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Re: my post above: if true about the release date... which is supposedly only 2 weeks away.... why didn't MS state specs and prices? Jeez. These MS Guys are whipped!
<edit>... maybe he meant end of June next year?!
Re: my post above: if true about the release date... which is supposedly only 2 weeks away.... why didn't MS state specs and prices? Jeez. These MS Guys are whipped!
<edit>... maybe he meant end of June next year?!
My Microsoft trackball optical worked great for three or so years before getting twitchy for me.
My Logitech Trackman Marble Wheel on the other hand is going into its seventh flawless year.
I think there's no way the Surface will have a battery life comparable to that of the iPad, and when we find out what the battery life is it will make the Surface look like a poor iPad competitor. It's amazing that the M$ presentation didn't once mention battery life. What do they take us for? Journalists?
Ha! I was monitoring the ARS live blog of the Surface event... While waiting to be admitted, someone came by and referred to those in line as "JournoJerks".
I think they called it the Surface because you have to have a flat surface to use the flap thingy they call a keyboard and the kickstand.
Can you imagine using that flap keyboard with the kick stand on your lap.
I think what they did is introduce a mini netbook with a flap for a keyboard.
Not once did they show it working in Portrait Mode, that is the way I use the iPad the most.
If it does work in Portrait mode that kick stand would just make it fall over, but it would make that "Click" as it falls.
Who would buy a desktop computer with a 16:9 Aspect ratio 10" screen to do any productive work on, that is what this is.
They skipped over all of the things that a tablet is good for and concentrated on using the thing as a Desktop computer.
"All I know or care about is that by the end of the year my windows work laptop will be due for a replacement and the Surface Pro looks like the #1 candidate. BTW just got my retina MBP so no windows fanboy name-calling allowed!"
Good luck trying to run Windows Software on a 10" screen and typing on a flap.
If they wanted this to run Windows Software they should have had at least a 13" screen and that is to small.
"These guys [Apple] are really, really good. This [iPhone] is different." --Mike Lazaridis, RIM co-CEO
"These guys [Apple] are really, really good. This [iPhone] is different." --Mike Lazaridis, RIM co-CEO
Hi, I'm Steve Ballmer, and welcome to our "too little two years too late party". I'd like to give a special welcome to the employees here who make up a bulk of the audience, who's job it is to cheer and applaud at strategic moments.
In the last few years we here at Microsoft have realized that our business model is no longer working. For the past 35 or so years we have bullied, blackmailed, crushed into existence (Helloooooo Netscape!), and otherwise enjoyed a monopoly position, which until recently has been safe.
We now realize that our past monopolistic position has meant we could release half assed beta products without really giving a rat's ass.
However, we now see that we now need to "be like Apple". Apple has forced us to think about quality, and do actual R&D, which is hard for us, because we don't know how to do R&D.
I haven't actually used the product myself, because I don't involve myself in the product lines. That's not my job. Do you think I would want to use this product, to see if it actually works, or have possible feedback for changes? That's what focus groups are for.
But, we are now striving to copy Apple in every way, from our retail stores, to our products, to now naming Windows with a number, to our upcoming developers meet in San Francisco, to this product launch.
I'd like to introduce you to our new device. It needs to look like a tablet, but it still runs our shitty OS. We refuse to give up the idea of a PC, so we are going to include this unpractical keyboard, with this stupid little trackpad, because that's all we know. It's a really thin quasi-netbook, which needs to look like an iPad, since that seems to be the way things are going.
We have a stupid name for it, for which we could give it any other arbitrary name like 'dog' or 'pony'. It's doesn't really work yet, so we can't actually show it doing anything, so we will spend 45 minutes talking about how innovative the beveled design of the frame looks, or how it has TWO wifi antennae, and repeat over and over it's physical dimensions. It has an innovative STYLUS! We will gave the metal casing a name "Vapour", since right now the unit itself is "vapourware". We will add a stupid looking kickstand to it and talk about it's outdated USB port and show a video about how hard it was for us to make this product, which we already introduced ten years ago, which further demonstrates how useless our R&D team is.
There will be multiple models, because again, like our OS, that's what we do. We introduce multiple variations of a single product in order to maximize our dollars, and confuse the purchasers that we ultimately really don't care about. There will be no details about release dates, or prices, since, at this time, like I said, the product is vapourware right now.
In summary, welcome to our desperation event, and I hope the first demo goes without a hitch!
Sincerely, Steve Jobs, I mean Ballmer.
PS, why I haven't been fired yet, is a complete mystery.
That isn't really relevant in the grand scheme of things. MS ditching OEMs is a significant news item that gets attention industry-wide.
Disgruntled "Pro" users are free to voice their displeasure by switching to a Dell, or this "Surface" thing. :)
"These guys [Apple] are really, really good. This [iPhone] is different." --Mike Lazaridis, RIM co-CEO
"These guys [Apple] are really, really good. This [iPhone] is different." --Mike Lazaridis, RIM co-CEO
Lots of very valid, reasonable opinions about how MSFT is going about this and about the product itself. No matter what, at least at this time, it has had the intended effect. Lots of chatter on the street. As much as some may like or dislike the product as we know it right now, we are all still talking about it. That is a positive for MSFT. The question is whether the buzz will continue. Some of this will depend on when more information is forthcoming from MSFT.
I also think one of the reasons for this announcement was to keep consumers/business from going with an iPad or an Android tablet. From a consumer standpoint, I am not sure that will be a success. I think when people want a tablet and have the money or reason to purchase a tablet, they will go ahead and do it. Business/enterprise might be another story. There might be enough in this announcement to freeze some plans to go with an iPad or Android tablet. The IT infrastructure may still have enough sway to try to force at least a consideration of a MSFT tablet with the promise of interactivity with the desktop not available on an iPad. This may also be a bit of a stretch because it will probably take a while for corporate infrastructure to cozy up to Windows 8 or will this be a bit of a carrot to get them to upgrade? Still lots of questions but not a lot of answers because of the vagueness of the MSFT offering at this time.
I am also of the camp that MSFT felt they had to do things this way. The questions I would have is did they try to sit down with Dell and HP and come up with some minimal specs and were rebuffed? Did MSFT let HP and Dell come up with plans of their own and decided they didn't like them and went their own way? Or did MSFT want to do this from the start, thinking they could do the best job and put their best foot forward with this tablet, realizing that if they don't hit a home run with this, it puts them deeper in the hole in their battle with Apple and Google? My guess is the last scenario. The feeling I get from the announcement is that there is a hint of desperation at MSFT right now. Maybe it is because Ballmer has a lot riding on this. If this fails, then I think he will be gone.
HP, Dell and the other PC makers were hung out to dry by this tablet. No doubt about it. I think they were all hoping to come up with the Windows tablet holy grail that would increase corporate profits, pride and visibility. But there is still a way for them to profit from this. If they can come up with a system that interacts with the tablet in a novel way that adds some unforeseen functionality that catches on, that could be a winner. Of course, it wouldn't take long for the copy machines at the other manufacturers to ramp up so the window of opportunity would be somewhat short lived.
Without a tablet to help drive increased profits for the PC makers, does that mean we will see a round of consolidations in the pc arena? Does Dell cozy up to someone that has their own operating system that they can call their own? Does HP quietly develop for WebOS? Does it make sense for HP and Dell to get together and try to drive WebOS as a secondary system and come up with an ecosystem that is outside of windows? I am invested in Apple and I want them to continue to succeed but I would like to see a company like HP get back to their roots and innovate something nice. My first programmable calculator was one of those HP handhelds many years ago in college and I do have a soft spot for them and would like to see them rise up again.
As always time will tell what will happen but until we see what unfolds, it is fun to speculate(or is it gossiping) around the old server rack.
Well reasoned, well said!
I am long on my shares of AAPL at $37.00
I am long on my shares of AAPL at $37.00
You think if Dell, HP, and other PC makers switched to Linux they will still sell millions of PCs? All those enterprise people will suddenly switch to Linux? what about software? yeah.. why not.
Remember when HP said they will put WebOS on their PCs? Remember what happened? yep.. nothing.
Microsoft needs to break apart. They would make a lot more money for their shareholders. Imagine a Microsoft free to make software for every platform (iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, etc.). I would love to see that.
They could easily be 3 or 4 different companies, maybe 5.
That is one strategy, but then with that reasoning you could say the same about Apple. Apple could easily be 3 or 4 companies too. The difference between Apple and Microsoft is the 3 or 4 divisions actually work together and complement one another at Apple, not so much at Microsoft. Perhaps Microsoft should concentrate on gaining more synergy between their product categories which I think is what they are trying to do. They are looking to copy the Apple style ecosystem. Splitting up the company would just create less integration and even if it made more money that way, the individual companies would be tripping all over themselves with overlapping and competing solutions. I don't think that is the answer for Microsoft.
There's always WebOS and Linux.
