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5 Easy Ways to Spot a B.S. News Story on the Internet
The Internet, while awesome, is also a mind-boggling marvel of bullshit production and dissemination. A misleading or outright fake news story can get forwarded on Facebook a million times before Snopes.com can even write up their rebuttal (no, oral sex does not prevent breast cancer). Since the rise of social media, we get more and more of our news from each other, and far, far too many of us aren't asking ourselves the important question:
"Is the amazing news I'm about to share even fucking true?"
Because most of the time, we don't need somebody else to debunk these stories for us -- not if we know what to look for. For instance, it should always raise red flags if ...
#5. It's World-Changing News from Some Obscure Website
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Any Time You See a Headline Like ...
"Vaccinated Children Five Times More Prone to Disease Than Unvaccinated Children" -NaturalNews.com
"Studies Show That Online Gaming Can Add Years to Your Life" -i-Newswire
You Should Read It As ...
"Vaccinated Children Five Times More Prone to Disease Than Unvaccinated Children AND ALSO WI-FI IS CAUSING WORMS TO GROW IN YOUR BRAIN" -Hobo talking to his pet rat on the subway
I'm not saying all news has to come from The New York Times or the BBC -- I think I only learned Obama won re-election because Mike Tyson mentioned it on Twitter. But for the love of God, if you're going to forward me a link on Facebook about some earth-shattering piece of health news, I'd better not hover my mouse over the link and see it's from fucking AlienTruthRevealed.blogspot.com. I swear that 95 percent of the misinformation on the Internet could be stopped in its tracks if people would just take a few seconds to look at the source of the amazing headline they just read before hitting the Facebook "share" button.
In the case of that vaccination story above, it came from NaturalNews.com. And, to be fair, it kind of sounds like a legit site. (Isn't there a prestigious scientific journal called Nature? It's probably related to those guys!) It's only when you read down to the bottom that you see that their anti-vaccine study was based on an online poll conducted at a website called VaccineInjury.info. That is, an anti-vaccine blog got their readers to click buttons on a page agreeing that vaccines are terrible (obviously every study ever done disagrees). But how many parents just skimmed and forwarded it along with an accompanying post like "Scary stuff!!!"
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"Wait, this is just pain juice. Where's the one for premature death?"
I understand it's not always obvious by just glancing at the URL -- purveyors of bullshit news have figured out how to sneak their product onto domains that also host legit news. For instance, a while back I mentioned a shocking story that ran on Reuters about how fluoride harms brain function, but a closer examination showed that it was just a press release by anti-fluoride wackjobs hosted on a separate part of Reuters' website (with no oversight or fact checking -- you could write one right now and they'd post it).
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"Finally, my Legolas erotic love story will see the light of day."
Oh, and do you still recognize Forbes as the highbrow magazine for investor types? Because guess what: Their website now hosts hundreds of unedited blogs from random, often unpaid writers off the street. Seriously, you can write for them if you want. So now any time you see a Forbes.com story and the URL has "sites/(some dude's name here)" in the middle, you're not reading a news story from professional Forbes reporters/editors, you're reading a blog post from some random person. That's why you can see a "Forbes" article claiming that a majority of scientists doubt global warming -- in reality, it's a press release written by a shill for the Heartland Institute, an oil-industry-funded group that ran billboards comparing environmentalists to serial killers.
Remember, there's a lot of money to be made from bullshit -- that traffic pays the same as any, and they're getting very good at tricking us into doing their promotional work for them. And that goes double if ...
#4. It's From the Fucking Daily Mail (or Another U.K. Tabloid)
Via Dailymail.co.uk
Any Time You See a Headline Like ...
"Semen Is 'Good for Women's Health and Helps Fight Depression'" -DailyMail.co.uk
"Woman, 23, Found 'Having Sex With a Pit Bull Terrier'" -TheSun.co.uk
Via Thesun.co.uk
"And the dog was also a terrorist!"
You Should Read It As ...
"Bigfoot Caught Having Sex With Roswell Aliens" -BullshitChonicle.info
I guarantee that everyone reading this has clicked on, and believed, a bullshit Daily Mail story within the last year. Their website has become the most popular news website in the world, largely because of their talent for getting Americans to forward their bullshit to each other.
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"Ha! That guy got a whole child stuck in his asshole. Send that to Tom and tell him he owes me 10 bucks."
The Daily Mail and The Sun are tabloids -- I'm not using the word "bullshit" lightly here. It's a little bit easier to see with The Sun (typical headline: "Aaron, 9, 'Bullied to Death for Being White' -- Family Blames Asian Yobs for Suicide"), but a huge number of Americans don't seem to realize that The Daily Mail is just as bad. They're so much better at hiding it -- go to their front page and they'll have four real stories and then one they just pulled out of their asses. And I mean literally they'll just make up a fictional story, usually about the danger of immigrants/foreigners/Muslims, or salacious sex-related crimes, or the horrors of feminism.
For instance, they ran an outrageous "crazy ex-girlfriend story" with the headline "Dentist Anna Mackowiak Pulls Out Her Ex-Boyfriend's Teeth" (they made sure this happened in Poland, to get the "crazy foreigner" aspect in there). The story went viral and was picked up by Fox News, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The New York Daily News, as well as every fucking news aggregator website on Earth. When somebody finally looked into it and it turned out that none of the people involved actually existed, The Daily Mail said they weren't quite sure where it came from. That is, one of their reporters just ... made it up.
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"Oh, crap, did I forget to put the 'fiction' disclaimer in there? Silly me."
And why not? It's not like it will stop anyone from forwarding the next one. The "swallowing semen fights depression in women" story I mentioned above got repeated so often that England's National Health Service had to issue a statement reminding people that if they're suffering from depression they shouldn't try to just blow their way out of it.
But their real specialty, the fuel that keeps their ad revenue fires burning, is outrage. When a British researcher suggested that autism could be exacerbated by two parents of similar obsessive personality types, The Daily Mail wrote it as "Is the Changing Role of Women in Our Society Behind the Rise in Autism in the Past 30 Years?" When a female scientist wrote a book about how in the future, there might be ways to have children without a sex partner, The Daily Mail's headline was "The Woman Who Wants to Abolish Sex." Other Daily Mail exclusives include "How the BBC Fell for a Marxist Plot to Destroy Civilization from Within" and "Why No Child Is Safe from the Sinister Cult of Emo."
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"Sir, the skirt says 'hipster' but the boots say 'goth.' I'm taking the shot just to be on the safe side!"
Don't laugh -- remember, they generate some of the most-forwarded stories on the Internet. Hey, remember that crazy story from a while back with the headline "Saudis Fear There Will Be 'No More Virgins' and People Will Turn Gay if Female Drive Ban Is Lifted"? That was The Daily Mail.
And just by linking to all of these I've fallen into another one of their traps: writing intentionally wrong/dangerous articles to get the traffic from outraged people debunking them. Like "Want to Beat Depression? Do What I Did -- Just Get a Grip!" Or, after Japan's tsunami, they gave us "Why My Wife's POW Grandad Wouldn't Mark a Minute's Silence for the Japanese" (sample quote: "I often wonder what our fathers and grandfathers would have made of modern Britain's ghastly cult of sentimentality and vicarious grief.")
