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Skip to comments.A Beautiful Mediocrity: JFK was a so-so president, a deeply flawed man.
Posted on 11/20/2013 10:00:27 AM PST by SeekAndFind
By almost any measure, John F. Kennedy was a middling president at best, and an occasionally disastrous one. The Bay of Pigs fiasco, the Cuban missile crisis, setting the nation on the wrong course in Vietnam, his nepotism, the spying on political rivals all must weigh heavily in our judgment of his presidency. And while Kennedy the president was a middle-of-the-range performer at best, Kennedy the man has been relentlessly diminished by the eventual revealing of the facts of his day-to-day life.
Conservatives who see in Kennedy a committed combatant in the Cold War and a supply-side tax-cutter must keep in mind his bungling at home and abroad. Liberals who see in Kennedy a receptacle for all they hold holy must keep in mind his calculating cynicism for example, his opposition to civil-rights legislation when he believed its passage would strengthen the Republican president proposing it. Kennedys virtues his vocal anti-Communism, his assertive sense of the American national interest, his tax-cutting would hardly make him a welcome figure among those who today claim his mantle. His vices, on the other hand, are timeless.
The Cuban missile crisis is generally presented as the great episode of Kennedys hanging tough in the face of Communist aggression, but, like so much about Kennedys life, that story represents a triumph of public relations over substance. Kennedy gave up much more than he let on to resolve the crisis, agreeing to remove U.S. missiles from Turkey on the condition that the concession remain secret, so as not to undermine his political career or his brothers. And the Cuban missile crisis was brought on in no small part by Kennedys inviting displays of weakness: His performance at the 1961 Vienna summit made little impression on Nikita Khrushchev, and within a few months the Berlin Wall was under construction. After the Bay of Pigs, the Soviets had little reason to suppose that Cuba was anything but a safe port for them.
But Kennedy had a gift for spinning gold out of goof-ups.
John Kennedy looms large in the American imagination, but not for anything he accomplished in office. He was a handsome and vivacious man whose ascendancy coincided with that of television, a politician who was one part royal, one part movie star. That Americans found his celebrity and his pretensions to aristocracy appealing is beyond argument; however, it does not speak well of our political culture. But as created personas go, JFK was a doozy: He won the Pulitzer Prize for a book largely written by somebody else; his reputation as an intellectual was largely the creation of Arthur Schlesinger; and his family was figuratively and perhaps literally in bed with Joe McCarthy (who dated two of the Kennedy women), but the stigma of McCarthyism has never attached itself to his name. His pathological sexual appetites gave him the reputation of a charming rogue, when the truth is that he was closer to a mid-century Anthony Weiner. He was a veteran with an admirable military record, an unexceptional and difference-splitting senator with an Irish name: But for his celebrity, he would have been John McCain or John Kerry.
Kennedy did not transform the country, but he did transform the presidency largely for the worse. Combining grandiose rhetoric with shallow policy, he established the modern template of president as media hero, beginning the conversion of the office of the presidency from that of chief administrator of the federal government to the modern grotesquery it has become. The main effects of his time in the White House were to make his immediate predecessor look like Cincinnatus by comparison and to unleash the ugliness of Johnson and Johnsonism on the republic after his martyrdom at the hands of a deranged Communist. That Lyndon Johnson, a man he detested, was Kennedys political heir is a testament to the fact that there was hardly any devil he was unwilling to get in bed with if it brought him political power.
And what did he do with that power? Among the heaviest burdens facing the American public in 2013 are the direct expenses and unfunded liabilities associated with Medicare and Medicaid, two ill-shaped programs conceived of by the Kennedy administration but executed under Johnson which is to say, well be paying the price for Kennedys grand dreams for a long time to come.
He looked great in a suit, and he could deliver an applause line with the best of them. We may grieve the murder of a president, but our grief should not blind us to what kind of president, or man, he was.
Maybe on TV. In person he looked like a fragile painted porcelain doll.
I thought the young Mitt Romney was better looking, but oh well... to each his own.
he was the only PT boat skipper to get run over by an enemy ship.
The JFK mythology is a high tribute to the national press and the democrat machine who deftly put lipstick on a pig and gave it near-deification in the public view.
JFK was crap, accomplished little other than what he believed would politically help him, stole the election and never wrote a single line of his famous books, was so weak and foolish that he almost took us into a nuclear war. In short, the perfect democrat.
This author will probably be stoned to death in public.
One thing you should NEVER do is speak the truth.
Probably. Can't say because I've never seen Romney up close.
There are similarities between JFK and Joseph Smith. They both loved the ladies. Their sudden death rescued them from discovery and ultimate shameful repudiation that they would have experienced had they lived on. Their followers were able to craft a narrative that lives on for generations.
Bay of Pigs wiped out the armed Cuban opposition to Castro.
He abandoned the Eisenhower's Tibetans to be wiped out to the last man, refusing to take the calls as they were surrounded and out of ammunition.
He got the South Vietnamese president killed (oh, did I do that?). Fired the team which had previously beaten the communists in the Philippines, and turned the counter-insurgency over to his Harvard pals.
