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The bad: Not every game takes advantage of the quad-core CPU, and frame rates can suffer as a result. When connected to the dock keyboard, the tablet is top-heavy and can easily slide off a lap or table if you're not careful.


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Virtual Colonoscopy
As a person gets older, depending on their overall health as well as their genetic background, their body might become considerably weaker than it used to be. Some medical procedures that are necessary to the health of an elderly person can thus become almost too invasive.
However, medical technology has now advanced so that the virtual colonoscopy is now a procedure that is available for the elderly. Middle aged people can also benefit from getting a virtual colonoscopy. In order to understand how this procedure works, it is important to understand what the colon is, and why it is important to have it checked.
The colon is also known as the small intestine. Each time a person eats, the colon is the last place that the food is processed through. Some kinds of food, like meat, can weaken the colon over time. So, after half a lifetime of eating those kinds of foods, it is important for those whoa re fifty years of age and over to have their colon checked. The risk of getting colon cancer is considerably increased with the onset of middle age as well.
So, what is a virtual colonoscopy? It is a procedure that is minimally invasive, providing the doctor with a three dimensional view of the colon. The original colonoscopy involved a long tube with a camera attached to it being placed up the rectum. For some older people, this original procedure was just too much for them, so perforation of the colon sometimes happened.
What is the process behind the virtual colonoscopy? A couple of days before the procedure, the patient will be instructed to only eat certain kinds of food, such as broths. Food like meat and white bread will be avoided, because both are foods that have a tendency to stay in the colon. The night before the procedure, the patient will also be given a special drink that will completely clean out the colon.
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Then, the scanner will make several passes, during which the patient might be asked to assume a couple of positions. While the scanner is passing over the body, the patient will be asked to remain as still as possible. The overall procedure will take about fifteen minutes to complete, after which the patient is usually able to resume daily activities.


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I'm currently making a framework using OpenTK. Everything is OK, but now, I'm facing a problem...
OpenTK uses its own maths (Matrix4, Vector3...) and my framework tries to hide most of the internal and technical parts. I want the final project to link only with my framework (see adding reference to the project). The problem is how can I "let" final project use those maths functions ? I see two solutions :
- Struct inheritance : Not allowed in C#
- Copying all OpenTK maths source to my framework. The problem is when OpenTK update maths functions, I need to update mines... More, I have to cast structs...
Do you see any better one ?
Perhaps you can go the way over interface(s)?
Can you elaborate a little bit ?
Interfaces have the disadvantage that they cause boxing when accessing structures through them. For a while I thought there was no good solution to this issue, but someone posted an ingenious hack on gamedev.net recently:
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)] struct Vector2 { [FieldOffset(0)] public float X; [FieldOffset(4)] public float Y; [FieldOffset(0)] private OpenTK.Vector2 OpenTK_Vector2; public static implicit operator Vector2(OpenTK.Vector2 v) { OpenTK_Vector2 = v; } public static implicit operator OpenTK.Vector2(Vector2 v) { return v.OpenTK_Vector2; } }
You can also define implicit operators to cast your Vector2 from/to any other library you care to support (XNA, from/to OpenTK.Vector2 (and XNA, SlimDX etc).
The downside is that you'll have to reimplement any operations you wish to support (I'd suggest using extension methods for this) but at least this gives you a simple way to interoperate with different math libraries.
I quickly read the license of OpenTK and this is allowed that I copy some part of the source code to use them in my project. Is this right ?
If so, I can easily steal, *cough*... copy needed structs in my framework... With the hint given by The Fiddler (using implicit operators), the cast will be easy.
is it feasible ?
Please read the full license text. You are required to add notion of OpenTK's usage/parts of it, accompanied by the same licensing text. If in doubt ask some lawyers about the MIT/X11 licensing.
From what I saw, I just have to let the header of each file and it's good, right ?
You can do pretty much anything with it except:
1) If you're redistributing part of OpenTK source do not remove the original license from the files.
2) If you're also offering binary only packages for download, an explicit "OpenTK License.txt" would be necessary. That's what I did a couple of months ago. No lawsuits yet :)
Ok, thank you.
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The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe LbNA # 14458
|Sophie & Me
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On your trip through Narnia, it would be in your best interest to bring the following items with you: good walking/hiking shoes, a compass, your personal stamp and logbook, an inkpad or markers, a pen or pencil, and bug spray if you are searching during the summer months.
