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SAN JOSE, CA and SUNNYVALE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/24/13 -- Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) today announced an expanded partnership to deliver new converged infrastructure innovation to unify branch office, data center and public cloud infrastructures under the FlexPod architecture. The partnership expansion includes efforts in technology integration, solution development, and continued go-to-market collaboration -- all designed to make it easier for customers to deploy and access next-generation cloud infrastructure solutions.
Current IT architectures comprise a fragmented combination of infrastructure along with public, private and hybrid clouds offered by different organizations and addressing distinct customer needs. Through a shared vision of a unified data center, Cisco and NetApp offer the ability to simplify deployment, management and orchestration -- connecting enterprise clouds to service providers, enterprises to branch offices, consumers to enterprises, and clouds to clouds.
Deeper integration across computing, networking, storage and orchestration components of FlexPod, combined with broader support for its open ecosystem of partners, will greatly simplify data center deployment and management, deliver greater budget efficiency, reduce risk, and increase agile business responsiveness.
Cisco and NetApp now boast more than 2,100 FlexPod customers across more than 35 countries and over 700 channel partners. Cisco and NetApp are building on this momentum by expanding their successful decade-long partnership to deliver greater innovation, including:
- Deeper FlexPod Architecture Integration: Cisco and NetApp are forging deeper integration across Cisco® Unified Data Center solutions, NetApp FAS Storage Systems, and FlexPod ecosystem technology partners to create a common foundation for data centers and service providers, from branch office implementations to cloud-scale, multi-data center deployments.
FlexPod solutions will provide the ability to manage up to 10,000 servers, allowing organizations to aggregate several FlexPod racks and enable multihop Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCOE). These solutions, tuned for service providers and distributed enterprises, enable infrastructures to be scaled with predictive performance and support.
FlexPod continues to lead on the integration of infrastructure management tools and will support Cisco UCS® Manager 2.1, UCS Central and Cisco's recently acquired Cloupia products. In addition, support for Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud (Cisco IAC) allows cloud management solutions for FlexPod customers. Deeper integration across FlexPod at the platform level, as opposed to at the component level, will enable FlexPod to be seamlessly orchestrated by partner solutions, including Microsoft System Center and Citrix CloudPlatform powered by Apache CloudStack.
Cisco and NetApp will also integrate Flash technologies at the host and storage levels, to accelerate performance across all areas of the converged infrastructure. At the server level, applications running on Flash-optimized Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) servers can be further accelerated with NetApp Flash Accel, while at the controller and array levels, technologies such as NetApp Flash Cache and Flash Pools can be used to access cached data faster.
- FlexPod for Cloud Service Providers: To accelerate momentum in the service provider market Cisco and NetApp are developing flexible, massively scalable FlexPod solutions capable of handling multi-data-center service provider architectures. The set of solutions will bring together NetApp Clustered ONTAP and NetApp FAS storage systems with Cisco UCS servers and Cisco Nexus® 7000 Series Switches to create dynamically provisioned pools of server, storage and network resources that can be scaled up and scaled down by service providers depending on application requirements. These solutions will use Cisco's Virtualized Multiservice Data Center (VMDC) architecture and will include management and orchestration solutions from Cisco and from ecosystem partners such as BMC Software and, in the future, from open source providers.
- Branch Office Solution: Cisco and NetApp are partnering to extend the capabilities of ExpressPod to meet the compute, network and storage needs of branch offices. ExpressPod shares a similar converged infrastructure approach as FlexPod, and as a result, it is ideally suited to branch office deployments with an easy upgrade path to FlexPod as the needs of the branch grow. This easy-to-deploy architecture can be configured to offer greater interoperability with the core organizational data center, enabling branch locations to take advantage of some of the biggest cost-saving trends in IT, such as virtualization and cloud computing. ExpressPod includes support for VMware vSphere® and will soon include support for Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V.
- FlexPod Application Validation: Cisco and NetApp are expanding solution coverage to add more mission-critical applications and private cloud solutions for the datacenter. Mission critical solutions include Oracle Database and applications, SAP® BusinessObjects business intelligence and the SAP HANA® platform, and private cloud offerings include Microsoft private cloud and Citrix CloudPlatform.