The classic example from around 10 years ago was 3Dfx deciding to make their own video cards. The rest of the gaming video card industry gave them the finger because they didn't want to compete with their supplier, and exclusively started making ATI and Nvidia-based cards. Between that bonehead decision, and some severely brain-dead design decisions and backing some dying proprietary 3D technologies; 3Dfx was dead within 2 years with their assets (read: patents) bought by Nvidia, and the rest of the company dissolved.
This cycle has repeated many times. Microsoft leverages "partners" for a while then chews them up and grunts them out in tightly packed coils steaming on the ground. A few years go by, history is forgotten or ignored and new "partners" embrace Microsoft saying: this time will be different. Rinse and repeat.
Linux was tried at least once before. I remember the Lindows brand. Even if the OS and the Office clone software works perfectly, it is a tough sell to consumers and impossible for business.
I have a Linux box at home and several at the office (servers). The one at home I use for writing code only. It sits next to an iMac which I use for graphics. I'll use either for casual web surfing, or reading Office documents since I don't even own MS Office on either machine. I think most people only have one computer and they feel more comfortable belonging to either the Mac crowd or the Windows crowd. Linux is too foreign and perceived as only for geeks when it actually is very similar to the other more common OSs and could easily be used by average users, however few people realize that.
The trouble with firing Balmer is that like many corporations in their situation, Microsoft's executives have been purged so many times there isn't any likely person hanging around that can step in and take the CEO's place. Also, as much as we love to hate him, Balmer actually represents both hope, as well as the days of past glory for Microsoft's board and shareholders. It's hard to decide to give that up.
The rational thing to do would be to fire Balmer and do a basic re-organisation of the company as is always done in cases like this, paring off the less profitable areas of the company and the bloat and re-focussing on their core strengths. To do that however, they have to get rid of all the cool stuff like X-Box etc. and turn back into the most boring software company on earth just making regular old windows (updated each year though) and Office. They could get a bit of pizzaz back by making Office actually compatible, and by extending it's reach into all the other OS's that they previously eschewed, but that's about it.
So ... to get rid of Balmer, they have to basically give up on all their dreams of conquering Apple and the greater PC market.
Not only that, the price of software, especially OS's and productivity software is falling through the floor. Even if they get back into their core market of software production, they'd have to reduce costs by multiple orders of magnitude just to stay profitable.
Ya' know....
I just did a little checking :
First, MS has too frickin' many SKUs!
A Windows OS upgrade costs somewhere between $79 and $219 per PC (ANAICT).
A windows Office purchase costs from $119 ($149 for 3 PCs); $199 ($279 for 2 PCs); $349 ($499 for 2 pcs).
If I've got that right, it takes about $200 - $720 per PC to run Windows and Office (depending on SKUs, mix and match),
Compare that to Apple's offering:
1) OS X Mountain Lion -- $19 for all your PCs (non-enterprise)
2) iWork - $79 each (not enforced) or $99 Family pack (5 Macs, not enforced)
3) Pages, Numbers, Keynote -- $10 each -- 1 copy for all your iDevices
For Macs, The OS and Apple's iWork Suite costs $120 total for 5 Macs -- or $24 per Mac...
This is not to suggest that the Mac package (especially the Office Suite) is equivalent to the MS package.
However there is a lot of room between $24 per computer and $200-$720 per computer.
This appears to be a great opportunity for Apple:
1) Enhance their iWork offerings so they accommodate more (50-75%) of the capabilities of MS Office -- assumably targeting 50% of Office users.
2) Offer it for $50 per computer
3) Offer enhanced iDevice IWork apps for $20 each for all iDevices
4) Offer comparable pricing for businesses
Let's just assume that many businesses could satisfy 50% of their "Office" needs with the Apple offerings and the other 50% would remain Windows/Office installs.
Also, it may turn out that the best price/performers to run both solutions are Mac pcs.
This kind (software) of hybridization seems to make more sense than a schizo TabletTop.
"These guys [Apple] are really, really good. This [iPhone] is different." --Mike Lazaridis, RIM co-CEO
"These guys [Apple] are really, really good. This [iPhone] is different." --Mike Lazaridis, RIM co-CEO
I don't the media was allowed to play with one of these Surface tablets. I think they were for show only. Remember, the one presenter had his first Surface not work for the demo, so I don't think they are ready for people to play with them. It seems like it is a pre-production prototype so that the hardware PULLS the software towards the future.
Lest we forget....
...and we all know how that turns out!
Quote from James Kendrick at ZDNet:
I'm not convinced the Touch cover will work given it's pseudo keys, although attendees of the event assure me it works just fine.
...and within the comments, he says:
It's (Windows Surface RT) now slated to start delivering the end of June. We'll see. Someone at the MS press event yesterday told me you can use those KB covers in the lap, they are that steady.
Ohhh.... we've gone from a lap joystick -- to a lap mouse -- to a lap touchpad... Isn't progress wonderful?
The Surface Pro is not a tablet as anyone else has thought of a tablet. It is a MacBook Air equivalent. Size, weight, processor, keyboard & screen; all are 11" MBA class, the only thing we don't know is the price. If it is about $999, it will be a 11" MBA class device exactly. That thought is a very scary one for all the laptop manufacturers because that is exactly the price point they have been desperately trying to get their quality ultrabooks down to, unsuccessfully to date.
The Surface Pro is not a tablet as anyone else has thought of a tablet. It is a MacBook Air equivalent. Size, weight, processor, keyboard & screen; all are 11" MBA class, the only thing we don't know is the price. If it is about $999, it will be a 11" MBA class device exactly. That thought is a very scary one for all the laptop manufacturers because that is exactly the price point they have been desperately trying to get their quality ultrabooks down to, unsuccessfully to date.
In the announcement video they did not even refer to the Surface Pro as a "tablet" -- they repeatedly called it a "pc".
The Surface Pro is not a tablet as anyone else has thought of a tablet. It is a MacBook Air equivalent. Size, weight, processor, keyboard & screen; all are 11" MBA class, the only thing we don't know is the price. If it is about $999, it will be a 11" MBA class device exactly. That thought is a very scary one for all the laptop manufacturers because that is exactly the price point they have been desperately trying to get their quality ultrabooks down to, unsuccessfully to date.
They actually said at the event that it will be priced in the same range as "other" ultra book class PC's.
So you're analysis is correct at least for the Pro version which will be probably 900-1000 dollars or so. Since they copied pretty much everything else from Apple, I would be this will be announced at the exact same price point as the Air. The RT model (the one the idiots will buy), is almost certainly cheaper, but likely can't approach the 500 dollars of the iPad, so I would say $699.00 or $649.00 or thereabouts. This will force everyone in the market to eat margins for breakfast and accelerate the whole "the rest of the industry except for Apple is failing" syndrome.
I think the thing that attracts business to pay (non-free) software is the implied support and recourse if things don't work.


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How to Make an Object Invisible
A new theoretical design using nanowires provides a way to hide devices from visible light.
A hairbrush-shaped device has been theoretically designed that would use bristles made out of nanowires to bend light around it, rendering the object invisible. The researchers who came up with the design say that it's the first practical design for an "optical cloak" to work in the visible spectrum. They are now working on building an actual device based on their calculations.
Although still only a theoretical design, it is the first to show how a recently discovered cloaking effect could be made to work for all wavelengths of visible light, says Vladimir Shalaev, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University, in West Lafayette, IN, who led the research effort.
"It sets out a road map for building these sorts of structures," says John Pendry, a professor of theoretical physics at Imperial College London, U.K. Besides making it possible to turn things invisible, the work could lead to ways to create heat shields by bending infrared light around objects, he says. Pendry's initial research led to last year's creation of the first working cloaking device, which operated in the microwave range. (See "Cloaking Breakthrough.") This latest work now shows a way to extend this into the visible-light range, says Pendry.
To become invisible, an object must do two things: it has to be able to bend light around itself, so that it casts no shadow, and it must produce no reflection. While naturally occurring materials are unable to do this, a new class of materials called metamaterials is now making it possible. (See "TR10: Invisible Revolution.")
Bending light around an object requires a material to have a negative refractive index. The refractive index is a property that dictates how light passes through a medium; it's the reason a stick will look bent when placed in water. If water had a negative refractive index, it would make the stick look as though it were bending back on itself.
Last year, Pendry demonstrated that it is theoretically possible to design structures of very thin conducting wires that could have an effect on the electric and magnetic fields of microwaves, causing them to bend in unnatural ways such as this. This theory was later backed up by experiments carried out by David Smith and David Schurig at Duke University, in Durham, NC.
But repeating the success for visual light seemed to present problems. For one thing, making the design used by Smith and Schurig work for visible light would require components just 40 nanometers in size.

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Very organized cattle rustlers are operating with portable slaughterhouses and refrigerator vans. The governor asks the Three Mesquiteers to go undercover to investigate.
