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Every console has its signature series, or that one game that becomes synonymous with the system. For the Xbox, that series is of course Halo. Nobody expected it to turn out that way, but the unsuspected successes of Halo: Combat Evolved catapulted the game universe into stardom where it stands today.
Halo 2, as people look at it now, was basically a shinier version of the original game with online multiplayer capabilities. It is also home to one of the most infamous cliffhanger endings ever devised. Fans everywhere developed ulcers the size of a small bowling ball, and demanded justice. This of course begs the question: does Halo 3 deliver that justice? The short answer is yes, to find out how, read on.
It's obvious from the start that Halo 3 had more put into the story than was placed in it's predecessor, as it answers much of the questions so brutally laid out in Halo 2. Don't expect the story to stand up against the likes of Bioshock or Morrowind, but what you need to remember is that this is heavily a first person shooter, and so doesn't try to be much else. The important thing is that it brings together all those nasty loose ends that you've been trying so desperately to pick up by yourself for so long. Basically, Master Chief has hit a bit of a rough spot in his journey from which he only just returns via dropping from the sky into the jungle below, where you are greeted by Sergeant Johnson and a small group of fellow marines. The Arbiter is also there to say hello, and though it's obvious the Master Chief doesn't want to see him he is reminded by Johnson that the elites are on their side. Time to suck it up and move out. You can go it alone, or bring along 3 of your friends locally or via Xbox Live. One player will simply become the Arbiter, and the other two will be the Arbiters best men (who actually do play into the story if you read the novels). Skulls are also a part of the experience this time around, though they are handled much better. Unlocking a skull now grants you the ability to turn on its effects for campaign play at the menu, and in many cases will boost your multiplier for campaign scoring. What's that you say? Campaign scoring? Yes ladies and gentlemen, now you cannot only prove to your friends that you are better than they are online, but now you can outscore them in the campaign as well. Each kill has a value to it depending on whether it was a headshot or not, and on the enemy type – the bigger than baddy, the more points you'll wrack up. It also depends on the campaign difficulty, and as stated before, what skulls you have turned on. By far the greatest skull to use at any time, even if it doesn't give you bonus points, is the Grunt Birthday Party skull. Nothing screams "good times" like scoring a headshot and being rewarded with cheering children and a shower of confetti.
Halo 2 pushed the graphical capabilities of the original Xbox, and Halo 3 is no slouch in the graphical department either. Though it isn't the prettiest thing to grace the system, it is definitely a worthy achievement by Bungie. Some character models are amazing, whilst some poor saps like Lord Hood look like someone attacked them with a frying pan and magic marker. The environments are quite a sight to behold though, and never end up looking too repetitive. Through lush jungles, across broken highways, and over flood laden territory you will get to see some of the most technically awesome spaces found in a shooter to date. The frame rate is rock solid in all but the most intense, explosion filled firefights, and though you might see some texture popping, it's not nearly the freak-show that Halo 2 put on. Artistically speaking, it's Halo. The architecture and environments are…well, Halo. That's not to say it's bad because it's a sci-fi masterpiece, but you won't be in shock and awe at it all since you have surely seen it before. It does have it's moments though where it will grab at your attention and you'll wonder just how much drugs the artist was on when they came up with such an awe inspiring feat.
With all those fancy technically and artistically sexy graphics, one hopes for the sound department to pull its own weight. Of course, the sound is just as great as you would expect. The explosions are all satisfying, the guns all sound lethal, the comments from the enemy are as hilarious as always, and a Brute screaming and running at you still makes you wet yourself a little. Halo though, is also well known for its incredible sound track. Once again, we have been given some of the most epic musical score in any game. It's also dynamic which means that when you're really getting into some serious battling, the music picks up with it. Just the same, if you allow yourself to be pummeled into submission by the advancing forces, you will notice the music will drag down and spell out your impending doom.
Halo, though not the founding father of the mechanic, is now the game that comes to mind when you hear "dual wielding." The multiplayer and even solo campaign tactics were almost entirely based on the combinations of dual wielding weapons that one could possess. Halo 3 doesn't shy away from it, but it does rebalance the weapons so that have a single gun on hand will still be sufficient in your hunt for head shots. Also important to point out, is the return of the Assault Rifle as the default weapon. The only real change from the original Halo is that it packs a much more powerful punch, and has a higher degree of accuracy – so much so, that some people will argue it's a bit TOO much of a killing machine. That aside, the balancing of the weaponry is pretty darn close to perfect. Probably the most noticeable tweak players will see is that they can only wield one Needler. This is offset by the fact that it only takes 8 consecutive needles to blow your opponent sky high. Most all of the weapons from Halo 2 make a return, and can all rack up the kills quickly. Of course, there are new additions to the arsenal such as the Brute Spiker: an automatic machine pistol if you will, that at close range will absolutely tear through whoever stands in your way. Then there is the Mauler, a single handed automatic shotgun that is also a formidable close range weapon that has become popular in multiplayer since one shot and a quick melee means instant and almost unstoppable death for the enemy. There is also the flamethrower…and well…it's pretty useless aside from its use on one campaign mission. Also new to the mix is the ability to use Master Chief's uber testosterone to rip the turrets from their tripods and get your frag on Arnie $tyle. This comes in handy in many campaign situations, but on the multiplayer side, unless you're backing up a squad of people in front of you with it – you will have your $#% handed to you royally. With all this awesome weaponry, balanced and all, Bungie seemed to have struck a cord amongst the headshot fanatics. Drawing a bead on your adversary's head with a sniper rifle can no longer grant you an instant kill with the bragging rights to go with it. Instead, the hit box seems to have a mind of its own and doesn't account for all shots landed, which Bungie calls "added difficulty." Be that as it may, you have a ridiculous amount of options as to how you want to take down the baddies.
With all those weapons, you would hope that you'd have a whole world of people to take your weeklong frustrations out on. Luckily Bungie has given us some of the best multiplayer action you can find anywhere. Halo has always been about its completely crazy multiplayer action, and it's brought to a glorious head in Halo 3. Whether you're looking to take on the planet by yourself, or recruit some pals to do it with you, there is an enormous variety of match types, and game variants to be found. It also delivers a solid number of maps that are all very different and exciting in their own ways, and can accommodate most all of the game types across the board. Not everyone loves all the maps and game types though, so now you have the option to "veto" a game once per round, and another is selected to replace it. This has raised some questions though, since some maps (Snowbound, Highground) are chosen what seems to be most all of the time. What makes this worse, is that whenever a game is vetoed, it always seems to "punish the lobby" with Team Slayer on Snowbound. Bungie has said that they will try and fix this issue in the future, but it isn't really a huge roadblock to having fun while online.
