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fryfly 2008.04.30 01:53
Hi. I am having problems trying to get the first part of my programme! I have read the book and one other tutorial but obvoisly Im not getting it.
All I want to do is to make an expert advisor that will only work at a certain period of time of the day. e.g. if the time is between 6:00am and 18:00pm then the ea will work, if not it will wait untill that time comes before entering any trade.
This is what I have so far:
extern string start_t = "05:00";
int start()
I no that this cant be the right way to put it but the book on this website doesnt actually explain how this should be put unless im missing it. Can anyone point me to the page in the book or tell me where Im going wrong?
Hello ff
first off: visit your editor's help at MQL4 Reference - Date & Time functions
"A group of functions providing the working with data of the datetime type (integer representing the amount of seconds elapsed from midnight, 1 January, 1970)."
and follow the links mentioned
specifically online (or in your editor's help): https://docs.mql4.com/basis/types/datetime
and a forum search for "date time" in subsection Documentation gives eleven hits: https://docs.mql4.com/search/date%20time
basically... you must deal with a 4-byte int value which holds "...seconds elapsed from midnight, 1 January, 1970)."
Then once you have this int value, will be on same wavelength as all system calls etc. There are conversion builtins to go to secs > "datetime string" etc.
Remember that although datetime and int may represent different types, they are both at memory level 4-byte integers so use/interpretation is according to code context, yes?
you may not want Alert() calls as EA gets recalled on each new incomming trade server data tick.
Maybe a variable protected block(s) that only does once for eg,
"outside trading times of <could plant the start,end times here in o/p string>" and
"inside trading times of <could plant the start,end times here in o/p string>"
just doing the sideways thinking stuff :o)
not given any code samples. Why? anyone entering "..._t" not need my help with coding :o))
keep up the naming conventions - viz: some variant of Hungarian Notation etc.
life all of sudden becomes soooo much easier when looking back on code!
Thanks ukt.
I think im on the right track...
extern datetime start_t = D'06:00';
int start()
I have only placed the alert so that I no if it works. Only problem is it doesnt matter what time I put in the variable start_t or end_t it always seems to give the alert. There is somthing wrong with my maths. Should I be using || symbol?
Also if the 'if' statement is true, will the EA continue with the rest of the code? If so will it stop working if the statements is false?
Im really struggling to get this down, if you could show me how you would do it it wud probably help my understanding.
Please excuse answer delay - life's demands preempt me having fun and learning :o(
Ok then - good for me too as hardly ever use this stuff once put into a function, tested etc. and... forgot about ;)
(please also note that is all IMHO, must be different ways and more than likely simpler ones too ;) hope some readers post their methods - I wanna learn too...
The simple bit is if only using hour boundaries. When use minutes as well, like 06:30...18:45, I learned that cannot just do a large single IF condition. Well, u can but MQL4 does not do short circuit exit when evaluating a conditional statement so time wasted running code unnecessarily.
May seem trivial but if one writes large conditionals all the time especially ones that would benefit from short circuit exit, the excess time on each could cause EA to miss dataTick or other vip event.
Hoping MQL5 more clever...
MQL4 Reference - Basics - Data types - Datetime constants
Datetime constants can be represented as a literal line consisting of 6 parts for values of year, month, date, hours, minutes, and seconds. The constant is enclosed in single quotes and starts with D. Either date (year, month, date) or time (hours, minutes, seconds), or both can be skipped. Datetime constant can vary from Jan 1, 1970 to Dec 31, 2037.Examples
D'2004.01.01 00:00' // New Year
Its internal representation is a long integer number of 4 bytes. The value represents the amount of seconds elapse from 00:00 Jan 1, 1970.
Notice red above - you want to tell code about a trading window and this is described by a start and end time, yes?
Assuming you want to make the window times variable then you use extern so that the times can be set as required.
Since date + time varies day to day and second by second, yes? As seen above in red, you cannot just put in a datetime constant - keyword being constant, ok?
You gotta think generic or say: the window starts at hh=06 and ends at hh=18 and not need know the day (you do IF is not trading day but diff subj).
By doing this, you can remove code from thinking about the date, just the hour number (can of course be extended to the minutes number too, see attachment)
So... with above in mind we can use int TimeHour() which returns the hh value for any given time.
Complication begins when using the Date & Time functions because we have 'local time' and 'last known server time'
eg, currently, relative to the UK, my MT time/server time is +1hr meaning if my UK time is 12:15 and looking at M15 bar, then MT time for this bar is 13:15
TimeCurrent() returns MT time/server and TimeLocal() returns UK time/where my PC clock is set to.
Is up to YOU to decide on what time you use and how you manipulate it. Personally, I never mess with time eg, my weekend non trading test is simply if(sat||sun) no trading ;)
2008.05.01 16:28:56 test GBPUSD,M15: Time[Hour:Minute:Seconds](TimeCurrent())=17:28:56, TimeLocal()=2008.05.01 16:28:56 TimeHour(TimeLocal())=16
can see that TimeLocal() gives PC time... all depends on life, the universe and how you view the trading times - I've never bothered to sweat this issue, at end of day... IF trade to take I take it -lol
Is maybe relevant to you maybe not, but should beware of the diffs, yes? (ha... am gonna save this ramble and print out cause I'm always wondering... well, truth be told, MT makes me wonder ALL the time :o)
So, is easy to get the start,end hh, mm values into EA eg, extern int eiStartHH = 6, eiEndHH = 18; ...
Have attached file - is way over the top BUT it works and shows "my ideas on this issue"
Remember, my ideas - yes? No doubt better ideas are out there - and I hoping they will be posted - then I learn more, that's the fun bit
Attached files:
tradewindow.mq4 (5.14 KB)
WOW. u sure no your stuff. I kinda see how you did this, very clever.