The Wardrobe Box:
To gain entrance into Narnia, you must first find the magical wardrobe. To successfully search for the wardrobe, start at Veterans Park. You can park your car on Lagoon Drive. Once you have parked your car, venture back toward the stoplights. Cross over Lincoln Memorial Drive by taking the pedestrian bridge. When you get to the pedestrian stop sign, head north up the paved walking trail, following the metal fence on your right. When you get to the end of the fence keep your eye on the woods and structures on the left side of the trail. Walk past the retaining wall on the left and keep walking until you see a white post with a black top on it. Take a bearing of 20 degrees from the post and spot the stump of a willow tree, about 10 steps away. The Wardrobe Box is hidden in the base of that trunk, nestled under some rocks and bricks.
Mr. Tumnes Box:
Now that you have found the wardrobe, you are officially in Narnia! Continue back to the paved path head north. (You will walk past the Alterra Coffee Shop on your right. This might be a good time to make a slight detour and stop in for some coffee, hot chocolate or tea to fend off the chilly Narnia temperatures!) Soon you will find that the path divides. Take the path on the right, heading northeast, (the one that goes up the hill, not under the bridge). Walk on the path until you come to a sidewalk. Go right on the sidewalk and cross Lafayette Hill Road. Head east on the sidewalk, taking notice of the streetlamp on your left hand side. When you get to the street lamp that has the Oak Leaf Trail sign on it, stop. Soon you will meet Mr. Tumnes and he will ask you Are you a son of Adam or a daughter of Eve? And then he will invite you back to his home. Now look you your right. You will see a grassy area and a small patch of woods at about 180 degrees. Look for a small dirt path heading into the woods and go to it. Shortly after you start walking down the path, you will see two large trees on your right. The second tree on your right has a bunch of big stones under it, kind of creating a wall. Look for a large, oblong-shaped rock beneath the tree. By this rock should be a small rock that will come loose when you pull on it. If you remove the rock and some debris, you will find the home of Mr. Tumnes. Once you have found Tumnes, be careful to not let him lull you to sleep with his flute, and be careful not to let other humans see you. That might cause suspicion, and someone might alert the White Witch! Stamp up and return him to his hiding place.
Turkish Delight Box:
Go back to the streetlamp you were standing at before and continue east. Cross the street and enter Back Bay Park. Head in the direction of 120 degrees to find some wooden stairs. Go down the stairs. At the bottom of the stairs, head north along the tree line. If you stay along the tree line, you will eventually come to a couple of green metal boxes. Stop at the smaller, stout box. Walk 35 paces from that box and look to your left. You should see a small rock barrier wall. You will notice how the wall kind of crumbles away at one point, and there is a medium-sized tree above where it is falling apart. Look just below the right side of the tree, under some stones. Here is your Turkish Delight! (Compliments of the White Witch. She senses you are human and is trying to tempt you to bring others to this place!) Stamp up, re-hide, then head east to the cement path, and then head north.
Soon you will come upon a large space surrounded by an iron fence. As you look up the hill, you will see the palace of the White Witch! Look in her garden, and see all the poor, unfortunate souls she has turned to stone!
Quickly and quietly pass by to avoid alerting her guards! (Okay, I know it's really just the Villa Terrace Museum, but isn't it fun to pretend?)
The Beaver Box:
Keep going along the paved walkway. Cross E. Water Tower Road. You will walk on this trail for a while. Go under the ramp leading to Bradford Beach, and carry on about a quarter of a mile longer until you come to a paved path on your left. Take the path as it changes from paved to dirt and stone. Walk up this incline, go under the metal bridge above and over the wooden bridge that comes just after that. When you come to the very last fence post on the right side of the bridge, stop and count 30 steps further. You should see a large willow tree on your right. The box is hidden in a hole in the northern base of this tree. This is where you will find the home of Mr. And Mrs. Beaver. They will allow you to stay with them and be safe for a while. They will tell you stories about how things used to be in Narnia, before the White Witch came. They will ruefully tell you how in Narnia, it is now always winter, and never Christmas but that will soon change, once Aslan returns! Stamp up and re-hide them safe and sound.