Holy shit, it really makes you want to take to your blog and tell the world why it's bullshit! The Daily Mail is counting on it, in fact.
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"Can you believe this horseshit? Wait until FuckMonster78 hears about this."
#3. It's Predicting Some Future Disaster by a Strangely Specific Date
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Any Time You See a Headline Like ...
"All Seafood Will Run Out in 2050, Say Scientists"
You Should Read It As ...
"We're Not Sure How Much of a Problem This Is, But We Can't Get Anyone to Care Unless We Say It's the Apocalypse."
Yes, all of the fish will be gone by 2050, according to that story that got spammed across every goddamn website and social media network on the Internet a few years ago ...
Via Google
The only search term I used was "seafood 2050." Seriously, try it out.
... and who could resist forwarding, sharing, or reposting such a story? No fish by 2050! Our fat asses will have eaten the oceans dry! That story went almost as viral as the one pointing out how Europe will be a Muslim dictatorship by 2050. And the one about how there won't be enough water to grow crops by 2050. And the news that America's economy will collapse by 2050. Really, go Google the phrase "by 2050" and you'll find out that it's going to be a terrible year.
Granted, the "all fish will be gone by 2050" report was immediately debunked by scientists, and by scientists I mean "the same people who worked on the report" (they released a revised one a few years later, minus the doomsday prediction). And while there are still plenty of chilling viral videos warning of the Muslim menace overtaking the world thanks to their birthrates being higher ...
... it, like all alarmist predictions your cousin shares on Facebook, is based on the assumption that every trend line on a graph continues in the same direction forever (spoiler alert: they don't). For instance, I grew up hearing every day that overpopulation was so out of control that we would run out of resources by 20 years ago. Today we know that birthrates are now falling worldwide, and so of course here come the predictions that humans will go extinct if current trends continue.
And that's true, in the same way that you will eventually die if you continue your current trend of sitting and reading this article instead of eating or sleeping. But news outlets that rely on referral traffic know that a story expressing mild concern or suggesting sensible action on an issue is nothing but boring mouse cursor repellent. But set a deadline on the death of the reader or the reader's children? That shit is getting shared. So, if it looks like an asteroid is going to come somewhat near Earth a century from now, according to a random Russian website, you throw that shit up on your site with the headline "We Have 93 Years Left Till the Next End of the World: Killer Asteroid to Hit Earth in 2106." You've got a viral hit on your hands!
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"A gigantic dog turd is attacking our lens flare! RUN!"
And you'll notice that one also runs afoul of the "huge news from an obscure source" rule. Trust me, if a world-killing rock is heading our way, the grown-ups will cover that shit.
But even if the news is from a legit source, watch out if ...


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SANBORN – Two Niagara Academy teens were charged by Niagara County sheriff's deputies in separate drug-related cases Tuesday. Both boys were suspended pending a superintendent's conference.
One teen was found by a teacher selling prescription drugs in a classroom, deputies said. The boy's father gave the school permission to give the boy a drug test and the school found he was selling the prescription drug Adderall, which had been prescribed for him.
In another case a 16-year-old Wilson teen was suspected of being under the influence and was found hiding marijuana in a deodorant container, deputies reported. The boy was given an appearance ticket and released into the custody of his mother.

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Sources: Intel via AnandTech, Intel
quote: Virtually no one needs any more CPU power than what's been on the market for the past few years.
quote: Performance per watt is now more important than pure performance.
quote: so if a CPU from 2006 is still competitive, between the decline in PC sales, the lack of competition for the performance crown, and the threats to Moore's Law posed by the laws of physics and Moore's Second Law (aka Rock's Law), will there ever be a desktop CPU that can render an i7 3770 obsolete?
quote: This is the fourth generation in a row where the CPU is left stagnant and reviewers are herded towards the GPU improvements.


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on January 1, 2013 - 12:06 AM
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WASHINGTON – The Democratic White House and Republican congressional leaders struck a last-minute agreement Monday night to avoid most of the tax hikes in the "fiscal cliff," while putting off a series of draconian spending cuts for two months.
A day of tempered optimism and frayed tempers at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue ended with a late-night meeting where Vice President Biden was trying to sell the deal to Senate Democrats. A vote on the plan was expected shortly afterwards, either very late Monday or early today.
The House, meanwhile, planned to reconvene at noon today – after the nation technically fell off the fiscal cliff – to consider the plan.
Word of the final deal leaked hours after President Obama and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell announced they were nearing agreement.
"There are still issues left to resolve, but we're hopeful that Congress can get it done," Obama said at a White House event in the mid-afternoon. "But it's not done."
Minutes later, McConnell, of Kentucky, took to the Senate floor to urge his colleagues to support the coming compromise.
"We will continue to work on finding smarter ways to cut spending, but let's not let that hold up protecting Americans from the tax hike," McConnell said. "We can do this. We must do this."
Hours slipped by without an announcement of a final agreement, prompting the House to abandon its plans to meet late into the evening.
"Attn. Capitol Hill reporters: It is impossible for the House to schedule a vote on a deal that does not exist," Doug Heye, spokesman for House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, tweeted in the middle of the afternoon. "Thank you."
Finally at about 9 p.m., congressional aides said that Biden and McConnell had finalized a deal that would:
• Keep tax rates steady for most Americans, while increasing the rate on individual income of more than $400,000 and household income of more than $450,000. For those higher earners, tax rates would increase from the current 35 percent to 39.6 percent – the level it was at during the Clinton administration.
• Permanently raise the tax rate on dividends and capital gains to 20 percent, up from 15 percent, for upper-income earners in the new top tax bracket.
• Preserve the child tax credit and a tax credit for college tuition.
• Fix the alternative minimum tax so that 30 million Americans would not have to pay it.
• Increase the estate tax for individual estates of more than $5 million and family estates of more than $10 million from the current 35 percent to 40 percent.
• Allow the 2 percent, two-year cut in the payroll tax to lapse, restoring the rate to 6.2 percent.
• Extend unemployment benefits for 2 million unemployed Americans.
• Preserve current Medicare payments for doctors.
• Delay the automatic budget cuts, which were set to take effect today, for two months – thereby setting up a second late-February fiscal cliff where those budget cuts will have to be dealt with along with another extension of the federal debt ceiling.
• Congressional leaders also planned to move separate legislation extending current federal dairy policy for a month to prevent a doubling of milk prices early this year.
But the big news was agreement on a deal that, if approved by both houses of Congress, would avert a tax increase for more than 90 percent of Americans.
The deal came despite a great deal of renewed partisan acrimony, much of it stemming from the president's appearance at a podium in front of middle-class families who supposedly would be affected if the nation were to fall off the fiscal cliff.
Obama signaled at the event that he may push for additional higher taxes on the wealthy, beyond those in the current deal, rather than accept a future budget deal based on budget cuts alone.
"If (Republicans) think that's going to be the formula for how we solve this thing, then they've got another thing coming," Obama said. "That's not how it's going to work. We've got to do this in a balanced and responsible way."