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Padmasree Warrior, chief technology and strategy officer, Cisco
"The past 10 years of partnering with NetApp have proven to be successful in bringing a Cisco validated, FlexPod architecture to our customers. Building on that success, we're now expanding our partnership to deliver deeper technology integration and broader solution development across the unified data center for an open, scalable, multicloud infrastructure. Together we can help our customers use their current data center investment to address the challenges of a mobile-cloud era."
Manish Goel, executive vice president, Product Operations, NetApp
"NetApp and Cisco share a common vision for the future of the data center and will continue to collaborate on innovations that connect organizations under a holistic cloud architecture. Our development, sales, and channel teams will work even closer to deliver new solutions that broaden the market opportunities for both companies and our partners, and help customers gain a competitive advantage from their flexible and efficient agile data center infrastructure."
Simon Aspinall, chief of global markets, Virtustream
"With the FlexPod solution from Cisco and NetApp, we can deploy private and public cloud solutions tailored to our enterprise customers' individual requirements for mission-critical applications. The ability with FlexPod to dynamically integrate compute, memory, network and storage is unique in the market, giving our cloud and IaaS solutions a clear advantage."
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That's quite original, actually. A vehicle designed for handling long-distance jumping and landings! Cool.
Something out of the book of Revelations. Pretty cool.
That thing's gonna have crazy G forces for the driver lol
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Dwyer says Robert Helenius is one dimensional and his boxing skills are not so good plus he only relies on his heavy-hands. If thats true Liakhovich can beat him. He also thinks if an opponent is able to get in the inside, it can frustrate Helenius.
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I'm hoping Liakhovich comes in ready and gives Helenius some problems, but I see him getting blasted out to be honest. He lost his drive years ago.
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Helenius by TKO8. White Wolf, I don't see what he can bring to the plate. He seems past his prime...we'll see.
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Helenius is the hottest prospect at HW right now. He had just 15 fights but already knocked out some good fighters. Of course Brewster and Peter are past it but they were still Top20 fighters. Helenius is beeing moved verry fast. He is tall, has good handspeed and power. I think he will get even better. He doesnt look like a fighter, not verry muscular and a bit flabby and at the beginning i thought he would never go far but i changed my opinion.
First i thought past prime Brewster would knock him out but Helenius knocked him out and that was impressive to me. Then the same against Peter, i thought Peter knock him out but he knocked Peter out and since then hes done far more than any other prospect right now. Mitchell, Wilder, Boytsov and even Pulev are behind him, they need to step up their competition too.
When Helenius wins against Liak he has already beaten 3 former champions. You really cant ask for more at this stage of his young career.
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Im looking forward to this fight. I don't think Helenius is "Klitschko replacement" type fighter, but he is a very solid boxer/puncher who will almost certainly be a world champion one day. I still think the beast in Freedom's avatar picture will be a world champion again. His fists look like ****ing meat suitcases. I think he is going to beat Povetkin, or get robbed.
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Here is Thorn Behaving Himself! Keep in mind, he's at home. He is perfect at home. Take him out for a walk, though, and he's not so good around other dogs or strangers.
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I'm not sure why, but I've been feeling the need to blog. Not that I have anything to say, but I guess there doesn't always have to be a reason to blog. I just feel as though I haven't been in touch with a lot of people since the beginning of the summer and here it is almost fall... where does the time go? But I've come over a lot of speedbumps since then, came out fairly unscathed and now life is good. My daughter is settling into college again and apartment life is going well. Thank you to all those who discouraged her from living in the Mission Hill section of Boston. She is settled into a very nice house in a family neighborhood in Brookline. Breaking news this morning said 15 students were injured in Mission Hill when their second floor porch collapsed. Some of those were MassArt students. Fortunately nobody was critically injured. My son jumped out of an airplane and lived to tell about it. Fortunately for me and his Dad, he didn't tell us until his feet were once again firmly planted on the ground. Although now it leaves me to worry.... what next!!
