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An International Study of Persistence in Output: Parametric Estimates using the Data Dependent Systems Approach
This paper parametrically obtains estimates of persistence in output using Pandit's (1977, 1982) Data Dependent Systems approach for modeling autoregressive and moving average processes. The estimates are based on over a century of annual data for the rate of change of output in nine industrialized countries. The sensitivity of estimates to various model selection criteria is examined. While persistence in output is found to be sensitive to model selection criteria , the output of all countries including the United States is found to have a substantial degree of persistence if the ARMA models are chosen according to the Schwarz Bayesian Criterion, but excluding the ARMA models whose moving average roots are near the unit root (which involves pile-up phenomenon). Moreover, the parametric estimates of persistence are shown not to have the known upward bias problem commonly associated with parametric estimates of persistence relative to non-parametric estimates.
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Using the semiconductor properties of certain modifications of titanium silicides obtained by rapid heat treatment to create photodetectors
Emel'Yanenko Yu.S.,National Academy of Sciences of Belarus |
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Markevich M.I.,National Academy of Sciences of Belarus |
Chaplanov A.M.,National Academy of Sciences of Belarus |
Stel'Makh V.F.,Belarusian State University
Journal of Optical Technology (A Translation of Opticheskii Zhurnal) | Year: 2010
The optical properties of the Au/TiSi2(C49) /Si n-type/Si system, formed by rapid heat treatment, have been investigated. It is shown that the maximum spectral sensitivity occurs in the 750-nm region. The maximum sensitivity reaches 35 mA/W in the 750-800-nm wavelength region. It is concluded that, based on the given structure, which is completely compatible with known technology used for implementing semiconductor devices based on silicon (silicon technology), it is possible to create a photodetector that is sensitive in the 350-1050-nm region. © 2010 Optical Society of America. Source
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Odzhaev V.B.,Belarusian State University |
Petlitskii A.N.,NPO Integral |
Prosolovich V.S.,Belarusian State University
Russian Microelectronics | Year: 2011
Properties of silicon (M-Si) prepared by the Czochralski growth technique in a vertical magnetic field of 0.05 T applied to a melt are studied by measuring IR absorption spectra, microindentation, and selective etching. The effect of increasing the concentration of interstitial oxygen upon the thermal treatment of M-Si is found. It is shown that microhardness of M-Si is higher than that of silicon grown by the traditional Czochralski technique by ~8%. The features in the behavior of M-Si are attributed to the formation of oxygen-containing defect-impurity complexes during the growth. Upon thermal treatment at 900°C in the hydrogen flow, these complexes decompose with the extraction of interstitial oxygen, which suppresses thermal hardening typical of the silicon single crystals grown by the traditional Czochralski technique. © Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2011. Source


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Nearly three GA accidents happen per week as a result of fuel exhaustion, starvation, or contamination, according to the AOPA Air Safety Institute. The good news is that these accidents are largely preventable.
Here are some basic fuel management safety tips and reminders from the FAA. Refer to your pilot's operating handbook for details on your specific aircraft and fuel system.
Fuel and Fuel Systems
Make sure the fuel in the tank is "proper" fuel, uncontaminated, and in with sufficient quantity to avoid fuel starvation or exhaustion.
"Active" fuel management is required throughout all phases of flight.
Aviation gas (Avgas) grades are as follows: red = 80 octane, green = 100 octane, and blue = 100 octane low lead. Jet fuel is either clear or straw colored.
Auto gas may be used in aircraft that has been authorized by STC.
Any mixture of jet fuel and Avgas is absolutely unacceptable for reciprocating engines, as the engine will be destroyed through the action of detonation.
Be sure you're getting the right fuel every time you refill.
Mechanical safeguards help prevent misfueling. One is a restrictor ring attached to the tank opening. It is smaller than most jet fuel nozzles, making misfueling almost impossible.
Most jet fuel nozzles are shaped to prevent their insertion into Avgas openings.
Today, most aircraft have two fuel tanks, left and right. Some systems include a main tank and an auxiliary tank.
All systems are equipped with a control valve: on/off on single tank systems, and a selector valve in multiple tank systems. Refer to your handbook for information on your system's fuel lines, strainers, filters, and low point drain.
A vent system on each tank allows air to enter the space vacated by consumed fuel.
The fuel in some high wing aircraft flows by gravity to the engine.
On low wing aircraft, engine-driven pumps keep fuel flowing to the engine.
There may also be boosts, or auxiliary pumps operated electrically.
The pressure of the flowing fuel is indicated by one or more pressure gauges to show you how the pumping system is operating.