Hearing that, several Republicans took to the floor of the Senate to express their anger.
"If the desire was to offend me, the speech did, but if the desire was to deter me, it did not," said Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga.
In the coming talks over the debt ceiling, "the president's not going to make a deal by poking us in the eye," Isakson added.
The dust-up over the president's comments came as the outcome of the current fight over the fiscal cliff remains anything but certain.
Sen. Tom Harkin, a liberal Democrat from Iowa, said he, for one, was dismayed at the deal that was taking shape.
Complaining that taxes should increase on households earning more than $250,000, Harkin took to the floor of the Senate to say: "No deal is better than a bad deal."
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., agreed, but for different reasons.
"The Republican Party should have no fingerprints on this and in no way support anything that raises taxes, because it's bad economic policy," Paul said on the Senate floor.
Given such concerns, Senate passage of the measure was still not absolutely certain – and House passage may be less so.
Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., told reporters that if the deal were to put off the automatic spending cuts, it would have to include other provisions aimed at taming federal spending.
"When it comes here we'll figure out what we can pass," Rogers said. "If we don't have real spending cuts, I don't think it could pass the House of Representatives."
Congressional aides said, though, that the Senate's delay actually might win additional votes for the passage of the compromise in the House.
That's because nearly all House Republicans have signed a pledge not to raise taxes – a pledge they would have to violate by voting for the compromise in 2012.
But with the tax hikes technically taking effect at midnight, the same vote today will actually be a vote for a tax cut, which makes it much more politically palatable for conservative Republicans.
Another potential area of concern, though, was the fact that the deal pulling the nation from the precipice of the fiscal cliff will push the nation back to the edge of trouble in only two months.
The deal only delays budget cuts adding up to $1.2 trillion over 10 years, including $109 billion in 2013, that are evenly split between defense and domestic programs – meaning they are so draconian that Republicans and Democrats alike loath them.
Coming up with a plan to replace them with other cuts – most likely to entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security, among other programs – will be controversial, especially when paired with an increase in the federal debt ceiling.
But lawmakers such as Rep. Brian Higgins, D-Buffalo, were inclined to go along with the deal nevertheless.
"It moves of off the fiscal cliff, and that is good," Higgins said. "But it only deals with half the problem."
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Stores have to fight return fraud
Last week, I discussed product returns and some of the seemingly strange policies retailers have regarding items for return. Readers continue to share their tales from the return department:
Dear Jill: I bought a large ride-on toy for my child's birthday, and the toy broke before it was a year old. When I contacted the toy company about getting this toy repaired or replaced, they said they would ship a new one provided I use a permanent marker to write a three-digit number all over the item. I needed to document that I did this by taking pictures of the (now defaced) toy, and once I emailed the photographs to the company, they indeed sent a new one. Isn't this crazy? -- Holly F.
Dear Holly: The "deface it with a marker" strategy is actually something I've heard about. Before sending out a new big-ticket item to replace a broken one, think about all of the information the toy manufacturer was able to secure from you. First, they knew you actually owned the toy and weren't calling to try to get them to send the item to someone who didn't actually have a broken one. Second, by asking you to write a specific number all over the toy, they knew that you had followed their directions and not simply attached a photograph of a similar toy found online. Third, the company ensured no one else would want to pick up this toy from the curb on trash day. Crazy? Yes, but the company has likely put this policy in place for a reason.
Dear Jill: I returned a couple of boxes of cereal to my grocery store. Nothing was wrong with it, but the woman at the service desk threw it in a trash bin, and said they had to throw it away because I could have poisoned the cereal and resealed the boxes. -- Tara
Dear Tara: I understand what you're saying, but there are plenty of factors in place to discourage someone from tampering with food in the store -- closed-circuit security cameras, store employees and customers with smart phones with built-in cameras, perfect for documenting anything unusual going on in the store.
The cost of destroying the unwanted food may keep the other shoppers safe.
JILL CATALDO, a mother of three, never passes up a good deal. Write to her at www.super-couponing.com.


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A twist for the lock-'em-up state: More Texas law enforcers are refusing to throw away the key – for the innocent
After a messy history of blocking efforts to free the wrongly convicted, Texas law enforcers now lead the nation in clearing them, according to a new report by The National Registry of Exonerations.
Police or prosecutors in the Lone Star state, the registry says, have been either responsible or played a major role in exonerating 53 of 114 convicts since 1989.
That puts Texas first among states with the most exonerations, according to the registry managed by the University of Michigan Law School and the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law. The registry, updated at least once a year, contains details of exonerations finalized through the end of 2012.
One of the big factors behind Texas' status: about half of the 53 exonerees were handled by the Dallas County District Attorney office, which founded the nation's first conviction integrity unit five years ago to examine pitfalls in convictions.
Nationally, Texas is helping lead a critical shift inside the justice system. In 2012, for the first time, police and prosecutors initiated or cooperated in a majority of U.S. exonerations documented by the registry – 34 of 63 cases. In Texas, the authorities backed all 10 exonerations announced last year.


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Crystal Frank Proctor spends 10 hours per week stuck in her car while commuting on Interstate 26.
Plans on track
The Players: The $1 million federally funded study of mass-transit options for Interstate 26 is a cooperative effort of the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments, the Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority, TriCounty Link, the state Department of Transportation and the Federal Transit Administration.What's next: The project, which is just getting under way, is expected to wrap up in April 2014. Before that happens, two public meetings will be held at a time and place to be announced. They will happen at key project milestones to share the results of the mass-transit options analysis and receive public comment.
"I hate living in Summerville just because of the interstate," she said.
Riding solo
Less than 1 percent of South Carolina workers use public transit.79.9 percent of those who drive to their jobs are alone in their vehicle.2 million automobiles and 1.6 million trucks are registered in the state.Source: U.S. Census Bureau, state Dept. of Transportation
The trip to her job as a paralegal on James Island typically takes an hour. And then there's the drive home after work.
Mass-transit alternatives
The tri-county-area planning agency says these forms of public transportation are being evaluated in a $1 million study of ways to relieve Interstate 26 traffic congestion from Summerville to Charleston:BUS SERVICE: This mass transit is available through the Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority. In 2011, CARTA reported 4.4 million passenger trips. It has two park-and-ride express routes in the I-26 corridor. TriCouny Link offers a park and ride from Summerville to the CARTA stop in North Charleston.BUS RAPID TRANSIT: A system where buses have designated lanes outside of normal traffic. (Example: Los Angeles)LIGHT-RAIL TRANSIT: Short passenger railcars that move on tracks in a right of way separated from other traffic. They are driven electrically from an overhead line. (Example: Charlotte)COMMUTER RAIL: Urban passenger train service consisting of local short-distance travel between a central city and adjacent suburbs using electric or diesel locomotives or self-propelled railroad passenger cars. (Example: Chicago)HEAVY-RAIL TRANSIT: Service operating on electric railway with the capacity for heavy traffic with rapid-acceleration passenger cars in a separate right of way. (Example: Atlanta)HIGH-SPEED RAIL: Diesel-electric or electric locomotives traveling at up to 150 mph. (Example: Europe)MAGNETIC LEVITATION: Trains that hover above tracks that are levitated and propelled by magnetic force and can reach speeds up to 300 mph. (Example: China and Japan)MONORAIL: Electric-guided transit vehicles that are suspended from or straddle a guideway formed by a single beam, rail or tube. (Example: Las Vegas)PEOPLE MOVER: Electric transit vehicles operating on a guideway without a crew. (Example: Miami)PERSONAL RAPID TRANSIT: Small, lightweight, driverless electric vehicles running on a special guideway with on-demand, non-stop service. (Example: Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom.)AERIAL TRAMWAY: Electric-powered passenger vehicles running on a special guideway with on-demand, non-stop service. (Example: Portland, Oregon)FERRY BOAT: Vessels carrying passengers and vehicles across a body of water. (Example: New York City)Source: Berekeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments
"I sit in traffic a lot," she said.
