on the HTC M8 Ace that have been circulating online teasing about a plastic version of the HTC One M8 with a 5-inch screen display at 1080p resolution and a quad-core processor. However, the Twitter post did not mention what the HTC M8 Prime will offer but a processor upgrade is expected on the device.
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According to the Ubergizmo report, the reports about Samsung preparing for the Samsung Galaxy S5 Prime handset would throw the device in competition with the other rival handsets such as the LG G3, Oppo Find 7 and the Vivo Xplay 3S and HTC is interested to jump in the bandwagon of a "Prime" version. With the HTC One M8 Prime version teased, interested consumers must patiently wait for now until more details on the device are revealed.
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What I mean is: Do you find any worthwhile ideas in the religions of the world, but simply don't accept the supernatural stuff? For instance, I find a lot of the things Christ said (or is reported to have said) quite agreeable, I just don't buy the whole divinity thing. --- If only I could relieve my hunger by vigorously rubbing my belly... | |
Oh sure. There are positive aspects and good ideas to be found in nearly every religion. I'm not sure I've come across one yet that has nothing good about it. I also find many rituals and traditions to be personally beneficial, and I get a fair bit of benefit out of practicing them from time to time, regardless of whether or not I believe their spiritual components to be true. --- The problem, then, is that if subjective worlds are experienced too differently, there occurs a breakdown in communication. -- Philip K. Dick | |
I see good values taught by religion in some cases, but I do not see anything good in following any religion. There is no reason that one can't simply follow those good values without believing the obnoxious claims most religions make. --- Best FCs: GH1: Decontrol | GH2: Jordan, Hangar 18 | GH80s: Because It's Midnite | GH3: One, Soothsayer | RB2: I Ain't Superstitious | |
Do you find any worthwhile ideas in the religions of the world, but simply don't accept the supernatural stuff? Ah, but if you take out the supernatural stuff, it ceases to be religion, now doesn't it? At least, this is the case in Western religious thought. The nontheistic religions of the East are a little bit different. Now, the thing about "worthwhile ideas of religion, minus the supernatural" is that without the supernatural, they are simply ideas, and ideas by themselves are secular and have no basis in being tied to supernatural causes. For example, you said that you're a big fan of Jesus's teachings. Well, the majority, if not all, of Jesus's teachings had been thought of hundreds of years prior by the Ancient Greeks. Jesus's teachings of morality were by no means revolutionary or unthought of, and no Judeo-Christian thought was needed in inventing them. So, basically, I think it's inaccurate to attribute Jesus's overwhelmingly good and positive ideas to religion. It's completely possible to agree with such ideals without being religious. Equally wonderful ideas have come out of secular thought and philosophy and more than a few bad ideas have come out of 100% religious thought (ex. homosexuals should all be killed, women are unequal to men, etc.) My point is that you're trying to separate the supernatural part of religion from its morally applicable teachings. I'm not sure that such a thing is possible, because as soon as you remove the supernatural side of religion from the practical side, you're left with secular ideas that require no religious belief whatsoever. Such ideas, by their very nature, cannot be attributed to religion, because no religion is necessary to come up with them, agree with them, or practice them. Whether these ideas came out of religious thought is irrelevant, in my opinion, since they could have (and often do) just as easily come out of secular thought concurrently. The only exclusively religious patterns of behavior that exist are rituals, and I'm indifferent toward most of those. --- Be confident in what you know; and don't be afraid of what you don't. | |
Pretty much what kozlo said. --- Shooting Game never die. It prays that the clover of luck be always in your mind. | |
I bet we have even practiced some of the same rituals, HK. The ones I get the most out of these days are in the vein of ancestor veneration. Most recently I attended a wedding which involved releasing sky lanterns as a way to involve ancestors in the ceremony and celebration. I was deeply moved by the event. --- The problem, then, is that if subjective worlds are experienced too differently, there occurs a breakdown in communication. -- Philip K. Dick | |
Yes. The values of Taoism guide my life in many ways. --- http://i.imgur.com/J8UQC.jpg The Tao's net covers the whole universe. And though its meshes are wide, it doesn't let a thing slip through. | |
My getting in touch with that stuff is still in its infancy, so I don't have much ritualistic experience. It might behoove me to try to partake in some of our large Hmong population's celebrations, as I know much of it has to do with ancestor veneration. --- Shooting Game never die. It prays that the clover of luck be always in your mind. | |
It's an excellent comfort blanket for people that emotionally need to feel special. The problem is that adults are supposed to understand that when it's time to make serious decisions, you need to go by facts and evidence. Meanwhile, we have governors sponsoring days of prayer for rain... --- "Physics is not a religion. If it were, we'd have a much easier time raising money." -- Leon Lederman | |
I do think that good comes out of religion. However... I also think that good can happen without religion. --- In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. You musn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling. |
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After a wait that spanned the holiday season, Sony's Personal 3D Viewer has finally arrived in the office. Let's find out what's inside the box.