The guy was a wrecking ball.
You don't want to sound heartless, but, Kennedy has this image only because of his assassination. He was made into a mythical figure, and the myth of Camelot arose, only because of his tragic death.
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The assassination was the best thing that ever happened to the Democratic Party.
A despicable man from a disgusting family
Yeah but you have to figure after he was knocked off the commies took over the 'rat party then eventually the Republican party then the entire government where today we're practically living in a commie country with a commie POTUS. That's why I think Oswald wasn't the only one involved.
Libs hate to be reminded that 'Tail-Gunner' Joe McCarthy was a frequent guest at Hyannis Port, as well as a Godfather to one of RFK's children.
I cracked up the first time I saw that pic in an ad in Vintage Guitar Magazine!
Exactly. His greatest accomplishment was to be assassinated. Americans were reluctant to speak ill of the dead. His chickens couldn't come home to roost. And most importantly, liberals were able to create their myth of Camelot.
For those who scoff, remember; liberals tried to do the same (and failed) for Ted Kennedy.
Okay, but he was far superior to anything the Democrats have come up with lately.
RE: There are similarities between JFK and Joseph Smith
I thought Joseph Smith was KNOWN for his polygamy even when he was alive... he actually PREACHED IT.
JFK on the other hand, tried to hide his pecadillos.
As P.J. O'Rourke wrote (primarily referring to the Kennedys),
It's Always Tempting To Impute
Unlikely Virtues To The Cute.
RE: The guy was a wrecking ball.
Well, he did something right -— HE CUT TAXES.
Kennedy inherited a major recession (a contraction at an annualized rate of five percent in the fourth quarter of 1960) but kept domestic spending basically flat while ramping up military and overseas spending.
Though he did preside over a 25 percent increase (over two years) in the federal minimum wage and launch several domestic programs beloved by liberals including food stamps and what became Medicare when it was passed in 1965, he harbored deep suspicions of the creeping influence of the state.
Albert Jay Nocks anti-New Deal book Our Enemy, the State was a volume JFK kept at his Boston home in the 1950s and he sometimes echoed the book in public statements. I do not believe in a super state, he said in a 1960 speech in which he declared himself a liberal, with heavy qualifiers that made him sound more like one of todays conservatives.
I see no magic to tax dollars which are sent to Washington and then returned, he continued, smartly summarizing the voodoo economics of Keynesianism. I do not favor state compulsion when voluntary individual effort can do the job and do it well.
It is hard to believe how unpopular Kennedy was even tho I was there and saw it.
I remember standing on the arcade at lunch and a kid named Tim Sutton came up and told me the President had been shot. At that point there was almost unanimous cheers. I mean probably 90% of the student body was glad to hear it.
After maybe 10 minutes, the mood began to change. I recall more than one saying, "well we are glad he got shot but we don't want him to die" At that time we didn't know anything other than the first reports.
Later during class, the principal came on the AV system and announced that Kennedy was dead. That immediately threw a cloud over every one, even those who hated him.
I do remember one girl who was one of the few Catholics in school, quietly sobbing to herself.
The gist of it was that Kennedy was very unpopular with our kids but we fairly soon realized just what had happened and that it was not a good thing.
If truth be told, JFK was far more flawed and dishonest than his election opponent, Nixon. But the media plays it totally otherwise.
Maybe that's why McCain had high office aspirations. He was an American Ace. He destroyed 6 American aircraft all by himself and then .....? Anchors Aweigh my boys, anchors aweigh!
I heard for the first time yesterday that he was wearing a brace in the car in Texas that limited his movements and made him ride higher then he normally would.
The Kennedy myths and legends were largely the creation of dynasty's (crime family more like it)founder, Joseph Kennedy Sr who made vast fortune in various shady activities including stock market manipulation, insider trading, and other questionable practices. Kennedy Sr., more than most understood the power of advertising and pioneered the use of political advertising. Long before Jack was mixed up with Marilyn Monroe and the Hollywood rat pack, Kennedy Sr. pioneered in myth making churning out low budget movies in Tinsel Town and cavorting with famous actresses. Kennedy told his children, it doesn't matter who you are, but what people think you are. He was a man who believed that money could buy anything and was an expert at media manipulation and creating false images and myths. Only a man like Joe Kennedy could have turned a disaster like the loss of PT-109 into an heroic feat, and turned his son's lazy and lackluster record in Congress into a major presidential candidate. Sound familiar? No...BHO did not have the advantage of having a wealthy and powerful father buying his way into public office. But like the Kennedys, an adoring and slavelike media and Hollywood establishment plus lots of radical Left billionaires to help finance his campaigns.
Makes you realize just how many Americans would be happy if we were still under a monarchy.
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He was having an affair with an enemy agent. Was he blackmailed? Would he have had to have been killed to protect the Democrat party?
Joe was a Hitler-lover as well.
RE: , Joseph Kennedy Sr who made vast fortune in various shady activities including stock market manipulation, insider trading, and other questionable practices.
Was there a law against insider trading back then?