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of Halo 3 is the addition of the Forge. The Forge allows you to add and remove items from maps, create different game variants, and generally have a lot of random fun. The system works in terms of cash, where certain items are worth a set cash value. Each map has its own max cash limit, and so though you can add a whole lot of stuff to maps, your insanity is limited. You can also change things like the respawn time for the items on the map. Such options have led to some of the most epic displays of explosions and physics around thanks to being able to float explosive barrels and batteries, thus dropping on an unsuspecting group of other barrels, effectively blowing the @#!$ out of everything within 50 meters. The Forge has now led to some of the most fun game variants you can play online, all thanks to the next additional ability found in Halo 3: File Share.
You can now bring out the "on the scene journalist" within you, thanks to the ability to take photos and video of your feats of bravery and/or insanity for posting on Bungie's forums. Along with map and game variants, photos and video can be uploaded via the File Share feature. It effectively allows you to upload 6 files (or more if you pay a small fee for more slots) to your share. From there, anyone that clicks on your gamer tag can see your file share and download them at will. The files are also automatically uploaded to Bungie.net once you've made a profile, and from there you can display your accomplishments to the forum community and beyond. It is a great feature that really makes for an amazing community experience, and allows you to finally prove to your friends that you did in fact kill that dude with a headshot as he used the man cannon.
All told, Halo 3 is the definitive game of the series, and the definitive shooter for the 360 to date. Possibly one of the most talked about, and hyped games in gaming history; Halo 3 has solidly delivered on all fronts, and then some. With such great campaign options, unbeatable multiplayer, and the community features that would make a small group of the Amish cry, Halo 3 will most definitely keep you happy for a long time to come. If you own a 360, and are a fan of the genre, or even if you're just looking for a whole lot of "OH SNAP!" moments, you owe it to yourself to pick this game up. It will grace your gaming shelf for months to come…if in fact it ever leaves your console tray.


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New technologies for sanctuary research.
The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is the largest, deepest, and, ecologically speaking, perhaps the most complex in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Sanctuary Program. Monterey Bay is also home to a unique grouping of institutions, which, taken together, comprise a powerful, growing synergy for the evolution of research technology and methods. The bay's proximity to Silicon Valley and its long tradition of classical marine research are both strong factors in this evolutionary process.
The scientific investigations of all the marine science institutions around Monterey Bay enhance the sanctuary research program. What follows are examples of new technologies under development or already at work in Monterey Bay that have significant applicability to sanctuary research, both in Monterey and around the country.
New Surface Vessels Are More Stable
Research ships provide us with basic access to our work sites. While improvements in ship design have enhanced their ability to work in rough seas and heavy weather, conventional monohulls have limited stability. To push the stability factor up a notch or two, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) is developing a SWATH vessel, Western Flyer (see Oceanus, Summer 1993). SWATH stands for Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull, a design that places the principal hull volume below the sea surface, and supports the main deck and interior areas on thin struts that reach up from submerged twin hulls. This greatly increases the ship's stability by reducing the hull surface area that is affected by the moving sea surface.
In the sanctuary, this innovation means that shipboard operations, from hydrocasts to submersible launches, can be conducted in higher sea states than with a comparably sized monohull. While there are benefits to having scientists working comfortably at their stations in heavy weather (instead of "painting stripes" over the side), other payoffs may not be so obvious. Greater stability also means that we will be able to investigate the ocean under conditions that previously made both ships and scientists inoperable. We can study the effects of storms on habitats and their populations in real time, instead of extrapolating from data gathered before and after storm events. The ability to conduct research on natural processes during extremes of natural conditions will go a long way toward giving us the predictive capability to deal with other sorts of sanctuary perturbations.
Undersea Vehicles Image the Depths
Three undersea-vehicle types are riding the wave of science-driven technological evolution in the Monterey region: remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), and manned (or "crewed") submersibles. The present state-of-the-art science vehicle is MBARI's ROV Ventana, which conducts daily biological and geological research in the Monterey Submarine Canyon. Starting with the basic framework of an offshore oil field ROV, Ventana was built by International Submarine Engineering in Canada to perform a variety of scientific functions.
Ventana carries a broad suite of sensors, tools, and instruments, and has a depth rating of 1,850 meters. Through its tether the ROV receives power and control instructions from the surface. At the core of the tether are optical fibers that carry computer-processed signals from sensors aboard the ROV to computers on the mother ship above. Chief among these signals are broadcast-quality video images that give the topside scientists unprecedented observational capability. Data from standard oceanographic instrumentation including recorders of temperature, salinity, depth, oxygen concentration, and light transmission are coupled to the high-resolution imagery. A scanning sonar, low-light video cameras, still cameras, a hydrophone, and a flowmeter/odometer are also aboard. Collection gear includes detritus and suction (like an underwater vacuum cleaner) samplers, a manipulator arm, and rock drills.
Integrated data from these systems offer Monterey area scientists a new perspective for studying the bay. Ventana's operational record (625 dives and more than 3,000 hours in the water over the last five years) provides high-resolution data sets. Significant work has been done with Ventana in several research areas:
* vertical transport of organic material into the deep sea,
* the geology of cold-seep sites and the biology of their resident communities,
* the fate of storm-generated drifting kelp masses,
* the role of gelatinous animals in water column ecology,
* geological effects of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, and
* the importance of marine snow.
There are recent new findings in each of these areas that would have been difficult or impossible to achieve with conventional technology.
The next scientific ROV generation, presently under construction at MBARI, will have all Ventana's scientific capabilities and an operational depth of 4,000 meters, which encompasses the full vertical range of the Monterey sanctuary. In addition to its core capabilities, this vehicle will also have a variable buoyancy system, quiet electric propulsion, and removable tool sleds configured for specific tasks that can be quickly exchanged at the surface.
AUVs are currently being developed at the Navy Postgraduate School in Monterey and at MBARI. Both systems are designed to function without surface tethers. This approach reduces power requirements and allows operation during bad weather. Eliminating the tether also means that AUVs must be battery powered and that their control systems must be preprogrammed to function without a human in the loop.
