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I have always wanted to see the pyramids, but since I've never had the chance to travel all the way to Egypt, I decided to bring that part of Egypt to me.
Those pyramids are small miniature souvenirs I got a few years back and I have no idea what's written on them (if not just decoration), hopefully nothing offensive tho.
The picture was taken in a large sand pit I found couple of days ago.
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Those pyramids are small miniature souvenirs I got a few years back and I have no idea what's written on them (if not just decoration), hopefully nothing offensive tho.
The picture was taken in a large sand pit I found couple of days ago.
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Wow this is such a great shot and sooo so creative
and those aren't real hieroglyphs .. I should know
and those aren't real hieroglyphs .. I should know
Also I forgot to mention, outstanding job bringing the pyramids to you ha , instead of you traveling all the way there, improvising..that's what makes a great photographer I think.
Amazing contrast, it's dark with the shadows and yet it's light with the sun! This picture reminds of like the Egyptians would look at those 3 points of the Pyramids as a way of finding yourself if you got lost? It was done mathematically right? Something like that I forget the story, anyways love this very much, bravo..well done, I rate it 10 over all!
Ohh, really cool idea
speaking as an Egyptian ; you have done a good job ...
that's hieroglyphic
am in Egypt, but not all the people could read that language.
coz it's so ancient.
oh and nice shot
you really made it look real.
am in Egypt, but not all the people could read that language.
coz it's so ancient.
oh and nice shot
you really made it look real.
Oh really interesting result. Congratulations for this piece.
lol, it is realy real....
awesome focus and lighting
nice ones , hope that you come to egypt and see the real ones.
Shadows are showing them as huge pyramids Very nice idea and shot, i hope you go to Egypt...
great pic
welcome any time @ Egypt my friend
welcome any time @ Egypt my friend
What a great idea...cool pic!
Very nice ^^
omg! they're so cyoooooot! ! *(cuddles the cute likkl pyramids)*
very nice! and the shadow makes the pyramids looking even more bigger! good shot!
That's a really cool idea that you thought of for this picture!!! I really like it! Good on you mate!!!
very nice concept!
if u wanna go to egypt come on...but any way great idea
)) great idea....we'll just think were we wanna take photos and we'll try to built up that place...nice. The photo turned up great...I love it. all your work is amazing
truly AMAAZING image!!
v. cool idea!
i <3 the compo and lighting
i <3 the compo and lighting
Very cool concept. I too want to see the pyramids. What an awesome Idea.
Aaaah I feel like I'm in Egypt. Lighting is really great, I love it
this is a fine image I can see in my memory the 8-8-1988 concert with The Grateful Dead Playing The Pyramids at Giza..using Owlseys' old Tie Dyed 8 inch speaker array 220,000 watts RMS...I saw 35 shows...got pix of 3 shows published...
i'm impressed but the pyramids in the reality look more amazing even when the sands & the sky of the background are not quite the same
u r welcome in Egypt anytime
u r welcome in Egypt anytime
this is so beautiful!
It's just decoration. Those aren't hieroglyphs, or arabic.
Thank you for letting me know
nice one, i have some of these myself
great idea by the way
great idea by the way
ahahahah thats awesome,
That's a lovely idea! This came out beautifully!
heehee i like your concept, very good!
Cool pic, very well done
Looks really good ... as always mate
Its a Fav !
Its a Fav !
Very imaginative :!: Great shot! Love the way the sun is behind the clouds and the wayt the shadows are cast across the sand...
I like this whole little miniature series you've done - around the world without having to leave your backyard! Interesting way of looking at scale.
You are definitely amazing!! Another fave!!
awesome photo.
great shot!! and nice concept
How clever Beautiful photo by the way!
nice use of scaling. really an eye catching photo!! Wow.
I love the concept! Very creative and well performed


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The 2006 Broncos play their first preseason game Friday against the Detroit Lions (5:30 p.m., KCNC-Channel 4).
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Three of the Broncos' four preseason games are on Channel 4, with Gary Miller back to do the play-by-play, and newcomer Reggie Rivers offering insights. Vic Lombardi will oversee it all as host in the studio.
The bigger news is that the Broncos cheerleaders survived another calendar shoot in Mexico. Given that they were forced to wear tiny bathing attire, it's a miracle. The adventure is viewable at cbs4denver.com/sports.
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I'm no good at at least two things: Golf and math. So you can imagine how I'm looking forward to The International at Castle Pines this weekend.
The International is Colorado's chance to shine on the PGA Tour. Barring the traditional delay for lightning, the International is on our TVs today through Sunday (2 p.m. today and Friday, USA; 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Channel 4).
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Pre-race coverage has been low-profile. The GP has become less about racing and more about sideshow with BMX demonstrations, sky divers, women's beach volleyball, live music, displays of vintage race cars and a street party (6-10:30 p.m. Saturday in Larimer Square), making it an "event."
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Our Rockies aren't out of it yet. They're back home to take on the Chicago Cubs (and their touring legion of fans) for three games (7 p.m. Friday, FSNRM; 6 p.m. Saturday, FSNRM and WGN, and 1 p.m. Sunday, WGN and KTVD-Channel 20) ... NFL Network jumps into preseason football coverage with the Pittsburgh-Arizona game, inaugurating the Cardinals' new stadium (2 p.m. Saturday, Comcast digital cable channel 168). The network also airing 11 games on tape over the next few days ... More talk talk: XM Satellite Radio launches its "XM Sports Nation," a news and talk channel, on Aug. 28. Most intriguing pairing of hosts: James Carville and Luke Russert ... The Hall of Fame game matching Oakland and Philadelphia, the debut of "Sunday Night Football" on NBC, drew 6.8 percent of U.S. households, the highest for a preseason game since 2004. ... Quotable: "We are very excited the Broncos are back." Tim Wieland.
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A few days ago, we looked at potential players to help the Pirates' right field situation. Another area where they could upgrade would be first base, moving Garrett Jones to RF and keeping Gaby Sanchez as a bat off the bench.
Here's a name to throw into the 1B discussion, via Jim Bowden:
Konerko brings leadership and experience, which is good for any contending team. The White Sox could go into full fire sale mode, so Konerko may be available.
