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This is a discussion on Re: [9fans] A newbie question... - Plan9 ; There were many attempts to port OpenGL to Plan 9, none of which I got to work. I started working on a ground-up 3D library but lost it to a faulty Plan 9 partition. On Feb 3, 2008, at 10:56 ...
There were many attempts to port OpenGL to Plan 9, none of which I
got to work. I started working on a ground-up 3D library but lost it
to a faulty Plan 9 partition.
On Feb 3, 2008, at 10:56 AM, Filipp Andronov wrote:
> Some graphics chip, actually i want port OpenGL to Plan9, but DRI has
> ugly architecture and Mesa with X11 are overload by unnecessary code,
> as far as i know it is because of historical reasons.
> I have experience with X11 and OpenGL specifications and device driver
> development, so my plan was port general parts of mesa (not all of
> course), but with out DRI on Intel graphics chip (i have that card)
> with hardware acceleration.
> When i start dig problem i have found DRI replacement known as
> Gallium3D, it is completely new project (from Mesa community as far as
> i know) and it small enough for try to port it. Intel chips has very
> good documentation and linux driver what i know very well. So plan
> was:
> 1. Port Gallium3D, pieces by piece
> 2. Port some features from Linux Intel driver to Plan9 if necessary
> 3. Try to port some pieces Mesa
> Of course it is a very big work, and i know that, but it is
> interesting enough to be fun. I have no target to create completely
> OpenGL implementation or port of Mesa, i just want to play with Plan9
> kernel, Mesa and Intel card )
> 2008/2/3, Pietro Gagliardi
>> Out of curiosity, what hardware do you need to get working?
>> On Feb 3, 2008, at 10:28 AM, Filipp Andronov wrote:
>>> I'm not sure that "project fork" is a best way. Because hardware
>>> problem is a little piece of work and it's lays it separate module.
>>> The biggest part of application is a some computations and some
>>> algorithms implementation...As far, as application was port in many
>>> different Linux platforms, it's almost impossible to find some
>>> function with out #ifdef )
>>> Ok, any way, it looks like "project fork" is simplest way to do
>>> port,
>>> so any other ways is not very interesting. I think that this
>>> way is
>>> most correct, because in that case i could redesign many parts of
>>> this
>>> application in "plan9 style", do some soft services like, files for
>>> example
>>> Thanks to all for your help
>>> 2008/2/3, Pietro Gagliardi
>>>> You need to do direct hardware manipulation? Then "project fork" is
>>>> probably best.
>>>> On Feb 3, 2008, at 10:13 AM, Filipp Andronov wrote:
>>>>> Heh, i try to "port" my program, and it's really not possible
>>>>> in my
>>>>> point of view
>>>>> Actually, i don't have working Plan9 right now, reason is quite
>>>>> simple, on my hardware plan9 does do not work (PC emulators
>>>>> couldn't
>>>>> help because my program should work with some special hardware),
>>>>> so i
>>>>> try to create PC from "supported hardware" list, but it take some
>>>>> time to get all pieces, put they together, install, configure
>>>>> plan9
>>>>> and so on ))
>>>>> Ok, i have no Plan9, but i have my application that i want to
>>>>> port,
>>>>> so i try to remove all autotools macros from it and try to do some
>>>>> preparations, like new abstraction layer for threads
>>>>> creation...and
>>>>> i'm completely failed, just because too much autotools stuff in
>>>>> sources. And it too complicated to figure out what exactly i
>>>>> should
>>>>> remove in every case...
>>>>> And my application much smaller that mesa for example. Or X11 (by
>>>>> the
>>>>> way, how X11 was ported?), and i do not tou‹h such problems like
>>>>> different library, kernel interfaces and so, and so...
>>>>> So it looks like "project fork" is only way
>>>>> 2008/2/3, Pawe©© Lasek
>>>>>> On Feb 3, 2008 2:55 AM, Pietro Gagliardi
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Circular cause and consequence is funny. Let me add to this
>>>>>>> list:
>>>>>>> - jpg
>>>>>>> - png
>>>>>>> - tiff
>>>>>>> - PostScript
>>>>>>> - TeX (tpic)
>>>>>>> - Mahjongg, sokoban, sudoku, tetris (games/4s)
>>>>>>> - SPARC, MIPS, x64
>>>>>>> - MP3, PCM, OGG (PAC was made at Bell Labs)
>>>>>>> - SoundBlaster 16
>>>>>>> Let me put it this way:
>>>>>>> GNU software is good, except for GNU development tools,
>>>>>>> which,
>>>>>>> except for the gcc program itself, are mediocre and break
>>>>>>> compatibility (try using a Bell Labs makefile with GNU make).
>>>>>> I'd add to it the fact that autotools source files are hard to
>>>>>> make, so
>>>>>> many people who are to lazy to do it properly just put the famous
>>>>>> (in)sanity check and checks for libs they use. The effect?
>>>>>> A simple C program that doesn't rely on anything except for
>>>>>> example libpng
>>>>>> will check for C, C++, FORTRAN 77 compilers, check if those are
>>>>>> from
>>>>>> GCC and various other things.
>>>>>> Imagine my surprise when I had seen a configure script (for
>>>>>> EmacsLisp
>>>>>> utility) that only checked for Emacs version
>>>>>> and few EmacsLisp files it used - a rare thing IMHO, when >80% of
>>>>>> configure running time is for checking for not used
>>>>>> software.
>>>>>> "CPU cycles are cheap, programmer time is expensive" <--- This
>>>>>> doesn't
>>>>>> mean that total laziness is appropriate.
>>>>>> The best thing about autotools is I think the scheme of running
>>>>>> configure - AFAIK mplayer doesn't even use configure for it's
>>>>>> script,
>>>>>> instead
>>>>>> they use their own, which looks the same to end user. And saves
>>>>>> a lot
>>>>>> of time :-)
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Paul Lasek


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Acer says Google-Motorola deal "a good gift to Microsoft"
0. phoneArena 05 Sep 2011, 06:35 posted on
Microsoft will end up being the big winner after Google's acquisition of Motorola as other Android phone makers will be alienated by the prospect of rivaling with Google…
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1. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
"Do you agree that Microsoft's Windows Phone will be the main beneficiary of Google's acquisition?"
I belive that both WP7 and bada will benefit form the google moto deal. I do actually believe bada will benefit more from this, as Samsung will go for bada full speed and Samsung being the 2nd largest phone manufacturer, will be able to make bada a very popular OS.
Of course WP7 very likely will benefit from this too, but since there has benn plenty of rimors of Microsfot buying Nokia and making their own hardware just like google, WP7 might not be such a good option for manufcaturers.
4. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
It's too late for me to edit this post now, but just wan't to say there has been some spelling errors in my post like microsfot instead of Microsoft. I'm aware of these, and i'll not write as quick next time, to avoid spelling errors.
10. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
some idiot just thumbed me down : P
18. Joshing4fun (Posts: 1236; Member since: 13 Aug 2010)
You're becoming just as bad as an iphone fanboy. WE get it. You love bada (god knows why). But the thing is... we don't give a sh*t.
22. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
Why do i get loads of thumbs down, just by making a nice post about some spelling misstakes ???
Nothing hatefull, no bashing, nothing !
Just a simple info that i was aware of some spelling misstakes in my earlier post.
25. zuno gyakusatsu (Posts: 257; Member since: 16 Mar 2010)
because we are sick of hearing about bada.
28. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
that post had nothing to do with bada at all, so your comment is not valid !
36. RageQuit (Posts: 41; Member since: 05 Sep 2011)
You get thumbs down because no one likes Bada. Bada sucks its worse than even WP7
45. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
I agree WP7 is not good. Bada leaves WP7 in the dust, bada has more functions, nicer UI, and more personalization option than WP7. Check your facts before you post anything.
I know the facts, i've used both OSes.
38. HeyBadaBadaSwingBadaBada (Posts: 10; Member since: 30 Aug 2011)
Yea nobody really cares about bada
39. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
because u r being annoying... we don't care about hearing bada everything..
44. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
Didn't i just write, THERE WAS NOTHING IN THAT POST RELATING TO BADA !!!!!!!!!
It was just a simple edit of some spelling misstakes !!!
And anyway, when it comes to bada, i'm tired of hearing you talk about Android and iphone and WP7, so just shut it will ya ?