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Fuel management begins when you are planning a flight. Your primary concern is determining the fuel requirement for the flight.
Start by determining the distances to your destination. Take into account whether the route will be straight, or circuitous, as around MOAs, or other restricted areas.
Refer to your fuel consumption records. If you don't have the figures, use the pilot's operating handbook or information manual.
Know your plan at true air speed. Take into account the forecast wind at cruising altitude. You may also consider the endurance limits of your passengers, which may be shorter than your aircraft's fuel range.
Pick a few check points along the route and estimate the EPA to each one, so as you come to each one, you can calculate fuel consumption.
Smart pilots always pick alternate destinations, with enough reserve fuel.
FAA daytime VFR requires that there be enough fuel to fly to your first planned point of landing, and for 30 minutes thereafter at normal cruise air speed.
Nighttime VFR requires that you have 45 minutes of reserve fuel at normal cruise speed, after the first point of intended landing.
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Pull off the old seals, and replace them with matching strips sold by online retailers like ultrafab.com. Avoid felt weatherstripping, which absorbs water and turns hard.
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Clean with dish soap and water, and rinse thoroughly. On stains, use a spray like Fantastik; avoid abrasive cleaners.
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Bob Costas Attempts Walkback, Displays Ignorance
How does one man pack so much stupid into such a short little body?
For a long time, Ive been wanting to get off my chest my disgust with this idea that every time something tragic happens, no matter what it may be, that in any way touches sports, theres a chorus of people saying, you know, this really puts it in perspective. Which is a bunch of nonsense, because if that was true, we wouldnt have to have that perspective adjusted every time the next tragedy occurs. Its a bunch of nonsense, Costas said.
Well that part I agree with. But did Costas want to go on to discuss domestic violence, or substance abuse, or violence in the culture? It sure doesn't seem so, since he leaped straight to the left's go-to kneejerk excuse that blames violence on an inanimate object.
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Heres where I stand: I do not want to see the Second Amendment repealed. People should be allowed to own guns for their own protection. Obviously, those who are hunters. Access to guns is too easy in some cases. I dont see any reason a citizen should be able to arm himself in some states in ways only police or military should to have a virtual militia [by] mail order or gun shows. Why do you need a semi-automatic weapon? What possible use is there? Whitlock wrote about a gun culture. Thats what I was focusing on.
The ignorance on display there is staggering and concentrated, but let's try to unpack a little of it.
First, he seems to believe that there's a thriving mail order industry for modern firearms where, I guess, Amazon ships AR-15s and AK-47s to your house without a background check. In reality, when a modern firearm is purchased from an out-of-state dealer by an individual, it goes through a dealer-to-dealer transfer process if the sale isn't over-the-counter, and it is subject to all applicable federal laws as well as all state laws applicable to the transferee. This is part of the Gun Control Act of 1968, fer chrissakes.
Generally, a firearm may not lawfully be sold by a licensed dealer to a non-licensee who resides in a State other than the State in which the sellers licensed premises is located. However, the sale may be made if the firearm is shipped to a licensed dealer whose business is in the purchasers State of residence and the purchaser takes delivery of the firearm from the dealer in his or her State of residence. In addition, a licensee may sell a rifle or shotgun to a person who is not a resident of the State where the licensees business premises is located in an over-the-counter transaction, provided the transaction complies with State law in the State where the licensee is located and in the State where the purchaser resides.
And gun shows? This again?!
A gun dealer doesn't have some magical power to evade applicable laws if he sells at a gun show. And non-dealers at gun shows are just that ... non-dealers. They're conducting private sales, no different than if they ran an ad in the classifieds. Additionally, in Massachusetts where I live, a private sale is subject to virtually every rule that a sale from a dealer is anyway.
Finally, he brings up the semi-auto bogeyman, which, again, is just ignorant. A Colt 1911 .45 is a fine semi-auto. It's also been around for over 100 years, hence the name.
It isn't like this type of action on a repeater is inherently more dangerous than a revolver, pump, or lever action. It's just that the left has been taught that semi-autos are something new and bad and inherently more powerful and dangerous than non semi-autos, so they have to drop the buzzword.
Costas says he wants new gun laws, but he doesn't know a damned thing about the ones that are already on the books. And he knows even less about guns themselves. Color me shocked.
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Unemployment has jumped at its fastest rate for 17 years and looks set to top three million.
Official figures today showed the number of people out of work rose by 164,000 between June and August to 1.79 million the biggest increase since 1991, when Britain was deep in recession.