AUVs offer the potential for cost-effective measurements of environmental parameters that do not require full commitment of a surface vessel. Carrying standard instrumentation, they can be programmed to "mow the lawn," that is, to run a geographical sampling grid and then return to a designated site. Alternatively, they can be programmed for periodic surface visits, to transmit data and receive new programming by radio or microwave transmission. Data transmission and reprogramming via underwater acoustic signals will add a degree of real-time control in the near future.
Additional jobs for AUVs will involve technology transfer from defense-related developments. Control systems programmed for target recognition and tracking can be used to follow fish schools or to monitor the activities of individual animals. Signal recognition software will allow an AUV to sniff out a subsurface pollutant plume, follow its concentration gradient upstream, and locate its source. Likewise, patrolling AUVs can alert us to diatom blooms linked to the neurotoxin domoic acid (produced by the diatom Pseudonitzchia australis), which has had negative effects recently on Monterey Bay bird and pinniped populations.
Technological innovation also holds new promise for crewed submersibles. At Deep Ocean Engineering in San Leandro, not far from Monterey and the contiguous Farallones Sanctuary, the next generation of crewed submersibles is under construction. Unlike most of its predecessors, Deep Flight is a small, lightweight, relatively inexpensive, one-person submersible. By incorporating new materials, new electronics, and new software, Deep Flight eschews the design philosophy that subsequent generations must be bigger, heavier, and more costly.
This approach complements the evolution of ROV and AUV technologies because for some under-sea applications there is no substitute for having the human eye and mind on site. The issues of "manned vs. unmanned" and ROV vs. AUV are moot--ultimately, we will require all three vehicle types.
Buoys and Moorings Monitor Environmental Changes
The ability to make high-resolution measurements of physical, chemical, and biological variables over time is critical to the development of reliable marine-system models. In Monterey Bay, MBARI has deployed a mooring system called OASIS (Ocean Acquisition System for Interdisciplinary Science) that makes time-series measurements of the parameters essential to understanding the variability of primary productivity.
The OASIS moorings each comprise a suite of instruments: a thermistor chain to measure temperature with depth, a conductivity-temperature-depth sensor, a fluorometer to measure chlorophyll, a transmissometer for light transmission, meteorological instruments, a spectroradiometer, that measures light at different wavelengths, an acoustic Doppler current profiler, a carbon-dioxide sensor, a PAR (photosynthetically active radiation) sensor, and such system diagnostic information as battery-power levels. Data from all of these elements is assimilated by a unique set of control electronics and telemetered in real time via packet radio or ARGOS satellite to scientists ashore.
This is an important advance in our ability to monitor environmental variables in the sanctuary or in almost any marine area. Not only does the control system provide real-time data, it also allows remote adjustment of sampling frequencies and data transmission parameters in response to changes at the site. The system is easily reconfigured with the addition or replacement of alternate sensors, and field servicing is reduced to a minimum.
The value of moored instrument arrays goes beyond traditional shipboard measurements by providing time-series data that are fixed spatially but continue temporally. Such data are vital for verifying data from satellite-borne instruments and for calibration of shipboard data sets. Sanctuary networks of instrument systems like OASIS would provide sanctuary researchers and managers with unprecedented levels of information about protected areas.
Bottom Stations Relay Changes on the Seafloor
Just as buoyed moorings can provide time-series data about water-column variability, benthic stations can give us data on the temporal variability of seafloor processes. Several Monterey Bay benthic sites are designated as continuing-research areas. Most are associated with geological features of the canyon structure that lead to slow expression of hydrogen-sulfide-rich water. These "cold seeps" are of interest to biologists as well as geologists because of the chemosynthetic communities that surround them. Using differential Global Positioning System navigation, it is easy to return regularly to these locations (at depths between 450 and 900 meters). While no permanent bottom stations are yet established, Ventana visits the designated sites regularly to collect data and to deploy and recover a variety of gear that includes larval settlement traps, a time-lapse video camera, a current meter, and a dissolved-oxygen sensor.
Long-term deployment of gear at "permanent" bottom sites has been proposed as part of the Ridge Inter-Disciplinary Global Experiments Program to study hydrothermal vent regions in the Juan de Fuca Ridge area off Washington state. Lessons learned from this program will further the development of benthic-station technology, with broad applications for deep sanctuary research programs in Monterey, the Gulf of the Farallones, and elsewhere.
Communications Permit Rapid Response
Once data has been collected, its means of transmission greatly affects its utility. In the case of the OASIS moorings, two-way communication with the instruments allows real-time response and control. In Monterey Bay, two additional technological developments are advancing the field of data communications, with obvious benefits to sanctuary researchers.
In the "live link" system, live video images from Ventana travel up the tether's optical fibers to the surface vessel, Point Lobos. Aboard the ship these images are converted to microwave signals that are transmitted ashore to antennas atop Mt. Toro. From Mt. Toro the signal is relayed to MBARI's laboratories in Pacific Grove, and to the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey. These incoming signals are coupled with an audio link, and there is a counterpart outgoing audio/video signal from the shore. This two-way link allows scientists at sea to interact with colleagues ashore, and provides the lab-based researchers real-time access to the canyon environment. On many occasions this system has broadened scientific participation in a dive without sending a large contingent of scientists to sea. It is invoked each time Ventana goes to work.
At the Monterey Bay Aquarium, the live link is used for public education. Video images are projected on a screen in the auditorium, usually to a highly receptive crowd. Interpreters explain the live images to the audience, aided by a computerized catalog of information, taped video footage, and occasional comments from the scientists at sea. This allows the public to look over the researchers' shoulders as they conduct their investigations in the canyon. It is a powerful way to reach out to the public, and it could have great potential for promoting public awareness of sanctuary programs and issues.
Another communications technology under development in Monterey Bay (in conjunction with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution engineers) is an Acoustic Local Area Network (ALAN) for real-time underwater communication. The network utilizes underwater acoustic modems for data transmission. The modems work like cellular telephones to communicate with distant computers. Pulsed acoustic signals, coded with data, control signals, or other information, travel through the water between modems.
At its present state of development, this technology can communicate at a 9,600-baud underwater data rate. This is fast enough to support electronic mail via the UNIX computer operating system, and can transmit single-frame video or sonar images at 3- to 4-minute intervals. This technology has great potential for enhancing a network of sanctuary research applications. Through ALAN, a variety of instrument packages and sensors--aboard vehicles, on moorings, and deployed at bottom stations--could communicate with one another to coordinate activities among stations and with researchers ashore for real-time control and data retrieval.
