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Ultima Online - The Glory Days??
There are a lot of misconceptions about what old UO was like, and what/why people thought was so great and good about it. It's true; there were a lot of great things. The skill based system, very low dependence on gear, housing, the easiest and fastest travel ever, etc. But a lot of really bad stuff too.
Pretty much the entire article is biased. If you enjoy reading other peoples opinions on a game which they liked/hated at the same time, I guess this one is for you.
Also, to the author. The reason why a lot of people didnt like trammel is because it took away the hardcore aspects of the game that people came to know and love. Picture it like this.. You have a big sandbox which people are playing in. Then all of the sudden, a big bull dozer drives in and takes up half the sandbox to build his pretty little city with pretty little trees and a big wall so noone opposed to his anti-sandbox town could benefit. They essentially took over half the UO world with trammel, and divided the people making Felucia a much more desolate place.
Also, they were called Blade Spirits.Mon Dec 03 2007 12:12PM Report
I still wonder what carebears mean by "ganking" are they crying about losing a fight against more then one guy? In pretty much every MMO I ever played I would solo more then 1 guy. sure, not always but many times I've killed a duo+ by myself
I'm still confused what people mean by ganking. I can handle a "ganksquad" just fine and I've made the films to prove it.
not trying to be rude but its the truth. This is why pvpers tend to be so condescending to pve'ers and come across as mean and impatient. It's like- we totally dont understand what you guys are complaining about.... You complain because you "lost"? I'm sorry but unlike PVE developers can make it so you can always "win" every fightMon Dec 03 2007 12:50PM Report
it's allright Vajuras, I know you just get touchy when we debate this kind of stuff :)
Ganking isn't "losing a fight against more then one guy." Ganking is killing people who have absolutely no chance to defend themselves.
No one can handle 4 vs. 1 in PvP, 99% of the time. That's not a gank squad, that's a group of players versus a single target. That is tactics.
A gank squad is a group of gankers (see above definition of ganker) that prey on the weak instead of attacking each other. Very rarely did fellow PKers attack each other, because they might lose, so instead they'd ignore each other and focus on ganking blues/noobs. When the blues would organize to try and kill the ganker, the PKs (gankers) would organize together for mutual defense so that they'd still have no chance of losing. then after the battle go back to ignoring each other and ganking nobbs. that is a gank squad.
afropuff420 - UO with trammel was still a sandbox game, it's just that trammel took away all the fresh meat from the gankers so they had to either A) fight each other (which means they might have lost! oh no!) or B) roll a toon on Siege Perilous.
I had a toon on Siege Perilous because i did like the freedom, fun, and chaos of FFA PvP. BUT JUST NOT ALL THE TIME. I'd play my main on Atlantis to explore the PvE world, and my Orc on Siege for some FFA PvP fun.
It's all about CHOICE, you have to give players a choice. Pre-trammel = no choice, you walked out of town you got ganked. Period. Post-trammel, you had choice. Choice = good.Mon Dec 03 2007 2:00PM Report
Ug dir lat Heerobya... I too was part of Shadowclan, however I joined them on the Mordred server in DAOC. (we couldn't be orcs their either, we were kobolds though we rp'd an orc language)
I always sort of figured that many folks fond memories of UO (especially pre-trammel) were colored by their rose colored glasses.
I remember being an avid gamer at this time, but stories about what a huge gank fest UO was kept me completely away from it. I ended up playing Lineage 1 (which 'borrowed" heavily from UO) because they had more sanity in terms of retribution against griefers.
In fact, most people with really fond memories are those who enjoyed the ganking, and became upset when their "victims" were taken away from them by the rule set change.
Gankers w/o victims = no game..... which is why harsh pvp only servers tend to fail more often.
Mon Dec 03 2007 2:07PM Report
I'm really sad I missed out on DAOC.. sounds like it would have been right up my alley at the time...
Oh well, waiting on WAR :)
Thanks Kyleran, I agree 150% that "most people with really fond memories are those who enjoyed the ganking, and became upset when their "victims" were taken away from them by the rule set change."
I'm all for FFA PvP, as a RULE SET for a specific server like UO and DAOC did, but NOT for the only option.
And, obviously, 99.9% of the gaming industry agrees with me because we don't see games with only FFA PvP servers anymore... the other .01% is Darkfall.Mon Dec 03 2007 2:18PM Report
What I never understood was that each game with a Shadow clan, they were all the same Shadow clan.. but all had different 'dialects' to how they spoke Orcish.
I joined up with them in WoW for a while, but that game was 100% gank fests on PvP servers in the beginning. At least in UO, a few players that weren't as powerful could take on a veteran player, but in WoW, three level 20's couldn't touch a level 40 no matter what they did. It was crap.Mon Dec 03 2007 2:21PM Report
Yes...I remember those days...I started somewhere between T2A and UO:R any played until AOS (although I was on-and-off by the end).
While UO did have it's flaws, I feel that I find more flaws with today's more complex and "refined" games than I ever did with UO. Maybe that's what made it nice. Truthfully, I still use UO as my baseline when deciding which game I want to give my money to. I've played many MMORPGs and I still sometimes go back to UO (but, alas...it's not the same...damn item-based crap and mage-nerf!)
Oh well...*Goes back to EVE*Mon Dec 03 2007 2:33PM Report
I left UO (pre-Trammel) because of the PvP.
I did not return post-Trammel because when I thought back, the world seemed so bland compared to EQ and DAoC (but not AC -- blandest world EVER).
Some of the systems, though -- animal taming, especially -- were kind of cool. I always wished someone would pick those up and put them in a better game.Mon Dec 03 2007 3:12PM Report
once again I apologize for the Troll its simply inexcusable. Was a good blog yo.
Let me try again. I agree with 4 vs 1 the victim has no chance but that is how wars erupt. Without the freedom for this sort of "gank" then how will a war get started? I am speaking in general terms for any MMO whether it be WoW or any game with FFA pvp. Sure, people get mad and call in their friends and thats what we wanted. We didnt run until we saw a ZERG (like 50 vs 4).
So, ganking is seriously okay in my book. The alternative equals Instances and controls- which is something my kind is not fond of.
but like you say different server rulesets are needed I agree or a game with a Justice system or something nichy like EVEMon Dec 03 2007 4:11PM Report
Interesting read, though i find the fact from what you posted you probably didn't play the first year.