Having tried the Personal 3D Viewer on a few previous occasions, we were a bit surprised to find that it's housed in a pouffe-sized box.
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Sitting atop its cardboard throne is the star of the show: the HMZ-T1.
The unit ships with three types of padding for the forehead: thick, medium and thin. The medium pad is fitted as standard.
Above the power cable are two rubber flaps that can be fitted to the bottom of the head unit to help block out light. In an unusual spurt of corporate largesse, Sony has included an HDMI cable with the 3D Viewer.
A proprietary cable wending and winding its way out of the head unit is responsible for handling both power and data.
The aforementioned cable plugs in to the front of the snappily titled processor unit.
At the back of the processor unit is a single HDMI input. The HDMI-out port allows the 3D Viewer to function as a pass-through device.
Armed with the manual and quick start-up guide, we're about to head off for some quality time with the Personal 3D Viewer. Check back in a week or so for our full review; for now, though, you can read about all of the specs and pertinent details in our preview .
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OK, FMT's Marketing Director is really after me to say something in one of my blog posts about the next Ask Us Anything Webinar on 29 September 2010. Since this blog is more about my personal passions than an advertisement for FMT Systems, I have been challenged regarding a context for talking about our monthly Webinar.
Enough grousing!
Strangely the idea for Ask Us Anything (AUA) came from the Marketing Director and I talking about giving back to a community that had given our organization so much support. In addition, we wanted to participate in helping the Oracle community as a whole learn more about business process and what it means to be a process focussed organization. This seemed especially important given Oracle's SOA Suite of applications and its focus on its Fusion products.
To single out a few of our esteemed AUA presenters might sound like favoritism or an advertising ploy (FMT's Marketing Director would love it though!). We've had numerous Subject Matter Experts present each month so that the momentum and attendance increase with each session. Instead, I want to send a blanket "Thank you!" to everyone who has participated in FMT's webinars. You know who you are. Further, your generosity and willingness to engage are very much appreciated.
I am also inclined to invite new presenters with cutting edge topics to reach out to our Marketing Director. If you have an interest in presenting a topic for AUA in 2011, contact her through aua at fmtsi dot com.
But more importantly, we want to share the knowledge that we have, with you. Of course, you may not tune in each month as some topics may not apply to you. But we do encourage you to keep an eye out for the invitations and Web site postings each month. Happenings in the business process and IT enabling worlds are numerous and frequent. AUA is a marvelous way to keep informed.
Please visit our events website or click immediate registration to join the September webinar. Now that I've made FMT's Marketing Department happy, I'll be talking about an issue related to team dynamics tomorrow.
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UH Ends Dismal Season Dismally: Can Coach Rayner Noble Survive?