While the technology of pulsed acoustic communications is still in the early development stage for network-level use, point-to-point use by the US Navy's AUSS (Advanced Unmanned Search System) autonomous vehicle has been very successful. Developing a network on the scale of Monterey Bay is challenging, but it may prove to be an enabling technology that links all of the other technologies described into a system that transcends their individual value.
Other Technologies Are Lowering Costs and Opening New Doors
Technological development by research institutions around Monterey Bay goes well beyond the examples discussed here, including new chemical sensors, undersea navigation systems, satellite links, new tools for undersea vehicles, biotechnology, and new data management systems. Most of these developments are science-driven and are coupled to the evolution of new research methodologies.
The value of these new and emerging technologies for sanctuary research is essentially twofold. First, they offer the means to gather and manage more data, precisely and reliably and at lower cost than conventional technologies allow. Second, and perhaps most important, these technologies provide new kinds of information that bring new perspectives to old problems and enable researchers to make the conceptual progress necessary to better understanding of natural systems. These technologies are evolving rapidly. Virtually everything discussed here already is or by 1998 will be operating within the Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary. What the future holds should be even better. Stay tuned....
Bruce H. Robison is Senior Scientist and Science Department Chair at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. He began college with the goal of becoming an aeronautical engineer--ten years and five majors later he received a Ph.D. from Stanford University in biological oceanography. He uses both crewed and remotely operated vehicles for his research on the ecology of deep sea animals.
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A good starting point for someone hiking Austria for the first time, however, is Hohe Tauern, the largest of Austria's six national parks.
Grossglockner 3,798m (12,460ft) is the highest peak in Austria.
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Instead, I tried to spy the big guy from the top of Kitzsteinhorn. That's a very popular day trip out of Zell am See.
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The day I rode one of the longest cable cars in the world (50min) the weather turned bleak. And I ran out of time to make it to the top station.
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It was here, too, that 155 people died Nov. 11, 2000 in a tragic railway car tunnel fire.
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Release Date: May 03, 2013
Marvel's "Iron Man 3" pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy's hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is... more
Comic book wise,THIS MOVIE WAS HORRIBLE ON ALL LEVELS!!!!!!
I like jarvis!
Jarvis is cool
you cool
can i watch it streamed through this site?
This is a message to all of them that didn't like "Iron Man 3" only because of that "The Mantarin" in this movie was fake: See the Marvel One-Shot: "All Haill The King" and stop complaning for Odin's sake! It should explain a lot, witch was the full purpose of the One-Shots from the beginning!
I'll end this message with saying: Iron Man 3 and Robert Downey Jr. is pure awesomeness!
@LionManTheWildAvenger I recently watched All Hail the King for the first time and felt like it was just their attempt to fix their mistake. They shouldn't have to fix it. They should have gotten it right the first time. This is not only the worst Iron Man movie, it's the worst movie in the MCU.
One of the best movies EVER!
the ending of iron man 3 is quite emotional and angry for me ,
This movie was long.
for the continuation of the movie iron man 3, why not use jarvis as the enemy, the virus, which is caused by, heredity enemy of his father, or it could be the hackers and make iron man becomes more and ready to fight Tony. so tony strive to restore its original jarvis. and finally made the iron man tony very outer can, to fight the iron man with the virus. hopefully this is a concern. thank you
Such a disappointing ending to the trilogy.
This was a great film but I was really disappointed at the reveal of the "real" Mandarin...
@marvelmick99 Well, as a longtime fan, I have no problems. It was a great movie!
Everyone is saying this was a great movie, but It was Disappointing loved iron man 1 and 2, this was the best movie ever up to the point when you realized the Manderian wasn't even the Manderain.
why does it not use my code to unlock movie? this sucks
Please Iron Man 4(Iron Man 4 Çıkmalı)
where do i redeem digital movie codes? Why does marvel suck so bad with their tech?
@METALLION74 Shane Black sucks.
@imbatman1997004 @METALLION74 No. Shane Black ROCKS!
@METALLION74 This movie sucks.
@thejus @imbatman1997004 @METALLION74 He certainly didn't rock with this movie. He doesn't deserve to direct any more comic book movies after this.
Amazing movie! Love Ya! I really really like this movie! Huge fan of Iron man ♥
@Iron0Man98 This movie made me hate Iron Man.
@imbatman1997004 @Iron0Man98 I don't hate him, I just pretend this movie never happened.
@Amazingness @imbatman1997004 @Iron0Man98 I guess I spoke a bit harshly. It didn't make me hate Iron Man. It did really hack me off, though.
@Iron0Man98 Agreed. This movie was AWESOME!
this was a true marvel movie with comedy and acting on its side to make it great movie
Bite my shiny metAl ass
i remeber he had these rings that were o.p as hell
it was pretty good exept i didnt like manderine in the comics he was acually a villan NOT an actor
iron man 3 was awesome i liked it
Me wants ALL of da armorz!
I just wonder. Is there anyone who can play "Can You Dig It" from Iron Man 3, or the melody of The Avengers on guitar? Or on another instrument? I can, and I will now teach me the other melodies from the Marvel movies too, like "Driving With The Top Down" from Iron Man and "Earth To Asgard" from Thor, to name two of them.
And what are your favorite movies from Marvel. Here is mine:
1. Iron Man, The Avengers and Iron Man 3
2. Iron Man 2 and The Amazing Spider-Man 2
3. X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Amazing Spider-Man, Thor 2: The Dark World and Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier.
4. The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger and The Wolverine.
5. Spider-Man 3 and X-Men: First Class.
6. Spider-Man, Daredevil, Ghost Rider, Ghost Rider 2: Spirit Of Vengeance and X-Men 3: The Last Stand.
7. Spider-Man 2, Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, X-Men and X-Men 2
8. Howard The Duck.
I haven't seen the other movies that are not mentioned here.