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NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say seven people have been arrested after shooting and killing protected birds in rural Collier County.
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We have recently discovered that there are rats living in our unfinished basement. They were nesting in the water heater blanket and have left tons of droppings. I saw good advice for how to seal up the cracks/vents with screens. However, the droppings being quite disease laden (probably) does anyone know of a professional company who handles this kind of clean up with worker safety in mind? Need response asap, please! grossed out by Mickey's cousins
We have 7 week old twins and a mouse (or probably mice). We know all the things that supposedly deter and get rid of them (the mice) but we just don't have the time to inspect the whole house and block every hole. Traps have not worked at all. I just want to hire someone to take care of it- not an exterminator so much as someone with the know how to find where they're getting in and block the holes. Never had critters before and this is not good timing for dealing with it. Any recommendations?
At my workplace, I worked with Western Exterminator to deal with mice. The guy knew tons about mouse behavior, went through many spaces looking for mouse poop and possible points of entry. He set out traps at the correct locations using peanut butter as bait, and caught the mice. He said he doesn't use poison for mice anyway, because after they eat the poison, they might die in your walls or be eaten by other animals that could then be poisoned. Although he didn't actually block the points of entry (though you may find an exterminator that will do this work), he showed me the entry points and offered suggestions. We ended up installing brush strips at the bottom of several doors where you could see light through the crack at the bottom of the door, and blocked a few other holes, and it was not that difficult.
Rats have found a way into the space under our bath tub and maybe nearby walls. Gross!! Can anyone recommend a good exterminator? Jonathan
I am seeking up-to-date recommendations for exterminators for a rodent infestation in our yard and under our (rented) house. This is a major problem and we need a swift and effective remedy, even if it means toxic baits, etc. So please--no judgment about our desired means, just recommendations for those who can do the job. Thanks! freaked & grossed out
We have been dealing with rats for two years now. We have used three different exterminators with varying success. So far we have had to replace out heating system and our sewer system. We have done the standard removal of vegetation, water supply, bird feeders and we have had people cement tunnels and holes. Has anyone had success with an exterminator that is actually effective? Frazzled
1) I stopped up all the holes leading into my house with aluminum siding (wood is not strong enough). You can easily find these holes because rats leave a dark smear on the wall where they frequently travel
2) I located their food source--a city trash bin. I called the city and they baited their bins with rat poison
3) I found rat paths by looking for well worn grooves in the ground. Small animals like to travel along the same paths all the time, so I set out to frustrate them by putting large rocks, cat poop, and sticky traps right in the middle of the paths. Eventually they stopped using those paths that cut through my property.
4) I got a cat, took its poo, and liberally spread it around my yard.
All in all, the rats got the message and left my property alone. I did see them in my neighbor's yard, but not mine, so I just diverted them, but did not get rid of them. Again, my condolences. Rats are absolutely nasty. Hope you can get it resolved soon! --Hate rats too
First way is to get a cat or if you are allergic just get cat poop and urine. Cat poop/pee has a pheromone that drives rats away. Unless the rat has been infected with a microorganism in which case the rat will be attracted to the cat.
The other way is to use rat traps. They are very effective. Go to HomeDepot and buy 10 or so of the Victor rat traps. Bait with peanut butter spread on small piece for French bread or bagel. Push the crust into the trap so the rat has to tug to get the bread while eating the peanut butter. Place the traps next to the wall in areas where the rats have been. Check the traps every day or so. The peanut butter will last for month if not a year.
I helped a neighbor with a rat infestation. The rats had eaten the electrical wires creating a fire hazard and we found them living one bathroom under the shower pan and in another under the tub.
The rats around here are terrible and quite destructive and are prolific breeders. ANON
ALSO, I've heard that Slim Jims beef jerky works even better than peanut butter to attract rats, so you might want to give that a try! Concerned Rehabber
I'm looking for recommendations for someone who will remove not only the rats from my attic, but also the decades-deep evidence of their thriving colony. An electrician who went into our cramped and crawl-space-like attic discovered chewed wires, but we can't get any electrician to agree to do the job since it is so disgusting up there. desperately seeking clean attic
Ugh, I think we have rodents in our house. We've never seen any out in the open, but a wire and some luggage in the crawl space has been chewed, and I can hear them running in the walls at night. Any recommendations for an exterminator, or other advice? Frankly, I'm not too worried about being humane. We already have a cat, who is apparently uninterested in the situation. Thanks! Don't like uninvited guests
Renting in LaMOrinda. Rats seem to be very common. Landlord has done everything to this 40 year old house ''on the cheap'' so actually 'proofing' the house would be WAY too expensive, but as it is getting cooler, I need to start thinking about rodents.
Do NOT want them in the house with me and the little ones, but do not (with a completely clear conscience) support the whole poisoning/trapping thing.
Is there any repellent or humane way to just keep them away from the inside of the house? I already have a dog. Trying to keep them OUT
We have a rodent problem due to our compost bin in the yard. There is a huge rat warren living near to it. I stopped composting kitchen waste over a year ago but the rats still remain. I do not want to use poisons (during parts of the year we have an owl living in a nearby tree).
Does anyone know of a source to get a native California snake, such as a King or Gopher snake, to release into my yard? We would love for a snake to take up permanent residence in our garden.
The Vivarium will not sell snakes to people if they are going to release them and not keep them as a pet. Any information or thoughts would be appreciated. Too Many Rats!
We seem to have rats getting into a wall/crawl space. I'm looking for someone to help get rid of them and find their access point and keep them out. Has anyone ever worked with a reputable exterminator? Any advice? plagued
We have rats living in the walls and cleanings (upstairs neighbors floors). There are also signs of them in our kitchen sink cabinet - we have tried a trap there but they seem to know to stay away from it. The traps we have are the snapping kind (we looked for no-kill ones but only found them for mice). My landlord is talking about trying poison but I am worried that our cats catching and eating a poisoned rat! Anyone have successful strategies? anon
Next, get rat bait traps to put around the property, available at some hardware stores. These use poison ''bait'' in big cubes with a hole in the middle, so it can be placed on a metal rod within the bait station, preventing animals from running off with the poison. The opening into the station, and the path to the bait within, is small and circuitous, designed to keep out other animals, like squirrels or cats. The station ''locks'' with a plastic key or a phone-wire tie, and is screwed down to a fence or other wood structure on your property, to keep out children.
The vector people will also show you how to place the spring-traps, screwed down, perpendicular to the rats' accustomed paths, inside the house, and advise you to set them at night and check them in the morning, regularly, using peanut butter, tied-on nuts, or granola bars as bait.
Rats can squeeze through a 1/2'' hole, so you must inspect your property and close up any spaces where they can get in, using metal sheeting, heavy hardware cloth (metal mesh), or some plastic spray-in goopy insulation stuff. Check out drier exhaust vents, chimneys, basement vents with bent lattice, etc. Rats climb. Trim vegetation away from the roof.
Don't touch any rat droppings or vacuum or sweep rat debris, it could carry airborne disease. Use disposable plastic gloves and a moist paper towel to wipe it up, double bag in plastic and discard all, outside the house.
If the rats die within your walls, it will smell awful for a while and there will be flies. We sealed off our hearth (in which a rat died) with plastic sheeting & tape, and ran a cheap, used vacuum cleaner from the exterior ash-debris box, to make this manageable. The poison makes the rats thirsty, so most go outside to find water, but we had a nest, with babies.
I'm sure I've forgotten something, so get the vector people to come out, and take notes on what they say! No rats now!
We have had alot of trouble with rodents in our home for the past 3 1/2 weeks. Since I have young children (2 1/2 and 5 months) my husband and I are trying to find a safe solution but nothing is working. We've bought Victor glue traps, the snap traps, the box traps, and some black lure disks; we've put the traps everywhere we've seen them, alternating locations, but every morning I still find droppings everywhere, mostly in the kitchen, but now moving into the kids play area and living area. I've even hired an exterminator but so far they've only caught one and I know there must be a bunch breeding somewhere in our home. Some of the traps are even missing or sprung and yet they still get away. Several people have recommended the poison, but I don't want them dying somewhere in our house where we can't see them. And I'd rather not keep shelling out money for exterminators that don't do anything. Help! Sandra
We just learned that the nasty itchy bites my family has been getting for weeks are due to roof rat mites. our house has been sprayed and now we are working to get rid of the rats in our attic. we've had to move out of the house and it's all been a terrible inconvenience. The pest company wants to dust the house and attic with a pesticide called Drione, but I've read it's safety is questionable. I'm trying to walk a fine line between wanting to aggressively deal with this horrific problem while not hurting my family (and especially our 1-year old) with toxic chemicals. Does anyone have any experience or advice???? Rachael
Ensure Pest Control (415-731-5288) solved our Montclair rat problem 3-1/2 years ago. Like you, we couldn't see our rats, but we could certainly hear them. We haven't seen or heard any rats since. -NORM
We have a mice problem in the duplex I live in. I called one of the exterminators recommended some time ago and was quoted a price of $125.00 to come out and set out bait in traps and then come back five days later to check on it. They give a three month guarantee. I'm curious if anyone has used anyone's services recently and if this price sounds about right. I have no idea what one pays for this service. Not looking forward to this. I.S.
