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|Original author(s)
|Mathew Nelson
|Flemming N. Larsen
|Initial release
|February 2001
|Stable release
|184.108.40.206 / April 23, 2014
|Development status
|Written in
|Java, .NET Framework programming languages (C#, VB.NET, etc.)
|Operating system
|Cross-platform (Requires Java for core and .NET Framework for .NET)
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Robocode is an open source educational game started by Mathew Nelson . Contributions are being made by people including Flemming N. Larsen and Pavel Šavara who work on Robocode to keep it current and fix the bugs.
The game helps people learn to program in Java or, starting in version 1.7.2, .NET Framework programming languages (C#, VB.NET, etc.).A simple robot can be written in just a few minutes - but perfecting a bot can take months.
- 1 Game
- 2 Safely run other people's bots
- 3 Movement and targeting
- 4 Sample bots
- 5 Open source bots
- 6 Code size restraints
- 7 Leagues
- 8 Robocode wiki
- 9 See also
- 10 References
- 11 External links
Competitors write software that controls a miniature tank that fights other identically-built (but differently programmed) tanks in a playing field. Robots can move, shoot at each other, scan for each other, and hit the walls or other robots if misprogrammed. Though the idea of the game is simple, the strategy needed to win is not. Robots can have thousands of lines in their code dedicated to strategy. Some of the more successful robots use techniques such as statistical analysis or attempts at neural networks in their designs.
Safely run other people's bots[edit]
A robot can be tested against others by downloading their Java bytecode or CLR Class Library. Robocode provides a security sandbox (restricted in what they can do on the machine they run on), which makes internet redistribution safe.
Movement and targeting[edit]
Robocode programming attempts to achieve:
- Movement: Avoid getting hit too much.[2]
- Targeting: Try to predict where the opponents will move and hit them as much as possible.[3]
Top bots may use:
- Wave Surfing[4] - Adapting movement and trying to avoid getting hit the same way twice.
- Statistical Targeting[5] - Collect data that describes the targeting situation together with what would have been the correct decision for each situation. Use this data to make targeting decisions.
- GuessFactor Targeting[6] - The best known form of statistical targeting where the stats for enemy robots are each expressed through a number between -1.0 and 1.0 (the "GuessFactor").[7]
- Pattern Matching[8] - Tries to match patterns of observed behavior with previously observed patterns, and make decisions on targeting based around that.
Sample bots[edit]
Several sample robots are included in Robocode to help the beginner. They demonstrate techniques used in coding robots, from event-driven programming to writing data to files for use later.
Open source bots[edit]
The RoboWiki has an extensive (although incomplete) list of open source robots.[9]
Code size restraints[edit]
To force the competitors to prioritize what features to include in a bot there are four codesize categories (codesize is measured in bytes by a tool:[10]
- Megabots[11] - no codesize restriction
- Minibots[12] - less than 1500 bytes
- Microbots[13] - less than 750 bytes
- Nanobots[14] - less than 250 bytes
There is no equivalent for .NET robot yet.
There exist (and have existed) several leagues for Robocode.
The main active competition is the RoboRumble@Home,[15] a continuous league based on distributed computation in a similar way to SETI@Home. The RR@H features leagues for 1-on-1, melee (free for all with more than two bots) and teams. 1-on-1 and melee competitions are carried out for the four main code size categories.
The RR@H uses a rating system based on the average score a bot scores against all others, known as Averaged Percentage Score, or APS. There is also a ranking where only winning or losing counts, with 2 points given for a win, 1 for a tie, and 0 for a loss, known as the Premier League or PL. The name was inspired by the English soccer league of the same name, which works off of a similar ranking mechanism.
While the APS tends to be a ranking that reflects strength against weaker and stronger bots alike, the PL tends to reflect strength against the stronger bots. So while one bot may be very effective at dodging simple targeting with 90% accuracy, and thus gets a high APS score, another bot may only dodge with 70% accuracy (i.e. still winning) but be able to fight stronger bots more effectively. Thus it would get a lower APS score but a higher PL ranking.
The RoboRumble@Home only supports Java robots.
Robocode Little League[edit]
While no longer active, the Robocode Little League[16] (a weekly competition specifically for codesize-constrained bots) still provides tables on the past tournaments run.
Twin Duel[edit]
Twin Duel[17] is a 2v2 weekly survivalist tournament. The tournament brings challenges to Robocoders - they need a good mix of both one-on-one and melee strategy. It is a codesize-restricted league, which only allow teams under 2,000 bytes to participated. The format of the tournament is single-elimination round-robin with an exception of the final which is the best of three series.
