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One of the points of feedback has been about disabling services and optionally installing components—we've talked about our goals in this area in previous posts. A key driver around wanting this type of control (but not the only driver) is a perception around performance and resource consumption of various platform components. A goal of Windows is to provide a reliable and consistent platform for developers—one where they can count on system services as being available, as well as a set of OS features that all customers have the potential to benefit from. At the same time we must do so in a way that is efficient in system resource usage—efficient enough so the benefit outweighs the cost. We recognize that some percentage of customers believe solving this equation can only be done manually—much like some believe that the best car performance can only come from manual transmission. For this post we're going to look into the desktop search functionality from the perspective of the work we're doing as both a broadly available platform component and to provide the rich end-user functionality, and also look at the engineering tradeoffs involved and techniques we use to build a great solution for everyone. Chris McConnell, a principal SDE on the Find and Organize team, contributed this post. --Steven
Are you one of those folks who believes that search indexing is the cause of your drive light flashing like mad? Do you believe this is the reason you're getting skooled when playing first person shooters with friends? If so, this blog post is for you! The Find and Organize team owns the 'Windows Search' service, which we simply refer to as the 'indexer'. A refrain that we hear from some Vista power-users is they want to disable the indexer because they believe it is eating up precious system resources on their PC, offering little in return. Per our telemetry data, at most about 1.5% of Vista users disable the indexing service, and we believe that this perception is one motivator for doing so.
The goal of this blog post is to clarify the role of the indexer and highlight some of the work that has been done to make sure the indexer uses system resources responsibly. Let's start by talking about the function of the indexing service – what is it for? why should you leave it running?
Today's PCs are filled with many rich types of files, such as documents, photos, music, videos, and so on. The number of files people have on their PC is growing at a rapid pace, making it harder and harder for them to find what they're looking for, no matter how organized their files may (or may not) be. Increasingly, these files contain a good deal of structure, with metadata properties which describe their contents. A typical music file contains properties which describe the artist, album name, year of release, genre, duration of the song, and others which can be very useful when searching for music.
Although search indexing technologies date back to the early days of Windows, With Windows Vista Microsoft introduced a consumer operating system that brought this functionality to mainstream users more prominently. Prior to Vista, searching was pretty rudimentary – often a brute force crawl through the files on your machine, looking only at simple file properties such as file name, date modified, and size, or an application specific index of application specific data. Within Windows, a more comprehensive search option allowed you to also examine the contents of the files, but this wasn't widely used. It was fairly basic functionality – it treated all files just the same, without the tapping in to the rich metadata properties available in the files.
In Windows Vista, the indexing service is on by default and includes expanded support in terms of the number of file formats and properties which are indexed. The indexer watches specific folders on your PC and catalogues their contents to facilitate fast searching of those files. When Windows indexes your music files, it also knows how to extract the music-specific properties which you're most likely to search for. This enables support for more powerful searches and richer views over your files which wasn't possible before. But this indexing doesn't come free, and this is where engineering gets interesting. There's a non-zero cost (in terms of system resources) that has to be paid to enable this functionality, and there are trade-offs involved in when and how you pay that price. There is nothing unique to indexing—all features have this cost-benefit tradeoff.
Many search solutions follow(ed) the traditional "grep" model which means every search will read all of the files you wanted to search. In this case, you paid with your time as you waited for the search to execute. The more files you searched, the longer you waited each time you searched. If you wanted to perform the same search again, you would "pay" again. And the value you were getting in return wasn't very good since the search functionality wasn't particularly powerful. With Windows Vista , the indexer tries to read all of your files before you search so that when you search, it's generally quicker and more responsive. This requires the indexer to scan all of your files just once initially, and not each and every time you perform a search. If the file were to change, the indexer would receive a notification (a "push" event) so that it could read that file again. When the indexer reads a file, it extracts the pertinent information about the file to enable more powerful searches and views. The challenge is to do this quickly enough so that the index is always up to date and ready for you to search, but also doing so in such a way that it doesn't impact the performance of your system in a negative way. This is always a balancing act requiring trade-offs, and there are a number of things the indexer does to maintain its standing as a good Windows citizen while working to make sure that the index is always up-to-date.
A lot of work has gone into making the indexer be a model Windows citizen. We've written an extensive whitepaper on the issue, but it's worth covering some of the highlights here. First and foremost, the indexer only monitors certain folders, which limits the amount of work it needs to do to just those files that you're most likely to search. The indexer also "backs off" when you are actively using your PC. It indexes files more slowly, or stops entirely depending on the level of activity on the PC. When the indexer is reading files it uses low priority I/O and CPU and immediately releases the file if another application needs access.