Proctor is not alone when it comes to the I-26 rush hour commute.
In the tri-county area, the interstate handles an estimated 146,100 vehicle trips daily, which is 21,100 more than its designed capacity.
"In short, the region has a significant transportation problem and the historic solution of mere road-widening is both exorbitant and potentially infeasible," says a new report prepared by Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments consultant Davis & Floyd.
So what is the answer? A $1 million federally funded COG study aims for a solution to the I-26 traffic mess as it evaluates futuristic sounding options such as a levitating train powered by magnetism that travels at 300 mph. At the other end of the mass transit idea spectrum is a conventional commuter train that pokes along at a more leisurely pace. Ferry boats, monorails, buses and aerial tramways also are up for consideration.
The effort conjures distant memories of Futrex, a much-publicized company at the former Charleston Naval Base that sparked the public imagination with its vision of local monorail service.
Now, thinking outside the box about mass transit is back as COG reopens a public dialogue on how best to move people around the Charleston area and get traffic off the roads.
"We have to list all options and explain why each would or wouldn't work for this particular corridor, even the modes that seem a little farfetched," said spokeswoman Jessica Gillis.
"Then we can start focusing on the few that remain a viable alternative," she said.
The analysis of I-26 corridor transit options is not just another study destined for a dusty shelf. It also will tackle how to make a preferred people- moving system a reality, she said.
Until then, I-26 commuters will have to grin and bear it.
"If I were to relocate again, it would be a place with mass transit," said Summerville resident Tate Lawson. "Buses get caught in traffic, too."


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VIDEO: State of Style presents Shanghai Shopping Guide
Tired of reading about the usual shopping spots in Europe? Here's something a bit more fresh coming from leading fashion video producer State of Style – a Shanghai Shopping Guide with Elle China fashion editor Leaf Greener.
The video presents an insider's guide to the Chinese city's most interesting fashion hotspots, casting the spotlight on local independent designers, vintage stores and Chinese brand sneakers which, according to greener, have become "internationally famous."
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Stetson University women's basketball head coach Lynn Bria proudly announced the signing of three student-athletes to National Letters-of-Intent on Friday. The signees are Keevana Edwards (Atlanta, Ga./Wesleyan School), Lashai Geeter (River Rouge, Mich./Martin Luther King Jr. Senior HS), and Sarah Sagerer (Vocklabruck, Austria/The Rock School).
"I am very excited to be adding these extremely talented student-athletes to our program," Stetson head coach Lynn Bria said. "I look for all three of them to make an immediate impact and contribute right away as freshmen."
Edwards, a 5-11 wing/forward, was named to the all-region team last season and helped lead Wesleyan to its sixth consecutive Georgia State Championship. She averaged 10 points and six rebounds a game and was selected to play in the junior all-star game. This year she earned preseason all-county honors as a senior.
"Keevana is a very smart player with a high basketball IQ," Bria said. "She is a super athlete who can get up and down the court really well. She is a kid who perfectly fits how we play. She is a versatile player who can go inside and do some things on the perimeter as well."
Geeter, a 5-11 wing player, helped lead the King Crusaders to back-to-back Detroit Public School League Championships. As a junior she averaged 15 points and eight rebounds a game, helping lead her team to a 21-1 record, a number two ranking in the state of Michigan, a regional championship and the quarterfinals of the Class A State tournament.
"Lashai is another Stetson-type kid who will fit perfectly into our program," Bria said. "She is a high-energy, tough, aggressive wing - forward who attacks the basket well. She is a left-handed slasher who will bring us some additional rebounding."
Sagerer, a 6-3 wing, helped lead Olentangy Orange (Ohio) to a 26-3 record and the semifinals of the Division I Ohio State tournament last year. This past August she averaged 13.7 points, 10.4 rebounds, and 3.6 blocks while playing for her native Austria at the U18 European Championships.
"Sarah is a do-it-all forward," Bria said. "She shoots the ball at an extremely high level. She can put the ball on the floor - she played some point guard for Austria - but she can also post up or step out on the perimeter. She has great size and will also fit perfectly into our system."
Edwards, Geeter and Sagerer will join the Hatters for the 2014-15 season.


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In the first days of December, there were no murders reported in Ciudad Juarez, a remarkable change for a city that earned the title of Mexico's murder capital.
"Totally, 180 degrees," said Police Chief Julian Leyzaola.
In a candid interview at his office in police headquarters, the chief talked about his crime-fighting strategy.
"We had to clash with criminal groups, fight with them and show them we are stronger," Leyzaola said.
The chief said when he took the job in March 2011, cartel criminals controlled the streets. And his officers had to retake the city by force. He did this by dividing Juarez into sectors.
But he chief had another fight on his hands when he took the job: the battle to weed out corruption within the ranks.
"The first thing a commander has to do to effect real change is clean up the force," Leyzaola said.
He has fired 800 officers; Some were dirty cops on the payroll of drug cartels.
"And now that we have 800 fewer officers, crime is controlled," Leyzaola said. "It seems incredible."
There are now 1,800 officers on the force.
But as the murder rate fell, complaints about excessive force and human rights abuses have increased.
On Thursday afternoon, a small crowd gathered as police got into a scuffle as they tried to pick up two men and force them into the back of a police pickup truck along with an older woman. Witnesses said the men were drinking in public.
"Instead of protecting the city, they're abusing people," said Sandra Ortiz, while cradling her baby in her arms.
She was among the onlookers who were disturbed by the scene outside the cathedral and shouted at the officers.
In February, police wounded a nine-year-old boy when they mistakenly fired on the car he was riding in with his mother. Those offices faced charges after they allegedly tried to cover it up.
The chief said he won't tolerate excessive force, but makes no apologies for the treatment of criminal suspects.
"They're not angels," he said. "They're people who shoot at us, resist arrest."
He admits some criminal suspects complain about beatings and torture.
"When it comes to the use of force, it's a thin line between what is legal and illegal," Leyzaola said. And he said that thin line is not defined by Mexican law.
Leyzaola faced complaints when he was the police chief of Tijuana, but drug violence also dropped in that city when he was in charge of the police force.