To me UO is still the gold standard, having played it since Beta (and I don't remember getting to keep my character), it really caught me as a game were you could do anything, The only thing that drew me away was the fact in EQ you could really chat and play with friends. having to use ICQ or IRC with UO i think was what ruined it for me over time.
in the begining everybody started with 50mag/50resist and carried either a war axe (no shield), Halbred or Bardiche, and most of us wore good old bone armor, if you didnt resist EB you died, and fireball would take 2/3 of your hp, it was magic arrow then EB for PKs. Nobody cast EV or anything else because half the time they killed you.
The PVP was what was fun (and frustration if you were just starting) in the begining, you would have PKs, Anti-PKs going at it, were there ganks, sure, but there was also a ton of all night/day battles between even PK guilds.
oh and an Lich, (before they had arch lichs) was what we used to train mag resist, couple of flower bags in a tower, trick them into a moongate, and your own personal trainer, in out the door till 100, this was before they removed them all from your properties, nothing like having a dragon loose in your tower roof either.Mon Dec 03 2007 7:04PM Report
I would love to a UO server with the classic ruleset, except a little more penalty for the PKers (like a well-paying bounty system (the one that existed wasn't well-paying) or guards trying to track them down or something). PKers had few threats, except from their own kind, and they seldom attacked eachother.Mon Dec 03 2007 7:33PM Report
yeah I only played the Classic ruleset never tried this new siege perilous. not sure which era it was I played but for sure it was pre-trammel cause you wasnt safe anywhere and after getting PKed you had to look for a rez. There was no arrow to show ya where to get rezzed. also there was no global chat or anything. you just had speech bubbles onscreenMon Dec 03 2007 8:48PM Report
It is hard to remember all the specifics. It's been so long.
I started playing on a friends account about 5-6 months before Renaissance. I actually bought the game when UO:R was in stores.
Siege was a great time, and as I've said before, I did very much enjoy the FFA PvP aspect, it's just that when it was the ONLY server type in the game, it just didn't work.
People tend to think I am anti-FFA PvP, well, I understand how you may have gotten that impression. Truth is, I enjoy it as an "alternate" play style, but FFA only is not worth the monthly fee for an MMO in my opinion.Mon Dec 03 2007 9:23PM Report
A gank squad is a group of gankers (see above definition of ganker) that prey on the weak instead of attacking each other. Very rarely did fellow PKers attack each other, because they might lose, so instead they'd ignore each other and focus on ganking blues/noobs. When the blues would organize to try and kill the ganker, the PKs (gankers) would organize together for mutual defense so that they'd still have no chance of losing. then after the battle go back to ignoring each other and ganking nobbs. that is a gank squad.
funny that's pretty much what you still see today even in MMOs like City of Heroes whereas us villains rarely attack each other in the FFA PVP zones. This is not really due to a sense of honor but more due to a sense of 'need'. usually, you need people to team with later and its not cool to get refused to join a guild, etc. Also, PKers will just eventually grow to know each other due to having verterancy on the server. So, its not really much fun ganking a fellow PKer. Much more interesting ganking a fellow stranger.
This happens in city of heroes more noticeably in relation to PKers vs Badgers. We know the badger types they are chasing after the NPCs. So we try to nail them quick and hard
The poor badgers they never understand why we kill them. They just stand there, defenseless, and just die over and over. But sometimes you have the more aggressive type Badgers that will defend themselves
yeah, pkers are a self destructive bunch. But we all know each other. We all hunt the same spots and tire of fighting each other. When new blood shows up, its in our nature to give them a warm, bloody receptionMon Dec 03 2007 10:56PM Report
The good ole day's about UO hmmmm there is alot of them really from the world it self with lumberjacking , mining , fletching, smithing etc .... I personally remember being a PKer in the beginning and how you became red was through a rep system so to speak if you stole etc it would lower you to dishonorable to dastardly all the way down to Evil lord and to get that red status off took alot of time.
I even miss when byzantine took over that little penn. up nw of minoc.... yes i even remember towns! We would have weekly battles with Byzantine and the dread lords over control on the region was actually great.... some of the name was Lord of Pain Lady of Destruction and some other ones since you got the lord title for either going up and down the scale.... Ganking ? Well never really did that i remember able to take on 2 or 3 people at a time alchemy was great..... the downfall that came with pvp later was the game was designed when the 14.4 modem was out..... was in the sys requirement so connection played a major part in it.
Another strange aspect i liked of the game was that you didnt need uber guilds or anything for you to get well equipped items like Of Power and Of Vanquishing.... And i remember this one smith on the Chesapeake server named ShoNuff was the first Grandmaster Blacksmith i knew ;)
All in all it was a great game it helped develop of alot of games down to the crafting , alliances to towns etc for other games cause remember Buc's Den was the only city a Red character could go. And they had saiding in that game! i mean it was sweet.
And with houses I remember staying up all night hiding outside their house waiting just waiting for them to log on even and come out so I could steal the key and the loot was mine for the takin.... before they had secure containers and all that...
Anyhow just some fun times in that game.Mon Dec 03 2007 11:22PM Report
Just for the record, UO was greatly enjoyed by more than just hard-core Gankers. I played from release up until just after the Trammel split, and the only players i killed had red names, or were kill-stealers. I liked the risk-vs-reward aspect of the game. I liked to really EARN what i got. Despite what the OP would have us believe, you COULD learn to avoid the PKers, as i did. Also, to refute the OP again, 4 players vs 1 is ganking. Good tactics yes (guaranteed victory is always good tactics) but ganking nonetheless. By your own definition of ganking- "killing people that have no chance to defend themselves". I'm of the opinion that one person cannot possibly defend themselves against 4 other people. But hey we're all entitled to our own opinions eh?
