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The Adventures of a New PC Owner - The Joys and Terrors of Steam
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Lord, what have I gotten myself into?
I've heard the stories. I'm an avid listener of the Bombcast and many times I've heard the crew (especially Vinny) talking about the ridiculous amount of stuff they buy on Steam, especially when the sales roll around. I was determined I wasn't going to fall into the same trap. No, I said, I will only buy games I know I want and will actually play. So how did that work out? Well I now own Frontlines: Fuel of War, a game I knew practically nothing about before buying it. I may never actually play this game, but considering it was on sale and cost me a whopping £1.49, I can't really say I got screwed.
But it's the slipperiest of slopes.
That said, Steam is amazing. It's easy to look at it very cynically as it's basically a DRM hub for your games. Of course many people are still banging the drum of needing to own physical copies of stuff. My cousin, a noted pirate, has voiced his disdain for Steam's anti-piracy system and control of your gaming life. But you know what, I don't feel inclined to own physical copies of things, and I am in no way a pirate, so Steam is absolutely perfect for someone like me. And that's before we get into the excellent cloud support, the very streamlined patching and downloads and the good community functionality.
Steam is already a pretty delicious cake, but the sales are such immaculate icing.
Seriously, how can you not be suckered in by them? I mean sure it would be concerning if you were buying "bad" games, but show me a man who would pass up paying £5 for Supreme Commander 2 and I will show you a fool. Oh, don't like RTS games, huh? Then how about Metro 2033 for less than £10, or two of the three STALKER games for less than £20? I mean for Darwin's sake, I paid £1.49 for the GOTY edition of Plants vs. Zombies (aside - who the hell voted PVZ as GotY? I'm not even it would be downloadable GotY. It's still fun mind, but really, c'mon). I mean I'm sure there must be some business logic to charging so little for some truly great content, but it still boggles the mind that the publishers of Frontlines: Fuel or War, who spent many thousands helping finance development and market this game would then be content to sell it for the price of a cup of coffee.
However, there is a problem with Steam. Well when I say there's a problem with Steam, that's not really accurate. When it comes to this matter, it really is a question of "it's not you, it's me".
I've been having problems managing my gaming related expenditure recently. 2010 has not been a good year for this, considering this year saw me purchase my Playstation 3 in July, then come October I dish out yet more cash for a PC. Since I got my PS3 I have spent a fair amount of time with it; I've played quite a few downloadable titles, many of which I got free/discounted with my Playstation Plus membership. But in terms of actual full-on disc based games I've played to conclusion in my four months of PS3 ownership? Two. Yes, two. inFamous and Red Dead Redemption. Only one of those is PS3-exclusive. Now I'm not saying I regret getting a PS3, because the truth is I haven't tapped into the true functionality of it; I've yet to get invested in the Blu Ray technology, and for UK PS3 owners LoveFilm, ostensibly a UK equivalent of Netflix, is coming in a few months or so.
But I have at least five sealed PS3 games I haven't gotten round to playing since July. That may not sound like a lot, but it's just the tip of the iceberg.
A stroll over to my lists will reveal I already have a fairly substantial backlog of games, almost entirely Xbox 360 games. I was solely a 360 owner for nearly three years, and have a ton of completed games for it, but my insatiable appetite for buying cheap 360 games on Amazon is what began my perilous journey into my backlog. Two years Condemned 2 has sat unplayed on my shelf. Red Faction Guerrilla is still in the wrapping, as are WET, Mirrors Edge and Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood. There are several games that I began, lost interest in and have had a terrible time getting back into - most notable among these are Resident Evil 5, Bayonetta and Far Cry 2. So why did I buy them and not play them? Well I bought them because most of them were seriously cheap - Mirror's Edge was £5 - and I haven't played them because by the time they got close to the top of my list, something new had come along. You might say that well some of those games are mediocre, or at least not outstanding. Well explain why my copy of Batman: Arkham Asylum remains unplayed whereas I did play through Tom Clancy's HAWX?
The PS3 made the backlog problem worse. Steam has the potential to turn it into a crisis.
What the hell as I supposed to do? Should I actually made a pact with myself to sit down every weekend and play through one of my backlog games? Because I'm really not sure I have that amount of self control, not when I have only just cracked open Fable III, and I've still got two Alan Wake chapters to finish. Maybe I should just sell the backlog console games and cut my losses. eBay has been a good friend to me in terms of getting rid of unwanted games, but so many of them are legitimately good games that I feel like I'll be missing out by saying goodbye to them. Perhaps I could rent them down the line if I need to, but considering the amount of games in my LoveFilm queue (yes, LoveFilm do games as well, and extremely well. Deal with it) I doubt I'll be able to see that through either.
Not to mention that I am actually supposed to have a life outside of video games. Right?
My biggest concern regarding Steam's place in my backlog nightmare is that the option to simply pass the game on to someone else doesn't exist. I'm stuck with Frontlines: Fuel of War. I paid £1.49 for this bed and I'm going to lie in it. That's why Steam scares me so much. Yes, the ridiculously cheap games are incredibly inticing, but unlike buying cheap console games there is no safety net. I'm bungee jumping without a bungee.
There is another problem here, too. The biggest reason why I don't get invested in so many games I have purchased is really quite simple. There is only one passion in my life that supercedes my love of video games, and that is my love for music. I listen to about 5-8 albums a day, and more often than not I'll be playing a game while wearing my headphones and listening to my tunes. The problem therefore is whether I can actually play through a story based game without sound. So many of my backlog is story based games, and as a rule I don't like to play any game without sound unless I've seen it before. But because my love of music comes first, I get stuck in this pattern of just playing games without the sound. This has led me to putting 50 hours into Borderlands, a game I've already beaten, when I got scads and scads of unplayed games. This appetite is also satiated by simple downloadable games - my recent addiction to tower defence games such as Fieldrunners and PixelJunk Monsters can be explains by my music-game multitasking - and by handheld games, especially my current obsession Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution.