Now that violent crime is down in Juarez, the chief says he's putting the second phase of his plan into action. Officers will shift to community policing and neighborhood committees will help evaluate their performance.
While the police chief has his critics, many Juarez residents who saw their city become a battleground for rival cartels give him credit for restoring law and order.
"There are more police on the streets, more security," said Minerva Gomez, as she watched her one-year-old daughter play near the fountain outside the cathedral.
"[The chief has] done a good job," Humerto Corral said.
But others question whether murders are down because one cartel won the bloody turf battle for the border city.
"What did they win? Because I've gone after both," said the chief, referring to the Juarez and Sinaloa cartels.
And he vowed to take on others if necessary.
"They can be called La Linea, Chapo, los Caballeros or the Zetas. They're all criminals," Leyzaola said. "I'm not interested in what they're called."
Leyzaola has faced death two threats. The former military officer sleeps at the army base in Juarez. His family lives in the U.S.
The first few days of December, there were with no murders in Juarez. Now that killings have fallen to their lowest level in years, other cities coping with violence want to hire the police chief.
He said his strategy can be replicated.
"It can be applied anywhere, and not just at the city level, but also state and federal," Leyzaola said.
As murders plummet in Juarez, controversial police chief earns praise
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Los Angeles is aiming for a 20 percent improvement in its legendarily bad traffic with smart lights that work together. Other cities are doing this kind of thing, too, with dedicated busways, improved biking lanes and cellphone incentives for taking transit.
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The 57,000-acre San Andres Refuge, which works to restore desert bighorn sheep, launched its quest for energy independence in 2005 and has implemented several significant energy-saving practices since.
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This digital innovation has great potential to improve the efficiency of energy distribution.
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Telltale's Tales of Monkey Island saga is in full swing. Chapter one, Launch of the Screaming Narwhal, is out now on PC and WiiWare. Chapter two, The Siege of Spinner Cay, is due out later this month. We grabbed Telltale CEO and founder Dan Connors on the phone, while he was driving over the Golden Gate Bridge, to find out just what chapter two has in store for fans, and what the team's learned from chapter one. Oh, and don't worry, Dan wasn't driving.
VideoGamer.com: Did Tales of Monkey Island meet your expectations?
Dan Connors: Oh definitely, yeah. It was a great launch for us. We're really happy with it. I think it even exceeded our expectations. It's been pretty shocking how much love there is still out there for the Monkey Island series. It seems like a generational thing as well.
VideoGamer.com: Can you talk about sales?
DC: Unfortunately I can't get into the specific numbers, but I would definitely say it's our strongest performing franchise to date. We're pretty excited. It was number one on Steam for a few days. It did really well. It's been our best performing title from our side as well.
VideoGamer.com: Congratulations are in order then. Well done.
DC: Thank you. It's been great.
VideoGamer.com: Have you taken anything on board from feedback?
DC: One thing we noticed, with the exception of a couple of reviews, is that people are engaged still after the cliffhanger. That's the huge thing we were going for with this franchise. With every episode you're going to see it continue to build up to the finale. It's been a huge goal for us as an episodic company. To see the first one come out and have people respond well to the fact that they want to see what happens next, and they're thoroughly engaged in the story of Guybrush and Elaine, that's been the positive thing we've taken away from this.
Some of the other stuff we're hearing, a lot of it is around some of the control issues. We're just continuing to iron those out and make that feel better as we continue to push through on the series. But to date there hasn't been any one theme that everybody's like, this has to change. There's no soda poppers that everybody thinks is thoroughly annoying. Usually a lot of the feedback starts coming after the second and third episode.
VideoGamer.com: Did you agree with any of the criticism relating to any of the puzzles or the supporting characters?
DC: I'd have to think of the specific criticisms. We get a lot of constructive feedback, which obviously we appreciate. We'd rather have people caring to say that they don't like it as much as anything. I'd have to think what the specific stuff is. The world's going to continue to grow and grow as the series runs on. There'll be more and more characters that people will be able to meet. Some of the characters that we already have are just getting introduced, and they're going to continue to get more and more depth and more and more interesting as the adventures continue.
VideoGamer.com: Do you have any update on when chapter two will be released?
DC: We're still working on it. It'll probably be later in the month [August], but we haven't set a date on it yet.
VideoGamer.com: Have you had any interesting entries for the Game Designer for a Day competition?
DC: Oh yeah. We've had tons of interesting entries. It's always a blast at Telltale for us to read through and judge that stuff. The thing about doing episodic gaming is that we can do things like this, and it's a good way to interact with the audience, and see what they think and see what they think is funny. It's a great thing for us too, so we've been really happy with it.


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Corporate chain Panera Bread is now taking on the local restaurants and markets on the Elmwood Strip.
Panera on Wednesday cut the ribbon on its newest and largest Western New York location at 765 Elmwood Ave.
The new location, in the former Blockbuster video store, is directly across the street from Globe Market and restaurant mainstays Cecelia's and the Acropolis. And it's in the same building as Spot Coffee's busy location.
All those restaurants and several others are expected to face competition from the new entry to the Elmwood scene.
Panera is seen as a direct challenge to Globe Market, since both serve artisan-baked bread, soups, salads and sandwiches, have similar menus and court similar customers.
The chain's entry into the area, which is known for its robust support of locally owned businesses, rankled some.
Things were off to a slow start at Panera on Wednesday around noon, with just a handful of people in the 5,500-square-foot store, which has room to seat 125. Breakfast and lunch are typically Panera's busiest hours.
"I think sales will be driven more by dinner, just because of the type of area this is," said Sonia Velazquez, the store's manager, who grew up on Buffalo's West Side but now lives in the Town of Tonawanda. "Elmwood is not really awake yet."
By 1 p.m., there was a fast-moving line of about 18 customers stretching to the door, with about 37 people seated. The store opened at 6 a.m.
Across the street, the much smaller Globe Market had a full house and was quickly working through a line of about 11 people.
Heather Yaeger was on her way to Spot Coffee when she noticed that the new restaurant was open and ducked in there instead with three co-workers.
"I know, isn't it terrible? I feel bad," Yaeger said about choosing Panera over Spot Coffee, which was established in Buffalo but is now headquartered in Toronto.
Gesturing to her large Tropical Hibiscus Unsweetened Iced Tea, she said, "But I know they have this, and I like this a lot."
James Roth was drinking iced tea with co-workers, too, but across the street on Globe Market's patio.
"I don't have anything against corporations," Roth said, digging into a caprese sandwich. "I just always assume the quality of food is going to be better at a local place."
Globe Market is owned by Lisa Hennig and Alice Lambe-Eoannou. Panera Bread is a publicly traded company headquartered in St. Louis. Some Panera Bread locations are owned by franchisees, but all 10 in Buffalo are corporate-owned.
The sleek new Panera boasts a distinctive glass wall that separates a front dining area from the registers, kitchen, breakfast counter, conference room and a rear dining room with a fireplace. The earth-toned front dining area opens onto an outdoor patio with accordion-like folding glass doors called NanaWalls.