We have a newborn baby at home and unfortunately, we seem to have a family of cute but unhygienic mice as well. Any advice on how to get rid of the mice without using poison or inhumane traps? anonymous
You can also request the city (county?) to put rat bait in the sanitary sewer (not storm sewer) near your house because the vermin travel through the sewers and the poison is not accessible to pets or larger animals. Lissa
A couple thoughts, if getting a cat is right for you: o To get a good mouser, you'll want a cat that has lots of interest in playing. Cat rescue societies are a good bet (try http://www.feralcatfoundation.org/); cats that were born feral will have been taught by their mothers to hunt. There should be a cat up for adoption somewhere that's proven good with kids.
o Keep your cat indoors. Outdoor cats are a danger to themselves, and can be devastating to bird populations.
o Obviously, you'll only want a cat if you have the time, energy, and money to deal with another new addition to your family. You'll get a new friend, though, which you won't from traps.
A final note: if you go with traps, humane or otherwise, I've heard honey-nut peanutbutter is the best bait ever. Also, those ultrasonic mouse-chaser things don't work for squat. Good luck! Katy
Can anyone recommend an exterminator to get rid of mouse in our rented house? I am a single mom with a young toddler and a dog and I don't want anything done which could harm them in terms of whatever is used. I am also terribly phobic of mice so I won't be setting or picking up traps myself so I'd appreciate recommendations of local exterminators and info regarding what this should cost and how much time it takes to get rid of them. We live in El Cerrito...thanks so much!!!
One of our much-loved pet mice has escaped and may be in our subarea along with some wild mice: I found a new mixture of pet and wild mouse poops just last night. Does anyone who lives around campus or North Berkeley, or works on campus, have a humane mouse trap they would be willing to loan me short term? (I admit to being one of those who set snap-traps when trying to eradicate mice.) Fran
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I know I already teased you with these pictures and never posted the full recipe here. Instead of completely forgetting about them, I'm going to make it up to you with a few more pictures and the full recipe.
Happy hump day to you! Let's make pancakes.
You guys know how I feel about breakfast. It's one of the top 5 loves of my life, up there with family, friends, chambray shirts, and good music. It's my favorite meal and, if I had my way, I'd eat breakfast foods all day, every day.
I wish every morning felt like Saturday morning. Waking up slower, piddling around the house in pajamas and messy hair to grind coffee, fry bacon, and drop pancake batter in a sizzling hot pan. Is anything better than that?
These oatmeal pancakes have quickly become our favorite – but this batch is definitely the best yet. Soaking the oats overnight in the buttermilk makes the pancakes tender and sweetens them up just a little.
I think the walnut oil added a super rich depth to the batter, but if you can't find it, just make sure you toast your walnuts before adding them in. That will give you that roasty-warm flavor that balances out the sweet berries and maple glaze.
Blueberry Walnut Oatmeal Pancakes with Vanilla Maple Glaze
Makes: 6-8 servings
- 1 cup old fashioned oats
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 eggs
- 2 egg whites
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 Tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp molasses
- 1 cup flour
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 ½ cups blueberries
- ¾ cup walnuts, chopped
- 2 Tbsp walnut oil (or canola, if you can't find walnut oil)
- Pour the oats into a medium bowl and stir together with the buttermilk. Let this sit for at least 1 hour or overnight, if you can, to let the oats soften in the buttermilk.
- In a large bowl, beat the eggs and egg whites for 2 minutes until they are light and a little frothy.
- Add the milk, vanilla, sugar, and molasses to the eggs and mix together for a minute.
- Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into the egg mixture.
- Pour the oat and buttermilk mix into the egg and flour mix and gently stir.
- Dump the blueberries and walnuts into the batter and fold them in gently, so you don't burst any berries.
- Stir in the oil.
- Heat a griddle or large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Scoop 1/3 cup of batter for each pancake and cook 2-3 minutes on each side or until they're golden brown.
- Serve warm with butter and vanilla maple glaze.
Vanilla Maple Glaze
Makes: about 1 cup
- ½ cup maple syrup
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
- Splash of milk
- In a medium bowl, mix the maple syrup and powdered sugar together.
- Stir in the vanilla bean paste and a splash of milk, if the glaze is too thick to drizzle off the end of a spoon. Add more milk if you want it a little thinner or another spoonful of powdered sugar to thicken it up until you have the texture you want.
- Drizzle over your pancakes before serving.
19 Responses to "Blueberry Walnut Oatmeal Pancakes and Vanilla Maple Glaze"
This post has made me realise that I definitely need more pancakes in my life!
I always add oatmeal to my pancakes. I love the addition of texture…
It may be a pancake weekend. Again. :p
You made me look up the word 'chambray.' Now I'm so exhausted that the only thing that can re-fuel me is pancakes. ;)
WAIT A MINUTE. you didn't know what chambray was?! girl. maybe that means i need an intervention. i just bought another one this weekend! that makes 4 shirts, 1 dress, 1 tunic. LOVE them all.
I think I'd want to eat that vanilla maple glaze by the spoonful! And awesome tip about soaking the oats in buttermilk overnight!! I may need to make these pancakes this Saturday :)
yeah. that glaze is dangerous.
These look fantastic! I love the idea of an oatmeal pancake…. need to try it!
that glaze seems to die for!
I want a big stack!
Oh my heavens, these look delish!!!
Oh my, delicious! Love the idea of using walnut oil!
can i have those for dinner tonight, please? you'll make them for me… right?
um….if i lived close enough, i would :)
I am totally making these for my parents when I see them this weekend!
yeah!! do it! :)
Meeeeee too. I could eat breakfast all day everyday!
These look nice and hearty…yum
Mmm I do not make pancakes nearly enough and when I do, I have to say they're pretty boring. These look anything but boring. And gorgeous, too!
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what causes this
i went for a ride today and after i went through a deep creek and like -15 below my feet still red and very cold my bike got the hiccups when i pedal the chain kinda skips a beat when i try to shift to a lower gear it like hiccups and slams to the motion of me pedling ... understand..?
kinda hard to describe but i didnt really do anything different how does one fix the shifter or what ever is making it hiccup.?


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WASHINGTON — To those who watch Tennessee politics, the contrast couldnt be starker.
Republican Sen. Bob Corker won his seat in 2006 by enduring a bruising primary fight against two former GOP congressmen, Ed Bryant and Van Hilleary, and then running against a well-funded Harold Ford Jr., who was then the Democratic representative from Memphis.
Six years later, in his first re-election campaign, Corker, armed with at least $6 million in the bank, faces 36-year-old Mark Clayton of Whites Creek, someone who hasnt raised enough money to trigger Federal Election Commission reporting requirements.
And while Clayton claims to be a Democrat, the Tennessee Democratic Party doesnt claim him.
Party officials cite his views on gays, which they regard as extremist, as well as his association with Public Advocate of the United States, a right wing organization on social issues that the Southern Poverty Law Center lists as a hate group.
Nevertheless, Clayton won the Democratic Primary on Aug. 2 and will be the only one with a D by his name on the Nov. 6 ballot.
As a result, the Cook Political Report, a Washington election handicapping service, calls the Tennessee race a cakewalk for the incumbent. And The New York Times election forecasting unit fivethirtyeight.com gives him a 96 percent chance of gaining a second term.
Obviously, we feel we are in a very different place than we were six years ago, Corker said during an interview in his Capitol Hill office.
But other than that, Corker declines to say much about his campaign plans other than he will continue to stress my Senate service.
His campaign staff says the final month will have the feel of an August work period, the time where members traditionally leave Washington so that they can travel their states or districts and meet extensively with constituents.
While there may be a rally or two, Corker mainly wants to travel every corner of the state and talk about solving the nations fiscal crisis and reviving its economy, said campaign manager Todd Womack.
Corkers Senate record is one of the reasons he finds himself in such a politically enviable position, says Jennifer Duffy, analyst with the Cook Political Report.
He hasnt been a back-bencher, she said. He has taken care of business.
Corker, who got a seat on the Senate Banking Committee in 2008, took a lead role for Republicans in trying to negotiate financial industry reforms with majority Democrats. Ultimately, though, Democrats went their own way in passing the Dodd-Frank package in 2010.
Corker has also tried to work with Democrats in searching for ways to trim federal spending and separated himself from most Republicans in supporting a new strategic arms treaty with the Russians.
But he has been a reliable conservative on most issues, especially in opposition to President Barack Obamas health care reform and economic stimulus, and has a lifetime score of 85 percent from the American Conservative Union.