Please Note, i did not mean the above of course, i'm just pointing out to you how silly your comment is about hearing bada.
64. gallitoking (Posts: 4718; Member since: 17 May 2011)
i told you peter .. i you dont like android .. they will thumb you down... you are diferent .. and in the US you either the same or you are an outsider... just bash Apple and they will like you again...
52. cyborg009 (unregistered)
lol ..funny stuff .. !!
2. chocolatebear76 (Posts: 122; Member since: 03 Mar 2011)
please quite talkin about bada OS that people don't even know about please,it's boring! and many will agree with me
3. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
bada is very relevant in this post, as it has to do with Google buying motorola, and therefore bada will get lot's more market share.
You like to talk about Android, i like to talk about bada.
5. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
1. feature wise why would your average consumer buy bada over the competition
2. Why would Samsung dedicate all its resources to promote bada when its proven that the only company being capable of holding hardware and software together without creating a loss is apple?. What would make bada so special that will not end up like symbian or BBOS and webos?
Bada might end up killing Samsung just like we already saw
8. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
1. bada is a simple to use OS with a nice and clean UI and has lots of features. Like wifi direct with 300 mbps speed allowing wireless gaming for example. bada has so many features, i don't really have time to go trough them all here in this post : P
Basically, bada has more features than IOS and WP7. With the recent bada 2.0
2. Samsung know's it can earn lots more money by making their own OS, and they have to now that Google are making their own hardware. Nokia had no problems with Symbian, when Symbian 3 came out symbian had the biggest market share. It was only after Mr Elop announced Symbian dead that Symbians market share dropped and Android got the biggest market share.
13. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
1. Wifi direct is not a bada only feature but rather a certification more info on it here.
here is a list of a few devices with support for ithttp://goo.gl/aCMPn
still need to see though that
2. they make more money by having a company do all the OS coding for them, yeah they can add some of the features to their OS but complete development is expensive, also Symbian stated falling when some real competition came to It yes ellop killed Symbian faster but as the speed it was developed it was bound to happen sooner o latter
37. RageQuit (Posts: 41; Member since: 05 Sep 2011)
iOS is a "simple to use OS with a nice and clean UI and has lots of features" except you know, people buy it. Bada is just an android rip-off. Why cant Samsung do anything but copy other companys?
46. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
Ha, bada is not a Android copy, then you have never seen bada in real life : )
bad looks alot like samsungs touchwiz, and touchwiz does not look anything like stock android.
41. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
lol at the more features than iOS or wp7... peter have u ever used an iPhone? lets do a little comparo.. above 500,000 to less than 7000.. a full jailbreak community to can u even jailbreak bada?.. millions of sales to idk even a million? and finally, apple hasn't even bothered to sue samsung over bada even though it is basically touchwiz, which apple is in the process of suing samsung over
42. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
As i Said i have yet to hear those amazing features that surpass ios and wp. I want to be trilled into thinking why would I dedicate time I use to learn Android and iOS development (and learning some wp too) to give it to bada
48. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
with bada:
You can do internet thetering (can't do that on WP7, don't know about IOS here)
You have a file manager (not on WP7 nor IOS)
You can use your bada phone as mass storage on your computer (can do with IOS, but not with WP7).
Flash (not on IOS nor on WP7)
HTML 5 (that's on WP7 and IOS)
You can install java apps (not on WP7 nor IOS).
You can have a MicroSD card (can't have that on IOS nor WP7)
Javascript Framework (don't know about WP7 or IOS here)
NFC (not on WP7 nor IOS at the moment).
Widgets (not on WP7 nor IOS)
Your own background image (not on WP7, but IOS does have that).
Your own ringtone (WP7 will have 1 own ringtone with mango just like IOS, but with bada you can choose whichever ringtone you like so bada is better here).
then of course bada has multitasking, voice recognition, push notifications, app store (samsungapps).
And then we also have all the personalization options, like app shortcuts, folders to put your apps in and so on.
54. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
Whenever i come up with a post that contradicts others post, they never reply back, funny : )
56. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
whenever I say I don't get one either :) but hey I get over it, sorry I've being studding
-Tether is on Both WP7 and iOS
-If I'm not mistaken there is a file manager app for wp7 (too bad I don't own a device)
-mass storage mode comes activated with the device on wp7 its more like a driver deal
-flash is to come on mango
-java apps? what for?
-depends on the device for wp7
-if you can have Java apps of course you need the framework
-NFC is to come further on WP7 and may also come on the iPhone 5 unless the wave 2 has NFC i see the same situation with the wave 3
-widgets work like the live titles on wp7
then of course multitasking, voice recognition, push notifications, app store.
and I know little about wp
57. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
I don't see how some of those things that wp or ios Lack is something that would make bada more than any of them java Apps have been here for quite long time
59. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
At least you're nice instead of bashing like some other people do : )
I appreciate having a civilized conversation instead of just bashing, and you always keep your posts civilized : )
I have had WP7, and there is no file manager app for WP7. In fact, there is a restriction in WP7 that does not allow apps to get access to files.
With WP7, you can store images, music and videos via Zune. You can't access the files on a WP7 device from a computer, you can only transfer images videos and music via Zune. If you want office documents on your WP7, you need to send them via email to your WP7 email app.
And still with bada, you can have:
A MicroSD card (can't have that on IOS nor WP7)
Your own background image (not on WP7, but IOS does have that).
Your own ringtone (WP7 will have 1 own ringtone with mango just like IOS, but with bada you can choose whichever ringtone you like so bada is better here).
66. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
Thanks. I try to keep my arguments to what I believe its true and try as much to back them up, but I can also understand other people have their opinions, I have respect for those who can give a considerable argument to contradict my opinion. yes you talk a lot about bada, but people talk a lot about WP or webos or android or iOS or rim, so I don't see a difference in there In more than market status and current level of popularity.
47. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
Just shows you how little functions IOS has, that you need to jailbreak it.
There is no need for Jailbreak with bada.
That bada has more functions than IOS and WP7 is a fact. I have used both WP7 and bada and i can say that bada easily has more functions than WP7. I have used IOS a lot of time in the shops to check it out, and bada has more functions than IOS too !
There is no denying it.
6. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
It has been kind of quiet from the RiM contingent. Anyone think that Google's acquisition of Moto was a good thing for RIM?
9. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
I think rim may have more things to worry about. They are loosing market share anyways
21. Gcombs (Posts: 133; Member since: 22 Aug 2011)
RIM is trying to hold on with the latest Blackberry releases but 2012 is going to be their make or break year with their QNX powered Blackberry smartphones.
26. OriginalSIM (Posts: 14; Member since: 29 Aug 2011)
Rim.... Market share is dying every day, and god help them they are trying. BBOS7 is a great os and has lots of inovation. But with google aquireing a top notch device maker, things are going to get tough for RIM. Their only chance, I believe, is their hardcore BB users that do not want a change. Inovation for their hardcore users is thier only shot.
7. cybervlad81 (Posts: 89; Member since: 04 Apr 2011)
Bada get lots more market share? This is not going to affect Bada at all... Samsung signed on for the Korean government project, separate from Bada, and all this speculation of what Google is doing will be over by then. All this is right now is Microsoft trying to stir the pot and they apparently ruffled some acer employees feathers a little.
11. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
do you really think that samsung would ditch bada for korean OS ???
Nope, they won't do that !
Matter of fact, the korean OS likely might be bada, since it already is a korean OS.
12. cybervlad81 (Posts: 89; Member since: 04 Apr 2011)
Samsung has signed on with the Korean gov already for the project, and I honestly doubt they are going to hand over their project OS to the gov's joint project.
27. anastasiabeaverhausen (Posts: 9; Member since: 05 Sep 2011)
Don't go to korea house on speedway they serve cat.
32. Mookie Wilsonovich (unregistered)
"Don't go to korea house on speedway they serve cat."
14. dan_md (Posts: 66; Member since: 19 Oct 2010)
What's bada? ;p
29. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
bada is a smartphone OS, that has more features and personalization options thatn WP7 and IOS.
33. Mookie Wilsonovich (unregistered)
"Don't go to korea house on speedway they serve cat."
49. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
huh ?
15. iankellogg (Posts: 155; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
This may have a short term affect in the handset market but I don't think google is dumb enough to screw it up. They will probably let motorola be their own thing and keep using samsung or HTC or possible LG for nexus devices. It would send quite a bad message if google uses motorola for a nexus device. On top of that Google will probably focus motorola into the settop box sector and try to score some more googleTV sales.
19. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
Thank you! people forget that Google has more than just a mobile division they Have a dead market they want to take care of among other stuff Motorola could serve useful without upsetting other companies. Motorola could give Google More money in other ways
16. Phullofphil (Posts: 801; Member since: 10 Feb 2009)
I think if bada were to work they need to start offering either a super amount of quality apps or if they can make it so iOS and android os apps work on it. And it has to be a seamless and easy option. Also legal. As you can see with web os witch has a small amount of app support
23. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
The amount of apps for the samsung wave 2 a tthe moment is 6500. About 6500 of them are quality apps. since samsung has strict quality testing on the apps that enter samsung apps, all of the apps that are entered in samsungapss hare high quality apps.
For example, Weatherbug, Accuweather, AP News, bambuser, norbsoft skymap, Brothers in arms 2, Gt racing + many more.
17. Zoenphlux (unregistered)
Its too early to know what will happen really. However, if Google isnt careful they can push their supporters like Samsung and LG if they don't address what they are doing clearly. If they allow rumors to fly someone with the right power might say the right comments and end up scaring off those venders. It is wise to have a back up like Bada for samsung, but until we see what Google is going to do to push Motorola they would be crazy to start pushing away now with the momentum Android has plus ICS coming shortly. WP7 is iffy. They are limiting too much like screen resolution so the new 4.7in HTC WP7 will look like crap on detailed stuff. I dunno, just have to wait and see. For now samsung+Android=love for me! :D
20. Tmachaveli (Posts: 425; Member since: 01 Apr 2011)
Baba is no good in the us just get over it okay
34. Mookie Wilsonovich (unregistered)
"Don't go to korea house on speedway they serve cat."
24. Lwazi_N (Posts: 205; Member since: 23 Jun 2011)
Well, Acer, everybody has an opinion. Except that this time, you have the wrong opinion. If your Android smartphones aren't doing so well, you would never have felt the need to write such. So we get it, you want to ditch Android and go for Microsoft and you hope to be more successful with the WP7 OS. And you're trying to get other smaller OEMs or possibly the other larger and more successful OEMs to ditch Android. That will not happen, you guys are sore losers. That is my opinion.
Even if Google decides to out smartphones made by Motorola, that wouldn't be alienating other OEMs as they have made a lot of money from their Android flavored gadgets. Samsung, HTC are examples of companies that will never leave Android. These are smart and innovative companies and they know there is still a lot of profits waiting to dabbed into. WP7 is not so lucrative at the moment, but the quoted companies have also been the most successful thus far.
Let us not forget that Microsoft is in bed with Nokia and that hasn't stopped the quoted OEMs and others, including Acer, from wanting to have WP7-colored phones.
30. twenti7 (Posts: 152; Member since: 09 Jul 2011)
Depending on what Google ends up doing with Motorola, I can see the market going in 1 of 2 ways;
1: Motorola slowly becomes the favored child of Google, and because of that, eventually becomes the sole manufacturer of Android. The other manufacturers start developing their own operating systems as their relations with Google begin to get strained. Both Samsung's Bada and HTC's os (let's call it Sense OS), assuming they have good developer support, will pick up market share fairly quickly, mostly from ex-Android users who prefer Samsung and HTC over Motorola. In a few years time, there will be no single "king of the hill" os, and market share will be fairly even between iOS, Android, Bada, and "Sense OS" with Windows Phone, Blackberry, whatever Nokia has at that point, and other smaller manufacturers trailing behind.
31. twenti7 (Posts: 152; Member since: 09 Jul 2011)
2: Google keeps their word and keeps Motorola as an independent company, showing no favoritism toward them. Because of this, most manufacturers have no reason nor desire to get rid of Android. Samsung will continue to develope their Bada OS, and it will slowly gain market share as developer support grows. It will soon rival iOS in regards of being a smooth, quick system, but will be more open and customizable. Android will remain the top-dog in terms of market share and iOS and Bada will consistantly battle for 2nd place.
35. Mookie Wilsonovich (unregistered)
"Don't go to korea house on speedway they serve cat."
50. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
Quite a good post there twenti7.
I do believe Samsung will develop bada no matter what happens to android, but of course Google favouring motorola will make Samsung push bada even more.
51. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
lol.. peter..
your one horse antics of lunacy are making me miss taco. at least he is a complete ass so i dont mind picking on him... lol
53. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
what do oyu mean one horse ?
There are plenty of people agreeing with me like twenti7 (at least in real life everyone i've talked to agree with my guesses about the Google moto deal, even Eric Schmidt himself)
61. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
can you find me direct quotes and links where eric schmidt has said that moto is going to be their main carrier, they are going into apple like business and profit margins, and that they will endager their partnerships soo much that people jump off the android wagon...
because thats what u keep trying to tell us is going to happen.... and its not true in the least
1 horse antics... aka ever post you make is a way to bring bada into the conversation if it belongs there or not.. lol
every comment you make is the downfall of other OSs so people will look at bada. You wish a lot of ill will and lost jobs so that Bada has a fighting chance.. because it doesnt otherwise.
43. ramza (unregistered)
samsung havent heard this advice from a friend maybe:
" stick to what you are good with " .
55. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
At least ACER agrees it's a good deal unlike M$


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This list assumes you are building a car according to the configuration set forth in the NASA-FFR Challenge Series rules. If you are not planning on racing in the series, you are free to use a much wider assortment of options and running gear.
Major Parts
• Engine with EFI controls, harness, and transmission.
• 8.8" rear end and driveshaft to complement standard FFR 3-link suspension.
• Front and rear brake assemblies, w/spindles, hubs, brake rotors/calipers, master cylinder, emergency brake handle and pedal box.
• Radiator
• SCCA or NASA approved fuel cell
• Mustang aluminum wheels (or aftermarket/vintage wheels are going to be used).
• Tires that fit rules of the class you'll be running
• Fuel system (if required)
• Fuel pump
• Paint
• Tow hooks
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In September more than 250 severely injured veterans and caregivers from the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are expected to arrive in Charleston from across the country to once again participate in the fourth annual, Lt. Dan Week in the South Carolina Lowcountry. Coordinated by the Independence Fund, the event is designed to bring the community together in a show of support for some of the most severely injured veterans from the post 9/11 War on Terror."
Headlining the event for the fourth year in a row will be well known entertainer, Gary Sinise. Sinise, widely known for his Oscar nominated performance as "Lt. Dan" in the 1996 film Forrest Gump has become the de facto face for the war wounded of Iraq and Afghanistan. In May, 2012, Sinise was profiled for his efforts by the popular news program, "60 Minutes."
"The reception that the band received the past three years in the Lowcountry has been overwhelming and the compassion and dignity with which the community treats our injured veterans truly left such a favorable impression that we eagerly look forward to our return."
Sinise is scheduled to take the stage at 8 p.m., Saturday, Sept 14 at The Citadel's Johnson Hagood football stadium. The Independence Fund tentatively plans to place tickets on sale on Independence Day, July 4.
"The Lt. Dan Band provides an evening of world class entertainment, but we are waiting to put tickets on sale in hopes that the many defense related corporations, local businesses or just plain old patriotic citizens who populate the Lowcountry will step up to the plate with enough sponsorship in order that we can make this a free concert that celebrates the service and sacrifice of all fallen and severely injured veterans from the War on Terror," said Steve Danyluk, founder of The Independence Fund.
Danyluk, a Marine veteran with two Combat Action Ribbons continued, "Because less than one percent of the nation has served in the War on Terror, many of these veterans, particularly the wounded, feel isolated and unappreciated beyond the perfunctory 'Thank you for your service,' they often hear. This is an opportunity for an economically booming town like Charleston to put some meat behind those words and show the rest of the nation just what "We support the Troops" means."
Organizers estimate that they need to raise $150,000 in sponsorship to stage the concert as a free event.
"We are asking that every concert attendee bring a candle with them to the event that they will light just prior to Gary taking the stage, in honor of each of the nearly 7,000 fallen and 65,000 severely injured from the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan," said Independence Fund board member, Sergeant Major Jesse Acosta, USA (ret.). Acosta, who lost much of his facial area and both eyes during an attack in Balad, Iraq, is one of the most senior ranking enlisted wounded from the war. "I won't be able to see it, but I can imagine the sight of 20,000 lit candles in that stadium, and it sends a chill down my spine."