I wonder what would have happened to a Lieutenant Smith if Lieutenant Smith's PT boat was rammed while the boat was dead in the water and a crewman was killed.
Don't get me started - I know of a half-dozen FReepers who would be happy if we moved to one.
When I lived in Tulsa back in the early 70s, I was a Social Security Claims rep for a couple of years. One guy came in applying for Social Security, and when I saw his DD214, I asked him about his Navy experience.
It turned out he was a PT boat captain and was in the same squadron as Kennedy. He said Kennedy was well liked by all the men and they all knew he was well connected.
Of course he also said that being rammed was the worst embarrassment a PT Boat Skipper suffer. The PT Boats were the fastest things on the sea.
Compared to Osama Obama it's clear that JFK was an outstanding President.
"It is hard to believe how unpopular Kennedy was even tho I was there and saw it."
I've read that his re-election was anything but a lock with poll numbers sinking had he made it to '64.
He was made a martyr and that is what carries the myth to this day. Same with Bobbie but to a far lesser extent, who still would have gotten creamed in '68 in my opinion.
No...the stock market was largely unregulated back then. Many of Kennedys activities were perfectly legal, though obviously manipulative. A favorite Kennedy trick: He would take an inactive stock, trade it back and forth with his friends, creating a false sense of activity among the public at large. After the stock was pumped up, Kennedy and his friends would unload their shares at high prices on to the unsuspecting public-—a classic pump and dump scheme. Kennedy even joked to a colleague, we need to make as much money as possible before they pass a law against it. To add to the irony, FDR appointed Kennedy Sr to be the first head of the SEC——saying it takes a thief to catch a theif and that Kennedy was familiar with all of the tricks of the trade.
That's why I pray every day for Obama's long life, good health and safety.
Nothing turns a sub-standard POTUS into a Saint like tragic death in office.
And, thus, I give him credit for being a mediocre president, roughly on the same level as Harry S. Truman, who was probably the second best Democrat to occupy the Oval Office in the last century.
Some conservatives might rank him higher than JFK. But I'd have to say that the loss of China was a far more serious blunder than the Bay of Pigs.
So, yeah, JFK is the best Democrat to serve in the Oval Office in the last century. But its a pretty low bar.
Disagree, not when I saw him. During the 1960 campaign he came to Syracuse NY and a liberal friend and I walked to a corner to watch him drive by on the back seat of a convertible. He so impressed me just sitting there, that I had to sign up for door to door canvasing for Nixon.
He was strong and impressive looking, but a scum bag like all the Kennedys.
Always thought the Press had kind of a gay thing for him and still does.
"he was the only PT boat skipper to get run over by an enemy ship."
And for that he should have been court marshaled, better yet keel-hauled. How does a high speed PT boat get cut in half by a Japanese cruiser?
Maybe JFK was passed out drunk?
I was shocked at how unwell he looked. Like a fragile old lady whose face has been carefully painted.
Don't believe he used teleprompters either !?
Did they even have them 50 years ago?
JPK certainly was an appeasor and a coward. Perhaps FDR kept him at his job as Ambassador to Great Britain because he knew the US was not ready for war at that time and he knew Kennedy had no stomach for it all. JPK cowered in the English countryside during the Blitz as Prime Minister Churchill and the King and Queen remained in London throughout the ordeal.
Many Irish-Americans sided with Hitler against England.
RE: Nothing turns a sub-standard POTUS into a Saint like tragic death in office.
Well, St. Jimmy Carter is alive and well... see how people view his legacy...
Based on the enemy of my enemy theory...
I was alive and able to vote at the time this man was President. All was not idolization of Kennedy. In fact, he was trailing Goldwater in all the polls of the day. He was losing big in Texas and that is why he went to that state in November. He and his advisers thought that by going to Texas he could revive his fortunes.
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Women's Hockey Drops Two
St. Cloud State Women's hockey team hosted the University of North Dakota over the weekend. The all-time series between the teams was even coming into the weekend series at 19-19-5. The Huskies are desperate for points to aid in their climb in the WCHA standings.
UND scored the games' first two goals on Friday night early in the first period. The Huskies would strike back on a goal by Kylie Lane, her first of the season to cut the deficit to 2-1. UND answered with another opeing period goal and took a 3-1 lead into the locker while. Outshooting the Huskies 16-11 in the opening frame.
The Huskies started the second period with an early power play and found the net again, this time off of the stick of freshman Skye Kelly, marking her first goal of the season. The Huskies hung tough and trailed 3-2 but it would be short lived. UND added two more goals in the second period off the stick of Monique Lamoureux and extended their lead to 5 -2 through the first two periods of play. The Huskies matched the shots on goal with UND at 10 apiece in the period.
UND extended their lead to 6-2 in the final period as Jocelyne Lamoureux beat netminder Julie Friend for the lone goal in the final frame. Friend recorded 26 saves in the loss as the Huskies fell by a final of 2-6.
Saturday St. Cloud State came out of the gates on fire holding their own for much of the first period against the #10 ranked University of North Dakota. UND scored late in the period and took a 1-0 into the locker room. North Dakota outshot SCSU 10-9 in the frame.