UO was the best because it was skill-based. UO was the best because of the freedom it allowed. But mostly UO was the best because it was challenging. The risks were great, but so were the rewards. No MMO since has offered that same level of gaming experience.Tue Dec 04 2007 12:50AM Report
hey heerboya you would like Ryan's blog on this subject: http://www.nerfbat.com/2007/08/09/consequence-free-pvp-sucks/#more-323
If you read below he calls for a "Justice" system. Iw ould paste it here but I've spammed you enough for one day. start up a blog on justice systems one day if you're interested.Tue Dec 04 2007 3:08AM Report
It's really nice to see some good ol' UO blogs on here. I just love reading this stuff, brings back memories. UO had some really great times. Sure it was annoying when you were trying to do something productive, only to be smashed by a ganker. But it was the reason why the game rocked; you had to have a friend an ally to hang with you in sticky situations. Luckily I had a RL friend get me into the game, so automatically I had a 7x GM helping me out at all times when I was trying to raise. Sure, when he wasn't on and I got into the Chaos/order battles, I usually lost. Lost my items etc... But they could be replaced rather quickly. When I think about it though, now, I don't think UO would work for me these days. Sure I have the very fond memories of great battles, dungeon sieges, and LOVE the music. . .but a game like that today would not hold my attention. I simiply don't have the time to play a hardcore game anymore. I've tried going back to UO, got a house and everything. . .but I didn't know what to do anymore. I didn't have felucca (ghost land) the quest are very bland. IT came to me just hanging out with my brother and we would go shopping for items for the house. That and we went on a few dungeon raids, but that got repedative. I think what it comes down to is that UO was one of the first MMO's, a new experience. FOr most of us UO was the first MMO. Everyone loves their first MMO, but we grow up. When we grow up, our taste changes. I still go through my screenshots often and listen to some of the old .midi songs from UO. I will always cherrish the times that I had in UO. But when I quit, it was time for me to quit, time for me to move on in the genre. And to be quite honest, I'm enjoying myself very much in WoW. I mean, what other game out there can you get your non gamer GF to play? lol. Thanks for the read heerobya!Tue Dec 04 2007 8:07AM Report
Well our little "krimp" tactic wasn't just "4vs1 ganking" it was "despite how many they have, don't let the battle descend into chaos of tons of different one vs. one battles... follow your leaders, take out one target at a time."
So it was a strategy and tactic. We were actually almost always outnumbered, even after making an alliance with the undead/vampire guild.
I agree 100% Vajuras that the REAL answer to FFA PvP is a really well thought out and implemented justice system. UO the bounties didn't really work, PK reds would just get their friends to collect the rewards and split them.
Being a red did make life more challenging in UO, but not to the point that it was really all that more difficult then not being a PK. You could still go to Skara Brae to do your town stuff, as you said Vaj there was kind of a mutual "pact" between different PKs to not mess with each other too much...
Yeah, I know from experience there were some really good Anti-PK squads that would hunt the PKs, when I was a PK on Siege we had everyone and their mother against us...
I'm just saying it only "worked" in UO for a reason... a combination of so many factors that ya'll have illustrated in much greater detail then I remember... it was because it was the first, because it was 2D, because it was a skill system, because of the unimportance of gear.. etc. etc.Tue Dec 04 2007 8:57AM Report
I totally Agree. I miss having my GM blacksmith and stand all day selling gear and RP. I miss an rpg where player not only can lose there gear, but mostly it happens often! It created such a vibrant economy so much better then auctions. I miss UO of old, pre-trammel i might add. Sure its hard at first, but then it forged alot more experience then just going to kill a harder mob.
If Osi would release an old-school server, fuck those modern game im going back. Im sure it would sell well.
I used to buy tons of lvl 1 treasure maps, use the rune library to teleport on the spot and farm magic items. put them on my vendor at high price. aha! so easy. Cant do that nowTue Dec 04 2007 10:03AM Report
OP, I stopped reading at "Trammel was the best thing to happen to UO". It really tells alot. /shrugTue Dec 04 2007 10:13AM Report
"Trammel was the best thing that happened to UO, and anyone who thinks other wise is probably an @$$hat d-bay."
What a joke. That ruined the whole article for me. I loved UO pre-Trammel. Why? Anti-pk guilds. What a blast it was to be a part of a guild that was dedicated to hunting a killing pks. It made the game so involved and gave it a sense of community like I havent seen in any other game. I was a pk on one character and in an anti-pk guild on another. We would have weekly training fights in the hedge maze south of Brit, then hunt down pks throughout the week. It was definatly the most fun I've had on any MMO ever. Trammel did away with that. Ah well.Tue Dec 04 2007 11:09AM Report
Trammel was the best thing to happen to UO.
Siege Perilous was the second best, because there was no Trammel.
The serious PvP types who weren't just @sshat gankers came to Siege to continue the FFA PvP fun.
Giving players choice is the best thing any developer can do. UO figured that out a long time ago, and ever since then we've had multiple server types. FFA doesn't work as the ONLY option, but makes an excellent alt server rule set.
If OSI would release an old-school server, like pre-Blackthorn's revenge, and another pre-Blackthorn that was like Siege, I'd go back.Tue Dec 04 2007 11:11AM Report
Factions PvP in Felucca+ Siege Perilous FFA PvP (no Trammel, only Felucca) + Trammel on other servers for PvE was their glory days, in my opinion.
Again, all about giving players choice. There were still Anti-PK squads, PK guilds, lone PKers, role players... everything.
But there was also freedom to PvE safely.Tue Dec 04 2007 11:32AM Report
UO pre-ren was awesome. The 1 hour a day of pure pvp because of rollbacks. The house looting. The dungeon crawling thieves that stole the black pearl from your bags while you were fighting dragons/lich lords/balrogs. The pvp was open and fun. Trammel ruined UO. That and AoS.
I was not a Red nor was I a PKer. I never ganked anyone and I never had a bounty on my head.
I did enjoy running from them though. It made the game more immersive and engaging. Pre-Ren the game was one of the least carebear games ever. They turned it into a carebear frenzy.
Tue Dec 04 2007 11:46AM Report
I understand the whole ganking...I remember quite a few times when I would start up, not even have a chance to look in my inventory and along comes this guy in his fancy bone armor and kill me. Now granted one time some guy tried to gank me and we were running around the bank, I noticed he wasn't hitting me so I turned around and started chasing him around the bank and I was doing damage. That was fun. I didn't like the idea that giant spiders could kill me when my stats were maxed, but alas, it was UO. it did have it's fun parts and it's bad parts, but doesn't every MMORPG?Tue Dec 04 2007 12:31PM Report
Heh... UO was about skills and mixing them to your pleasure. Some skills like magic resist and parry were some of the most difficult to train. So hard, in fact, that mid 80's was extremely rare. Very few people ever GMed one of those two before they ruined the game.Tue Dec 04 2007 1:02PM Report
In a way, I'm sort of sad that I missed the glory days of UO. I was playing a MUD back then, and never considered trying any graphical MMOs. I've been waiting for a good FFA PvP game for awhile now.