@LionManTheWildAvenger boring
Boring? If you're talking about the part where I ask how many people that can play the songs I mentioned on an instrument, I expect you already can play them and many more already, and that you think they are easy to play, which I also think. Just half an hour after I wrote that, I found out that I just could try learn me "Earth To Asgard". It took me 15 minutes to learn it. Yesterday I learned "Driving With The Top Down" in 45 minutes, and tomorrow I'll teach me the melody from "The Amazing Spider-Man". After that, I'll continue with melodies from the other Avengers films. I can now totaling 15 songs (most are from movies), and 12 of them did I learn in the period between October 2013 and now. So yes, it is easy for me, but it's someone who can find it difficult. In fact, I think it looks a lot more harder to play on for example a piano or a banjo than a guitar. Although that I understand that all instruments are about as difficult to play. It applies only to find the instruments that you think is best for you, and you think is the easiest, or coolest to play.
But when it comes to the list of my favorite Marvel-films, I don't care if it is someone who complains about that it is "completely wrong order on them". Because it is in that order I like them. I just wonder about what's other peoples favorite Marvel movies.
@LionManTheWildAvenger Great list, Lion Man
@thejus @LionManTheWildAvenger Thanks! I've actually an upgrade of the list since it has come new movies since I wrote it:
1. Iron Man, The Avengers, Iron Man 3 and Guardians and the Galaxy.
2. Iron Man 2 and The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
3. X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Amazing Spider-Man, Thor 2: The Dark World, Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier and X-Men: Days of Future Past.
4. The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger and The Wolverine.
5. Spider-Man 3 and X-Men: First Class.
6. Spider-Man, Daredevil, Ghost Rider, Ghost Rider 2: Spirit Of Vengeance and X-Men 3: The Last Stand.
7. Spider-Man 2, Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, X-Men and X-Men 2
8. Howard The Duck.
I still have not seen the other movies That is not Mentioned here. but I think (know) that Avengers 2: Age of Ultron is going to be the best movie EVER! And Ant-Man will probably end up at least 3 spot on the podium.
It happened actually also something surpringly summer after I wrote that and guitar -and piano stuff. I and my family were visiting some of our relatives by their cabin, where they had a piano. I wanted to try to play on it (just for fun), and then after a few random notes I started playing the "Jurrasic Park" melody! After 45 min. of playing I could virtually the entire ca. 3 min. long Versio, and now, about 1 year later, can I play almost all of the same songs I can on Guitar on Piano to! The melody I can best is a mixture of "Earth to Asgard" from "Thor" and "Into Internity" from "Thor 2". I don't understand piano notes at all, so i have to learn how to play everytilg by myself, wich is going suprisingly fast! I actually used YouTube to learn to play "Into Internity", but it's going faster to do it by my self, cause the internett were I live is so HUGELY BAD, that it sometimes can take 30 min. to DOWNLOAD and WATCH a 5 min. long video!
Ps. Thank you Marvel and Sony for bringing Spider-Man back to were he belongs! Now is it only Fox that needs to come with an agreement to get back the X-Men!
Anyone else wondering about the Iron Patriot armor? I loved how they put it into the story line, but in the comics, Spiderman's Norman Osborn was the original Iron Patriot. Wonder if this will be a Spidey crossover, and an epic battle: Stark Industries VS Oscorp.
Iron Man 3 is the best superhero Movie EVER, along with Iron Man and The Avengers! Iron Man has been my favorite charactersince I saw the Iron Man movie in 2009 and plus im have like 25% of a fan of iorn man in me but Captin America 100%
@legetre000 Like your comment, since I have written almost the same below. 100 % Iron Man fan and 90 % Spider-Man fan!
@legetre000 Besides Batman Forever and Batman and Robin, Iron Man 3 is literally the worst superhero movie ever.
@legetre000 Agreed.
I have the DVD and really enjoyed what I saw of the movie. Unfortunately though the MUSIC is just TO DAMN LOUD and that took away from the show I think, for me anyway! Who edited this, and what were they on? Contrary to the belief of those supposedly in the know about this stuff, the music,( sound track or what ever), should not drowned out the dialogue! I am unable to adjust it on my end so............ My hearing is near perfect and there is just no way in hell the soundtrack should be so overbearing, With an action feature like this one does not need the extra musical stimulation to enjoy it. I COULD DO THE SOUND EDITING FOR YOU, IF NEED BE. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO GET BACK TO ME ON THIS IF you wish.


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CAMP PACIANO RIZAL, Laguna- Seven people were arrested after police seized illegal firecrackers in separate operations in Laguna and Cavite provinces on Thursday.
In Laguna, Jeffrey Ambayec, 29, was arrested in his home in Barangay (village) Console 3 in San Pedro at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Laguna police director Senior Superintendent Pascual Muǹoz said they secured a search warrant against Ambayec after police were tipped off about his huge stash of firecrackers.
The search yielded P500,000 worth of "piccolo" and "Goodbye Philippines" – both of which are in the Department of Health's list of dangerous and prohibited firecrackers.
In Cavite, police arrested Rowena Oliver, Rudy dela Paz, Zaldy Saliva, Gerry Oliver, John Michael Abod, and Cris Mark Cabugnason in Barangay Bucandala III in Imus City at around 4:30 p.m., also on Thursday.
The police seized from the suspects 100 kilos of black powder believed to be an ingredient in making firecrackers, Cavite police director Senior Superintendent Alexander Rafael said.
Meanwhile, members of the Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) police will simultaneously muzzle the government-issued firearms on Saturday to prevent indiscriminate firing during the New Year revelry.
Police chiefs and station commanders will lead their men in sealing gun barrels at the provincial and municipal police stations in the region.
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Spent a lot of "summer" (I live in Britain) evenings sat out in my beautiful garden, under the gazebo, having fires/barbecues, drinking beer, watching the bats flying around, watching the sunsets,looks like summer is over now ,still managed to light a fire and sit out for a bit last night though!
So you like… totally neglected your computer? Wow… :–)
A lot of nothing and lying on the beach. Went to Fuerteventura actually, one of the Canary Islands. Awesome.
Great place, I've been there…
Im from the US, but this summer, i spent it traveling in Europe
Im from the US, but this summer, i spent it traveling in Europe
Where? Europe's fascinating, in places. US is nice too though, in certain states.
me? here, there…
i spent most of time at home relaxing, stuck in front of pc and tv. For the last 2 weeks, I spent it in Florida, USA . with my friend hanging out at beaches, theme parks, movies, pool and a lot of other fun stuff.
Overall it was a good summer but sadly it ends for me Wednesday as skool starts again.