International competitions[edit]
- Virtual Combat held by CodeFest'11, the annual international online coding festival of Computer Engineering Society, IIT BHU
- Robocode UdL held by the Universitat de Lleida
- Robocode Ireland - Robocode Ireland, Games Fleadh Game Festival
- IPL Robocode competition 2010 - Belgian Robocode Competition
RR@H champions[edit]
The September 29, 2009 champions of the RR@H are:
|Battle type
|Open source
|There is a race between Portia, Diamond and Shadow. Any of those can take melee rumble throne within single updates.
|Undefeatable in 1-on-1 and melee.
|First minibot to use a k-nearest neighbor algorithm (more commonly known as Dynamic Clustering in Robocode) Also open source.
|hard to tell
|No mini melee bot is very good at 1-on-1
|open source
|open source
|hard to tell
|No micro melee bot is very good at 1-on-1
|First nanobot featuring a GuessFactor Targeting. Also open source.
|open source
|It isn't same version, but the same ideas.
|Good performance among one-on-one, melee and team.
|2000 bytes
|twin duel
|Good performance with nice 2v2 strategy
Influential bots[edit]
- SandboxDT,[18] was once an unbeatable robot. It has been dethroned twice, by Duelist and by Shadow, which ended its reign. It continues to be a strong competitor, drawing in new coders and bots.
- Shadow,[19] is a bot which introduces Wave Surfing concept into Robocode. It holds a melee crown.
- FloodMini,[20] an open source minibot featuring Statistical Targeting, has helped Robocoders understand Statistical Targeting.
- CassiusClay,[21] an open source top bot, has helped coders grasp advanced movement and targeting techniques.
- SilverSurfer,[22] an open source Brazilian top bot, 3rd place in RoboRumble General 1v1, 2 May 2004. Wave Suffering(http://robowiki.net/wiki/SilverSurfer/Wave_Suffering) movement with Pattern Matching Aiming system.
- Phoenix,[23] the current #5 bot, demonstrates the power of graphical debugging. The code used to draw debugging information onto the screen is open-source, released as DrawingBot.[24]
- YersiniaPestis,[25] the current #11 robot, is the first robot which took the PL crown from Shadow.
Robocode wiki[edit]
The main site for Robocode knowledge and discussions is the RoboWiki, with techniques and strategies, info on bots, source code (both code snippets and complete competitive bots), and ask for help. The RoboWiki hosts RoboRumble@Home.
Beginners in Robocode can start with Robocode Beginners FAQ.[26]
See also[edit]
- ^ http://sourceforge.net/projects/robocode/
- ^ "Category:Movement". RoboWiki. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ "Category:Targeting". RoboWiki. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ "Wave Surfing". RoboWiki. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ "Category:Statistical Targeting". RoboWiki. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ "GuessFactor Targeting (traditional)". RoboWiki. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ "GuessFactor". RoboWiki. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ "Pattern Matching". RoboWiki. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ "Category:Open Source Bots". RoboWiki. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ "Codesize". User.cs.tu-berlin.de. 2002-05-10. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ "Category:MegaBots". RoboWiki. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ "Category:MiniBots". RoboWiki. 2007-11-12. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ "Category:MicroBots". RoboWiki. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ "Category:NanoBots". RoboWiki. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ "RoboRumble". RoboWiki. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ "Welcome to the Robocode Little League". Robocode.yajags.com. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ "Twin Duel". RoboWiki. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ "SandboxDT". RoboWiki. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ "Shadow". RoboWiki. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ "FloodMini". RoboWiki. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ "CassiusClay". RoboWiki. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ "SilverSurfer". RoboWiki. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ "Phoenix". RoboWiki. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "YersiniaPestis". RoboWiki. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ "Robocode/FAQ". RoboWiki. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Robocode.
- Official website
- Robocode on SourceForge.net
- RoboWiki
- Old RoboWiki
- Chicago (USA) Robocode Competition
- Irish Robocode competition
- German Robocode website
- Catalan Robocode website
- Evolving Robocode robots with JGAP (Java Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming Package)
- Robocode and Genetic Algorithms
- Marvin's Arena - C# game similar to Robocode


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I smell a fart!!!!!!!!! Benson now can sell the Saints to Los Angeles!!!!!The nfl bounty is all colusion to desenfranshise the fans with the team, 'Which will never happen' and try to move to LA.
It is what it is, You win, u talk smack, you lose , they talk smack, part of the game, don't dish it if can't take it. However, There is a way to talk that smack, I found that if you're a true fan, you can do it with out the personal insults, if you're rude and obnoxious is usually those who are the bandwagon, classless freaks that come out cause their cousin got them a ticket and because it is a playoff they decide to show their butt. True fans now what I mean, cause we have been to enough games to know who to avoid, also we can talk smack over a beer and still say good game at the end.
Which Fa out there could fit Spags system if Cap or signability was not an issue?
Brees 5yr-$92mil, Nicks is TAGGED, Colston 4yrs-$30mil. We go with some young blood across the rest of FA, serviceable vets, and draft one WR the rest on D.
We got stink on from the BCS game, the rats are jumping ship!!!!
I finally passed that KIDNEY STONE FROM MONDAY!!!!! I'm ready for some RED MEAT!!! THIS IS PAYBACK FROM ALL THOSE YEARS IN 80'S. WE SHALL PREVAIL!!!!!!WHO DAT NATION WILL BE HEARD! AVENGE ME!
Claiborne probably end up in in Tampa Bay, I would love to have Brockers put on Black and gold in the second round.
It is PAINFULLY OBVIUOS WHO IS THE BETTER COACH!!!!!!