What I need then is more time to play the games that need my undivided attention, and more games that can appease my desire to play them while doing something else. In the past week, this need has led me to play Plants vs. Zombies, RISK Factions, lots more Civ Rev for DS, and plenty of a game that I will discuss in greater detail in my next blog entry. There are games in my backlog that could be played with headphones - Supreme Commander 2 comes to mind - but I have to make that intial investment to play it and get a feel for it before I'm comfortable playing without soundI am most wary of the upcoming Steam sales for Thanksgiving and Christmas, but will have to just be aware of my expenditure and how new purchases will affect my backlog, because if I buy too many more games, I may literally never get around to playing Amnesia: The Dark Descent, or Warhammer 40K Dawn of War II.
"If you stare into the abyss long enough, the abyss stares back at you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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In a modest Arlington living room, all eyes are fixed on an old Sears color television. On the screen, beneath the whir of a VCR, a familiar shadow stalks across the jungle. The chiseled jaw, the bullwhip, the fedora: It's Indiana Jones. But the real entertainment comes from an orange flowered sofa near the set, where 62-year-old Vendyl Jones kicks back a tumbler of cognac and critiques the movie as if, in some wild Walter Mitty fantasy, he were watching himself in action.
There's Indy up to his knees in slithering snakes. "We had that," Jones drawls. There's Indy walloping wicked Nazis, sneaky Arabs, and rival archaeologists. "We had that," he says. There's Indy clambering into caves, hanging on to ascending airplanes, outrunning a gigantic rolling boulder. "Oh, hell, that's miniature compared to what we had," he says. "Ours didn't come rolling down a tube. Ours was more like a shotgun effect, with five-hundred-pound boulders flying everywhere, with tons of dirt and dust."
As if to prove his point, Jones pulls out a business card embossed with his name, then marks through the first and last letters of his first name, so that the card reads, "endy Jones." "I may not be as young or as handsome as Harrison Ford," he grins, running a callused palm over his shiny bald head, "but I sure part my hair straighter."
Although it has been eleven years since the premiere of the first Indiana Jones movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark, a television prequel to the saga, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, is about to begin its second season on ABC's prime-time schedule. So the issue of Indy's origins is hot on the minds of his fans—or at least on the mind of Vendyl Jones. Had it not been for his own exploits, Jones maintains, Indiana might never have been born. It is a not a claim he whispers shyly. As he travels the world, Vendyl Jones tells how George Lucas and Steven Spielberg's swashbuckling hero was inspired not by some chiseled archaeological legend but by a jug-eared, potbellied amateur. Judging by the number of newspaper stories written about him lately, the message is getting through. When he makes one of his many appearances on radio or TV, Jones's interviewers frequently salute him with the thundering Raiders theme song and introduce him as "the real Indiana Jones."
Never mind that Lucas and Spielberg say they've never heard of Vendyl Jones. The way Hollywood really got the idea for the first Raiders movie, Vendyl says, is a tale befitting yet another Indy sequel—an action-adventure story whose cast includes a phantom writer, a thieving literary agent, crooked competitors, and much, much more. At the center of the action is, of course, Vendyl Jones himself, leading the sort of real-life treasure hunt that filmmakers only dream of. "The basic difference is that's fiction, and we're dealing with facts," he insists, as he watches his namesake careen across the screen. "And if you compare our digs with the movie, the movie is a drag."
This fall Vendyl Jones is plotting his ninth Israeli excavation, an experience that will make the adventures of that other guy seem like the antics of a California wimp. He swears he's close to unearthing priceless biblical artifacts, maybe even the lost Ark of the Covenant. So from North Texas to the Middle East, the question persists: Is this the real Indiana—or just another Jones?
Long before Harrison Ford ever cracked a bullwhip, Vendyl Jones was in the ancient caves of Israel, following a treasure map taken from the Dead Sea Scrolls and searching for the kalal, the bronze vessel containing the sacrificial ashes of the red heifer. Described in Numbers 19: 2, the ashes were vital for cleansing all those who stood before God in the ancient temple of Moses. Hidden by Jewish priests before the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70, they are believed to be buried with other temple treasures—chief among them the Ark of the Covenant, the chest bearing the stone tablets that God gave Moses and whose power can be restored only after being purified by the ashes. With the excavation of these treasures, it is said, the prophecy of the Bible will be fulfilled. God will return to the earth in a tongue of fire. The tented temple will be restored in a blaze of transcendent glory. Jews from all nations will return to Israel. And peace will come to the Middle East.
Over eleven years and five excavations, Vendyl Jones dug in the hellishly hot desert, defying the skepticism of those he calls "the swivel-chair academicians." Dig after dig, as he came up without the temple treasures, the critics cackled. But in 1988, on his sixth outing, Jones and his team of volunteers unearthed a two-thousand-year-old juglet of oil mentioned in the copper scroll of the first century—oil believed to have anointed the ancient priests, kings, and prophets of Israel. The find made the front page of the New York Times and was lauded by National Geographic, Omni, and CNN. More important than the publicity, though, it gave Jones credibility. "He knows more about that area than anyone I know," says Robert Eisenman, the chairman of the religious studies department at California State University, Long Beach. Sholomo Goren, Israel's former chief rabbi, has praised Jones for "working for the good of Jewish people around the world."
A Baptist preacher and Talmudic scholar, Jones is the president of the nonprofit Vendyl Jones Ministries, a.k.a. the Institute of Judaic-Christian Research, which from its Arlington industrial-district offices runs his desert excavations, publishes a monthly newsletter, and operates an audio- and videotape enterprise in its mission "to correct misinformation against Judaism, the Jewish people, and the State of Israel." Jones also leads teachings in B'nai Noach (Judaism for non-Jews), holding local weekly Torah readings and helping to establish B'nai Noach groups around the country. With the aid of a part-time secretary and a two-man staff, and with only four hours of sleep a night,


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And now for something completely skanky: At CHRISTINA AGUILERA's Marquee party, in between being all smoochy with the hubby for the cameras, "Christina was reading him, bossing him around, making faces, and not treating him well at all," swears a source. How dirrty! At PARIS HILTON's CD party at the same place, Paris was making that usual moon face, as a photographer circled her trying to get a close-up of her kinkajou bite. He couldn't find it, but the marks from NICK CARTER were still there, whomp whomp whomp.