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Not only was it a game that didn't need to be played, but it was a game that took forever to be played, being twice stopped by lightning strikes in the vicinity (the first stoppage was for an hour and fifteen minutes as the players were preparing for the bottom of the third inning. The second stoppage was for 24 minutes, and came ten minutes after the game had resumed from the first stoppage).
Like most games this season, the Cougars took the early lead, but Southern Miss scored four runs in the bottom of the first to guarantee the win. The Cougars scored twice in the top of the ninth, but left two runners stranded on base as the game ended.
"It was a poor season," Cougars coach Rayner Noble said. "We just -- our pitching just never came together. Our bullpen couldn't come together. We had numerous guys nicked up and hurt. It's just, it's way below the University of Houston standards this season."
The high point for the Cougars this season was the Houston College Classic at the first of March. They swept through that tournament, and took down the Texas Longhorns, one of the best teams in college baseball, in a classic 1-0 thriller that went down to the last pitch. The Cougars used the Classic to catapult them on a West Coast swing that saw the team win six straight and seven of eight. But they soon fell apart and never recovered.
The starting pitching never held together, but the bullpen and the offense plugged the holes for the first half of the season. Then the bullpen tired, the starting pitching never gelled, and the team just kind of appeared to go through the motions. At times, it even looked as if Noble had lost the team, or else that the team just didn't care. The Cougars finished at 25-32 for their second straight losing season, and it no way resembled the team that reached the NCAA Regionals in 2008.
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The Coogs' last game was emblematic of 2010: endless and dreary |
The Cougars do have some talent, though that talent needs to be better harnessed. Starting pitchers Michael Goodnight and Eric Brooks should be returning next season. Both flashed moments of potential during the season -- Goodnight was the pitcher who shut down Texas, and he dominated in his start against Marshall to open up the tournament while Brooks looked to be finally be figuring things out in his last several starts this season. DH M.P. Cokinos shined in the spotlight -- he made the all-tournament teams of the Houston College Classic and C-USA tournament -- and Austin Gracey showed promise at third base. Shortstop Blake Kelso is draft eligible, but should he return, he anchors a promising infield.
But will flashes of potential be enough for a school and a fan base that may soon be requiring more from all sports, especially considering the recent national success of the football program? And while the baseball program will never have the overwhelming alumni support of football and basketball, it's hard to believe that those who do support and contribute are going to continue wanting to do so if the team continues to be so thoroughly dominated by Rice.
Ultimately, this is all for Noble and Rhoades to puzzle out. But just as it is with all Cougar sports, it should be an interesting off season.
A MISCELLANEOUS NOTE: The Cougar baseball team has more uniform combinations than the Houston Texans, and they seemingly wore a different combination for every game I saw this season. May I suggest that they choose one home and one road combination and stick with it? Maybe if the players could spend more time concentrating on playing baseball and less time on color coordination they might play better. At least that's my suggestion.
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New York International Auto Show, April 2010
The 2011 WRX STI Sedan debuted at the New York International Auto Show on April 1, 2010. James Han, motorsports marketing manager for Subaru of America, Inc., Joe Aquilante, SRRT team principal, and John Heinricy, SRRT engineering director, attended the pre-preview the night before.
As Aquilante was examining the car for the first time, he was asked if the sedan body would make for a better road-racing car than the team's 5-door WRX STI for the 2010 season. He seemed intrigued by the idea. Neither Aquilante nor Han would say anything more definitive at that time.
When did the sedan begin to become a reality for SRRT? According to James Han, "At the annual Subaru dealer meeting the third week in May."
RRT/Phoenix placed its order for its 2011 Subaru WRX STI in August. Andrew Aquilante recounts: "We started talking about what we were going to do next year in August or so, when James said we were going to run the 4-door for 2011. It was August when we placed the order for the cars. We had a good idea that we would probably go to the sedan once it was released.
"It's been the Subaru halo car – the image of the STI has always been a 4-door sedan and the wing."