First you Write out what the programe should do with sbInside and sbOutside when either true or false with some error checking stuff that i dont no about..haha. Then you have written the function and calculations for whether it is inside the trading zone and giving an output (bInTrade). Somehow this magically changes to inTradeWindow so that the above coding takes this result of inTradeWindow and somehow you get it to give sbInside and sboutside? I dont quite no how you done this bit, so lets say for example inTradeWindow is true....then somehow the program nos whether sbInside or sbOutside is true or false. It figures out that sbInside is false and sbOutside is true. This is the part I dont quite understand. How does the programme know what sbInside and sbOutside are?
I see why now that you cant use datetime as a variable because its a constant...lol so simple I now feel stupid!
Thanks for you help with this, not really sure if my understanding is better as its gone a little over my head, but im sure this kinda thing takes time if ur not too clever.
p.s. ---->
LIKE IT! MOST IMPORTANT PART IS THAT HOLY GRAIL CODE... HAHA... if all goes well ill pm u the finished ea..
F... please do not say things like stupid or ur not too clever
No one is such, sincerely I say this friend.We all start our journey at the same point - only diff is you starting now, me... well, been way too long and guess what? Often I feel like just starting the journey too :o))
MetaTrader sincerely does my head in a lot - methinks the docs could be massively improved (I'm a docs type, and spend loads time having to write testbeds to figure out just what the heck docs mean)
Is ok... but tedious slog.
Tell ya what, I'll think through why I did what I did and annotate code and do my best to figure out how best to answer your questions, ok?
In return, do me favour and do 'desk check' of the function.
1) Get some paper and at the top, on one line each - write down the variables that are used in the function (yer gonna use that line to enter each new value the variable gets - use comma to separate each as you go right, along the line)
Now then... what would the computer do when entering this function? (not expect you to know at the code/cpu level but just look at the function - it's all there!)
2) Any function formal parameters?, if so give em a line and here you can enter there 1st value cuz the calling code will supply values yes?
3) Any variables statics? if so, then write down the current value after the name followed by a comma (remember, static type not loose it's value when function exits... look up in docs if not 'get it', remember that the FIRST time the static is seen by the computer/executed/program loaded into memory, if given - the initialisation value will be loaded/assigned to this variable. BUT, only this once! The next time the processor passes that statement, the variable is not given that first value (if present). Thereafter as each new value gets assigned to variable that's what it has - even when the function and/or start() exits)
excuse me if this known - not mean to go on so, but is vip to know the mechanics a bit so can then just use and... know why you declaring a variable static
4) Any variables initialised when declared? if so, then write down the value...
See, just like a game but is great cuz you being the computer and this really seriously makes you THINK and remember, the computer ALWAYS ALWAYS does what it's told to do... meaning when you 'the computer' execute some crazy logic guess what? you'll see the faults pretty darn fast written down in front of yer eyes!
5) Well then, as a computer ya gotta get down to munching up some code, yes? so take the first real code line in the function and just do what it says! Plug in any values (remember steps 2,3,4 above?) and execute the code!
6) If is assignment then update the variable by appending on it's line the new value - just like the computer does when doing write cycle to the variables memory location...
7) If is boolean statement then again, just plug in the current values of any used variables and play computer...
8) If making any function calls say to the Client Terminal builtin functions, eg, TimeLocal() well then, 'you' know what the function is going to return because you've got the docs and you also know what values you may have given it as actual parameters in the call, yes?
9) so... what ya waiting for? execute the statement - update any variables if needed, if is an IF statement then do the next line of code according to true/false outcome of the evaluated expression...
guess what... seriously - anyone who cannot do this really needs to consider what knowledge they do not have and start cracking the books!
10) anyway, YOU know the expected function outcome because you've fed it with inputs that YOU know will either cause a true OR false result (in our case, the function is type bool, yes?)
Basically at the end of the function or where you hit a return statement, the value inside that bool variable should match up to what YOU know it should be, yes?
If it does not and your are totally confident that you played computer 100% and did exactly what the code told you to do well, guess what? the code is wrong somewhere, yes?
OK, i understand that all readers of above are probably rolling in the aisle laughing themselves to death, but you will learn a lot and is very humbling to realise that you just do not have a clue as to what you are doing in that code...
Some would call this a bottom up design,code,test process or some might call it a stepwise refinement process - makes no difference what is called... is ALL about results - valid results
Millions of times more important because YOUR MONEY is on the line here - not some airy fairy bit of software that some salaried geek writes some where... this is imho the most important hacking ever - this is personal - you screw up and ya gonna feel the PAIN and in the case of some when the sh*t really does hit the fan... their loved ones gonna feel it too, yes?
So, ok, I drivel on and on but feel so strongly about all this gunk... and boy, do I still get it terribly wrong all the time even though I have certain work habits which [in theory] should stop this happening.
Is all part of the grand design... like hammer and chisel - just gotta keep swinging the metal firmly on the chisel head, over and over,....
Anyway - have a go ok? I'll do what I can to annotate code and stuff like that - you just make the 'play computer' game part of your tool set, after awhile not need to be like that all the time (but sometimes is very simple way to quickly sort out some tricky bit of code) because YOU will have gained so much from all this... learning language syntax, learning Client Terminal builtins and learning about yourself too and how/why you think your problems through -- hahaaa, now that's a worthy HOLY GRAIL if ever there was one, yes?
catch up later
Thanks for sharing this technique. Have been busy with work etc recently so havnt had time to do it untill now. I dont have too much trouble understand it its just actually implementing the code I have problem with? But this will make it soo much easier I think...
Its helped me understand your code a bit more. So I went through the process above and got this far:
static variables are sbInside sbOutside, both are false.
InTradeWindow = custom function so need to go through that code to get result....
bIntrade = false
all the tNows are self explanatory like you said...with the nested ifs and the else statment it will be true if the time is the same as or above starttime HH and MM, and if same as or below EndTime HH and MM.