Another pop star who's been knocked aroundthe aforementioned Boy Georgebarked at crews capturing him on his trash shift. (He should have hauled them to the nearest dumpster.) But I hear George commissioned his own camera crew to follow him all week for a documentary! I adore seeming contradictions.
As for that other drag legend, LIZA MINNELLI, someone tells me her concert in Coney Island was so great, "fans in wheelchairs were doing their best to give her a standing ovation."
In that Kiki & Herb show, the wheelchair-ready Kiki ( JUSTIN BOND) cracks that it's against the law to say the president should be killed, "but it's perfectly legal to float the wish that he kill himself, isn't it?"
Drag comes to the kiddie corner with Freakshow, the upcoming book by JAMES ST. JAMES ( Disco Bloodbath), who tells me it's about "a teenage drag queen growing up in a red state. I believe it's the first drag queen as a main character in young adult fiction." Except for Long John Silver. "It lets you know it's OK to want to wear feathers and sequins," he explains, "that it doesn't have to be a psychosexual dramait's just about expressing yourself through ball gowns, blah blah blah. I see it as an AARON CARTER vehicle." But let's have a part for brother Nick, pleaseor else.
While we're talking about vulnerable young ones, when I heard they'd found JonBenet's killer in Thailand, I thought, "So Patsy Ramsey's alive and hiding out in Southeast Asia?" But it turned out to be that nutty CHAD LOWE lookalike trannie who's so obsessed with youth he's a walking, letching billboard for Botox and hair plugs. The evidence? Well, he's creepy. And also it seems that 14 years ago, he wrote something with the letter S, which was also in the ransom note! Maybe they can get him to admit to Natalee Holloway too. And Chandra Levy. And the Lindbergh baby. And the Duffs' movie career.
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From the Texas Beef Council posted for the Greek portion of the Zaar World Tour. Feel free to up the seasonings on the beef if you like it really flavorful. As Saraghina states, leftover roast would be great here too!
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- 1 lb lean ground beef
- 4 plum tomatoes, thinly sliced
- 8 small pita pocket bread, cut in half, warmed (4-inch diameter)
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 2⁄3 cup plain low-fat yogurt
- 1⁄3 cup cucumber, chopped
- 3 tablespoons onions, finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons fresh parsley, chopped
- In small bowl, combine Yogurt Sauce ingredients, mixing well. Cover and refrigerate.
- Heat oven to 350ºF.
- In medium bowl, combine ground beef and seasoning ingredients, mixing lightly but thoroughly.
- Divide beef mixture into 16 equal portions and shape into patties 2 inches in diameter.
- Place patties on rack in broiler pan.
- Bake in oven 10 minutes or until no longer pink OR GRILL over medium heat.
- To serve, place equal amounts of beef and tomato in each pita half; top with yogurt sauce.
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I have a bounty of zucchini and squash right now, so I processed half a zucchini and mixed it in with the hamburger, seasoning it with garlic, salt, pepper, and oregano. It adds some green flecks and softens the texture of the meat a little bit. I served the gyros on naan, which we like much better than pita bread, and topped them with sautéed zucchini, squash, and onions. I also added a little homemade hummus and canned banana peppers. For the tzatziki, I added a little olive oil, lemon juice, and dill. Delicious!
I am rating this a 5-star with my additions: to the meat: cumin, oregano, onion & garlic powder, dried basil, thyme, cumin, and black pepper. To the sauce: 1 tsp sugar (yes, I know-sounds strange, but necessary), lemon juice, garlic, and fresh parsley. I ended up frying the meat instead of baking it and it turned out FANTASTIC!!! Great recipe, but after reading the reviews, I figured I would "spice things up a bit," and it really paid off. Thank you for this recipe--it is going into my "keep in rotation" folder.


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DISC Sports & Spine Center (DISC) today released a story chronicling two-time World Champion and London 2012 hopeful Brad Walker on his journey to the London 2012 Olympic Games. The latest "Champion Care" athlete video being debuted by DISC, Walker´s story details his assent as the world´s best pole vaulter, North American record holder and six-time U.S. pole vault champion whose career nearly ended due to a crash that injured his pelvis and ruptured a disc in his back. For Walker, who was already dealing with a disc bulge in his neck, the new injuries added even more strain and put his future success in jeopardy. After undergoing minimally invasive back surgery (microdiscectomy) at DISC, he had a successful 19´ jump to win the elite Pole Vault Summit in January and is a gold medal favorite for this summer´s Olympic Games.
DISC will continue to roll out stories of its "Champion Care" athletes, including track and field stars Jenny Adams, Brianna Glenn and Lolo Jones and BMX rider Mike Day. The previously released videos of swimmers Eric Shanteau and Jessica Hardy can be found here:
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Behind the song (Every Day in America) "call us haters each time we disagree; call us racists, that argument is weak; call us homophobe creationists, liars to our face; we might not like to hear it, but everybody has their say...everyday in America" -in an effort to kill two birds with one stone, while mowing grass one day I wrote the words to this song. Chris Sanders co-wrote the music with me. I believe we have something unique in America with freedom of expression. However, I believe it pales in comparison to the freedom found only in Christ. I'm free...no matter which way the social, economical or political winds may blow...free in Christ!
The past takes many prisoners; tomorrow borrows dreams; patiently the moment waits between the two extremes; few seldom see the moment, it often goes to waste; but those who've stumbled on it know there is no better place.
Hearing lacking listen sounds so deafening. Looking lacking seeing is simply sight unseen. Thinking void of thoughtfulness is such a dismal notion. Getting without giving back is selfishness in motion. Brokenness can't fix itself, the fixer has the fixes. Seek the fixer, find the peace, who too few knew existed.
Easy find, hard to get, simple truth, better yet; newer suit, whiter gown, better view, higher ground; living large, weighing less, off the chart, treasure chest; endless good, master plan, cross of wood, punctured hand; richer blood, thorny crown, greater love, beaten down; quiet tomb, guarded grave, rolling stone… flawless save.
