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Okay, I hope my dad isn't watching this video because he might be upset with me if he knew I was going to talk about him. He's a great guy, he's retired and just now getting into computers and writing his memoirs. He's using Word and doing his best to make things look good on the screen. And of course in print too. But because his experience goes way back to the typewriter, he's doing things the old-fashioned way and it's causing him a great deal of grief the moment he needs to make a change. Now I'm talking about hitting the spacebar a bunch of times to indent text and make it lineup with other text. He really should be setting up taps and using them to make life easy.
Let me show you what I'm talking about. The first thing we need to do is open up a different document, so go to the Open button, and that's underneath the Office button right here. Navigate to the Lesson 5 folder and that's where you are going to find this one here called parts inventory. Give it a click before you click the Open button. So this just a document that's been started for us. I'll click down here, down on my page, just once to move my flashing cursor down to the spot where I want to start typing any the additional text. Let's just say we wanted to track three separate pieces of information here, like a SKU number, a description and a price under our parts inventory here.
Well, we could hit the exact number of spaces on the spacebar like my dad might or we can set up three tab stops on the ruler so we don't have to worry about it. By default left align tabs are set up every half an inch so if we were in a press the Tab key right now on the keyboard a couple of times, our cursor would move in by 1 inch. Even better though is to set up our own tab stops. So right up here on the ruler, you can see there's nothing showing up on the ruler except for the measurements. If I go all way over to the left here, this is my Tab Setup button you can see that the left tab is currently selected.
If I click it, you can see, now it's changed the icon and as I hover over it, it says center tab. Click it again and it changes to a right align tab. Click it again and I see a dot in there, that's going to be a decimal tab. If I click it again, that looks totally different, it's a bar tab. Click it again and it's changed. So I've got a number of choices here. There's my first line indent and I'll switch it all way back to my left align tab. So with that selected I can now go into my ruler and where ever I click on my ruler, I'll be inserting a tab stop.
So I want to do one right about a half an inch in right here on the half inch mark. I'll click and you'll see that that left align tab icon shows up as a half inch mark on my ruler. Now for the center one, I think it should be a center tab so I'll click over here to change it to the center tab stop. And I'm going to go too well, let's go to about our 3 inch mark here. Maybe a little bit further, 3 is good, and we'll click on the ruler and you can see there we have our center tab icon.
So we've set our tab stop there. We're going to do one more and because we're going to track the price of our parts inventory maybe it should be a decimal tab. So we'll go past the right align tab. Click again until we see the decimal tab, and let's go over here and we'll put that at the 5 1/2 inch mark we'll just click right there and you can see now we've got three tab stops on the ruler. That means every time we hit the Tab key now, we're going to go from tab stop to tab stop. So let's try this out. We'll hit our Tab key on the keyboard and you can see my flashing cursor now moves to that half inch mark on the ruler.
And here's where I want to start typing some text. So I'm just going to type in the titles actually for my columns. SKU number. When I hit my tab key, look at that, I've moved to the 3 inch mark now. Everything I type this can be centered on this spot. So I'll type in the word "description" Perfect. I'll hit the Tab key. Takes me over to the 5 1/2 inch mark, and I'm just going to type in price here. And that's okay, Just like that. I'm not using a decimal but when I start entering prices you'll see how that looks different.
So I'll go ahead and hit Enter. And I'm going to hit Enter again just to leave a blank line and I'll start putting in some text. You can follow along with me, we'll just put in some numbers. And then when I hit Tab to the description, everything I type is going to be centered here. I'm going to type "six burner range" and I'll hit my Tab key on the keyboard and enter the price. I'll put in a dollar sign here. And I'll put in 6299. Now when I hit the decimal everything I type after the decimal goes right.
You can see how that works. Press Enter, Tab. Let's go a couple more. 38423-2. Any number will do. Hit the Tab key on your keyboard. "Counter depth fridge." And I'll hit my Tab key, start with the $, and that's going to be 3400. Put in the decimal, 00. Excellent. Let's do one more 11843-3. Again, any number will do. Just to get some text in here. One more. We'll to a dishwasher.
And when we hit the Tab key we'll put in our $ and we'll make it 998 and 40 cents. So you can see how in this column everything is lined up on the decimal, everything centered here and everything's lined up on the left with my SKU numbers. Okay, so our text is in here and the tabs have really paid off because if we were to add some text now, we can see what happens. Like we're going to add 6 burner range, we're going to type in gas to see out everything stays centered, it doesn't get misaligned.
So that's really the beauty of adding tab stops. Avoid the temptation to hit the spacebar over and over to add space or even hitting the Tab key a bunch of times. Because even multiple taps of the Tab key using the default half inch settings can cause future problems. Setting tabs like we just did right here where you need them, can save you huge headaches after the fact. Trust me.
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10 comments:
- Jacey said...
it turned out so cute. mine has a cotton backing; but i like just the jean look. good job!
ps- my spring craft is from the wood connection in slc, they have the cutest wood crafts!
- May 4, 2009 at 3:09 PM
- kamille said...
that's so cute. good work! i am very impressed.
- May 4, 2009 at 11:36 PM
- The Viehweg's said...
It looks super cute!! I hadn't thought to do a rag blanket with it. I can't imagine cutting all the seams!! I am sure you thought you were never going to finish. That sucks about the needles breaking, I have never used a denim needle, just an all purpose one. Good Job!!
- May 5, 2009 at 12:43 AM
- Julie said...
love how it turned out! I've been saving some jeans and I like this idea better than just the square pieces I was going to do with them for a quilt!
- June 17, 2011 at 11:07 AM
- Em said...
I love this!!! It's the best looking one I've seen on the net and I love the frayed rag look, which would definitely help make it softer. I'm saving jeans to make one too!
- May 25, 2012 at 9:28 PM
- ReFabulous said...
I just spied this on Pinterest... it's SO cute! I can only imagine how durable this is. I'd LOVE to make one some day... thanks for sharing your process with us! :)
- November 30, 2012 at 6:18 PM
- Linda Elbourn said...
Just love this denim raggedy quilt. Did you put wadding in the layering? Thanks for sharing your gorgeous work.
- September 18, 2013 at 4:36 AM
- Linda Love said...
While searching for a way to make an 81 year old man a quilt out of his old Levis, I found yours. Really nice job. Did you just stitch the pieces together without a back? Thanks for sharing. llove
- December 29, 2014 at 12:09 PM
- Linda Love said...
Real nice job. I am making a quilt for an 81 year old gentleman out of his old button up Levis. I think I will use your technique. Did you use anything on the back or just single layer?
- December 29, 2014 at 12:11 PM
- Brittany said...
Linda Love, I did two layers of squares for this quilt. So, it wasn't the back side of the jeans on the back, it was another different square. I think it gave the blanket more durability and that extra layer makes it feel a tad thicker, too. Good luck!