. I am back to school in my job as a school nurse and it feel like I never left!! I work in a school that has Pre-K 3's through grade 8 and I love what I do. I am back to walking almost every day with my dog Gibby. He has not had anymore scary allergy issues. I am loving the fall weather we are having.... temps in the 60's, clear, crisp air with the smell of burning wood and pumpkin everything!! Yum! I am getting back on track with my plan. I have lost the few pounds I gained over the summer, which surprisingly wasn't much. I think I have finally learned how to eat well and enjoy it!!
All that being said, I just want to say that I could never have had all of this happen without Spark and my Spark friends. You have all been here with me every step of the way. From my blogs about not seeing any progress on the scales to my whining about my daughter not having any on campus housing, to my worries about my welt covered itching dog, to just feeling overwhelmed and discouraged you have always been there for me. With kind words of encouragement, advice, support, links to helpful information, virtual hugs and smiles, you never gave up on me and never let me give up on myself. Even during the summer when I wasn't on Spark that much, I always "felt" the presence of my friends, could hear your voices in my head when I was tempted to stray or give up and always felt the power and strength of being a Spark person that made me believe that I am worth it and that I could do this. I still have days, and I think I always will have days when I think...... this is hard.... how will I be able to keep doing this.... how will I ever be able to maintain...... but then I remember it's because I am not doing this alone. I have so many resources, so much advice, so much support, so much motivation from other members and friends. The road is long, but the rewards are so great! I'm successful because I am just living!! I am eating well, I'm exercising, I'm still enjoying some foods that some would consider taboo, but here are Spark nothing is forbidden and that's where I find my success! So thank you all for everything you have ever said, given, supplied, shared , advised, forgave, encouraged , supported..... the list goes on. I am grateful to each and everyone of you and because of that I will continue to try each and every day to be the best possible person that I can be . I look forward to continuing to share our journeys , our stories, our ups and downs, our successes and failures, our challenges and rewards. I wish happiness and success for all of us. So keep Sparking, believe in yourself and never, never give up!!
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WOW...that was a lot of catching up. So glad your daughter is in a good neighborhood and is happy. Your son has lots of guts. Happy to hear you are doing so well. Oh I am so excited the Gibby is a okay. I no that Gibby is loving those walks. For the days I could not go for my walks ...Ginger Girl and I were down in the dumps. We to are back to walking some days we can do a nice long walk other days we may only be able to do a short one, but we are out there moving. Our walks do good my just for my body, but it helps me with and mind and soul. Keep on keeping on.
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are the best!
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So great to hear from you! Great job on all you've accomplished and kudos to your kids for jumping out of planes and moving to college!
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Great blog! So glad to hear things are going well for you!
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What a bright and cheery blog!
Thank you so much for sharing your sunshine with the rest of us!!
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So nice to read a blog from you again
Maybe we both can reconnect some with those we had less contact with over the summer. I've said all along that it's the Spark members themselves that are responsible for the success of the site, the support we're able to both give and receive is so very important. Now that your daughter is settled and your son is safely back from Las Vegas and has his feet back on the ground you can relax a little. When my son turned 21 he wanted to bungee jump from a crane on one of the piers in Southern California. Since his dad had just died about 16 months earlier I was able to convince him my nerves wouldn't be able to handle it so soon and he changed his mind. Thank goodness he didn't reconsider the following year.
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Yes...SP friends and community are the best. That's a whole lotta lot of stuff going on in your life! LOL wonderful how you are so appreciative for the gifts in your life...even those that seems hidden. Yay! So good to hear things are back on track and you are getting back with everything and everybody now that it's fall. Glad your here! Lets do this!
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I'm so happy to hear your cheery, lively voice! I will keep sparking and believing in myself and I know that you will too!
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Lovely sentiments, nice blog! Glad your speedbumps leveled out.
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I agree !
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glad to hear Gibby is doing well (and you too, of course!)
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Great blog! You are one of the most encouraging people I have ever met, thank you!
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Your words express such gratitude - and awaken in me the very same feelings of appreciation for all that this community has enabled me to achieve that I couldn't have ever managed alone.