Blind is the eye; deaf is the ear; dense is the cry; dry is the tear; brave was the home; free was the land; just was the cause; clean was the hand; sin keeps the cancer; truth holds the key; seek finds the answer; found finds the knees. (check out the old testament passage 2 Chronicles 7:14)
Must a soul stop rhyming when a heart's not in the mood? Why do few go climbing high above their point of view? Why does faith keep leading all the faithful to the ledge? When will letting go and letting God be cutting edge? Why cover up the answer each time the question's raised? Why erect a roadblock when honest trails get blazed? Where are all the dreamers now that schemers rule the throne? When will I succeed to fail to make this world my home?
The world is full of dreamers; they fill the world with dreams; I'm surrounded by believers in extraordinary things; some can paint a picture; some can sing a song; some are true forgivers who write off every wrong; some work hard to gather funds and food to feed the poor; some seek out the hopeless who are otherwise ignored; dreams appearing small are often bigger than they seem; God can only measure the treasure of such dreams; hats off to all the dreamers who build their dreams on faith; Those who want to change the world with every dream they chase. -Wise Dreamers know…."with God, all things are Possible" Matthew 19:26
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Sumner Regional Medical Center and the Macon County Board of Education began partnering to offer sports medicine coverage to the student-athletes in Macon County in 2012. BodyGuard Sports Medicine partners with many area schools to provide sports medicine services and a full-time Certified Athletic Trainers. Carrie Calhoun serves Macon County High School and Rachel Hester serves Red Boiling Springs High School. This community outreach endeavor allows coaches, student athletes and their parents/guardians the benefit of having a Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) available at the school, athletic practices, and on the sidelines during games along with direct access to outstanding emergency, diagnostic, surgical and rehabilitation services close to home. Through these partnerships, the Athletic Trainers have become an integral part of the teams and culture of each participating school.
In 2011, BodyGuard Sports Medicine began offering concussion management as one of the sports medicine services offered to area schools. BodyGuard provides free baseline concussion testing to all high school contact student-athletes in Sumner, Macon and Trousdale counties at no charge to the athletes' families. They also provides sports medicine support to various community athletic and recreational programs and events throughout the year.


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Clayton County senior citizens with fire officials, including Chief Jeff Hood, Battalion Chief Jacque Feilke and Capt. Walter Barber, as well as County Commissioner Gail Hambrick.
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The Trinity Tigers is the nickname for the sports teams of Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. They participate in the NCAA's Division III and the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.[1] The school mascot is LeeRoy, a Bengal Tiger. In the 1950s, LeeRoy was an actual tiger who was brought to sporting events,[2] but today LeeRoy is portrayed by a student wearing a tiger suit.
Trinity has historically had a strong tennis program, with both the men's and women's programs winning national championships in 2000. The men's program also won the national championship in 2003.[3] In recent years, Trinity has reached the national Division III playoffs in several sports, including football, women's basketball (2003 national champions), volleyball, baseball, women's cross country, men's and women's track and field and men's and women's soccer (men's team won the national title in 2003 and placed second in 2007). In the past, Trinity was a Division I tennis power, under tennis coach Clarency Mabry, winning the men's NCAA championship in 1972, as well as being runners up in 1970, 1971, 1977 and 1979. The women's team captured the first USLTA women's collegiate championship in 1968 and won several more titles. In the early 1960s the program was home to arguably some of the best tennis players in the world, and bypassed the NCAA tournament to enter Wimbledon. In 1963, Chuck McKinley of Trinity won the Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship. He was also the runner up in 1961. Other than McKinley, famous tennis players to attend Trinity included Butch Newman, Bob McKinley, Frank Froehling, Dick Stockton, Bill Scanlon and Gretchen Magers.
The Tigers had a brief but successful Men's Basketball program under Bob Polk from 1965-1968; Polk, an Indiana native had compiled a record of 197-106 at Vanderbilt but poor health led to his resignation on the advice of his doctors. However, he was out of basketball for only 18 months as his health rapidly improved. As both the head basketball coach and athletics director, Polk became Southland Conference Coach-of-the-Year in 1967. He was also the NCAA National Coach-of-the-Year for the College Division (today NCAA Div II) in 1968. In his three years at Trinity, Polk compiled a 69-28 record and led the Tigers to the 1968 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament, where they finished 3rd overall.
In 2011-12, the Trinity sports program reclaimed Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference "President's Trophy," awarded to the school in the conference that has the best overall sports record for the year, for the first time in seven seasons.[4] Prior to that drought the Tigers had won the award eleven out of the preceding twelve seasons.[5]
Club sports include men's and women's Lacrosse, Water Polo, and Trap and Skeet.[1]
In spite of these accomplishments Trinity athletics may be most famous for the "Mississippi Miracle" executed by the Tiger football team. 2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game On October 27, 2007, in a game played in Jackson, Mississippi, against conference rival Millsaps College, Trinity trailed by two points with two seconds left. With time for only one more play and needing to score a touchdown to win, the Tigers ran the "hook and lateral play," in which a receiver runs a short hook route, and then laterals the ball to a trailing player. After the first lateral the Millsaps defense was not fooled and seemed about to tackle the ball carrier and end the game.
At this point the Tigers showed their knowledge of rugby by lining up across the field, rather than gathering in front of the ball carrier as is typical in American football. This meant that there was always a Tiger player in position, either even with or behind the ball carrier, to legally receive another lateral. Every time the Millsaps defense closed on the ball carrier the Trinity player was able to complete a legal lateral to a teammate. In what ESPN said may have been the "longest play in football history," in terms of time elapsed (sixty seconds exactly), Trinity completed 15 laterals before breaking through the Millsaps defense for a 61-yard touchdown. The score, known in Jackson, MS as the "Major Disaster," (Millsaps' nickname is "The Majors") gave Trinity the victory and ultimately led to the conference championship. The Trinity community is especially proud of this play because it demonstrated not only the Tigers' athletic ability, but also their intelligence and poise under pressure. .[6][7][8][9][10] The unlikely play was named the top sports moment of the year by Time Magazine[11] as well as the "Game Changing Performance of the Year" by Pontiac.[12][13] Trinity was the overall number one team in Texas from 1996 to 2008.