It's critical that we get all of these issues right for the indexer, because it's not only important for the features that our team builds (like Windows Search), but it's important to the Windows platform as a whole. There are a host of applications which require the ability to search file contents on the PC. Imagine if each one of those applications built their own version of the indexer! Even if all of these applications did a great job, there will be a lot of unnecessary and redundant activity happening on your PC. Every time you saved one of your documents there will be a flurry of activity as these different indexers rushed to read the new version. To combat that, the indexer is designed to do this work for any application which might choose to use it and provide an open platform and API with flexibility and extensibility for developers. The API designed to be flexible enough to meet needs across the Windows ecosystem. Out of the box, the indexer has knowledge of about 200 common file types, cataloging nearly 400 different properties by default. And there is support for applications to add new file types and properties at any time. Applications can also add support for indexing of data types that aren't file-based at all, like your e-mail. Just a few of the applications that are leveraging the indexer today are Microsoft Office Outlook and OneNote, Lotus Notes, Windows Live Photo Gallery, Internet Explorer 8, and Google Desktop Search. As with all extensible systems, developers often find creative uses for components for the system services. One example of this is the way the Tablet PC components leverage the index contents to improve handwriting accuracy.
We're constantly working to improve the indexer's performance and reliability. Version 3 shipped in Windows Vista. Major improvements in this version included:
We've already released Windows Search version 4 as an enhancement to either Windows XP or Vista which goes even further in terms of performance and stability improvements, such as:
And we've done even more to improve performance and reliability for the indexer in Windows 7 which you'll soon see at the PDC. If you still believe that the indexer is giving you trouble, we've got a few things for you to try:
If you feel as though your system is slow, and you suspect the indexer is the culprit, watch the gadget as you work with your PC. Is the number of indexed items changing significantly when you're experiencing problems? If you pause the indexer, does your system recover? We're always looking to make our search experience better, so if you are still running into issues, we want to hear about them. Send your feedback to email@example.com.
Chris McConnell
Find and Organize
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many people have large Hard drives with thousands of files. search does well. Search has been in windows for a long time, and it wont ever go away, not now with the 500GB and even 1TB hard drives
I personally dislike desktop search. While I don't have any problems with performance or space issue, I do have a problem with security. There is always a slightly higher chance that security is compromised by extra services or that my files can potentially be known from the index.
The main reason why I don't like using desktop search is because of how rare I search. And whenever I do search, I usually restrict it to a specific folder so there's really no problem with time.
While I can see why some people would like this feature, personally, I would prefer an option while installing Windows to remove desktop search (and all the other Windows programs and services I never use, like Help, Calendar, Mail, Media Player, Messenger, etc.) I have seen nLite, but that doesn't seem to work properly for me, but its close to what I desire from Windows.
Sorry, but I'm still too mad about you guys using WSUS to push Windows Search on all my machines to even think about downloading Windows Search 4.
@marcinw -- We think we've been trying to write about topics critical to a modern OS--the launching of programs, managing windows, booting the OS, graphics subsystem, and storage are all things I believe you would find as "core" parts of a modern OS beyond processes, scheduling, memory management, and so on (all of which are darn important as well and also part of an OS).
In the first post we described how the PDC and WinHEC are the events where we will provide the in-depth look at the features of Windows 7 (and attendees will get the code). This blog set out to "provide context over the next 2+ months with regular posts about the behind the scenes development of the release and continue through the release of the product."
Once code is out there we will start to blog more regularly about the details of the release that are supported in the code.
I hope that makes sense,
I think many of the people who disable the search service are those same people who read those dodgy "optimize your PC" guides which recommend you disable all kinds of services (I've seen ones which recommend *disabling* "Windows Installer"!)
Windows will always have problems untill a total rewrite comes in to play.
By rewrite I mean start off with a brand new code from scrartch
Ha, yeah, because a rewrite from scratch ALWAYS makes things better...
I'm a big fan of fast search, but there are a couple of things on Vista that I'd like to see improved.
1. I really hate attempting to double-click on search results, only to have the one I'm clicking on change position in the list before I hit it with the mouse, so I launch the wrong file. They should just come up in whatever order the search finds them, and I'll resort later if needed.
2. Search folders: These are too slow (and I'm on a quad-cpu x64 rig). I've set up a custom one as a sidebar link to pull up my recent project folders so I don't have to navigate through a drive full of them. However, it takes so long to pull this up, that I can probably find it faster without. Is it possible to have the system run this periodically in the background and cache the results so it would be instant? (then update it on a click only if the results change? or something?) Macs have a way of seeing recently accessed folders from open/save dialogs that is basically instant. It would be nice if Windows had a way of doing that.
