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Mortal Kombat character
Scorpion in Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
First game Mortal Kombat (1992)
Voiced by Ed Boon (games and films)
Patrick Seitz (MKvsDC)
Motion capture Daniel Pesina (MK, MKII)
John Turk (UMK3, MKT)
Sal Divita (MK:SM)
Portrayed by Chris Casamassa (first film, Konquest)
J.J. Perry (Annihilation)
Anthony Demarco (Live Tour)
Ian Anthony Dale (Rebirth)
Fictional profile
Origin Japan, Earthrealm (reborn in Netherealm)
Scorpion is a game character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series.
Contents [hide]
1 Character
2 Storyline
3 Character design
4 In other media
4.1 In film and television
4.2 In print
4.3 Guest appearances
5 Reception
6 References
7 External links
CharacterScorpion is a hellspawned revenant, formerly a human ninja named Hanzo Hasashi, now inexorably seeking vengeance against those responsible for the destruction of his clan and the death of his family. Although essentially neutral in allegiance, Scorpion will ally with anyone who can assist his plans of revenge. He was once manipulated by Quan Chi, whom he promised his life in exchange for his impressive combat abilities in order to defeat Sub-Zero. Since Scorpion is a spectre, sorcery and supernatural anomalies have proven effective against him in battle, though none have ever succeeded in destroying him in an absolute sense.
Storyline"Scorpion" was the code name of one of the Shirai Ryu's finest warriors: a ninja assassin named Hanzo Hasashi. His father, a former clansman, forbid his son from joining as he did not wish him to live an assassin's life, but his request fell on deaf ears because Hanzo wanted a comfortable life for his wife and son.[1]
In Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero, Scorpion is the boss character from the first stage fighting the elder Sub-Zero. He was enlisted by Quan Chi to find a map hidden in a Shaolin temple, a task also given to Sub-Zero. After Scorpion is killed by Sub-Zero, he acts as a boss character in the Netherrealm, trying to kill Sub-Zero once again.
In the first Mortal Kombat game Scorpion is introduced as a dead warrior who enters into the Mortal Kombat tournament to kill Sub-Zero, the man who killed him. Scorpion manages to kill his target, but later learns that Sub-Zero plans to compete in the second tournament. Enraged at the idea that his nemesis has somehow returned, Scorpion tracks him down during the tournament. He realizes that this Sub-Zero was actually his killer's younger brother, who was sent to complete his brother's failed mission of assassinating the tournament's host Shang Tsung. As a result, Scorpion vows to serve as the new Sub-Zero's guardian in atonement for killing his older brother.
Scorpion does not return to the series until Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 when Shao Kahn tried to conquer the Netherealm after his invasion of Earth and enlisted the ninja in his forces. Scorpion's allegiance to Kahn quickly dissolved when he discovered that Sub-Zero was one of Earth's chosen warriors, with whom he then sided in their final showdown with Kahn. However, in Mortal Kombat 4 he is tricked by Quan Chi to believe that the younger Sub-Zero was actually involved in the deaths of his family and clan and joins Quan Chi. Scorpion emerges victorious against the new Sub-Zero, but when Quan Chi reveals afterward the truth, Scorpion grabs the sorcerer to send him to the Netherealm.
In Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, Scorpion tortures Quan Chi whenever he traps him. Soon he is attacked by the demons Drahmin and Moloch, who freed the sorcerer from the Netherealm. Scorpion continues hunting Quan Chi until Drahmin and Moloch once again attack him. After escaping from them he meets the Elder Gods, who give him a new mission to seek and destroy Onaga before he unmade the realms during the events of Mortal Kombat: Deception.
In the Konquest mode of MK: Armageddon, Scorpion cuts a deal with the Elder Gods to serve them in exchange for the resurrection of the Shirai Ryu clan, along with the resurrection of his wife and son. Quan Chi then appears and takes Scorpion's son to the Netherealm. Scorpion sends his clan out to find his son, and will not rest until his son is recovered and Quan Chi is dead.
Character design Scorpion appeared in the first three MK titles simply as a yellow palette swap of Sub-Zero with a different stance, though the original costume used for filming in the first two games was red. According to the back-story of the first game, his outfit is said to have mocked the Lin Kuei, after former Lin Kuei member Takeda developed ninjutsu, then left the clan and founded the rival Shirai Ryu. In the games after MK4, his outfit was enhanced with two swords on his back and his kunai attached to a rope tied to his belt.