Aslan Box:
Go back the way you came until you have gone back over the wooden bridge and find yourself standing under the metal bridge. If you look to your left, you will see path that leads up the hill to the top of the bridge. When you get to the top, you should see a lighthouse. Turn right and venture to the paved path. Head south and cross the bridge guarded by the stone lions. This must mean Aslans den is close by! When you reach the other side of the bridge, head to a park bench on the left, about 40 paces from the lions. Next to this bench is a lightpost. Walk 10 paces east from the lamp post to a "V" shaped cluster of trees. This is where Aslan's den is, in a tangle of roots at the bottom of these trees, facing the lake! Stamp up and re-hide carefully.(This is a busy area, so please be cautious not to give away the secret hiding place to others!) Hooray! Spring has finally come to Narnia!
To get back to your starting point, you can backtrack to the paved walkway along the lakefront and head south. The area from which you started will be about a mile down. Be sure to reward yourself for a job well done by stopping by one of the ice cream or hotdog vendors you might see along the way back!
Id like to include a special thanks to Russia for contributing her artistic skills in carving the stamps and assisting with the box placement! Spaseeba bolshoy, Valentina!
This is our first letterbox placement. Your feedback about the search would be greatly appreciated as well as updates as to the status and conditions of the boxes!
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accidentally I forgot to delete the unencrypted original after
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Now if some "third party" gets both the unencrypted and the encrypted
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The Olduvai Gorge theory of Richard Duncan was that human society would be forced back to the anthropoid ape stage of evolution by peak oil and energy scarcity, and would live like Tanzania's "Lucy" the best known precursor or human ancestor, taxonomically called "Australopithecus afarensis", of about 2 million years ago. Duncan's angle, developed in the late 1990s, was that peak oil and energy resource depletion would firstly make inevitable, then speed up this retreat and defeat of Humanity, as human society was forced back to hunting and gathering. An Internet search with Olduvai Gorge theory will produce hundreds of responses.
Among the admirers of Richard Duncan and his "back to the jungle" theory, Britain's Prince Charles and the USA's Bill Clinton have surely consumed a lot of jetfuel kerosene as well as motor gasoline in their lives, to date, and kept away from hunter gathering, as shown by their ability to avoid paperazzi and photo opportunity hunters. They also kept Duncan's gory theory of mass human die off and backward evolution to hunting-gathering, due to Peak Oil and fossil energy depletion, out of nearly all of their speeches. As we know, certainly in recent years, the elite fear of peak oil has been replaced by global warming fear – as the best excuse to impose "world government", unelected of course.
Duncan's theory was given significant media attention about 10 years ago, and was heavily cited by supporters of the US Gas Cliff theory, promoted by writers including Julien Darley and Michael Ruppert in 2004-2006, and by promoters of Doomsday energy shortage and oil soaring to $200 a barrel, such as Matt Simmons. The Gas Cliff theory, we can note, argued that gas resource depletion was running so fast, that US gas resources would be "practically exhausted" by about 2015. Today, we know that we face a towering cliff of unconventional gas resources – discovered since only 2007. Discoveries of unconventional gas march on and up, implying that probably 200 years, or more, of current world gas consumption are now available as exploitable resources, worldwide.
The keywords conventional oil and gas, and unconventional oil and gas, tell us all we need to know about global fossil energy for the next 50 years, at least. Peak Oil (PO) theory as developed by Colin Campbell, Jean Laherrere and Kjell Aleklett among others, only concerns conventional oil resource depletion, does not in any significant way concern gas resources, and also assumes that global oil demand and consumption can only rise.
The PO theory of the period 1998-2008, during which it had large media, corporate and even political support is easy to compare with M. King Hubbert's US oil depletion theory of the 1950s: this also was only focused on conventional oil resource depletion on the supply side, and ever-rising oil demand. Hubbert's theory however attracted little media interest or overt political support, but his theory very probably helped set US Middle East policy of the 1950s – still unchanged today. This is based on the notion of "incompressible dependence", and possibly near total future dependence on Middle East oil, due to "Soviet oil dependence" being (very) politically incorrect during the Cold War. Oil dependence on Soviet fundamentalists was supposedly a lot worse than depending on Islamic fundamentalists.
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iPhone 5 MEMS Microphones AAC - Reverse Costing Analysis
- September 2013
- Region: Global
- 100 Pages
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This publication is part of a set of two reports highlighting the first two MEMS microphone suppliers competing with new design in Apple iPhone 5 smartphone. The two reports are available separately or you can benefit from a special bundle offer buying both of them.
Apple initiated the trend of integrating three MEMS microphones with the iPhone 5. Two manufacturers compete to integrate their analog microphones, Knowles which largely dominates the MEMS microphone market (with half of the business) and AAC which is ranked No. 2 but is the main source for the iPhone5. Both components are interchangeable in the iPhone 5, thus providing similar package/functionalities/price but with two different processes.