Thank you for the reminder that we are all in this together. Thank you for the reminder that we get what we give - and that a mindset of graciousness and gratitude makes for a very happy place to be!
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Photo by Sarah Jurado After four years in business, a thriving food truck (Airstream), a new diner, a new family, a book due out next
Photo by Sarah JuradoAfter four years in business, a thriving food truck (Airstream), a new diner, a new family, a book due out next fall, and the world domination of Bacon Jam, Skillet's Joshua Henderson is spending less time in the kitchen and more time plotting his next move: "I'm at the diner sometimes helping to expedite as well as working the trailer for some events. My strength is ultimately cooking for 10 people, not being on a kitchen line. I made that choice."
Skillet made a splash with their high-end diner food when they launched in August 2007 (read what advice Josh has for new food-truck operators in part one of Grillaxin); so much so, they were featured in Time. Josh recalls, "The first year of a little business that wasn't making a dime to be in Time was just mind-boggling!"
We may not get to have Josh cook our food, but we do get the next best thing. Check out Henderson's recipe for Lemongrass Pork With Ginger Aioli and Spicy Pickled Cabbage Slaw . . . after the jump!
1 c. red curry paste
6 stalks of lemongrass
1 c. ginger, peeled and sliced
1 c. lime juice
2 c. water or stock
½ c. salt
½ c. brown sugar
5 lbs. pork butt
Thoroughly rub paste all over pork. Put into roasting pan. Add ginger, lemongrass, lime juice, and water. Cover with foil and cook overnight at 200 degrees (8 hours). When done, add salt and pepper and either set aside in the fridge or hold for serving.
¼ c. soy sauce
2 green onions, chopped
2 Tbsp. unseasoned rice vinegar
1 Tbsp. golden brown sugar
3 garlic cloves, chopped
3 c. mayonnaise
1 Tbsp. fresh ginger, chopped and peeled
½ c. chopped cilantro
½ c. sweet chili sauce
1 lime, zested
Mix all ingredients, either by hand or with a hand blender.
1 head of Napa cabbage
1 c. white vinegar
1 c. water
½ c. salt
½ c. sugar
2 Tbsp. sambal olek or sriracha
¼ c. chopped ginger
½ bunch chopped cilantro
1 tsp. sesame oil
Boil vinegar, water, salt sugar, sambal, ginger, and sesame oil for 10 minutes and pour over julienned cabbage and cilantro. Refrigerate and hold until needed.
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1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2015-03-10Works: Fazil Say: Silence of Anatolia, piano concerto no 3, Op. 11; Tyzen Hsiao: Farewell Étude, for piano, Op. 55; Memories of Home, Op. 49; Julian Yu: Impromtu, for piano; Qigang Chen: Instants d'u...
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There is way too much anti-aliasing. The style for the usual mug-shots is dark outlines and simple shading. Your anti-aliasing makes everything blurry and pillow-shaded which is awful.
Well, thanks for the feedback. As far as I know (seeing as I don't know a lot about Photoshop) there isn't any anti-aliasing: the only thing I could think that might make it seem like that is perhaps I used too many shades of colour, moreso around the hair, I think I might have used about 5 different shades, perhaps I went a little too over the top.
Edit: looking over some actual mugs from the games, I've noticed there's a three-colour standard for everything, I'll have to reduce the colour a bit.
Edit2: I've been through and removed some of the un-needed shading, reducing it to a max of three colours for each part.
does it look any better? (The original is on the left, the new is on the right).
Edit3: Made another, following the three colour standard. This time it's the heroine from B/W2.
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I haven't posted in a while, but I was needing some advice on exclusively pumping and trying to bring my supply back up.