Yes, he's a six-time All-Star, but it's 2013 and he's 37 years old. His offense has been on the decline over the past few years…
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Most concerning would be his slugging, which the Pirates' lineup would likely be most interested in. He has just 7 homers, 9 doubles, and a weak .692 OPS this year.
Sabermetrically-speaking, Konerko hasn't been valuable at all in 2013, posting a -0.9 WAR. He loses a lot of value on defense and sees time as the designated hitter for the White Sox. Although it may be an offensive upgrade, putting him at first and the not-so fleet of foot Garrett Jones in right would be a defensive downgrade.
Another concern as he (and any veteran) gets older would be his health. Konerko has suffered with two injuries in June: neck stiffness earlier in the month and back soreness a few days ago. He dealt with seven injuries during the 2012 campaign.
Finally, his contract status: $13.5 million this season, free agent in 2014 = rental player.
He's a big name and has a solid track record, but he's not the player he used to be. Unless Konerko really heats up at the plate over the next few weeks and shows he's still a feared slugger, he wouldn't be of much value to the Pirates.
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Dragon PUNCH!!!!
Dragon GRAB!!!!
Dragon GRAB!!!!
Ponific Rim?
Makes me think of Mortal Combat, ULTRA!
Here, have a Jawbreaker.
I wanted to call it Uppercut, but Jawbreaker sounds better.
I remember a scene in Darkwing Duck where Morgana said to a love struck Negaduck "One broken jaw coming up." right before upper cutting him.
You know, I'm seeing a lot of "Upper Cut" and "Falcon Punch" jokes. But no one seems to think of the one that matters. That combine both the uppercut and the falcon punch into one.
I always knew Spike was an epic badass in disguise. Great to see you doing him justice here. Awesome work!
PUN! I love puns!
And the irony is... Shoryuuken means "Rising Dragon Fist" ... I will let you roll on the floor now...
I love how Spike looks the coolest out of all the dragons.
That is no longer spike my friend. That is SPIKEZILLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA (deep breath )AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
POW! right in the kisser
K.O!!! Ultra Combo Finish!!!
Well, I think, that the Lack of flight-capabilities is compensated by superior strength.
And when it comes to reaching a place really fast, Spike might be able to use his magical fire to teleport himself.
At least those two are my theories about him.
And when it comes to reaching a place really fast, Spike might be able to use his magical fire to teleport himself.
At least those two are my theories about him.
If this doesn't make Rarity swoon at Spike after this mess, then I don't know what it will
So, are you going to continue this comic, or were you going to end it here?
Ponyville: the latest city to fall beneath the feet of battling Kaiju. Sayonara
Actually if you read the fanfiction, it is in the crystal empire.
Looking back, I feel silly that I didn't pay enough attention to the scenery. Thanks for the heads up.
spike IS a total badass
Spike: Shoryuken
It looks like Gable has a glass jaw or should I say crystal jaw.
It looks like Gable has a glass jaw or should I say crystal jaw.
Given the size and mental state of the dragon assaulting said jaw, it could be made of diamond and he'd still be knocked flat. We are witnessing the majority of his physical sensation for the better part of the next week.
Give that dragons eat diamonds I don't think breaking them would be very hard for them. Also i was making a joke about a crystal jaw because their in the Crystal Empire. But saying he broke diamonde does sound cooler.
I said crystal jaw because their in the crystal empire but ya he could break diamonds but I'd tthink he'd rather it them.
now THAT'S a proper upper-cut!!!!
Fantastic! Keep going, this is great stuff!
Graet shot!!
Looks like we have ourselves a good old fashioned Kaiju battle... give me a sec while i grab some popcorn and a soda.
ummmmm so what happens now?
I know it's stylized by being pushed together, but I read "PON" In that first panel. XP
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Pretty nice Fantasy Friday, very detailed, and gives players a great look at strategies availiable. I will say that making elven units completely helpess is a bit harsh in regards to formation-may be a 5 second immobility instead of 30? But keep the cooldown? I would'nt think it'd hurt as much and gives elven players a bit more mobility and adaptivity on the battlefield, but if you don't want to do that, I'd suggest special mercenaries that are easily capable of switching formations, just to let diehard elven players experience real-time formation switching a slight bit.
I do like the formations, and they certainly seem fairly balanced to me. I can't tell which would win between line and tight/loose. Sorta hard to tell, which means it's a good balance, most certainly. Also- on one of the pics, it said the reavers were fully upgraded, but I thought it was a bit hard to tell. Just pointing it out, although I did notice (I think? I didn't pay much attnetion to orc infantry looks) some slight differences, I felt they could've been shinier.
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Over the next few weeks I am going to be taking an in-depth look at each member of the Atlanta Falcons 2014 draft class. The first player up is the former University of Connecticut middle linebacker Yawin Smallwood. Selected with the No. 253 overall pick Smallwood is almost a perfect example of the typical Thomas Dimitroff draft choice. He was a productive three year starter at middle linebacker and was named a team captain in his final year at UConn. He was a vocal leader both in the locker room and on the field and had a knack for making big plays in clutch situations. In his three years as a Huskie, Smallwood totaled 332 tackles, 27 of those for a loss and 9.5 sacks. He also showed solid coverage abilities by notching 16 passes defended and a pair of interceptions.
Smallwood's versatility is his greatest attribute. Let's look at a few examples of Smallwood's ability to be more than a run-stuffing middle linebacker.
In this play against Temple we can see Smallwood flashing his coverage skills and athleticism. He does a good job of reading the quarterback's eyes and jumps the route for an easy interception and return for a touchdown. The touchdown gave Connecticut the lead and lead to their first victory of the season. Big time players make impact plays in clutch situations and this play is only one example of Smallwood coming up with a big play when his team needed it the most.
How about another example for later in the same game?
Temple has managed to get the ball back with just over a minute in the game and was pushing the ball into Connecticut territory. Right on cue Smallwood shows up to make a clutch sack to help dash the hopes of the Temple faithful. Smallwood timed his blitz perfectly, blew straight through the open gap and chased down the quarterback from behind for a very timely sack.
Here is another example of Smallwood's ability as a blitzer. This time against Michigan.
Once again Smallwood timed the blitz perfectly and had a clear path to the quarterback. He may not have registered a sack but he facilitated this big play for the Huskies.
Yet another example of his prowess as a blitzer from earlier in the Michigan game.