AAC Technologies continues to rely on Infineon for the production and design of the MEMS die, but compared to the ones integrated in the previous iPhone the new design integrates corrugations in the membrane allowing to relieve stress under maximum strain.
The MEMS Microphone uses a free-floating diaphragm.
The common sensing principle is capacitive.
The component is provided in a specific 3-pins package, compatible with SMD process.
This report provides a complete teardown of the MEMS microphones with:
- Detailed photos
- Material analysis
- Schematic assembly description
- Manufacturing Process Flow
- In- depth manufacturing cost analysis
- Supply chain evaluation
- Selling price estimation
Companies Profile
iPhone 5 Teardown
Physical Analysis
- Physical Analysis Methodology
- Package
-- Package Views & Dimensions
-- Package Opening
-- Package Cross-Section
-- View & Dimensions
-- Marking
-- Process
-- Cross-Section
-- Process Characteristics
-- View & Dimensions
-- Marking
-- Dicing
-- Bond Pads
-- Diaphragm & Backplate
-- Cross-Section
Manufacturing Process Flow
- Global Overview
- ASIC Front-End Process
- ASIC Wafer Fabrication Unit
- MEMS Process Flow
- MEMS Wafer Fabrication Unit
- Packaging Process Flow
- Package Assembly Unit
Cost Analysis
- Main steps of economic analysis
- Yields Hypotheses
- ASIC Front-End Cost
- ASIC Back-End 0 : Probe Test & Dicing
- ASIC Wafer Cost
- ASIC Die Cost
- MEMS Front-End Cost
- MEMS Back-End 0 : Probe Test & Dicing
- MEMS Front-End Cost per process steps
- MEMS Front-End: Equipment Cost per Family
- MEMS Front-End: Material Cost per Family
- MEMS Wafer Cost
- MEMS Die Cost
- Back-End : Packaging Cost
- Back-End : Packaging Cost per Process Steps
- Back-End : Final Test Cost
- Microphone Component Cost & Price


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Do I still need D4?
Hi guys,
here is my situation:
I am a full time pro shooting mostly performing arts (theater, dance, concerts, etc.). About 60% of the shots I take are withing ISO 800-1600. I do studio work (maybe 20% of my work) as well and of course I use the lowest ISO there. I use ISO 3200 and above maybe for 3% of my shots and I almost never use ISO 6400.
Now you can probably easily predict my question
What will I get for extra $3K what I am not getting with D800?
By the way my D800 arrived yesterday, so I was not even able to test it thorough-fully, but my preliminary results are very encouraging.
So far I've been using a pair of D700s for my assignments, but it's high time to upgrade, so I already have D800, which I plan on using mostly in my studio and whenever I will need a lot of details.
My hopes with D4 were that:
1. It's going to give me better quality in low light, especially at ISO 1600 and above than D800.
2. It's going to respond faster than D800.
3. It's going to handle better than D800 with vertical grip (ergonomics).
4. It's going to give me more precise AF than D800.
5. It's RAW images won't be immensely large, so I can quickly work on them, especially that I can have 2000+ photos from one assignment.
6. It's video capabilities will be better than those of D800.
Now, looking at your experiences with D800/D4 do you think I can really expect any of these advantages?
If not all of them, are they still worth extra $3K, which by the way is exactly the cost of another D800?
I absolutely need two cameras, no question about it. The only question is if I need D800 and D4, or just 2 D800s.
All your thoughts will be greatly appreciated. I hope that some of you maybe already received both D4 and D800 and can share their opinions on how they compare in real life.
#1. "RE: Do I still need D4?" | In response to Reply # 0tkearney Registered since 09th Sep 2006Tue 27-Mar-12 10:16 PM
I think you need to approach this as a rational-minded businessman and forget about the hype. You have pretty much said that you don't need the high ISO or speed, which are the main advantages of the D4. Even if you did, the D3s would serve your needs well and produce beautiful images for you. Many people really like the way the D3s does skin tones, which would really benefit your work. That would save you about $2500 or more at current prices. The D800 can do things that neither the D4 nor the D700 can, so I would keep a D700 and the D800. They will compliment each other nicely. Only you can decide if the D4 is worth an extra 3K. You might also consider picking up a D3s and use that with the D800. The D3s is a fine camera and a very good value right now. The D4 is not really that much better for the money.