The excitement would be short lived for the Huskies as UND scored short-handed early in the second period to take a 2-0 lead. The Huskies played inspired hockey throughout the rest of the period and trailed 2-0 after two periods while outshooting UND in the period 12-10.
UND put the clamps down on the Huskies in the final period, not allowing SCSU to get anything going. North Dakota scored early in the final period to take a 3-0 lead before closing out the period by blocking a majority of SCSU's shots on goal. Katie Fitzgerald stopped 28 shots for SCSU in the contest where the the team was outshot 31-28. The Huskies fell 0-3 in the Saturday matinee as UND notched a road sweep.
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Soulstice Theatre brings 'Blithe Spirit' to life
It's all jolly good to insist one shouldn't dwell in the past, but what's a chap to do when the past insists on dwelling with him?
That's the predicament confronting Charles Condomine in Noël Coward's "Blithe Spirit," a comic version of the contemporaneously published "Rebecca" that cuts like a diamond and is every bit as brilliant. It's now on stage in St. Francis, in a Soulstice Theatre production that opened Friday night under Char Manny's direction. »Read Full Article(1)
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Three Milwaukee artists to compete in world's largest art competition
Anytime 400,000 people become actively engaged in a dialogue about art, someone, somewhere is doing something right. ArtPrize, described as a "radically open" international art competition, takes place each fall in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Today, the organization announced its final list of artists for its fifth art festival. Three are from Milwaukee. A total of 1,524 entries representing 47 countries and 45 states will show work at 169 venues. The artists and venues "met" via the online dating-like system that ArtPrize sets up. It's curating by crowd sourcing. »Read Full Blog Post(4)
John Legend to play Riverside Theater Nov. 18
R&B crooner John Legend will perform at the Riverside Theater at 7 p.m. Nov. 18.
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NBC pulls 'Animal Practice' for 'Whitney'
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Sorry kids. NBC has taken "Animal Practice" and sent it to a farm upstate, where it can run freely and frolic in the fields with "Made in Jersey."
Euphemism aside, NBC euthanized the freshman comedy "Animal Practice" on Thursday morning following its latest low-rated airing. In its place, the second season of "Whitney" will now premiere on November 14.
NBC had originally, of course, scheduled "Whitney" to air on Friday nights at 8 p.m. starting this week, leading into "Community," but the premiere dates for both shows were held back just two weeks ago, with NBC saying the network wanted to concentrate its promotional efforts on its early-week efforts.
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The Bushland softball team just keeps hitting. High pitches, low, away, inside, the Lady Falcons find a way to put the ball in play.
It was no different Saturday as Bushland racked up 30 hits in a 29-1 win over District 1-2A opponent Childress.
Bushland coach Michael Rose said he was proud of the way his team hit the ball.
"The balls that were away we went the other way with," Rose said. "It's just taking advantage of what they give you."
Five hits went for extra bases. They all were doubles, including two by Katie Welch. Welch finished 4-for-5 with five RBIs.
"We just were stroking the ball pretty well," Welch said. "We did everything he told us. We were focused for this game. We came out last time and played them pretty well, so we knew what we had to do coming into the game."
Welch has been hitting well for the Lady Falcons all season.
"I think it was personal goals for this year," Welch said. "I wasn't happy with my district stats last year. This year I set goals in my mind and I've been sticking to them as of late."
Bushland just keeps adding to their impressive season totals. In four district games, Bushland has 84 hits, 14 doubles, five triples and three home runs.
"They just hit the ball," Childress coach Debbie Roberts said. "She's (Welch) a big hitter. We just have to take that and learn from that. Rose is a great coach and he's a good friend of mine and it's fun to come and play. He's just a good guy and they are going to go far."
For the season, Bushland has 393 hits, 80 doubles, 21 triples and 14 home runs. In 26 games, only seven have been against 2A schools with the other 19 against teams in Class 3A or above.
"That's something that has always been a strength with this team, especially the last two years," Rose said. "We've been able to adjust and been able to hit everybody. No matter the level, we've been able to adjust and hit everybody. We've always been able to score runs. That's never been an issue. I think the biggest change for us is defensive and pitching. Our defense is playing a lot better and our pitching staff is throwing a lot more strikes."
Rose said the Lady Falcons were able to take advantage of a young pitcher Saturday.
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Welch said hitting is a big focus in practice.
"I feel like we work on it every day," Welch said. "It's something that we don't take a break on. We practice it every day over and over again. It's something we gradually get better at with time."
The Lady Falcons are a win away from clinching the District 1-2A title but more focus is being placed on trying to get that first playoff victory.
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Merry (Belated) Christmas, Boys and Girls!
Storm: THIRD SIGN-UP PERMISSION GRANTED. I'm hoping to start this show sometime in the first few days of the New Year.
I know.
Well shoot, imma gonna be gone till next Tuesday, so I really hope that the RP dosnt start before then.
Merry Christmas, guys.
Merry (Belated) Christmas, Boys and Girls!