Les figured that we won all year and if we just do what we do, it would be enough to win. That is what makes me spit fire!!!!! What did you expect from Saban? I figured an man that makes $5mil a year should have figured out it was going to be a differnet game. Yes it started to look like the first game b/c of the FG's, but Saban obviously was throwing on 1stdown, was rolling out his Qb, misdirection plays, backs and TE out of the backfield to make high percentage passes. He allowed his QB to get into a rhythm. We just stood back looking at the sidelines like duhhh lets throw left, duh that didn't work, lets do the same play to the other side, COME ON MAN!!!!!!! Now I got to hear from Alabama fans on how they are the better team, which is BS cause in my heart, I still believe we are the better talent, HOWEVER
This seems to me like sour grapes from LSU loyalist. I went to LSU, LOVE the Team, but I feel Bobby was spot on with his critism. Les gets paid a heafty sum of money, Comes with the territory, especially when it comes from a Parent of one of your players. Call it what you want, but Bobby H has the right to hold his feet to the fire! Les is the one that BOMBed an opportunity, I want to know also what he planned to do against Saban when he had 30+ days to prapare to throw the ball sideways and didn't work the first 5 times. Then tries to establish the run late in the 3rd quarter! This was one of the greatest GOOSE EGGS IN HISTORY!! No matter what he does from now on, I'm going to be in my death bead still hearing from an Alabama fan on how they shut us out. This was Embarrasing and will hunt the program for years to come mark my words!! The Fans deserved better, No matter what happened in the regular season.
He asked what any good reporter should ask, WHAT WAS THAT PILE OF CRAP YOU JUST PUT UP?
On CamJ. I see the guy is struggling to get push, he is not a speed rusher, I feel one season he is actually doing good considering. He is proven run stopper. Now he needs an off season workout and get to work on his hand slapping and club moves and I feel he can be a force. It's obvious he has strenght, he just needs to learn how to disehgage and throw his blocker off. Gallette is more of a pure speedster. I also curious on Romeus. Will Smith I feel we need to start considering a pay cut, he is getting up in age and salary and we need the money to sigh Nicks and Colston for what we are paying Smith. I love the guy but he needs to show up more often.
Pulling the hair is legal, in fact it is better than being called for horsecollar. Honestly, my guess is that HE LOST A BET!!!!
RH is not dirty, he's made dirty because the league makes him dirty. We have to play flag football now and a lot of his hits have been called penalties for lundging. If you look at the tape a lot of his hits are with his eyes up, they way we were taught in little league and beyond, is just now that the refs are sensitive and we like these 38-35 games , hat they throw the laundry at players.
RH is not dirty, he's made dirty because the league makes him dirty. We have to play flag football now and a lot of his hits have been called penalties for lundging. If you look at the tape a lot of his hits are with his eyes up, they way we were taught in little league and beyond, is just now that the refs are sensitive and we like these 38-35 games , hat they throw the laundry at players.
Mark will be a beast next season, I see him developing like Rice did in Baltimore. Remember he didn't have a full training camp and besides, I feel he is one of those 10-15 touches per game guy. Hard to do when we have Sproles and Thomas. I think due to the amount of money spent in our backfield we gonna have to let someone go, Thomas is the odd man out, due to money and potential. I see a trade before next training camp. O-line, Bushrod has played well other than the schooling re ceived from Cris Long, he has held his own. What happened to Tennant? Is Dela Puente that good? Guess so, C. Brown should be back next year and be better, We are not sexy up front , but we hold our own.
Second post I make cause the first was censured, so I'll keep it clean. OK St. won a championship Game and beat a ranked opponent by huge numbers, while Bama sat on the sofa. My vote goes to OK St. for the deserving shot. However; I want to play BAMA so I don't have to hear them cry all year. They will cry and whine about how they are hard to beat twice BLA, BLA, BLA!!!!In the dome Bama loses and Cowboys cry on how their offense can score on us, either way BRING IT!!! This LSU team will go down as one of the BEST EVER!!! Look at the numbers, it will be 4 teams at one point ranked in the top #3. 3 of them by routs!!! Yes sir this will by a runaway either way!! Can't beat us in the ship (The DOME)
We match up well vs the Giants, But they are coming hungry and can land blows, Hicks will be a problem, hopefully we have PRobinson back. I feel we can rattle Eli enough to get a pick, Saints30 NYG 24
I saw him last night at my work....I spotted him as I was watching the LSU game thinking...Man where do I know this guy from? Then he stood up...Jesus I said to myself...That's Kevin Durant.... He had to bow his head down to walk throgh the door...That's one tall dude!!!!
Amen sciro, I was about to post the same thing, we are on the road mounting a comeback, you chip away at the lead and put the preassure on them, instead they got a boost and the fans got into it and remained, we could of put an "Oh crap, we could still lose this game" mentallaty on their team, another thing was for all the talk about aggressive defense, we sat back in zones and let them bleed us out slowly. Why did we not bump them at the line and force them to make those plays, I feel we could of gotten a ball or two. Rushing only 3 at Rodgers, was stupid, he can sit back there and pick u apart. We all know they can strike quick, but I rather go down swinging!!!!


