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Originally posted by cybertrucker
The issue with GW2 classes is not the lack of holy trinity it that only dps is effective. Speching for cc/buffs/healing/tanky are all worthless you gain far more from increasing your dps... so instead of a hybrid system they have a system that only allows you to effectively dps. IE bad design/ balance and note this is purposeful there were many classes in beta that had tank dps and healing classes or dps and buffing roles ... little bet of everything totaly like they intially sold the system. But there action have been that of nerffing any role other than dps into uslessness.
So Holy trinity is not nessesary, but diversity and depth of combat are and when your onyl real option is dps.... your class system and combat become shallower.
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Originally posted by Jetrpg
this is completely false.. i run my mesmer mostly in the support role with staff and find myself one of the most effective people in dungeon runs.. i can't count how many times I kept us going with my illusions and picking up a couple clutch rezzes. Most issues i see in this game in regards to playing a more support role is really a L2P issue as people can't grasp the fact you need to play mutliple roles constantly to really be effective in combat(especially dungeons) sure you can just go around being dps if you like but you are really gimping the group overall in doing so
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While I see nothing wrong with a role system, I can't stand the holy trinity. It makes combat too stale and predictable, I wouldnt even call it teamwork for most of the part. I just mind my own business (keep mobs on me and use skills to mitigate as much damage as possible) and let the other players do their part. As long as their numbers are high enough, they are smart enough not to stand in the fire and they use that class utility skill or 2 I dont care what they do.
Now, if the threat mechanics were removed, things like positioning, formations and proper tactics (I do not consider "don't stand in the fire" proper tactics) may suddenly become important. As for GW2, the encounters feel like they were designed around the mechanics of the trinity, but were put in a game where the trinity does not exist. Execution is one of the most important things of any game, sadly, I feel that GW2 was not all that well executed.
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As a UO MMO fan I always considered myself rather anti-trinity since it is something that was closely tied with class-based games instead of skill-based, but after playing GW2, I realize it wasn't such a bad system afterall. I miss being the class no one wants to play but everyone wants in their group and you just don't have that with a game like GW2 where everyone pretty much heals themselves. Of course ideally I'd prefer a skill-based MMO where you'd have to sacrifice combat or defensive skills for healing skills which still works under a Trinity System but with more flexibility. Until then, I'd kind of like Trinity back.
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Its interesting to see that The trinity is kicking the crap out of the non trinity. on the poll currently.
Originally posted by cybertrucker
not suprising.. people are afraid to learn new things and are generally set in their ways.. if something new isn't easy for many to pick up they just write it off and wish they had what they know back. Also some feel they need that comfort of having a defined class role
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Originally posted by Aerowyn
how is the GW2 or non trinity combat system harder to pick up?
People just don't like the "zerg" mentality. Since everyone can do anything and be anything, they dont' need to rely on others.
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Death to the trinity
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Originally posted by laokoko
See the difference is while you do not have to rely on others to get stuff done, proper team work actually makes everything go easier, faster and overall smoother. Sure in a group of 5 each fo you can be pressing your own buttons not minding the other, but same time a group of 5 players playing together will steamroll through same ocntent in a fraction of time, because theyw ill use combo fields, they will support eachother, they will combo their utility skills, etc.
I don't long for waiting forever to find a competent tank or healer when none of the guild ones are online, that's just boring and makes things even worse when said tank or healer emo quits because he didn't get the lewts he wanted. Seen that enough.
Originally posted by Ezhae
exactly and you can see this in action in dungeons.. watch 5 people who just roll their face on the keyboard and watch them get frustrated and rage quit.. find 5 people who know the combat and know how to change up roles on the fly and support each other and themselves and watch them roll through every dungeon in the game
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Originally posted by Aerowyn
only EVE is real MMO...but I am impressive with TSW
Originally posted by Agent_Joseph
mmos without trinity needs entire groups who are actually competent players not just tank + healer as dps in holy trinity can many times just go on auto pilot most the time(depending how its implemented).. non trinity requires much more skill all around to complete challenges than a trinity based game in my experience.. what strategy or coordination is required to complete pretty much any dungeon in holy trinity based games outside raid coordination? As long as everyone plays there roll and is decent at it majority is so easy you hardly need to pay any attention at all in many cases.. also of course there is much more than just dps, if you honestly think there is just dps you don't know the system at all in gw2. In gw2 you need to know how to switch roles on the fly and take care of yourself and your team at any given moment.. makes for some much more exciting and varied gameplay in my experience
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Originally posted by laokoko
Go read some of the threads on "elitist jerks"...they cant figure it out because its beyond them and they SCREAM at people in the video posts where people are ACTUALLY DOING IT as if the video is FAKED.
You say "zerg" mentality, but that is because YOU CANT FIGURE IT OUT.
My guild has CONSTANT HoT and HAoE's going on our DPSers, and we are dropping buffs/debuffs continually. There is no zerg, you have a zerg because being able to switch between 4 builds is beyond you, you are trained to have a set role, you need to break that in order to get GW2 combat. And that is a great thing for those that like the game, it increases the quality of the playerbase.
I will never go back to WoW clones, far too limiting and predictable. GW2 is a place that will be dominated by guilds with actual skill.
I have yet to experience anything in an MMORPG like watching someone that thinks he can play an Elemental suddenly see one jump between all 4 elements continually, staying healed, doing DPS, CCing and tanking all at the same time while healing and buffing his group, debuffing the enemy.
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Originally posted by Sovrath
There is of course a simple fix. Create a game where there is an advantage for the mellee classes to form a protective line between the MOBs and the ranged DPS. No tank turns MOB everyone runs behind MOB and forms a puppy pile (AKA stacks). Do this and there is no need to taunt the MOB off, the MOBs are facing the group.
Of course that means no 1 shot frontal attacks, or at least giving some classes the ability to shield the whole group from them.
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Joined: 12/01/10
I'm loving the hybrid approach in GW2. In other MMOs I tended to pick the class which offered more of a hybrid style. For example, in Aion I loved the chanter class where sometimes I handled the primary healing, sometimes I was the buffer, sometimes I took over as tank.
I definitely want more hybrid options in MMOs and not just the holy trinity.
Originally posted by jtcgs
yea someone who can master elementalist is an amazing site.. I myself don't have the reflexes to pull off what I have seen some do in PVP. I on a whole don't mind trinity roles but I just don't enjoy pigeon holed classes.. I think Rift is a great example of how to do the trinity well and even they added a 4th role as well and allowed every class to play multiple roles and switch between them easily.
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Joined: 9/14/09
Originally posted by jtcgs
Well what you say may be very true. But in specific to GW2 it is a zerg for "pve". Because of the rally and rezing mechanic. You can't argue with me that the rallying/downed stats/resing mechenic is zergy. Even after they remove the WP rush it does felt like a zerg. In the trinity setup, everything is very specific and technicle. Everyone have to do specific thing and time it perfectly. That is not what happen in GW2. At least for pve. I dont' pvp much so I can't talk about it.