Storm: THIRD SIGN-UP PERMISSION GRANTED. I'm hoping to start this show sometime in the first few days of the New Year.
^^^ Seriously? Are you sure you want me to make a third?
I am going to stick with one for now, if that is alright. I just want to do the best I can with her without getting distracted.
ima wait Gigs.... if noone else SU's by the 3rd, then I'll make a third SU.
Gee, it sure is boring around here....
This is far from dead, Mr. Nick Atack. The fun is just beginning... and I think I can get one or two more people to sign up. You'll see...
Couldent we discuss something story related or something until the RP starts?
Name: The Watcher
Species: Unknown
Gender: Male
Allegiance: His own agenda
Appearance: Not much is known about The watcher. He has a humanoid figure, but not much else about him is human. His fingers are long and spindly, his flesh cold, and his skin whitish-grey. For eyes, he has dark slits, and a black turtleneck bodysuit covers his mouth. He has pointy black loafers, and sometimes, he wears a black bowler hat on his hairless head.
Homeworld: Unknown
Biography: Unknown
Personality: Calm and collected, but far from sane.
This bio is incredibly (dun)sparce, but don't worry guys. I have express permission from Gigsy-boy to rp this character, and his motives will become apparent in due time.
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You do have permission, old friend... but I do have a request before I accept you. I'd like a drawing of him for you to post. Once that's done, you'll be Accepted, so consider yourself part of the team!
P.S: You forgot something. Re-read the rules.
EDIT: Interesting change. It highlights the mystery behind your character, eh? Very well. Accepted.
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Mike you are a great man .... I have a Satellite c660d and I have the same problem
I did what you posted ( the basic system rest) and it worked ....
thanks thanks thanks
I have a Toshiba L655-S5158 with Windows 8, everything installed from Tosghiba Upgrade Application. However, my flash cards still do not restart. Pressing 'FN' key does not bring up the overlay and when search from Windows, I Type Flash in the search bar and nothing comes up in Apps or Settings regarding the flash cards to re-start. I've reinstalled TVAP and Flash Cards numerous time and the issue persists. In the control panel TVAP and Flash Cards appear under Programs and Features to uninstall but I am not able to access the Flash Cards program directly to re-start the service. Any help would be appreciate seeing how I'm connected via ethernet, Wi-Fi is off via Windows settings but the WiFi light remains on, when it should be off. That's my issue...
Hello Mike,
(not sure if this is getting posted in the right place)
just got a used Toshiba Qosmio F45AV423 using Windows 7 32bit.
I'm not 100% sure where this happened, but I think it was when I tried to log into my friend's private network and we were messing around with the 'guest login'. At least, that's when I think that this all started.
However, the end result is that the wireless began shutting down shortly afterwards. For a little bit it would start up again when I restarted the computer. Now, however, it does not come on at all. I've already tried to deactivate the power saver stuff in the driver menus. No dice there.
I saw that you had people download some programs for trouble shooting their similar problems, but since I know very little about programming and software I didnt' want to go downloading and installing stuff without asking you about my problem specifically.
Very frustrating, been at this for a minute. I tried updating drives and heard that windows 7 sometimes blocks driver updates. I've got two drivers in my network adapter running: The Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN and the RealTek PCIe FE Family Controller. I just updated the RealTek from within the driver menu, but it did nothing to get my wifi working again.
Seems like you really know what time it is. Would greatly appreciate the help my friend.
My FN key won't work at all. I have a Satellite M645-S4048 running Windows 7 64-bit. At first I searched flash like you said and didn't get any results of flash cards, so I went to the download page for my model. I downloaded and installed my TVAP and rebooted. Now it shows up in search and I restarted and checked setting and it was not disabled, yet it is still not working. The hot keys across the top still work so I can use Wifi and volume control but I want to dim my display. The touch pad button works as well, just the Fn+whatever doesn't.
Hi ! I have a notebook NB505-SP0165, the wireless card was replaced by an Atheros AR5B97 and was installed in windows with latest drivers, but I can't turn on the device with F8 since it does not appear in the flash card menu (by pressing Fn key).
I have reinstalled the TVAP and the flash cards aplication but still not working.
Is there some solution for this issue? Thanks in advance.
tengo una satellite p755-s5263 todo funciona bien pero el wireless no enciende . descargue los driver y no hace nada
HI, Im having the same problem...