At $10,000, Blue Cross is the largest and only Silver Star sponsor for the event so far. Local Aerospace company, Tighitco, has stepped up as the title sponsor for the Lt. Dan 5K which will take place at 10 a.m. on Sept. 14, also at the Johnson Hagood stadium. "Having someone like Gary Sinise donate his time like this is probably the highest endorsement that both the Independence Fund, The Citadel and the City of Charleston could possibly receive," said Danyluk. "We are deeply grateful and appreciative that established companies such as BlueCross and Tighitco find this event worthy of their support and hope that many others will follow their lead."
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"Begone doomed wretch!" is how my first girlfriend broke up with me....
first comment
Even for Rick, that's pretty bad.
(No, not really.)
Well, that's what happens when the Tarot reader plays MtG on the side. Sometimes decks get mixed and you get eaten by a White Dragon.
Fortunately, the High Priestess is tournament-legal.
How terribly ominous...
From now on I'm ending every argument I have with "Begone, doomed wretch!"
Then she drew the "Appear in a webcomic" card. At that point it was too freaky to continue.
'Begone, doomed wretch' just became the next slogan written on my office door.
Incidentally, Scott, how about a 'random comic' key? Must be more effective than hoping to click a totally random link in the archives.
Cheers from the ADF for giving us all something to pin up on office boards and inside AS4's during exercises or operations, mate.
I've been reading your work since Scott Adams posted your URL in his blog. I've read every one in your archive and have loved all of it. Thank you for your fantastic work. Keep it up, and I'll remain a reader/customer for life.
Note from Scott: Thanks!
What Chuck Said.
It ALWAYS depends on what you are trying. Oh, the flashbacks and nightmares......
I did a search on the shallow grave card after reading this and while most of the hits were for Yu-Gi-Oh, I did find one that referred to tarot:
It says the card actually means you miss someone.
Ahhhh ... "Begone doomed wretch!" as an alternate to "Back to the void from whence you came!".
Great comic as usual Scott, but I have to admit it was Hugin's MTG comment that made my chocolate milk spurt out my nose in laughter!
Pure win! A wonderful way to start my return to internet after the hurricane!
What Chuck said.
The version of this in GoComics has "until" spelled "untill". Weird.
As a side note, I appreciate your good grammar; using "with which" rather than ending in "with" always makes me smile.
Hari, that's not real Tarot, it's this thing:
There are 22 Majora Arcana, these are the most recognisably "tarot" cards, including Death, The Hanged Man, The Lightning-Struck Tower and other fan favourites. There's also 56 Minor Arcana which are very similar to a standard deck of playing cards, except there's an additional rank of Knight between Jack (or "Knave" as it's called in Tarot) and Queen. Indeed, modern playing cards are descended from Tarot, the Joker being The Fool, the only remaining Majora Arcana. The full deck was not originally for divination but for playing games like a modern deck (in some places these games are still played, I understand they are popular in continental Europe). This Oracle of Shadows and Light, on the other hand, appears to have been made exclusively for divination and has no apparent connection to true Tarot beyond this use.
Great one Scott, thnx!
Looks like they're drawing from this deck...


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Going into the season, the Cleveland Indians PR team was bragging about selling out the home opener in ten minutes after the Michael Bourn signing, making it seem like a return to age when getting tickets to a home opener meant standing in a line for hours and finding out they sold out before you got to the front.
The Indians have sold out every Opening Day since 2007 (when they didn't officially have one) except for 2010 when they sold a season high 38,900 seats. So basically, selling out Opening Day isn't that exciting since they have done it almost every single season since Jacob's Field opened in 1994.
The real trick is the rest of the opening home stand as in recent years these have been some of the worst selling games in franchise history. In fact, in 2011 the Indians set an all time low in attendance during the second game of the year, then reset the record the next day, hitting an all-time low of 8,726. Of course, all these numbers are total tickets sold, not actually fans in the park, so they are even inflated a little over how many people were at the game.
There is good reason for fans to stay away from the ballpark on those days, in general the sub-50 degree temperatures that can be expected the first few weeks in April. This season the weather has been particularly nasty, but when the tickets for these games went on sale, no one could have predicted the weather for the past week and as stated before, attendance numbers reflect total tickets sold, not actual game day attendance.
Since 2007 (well after the Indians sell out streak ended), the Indian have averaged about 18,000 fans per game in April (and a few in March), almost 5,000 per game below their regular season average. This season, the Indians have averaged 11,427 fans per game in April (there is one home game left this month), almost 7,000 fans per game less than their already low average. This is despite playing their first six games on the road in domes, waiting for the weather to warm up in Cleveland.
Going back to 2011, that opening series can probably be considered the worst home stand since the creation of Jacob's Field. The Indians opened the season at home (always a mistake) against Chicago and averaged just 9,500 fans per game (excluding the sold out opener). Obviously, this was worse than this season, but the average temperature was just 41º compared to this years 53º and it came after an absolutely terrible 2010 season, while this year saw the most exciting offseason in years.
Early Spring press made it seem like ticket sales were good and season ticket sales were up, but a sub 10,000 fan crowd against Boston on Tuesday made things look a little different. This is made even worse when you look at who they played. The Yankees are the best single team draw for the Indians and they came for the only time this year last week. Over the past six years the Indians have averaged almost 9,000 more fans against New York than their normal average and average almost 1,000 more fans against the AL East in general. Most likely the weather kept those "die hard" Yankee fans away this year, when they normally come in July, meaning it probably cost the Indians as many as 40,000 total ticket sales by having this series early in the year.
Overall, the situation looks bad. The Indians likely overexagerated preseason sales in an attempt to bolster ticket sales, but it didn't work as well as they hoped. These early season number are embarassing, and go to show that Indians fans are completely jaded and will not buy in speculation. The Indians record may have proven their fans correct for staying home, it just remains to be seen if the Indians start winning, will the fans show up? Early speculation: probably not.


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Skip to comments.Wray wind generator fails to produce juice (update)
Posted on 12/08/2009 7:47:25 AM PST by PilotDave
One of the projects touted as an example of green energy - supported by the purchase of carbon offsets from the Democratic National Convention - isn't working, according to an online report.
Face the State, a Web site that follows politics in Colorado, reported this week that a wind turbine in Wray has not been able to produce electricity since it was erected in February (2008) because of a faulty converter .
(Excerpt) Read more at rockymountainnews.com ...
Background- The Wray school district built a wind generator, which was funded in part by the State of Colorado and the DNC to tout/show off alternate energy solutions. It was going to pay for itself in the long run by selling the extra electricity.
In short, it's been a disaster. It has never produced any power. In fact, the district spent most of the fall trying to repair/replace the generator. When they turned it on this fall, it ran for a short period and burned up the new power head. It's still just sitting there - a dead money pit...
Of course I couldn't find a recent news story that covered this. I used a link from a previous story in the Rocky Mountain News, which has since gone out of business. Ironic.
These moronic wind generators never fail to make me laugh.
I recently took a month to tour Texas. I saw hundreds of wind generators out on the west Texas plains.
Having seen others in Wyoming and noting many were not operational, I purposely made a count. It is not too hard, even when driving at 70 mph.
It is very safe to say that 10 to 15% are inoperative. Given an array of 30 or so, 4 or 5 will be still. I made several counts over a three day period and the results were always there. Lots of the wind generators just don't work.
Boone Pickens was on Cavuto recently. He was touting his bill being proposed to convert 18 wheelers to natural gas from diesel. he has abandoned his lofty wind power scheme.
Wind energy is a costly fraudulent joke
Just another illustration of something illustrated in Atlas Shrugged. The government and industrial looters just care about building stuff with public funds. They just want something to make them feel good about themselves. They don't know how to make that stuff they build run or be profitable. And the evil part is that they don't care.
Some part of Europe (can't remember where) gave up on their wind energy because it took so much energy to manufacture the spinning of the turbine compared to the needed supplementing of other electricity sources, it became unsustainable.
Same thing in Northern Indiana.
I drive by a wind farm with over a hundred of the things just sitting there, taking up space.
See# 7
Whatever the shortcomings of windpower may be, wind turbines don't provide baseline power. Being far more easily started and stopped than steam boilers, they are used for peak delivery.