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Gisela May was, along with Helene Weigel and Lotte Lenya, one of the definitive postwar interpreters of the music composed for Bertolt Brecht by Kurt Weill, Hanns Eisler and Paul Dessau. The husky simplicity of her voice particularly suited Eisler--who despised sentimentality and valued clarity of expression. The power of Brecht's poetry shines through her delivery of songs like the astonishing "O Falladah, Die Du Hangest"--written from the angle of an exhausted horse lying helplessly on a busy street as a mob of desperate Depression-era Berliners carve up her living body for meat. This is not a comfortable image--but Brecht is showing us that economic injustice has uncomfortable consequences. Compare "O Falladah" with the "Song of the Invigorating Effects of Money" and the listener begins to understand that Brecht and Eisler deserve to be remembered not only as talented agitators for Marxist revolution but also as acute observers of human nature. One cannot say if the results of the famous Brecht-Eisler collaboration are timeless, but they certainly have a long shelf life.
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Like other albums in Edel's "Berlin Classics" series, the Gisela May CD offers digitally-remastered analog recordings from the GDR (East German) recording industry. One of the ironies of the political and economic collapse of GDR socialism is that its musical treasures--like the songs recorded on this CD--are now reaching new audiences in the West through the resources of the capitalist music industry.
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His appearances in the sequel movie, Iron Man 2, were more limited. Agent Coulson didn't appear until after Iron Man had been in a drunken brawl with War Machine. Coulson aided Nick Fury in explaining the terms of Stark's House Arrest. Soon after, he announced that he had been called away to a situation that was developing in New Mexico. It was clear that Agent Coulson was a figure of authority within S.H.I.E.L.D..
In the post-credits scene to Iron Man 2, Agent Coulson arrived at the top of a crater to see several trucks and people gathered around something unique. It was revealed to be Thor's powerful hammer, Mjolnir. It was the first hint at the Thor movie. The scene was repeated within the movie, therefore insinuating that the events of both movies took place at the same time.
In the Thor movie, Agent Coulson is shown as a figure not only of authority, but of unquestionable political power, too. He repossesses the technology and data recorded by Jane Foster, but remains cool at all times and even offers monetary compensation (although it only serves to infuriate her further). He has the presence of a politician, while acting like a mysterious 'Man In Black' who casually steals someone' life's work on semi-regular basis.
Later, he orchestrates the security surrounding the Mjolnir crash site. This is most evident when he calls Agent Barton into action, but commands his movements via walkie-talkie. Instead of giving the order for Barton to shoot Thor as he tears through the complex, Coulson let the God of Thunder make his way to Mjolnir. This results in the spirit crushing scene in which Thor (who is still 'not worthy' to wield Mjolnir) can not lift the hammer & emotionally breaks down. Coulson calmly analyses his opponent and later interrogates him, determined to learn where Thor was training in several different fighting techniques. The interrogation was unsuccessful, but it was the first time that a darker side to Agent Coulson's personality was seen.
When Erik Selvig appeared claiming that Thor was really Donald Blake MD, Coulson's men immediately detected the fake ID. However, it was ultimately Coulson's decision to release 'Donald Blake'. Whether it was so they could further observe Thor in a more natural environment, or because he took pity on them is currently unclear. The lighter side to Agent Coulson's personality is later restored as he comes to a tenuous agreement with Thor (after his immortal powers had been restored). Unintentionally, Coulson became the focus of a joke as Thor addresses him as "Son of Coul", based on the old Norse tradition the father's name as a son's surname.
Coulson also appears in the 2012 live action adaptation of the Avengers. During the movie it is shown Agent Coulson is a fan of Captain America, having a collection of Captain America trading cards. He was also present while Captain America was revived. After Loki breaks free on the Helicarrier, he tries to stop him with a blast gun but is back-stabbed by the god, and he apparently dies in Nick Fury's arms. It is hinted that Fury lied and that Agent Coulson is still alive somewhere.
Phil Coulson returns from his apparent demise in the Avengers, in a show directed by the movie's director Joss Whedon.
Days after his death at the hands of Loki, Nick Fury ordered extreme measures to be taken to return Coulson to life. S.H.I.E.L.D. medical cut open his skull and by stimulating the sensors of the brain, the doctors were actually able to bring Coulson back. The process, however, was extremely, inhumanly agonizing for Coulson, who begged the doctors to let him die. In order to cope with that pain his memories were altered to believe he had recovered in Tahiti, after being "dead" for only eight seconds.
After his recovery, Coulson returned duty and assembled a small, highly trained team of agents including; black-ops specialist Grant Ward, ace pilot and weapons expert Melinda May, weapons engineer Leo Fitz, and bio-chemical researcher Jemma Simmons. Their base of operations is a large plane called the "Bus".
On their first mission the team investigated a man named Mike Peterson, who was able to survive an exploding building. Coulson and Ward abduct Skye, a Rising Tide hacktivist who had filmed a posted Mike exhibition of power, taking her back to the "Bus" for questioning. At first she refused to cooperate, but is eventually persuaded to share what she knows. The team discovers that Peterson had been supplied with a device by an unknown organization that granted him his powers. After visiting the site of the explosion, Coulson's team is able to recreate it and learn that it was caused by another subject exploding due to Extremis. While attempting to get info to the team, Skye is kidnapped by Peterson, now on the run, and makes her give him a clean slate. Coulson's team is able to track them down and subdue Peterson without him causing mass damage. With Peterson in S.H.I.E.L.D. custody, Coulson offers Skye a place on his team.
Soon after, the team is sent to Malta to rescue Dr. Franklin Hall, a S.H.I.E.L.D. asset and old teacher of teammates Fitz and Jemma. Coulson and Agent Ward infiltrated the compound of Ian Quinn to reach Hall, but found Hall unwilling to leave as he was determined to destroy the supply of Gravitonium procured by Quinn. In his attempt to destroy the supply, Hall was seemingly lost, enveloped by the Gravitonium. Believing that it was what Hall would have wanted, Coulson ordered the Gravitonium be stored at the Fridge in an unmarked vault.
Coulson became aware of a number of jewelry heists that he suspected were being committed by his old protégé, Akela Amador. Coulson and his team tracked her down and discovered that she was being controlled by an unknown handler through a bionic implant in her eye. They manage to subdue Amador, hijack the implant's signal, and ultimately remove it. Coulson and May then track down Amador's handler, only for the man to drop dead from his own implant.
Next the team is assigned to retrieve Chan Ho Yin, a Hong Kong with pyrokinetic abilities, who had been abducted by a Centipede agent named Raina. They discover the Rising Tide leaked the information that led to his capture and the blame falls on Skye. She protests her innocence, claiming she knows another hacker who could have done. They head to Austin, Texas where Skye spends the night with the fellow Rising Tide hacker, Miles Lydon, warning him of S.H.I.E.L.D. Coulson and the rest of team arrive and arrest them both. They then fly back to Hong Kong and raid the Centipede facility, freeing Chan. Having grown mentally unstable Chan, now calling himself Scorch, attacked Coulson and May. Seeing no other option to subdue him non-lethally, Coulson ordered Agent May to inject him with a larger dose of Centipede, causing him to overload and detonate. Afterwards Miles is released from custody, now fitted with a tracking device that logs his computer activity. Skye is fitted with a similar device and permitted to remain on the team after she reveals that the reason joined the team and worked for Rising Tide was to find her missing parents, the only clues being a heavily redacted S.H.I.E.L.D. file. Coulson promises to help Skye find out what he could. True to his word, during a visit to the Hub, Coulson looked up the unredacted file. He told Skye the document was actually about an unidentified S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who dropped Skye off at the orphanage, choosing to keep the rest of the information secret until he knew more. To this end, he recruited Melinda May to help him.