This is another play that may not show up in the box score but is a great example of Smallwood's ability to harass quarterbacks. Its another perfectly timed blitz and in this play he showed the strength to power through blocks and still effect the throw. Even though it wasn't a positive play for Connecticut Smallwood exhibited all the skills needed to be an effective blitzer in the NFL.
Since running a 5.02 second 40 yard dash at the combine concerns about Smallwood's footspeed have been constant and warranted. The fact that he pulled a hamstring while running his 40 did not earn him much sympathy from scouts. He was unable to rehab his hamstring enough to attempt the 40 at his pro day which only compounded the issue. He was never projected as a high round pick but few expected to see him nearly drop out of the draft entirely. It is not a stretch to assume his slow 40 time played a big role in that. Obviously Thomas Dimitroff didn't let the slow time scare him away completely and I believe the Falcons faith will be rewarded.
If you watch the tape on Smallwood he doesn't look like a player with a 5.0 second 40 time. He won't be mistaken for Patrick Willis anytime soon but his foot speed shouldn't be a liability in the pros.
Here is an example of Smallwood flashing good recovery speed to break up a pass.
He initially bites on the play fake but quickly realizes his mistake and recovers in time to break up the pass. This should have been an easy interception but he isn't able to come down with the ball. No one is claiming Smallwood has soft hands though.
Smallwood did not earn his title of UConn defensive player of the year entirely because of his coverage skills or well timed blitzes though. He is a tackling machine. He is an aggressive, high effort run defender that does not shy away from attacking blockers head on.
Here you can see Smallwood nimbly side-step a blocker to stuff the Maryland running back for a short gain.
Smallwood crashes inside, neatly dispatches the left guard and swallows up the back.
Let's have a look at another example of Smallwood shedding a block to stuff a run.
Once again Smallwood makes short work of the blocker and brings down the back for a short gain.
Here is an example of Smallwood's field awareness and solid tackling.
Here you can see Smallwood break his coverage on the running back to come up and stop the scrambling quarterback for a short gain. This illustrates his ability to read and react and it underscores his short-area quickness and open field tackling.
Here is one final example of Smallwood's upside as a quarterback spy.
Being able to mirror and chase down mobile quarterbacks is becoming a highly sought after skill in NFL. Smallwood was charged with spying on most of the mobile quarterbacks he faced and he was very effective. This play is just another exam. His eyes never leave the Michigan quarterback and he methodically closes the distance to bring him down behind the line.
On the very next play Smallwood proves his ability to come up with a big play in important situations.
At this point in the game Connecticut was barely hanging on to a tie against the heavily favored Wolverines. With 11:23 left in the fourth they needed a stop on fourth down to keep their heads above water. The Michigan quarterback found a crack in the defense and squirted through for what, for a moment at least, looked like an easy first down. Enter Yawin Smallwood. After seeing the quarterback had tucked the ball away Smallwood streaked across the formation to help his teammate bring down the ball carrier, stripping the ball free in the process. Michigan recovered the ball but, thanks to Smallwood, failed to convert the first down. His heads up play may not have been enough to carry Connecticut to an eventual victory but it certainly illustrates how clutch Smallwood can be.
Smallwood's film isn't always stellar. He does have weak points in his game or he wouldn't have fallen so far in the draft. He is prone to over-pursuit and will run himself out of the play on occasion. He is quick to bite on play action and will occasionally lose sight of the ball carrier altogether. As aggressive as he can be he doesn't always play down hill and as a result is late to the corner on some plays. He doesn't always take the best angles and sometimes gets embarrassed because of that. I'd bet he thought about that stiff arm for a few days after the game.
He is not immune to giving up an occasional big play either.
Here you can see Smallwood attack the middle of the line at the snap which makes it tough for him to get back to the edge to make a play on the runner. He actually does a pretty good job of working his way through the opposing blockers but he completely whiffs on the tackle. After avoiding Smallwood the runner skates into the open field and trots in for a momentum shifting touchdown. Prior to this play Connecticut had a pretty strong grip on the game but this big play served as a rallying point for the Wolverines and kicked off their come from behind victory.
On film Smallwood exhibits far more positive traits than negative ones but he is not without his rough edges. His weaknesses should all be simple enough to rectify with solid coaching during training camp. If he can learn to play with discipline on a more consistent basis he should have no issues making the Falcons final roster. He is a very natural fit as an inside linebacker in Mike Nolan's hybrid 3-4 scheme and he has the potential to play any of the linebacking positions in a pinch. Aside from Akeem Dent there are no prototypical "TED" linebackers on the Falcons roster and Smallwood can fill that same role and offer far more flexibility. The fact that the Falcons drafted four linebackers speaks to the lack of depth at the position and it would not be a big surprise to see Smallwood sneak into the starting line-up by season's end. If you are looking for a late round or undrafted player to be the next Joplo Bartu or Paul Worrilow look no further, Smallwood is your guy.


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The Eco-Huqin Series is a system of reformed (or remodelled) musical instruments developed by the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra motivated by the need to create a new orchestral voice. The design encapsulates a three-pronged motive, which is to address environmental concerns, uphold a musical heritage and break new ground. The engineering process involved selecting, through shortlisting, a range of renewable PET membranes to replace the python skin that was used for the original, older model in order to meet the primary goal of environmental protection, and redesigning the sound box through a scientific method of calibration to greatly enhance the physical functions of the instruments.
In remodelling the gaohu, erhu and zhonghu, the main emphasis is on the expansion of their physical capabilities while preserving their traditional timbre and mode of performance. As for the gehu and the double bass gehu, it is to re-create bowed ethnic instruments suitable for use in a modern Chinese orchestra in order to achieve an overall orchestral sound. The entire set of vibrating membrane string instruments has a range of six octaves that blend well with each other, while the volume is larger by one-third when compared with the traditional model. The result is an unprecedented breakthrough in the overall orchestral voice, in terms of nuances, texture, body, depth and volume. It has the typical tonal appeal of the Chinese huqin yet with enriched expressiveness and compelling qualities. The result is the opening up of new dimensions for Chinese music on the whole.