3. That annoying "Searches might be slow" warning is really irritating on every single search. That should really go away, so if I don't want to index a folder I'm not pestered to do so.
haha, gonzc900, stop reading lame tech blogs and go find something else to do... this 'rewrite' rubbish has been going around for years...
Anyway, personally I love search, but can definetly see need for improvement, although most of that has been covered in the above comments.
What I would like to see more than anything is instant search results when searching just the start menu and user accounts.
If I'm trying to locate a folder somewhere I'm okay with waiting, but when I want to launch Word I just wanna push start, type 'word' and launch it, no waiting for 3-5 seconds...
Also a little more intuitivness would be nice as well... for example search learning mis-spellings in a similar way as Launchy does... so if I type 'wrod' I still get 'Word' found...
Also things like if you type "uninstall programs" you won't get anything, you have to type "programs and features" or "features" whatever.... the point is it's probably not the most user-friendly... for people just wanting to uninstall programs typing that would make sense...
Maybe you can shed some light on this:
I have some excel code that runs for about 20 seconds, in office 2003 (about 33 seconds in office 2007, but that's another story)
While it's running, I run russinovich's process monitor to see what's happening. Well, out of 15,438 events, 7103 of the events are search related. 6317 are related to searchindexer.exe. I thought it was supposed to be dormant while the computer was busy?
You want the logfile, I'll gladly send it to whoever wants to analyze it.
Excuse me OT!
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Nice!! I love this name , thank's :D
I for one was not very happy with the indexing and search features in XP. When Vista came out I was fairly happy with the improved performance.
My only hesitation with using WDS is, as others have mentioned, the GUI. While the performance has been a bonus and decrease the time/resources spent finding files I have often found the interface a pain when trying more advanced searches.
Trying to explain how to use this feature to less computer savy clients has often left them confused.
I am looking forward to seeing a more user friendly interface with streamlined access to advanced functions in Windows 7.
The Indexer Gadget is one of a select few that are actually useful. The only problem I have with it is that I've never had a problem with the indexing and have had heaps of problems with Superfetch (more to follow). This gadget has wet my lips and left me wanting one for Superfetch.
Superfetch doesn't appear to have a concept of file sizes from my experience. I have 2GB of RAM, of which typically 1GB is used for caching. Superfetch trawls my hard drives and notices a folder I accessed once the day before. The folder has 4 DVD ISO's and decides to try to cache 2 of them. Using the Resource Monitor I can tell that the service is reading the full 6GB of ISO's into memory, noticing the cache is full, and writes 6GB worth of data to pagefile.sys. I'm assuming the remaining cache in RAM is the tail end of one of the ISO's which is not particularly useful.
I was running a couple of virtual machines and tried to launch a third, and noticed a huge performance hit as I ran out of RAM. The system slowed to a crawl as I was thrashing to pagefile.sys. After eventually being able to kill off one of the virtual machines, I expected the system to become more responsive. I watched in horror as Superfetch came along and started filling up the RAM that was just freed instead of having the working set of data in pagefile.sys being pulled back into memory.
Superfetch has caused more problems than it is worth for me. I would like to be able to turn it off, but I have been unsuccessful in finding a solution to stop it. Disabling the service doesn't appear to have an effect. I can see how it would be useful when there are a few small commonly used program files and a small amount of data, but it doesn't seem to do a good job of deciding what to load. Disk IO is a precious resource, it shouldn't be unnecessarily abused in order to speed up other operations.
Steven, can you try to make sure that a Superfetch article is done sometime soon?
I have to second the hate on Superfetch.
After I first installed Vista I noticed that the hdd was constantly thrashing. CONSTANTLY, as in every minute of every day, nothing but hdd activity.
The level of activity made the system responsiveness incredibly unpredictable. Sometimes I could open an application right away, other times the hdd would just thrash a bit harder for 20 seconds while I waited.
At first I figured Vista was just indexing everything and it would eventually settle down. But no ... a month later and the madness continued.
So I started disabling services. I first disabled the index service. Then I disabled superfetch. Suddently the hdd stopped thrashing, and the slugishness was gone.
Months later I re-enabled the indexing service because I needed to search my inbox in Outlook. Much to my surprise, the hdd didn't start thrashing and the slughishness did not return. So I've left it on, somewhat happier that I can now search for things.
So for the love of Pete, could someone please fix superfetch? :)
Right, indexing is actually a nice thing. I would like to see a better UI for those panels. dockable, pinable,and shortcuts etc.
But also would be good if you post an article about the accessories you have in windows. i.e. Notepad, Wordpad, Calculator, Paint, system tools etc.
They were ridiculously outdated even in XP not talking about Vista. Ugly Win 95 UI and lacking modern features. OS-vise there are tons of features that should be accessible from everywhere.