Dems vocal in criticism
While the state Democratic Party may not be actively supporting Clayton, it doesnt shy away from criticizing Corker.
Bob Corker has failed Tennesseans over and over again, said Brandon Puttbrese, communications director for the party.
As to why Corker isnt facing stronger opposition, the spokesman said the incumbents early fundraising may have been an intimidation to some.
Corker had raised $10.7 million by the end of 2011 and came into this year with $7.3 million in cash on hand.
Most Tennesseans are not going to see that much money in their lifetimes, Puttbrese said.
Nevertheless, Clayton, in a telephone interview, said he is running a low-budget, high-impact grass-roots campaign that will depend heavily on face-to-face meetings with voters and the power of the Internet.
Clayton, a 2002 graduate of Pensacola Christian College, said he is frustrated with constantly having to field questions from the media about the state party not supporting him. You would think there are other issues to talk about, he said.
But about gay rights, he said, A person who is gay has the same rights as anybody else, except we do not recognize (the right) of gay marriage. We dont want a societal transformation.
On abortion, he said he respected the right of a doctor to recommend an abortion if the mothers life were in danger but disagreed with abortions in cases of rape. A rape is a traumatic situation, he said, and should not be followed with another one.
I think thats the right decision, he said of women having babies after a rape.
He said he is also opposed to gays in the military and that the armed services should ask recruits at their induction if they are homosexual, a practice not followed since Bill Clinton became president in 1993.
On other issues, Clayton said a major concern of his is stopping legislation that enhances the governments powers to maintain surveillance of its citizens.
On financial issues, he said he would have opposed the bailout of major banks that Corker voted for in 2008, as well as Obamas 2010 health care reform package, which Corker opposed as well.
He said he supports medical reforms to drive down costs, but that the Obama package was too expensive.
As for the 2009 stimulus, Corker said he might have supported a stimulus package but would have wanted changes in the nations monetary and fiscal policies first.
Asked about the budget plan offered by Republican Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the GOP vice presidential nominee, Clayton said: It doesnt have enough cuts in it. Nobodys plan coming out of Washington has enough cuts.
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Meet Judy Maloney
Judith Maloney, BSN, RN, OCN, is a Nurse Navigator for the Gastrointestinal Oncology Program at the N.C. Cancer Hospital for 10 years and she recently celebrated her 15th anniversary as a nurse in the UNC system.
During her career as a nurse, Judy has traveled all over the state of North Carolina visiting with cancer patients in their homes for the North Carolina Colon Cancer Study. Currently, she is a Nurse Navigator in GI Oncology Program, where she has been for over five years.
"I truly enjoy all aspects of working with cancer patients from diagnosis, through their surgery and/or treatment," she said. "We work closely with the multidisciplinary team to coordinate appointments, transitioning to UNC from community hospitals and from UNC to patients' local physicians. We educate patients about their chemotherapy and help them manage symptoms and side effects."
She wants her patients to know that they have her as a resource whatever their question or situation. She makes sure to familiarize patients and their caregivers with the many resources available at the N.C. Cancer Hospital, which include spiritual, emotional, nutritional and supportive care needs.
When asked why she works at UNC, Judy talks about the mission. "I work at UNC because of the environment which really exemplifies leading, teaching and caring."
She recently obtained her certification at UNC as a Pain Resource Nurse.
She also serves as a member of the Patient and Family Advisory Board and the Caregiver Steering Committee at the N.C. Cancer Hospital. The advisory board members come from a wide variety of backgrounds and include patients, as well as caregivers of patients at the cancer hospital. These members serve on committees throughout the hospital to help us improve and move toward a model of patient- and family-centered care.
"Serving on this board and these committees has been a very gratifying and rewarding part of my employment here at UNC," Judy said.
Judy is a married mother of three grown children and four grandchildren. "They are the light of my life!" she says. She and her husband enjoy spending time with their daughter in Carrboro, and traveling to visit their other children and grandchildren in Brooklyn, NY and New Jersey.
Judy also enjoys knitting, sewing, reading and biking. She appreciates the music scene in Hillsborough, Chapel Hill and Durham. "I am a big fan of my husband, wherever he is playing as a jazz bass player."


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An Apple iPad developer spills the beans on Apple's security methods
Four developers were allowed in the room and Apple took down all their names and social security numbers. The Cupertino based firm then drilled a hole in a table in the room and secured the tablet to it using bicycle chains. Custom built frames were used to disguise the appearance of the iPad and Apple even took pictures of the wood grain in the table. Why? This way if a picture leaked, Apple might be able to trace it back to the four developers.
When working on the app, the four were allowed to plug into the device to code to it, and they could also play around with the touchscreen, but they could not see the form factor of the tablet. As far as spreading the word about the Apple iPad, the developer was told that he could not talk about the project with anyone including the CEO of his company and his wife.
Apple's fondness for secrecy is well known. Current employees working on secret projects have to pass through a maze of doors, constantly swiping their security badge and entering a numeric code. Projects deemed secret must be covered with a black cloak when they are not being worked on and when the cloak is off, a red-warning light goes on so that everyone knows "to be extra-careful".
As we reported, Apple currently is seeking to add two members to its security team after an Apple iPhone prototype was allegedly lost in a bar for the second consecutive year.
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1. ArmageddonX (Posts: 96; Member since: 11 May 2011)
This article made me laugh. Apple certainly thinks highly of themselves, don't they? It sounds like some freemason ritual LOL
22. G-Reg (unregistered)
Definitly worth a giggle or two. Its almost like they are protecting alien tech that is makeing there device superior. For the slow ones (gemini) that was a joke.
Apple effectivly creates there own reality. By believing they have been given a gift from the gods(jobs), and marketing it and protecting it as such has created a tumble effect to the masses.
I just see the sheep bleeting now."WOW, It has to be AMAZING! and full of inovations to be THIS protected"
52. ogre150 (Posts: 23; Member since: 16 Apr 2010)
It sounds like that movie Antitrust with Ryan Phillipe, Tim Robbins, and Rachel Leigh Cook. Where they were killing off some of the people that worked at Robbins' software company and even some homebrew programmers and then stealing there ideas. Cuz Tim Robbins is Steve Jobs and Ryan Phillipe is Andy Rubin and they are trying to steal all of Phillipe/Rubin's ideas(Android) and make some super special software(iOS).
Yeah that's Apple n Google right there. iOS stealing from Android.
Flame On!
2. Blueberry (Posts: 7; Member since: 14 Aug 2011)
Disgusting s**t...
3. Sniggly (Posts: 7297; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
I don't think the Manhattan project had security that tight.
*waits to see how many people ask what the Manhattan project is*
29. biophone (Posts: 1900; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
Lol ipad>abomb
30. nb2six (Posts: 298; Member since: 27 Apr 2011)
In this day and age it wouldn't surprise me that few really know what the manhattan project was.
45. aldridhl (Posts: 66; Member since: 12 Feb 2011)
heh anyone who paid attention in high school history would
67. Prime101 (unregistered)
I heard that Apple bought Fluffy [The Three-headed dogs from harry potter 1]
to guard the entrance of the room where the Iphone 5 was developed.
4. cheetah2k (Posts: 1320; Member since: 16 Jan 2011)
Reading this thread makes me laugh also. It's not like the ipad was a secret Military weapon of some sort... Apple = bunch of jokers..
5. gallitoking (Posts: 4718; Member since: 17 May 2011)
A respectable cell phone website like Phone Arena knows that if it is about Apple, not only would it be of interest among the forum..... but will fueled the phone war that has been to the max, but will soon end once the iphone5 is released leaving android and the crappy nexus.... in the dust...
Ps.. it also has two rottweilers guarding the entrance to the room in case some of Sammy's goons would want to take notes
8. Sniggly (Posts: 7297; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
So what excuse will you pull for being an elitist douche this time, Gallito?
16. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
no worrys sniggs,
he is still pretending to be an elitist douche. he still doesnt have an iphone. As taco would probably say, hes too poor to get one.. lol
34. AndroidtopsApple (Posts: 7; Member since: 07 Jun 2011)
Gallitoking, every time I see a post by you, it makes me wanna throw up. Crappy Nexus? you know the first Nexus and every Nexus coming out will be better than your iphone
55. gallitoking (Posts: 4718; Member since: 17 May 2011)
@AndroidtopsApple..is not me that makes you throw up... is the cheap liquor you drink... and if i am .. what kind of loser are you that throws up by just reading.....I know important people... and none own a nexus... most of them own iphones.. so tell me of 5 important people that own nexus............................exactly
61. PGSMan (unregistered)
"I know important people... and none own a nexus... most of them own iphones.. so tell me of 5 important people that own nexus". So a device is only great if important people use it? No offense, bud, but if you think like that perhaps you'd be more interested reading vogue or vanity fair. And I'm not here to bash the iphone. Honestly, it's a great device, I just like android better.