The research and development process of the first generation of Eco-Huqins took place between 2005 and 2009. The second generation is now in full force of consolidating. As a cultural ambassador of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra has a busy performing schedule and is expected to maintain a high standard at all times. Product testing and the artists' virtuosity have been, therefore, understandably under tremendous stress. Thanks to the support of the Council, the experience, acumen and adventurous spirit of the Artistic Director, the unreserved facilitation of the Executive Director, and the dedicated teamwork of all at HKCO in terms of repeated testing of the new products and offering of suggestions for improvement. These instruments have been played in over a thousand concert performances at home and abroad. They are the product of a creative cultural industry in Hong Kong, and the research leading to fruition is in tandem with the ecological trends of our time. They are representative of our unyielding spirit to innovate in order to reach the twin goals of environmental protection and artistic excellence. With the growing number of users, their influence is also increasing in leaps and bounds, and being felt in all parts of the world. In short, they are rewriting the world's opinion of Chinese orchestral music.
Although we see the success of the reform project so far, we must bear in mind that the road to final fruition is still long. As the Book of Changes famously states, 'Just as the heavens have their ways of self-rejuvenation, the superior man ought never to rest in his self-improvement.' We shall continue to work towards our goal.
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As an ex-SAP user, anything which helps users get at their data and workflows in SAP more easily is a great thing, and this announcement of SAP Windows 8 apps, featuring the clean, modern, touch interface is a really good sign of support by vendors of enterprise-grade systems for Windows 8:
They announced plans for six business apps for SAP running on Windows 8, for use on different types of Windows 8 devices, focused on key functions such as training, HR recruiting and sales. These mobile apps include SAP WorkDeck, which will be developed first for Windows 8. It's a new app described by SAP as being:
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According to SAP these apps aim to take advantage of the touch capability and features of the new Windows user interface, such as zoom, tiles and Snap mode, enabling users to easily interact with SAP data. Sebastian Kramer shared this screenshot (right) of the SAP Manager Insight demo on Instagram, which gives a good idea of how different the apps looks from previous SAP screens.
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One of the controversial issues that keeps coming up in computer science education is the role of the IDE – Integrated Development Environment. Some people believe that students should learn using command line instructions so that they become more aware of the roles of compiling and linking. I'm going to jump right in and say that insisting on command lines in a first course makes about as much sense as requiring that new car drivers start their cars with a hand crank.
Now I'm not saying that compiling is not an important concept – it is. And so is linking. But in this day and age it doesn't have the importance it did back in the old days when we often had to manually determine how and when the different parts of a program were loaded into memory at run time. You don't need that in a first course. In fact I am not sure where it does fit into the curriculum.
The first course of programming or computer science should be about success and for building a foundation for the future. I understand the argument that compiling and linking is part of that foundation and 20 years ago that was true. I don't think that it is true today. Today we have so many varied ways of building software and integrating it into something that the computer understands and can present to users that focusing on just one doesn't make as much sense early on. We have web pages, Internet APIs, mobile devices, PCs, and more. It's all a little bit different.
Returning to the success part of a first course. An IDE helps make beginners successful by making things they don't need right away invisible and allows students to focus on logic, problem solving and the specifics of the first programming languages. IDEs also support powerful debugging tools which makes fixing problems faster and easier. Yes I know you can get a listing of errors and print it all out from a command line tool. In fact it can be a whole lot like back in the punch card days! Oh yeah that will excite students.
So other than hiding compiling and linking what are the knocks against IDEs? Well one is that they are too GUI focused and this focus takes away from the focus on algorithms, problems solving and programming basics. This is an easy argument to make because students, especially youngers ones in high school and earlier, do often get caught up in the GUI. I see this as a problem as much of the instructor as the tool though. By providing templates or pre-built GUI code an instructor can help keep the focus away from the GUI. At the same time today's students are used to a real GUI program rather than white letters on a black "console" background. I would also argue that I/O is easier in many ways with, say, Windows Forms objects than parsing input and output strings on a command line program. This makes processing more data more easy which leads to better testing and prevents a lot of the early problems with I/O that beset many beginners.
The other big complaint about IDEs, especially professional ones like Visual Studio and Eclipse, is that they are too complicated. I taught HS CS for a number of years using professional IDEs – some for C/C++ from Borland but mostly Visual Studio for C++, J++ (a Java replacement), C# and of course Visual basic. Students generally adapted to the complexity very quickly and easily. With Visual Studio the similarities to other Microsoft products like Office made this even easier. But I'll accept that it may be a bit complicated from many high school students (and their instructors) but please don't insult college students by saying it is too complex for them Seriously? What sort of people are you recruiting?
Of course there are simplified IDEs to use if you really find Visual Studio too complex. Take Small Basic for example. Are there really command line compilers that are most simple then this:
There are also some strong advantages to IDEs such are powerful built-in debugging tools. I have used these in Visual Studio to show how recursion looks, how variables change, and how decision statements are not always what they seem (think = vs. == in C++). IntelliSense or other auto completion technologies (as seen in Visual Studio and Small Basic) allow for almost unlimited exploration of language and library options.
If you want to program in Visual Studio, C# or other dot net languages there are command line compilers available. They come standard with the .NET Framework and your Windows computer probably already has then installed. But are they really the way to go? Not for me. Give Visual Studio and/or Small Basic a try and see how they work for you.
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Its very surprising that the "code only" group have the upper hand!
We've used a command line first approach for ages. I still think it works well, in that it reduces the number of distractions and lets you focus on the algorithmic side of things. However, your comments have given me cause to think about this issue. One problem is that students get very hard to understand messages from the command line compiler when they do things wrong, at least an IDE would make it easier to target these mistakes. Perhaps next year I'll have a go at teaching IDE first and see what happens.
I used to use a slide rule, I now use a calculator. I used to start my motorcycle with a kick starter, I now have a button. I used to use command line, I now use an IDE. I used to chase women, I am now married. (I do not know how that fits in but is sounded good.)