His back story is one of the more depth in the series, being portrayed as anti-heroic. Despite his ruthless nature after his death, he still possesses a degree of compassion; such as doing any means necessary (constantly changing alliances) to save his family and clansmen, as well as sparing the younger Sub-Zero. While he and all the male ninjas were absent from MK3 due to Daniel Pesina being fired by Midway, he was later added to UMK3 after John Turk did the motion capture for the male ninjas.
Scorpion's spear taunts were voiced by Ed Boon in the games and both films. However, only two of the taunts were included in the home versions of MK and MKII due to memory constraints; The now-famous cries of"Get over here!" played randomly whenever the spear was used. One of the phrases, "Get Over Here!", according to an interview with Ed Boon, originated because "[...] I just thought it would be funny to have him yell out 'Get over here!' when he did it. So they just said 'Well, why don't you get behind the microphone and do it.'"[2] The phrase "Toasty!," according to MK co-creator John Tobias, first originated as "You're Toast!" which was a taunt bandied among the programmers during MKII game-testing sessions.[3]
A character called Inferno Scorpion is featured in Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks; after the original Scorpion is defeated by Liu Kang and Kung Lao, the monks are confronted by a more formidable version sporting the flaming skull instead of his mask.
Monster is a character who appears in Mortal Kombat: Deception during the game's Konquest mode. Shujinko encounters him inside the Nexus, where Monster claims to be the true champion of the Elder Gods and challenges Shujinko to Mortal Kombat.[4] Monster uses Scorpion's fighting styles and special moves including a spear. After he is defeated by Shujinko, he is not seen again. When Shujinko questions Damashi shortly after regarding Monster, he claims ignorance of the fighter's identity.[5] Monster was originally going to be an alternate costume for Scorpion. It was his rumored "knight" outfit. The developers felt that it didn't fit Scorpion, and that idea was scrapped.
In other media: In film and television
Chris Casamassa as Scorpion in Mortal KombatScorpion was played by Chris Casamassa in the first Mortal Kombat film. His spear was changed to a living metal snake-like entity that shot from a slit in his palm and could fly to a limited extent. Scorpion's rivalry with Sub-Zero was only mentioned in passing by Shang Tsung in the storyline, which instead had them both serving as his guardians. He was defeated by Johnny Cage in the tournament.
In the animated film Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins, Scorpion was again depicted as a henchmen to Shang Tsung opposite Sub-Zero. On the sorcerer's orders, the duo fought Liu Kang, Johnny Cage, and Sonya Blade and were almost successful in killing them until Raiden intervened and put the fight to a halt. The history between Scorpion and Sub-Zero was explored during the course of the film.
Scorpion also appeared in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, played by J.J. Perry. Following a failed assassination attempt by Smoke and his extermination squad due to the unexpected interference of the younger Sub-Zero, Scorpion confronted the would-be victims, Liu Kang and Kitana, but was challenged by Sub-Zero to a duel. After incapacitating Sub-Zero, he successfully captured Kitana and escaped with his hostage.
Scorpion appeared in one episode of the animated series Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm titled "Sting of the Scorpion," in which he sent an undead army against the earthrealm defenders and overwhelmed Sub-Zero, but was finally defeated by Liu Kang.
He also appeared in several episodes of the TV series Mortal Kombat: Konquest with an origin different to that of the games, and was again played by Chris Casamassa. His feud with Sub-Zero was also presented in the show, with Scorpion commanding his lover, Peron, to murder Sub-Zero's sister, and Sub-Zero slaying Peron in vengeful retaliation, culminating in a duel which ends in a draw due to the arrival of Kung Lao and his allies, Siro and Taja, who came to aid Sub-Zero.
In the live action short film Mortal Kombat: Rebirth, Scorpion is depicted as a voluntary prisoner. During a meeting with Jackson Briggs regarding an underground tournament hosted by Shang Tsung, Sonya Blade shows up with a confidential document about Sub-Zero. She reveals that the person he killed was Sub-Zero's brother. Knowing that Sub-Zero will enter Shang Tsung's deadly tournament, he agrees to participate in the tournament and leave no one alive. Unlike his game incarnation, at the beginning of Rebirth, Scorpion appears to be a normal human, though his eyes are completely white and his signature spear weapon also appears. Actor Michael Jai White and actress Jeri Ryan play the roles of Jackson Briggs and Sonya Blade respectively. While Scorpion himself, referred to by his real name Hanzo Hasashi was played by actor Ian Anthony Dale.[6]
In print
Scorpion, as depicted in John Tobias' comicScorpion was portrayed in Malibu Comics' MK comic series as an evil entity, a spectre consumed by revenge against Sub-Zero who had decided to kill those close to him as well before killing him personally. In the conclusion of the Blood & Thunder miniseries, he had a short fight with Kitana (who stopped him from murdering an unconscious Sub-Zero) that ultimately led to his demise. During the Battlewave miniseries, Shao Kahn returned Scorpion to the living world using a mystical gem called the "Deathstone," which also allowed him to resurrect an army of undead soldiers under his control. Scorpion became Shao Kahn's general, while his army replaced the mutants that engrossed his ranks.