Preparation Prior to Delivery
SRRT's red #35 WRX STI 5-door underwent considerable development throughout the 2010 season in the Grand Sport class of the GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge series. The team met and overcame challenges posed by the cooling system, the turbocharger, suspension, and ABS. SRRT confronted and learned from an engine fire, loss of brakes, overheating, and more at different times throughout the year.
Late in 2010, Joe Aquilante commented, "This year will make a great case study on bringing a new car to the front in racing!"
Red #35 was competitive, and the team often vied with the leaders in the top 10.


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June E. O'Neill, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University
of New York
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Mason University
Robert D. Reischauer, President, Urban Institute, Washington, DC
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Washington, DC
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(NAPA) and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). In their respective
spheres, these two institutions play important roles by bringing to bear ex-
pert advice on some of the most significant challenges facing our nation.
At the request of and with the support of the John D. and Catherine
T. MacArthur Foundation and using procedures of the National Research
Council, NAS and NAPA jointly undertook a 2-year study of the long-
term fiscal challenge facing the United States. The work was performed by
a stellar committee representing a diversity of disciplines and practices, a
wealth of experience with the federal budget and various public policies,
and a wide range of political and policy views. The committee has worked
in harmony and forged a strong consensus under the leadership of its co-
chairs, John Palmer and Rudy Penner. We thank them for their leadership
and the entire committee for their extraordinary efforts.
No one reading this report can avoid being struck by the magnitude
of the long-term budget challenge facing the federal government. Other
studies have called attention to this challenge in similar terms. Uniquely,
however, this study provides a framework that leaders and others can use
to systematically consider a range of choices to put the federal budget on
a sustainable course.
This report neither presumes nor recommends a particular path to a
stable fiscal future. In a democracy, it is not the role of experts from outside
the government to decide important policy questions, especially questions
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iii FOREWORD
responsibility to engage in the issues, elect officials who understand the
challenges, and then hold them accountable for acting responsibly.
As a group of experts, the committee is providing the basis for making
policy decisions and their professional judgment about the key issues for
our fiscal future. It acknowledges the differences in values and perspec-
tives that must be reconciled in order to reach agreement. It illustrates the
range, as well as the difficulty, of the policy choices that have to be faced.
It also offers a set of analytical tools for weighing those choices, including
practical tests that can be applied to budget proposals to determine their
fiscal prudence.
Much is at stake. If we as a nation do not grapple promptly and wisely
with the changes needed to put the federal budget on a sustainable course,
all of us will find that the public goals we most value are at risk. This re-
port will have served its purpose if its insights and analytical framework
are widely used to support serious discussion of this most urgent question.
We hope that it will receive the widest possible attention.
Ralph J. Cicerone Jennifer L. Dorn
President President and Chief Executie Officer
National Academy of Sciences National Academy of
Public Administration
National Research Council
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dedication of many organizations and individuals. The officers and staff of
the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation originated the idea
for the study and provided its funding. They maintained strong support and
interest throughout the course of the work.
Jennifer Dorn, president and chief executive officer of the National
Academy of Public Administration; Lois Fu, senior adviser to the president
of the National Academy of Public Administration; Michael Feuer, execu-
tive director of the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Educa-
tion (DBASSE) at the National Research Council (NRC); and Jane Ross,
director of DBASSE's Center for Economic, Governance, and International
Studies provided leadership in the development of the study and continued
support through the study process.
We owe special thanks to our fellow committee members, who gave
long hours to this project, providing not only in-depth analyses, but also
drafts—and repeated redrafts—of text for the report. The members hold
a broad range of views on topics related to this study, and they used those
differences to explore a very wide range of policy ideas and to draft a
report that would be useful to individuals and groups with diverse beliefs
and priorities.