As one who was taught programming and built my software engineering career in the Berkeley Unix and open source software environment, then Sun/Solaris, with Clearcase and eventually built releases for embedded systems, I had never used the Microsoft IDE or built software for Microsoft applications until I sat down to take an exam for my vocational programming teacher license. Since my students spend 3.5 years in my classroom and in our shop we have lots of time to teach them programming. Lots more than you can do in an elective course. For their first two years, 90 minutes out of their 6.5 hours in shop which is every other week, we spend time in a traditional classroom setting learning programming and web development. We rarely spend my class time doing projects on the computer. The remainder of their time in a day is spent sitting at the computer doing projects. The remaining two classes spend 90 minutes in my classroom in the week opposite their 6.5 hours a day in shop. It has taken me the last 2 and a half years to understand what is important to teach them and what is not. The second major realization was exactly what Alfred is writing about. I was teaching the kids in the way I was taught and with what I had learned. They do not need to know my history or my methods. They need to know how to use what will be placed in front of them by their employer. Students who are entering the work force have a major advantage over everyone else. By being newly taught their knowledge and familiarity with the IDE/GUI is current. They are certainly not veteran programmers but they know how to use the software they are likely to run into on the job. Prior to teaching, I spent 4 years trying to figure out how come I couldn't get a job as an software engineer. It wasn't only because of the economy. It wasn't about my age. Or my choice of self expression. It was mostly about the fact that I could not put on my resume and back it up with that I knew how to work with the software gui/ide a new employer was looking for. To them I was outdated and old. That's what my the skill set and software list on my resume said. Today I teach what the kids need to know about the concepts, logic and problem solving. After freshmen year, we spend very little time on how to use the GUI and focus on building up their programming know-how starting with logic, loops and then arrays. notice we did not go into writing sort algorithms or Order of n analysis of algorithm speed. Some day we may go into recursion, data structures and dynamic objects (creation, management and deletion) but today in object oriented programming that is not as necessary as a rich range of knowledge in various programming languages to allow them to distinguish between syntax differences and concepts. No kid today wants to sit in a room and learn what should be called Data Processing programming. That's our time, not today. Download Alice to teach them logic and structure without writing the code. They enjoy it because its about putting objects into a world, in which they are free to make up a story. While they are creating their story they are learning the logic and how to get the program to do what they want.
Load up the Adobe software so they can manipulate pictures, build flash things and do web pages. (or use web developer an expression). Buy a rooms worth of xbox 360 controllers (its a usb device), install XNA and watch a room of kids you have to yell at to keep their attention spend a whole day teaching themselves how to build a game. the reason this works is because you have reached them on their terms, in their world and their interest and focus comes from the relevancy they perceive in the knowledge you have exposed them to. command-line has no meaning to them, at best it is history. we do need to teach them what we know, but we need to make it relevant to them. If it's only history, it is just that. That's so yesterday. Our kids are learning today. They need a foundation of knowledge so they can teach themselves. That is our job today. It is their job tomorrow.
That's right-on, but while it is certainly useful for educators to talk about what existing tools to use given their requirements, let's not stop there. We need to supplement the To IDE or Not To IDE choice with the myriad of immediate and differentiated choices that an intelligently scaffolded development environment can make. We are studying some of those choices in such a framework, and I hope to engage a conversation about that here:


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iHerb Customer Reviews
WARNING !!!! Nattokinase can have very bad side effects
45 people found the following review helpful
Posted by Reviewer3202446 on Sep 01, 2012
I easily have bruises on my legs, more particularly when I'm trekking. Therefore I thought that product would help me. I could clearly feel the sensation in my legs and it was really agreeable the first week. But one morning I woke up with huge shocking bruises on my legs and behind my left hip. Finally we discovered that to scratch (insect bite) have been enough to create those. The next days, my capillaries broke all along my legs... When I understood the cause and effect with nattokinase, I stopped the treatment of course. Since then I have been treating my bruises with arnica. Be careful !
Makes tinnitus worse!
21 people found the following review helpful
Posted by Reviewer1463232 on Dec 21, 2010
Unfortunately, I have tinnitus. When I first used this product it seemed to get much worse. I stopped it for a couple weeks, and then went back on again. Same result; tinnitus worsened, big-time. I tried for a third time of staying off for awhile, til the tinnitus lessened. I took only the minimum doze for 3-5 days and the tinnitus, once again became almost unbearable. It is clear from testing this three times that it was not a coincidence, I'm sorry to say. As for other Doctor's Best products, they are excellent as is iHerb's value and service! I have used iHerb for 8 years now.
2 people found the following review helpful
Posted by Marinajensen on Aug 02, 2015
Y menja bil varikoz ven, ja reshila zakazat tozhe, posle prochtenija mnogix otzivov..Etot preporat sprovociroval y menja nachalo vospalenija v venax goleni na pravoi noge,xotja prinimala po 1 tab. ytrom.. Posle etogo, vospolenie poshlo vishe po vene pravoi nogi, tak chto seichas y menja poverxnostnii tromboflebit ven goleni pravoi nogi. BYDTE OCHEN OSTOROZHNI s etim preporatom!!!
gave me a headache
1 person found the following review helpful
Posted by 5005400973687015734 on Nov 03, 2012
Used this twice, and both times got a terrible headache. Will not use again.
2 people found the following review helpful
Posted by Reviewer2776358 on Oct 09, 2008
you cannot feel this product working, i hope it does-sort of a leap of faith


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Swamp Beast by chrisscalfWatch
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I like this one, really nice detail on the seampweed and algae that's hanging from the body!
Beautiful !!! If you want, visit my gallery, and kindly leave a comment, thanks
"Coming to pet stores near you!"
That's the kind of guy you don't want to meet in a swamp. Reminds me of Peter Jackson's King Kong remake.
Really enjoy your work, man.
I like the releasim in this lol. All of the water dripping off its scales and the sun light refracting..Just awesome
wow o.o
Dang...this is really amazing!! I wish I could draw something nearly as good as this.
Another!!! this is really good work
I think he is a real cutey this one


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Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Theatre
Category: Reviews
2007-05-23 08:25:53
With King Henry the Fifth, the overall effect of the Prenzie Players' Henriad trilogy can be demonstrated in about five minutes of stage time. Shakespeare's titular ruler, played by Jeff De Leon, is invading the French province of Harfleur, and the scene begins with a literal explosion of sound - an edifice-shaking cannon boom, followed by the impassioned cries of the English and French soldiers engaging in battle. Over the next few minutes, the bellowing and booming hit greater and greater peaks of intensity, until finally Henry is standing at the gates of Harfleur, demanding that the governor surrender his township.
Read More About The Return Of The King: "King Henry The Fifth," At The Rock Island Masonic Temple Through May 26...