In the Mortal Kombat novelization by Jeff Rovin, Scorpion was a combination of sorts of a father and a son; Sub-Zero killed the father, a former Lin Kuei member named Yong Park, in front of his family. Yong's spirit merged with his son Tsui's body, in order to seek revenge under the form of Scorpion.[7]
Guest appearances This section requires expansion.
In addition to the MK series, Scorpion has made appearances in four other Midway games: NBA Jam Tournament Edition, MLB Slugfest: Loaded, Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy and The Grid.
Scorpion guest starred on an episode of Drawn Together, depicted as a cut-out from Mortal Kombat: Deception. Recently, Scorpion appeared in a comic of VG Cats trying to ask Sonya Blade out on a date, but for unexplained reasons, couldn't and had "friendship."
Reception This section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please improve this section if you can. The talk page may contain suggestions. (January 2011)
UGO.com listed Scorpion at number one on their "Top 11 Mortal Kombat Characters" article, describing him as their "favorite asskicker" while also stating approval for his augmented abilities and attitude with each title.[8] They additionally noted his signature fatality as one of their favorites in the series.[9]
His appearance as a boss character in Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks was praised by GameSpot's Alex Navarro who noted his fight was entertaining, but yet "it's just a shame the game isn't more consistent overall".[10] Game Revolution's Joe Dodson criticized that as a playable character in Shaolin Monks, Scorpion's movesets were identical to Liu Kang's despite still having original techniques.[11] PCAction.de rated him as #9 of "The 12 Coolest Male Characters in Gaming" stating, "Scorpion rising straight out of hell from our Top 12th. The same goes well with his mask outfit, as the tragic father-son conflict that has marked his biography. However, it is not entirely clear whether a yellow jacket fits into a fiery avenger from the eternal depths very well. Regardless square 9. Get over here!"[12] IGN's Jeese Schedeen mentioned that although Scorpion was initially a palette-swapped character, he "is actually a lot more complicated than these initial appearances let on".[13]
In 2009 GamePro ranked Scorpion and other ninjas from the series #3 in their list of the best palette-swapped video game characters, adding: "Midway--the world-renowned Gods of the palette swap--has turned the art of making new characters from other, different-colored characters into a science."[14] Scorpion's phrase "Get Over Here!" was also listed in Play's "Ten of the best chat-up lines."[15] GamesRadar placed him in their article "Gaming's most badass scorpions" stating that despite not being an actual scorpion he "is one of Mortal Kombat's most beloved characters, and the fact he's named after one of nature's finest creations has surely helped!".[16]
Denofgeek.com rated Scorpion as number 8 on their list of "10 best fighting game characters", stating: "Whilst Mortal Kombat never quite reached the perfectly balanced precision of Street Fighter 2, it did allow impressionable youths the chance to throw harpoons into their friends' necks, which to some, is far more important. Scorpion, and his sprite swap fellow ninja Sub Zero, were the series' poster boys. Game developers may think we empathise with goody goodys like Liu Kang, but let's be honest, we're all rotten to the core; it's way better to be bad. With a stark look, a delightful line in sharp throwing objects and a fiery fatality."[17]
References1.^ "Scorpion and the Ninja". Archived from the original on 1998-12-01. http://web.archive.org/web/19981201035009/http://mythologies.dragondata.com/MKM.html. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
2.^ Walk, Gary (2008-11-17). "Interview: Ed Boon on the Ups and Downs of the Mortal Kombat Franchise". GameDaily. http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/features/interview-ed-boon-on-the-ups-and-downs-of-the-mortal-kombat-franchise/?biz=1&page=2. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
3.^ Making of MK3 (6:26) - YouTube
4.^ Monster: "Stop where you are, intruder! I am the Elder Gods' Chosen Warrior. I have been sent to protect the Nexus from tresspassers." Mortal Kombat: Deception, Midway Games, 2004.