I see a lot of people think of me as an unpleasant company and now, a so called "infection". But instead of displaying a sympathetic plea for attention, I'm simply going to cease my functions on this forum for good. It seems a bit odd keeping a sense of formality, but I must say, I bid you all farewell.Me? We all know what I did during this summer. I sat, looked at my screen, made a mess of the forums and went to sleep occasionally. Eventful… yay.You infected this thread too
It's was a joke man
By the way ,nobody want to cease your function on this forum
Worked my a@@ off and still working. Keeping myself for a total 3 months long next year's summer vacation with my motorbike, traveling europe and mediterranean =)
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Every land needs a strong ruler. Or so you have been told. And you are lucky. The man who rules the land where you live is such a man. Noble in manner and Royal by birth. Under his rule, your borders are secure, and even the lowliest peasant lives in a state approaching some sort of comfort.
The land in question is the Isle of Stam, which lies of the coast of – and is part of – the Kingdom of Albion. A Kingdom which enjoys none of these advantages. It has a weak King – people are saying it openly now and rumbles have begun on your island.
Your Lord – the Lord of Stam – is Edmin. Prince Edmin, though he uses the title little. Son of a King and Great Uncle to the current King, he was a great warrior Lord in his youth, and even as a whitebearded man is still a figure of strength and power. You have heard rumours – everybody has – that some have suggested the Kingdom would be better if he was in charge. You have heard much stronger rumours that Stam might be better off if it cast itself adrift from a Kingdom in turmoil.
Such things – they are not really things you know much about. You are young. And you are looking for a life a little different from the norm. You have heard the stories of people making their fortune – the adventuring life – and have decided that a time of turmoil might be a time of opportunity. But perhaps you are not quite ready to leave this island and perhaps some adventure can be found here.


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Tigers, UConn closely matched atop West Regional
Winning 25 games in a row apparently wasn't good enough to get the University of Memphis a third No. 1 seed in the last four NCAA Tournaments. But in this case, the only real difference between a No. 1 and a No. 2 seed for the Tigers was a small measure of pride.
"It wasn't anything too surprising to me," senior Robert Dozier said. "Those four teams were ahead of us, and they were great teams. We owe them all the respect, too."
By the way the NCAA Tournament selection committee slotted the West Regional, it's clear that Connecticut was considered the fourth-best team in the tournament and the Tigers were pegged as the overall No. 5 team. Though a close call, to be sure, they were clearly destined to be in the same bracket regardless of the order.
But if you look closely at the paths Memphis and UConn would have to travel to get to an Elite Eight, the Tigers might have actually gotten the better end of the deal. While the teams on their side of the West region are all formidable, the teams that stand out as particularly equipped to advance in the NCAA Tournament -- No. 4 seed Washington and No. 5 seed Purdue -- are both on the Huskies' side.
Unless there are early upsets, UConn will have to beat either the Pac-10 regular season champion or the Big Ten Tournament champion, in a Sweet 16 game in Glendale, Ariz.
"We're not worried about UConn right now," Memphis senior Antonio Anderson said. "We can't worry about UConn, just whoever is in front of us."
For the Tigers to advance to a second straight Final Four, the road starts with No. 15 seed Cal St. Northridge, the Big West Conference champions. Only four No. 15 seeds have won an NCAA game -- the last was Hampton over Iowa State in 2001-- and there is little in the Matadors' 17-13 record to indicate any ability to beat Memphis. Their best non-conference effort was an 11-point loss at New Mexico on Nov. 24.
The second round would pit Memphis against either No. 7 seed California or No. 10 seed Maryland, another favorable scenario for the Tigers. Though both teams would present different challenges, neither possesses the type of frontcourt talent to match up with Dozier and Shawn Taggart.
Cal is one of the top 3-point shooting teams in the nation at a healthy 43.4 percent, but the Tigers have enough size on the perimeter to make things difficult for 5-10 junior Jerome Randle (18.4 points per game) and 6-5 junior Patrick Christopher. Cal, in its first year under former Stanford coach Mike Montgomery, tied for third in the Pac 10 at 11-7 and has lost 4-of-6 heading into the NCAAs.
Maryland, which finished 20-13 overall and 7-9 in the ACC, was supposedly a bubble team, but a No. 10 seed indicates that the Terrapins' were solidly in the field. The problem with Maryland is that you never quite know what you're going to get. Despite victories over North Carolina, Wake Forest and Michigan State, there were also plenty of questionable losses, which is why coach Gary Williams' job was rumored to be in jeopardy earlier this season.
Maryland relies heavily on 6-foot-6 guard Greivis Vasquez, a creative scorer who lit up North Carolina for 35 points. If the Tigers play Maryland, expect Anderson to get the defensive assignment.
Should Memphis advance to the Sweet 16, a potential matchup with No. 3 seed Missouri offers plenty of storylines. Missouri basketball's top booster, Bill Laurie, was a point guard on Memphis' 1973 Final Four team but now has no known affiliation with the school. And Missouri's coach, Mike Anderson, delivered the Tigers' last Conference USA loss when he was the coach at UAB in 2006.
Missouri will be favored to come out of its quarter of the West region, which includes No. 6 seed Marquette (missing guard Dominic James due to injury) and No. 11 seed Utah State. Missouri was able to avoid Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas in the Big 12 tournament last week and beat Baylor for the title, 73-60.
Missouri plays at a frenetic pace much like UAB did under Anderson, with aggressive full-court pressure and a big matchup problem in 6-foot-8 point-forward DeMarre Carroll. But Memphis has a huge edge in postseason experience, and taking quick shots is not necessarily a recipe for success against this Memphis team.
UConn is just 4-3 since the loss of second-leading scorer Jerome Dyson, so there are questions about the Huskies in this bracket. But there's no doubt that college basketball fans would love to see John Calipari and Jim Calhoun face off with a Final Four berth on the line. Calipari and Calhoun could barely contain their disdain for one another last season when Memphis beat UConn for the Coaches vs. Cancer title in New York, a feud that traces back to Calipari's years at UMass.
From a personnel standpoint, the Tigers and UConn are not totally dissimilar, aside from Huskies center Hasheem Thabeet. The Huskies rely on guard A.J. Price as a late shot-clock creator in much the same way Memphis uses freshman Tyreke Evans. It could be one of the best games of the tournament if it happens.