It returns bIntrade for the result so lets say its true...This is also the result for InTradeWindow so can go back to top code with the result:
Now hopefully my understanding of ! is correct, like you said b4 the docs arnt that great....but it says its a NOT logicall operation meaning it is TRUE if value of operand is FALSE; FALSE and the value of the operand is not FALSE...so if the function InTradeWindow is TRUE, then the ...actually this is where I get lost. I really dont understand... how annoying i am at myself!
I dont get this but Ill give a try at explaining how I see it..........
so lets say InTradeWindow returns TRUE....!InTradeWindow means its true if the operand is FALSE,FALSE and the Operand is not FALSE..this really dont make sense to me. I cant even try to explain it, the person that made this book needs to be shot,seroisly! Cant they write plain old english and actually explain it FFS!!!!! How can an operand be FALSE, FALSE but not be FALSE? WTF! sorry to get so angry ... ok... bear with me....
AHA!!! headache now maybe over and again sorry for unneccesary ramble above, but ill keep it for u 2 have a good laugh at. ! means TRUE if the Operand is FALSE, but it is FALSE if the operand is TRUE. They have explained 2 conditions in the book, but made it look like it is just one statement about it being true. Finally got my head around it! WOOT!
so !bInTradeWindow has a returned value of TRUE, MEANING THE CODE IS FALSE, so the if statement does not commence, it skips to next statment.... which is !sbInside.... originaly value of !sbInside was false, meaning this IF is true so this will commence. AWESOME!!!
So bInTradeWindow is FALSE, !bInTradeWindow has a returned value of FALSE so the IF statment is actually TRUE. Now !sbOutside original value is false, so this IF statment is TRUE meaning this part of code is executed. HAHAHA OMFG.
oNCE AGAIN THANK YOU ukt for this help. It is finally clicking into place.... That is why I wasnt understand it, I didnt really no what the ! operator meant, now I do :D You have answered my questions and taught a valuable lesson.
Take it easy man, will catch up soon and update you on progress of EA......
Hi F, you know... reading your last post has really impressed on me just how hard it is to be messing with boolean logic.
Ok, I use "!" loads BUT... I still often times 'make sure' on paper - working left to right (just like cpu) would do. Using 1 as TRUE and 0 as FALSE, etc.
You got it in a nutshell, ! inverts the sense/logic/meaning. Some languages use NOT, AND, OR instead of !,&&,|| which would have been more readable...
I agree totally with your frustration ;o) and please excuse me for 'somehow' leaping across valleys in a single jump!! without actually giving better 'hints' as to just how I intended to do this jump ;)
I spent some time playing around with code to invert the damn thing - in the end I was getting in a twist too - lol, My brain must be wired to use NOT and well - let you do that if want to!
"if(!isSunnyToday())" can at times just work in certain places imho, but of course IF designed from the start THEN "if(isRainingToday())" for sure would read better - all depends I guess ;)
Your post is great... how you went from zero to hero, really very interesting post indeed.
Following your footsteps was nice and seeing the sun come up was real cool - long may it continue to do so :o)
Please do consider relaying any updates you like, will keep 'subscribed' to topic.
Much appreciated your time taken to 'talk' to me... yep, really liked that.
Enjoy replacing the comment below with yer first coded 'grail
I was going to mention something about PUBLIC and PRIVATE code and the design and writing thereof.
My particular pet issue which I still fall way short of achieving many times
but once bitten with the knowledge and then thinking a bit about it and how much simple sense it made... I became lost forever ;)
Unfortunately, googling on such words gives hits on OOP. I do not mean Object Oriented Programming or even OOD.
Anyway, to cut to the chase, here are two truisms - imho:
1. IF you write PRIVATE code THEN you should not inflict this code onto the suffering public
2. IF you write PUBLIC code THEN maybe, just maybe the public (which could be you) will not suffer as much ;)
Example: you write a quick 'n dirty test harness for a function and feed that function every combination of inputs you can think of. Aim = break the damn thing, find any gremlins lurking in it, make it smoke!
The test harness is perhaps too simple example but the message is clear - you are coding to get an explicit job done fast and you not care about comments, meaningful identifier names etc, etc.
A throw-away collection of statements, not for reuse... at least by others!
but - IF you are going to keep this test harness and include in the tested function's documentation etc THEN actually - you should have consideration/empathy for the mug that has to use it later [and of course mod it due to making mods on function under test] - worst case is that loadsa time has passed and the mug could be YOU ;)
So... you write PUBLIC code with good well designed and thought out strutured code with sensible comments, great meaningful identifier names, ...
PUBLIC code means you and the other poor saps further down the maintenance path sleep at night... usually!
Once code has it's first clean compile, it's into the maintenance phase... for life!
Maintenance can be not so hellish or it can be way worse than your worst possible dreams.
If the latter - be prepared to spend not only time, but yours or your bosses money in attempts to be maintainer of well... basically a load of cr*p, but probably legacy brown stuff that you or your boss desparately needs... so that you/company stay working and you get a wage!
The confirming metrics on above ideas are well documented...
ie, not just my opinion.
as background reading (always pays to keep reading glasses well used :o)
CODING HORROR - programming and human factors
The author Jeff Atwood is saying what has been said for decades, sadly many not listen - regardless of who says the words...
And... why do I type so much and [generally?] use such crazily long variable names ?
What is the meaning of Coding Horror?
So actually it would be ok to use if's then...
say :
if(inTradeWindow = true)
Print("EA in \'local time\' trade window (",eiStartHH,":",eiStartMM," - ",eiEndHH,":",eiEndMM,")"
Print("EA not in \'local time\' trade window (",eiStartHH,":",eiStartMM," - ",eiEndHH,":",eiEndMM,")"
and this would work ok? I will keep your code tho as it seems more reliable to me. Just wondering if this is how it could be done.
I am now trying to get data from a custom indicator. The indicator is breakout_eagle_indicator. Im trying to get the high price it gives and also the low price this indicator gives with no success.
I am calling the 2 functions for it:
double boxLow, boxHigh;
But all I get is a long number for both so boxLow is the same as boxHigh. I also changed the parameter '0' to 0 for boxLow, and 1 for box high, when I do that it gives the value for boxLow but no value is given for boxHigh leading me to believe that there is only one parameter.