The open concept is unique to the new store, an attempt to capitalize on heavier volumes of foot traffic from the neighborhood outside than are typical for the chain's more suburban locations, said Eric Thein, Panera district manager.
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MapleSim has seen a rapid evolution since its inception in 2008 as a multi-domain system-level modeling and simulation environment. Market response has been outstanding: Maplesoft has been working with an expanding list of key industry players such as AISIN AW Co., Ltd. and B&R, while major customers like NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory join a fast-growing user base of companies enjoying the benefits of a high-performance simulation environment built on top of a symbolic computing engine. The latest release, MapleSim 6, delivers major enhancements along all three pillars of innovation that this product has become known for: Modelica, advanced analysis, and fast HIL code.
If there had been any question about the potential of Modelica as the standard open model description language when we started the MapleSim project in 2005, there can be no question today. Modelica is ubiquitous in many parts of Europe and enjoys rapid growth of its user base around the world, notably in both North America and Japan. In MapleSim 6, you will find a friendly Modelica environment that gives you access to the full power of the language. At the same time, we have taken great care to keep MapleSim easy to use and learn, leading to productive usage as quickly as possible. For example, while you can now browse the Modelica code for any library component with just one click, you can also see all definitions and equations of that component at a glance without having to follow chains of inheritance manually.
MapleSim's interactive analysis environment, based on Maple, is certainly unique among physical modeling tools. Template documents provide easy access to common tasks like building custom components, performing optimization, or Monte-Carlo analysis. The true power, however, comes with the API, which gives you full command-based control over setting up, running, and analyzing models and simulations. Combined with Maple's computational capabilities, I have seen the API perform sophisticated parameter sweeps - distributed in parallel over all the cores of your machine. Another example is a multi-body model, where Maple was used to compute explicit (symbolic) formulas for inverse kinematics and inverse dynamics. Those formulas were then plugged into a MapleSim model using a custom component to yield blindingly fast simulations. The possibilities with the MapleSim API are virtually endless, but at the same time easily accessible due to the open nature of the Maple environment.
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Samsung boosts graphics in Exynos Galaxy S4 to manipulate benchmark scores
0. phoneArena 30 Jul 2013, 09:33 posted on
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is the best selling Android smartphone of all times and it's scored tremendously well in benchmarks…
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. Alexa (Posts: 20; Member since: 24 Oct 2008)
you see...Samsung...lol hahaha playing cheat
11. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3773; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
Let us see what the fanboys have to say about this now...
"The GPU was wrong"!?!
Or maybe "Anandtech couldn't be trusted".
14. mobi_user (Posts: 151; Member since: 18 Jun 2013)
I believe if it was Apple or Nokia, there would be 120 comments by now, instead of only 12
60. sgtdisturbed47 (Posts: 559; Member since: 02 Feb 2012)
In a Smartphone world that boasts specs above reliability, this is no surprise.
74. tedkord (Posts: 11700; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
And sixty of them would be making excuses for Apple, or calling Samsung plastic or saying that Google sells your bank account password.
29. rd_nest (Posts: 1593; Member since: 06 Jun 2010)
Anandtech didn't discover this. Anandtech simply is taking the material from another source. Stop hyping anandtech as if they are some sort of demi-god.
Brian Klug was informed by a well-known Exynos developer AndreiLux about this. This has been in the forums since a long time.
As usual PA has to find this long only after Anandtech "DISCOVERED" this.
32. jove39 (Posts: 1858; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
why so much hate for anandtech?
42. rd_nest (Posts: 1593; Member since: 06 Jun 2010)
Because uneducated people think Anandtech is the "ONLY" tech site worth reading. The hype around AT is just too much. In reality they are just another review site. These guys are also mere journalists.
BTW, AT's bias towards Intel/Apple is well-known. There was a time when only Apple products used to get full-blown review.
47. jove39 (Posts: 1858; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
It certainly is not only review site...but it is one of very best...their reviews are heavily detailed...and I haven't seen any bias lately...take it easy and have fun!
36. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3773; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
You missed my point...well, the plane flew away. Will come back to you soon as you understand what i meant.
Meanwhile, be patient.
46. rd_nest (Posts: 1593; Member since: 06 Jun 2010)
It doesn't take me long to understand what it meant. Maybe it might be a news for you, but I am a long time member of b3d. I don't need AT to tell me something "new".
If your knowledge on this subject is limited to what Anandtech told you, then you are not worth discussing.
You may find Anandtech as "cool", but for me I find it just average/above-average.
For someone who makes a living on enterprise (read data center) systems performance analysis, I do a lot of benchmarking than most folks around here. And those benchmarks are not for small-petty mobiles, but for multi-PB systems.
50. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3773; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
Where did i even say Anandtech is the best or i worshipped it?
It was just a reference since it was a part of the article...and what fanboys usually do.
Spew your bitter-hate somewhere else man! Sheesh.
57. rd_nest (Posts: 1593; Member since: 06 Jun 2010)
I always knew your knowledge is always limited to what someone else (AT in this present case) says.
Waste of time for me to debate with you.
61. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3773; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
Suit yourself your 'highness'!
62. rd_nest (Posts: 1593; Member since: 06 Jun 2010)
Not my fault if you didn't receive proper education. You should ask yourself.
64. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3773; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
What the hell is your problem?
If you're oh so high up there, would you mind EDUCATING us 'low life'?
48. medicci37 (Posts: 1277; Member since: 19 Nov 2011)
You sound mad. Lol the article isn't about Anandtech. Was a fanboy
49. rd_nest (Posts: 1593; Member since: 06 Jun 2010)
Yea, I feel surrounded by uneducated people like yourself. Best part is that I can't even have a technical discussion with you. You are just too ignorant to discuss anything. Only thing you can do is troll.
Maybe if the population was bit wiser, it would have been a much better discussion.
Why don't you do some studies in meanwhile?
53. AppleHateBoy (unregistered)
It's funny that PA didn't mention anything about the CPU boost that is applied to benchmarks on both the Snapdragon and Exynos versions. Also the thermal limit too is lifted by about 10 °C to improve performance.
But I guess Samsung is not alone. Nvidia's so-called "Tegra Optimized Games" have been doing something like this for quite a while. These games only apply the max. setting if they see Tegra GPU. But it only takes root access and some file modification to get the details to the max.
I guess now I understand why Nexuses score so low in benchmarks and yet their real life performance is great.
18. rf1975 (Posts: 258; Member since: 01 Aug 2011)
This called Shamesung Innovation. They thing that they can fool all people by add and paid reviewers.
28. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10456; Member since: 14 May 2012)
Comment #26 please.
33. jdoee100 (Posts: 334; Member since: 04 Jun 2013)
Samsung shouldn't be doing this, but they weren't the first ones to do it and won't be the last one. Moreover, it's interesting to see that when intel "cheated" with their AnTuTu test, nobody called them cheaters. Bias much?
Plus, the epitome of sports car makers, Ferrari, cheats as well. Ferrari do not let car magazines test their cars without optimizing their cars(changing suspension settings,etc) on specific test surface to be tested.