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- Collapse, war and reconstruction in Uganda : an analytical narrative on state-making (2008)
- Since independence from British colonial rule, Uganda has had a turbulent political history characterised by putsches, dictatorship, contested electoral outcomes, civil wars and a military invasion. There were eight changes of government within a period of twenty-four years (from 1962-1986), five of which were violent and unconstitutional. This paper identifies factors that account for these recurrent episodes of political violence and state collapse. While colonialism bequeathed the country a negative legacy including a weak state apparatus, ethnic division, skewed development, elite polarisation and a narrow economic base, post-colonial leaders have on the whole exacerbated rather than reversed these trends. Factors such as ethnic rivalry, political exclusion, militarisation of politics, weak state institutions, and unequal access to opportunities for self-advancement help to account for the recurrent cycles of violence and state failure prior to 1986. External factors have also been important, particularly the country's politically turbulent neighbourhood, the outcome of political instability and civil conflict in surrounding countries. Neighbourhood turbulence stemming from such factors as civil wars in Congo and Sudan has had spill-over effects in that it has allowed insurgent groups geographical space within which to operate as well as provided opportunities for the acquisition of instruments of war with which to destabilise the country. Critical to these processes have been the porosity of post-colonial borders and the inability by the Ugandan state to exercise effective control over its entire territory. By demonstrating the interplay between internal and external factors in shaping Uganda's postcolonial experience, the paper makes an important shift away from conventional explanations that have focused disproportionately on internal processes. Lastly, the paper provides pointers to areas of further research such as the economic foundations of conflict that should ultimately strengthen our understanding of factors that combine to make state-making fail or succeed.
- Collapse, war and reconstruction in Rwanda : an analytical narrative on state-making (2008)
- Rwanda entered independence following a transition marked by violent internecine conflict. The conflict was stoked by the departing colonial rulers as they sought to place control of the levers of state in the hands of an ethnic majority, which they had hitherto marginalised in favour of a minority they now sought to exclude. It carried on into the country's post-colonial politics. For nearly three decades Rwanda's postcolonial rulers presided over an ethnocracy that perpetuated the negative colonial legacy of ethnic division. They systematically practiced a politics of exclusion and repression that placed the country's long-term stability under threat, eventually led to civil war, and culminated in the genocide of 1994. After the genocide and the defeat and overthrow of the ancien regime of ethnic supremacists, the new ruling elite - most of whom had spent nearly three decades in exile or been born there - embarked on re-building a collapsed state and re-ordering the country's politics. The last fourteen years have witnessed deliberate efforts to re-orient the country away from three decades of politics of division and exclusion under the First and Second Republics, towards a system which privileges national reconciliation and unity, equity, and inclusion. This paper examines developments in post-1994 Rwanda against the background of pre-1994 politics and society, and the factors that led to and facilitated the war that culminated in the genocide and eventual overthrow of the Second Republic. It provides insights into the efforts and achievements made by the new ruling elites in pursuit of long-term peace and stability. A great deal, however, remains inadequately explored, including political organisation and the role of political parties, economic reform and management, and the reform and management of the security sector, all of which are the focus of on-going research.


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Susan Rice may have more problems than just the Benghazi talking points. The potential secretary of state nominee also holds investments in energy companies that have done business with Iran, reports the Washington Free Beacon's Adam Kredo:
The portfolio of embattled United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice includes investments of hundreds of thousands of dollars in several energy companies known for doing business with Iran, according to financial disclosure forms.
Rice, a possible nominee to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton when she steps down, has come under criticism for promulgating erroneous information about the September 11, 2012, attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans. …
The companies in question appear to have conducted business with Tehran well after Western governments began to urge divestment from the rogue nation, which has continued to enrich uranium near levels needed to build a nuclear bomb.
Financial disclosures reveal that Rice has had $50,001-$100,000 in Royal Dutch Shell, a longtime purchaser of Iranian crude oil. Royal Dutch Shell currently owes Iran nearly $1 billion in back payments for crude oil that it purchased before Western economic sanctions crippled Tehran's ability to process oil payments, Reuters reported.
Some of the companies, including Rice's largest holding, Royal Dutch Shell, have stopped doing business with Iran but still owe debts to the country. It's still a concern that Rice kept those investments, and I imagine she'll have to get rid of them — or better yet, set up a blind trust — if she's nominated.
The Washington Post reports that information about Rice's Iran-linked investments was circulated by Republicans on the Hill, and promoted quietly by Democratic staffers, who suggested it would hold up her nomination:
On Thursday, Republicans on Capitol Hill began circulating information about Rice's investments connected to Iran. Asked about the disclosure revelations, one senior GOP official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to discuss the topic, said, "This news adds to the list of questions about Susan Rice — not only her public statements, but now there are broader concerns about her past record." Democratic staffers also said on condition of anonymity for the same reason that the investments would prompt questions of her if she is nominated.
Another play by John Kerry supporters? Senate Republicans have appeared to be lobbying for their colleague Kerry — another top candidate for secretary of state — over Rice for the past week. The investment story could hurt Rice with conservative hawks and Israel supporters, so it's notable it broke the same day as Rice's aggressive defense of Israel at the UN. She seems to be the favored candidate for mainstream Jewish and pro-Israel groups, and it will be interesting to see what impact, if any, this revelation has on that.