5.^ Shujinko: "Who was that warrior in the Nexus?" // Damashi: "I am not entirely sure. I could sense that he was quite powerful, but I did not recognize him." Mortal Kombat: Deception, Midway Games, 2004.
7.^ "Mortal Kombat The Novel by Jeff Robin". http://mknovels.webs.com/mkjronline.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-22.
8.^ Noob Saibot - Top 11 Mortal Kombat Characters. UGO.com. Retrieved on 2008-12-23
9.^ Scorpion - Top 11 Mortal Kombat Characters. UGO.com. Retrieved on 2008-12-23
10.^ Navarro, Alex (2005-09-19). "Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks Review". GameSpot. http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/mkshaolin/review.html?page=2. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
11.^ Dodson, Joe (2009-05-22). "Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks Review". Game Revolution. http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/xbox/mortal-kombat-sh. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
12.^ "The 12 Coolest Male Characters in Gaming (Translated from German)" (in Germany). PCAction.de. 2009-08-26. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcaction.de%2FSpecial-Die-12-coolsten-maennlichen-Gaming-Charaktere%2FNews%2Farticle%2Fview%2F2508%2F. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
13.^ Schedeen, Jeese (2008-07-15). "Kast of Kharacters: MK vs. DC, Part 1". IGN. http://stars.ign.com/articles/889/889573p1.html. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
14.^ Koehn, Aaron (January 13, 2009). "Palette Swapping: 17 Games that Did it Right". GamePro. http://www.gamepro.com/article/features/208571/17-best-palette-swapped-characters/. Retrieved March 25, 2010.
15.^ Mackenzie, Gavin. "Ten of the best chat-up lines". Play. http://www.play-mag.co.uk/features/ten-of-the-best-chat-up-lines/. Retrieved September 11, 2010.
16.^ Sterling, Jum. "Gaming's most badass scorpions". GamesRadar. http://www.gamesradar.com/f/gamings-most-badass-scorpions/a-2010110411331998094/p-2. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
17.^ Slater, Harry (2009-10-19). "10 best fighting game characters". Denofgeek.com. http://www.denofgeek.com/games/340253/10_best_fighting_game_characters.html. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
[edit] External linksScorpion - The Mortal Kombat Wiki
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Aggregation of 3D Buildings Using a Hybrid Data Approach
Kada, Martin, Cartography and Geographic Information Science
The adequate presentation of 3D landscape models--particularly of urban regions--becomes increasingly important as the availability of such data sets increases. Although it has already been demonstrated that the real-time rendering of completely textured 3D city models is possible with current commodity 3D graphics hardware (Kada et al. 2003; Buchholz and Dollner 2005), different levels of detail are still essential for network transmission visibility, analysis and visualization, especially for mobile applications like pedestrian navigation systems. As photorealistic views pose huge information loads on humans, the 3D building models need to be generalized under cartographic considerations with the purpose to make spatial situations easier and faster to comprehend.
While there has been and continues to be much work done in the 2D domain (Haunert and Wolff 2010), the topic of 3D generalization is rather new. Only few approaches have so far been presented, and most focus on the geometric simplification of single buildings. Whereas surface simplification approaches known from the field of computer graphics are meant for general shapes, the simplification of 3D building models in a cartographic sense is commonly expected to preserve existing shape symmetries and regularities like co-planar, parallel, and rectangular alignment of facade walls. For this purpose, 3D generalization approaches have been proposed that add restrictions to surface simplification operators (Coors 2001; Kada 2002; Rau et al. 2006), use mathematical morphology and specially designed curvature-space operators (Forberg 2004), apply feature segmentation, recognition, and elimination (Thiemann and Sester 2004), match and replace complex shapes with coarse parameterized templates (Thiemann and Sester 2006), and detect shape symmetries by crystallographic analyses (Poupeau and Ruas 2007).
However, for 3D city models that are currently being produced for large areas, their geometric complexity does not come from the individual buildings, as the majority thereof are of rather low detail, but from the large number of entities that can easily reach into the hundreds of thousands. Only few landmarks are modeled by means of terrestrial data, or by hand feature high detail. Therefore, the simplification process on its own has a natural limit up to which the complexity of such models can be reduced without violating the above-mentioned restrictions. For example, a single-family house with a saddleback roof can be simplified to a rectangular ground plan with four facade sides and two roof faces; maybe one if the roof is generalized to a flat roof. But a further simplification is not possible without losing the characteristics of a building or deleting it entirely from the data set.