I understand that big revenue comes from Office, but Notepad, Wordpad is a joke.


text: Comments (62) + Add comment Comments (62) Featured Nawert + 1191d ago I don't doubt this figure at all. #1 Agree(21) | Disagree(17) | Report | Reply nrvalleytime + 1191d ago That's one billion, five hundred million dollars if each copy sells for $60. O_O #1.1 Agree(16) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply Pandamobile + 1191d ago Publishers only make about $40 on the $60 MSRP. #1.1.1 Agree(16) | Disagree(1) | Report nrvalleytime + 1191d ago ^ True, but total gross wouldn't be impacted by individual return. #1.1.2 Agree(2) | Disagree(0) | Report calis + 1191d ago if only GTA sold for $50 in Australia. #1.1.3 Agree(1) | Disagree(1) | Report first1NFANTRY + 1191d ago @ calis check this website out www.game-lane.com.au. It's an aussie website their located in NSW Alexandria. This is where i buy all my games online. New releases are $67, thank me later. #1.1.4 Agree(1) | Disagree(2) | Report the pro gamer 1191d ago | Spam TiberusX87 + 1191d ago @ Calis & first1FANTRY http://ozgameshop.com Nearly all titles are under $60.00AUD and include free delivery. They also service the US. It's a fantastic site that i've been buying from for years. Otherwise, check JB Hi-Fi. They sold both AC:III & Halo 4 for $69.00. They're being forced to be competitive. #1.1.6 Agree(1) | Disagree(0) | Report knowyourstuff + 1190d ago Yeah, and Take Two would still be broke by the end of the year with their financial planning. #1.1.7 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report ThanatosDMC + 1190d ago If it's better than GTA4 then i dont doubt it. #1.1.8 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report Ranma1 + 1191d ago I want good games to sell a lot, and good innovative games to sell even more... #1.2 Agree(7) | Disagree(2) | Report | Reply GraveLord + 1191d ago You should. Not only is this Jesse due uninformed(GTA IV didn't sell more than 20mil. In fact its just under that) The game took about 4 years to reach this level of sales. This game sold less than San Andreas. Console fatigue is already setting in, GTA V will be a huge success, but it won't do COD levels.(25m+) at least not within the year. #1.3 Agree(3) | Disagree(9) | Report | Reply Outside_ofthe_Box + 1191d ago I agree. I'm having a hard time believing that GTA5 will sell 25 million copies within a year. #1.3.1 (Edited 1191d ago ) | Agree(3) | Disagree(7) | Report Shaman + 1190d ago GTA IV is currently 24 mil I don't know what you are talking about. Check your facts! #1.3.2 Agree(1) | Disagree(3) | Report raytraceme + 1190d ago gta 4 came out when consoles were at their infancy and sold ~20million between 2 consoles. Now with a much higher console base i don't doubt that they can break 25 million hell I predict 30 million + in a year. #1.3.3 Agree(0) | Disagree(1) | Report kneon + 1191d ago It will only be 24,999,999 because I won't be buying it :) #1.4 Agree(3) | Disagree(13) | Report | Reply Y_5150 + 1191d ago I love how much you are being a douche right now. :) #1.4.1 Agree(7) | Disagree(1) | Report bumnut + 1190d ago Im not buying on release day, im going to wait until the biased/paid reviews have passed. GTA4 got awesome reviews but I found it boring. #1.4.2 Agree(3) | Disagree(0) | Report T3MPL3TON + 1190d ago I like how you think your none purchase would stop it from hitting 25.. beyond full of ye' self ain't ya? #1.4.3 Agree(0) | Disagree(1) | Report bumnut + 1190d ago ^^^^^^^ Relax, it was only a joke. #1.4.4 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report kneon + 1190d ago I don't get the negative reaction, it's just a joke. Are you offended that I'm not buying the game or concerned that it may not make 25million? #1.4.5 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report Jamzluminati + 1191d ago Actually they meant in 12 weeks. TGSI #1.5 Agree(2) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply Awesome_Gamer + 1191d ago It will sell more.. @Mods: please bookmark this page and ban me if that didn't happen, i'm serious. #1.6 (Edited 1191d ago ) | Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply Cam977 + 1190d ago Neither do I. Rockstar, prepare to become the richest developer ever... #1.7 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply showtimefolks + 1190d ago I believe it will do more than that because there will be a pc version and a wiiu version most likely within the 12 months. With ps3 and Xbox360 install ate above 65 million GTA could end up being the best selling game of all time. And by the time it comes out both ps3 and Xbox360 will be around 70-75 million. Not in every country are the games $60 so money adds up #1.8 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply first1NFANTRY + 1190d ago @ TiberusX87 cheers mate i'll def check the website out #1.9 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply DA_SHREDDER + 1191d ago I wont do what i did last time, I bought the special edition and even bought all the dlc separately. This time I will wait for all the dlc to come out and buy it digitally so I can game share on the psn. #2 (Edited 1191d ago ) | Agree(0) | Disagree(2) | Report | Reply Zeixama + 1191d ago Yeah, baby!!!Bring it on the hype !!! Let's go back to where we belong again : Saaaaan Andreassss!!!! #3 Agree(2) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply mt + 1191d ago if it is anything close to San Andreas, it might do that. if it is similar to GTA4 i doubt it. #4 Agree(6) | Disagree(8) | Report | Reply sdozzo + 1191d ago That's CoD style. It will be big. #5 Agree(0) | Disagree(6) | Report | Reply HeavenlySnipes + 1191d ago GTA is bigger than COD lol #5.1 Agree(17) | Disagree(6) | Report | Reply Swiggins + 1191d ago I don't know if that's true anymore to be honest, CoD is pretty much the 800 lb gorilla of gaming. #5.1.1 Agree(3) | Disagree(11) | Report ABizzel1 + 1190d ago @HeavenlySnipes I have to disagree as well. GTA holds more weight amongst gamers simply because when one is announced it's an event. Call of Duty's expected, and it's the new Madden of gaming. That being said Call of Duty comes out every year and sells GTA numbers EVERY YEAR. There's no other game doing that regardless of what I think about the franchise it's probably the fastest growing / selling franchise of all time in the last half a decade. To put it in perspective in the last 5 years (November 2007 - now) Call of Duty has released 6 Call of Duty games (UGH) and they have gone on to sell over 100 million copies. #5.1.2 Agree(1) | Disagree(1) | Report claud3 + 1191d ago Profit will include the dlc's how ever many their is The game solo will sell around that number. If you include dlc's and GOTY, It will top around 26.4 to 28.5 million by the middle of 2014... that's everything Has a solo game without dlc's, I say around 22 million. From day one and pre-order sales, around 23.4 million all together On day one it will top around 9.3 million. By week 2,3,4,5,6,7 that will drop to 1.2 million to 437,825 after week 5, from their 283,608 copies and then it will hit a peak of 2.3 million On online sales.. After that and in between dlc's, the sales will drop to below 300,645 copies The sales of the GOTY will kick sales back up to a respectable number for heavy profit again Just my guess #6 (Edited 1191d ago ) | Agree(0) | Disagree(6) | Report | Reply Pillsbury1 + 1191d ago That's a low estimate, I say 25 billion! *holds pinky up to mouth* #7 Agree(11) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply crazysammy + 1191d ago The game will be very successful, but this number is not realistic. #8 Agree(4) | Disagree(3) | Report | Reply e-p-ayeaH + 1191d ago 10-15 million sounds more likely. #8.1 (Edited 1191d ago ) | Agree(1) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply WeskerChildReborned + 1191d ago Wouldn't doubt if GTA sells millions within the first week. #9 Agree(0) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply TheFallenAngel + 1191d ago I think it will. This game looks so good. #10 Agree(0) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply Zha1tan + 1190d ago what gameplay are you basing this opinion on? #10.1 Agree(1) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply josephayal + 1191d ago GTA V will do better on Wii U than PC25M why not? I actually believe GTA5 will come to the Wii U and PS-VITA sooner than you think #11 Agree(1) | Disagree(6) | Report | Reply WildStyles + 1190d ago This has to be a joke post. #11.1 Agree(2) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply GTRrocker666 + 1191d ago . #12 (Edited 1191d ago ) | Agree(0) | Disagree(2) | Report | Reply GTRrocker666 + 1191d ago "Roman!" #13 Agree(0) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply hadouken007 + 1191d ago There gonna buy all the reviewers again for 10 score ratings, To make that figure. #14 (Edited 1191d ago ) | Agree(0) | Disagree(10) | Report | Reply etownone + 1191d ago I'm in no hurry to buy cause I'm really hoping a next gen edition comes out when the next xbox/ps comes out. #15 Agree(1) | Disagree(2) | Report | Reply Hicken + 1191d ago Will it sell a lot? Sure. 25 million in a year? HA! #16 Agree(0) | Disagree(3) | Report | Reply claud3 + 1191d ago It's an over the top in sales and has to be, for any game of this Importance to sell. It's called marketing And people fall for it all the time. I through in my comment for fun and I have no idea how much the game will sell and it's not my business to actual care. I am just a gamer that will buy the game #17 (Edited 1191d ago ) | Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply medziarz + 1191d ago let's hope so, it will be a big test for the industry - does anything matter anymore to gamers as much as CoD does #18 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply sdozzo + 1191d ago One mention of how this and CoD both sell 20 million and you rats are all over the CoD hate. It's impossible, because somebody is buying all those games. It's like it is trendy to hate CoD so anything you see has to be disliked, etc. That's a weak take forum rats. You're better than that. #19 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply Picnic + 1190d ago That's a lot of copies for a game in which you go around a city passing loads of buildings that you can't enter. #20 Agree(2) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply black911 + 1190d ago Alot of fans were disappointed after GTA4. My friend who isnt a hardcore gamer said he's skipping GTA5. Believe me alot of other fans will aswell. #21 Agree(0) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply noorbert + 1190d ago install base of consoles is about twice as big as it was when IV was released. Yeah, i dont think you need crystal ball to guess that it will be around 20 million first year. #22 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply GaryCooper 1190d ago | Spam GaryCooper 1190d ago | Spam MultiConsoleGamer + 1190d ago I love GTA but I doubt this figure very much. #25 Agree(0) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply Bowzabub + 1190d ago I have to be a realist and say it will sell probably half of this estimate in 1 year. Now lifetime , I'd be willing to bet it would sell 25-30 million. Especially if it is a true spiritual successor to San Andreas. #26 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply Gamerita + 1190d ago well GTA is by far the most popular most successful gaming franchise in all of gaming history so i do not doubt the figure at all & it will sell keep on selling well for years to come unlike any other game apart from nintendo at party games. :) #27 Agree(1) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply Donnywho + 1190d ago It's around the Top 5 but it's not the most successful franchise. #27.1 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply 2pacalypsenow + 1190d ago I think The sims is bigger than GTA #27.2 Agree(0) | Disagree(1) | Report | Reply Prcko + 1190d ago Probably most sucessfull gta in history(sales and quality) #28 Agree(0) | Disagree(0) | Report | Reply slimzz 1190d ago | Spam Add comment You need to be registered to add comments. Register here or login Username Password Remember Rules & guidelines Login