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Brave Girl=Precious! :D
Girls saving pepol from volcanoes just GIVE ME HOPE IN THIS WORLD!!!!! Love it! Thanks for sharing that with us :)
Hi Mary Ann, I just signed up for Full Tilt Boogie.
Better late than never, I guess. I don't know if I missed it or dismissed it, but I found a link to it in one of your reader's blogs. Of course now I expect you to come down here to the heel of the boot to give me some private tutoring, you know?
That Venice Travel Journal class are going to be awesome - I´m sure of it.
Can´t wait.
xx Tina
ps: found a notice in a newspaper over her about Cavling being the first danish journalist travelling to the US. it´s only a teeny little notice, but it has his picture in it. cut it out for you - let me know if you would like to have it for your 'Cavling Journal' :-)
OMG! what a brave girl to share her heart with you. she's an artist and a storyteller. TEACH THAT GIRL TO MAKE JOURNALS! lol, she's a natural for an ROD journal. do you still do that with your students? loved seeing their creativity in year's past.
Love that note from your student. She must use the Internet a lot to know about www. addresses!
Aloha, Kate
Love love love!
Kinda melts rhe heart.
love brave girls, love brave girls who open up their little hearts to you even more and love, love, love all of your paper play. YES to an entire weekend spread out for whatever finds it's way into it.
What a great piece of writing! Content, thought, detail, voice, all of it. Wouldn't that be an outstanding shirt design!
How funny that little kiddos include a web address in their drawings these days. Sign of the times. Power to the Pepol.
Super hero girls - gotta love 'em.
ps Ditto Vicky in Michigan's ps
I agree -- if only we could have brave girl keep her creativity intact and not "school" it out of her! She is so lucky to have you as a teacher and someone who is a witness for her. I too am thrilled with the cooler weather here in Southern California. The possibility of drizzles and rain thrill me to no end! Happy Arting!
Hey, Mary Ann..... I'm glad to see you treasure a child's work, too! If only we could keep that child-like way of thinking and drawing! So happy cooler temps have reached you. Right now I am looking out the window and seeing a beautiful sunny fall day but wrapped up in sweatshirt and socks on my feet. And yes, I have pants on, silly!!!!LOL
I can't wait to visit www.cludia'snews.cam! :-)
ps -- I think the truth about the way we treat animals needs to be in front of people, so that they know what is true, and can take steps to alter their purchasing behavior, when the truth is nasty. I think you should mention it any time you like.
Venice????? Venice??????? we will both be in Italy and still we won't meet! Oh well, we used to both be in California and never met live. At least you're getting closer.
Phew, thank god... Back to posts about journals. I suffer when I read about animals suffering, can't get it out of my mind for days in a road. So skipped your last posts. I could appreciate your warning at the beginning of the post. Thanks for that. And thanks for going back to journals and school monkeys. High time for me to jump into a journal again too! You keep inspiring me! Fall is slowing getting here too, in UK... The smell of coffee beans being burned. Your Venice journal will be splendid, no doubt about that!
I love that she has web address for her news! :-)
Your brave girl just made my day! Thanks for sharing her with us!
Your brave girl's missive almost brings tears to my eyes, thank heavens she has someone in her life that SEES her (hopefully more than one someone).
You find the best scrapbook paper! Have a great weekend!
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By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service
NEW ORLEANS, June 7, 2000 In 1938, the man who would be its commander in chief, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, said the generation coming of age had "a rendezvous with destiny."
That destiny was to save the world for democracy during World War II. And the celebration of the opening of the National D-Day Museum here June 6 was a chance for younger Americans to thank their parents and grandparents.
"We are the heirs of your sacrifices," said Defense Secretary William S. Cohen during the opening ceremony. "We are citizens of the world that you made, and we can only stand in awe of your courage, at your sense of duty and the other sacred gift that you have offered to all people. To you belongs the honor of this day."
In his speech at the opening of the museum, Cohen quoted Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. A Union lieutenant in the Civil War, Holmes still sat on the court when the men of World War II were youngsters. Holmes noted that his comrades from the Civil War were getting older and that each year there were fewer of them. "Only one thing has not changed. As I look into your eyes, I feel the great trial of your youth has made you different," the jurist said.
It has been 55 years since the end of World War II, and these men and women can sympathize with Holmes' observation.
"I think all of us bear the marks to this day of our experiences on D-Day," said Roy Boyter, a 29th Infantry Division soldier who landed with the second wave at Omaha Beach in Normandy, France. "Seeing friends die -- men who we had lived with for up to three years -- will affect you."
A 1st Infantry Division veteran listening to Boyter took up the story. "The way your friends were killed added to the shock of seeing them dead," said Gib Blaylock. "This wasn't some movie death scene where the villain just grabs his heart and slumps over. People were being blown apart. In some cases you recognized pieces of your buddies.
"Someone told me that a combat soldier is a realist. After the first exposure to sudden death you understand it can happen to you and it's just God's will or luck that it wasn't."
Thousands of those realists were in New Orleans for the opening of the museum and to commemorate those who died in battle. Many men took their World War II uniforms out of storage and wore them during the events June 6. "I'm not any fatter," said a veteran Army first sergeant. "But somehow I'm shorter."