For all I know, the pve part of GW2 dont' require me to be in a vent the whole time to do well. I can't say the same about other trinity setup game because they are much more techinicle.
But I do think the non trinity setup can be more techinicle. If Anet twich the combo mechanic and make it more meaninful, it can become one of the most techinicle game out there. I mean I watched people pvp in GW2, and it does indeed require some sort of timing of combo field and finisher to perform well. But for pve, not so much.
And another problem is there are actually role in GW2. And some class out perform other class because they are better suited for their roll. Guardian is the best defensive class, warrior is the best dps class, memser is the best support, and for pvp I believe certain class outperform for specific purpose. I dont' really pvp but I think for example elementist is the best bunker? So I think GW2 have some balance issue. If they remove trinity, everyone should be able to do everything equally. That is certainly not the case for GW2.
Button line to me is I won't say non trinity mechanic is more zergy. But for GW2 in specific I do felt it is zergy. If the day comes when i need to be in vent to time my combo field and finisher to successfully do well in GW2 dungeon I'll take back that opinion.
I'll put it this way, when you are on your elementist giving constant aoe and hots buff debuff what not, do you ever need to stop and communicate with your guildmates?
And no, I'm not a supporter of the trinity. I like non trinity better. But for GW2, the combat mehcanic just isn't techinical at all.
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Joined: 10/29/07
Originally posted by Agent_Joseph
Uhm, the trinity gives you a specific role so you will always know what to do. As long as the tank do his job well the DPS will only have to worry about do the right amount of damage (often staying in the same spot while rotating keys) and the healer to keep the tank alive.
That is the single dunbest and easiest system possible.
The trinity was invented by a few amateurs for the first "real" MMO, Meridian 59. Just assuming that they invented the perfect system from the start seems rather arrogant to me.
Guildwars 2 system is indeed far from perfect and the group dynamics of it could be a lot better. It is still more interesting than trinity games like Wow though since I have to react a lot more and adapt to the situation around me. Saying that it just is DPS is simplifying things.
Future MMOs will need a new group mechanic that is more flexible and that demands more from each player than what we seen in any previous game. MMOs should be about working together, strategy and adapting to new situations fast. It should be about wits, not skill rotations and the trinity have been taken as far as it is possible now.
There are more choices than just action shooter and skill rotations.
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Joined: 9/19/07
Forum ranks are useless.
As long as i can move while fighting i have no problem, what i cant just return to its at the old "stay where you are" combat sistem. The trinity its not bad, its just more tedious when playing in groups, plus it requires all the members to know their class well enough to be usefull.
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Joined: 2/20/10
Originally posted by Aerowyn
Bullshit. Do this poll 2 years ago and it would be 90-10 in favor of non-trinity. People have experienced the alternatives and simply do not like them. They don't work as well, and no amount of elitism asshattery will change that.


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Gmail and Google Docs use a Flash uploader, but Picasa Web Albums recommends to install Picasa if you want to upload photos. Internet Explorer users are lucky because they can install an ActiveX for uploading photos.
Fortunately, Google Buzz lets you upload multiple photos at once and it stores the files in Picasa Web Albums. That means you can use it to upload photos, without installing Picasa or the ActiveX control.
Open Gmail, go to the "Buzz" section, pretend you are posting a new message and click on "Photo". Select the photos you want to upload, add them to your message, but don't post the message.
If you go to Picasa Web Albums, you'll notice a new album that includes your photos. Using the "Organize and reorder" option, you can move the photos to another album.
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How Much Is Adele Worth?
According to The Sun, Adele is worth around £14.9 million (which is about $23,544,980 in U.S. dollars). They say she's now making about $64,000 a day, thanks to the success of her album, 21, and theme song for the Bond movie Skyfall.
Accounts for Adele's company, Melted Stone Ltd., reportedly show $16M in the bank with $7M due in royalties in other payments, which is how they got to the roughly $23M figure. The year before this pay period, her assets were valued at $538,848, so she made a huge jump!
Adele reportedly just signed over a $950,000 London apartment to her mother, as a thank you for her sacrifices. Adele has an $8.8 million home in Notting Hill, Radar Online says, and she is also currently renting a home in Beverly Hills.
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CLEMSON — Georgia's Aaron Murray and Tajh Boyd of Clemson are poised to put on an aerial display.
And if the two record-setting quarterbacks have a good game Saturday when the fifth-ranked Bulldogs play the No. 8 Tigers at Death Valley, the winner will likely become an early front-runner in the Heisman Trophy race.
The seniors postponed careers in the NFL for a final college season. Now they share the spotlight in a nationally televised marquee matchup on college football's opening weekend.
Murray has led Georgia to the past two Southeastern Conference East Division titles. Boyd helped Clemson reach the Atlantic Coast Conference championship in 2011, and 11 wins last year – the Tigers highest victory total in 31 years.
"If you like quarterback play," Georgia coach Mark Richt said. "I imagine a lot of people will really enjoy this game."
Except maybe defenders on both sides of the ball. Murray threw for 3,893 yards and 36 touchdowns a year ago.
He's the only SEC player to pass for 3,000 yards his first three years and, if he does it again this year, will join Hawaii's Timmy Chang and Boise State's Kellen Moore as the only players in NCAA history to accomplish to reach the milestone four straight seasons.
Murray was recently voted the SEC's first-team quarterback over Heisman winner Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M by league coaches.
Boyd has excelled at Clemson's high-speed offense the past two seasons. He finished with 3,896 yards and 36 touchdowns last season to win the ACC player of the year.
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"It's great to see how far we've come since then and how exciting our careers have been," Murray says.
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"Always, always, especially when you've got a guy who's so high caliber," Boyd said. "You want to be the best quarterback that day. That just comes with the territory. I want to be the best quarterback" on Saturday night.
The two also found themselves called out by defensive end Jadeveon Clowney as "scared" to face the South Carolina All-American. Murray and Boyd were depicted in a recent ESPN feature as fearful sleepers filled with nightmares of Clowney.
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'GURSHALL' TO THE RESCUE: Georgia's two-man tailback, Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall, could make the difference in this closely contested matchup. The two combined for 2,144 yards and 25 touchdowns as freshmen last season and give the Bulldogs a dimension that Clemson might not be able to match without last year's senior star in tailback Andre Ellington. The top three backs on the Tigers depth chart, Roderick McDowell, D.J. Howard and Zac Brooks went for a total of 706 yards and 7 TDs in 2012.