A great deal of the success of this project is due to its excellent staff,
who performed innumerable analyses and produced many drafts of the
report. We are especially indebted to our study director, Steve Redburn,
who managed the overall work of the panel, led a complex set of analytic
activities, and helped us to meet our deadlines. The fast pace of the work
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x ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
and the outstanding quality of the final product are due to an important
extent also to the work of Mark Menchik, Malay Majmundar, Kathy
Ruffing, and Danielle Bland. Eugenia Grohman, associate executive director
of DBASSE, shared her extensive experience at critical points in the study
process, especially in editing the manuscript.
Staff members of the Social Security Administration's Office of the
Chief Actuary provided cost estimates on various proposals contained in
the report's illustrative scenarios and reviewed text for completeness and
accuracy. The Urban Institute-Brookings Institution Tax Policy Center con-
tributed to the detailed analysis in the report by producing simulations of
tax changes that were part of several illustrative scenarios. Barry Anderson
and his colleagues in the Budgeting and Public Expenditures Division of the
Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate of the Organi-
sation for Economic Co-operation and Development produced a study of
the international experience with long-term budgeting.
This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for
their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with pro-
cedures approved by the Report Review Committee of the NRC. The pur-
pose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments
that will assist the institution in making the published report as sound as
possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for
objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review
comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity
of the deliberative process.
We thank the following individuals for their participation in the review
of this report: Henry J. Aaron, Economic Studies Program, Brookings Insti-
tution, Washington, DC; Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities, Washington, DC; Edwin L. Harper, Public Affairs/Government
Relations, Assurant, Inc., Washington, DC; Ron Haskins, Brookings Insti-
tution, Washington, DC; Peter S. Heller, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced
International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; James R. Horney, Center
on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, DC; Philip G. Joyce, George
Washington University; Lawrence S. Lewin, Executive Consultant, Chevy
Chase, MD; Alicia H. Munnell, Carroll School of Management, Boston
College; William Nordhaus, Department of Economics, Yale University;
Marilyn Rubin, Department of Public Management, John Jay College of
Criminal Justice; John B. Shoven, Department of Economics, Stanford
University; and Theda Skocpol, Department of Government, Harvard
Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive
comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions
or recommendations nor did they see the final draft of the report before its
release. The review of this report was overseen by Charles F. Manski, De-
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partment of Economics, Northwestern University, and M. Granger Morgan,
Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University.
Responsibility for the final content of this report, however, rests entirely
with the authoring committee and the institutions.
John L. Palmer and Rudolph G. Penner, Cochairs
Committee on the Fiscal Future of the United States
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Summary 1
1 The Long-Term Challenge 9
The Budget Outlook, 11
The Fiscal Challenge: Historical Perspective, 16
Changing Patterns of Spending and Revenues, 18
How the Nation Got Here, 24
Consequences of Inaction, 27
The Opportunity to Act, 32
Notes, 33
2 Framing the Choices 35
Connecting Budgets and Values, 35
Values and Budget Decisions, 37
Fairness, 37
Economic Growth, 38
Efficiency, 39
Security and Risk, 40
Size of Government, 40
Values and Practical Choices, 45
Notes, 46
3 Fiscal Prudence 49
Limiting the Growth of Federal Debt, 50
Tests for Fiscal Prudence, 58