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#2. "RE: Do I still need D4?" | In response to Reply # 1Tue 27-Mar-12 11:49 PM
Thanks for your words of wisdom.
Actually, I should have been more specific in my original posting: I have to replace both of my existing cameras (D700), so the choices for me are 2xD4, or 2xD800, or D4 & D800, the last one being what I originally planned.
After reading all the recently available reviews, looking at the samples, also from my own D800 I got distracted and started the decision making process from scratch.
Paradoxically it may be good for me that my pre-order for D4 has not been delivered before I received D800, because unwillingly I bought time to reconsider my decision.
Speaking about the technical specs of both models I would probably benefit of not being afraid to use ISO 6400, which is where D4 wins.
As far as speed is concerned I don't shoot sport, but sometimes the shows I shoot can be as fast as the fastest moving sport, though I can't really recall a situation when I needed 10 fps.
Looking at the number of images I produce every week I am seriously scared about the storage capacity I would need if I used a pair of D800s. Even if I saved everything as JPGs they would be 20-35MB each.
I hate the "down sampling" idea, because for me buying a camera with a capability of producing 36 MPix images and using only part of it makes very little sense, so I am sure if I decide to go for a pair of D800s I will be shooting them in full resolution RAW.
I think the only way for me to make the well educated choice is to actually use both cameras in a couple of typical assignments and see how they compare. This can unfortunately cost me more, but finally I will have the satisfaction that the decision I made was the best possible.
Your thoughts will be appreciated.
#3. "RE: Do I still need D4?" | In response to Reply # 0
For your use I would have gotten a D4, or if budget is a concern then a D3s, but not the D800. The D800 is terrific, but the high ISO capability is on par with the D700 which you already had and below the D3s let alone D4. In addition, it has a slower frame rate than the D700 let alone the pro bodies. The primary strengths of the D800 (fantastic resolution, dynamic range and color fidelity at ISO 100) wont come that much into play for your use.
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#4. "RE: Do I still need D4?" | In response to Reply # 3westcoast Nikonian since 28th Jan 2007Wed 28-Mar-12 01:49 AM
It sounds like studio is 20% of his work, so there is some value in having the D800 there. He did not indicate how much video he would shoot. Certainly the D4 has a couple of features that the D800 doesn't have. It didn't sound like the D3s was an option that he really considered. But if the video on the D800 was good enough, than a D3s might make a lot of sense for the speed and high ISO if money was a factor. If money is not a factor then the D800 /D4 sounds like it would be the two camera option of choice.
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#5. "RE: Do I still need D4?" | In response to Reply # 4TomCurious Registered since 03rd Jan 2007Wed 28-Mar-12 02:27 AM
I had missed the studio part, yes the D800 will be great for that.
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#6. "RE: Do I still need D4?" | In response to Reply # 5Wed 28-Mar-12 09:22 AM
I think you are both perfectly right.
The reason I don't consider D3s is simply because I assume that after the next 3 years, or so the resell value of this model is going to drop significantly more (in %) than that of D4. It's capabilities for taking stills may be quite similar to D4, but the video features are certainly not.
D800 was one of my choices mainly because of studio work, which I plan to expand, but it may be very useful in many other applications, e.g. publicity shots, album covers, images for posters, taken also on location.
I thought that having both models will give me "best of all worlds", which for me means better flexibility in my work and some potential for further growth.
Thank you everybody for your input! I really appreciate it.
#7. "RE: Do I still need D4?" | In response to Reply # 0
Funny you should ask that. I came at this topic, in my case shooting Theatre but at higher ISO ranges than you, in the opposite way on the D4 forum. You can see me wondering if my ordered D4 should instead be "good enough" with a D800.
After some no little agony on my part, I am remaining firm on the D4, much as I love what I see on the internet coming from the D800. I did end up consulting Thom Hogan and he came back with "no question in his mind, that D4 will be his low light camera". I expect he will be putting this determination on his blog shortly once he has finished evaluating D4 vs. D800 and can state at which ISO he sees the crossover in the two tools (D4 and D800).
I totally agree that if I had both cameras in hand, and shot one low-light play side by side, I would know instantly which is the better camera for me and my uses.
Based on what you describe, I *think* you sound like a D800+D4 kind of guy
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#8. "RE: Do I still need D4?" | In response to Reply # 7Wed 28-Mar-12 05:02 PM
Thanks Steve!