SCARY SECONDARYS: Both Georgia and Clemson defensive coaches and fans will be biting their nails each time Murray or Boyd drop back to pass. The Bulldogs secondary will have two freshman and former walk-on Connor Norman as starters. Norman's starting for suspended starter Josh Harvey-Clemons. Clemson's secondary will have likely count on three players in Darius Robinson, Martin Jenkins and Bashaud Breeland who missed significant time last year because of injuries.
WHO'S ON D? Georgia lost several stalwarts from last season's defense, which produced seven NFL draft picks last spring including first-rounders Jarvis Jones and Alec Ogletree. Look for sophomore linebacker Jordan Jenkins to take over the pass-rush for the Bulldogs.
CLEMSON GOES QUICK: The Tigers offense doesn't want to waste a second when it's out there. They squeezed off 100 plays – their second-best showing in 2012 – in defeating SEC power LSU, 25-24, at the Chick-Fil-A Bowl. Third-year offensive coordinator Chad Morris wants to up the tempo even more under third-year quarterback Boyd.
LONG TIME RIVALS: Georgia's campus is about two hours from Clemson and the schools have played several memorable contests through the years. The Bulldogs have won the past five in the series and hold a 41-17-4 edge. The Tigers point to the fact that in three games against Georgia great Herschel Walker the Heisman Trophy winner never crossed the end zone. The Bulldogs won the last time the teams met in 2003, quarterback David Greene leading a 30-0 rout at Death Valley.
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AT&T vs. Verizon vs. Sprint: Which iPhone 4S should you choose?
Once you've decided you should get an iPhone 4S, in the US the question becomes -- AT&T, Verizon, or Sprint, which carrier should you choose? Back in January we compared the AT&T iPhone to the Verizon iPhone, and if you're already tied to one carrier and don't want to pay early termination fees, the decision may be easy; if not, the information can be daunting and overwhelming. TiPb is here to help!
To see a breakdown of prices and features, follow along after the break!
The best way to compare prices, is with a chart. So here you go:
Unlimited data on Sprint
One thing to point out is that Sprint's prices include unlimited messaging and data and that AT&T and Verizon do not offer any unlimited data plan to new users (if you've previously had unlimited data, you may be grandfathered in and can ignore this). Unlimited data is a huge advantage that Sprint has over the other two carriers.
The coverage question
However, how much you get on paper for your money should not be the sole determining factor towards your decision. What good is unlimited data if you are frequently in places that don't have good reception. TiPb always recommends that you do further research on the carriers specifically in your area. Ask your friends, family, and co-workers which carriers they have and how pleased they are with their service.
Pricing plans
Sprint is cheaper than AT&T and Verizon, but it's only about 4.8% cheaper than AT&T and about 9.1% cheaper than Verizon. It adds up, sure, but quality of service has some value as well, and it's up to you to determine how much that value is to you.
Please don't think I'm bashing Sprint, because I'm not. There are plenty of areas where Sprint blows AT&T away when it comes to reliable service, and there are also many places where all three carriers are equally just as good (or bad). The point I'm making is that you have to take many things into consideration when choosing a carrier.
CDMA/EV-DO vs. GSM/HSPA+
Another concern is simultaneous voice and data, a feature that is not compatible with Verizon's and Sprint's CDMA networks. You will need to be connected to Wi-Fi in order to access both voice and data at the same time with Verizon and Sprint. CDMA also has worse conference calling and other limitations.
Lastly, the Verizon and Sprint iPhone 4S will be no faster than the Verizon and Sprint iPhone 4 -- both use the same EV-DO data radio. However, the AT&T/GSM iPhone 4S will theoretically be up to twice as fast as the iPhone 4, supporting HSPA+ 14.4 mbps downloads. (Actually speeds in the real world can and will vary.)
For a complete rundown of the differences between AT&T's GSM and Verizon and Sprint's CDMA iPhone 4S functionality see:
- (check out our guide on the differences between GSM and CDMA).
Making the choice
We never claimed that choosing a carrier would be an easy decision, but we hope having the information in one place may help. If you have any questions, please ask us in the comments below or check out our Carrier Forums for help:
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AT&T vs. Verizon vs. Sprint: Which iPhone 4S should you choose?
I am pre-ordering mine on Sprint tomorrow morning!
I concur. My wifes iPhone 4 has been pristine on Verizon. She has yet to drop a call & her data connection is routinely stronger than my Android phone. Think about it.
Hotspot being capped starting October 2nd. Really?
This is what is being capped. I can't find find out what this other promo is for Oct 30.
Verizon.... I like to be able to makr phone call without being dropped (IE ATT)
I think all or most of sprints plans include this as well, im on the 149.99 family plan with 5 phones and we only use about 500 anytime minutes cause all calls to mobile phones are free.
Mostly wrong. Penetration is dependent on frequency/wavelength and signal strength, not GSM vs CDMA. Distance likewise depends on signal strength. Call quality is a draw. CDMA gets choppy or garbled while GSM gets static or scratchy. However, GSM does have more trouble with handoffs (changing cell towers) and thus drops more calls.
Mostly wrong. Granted if you don't have a tower in the area, you won't have enough signal but let's assume both systems are close by. While 800 MHz has less facade attenuation than 1900 MHz, for most building construction it's only a few dB difference. The modulation scheme makes the big difference. CDMA is direct sequence spread spectrum (wideband) and therefore practically immune to selective fading / destructive interference from multipath like the more narrowband GSM. Indeed, CDMA can even combine multiple time delayed instances of it's signal from reflections (as seen in buildings) with the phone's Rake receiver to give an even higher signal-to-noise ratio than a "clean" non-multipath environment. And CDMA has a link budget to handle greater than 135 dB of path loss with receiver sensitivities around 13 dB better than GSM. That's why CDMA is vastly superior to GSM with in-building penetration. And in my opinion, it's superior to GSM in every other instance I can think of from soft-handoff and soft-limits to avoid dropped calls to its superior spectral efficiency to handle more calls per Hertz of bandwidth. While GSM still works for most purposes, it really is an old-school TDMA modulation technique and it's age wrinkles def show. And I think the CDMA codecs give better and smoother voice quality too -- more like landline quality (as most listening surveys show). If they have towers nearby, I'd def go with Sprint or Verizon.
Omg, dude I just wanna know what phone plan I should use! You are hurting my mind! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! a. a too many words.
Thats important - on the Sprint Everything Data 450 Plan you get free mobile to any mobile. ATT also offers that if you buy their $20 unlimited texting...So on both those plans, most people could probably get away with the 450 (if you get free weekends, nights, and any cell phone)> I don't know about ATT or Verizon but I do know Sprint has an employee referral discount...If you do some internet research you will find the codes. I wish I worked for a company that gave discounts I keep reading so many people getting 15-20% discounts on their plans. I want that --it would enable me to get an iPhone and at least feel Im not paying all those fees andsurcharages. THe sprint referral would give me 500 instead of 450 minutes and also would save me ten dollars - so its like waiving the smartphone surcharge. (It was a 59.99+10 for a 500 talk instead of a 69.99+10 for a 450). But Sprints page says that unlimited data ends on Oct 30 - people better read the fine print. Im starting not to trust Sprint that much. Don't know what to do . Everyone complains about ATT yet I keep reading GSM is better and Id think you'd want to be able to talk and use data at same time
Verizon forever.