EVE is one, I guess... but the space environment is just not for me.Tue Dec 04 2007 1:17PM Report
wow, you are so awesome, I'm sooooo happy you took the time to post a comment in MY blog.
Amazing, just amazing.
You are quite possibly the smartest, funniest, most intelligent, and absolutely awesome person in the entire world. I wish I was just like you!Fri Dec 14 2007 9:51AM Report
i just deleted andreibaru's comment, the one I was refering to in my above comment, so no one else take offense, it's directed to no one but andreibaru.
no one else needs to read what he wrote, trust me. I've done everything in my power to prevent andreibaru from ever posting on MMORPG.com ever again. we'll hope they listen, because stuff like that just has no place on any forum or blog, anywhereFri Dec 14 2007 12:26PM Report


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SHERIDAN— The Sagebrush Community Art Center is hosting a kids summer art camp for ages 8-12 from July 21-24 from 1-5 p.m. each day. There will be an acrylic painting class, jewelry making, ceramic painting, watercolor painting, and a picture frame making class. Registration is due by July 16, and each class costs $35. For Read More

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Leake sharp but Reds lose to Padres 2-1
San Diego Cincinnati Reds pitcher Mike Leake had mixed emotions after pitching in front of family and friends for the first time in his career.
"That's all you can really ask for is to go into the last inning with an opportunity to win," said Leake, who pitched seven scoreless innings and was one inning away from winning his 11th game of the season and fourth straight decision in front of his hometown fans.
Padres pinch-hitter Chris Denorfia spoiled the homecoming when he hit a two-run home run off reliever Aroldis Chapman in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Padres a 2-1 victory and hand the Reds their fourth straight defeat.
Leake went seven scoreless innings, allowing four singles and retiring 12 of the final 13 batters he faced.
"It's awesome," he said of pitching before family and friends. "I grew up here. I waited four years for it, it's pretty cool to finally get the opportunity to do that."
Leake was matched up against another San Diego native, Sean O'Sullivan. The two played together during their youth baseball careers.
O'Sullivan, making his third start of the season for the Padres, went six innings and allowed one run on five hits. He walked five and struck out one.
"That was kind of nice to have two things happen at once," Leake said. "I'm glad neither one of us got a loss. But wish I had gotten a win, but I'm glad we both pitched good."
Chapman wasn't as happy with his outing.
"It was a fastball like I throw everybody," the Reds closer said of the pitch to Denorfia. "I just threw a fastball and he hit a home run and there's nothing I can do."
With the Reds leading 1-0, Chapman (3-4) walked leadoff batter Yonder Alonso. Denorfia then drove a 98 mph first-pitch offering from Chapman over the center-field fence 423 feet away to deal the Reds their fourth straight loss.
"He's not going to do anything tricky," Denorfia said. "He's going to throw it 100 mph. You have to be ready for the fastball. You have to sit on the fast ball.
"It was pretty sweet. It was one of those when you hit it hard on that part of the bat, you don't even feel the vibration, it felt great," Denorfia said of the first game-ending home run of his career and third walk-off hit of his career.
Chapman was disappointed that he walked Alonso.
"It bothered me because he was left-handed," Chapman said. "I walked him and after that I had to just continue going."
It was Chapman's fourth blown save of the season on his fifth home run allowed.
"It sounded great off the bat," Padres manager Bud Black said. "I say 80 percent of home runs you know it from the sound no matter who is pitching. But that sound tonight on his homer there doubt about it."
Luke Gregerson (5-5) pitched the ninth for the win.
Reds center fielder Derrick Robinson led off the fifth with a triple off the fence in left-center. He scored when Cesar Izturis hit a grounder to first, which Alonso grabbed, touched first base for the putout then fired home, but Robinson just beat the throw to catcher Nick Hundley.


text: [ROM Review] DROID 3 DOES ALPHA-ICE CREAM SANDWICH by Hashcode Kevin Shen 28 December, 2011 5 Comments Introduction and Overview For those of you who have been following me on sites such as RootzWiki and Wixgadget for the past few months, you know that a big part of my Android life is custom ROMs, as I love testing them out and reviewing them. However, I tend to be foolish and keep on going for the Motorola devices, knowing when I'm purchasing them that I'm buying a locked-down bootloader device. I don't know how this happens, maybe I'm just a sucker for Sanjay Jha's Indian accent. Ever since developer CVPCS first achieved 2nd-init on Motorola devices, every known Motorola developer has been spending a huge amount of time trying to get AOSP fully booting and functional on their respective device. Today I'd like to give props to one of my favorite developers, Hashcode, and bring the AndroidSPIN community my first ROM review, which is sure to be the first of many. It's called: Ice Cream Sandwich. Yes, when Ice Cream Sandwich first came out, many Motorola rooters thought that ICS would never reach their devices. The DROID 3 community was one of the groups, as we didn't achieve root until DjrBliss came up with a clever exploit. But now, Hashcode has gotten his CyanogenMod9 Kang ROM into alpha stage, with most of the important things working such as phone calls, 3G Data, WiFi, and text messages. But enough of me babbling. Let's get on to the full ROM review! Table of Contents 1. Features 2. Stability and Speed 3. Battery Life 4. Bugs 5. Conclusion 6. Download and Source Links 1. Features AOSP Launcher Since Motorola devices are severely limited, you might think that this is a strictly stripped down version of Ice Cream Sandwich. Nope, what you are getting here is the full ICS experience, down to Power+Volume Down snapshot trick, all thanks to Hashcode. -Some preloaded apps that come with the ROM are: BluetoothSCO App, Wireless Tether, FM Radio, FM Transmitter, DSP Manager, and Terminal Emulator. All other Google Apps you need to flash manually, just like with any other CM-Kang ROM. -Fully functional Lockscreen with option to open Camera app-except Camera doesn't work. -Phone is useable in both GSM and CDMA, with 3G Data, Phone calls, and Text Messages working. -WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth all work! Happy day. -Working Audio -Working Hardware Acceleration -Working Rotation with Working Hardware and Software Keyboard -All your Ice Cream Sandwich App Goodness -Notification Power Widgets built-into the Notification Bar -ICS Multitasking 2. Speed and Stability "About Phone" As I mention in all my ROM Reviews, Speed is crucial to the ROM. Without speed, the device will fail to perform. And if the device fails to perform, that will render the device useless. Again, since the ROM is still in Alpha-stage, I'm sorry to say that you will encounter stutters on this ROM that don't appear on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4G LTE. Sometimes when you're in the middle of an operation such as flicking through all your apps in your App Drawer, the stock Launcher will automatically crash and force close, which gets on my nerves sometimes. Hashcode has stated in his recent changelog, however, that he will be switching from the stock Launcher2 to CyanogenMod's Trebuchet Launcher. His changelog can be found here. Other features such as pinch-to-zoom work flawlessly in the browser, and window animations fail to disappoint. You'll also be getting your revamped Ice Cream Sandwich Google Apps, with all of them redesigned in every possible way. To me, the best looking app is the new GMail app, and fortunately enough, it's extremely stable in this Alpha