Looking at the code it does have an expression:
DrawObjects(dtTradeDate, "BoxBreakOut_High " + TimeToStr(dtTradeDate,TIME_DATE), periodBegin, periodEnd, BoxEnd, BoxBreakOutColor, BoxBreakOut_Offset,2); DrawObjects(dtTradeDate, "BoxBreakOut_Low " + TimeToStr(dtTradeDate,TIME_DATE), periodBegin, periodEnd, BoxEnd, BoxBreakOutColor, BoxBreakOut_Offset,3);
So the data im trying to get is BoxBreakOut_High and ..._low. There is also another custom function:
dPriceHigh = High[Highest(NULL, 0, MODE_HIGH, iBarBegin-iBarEnd, iBarEnd)];
dPriceLow = Low [Lowest (NULL, 0, MODE_LOW, iBarBegin-iBarEnd, iBarEnd)];
I also think this is the data I need. Any ideas on where I shud start?
There is only one buffer which I have left out from the iCustom function so that it can change its value. Once again the book and docs leave a lot of how to get this kind of data out, only telling the basics, and not very well either. =(
Hello F,
A suggestion/question... if you are having questions over MQL4 syntax at the outset, is it wise to be programming an EA just now?
The comment about docs may be true but the info is there nevertheless and also please search the forum - it is such a valuable resource!
It really should not be ignored... so much more info from so many perspectives live all over this site and the search box is your personal portal to all this information!
All your iCustom() queries will be answered and the MQL4 syntax knowledge gap really ought to be addressed - why not look at MQL4 book/tutorial?
This section deals with the rules of formatting and execution of operators used in MQL4 and that's just one section of the book.
Also so many other sections including 4 hits for " iCustom" in the book and site wide there are many more eg, Search for iCustom gives 284 hits
I appreciate your eagerness to make EA - but imho [potential] money making aspirations must be tempered with building a solid foundation upon which you can build that killer EA
My eagerness to help is limited... As you may have noticed, my replies are long and this takes [for me anyway a long and painful] time. and... There are far more knowledgeable types on this forum than me... for totally sure.
I have commitments outside this site and however much I input - in the end, it is your journey and with all due respect to you F, the forum is not actually for teaching basic programming skills - that is each persons responsibility. There are masses of programming tutorials on web for the C Programming Language which would easily provide the aforementioned solid foundation.
Regarding the docs, yes - they are somewhat abstract but looking at it in a different perspective, this could also push you towards experimenting with small few line test scripts to test out and discover for yourself what docs are saying - personally, this is my main way of learning and... is so much faster than relying on forum, all the info really is on this site - just use search box. The Print() statement is invaluable in dumping values to Terminal etc.
By experimenting, the by product is a massive increase in your overall MQL4 and MT4 knowledge base.
Remember, a simple script that calls iCustom() and then uses Print() to display result is only 2 lines of code...
Is easy to select various shift values and armed with this and printed value(s), you can look at chart to see if agree. If the ever updating chart is a problem, just print out the string result of TimeToStr( Time[shiftOfTheBarYouLookingAtViaiCustom] ) - the Time[..] is constant once you've printed it out and not then matter if chart gets more bars such that Time[shift] no longer maps same datum/bar.
I really hth
I have only one aim - to encourage or if necessary, push and shove (politely of course ;) posters to really consider the alternatives to always posting over each new bump encountered on their MT learning path.
These bumps will never go away - as in life, struggle defines people and [can] make them strong.
Learning to be self-reliant is from a practical viewpoint - massive time saver. By their very nature, forums are [generally] working at snail speed.
I mean no disrespect to anyone - life is so brief, yes?
On many posts I mention the MQL4 book and the search box seen at top right of page.... massive, massive resource locater!
There is just so much info on this site - imho, in an ideal world, the forum ought to be akin to the last chance saloon :)
Get on down 'n boogie dude!
A thought for all seekers of MQL4, MT4 [ &life ] enlightment: you are already enlightened, only have to accept that you are...
Use the force, Luke!
and as usual... standard poster's caveat applies: all IMHO
Yes sorry, I understand that i am asking a lot considering its your free time. I have discovered that the indicator cannot have data imported, so therefore I will need to copy the code into the EA and implement it that way. Gonna take some work to do this.
I have read through the book, but I suppose I should really try to make simple operations as u suggest to 'get my feet wet'. Then I will learn much more and wont waste other ppls free time. Thanks again for your great help it is much appreciated.
Now on to learning!
Catch up another time matey.
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Skip to comments.What If a Hidden Hand Hired Dems to Ram Thru Single-Payer, But They Were Incompetent to Do It?
Posted on 07/13/2014 8:49:17 PM PDT by CharlesOConnell
The latest bit of chatter about a someday-forthcoming ruling from the D.C. Circuit in Halbig v. Burwell is the banter between myself and Washington & Lee University law professor Timothy Jost. (For a quick primer on the Halbig cases, click here. For a comprehensive reference guide to the cases, click here.) Or as my email traffic has described it, "The subtle repartee between Michael Cannon and Tim Jost continues." And, "What a summer! Argentina vs. Germany, Cannon vs. Jost. What's next?"
Jost's contribution appeared on the oped page of the Washington Post. Mine didn't.
Jost explains that while the Supreme Court's ruling against the government in Hobby Lobby will not have much of an impact on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, "a number of ACA lawsuits percolating up through the courts could be much more destructive. The theory of these suits seems to be that the drafters of the ACA planted a secret bomb in the heart of the statute." Jost, along with a federal judge he quotes approvingly, thinks it's "preposterous" that Congress would have intended to give states the power to block the expansion of health-insurance coverage that's supposed to happen through the PPACA's health-insurance "exchanges."