Coulson soon began to question the circumstances of his recovery and have trouble with simple actions that should be performed through muscle memory. Also, he noticed every time Tahiti was mentioned, Coulson would automatically reply, "It's a magical place". Eventually he decided to investigate the matter himself and requested access to his "Death and Recovery" report, only to be told that he didn't have access to the file.
In order to counter the new Centipede super soldiers Phil recruits Mike Peterson to his team. The team traces Centipede to an abandoned factory, and walk into an ambush. Coulson's team discovers that the soldiers were subjected to the same eye implant to which Amador was subjected. Afterward Mike tells Coulson his thoughts about joining S.H.I.E.L.D full time, afraid to return to his son. Coulson assured him his son would think no different of him and told him to think on his decision. After a call to his son Mike informs the team that Centipede had abducted his son threatening to kill him if Peterson did not turn himself over. When Coulson escorts Peterson to the arranged prisoner exchange, Peterson reveals that Centipede really wants Coulson, not Peterson. After the exchange, Peterson tries to rescue Coulson, but Centipede sets off an explosion, apparently killing Peterson. After Raina escapes with Coulson, she tells him that he only needs to give Project Centipede the information regarding how he came back to life the day after he died.
Coulson is initially tortured by Edison Po, a Centipede operative, who tells him that their leader, the Clairvoyant, had been unable to sense Coulson since his resurrection. The Clairvoyant unsatisfied with Po's methods kills him and has Raina continue the interrogation. Using a device that stimulates memory recovery, she helps Coulson to remember the horrific, catastrophic pain that he endured in the process of bringing him back and the bizarre machine that worked on his exposed brain. Fortunately Coulson's team arrives before he could reveal any of this to Raina. Back aboard the "Bus" Coulson removes Skye's tracking bracelet.
While the rest of his team is investigating an incident at the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy, Coulson and May follow a lead on Skye's parents tracking Richard Lumley, the only surviving agent file, to Mexico City. Lumley reveals to Coulson that S.H.I.E.L.D. had designated the infant Skye as an 0-8-4, an object of unknown origin, and that all the other agents involved in the case were systematically killed afterward. After returning to the plane Coulson received a call from Ian Quinn who taunts him saying, "The Clairvoyant says hello".
Following a led on the Clairvoyant, Coulson and the team board a train in Italy where a Cybertek security team is shipping an unknown package to Ian Quinn. The team splits into groups, with Coulson and Simmons posing as a father and daughter while Fitz and Skye work with Ward and May to track down the package. However, the Cybertek team catches on causing Coulson and Ward to jump off the train, which mysteriously disappears afterward. Meet back up with May at the "Bus" they find the train and Simmons, but Fitz and Skye are gone. They track the two to Quinn's compound and raid it. Quinn is arrested and they discover Skye near death. Simmons trying to help, but can only sustain her temporarily by placing her into a hyperbaric chamber.
Coulson and the team rush Skye to a S.H.I.E.L.D. medical facility to save her life. However, the doctors are only able to stabilize her, forcing Coulson to bring her to the same location where he was revived. The team is joined by Agents John Garrett and Antoine Triplett. Coulson and Garrett interrogate Quinn and learn that the Clairvoyant had him shoot Skye, so he could learn how Coulson came back from the dead. The team travel to the "Guest House" to recover a miracle drug called GH-325. Coulson, Ward, Garrett and Fitz enter the facility and eliminate the two guards there only to find the place rigged with explosives. Fitz is able to find the drug, while Coulson finds a room marked "T.A.H.I.T.I." Inside, Coulson finds more of the drug as well as its source; the upper half of a blue-skinned humanoid corpse. Everyone is able to get out before the facility implodes and the drug is administered to Skye, despite Coulson's reservations.
Ultimate Spider-Man
Coulson appears as the undercover principal of Peter Parker's high school in 'Ultimate Spider-Man.'
As a human being, Agent Coulson doesn't have any super powers. However, his position of authority within S.H.I.E.L.D. gives him political power to repossess belongings, break into weapons manufacturing facilities and wield firearms in public places. In the first Iron Man movie it was hinted at that he already had experience in covering up mysterious deaths (by providing a cover story for Stane's death), which was also something that Erik Selvig was concerned about when he recalled S.H.I.E.L.D.'s involvement in the disappearance of Dr Banner.
Just like most agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Coulson will had have undergone rigorous miliraty training, is adept with a firearms and remains calm under pressure.
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Silver neck cross in form of a Latin cross with decorative designs incised on both sides: on one side an inscription is incised along the width of the cross. Incised X forms decorate the length. On the other side, diamond forms are incised of all the arms and in the center of the cross there is a floral motif enclosed in a circle. The top of the superior arm is pierced and surmounted by a ring for suspension. Condition: Very good, evidence of wear.


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QualificationDataItem Structure
Represents information supplied by the developer of a pipeline segment, for use by the host.
Namespace: System.AddIn.Hosting
Assembly: System.AddIn (in System.AddIn.dll)
The QualificationDataItem type exposes the following members.
|Determines whether a specified object is equal to the current qualification data item. (Overrides ValueType.Equals(Object).)
|Gets the hash code for this qualification data item. (Overrides ValueType.GetHashCode.)
|Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
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|Determines whether two QualificationDataItem structures are equal.
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Each item of qualification data consists of a name/value pair that was applied to a pipeline segment by using the QualificationDataAttribute attribute, to provide information that qualifies the use of the segment (for example, the recommended isolation level for the segment). The QualificationDataItem structure contains one name/value pair and the type of pipeline segment it was applied to.
Use the AddInToken.QualificationData property to get a nested set of dictionaries that contains QualificationDataItem structures for the pipeline segments associated with an AddInToken.
Alternatively, use the AddInToken.GetEnumerator method to get an enumerator for the QualificationDataItem structures of the pipeline segments associated with a token, or simply use a foreach statement (For Each in Visual Basic, for each in Visual C++) to treat the token as if it were a collection of QualificationDataItem structures.
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Any Glaring Errors/Oversights in this Itinerary?