ROM. You won't see any changes in Quadrant Standard, but as always, take benchmarks with a grain of salt. Heck, the Galaxy Nexus only has a Quadrant score of 1600, yet you don't see it lagging do you? Quadrant Standard score 3. Battery Life Update 5:46PM 12/30/11- So after getting some harsh criticism (sad face) about the Battery Life section of this review, I've been hearing that battery life can range depending on how you install the ROM. Make sure you wipe your dalvik cache as well, and reboot your device twice every day. Here's some words of advice pulled directly from Hashcode's blogspot: 6-8 hour battery life? Battery life isn't great and it probably shouldn't be with all of the dalvik heap loading and unloading in the Launcher. There might be some specific issues w/ media playing for longer amounts of time, etc. But, I'd need to do some debug/testing. For me, I get through the day fairly easily with moderate use: hour+ screen time, 30min to an hour of phone calls, web use, twitter, xabber, email. So it looks like Hashcode doesn't like the results I'm getting either. Fear not, in his next Alpha (or maybe Beta?) ROM I'll be sure to completely wipe my device and start from scratch and see if I get different results. One downside to the ROM is that the battery life isn't the greatest. I hate to say it because of all the hard work that Hashcode has done on this ROM, but I feel like it needs to be said before any of you guys start calling me at 3 in the morning telling me that your phone died in the middle of the night and didn't wake you up in the morning. On average with this ROM, I was only able to pull 6-8 hours on Moderate use. That's worse than 4G LTE phones! You'll see some screenshots down below of what "moderate-use" really is, and what kind of battery life you should be expecting if you decide to load up this ROM. However, if you dont' use your Droid 3 as your daily driver and leave this phone on standby, you'll see great battery life, as you can tell from the 3rd screenshot. Thanks to Vince Hamilton for providing me with this SS. Thanks to sparkyman216 for providing me with this SS. Thanks to Cameron Smith for providing me with this SS. As you can see from the Screenshots above, Battery Life on this device isn't the greatest, and if you truly decide to load this ROM up, you should expect to charge your device 3-4 times every day. Battery Life will fluctuate massively depending on your signal strength, usage, and if you're on WiFi or not. However, I understand where the issues in battery life come from as this is still in Alpha-stage, and that Droid 3 rooters should be happy we even have someone like Hashcode who got this booting. 4. Bugs Now, with any ROM, there are always bugs to squash. Since this ROM is in alpha, there are quite a bit more then we would like. However, the awesome thing about the Android community is that we tend to kill these bugs fairly fast, and without any big problems. Here is an excerpt of what is currently not working, directly pulled from developer Hashcode's blogspot page: The camera, and several video codecs. They rely on a device which isn't present in our kernel: "/dev/ion". I'm looking at re-writing it against our memory management unit. Will take some time. Wifi Tether is broken at the moment and needs debugging Voice recognition needs debugging / fixes Data usage stats are "stubbed" in so that only the total will show, not the per app break down. Needs kernel module fix. Dock Audio hasn't been added to the build (I need to decompile the app and rewrite it) HDMI support hasn't been added to the build (same as above and then troubleshoot through the hwcomposer). The big thing on this list, to me, is probably the camera and video codecs. I personally don't use HDMI and mirroring that much, I see it more as a novelty then anything else. Also, WiFi tethering (although baked into the ROM), is currently not working as well. To keep up-to-date on what Hashcode is doing to help make this ROM better, visit his changelog which can be found here. 5. Conclusion In conclusion, although this ROM does have its downsides, it still has its upsides, such as being the first AOSP ICS ROM available for the Motorola Droid 3. It doesn't have stellar battery life, speed, or a working camera, but it's still capable enough to be used as a daily driver. Google Apps perform exceptionally well on the device, and overall, playing with the ROM was an enjoyment. Any Droid 3 users who haven't tried this out should definitely give it a go. You can always go back, which is the beauty of both Android and Hashcode's Safe System. However, if you're looking for more AOSP functionality and are willing to go onto a older version of Android, check out Hashcode's CM7-Kang ROM which can be found on his website. It's on "HOLD" for now as he's working on ICS, but nonetheless, it's still a great ROM. 6. Download and Source Links WHAT YOU NEED BEFORE YOU BEGIN: 1. A ROOTED MOTOROLA DROID 3 2. HASHCODE'S SAFESTRAP RECOVERY FLASHED ONTO YOUR DEVICE FOUND HERE. 3. THE LATEST CM9-ICS BUILD (11-24) FOUND HERE. 4. THE LATEST ICS-GOOGLE APPS FOUND HERE. 1. Download the ROM and Google Apps, leave it in .zip format, and place it in your SD Card (Internal or External are both fine) 2. Turn off your Droid 3 and reboot into Safestrap Recovery (press menu at the splash screen) 3. Scroll down to Safe system, and turn it on. 4. Once Safe System is turned on, Wipe data/cache and Format your system. 5. Install the ROM .zip 6. Install Google Apps 7. Reboot! You're done! Source Links Hashcode's Blog, where he keeps everything Droid 3 can be found here. Hashcode's Changelog for this ROM can be found here. The latest download for his ROM can be found here. CyanogenMod's HomePage can be found here. All Screenshots: Thanks to Vince Hamilton for providing me with this SS. Thanks to Cameron Smith for providing me with this SS. "About Phone" Quadrant Standard score AOSP Launcher Ice Cream Sandwich Running on Droid 3 http://twitter.com/greenless Lex Thanks for the write up. I had considered loading this up on my new D3, but now I think I'll pass. I recently switched from a Stratosphere to the D3 to get away from the horrible LTE battery life and I'm in no hurry to get back to it. I have to take issue with your conclusion, though. With a battery life that bad and no working camera, how can you label this as a suitable 'daily driver'? Donald Broussard Nice review. I am using this as my "daily driver" and like it. Matt Nice writeup. Though I think you had your own individual issues with services not playing nice on your phone while using this rom. I use it as a daily driver and see around 20-24 hours of battery life with moderate usage. (Lots of voice calls, wifi and bluetooth on the whole time) Mind you I ditched the stock launcher for ADW launcher. This is actually inline with the latest d3-cm7 build battery life. I think you should revisit this test. Other than that I'd say thanks to hashcode for a daily driver worthy alpha build. Cheers to ICS on the d3 before the Verizon Nexus dropped! http://www.craftquake.com David Parrella I'm not having that bad of a time with battery. Besides, give it a break, you don't need to write a whole freaking page about it, just be like "Battery life isn't the best at the moment, but that should clear up as he fixes Dalvik issues!" – Plus, facebook is eating up 12%…maybe you should consider killing it? http://twitter.com/greenless Lex I loaded this up yesterday just for the hell of it and it wasn't too shabby. The battery life was fine, in fact, and seemed pretty similar to what I get out of Liberty 3. The only real issues I had were the FC's with the launcher and the keyboard/button lights not coming on. I can't consider this to be a true 'daily driver' until the camera is working, though. Having quick access to a working camera is one of the main reasons I have a smartphone in my pocket. All in all, I'm quite pleased with my taste of ICS on my new D3 and I'm definitely not regretting ditching the 4G Stratosphere.