I'm using an old satellite model L40-17Q , PSL4CE - 00E005G3
running win 7
I was running win xp but then i started having this problem and formated my HDD completely and installed win 7 to see if the problem will still exist and unfortunately it didn't fix...
the FN F8 key combination to turn on wireless doesn't work, the device manager is showing THIS , telling me that everything is ok with my WI-FI driver...
to make sure i went to the toshiba suport download section and downloaded and updated everything available for this model for win 7, ( the wlan driver as well ) ...
restarted , took out the battery, unplugged.... i did everything sugested in previous sections....
but here's what i think caused the problem .... I was messing with the laptop using ubuntu linux and after inputing this command into the linux commander :
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) wget http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat-wireless-3-
stable/v3.6/compat-wireless-3.6.2-1.tar.bz2 tar -jxf compat-wireless-3.6.2-1.tar.bz2 cd compat-wireless-3.6.2-1 wget http://patches.aircrack-ng.org/channel-negative-on e-maxim.patch sudo apt-get install patch patch ./net/wireless/chan.c channel-negative-one-maxim.patch make sudo make install sudo make unload sudo reboot
is when everything started messing up.... basically when i was using linux my wireless worked normaly and wi-fi was showing all the networks but when i switched to windows the Fn+F8 combination didn't work any more so i had wi-fi on linux but not on windows..... thats why i completely formated my HDD and reseted everything i could and instaled new windows 7 32-bit and still have the same problem even tho the linux is long gone from the pc????
i obviously messed something up with that linux comand but now i have no idea how to undo what i've done and i could use all the help i can get....
a big thank you to whoever manages to help me out ....
This happened to me and I looked high and low on line and finally found the answer which is so simple.
Go to PROGRAM FILES/TOSHIBA/TBS
Scroll down. There will be a picture of a wireless tower and it will say TBSWireless
Right click and then choose OPEN. THat's it, that's all you have to do.
This happens on my TOSHIBA laptop, wireless is off, I have no idea why, FN keys don't work, but this is so much easier than going back to factory settings.
Or you can try searching for TBSWireless.exe file. Hope this helps someone in the future.
Can someone please let me find out what wifi card am I supposed to have? I have a L505D-6927R PSLV6U-00STM3. device manager won't show the wifi adapter. Tried installing Toshiba Utilities but have not been able to find the flash card utilities since the support page seems down for maintenance. I don't know if I have atheros, realtek or intel. Can someone provide the utilities I need to solve this problem?
By the way, I removed the battery and press the power button for 30 seconds to drain power. Did the reset for BIOS defaults. I added a legacy device on device manager and now a Realtek RTL8187B in there but has an exclamation mark that says (Device could not start Code 10) this is the version it shows 62.1182.331.2010. If I use the WPS utility says that the wifi adapter is not active. FN F8 does not work, the LED for wifi is steady amber. I do show other flash cards option but the f8. Wifi is enabled on BIOS. under adapter settings I only see LAN and Telephone access, no wifi. I am starting to give up, please help! I did download the flash utility but it appears it was for another model since it could not start up.
there is such an easier way.... click on your control panel then click on hardware and sound, then click on windows mobility center.... a consol will open up and on the Right hand side will be you wireless capabilities setting click it to turn it on... hope this helps
Thank you for your reply Lilliannaa but that option does not appear in the console you mention. I'd appreciate a more technical solution.
New symptoms:
I modified a key in the registry that is showed in this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V0FrsYPmJc It did not work as stated on this video but now the card is somehow shown in PC utility but as not active. I added a USB external wifi card, added the driver and worked, after 2 reboots it was not recognized anywhere like when I first experienced this problem, confirming a software issue. I changed the card from one USB port to another and it was redetected and functional.
Still no resolution found.
i have TOshiba NB520 i have value added package and flash card support utility . I open the flash cards but it seems the f8 is gone i tried the system reset but it seems it doesn't work.. i figure it out whenever i open the laptop the wifi light is not turning on and when i try the system reset it will turn on and then after several seconds it will turn off. But earlier when my laptop has full a battery my wifi seems working. And my device manager WLAN atheros is working i try to uninstall and install but it doesn't work can you help me ?
i have the same issue..like my toshiba laptop wireless adapter doesn't turn on when i press the Fn+ F8. could you pls advise me how to turn dis on...i tried many times...pls help me ....!!
Happened to run across this post.It jogged my memory.Ran into this problem a couple of years ago.This "fix" works on the older cards,not sure how on the new slim type.
This problem came up when you changed wifi cards,or sometimes when you re-formated and did a clean install.
I think it came from the bios not wanting to accept another brand wifi card,or just a glitch.
If you have an older large type card,Intel or Broadcom.And the card installs but won't see any connections,and or tells you to turn on the wifi.
This is going to sound strange,but it works.
Take out the card and put a piece of tape over the # 11 and #13 pins on the card.
The pins are all even numbers on one side and odd on the other side. # 11 and 13 on next to each other on the same side as the antenna wires.
Put the card back in.You may have to load the drivers again.
I fixed several laptops that this happened to.Not just Toshibas.
The posisioning slot is between pin 1 and 3.And they go 22.214.171.124.9.11.13
Hello Mike,
I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro L450D-12X laptop, after I upgraded its OS to Win 7 and installed all it's drivers I now cannot connect and search for available WIFI connections, I already installed it realtek wlan and did the Fn+F8 but nothing happens. :'(
Hoping for your quick response.
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Richard Morgenstern just wants to be left alone.
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In a series of articles and opinion columns this year, the Forward has highlighted the importance of the letter not just to the American Jewish community, but also to the American nation. "It's the most eloquent statement, perhaps in our history, of religious tolerance," Washington biographer Ron Chernow told this paper.