Hi: Think I've got a tentative plan for our upcoming 6 day trip to London with dh, 13 yo dd and 8 yo ds. Trying to accommodate everyone's wishes, but not sure I've got it active/ kid-friendly enough. We're staying near the Tower of London, and I haven't found any parks that are particularly close by. BTW, we've left out a lot of major sights because this is our second trip and we want to see some different museums/sights this time. Thanks so much for pointing out any glaring oversights or mistakes! Thursday: Arrive in London early a.m. Choice of London Walks: LONDON'S HIDDEN VILLAGE – Same City, Different London 10.30 am on Thursdays from Tower Hill Tube OR THE FAMOUS SQUARE MILE – 2,000 Years of History 11 am on Thursdays from Monument Tube, Fish Street Hill exit Lunch – Borough Market if London's Hidden Village Tour, if Famous Square Mile, then lunch at ??? Museum of London in the p.m. Friday: Museum of London Docklands in a.m. National Gallery Tour with London Walks 2.15 pm Covent Garden – dinner Evening show - Matilda Saturday: Hampton Court Palace Sunday: Old Spitalfields Market in a.m. Late a.m. – p.m. Street Art Tour and Workshop Explore Brick Lane for dinner? Monday: British Museum p.m. Harry Potter Studio Tour Thanks,


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The rehabilitation of Sir Gustave Sabastian (Gus)
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Joined: Sep 2008
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Oddometer: 2,391
Mmmm 2012
MMMM 2012 - Friday
After issues getting annual leave from work (at the last minute), I managed to negotiate Friday & Monday off.
MarkS bailed on the ride up to Napier. No matter, it just gave me more flexibility. Was scheduled to leave here at 8.00am, but actually left at 9.00.
I completely filled Gus's gas tank before leaving, to check the fuel consumption. Took 40 litres from what was in reserve.
Over Rimutakas, for coffee at Martinborough. Then past Gladstone right at Te Wharua Rd, & link to Kaiwhata / Homewood Rd, through the forestry (logging truck signage out) & out to Riversdale Beach. Loved that section havent been on that road since the early 90s.
Homewood Road, Wairarapa
Amazing the grip that a new set of tyres gives too, even at road pressures. But at Riversdale beach the sand was too soft to give any chance of an extended blast, so stopped nr the camp & had lunch (roast beef, edam & relish sarnies).
Linked across to Tinui, & out to Castlehill Rd. More logging truck signage out, & this time caught a grader at work, which changed the traction dynamic somewhat. Linked to Route 52, the left at Pori Rd, to ride some ridgelines, through to Connor, Waitahora, & coffee at Maccas at Dannevegas.
Pori Rd, Waiararapa
Originally the plan was to link across to Blackhead beach again, but given the black clouds that way, & the time , decided to forego that, & leg it up to Napier.
Not too impressive fuel consumption 12.3km/l for the 477kms (?) traveled.
Overnighted at Westshore, subway for dinner, grabbed some rolls for breakfast. It was drizzling on & off all night.
MMMM 2012 Saturday
Bart & Wade showed at 6.45am. I wasnt quite ready but Bart had said 7.00am, then changed things after I left, so Missed the rest of the Hawkes Bay riders by not much caught them on the road. Not too chilly through to Mohaka, started getting frosty after Tarawera.
DRGirl, ?, Pomgolian
Photo courtesy of Bart
Wed decided to meet the main MMMM group at Pohokura Rd.
Pohokura Rd. Photo courtesy of Night Falcon
I missed that given an urgent need to find some shrubbery (too early in the morning for me). I re-emerged to see Rosie (tail end Charlie) cruise on past. Caught her, & then latched onto Jatz, on his new GS. Very nice. I nearly spoiled the new owner bliss for him, when he slowed on an icy patch. I didnt realize until too late, & nearly slid into him, slightly sideways..
Ive always enjoyed the forestry section. Bottomed out on a couple of unexpected erosion ruts.
Gerard crashed his modified R1100GS part way through front end wash out (cruising at 100+kms in 6th gear). That was about 10.00am. He kept riding, but needed help getting his helmet on & off, & I could see his shoulder was slumped on the right side. He finished the Lake Waikaremoana ride, and then rode back to Palmerston North. He finally went to A&E at 7.00pm, & they found he had broken his collarbone in three places. Hard man.
See how well some fluro gear is allowing you to identify people. Fluro pink - Rosie. Fluro yellow helmet - Night Falcon. Wincing with pain, & looking uncomfortable with no visor - GSer...
This year Clint had organized a challenge loop near the Minginui end. He mentioned a greasy rutty up hill. Given Gus wasnt running particularly well & doesnt like ruts, I decided to forego it. Chriss photos probably captures the moment.
Photos courtesy of Chris Whitehead
The road down to Lake Waikaremoana was in pretty good condition, well swept, & no particular ruts. Not a lot of wandering stock this year. At one of Maori communities we came across a heap of people standing on the road (we later decided they were waiting to be welcomed onto the Marae).
Hopuruahine Bridge
Concerning how much this bridge moves around with just bike traffic over it...
There was a fairly massive queue waiting for gas at Lake Waikaremoana. Not really an issue for me. Got to be some payoff for the weight penalty...
Another grader after Lake Waikaremoana. I think he was supposed to do the hill near the Dam but got carried away. It appeared to me that he was making the road worser.
I decided not to do the extra sections Clint had scheduled. In past MMMMs Ive found the late afternoon gravel a bridge too far. Instead I popped into Wairoa for a quick pie & coffee (& put in 15 ls of fuel to ensure I had gas adequate to Opotiki). Just as an aside, when I was gassing up, a concerned XR Jonny visited, worried as to what the cops on the bridge were doing. How long did you wait there Jonny? I buggered off & followed the Tiniroto road to its logical conclusion, & up Route 2 to the Matawai Hotel by about 4.00pm.
Photo courtesy of Pomgolian
Once my bed was sorted, I decided to sort out a couple of niggling issues on Gus. I found that the gearbox bolt (that was supposed to be holding on the airbox) was actually lounging around in a pool of hot gearbox oil at the bottom of the airbox. I hope it enjoyed its oil bath, because next time that sucker is getting loctited in place. The oil baths are all well & good, but they make a hell of a mess.
I also tweaked the choke eliminators. The drop from the adjusters to the choke is not perpendicular - & with a minor amount of vibration, the (left in particular) choke kept turning itself on. This probably accounts for the poor fuel consumption figures. But helped with the way the bike was running - lean.
Gus has been running poorly all trip. Testing at Wellington suggested that wed be okay this trip, but some jetting attention was needed. By Matawai I decided to just jump in & try to fix things. I decided to raise the jet needles one notch to help richen the mixture. Well it was getting dark, everyone was coming back from the ride, & well, I stuffed it up, & went leaner. I blame tiredness. So I had to tear it all apart again (by torchlight) & try again. Unfortunately that didnt resolve things, so I packed up & left it for the morning.
Photo courtesy of ShewolfNZ
MMMM 2012 Day Three:
In the morning I put everything back to the way it was, & it still wouldnt run right. A plug chop showed the right cylinder was seriously rich. So I replaced the plug, checked the plug lead & coil connections nothing. Pulled the carb diaphragm to check for tears possible, given that Id pulled this at night and found Ive put the diaphragm in backward. Numb-nuts. Put everything back together, & it ran like it did all the way from Wellington. So the moral of the story is
By the time I sorted my shit out, everyone had left. So Jonny-no-mates rode out to conquer the Motu by himself. Actually, the delay had given the worst of the mist time to clear, & the day to brighten.
Looking back at the Motu township. Photo by Chris
Stopped part way thru to take a couple of photos, & discovered the tail & brake lights had gone out. Decided to investigate why and the group (who had taken a detour) decided to turn up right at the moment. I am sure left unchecked, Gus would have developed a reputation for unreliability so I pretended it was a photo opportunity...