Never mind that Congress did exactly that with the other coverage expansion the Medicaid expansion in the very same bill. Or that Congress has allowed states to block the entire Medicaid program for the past 49 years. Or that that's how Jost himself proposed Congress could set up the bill's health insurance Exchanges. Or that in 2009, both Republicans and Democrats introduced legislation that would have conditioned health-insurance subsidies on states establishing Exchanges. Or that, in particular, the other leading bill advanced by Senate Democrats in 2009 also gave states the power to block Exchange subsidies. Or that that's what Jost admits the plain language of the PPACA "clearly" says.
Forget all that. Following the clear, consistent, uncontradicted language of the statute, which is completely consistent with the law's legislative history, would be preposterous. Why? Because if the courts implement the law as Congress intended, then not even ObamaCare's supporters would like how ObamaCare works.
The popular philosopher, G.K. Chesterton first considered that the Catholic religion might be true, when he heard contradictory claims made about the Church.
Suppose we heard an unknown man spoken of by many men. Suppose we were puzzled to hear that some men said he was too tall and some too short; some objected to his fatness, some lamented his leanness; some thought him too dark, and some too fair. One explanation would be that he might be an odd shape. But there is another explanation. He might be the right shape. G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy (1908), Chapter 6, "The Paradoxes of Christianity"
In the current civil crisis over Obamacare, at least 3 contradictory sets of facts can help us to clear the smoke away from the mirrors, to triangulate to the truth and see what's really going on.
1) Hillary was the most popular, but Obama became president.
2) Biomedical Technology is one of the last healthy export manufacturing sectors of the economy, but it will be taxed to death.
3) We were told that Obamacare would stick it to Big Insurance and Pharma, but now it's admitted that they have the the best seats at the table.
How do we cut through the fog of media propaganda and arrive at a reasonable semblance of the truth? We can look at a similar example from another time we know more about, where the bodies are buried and who put them there.
In the 1930s, someone heard Adolph Hitler being screamed at behind closed doors by the head of the German Central Bank [Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht]. Who could get away with screaming at Hitler and live?
Someone fronting from a group so powerful, it could have ordered that Hitler be made into Hoffaburger. It turns out that when Hitler first assumed power, he went with hat in hand to make his case to the heads of German industry that his gangster militias could deliver labor peace.
(Not that the Big Boys were exactly helpless their corporate army was called Der Totenkopf, the "Death's Head" the SS. Their corporate heirs are the people who put out RU-486 chemical abortion. [IG Farben > Hoechst > Roussel Uclaf])
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A roughly similar set of events may have been behind Obamacare. Fast forward to the 2007-2008 American Presidential race. Hillary Clinton was winning, then without any plausible explanation, Barack Obama was suddenly ahead. It happened in a way that made Hillary supporters cry foul.
Behind the scenes, it may have happened that Hill and Barry attended a command performance in front of the Big Boys who run things. It was found that Hillary carried too much political baggage, she tried but failed in 1993 to deliver Hillarycare, so, suddenly, Barack Obama is the man in command, with the most agile political gangster force and an effective, ready-made, prince-charming cover story.
THE whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes being corrected. Even when the revolutionist might himself repent of his revolution, the traditionalist is already defending it as part of his tradition. Thus we have the two great typesthe advanced person who rushes us into ruin, and the retrospective person who admires the ruins. He admires them especially by moonlight, not to say moonshine. Each new blunder of the progressive or prig becomes instantly a legend of immemorial antiquity for the snob. This is called balance or mutual check, in our Constitution. G.K. Chesterton: 'The Blunders of Our Parties,' Illustrated London News, April 19, 1924
Our politicians cry about insuring everyone and keeping jobs at home. But the most obvious solution, open insurance markets among the 50 states, won't be allowed. And Biomedical Devices, one of the most healthy sectors of the export economy, will get a stake through the heart.
What's the group that's so powerful that they can ruin the country to unanimous hosannas from the media? The same one that was able singlehandedly to defeat both the Trial Lawyers and the Doctors with one hand tied behind its back: Big Insurance.
It's now openly acknowledged that the group in charge of what became Obamacare, from the bitter beginning was lead by Big Insurance and Pharma, both touted in "the free press" as bad boys who would receive their just punishment, in the circus leading up to the vote on the bill that couldn't be read "read it after you pass it", 6 times longer than the Bible.
Big Insurance and Pharma have the seats of honor at this robbers' banquet. Harry Reid is in charge of the waiters, Nancy Pelosi runs the kitchen and Barack Obama supplies the bouncers.
It remains to be seen, however, whether or not Big Insurance can pay the bill, now that it's due.
A century ago, politicians and newspapers claimed that the establishment of the Federal Reserve would protect the little man, stabilize the economy and banking, and shield us from depressions and crashes. We now know that was just bait & switch, the Federal Reserve was never intended to do any such thing. The newspapers of that time led people around by the nose, feeding them anything their ultra-elite owners wanted.
" they were either politicians or reporters, which, of course, comes to the same thing." Ford Madox Ford, "The Good Soldier"
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I've been of the belief that most of the boondoggles have simply been about taking the taxpayer for everything they can get as quickly as they can.
You cannot have that many failures costing untold billions, and possibly trillions, if there was concern about failing in these projects.
I thought it was calculated incompetence, like, "Oops, we blew it, now we have to have single payer, oh WELL."
IIRC, Harry Reid planted something in a bill that would have never let it be repealed. I think the bill didn't pass but the treasonous dems will do everything and anything to ensure the destruction and disintegration of our country.
you can't have "single payer" unless you have someone to pay - doctors who are willing to become government employees - or to report to work treating patients when and how some govt clerk orders them to do so
hopefully the "hidden" hand has underestimated the desire for individual liberty, freedom, desire for earnings based on their hard work and skills, and principles of the Hippocratic Oath (loyal to the welfare of their patients above the edicts of govt clreks) still present in Americans who practice medicine, and they will not go willingly into the dark night
FYI - Tim Jost is a community organizer out of Chicago, just like his buddy Obama and is as much of a "constitutional law professor" as his friend in the White House.