I have driven by a forest of windmills in southwestern Minnesota many times and only rarely are all of the windmills turning. I have even seen times when not a single windmill from horizon to horizon was turning. Any notion that we can depend on wind power for even 10% of our electric needs is ludicrous.
In fact, the district spent most of the fall trying to repair/replace
the generator. When they turned it on this fall, it ran for a short period
and burned up the new power head.
I guess those "Green" SEIU workers need to go back to tech school to learn
the basics of electricity-generating equipment.
They can be, but the other important piece to the puzzle is what we call in the grid management business dispatch-ability. That is, being able to deliver the juice where and when you need it. Wind generation is essentially non-dispatchable. You either have it or you don't. That means you may have it when you don't really need it or want to use it, or you may not have it when you need it.
And, BTW (as Rush would say), the latter point is why you have the greenies agitating for laws requiring that grid operators get some fraction of their supply from "green sources". That means, to meet that requirement, if your "green source" happens to be online, you HAVE to use it to meet your quota, even though you may not want to use it, for whatever reasons (technical, economic, whatever). Mandates and subsidies from the government (naturally) are the only way a lot of these schemes will have any penetration into the competitive market.
This is hardly typical.
In Iowa we use about 48,000,000 mwh/year. We have 3,000 mw worth of windpower which produces over 7,000,000 mwh of electricity/year and we are building lots more. Do the math.
I was driving to Portland a while back and passed a set of 18 wheelers. Three trucks drove by, each with one huge white cylinder. Another three went by, each with what looked like an airplane wing or huge propeller blade. It was huge. Two more trucks completed the 'kit'. Eight big trucks came from Portland down the Columbia River Gorge, (Interstate 84), probably from foreign ships off loading in Portland. Does the energy generated from those windmills even equal the energy it takes to get them delivered?
Wind is still part of TB Pickens plan. He wants wind to help replace Natural Gas Electrical Power generation. This gives more Natural Gas freed up to compete with transportation fuel. Nat Gas from shale formations are now taking some pressure off this but we remain a Nat Gas importer.
Right now TBP's competes with coal at a low $/BTU. I believe he wants a bigger piece of transportation market and move his Nat Gas more into that higher $/BTU market. But if we are just trading imported oil for imported LNG, the profit is not as high as producing domestic Nat Gas and only using pipelines.
Technology advances have made the Nat Gas from shale economic and greatly improved our reserves. But the daily production level still remains below our current consumption. Adding significant addition demand as transportation fuel will jack the price of Nat Gas and bring in too many foreign suppliers of LNG. Pickens doesn't want that much completion before he develops his fueling infrastructure and captures a big market share.
My opinion, nothing more.
What does Iowa do when the wind stops for a while?
I thought that not too long ago, say late September or maybe October, he was on tv bemoaning problem with wind and was shelving his interest in the projects.
Perhaps not
Union made, Union maintained.
"Being far more easily started and stopped than steam boilers, they are used for peak delivery."
Well... I guess as long as the peak happens to coincide with the wind.
but we remain a Nat Gas importer
Maybe net, but not entirely. I was recently surprised to learn a significant portion of Haynesville Shale gas is being exported by BG and has saved the Haynesville from shutting down due to low gas demand and low prices.
The exact same thing we do when the Duane Arnold Energy Center refuels for a while. Refueling takes about a month and costs about $20,000,000 by the way.
My question had a serious point to it. You can't store the power a wind generator makes, and you can't count on it actually being windy, so you need a back up.
In Denmark they have an entire power plant running full time to back up when their wind generators don't work. This back up plant has to run all the time, thereby saving nothing in fossil fuel consumption. They might as well not have the wind turbines to maintain. They're a gigantic waste.
Having wind turbines going makes them feel good though.........
"This is hardly typical."
"In Iowa we use about 48,000,000 mwh/year. We have 3,000 mw worth of windpower which produces over 7,000,000 mwh of electricity/year and we are building lots more. Do the math."
OK, let's turn to the experts. I found the qoute below from a paper on the internet from 2002 (follow link). Bottom line is, wind energy is a crime against the planet...
The small amount of electricity produced by wind turbines, particularly due to their inherently low capacity factors. If all the thousands of windmills in the US as of the end of 2002 operated with a 25% capacity factor, they would produce less electricity (10,260,150,000 kilowatt-hours kWh) than two 750-megawatt (MW) gas-fired combined cycle generating plants operating in base load with an 80% capacity factor (10,512,000,000).2 The windmills are scattered over thousands acres in 27 states (90% in CA, TX, IA, MN, WA and OR), while the gas-fired plants would take up only a few acres. Also, they are available when needed (i.e., dispatchable), not just when the wind blows.
If we had a million wind turbines that number would be a lot better wouldn't it. That point is not relavent to the viability of windpower. TODAY in Iowa with 3,000 mw of wind at about a 30 percent cap factor we have the equivalent of 1.7ish of our nukes with more coming. Lots more. We could be at 5,000 mw in 18 months. Even more than I've been praying for. Sure we have good wind here, I think we are 12th in the nation. Other States will follow suit based on wind resource vs energy demand and availabity of other energy.
But our ability to produce and transmit baseline power is becoming more limited when compared to increasing requirements. The enviro-wackos are offering ONLY wind or solar as solutions for this looming capacity gap.
We could build more coal plants, but, well ....
We could build more nuclear plants, but, well ...
We could build more hydro-electric dams, but well ...
And, wind isn't that easily started if there's no wind.
What if there's no sun, either?
In certain areas, you get a higher reliability of wind and solar, but these are never going to supply any reliable quantities of power, even at peak.
They're using wind and solar as a de facto replacement for baseline generation. They can't be that stupid, so there must be another goal.
Even if demand is down, why would you voluntarily inhibit a windmill to burn coal or natural gas?
The advertising on mainstream has dropped, but his interest in the projects remain.
He still is going around the country promoting it. But it has less attention than before and a bigger effort on the Nat Gas side of it.
The math was done and you will end up with higher bills.
Sure they can.
Also, some of the export issues is bottlenecking in the pipeline market. When the gas cannot be moved economically due to limitations in the delivery system, other sources become more economical.
Take a look at the following report. I know it is long and detailed but jump to page 14, Figure 6. This shows where the industry sees the most need to increase ability to move Natural Gas. The biggest expected growth is to get more capacity to move Nat Gas to the Northeast.
Expansion of the U.S. Natural Gas Pipeline Network:
Additions in 2008 and Projects through 2011
When the wind stops blowing in IOWA?
It sucks! Holding MinnySoder from flying away. Come to think of it, Iowa sucks WHEN the wind blows as well.
Pickens owns the mineral and water rights to vast areas of West Texas. He made a deal with the city of Dallas to supply it with water, 500,000 gals a day I think, but they had to build the pipeline from the water to Dallas. I think they agreed.
He abandoned his wind farm recently because no one would build the transmission lines for him.
He has been pushing natural gas for a long time because he has plenty of it. He has pushed municipalities to power their city and state vehicles on natural gas. He has pushed the public transit people to do the same.
Pickens is a shrewd business man. He saw the value of buying up all those mineral and water rights of the vast West Texas plains and now he is pushing to create markets for his products.
The oil and gas are already there and just need to be pumped and transported. So is the water. So is the wind. His raw materials are free, in a way, and he just needs to pay to collect and transport them.
I do not find fault with that. It is free enterprise. There is a need for all he does.
I have to respond to this statement first. Do you really think that the country does not have enough land mass to hold enough windmills to satisfy the country's electricity requirements? You can produce about 40,000 mwh per square mile with windpower in northwest Iowa. Each farmer that gets to lease land to a windmill gets $4000/year and loses 1-2 percent productivity. Again, given iowa's 48,000,000 mwh consumption we can produce the equivalent +/- demand mwh with the land mass of 2 counties out of 99 counties in Iowa.
The plant I told you about is a coal plant, it is mostly running one unit and at low load, lots of rain means hydro is the cheapest.
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I believe you are mistaken.
Texas Approves Wind Power Transmission Lines
LCRA TSC Files Application with PUC to Build New 345-kV Transmission Line
LCRA Transmission Services Corp. last month filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas an application to build a new 345-kV transmission line in Gillespie, Llano, San Saba, Burnet, and Lampasas counties in Texas.