63. gallitoking (Posts: 4718; Member since: 17 May 2011)
why is it a every loser always apply something.. to everything..dude i am only talking about.. listen.. cellphones.. dont apply this to your everyday life... if you want advise for you life .... for that i do charge...
6. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
I can explain this to the fandroids. By Apple keeping the iPhone and then the iPad secret it gave them a huge competitive advantage which = more money.
Also Apple creates a lot of hype around their products because of their secrecy which = more money.
7. Sniggly (Posts: 7297; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
How condescending of you, which is ironic because I think everyone here KNOWS THAT ALREADY.
Also, because you have yet to understand several concepts despite them being explained to you dozens of times by multiple people.
11. zuno gyakusatsu (Posts: 257; Member since: 16 Mar 2010)
taco, you have to draw it in force close errors for sniggly to understand.
13. Whateverman (Posts: 3242; Member since: 17 May 2009)
Recognize this?
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Com'on, if you're a loyal ios user, I know you've seen it a million times by now. It's the iOS version of "Force Close"! Lol!
15. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
Hmm, i have never used IOS, but i dod not even know IOS had a force close . Does it really look like that ?
17. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
iOS crashes as much as android USED to. iFans just like to pretend it doesnt.
24. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
Yes exactly right unless you've actually used both or have read a review and then it's exactly the opposite. But facts don't matter to you.
28. ngo2dd (Posts: 896; Member since: 08 Jul 2011)
I am going to call BS on you please tell me what android device have own. Not just play with for 5 min. I own an ipod 4G and yes they do force close they just don't tell you. It just send you to the home screen
35. AppleDev (unregistered)
Fud. Nuff Said
23. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
You've never used iOS and yet you bash it. That would make you ignorant.
26. Sniggly (Posts: 7297; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
Note how Taco never actually denies that Whateverman is speaking the truth; he simply ignores him. :)
31. Whateverman (Posts: 3242; Member since: 17 May 2009)
I noticed. :)
38. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
Talking about force closes on iOS is so laughable it doesn't deserve a response considering you two use android.
40. Sniggly (Posts: 7297; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
I use Android and Windows, but Whateverman here has explained multiple times that he owns and uses an iPad.
Way to pay attention, Taco.
Oh, and also way to avoid denying that force closes happen on iOS.
49. Devon (unregistered)
I use an ipad 2 and an iphone 4, the force close for the ios just brings you back to the homescreen, so of course no force close notification, but it's the same thing.
68. darth8ball (Posts: 520; Member since: 02 Aug 2011)
A magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat creates money... people pay to see it and be entertained by it. It doesn't mean he is actually pulling a rabbit from the hat, it's an ILLUSION.
Marketing and advertising are the best examples of magic in commerce today. Even product pricing....199.99 looks better to the eye that 200, but go to the store and buy it the cash register figures the taxes on the purchase @ $200 and that's the facts.
Apple has been for a long time the best at marketing their products, it's an ILLUSION
10. ivanko34 (Posts: 617; Member since: 04 Sep 2011)
Must be ugly to work for apple
Since some weeks the face of apple has changed from cool company to horrible
12. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
Next, Apple builds it's own prison. Every apple employee that needs to test out the iphone or developer that want to develop apps, are being put in the prison with the iphone for a few months. with only a few drops of water and one piece of stale bread for food.
14. Loki (unregistered)
or an apple.
18. andro (unregistered)
More disgraceful behaviour from apple again,the only reason they get away with this tyranny is all the brainless islaves buying every so called new product.
An APPLE can be rotten and have worms inside.....islaves still eat it anyhow
19. captn3x (Posts: 45; Member since: 08 Aug 2011)
I will start by saying I hate apple but not because of there products. I hate Apple because of the cult following they have. If any other company took these kind of security steps, banned Apps only to later steel them, or even reverse the way a mouse scroll wheel works, they would be chastised. I swear I could stamp an apple logo on Jobs's turd and sell it on ebay for $100. Anyway, that being said, this secrecy policy is what gets apple so much free publicity. It works well for them and it ticks me off. Lol
20. Unbelievable (unregistered)
They're playing Area 51 here. ridiculous..
21. Unbelievable (unregistered)
They're playing Area 51 here.Ridiculous....
25. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
Lmao at fandroids mad at Apple for having sound business practices.
27. Sniggly (Posts: 7297; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
Who says any of us are really mad? I for one think it's simply hilarious, and yet I still get the logic behind their security.
33. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
The many posts here that say I hate Apple shows fandroids are mad. Why would it be hilarious?
36. Sniggly (Posts: 7297; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
You can hate something without perpetually being mad about it. And the level of security Apple employs has always been hilarious.
37. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
The level of security Apple employs leads to billions more in profit and free publicity. Hating a pc company is pathetic enough, but following articles about that company religiously and posting hate is even more pathetic.
You know what I do if I don't like a company? I don't buy their products. End of story. I don't go around trying to convince everyone I know how bad they are.
39. Sniggly (Posts: 7297; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
And yet here you are, as often as not bashing the hell out of Android, its manufacturers, and users while singing Apple's praises all day long.
Like I said three times now, I get the logic behind the security. It makes sense. But to the average person any kind of super tight security over consumer products is plain ludicrous. We normally associate security with items that are dangerous in the wrong hands, targeted for destruction, or worth a lot of money. And since no single iPhone is really worth that much, until people see the logic behind protecting trade secrets and creating hype, they'll think it's funny.
So lighten up, Taco. Take the iPhone out of your ass. It's obviously causing you discomfort and distorting your reality (as well as making you a liar and hypocrite).
41. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
I bash you guys on mostly Apple articles. I rarely post on articles about android phones because frankly I don't care that much.
So you're saying most fandroids aren't smart enough to comprehend the logic behind Apple's security. I agree with that.
42. Sniggly (Posts: 7297; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
No. I'm saying that the average person in general isn't going to care enough to think about it that much.
And it doesn't matter where you bash anything. The fact remains that you bash it. This site is not split into territories. We can all comment wherever and whenever we want. You're the only one crying about this fact.
43. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
Everyone can comment wherever except there's a group of fandroids, including you, who post on Apple articles with the only intent of talking s**t. Then you get outraged for being called out on your bs.
44. Sniggly (Posts: 7297; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
Outraged? Lol. Okay. Might want to tone down the ego there. More like I get irritated at the constant barrage of bulls**t and arrogance from you and your ilk.
46. ngo2dd (Posts: 896; Member since: 08 Jul 2011)
Hey answer my question what android device have you own? You keep on say how people bash apple without owning it so what have you own?
47. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
I've used the thunderbolt, droid charge and further back the htc incredible.
48. ngo2dd (Posts: 896; Member since: 08 Jul 2011)
You use them or own them? Because using something for 5 min don't count.
59. taco50 (banned) (Posts: 5506; Member since: 08 Oct 2009)
I used each as my main phone for about 1 week. I also currently own a Xoom for my work tablet.
50. Sniggly (Posts: 7297; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
And how long did you use each Android phone, Taco?
51. Sniggly (Posts: 7297; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
By the way, Taco, nice job staying away from the Bionic review and not chiming in to bash the Bionic for being "ugly" and also not attacking me without provocation.
Oh wait, I'm being sarcastic. You were there and you did ALL of those things. So f**k off with your stupid lies.
54. Dj21o (Posts: 437; Member since: 19 May 2011)
It is ugly.
69. darth8ball (Posts: 520; Member since: 02 Aug 2011)
so what you don't try to help others. if you were sold a fake product at a store when you thought you were buying the real thing you wouldn't try to stop others from being taken advantage of .......
sounds selfish to me
32. AppleSucks (unregistered)
with so much secrecy
i wonder why apple would make a transparent HQ
(the one that stevie jobie show a couple of week back)


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Sept. 13, 2006
Coming Up (*Big Sky Conference):
- W. Soccer - September 15 - at #20 Southern California - 3 p.m.
- W. Soccer - September 17 - vs Oregon - 1 p.m.
- W. Soccer - September 22 - vs #23 Long Beach State - 4 p.m.
Previous Action (*Big Sky Conference):
- W. Soccer - Friday, August 25 - at Northern Illinois - L 4-0
- W. Soccer - Sunday, August 27 - at DePaul - L 2-0
- W. Soccer - Saturday, September 2 - at Gonzaga - L 3-0
- W. Soccer - Sunday, September 3 - vs Birmingham-Southern - W 4-2
- W. Soccer - Friday, September 8 - vs Boise State - L 4-3 OT
- W. Soccer - Sunday, September 10 - Nevada (Reno) - T 1-1 2OT
Team Highlights:
- The schedule for the Eastern Washington University women's soccer team doesn't get any easier as the Eagles play two of the next three games versus nationally-ranked teams. They play at No. 20 Southern California (4-1-1) on Friday (Sept. 15) before returning home for a game against Oregon (2-3-0) on Sunday (Sept. 17) at 1 p.m. This is only the second time Eastern has hosted an opponent from the Pacific 10 Conference. The only other time came in the 2001 season when EWU lost 7-0 to the University of Washington. Eastern is looking for its first win all-time versus the Pac 10, having played league members nine previous times.