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Quickly rendering a needle that sweeps around with anti-aliasing (to make it look great) would be difficult and slow, so we've opted for a gauge design without a needle. Of course if the needle only had 10 or 20 states around, then it would be possible to make it work without the anti-alias hassle, but I don't think such a solution would be satisfactory for our users. It would be like an analog clock with a jumping hour hand that points exactly to whole hours for 60 minutes, and then jumps to the next hour without sweeping through.
We may add a gauge design with a vertical needle that moves only left and right later on.
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Re:CTcronoboyPosted: Apr 04, 2007 12:00AM PST by grognard66
I can say that because it's true. I'm not surprised you're so defensive considering 90% of your games are on Nintendo platforms, but for those of us who own all consoles and have been gaming for over 20 years we take a "bigger picture" perspective. Both MS and Sony platforms historically enjoy strong third-party support and this is evidenced by both the existing and announced releases. PS3 is struggling with support this time because third-parties finally have a viable alternative. Even "The Reginator" admitted this week that Nintendo's third-party support has been lack-luster and needs to be improved. Until they actually follow through on this it is up to Nintendo to ensure a steady stream of quality releases on Wii and news like this delay does not bode well for them.
I love how games are always delayed to, "make them perfect."Posted: Apr 04, 2007 12:00AM PST by doubledmateo
For some reason companies think that it's impossible to get good sales at any time other than the fall. Maybe Nintendo is forgetting that when the launched Prime 2, they did so at about the same time as Halo 2 came out. That's why it didn't do so hot. Looks like they want to try that same tactic again this year by pushing until a fall release, which is when Halo 3 comes out. Nintendo, you so silly.
no Wii should be alonePosted: Apr 04, 2007 12:00AM PST by filthy1
I just sold my Wii and bought a 360...great idea!! The wii was great but be sure to have a 360 or PS3 to sit right next to it...preferably a 360. Any one who says HD graphics don't matter has not played Gears of War on an HD set...crapped my pants....
OH NOOOOOO!!!Posted: Apr 04, 2007 12:00AM PST by marker01
The last major delay for a Metroid was Hunter for the DS. Lord knows what they were doing with all that extra game, but most agree it was NOT making the game better, that games as an OK FPS, and a horrible edition to the Metroid seriesâ?¦
When the fuck has Nintendo everPosted: Apr 04, 2007 12:00AM PST by warstar_Xbox_PS2_GC
released a game on time. If thye now say summer of this year, then add 1 year to that. It will be changed to summer of 2008 and then it will be pushed back until November 17 of 2008. Always happens with Nintendo. I think there inability to get games out in a timely fashion is one of their week points and one of the reasons Sony took over.
I will wait...Posted: Apr 04, 2007 12:00AM PST by Number_41
By praise of the 2, 3, and 6 button controllers of yesterday, take all the time you need to make Metroid perfect. Metroid has continued to stay true, unlike the other Nintendo flagships which are filling with water. Oh... and use more remixed classic music. End Transmission. "A+B= Jump and Shoot"
still won't matterPosted: Apr 04, 2007 12:00AM PST by ZeroPrototype
Since no one can buy a wii yet without being an obsessed line-stander or a desperate ebayer. I didn't like the Metroid Prime series except for its graphics, and even the graphics were disappointing. This news is bad not because it delays MP3 but because what it might mean for SSBB. I doubt Nintendo will release more than 1 "AAA" 1st party title in the second half of the year.
RE: grognard66Posted: Apr 04, 2007 12:00AM PST by CTcronoboy
It's a shame that you have no idea what you are talking about. How can you make that conclusion when the Wii hasn't even been out for a year? Anyone could say the same thing for the PS3 or for the 360 when it was around this time because that's how the first year is every time. It always takes time for the systems to start getting better games that are produced with more frequency.
Well I don't care..Posted: Apr 04, 2007 12:00AM PST by Franchise2
..if it gets pushed back as long as they get it right. It needs to look graphically superior to anything else out there and has to have the controls down pat.
Well.....Posted: Apr 04, 2007 12:00AM PST by weedlab11
Before the Wii launched all the flagship games were playable,and out of all of them they said MP3 was the only one that had a great control scheme and response,and that was around a year ago....so I think this one will be the first to have shooting elements done right. As for Voice acting,I'm sorry but with games like Metal Gear Solid out there there's hope,I love to hear the MGS characters.
Low sales for Prime 2Posted: Apr 04, 2007 12:00AM PST by greendublin
Means wait for a larger install base to release Prime 3. They certainly don't need it to sell out of systems right now, so why not?
Given Wii's track record with FPSPosted: Apr 04, 2007 12:00AM PST by Ultima9999
Even though playing Prime games really never felt like an FPS I'll gladly wait a lil bit longer for Retro to tweak whatever they have to to make the game play as it should. I'll just have to buy my time playing Super Paper Mario & Mario Party 8, along with 360 & PS3 summer releases. Besides Nintendo doesn't half-ass 1st Party games.
RE SargematPosted: Apr 04, 2007 12:00AM PST by TazJere
You're comparing the DS version to the Wii?? I don't think I've ever heard anyone compare and Gameboy version to a console version except in storyline. Prime and Prime 2 were fairly large and every level had increasing difficulty and learning curves to overcome. Even when you got new weapons, you got new enemies that were resistant or immune to those and still had to think and be stealthy to avoid mass hysteria. My only hope is that they give Samus a rest after MP3 so she isn't one of the victims of Sequelitis. I really don't want to see what happened to the Mega Man series happen to Metroid.