NACEL Energy Passes Milestone for Connecting Blue Creek Texas Wind Project to Grid
Southwest Power Pool Approves EHV Transmission Projects
There are multiple West Texas related transmission line projects ongoing at various stages of progress.
He abandoned his wind farm...
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I believe over the next two years, we will find that his time table changed, not the project.
Pickens Calls Off Plans For Vast Texas Wind Farm
Rosser said Mesa Power was also unable to borrow $2 billion for transmission lines to link the wind farm to the Texas grid. "Now we're going to wait for the state to put the transmission [lines] in, which will invariably be slower than what we were planning," Rosser said.
"TODAY in Iowa with 3,000 mw of wind at about a 30 percent cap factor we have the equivalent of 1.7ish of our nukes with more coming."
Time for some math. 3000 MW is the peak output of the wind farms in IA now. Of course wind power typically operates at 25% or less of peak power. So figure 1000mw per year total output to be safe.
A typical nuke plant generates 1 gigawatt of power per year. That is 1000 times the amount of real power Iowa is producing today in wind power. Iowa's wind farms have NOT replaced the equivelant of 1.7ish nuke power plants. They are about 1/1000th of one nuke plant. And for every windmill you build you must have a real power plant up and running to be able to jump in when the windmill isn't turning. Imagine what 1,000,000 of the bird killing fans would be like?
A typical nuke plant generates 1 gigawatt of power per year. That is 1000 times the amount of real power Iowa is producing today in wind power. Iowas wind farms have NOT replaced the equivelant of 1.7ish nuke power plants. They are about 1/1000th of one nuke plant. And for every windmill you build you must have a real power plant up and running to be able to jump in when the windmill isnt turning. Imagine what 1,000,000 of the bird killing fans would be like?
HOLD IT! You've made an error by a factor of 1000 against Wind power. 3000 mw of windpower at 33 percent power factor makes an instantanious power of "about" 1000mw which is EXACTLY THE SAME as a 1,000 mw nuke.
Not for Boone Pickens as long as he can get the gov't (us, poor serf taxpayers) to foot the bill so he can reap the profits. "He has abandoned his lofty wind power scheme" only because of his failure to get Congress to dump the costs of it on the taxpayer.
bump to follow the debate.
Will check later, link has some glitch.
Son-in-law is involved with pipelines coming out of the Haynesville. They have bottlenecks in both gathering system and mainline pipeline capacity, but are hard working to improve ASAP.
"HOLD IT! You've made an error by a factor of 1000 against Wind power."
I stand corrected. Sorry, my head is smoking. kilowatt is 1,000 watts. Megawatt is million watts. Gigawatt is billion watts. Iowa's wind turbines now roughly equal 1 nuke power plant or 2 conventional plants. BTW- those plants still have to be built, and up and running, if we want reliable power because wind is so unreliable... You can't just fire up that kind of capacity like it's a Honda generator.
No problem, I'm glad that's ironed out. Wind plant output is actually becoming more and more predictable. I notice the wind is often very calm at night when demand is low and it picks up during the day when demand is great. Weather models for wind speed are surprisingly accurate 24 and 48 hours out. Kind of like the blizzard that we are about to get hit by, the models show what it's going to be doing hour by hour.
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Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh announced to his radio listeners Friday that he is addicted to painkillers and will enter rehab to "once and for all break the hold this highly addictive medication has on me."
The statement comes just a week after Limbaugh resigned from ESPN over racially sensitive comments -- and was then linked in a Florida drug-trafficking probe for the prescription drug OxyContin and other painkillers.
"You know I have always tried to be honest with you and open about my life," Limbaugh said on his syndicated show. "So I need to tell you today that part of what you have heard and read is correct. I am addicted to prescription pain medication.
"Immediately following this broadcast, I am checking myself into a treatment center for the next 30 days," he added.
Limbaugh, 52, says he first started taking painkillers after his doctor prescribed them following spinal surgery. But he continued to experience "severe pain," and continued taking the painkillers. Limbaugh admits he previously tried to break the addiction -- and twice checked into rehab.
The trouble for Limbaugh started Oct. 1, when he quit his job as an ESPN football analyst after saying on the network's "Sunday NFL Countdown" that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb was overrated because "the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well."
Soon after, the National Enquirer published an interview with Wilma Cline, who worked as Limbaugh's maid and said she supplied him with thousands of pills -- including hydrocodone, Lorcet and OxyContin. Law enforcement sources confirmed that Limbaugh was being investigated by the Palm Beach County, Fla., state attorney's office.
Limbaugh -- who initially said he was unaware of the probe -- said Friday he could not fully comment on the investigation until it's complete. But he did add, "the stories you have read and heard contain inaccuracies and distortions."
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Sustainablebabyish fitted diapers are often recommended as overnight solutions for babies of all sizes, but I had no idea that they made newborn diapers until I was sent the Snapless-Mini fitted diaper for review! In this post I will walk you through the features of the diaper and explain how this "mini" version of their already popular diaper worked on my little girl.
This is a fitted diaper, which means that the entire diaper is made of absorbent material and is not waterproof on its own (it requires a cover to be fully waterproof).
The diaper is made of a blend of heavy bamboo and organic cotton terry fabrics.
Once prepped, the fabric resembled a slightly fuzzy towel. I was impressed with how much stretch the fabric had to it—you could pull the wings out wide to get a good fit around the waist without worrying that it would end up too tight.
The leg elastics are turned and topstitched, and there is a generous amount of elastic along the back of the diaper.
Newborn babies are famous for their explosive poop, but we never had any leaks with this diaper.
This diaper comes with an extra-small 3-layer organic bamboo fleece doubler for added absorbency, and additional doublers can be purchased from the manufacturer's website.
If you've used the Sustainablebabyish Snapless-Multi fitted or Overnight Bamboo Fleece fitted, then you'll recognize this doubler as a smaller version of the ones that come with those diapers. The doubler tended to twist and become misshapen each time it was washed and dried, but it is easy to flatten them out before each use.
This diaper does not have hook and loop or snap closure options. Instead, you fasten it around the baby using diaper pins, Snappis, or Boingos. This allows you to get a custom fit around the waist and means that you won't have to worry about the closures breaking or wearing out over time.
I've never been brave enough to try diaper pins, so we always used a Snappi to fasten the diaper. This fabric can sometimes be hard for the "teeth" of the Snappi to grab, but it wasn't so difficult that it deterred me from using the diaper (it might have taken a few attempts to get the Snappi on well, but it always ended up working!)
This diaper comes in a neutral fabric with a choice of 5 different colored trims.
I was sent the "honey" colored diaper for review, which had a neutral orange/brown trim. It would be fun if the rest of the diaper was colorful as well, but the "neutral fabric with colored trim" is part of Sustainablebabyish's signature style.
This diaper is advertised to fit from 5-15 pounds. You can fold down the front of the diaper to adjust the rise for a smaller baby, or leave it fully extended to accommodate a larger baby.
This was one of the diapers that lasted Emily the longest. We started using cloth diapers on Emily when her cord stump fell off (when she was approximately 2 weeks old and 7 pounds), and this diaper fit her from then until she was 19.5 pounds (1 year, 5 months old). She outgrew the diaper across her bum (the rise and fit around the waist were still appropriate at that time). The diaper stopped being absorbent enough for night use at 12.5 pounds (19 weeks) but continued to be used for daytime and naps until it no longer fit well.
Survey Response
Here is how I would fill out a Padded Tush Stats Fitted Diapers Survey based on how it worked on my daughter. Scores were averaged across the time period that she used the diaper (e.g., a diaper that received a 4 for absorbency at 2 weeks old but only a 2 for absorbency at 6 weeks old would receive an overall score of 3). She is a normal to heavy wetter.
Note: Absorbency = 2-3 hours, Nap = 3-4 hours, Night = 12-14 hours
For all absorbency related scores: 5 = no leaks or wetness, 4 = outside of diaper damp, 3 = clothing damp, 2 = clothing/bedding wet, 1 = dripping wet
Notes on my responses:
- This diaper was one of the ones that worked the best for the longest period of time—we were able to use it overnight for a bit over 4 months, and then we continued to use it during naptime for an additional year after that! Had we purchased the additional doublers, we might have been able to use it at night for even longer.