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Denver Post NFL reporter Mike Klis posts his Broncos Mailbag every Tuesday during the NFL season. He'll open up the weekly Mailbag starting this week, during Broncos training camp.
Pose a Broncos- or NFL-related question for the Broncos Mailbag.
I have heard of pass-oriented offenses. But pass-ONLY offenses? The Broncos will get creamed with this approach in the regular season. Where's the balanced attack? And is there a point to so few runs so far in the preseason?
---Chris, Denver
So many people share your concern. Forgive me, but I'm not one of them. Not yet, anyway. When an offense is missing its three best tailbacks -- Knowshon Moreno, Correll Buckhalter and LenDale White (who we can only assume is third-best, granted we haven't seen him at length) -- and also arguably its three best blockers -- Ryan Clady, Chris Kuper and tight end Daniel Graham -- because of injuries, it shouldn't be able to run the ball.
The NFL is too tough a league to believe a team can run the ball with its fourth-string tailback and second-string line. Don't pay attention to the lack of running production, Chris.
Now if you're concerned about the injuries, fret away. As we exchange communication through this mailbag here today, the concern is how well Clady, Moreno and Buckhalter will be able to perform on Sept. 12 against Jacksonville. I'm going to wait till then before I start critiquing the Broncos' running game.
Are the Lions the new model for rebuilding teams? I hope Josh McDaniels took some notes Sunday.
---Mike, Denver
Heaven forbid, the Broncos follow the Lions' model. The model where you go 0-16 in 2008, 2-14 in 2009, no winning seasons since going 9-7 in 2000, no playoff berths since 8-8 got them in as an NFC wild card in 1999, and not one playoff win since 1991. That model?
No doubt, Mike,the Lions have something going. After picking high in the draft year after year, they better have some talent accumulated. Jim Schwartz at least gives them a level of competence that was missing during the unfortunate Matt Millen era.
But if Josh McDaniels follows the Lions' model of rebuilding, he won't get a chance to finish the job with the Broncos. He'll be interviewing for an NFL offensive coordinator position no later than the 2011 season.
Hey, Mike. Were there any bright spots that I missed for the Broncos against the Lions beyond wide receiver Jabar Gaffney? I don't predict good things for this Broncos team based on what I've seen in preseason. Thanks.
---Jim C., Denver
Gaffney and quarterback Kyle Orton were the bright spots. I thought backup QB Brady Quinn played considerably better than he did in the preseason opener against the Bengals.
To me, the biggest concern that has surfaced during the preseason has been the defense. I know the Denver D was missing Champ Bailey, D.J. Williams and Elvis Dumervil against the Lions, but in the two preseason games, the first-team has essentially allowed the opponents' first-team offense to move into at least field-goal range on every possession.
Injuries or not -- and Dumervil isn't coming back anytime soon -- the defense has to at least once limit an offense to less than 20 yards a possession, doesn't it?
Booing Tony Scheffler? I don't get it. He was shown the door.
---Matt, Highlands Ranch
After the game, I talked to Scheffler and he shared your hurt. I'll tell you what I told him: What got him booed was the taunt he made, in front of the Broncos' bench, after catching his first of two, first-down receptions. If he makes the catch and quietly jogs back to the huddle, I don't think he gets jeered.
But when he showed up the Broncos with his strut, he forced the Broncos' fans to pick sides. And as all players eventually realize, fans will always choose not the name on the back of the jersey, but the name the uniform represents.
I think most Broncos fans do wish Scheffler well this year and for the rest of his career. But for the moment, they let Scheffler have it.
How soon before Tim Tebow reaches No. 2 on the depth chart? Once he gets healthy?
---Adam, Lakewood
This is a bit of a trick question. Here's the deal: On gameday, Tebow will most likely be the No. 2 quarterback because McDaniels will want to use him for a couple run-pass option plays a game. The NFL has been calling such plays the "Wildcat." Unlike Miami's Ronnie Brown, Tebow will give the Broncos more of a passing threat out of the "Wild Horse," as they like to call it.
But say Orton twists an ankle and can't play for a week or two. At that point, my guess would be that Brady Quinn jumps from No. 3 quarterback to starter. And Tebow remains the backup. In summary, Tebow is already, and will be, the No. 2. But Quinn is either the No. 3 emergency quarterback on game days, or No. 1.