Deja VuPosted: Apr 04, 2007 12:00AM PST by grognard66
Here we go again. Yet another Nintendo console with poor third party support and only 1-2 decent first party releases per year. Gimmicky motion control, lack of online and graphics that don't even match last gen are going to catch up to Nintendo sooner than many people realize. Look for the bubble to burst soon. Meanwhile, I turned on my Wii for the first time in a month Monday to download Star Fox 64. At least Wii owners have the legacy library to amuse themselves with while Nintendo cashes in on these overpriced ports.
take your time with it RetroPosted: Apr 04, 2007 12:00AM PST by NandoNin
I don't see anything wrong with Nintendo delaying this game,they are known to do this and in the end its going to turn out to be a awesome game,I rather play a game that is perfectly polished and well made,rather than a piece of crap game that was rushed out of the door.I'm a patient man lol.
Good Memory coltsfan70...Posted: Apr 04, 2007 12:00AM PST by ghost_7
..."Zelda was done long before it released. Nintendo only held it back a lot longer than necessary to tack on the wii controls and screw over loyal Gamecube owners." ...Good memory, As for the delay my Magic 7 Ball(lol) says Sept'07. Give me 35-50 hrs worth of game play and all will be forgiven Ok? later
Why should this one be any better?Posted: Apr 04, 2007 12:00AM PST by Sargemat
The DS version was like a whole game based in the Libary from Halo 1. The same thing over and over. The entrence to the boss at the end was identical each time as well. Then you had to run back through the same level over again. The Wii version dosent look any different. The Wii isnt such a great console that every one thinks. Get a 360 and a PS3.
yeah rightPosted: Apr 04, 2007 12:00AM PST by Coltsfan70
"The good news is that the game is not ready and Nintendo is not going to release a half-ass quality game. Most of the times they delay a game it normally turns out Awsome, example look how Zelda:twilight Princess turned out!" Zelda was done long before it released. Nintendo only held it back a lot longer than necessary to tack on the wii controls and screw over loyal Gamecube owners.
Sucks but...Posted: Apr 04, 2007 12:00AM PST by Akira Hirose
I think everybody wants the game to be awesome and if it takes a little extra time, so be it.
uhhhPosted: Apr 04, 2007 12:00AM PST by Dutch_Royale
I should probably finish the first two on GC...I have too many damn games.
Step in the right direction.Posted: Apr 03, 2007 12:00AM PST by Teboda
Last I heard MP3 was pushed to 2008, so as I see it, this is a step closer than I expected. Well anyway, as I just wrote in my blog: "Take your time and make them excellent dear developers!"
blazinaeroPosted: Apr 03, 2007 12:00AM PST by coldplaysux19
i agree with you 100 percent on that. DOWN WITH VOICE ACTING. It's ALWaYS cheesy and squanders what little integrity a video game's storyline has. For those who are proponents of video games as art, you should be with us on this.
Down with voice acting!Posted: Apr 03, 2007 12:00AM PST by BlazingAero
Is it true? I hope not, b/c that's what killed Final Fantasy's magic. What's next, Link and Zelda talking?
It was delayed...Posted: Apr 03, 2007 12:00AM PST by aegies
Because the controls were completely screwed. It went into beta test at the same time Twilight Princess went into final testing and Nintendo essentially lost their shit. Retro is struggling with creating a control system that's responsive and accurate, and thus far are coming up short.
Why Nintendo... WHY???????????Posted: Apr 03, 2007 12:00AM PST by Wii_Play_Xbox
But it's ok if it is to make the game perfect. Metroid Prime 1 for the Gamecube is, if not the first one, the second best game ever created. So I don't expect Metroid Prime 3 por the Wii to be less than that. Go Nintendoooooooo!!!!!!!
it is so on...Posted: Apr 03, 2007 12:00AM PST by controller1
...when prime3 finally hits the streets. can't wait!
good news and bad newsPosted: Apr 03, 2007 12:00AM PST by superpro
The good news is that the game is not ready and Nintendo is not going to release a half-ass quality game. Most of the times they delay a game it normally turns out Awsome, example look how Zelda:twilight Princess turned out! Bad news is that I have to Wait too play Metroid Prime 3.
WellPosted: Apr 03, 2007 12:00AM PST by happily_Deranged
its hardly the first big title to get delayed still its dissapointing there aran't a whole lot of bigtitles this spring and it would have been nice if Metroid had filled the void a bit. Where are games this generation? All three console have serious glut of solid titles out even Xbox 360 which has been out for a year is going pretty slow these days.
Good!Posted: Apr 03, 2007 12:00AM PST by SarshelYam
I wouldn't want another Red Steel...good game in concept, poorly executed controls. Seriously Nintendo, anything you need to do to make this game feel natural and non-gimmicky. I'll support 100 delays if that's what it takes.
Every big game is like this...Posted: Apr 03, 2007 12:00AM PST by frequentcontributor
Halo 2 was delayed a bunch of times, then it came out and everybody shut up. Tons of games are delayed all of the time, and you can usually tell if it is to cover up a big flop or to truly further develop perfection. I think that MP3 falls squarely into the latter group. This game will rule, and just because it's not coming in June doesn't mean it won't be here in August or whatever. The Wii holiday season '07 is going to be huge, keeping all of us busy for months... let's just hope that following that, Nintendo will be able to keep the momentum going.
QuickKickPosted: Apr 03, 2007 12:00AM PST by TazJere
Pull your head out of your ass. If you haven't been paying attention, quite a few companies are actually going to be making games for the Wii. THQ just announced they are releasing their previously XBOX/PS3 Wrestlemania game for the Wii also. EA is hardcore on target for the Wii (Tiger Woods with the Wiimote is friggin awesome!) and Capcom is quickly becoming good friends with Nintendo again. There are several companies who are very interested in developing for the Wii and have announced intentions to do so. This summer may not be filled with overly awesome games, but this fall and winter are going to be PACKED with system sellers.
should be goodPosted: Apr 03, 2007 12:00AM PST by xbxakadscmltr360SUX
they delayed prime hunters and that game was great. they are probably just improving the online game and the aiming. hopefully they can improve on the aiming. i hear aiming on wii sucks. you probably heard it too. and WILL THEY MAKE ANOTHER FOR DS? prime hunters was great so if they can improve it i am definitely buying it.