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1985 (reached Final Four)
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The '"Staying Safe" curriculum used was designed to help girls and the people who care for them learn ways to better ensure their personal security. Created with input from girls ages 4 to 17 years, the series is a component of Project Anti-Violence Education, the Way, a national Girl Scout violence intervention initiative funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service.
PERRY COUNTY - Perry County Clerk Jean Schulthise reminds voters of the Tell City-Troy Township School District, including Tell City, the town of Troy and Troy Township, that Oct. 5 is the last day to register to vote in the special election to be held Nov. 3.
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"Surrogates," Bruce Willis' latest, is an entertaining, yet unoriginal and problematic, sci-fi film. It takes place about fifteen years in the future, where robotic surrogates handle the day to day life for 99 percent of the world's population, while their owners control them from their homes.
Think of the world like a live action chat room, where everyone can choose what they look like.
TELL CITY - The summer of 2009 will always hold special memories for David McKinney. His soul-filled sounds filled City Hall Park monthly since May and won him the top prize Sunday as a Shoot for the Stars singing contest wrapped up.
McKinney sang Travis Tritt's "Anymore" and "Walking in Memphis" by Marc Cohn to earn a prize package valued at $1,000.
TELL CITY - The Tell City Regional Arts Association will host an amateur photo contest at City Hall from 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 29. This is the day of Tell City's Christmas Parade. Submissions for the contest are now being accepted.
Cash prizes will be awarded, including $150 for best of show. Visitors will be allowed to vote for a Peoples Choice Award.
Entries will be limited to three per person with two age groups and five categories, people, animals, landscape and plants, architectural and other.
LEOPOLD—Perry Central took control of the line of scrimmage and game early in a 49-2 football victory over Wood Memorial Friday.
Andrew Harpenau took the opening kickoff 61 yards down the sideline to Wood Memorial's 6-yard line.
On the first play from scrimmage Mikey Wilkerson dashed in for his first of four touchdowns on the night.
Backfield teammate T.J. Hall kicked the extra point to give the Commodores a 7-0 lead with just 18 seconds off the clock.
HUNTINGBURG—Southridge rode a strong first-half running game to a 31-14 PAC football victory over Tell City Friday.
The Raiders rushed for 154 yards on 23 carries in the first half and scored four touchdowns—all on the ground—in the first 161⁄2 minutes.
Tell City's defense stiffened in the second half, holding the Raiders to only a safety.
TELL CITY—Elizabeth Kohnert made 16 kills as Tell City beat Crawford County 25-10, 25-19, 25-11 in volleyball Wednesday.
McKenzie Hayes added eight kills and Jamie Brinksneader and Josalyn Ress each made seven.
"We're finally getting to where we're hitting the ball really well," said Tell City Coach Dalonda Hayes. "Our setters are starting to know where our hitters want the ball, and our passing was better tonight.
"We hit the ball really well with very few errors."
LINCOLN CITY—Strong serve reception helped Heritage Hills beat Perry Central 25-10, 25-10, 32-30 in volleyball Thursday.
Perry Central was able to get only two ace serves down against the Patriots.
The Commodores had a strong spiking game, though. Jessica Huber made nine kills, Megan Hedinger eight, and Ashley Gengelbach seven.
Those three combined to go 62 for 78 spiking overall.
Gengelbach made four blocks and Huber added two.
Tessa Lynch had nine assists and Sloan Harpenau added five.
When the NFL used replacement players during the 1987 players strike, some said fans wouldn't mind because they root for their team's shirts, regardless of which players are wearing them.
Crowd were down, but still thousands attended each game. So perhaps those fans did root for the shirts of their hometown team.
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Volvo-UNEP international 'adventure contest' is back this year
Bangalore: The fossil fuel-burning car, one would imagine, is an anathema to any environmentalist.
But here is the Volvo Car Corporation joining hands with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for Volvo Adventure 2008, which is a "global educational programme that rewards environmental activities among the decision makers of the future."
Volvo Adventure Competition, a global internet-based environmental education programme, encourages schoolchildren aged between 13 and 16 to take on environmental projects to improve their local environment. The projects will be published on www.volvoadventure.org. And better still, the teams with the best projects will be rewarded with an all-expenses paid trip to Sweden to compete in the global finals where the "Volvo Young Environmentalists" will be chosen.
The last date for posting projects on the site is January 31.
The event will be followed by an environment seminar on February 4 in New Delhi and February 6 in Bangalore.
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The JS-II (Josef Stalin) was a development of the earlier KV series of Russian tanks. It was a lighter tank than the KVs with an improved transmission and suspension and a re-designed hull and turret. The first examples appeared in 1944, helping to exploit the strategic initiative which the Red Army had achieved by that stage of WWII on the eastern front. A massive vehicle, the tank was well-armed and armored, the only drawback of the early versions was a slow rate of fire using separate charges and shells. This was remedied by the time the JS-III entered production. Symbolically, Josef Stalin tanks were at the head of the advance to Berlin in 1945, and remained in production after the war being the world's most powerful tank for well over a decade.
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I think both bikes will serve thier intended purpose well. The Wee has an outstanding track record. The Honda will save me some $$$ and historically has a pretty good record as well. Obviously I will ride both bikes and let that be the determining factor for purchase. I just wanted to attempt to add some usefull info to the thread and perhaps get some additional opinion on the similarities of these two machines.
You did a good job with these specs. Do keep in mind that the $8300 Wee price includes ABS, and I doubt the 500x will ship for $6K with ABS. US pricing hasn't been decided upon, but based on trends in the Canadian pricing and some favorable reaction to the bike, I'm betting Honda will hike the non-ABS to $6300-$6500 and the ABS will be another another $500 over this. So I'd expect the actual list price difference to be around $1500 for equivalent ABS models and the Wee will probably be available with a little more aggressive discounts that will reduce this to near $1K, at least for the first year. Not chump change, but not a deal-breaker either. If you don't want the ABS, the Honda is clearly the bike to get.
The big differences I see are price, power, weight, and the 19" front end on the Wee that will take the standard big-adventure bike touring rubber that has been shipping for a decade. I think the Wee will be the faster and more versatile bike, especially if you go off-road, but the significantly lower price and lighter weight of the Honda are big attractions for me. We'll see.
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Out here in the great American Southwest when we prepare food, we forgo the prissy presentation and instead blast your mouth into a whole new taste dimension. The Southwest isn't the place for namby-pamby foodies!