"Lastly, the Verizon and Sprint iPhone 4S will be no faster than the Verizon and Sprint iPhone 4 — both use the same EV-DO data radio. However, the AT&T/GSM iPhone 4S will theoretically be up to twice as fast as the iPhone 4, supporting HSPA+ 14.4 mbps downloads." means CDMA sucks
Apple skirted around that fact, and I don't think they're calling HSPA+ 4G. They kind of made a joke about it at the conference.
What good is 14.4Mbps when AT&T is charging you for overages or throttles you when you hit 2GB, not to mention their network is a hit-or-miss regardless of signal indicator?! I've had full bars with "3G" all over it, and couldn't hit a damn web page or make or sustain many calls on AT&T. Personally, I think that whole signal bar firmware update was nothing more than a placebo effect.
Fullspeed but getting cut off at 2GB is like going on a rollercoaster ride at Disney. You wait a long time on line, and by the time you start to enjoy the ride, it's already over.
Even though I've got ""unlimited"" plans on AT&T, I'm choosing reliability over speed. I'm breaking out of AT&T and heading to Sprint. I'm not going to be a dick and jailbreak for MyWi or Netflix all day, but 1. I actually want to be able to make calls when I need to, and 2. I don't want to have to worry that if I watch a couple of movies over their network over the course of a month, I won't have to worry about overages or throttling.
The signal bar is under Apple's control, so they deserve the blame for that. Also, they don't throttle you, you get an overage charge but not slowed speeds.
How much data are you using anyway? I use my phone primarily for browsing and it takes me a full month to use my 2 gig limit on Tmo.
If you're grandfathered into an unlimited data plan, they will throttle you at their discretion. If you're in a tiered data plan, well, enjoy the overages when you want to enjoy a movie or do a decent amount of Skype and Tango. Personally, I don't want to have to think about either, so Sprint is where I'm going.
Great article! I've always wanted to compare these carriers...I've been with Verizon for almost 8 years. I pay about $150 with 700min, unlim text & data in my family share plan I have with my gf. We are both teachers so we get a 15% discount. This will really help me decide if I need to switch carriers/plans. Thanks!
After struggling for a year on AT&T with my first iPhone, the 3GS (which i loved) I finally switched to Verizon and got the 4...I never looked back! I haven't dropped a call once, as opposed to not being able to complete a call in my area of town on AT&T. I'll admit the data speeds where 'slightly' faster on AT&T, but the call quality and reliability on Verizon has been unsurpassed for me. Huge benefit since I work from home some of the time. My 2 cents.
Nice to hear. I made the switch with my ore-order today for the same reason. I would have liked to keep my unlimited data, and higher data speeds, but I couldn't rationalize keeping the frequent dropped calls and long lags for outgoing calls. I just need the phone part above all else to be reliable.
I spend more time traveling worldwide. Which carrier has the best world plan with the iPhone 4S??
Some points to consider. The Sprint 450 Everything Data plan includes FREE mobile to mobile minutes to ANY mobile number so most people can get away with this plan instead of going for 900 or unlimited minutes. (I believe ATT provides this also for people subscribing to their 20 dollar unlimited texting- so again that saves money if people make mostly calls to other domestic cell numbers) So to me the chart would be reworked as Sprint would really be 79.99... But they also have a lot of fees (don't know if its equal among all but reading 15% surcharge in fine print is scary)> Also don't know that unlimited data will continue..promo says ends Oct 30..Sprint has investor meeting today..and also fine print says they can change terms of contract at any time and also they can cancel you if you use too much data or talk time...so I have a feeling that if you use too much data, Sprint doesn't want you. They want pile who think they will use tons and really don't...so that it remains profitable. Otherwise how can Sprint provide unlimited data for $10 while Verizon and ATT charge over $100 for 12gb. It just won't add up. (Same with att, verizon folk who are grandfathered into unlimited data; those companies don't have to continue to honor that forever...just be aware) I don't know what Id choose- for low users, ATT could be a good choice with a low 54.99 entry point for iPhone (39.99 talk + 15 data + pay per text)...although I think ATT should reinstitute their $5-10 texting plans...That $20 turns me off. And I have no idea how to figure out if I get good Sprint coverage as Ive had Tmobile...Everyone I know has ATt but they always complain. My Tmob works great in my house and I go a few miles away to a friends and get zero bars.
At&t's version doesn't have CDMA integrated. Likewise Sprint and Verizon's iPhone's don't have AT&T's GSM bands but international bands. Don't think they have T-Mobile USA's either.
Really? Unless you just came from space and now you have to pick a carrier I'd agree. Otherwise, you are already on a carrier that have either served you well or not. The planet says AT&T stinks and Verizon is the way to go. But here in Phx AZ, AT&T have served me well, so here I stay. Easy
Why do people keep omitting that Sprint gives you UNLIMITED calls to any cell phone on any US carrier...THATS HUGE. Its basically an unlimited plan for most people. That alone is like unlimited. Almost everyone i know has the 450 min plan b/c all cell calls are free. With Sprint i get 450 landline mins., unlimited data, unlimited text, nights that start at 7, and the peace of mind of never having to worry about fees and going over for $80. AT&T is $85 and Verizon is $90 and you lose all the benefits listed above. Most likely with AT&T and Verizon you'll most def need more than 450 mins for ALL calls which pushes you to the 900 min bracket at $105 and $110. Im still sitting pretty on Sprint for $80 with no worries. And with Sprints new strategy update and LTE they are rolling out theyre service quality will eventually catch up.
I just don't see myself watching movies on a cell phone screen. At least not on a regular basis. I Guess don't really know how much data I would use until I tried. Ive read articles though that said the average person uses about 400mb...so they were saying thats why ATT has a 200mb and a 2gb plan...so people pay for the 2gb but don't use it.
You forgot to mention some other differences. Sprint offers free texting in their plan. ATT has rollover minutes so any minutes you don't use you can use later - so there's some flexibility.
You show the two popular totals (based on what?). I easily get away with AT&T's cheapest plan. 450 mins + 200g of data + pay per text = $55-60/mo.
Minutes rollover every mo, I am not 12 so I only need to text my 12 yr old 4 or 5 times a mo, and I am usually within network range so data over 3G is minimal. If I did want texting, AT&T offers a 1000 messages for 10/mo, that would bring the total to 65/mo. $10 cheaper than Verizon's cheapest plan.