Did Nintendo learn ANYTHING from GameCube?Posted: Apr 03, 2007 12:00AM PST by QuickKick89
Come on, Nintendo, enough with the waiting. I don't see Sony and MS having any problem with setting dates, and then owning up to them. But that's why the upcoming releases for both consoles are about twice that of Wii, and companies seem to want to make games for the other guys way more than a wagglestick. Does Nintendo honestly think that Zelda and Wii Sports can carry this box for a damned YEAR? If Nintendo doesn't wake up to this fact soon, and I doubt that they will, we could see the Wii's early momentum do a Dreamcast-esque reversal.
Online?Posted: Apr 03, 2007 12:00AM PST by dragging_a_lake
I bet there adding online
It'll Be Good...Posted: Apr 03, 2007 12:00AM PST by etnorb
Maybe by then they'll be some Wii's on the store shelves to purchase to play this game on, lol. I didn't think the second one was that bad but to me nothing beats the final confrontation with Metroid Prime at the end of the first game. I said "D@mn how many forms does this thing have".
its alrightPosted: Apr 03, 2007 12:00AM PST by nintendodude11
earlier than i expected i was thinkin november now lets get a rough date for smash bros adn i'll be happy if they keep the vc with good games the last couple of weeks have been slightly stinkers this will rule i hope metroid 2 wasn't that great but 1 was awesome maybe because i was playin 2 right after 1 so it was burned out on me
whoopsPosted: Apr 03, 2007 12:00AM PST by coldplaysux19
sorry, majatt and jollyblue...i got your responses backwards.
majatt,jollyblueghost and serraxorPosted: Apr 03, 2007 12:00AM PST by coldplaysux19
serraxor, yeah summer really isn't so far away and super paper mario comes out next week so it's not too bad. Majatt, you may very well be right and it could be another TP, getting pushed back nearly a year. jollyblueghost, good point. I'm sure they are taking their sweet time releasing this game because they already can't keep up with demand and they probably wanna marinate on super paper mario for a while before releasing another AAA title. The sales for Wii will eventually slow down and they wanna make sure they have at least one big gun for summer to keep people interested.
asarabiPosted: Apr 03, 2007 12:00AM PST by coldplaysux19
aww c'mon now. red steel and MoH sucked on Wii, but you KNOW metroid will be head and shoulders above both of those piece-a-crap titles. I'm sure it won't be 'perfect,' but i bet it will be good.
Metroid Prime 3 to be Released After 2007Posted: Apr 03, 2007 12:00AM PST by jolly-blue-ghost
Believe it. Search your feelings, geeks, you know it to be true.
Nnnooooooooooooooooo!!!Posted: Apr 03, 2007 12:00AM PST by Kadey
It is primarily the only reason for me to get a Wii this early. Shades of the GCN here? It's still early but it's ironic that the Wii is supposed to be so easy to create games for yet there are delays left and right from not only third party developers but Nintendo themselves. I'm dying to get must-own games for the the Wii. Spurts of Wii Play just doesn't cut it and I don't know how long SPM is going to satisfy me.
1st Nintendo Titles=Worth the WaitPosted: Apr 03, 2007 12:00AM PST by VindicatedTwisties
I am not sweating this. Usually when Nintendo says they are delaying a game to make it perfect then they really are trying to make it the best that it can be. Look at Zelda Twilight Princess from shots of before and after delay. It was night and day...
damn that's gayPosted: Apr 03, 2007 12:00AM PST by coldplaysux19
, but i'm sure super paper mario will indeed be very good, if not great. Nintendo can make this up to me by releasing NiGHTS on virtual console. Another thing, 1up already reported rumors that this game wouldn't ship for a while so i'm not really shocked or anything, but that does still suck, but hopefully it's for the best.
I don't have money anyway.Posted: Apr 03, 2007 12:00AM PST by MonkeyKingGuo
So I guess I can wait.


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The Lehigh and Lafayette women both earned non-league wins on Saturday, while the Kutztown women upset No. 12 IUP.
Katie O'Reilly made a free throw with just four seconds left to give Lehigh at 46-45 win at NJIT.
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Save the Date: Our 2016 annual "Volunteer Orientation Program," is on Saturday April 16. We will once again offer the program at two locations: on the South Fork at Bridge Gardens in Bridgehampton, and on the North Fork at our North Fork Stewardship Center in Cutchogue.
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Currier Inn wins TripAdvisor accolades
The Currier Inn, a Greeley bed and breakfast, has received a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award. The award is given to establishments that consistently achieve outstanding traveler reviews on TripAdvisor.
Businesses must maintain an overall TripAdvisor bubble rating of at least four out of five, volume and recency of reviews to qualify for the award. Additional criteria include a business' tenure and popularity ranking on the site.
"Winning the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence for the fourth year in a row is a true source of pride for the entire team at The Currier Inn, and we'd like to thank all of our past guests who took the time to complete a review on TripAdvisor," said Stephanie and Derek Boulton, owners of the Currier Inn, in a prepared statement. "There is no greater seal of approval than being recognized by one's customers. With the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence based on customer reviews, the accolade is a remarkable vote of confidence to our business and our continued commitment to excellence."
Weld businesses land on Mercury 100 list
Four Weld County businesses landed on the Mercury 100 list through BizWest media this year.
Baessler Homes of Greeley came in at No. 3 of the list among businesses earning more than $20 million.
The rating is derived from a two-year revenue growth window from 2010-11, in which Baessler grew 103 percent. It was behind Brinkman Parnters and Otterbox, both of Fort Collins. It was named in the "Flight I" catetory, or businesses with revenue of $20 million ore more.
Ehrlich Dealerships and Ghent Motor Co., both of Greeley, also made the list at Nos. 10 and 11 respectively. Ehrlich grew 33 percent in that window and Ghent grew 24 percent.
Gray Oil Co. in Fort Lupton was No. 19 on the list with a 5 percent growth in those two years.
This is the 15th year the business journal has compiled the awards.
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