"Yeah, you won't die, you'll just shrink out of sight," said a fellow vet.
That humor was also in evidence and must have sustained the men in 1944. Boyter was talking to another 29th Infantry Division vet about the battle for St. Lo. "I made it to St. Lo a week before the regiment did," he teased. "I was captured by the Germans and sent through there." What Boyter neglects to say is that he was shot through both legs and the Germans, when they retreated, left him to be cared by Allied doctors.
Other men carried the 48-star flags they had carried during World War II. The flags are faded now. "Sort of like us, I suppose," said a D-Day pilot. "But we'll hammer this flag to the top of the flag staff and still fight for it, I guess."
The military parade to honor these veterans was billed as the largest in 40 years. The line ran two miles through the streets of the city and passed in front of the museum. Veterans in Army trucks waved to the thousands of people lining the route. Bands and marching units from today's military and French and British troops also honored the veterans by their presence.
The veterans seemed proud and pleased at the response of the people of the city. In a truck carrying veterans of the 4th Infantry Division that landed on Utah Beach June 6, 1944, tears streamed down the craggy face of one veteran. But he was still smiling and he was still waving to the crowd.
Marine veterans of severe fighting in the Pacific Theater of World War II were buoyed along the route by the "Ooh-Rah's" of current and former Marines. In the bed of one Army truck, a former Marine carried a captured Japanese flag and waved it at the crowd.
Today's service members also benefited from meeting the veterans and hearing their stories. One Medal of Honor recipient seemed to have a joint service conference around him as soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines hung on his every word. He was peppered by questions from the curious service members, and they wouldn't let him go until they had their pictures taken with him.
"They are a lot like we were," he said to his wife as he walked away. "Too young for the type of work we ask them to do."
Some of the veterans used the opportunity to learn more about today's military. "What do you mean you're in the reserves and your unit is deploying to Kuwait?" asked one Georgia veteran. The Louisiana Army Reservist assured the vet that was the case. Members of the 29th Infantry Division Association -- "The 29ers" -- were proud their National Guard unit was sending battalions to Bosnia.
The museum is more than just a house of artifacts. Part of its attraction is the stories of the veterans. Interspersed among the exhibits are videos of the men and women and their recollections of America, military life, life on the home front and combat. The pictures these videos show are of young men and women, but the voices are old and sometimes it is difficult to reconcile the difference.
The World War II generation grew up enduring the hardships of the national calamity called the Great Depression and then fought in the most destructive war in history. Newsman Tom Brokaw calls those men and women now entering, or in, their 80s "The Greatest Generation" in his best-selling book.
At the end of film director Steven Spielberg's masterwork on the Normandy invasion, "Saving Private Ryan," the character played by Tom Hanks is dying. He looks at Private Ryan and says, "Earn this." Spielberg himself alluded to this during his speech at the grand celebration. He said the generations that followed the World War II generation had to work "to earn their respect."
Cohen stressed that today's military is working to earn the respect of their predecessors. "Those who have inherited the mantle of defense, the men and women of today's armed forces … carry on your noble work, deserving what you have created, defending the victory you achieved and honoring the ideals for which you struggled," he said. "On behalf of all the soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen who came after you, we say 'Thank you.'"
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Google Wants to Give a City Ultra-high Speed Internet. Will St. Louis Be It?
|Google has announced plans to start offering ultra-high speed broadband service.
Google yesterday announced plans to bring an ultra-high speed fiber network to a few select cities or communities. What is ultra-high speed, exactly? According to Google, it's about 100 times faster than what most American's have today. One gigabit per second to be exact.
"We'll offer service at a competitive price to at least 50,000 and potentially up to 500,000 people," says the statement.
Google wants municipalities to submit bids by March 26. So, will someone from St. Louis please get on this a.s.a.p.!?
"We're doing this because we want to experiment with new ways to make the web better and faster for everyone," says Google product manager James Kelly in a video posted on Google's YouTube channel.
The fiber network is part of a larger goal for Google to experiment with faster broadband connections that would make it possible to run more sophisticated application over the Internet.
In a separate post,
"The FCC is currently finalizing its National Broadband Plan to present to Congress next month," says Whitt is his post "Recently we suggested that as part of its Plan, the Commission should build ultra high-speed broadband networks as testbeds in several communities across the country, to help learn how to bring faster and better broadband access to more people. We thought it was important to back up our policy recommendation with concrete action, so now we've decided to build an experimental network of our own."
Daily RFT received a statement from Rob Stodddard, senior vice president for communications at the National Cable & Telecommunications Association.
"We look forward to learning more about Google's broadband experiment in the handful of trial locations they are planning. The cable industry has invested $161 billion over the past 13 years to build a nationwide broadband infrastructure that is available to 92 percent of U.S. homes, and we will continue to invest billions more to continually improve the speed and performance of our networks and provide tens of millions of consumers with the best possible broadband experience."
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Comment Re:Here be no surprises (Score 1) 608 608
8 out of the top 10 largest PAC's fund Obama
Cite? I looked up http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/toppacs.php, and it looks like all the PACs give to both D and R. Of the top 10 in that list, 4 gave mostly to D's, 6 mostly to R's. Is there a different list you meant?