- ^ a b "Athletics". Trinity.edu (Trinity University). Retrieved October 30, 2007.
- ^ "Lee Roy the Tiger". Trinity Digital Collection (Trinity University). Retrieved October 30, 2007.
- ^ "TRINITY WINS 10TH CONSECUTIVE TEAM TITLE; DOMINATES ALL-TOURNAMENT SELECTIONS" (PDF). May 2, 2003. Retrieved October 30, 2007.
- ^ "TRINITY BRINGS SCAC PRESIDENTS TROPHY BACK TO SAN ANTONIO" (PDF). May 12, 2011. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
- ^ "TRINITY WINS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE ALL-SPORTS TROPHY; 11TH OVERALL" (PDF). May 2, 2005. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
- ^ Briggs, Jerry (October 27, 2007). "Football: Trinity wins on miracle play". San Antonio Express News. Retrieved October 28, 2007.
- ^ "Video of the play". The Disney Company. Archived from the original on October 29, 2007. Retrieved October 30, 2007.
- ^ "Lateralapalooza". SI.com (Time Warner). Archived from the original on November 5, 2007. Retrieved October 30, 2007.
- ^ Christensen, Mike (October 28, 2007). "Wild finish – think Cal-Stanford, '82 – beats Majors". ClarionLedger.com (Gannett Company). Retrieved October 30, 2007.[dead link]
- ^ Briggs, Jerry. "Football: Trinity wins on miracle play". MySanAntonio.com (San Antonio Express News).
- ^ http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/top10/article/0,30583,1686204_1686305_1690598,00.html
- ^ http://www.trinity.edu/departments/athletics/Football/Pontiac_GCPOY.htm
- ^ https://r.espn.go.com/espn/contests/07GameChangingPerformance/index?cmp=ncaavanurl
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We are finding it very hard to monitor the logs spread over a cluster of four managed servers. So, I am trying to build a simple log4j appender which uses solrj api to store the logs in the solr server. The idea is to use leverage REST of solr to build a better GUI which could help us
- search the logs and the display the previous and the next 50 lines or so and
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Being awful on front ends, I am trying to cookup something with GWT (a prototype version). I am planning to host the project on googlecode under ASL.
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Some trees, such as birch, will bleed copiously if pruned during the active growth period in spring.
Your sorbaria is a plant known for suckering and spreading when it's happy. You can dig those up and pot them on or replant elsewhere. I wouldn't prune the top growth back apart from taking out any obvious dead twiggy bits. It doesn't get very tall and looks best when left to show off its lovely spring foliage followed by the frothy flower heads.
Three weeks ago I dug up 7 "babies" from one of these that I've had to leave to its own devices for 2 years because of various surgeries. I have replanted them along part of my road edge border to make a bit of a hedge and they're already looking really good. In future, I shall force my spade in vertically around their roots about a foot from the main stems in order to sever any roots heading off to make new plants.
We currently have James Martin on food and cooking 5 days a week plus Mary Berry on Mondays and Saturday Kitchen on Saturdays plus Best of on Sundays and the Hairy Bikers on Thursdays.
It seems to me that we could do with a similar spread of programmes on gardens and gardening promoting good techniques, how to make life easier and how to manage our ingredients - soil, weather, time, local climate, plants and equipment. I'd be happy with a few prcatical gardening repeats too but not the A to Z they're churning out again here and there. There were some lovely programmes on front garden design in the past as well as GH's special series and AT's How to series.
I did eventually watch the repeated GW this afternoon but I fell asleep............. Kept it though so I can watch the bog garden again. That was fab and I just happen to have a bog that needs sorting.
Slightly shaded is fine as long as it gets plenty of light. Next to the coldframe will be very handy for the hardening off process.
Yes it will and it will also stope the plants getting their roots down as deep as they'd like so remove as much as you can or else make a raised bed to deepen the soil for them. Roses are very hungry plants and need good soil full of nutrients to grow well. They can cope with clay but not concrete.
Too early for sowing here but I have been doing lifting and dividing and replanting or potting on root days.
I assume I can sow my newly arrived chilli and tomato seeds on fruit days now that things are warming up.
I have had two of these freeze to death so my third and last attempt is in a pot which has been plunged in the greenhouse bed. This mild winter means it already has new shoots. I shall give it a bigger pot this spring and keep it on the terrace and it will go back in teh greenhouse next winter and every winter until the pot is too big to move and it's time to see if it's big enough for life out in the beds next to the pond.
I used to get the others through winter by burying them under a 3' high heap of garden compost but twice I was caught out by early, unforecast frosts down to -8C and that did for them. This one will get buried at the beginning of October just in case.
I'm with Hostafan. Too many shots of Nigel and also long unfocussed shots of Monty parading with his wheelbarrow. 30 minutes are too short to waste on anything except close-ups of plants and tasks and techniques with occasional general views of a border for the context of a plant.
Can't comment on the spoken content and advice yet as we had no sound but it's set to record tomorrow morning so I can catch up.
Try putting them outside for the day but bringing them back into shelter at night - cold greenhouse, garage or shed to protect against any frost or just wide changes of temperature. After two or three weeks the trees will be hardened off enough to stay outside. The calla lily will need protectin till late frosts are over in May.
It's repeated on Sunday at 9:15 for anyone who wants to watch it with sound.
I was definitely dismayed to find Nigel in the opening shot. I love my own dogs to bits but don't expect them to offer anyone useful guidance about how to manage my garden.
Roses - Guinée, Souvenir du Dr Jamain, Mme Alfred Carrière, Golden Showers are all good climbers for north facing walls. New Dawn should be fine and is repeat flowering though less scented. Falsatff (David Austin) is a rich deep Crimson with good perfume and will get to about 2 metres.


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TheCarConnection.com Names 'Six Cars That Can Save Detroit'
The fate of America's automakers–two of the three, at least–is hanging in the balance. And while Detroit's destiny looks grim, TheCarConnection.com's editors see at least six vehicles on the horizon that could dramatically change the fortunes of the former Big Three.