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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
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By Johnny Jackson
U.S. energy officials are expecting energy prices to plateau and hold steady through the winter months, depending on the strength of the economic recovery.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported Tuesday, in its monthly short-term energy outlook, expectations that crude oil prices will average about $76 per barrel through March, dipping as low as $75 per barrel for the months of January and February.
The year-round average crude prices, however, are expected to climb above what was experienced this past year, according to Neil Gamson, an economist with the EIA.
"We're projecting that next year's crude oil prices will average almost $79 per barrel compared to $62 this year," Gamson said. "In that assumption is the continued economic improvement, domestically and globally."
Gamson anticipates energy prices will rebound alongside a rebounding economy. He said that while the current EIA forecast for the monthly, average crude price is expected to dip to $75 per barrel by early next year, the monthly average is projected to rise to $82 per barrel by December 2010.
The 2010 projections, he added, are largely dependent upon whether national and global economic conditions continue to improve in 2010.
Economic conditions have appeared to improve recently with the strengthening of the U.S. dollar and increasingly large crude oil supplies, said Gregg Laskoski, spokesman for AAA Auto Club South.
Laskoski said retail gasoline prices have continued to rise, however.
"During the past week, the national average increased by one cent per gallon and in Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee," added Laskoski. "Each state's average price also increased by one cent per gallon respectively. [Meanwhile,] U.S. refinery output is meeting current demand, even using just 79 percent of its available capacity."
Crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) closed the week of Nov. 30 at $75.47 per barrel, compared to $76.05 per barrel the week of Nov. 23. National gas prices increased by about one cent over those two weeks, from $2.62 per gallon of regular unleaded gasoline to $2.63, according to AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Report.
"Ordinarily, crude oil prices and retail gasoline prices move in the same direction," Laskoski said. "The national, average wholesale price closed each week in November between $2.02 and $2.05 per gallon and retail fuel prices reflected that, but whether that price stability continues in December remains to be seen."
Rising crude oil prices may contribute to an increase in the annual average regular-grade gasoline retail price from $2.35 per gallon in 2009 to an anticipated $2.83 per gallon in 2010, said Gamson.
Gamson doesn't expect gasoline prices to rise through the remainder of the year.
"We don't see too much movement with gasoline prices until sometime next spring," Gamson said. "Prices will probably be pretty flat until about March of next year, and that includes diesel."
The EIA projects annual average diesel fuel retail prices will be $2.46 and $2.96 per gallon, respectively, in 2009 and 2010.
The short-term energy forecast includes an anticipated increase in average household expenditures for heating oil, from $1,864 last winter to $1,911 this winter.
The forecast also indicates a potential 13 percent decrease in propane costs for the average household, from $1,950 last winter to $1,700 this winter.
He said projected average household expenditures on natural gas total $778 this winter, compared with $889 last winter.
"Our natural gas assumptions changed a little bit [from earlier projections], because there is so much gas out there in storage," Gamson said.
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- Gasoline prices nearing $3 per gallon ( December 7, 2010 )


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Tiger Woods shoots 4-under 66 at Greenbrier Classic
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Outdoor basketball league in California continues to thrive
Gates, two others get NFL suspensions
U.S. files formal extradition request for 7 FIFA officials
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The "irreversible collapse" of glaciers in Antarctica is dominating headlines around the world this week. News outlets are breathlessly reporting that the dramatic rise in sea levels that's now on the cards. So what does it mean? Should we panic? Do we need to grab the family, and head for the hills?
Well, no, we shouldn't panic. Not yet. If we're going to freak out, we should perhaps be more constructive - and get real about our carbon emissions, energy efficiency, adaption and supporting the people who needs the most help. Let's be clear - it's not as if a giant ice cube has been dropped into the Southern Ocean, generating a monster tsunami. We don't need to start filling a large wooden boat with two of every living creature and one Russell Crowe, either.
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If you go down to the concrete jungle today, you're sure to get a surprise. If you're in town to cut some deals, you'll never believe your eyes.
For there's a bear who shouldn't be there. Because she's losing her home in the Arctic.
Yesterday the government delivered a Budget with a deficit in ambition. It completely failed to back our clean energy innovators. Today, at Skycity in Auckland, the Prime Minister met with a bunch of business executives. And no doubt there was some back-slapping and high fives all round.
Pastries, cheese scrolls and sausages on sticks were scoffed as John Key wandered around shaking hands. Maybe the National party coffers might even see a little boost too from the assembled suits.
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Over the past few years, we've gained significant ground in getting major companies to move toward forest-friendly business models. You might think that means deforestation is beginning to be a thing of the past.
We want it to be. Unfortunately, threats to forests are only increasing. Just last year, the rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rose — for the first time since 2008.
A barge loaded with timber in Para state. The top image of this post also depicts logging operations in Para.
Deforestation is not just an environmental issue. It's an everything issue. Here are six reasons you can tell.