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A primary school that was forced to become an academy in 2012 was rated "good" by inspectors in its first full inspection.
Harris Primary Academy Philip Lane, formerly Downhills Primary, won praise from Ofsted earlier this month.
The school became the focus of a national debate over the Government's education policy after it was converted to academy status in 2012 despite resistance from its governors, who were all sacked and replaced.
Inspectors said that since then the pupils' progress has "improved rapidly" and that most teaching was good.
Leadership, management and governance came in for particular praise, with "very high expectations" resulting in rising standards and a "supportive" parent body.
However, Julie Davies, secretary of Haringey NUT teachers' union, said that the recent report was a tribute to the school's past teachers and governors, as well as its current ones.
Ms Davies, a vocal critic of the education secretary Michael Gove's academy policy, added: "Downhills was already on a trajectory of improvement when it became a political football."
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AUBURN, Ala. (AP) -- Auburn quarterback contenders Clint Moseley and Kiehl Frazier have picked up where they left off in the spring, except Moseley's throwing shoulder is in much better shape. The two resumed their competition Wednesday when the Tigers opened preseason camp minus two recent recruits and with a couple of welcome additions. "The desperation is there," said Moseley, a junior who started six games last season. "Yeah, there's definitely a sense of urgency. I realize that my time is coming in a couple of years here at Auburn. So yeah, it's there but it's not going to completely change the way I go about it." Frazier had the advantage of being healthy in the first spring under new offensive coordinator Scot Loeffler while Moseley's throws were limited by a sore shoulder. Frazier takes a more low-key approach in discussing the competition. "I don't think it's really amplified," Frazier said. "Every rep counts and we try to make them matter just as much in the spring as we do in the fall. But really, every rep individually we want to make it our best rep." Moseley said Dr. James Andrews told him that keeping his shoulder healthy is up to him. "It's just a matter of rehabbing and just every day getting better the more I get in the training room," Moseley said. "I understand it's on me, so I've just got to get in the training room as much as I can. It's feeling a lot better than it did in the spring." There were two notable absences as camp opened. Coach Gene Chizik said freshman quarterback Zeke Pike and cornerback Jonathan Rose have left the program and plan to transfer. Pike enrolled in January but Chizik sent him home after his arrest for public intoxication in June. Chizik said the decision was made in the last week to 10 days. Rose was one of last year's top signees, but played sparingly as a freshman. Chizik didn't elaborate on why they left. He was more effusive about two other players who haven't played football in a while. Walk-on wide receiver Melvin Ray, a 2008 Alabama signee and former minor league outfielder, joined the Tigers at a position with some room for help. He was a 33rd-round draft pick of the Los Angeles Dodgers and joins the team after attending Auburn since last year. Frazier said he expects the 6-foot-3, 205-pound Ray to be "a big contributor for us" once he learns the offense. "It'll be really interesting to see," Chizik said. "He's a physical specimen in terms of size for a wide receiver. It's been a while for him. To come out of baseball and sitting out all last year, the jury's out. We'll see but we're glad to have him on our team." Offensive lineman Shon Coleman, a prized 2010 signee, has been cleared to participate fully in practice for the first time since he was diagnosed two years ago with leukemia. Chizik said Coleman, who participated in noncontact drills, has boosted his weight to 305 pounds. "He loves football and he's just enjoying being out there and loving the fact that he's got an opportunity to play the game again, which is outstanding," Chizik said. "And he's done really, really well. He's got to knock some dust off, too, but overall we're really proud of where he's come from." Veterans said a different attitude was evident during summer workouts. Senior cornerback T'Sharvan Bell said the captain-led practices were the best he's seen during his career. "I think just the leadership and the guys that are willing to follow the leaders," said Bell, whose 2011 season ended with a knee injury. "You don't have guys talking back saying, How you going to tell me to do something you're not doing?' We've got guys just showing up and getting their work done, no bickering back and forth. We've got the leaders, and whoever's not a leader's been following."