That Looks Like Fun
Lunch stop at Opotiki. Decided to ride with Pomgolian back thru Murupara, Minginui, thru the Forestry section, and back to Napier. The ride thru forestry this time was considerably faster than the Saturday morning cruise.
Near Galatea we passed a run down house. A 3 or 4 yr old kid raced out to beside the road. I expected a wave. I got the ADV salute instead.
. You have to wonder how he'll grow up, & what sort of attitude his parents are instilling in him.
Parted with Pomgolian at Supercheap Napier, after I replaced the tail light (GSs have a reputation for eating these), then geared up for a night ride back to Wellington. Stopped at Dannevegas for Maccas, otherwise it was a straight ride home. Back at 9.15pm.
1591.1kms for the weekend. 22.13 hrs ride time, so that averages 530.3km/day, & 7.37hrs per day. Fuel consumption to Napier 104.14 litres, 1282.5kms, so 12.2km/l
. Gus has a drinking problem...
. Total costs for the weekend $652, excluding drinks at Matawai (paid in cash).
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I would like to commend the faculty and students of Henry County High School for again honoring past and present veterans, for anyone who has served their country or is now serving their country.
After years of refusing to get drawn into arguments about pollution — many others refer to it as "global warming" — there's been a breakthrough big enough to bring an end to my silence.
Thanks to Hometown Pizza
With seasonally cool temperatures blowing in from the north, it'd probably feel comforting to light a blaze in the fireplace and feel the warmth radiate into the living room.
Early next week, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the year, our nation will pause to pay tribute to its veterans.
Thanks for park
Too many times a nice gesture such as a "Thank you" goes unsaid. It's such a small couple of words with a huge impact. I would like to take the opportunity to do just that.
I was in college getting ready to head to campus for finals when I got the phone call no military wife wants to get.
"There's been an accident. Eight of our men are dead. Your husband could have been one of them."
Editor's note:
The following submission was written in response to a letter to the editor from Jim Guthrie that appeared in the Sept. 24 edition of the newspaper. On the deficit question, a Google search can find sources that attribute different numbers to different presidents.
For example, an article on about.com, http://useconomy.about.com/od/usdebtanddeficit/p/US-Debt-by-President.htm, says that President Barack Obama added $6.1 trillion whereas President George W. Bush added $5.8 trillion.
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analysisBy Marc Andreessen
You are going to see the news industry grow 10X to 100X over the next 20 years from where it is today. That is my starting point for any discussion about the future of journalism. Here's why I believe it, and how we will get there.
This article was first published on Marc Andreessen's blog, and we are grateful for his permission to re-publish it in Daily Maverick.
Journalism has changed
There has been a fascinating change in the traditional journalistic press over the last several years. Take corrections as an example. It used to be that corrections to printed news stories were a really big deal. There was a high bar to get a correction accepted in a newspaper or magazine. The story as printed was the permanent record.
That was then.
Now, even top print newspapers and magazines frequently revise stories online, sometimes dozens of times, often without tracking changes or acknowledging a change has been made. There are two ways to view this. The glass-half-full-view is that stories get better and better over time, vectoring ever closer to the truth. As a result, overall accuracy goes up over time. That is good for publications...


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Wilkins Inc. has two types of handbags: standard and custom. The
controller has decided to use a plantwide overhead rate based on
direct labor costs. The president has heard of activity-based
costing and wants to see how the results would differ if this
system were used. Two activity cost pools were developed: machining
and machine setup. Presented below is information related to the
company�s operations.
Standard Custom
Direct labor costs $55,500 $97,200
Machine Hours 1,150 1,270
hours 100 380
Total estimated overhead costs are $304,000. Overhead cost allocated to the machining activity cost pool is $195,300, and $108,700 is allocated to the machine setup activity cost pool.
(a) Compute the overhead rate using the traditional (plantwide) approach.
(b) Compute the overhead rates using the activity-based costing approach.
(c) Determine the difference in allocation between the two approaches.


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Wanted: The top five fugitives in PH
The reward for information leading to the arrests of these fugitives have been raised to P2 million, but the Justice chief says authorities have received no tips lately.
Justice Sec. Leila De Lima expressed dismay over the scarcity of tips, even as she urged the National Bureau of Investigation to ramp up its manhunt.
"Up to this very day, no positive result yet. They remain to be fugitive and it causes so much frustration on our part," reports quoted De Lima saying.
Here are the so-called "Big Five" fugitives:
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An image display system is disclosed that enables users to navigate very large digital images quickly and seamlessly. The system is optimized to transmit image data from a disk drive to a display at high data rates. The image data is stored on the disk drive in a file format optimized for high speed retrieval, display, and seamless navigation. The image display system can be cascaded for showing two or more contiguous images on multiple displays.
1. A method of configuring an image for data storage on a storage device in an overlapping-tiled format, comprising:
formatting an image at a first zoom level to comprise a first set of overlapping image tiles, wherein each overlapping image tile within the first set of overlapping image tiles has the same zoom level;
selecting an amount of overlap between adjacent overlapping image tiles to have a size equal to or greater than a display; and
configuring each overlapping image tile for data storage as a separate block of data, wherein a block size is an integer multiple of tile size.
2. The method of
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5. Machine readable media configured to store an image on a storage device in a tiled format, comprising:
a module configured to format an image at a first zoom level to comprise a first set of overlapping image tiles, wherein each image tile within the first set of overlapping image tiles has the same zoom level;
a module configured to select an amount of overlap between adjacent overlapping image tiles to have a size equal to or greater than a display; and
a module configured to store each overlapping image tile as a separate block of data.
6. The machine readable media of
a module configured to format an image at a second zoom level to comprise a second set of overlapping image tiles, wherein each image tile within the second set of overlapping image tiles has the same zoom level, wherein the first and second zoom levels are different; and
a module configured to store each overlapping image tile from the second set of overlapping image tiles as a separate block of data.
7. The machine readable media of
8. The machine readable media of
9. The machine readable media of
10. The machine readable media of
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/263,930, filed Oct. 3, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,912,695which is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/243,273, filed Sep. 13, 2002, which claim the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/322,011, filed on Sep. 13, 2001. The contents of such applications are incorporated by reference herein.
High-resolution digital imagery systems have only recently been made available to the general public. Presently, adequate display systems are very expensive and contain much more technology than is necessary for viewing large images in real time. Examples of such systems are Silicone Graphics, Inc.'s Onyx� family of computing systems (Mountain View, Calif.).
Less elaborate systems that are capable of loading/reading an image over two gigabytes in size will pass the image contained on the disk drive through a 3D graphics engine before displaying it. Due to the current speed limitations of these 3D graphics engines, the quality of the image displayed on the screen is poor. Such systems read the image from the hard drive as a bmp, rgb, or tif file.
Patented systems and methods that attempt to improve the management and display of images are described herein below. The contents of these disclosures are incorporated by reference herein.