I have AT&T and have yet to drop a call, my loading, uploading, and web browsing speeds are always better than my friends and they have sprint and Verizon Iphones. Although Im a data hog, I only have the 2gb plan. Then again Im always using WiFi at my school and home so im never over. I guess it all depends on your coverage area, needs, and whether your always close to WiFi. Oh and im paying $105.00 which may be $25-$ 30 dollars more than sprint, but you really do get what you pay for speed wise so sprint could never even be an option for me.
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I also like news vdioes, and the reviews. What I'd like to see more of is how-to's, tips, etc. and some non-Apple news every now and then.
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Among the most frequent questions asked by visitors to PhysioNet are requests for data with specific combinations of characteristics. For example, "Which records include three or more ECG signals and a respiration signal, are at least two hours long, and are from male patients between the ages of 60 and 70?" This and many similar questions are readily answered using the PhysioBank Index. (See how to do this below.)
All records in PhysioBank that can be viewed by the PhysioBank ATM are indexed in the PhysioBank Index, a 76M text file (last updated Wednesday, 8 July 2015).
You can search the PhysioBank Index using a variety of methods:
If you wish to index your own PhysioBank-compatible records, the portable sources for the PhysioBank Index generator are available in the pbindex software package.
You do not need to download the Index in order to use the recommended PhysioBank Record Search. If you wish to another method for searching the Index, you may need to do so.
The Index can be downloaded using any of these commands:
wfdbcat physiobank-index >temp; mv temp physiobank-indexor
curl http://physionet.org/physiobank/database/physiobank-index >physiobank-indexor
rsync -avz physionet.org::physiobank-core/database/physiobank-index .
Don't attempt to load the Index directly in your web browser, since its large size will cause problems for most browsers! (wfdbcat is part of the WFDB Software Package, curl is available here, and rsync is here. All three are open-source and run on all popular platforms.)
Each line of the PhysioBank Index describes one signal, annotation file, or other feature of a single PhysioBank record; there are about 860,000 lines in the Index. All lines pertaining to any given record are consecutive, and the records appear in dictionary order. Here is a sample from the Index:
edb/e0103 Info1 Mixed angina edb/e0103 Info2 1-vessel disease (RCA) edb/e0103 Meds1 nitrates, diltiazem edb/e0103 Info3 Recorder type: ICR 7200 edb/e0103 AgeSex 62 M edb/e0103 ECG1 V4 250 200 adu/mV 7200 edb/e0103 ECG2 MLIII 250 200 adu/mV 7200 edb/e0103 AnnR1 atr 250 7336 7200 0-7200 edb/e0103 AnnR1 atr/(N 250 9 5243 edb/e0103 AnnR1 atr/N 250 7212 7199 0-7200 edb/e0103 AnnR1 atr/s 250 15 6098 859-6956 edb/e0103 AnnR1 atr/(VT 250 2 6 edb/e0103 AnnR1 atr/V 250 82 5069 1892-6961 edb/e0103 AnnR1 atr/(B 250 6 58 edb/e0103 AnnR1 atr/F 250 2 574 2132-2706 edb/e0103 AnnR1 atr/~ 250 8 3613 2682-6295
Each entry (line) of the Index contains up to seven tab-separated fields (columns) that describe a signal, annotation set, or feature associated with the record. For entries describing features (such as the first five lines in the example above), these columns are (from left to right):
In entries describing signal and annotation sets, the columns are (from left to right):
Some records have both annotated and unannotated segments; in these cases, the length of the annotation set is shorter than the length of the signals. In annotation subset entries, the duration and time interval reflect the times of the first and last annotations of the associated type, and are generally shorter than the entire annotation set.
In most cases, signals are present throughout, and the last column is omitted
in entries that describe such signals. The MIMIC II Waveform Database is an
exception to this rule, since many of its signals have been recorded in only a
subset of segments; in these cases, the lengths of the signals is less than
that of the entire record, and there may be more than one time interval shown.
As for the signal and annotation set lines, the first two columns are the
record name and class (data type). The first four feature lines shown above
illustrate diagnoses, medications, and two lines of free-text information;
the data appear in the third column. The final feature line contains the
age (in years) in the third column, and the sex (M, F, or ? in the fourth
column). If the subject's age is over 89, it is shown as 90 (since ages over
89 are protected health information); if the age was not recorded, it is
shown as -1.
Using PhysioBank Record Search to search the
PhysioBank Index
In this section, we'll answer the question at the top of this page using PhysioBank Record Search. Please follow along in your web browser. Note that your results may vary from those shown below if additional records have been added and indexed since this tutorial was written.
PhysioBank Record Search is controlled from your browser. You can open it from the PhysioNet menu button at the top left corner of most pages on PhysioNet (choose PhysioBank → PhysioBank Search). To follow this exercise, click here to open it in another browser tab or window. You should then be able to go back and forth between this page and the PhysioBank Record Search page.
The upper section of the page, below the PhysioBank Record Search heading, contains a form for composing simple queries, searches that are defined by a Subject, a Relationship, and a Value. Once you have performed any simple queries, the Results section opens beneath the upper section; it contains the results of your queries and additional controls for combining and manipulating them. Near the bottom of the page, on-line help for PhysioBank Record Search appears below the heading How to search for records in PhysioBank. Read the on-line help to familiarize yourself with the controls.
If you have used PhysioBank Record Search within the past week or so on this computer, you will see two buttons in the upper section of the page, labeled "Restore previous session" and "Discard previous results". Unless you wish to keep the results of your earlier searches, discard them before continuing.
To answer the example question ("Which records include three or more ECG signals and a respiration signal, are at least two hours long, and are from male patients between the ages of 60 and 70?"), our strategy will be to decompose it into simple queries, collect the results of those queries, and combine them. At each step, we'll be able to see how many PhysioBank records fit the simple queries.
Let's begin. The first simple query will find all records that contain three or more ECG signals. From the Subject menu, select '(#) ECG'. The notation '(#)' indicates that we can specify a minimum number of signals of this type (ECG) in the Name/# box below the Subject menu; type 3 into that box. From the Relationship menu, choose '?' ("defined"), since for this simple query, we only want to know if the 3 ECGs exist. It is unnecessary to enter anything in the Value box (if you do, it will be ignored since the Relationship is '?'). Once the query has been set up, click on Get List.
Immediately below the Results heading, you should now see a line that looks like this:
"A" is the tag for the list of results of this query; the bracketed number (which, as noted above, may vary) is the number of PhysioBank records that match the criterion that you have just defined, and the criterion itself appears as a link ("ECG-3 ?"). Click the link (on the search page; the facsimile shown above is not a working link) to view the results if you wish (a list of 25372 record names, probably beginning with challenge/2009/test-set-a/101a/101a).