37. jdoee100 (Posts: 334; Member since: 04 Jun 2013)
So, don't forget to call Ferrari, Intel, Nvidia, etc,,,,cheats as well. Samsung is in good company.
38. akki20892 (Posts: 3901; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)
oh god how many gs4 are there and how many different type of chipset for that, oh god i'm so confuse......!!!
2. ajac09 (Posts: 1481; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
your just now realizing benchmarks dont matter?
9. _Bone_ (Posts: 2154; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
The benchmarks that simulate real-world performance absolutely do matter, question is: do you know how to read them?
17. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3773; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
The real question is: Do you know how to manipulate them? :P
3. jove39 (Posts: 1858; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
Well...this is shameful samsung...people reported this earlier...
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And now anand and brian have confirmed !!!
4. Jack58221 (Posts: 153; Member since: 23 Feb 2013)
that was a cheap little trick.
63. giani (Posts: 269; Member since: 13 Nov 2012)
Mate, 'Sammy plastic fan club' is hurt. I mean how much can a plastic fan take these days ?! I used to think that isheep's are the worst. But then Nokia fanboys came along....and just when u thought u seen them all..these new breed of fanboyism..I mean I think they are by far the most pathetic human beings. And their beloved Sammy just makes it so hard for them..to belive in the plastic cause.
exynos lagging in benchmarks - statement " no benchmarks are not everything real world performance is everything"
Exynos gets better " yeah number one the most powerful machine benchmarks are everything"
Htc pulls the pr stunt with htc one outside s4 lunch " Ohhh how could they totally uncool and unacceptable"
Sammy hires students to bitch about competition on forums " Aaa yeah brilliant marketing"
Sony Htc unveal quite a large number of phones during 2012 " ahhh the confusion..bla bla how can they bankruptcy "
Sammy releases 20 models starting with s4 " yeah we love it Sammy gives us choice"
Htc does the + cycle 2 years in a row " ohh bankrupt..how could they the betrayal"
Sammy does the same this year " Aaa nothing wrong here move along"
And many others. Bottom of line ?! The most double faced brain washed (if there even was one to wash) pathetic fan boys out there. The Sammy boys.
65. WHoyton1 (Posts: 1635; Member since: 21 Feb 2013)
How long did it take for you to write that: 45mins
How many f*cks anyone gives: 0
Get the picture.....
84. giani (Posts: 269; Member since: 13 Nov 2012)
Which part got u annoyed...the one where I said yr pathetic or the one where I said u don't have a brain ?!
86. giani (Posts: 269; Member since: 13 Nov 2012)
If what you said it took me 45 min to write 200 words is based on yr own capabilities..then don't bother answering because I know.
5. darkvadervip (Posts: 365; Member since: 08 Dec 2010)
Now I will say that's innovation of being a cheater. Lol
7. EXkurogane (Posts: 863; Member since: 07 Mar 2013)
Cheap plastic, and now cheap tricks. What's next?
8. alpinejason (Posts: 262; Member since: 06 Sep 2011)
Does not surprise me Samsung has never been innovative. Alwaysa company who follows others
10. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
Exactly...I swear I'm jus waiting for Sony and HTC to pick up their marketing game so they can finnally "do away" with this cheap and fraud of a company.
26. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10456; Member since: 14 May 2012)
Sony? LOL.
HTC? The company who produced a high end flagship that's still dying?
And technically, Samsung didn't cheat. In the specs of their phone, they list the GPU clocked at 533MHz.
39. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
I don't think you're getting the point. The thing people are getting flustered about is that it's only 533 MHz in benchmarks, otherwise, it's 480 MHz. That means that Samsung intentionally boosted the clock speed in benchmarks to try and seem like they have an edge on the competition in terms of performance.
It makes them look good to anyone who might be looking at those benchmarks, but in reality you don't get any sort of performance boost in real use.
They used irregular techniques (overclocking in benchmarks) to give them an advantage, that's cheating. It's like comparing the Droid DNA to the Xperia Z, but overclocking the Xperia Z to 1.7 GHz during the benchmarks and not telling anyone, which gives Sony the "edge" in performance when (theoretically) they both should be equal.
41. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10456; Member since: 14 May 2012)
When running a benchmark test, it's smart to run said GPU/CPU to the fullest extent to see how powerful the chip is. Therefore, I don't see the issue here.
On a side note, I can't believe the amount of people bashing Samsung. Where were they when Intel had unbelievable results due to Turbo Boost?
44. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
But the point of a benchmark is to see how the device will perform under daily use. If the GPU is underclocked outside of benchmarks, that means the benchmarks aren't entirely accurate and consumers are getting slightly lower performance than what the benchmarks indicate, it's misleading consumers. That's what the problem is.
From my understanding, Turbo Boost does overclock the CPU, but it's affects can be used in any task, not just in benchmarks. With Turbo Boost, you get above average performance all around when it is required, but with what Samsung is doing, it's only in benchmarks. Correct me if I'm wrong though.
69. GTR722 (Posts: 261; Member since: 20 Oct 2012)
Mad Samsung fanboy is mad.
75. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10456; Member since: 14 May 2012)
If you call me a fanboy then you obviously must be new here.
20. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10456; Member since: 14 May 2012)
Your comment made lol. Tell me again how LG's UI is a terrible knock off of Touchwiz Nature UX?
70. thelegend6657 (unregistered)
Before you forgot you shames**t fanboy that will defend Samsung till the death , LGUI 3.0 got unveiled on the Optimus 4xHD before Samsung unveil the Galaxy crap 3 with its nature UX *inspired by crayons , designed for dogs*
21. MrKoles (Posts: 368; Member since: 20 Jan 2013)
So, you say that Samsung suddenly became not innovative because they boosted the GPU with f*ckin´ 53 MHz?
12. rantao333 (Posts: 322; Member since: 21 May 2013)
look at how anand said
"...The risk of doing nothing is that we end up in an arms race between all of the SoC and device makers where non-insignificant amounts of time and engineering effort is spent on gaming the benchmarks rather than improving user experience. Optimizing for user experience is all that's necessary, good benchmarks benefit indirectly - those that don't will eventually become irrelevant."
sammy fans still brag about benchmarks nowadays... while the others realize user experienced is more important..
13. yoavst (Posts: 17; Member since: 29 Jul 2013)
it called benchmark optimization - set the CPU and GPU on their Higher clock rate.
it is legal, cuz the device didn't cheat, just run at full power (even not full power with this exynos).
So stop say that samsung cheated, she didn't do something ilegal
27. alterecho (Posts: 1098; Member since: 23 Feb 2012)
"benchmark optimization" or cheating.
It IS cheating if it has an unrealistic advantage using artificial techniques, in benchmarks alone, over the competition, but performs more or less the same as the competition in real usage. Its fooling the users into believing that it performs better than the competition.
30. rf1975 (Posts: 258; Member since: 01 Aug 2011)
Looks like you are one of those trolls payed by Samsung.
15. ianbbaa (Posts: 305; Member since: 20 Mar 2013)
BAD written article dear PA.
...PowerVr 544mp3 graphic unit on S4 is made for 533mhz...it is also stated in specs everywehere...