A System for Managing Tiled Images Using Multiple Resolutions is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. Re. 36,145. The system defines an address space for a virtual memory that includes an image data cache and a disk. An image stack for each source image is stored as a full resolution image and a set of lower-resolution subimages. Each tile of an image may exist in one or more of five different states as follows: uncompressed and resident in the image data cache, compressed and resident in the image data cache, uncompressed and resident on disk, compressed and resident on disk, and not loaded but re-creatable using data from higher-resolution image tiles.
A Method for Storage and Retrieval of Large Digital Images is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,710,835. Image compression and viewing are implemented with (1) a method for performing DWT-based compression on a large digital image with a computer system possessing a two-level system of memory and (2) a method for selectively viewing areas of the image from its compressed representation at multiple resolutions and, if desired, in a client-server environment.
A method enabling a Fast Processed Screen Image is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,222,562. The method includes a display process for displaying predetermined image data in a computer that includes a processor, a fast memory, and a video system having a video memory. The method includes the steps of writing contents from a block of the fast memory to a first memory during a computer execution period, the fast memory having an access time that is less than an access time for the video memory; writing predetermined image data into the block of the fast memory; processing the predetermined image data from the fast memory; and writing the processed predetermined image data to the video memory.
A Method and System for Panorama Viewing is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,192,393. The method includes storing an image in tiled form on a server, receiving at a server from a client a request for at least a portion of the image, transmitting from the server to the client at least one tile corresponding to the at least a portion of the image requested by the client, and carrying out an individual tile-wise perspective correction on said at least one tile.
There are presently few systems that are adequate for managing and viewing large images. Those that are available (e.g., those by Silicone Graphics, Inc.) have a number of disadvantages including their high cost, high energy consumption, and large size and mass. There is clearly a need in the art for a system that can manage and display large images that overcomes these deficiencies.
The present invention enables users to quickly and seamlessly navigate large images in real time. More particularly, the present invention relates to navigating displayed images by enlarging or reducing (e.g., zooming in or out) and multi-dimensional roaming (e.g., panning) such displayed images at various levels of zoomed sizing. The images can be geographic (terrestrial and astronomy), chemical and biological compound and organism structures, anatomical structures of plants and animals, graphical representations of complex data and combinations (e.g., data on demographic and resource distribution over a geographical area). Such images tend to be massive in size, but require fast navigation and a high degree of resolution to be useful.
The invention enables a user to pan and zoom very large images with no perceptible image degradation. Images are stored in a tiled file format, or the like, to reduce disk access time. The most significant delay when reading a file in conventional systems occurs whenever the disk drive needs to seek to a new location. The tiled file format of the invention ensures that a single unit of image data is all that is required at any given point in time. This ensures that the disk drive needs to perform one seek to the beginning of the tile followed by reading the entire tile. If the image were not tiled, the disk drive would have to seek to the beginning of the first horizontal line, read the line, seek to the beginning of the next line, and continue doing this until all required lines are read.
In order to further reduce the disk access time, a storage device such as a disk drive is formatted so that the tile size is an integer multiple of the block size. In an embodiment of the invention described below, the block size on the disk drive is set to 640 (instead of 512) and the tile size is set to a width of 1280. This ensures that the data is perfectly aligned with the block boundaries on the disk drive. In other words, there are no extra bits read from the hard drive at any time. In prior art systems data is read from the disk drive in block chunks and the useless or extra data would be discarded.
An additional feature of the invention is the ability to zoom in and out of images very quickly. Instead of calculating the various zoom levels on the fly from the massive original file, the zoom levels are calculated offline and stored on the disk drive. The invention allows for images to be transformed to their file format relatively easily. This approach ensures that the worst-case scenario at any given point in time is that a single tile needs to be read from the disk drive.
An embodiment of the invention includes a method for showing an image on a display including the steps of generating a first tile and a second tile from an image, wherein the first tile and the second tile each have overlapping portions that overlap by at least an amount about equal to what can be shown on a display; storing the first tile and the second tile in memory; receiving a first instruction from an interface device to show on the display a first display image located within the first tile; determining that the first display image is located within the first tile; and transmitting the first display image from the first tile to the display for viewing.
Another embodiment of the invention includes a method for storing an image including the steps of reading image data defining an image from one or more files; generating two or more tiles from the image data, wherein (i) each tile includes two or more tile sections, (ii) one or more of the tile sections in each tile is virtually identical to the one or more overlapping tile sections in an adjacent tile, and (iii) the height of each tile section is greater than or about equal to the height of a display on which the two or more tiles are to be shown; and storing the two or more tiles.
Another embodiment of the invention includes a method for storing an image including the steps of providing an image formatted to include two or more tiles, wherein each tile has an overlapping portion that overlaps an adjacent tile by at least an amount about equal to what can be shown on a display, and each tile is defined by rows of pixels; storing each row of pixels of a tile sequentially starting at a first corner of a tile and ending on the diagonally opposing corner of the tile; and skipping to a first corner of an adjacent overlapping tile and repeating storing step until all of the tiles have been stored.
Another embodiment of the invention includes a method for reading image data from a disk drive including the steps of instructing a controller to read image data from a disk drive, wherein the image data is stored on the disk drive as a contiguous stream of data, by (i) moving a head of the disk drive so the that the head is located at the beginning of the image data, and (ii) reading all of the image data from beginning to end; and transmitting the image data for viewing on a display.
Another embodiment of the invention includes a method for reading image data from a disk drive including the steps of seeking to a contiguous stream of image data on a disk drive; reading the image data from beginning to end; and transmitting the image data for viewing on a display.
Another embodiment of the invention includes a method for showing a scaled image on a display including the steps of storing an image on a storage device; receiving an instruction to generate and store multiple scaled levels of the image; scaling the image in accordance with the instruction; and storing the scaled levels on the storage device.
Another embodiment of the invention includes a method for displaying multiple synchronized images including the steps of providing two or more viewing systems interconnected so a first viewing system operates as a master to the remaining two or more viewing systems; providing a display for each viewing system; showing an image on each display, wherein each image is contiguous with the image on an adjacent display; and panning the contiguous images shown on each display, wherein the edges of adjacent images are synchronized more than 30 times per second.
Other features of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of embodiments thereof, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
So that those having ordinary skill in the art to which the disclosed system and method appertains will more readily understand how to make and use the invention, reference may be made to the drawings wherein:
An image display system is disclosed that enables users to navigate very large images quickly and seamlessly. The system is optimized to transmit image data from a disk drive to VRAM at high data rates. The image data is stored on the disk drive in a file format optimized for high speed retrieval, display, and seamless navigation. The image display system can be cascaded for showing two or more contiguous images on a single or on multiple displays.
The term "display" means a computer output surface or projecting mechanism that shows text and graphic images to a computer user, using a cathode ray tube ("CRT"), liquid crystal display ("LCD"), light-emitting diode, gas plasma, or other image projection technology.
The term "pan," "panning," or the like means for a system user to traverse an image on a display in the horizontal and/or vertical direction (2-D roaming) using an interface device.
The term "pixel" means a physical picture element shown on a display or the image data representing a picture element. Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate the various uses of the term. The context in which the term is used should indicate its particular meaning. When the term pixel is used to refer to image data stored on a disk the term is referring to, for example, a single byte of image data for generating a pixel in black-and-white color space on a display, two bytes of image data for generating a pixel in YUV color space on a display, and three bytes of image data for generating a pixel in RGB color space on a display.