My Oct lo(2011) no longer bf's, but her sister came early (sept 2012) and is still in the NICU, so I'm not allowed to bf since she has gastroschisis. But, my supply has went down a lot in the last couple of weeks. I was pumping 4-6oz every 3 hours, now it's about 2oz every 3 hours:(
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Nazi remnant paratrooper armed with a stormeagle PDW, wrist mounted ballistic knife and luger sidearm.
nice style, reminds me of Nemesis the Warlock in old 200AD comics.
thanks! i prefer to draw in black and white
yea same, as you can see with my pencil/ marker drawings
your quality is really nice, while my stuff keep getting smudged with this regular eraser
thank you very much, try sketching on tracing paper first and then when your happy with the basic details go onto paper, or lightly sketch and then pick out the best shapes and add heavier lines and details.
lol i'm not very professional when it comes to selecting materials, just some cartridge and printing paper is about all i use. i rushed alot of stuff too, mainly because i'm drawing when i'm supposed to be studying
Holy fish!
How did you managed to draw all of that without getting lost?
How did you managed to draw all of that without getting lost?
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In a comment on another thread, FReeper katiedidit1 posted this VIDEO of Rick Santorum praising Newt Gingrich, telling how he learned under the tutelage of Newt! On and on.....
Great piece katiedidit1!
Thank you!
Thank YOU for not only this post but all you do:) for once I totally agree with Rick Santorum..he is right on in this video
Yes, you know they worked together, and Santorum was a key player in the events leading up to Gingrich becoming speaker.
Santorum was a supporter of Newt even before he entered politics, and was listening to Gingrich speeches when discussing his plans.
Santorum was part of the gang of 7 who made the check-kiting scandal a national story, which was instrumental in the Republican sweep that carried Newt Gingrich into office.
And when Santorum went to the Senate, he was considered Newt's point man in that body, working hard to make sure the budgets were balanced, and contributing to the 4 great years of budgets, even after Newt left his position.
And what is the point of this thread, CW?
If the goal is to stop Romney and ultimately, Obama, what earthly purpose do your rants against Santorum accomplish except to make you Newt lovers look like sore losers?
Newt's campaign is OVER. His funds are drying up, his supporters are abandoning him in droves, his percentages in state polls abysmal. There is no point in his staying in the race except to fuel his own limitless ego needs.
He could have been a hero if he had withdrawn and thrown his support to Santorum. Likely he will now be remembered only for being a spoiler.
You should be thankful that he slithered by the vetting process until just recently. He is now being exposed for his big govt., flip flopping record.
It appears Rick appreciated and helped Newt all those years ago....
...but there is no consideration or respect today for Rick from Newt or a group of people on this forum.
I believe it goes to the character of the man, Rick Santorum, that he presses on!
As of right now Mitt has won 15 states...
Santorum has won 9. And placed second 8x's.
Newt has won two. And placed second 4x's.
And while I don't want Newt to drop out, it's time for Conservatives to rally around Santorum, if for no other reason to deny Romney the nomination and to take the fight to the convention!
NO Newt.... Obama wins BIG..
Romney wins... Obama wins a little less..
Santo wins.... Obama wins even less..
Newt Wins..... Obama doesnt Win at all.. You know.. LOOOSES..
...goes to your character as well....
Amazing how that works.
How did I insult him, Guenevere?? What words did I say??
I'll wait.
Newt Supporters are not abandoning him and Newt is taking his battle to Tampa.
Quit Bashing Newt and we wont Start Bashing Santorum. We have pulled our punches for the sake of civility but we are getting sick and tired of having to defend Newt on FR.
Oh by the way who does Obammy keep defending himself against. New Flash it ain't Santorum.
Oh wait Santorum cannot be worried about Jobs, US debt or Gas prices, He is too busy complaining about PR not speaking English, Illegal Porn, Or against Birth Control.
How much do you think the Independent voters care about Santorum three items. You do realize it is the Ind. that will chose the next Potus.
Why don't you keep tapping your little foot while you reread ALL your posts
Whatever Lil' Ricky. Might as well wash Mitt's feet while your at it.
"Quit bashing Newt and we won't start bashing Santorum"
LOL, Bailee. That's all you Newties do...bash Rick over and over until you have nothing left to say.
And by the way, I was a Newt supporter. But he let me down and you should realize that he has let you down too.
He's not serious about his campaign anymore. He's out dancing with Calista.