Comment Re:But... (Score 1) 295 295
A system like this will be written by a team of programmers, some of them very experienced, backed up by quality assurance folks and thousands of hours of experience.
On the human side, you're only as safe as the least safe driver. Older people with slower reaction times and diminished sight, brand new drivers with only a few weeks of experience behind the wheel, intoxicated drivers, and the whole slew of distracted drivers out there on their cell phones. Stand at an intersection sometime and count the number of drivers using cell phones, it's horrifying.
I believe that people who think computers will never drive better than humans are today's version of people that thought a computer would never beat a grand master at chess. It may take awhile, but it will happen, believe it.
Comment Re:Blame big corporations. Really (Score 1) 143 143
US companies want it both ways, though. They want to sell Windows to the US for one price, and to China for a different (lower) price. Right there, that's fine, but if a guy in China wants to sell his Windows copy to me for slightly more and make a profit on it, it's illegal.
Arbitrage is apparently fine when investors do it, but illegal when the rest of us want to balance out the crazy price differences that exist in the world right now.
Comment Re:I like Tesla's (Score 1) 426 426
The coal power plant is still more efficient than your tiny internal-combustion engine. Even with power losses from lines, etc, the electric car is still more efficient overall. So, that's present state.
For future state, if we had mostly electric cars for commuting, running to the store, etc, we could replace coal plants with wind turbines, for example, and suddenly our cars are green. If all cars are internal combustion engines, we're stuck with using oil, or using up valuable farmland to grow vegetation for bio-gas. Just because electric cars aren't 100% green right now, doesn't mean they're not better than what we have. We have to start somewhere.
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I disagree. I can think of a number of popular songs that use cowbell, but I can't think of any that use double bass. (I'm talking specifically here about the genres I usually play - pop, country, classic rock.)
I take it back - La Grange has a double bass fill, but I learned to play it with a single pedal. :)
La Grange was recorded in 72' back then there were no double pedals and Beard played a single bass drum throughout most of the 70's. A demo of the fill
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You can play any single bass fill with double pedals and if you're good you can play a lot of double bass fills on a single pedal.
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Is it worth to buy the hero of the North Founders Pack?
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Yes it is.
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Originally posted by eckardt
The Hero of the North package is basically a "collector's edition" of the game. You will receive a few unique items, early access to open beta and the drow class, and some boosts to help you out.
If it's really worth it or not it depends on you. Are you the casual player who will propably start searching for another mmo after 2-3 months? Then no.
Do you plan to stick with this game for a long time and help the devs improve it? Then go for it.
If you can't afford the 200$ there is always the 60$ guardian pack option which also contains some good stuff. If you still have your doubts then keep your money until the game relases and if you find it interesting you can spend them on Zen.
Originally posted by eckardt
Honestly, only you can answer that. If you really enjoy the game and plan on spending alot of time in it. Then, I'd say yes. Otherwise, only you can only really judge the value of the package.
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Only you can decide that.
It has some interesting perks, but you by no means "need" it to play the game. Unlike previous Cryptic lifetime/founders packs, it offers no monthly bonuses.
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Do you need a lot of fluff or care for it?
You get a spider mount, a tatoo drow race, a pnather companion, and various P2W type of items that won't have longevity and while you do get a shit ton of AD that barely covers a unique mount or most of those AD will be used up on mount training (actually don't know itf they cover the lvl 40 and lvl 60 mount training). 3 extra char slots are nice/
Most people got it founder's pack for beta access and people will tell you different things. If you like me and the type that will grind and don't need any fluff items then no I don't think its worth the price tag and say that if anything its more of a rip off since you'll likely get the items that really matter (char slots) and can care less bout a special mount or a panther companion, or loates the Drizzit wannabe race.
In short if you can care less bout fluff items then the pack is a rip off and you can get way more milage to you money if you buy Zen and buy AD through that. The Founder's Packs are for the impulsive buyers.
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i wanted the dark drow tatoo race, the armored spiders and panthers for all my characters, the starting weapons, the level 60 weapons, the 3 character slots didnt hurt, the rest was vip fluff thats nice too i suppose.
remember, when they say 700$ value, they fully intend to piecemeal that package out for 700 bucks after release.
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The Critical Hit Pretzel!
Honestly for me its no where near worth it. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy the game a lot, but its just so much fluff and junk that doesn't really matter much at all to me. Maybe for ~60 or perhaps ~100 (though iffy on that even) but yeah... just no where near worth it.
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Purely up to the individual on this one. All depends on whether the items you get interest you personally.
I find the game enjoyable and plan on playing once OB begins. Having said that I don't think it is worth it. Otehrs take on the matter will vary.
This is one of those things that doesn't really have a right or wrong answer. Unless you think it is worth it and end up bouncing or missing a payment to something with RL consequences XD
1. For god's sake mmo gamers, enough with the analogies. They're unnecessary and your comparisons are terrible, dissimilar, and illogical.
2. To posters feeling the need to state how f2p really isn't f2p: Players understand the concept. You aren't privy to some secret the rest are missing. You're embarrassing yourself.
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If you are seriously into Drow then yes.
If not then get the Guardian pack, much better value for money.