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the ninth in the series, has been hailed by critics such as John Lamalamadingdong of the Boise Bargain Hunter as "meh", and Thomas Whomas of the Colorado Express as "definitely worth more than a broken distributor cap." Written by the guy next door to the producer, THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS: DRUNK HYDROPLANING promises to be the most intense cinematic experience since "The Great Train Robbery"!! It explores the world of racing in the rain while drunk, and the effects on the youth of America.
Defying all rules, Chip Danger, an ex-pro circuit racer, has taken to the streets to prove to the world that he isn't a coward, that he isn't a loser, and that he isn't a coward. He's joined by Dudes A and B, two fellows who weren't important enough to have names. In his 1985 Yugo, Chip has exceeded all expectations in the drunk-in-the-rain-street-racing-circuit by winning all 666 of his challenges without getting caught. It's nearing the end of his street racing career, but there's one more bozo he has to defeat: Rodney Danger, a man out for respect on the tough streets of Toledo. It is here where this epic story of freedom, danger, excitement, romance, drinking, love, comedy, drama, horror, action, and excitement begins.
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The camera emerges from behind a stop sign, gazing upon a dark and rainy night. We slowly creep up behind a red '85 Yugo, revving its engine.
Chip: HHHEEEYYYYY! HEEEYY, GUYYYYSSS
the two gentlemen near Chip are seen covering their ears.
A: Chip, we're right here, man!
B nods.
Chip: OooOOkayyyy lissssen up. We gots us a probbblem. Its rainin' and, uh, I'm
*HIC* drunk n' in a car...
A: That's how it's always been, Chip. It's been like that ever since the judge upheld your conviction.
B nods.
A glances, then nods.
Chip: I know whatyersayin! Yersayin I'ma bein' drunk! Well screw you! SCREW YER WHOLE FMAIYL!
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Submitted by marc.battyani 3649 days 9 hours 45 min ago
unicode possibilities
It would be nice if cl-user would display unicode input for CJK text. With PCL and On Lisp getting new printings in Japan, it might be beneficial to attract more brain-share from that side of the world. Would this be considered out of cl-user.net's scope?
Submitted by charliemac 2745 days 3 hours 30 min ago
Perhaps it would be interesting to open up a "universities" category (or subcategory of Organization) to list universities that teach lisp?
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This is a good idea. Done.