The term "block" means a group of bytes handled, stored and accessed as a logical data unit such as an individual file record. Typically, one block of data is stored as one physical sector of data on a disc drive.
Detailed Description
The system is implemented in hardware embodiments and software-specific solutions or combinations thereof. It is possible to execute the algorithms of software embodiments on hardware embodiments of the present invention or on other hardware platforms which support, for example, Unix and Windows NT systems. For optimal performance, the software may be run on dedicated hardware of the classes outlined in this disclosure. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the hardware equipment is not limited to particular models of components and sub-assemblies used in the examples presented herein.
Due to the lack of control in current operating systems, such as Windows NT or Unix, of the low level hardware registers, it is difficult to communicate with the controller effectively. Additionally, the operating system will tie up the PCI bus unpredictably. The present invention substantially avoids use of an operating system in the pathway of data traffic. The invention can provide one or more choices of dedicated algorithm to be loaded from FLASH to RAM and then executed. There is no traffic on a PCI bus unless initiated per the invention for its specific purposes. The invention also enables communication with the SCSI controller so that the SCSI controller can "push" image pixels from disk to VRAM on a SCSI board or the like, without using the processor. An operating system can be used for peripheral or collateral functions or minimally in the data traffic pathway.
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The system of the invention can be run on other processors such as a Power PC chip running Linux. An advantage of running on a Linux system is the ability to add new features quickly by using standard Linux device drivers for any new devices such as a color printer, or a modem. A disadvantage of running on a Linux system is the system may be hampered in terms of performance.
To increase the performance from shared memory to a video board, the Xilinx FPGA on the DM11 may be utilized. Performance values are shown in Table 3below.
A user may pan and/or zoom an image using an interface device such as a trackball, mouse, joystick or other interface device attached to a PS/2 port. To read the PS/2 stream, the McBSP (i.e., Multichannel Buffered Serial Port) is used on the c6201 DSP chip.
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The invention may also implements a 2-D zooming algorithm on the video board. Essentially, a frame is copied from the off-screen buffer to the on-screen buffer every vertical interval. Instead of just copying the image, the image is scaled as it is copied. This allows the programmer to program a zoom-in or zoom-out of a specific image in the off-screen buffer.
The video board is also constructed so that the vertical interrupt signal goes directly to one of the IRQ pins on the 6201 DSP via a wire. This enables synchronization (synching) of all system operations with the vertical refresh of the output.
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The software embodiment of the present invention has been optimized to run on dedicated hardware such as that described herein. The software will also run on other systems as well. That is, libraries of the software can be compiled so they can be executed on hardware as described above, in a computer with I/O (such as a display for printing messages), in a computer from FLASH (no I/O), on a stand-alone basis (no I/O) and in operating systems including but not limited to Windows NT, Unix, Linux, Windows 2000 or Windows CE. The software may be categorized as low-level software (for accessing the registers of the various chips) and high-level software (for using the low-level functions to build a working system).
According to the invention large images are converted to a preferred file format so the images can be read very efficiently. Besides the header, the files generated from the file format contain the original image along with its various scaled zoom levels. Development of such files is described in more detail herein below.
The filing system does not have a two Gigabyte file size limitation. The file limit may be expanded to 240 bytes, or approximately 1 terabyte, or greater, to ensure high speed/high resolution performance.
Various source image files may be read using the preferred file format (e.g., bmp, tiff jpg). If an image file is less than 2 gigabytes then a file generated from the file format can be created directly from that image. If an image file is larger than 2 gigabytes, then the image file must first be tiled into tiles that are less than 2 gigabytes each. These tiles can then be converted to a preferred file, which can be of any size. For example a bmp file over 2 gigabytes can first be converted to a bim file. Thereafter, a file generated from the preferred file format can be generated.
Movie files may be created from a sequence of bmp files or from sequences of other formats such as avi or jpg sequences. When the movie files are played back later, the in and out frame as well as the frame rate can be set.
An MAFR file can be created from the preferred file format and movie files. The MAFR file links the various images on the hard disk together. It is in the MAFR file where different images are related to each other spatially. In order to relate images to one another one coordinate system is chosen. For example, if the highest resolution image to be set to a scale factor of 1 is chosen, all of the lower resolution images are scaled according to their scale factor. For example, a 5 megabyte resolution image has a scale factor of 5 if the highest resolution image is 1 megabyte. To add an image to the existing database the image would be linked to a specific level of an existing image in the database. Once the image has been linked, its exact coordinates within the other image must be specified.
Movie files can also be linked to specific levels of an image. It is contemplated that the linking is to be defined to a specific window within a level. This allows for numerous videos for the same level.
The system may take the input from a user via trackball, mouse, joystick or other interface device and display images accordingly. The program uses some of the function calls as they appear in the software libraries to accomplish this. A diagram of the main loop is shown in
Embodiments of the invention do not use an operating system. There are two immediate benefits from this approach. Because the image data needs to travel from the SCSI PMC board to the video PMC board via the PCI bus, it is important that the bandwidth of the PCI bus be maximized at all times. This can be guaranteed only if there is no operating system (such as windows NT or Linux) running. An operating system tends to cause an unpredictable amount of traffic on the PCI bus. The second benefit of not having an operating system is the drastically reduced boot time. Because the system is not loading an operating system, the reboot time may be reduced to approximately 3 seconds.
An embodiment of the invention is essentially a stand-alone unit, outputs video or still images, and can be readily integrated into most environments. Most VGA monitors accept progressive signals between 604�480 and 1280�1024 at 60 to 85 Hz. The system may run, for example, at 640�480 at 75 Hz, therefore it can be used in conjunction with a supercomputer or a regular office computer.
The invention enables the streaming of image data from the disk drive to the offscreen VRAM as the user roams through the onscreen VRAM. When the system issues a read command to the SCSI controller, the command is issued as non-blocking and therefore returns control back to the user while the image is being read from the disk in the background. This requires extensive low-level control of the registers on the SCSI controller.
A feature of the invention is that the performance of the system does not degrade as the image size increases. Prior art systems degrade drastically as the image size increases because they need to seek through most of the image to actually read the lines they require. In the invention images may be stored on the disk drive in a tiled and overlapping format to overcome this limitation. The image may be split into tiles with horizontal and/or vertical overlap. Each given display output is entirely within a single tile. When an image is read from the disk it is therefore only necessary to perform one seek followed by a read command. The amount of overlap of neighboring tiles can be adjusted so very large tiles only have minimal overlap, for example, 640 pixels overlap for a 640�480 display. The display output is guaranteed to be entirely within a single tile. When the image is read from the disk it is therefore guaranteed that only 1 seek followed by a read command will ever be required.