I got a call from my local dealer few minutes ago that they found D4 for me, so I am going to pick it up tomorrow! Actually, I am so excited, because I will be able to test both D800 and D4 on the real assignment tomorrow night, when I am supposed to shoot a big fashion show.
Can't wait!
But tonight I promised to take some shots of my daughter in the studio, so I will be finally able to fully test tethered shooting with D800.
#9. "RE: Do I still need D4?" | In response to Reply # 8Thu 29-Mar-12 01:48 AM
I had "Hands On" both yesterday.
The D800 is better than your D700 at ISO 6400.
The high resolution and multiple shooting settings are a mixed blessing.
There are so many settings available, that the camera can be really dialed in.
But, what it needs is programs (U1, U2, etc) for each type of shot.
Making all those changes each time is going to be tedious.
I am in the process already of saving my second good setup to disc.
I will load them back as needed.
The D4 is a lot faster (not just fps), it is also a lot more forgiving,
and the default settings are much better.
The $3k would be worth it to me only if I could make that much more money.
The D7000 makes a lot more economic sense as an Event camera.
I went home with the D800. I will mostly be using it for Landscapes and Video.
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#10. "RE: Do I still need D4?" | In response to Reply # 9km6xz Nikonian since 22nd Jan 2009Thu 29-Mar-12 11:20 AM
Roger, what store has then both available for demos?
I just bought my tickets for California today next month. Last year I went I ended up with a camera I really did not need and that might happen this time also. I did not even bring a camera last summer hoping to keep things light to be able to bring my bags full test equipment. Ended up with a D7000, which I find to be excellent, particularly at base ISO where it is tremendous.
I need a camera this trip because on the return trip I am stopping for a week in Scotland, to the ancestral home.
My most recent trip, 3 months ago I brought back a lot of stuff, 60 lbs over luggage weight. This trip I have much less to bring back. SOOO... maybe, just maybe a D800 will be calling my name.....although a D4 would be more useful to me., or even a D3s
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#11. "RE: Do I still need D4?" | In response to Reply # 10Thu 29-Mar-12 12:39 PM
If you need to take a quick (even single) shot at 12,800 ISO the D4 is the camera (no contest).
We took all the Cameras that Greens had.
You need to get in touch with Peter Becket.
He has the D4 and will probably will have both by the time you get here
and he lives closer to San Francisco.
Or we could all meet at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and have a "shootout".
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#12. "RE: Do I still need D4?" | In response to Reply # 11km6xz Nikonian since 22nd Jan 2009Thu 29-Mar-12 05:26 PM
Actually the meeting at Monterey sounds good, I have not been down there for years. I wrote a letter to two shops in the Sacramento area from which I've gotten a lot of lenses and my last 3 cameras...over 35 years, to see what they might have next month. The D3s would likely be all I ever could use if they are becoming a little more available. There would not be much difference in price between a new D800 plus grip and taxes and a used D3s. Too many choices, none bad. The only thing on any of these cameras that I would not really use would be burst mode. I think I have used my D7000 twice in burst, at 6fps. Even with sports, and some pretty nice pro basketball shots, all were single frame and concentration on timing. The best sports related shot I've gotten was with my old Canon A-1 and a 200mm lens. It was perfect timing to catch Barry Bonds making contact and seeing the ball compress against the wood on the homer where he broke the record. Single shot.
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#13. "RE: Do I still need D4?" | In response to Reply # 12Thu 29-Mar-12 09:26 PM | edited Thu 29-Mar-12 09:35 PM by RRRoger
All good Nikon stuff is rare right now and in high demand.
Used D3s bodies have not dropped much in price yet, nor any of the best used Nikkors.
I may have an extra D800 tomorrow.
My dealer did not have a clue if they would even get any
so last week, I called a Best Buys that had one in stock according to the internet.
They not only did not have any but were not planning on stocking them.
However they could order the allocated one for me and promised it for tomorrow.
Perhaps I can stall the pickup until you get here.
Then I could take a video (with my D800) of you, Peter, and his other Photo Buddy as you fight over it.
One thing I promise, I will not be putting it on FleaBay.
But I might keep it unwrapped so I could return it and someone else then could be the original (warranteed) owner.
What date might you be available for the Aquarium?
I will probably be available Monday thru Thursday if I know ahead.
Friday thru Sunday is less likely.
If Pete and I can both make it, there will be plenty of cameras and lens to try out.
What you need to bring is a Compact Flash Card so you can keep your test shots.