...it runs antutu and other bench apps on 533 - is there smthng wrong?
..when it runs on 480mhz in normal usage, it doesnt mean that they are cheating - they just downclocked the gpu to save more battery for normal usage.
According specs of the gpu unit, they do not CHEAt anyone, they just downclock everywhere expect antutu...am i right???
24. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3773; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
"This seems to be purely an optimization to produce repeatable (and high) results in CPU tests, and deliver the highest possible GPU performance benchmarks."
31. techspace (Posts: 1036; Member since: 03 Sep 2012)
downclocking it everywhere else except on antutu and/or the other the other benchmark apps is cheating...because that would make the results inaccurate,people will think that the phone is equally fast with the other apps and games...
this is the reason why benchmarks people should stop looking at the specs and benchmarks...experience is more important.
35. techspace (Posts: 1036; Member since: 03 Sep 2012)
"this is the reason why benchmarks are not as useful as they appear to be"(correction)
16. pwnarena (Posts: 1129; Member since: 15 Feb 2013)
Hey Victor, I don't think this statement is accurate:
"The Samsung Galaxy S4 is the best selling Android smartphone of all times"
The S3 is still the best-selling Android smartphone. As of the latest Samsung announcement, the S4 only managed to sell 23 million units. I think the more accurate way to put it is "the FASTEST-SELLING Android smartphone of all time." We still don't know if it beats the S3 record.
22. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10456; Member since: 14 May 2012)
Galaxy S4 sold 20 million in two months. GS3 sold 10. Therefore statement is still valid.
45. neutralguy (Posts: 1152; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
Actually, saying best all times means it has the best number/most number. As of now, s3 is still superior to s4 in terms of number of sales. But that wont be long.
58. pwnarena (Posts: 1129; Member since: 15 Feb 2013)
Well in my experience as a regular consumer of web and print content written in the English language, be "best-selling" generally means having the most number of sales. Think best-selling album, best-selling record, best-selling video game.
I think you need to know the English vocabulary better. Best-selling does not equate to being the fastest-selling. Until S4 sales exceed the total number of S3 sales, it cannot be considered the best-selling yet.
Well, this is a blog after all. There's no such thing as journalistic standards here, apparently. I yield.
83. Victor.H (Posts: 658; Member since: 27 May 2011)
Absolutely, thanks for the correction. I've now fixed this in the article.


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Friday, December 27, 2013
What shall we eat tonight? What color are we going to paint the room that is recently vacated by my oldest son? How are we going to pay for a new car? What to do with all my Dutch books?
Decisions, decisions, they have to be made.
It doesnt matter how big or small they are or what impact they will have on our lives, making up your mind about something is unavoidable. Some people will procrastinate and others make decisions in the blink of an eye, but in the end we all have to make them.
If we dont, nothing will happen, nothing will change.
In the big scheme of things our choices are minor; they wont impact peace talks between nations or achieve certain political goals by exerting sanctions.
Although our decisions wont affect these policies, these policies will affect us. It is therefore important to be aware of these choices and why they are made.
There are multiple ways to become an informed citizen. The media is working hard, of course, to present their views of national and international policy-making.
Reading different sources and listening to and watching different news channels is usually very informative.
One other very enlightening way is participating in discussion groups.
The library will therefore offer, their recurrent program Great Decisions.
The focal point of this discussion group is foreign policy. Great Decisions is a national, civic-education program organized by the nonprofit Foreign Policy Association. For 2014, the Foreign Policy Association selected the following topics: Defense Technology; Israel and the U.S.; Turkeys Challenges; Islamic Awakening; Energy Independence; Food and Climate; Chinas Foreign Policy; and U.S. Trade Policy. The briefing book with articles related to each topic can be purchased, or you may use the librarys copy to read the appropriate chapter before the discussion.
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This year the library offers two series of meetings:
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Thursday, Jan. 2 at 3 p.m.
Watch After Earth and snack on a hot dog. Rated PG-13; 100 minutes.
Do-It-Yourself Arts and Crafts with Ms. Grace
Saturday, Jan. 4 from 1:30-3 p.m.
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Monday, Jan. 6 at 10:30 a.m.
Friday, Jan. 17 at 10:30 a.m.
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Wednesday, Jan. 8 at 2 p.m.
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Saturday, Jan. 11 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
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The Leftovers star sat down with longtime friend Amy Sedaris for the new issue of Interview magazine and discussed his early learning (or lack there of), his love for fiancée Jennifer Aniston, and his biggest pet peeves.
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2. He worked for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Japan.
"[A friend and I] had a great bear act," he jokes. "No, it was just a managerial job, making and selling snow cones. I was just looking for a summer job to help pay for school in the fall. At the time, you could make a lot of money if you could get yourself to Japan. The yen was really strong."
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South Carolina's health department director says the state can do a better job providing health care where residents actually need it.
That's why the Department of Health and Environmental Control will soon dispatch breastfeeding instructors to hospitals with the most need and offer immunizations for children at public schools.
"We would like to take our services to the people," said DHEC Director Catherine Templeton. "These are accessibility, practical issues that I don't have to be a medical doctor to see."
DHEC, undergoing a department-wide reorganization, is trying to create efficiencies and improve accessibility, Templeton said.
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Gymnastics Announces Signing of Clare Collins
Clare Collins, a graduate of Prairie Ridge High School in Illinois, has signed a national letter of intent to attend Ball State and compete on the gymnastics team, according to Cardinals' head coach Joanna Saleem.
"We are very excited to add Clare to the Ball State family," Saleem said. "She will make an immediate impact on all four events, adding depth to this talented incoming class for 2014-15. This past season Clare was a top Level 10 competitor and showed the personality and character we are looking for in recruits. We are looking forward to watching her grow as a gymnast over the next four years. We believe she is just beginning her success, and there are many exceptional things she will do for the Cardinals."
Collins, who trains at Trinity GEMS Gymnastics with Coach Dennis Breit, was the vault champion in four meets, including winning the vault at the Illinois State Championships in 2014. She finished fifth at the 2014 Regional in the All-Around and placed 18th at last year's Junior Olympic National Championships. Collins won the floor at the United Gymnastics Academy and was runner-up at the Regional Championships in 2014.


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Fortnight of Fashion 2010 in pictures
We thought this year's Fortnight of Fashion was going to be a lackluster event (we based our assumption on the schedule being promoted on the Bazaar website), but apparently we were mistaken. It was a crazy lineup, and if we attended all of the events we'd be blogging from Rashid hospital right now, getting our fashion fatigue sorted out.
The highly eventful fortnight offered something for everyone, from the Topshop recessonista to the most sophisticated socialite in the UAE. We bring you some photos we snapped during two of the Fortnight's top events (aside from the Symphony Style opening party, which was really in a league of its own) – the Banana Republic show held on the Fashion Catwalk at the Dubai Mall, and the VIP exhibit of Dolce & Gabbana's historic bustiers held at the Italian label's boutique on Fashion Avenue.
Banana Republic catwalk show (full gallery here) Dolce & Gabbana bustier exhibit (full gallery here)
All photographs by Alex Callueng