Personally I bought both but then I love Drow and really wanted to support the Devs in a game I am really enjoying. Will I regret it later, who knows time will tell, I certainly hope not :)
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I'm not going to buy it. In every MMORPG I have ever played the same thing has always happened. I get the game, create my char, and I level to max level, and I usually enjoy that a lot and find it immensly rewarding. Then I'm at max level and I'm supposed to continue playing my charatcher and for some reason I deem it meaningless and I stop, because grinding for gear to be able to grind for gear faster just seems unecessary. So, I won't bang out 200$ before I know that I will stick around.
My hope is that the foundry is going to be the reason to stay around after the leveling is done. I played WarCraft 3 for several years because they could make maps with fun objectives, like Dota, Enfo Team Survival, Life of a peasant and all that fun stuff, so hopefully the foundry will develop in to something that can keep me entertained at max level. If I'm enjoying myself then, I will support the developer by buying things I find helpful.
Originally posted by Daemonweaver
If you are really enjoying it, thats all that matters. Don't regret that you helped a dev team you support. At the end of the day that one goes the farthest IMO. I went with the $60 founder pack myself. The reason is, I'm not sure if I'm going to be playing Neverwinter in the long run. I'm anxiously awaiting Wildstar and second on my list is ESO.
The players who really love the game, and plan on making it there main MMO. I would recommend it. Like Daemonweaver said, "If you are seriously into Drow". The Drow and the Queue priority (also, maybe the spider) to me are the biggest advanatages of the Hero of the North pack. That's at least 2 reasons. I'm sure you can try to convince yourself haha :-) .
People who are using Neverwinter as a filler MMO. Eventually, your MMO of chice will release and you'll most likely be gone. For these players, go with Guardian pack. If you buy $60 dollars worth of Zen, you will be lucky if you can buy a purple (top tier) companion and purple mount at the same time. You get both in the Gaurdian pack. You also get alot more fluff and some really useful items. For example a chest that every few levels opens. The conents of the chest are things you will use frequently while questing. When the box opens, a new locked box appears in your inventory. This new blue box comes with a new higher level. Progressing to that level is the only thing required to open the adventure box.. This goes on to level cap I believe. You will get one of these chests, mounts and other fluff (title etc) for every toon. Also, almost forgot. You get an extra character slot as well ($5 right there).
Last thing. Someone on the Neverwinter forums added everything up with the current cash shop prices, Zen to AD trade etc. It came out to about $96 dollars worth of things. With a few of the items not added to that value, because the items are subjective. There are players who love the extra items in the founder packs. The other type of player doesn't care.
Originally posted by kaeljaeren
I love Warcraft 3 custom maps! Lets not forget custom Starcraft 2 games! In both games, I spent about 85% of my game time in custom games. I used to always wish there was something like those custom games in an MMO. Enter the foundry :-) .
The foundry is really intriguing. An MMO with both developer and player content made available to anyone that plays for free. I can not wait to see what people publish. Alot of the foundry quests have already been made by a large group of beta "Silverstars/Foundry Beta testers". Cryptic has stated that all the maps created during beta will be there at launch on the 30th of April. Player generated content will keep the player base busy and happy in between developer content patches. Because of the foundry, Neverwinter has a good chance of becoming successful.
If you are not a founder, you just have to get one character to level 15 (3-4 hours maybe?). Cryptic has stated that they plan on adding the ability to created actual 5 man dungeons with dungeon quality rewards. PVP foundry maps are also planned on being inputted in the foundry sometime after launch.
Link to Neverwinter Founder FAQ - http://nw-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?13401-Foundry-Videos-and-some-FAQ-s
Link to Neverwinter foundry page - http://nw.perfectworld.com/about/foundry
Last thing. I played quite a few foundry quests in the beta. I was really impressed with some of the quests. Most were on par or better then the in game quests. I can't even imagine how much content will be available shortly after launch when people get there hands on the foundry. Should make the game have too much to do lol.
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I wasn't initially gonna spend money on this game prior to launch, but after being a part of both Alpha and Beta I found myself enjoying the game so much I decided to get the Hero of the North package.
Whether ill regret it, time will tell, I had the money available, and MMO's are the main entertainment i spend money on.
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Only you can answer that.
For me the answer was yes, not only do I get to support the dev team I also get to play a kick ass race, have an awesome companion and a baller mount. On top of the 2mill Astral Diamonds I can use to trade for Zen to buy bag slots or get access to additional character slots. Very worthwhile for me.


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Great to see you here.
I wanted to tell you that you are a huge influence on me. I remember checking your stuff out during a particularly important time in my musical development. I first heard of you in 1989 or so. My first teacher hipped me to you. Since then I have been listening to a lot of your recordings.
Ir is amazing to me how different you sound on Wayne Krantz' gigs as opposed to Michel Camilo's. As a matter of fact, every gig seems to bring something different out of your style. Very cool.
Also, nice job on your online lessons. I checked out Lesson 5 with the play along track. It's nice to hear some real world advice from an active pro, Look gorward to hearing some more.
Could you talk about what it's like playing with the great Anthony Jackson? He's got to be my favorite bass player of all time. You two sound great together in all of the different projects I've heard you in. It must be so fun working with him. (I think I would be intimidated but excited!)
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