Speed is further enhanced through various means as follows. Predictive means are provided to preload tiles into the off screen VRAM buffer. Prediction can be based on simple velocity or more complex criteria. Adequate VRAM size (e.g., 32 megabytes) is provided to allow preloading of multiple predictive zones and then choosing one on the fly. When streaming image data through a 3D graphics engine the bandwidth of the image stream is usually reduced drastically. To bypass this limitation, the present invention essentially takes the pixels from the disk drive and passes them into the VRAM without any manipulations. It is due to the fact that no manipulations are being made to the data that the data can be burst into the VRAM without any bandwidth limitations. Also, the disk drive is low-level formatted to be half of the tile width, e.g., the tile width is set to 1280 and disk block size is set to 640. Whenever a 1280�800 tile is read from disk to VRAM it is then only necessary to seek to the correct block and then read 4800 (800 lines�2 blocks/line�3 colors) blocks. Preferably, image tiles are block aligned on the disk to optimize disk access.
Each tile has horizontal and vertical overlap portions that overlap with adjacent tiles. For example, Tile 2 and Tile 5 have eight (8) tile sections, i.e., tile sections 19, 20, 27, 28, 35, 36, 43, and 44 that overlap and are virtually identical. Further, Tile 2 and Tile 4 have four (4) tile sections, i.e., tile sections 19, 20, 27, and 28 that overlap and are virtually identical. Furthermore, Tile 4 and Tile 5 have eight (8) tile sections, i.e., tile sections 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, and 30 that overlap and are virtually identical. These overlapping portions of adjacent tiles, described in more detail herein below, guarantee that a display image will always be available from a single tile loaded in VRAM. It is notable that the differences between overlapping portions are virtually imperceptible to a user. That is, there may be slight deviations between overlapping portions, however, a user would not be able to readily discern any difference when switching between them on a display.
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An embodiment of the present invention for zooming includes the steps of storing an image on a storage device, receiving an instruction to generate and store multiple scaled levels of the image; scaling the image in accordance with the instruction; and storing the scaled levels on the storage device.
The embodiment may include, after the step of storing the scaled levels on the storage device, the step of receiving an instruction to transmit a particular scaled level of the image for viewing on a display. The receiving step may include receiving an instruction to generate and store multiple scaled levels of the image, wherein a scaling factor is selected from a group comprising a three decimal place number between 0 and 1, a five decimal place number between 0 and 1, and a ten decimal place number between 0 and 1. Furthermore, the image may be defined by tiles, each tile having two or more tile sections, the width of each tile section being such that the width of the display is a multiple of the width of each tile section, and the height of each tile section is greater than or about equal to the height of the display.
The invention provides for a software toolset as well as a custom hardware solution to display large images as ideally as possible.
A video chip for a production-scale portable display system is on Peritek's latest VGA PMC board named the Eclipse3. The Eclipse3 is based on Peritek's Borealis3 graphics core. A significant difference between prior Peritek chips and the latest versions is the size of VRAM. The prior chip was limited to 8 megabytes of VRAM, while the new chip has 32 megabytes of VRAM. This allows embodiments of the present invention incorporating it to increase tile sizes and thereby increase the output resolution to at least 1024�768. It may be desirable to build a custom video chip. The essential features of such a chip are shown in
By using simple JPEG decompression or some other image decompression, further embodiments of the invention can compress tiles individually and then decompress them in real time as they are being sent from the disk to the VRAM. This may be conveniently done in the FPGA. Additionally, provision can be made for decoding MPEG streams in real time. The inputs on the chip allow the system to be in-line with a second device feeding a monitor.
An embodiment of the invention is shown using a SCSI controller, but an IDE controller may suffice for performance. As prediction improves, the data rate from the disk drive can be reduced without affecting the overall performance of the system.
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An example of coordinated display images from VS1, VS2, and VS3 is shown in
An embodiment of the invention utilizes several cascade arrangements that are each in communication with the other. The multiple cascade arrangements may be useful for displaying large images at remote locations simultaneously. An example of the embodiment includes several cascade arrangements such as that illustrated in
While the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments, the description is illustrative only and is not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. Various modifications and changes may occur to those having ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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Broiled Sports: Mike Sanders is a former professional wrestler (WWE, WCW & TNA), actor (including a recurring role on USA Network's extremely successful series Burn Notice), stand-up comedian and corporate host. He is a former WCW Cruiserweight Champion, former WCW Commissioner and definitely "above average." He was also nice enough to sit down with us and answer a few questions....
Now onto the interview:
Q: At what age did you decide wrestling was the career path you wanted to take?
A: I was trained by "Sarge" Buddy Lee Parker, "The Assassin" Jodi Hamilton, Pistol Pez Whatley and Mike Winter. Also a lot of the other guys would come through on a daily basis like Steve Regal, DDP, Dave Taylor and you would get in the ring with them and you would learn different aspects of the business from all of them.
A: Believe it or not, I was just kinda happy having a job in the biz considering I had gotten fired by Paul Orndorff two months earlier. I don't think people actually know that.
A: I loved it. I was happy to be there, I just didn't realize what I had I in my hand at the time. The Thrillers were a great bunch of guys. We don't talk now but back then they were a great bunch of guys.
A: Well, I think it's like this; you buy a company, expand your roster, but don't really expand your TV people to go along with it. It's not going to be the original people that got you to the point where you could buy the other company.
A: That's actually a crazy story. I was in catering and had my eye on him while he was engaged in a conversation with Vince and some other people. I didn't want to interrupt, so I sat and waited. I took my eye off him for a minute and the next thing I know he's standing beside me on his crutches introducing himself. I didn't even know I had heat with him until 3 months later. I'm getting picked up at the airport with Raven and he's like, "bro you got heat with HHH." I'm like fuck really?! Same thing happen with (Chris) Jericho. I go to get up and he sits down behind me. I didn't even see him and next thing I know I have Raven again telling me I have heat for disrespecting Jericho! I apologized to him and he said to me that you have to say hello to everyone....it's a respect thing. Hey Asshole, I didn't see you!!!!!!!!!
A: I guess it was left off pretty rough. I never got called back, but then again I wasn't a pill abusing alcoholic that went to rehab more than once, if I had I might still have a career. Wellness Policy.
A: Well my thoughts then and now are a little different because I was friends with (Vince) Russo and we traveled together. Russo being friends with Jeff (Jarrett) I already knew my time there was limited but there are just some egos that no matter how good you are on the mic or in the ring, you're never going to overcome. Jeff Jarrett just didn't like me for one reason or another
A: Jeff basically told me I was getting over as a heel the wrong way and people weren't supposed to be cheering me. I'm like, really?? TNA has a heel section that cheered every heel! See, here is my philosophy; a baby face is a likable character that overcomes controversy to get what he wants. A heel is still a likable character that creates controversy to get what he wants. Either way, Jeff Jarrett's in charge and I lose either way.
A: I really didn't leave, I was just never booked again and I wasn't going to kiss Jeff's ass and beg for a job. You had nobody there that could talk or cut promos and still don't.
A: Yea. Myself and Joe Legend in Glascow, Scotland. He's a really good worker in my opinion and brought me to a different level.
A: "SOL" because of the story behind it is so funny. But I will save it for another interview.
Thank you so much for your time and we'll definitely be looking for you on a TV screen very soon. Homeland is a HUGE, successful show and one of my favorites. Congratulations and I wish you nothing but the best in the future. Since the interview has concluded, I guess we're S.O.L......and you know what that means......