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Yesterday, the Green Party launched a pre-budget policy … "as a first step in accelerating New Zealand's transition to a smarter greener economy" …but from what we've seen so far, there a few glaring issues with how they propose to get the green economy into the black.
They've said they would set up a "Green Investment Bank", if they get into government. The bank would use public funds to leverage private investment, in order to rewire our economy and harness New Zealand's clean energy expertise. Co-leader Russel Norman argues it could reduce pollution, create jobs and deliver solutions to environmental problems like climate change.
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Greenpeace considers the Forest Stewardship Council to be the only credible global certification standard for good forest management. There are many reasons for this, but it is mostly because FSC is a three-chamber system that has representation from economic players as well as environmental NGOs and social groups. It also sets the highest ecological bar because its mandate is to "protect forests" and to only allow responsible forestry.


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PaleyFest 2011: 'The Walking Dead's' Andrew Lincoln on seeing Rick's darker side
PaleyFest 2011 kicked off Friday (March 4) with AMC's "The Walking Dead," which returns for Season 2 in October with 13 episodes.
With more than double the episodes of Season 1, the show's lead, Andrew Lincoln (who plays Rick Grimes), says he's up to the challenge.
"It's a big responsibility," Lincoln tells Zap2it. "The weather is apocalyptic, if you've been to Atlanta. But, I love playing this character. I love it. He's so complicated and so driven and so different to me. It's a very satisfying role."
Currently, the writers are just starting on Season 2, but that doesn't mean the actors don't have their own desires for the future of their characters. So, we asked Lincoln what he wants for Rick next season.
"Episode off," he jokes. "There's loads of things. I mean one of the great things about being in the writers' room with the team is so many ideas that I had about where I wanted him to go. You know, he's a righteous guy. He has good intentions, but I think that I want it to adhere closely to the narrative in the book, as well. It's that the pressure, the responsibility, the domestic situations, the parenting has its toll on him. He can't keep sustaining this. He can't keep coming up with the goods. I would like to see him maybe deteriorate and maybe we see a darker side of him."
Yet, in the world of "The Walking Dead," weakness can mean death, but Lincoln says putting its characters in harm's way is in the show's DNA and makes for good storylines.
"I think it's just one of the great things we're afforded in this series," he says. "A bad decision can cost a life in this and the stakes are so high, so hopefully that makes for real raw, compelling drama."
Watch our full chat with Lincoln as he talks about where he was a year ago and the process of getting the role below:
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Rich Campbell: Are you OK with all those six-figure salaries?
The Martin County Commission wants to know what you think. So do I.
Confronted with the prospect of having to slash a projected $10 million to $20 million from the 2010 budget, commissioners are contemplating a survey of residents to determine which services to cut first and which ones to cut last.
Since services likely will be the focus of the survey, I'd like to give residents the chance to weigh in on another hot-button issue: salaries.
Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers reported recently that Martin County leads Treasure Coast counties in local government salaries in excess of $100,000. Of the 140 public employees in Martin County that constitute the $100,000-plus club, 22 are in county administration, 81 in county fire rescue/EMS, 20 in the sheriff's office and seven in the constitutional offices.
By contrast, much-larger St. Lucie County has 118 $100,000-plus earners, while Indian River County — similar in size to Martin County — has only 46.
The commission has been reticent to confront the issue. However, if residents speak out — in a loud, clarion voice — commissioners might be compelled to take action. I've crafted a survey to gauge taxpayers' opinions on the subject. To participate, go to tcpalm.com/opinion or follow a link from the online version of this column. .
Martin County already has cut $50 million from the budget over the past two years and eliminated about 150 positions in county government.
"Cost-cutting is everybody's job," County Administrator Duncan Ballantyne said.
Maybe so. But one wonders if this principle applies to upper-level county employees who've generally been insulated from cost-cutting measures that would reduce their salaries.
Department heads and managers turned down a cost-of-living adjustment and merit raise last year, according to Ballantyne. As a result, "a number of them took home $3,000 to $4,000 less," he said. "This year they received a 2 percent cost-of-living adjustment (as did all contractual employees at all levels)."
In 2008, fire rescue workers — 81 of whom earn $100,000 or more — agreed to "give back" $1.5 million in cost-of-living raises this year, which saved the county $888,000. But they also retained 5 percent merit raises in 2009, will receive 5 percent merit raises for 2010 and 2011, and have the opportunity to negotiate cost-of-living raises before the start of 2010 and 2011.
Not bad in an imploding economy.
As the County Commission prepares to debate several contentious budget-cutting proposals, such as severely reducing or limiting park and library services, the salaries of county employees will certainly receive greater scrutiny.
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The topic of this chapter is Smart Guides which is less a system of guides and more a kind of on screen chatter that Illustrator employs to anticipate every movement or modification that you might make. Located under the View Menu, the Smart Guides command is turned on by default. In which case, as you move your cursor across a piece of artwork, you see the various lines and shapes light up like a switchboard, accompanied by such words as path, intersect, and anchor, punctuated by occasional positioning coordinates.
Honestly, it's as if your document were transformed into a real time traffic control display for a very busy airport. Which is why many folks quickly learn to turn Smart Guides off, as I've done throughout nearly all the movies in this and the previous courses. But that's not to say that Smart Guides aren't useful. In fact, they're incredibly useful when drawing schematic artwork. By which I mean artwork that needs to align precisely, either horizontaly, verticaly or along some other axis.
In the following movies I'll demonstrate one such scenario. Crazy as it may sound, we'll set up a system of constraints at 30 degree increments using a little known, but exceedingly practical feature known as Construction Guides. And while that may not sound exciting, Construction Guides allow you to take this rough sketch for a personalized logo and turn it into this fully realized piece of expertly rendered angular artwork. Here, let me show you exactly how Smart Guides work.
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Adam was the bottleneck. His process (manually writing ERB templates in Middleman) did not scale well. We needed to collaborate, but we lacked a collaboration tool. So we turned Trello into a Content Management System (CMS) for the newsletter. It saved Weekly.
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The Changelog use Trello as a CMS for their newsletter. Looks like a great use case.
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Stained glass window with two lights, a figure in each light. Between the lights is a Scottish officer's sword mounted onto a stone mullion. Below the window is a stone tablet with inscription. Each window depicts a knight in armour. The one in the left light holds a St George flag and the one in the right light holds a St George shield. Each knights face is a portrait of one of the brothers.