How is Demaryius Thomas' foot/scar-tissue injury healing?
---Scott, Atlanta
Two weeks ago, while the rest of the healthy players were taking their reps on one field during a training camp workout, Thomas and another rookie receiver, Eric Decker, were conditioning on the other field. The naked eye could see Decker was further along. Thomas seemed to be laboring. Sure enough, Decker returned last week, played against the Lions in the preseason game, and played well.
That Thomas was allowed to work out before the media's eyes proves he's close. If he doesn't make it back this week, he'll be out there no later than Aug. 30.
Why don't the Broncos cut Brady Quinn right now and give all of his practice reps to Tim Tebow? Josh McDaniels can spin it anyway he wants, but Quinn will never help the Broncos win anything, and Mike Holmgren knew it when he dumped Quinn for a fifth-round pick. And why don't the Broncos just go ahead and give Tebow a flak jacket right now, why are they waiting?
---Dan Nace, St. Louis
I disagree with your assessment. Quinn is far more polished than Tebow. In a year or two, Tebow's superior athleticism may be properly refined enough to become an excellent, every down, NFL quarterback. Until then, Quinn is the better choice.
Quinn's problem so far has been decision-making. Once he becomes more comfortable with McDaniels' system -- and comfort comes only, at the risk of repeating myself, after repeated repetitions -- he'll look smoother and function more efficiently.
At this time last year, people were outraged at Orton's preseason play and clamoring for Tom Brandstater. I was among those who were doubtful about Orton and thought Brandstater had promise. If last year taught me anything, it's that when it comes to quarterbacks, 'What do we know'?
Seriously, most Broncos defenders can't tackle well but neither can most of the other defensive players in the league. However, Champ Bailey is the best tackler I've ever seen. Why can he do it while most others can't? Can it be learned or is someone born with that ability?
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Tackling is about two parts. One is athleticism. It's easier to tackle if you're bigger, stronger and quicker than the guy who is blocking you, and the guy lugging the ball. But the other part -- and easily the most important part considering just about everybody in the NFL is a superior athlete -- is want-to.
Bailey is a great tackler because his competitiveness makes him want to stop the ballcarrier. Deion Sanders and Dre' Bly didn't have that want-to. The threat of contact made them timid. Bailey doesn't fear contact. He's got enough bruises on his shoulders to prove it.
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CONGRATULATIONS to our Capstone students!
As part of the tradition, we also set up a photo booth and did a portrait of each grad with their portfolio. Look for those on the Brooks Facebook page starting in January 2013.
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Star Trek was action/adventure/scifi with strong characters. The only difference thus far between Abrams movies and the original 1964 pitch is that the Enterprise ain't doing much exploring at the moment :P
Actually, Kirk didn't do much exploring of strange new worlds in ST II, IV, V, VI or "Generations" either.
JJ's "Star Trek (2009)" was "action/adventure/scifi with strong characters".
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The peace process between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is threatened by ceasefire violations and spillover from the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. Both sides must set aside pretexts and inertia and seize the opportunity of having powerful leaders able to implement a deal whose outlines are clearer than ever.
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Turkey's government needs to recover lost momentum, press forward with democratic reforms and constitutional revision, and recognise that steps that benefit the country's Kurds must be decoupled from disarmament talks with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
Though battered economically, socially and politically for decades, the city and province of Diyarbakır could offer hope for Turks and Kurds who want to live together, if Ankara can refocus its policies on creating a more equal, democratic Turkey.
Turkey needs to recover the initiative after the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) insurgency's aggressive escalation of violence and implement a long-term conflict resolution strategy that addresses Kurdish grievances.
To head off a serious escalation of the armed conflict, Turkey and the Turkish Kurd nationalist movement must immediately step back from the trap of a new cycle of tit-for-tat military and terrorist attacks that have killed 110 people since June.
To capitalise on twelve years of normalisation, and at a time when both could benefit from a foreign policy success, Greece and Turkey should settle their expensive, outdated and stressful stand-off over Aegean Sea maritime zones and related issues.
While suspicions in Western capitals about its relationship with Iran and tensions with Israel have dealt setbacks to its "zero-problem" foreign policy, Turkey shares many of the goals of its Western partners and should continue to play an important role in resolving Middle Eastern and other conflicts.
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How can I determine if my CPU supports PAE?