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xi CONTENTS
Primary Tests for Fiscal Prudence, 58
Secondary Tests for Fiscal Prudence, 60
Applying the Framework, 62
Notes, 63
4 Choices for a Sustainable Budget 65
Spending Options, 66
Options for Medicare and Medicaid, 66
Options for Social Security, 67
Options for Defense and Other Domestic Spending, 67
Revenue Options, 68
Budget Scenarios, 69
Low Path, 70
Intermediate Paths, 71
High Path, 71
Conclusion, 72
Note, 73
5 Options for Medicare and Medicaid 75
The Current Context, 75
Four Trajectories, 78
Health Spending, 80
Reasons for Increasing Spending, 81
Health Spending and the Federal Budget, 82
Reform Issues, 84
Competing Reform Objectives, 84
Uncertainty About What Works, 85
Broad Reform Approaches, 86
A Single-Payer Health Insurance System, 86
A "Robust Public Option," 87
A "Non-Robust Public Option," 88
Price Controls, 89
Individual, Cost-Conscious Choice of Insurance Plans, 89
Eliminating Group Health Insurance, 90
Summary of Broad Reform Approaches, 91
Specific Reform Options, 91
Imposing Caps on Federal Health Spending, 92
System Reforms with Direct Implications for Slowing Federal
Health Spending Growth, 94
System Reforms with Indirect Implications for Slowing Federal
Health Spending Growth, 98
Caveats Regarding Savings from Reform, 101
Conclusion, 101
Notes, 102
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6 Options for Social Security 105
Program Overview, 106
Financial Projections, 110
Options to Restore Solvency, 110
Overview, 110
Option 1: Benefit Changes Only, 116
Option 2: Two-Thirds Benefit Growth Reductions, One-Third
Payroll Tax Increases, 118
Option 3: One-Third Benefit Growth Reductions, Two-Thirds
Payroll Tax Increases, 121
Option 4: Payroll Tax Increases Only, 123
Conclusion, 123
Notes, 125
7 Options for Defense and Other Domestic Spending 129
Spending Categories and Trends, 130
Debates About Spending, 130
Spending Trends, 132
Four Options, 133
Option 1: Cut Spending by 20 Percent, 135
Option 2: Cut Spending by 8 Percent, 137
Option 3: Increase Spending by 5 Percent, 138
Option 4: Increase Spending by 16 Percent, 139
Conclusion, 140
Notes, 141
8 Revenue Options 143
The Current Tax Structure, 144
Revenue Levels and Sources, 144
Complexity of the Tax Code, 145
Issues in Tax Reform, 146
Simplification, 147
Economic Efficiency and Growth, 148
International Context, 150
Fairness, 152
Illustrative Tax Options, 154
Current Tax Structure, 156
Simplified Tax Structure, 158
Effects of the Options on Distribution of the Tax Burden, 162
Conclusions, 167
Notes, 168
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9 Multiple Paths to Sustainability 173
Low Spending and Revenues Path, 174
High Spending and Revenues Path, 176
Two Intermediate Spending and Revenues Paths, 178
Summary of the Paths, 181
Consequences of Delayed Action, 182
The Political Challenge, 185
Notes, 185
10 Fiscal Stewardship: A Budget Process for the
Long Term 187
The Political Challenge, 188
Leadership, 189
The Role of Process, 191
Budget Reform for Responsible Stewardship, 191
Information on Long-Term Implications of Current
Decisions, 192
Integration of Long-Term Budget Projections, 194
Information on Fiscal Exposures, 194
Accrual Accounting, 196
Fiscal Goals and Targets, 197
Accountability, 199
Presidential Accountability, 200
Reinforcing Accountability for Meeting Goals and Targets, 201
Consideration of the Long-Term Costs of New Policies, 205
Conclusion, 206
Notes, 207
11 What Should Be Done Now? 209
Why Is This So Hard?, 209
Why Is Delay Risky?, 211
How Can This Report Help?, 212
What Can Everyone Do?, 213
What Should Leaders Do?, 214
Notes, 215
References 217
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Appendixes A through G are not printed in this book;
they can be found online at
A Fiscal Sustainability 233
B Baseline Assumptions and Estimates 237
C Social Security Options 247
D Defense and Domestic Spending: Program Options 261
E Revenue Options and Their Implications 275
F Constructing Multiple Paths to Sustainability 299
G International Experience with Long-Term Budgeting 321
H Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff 329
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Figures, Tables, and Boxes
S-1 The long-run budget outlook, 2
S-2 Debt savings from stabilizing the debt-to-GDP ratio in 12 years, 3
S-3 Projected federal spending under the committee's four
scenarios, 5