Written By: Mike Schulz
Section: Theatre
Category: Reviews
2006-11-01 04:37:00
Here's one for fellow fans of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy: You know how badly we wanted to see The Two Towers after The Fellowship of the Ring? That's how badly I want to see the Prenzie Players' King Henry the Fourth after Saturday night's production of King Richard the Second.
For those of you who aren't Lord of the Rings fans, I think you still get my meaning; King Richard the Second - the first installment in the Shakespeare troupe's three-part cycle of Henry plays, entitled The Henriad - is so thrillingly staged and sublimely well acted that the February continuation can't possibly come soon enough.
Read More About Majesty: "King Richard The Second," At The Rock Island Masonic Temple Through November 4...
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adidas players get ready for BNP Paribas Open 2013 in Las Vegas
Before the two big events in Indian Wells and Miami, players often like to get ready by practicing for a week or 10 days somewhere preferably not in the city and the club where the tournament will take place but in the same climate to prepare physically and mentally. Even though the season is still young, it does feel to some of the players as if it has been going on and on already.
Before Indian Wells, adidas invites some of its tennis athletes to come to Las Vegas and work with my colleagues (Sven Groeneveld, Darren Cahill and Gil Reyes) and me. Sven Darren and I do the work on court, and Gil focuses on the work in his gym with machines that he created himself especially for the need of tennis players.
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Super Exciting!!
this blew me away
This image is untouchable.
wow, at first I thought it's a painting. So surreal...
Congrats on the DD!
Stunning work. Fantastic color balance, composition, and minimal nature.
congratulations on the well deserved Daily Deviation
Abselutely stunning
- Congrats on the DD!
Have a nice day!
Congratulation to the well deserved DD!
This is spooky somehow. Like little red getting dragged off by the wolf. I love the contrasts in colours and texture and scale.
I thought it represented a waterfall, she's falling toward the boulder sticking out.
I like how this piece doesn't have a title and is left to the viewer to decide.
Just... Wow!
Congratulations on the DD
wow, interesting.
I'm haunted by these feelings all the time. Impressive!
Congrats on the DD. Stunning capture!
This is really interesting. Congrats on the DD!
A highly atmospheric surrealist vision; an impressive, almost fantasy-nightmare-like aesthetic portrayed. Excellent work.


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Your friends keep saying you're one of the lucky ones. The economy has been imploding for months, each new wave of layoffs turning more of your colleagues into nervously grinning "freelance consultants," but you've managed to hold on to the most traditional of arrangements: a corporate job with a desk, a copy machine, medical benefits, and hours of unproductive banter around the coffeemaker. Why is it, then, that you feel as though you're trudging through each day in a vegetative trance? Because, as with many a survivor, the relentless cutbacks have taken a toll on your psyche. "People are in this comatose state," says Chip Conley, the founder and CEO of the Joie de Vivre boutique hotel company, who experienced a similar bout of inertia when the dot-com bubble burst in 2000. "Being on life support is an interesting way to look at it—has America become one big ICU?"
The signs of Career Coma bear a striking resemblance to the dejected demeanors of the poor chumps collecting unemployment checks. People start tallying up the weeks of severance they've accrued, dreamily trolling the "JobPounce" page on CareerTiger.com, and whispering to each other about who's getting the next ax. "It's like the brain goes into this fear state," says Judith Gerberg, a New York career counselor. "This little part of the brain actually shuts everything down. People tell me that they're just not as productive. They're spacing out at the window."
"Emotions are contagious in a workplace," Conley says. "Companies have become fear factories. As a result, people don't want to take risks. They don't want to rock the boat. You almost don't want to be noticed, because you sort of feel like you'll be singled out, so you just kind of sulk in the shadows."
Which is, clearly, a boneheaded course of action. Although it may not feel like we're floating in the fizz of a recovery, the turnaround will come one day soon, and when it does, it will boost your bargaining power—presuming you didn't waste the past two years stirring your coffee and curating your iTunes library. Adecco, an international human-resources company, recently released a poll revealing that 54 percent of American workers intend to start truffle-sniffing for a new job as soon as the recession is over. (For employees between 18 and 29, the number was even higher—71 percent.) According to a report released by the business-consulting firm Deloitte in July, bosses are already bracing for this "résumé tsunami." If you've been shouldering the workload of two or three people (like most survivors) and you decide to stay put, you'll be in the perfect position to step into a promotion. There might even be perks—remember those? "Surveyed talent managers and executives are most concerned about losing younger employees from both Generation Y (under age 30) and Generation X (ages 30–44)," the Deloitte report says. "To retain these future leaders, many are considering a mix of retention initiatives, including greater financial incentives and flexible work arrangements." In plain English, that means more money and more time.
"People go into this analysis paralysis and think of all the reasons they shouldn't be looking for another job," says 33-year-old career and life coach Josephine Rotolo. "Yes, there's a lot of stress, and obviously sadness, for people who have lost jobs. But at the same time, a lot of people are taking stock of their lives and reevaluating where they are and where they want to be. The only way to battle fear is to come up with some kind of action plan."
"If you feel that you can't move within your organization because it's in contraction, think about what you can take charge of," Gerberg says. "Volunteer for something. Take on a project. What I've seen over the years is that as soon as I can get people into action, in one place or another, they start feeling better and start giving off energy at work."
As anyone with an appetite for risk suspects, now may be the perfect time to start your own business. One of the most beloved maxims in commerce—"Buy low, sell high"—applies not only to investments in the stock market but also to those in bargain-basement real estate and tech start-ups. "Don't only evaluate the potential downside of action. It is equally important to measure the cost of inaction," says Tim Ferriss, author of the best-selling book The 4-Hour Workweek. "If you don't pursue those things that excite you, where will you be in one year, five years, and ten years? This period of collective panic is your big chance to dabble."
Raj Abhyanker, 34, a Silicon Valley lawyer, launched a website called Patent Express in May. His goal is to streamline the patent process for budding entrepreneurs, and he's banking on a bumper crop, especially in western innovation hubs like Seattle, Portland, and the Bay Area. "When people are unemployed, they have the best ideas, because they get scrappy and think outside the box," he says. "There's a lot more people hanging out in espresso bars chatting about start-ups, and the conversations always revolve around something new, something that they think is going to change the world. I was at Barefoot Coffee Roasters in Santa Clara three days ago, and I was just sitting there waiting for my drink and this guy next to me started telling me about his start-up."