This was 2008, MM. and they all said and did things in the past that they wouldn't say or do today.
Would someone like to post the pic of Newt sitting next to Pelosi on the couch?
Live in today. ..Move on...
I would change that to HANG IT UP, NEWT.
"Hes out dancing with Calista"
While Rick is hammering home his I don't care about unemployment/Mitt is mean to his dog message.
Very well said, Bailee. I don't want to alienate anyone here, but here on FP, and several other sites I have posted on, Santorum supporters attack Newt & call for him to drop out. They are "as bad as" Mittbots twisting things about Newt & trying to pass them off as facts.They attack anyone who tries to post Santorum's factual legislative records or provide links to the same.
Then, they turn around & project that behavior onto Newt supporters.
Newt has tried to work something out with Rick, but he is having none of it. Rick has attacked & smeared Newt, but Newt hasn't done the same to Rick. How many states did Newt stay out of for Rick's benefit? And how many of those did Rick not come in first?
Newt is both a fiscal & a social conservative. He has the record to prove it.
Rick chooses to focus on social conservatism, believing it to be the right priority
He can't portray himself as a fiscal conservative because his record betrays that.
Both groups are entitled to their preference & priorities.
Please stop trying to bully us.
I hope that I am not overstepping my newness. Mod(s), please delete if so.
... Rick was taken out of context and that was not his emphasis.....
In case you really want to know....his statement was about employment figures rising and falling
.. and he cares very much about the rate of unemployment...
..but the state of the nation is paramount to beginning of healing that would correct the problems with our present unemployment.
There....now you know the truth.
Would be nice if, in future post, you reflected that.
Maybe you should ask for further clarification before you say silly things. I would also recommend developing a sense of humor
My comment was meant to illustrate Rick's political incompetence in a humorous fashion. Once again he's served up ammunition to an unfriendly media. I did read his entire statement. I understood what he was saying perfectly. However, he failed to connect the loss of freedom to short term economic indicators like unemployment as he should of done (instead choosing "I don't care about unemployment"). By not explaining himself better and not choosing his words more carefully he allowed the media to take a snip of what he said. He needs to do a better job of explaining things and quit serving up soundbites.
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niallist Jul 13, 2013 2:28 PM
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I thought it had been fixed but now I'm getting it on the new Die Hard movie.
TBF it's rubbish but the subtitle is still annoying.
Apple, I'm a big fanboi but you're stretching my patience. Fix it please.
Timothy Titcomb Jul 20, 2013 6:29 AM
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Add another frustrated user here ....
Garry Mueller Jul 20, 2013 4:55 PM
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add Cloud Atlas to subtitled movies that have the persistent subtitle issue on gen 1 apple tv.
getting refund from iTunes for this movie.
niallist Aug 7, 2013 5:15 AM
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Still no news Apple, let us know if you can fix it or not.
Armacdee Aug 17, 2013 6:21 AM
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Hi Apple, I have just reviewed the trailer for Armageddon without blemish, then rented the movie, only to experience a grey rectangle in the subtitle location throughout the movie. According to Australian Consumer Law, I should should receive a full refund if the product I purchase fails to match the sample provided.
I hereby claim that full refund and require immediate resolution of this issue for future purchases.
Garry Mueller Aug 17, 2013 7:13 AM
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You do get a refund. To to your email receipt from Apple for the movie. Click on report a problem. Report your problem and ask politely for a refund and you will get it. Cheers.
T-Dubs Morrison Aug 17, 2013 9:07 PM
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I had the same problem so I guess it's not fixed yet. First on "42". I complained and got a refund but they did not tell me it was a recurring problem that others have had. Then, rented The Hobbit tonight and the same thing happened. I will try the fix of switching subtitles to English and also ask for another refund, but it is ridiculous that Apple can't/won't fix this.
RichardGUSA Aug 18, 2013 9:36 PM
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I have been having this same problem for a while now. Just watched Olympus has Fallen and once again the sub-titles stuck continuously, had to stop the movie a dozen times and resume.