While in your (GNU/Linux) shell, simply type:
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Just a quick post to spotlight this initiative: http://stopsoftwarepatents.eu
If you're curious on why a renewal of such kind of petition is needed here in Europe – probably after having signed the first and seen it's success – you can visit THIS LINK (in english) to know better what's going on.
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Skype Linux repository
Did you knew that Skype people have prepared two kind of their software for the *.deb and yum *.rpm based distribution ?
I've learned it today. This is the official link of the page which says to use:
deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free
line in the /etc/apt/sources.list file for Debian/Ubuntu distro. If you use an rpm based distro with YUM you'll have to create a skype.repo entry file in the /etc/yum.repos.d/ path, containing the following lines:
name=Skype Repository
Then you'll have to refresh your packages list and install it in the usual way (apt-get install skype or yum install skype )
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The `linux-laptop` mailing list is dedicated to all topics regarding Linux on laptops and notebooks. Your postings are welcome, but please make sure you have checked at least the Linux-Mobile-Guide, the Infrared-HOWTO, the PCMCIA-HOWTO or another appropriate HOWTO from the The Linux Documentation Project – TLDP before asking a question.
In this way people is invited to participate to a "cross-distribution" mailing list dedicated to users of Linux on laptops. This list is an extension of the big project called TuxMobil by Werner Heuser, author also of the Repair-4-Laptop site I've talked you about in a previous post.
Lately traffic in this list has decreased significantly, that's maybe because GNU/Linux distribution today supports more and more hardware than it used to do a few times ago, maybe because $distro specifics forums are good enough to answer specific, single problem requests.
So Werner has become to question himself and the list's participants (747 at today's count) about what our opinion are on the subject.
To me the list has to live, since it's been – and I'm sure it'll be – REALLY handy to solve problems on laptops, that will certainly occour in integrating the different kinds of hardware that are part of our digital life gathered together on our "laptop".
What is YOUR opinion ? Do you think $distro specific forums and wikis are enough to solve problems ? Let us know, join the list and participate !
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Have you already seen this commercial ?
Now go to Ted's blog and speak out loud your opinion on it in his comment space!
Personally i do not enjoy it, even if the premises were … promising ;-)
To say, the commercial I've linked waaaaaaaaaay back in an october 2005 post was much more effective and better realized.
Goodbye, ESR
Have you heard about Eric S. Raymond leaving the Fedora project ?
If you – like me – are into "Linux" probably yes.
Well … what about the Alan Cox answer ?
On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 03:03:50AM -0500, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
* Failure to address the problem of proprietary multimedia formats with any attitude other than blank denial.
That would be because we believe in Free Software and doing the right thing (a practice you appear to have given up on). Maybe it is time the term "open source" also did the decent thing and died out with you.
Wow, what a temper !!!
The Italian Linux Society {friendly known as ILS} a couple of days ago has decided to gather all the feeds from sites or blogs of it's associates under a single "umbrella".
The goals is to enhance the feeling of belonging between members and somewhat give to the general audience an idea of what are the interests and the things maintained by those people which are members of one of the oldest Linux association in Italy (it was founded in 1994, just three years later than Linus wrote his famous email).
So here you are the PLANET Linux Italia (mainly containing italian content, but there are several posts in english):
If you're interested THIS is the planet's RSS feed.
P.S. = It's kinda funny that by some Planet's posts I've acknowledged the presence of some friends I didn't know belonged to this Association of which I'm a member too.
2006's italian Linux Day: the logo, revamped
As i've told before in these pages, on the 28th of incoming October the major part of the Italina LUGs will organize a national wide event dedicated into promoting Linux in our country.
The event was started, ideated, promoted and coordinated by the Italian Linux Society (an association which has got the ownership of the Linux.it domain to) since 2001 with the partecipation of any LUG interested into it.
In this last 2 years, howerever, some derailed people have started "attacking" the association in words, "feature requests", complaints (some time fair, some time not fair). The choice of the logo was one of the "flaming spark" for that.
So this year we have seen TWO official logos, and still people are unhappy with it (me too). But while i do respect the work and the effort of thefew persons that are working on this topic, many other – I believe – are trying to go under the spotlight and take unjustified credit for the "Linux and FLOSS" buzzword.
I do hope that in the next months ILS will work ahead in straightening out all the "implementative" details of the event and then do a call for arms of *interested* and *propositive* LUGs into the event, leaving peacefully outside those that will not fulfill the LinuxDay agenda, and if those will want to make their own Linux-whatever event, well, nice … I'll attend to something interesting one day more in my life.