If there's a lesson from the economic pullbacks of the past, it's that at least one of those laptop-and-cappuccino dreamers could wind up creating the next Google—while you, hoarding paper clips in the safety of your air-conditioned cubicle, are doomed to miss out. In 1994, companies like Yahoo!, Netscape, and Amazon.com were gearing up on the launchpad, poised to skyrocket when the Internet went mainstream. "I actually believe this is one of the best times to start a company, because of the discipline that it forces from an operational standpoint," says Brogan Keane, the 43-year-old founder of Fuego Nation, a social-networking site that he recently launched with six employees. "You tend to work with smaller amounts of money. You have people who feel like they're lucky to have any job."
Chip Conley agrees. "There is a really valid and logical argument behind the idea of starting a business during a difficult time," he says. "It's that classic Frank Sinatra if-I-can-make-it-here-I'll-make-it-anywhere thing." During flush times, people often cling to jobs because of the perks, whether that means a plum stock-option package or an endless bacchanal of expense-account lunches; when the perks vanish, Conley says, you're forced to ask yourself "Is this something that I really want to do?" After the market meltdown of 2000 followed by 9/11, Conley found that his Joie de Vivre chain—perched perilously on the West Coast—was in danger of becoming another scrap of venture-capital carnage. Business was way down. The easy California cash that had puffed up the dot-com bubble evaporated overnight. During a random stroll through a Borders, a depressed Conley picked up a copy of a book by Abraham Maslow—the psychologist who came up with the famous "Hierarchy of Needs" pyramid—and decided that he would try to reinvent his company based on Maslow's principles. At the bottom of the pyramid are a person's most basic needs: food, shelter, safety. At the top are the most aspirational longings, the desire for esteem and personal growth. The way Conley saw it, the people who worked at his hotels should feel as though they were getting every part of the pyramid: They weren't just bellboys; they were part of a mission. It might sound like a lot of Haight-Ashbury hokum, except that it kind of worked. "In the last downturn, I could've hunkered down and said, 'Okay, it's all about lowest common denominator. Let's just get through this,'" Conley says. "Instead, I said, 'Well, let's try something new. Let's look at this Maslow stuff.' Between 2001 and 2005, we tripled in size. We got a lot of wisdom out of it—at a time when we were frankly left for dead on the side of the road."
Ironically, the next boom will likely be driven by the unlucky chumps, guys in search of a break like Conley was. "The economy will not reboot with our human capital slogging off to jobs that don't tap into people's creativity and energy," says Po Bronson, author of "We have to innovate ourselves out of this mess." In other words, snap out of it. You've got nothing to lose but that stash of paper clips.


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Warrant canary
A warrant canary is a method by which a communications service provider aims to inform its users that the provider has not been served with a secret government subpoena. Secret subpoenas, including those covered under 18 U.S.C. §2709(c) of the USA Patriot Act, provide criminal penalties for disclosing the existence of the warrant to any third party, including the service provider's users.[1][2] A warrant canary may be posted by the provider to inform users of dates that they have not been served a secret subpoena. If the canary has not been updated in the time period specified by the host, users are to assume that the host has been served with such a subpoena. The intention is to allow the provider to warn users of the existence of a subpoena passively, without disclosing to others that the government has sought or obtained access to information or records under a secret subpoena. Warrant canaries have been found to be legal by the United States Justice Department, so long as they are passive in their notifications.[3][4][5]
United States secret subpoenas or national security letters originated in the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act to be used only against those suspected of being agents of a foreign power.[6] This was revised in 2001 under the Patriot Act so that secret subpoenas can be used against anyone who may have information deemed relevant to counter-intelligence or terrorism investigations.[6] The idea of using negative pronouncements to thwart the nondisclosure requirements of court orders and served secret warrants was first proposed by Steven Schear on the cypherpunks mailing list,[7] mainly to uncover targeted individuals at ISPs. It was suggested for use by public libraries in 2002 in response to the USA Patriot Act.[8][9]
Australia outlawed the use of a certain kind of warrant canary in March 2015, making it illegal for a journalist to "disclose information about the existence or non-existence" of a warrant issued under new mandatory data retention laws.[10] It is unlikely a journalist could give a correct canary in this situation anyway, as under this legislation the agency obtaining the warrant is not compelled to inform the journalist of the warrant.[11]
The first commercial use of a warrant canary was by the US cloud storage provider rsync.net which began publishing their canary in 2006.[12] In addition to a digital signature, they provide a recent news headline as proof that the warrant canary was recently posted[13] as well as mirroring the posting internationally.[14]
On November 5, 2013, Apple became the most prominent company to publicly state that it had never received an order for user data under Section 215 of the Patriot Act.[15][16] On September 18, 2014, GigaOm reported that the warrant canary statement did not appear anymore in the next two Apple Transparency Reports, covering July–December 2013 and January–June 2014.[17] Tumblr also included a warrant canary in the transparency report that it issued on February 3, 2014.[18] The online cloud service Spider Oak implemented an encrypted warrant canary that publishes an "All Clear!" message every 6 months. Three PGP signatures from geographically distributed signers must sign each message — so if a government agency forced SpiderOak to update the page, they would need to enlist the help of all three signers.[19]
Previously[when?], mobile security company Lookout had stated that it had not received any national security letters and had "not been required by a FISA court to keep any secrets that are not in this transparency report."[20]
In July 2014, US security researcher Moxie Marlinspike stated that "every lawyer we've spoken to has confirmed that [a warrant canary] would not work" for the TextSecure server.[21] In September 2014, Marlinspike added to this by stating that "[i]f it's illegal to advertise that you've received a court order of some kind, it's illegal to intentionally and knowingly take any action that has the effect of advertising the receipt of that order. A judge can't force you to do anything, but every lawyer I've spoken to has indicated that having a "canary" you remove or choose not to update would likely have the same legal consequences as simply posting something that explicitly says you've received something."[21]