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Motion goes to great lengths to make the transition from the 2D world into the 3D world as easy as possible. Let's get started by looking at our project. Press F5 to open the Project pane and you will notice we have one group that has four words on it. Now these words have been moved around and positioned in 3D space, if you open the Inspector and look in the Position data, you will notice they all have x, y, z data. And now it's done using the adjust 3D Transform tool. So, let's make sure that's active and de-select any other words.
The easiest way to switch a scene to 3D is to click on New Camera in the toolbar and you will get some options, whether you want to keep the scene as 2D or switch to 3D. Let's choose Switch to 3D. Notice the icon for the group has changed, notifying us it's now a 3D group. And there are some other controls on the canvas. Let's check out this pulldown menu in the upper-left corner. Click on Active Camera. That's our view right now and let's switch to perspective. Let's see what happens. Check that out.
Now, we can see the scene in a whole different view. Now, if you are not seeing this grid in some of the other options, you want to go up to the view pop-up menu and make sure Show 3 Overlays is checked and that all of those options have been selected. Once all those options have been selected, you should be able to see your scene just like this. So, this pull down menu is a great way, if you want to switch between the different views, like viewing your scene from the right or viewing your scene from perspective or what have you.
Now, let's switch back to the right for a second and you will notice we are not really seeing anything. So, these controls in the upper right will allow you to navigate through your canvas in 3D space. So, this tool on the left is the Pan Camera tool. If you click on that, it will move you around within the scene. Now I would like to see both the camera and the objects in the scene. So, let's move to the Dolly Camera tool by clicking-and-dragging and just move out a little bit. And then we can pan right back over into our scene.
This center tool, the Orbit Camera tool will rotate in a flat motion when you are in a view like Left, Right, Front, Back. But if you actually go up to a Perspective View this will allow you to rotate around in 3D space. Now, you will notice as I'm clicking and rotating around here, we are rotating around this center area of the canvas called the Origin and by default, when you create a New Camera out of a 2D scene, this will be the placement of your camera and the center of its view will be at the Origin.
Now we have covered two out of the three new menus in the canvas, when you are navigating in 3D. The third one down here is called the Compass tool and instead of having to come to this pulldown menu at the top of the canvas, you can just click very quickly and switch between views like the Front view or the Right view, the Top view and if you click the center cube, it will move you up to the Perspective view. Now we are almost done with the Navigations tools, but I want you to look at one more tool, the HUD.
Click on the HUD button in the toolbar or press F7 to open the HUD. And you notice with the Camera selected, I have a couple of different options here. We'll go through these in a later video specifically on cameras. The ones I want you to pay attention to right now are these Move options. So, you notice there is a Pan tool just like the one in the canvas. And notice when I click-and-drag in this tool, I'm moving the camera within my scene and very conveniently, I have this pop-up window that comes up here. Let me go back and click on the Move in the HUD again and you notice the pop-up.
That's letting me see exactly what my camera is seeing, as I'm repositioning it throughout the scene. So, you notice we also have a Rotate option, as well as a Scale option, which just scales the overall view of the camera. We can also dolly in and out, just like the option in the canvas. But you notice the controls in the canvas are navigating me around the scene, because I'm in Perspective. Whereas the HUD is actually moving the camera because I have the camera selected.
So, the reason I'm drawing this distinction, when you switch to the Perspective view, it's very helpful when you are trying to move your camera around and you want to see exactly where everything is in the scene. But you always want to make sure, when you go to do your final output, switch back to the Camera view because this is going to be the final view that's actually output in your scene. And none of these 3D overlays including the grid will actually be included in the render. Along those lines, you also want to make sure when you output, if you have included any lighting, shadows or reflections or possibly Depth of Field, those have been selected as well.
Now, I know we haven't covered those yet but we'll cover those as we move throughout this chapter. Now that we have gone through some of the features of navigating in the new 3D world, I think we are ready to explore some of the new exciting features in 3D.
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Click to enlargeUp, up and away!
Super market is on the march in March after a flatline February, which is now starting to look like some healthy consolidation after a 1,000-point pop in the Dow in January. As I noted yesterday, 14,400 is where we expect to get our next round of resistance but, after that, we've got clear sailing all the way to 15,200.
The Dow is doing so well that the Dow 36,000 boys are getting interviews again. As noted by Jim Glassman:
Currently, for example, the forward P/E ratio (based on estimated earnings for the next 12 months) of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index is about 14. In other words, the earnings yield for a stock investment averages 7 percent (1/14), but the yield on a 10-year Treasury bond is only 1.9 percent - a huge gap. Judging from history, you would have to conclude that bonds are vastly overpriced, that stocks are exceptionally cheap or that investors are scared to death for a good reason. Maybe all three.
One way stocks could jump to 36,000 quickly would be for fears to subside and P/E ratios to rise. Assume that earnings yields fall to 5 percent. That would mean P/E ratios would go to 20, a boost of 50 percent in stock prices, assuming constant earnings.