Does this happen in other countries too ?
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand ….. how comes that fights are only between FLOSS lovers and not – for example – between Mac users ? In those 80 days of Mac ownership I still have to see a "flame" between mac-lovers.


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The Radiocarbon Dating Programmes of the National Museums of Scotland
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Since 1991, the Archaeology Department of the National Museums of Scotland (NMS) has been undertaking programmes of AMS radiocarbon dating of organic items in its collections, particularly wetland finds. This work was initially stimulated by the success of Caroline Earwood's research on dating bog butter containers and other wooden vessels from the National collections (Earwood 1990; 1993a; 1993b; 1997), which demonstrated among other things that the practice of bog butter deposition in Scotland extended at least as far back as the early centuries AD.
Preparations for the Museum of Scotland (which opened in 1998) involved the commissioning of numerous dates for our display items; and since then, the project has continued and diversified, latterly with the assistance of sponsorship from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (SAS). The latest development has been the initiation of a nationwide programme of dating cremated human bone, taking advantage of the recently developed technique at the University of Groningen (Aerts et al. 2001; Lanting & Brindley 1998; Lanting et al. in press). For this programme, part-funding by SAS has allowed us to date bones from non-NMS collections as well as NMS specimens. In addition to these NMS-initiated programmes, there have been other dating projects featuring NMS material, such as Tolan-Smith and Bonsall's NERC-sponsored Bone Artefact Dating Programme, targeting Mesolithic artefacts from the collections (Bonsall et al. 1995).
To date, over 100 items have been dated, and the NMS programmes are planned to continue, funding permitting. Most of the artefactual dates have been obtained from the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit and the University of Groningen, with others arranged through the Scottish Universities Research & Reactor Centre, the Queen's University of Belfast and Beta-Analytic.
As shown in TABLE 1, the artefactual material ranges from a fragment of birch-bark coffin cover from an Early Bronze Age log-coffin, found near Oban, to a Late Iron Age woven woollen child's hood from Orkney; and from an Early Historic horizontal mill-wheel paddle from Bankhead Farm to a Neolithic pit-fall trap from Mye Plantation. Among the themed suites of dates have been prehistoric handles, hafts and shafts (e.g. a Bronze Age side-looped spearhead shaft from Arnicle Farm; cf. Needham et al. 1997 on a similar programme), and containers and other hollowed wooden objects--including several unfinished carved bowls, which had probably been deposited in wetlands to keep the wood soft for carving (e.g. a bowl from Airds). The programme has produced interesting results, not least a series of dates for the earliest bow, wheel and ox yoke in Britain and Ireland (from Rotten Bottom, Blair Drummond and Loch Nell respectively). It has also been possible, not only through the artefactual dating programme but also through the Dating Cremated Bones programme, to shed important new light on Early and Middle Bronze Age developments. For example, a date from a wooden core of a tubular bronze bead from the hoard at Migdale helps us to date the `Migdale' metalworking phase; while various dates inform our understanding of so-called `Wessex I' and `Wessex II' artifacts--especially important given the paucity of relevant dates from the south of England. These include a date, just received, relating to the `Wessex I'-style gold discs from Barnhill. Similarly, several dates obtained from faience-associated cremations--in connection with another current NMS project on faience in northwest Europe--allow us to place the period of its use within the range c. 1875-c. 1500/1450 BC. (These complement dates obtained for Irish faience-related bones by Lanting and Brindley.) If any proof were needed of the fallacy of traditional ideas about the importation of faience from Egypt around 1400-1300 BC, it is offered by these determinations.
As regards the Dating Cremated Bones programme, this has been targeting particular types of Bronze Age urn and specific artefactual associations, and the scheme will continue and diversify to include late Bronze Age and Neolithic cremations. …


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Knowledge Calibration: What Consumers Know and What They Think They Know
Consumer knowledge is seldom complete or errorless. Therefore, the self-assessed validity of knowledge and consequent knowledge calibration (i.e., the correspondence between self-assessed and actual validity) is an important issue for the study of consumer decision making. In this article we describe methods and models used in calibration research. We then review a wide variety of empirical results indicating that high levels of calibration are achieved rarely, moderate levels that include some degree of systematic bias are the norm, and confidence and accuracy are sometimes completely uncorrelated. Finally, we examine the explanations of miscalibration and offer suggestions for future research. Copyright 2000 by the University of Chicago.
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