For the second simple query, let's find all records that include a respiration signal. We might construct a query such as 'Resp ?', but since we also want records that are at least two hours long, we can include that constraint as an element of this query. Select '(#) Respiration' as the Subject, '>=' as the Relationship, and type '2:0:0' (i.e., two hours) as the Value. Don't forget to erase the '3' that may be left in the Name/# box from the previous query; it's unnecessary (but harmless) to type a '1' in its place.
After clicking Get List, a second checkbox and result appears. New results appear above old ones, so you should now see this:
☐ B [38507] Resp >= 2:0:0
There are many records that satisfy this criterion, too.
If you forgot to erase the '3' before clicking 'Get list', list B will be much shorter, since it will contain only records that include 3 or more respiration signals. Such records do exist (for example, some have thoracic and abdominal impedance plethysmograms and a simultaneously recorded nasal thermistor signal), but they are relatively uncommon.
Next, let's find records from male subjects ('sex = M'). By now, you may be becoming familiar with the steps of creating a simple query: select the subject, then the relationship, then type a value, and click Get List.
☐ C [9962] sex = M
☐ B [38507] Resp >= 2:0:0
You may be surprised that list C has only 9662 records from male subjects, given that list B has about 4 times as many records. For many records, however, information about the subject's gender (and, as we shall see, age) is not available.
To restrict the search to a range of ages (60-70), we'll use two simple queries ('age >= 60' and 'age <= 70'). When you have run these, your results should look like this:
☐ E [10938] age <= 70
☐ D [10022] age >= 60
☐ C [9962] sex = M
☐ B [38507] Resp >= 2:0:0
The final step is to combine all of these results. The 'And' button combines two or more selected lists, producing a new list containing those records that belong to all of its input lists. Select each of the five lists now by clicking on its checkbox, then click 'And' to generate list F:
☐ E [10938] age <= 70
☐ D [10022] age >= 60
☐ C [9962] sex = M
☐ B [38507] Resp >= 2:0:0
The final list contains 131 records, all from the 'mimic2wdb/matched/' data collection (the MIMIC II Waveform Database Matched Subset). You can view or download the list of records if you wish by clicking on the link next to F, or you can examine the records using the PhysioBank ATM. If you wish to do this, select list F by clicking its checkbox, then click on 'Choose'. The PhysioBank ATM will appear in place of the PhysioBank Record Search page, and the first record belonging to list F will be preselected as input.
If you are unfamiliar with the ATM, read its on-line help (visible below the How to use the PhysioBank ATM heading), then click '*' (in the ATM control panel under Navigation) to dismiss the help and display the first 10 seconds of the first record. You can use any of the ATM's controls to examine the record as you wish; when you are ready, click on 'Next record' to view the next record in list F.
The '+' and '-' buttons in the ATM control panel are active only while you are examining search results. Use them to mark individual records of interest. When you click on either of them, a '+' or '-' appears after the record's name in the ATM's Record menu (control panel, upper left). Mark at least one record now.
After reviewing as many records as you wish, return to the search page (for example, by clicking the PhysioBank Record Search button in the ATM's page header). When you do, you will see that one or two new lists have been created below list F. These lists, tagged as F+ and F-, contain only those records that you have marked using the ATM's '+' and '-' buttons. You can select list F again and click 'Choose' to return to the ATM if you wish to mark additional records, and these lists will be updated as you do so. Although lists F+ and F- are described as "accepted from F" and "rejected from F", you can use these lists in any way you wish. Note, however, that a list made by combining them with other lists will not update itself automatically if you make changes in them later on; to get updated results, repeat the actions you used to combine the lists initially.
If you don't need to refer back to a list, select it and click on Erase to discard it. This helps to avoid confusion if you use PhysioBank Record Search frequently.
Your results are retained for about a week; after that, they will be removed.
Download them if you wish to keep them (especially if you have invested effort
in choosing individual records using the ATM). When you return, your previous
results are identified using a browser cookie (pbs_id); if you use more than
one browser, or more than one computer, you will have different cookies (hence
different sets of results) for each one unless you synchronize your cookies.
Using standard command-line utilities to search the PhysioBank Index
Begin by downloading the Index using any of the methods above. Open a terminal emulator window and navigate to the directory in which you saved physiobank-index.
There are five records in PhysioBank that include a left ventricular stroke volume signal, which is labelled SV. Finding them is simple: type
grep SV physiobank-indexand the results appear in your terminal window quickly:
edb/e0112 AnnR1 atr/(SVTA 250 16 49 edb/e0114 AnnR1 atr/(SVTA 250 3 9 edb/e0607 AnnR1 atr/(SVTA 250 1 2 edb/e1304 AnnR1 atr/(SVTA 250 2 3 incartdb/I33 Info2 PVCs, SVEBs, supraventricular couplets incartdb/I34 Info2 SVEBs, couplets, paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia with aberrated QRS incartdb/I70 Info2 SVEBs with wide QRS, WPW incartdb/I73 Info2 PVCs on bradycardia, SVEBs, couplets mghdb/mgh050 Info50 34 min VT vs. SVT with ABERRANCY mghdb/mgh208 Info10 Runs of VT/SVT mitdb/114 AnnR1 atr/(SVTA 360 1 5 mitdb/201 AnnR1 atr/(SVTA 360 1 2 mitdb/207 Info7 episode of SVTA. mitdb/207 AnnR1 atr/(SVTA 360 1 51 mitdb/209 AnnR1 atr/(SVTA 360 10 102 mitdb/220 AnnR1 atr/(SVTA 360 8 14 mitdb/222 AnnR1 atr/(SVTA 360 4 8 mitdb/234 AnnR1 atr/(SVTA 360 1 26 qtdb/sel114 AnnR6 atr/(SVTA 250 1 5 slpdb/slp59 SV1 SV 250 7.93846 adu/ml 14400 slpdb/slp60 SV1 SV 250 7.90293 adu/ml 21300 slpdb/slp61 SV1 SV 250 958.995 adu/cc 22200 slpdb/slp66 SV1 SV 250 9.957 adu/ml 13200 slpdb/slp67x SV1 SV 250 5.25615 adu/ml 4620 vfdb/426 AnnR1 atr/(SVTA 250 3 81 vfdb/607 AnnR1 atr/(SVTA 250 2 26 vfdb/611 AnnM1 qrs/(SVTA 250 16 49 vfdb/611 AnnR2 atr/(SVTA 250 1 0 vfdb/611 AnnR3 qrsc/(SVTA 250 16 49Most of these results are records containing supraventricular tacharrhythmias (annotated as '(SVTA'), and others contain SV in comments. These are easily ignored, but it's also possible to improve the search using either
grep $'\tSV\t' physiobank-index(if you are using the bash shell), or
grep -P '\tSV\t' physiobank-index(if you are using GNU grep). Either of these commands interprets the sequence \t as a tab character in the search pattern, so that the results contain only lines from the index in which SV appears surrounded by tabs (i.e., in a column by itself):
slpdb/slp59 SV1 SV 250 7.93846 adu/ml 14400 slpdb/slp60 SV1 SV 250 7.90293 adu/ml 21300 slpdb/slp61 SV1 SV 250 958.995 adu/cc 22200 slpdb/slp66 SV1 SV 250 9.957 adu/ml 13200 slpdb/slp67x SV1 SV 250 5.25615 adu/ml 4620
If we want to find records that have at least 3 ECG signals, we can look for ECG3:
grep ECG3 physiobank-indexThis results in a very long list of records that quickly scrolls off the screen. If we want to know how long the list is, we can use wc to count the lines:
grep ECG3 physiobank-index | wc -l(The pipe symbol, '|', connects a pair of commands; it means "take the standard output of the command on the left and feed it to the standard input of the command on the right".) When this page was written, there were 25,372 recordings with at least 3 ECG signals in PhysioBank. We can save the entire list by redirecting the standard output into a file, like this:
grep ECG3 physiobank-index >ECG3-recordsThe '>' collects the standard output of the command, which would otherwise be shown in the terminal window, and saves it in a file (ECG3-records).