What I find strange is that Apple have not officialy withdrawn support for Gen 1 Apple TV and yet we have a clearely defined bug and they are making no attempt to either fix it or provide any feedback on what they plan to do. I understand that they are not bringing new features to Gen 1 but the existing software should be free of known bugs. Clearly this is not the case.
I am also an Apple fan with just about every product they sell in our home, iMac, 3 Mac Book Pros, iPhone 3GS, 4, 4S and 5, iPod Touch, about 5 iPads. At this stage the only option I can see is moving to the new Apple TV, I suspect there may be a new one on its way so will wait until the next round of announcements. Not sure what I loose by moving to the new Apple TV but the Gen 1 has been very good so seems crazy to just dump it now over what appears to be a small bug.
Shamaskatu Aug 19, 2013 9:01 AM
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I look at my AppleTV Gen 1 as a golden goose. I'm going to buy all the movies mentioned in this post, and then get a refund because they don't work on my (still officially supported) AppleTV. Meanwhile, I can watch them on my other devices... If enough of us do this, it might prompt them to do something about it.
Who's with me!?
Thegetches Sep 1, 2013 12:09 PM
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I have been having this subtitle issue for a long time and I've been waiting for a fix. Every movie I have rented with subtitles has had this problem. It's going on a year since the problem has come up. I think someone in the beggining of this thread said it started in October of 2012. Has anyone found a fix?
Dr Eldon Tyrell Sep 2, 2013 7:56 AM
in response to Thegetches
There is no fix from our end. Having posted several times and responding to the refund emails to about every point brought up in this discussion ie: Are you going to fix it? Where are you in fixing it? Why can't you fix it? Is there anybody out there? All I get is the canned response of the information being sent to tech's etc. I find that almost if not more at this point irritating and frustrating. All of these posts, all of these people with Gen 1 Apple TV's have obiovusly been users for along time, yet Apple seems not to care about customer loyality. Nor does it seem to want to solve the problem, it must be cheaper to just refund the money. That being said, you have no idea what you will get when you rent or purchase. The first Star Trek I bought works fine, the latest had subtitles which was a real shame to wait for it's release only to be let down. But whats truly sad is the lack of response to all of these good customers, we were not looking for refunds, we were looking for what we bought to work! Personally I see a smart TV in my future and streaming from Netflix or Amazon and will not be looking at a new Apple TV. I like the one I have, I like the 32GB, I would like to know if Apple ever has looked at these posts?
Luvisi Family Sep 27, 2013 7:23 PM
in response to Atlantax
Add us to the list...we have been having this problem for the last 20 or so movies...VERY irratiting to watch a movie with the translated words from half an hour ago just sitting there! HELP!!!!!!!!!
Luvisi Family Sep 27, 2013 7:25 PM
in response to rslbruin
How do I contact them for refund help? EVERY movie for the past 6 months has titles the won't go away!
DeanChristopherSmith Oct 13, 2013 12:25 AM
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It Seems to be happening a wee bit on StarTrek Into Darkness as well!
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The Rockies said Thursday the right-hander's throwing program has been shut down in an effort to allow his sore shoulder to heal. For Hirsh, who appeared to be making progress in his rehabilitation, it's a big step backward. There is no timetable for his return.
It's also a blow to a starting rotation that, outside of No. 1 starter Jeff Francis, has been inconsistent throughout spring training.
Pitching coach Bob Apodaca said the club can't allow Hirsh's absence to affect it.
"You just go on," he said after the Rockies beat the Angels 6-2 on Thursday afternoon. "We can't look back at what could have been, what might have been or when we'll get him back.
Hirsh came into camp penciled in as the No. 4 starter in the rotation, but he hasn't pitched in a spring game since March 1.
Roster wrinkles.
Manager Clint Hurdle said evaluations are over, but wouldn't reveal his final decisions. It's obvious to anyone who has been watching that Scott Podsednik has edged Cory Sullivan as the fifth outfielder and Micah Bowie will occupy the last bullpen spot. Sullivan will make $1 million in Triple-A, and could become a factor again this season because of his elite defense.
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