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Level 40-42
Time to grind again. Won't hit the reduced-XP level penalty in the Upper Sceptre of God until I'm level 42, and while I could go see Dominus at a lower level, it's an unnecessary risk and avoiding those is good. The Sceptre is a horrible area to grind since there's so much resummoning when multiple Evangelist fireblasts/frog leaps/voidbearer incinerates wipe the minions out, but I really have no other place to go. At least the invading Brooding Tarantulas make a nice easy change of pace every once in a while. Sceptre of God waypoint to the Dominus-zone-barricade runs to hit 42: 6. Invasion bosses encountered (not every run spawned one, probably they were hiding in a room I missed):
The Bolt Juggler - Found him through the first door as I entered the Upper Sceptre, so turned around and reset the zone. No invading boss spotted in the new instance, must have been in some side room.
The Bolt Juggler - Again. Saw him before I opened a door on the second Upper level, so just went back to town for a reset.
The Firestarter - Was tempted to avoid him, but given my level advantage I decided to fight. Hardest part was taking out all the monsters around him, since the minions were all spread out and easy targets for the firebombs. Did a lot of resummoning until it was just the boss, then it was fairly standard skeletons-in-his-face-until-dead.
Genesis Paradisae - Making a visit to see his cousin Paradisae Venenum, perhaps? Seeing both of these in the same zone made for an interesting comparison of the Invasion bosses vs normal uniques, since both do pretty much the same things. Took about twice as long to take out Genesis, even with me removing corpses as quickly as I could to prevent regen.
Corrector Draconides - Fun room here with this guy, Paradisae Venenum, and a rare frog (with haste aura) all together. Sent in the minions, ran away, resummoned, and came back slowly in order to get the Corrector by himself and kill him, then finished the other two.
No usable rares dropped with any decent mods. I did find a 4-linked Bone Armour, but the mods after an alchemy and a chaos were awful, so no upgrade there. Got a Sapphire Flask, which completes my set of elemental resistance flasks. And found Zandethus' Cassock, which has some nice energy shield and chaos resist for a level 37 item, but given I primarily need life and elemental resistances on my armor, it's not really useful. Keeping it in the stash anyway, just in case.
At level 41 picked up Shaper, which is a real boon to the mana globe (especially since I have no Clarity gem). At level 42 started in on the Gravepact cluster. And then immediately after reaching level 42...Dominus. As is the case on most characters, the first and third phases were the most challenging.
I had a full slate of minions out when the initial three bosses came out, and Draconarius Wilhelm Flamebrand was down almost immediately. Took a good long time for the other two, though. The spark totems kept killing skeletons and the zombies didn't last long against the freezing cyclone. Eventually I got enough spirits out to take down Compulsor Octavia Sparkfist while the decoy totem kept Imperator Stantinus Bitterblade busy, and then he was easy pickings alone.
None of the second set of bosses was particularly memorable. As long as you don't get caught in the crossfire from Kali the Crazed while cursed by Alal the Terrifying, it's fairly safe. All three down fairly quickly.
Third phase was the longest. I went back to town to get my Topaz Flask, since getting caught in the lightning stream can be deadly, and went to the Lunaris temple to resummon zombies/spectres while I was at it. With enfeeble on Dominus, the zombies could mostly live until they got caught in his "touch of god" slam attack, and so they kept the miscreations busy while I summoned raging spirits. Did a lot of running away when that miscreation-kamakazi mark came out. Had to leave and resummon once more before the spirits finished the job.
Last phase didn't last long at all. He stood up, the minions beat on him down to about 1/3 life, he cast his bleeding rain which hit none of the horde since they were all next to him, then he died. Difficult phase only if you're underpowered in terms of damage, so that he gets a bunch of minions and/or moves out into the rain before you can kill him.
So the grinding to get to +6 levels really paid off. Got slight upgrades to helm and boots from the drops; nothing spectacular but a few extra percentage points of elemental resists, though I'm still down to 32/64/41/-12 in Cruel.
Went to the Cruel Strand and killed Hillock, and was rewarded with yet another pair of nice boots plus an upgrade to my life flask. Swapped a ring around to get resists to 31/67/40/-12, a slight improvement, but the big bonus is the move speed. Picked up Grace from the Hillock reward (on the off chance that I someday see a Reduced Mana and can run multiple auras) and put both Grace and Purity of Lightning on weapon switch for leveling.