Getting (re)acquainted with the command line
If you've ever used any version of Unix, or even MS-DOS, the examples on this page may look familiar. If not, consult any introductory book or on-line tutorial about Unix or GNU/Linux. Here are a few places to start:
Suppose what we really want are the longest such recordings. Here's how to find the 3 longest cases:
grep ECG3 physiobank-index | cut -f 1,6 | sort -nr -k2 | head -3(This command uses pipes to chain four commands together, each one reading the output of the previous one; cut selects the first and sixth fields — the record name and the duration — from each line output by grep; sort rearranges the lines in reverse numerical order of the second field output by cut; and head discards all but the first three lines output by sort.) The output lists 3 recordings, each containing over 400 hours of ECG3:
mimic2wdb/31/3101148/ 2299827 mimic2wdb/37/3752730/ 1845755 mimic2wdb/32/3212213/ 1842540There is a caveat, however: these recordings are all from the MIMIC II database, and the signals are not necessarily continuous; in fact, they may not even be simultaneously available. To find a set of long records with at least 3 continuous, simultaneous ECG signals, we can exclude the MIMIC databases and the similar Challenge 2009 database from the search:
grep ECG3 physiobank-index | \ egrep -i -v "mimic|challenge/2009" | \ cut -f 1,6 | sort -nr -k2 | head -3(Here the \ characters indicate the command continues on the following line.) The results are:
ltstdb/s30691 85860 ltstdb/s30731 85845 ltstdb/s30801 85821
These examples illustrate the flexibility of using standard command-line tools
to search within the PhysioBank Index. If these tools are already familiar,
it's easy to perform much more complex searches, including many that would be
very difficult to perform using a relational database and SQL.
How many records are in the index?
As of January 2012, over 36,000 record sets from over 50 collections are included in the PhysioBank Index. Many record sets include two or more records, and some records belong to more than one collection, so the number of record names in the index is nearly 73,000.
The MIMIC Database and the MIMIC II Waveform Database consist of record sets (pairs of records acquired simultaneously from each subject: a waveform record of signals sampled at 125 or 500 Hz, and a numerics record of vital signs sampled once per second or once per minute).
Records (or excerpts of records) may belong to more than one data collection:
Each file listed below contains an index for a PhysioBank data collection (or part of one). These files are concatenated to form the PhysioBank Index.
Name Last modified Size Description
Parent Directory - adfecgdb 13-Dec-2012 00:11 2.6K cebsdb 12-Dec-2014 00:16 19K challenge_2013_set-a 03-Apr-2013 00:10 17K challenge_2013_set-b 03-Apr-2013 00:10 22K challenge_2014_set-p 25-Oct-2014 00:13 45K challenge_2014_set-p2 04-Mar-2015 00:18 6.6K challenge_2015_training 07-Mar-2015 03:02 235K ctu-uhb-ctgdb 19-Feb-2014 02:10 1.0M ecgiddb 08-Mar-2014 00:13 106K ehgdb 23-Dec-2014 05:53 247K erpbci 12-Feb-2014 00:22 943K motion-artifact 04-Mar-2014 00:11 19K ob1db 01-Aug-2012 01:40 288 simfpcgdb 12-Feb-2014 00:22 2.4K aftdb 13-Feb-2012 16:33 24K AF Termination Challenge Database ahadb 26-Feb-2012 20:50 438 AHA Database [sample excluded record] aami-ec13 13-Feb-2012 16:33 1.0K ANSI/AAMI EC13 Test Waveforms apnea-ecg 13-Feb-2012 16:33 36K Apnea-ECG Database chfdb 14-Feb-2012 18:52 6.6K BIDMC Congestive Heart Failure Database bpssrat 26-Jun-2012 14:55 2.7K Blood Pressure in Salt-Sensitive Dahl Rats crisdb 13-Feb-2012 16:45 923K CAST RR Interval Sub-Study Database chbmit 26-Feb-2012 20:58 1.1M CHB-MIT Scalp EEG Database cudb 13-Feb-2012 16:45 7.4K CU Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia Database challenge_2009_test-set-a 26-Feb-2012 20:55 79K Challenge 2009 Test Set A challenge_2009_test-set-b 26-Feb-2012 20:56 340K Challenge 2009 Test Set B challenge_2010_set-b 13-Feb-2012 16:35 38K Challenge 2010 Test Set B challenge_2010_set-c 13-Feb-2012 16:35 38K Challenge 2010 Test Set C challenge_2010_set-a 13-Feb-2012 16:34 36K Challenge 2010 Training Set A challenge_2011_sim 25-Feb-2012 03:28 24K Challenge 2011 Pilot Set challenge_2011_set-b 13-Feb-2012 16:39 345K Challenge 2011 Test Set B challenge_2011_set-a 13-Feb-2012 16:37 690K Challenge 2011 Training Set A chf2db 13-Feb-2012 16:41 8.8K Congestive Heart Failure RR Interval Database eegmmidb 13-Feb-2012 16:55 5.2M EEG Motor Movement/Imagery Dataset edb 13-Feb-2012 16:51 50K European ST-T Database shareedb 31-Jan-2015 04:37 44K European ST-T Database earndb 25-Feb-2012 03:35 702K Evoked Auditory Responses in Normals emgdb 13-Feb-2012 16:55 1.1K Examples of Electromyograms fantasia 13-Feb-2012 16:55 14K Fantasia Database gait-maturation-db_data 26-Feb-2012 22:31 5.8K Gait Maturation Database gaitdb 13-Feb-2012 16:55 1.3K Gait in Aging and Disease Database gaitndd 13-Feb-2012 16:56 6.3K Gait in Neurodegenerative Disease Database meditation_data 25-Feb-2012 03:36 13K Heart Rate Oscillations during Meditation iafdb 13-Feb-2012 16:56 23K Intracardiac Atrial Fibrillation Database ltafdb 25-Feb-2012 03:36 27K Long Term AF Database ltstdb 13-Feb-2012 16:57 272K Long Term ST Database mghdb 13-Feb-2012 16:57 513K MGH/MF Waveform Database mimicdb 13-Feb-2012 16:58 64K MIMIC