- Following that game, the Eagles host No. 23 Long Beach State (5-1-0) on Sept. 22 at 4 p.m. Big Sky Conference play does not start until Oct. 6 for the Eagles when they take on league newcomer Northern Colorado in Cheney.
- Last week, the Eagles tied unbeaten Nevada 1-1 after two overtime periods. Eastern's only goal in the game came from Shelly Ikerd and was assisted by Tiera Como. Eastern out-shot the Wolfpack 19-13 for the match. After the tie, the Eagles are now 1-4-1 on the season.
- On Sept. 8, the Eagles lost a heartbreaker 4-3 to Boise State. Midfielder Melissa Guthrie led the Eagles in the game with two goals which tied the game at 3-3 and sent the game into overtime. Eastern held the shots advantage 16-13, but they were unable to get any of those shots off in overtime, as BSU scored to end the game in the sixth minute.
- The first and lone win for the Eagles came on Sept. 3 when the Eagles defeated Birmingham-Southern 4-2. Four different eagles scored in that game and three other players had assists. Eastern scored all four of their goals in a 25 minute span, and it was just enough to hold off the Panthers.
- Eastern currently leads the Big Sky in saves, averaging 9.83 per game.
Individual Highlights:
- After recording nine saves against Nevada, Eagle goalkeeper and returning Big Sky Defender of the Year Tiera Como has 325 saves in her career at Eastern. She is 25 saves behind the school record of 350 set by Katie Grothkopp from 1999-2002. Como also leads the Big Sky in saves with a 9.50 average. She already owns school records for career shutouts (10), and goals against average (1.44).
- Melissa Guthrie is tied for second in the Big Sky in goals (3) and tied for fourth in goals per game with (.50).
Comments from Head Coach George Hageage.:
- On Southern California Game: "We're on the road at a top 30 program again. I am hoping that we continue to feed off the success that we had in the last couple of weeks. We just competed and that has just been the catch phrase for the last couple of weeks -- just compete. Compete for everything. And that is what we are hoping to do at USC."
- On Hosting Oregon on Sunday: "It is great for us to have another Pac 10 team come to Cheney -- it has been awhile. We are really looking forward to hosting Oregon and it will be great for our program. You know it is Pac 10 so it is going to be another challenge."
- On 1-1 Tie Versus Nevada: "I thought we played a great game. Nevada was a team that was undefeated and had just beaten Washington State. I think from where we started the season -- Northern Illinois to Nevada -- we have improved tremendously. And it is all because we are willing to play a good brand of soccer. We are pushing forward and we are trying to get shots. I thought we played really well and we out-played them. It was unfortunate it ended up in a tie."
- On Como Nearing Career Saves Record: "I don't know if I like that. The good thing is that along with her saves she has had a pretty good save percentage and has had a number of shutouts. So I guess we don't mind it too much. She is an excellent keeper and she will definitely break that record. She will hold a number of records by the time she is done this season."
- On Long Beach State Game: " Long Beach State is now ranked and they weren't when we scheduled them. So, wow, we are playing a lot of ranked teams. But I think it is great for our program to get that kind of exposure. I know the players enjoy playing teams that are ranked. It is another challenge for us so we look forward to it."
- EWU Women's Soccer Information - http://www.ewu.edu/wsindex
- Big Sky Conference Women's Soccer - http://www.bigskyconf.com/sport_front.asp?sportid=106
- NCAA Women's Soccer - http://www.ncaasports.com/soccer/womens/
- Soccer Buzz Top 25 Rankings - http://www.soccerbuzz.com/
- NSCAA/Adidas Top 25 Coaches Poll - http://www.nscaa.com/cr.php


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The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
"It was the beginning of the rout of civilization, of the massacre of mankind."
H.G. Wells' earliest novels had a major impact on science fiction. The War of the Worlds, first serialized in Pearson's Magazine in 1897 and published in novel form in 1898, is one of our earliest examples of the First Contact theme. In Wells' story several spaceships from Mars land in England, creating vast craters. At first the English are either amused or indifferent until Martians pop out and start terrorizing them with heat rays, "fighting machines," "black smoke" and a Martian plant that begins spreading across England. The English are not prepared to fight this kind of war and, because it's the late nineteenth century, are unable to communicate their situation quickly enough to the outside world. By the time the Martians make their way to London, it looks like the entire human race is doomed.
The story is related in the first person by an unnamed narrator, a writer who lives in Surrey and observes the landing of one of the Martian ships, the building of their fighting machines, and the mass slaughter of his countrymen. He has a wife who he sends to a relative's house, though it isn't long before he realizes that she's probably not safe there either. We also hear from our narrator's brother and another character who let us know what's going on in other parts of England where the Martians have landed. At one point our narrator and another man are trapped together in a partly destroyed house at the edge of one of the craters. For two weeks they must try to get along with each other, sharing very little food and water. During this time they are able to observe the Martians' activity, which is horrifying, but they must stay hidden and silent so the Martians don't notice them. This is not a favorable situation for maintaining one's sanity.
The plot of The War of the Worlds is exciting but the best part of the novel is its imagery and language. The tall fighting machines which walk on long jointed legs and have tentacles that grab people are horrifying, as is the image of the craters and the intrusive red weed that grows wild and threatens to overrun our planet. Even the domestic scene at the beginning of the story is eerie and foreboding:
… I remember that dinner table with extraordinary vividness even now. My dear wife's sweet anxious face peering at me from under the pink lamp shade, the white cloth with its silver and glass table furniture — for in those days even philosophical writers had many little luxuries — the crimson-purple wine in my glass, are photographically distinct. At the end of it I sat, tempering nuts with a cigarette, regretting Ogilvy's rashness, and denouncing the shortsighted timidity of the Martians.
So some respectable dodo in the Mauritius might have lorded it in his nest, and discussed the arrival of that shipful of pitiless sailors in want of animal food. "We will peck them to death tomorrow, my dear." I did not know it, but that was the last civilized dinner I was to eat for very many strange and terrible days.
Or this one in which he vividly contrasts the glory and the humility of man:
Since the night of my return from Leatherhead I had not prayed. I had uttered prayers, fetish prayers, had prayed as heathens mutter charms when I was in extremity; but now I prayed indeed, pleading steadfastly and sanely, face to face with the darkness of God. Strange night! Strangest in this, that so soon as dawn had come, I, who had talked with God, crept out of the house like a rat leaving its hiding place — a creature scarcely larger, an inferior animal, a thing that for any passing whim of our masters might be hunted and killed. Perhaps they also prayed confidently to God. Surely, if we have learned nothing else, this war has taught us pity — pity for those witless souls that suffer our dominion.
H.G. Wells' interest in Darwin's ideas about natural selection are obvious and he seemed particularly interested in the evolution of intelligence (this was also a major theme in his novel The Time Machine).
Wells also doesn't miss opportunities to mock the personalities and social customs of some of his fellow Englishmen. There is some of this when he's trapped with the man in the house, but my favorite example is when he meets a man who has grandiose plans for kicking the Martians off Earth and recruits our narrator to join up. This part is just funny.
There's so much for the modern science fiction reader to enjoy in The War of the Worlds. It's a classic which has never been out of print and its story has inspired not only sequels and pastiches but also movies, dramatizations, music, and comics. If you're only familiar with it from one of those secondary sources, I highly recommend reading Wells' original. It's in the public domain so it's easily found for free, but I recommend the audio version narrated by Simon Vance who is one of the top narrators in the business. You can get this superb version for only 99¢ if you use the Wispersync deal from Amazon and Audible. (Purchase the Kindle version for free and then purchase the audio version (by Simon Vance!) for 99¢.)


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Antisocial Behaviour: Don't Conform, Break the Rules
Cummings, Dolan, New Statesman (1996)
Earlier this year, along with four or five other people, I was queuing patiently for a bus ticket, but the man at the front was trying noisily to break into the machine. Having calculated that this rather scrawny criminal was unlikely to put up much of a fight, I strolled to the head of the queue and sent him on his way. Then I took out a coin, ready to feed it into the machine. The man immediately behind me, who 30 seconds earlier had been passively watching a crime in progress, tapped me on the shoulder and protested: "Oi, I'm next."
The incident, which took place near Piccadilly Circus in London, captured a peculiar coexistence of civic disengagement with unthinking conformism. Conservative commentators, as well as new Labour ministers, make a great deal of declining civility, cataloguing everything from public drunkenness to litter as evidence of social breakdown. I wonder if they have it quite right.