"Despite the dire financial situation at General Motors and Chrysler," says TheCarConnection.com's executive editor,
At General Motors, the likely entry to the future of the automobile is an electric vehicle with hybrid-powertrain backup. Chrysler's betting on a traditional crossover vehicle, but with potential hybrid and diesel power trains. And at Ford–which stands alone financially and shows real strength in future products–a range of new small cars promises to recast its lineup entirely.
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Chrysler: 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee and 2011 Dodge Circuit EV
Chrysler has the least visible path to a turnaround. Since it accepted federal loans, the company's struggled to show Congress and consumers that it's serious about reclaiming its history of great products. That's changed, now that Chrysler has shown off the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The latest version of Jeep's venerable sport-utility surfaced last week at the New York Auto Show and garnered plenty of positive commentary from the press. The new version's now a cousin of the Mercedes-Benz ML-Class; even though Chrysler and Mercedes are going their separate ways, the Grand Cherokee now shares the ML-Class' running gear, though it has its own new fuel-efficient 3.6-liter V-6 under hood. All-wheel drive is an option, and a two-mode hybrid version is likely in the works. It's also possible Chrysler will bring back the diesel option found in today's Grand Cherokee. Most important could be the Grand Cherokee's quality perceptions: a close-up look at the prototype showed a far more sophisticated look and feel, which could go a long way at correcting consumer opinions of Chrysler vehicles.
The Dodge Circuit EV is a completely different beast–a new electric-powered roadster that borrows its architecture from the Lotus Elise and its motive force from a set of batteries and motors. The Circuit promises hundreds of miles of driving range, quick and nimble reflexes, and a potential on-sale date of 2010–if Chrysler can make its way out of the reorganization that's bound to come, with Congressional oversight or with the help of
GM: 2011 Chevrolet Volt and 2011 Chevrolet Cruze
General Motors has long been the country's biggest truck producer–but its future will begin to tilt toward fuel-efficient cars with the introduction of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, which TheCarConnection.com first unveiled last September in exclusively obtained photos. The Volt's no ordinary hybrid, GM promises–it's an electric vehicle with a gasoline engine used as backup power. All driving force comes from batteries recharged by the fossil-fuel-powered "generator." Fuel economy of more than 50 mpg is possible in a package that seats five adults–and gas mileage is likely to soar far higher, depending on how the government decides to measure the Volt's fuel economy. GM may finally have its own Prius–and a way out of its truck-heavy past.
The 2011 Chevrolet Cruze is a completely different creature. Think of it as the Honda Civic for the bowtie brand–a compact car done right. The Cruze–which has been courting the world's auto-show audiences for the past six months–will appear next year and will become the new entry-level Chevrolet around the globe (that is, until the subcompact Spark goes on sale). A small 1.4-liter four-cylinder engine will power the Cruze, and TheCarConnection.com predicts 40-mpg fuel economy as GM presses all its new products into a new level of frugality.
Ford: 2011 Ford Fiesta and 2011 Ford Focus
Ford is in far better shape than the other
Ford is also plotting the next generation of its Focus compact lineup. The current car isn't the best car in its class–TheCarConnection.com's editors rate it 7 out of 10. Next time around, Ford's not wasting a drop of the product energy it invests–not only will there be a Focus sedan, but you can expect coupes, hatchbacks, and probably a small crossover to replace the Escape, all from the same components. Ford's European operations are taking the lead with the new Focus, so great handling and styling seem to be sure bets.
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Intel Defines Ultrabook category and accelerates Atom development cycle
Subject: Processors, Mobile, Shows and Expos | May 31, 2011 - 02:01 AM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: ultrabook, Medfield, Ivy Bridge, Intel, haswell, computex, atom
With the release of the Intel Z68 chipset behind us by several weeks, Intel spent the opening keynote at Computex 2011 creating quite a buzz in the mobility section of the computing world. Intel's Executive Vice President Sean Maloney took the stage on Tuesday and announced what Intel is calling a completely new category of mobile computer, the "Ultrabook". A term coined by Intel directly, the Ultrabook will "marry the performance and capabilities of today's laptops with tablet-like features and deliver a highly responsive and secure experience, in a thin, light and elegant design."
If this photo looks familiar...see the similarity?
Intel is so confident in this new segment of the market that will fall between the tablet and notebook that they are predicting that by the time we reach the end of 2012 it will represent 40% of Intel's processor shipments. That is an incredibly bold claim considering how massive and how dominate Intel is in the processor field. Intel plans to reach this 40% goal by addressing the Ultrabook market in three phases, the first of which will begin with ultra-low-power versions of today's Sandy Bridge processors. Using this technology Maloney says we will see notebooks less than 0.8 inches thin and for under $1,000.
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Corsair Launches Budget Gaming Carbide Series Cases
Subject: Cases and Cooling | May 31, 2011 - 01:44 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: computex, mid-tower, corsair, carbide
Corsair today launched a new series of mid-tower ATX computer cases aimed at budget gaming rigs. The 400R and 500R respectively, are the first of the Carbide series and will be available from Corsair and various online retailers starting in July.
The 400R is a dark gray steel structured, molded ABS plastic mid-tower enclosure that carries an MSRP of $99 USD. The case supports a 240mm radiator on the top of the case- which conveniently supports Corsair's new Hydro coolers (LINKY)- as well as 4 120mm fan mounts and 6 120 or 140mm mounting points.
The 500R features the same construction materials; however, it differs in it's configurations. The case features removable hard drive cages, multi-channel fan controller, 200mm side-mounted fan in addition to the aforementioned 400R's fan options. The 500R has an MSRP of $129 USD.
The Carbide 400R's internals
Both cases include eight PCI-E slots for multi-graphics card setups. The 400R can fit GPUs up to 316mm long, whereas the 500R can accommodate graphics cards up to 452mm in length when one of the two hard drive cages are removed. Further, both cases feature a native SSD 2.5" drive bay, as well as two USB 3, one Firewire, one headphone and one microphone ports.
What do you think of the new Carbide cases? Will these become popular in budget DIY rigs?