Window: IN MEMORY OF NORMAN SAWERS SCOTT/ 2ND LIEUT. KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERS 2ND BATTLN/ KILLED IN ACTION AT YPRES, FLANDERS/ APRIL 23RD 1915 AGED 20 YEARS Plaque: ALSO IN HAPPY MEMORY OF HIS/ BROTHER IAN SAWERS SCOTT/ 2ND LIEUTENANT 2ND BATTALION/ KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS/ KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME/ JULY 1ST 1916 AGED 19 YEARS, AND OF WILLIAM SAWERS SCOTT MD/ JAN 31ST 1923 AGED 62 YEARS Plaque beside sword: REPLACEMENT SWORD/ PRESENTED BY/ WILIAM DOUGLAS YOUNG, WARDEN/ DEDICATED 2ND JULY 1989/ BY THE RECTOR
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Madison – Wisconsin inside linebacker Chris Borland, who missed the final three quarters of UW's victory over Illinois after suffering a hamstring injury, should be ready to play this week at Iowa.
"I expect him to play," UW coach Gary Andersen said Monday. "Practice we'll be careful. We'll continually watch him and monitor him as it goes.
"The trainers have done a great job getting him to this point. Chris has done a great job.
"Obviously it's not an injury that is foreign to him. He has been through this before. I think he'll get back as soon as he can but I'm very optimistic that he'll play."
Borland leads UW in solo tackles (35) and total tackles (57). He also has two sacks, tied for the No. 2 mark on the team.
UW is coming off its second bye week of the season and according to Andersen Borland would not have been able to play last week if the Badgers had a game.
"It came at a great time for Chris," Andersen said of the bye. "I know how much it means to him and how much it means to us to have him on the field.
"Missing a Big Ten game is big for Chris and he basically missed the Illinois game...He doesn't want that to happen (again) and neither do we."
Field linebacker Ethan Armstrong, who is tied for third on the team in tackles with 27 and can play inside or outside, was prepared last week to move inside if Borland wasn't healthy enough to play.
"He is very versatile," Andersen said. "He's the first kid who walked up to me – I think it was last week Tuesday – he came up to me and said: 'Coach, do you think I need to keep an eye on the inside backer stuff this week just to be careful in case Chris isn't able to play?'
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Just as you check your furnace or smoke detector batteries seasonally, spring is a good season to have an annual water well checkup before the peak water use season begins, according to the National Ground Water Association (NGWA).
Why is it a good idea to have my water well checked annually?
An annual checkup by a qualified water well contractor is the best way to ensure problem-free service and quality water.
Also, preventative maintenance usually is less costly than emergency maintenance, and good well maintenance — like good car maintenance — can prolong the life of your well and related equipment. NGWA further recommends you test your water whenever there is a change in taste, odor, or appearance, or when the system is serviced.
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Sam Vesty scored 20 points as Bath ended their European away day drought with a 40-17 bonus point win over Bucharest Wolves in the Amlin Challenge Cup.
The 2008 winners had not won on the continent in European competition for almost two years, but they halted this miserable run in emphatic fashion with a five-try triumph at Arcul de Triumf.
Lock Will Spencer and hooker Ross Batty scored first-half tries as Bath opened up a commanding 23-7 advantage at the break.
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I am running a triple head setup with two 7900GS cards, 3D performance is lovely.
However, 2d is impossibly slow. Anti-aliased fonts take a long time to render, for example reading a 700kb java class in kate, I can hold PageDown for ~3 seconds and Xorg takes ~1 minute before it is finished with the CPU. Dragging windows leaves a long trail, etc etc.
This only happens in Xinerama. If I set up two monitors in twinview, there is no such problem and everything is fast - but I need three so that is no good.
I also get the 2D slowness problem if I have two monitors connected to the same card in Xinerama. If they are on different cards it is faster, but still slow.
Enabling or disabling composite or RenderAccel seem to have no effect.
Attached is an autogenerated nvidia bug report file for the setup with all three screens.
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I think this has been touched on before, but only in a dualhead context, so the answer has always been "use twinview", but that doesn't help me..
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|No Way, Occasionally, Yes, but trying to quit
|Social Drinker
|Social Drinker
|Artistic / Creative / Performance
|Administrative / Secretarial, Artistic / Creative / Performance, Executive / Management, Financial / Accounting / Real Estate, Labor / Construction, Legal, Medical / Dental / Veterinary / Fitness, Political / Govt / Civil Service / Military, Retired, Sales / Marketing, Self-Employed / Entrepreneur, Student, Education / Teacher / Professor, Technical / Science / Computers / Engineering, Travel / Hospitality / Transportation, Other profession, Nonprofit / Volunteer / Activist, Law enforcement / Security / Military, Fashion / Model / Beauty, Architecture / Interior design
|I'll tell you later
|$50,001 to $75,000, $75,001 to $100,000, $100,001 to $150,000
|Never Married
|Never Married, Divorced
|Have kids:
|Wants kids:
|Not sure
|Someday, Not sure
|White / Caucasian
|Asian, Black / African descent, Latino / Hispanic, White / Caucasian
|Spiritual but not religious, Other, Christian / Other
|Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Other
|Bachelors degree
|Some college, Associates degree, Bachelors degree, Graduate degree, PhD / Post Doctoral


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Williams College Facilities
Winter Shutdown 2014
Partial Shutdown During Winter Break The College is pleased to be able to partially shut down during this time of year for a period of restoration and relaxation. All faculty offices will be heated and available for use, while most administrative and support functions will be suspended. Most of the programs for service reduction are more »


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Humility About What The Feds Can Achieve
Regarding the letters of Feb. 21: I cannot help but be dismayed by the fact that in all the uproar about gun control the obvious is never stated—the fact that the government is incapable of controlling anything. Surely everyone remembers Prohibition, which was a wonderful business opportunity for organized crime and which turned large numbers of the chic into criminals for attempting to party at speakeasys or even for trying to have a drink at home.
Has anyone ever thought of asking President Obama or Vice President Joe Biden how they are doing with the war on drugs, which has been waged for decades now at tremendous cost in both lives and treasure? It has gotten to the ridiculous point where states are now legalizing pot while the feds continue to attempt to eradicate it. Dare one mention the government's record on controlling something that is completely within its power, namely spending?
Arthur Barton
Mystic, Conn.