Take urinating in the street. This is usually regarded as an example of people showing complete disregard for their fellow citizens. Indeed, they often relieve themselves just round the corner from open pubs, suggesting deliberate defiance. Yet the generally furtive and apologetic bearing of public urinators suggests a different interpretation. My suspicion is that, for many, their inhibition about peeing in public is outweighed by their fear of braving those signs in pubs which declare that the toilets are for customers' use only. There is less chance of confrontation with unfortunate passers-by in an alley than with a pub landlord jealously guarding his urinals. And confrontation is what people seem to want to avoid.
During this government's early experiments with the politics of antisocial behaviour, the then home secretary Jack Straw challenged what he called a "walk-on-by" culture, and implored the public to intervene when kids were vandalising bus shelters, and so on. …


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Family and friends of Tiphne Hollis marched downtown to draw attention to the teen's murder that happened three years ago on March 20, 2010.
Hollis, 16, was fatally shot while riding in the backseat of a car in a Westside neighborhood. Several of her girlfriends were in the car when gunfire rang out. Police have not made any arrests in connection with the shooting.
"What do we want? Justice," was the chant as several dozen people marched near the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
"We want to see justice. I mean it's three years," said Shanda Whitaker, Tiphne's mother.
Tiphne's younger sister, who was also in the car the night her sister was killed, also took part in the march.
"She fell into my lap," said Tiamber Hollis. "We heard one gunshot in the air then heard a few more."
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Welcome back to The Queue, the daily Q&A column in which the WoW Insider team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Alex Ziebart will be your host today.
Alex is doing the Queue on a Saturday? What is this madness?
gazaa07 asked:
Is there any reason why Pandarans can't be druids? the Pandaran's main lesson was about balance so that (and the elemental - or alemental) are why they are shaman. Balance between light and dark is why they are priests. So wouldn't balance with nature and the giant turtle that is The Wandering Isle allow them to be druids?
It likely comes down to the fact that they just didn't have anyone in their isolated culture that could train people how to do that. Azerothian cultures that are inclined to take on druidism had someone there to teach them how to do it. The pandaren may never have been exposed to that, so it never crossed their mind to pursue it. They interacted with nature in other ways.
If Blizzard ever broadens race/class options again, I'm sure druids will be a class added to the pandaren.
For a simpler, sillier explanation, bears shapeshifting into other bears is weird.
Aubrey asked:
Related to the question about capitals, why do you think Blizz decided to put the AH, and therefore designate the recipient as the Alliance hub, in Ironforge? Orgrimmar made since as the leading Horde races has always been Orcs, and it holds other wings for a few other races. Ironforge has always just been Dwarves and a handful of Gnomes though, while Humans have always been the flagship race of the Alliance while also housing multiple other races. Why didn't they put the sole AH in Stormwind from the start?
As someone mentioned in a comment yesterday, it may have come down to geographical location. Ironforge is relatively central in the Eastern Kingdoms and was very close to most endgame content -- Molten Core, Blackrock Spire, Blackwing Lair, and so forth. It may have been a matter of Ironforge being better organized, too. The capital is built in a circle with everything you need in a clearly labeled, dedicated location. Stormwind's layout is slightly more urban, more like a city, where you might need good directions to figure out where you're going on your first visit. Ironforge made new players' first experiences in the hub city simpler.
Kuhmist asked:
Just noticed I now have Darkspear Rebellion rep set at 0/3000 neutral on the armory.
I haven't seen anything which suggests how we might gain that rep. Do you think it is there ready for 5.4 and we will gain rep from within the raid (if so, why is it there already?) or is there some other, as yet, undisclosed (or undiscovered by me) method of gathering rep?
It's possible that it's reserved for the raid content, yes. It's also possible that they created that reputation as a method of creating the cross-faction NPCs, people that both factions can interact with equally. Rather than making those NPCs generic neutral NPCs, they can give them a cool label at the same time.
But yes, it's probably related to the upcoming raid.
Puntable1 asked:
I had a crazy idea. Right now we have a Barrens phased for level 10 and level 90 doing content in the same zone. Couldn't they do this for many more, or even all zones? What if instead of going to Outland at level 60, you could go to a level 60 Duskwood to level, and then go to a level 62 Stranglethorn? Might this be that "big thing" they say is coming?
I'm sure they'll do it with individuals zones where it's useful, but I personally doubt they'll make high level versions of every zone in the game. That's a serious undertaking. Repopulating every zone for Cataclysm was overly ambitious. Doing it again while also providing other content is crazy talk.
If I'm misunderstanding you and you just mean scaling up the levels of mobs, and keeping everything else the same ... eh, who knows?
Have questions about the World of Warcraft? The WoW Insider crew is here with The Queue, our daily Q&A column. Leave your questions in the comments, and we'll do our best to answer 'em!


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It was interesting that the week marking the anniversary of the Roswell, N.M., crash that I got a call about a UFO sighting. Now, before any of you start hooting or laughing, just remember the U stands for "unidentified"; it's an unidentified flying object.
A lot of folks hear UFO and immediately think flying saucer, and start looking askance at anyone who says they saw something they can't explain (Again, it's just something flying that's not readily identifiable). I'm not one of those folks, even though I may tend to be skeptical sometimes. We see lots of things we can't explain or don't understand, like the Kardashians, Justin Beiber and Honey BooBoo. Occasionally those things are in the sky.
And I'm not having fun at the expense of the gentleman who called, who sincerely wasn't sure what it was he'd seen and wondered if anyone else may have seen it. Here's what the man, named George, told me.
He was sitting on his back porch last Saturday night (that'd be July 6) between 10 and 10:30 p.m. when there was an orange glow in the sky that came over his house, which is east of Mountain Home past Walmart. There was something within the glow - he called it huge - but it wasn't on fire and didn't appear to be lights. It was a steady glow, not blinking. George said it was high in the sky, silent and moving toward Missouri, which means it was moving north.
After it was out of sight, his wife came home from work. He said she didn't seem too impressed. While she was inside the house, he said, another object glowing orange passed overhead, following the path of the first one at about the same height and without sound. George said he went to get his wife, but by the time they got back outside it was gone, and I got the impression from him that his wife was even less impressed.
A few minutes later, said George, a third, smaller object was in the sky, but he said it sounded like a small plane and was on a different path. I think that one might have been a plane.
I shared George's story on my Facebook page, and on The Bulletin's Facebook page, and we got some responses. Sure, there were a couple of "wink wink, nudge nudge" responses, but there were some good, useful ones, too. Most consistent were folks saying the objects may have been Chinese lanterns, or floating lanterns. Through the Independence Day weekend, several people were releasing the floating lanterns, and those responding said they would be bright, could reach a decent height, would be silent and, depending on air currents, could move somewhat quickly. That's very plausible.
I also got responses from folks that similar glowing orange objects had been seen in the area on other occasions, including one that had been seen earlier last week in the same area east of Walmart. There also was a post that glowing orange objects recently had been seen over the Buffalo River. Another sent a link to a post that a Springfield, Mo., TV reporter had made saying he'd seen six "planes" with single orange glowing lights, not blinking, in staggered formation. He speculated they might have been some sort of stealth aircraft headed for Whiteman AFB.
There also was a response from Cameron Cardow, a former cartoonist whose work we use to run in The Bulletin. He said orange lights had been reported in different areas of the U.S. for weeks, and provided a link about "the mysterious orange orb phenomena." I followed that to others, and there have been reports of glowing orange objects in Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, the United States and elsewhere, some reports going back for years.
I hope this helps George, and that he realizes he's not the only person to see the orange glowing object, which may - or may not - have been floating lanterns. As for me, I'm still open - to a degree - to hearing if anyone else has seen something like this locally. Who knows, maybe the answer is out there.
Sonny Garrett is opinion page editor of The Baxter Bulletin and author of "Just Another Day in Paradise."


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Halloween - Page 8
(Incredibly Cooperative) Pets in Halloween Costumes Are Scary Cute
Top 5 Twin Falls Costume Shops For Last Minute Halloween Costumes
'Bohemian Rhapsody' Halloween House Light Show Is Frighteningly Good
Clever New IKEA Commercial Parodies Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining'
We live in a world where commercial directors speak (and breathe and live) the same pop culture language as the people they've been hired to peddle all kinds of products to. The result: television advertisements have gotten more clever, more specific, and most importantly, more ready to become instant viral sensations on the internet. A new IKEA commercial, whose release in the chilly weeks of October is no coincidence, cleverly parodies one of the most famous horror movies of all time and it's pretty cool.
IKEA's Ode to 'The Shining' Will Scare Your Furniture Silly
'Monster Mash' Gets the Update It So Desperately Needed
Woman Uses Halloween Costume to Tell Hubby She's Pregnant
What Will Be the Most Popular Halloween Costumes in 2014?
What do you think will be the most popular Halloween costumes in 2014? Adweek reports nearly $3 billion will be spent on Halloween costumes this year, so here are my predictions.
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