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Corsair's H80 and H100 Water Coolers Officially Announced
Subject: Cases and Cooling | May 31, 2011 - 01:02 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: computex, water cooling, hydro, h80, h100, corsair
The new Hydro series sealed-loop water coolers from Corsair that we got a sneak peek of earlier this month have now been officially announced by Corsair. The H80 is a double-thick 120mm radiator, and will be compatible with the majority of standard ATX cases on the market. In contrast, the H100 uses a dual 120mm radiator and will require modding or a case that supports mounting holes for standard 240mm radiators.
Both sealed loop water coolers feature a low profile water block and digital fan control, which will allow enthusiasts the choice between maximum performance and quiet operation. Further, the coolers include Corsair's Link technology, which provides a "system for monitoring and control." Systems that have Corsair Link Commander hardware, which is a hardware monitoring kit that mounts in a 3.5" drive bay and connects to software on the PC via USB, will be afforded even more control over sound levels and performance. The H80 includes headers for two fans while the H100 includes headers for four fans.
The H80's fan connectors
Ruben Mookerjee, the VP and GM for Components at Corsair stated that with the H80 and H100 coolers, the company focused on what made the earlier Hydro series so successful; "closed-loop reliability, straightforward installation, and, of course, the best CPU cooling technology available." The Hydro H80 and H100 will be available from authorized retailers beginning in June, and carry a MSRP of $109 USD and $119 USD respectively.
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Asus Announces New MeeGo Netbook, Ultralight Laptop, and Padfone
Subject: Systems, Mobile | May 31, 2011 - 12:06 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: ultraportable, padfone, meego, computex, asus, Android
Asus is starting their Computex 2011 showing off strong with a bevy of product announcements. Most of their new products fall into their mobile lineup. The new mobile devices include a thin MeeGo OS powered Netbook, an ultralight Core i7 laptop, a new 3D Eee Pad, the MeMO 3D, and a phone-docking tablet dubbed the "Padfone." Beyond the mobile market, the company has further announced a home entertainment media hub, and an All-In-One ET2700XVT desktop computer.
On the mobile front, and notebooks specifically, Asus has announced new N and UX series notebooks. The N series notebooks focus on incorporating higher fidelity speakers into a laptop chassis than is standard. The latest N models include a dedicated and external subwoofer to bring "deep bass extension that would otherwise be possible," according to Asus. The audio technology in question has been developed by Asus and David Lewis has been dubbed SonicMaster. This same audio technology is also integrated into their new AIO desktop, which you can read about below.
The UX series is Asus' ultraportable laptop lineup. Measuring 17mm at its thickest point, 2.4 pound aluminum ally body houses a Sandy Bridge Intel Core i7 processor and a SATA 6 Gb/s SSD. Asus further claims that the laptop features an "Instant On" feature that is capable of resuming the laptop from sleep states in seconds. The newest UX21 model is a silver colored aluminum body housing a glossy display, large track pad, two USB 3.0 ports, a headphone jack, and likely a non-user replaceable battery. The device is very slim and appears to be very competitive against Apple's MacBook Air.
The last addition to their mobile lineup is a MeeGo powered Eee PC X101 netbook. Powered by an Intel Atom N435 at 1.33GHz, the 10.1" netbook comes equipped with the Intel-backed MeeGo operating system. The Eee PC X101H is another such model with the option for MeeGo or Microsoft Windows 7 operating system in addition to the choice between a hybrid hard drive or solid state drive. At 17.6mm thick, and weighing under 950g, the netbook is fairly small. IO (input/output) on the device(s) include 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, USB, and a headphone jack.
Aside from notebooks, Asus showed off a tablet-docking concept phone and a 3D tablet. The Padfone is basically a larger screen and extra battery for your smartphone. Once your smartphone is connected inside the case and hidden, the tablet becomes a larger display and battery charger. The phone in turn, is able to share its 3G and Wi-Fi connections with the tablet.
The MeMO 3D tablet, on the other hand, is a 7" tablet with a 3D display at a resolution of 1024x600 pixels. The portrait device supports both multi-touch and capacitive stylus input. Android Honeycomb is the operating system of choice that powers the glasses-free 3D IPS display.
Asus has also announced a desktop All-In-One computer called the ET2700XVT which is 27" display coupled with a PC. Capabilities of the AIO include a digital TV tuner, HDMI-in, SyncMaster audio speakers, and optional 10-point multi-touch input.
In addition, the WAVI Xtion is 3D motion sensing technology much like that of Microsoft's Kinect. Asus hopes to combine this technology with computers and media centers. The Xtion Portal is a wireless home entertainment center for the living room. The device functions as a media playback box, web browser, app store, and game console. The game bundle includes MayaFit, Beat Booster, and DanceWall. Both the games and the interface is controlled via Kinect-like gestures.
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NVIDIA Ups Mobile Graphics Ante, Releases GTX 560M
Subject: Graphics Cards | May 29, 2011 - 11:35 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: mobile gaming, gtx 560m, graphics, computex
At Computex 2011, NVIDIA plans to showcase the latest addition to its mobile graphics lineup, the GTX 560M GPU. Powered by a mobile version of the 500 series desktop GPU, the graphics card will bring support for NVIDIA's Optimus, 3D Vision, and PhysX technologies. On launch, there will be two notebooks from Asus and Toshiba, the G74sx and a Qosmio gaming laptop respectively, with many more to follow.
The Asus G74sx and Toshiba Gaming Notebook
From a performance aspect, the GTX 560M purports to deliver twice the performance of the current latest 540M mobile chip. According to GeForce.com, in Crysis: Warhead the GTX 560M pulls a respectable 30-40 FPS at 1080p resolution with "Gamer" detail settings. This is in contrast to the older GTX 540M, which can only maintain 30-40 frames per second at 1080p at the lowest detail settings. In 3DMark Vantage, the GTX 560M scored 10,000 points whereas the older 540M only pulled off approximately 4,200 points. Andrew Coonrad, of NVIDIA's Technical Marketing department further stated that the graphics card would play both the Witcher 2 and Duke Nukem: Forever at approximately 50 frames per second.
GeForce states that if you are a mobile gamer looking for an easy to carry gaming notebook that can offer Optimus' battery saving technology and 3D Visions gaming features, laptops with the GTX 560 are the way to go as the older GTX 480M is not nearly as power efficient (and thus less portable). Laptops with the new graphics card are in stock now at several online retailers.