Canarywatch was founded to provide a compiled list of all companies providing warrant canaries. Its mission is to provide prompt updates of any changes in a canary's state. It is often difficult for users to ascertain a canary's validity on their own and thus Canarywatch provides a simple display of all active canaries and any blocks of time that they were not active.[22][23]
In March 2015, after Australia outlawed warrant canaries, computer security and privacy specialist Bruce Schneier wrote in a blog post that "[p]ersonally, I have never believed [warrant canaries] would work. It relies on the fact that a prohibition against speaking doesn't prevent someone from not speaking. But courts generally aren't impressed by this sort of thing, and I can easily imagine a secret warrant that includes a prohibition against triggering the warrant canary. And for all I know, there are right now secret legal proceedings on this very issue."[24]
Companies and organizations with warrant canaries[edit]
The following is a list of companies and organizations with warrant canaries:
- 8chan[25]
- A Wild Duck[25][26]
- AceVPN[25]
- Adobe[25]
- Boleh VPN[25]
- Cheezburger[25]
- Clandestine Reporters Working Group[25]
- Clever Things[25]
- CloudFlare[25]
- Cotap[25]
- Cryptocurrency Standards Association[25][27]
- Cryptostorm[28]
- Databreaches[25]
- Electric Embers[25]
- EPRCI Hosting[25]
- Espionage App[25]
- First Look Media[25]
- Fisil[25]
- GhostMail[29]
- IPredator[25]
- Invmail[30]
- Library Freedom Project[25]
- Liquid VPN[25]
- Lokun.is[25]
- Lookout[25]
- Mapbox[25]
- Medium[25]
- Online&[25]
- PartyVan[25]
- Peerio[31]
- Pinterest[25]
- ProtonMail[25]
- Purism Inc.[32]
- Proxy.sh[25][28]
- Qubes OS[25]
- Reddit[25]
- Riseup Networks[25]
- Rsync.net[25]
- Rugged Inbox[25]
- ScryptMail[25]
- Secure Suisse[25]
- Securenym[25]
- Silent Circle[25]
- SlickVPN[25]
- Spider Oak[25]
- Subrosa.io[25]
- Talko[25]
- The Internet Archive[25]
- Trust Pipe[25]
- Tumblr[25]
- Tutanota[33]
- Utility API[25]
- Vanquish Labs[25]
- VPN Secure[25]
- Wickr[25]
- Xmission[25]
Companies and organizations who no longer have warrant canaries[edit]
The following is a list of companies and organizations whose warrant canaries no longer appear in transparency reports:
See also[edit]
- Animal sentinel
- Patriot Act, Title V, National security authorities
- Transparency report
- WikiLeaks-related Twitter court orders
- ^ Nadine Strossen (2005), "Safety and freedom: Common concerns for conservatives, libertarians, and civil libertarians" (PDF), Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 29 (73), pp. 78–79, retrieved January 3, 2014
- ^ Eunice Moscoso (August 17, 2003), "Subpoenas Fly In Hunt For Hidden Terrorists", Palm Beach Post, p. 1A
- ^ Roberts, Jeff John (Feb 9, 2015). "Site will show if the U.S. has killed a "warrant canary"". GIGAOM. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
- ^ Roberts, Jeff John (Oct 10, 2014). "Are "warrant canaries" legal? Twitter wants to save tech's warning signal of government spying". GIGAOM. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
- ^ Gillmore, Dan. "Google Can't Tell You When the Government Wants Your Data. Here's a Sneaky Solution.". Slate. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
- ^ a b Shaun Waterman (September 30, 2004), "Ashcroft: U.S. will appeal terror-law ruling", United Press International, retrieved January 3, 2014
- ^ "Re: ISP Utility To Cypherpunks? Yahoo! Groups". Tech.groups.yahoo.com. October 31, 2002. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
- ^ West, Jessamyn (2002). "Five Technically Legal Signs for Your Library". Librarian.net : avoiding the PATRIOT Act since 2001. Archived from the original on 2002-12-18. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
- ^ Doctorow, Cory (September 9, 2013). "How to foil NSA sabotage: use a dead man's switch - Technology". The Guardian (UK). Retrieved 2013-11-14.
- ^ Doctorow, Cory. "Australia outlaws warrant canaries". Boing Boing. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
- ^ Hurst, Daniel. "Australia's new 'improved' data retention laws: how will they work?". Guardian Australia. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
- ^ "An ISP that protects your data from the NSA". Reddit - May 26, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
- ^ "rsync.net Warrant Canary". rsync.net. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
- ^ Kozubik, John (August 6, 2010). "The Warrant Canary in 2010 and Beyond". Blog.kozubik.com. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
- ^ Farivar, Cyrus (5 November 2013). "Apple takes strong privacy stance in new report, publishes rare "warrant canary"". ArsTechnica.com. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ "Report on Government Access Requests" (PDF). Apple.com. November 5, 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
- ^ Roberts, Jeff John (2014-09-18). "Apple's "warrant canary" disappears, suggesting new Patriot Act demands". Gigaom. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
- ^ Collier, Kevin (4 February 2014). "The NSA could not care less about your Tumblr blog". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ Kumparak, Greg (August 14, 2014). "SpiderOak Implements A Warrant Canary". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2014-09-28.
- ^ "Transparency @ Lookout". Lookout.com. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
- ^ a b jondo (23 July 2014). "Provide a "warrant canary" for the TextSecure server". GitHub. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ "Canary Watch: Activists create website to track & reveal NSA, FBI info requests". Russian Times. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ "Canary Watch tracks government requests for your information online". Gizmag. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ^ Schneier, Bruce (31 March 2015). "Australia Outlaws Warrant Canaries". Schneier on Security. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az "Canary List". Canarywatch. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ "AWildDuck Privacy Statement (Warrant Canary)". awildduck.com. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ "CRYPSA Warrant Canary". crypsa.org. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ a b c "VPN providers with extra layers of privacy - No Affiliates". privacytools.io. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ^ "Transparency Report & Warrant Canary". GhostMail. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ^ "Transparency report.". Invmail. n.d. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "Transparency Report". Peerio. n.d. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ "Purism Warrant Canary". Purism. Purism. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ^ Matthias (1 July 2015). "Transparency Report & Warrant Canary for the Secure Email Service Tutanota". Tutanota. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "Apple's "Warrant Canary" Has Died". Slashdot. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
External links[edit]
|Look up warrant canary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- Kurt Opsahl (10 April 2014). "Warrant Canary Frequently Asked Questions". Electronic Frontier Foundation. Retrieved 21 June 2015.