1-1 The long-term budget outlook, 13
1-2 The long-term outlook for the debt, 14
1-3 Factors in projected Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid
spending, 2009-2079, as a percentage of GDP, 18
1-4 Federal outlays in fiscal 2008, 19
1-5 Federal spending as a percentage of GDP, 1962-2008, 21
1-6 Federal revenues and borrowing in fiscal 2008, 22
2-1 Federal government spending by function, 1962-2007, 37
2-2 General government total tax and nontax receipts as a percentage
of nominal GDP in 2008, 41
3-1 Debt savings from stabilizing debt-to-GDP ratio in 12 years, 60
5-1 Federal health spending under four sustainable budget trajectories
and in the baseline, 78
5-2 Average excess cost growth in Medicare and Medicaid, 80
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xx FIGURES, TABLES, AND BOXES
6-1 Annual Social Security benefits and earnings replacement rates, for
workers who retire at age 65, scheduled for 2010, 108
6-2 Social Security benefits as a percentage of total income, for families
and individuals aged 65+, by quintile of total income, 2006, 109
6-3 Social Security scheduled spending and tax revenues as a
percentage of GDP, 111
6-4 Cumulative Social Security revenue less spending under current-
law tax rates and scheduled benefits, 111
6-5 Monthly Social Security benefits for workers who retire at age 65
under current law and under option 1 (in 2009 dollars), 117
6-6 Social Security benefits as a percentage of past earnings for new
retirees at age 65 under current law and under Option 1, 117
6-7 Monthly Social Security benefits for workers who retire at age 65
under current law and under Option 2 (in 2009 dollars), 120
6-8 Social Security benefits as a percentage of past earnings for new
retirees at age 65 under current law and under Option 2, 120
6-9 Annual Social Security payroll tax projected for 2010 and for
2050 under current law and under Option 2 (in 2009 dollars), 120
6-10 Monthly Social Security benefits for workers who retire at age 65
under current law and under Option 3 (in 2009 dollars), 122
6-11 Social Security benefits as a percentage of past earnings for new
retirees at age 65 under current law and under Option 3, 122
6-12 Annual Social Security payroll tax projected for 2010 and for
2050 under current law and under Option 3 (in 2009 dollars), 122
6-13 Annual Social Security payroll tax projected for 2010 and for
2050 under current law and under Option 4 (in 2009 dollars), 124
7-1 Defense and other domestic spending as a percentage of GDP,
1962-2008, 132
7-2 Defense and other domestic spending as a share of GDP in 2019
under four options, 134
8-1 Federal government revenues as a share of GDP, 144
8-2 Tax revenues as a share of GDP, 151
8-3 Top corporate tax rates in the United States and 30 OECD
countries, 152
8-4 Current tax structure: top personal income tax rates for the
committee's four scenarios, 157
8-5 Personal income tax rates for the first and second brackets under a
simplified tax structure for the committee's four scenarios, 161
8-6 Distribution of the percentage share of combined federal taxes by
relative income in 2050 for the committee's four scenarios, 163
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9-1 Projected federal spending under the committee's four
scenarios, 174
9-2 Projected federal debt under the committee's four scenarios, 175
9-3 Projected federal deficits under the committee's four scenarios, 175
9-4 Federal spending and revenues under the committee's low
scenario, 176
9-5 Deviation from the study baseline for revenues and noninterest
outlays under the committee's low scenario, 176
9-6 Federal spending and revenues under the committee's high
scenario, 177
9-7 Deviation from the study baseline for revenues and noninterest
outlays under the committee's high scenario, 177
9-8 Federal spending and revenues under the committee's
intermediate-1 scenario, 179
9-9 Deviation from the study baseline for revenues and noninterest
outlays under the committee's intermediate-1 scenario, 179
9-10 Federal spending and revenues under the committee's
intermediate-2 scenario, 180
9-11 Deviation from the study baseline for revenues and noninterest
outlays under the committee's intermediate-2 scenario, 180
6-1 Four Illustrative Social Security Options: Overview, 114
8-1 Federal Tax Structure and Revenue Levels Under the Committee's
Four Paths, 155
8-2 Percentage Change in After-Tax Income Under the Committee's