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Computex: We are on our way! Better late than never...
Subject: Editorial, General Tech, Shows and Expos | May 29, 2011 - 06:08 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: pcper, computex 2011, computex
It is that time of year again where the staff at PC Perspective wades through the moist air of Taipei, Taiwan to bring you the latest news, videos and updates from the world of technology and computing hardware. This marks my 10th appearance on the island of Taiwan, but Ken's first so it should be an interesting experience for both of us.
Yes, this scary girl is here again too.
This year we have a surprising amount of expected hardware to investigate starting with an onslaught of AMD-based technology. The AMD 990FX chipset will be out and about in force from the likes of ASUS, MSI, ECS and others while the Fusion APUs will be flaunted in notebooks and likely even some "surprise" Llano designs. Intel's Z68 chipset, though already launched, will still be a focus but the company will surprise many with a dramatic move into the world of mobile computing with the Atom line.
You should of course keep an eye on the home page here at pcper.com but also feel free to bookmark the URL http://pcper.com/computex where all of our Computex-specific news will be filtered to.
Temperatures are high but so is the excitement!!
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ECS Reveals Computex 2011 Hardware Lineup
Subject: Motherboards, Systems, Mobile | May 21, 2011 - 03:11 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: hardware, ECS, computex
ECS (Elitegroup Computer Systems) will be attending this years Computex 2011 convention, and they plan to unveil a slew of new hardware. During the week, they will be showing off new motherboards, a new graphics card, four All-In-One PCs, two tablets, two notebooks, and an eBook reader of all things.
For the DIY enthusiasts, ECS will be showing off a AMD 990FX chipset motherboard, which will support AMD's Bulldozer processors, as well as a new series of motherboards "for cloud computing, home server, (and) work station." While they were not willing to give out details at this time, they will have live high end gaming setups for attendees to demo at the show. Further, ECS is releasing a NVIDIA GeForce 560 graphics card. Again, they did not share any specifications, they claim that their card is 40% faster than its 460 predecessor.
All-In-One PCs will also be receiving a large showing at the ECS booth, with three SKUs of their "PC—G11" touch screen computer with wireless connectivity. The DS110, MS300, and MS150 specifically will provide different levels of performance thanks to three differing levels of hardware (they mention CPUs and chipsets).
On the mobile front, ECS is unveiling two tablets. The S10 is a 10.1" Atom Z670 tablet with a resolution of 1366x768 and HDMI out along with 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0, and "3G or GPS." The V07 is a 7" tablet based on similar specifications that will be released in August 2011. The MB40 and MB50 are 14" and 15" Sandy Bridge powered notebooks with LED displays at 1366x768 and featuring a 6-in-1 card reader. Further, ECS is debuting a 6" and 8" touch screen eBook reader with WiFi, Bluetooth, and 3G. The eBook reader will feature either a monochrome or multicolor display, and will run the Android mobile operating system.
Thecus To Unveil 3 New Sandy Bridge Powered NAS At Computex 2011
Subject: Storage, Shows and Expos | May 16, 2011 - 04:34 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: Thecus, SAN, NAS, computex
Thecus, a leading provider of Intel based NAS (Network Attached Storage) products, has announced that they will be unveiling a new XXX line powered by Intel Sandy Bridge processors and offering 10G Base T Connections at 2011's Computex in Taipei. The XXX line covers everything from 2 bay Atom powered NAS for consumer useage all the way to the new 16 bay Sandy Bridge powered NAS for enterprise use. The "XXX" stands for "Xtreme Power, Xtreme Function, and Xtreme Value," and it is their line of the best performance for the price NAS devices.
They will be unveiling an eight bay, twelve bay, and sixteen bay NAS which they have dubbed the N8900, N12000PRO, and N16000PRO respectively. The eight bay NAS will be powered by a dual core Intel i3 2120 at 3.3GHz while the twelve and sixteen bay NAS devices will be powered by a quad core Intel Xeon E3-1280 at 3.5GHz. Considering that these chips are sought after for enthusiast and workstation computers much less NAS boxes, they will be able to eliminate CPU bottle-necking and provide ample horsepower to feed all of the NAS devices' internal drives. Thecus confidently states that "these models are guaranteed to dominate the market with excellent results for consumers jues like their predecessors."
Thecus further states that their new NAS devices offer 100% availability with 10 G Base T HA and iSCSI SAN (Storage Area Network) "with absolutely no breaks or delays in service in rain, shine, or Armageddon." Their NAS boxes "finally give businesses a true alternative to messy, bulk, budget-busting servers."
Whether their claims will hold up to testing or not, Thecus certainly seems confident in their product and are not afraid to follow the adage of "go big or go home" as they partner with Intel to power their NAS boxes with the latest and greatest in CPU technology.
MSI Gearing Up For Large Computex Release
Subject: General Tech, Systems, Mobile, Shows and Expos | May 12, 2011 - 05:00 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: tablet, notebook, msi, computex
VR-Zone reports that MSI is gearing up for a large Computex showing, and will unveil 5 new mobile products to it's existing platforms.
Among the rumored launches are two tablets and three notebooks. On the tablet side of things, both a Tegra 2 and AMD Brazos powered tablet are in the works. The WindPad 100A will be powered by a Tegra 2 SoC and will run Android 2.3 in lieu of Honeycomb due to rumored hardware compatibilities. The AMD Brazos platform brings AMD's fusion processor and graphics to the mobile space. The WindPad 110W, the follow up to the Intel Atom powered 100W, will utilize the Brazos SoC running Windows 7.
As far as notebooks, the gaming lineup, C series, and X series will all see a refresh. The GT683 will be a 15" gaming notebook. The CX480 will update the C series with a rumored 14" form factor. Finally, MSI's thin and light notebook lineup will receive the X460.
VR-Zone further states that "MSI is also said to be losing interest in netbooks due to declining demand and is refocusing on its notebook products as the company is expecting a 10 to 15 percent growth in notebook shipments this year, not taking tablets into account."
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