What you're going to get with this dish is nothing but pure freshness and flavor and just to show you that we care, you're also going to get 5 cloves of incredible health (aka garlic) and a full tablespoon of life (aka ginger). This ain't a game... this is food, it's your life!
Serve this over some steamed rice, some noodles, some baby bok choy or your mamma's wig, we don't really care just as long as your serve it!
Ingredients needed to make Ginger Garlic Chicken (serves 2):
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Western Railway has prepared a Rs 46.9 crore plan for increasing the height of 145 of its suburban platforms to a uniform 900mm over the next couple of years, provided the fund is sanctioned by the Centre without much delay.
It plans to complete the work in three phases. In the first phase, the height of a set of 32 platforms, which now measures 760mm from the tracks, will be altered. The present height is fine by railway rule-wise, but dangerous when the new Siemens and Bombardier rakes begin operation.
It would cost Rs 12.2 crore to complete the first-phase work. According to WR officials, work on nine of these 32 platforms have been completed, and work is progressing in another eight. The rest, 15, will be finished by July 2015.
WR will take up 16 platforms that currently have heights between 760 and 840mm in the second phase. It would cost Rs 5.6 crore, and officials expects this money to be sanctioned soon.
Work on the third and biggest phase, comprising 97 platforms, which currently are around 840mm high, is estimated to cost Rs 29.1 crore. Railway officials are hopeful that the media attention the infamous 'gap' has attracted, combined with political pressure would ensure that the money for this is sanctioned by the Centre.
"Rs 29-odd crore is a big amount, so it would be tough for us to start the work without the money being sanctioned. The work on phase one and two is being undertaken with the money allotted for the 6th line project (a 6th line between Mumbai Central and Borivli)," said an official.
Railways expects to complete phase two and three within 24 months from the date the fund is sanctioned. Officials said if the money comes in by the middle of this year, the work could be completed by middle of 2016.
As reported by DNA, the general consensus among railway officials is that a height of 900mm is ideal in a city where tracks are undulating and several suburban network stretches are prone to flooding.
Speaking to DNA, Shailendra Kumar, divisional railway manager, said emphasis would be on doing the job in such a way that phase one and two are undertaken around the same time. "Commuter safety is paramount, so the height of platforms would be raised to lessen the gap as quickly as possible," Kumar said.
Platform plan
Phase No. of platforms Cost Time frame
1. (760mm) 32 Rs 12.2cr July 2015
2. (760-840mm) 16 Rs 5.6cr Date of sanction + 24 months
3. (nearing 840mm) 97 Rs 29.1cr Date of sanction + 24 months
Total no. of platforms: 145.
Total cost: Rs 46.9cr.
Gap rules
According to railway safety rules, the height of a platform should be anything between 760mm and 840mm from the top of the rails, and the maximum gap between the platform and the floor of the train should be between 342mm and 437mm. Both WR and CR now want railway board to raise the height stipulation to anything between 900mm and 920mm as local trains are wider and higher than other trains.
For example, Siemens rakes have a floor height of almost 1,220mm whereas the ideal height, as per rules, should be around 1,187mm and 1,197mm from top of the rails. The new Bombardier rake, currently stabled at Virar car shed, is a touch worse with floor at a height of 1,230mm from top of the rails.


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Well the good news is that Windows 9 will hit the stores much sooner than usual if Windows 8 is a failure.
I figure people will slowly start to learn Windows 8 and many will like it. People don't like change and Windows 8 is a big change.
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Posted 20 November 2012 - 00:01
nope it's there in iOS, it's done in the same place that you "close" running apps
Windows 7 was also priced at $50 initially. Windows 8 is priced at $40. I don't see any major change?
How is switching apps in iOS any more obvious than Windows 8? Many iPad owners (I know) don't even know how to switch between apps, they just drop back to home screen and go from there.
None of the following operations are "obvious" in iOS compared to Windows 8
- Switch apps
- Close running apps
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- Orientation lock (AFAIK is impossible in default iOS config)
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You can close running apps by tap-holding. obvious, right?
nope it's there in iOS, it's done in the same place that you "close" running apps
the close running apps, is the only thing you can't actually do without jailbreaking from that list.
all that list is (when you double tap the home button) is the recent app list, it doesn't actually allow you to close apps
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Posted 20 November 2012 - 01:23
Microsoft's biggest mistake was doing away with the start menu and not giving desktop users the choice of which they would rather use, Metro or Desktop. Fix that and Windows 8 would take off overnight.
Posted 20 November 2012 - 02:33
Im shocked too. he was the biggest fan boy of windows phone, and windows metro, now he seems to hate it ha.
weird how that flopped on him. I actually quit listening to the podcasts for a while because i got sick of the fanboyism bs, now he seems back.
Posted 20 November 2012 - 02:43
What if I want both? I love having my desktop. I also love having an attractive Start screen to look at, and interactive Metro apps to use.
Plus, Microsoft is making a clean - clean - break from their old image. They spent the past two year re-inventing themselves, Windows 8 is setting the base of future Windows releases, much like Windows 95 did.
Posted 20 November 2012 - 02:51
wrong, there are plenty of configurable options with Start8 now
So, in order to get to Metro Start, I'd have to go through another Start Menu? Yeah, that's a disaster in the waiting.


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There's more info on Blood Beach's Kickstarter page, as well as a creepy (but informative!) video. So yeah—the only way we Americans can get our hands on these items is by helping the good folks of Blood Beach spread their sick shit all over the old countries. There are some other cool deluxe incentives as well. Blood Beach play at the Know tonight as part of the record release show for Eternal Tapestry. Eurotour dates after the jump.
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9/07 Berlin, DE @ Marie Antoinette
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30th August to 4th September. Cost: £650 (6 day class – includes course fees, materials and evening meals)
"Over the course of six days we'll be looking at the relationship between images and objects, setting up a series of exercises using glass, light and the landscape to generate material. Expect to be projecting into fog, distorting the landscape through glass and working with the elements. The emphasis will be on using low-fi production methods and experimentation.
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TAIPEI (AFP) - The deputy director general of Taiwan's state Railway Administration and five employees were arrested on Thursday for allegedly taking bribes in connection with several procurement cases, a prosecutor said.
Chung Chao-hsiung and the others were suspected of taking unspecified amounts of kickbacks from at least two contractors in the projects, which had budgets totalling about NT$300 million (S$12.5 million), the prosecutor said.
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