- Fitted diapers always tend to be on the pricier side, and this newborn fitted diaper was no exception (it was one of the more expensive newborn diapers that I tried). However, score for "worth the price" reflects the fact that the diaper sized down small enough that we were able to use it right away, and then fit until Emily was WELL beyond the newborn stage. Emily has always been petite, but this diaper would likely still fit larger babies for a longer time period than most newborn diapers do.
- Score for "liked by skeptics" reflects the fact that the diaper didn't have a closure built into it. Pins, Snappis, and Boingos can be intimidating for those who haven't used them before, which makes this less of a "skeptic-friendly" diaper than something with hook and loop would be.
7.5 weeks / 9.5 pounds
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HUNTSVILLE, Al. - In a popular Mexican restaurant, over margaritas, on a cocktail napkin, Intuitive Research and Technology was born.
From these beginnings came a defense contractor that now has 180 employees, generates about $100 million in annual revenue and is one of the few prime contractors in Huntsville.
The company also has received a long list of national awards - No. 6 on the latest list of Best Small Workplaces from the Great Place to Work Institute; No. 664 on the Inc. 5000 list; No. 17 on last year's AARP list of 50 Best Employers for Workers Over 50, among them.
On the night of Aug. 31 at the Von Braun Center's North Hall, Rey Almodovar, chief executive officer of Intuitive Research and Technology, received the first Russell Brown Executive Leadership Award from the Huntsville-Madison County Chamber of Commerce; it was formerly the Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
For Almodovar, 49, the award represents a combination of vital elements: family, good business partner, employees, community and customers.
"When you mix all that, the chemical reaction, I bubble up to be executive of the year,'' Almodovar said. "I happen to be that person at that moment.''
Another moment: July 23, 1984, in Texarkana, Texas.
Almodovar, a native of suburban San Juan, had just graduated from college in Puerto Rico. He'd come to Texas to work for the U.S. government at U.S. Army's School of Engineering and Logistics.
On his first day at the intern training center, he sat next to Harold Brewer, who became his first friend in the United States.
"We kind of clicked,'' Brewer said. "Rey has a very outgoing personality. He's very likable. We seemed to have chemistry.''
From then on, Almodovar and Brewer became such good friend that they stayed in touch after their year at the intern training center.
Brewer moved on to Redstone Arsenal. Almodovar became a manager at the Aviation Missile Research Development Engineering Center.
In early 1999, he and Brewer were pondering buyout offers from the government when they met at Rosie's Mexican Cantina.
On a napkin, Brewer began sketching plans for his prospective company.
"We were looking to establish a go-to company in Huntsville that provided aerospace engineering and analysis,'' Brewer said. "I drew pictures on a napkin. We wanted to build a company of several hundred employees.''
There was a one-year plan, a five-year plan, a 10-year plan.
"We have grown faster than we anticipated,'' Brewer said. "We're twice as big as we expected.''
The day after the meeting at Rosie's, Almodovar called Brewer to tell him that he was ready to start Brewer's proposed company.
Almodovar and Brewer stopped working for the government on the same day, just as they had started working for the government on the same day.
On June 3, 1999, Intuitive Research and Technology was founded.
"It is a testament that your destiny is written,'' Almodovar said. "You don't know what it will be, but it is written.''


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To Antoine Smith, graduating from Science Leadership Academy on Monday night and then being in the same room with President Obama on Tuesday night was "surreal."
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Ok, it's over, let's talk MAGIC - CELTICS!!!
The Cavs are done and at least Lebron shook hands this year.
Now, let's talk Eastern Conference Finals.. Who u got and why?
my thoughts, Magic in 6.
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NCAA Week 7: Lookout Lookaheads
Damn gridiron wasn't very good to me last weekend going 2-3-1 w/ both wins coming on Vandy +4.5 & ML. Nevertheless, we are still ahead of the game hitting on a couple ML dogs.
18-14-1 on the year
South Carolina Pick or -1Miss State +3(hook)Temple +8
Leans: Colorado +14Purdue +18
Explanations below... GL
1) South Carolina at Kentucky: Not really a lookahead b/c the Cocks have LSU on deck next week. The Cats gave the Tide all they wanted and more last week. I'm anticipating a dropoff from them this week as well as the fact that the Cats are 0-15 against Spurrier led squads, 0-8 against the Cocks. Take SC pick or -1.
2) Vandy at Miss St: Everyone has jumped onto the Vandy bandwagon. While it has been a good story, I think it will take a halt this week. Vandy has lost 5 straight in Starkville and w/ a trip to Georgia on deck and a big emotional win over Auburn last week, Miss St is the play. They've had 2 weeks to prep for this one also. Home dog barks. MIss St +3(hook)
3) Temple at Central Michigan: The Chippewas have a MAC showdown on deck w/ Western Mich as both are competing with Ball St for the MAC West top spot. Meanwhile, Temple has proven to be a solid investment throughout the course of the year going 5-1 ATS so far. As a road dog, the Owls are a respectable 23-18-1 since 2000. I think we can all agree theyre a better squad this year. Play Temple +8
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NCAA Week 6: Beware of the lookahead article
Here we go again. After several successful weeks, we finally hit a 2-3 day last weekend. All good though as we're still at 16-11 on the year. It's conference time baby and we have some nice opportunities that are presenting themselves. If we learned only one thing last weekend, its that some of our best value will come with the dogs playing the faves in the top 10. Bless those of you who had the nads to play Ole Miss & Oregon St on the ML. Of course the big boys are going to get upset. That way we can have BCS discussions and gripe about the current system, watch all the experts break it down, blah blah blah. Just like every year. It's all for our entertainment and for the colleges to keep getting fat checks from the bowls. But back to what matters. We should now begin to anticipate some emotional letdowns in our approach against the oddsmaker. Keep in mind, this is college football, we have to expect the unexpected:
1) Texas @ Colorado: Why oh why does this game stick out like a prostitute's thumb in the old days to me? Maybe its b/c everyone, including me, thought that the Buffs would beat FSU. Once again, on over-reaction to FSU's lost to Wake and the Buffs win over WVU. Now, we've seen the Horns demolishing their high school competitors in FAU, UTEP, Rice, & actually jr high Arkansas and we're supposed to lay 2TDs w/ them on the road in the same place where the Sooners were beat last year. Oh, and speaking on the Sooners, that's whose on deck for the Horns....
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Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 01:46 PM
NCAA Week 5: Lookahead Article (14-8 on the Year)
Well here we go again. A 3-4 minor setback last week but still a very nice job on the year as we've posted a 14-8 mark on the targeted teams. We're starting to get into conference play which will see our spreads begin to go a little tighter. This is a tough week to find lookaheads but a couple are out there. So no more delay, here's a look at week 5:
1) Colorado +6 vs FSU (in Jacksonville): FSU didn't look impressive in their first true test of the season against Wake. Now they go into a neutral site game against the Buffs. Keep in mind, they did beat Colorado 16-6 in Boulder last year so we have a small revenge play in here as well. I certainly believe that the Buffs can win this game outright w/ FSU having one of their hated rivals on deck next week at Miami. Play on Colorado +6.
2) Oregon St +25 vs USC: USC has looked every bit dominant in its first 2 games. However, it seems that this game against the Beavers is generally closer than the public thinks. In their last 2 trips to Corvalis, USC won 28-20 as an 18 point fave in '04 and lost 33-31 as a 10 point fave in '06. Both teams have had 2 weeks to prepare, but one has Oregon on deck and for the other, this is their game of the year. Play Oregon St +25 or higher by gametime Thursday.
3) Troy +17 at Ok State: Troy is a solid squad that just brought us a cover against Ohio St last week. This 17 seems to be a large # for a team like Ok St to be laying. They have looked impressive, however, they played t...
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NCAA Week 4: Beware of the Lookahead
Here we go again fellas. So far we've had some moderate success in this thread, going 5-3 in week 2 w/ an outright chalk loser in Maryland and 3-1 (6-1 with add ons) in week 3 w/ outright losses by Zona at UNM & ASU vs UNLV.
As we enter week 4, we see many teams beginning conference play, so the focus should be getting a little better. Also, the lines are getting a little tighter as conf games generally stay closer and the oddsmakers are really beginning to understand these teams by this point. This makes the job of finding these "niche" style plays a little harder, but we're up for it, so let's get into it.