Click to enlargeWe don't have to agree with 36,000 to see some sense in the premise. Yes, p/e's are low and the assumptions that growth will remain slow may be misplaced - especially when corporations themselves are sitting on over $2Tn in cash and using some of it to buy back their own stock at record levels. That coupled with M&A and privatization (NASDAQ:DELL) is taking more and more shares off the market at the same time as demand for them are growing and corporate profits (/e) are posting new records each quarter.
What if the economy actually improves? What if the US goes back to its historic 3.5% annual growth and Europe stops being a drag and Japan finally stops deflating (printing 100 Trillion Yen seems to be helping so far) and the rest of Asia gets back to their usual 5-8% growth path? That's a lot of ifs but 3.5% compounded for the rest of the decade (7 years) takes the Dow from 14,300 to 18,200 all by itself - kind of makes long-term investing seem like a no-brainer, doesn't it?
Now, what if, over the next decade or two, we improve the efficiency of solar cells and lower our energy costs by 30%? Currently, the US spends $624Bn a year on oil. Saving 30% of that drops $200Bn in consumer's pockets EVERY YEAR and also reverses our balance of trade - where all the negatives are due to oil imports. In fact, if we knocked back 1/3 of our consumption - the US would be a net EXPORTER of oil - assuming other nations weren't also converting to solar at our rate and still needed the oil.
So, rather than worry about peak oil - the reality is more likely that we have already passed over the peak use of oil in the United States and, from here on out, we will need LESS oil each year than the one before it to achieve the same or more economic output - that right there is the formula for the next golden age for the US economy.
Oil prices go down, gas prices go down, transportation prices fall and goods are delivered for lower costs (have you seen the Baltic Dry Index lately?) in ever more-efficient manners and it looks like, within 20 years - we'll have printers that will make our own clothes and many household goods. Is this the basis of a gloomy outlook?
The bears are furious (they'll be furious about this post, in fact) and you can see them growling on TV 24/7 as their positions go up in smoke and the bulls aren't happy easy as the fund managers missed this rally and they want you to get out before the next leg higher so they can get in and not be embarrassed by underperforming the S&P in Q1. I have not heard so many doom and gloom predictions since the Dow was at 7,000 four years ago.
Click to enlarge8:30 Update: Oh, did I mention jobs? 236,000 were added in February. That's despite the hurricane and despite the month's shocking lack of days (10% less than the month before) and despite another 10,000 Government jobs being cut.
Unemployment fell to 7.7%, still miles above the Fed's 6.5% target but still I'm sure da bears will make all they can of that - insisting that this means the Fed will take away the punch bowl but Uncle Ben was, in fact, very clear this month when he said he has no intention of easing up on stimulus until his goals are well-entrenched in the economy so 3-6 months AFTER we're below 6.5% is time to worry about the Fed cutting back, not before.
Yes the stock market is on Fed steroids, but so what? If you know Lance Armstrong is on steroids, do you bet he won't win? If you know Mark McGwire is on steroids, do you bet he won't hit 40 home runs in a season? Don't confuse knowing a thing is "fixed" with betting on the losers. Sure, ultimately, the cheaters may get what's coming to them (we're still waiting for anyone on Wall Street to be prosecuted) but, for now - the smart money needs to bet on who's going to win - not the side that has all the cards stacked against them.
Sure, in 1998 Mark McGwire hit 70 home runs and everyone in the world knew he had to be cheating, but that didn't stop him from hitting 65 home runs the next year, did it? So the Dow rose 7,000 points in 4 years on Federal Stimulus (and maybe a little credit for a recovering economy) but the stimulus IS STILL THERE - why would you bet they'll turn negative all of a sudden?
Not only are the Futures up about half a point this morning but all those new people drawing paychecks has shot the Dollar up a full percent to 82.88 so that's a 1% DRAG on the Futures and they're still up a half a point. As Christopher Robin was fond of saying: Silly old bear...
Have a great weekend,
- Phil
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it looks like a ps3....kinda...... like the front....wonder if it actualy works......do you think it might?????????
maybe FLYNNN will get one, after all he keeps crying about not having a Wii.
I would love to give this console to my mates kids - i think it would just about ruin their christmas, until i then gave them their actualy present (yes they're getting a Wii).
Write like a four year old and I'll treat you as such Haz, proudly supporting correct use of English and grammar on the forums.
Think before posting Ask a dumb question and prepare to be owned.FYI - Internet is always a capital I. Look it up!
it looks like a ps3....kinda...... like the front....wonder if it actualy works......do you think it might?????????
Got Wii???
nintendo should take this as a compliment....
so is there a viichat?
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haha. viichat.......
welllll i could check........
but i highly doubt it......
Got Wii???
Originally Posted by killik119
u noticed how the Vii version 2 has changed their d-pads because it copied the patented nintendo's "cross d-pad"
they also changed the model to avoid being sued lol
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It's not like Nintendo's d-pad is a closely guarded secret or something. I think they just made this one different to make more money. Kind of like the real Nintendo does with their handhelds.
It looks like business is booming for the company.
But yeah, it does look like a NES-PS3 Hybrid.
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