Database mimicdb_numerics 08-Jul-2015 00:03 97K MIMIC Database Numerics mimic2cdb 13-Feb-2012 16:59 7.9K MIMIC II Clinical Database Public Subset mimic2db_numerics 08-Jul-2015 11:01 3.5M MIMIC II Waveform DB, v2 Numerics [deprecated, use v3] mimic2db 27-Feb-2012 00:56 4.8M MIMIC II Waveform DB, v2 [deprecated, use v3] mimic2wdb_matched 08-Jul-2015 10:39 8.5M MIMIC II Waveform Database Matched Subset mimic2wdb_30 08-Jul-2015 00:49 4.5M MIMIC II Waveform Database, version 3 part 0 mimic2wdb_31 08-Jul-2015 01:38 4.5M MIMIC II Waveform Database, version 3 part 1 mimic2wdb_32 08-Jul-2015 02:25 4.0M MIMIC II Waveform Database, version 3 part 2 mimic2wdb_33 08-Jul-2015 03:33 4.3M MIMIC II Waveform Database, version 3 part 3 mimic2wdb_34 08-Jul-2015 04:23 4.2M MIMIC II Waveform Database, version 3 part 4 mimic2wdb_35 08-Jul-2015 05:12 4.4M MIMIC II Waveform Database, version 3 part 5 mimic2wdb_36 08-Jul-2015 06:00 4.1M MIMIC II Waveform Database, version 3 part 6 mimic2wdb_37 08-Jul-2015 06:46 4.2M MIMIC II Waveform Database, version 3 part 7 mimic2wdb_38 08-Jul-2015 07:32 4.3M MIMIC II Waveform Database, version 3 part 8 mimic2wdb_39 08-Jul-2015 08:20 4.4M MIMIC II Waveform Database, version 3 part 9 mitdb 13-Feb-2012 21:00 28K MIT-BIH Arrhythmia Database afdb 14-Feb-2012 18:52 9.7K MIT-BIH Atrial Fibrillation Database cdb 13-Feb-2012 21:00 13K MIT-BIH ECG Compression Test Database ltdb 14-Feb-2012 18:52 2.7K MIT-BIH Long-Term ECG Database vfdb 13-Feb-2012 21:00 5.9K MIT-BIH Malignant Ventricular Ectopy Database nstdb 14-Feb-2012 18:53 5.6K MIT-BIH Noise Stress Test Database nsrdb 14-Feb-2012 18:53 6.5K MIT-BIH Normal Sinus Rhythm Database capslpdb 26-Jul-2012 01:58 122K MIT-BIH Polysomnographic Database slpdb 13-Feb-2012 21:01 10K MIT-BIH Polysomnographic Database stdb 13-Feb-2012 21:01 5.0K MIT-BIH ST Change Database svdb 14-Feb-2012 18:53 23K MIT-BIH Supraventricular Arrhythmia Database nifecgdb 13-Feb-2012 21:01 33K Non-Invasive Fetal ECG Database nsr2db 13-Feb-2012 21:01 14K Normal Sinus Rhythm RR Interval Database afpdb 25-Feb-2012 03:37 72K PAF Prediction Challenge Database ptbdb 13-Feb-2012 21:03 2.1M PTB Diagnostic ECG Database szdb 13-Feb-2012 21:02 2.4K Post-Ictal Heart Rate Oscillations in Partial Epilepsy qtdb 14-Feb-2012 18:53 178K QT Database excluded 14-Feb-2012 18:53 1.0K Recordings excluded from nsrdb shhpsgdb 13-Feb-2012 21:04 1.0K Sleep Heart Health Study Polysomnography Database sleep-edf 25-Feb-2012 03:37 3.6K Sleep-EDF Database sleep-edfx 23-Oct-2013 00:08 33K Sleep-EDF Database mvtdb_data 25-Feb-2012 03:37 55K Spontaneous Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia Database incartdb 13-Feb-2012 21:04 60K St Petersburg INCART 12-lead Arrhythmia Database drivedb 13-Feb-2012 21:04 5.4K Stress Recognition in Automobile Drivers sddb 13-Feb-2012 21:04 17K Sudden Cardiac Death Holter Database twadb 13-Feb-2012 21:06 53K T-Wave Alternans Challenge Database tpehgdb 25-Feb-2012 03:38 317K Term-Preterm EHG Database ucddb 03-Mar-2012 08:19 22K UCD Sleep Apnea Database
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McFarlane Toys returned to Houston for the 2004 MLB John Hancock All-Star FanFest. It was the third straight year for our company and the second consecutive year we offered exclusive product for sale. With a new booth in tow -- featuring a total redesign, two cash registers (for faster transactions) and well-lit display cylinders to let fans get closer than ever to the two-up prototypes -- several McFarlane staffers boarded a jet plane to Houston in the Lone Star state on Wednesday, July 7.
After a 25-minute cab ride, they arrived at the convention center. Roughly five hours later, the booth was standing tall and it was obvious that the McFarlane Toys location would not be missed. Want proof? Check out the photos!
The next day they were joined by a couple more staffers from our Tempe, AZ headquarters, and began stocking and prepping the booth for the rush that was to come on Friday.
Friday morning, the doors opened ... and the stampede made its way to the booth. An immediate line formed that was approximately 2 hours long just 15 minutes after the doors opened! The line would eventually level out and our first two days proved to be the strongest.
The exclusive figures collectors lined up for? A pair of hometown Astros -- Roger Clemens in his alternate white uniform and Jeff Bagwell in a 1999 midnight blue jersey sporting the "power goatee" he grew in years past. Four thousand of each figure were produced and Roger Clemens sold out just as the show wrapped up on Tuesday evening.
The crew brought along our samples of the soon-to-be-released Cooperstown Collection. To say that the fans can't wait for this line to hit the stores would be the understatement of the show. The locals took an immediate love of the Nolan Ryan figure and we were able to get Bob Gibson and Brooks Robinson to sign their Sports Pick, which blew both of them away.
As Tuesday came to a close, McFarlane Toys capped off a successful week-long marathon filled with a lot of opportunities to talk to fans about our current and upcoming lineups, and the chance to proudly debut our new booth which really made an impression on the fans and other exhibitors.
Thanks to everyone for coming out and we hope to see you again next year in Detroit!


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