Four Scenarios in Comparison with Current Law for Selected
Income Groups, in percent, 164
1-1 Committee Charge, 11
1-2 The Deficit and the Debt, 12
1-3 Constructing a Budget Baseline, 14
1-4 Uncertainties, 15
1-5 Tax Expenditures, 23
2-1 Health: An Example of Values and Choices, 42
2-2 Government Size and Economic Growth, 44
3-1 The Arithmetic of the Debt, 52
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xxii FIGURES, TABLES, AND BOXES
5-1 2009 Health Care Reform Proposal: Affordable Health Care for
America Act, 76
5-2 Medicare and Medicaid, 83
6-1 Sustaining the Social Security Trust Fund, 112
8-1 Distortions in the Current Tax Code, 149
10-1 The 1990 Budget Agreement, 190
10-2 Australia's Experience with Long-Term Budgeting, 195
10-3 New Zealand's Budget Principles, 198
10-4 Automatic Balancing Mechanisms in Canada, Germany, and
Sweden, 204


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text: �In addition to performing �This Wreckage� on Top of the Pops I was supposed to be doing �I Die You Die� on the Kenny Everett Christmas Show. It was an excellent and very important show to be on as the ratings were massive. The programme�s director was a man called David Mallet, who also directed many of David Bowie�s videos at the time. After I�d recorded my bit for the show, Mallet told me that Bowie was going to be there the following Thursday and did I want to come along and watch? I turned up a week later, very excited and a little nervous, to watch the great man in action. There was a little side room which I stood at the back of, well out of the way, behind Bob Geldof and Paula Yates, and a reasonable group of other people whom I didn�t recognise. I was very intimidated by the whole thing. I�d only been famous myself for a short time so I was still completely in awe of famous people. Bowie started performing his track and then suddenly everything stopped. A whispered discussion with Mallet followed and then Mallet came over, took me to one side, and said that Bowie had seen me and it would be better if I left. So I was thrown out which, apart from being extremely embarrassing, was really quite sad because I was a huge Bowie fan. Then, a few days after that, I was taken off the Christmas Special as well and I ended up on a normal Kenney Everett show a couple of months later. I was told at the time that Bowie�s hold on Mallet has ensured I was taken off the programme. I was stunned by the whole affair. That a man so huge in stature, practically a living legend, would be so insecure about a new pretender like me was very disappointing. I had expected him to be far above any of that. He seemed so much older than me, so much more at ease with things, firmly established. It surprised me to find out he was just as racked with insecurities as I was, as anybody else.�Gary Numan, Praying to the Aliens: An Autobiography (1997), pp.99-100


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I'm a big fan of taps made by Net Optics, especially after reading advice from other manufacturers. Because I featured Net Optics taps in chapter 3 of my book, and brought one for my class network at USENIX, Net Optics published a press release on the two events today. I'd like to thank Net Optics for supporting my tap research and for giving expert advice on chapter 3.
On a related note, I came across this 1996 thread discussing early tap use.
Sunday, August 08, 2004
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magicsofa said: Maybe you could have people design the end of their level first? So even if they aren't finished, the person in the next slot can have something to build from
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Cell said: Cool idea I suppose. Duke Nukem 3D used this scheme in creating the episodes. "E2L2 ended in a red elevator? Then, E2L3 begins with the elevator going up!"
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Katamori said: As I said, I'm not a good guy in institution
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purist said: I'll start a new thread, post some rules and host/organise the maps if Katamori doesn't mind?
Katamori said: my English is so terrible...
magicsofa said: 'Institution' is just a funny word to use - but in a poetic way, or perhaps even archaic, it makes sense :D Looking forward to see how many people get on board, I'm certainly interested
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