Also found the Overlord's Strange Sinkhole of Lightning: shocking ground and unique boss damage/speed buff. Tempted to go in, but considering the boss is Mother of the Hive, with the cannot die aura and many spawns, it's a bad idea. Don't have the minions yet to both hold off a horde and go after the main boss, especially with the hitpoints these unique bosses have.
Into the Coast, where everything was easy pickings until I saw a group of rock elementals. Stayed just long enough to confirm it was Granitecrush before running, which was just barely soon enough as he managed to get one Discharge off that wiped every minion and took me to half life. Fortunately he wasn't in a position to block me from proceeding to the Mud Flats.
First monster group in the Mud Flats contained Bladetooth, who burnt my zombies to a crisp but was a fairly easy kill for a bunch of skeletons supported by a totem. Rest of the run through was uneventful, got the glyphs and into the cave. Decided during this time to respec out of Minion Instability and move that point into the Gravepact cluster. The minions aren't dying much any more in normal fighting, there are enough passive tree bonuses now to make it worthwhile to keep them ambulatory as long as possible, and the bosses now have enough HP that a few explosions aren't doing much anyway.
In the Lower Submerged Passage, found my old buddy the Guardian of the Mound, fortunately announced in advance by a vanguard of goats. Turned right around and ran away, with my piddly 31% fire resist and very flammable zombies. Found a Screaming Eagle unique axe, into the guild stash. Got a much better shield in terms of evasion rating and resistances, but it needed more dexterity, so decided it was finally time to ditch the Sidhebreathe and get a new amulet. Ended up with +22 dex, +22 int, and 22% fire resist, which will serve until something better comes along. Resists up to 74/61/45/-12, and evasion is at 37%.


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Demos: The good, the bad and the ugly (and a crash course with Sanusi Junid)
A peaceful masked protester from a developed country. Click HEREto read story"Malaysia is OUR COUNTRY ... do not let the likes of Ibrahim Ali or Ambiga, and those bent on tearing Malaysia apart for their benefits, to prevail." - Tony Yew in his posting Don't Push It, written after he lodged a police report against
another blogger who had asked all Christians to march for the persecution against "us and our Lord".
Bangkok street protests: Soldier beaten up
Jakarta street protest: Clashes
Manila burning
Singapo! re: No m ercy towards trouble makers so protesters work hard to look real harmless
Myanmar protests: No mercy towards anyone, no matter how harmless
Last night my brother-in-law called from Singapore to say that he was postponing his trip back to our kampung in Melaka next week. He had been told that it would not be safe to travel in Malaysian because of the Bersih walk. I told him that if he was driving up only to Melaka and not planning to visit KL, it should be OK. Still, he said he'd play it safe. He and my sister will go back to kampung the following week, after the demonstrations.
Wow, what have they been hearing about us in Singapore?
This morning I thought of calling back my sister to tell her that she and hubby shouldn't postpone their drive up. But I realized that I can't blame them for deciding to stay away during the July 9 weekend. When they demonstrated in Bangkok, Yangon, Jakarta and Manila, where lives were lost in street clashes between police and demonstrators and demonstrators vs other demonstrators from rival political parties, the rest of the world sat back and watched from the safety of their living rooms.
I took part in the Bersih 1.0 in 2007 because the organizers assured us it was apolitical. It turned out to be anything but. At the end of the walk, near the Istana, the organisers set up their political circus. Big Opposition names suddenly emerged in front of tv cameras to peform their tricks. No, Bersih can't fool me twice! and cla im to be apolitical.
On July 9, I'm sure there will be some unsuspecting would-be marchers, who believe that they are wearing yellow for a good cause and not for some people's hidden political agenda. But they should be told at least that there will be another group of marchers, who will be clad in red, who are serving the political interests of some other people. If these two groups clash, you think they are going to hug each other and exchange greetings and phone numbers?
Most unlikely.
On Twitter, some individuals who are defending Bersih (but who are unlikely to take part because they are outstation or due to other unforeseen circumstances) continue to argue that the authorities are discriminating against Bersih. They cited events such as the recent gathering of 1 million youths in Putrajaya and even the people's demonstration against the British led by the Malay leaders in the pre-Merdeka days.
Sanusi Junid, the former Cabinet minister who has taken part in demonstrations in London and Acheh, explains the difference between good demonstrations and bad demonstrations (like good cholesterol and bad cholesterol), H E R E.
And if you think the cops in developed countries just watch and smile at demonstrators because it's their democratic right to gather and marc! h, try t his picture from the 2009 protest in London where one man died and fake police uniforms were found after the protests ...
- Rocky's bru