1) Penn St -28 vs Temple: Penn St has looked most impressive in their first 2 games (not counting the scrimmage against Coastal Carolina). I think we all can agree that this Temple team is better than most previous years. They are both perfect ATS so far. On deck for Penn St is the home Big 10 opener against #22 Illinois, a team that beat them last yr 27-20 mostly due to captializing on turnovers. Given the fact that Penn St has beaten Temple by a combined 78-0 in the last 2 years, don't think that Temple doesn't have it on their mind w/ all their starters returning.
2) Alabama -10 at Arkansas: The Tide are hitting the road to open SEC play at Arkansas. Although the Hogs are not high on anyone's totem pole this year, if we've learned anything from the SEC, it's that no matter how good or bad the matchup may look on paper, laying DDs on the road is a non...
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Kansas/USF middlers??
Anybody thinking of middlin this game? Some got USF at -2.5 earlier and now able to get Kansas at +4.5 seems like a nice opp around that 3 or 4 point USF win.
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NCAAF Week 3: Beware of the Lookahead
Wassup all,
Here is installment #2 of the lookahead articles. Last week, 5 out of the 8 teams in the article turned out to lose ATS (Ohio St, Auburn, Notre Dame, USF) w/ one (Maryland) losing outright.
Keep in mind we are looking at the chalk teams that can fall victim by looking past this weekend's opposition.
This is a pretty tough week as many teams are either on a bye this weekend or next prior to starting conference play. However, let's see if we can produce a few winners.
1) Arizona St -22 vs UNLV: ASU just finished whipping a conference foe in Stanford and confidence is riding high. High enough that they may be looking forward to getting their name mentioned w/ the big boys again when they host SEC powerhouse and #2 ranked Georgia next week. That will be the game of the year at Sun Devil Stadium as they are on the road for USC, Cal, & Arizona this season. Besides, this # slightly is larger than what UNLV just covered on the road against a strong Utah squad.
2) Utah -24 @ Utah St: This could be called the sandwich game w/ revenge games serving as the bread and this rivalry game serving as your meat. The Utes are coming off of a revenge game win over UNLV and have another next week against the Air Force. Although this has been a one-sided rivalry over the last 10 years in favor of the Utes (3-1-1 ATS in the last 5), I have to think that after a close win at Michigan, a 2nd half blasting of UNLV once they decided to play, & another reveng...
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Utah/UNLV thoughts??
I'm looking at a big play on Utah in this revenge spot against UNLV since they lost to them last year 27-0.
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NCAAF Week 2: Beware of the Lookahead
Wassup everyone,
Given that I haven't come across any threads that are focusing on scheduling, I figured I'd start one that we can keep going from week to week.
Chalk squads that could fall under the lookahead category this weekend, keep in mind this looking at those that won't cover, not lose outright:
(Not ranked in any particular order)
1) Ohio St -34: With the showdown with USC on the horizon and a perfect 5-0 record against Ohio, you have to think these Buckeyes will be thinking about traveling to LA to make a statement next week.
2) Auburn -18: The Tigers will begin SEC play next week in Starkville against an MSU team that beat them last year 19-14. USM doesn't pose a significant threat so a strong focus may not be there.
3) Georgia -23.5: The Dawgs will probably have an eye on their road revenge game next week against the ole ball coach and his squad (who also overlooked Vandy last night). However, Central Michigan isn't an attractive dog, since they were slaughtered on the road last year by Kansas 52-7, Purdue 45-22, & Clemson 70-14 with their lone road dog win coming against Ball St in 2007.
4) Notre Dame -22: This is a truly questionable team. 16 starters return from a terrible 3-9 2007 team. But that's not the point. Of course they'll want to come out in their first game and prove ND football is back, however, they have a HUGE rivalry/revenge game next week when Michigan comes to town after being blown out 38-0 last year.
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Little island, big impact: South Whidbey robotics teams make a splash at regional event
Four South Whidbey underwater robotics teams made quite the splash at the MATE ROV Pacific Northwest Regional competition on Saturday.
Puget Sound Navigators, a South Whidbey-based team, won the newly-formed Navigator division. A pair of teams from South Whidbey Academy placed third: PCW in the Navigator division and the Underwater Submarine Seals in the Scout division.
"I'm really, really pleased," said Timmie Sinclair, the mentor for the two South Whidbey Academy teams that entered the competition in their first year as a ROV club. The school, built as an alternative learning program for K-12, has 42 students signed up with ROV teams, out of which 24 competed at the regional event.
Atlantis Inc., a Freeland-based team of four teenagers, took second place in the Ranger-division and missed out on a chance to repeat as the Ranger remotely operated vehicle (ROV) champions after taking first place last year.
In previous years, enough teams entered the Pacific Northwest Regional that the top two teams in the Ranger division qualified for the international competition, to be held in Michigan this summer. That didn't happen this time around, and Atlantis Inc.'s Chris Wilson, Hannah McConnaughey, Haley McConnaughey and Annika Hustad were left disappointed but motivated for future competitions.
"We are really proud of what we accomplished," said Wilson, the team's captain and the ROV's pilot, in a news release prepared by Atlantis Inc. "This is one of the most competitive regions in the world. Our goal was first or second, and we achieved that. Now we can completely focus on winning the Black Sea ROV Competition in Romania this August. We're hungry now."
Scores were not released by press time, leaving Atlantis to wonder how it performed in the individual categories of the presentation and mission. Though the members already knew they lost points in the mission after an inspection resulted in the need to wrap a piece of tape to the bot's manipulator — its adjustable claw-lake tool that could poke, prod and grab objects in the King County Weyerhauser Aquatic Center pool. The tape, however, interfered with the pilot's precision, said Ashley McConnaughey, Atlantis' mentor.
"We are, understandably, very disappointed to achieve our goal and then to have something beyond our control cause us not to advance to internationals, especially when this was Atlantis' last regional competition," said Hannah, referring to the team disbanding after this year. "But we are so proud to have created this legacy of excellence — and we are even more determined to take first place at our last world-class competition in Romania on the Black Sea this August before the team retires."
Mishaps like broken cables, malfunctioning cameras and missing parts are all part of the mission trial. For one of the South Whidbey Academy teams, the broken camera during the mission required a new wire to be soldered on deck. Sinclair said it was a joy to watch the elementary and middle-school age students work through the problem on their own.
"These guys had resigned themselves to utter failure," she said. "The night before there were tears and frustration and plenty of hair pulling."
She praised the ROV clubs as a tool to capture students' attention in disciplines like mathematics and science.
"If it doesn't stink, it doesn't blow up, then you're not doing science right," she said.
Of the nine grade-school trophies presented to the Scout, Navigator and Ranger division's top three teams, four were awarded to teams from South Whidbey. In the Ranger class alone, there were 13 teams. McConnaughey remarked that seeing so many students who live on South Whidbey, with a population of about 12,000, was an incredible feeling.
"The reign of South Whidbey robotics has in fact really started," she said.
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Facebook: The next big player in social search?
06:15, May 16 2012
Research reveals that if Facebook decided to launch a search engine tomorrow, the social network would become a leader in the global search market, giving Google a run for its money.
A study reveals that that Facebook could easily become the second most used search engine in major markets, with the exception of Russia, China, and Japan where it could come in third.
Greenlight's Search and Social Survey found that if Facebook wanted to start its own search engine, the company could take 22% of the global search market.
Facebook has over 900 million registered users and is the top social website globally. Thus, Facebook could have millions of dedicated users that might be easily influenced to use it as their preferred search engine.
Research revealed that 5% of those surveyed said they would definitely use Facebook if it launched a search engine to compete against Google's.
12% of respondents said they would probably use Facebook over their preferred search engine and 9% said they didn't know.
"These stats therefore suggest Facebook could capture around 22% of the global search market by simply launching its own search engine tomorrow morning (the 'Definitely', 'Probably', and half of the 'Don't know' respondents combined) says Andreas Pouros, chief operating officer at Greenlight. "It wouldn't need to be a spectacular engine either, just well integrated into the Facebook experience and generally competent."
However, 26% said they would not use Facebook as a search engine and another 22% said they would probably not use a search engine by Facebook.
Yet, 27% of respondents said they would maybe consider using Facebook if it proved to be better than Google or Bing. If Facebook were able to launch a search engine better than Google it could possibly take above the estimated 22% of the global search engine market.
The research suggests that if Facebook could convert the least loyal Google search engine users, the social network could have the opportunity of occupying 49% of the overall search engine market, rather than just 22%.
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