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Number 5) Moon Boy and Devil Dinosaur. Much like Big Hero 6 this will be one of the more obscure properties Marvel has so freedom to work with it is unlimited. Now you can easily add in Kazar, Shanna and Zabu in (assuming they arent tied in with Xmen deal at all) for more recognizable and human touch points...but I think Pixar is more than capable of doing a movie on these two alone. Devil Dinosaur is a giant red Trex while Moon boy is a small ape like creature who rides on his back and are an inseperable duo due to the fact that Moon Boy saved DD when he was a pup. Obvisouly the merch will be there. The Savage Land is rich for exploitation using all sorts of stories ...the only thing is Pizar is doing the good Dinosaur which early reviews have torn apart
Number 4) Power Pack. This is a property that they have seemingly tried to adapt since I was a kid. First when I was a kid there was talk of a cartoon series but before it could happen the Comic Book cartoon bubble seem to fade out. Then in the 90s they apparently made a live action pilot that even aired but much like the Generation X and Hoff Fury series that never happened it went nowhere likely for many of the same reasons. But its perfect for Pixar. I know some might say well isnt 4 kids with Superpowers a bit like Incredibles....Not really. Power Pack to me always seemed more Space based anyway and other than Walle Pizar hasnt really touched Space. And by doing it as animated you dont have to worry about kids outgrowing the parts very quickly
Number 3) Squirrel Girl......Ok you can stop laughing now....I mean it....I am serious...Here me out...For those who dont know Squirrel Girl is pretty much a non classifiable hero....I would call her a joke hero....but how many of those have victories over Wolverine, Deadpool, Modok, Terrax, Dr Doom and Thanos. But at the same time she is just a very unassuming funny character...and that is what the film could be...Again here is one if you want to give her a cast the Great lakes Avengers/Champions/Lighting Rods/X-men/Whatever name they havent used yet as back up. And Tell me you dont think Monkey Joe wont be a marketable item on par with Baby Groot...I dare you to....(I woudnt recommend saying no if you ever see a pack of Squirrels nearby.)
Number 2) Runaways...Right after the buy out this was a show talked about for Disney XD...and as much as I would love a TV show.....this would have been a bad idea....I have seen similar type shows on that network like Mighty Med and Lab Rats...and seeing the budget they have bad move....Although they could probably do with special effects for simple spells for Nico and maybe even the Fistigons if the didnt use them much...but no way they could do Lucy justice let alone a raptor in every episode.
Now they would probably have to make it a bit less grim to adapt it for Disney but the basic premise that a group of teens discover their parents are evil supervillains is gold
Number 1) She Hulk.....Ok I know I will get some wtf for this...but hear me out. Ok I know you can argue that Hulk is already in the MCU and so should She Hulk....But how....If they put her in the movies she is pretty much Hulk Lite as you wont have time to flesh her out....then what about as a TV series....Special effects budget...Either you have to use a ton to CGI She Hulk.....or you have to get an actress who can play this huge beautiful woman...and let me tell you....there really is not any....There are huge women who can be right size...but they either arent actresses or are not attractive enough....But with Pixar I think they could do a great idea with her......Lets face it people like her best in her own series and that had equal parts action and comedy.....I say make it
SHE HULK SUPERHUMAN ATTORNEY AT LAW....you can then put in all the b-z level characters you. As a matter of fact there is a great case involving Hercules and Constrictor from the comics that would make a great foundation. Add in people like 2 Gun Kid, Awesome Andy, Titania and Southpaw and you have the makings of a great idea....
Ok now that I have this out of the way onto My idea for Marvel Knights the Movie series that could have been...This will be done In the story section on the vain hope some depraved soul might read it and like it


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The campaign setting, urXron, might seem pretty ordinary: fantasy and magic admidst dark-ages society and technology; which can trace its lineage at least as far back as a shirt board cover and staples D&D setting: Greyhawk. It has most of the usual aspects: dwarves and dragons, elves and wizards, paladins and orcs, barbarians and druids. Many of the "supplement" based details (tieflings, dragon spawn) are not included. If you've looked over the Glossary and Snippets you might have seen seeds of distinguishing aspects. It is what come's next, that really will be what distinguishes this campaign, and that will depend on where the player's characters take it.
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Excellent knife for combat, utility
Reviewer: Chris O'Connor
First of all this is a karambit. A karambit without the retention ring, but it is still a karambit. Don't try to adapt a straight blade style to this, learn to use a karambit. The lack of the retention ring does cut off some options- you can't do any of the flicking more traditional styles seem to favor, but frankly I've always thought that stuff would just get me a broken finger anyways. The lack of the ring puts you in either a hammer or ice pick grip and makes switching from one to the other more fluid and simple than with a retention ring in the mix. Using the butt end for blunt impact is not as easy as if it had a ring, but you can still do it, assuming you have smallish hands. The blade does not come overly sharp- at least not mine-, but that's not such a big deal. You can of course hone it if you wish, a little tricky with the swept forward design, but really because of the shape of the blade you will find that cutting, or rather tearing through your every day jobs will be much easier than you would think. I don't know what some other reviewers are talking about, karambits and hawkbill blades are EXCELLENT utility knives. You simply poke the point into whatever stands before you and pull the blade through, and because of the inward curve, your cutting surface stay on the blade and is drawn across it rather than mashed against the way you might find yourself doing with a straight blade. The shape also makes it easier to get a cut without much dexterity in the wrist, streamlining motion and speeding things up, even if just a bit. Not a knife for everyone, but if you hate clam shell plastic packaging and have any interest in a knife fighting style that relies more on cutting and manipulation over simple stabbing then this is definitively worth looking into.