Wage growth was muted in the three-month period, giving the Bank of England an added incentive to reduce interest rates further following last week's emergency cut from 5% to 4.5%.
Economists described the unemployment figures, covering a period before the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the near-meltdown of the banking system, as "simply awful". Employment Minister Tony McNulty admitted it was "a bad picture".
David Blanchflower, a member of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee, said: "These numbers are truly horrendous and much worse than I had feared." His prediction that unemployment would rise to two million by Christmas now looked conservative, he added.
Vicky Redwood of Capital Economics forecast that unemployment would rise by a total of around 1.5 million to three million by the end of 2010, exceeding the one million rise seen in the early 1990s.
The claimant count of those on jobseeker's allowance rose 31,800 to 939,000 last month and is on course to top one million by the end of the year. And in a pointer to just how bad the downturn could be, the number of people in work fell by 122,000 between June and August to 29.42 million the biggest fall since 1993.
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Figures yesterday showed inflation hit a 16-year high of 5.2% in September, but it is expected to fall sharply in the coming months raising hopes the Bank of England will soon be able to cut interest rates again.
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The explosive debut by No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth and a major motion picture in 2014.
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Two generations of children who grew up on the BBC radio programme Listen with Mother will for ever remember the opening words: "Are you sitting comfortably? Then, I'll begin." For 21 years from its inception (1950-71), Daphne Oxenford was one of those most notable for delivering the line and reading stories in a 15-minute show also featuring songs and nursery rhymes. The others included Julia Lang and Dorothy Smith, and pre-school listeners and their mothers were hailed to hear their welcome by the equally memorable theme tune, the Berceuse from Fauré's Dolly Suite. Listen with Mother finally ended in 1982.
In the middle of her run, Oxenford also became one of the original Coronation Street cast members. From Episode 2 of the Manchester-based soap opera, in December 1960, she played the quiet, intellectual spinster Esther Hayes. The character's humdrum life received an unwelcome pep-up when her conman brother Tom came to live with her on his release from prison. He tried to entice her neighbours with his scams, which drove Esther to the verge of a nervous breakdown. He left after a month and she told him never to return. Esther herself moved to Scotland in 1963 but reappeared as a guest at Emily and Ernest Bishop's wedding in 1972.
Oxenford never entirely fitted into Coronation Street. She landed the role of Esther after being turned down for that of the Rovers Return landlady Annie Walker. A Londoner, she was the only cast member in the early days not to speak in a Northern accent, which the soap's creator, Tony Warren, later lamented.
The actress herself recalled: "My agent called and said Granada wanted to see me for this new series, and I said don't be silly, I couldn't do a Manchester accent. No, she said, they're seeing everybody who lives round about. [After being cast as Esther] they said, 'Don't worry, Esther is better educated than some other people, so we can get away with it like that.'"
Oxenford had moved to Altrincham, Cheshire, following her marriage to a chartered accountant, David Marshall, in 1951, although she commuted to London once a week to record Listen with Mother. When Granada Television became ITV's north of England weekday franchise-holder five years later, she immediately found work as one of those reading clips, out of vision, in the press review programme What the Papers Say, and continued until 1982. She was able to vary her voice from sombre to serious to reflect the often comic and irreverent tone of the programme, drawing on her grounding in stage revues.
Oxenford was born in Barnet, north London, in 1919. Her father, Dudley, was a chartered accountant and her mother, Florence Marie du Grivel Jandot, a writer of historical fiction. She appeared on the stage from the age of 13, then trained at the Embassy School of Acting (now the Central School of Speech and Drama).
After performing in revues while working in a bank by day, Oxenford joined Ensa to entertain British troops in England and Germany at the end of the Second World War. She made her West End début in the Laurier Lister revue Tuppence Coloured (Globe Theatre, 1947), alongside Joyce Grenfell. She was taken on after auditioning with a sketch she had written herself and became lifelong friends with the star. She then appeared in another Lister revue, Oranges and Lemons (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 1949).
After marrying and moving north, she found work at BBC radio in Manchester and frequently acted at the city's Library Theatre, cast in roles such as the games mistress, Miss Gossage, in The Happiest Days of Your Life (previously played by Joyce Grenfell in the film version). She took mainly television jobs after starting a family. Having made her début in Oranges and Lemons (1949) and appeared in the BBC serial Family Affairs (1949-50), Oxenford was in Granada programmes such as Skyport (1960) and The Odd Man (1960) before joining Coronation Street. She also appeared in the 1956 BBC sketch series Joyce Grenfell Requests the Pleasure.
Later, as an established character actress travelling the country again, she popped up regularly in both comedies and dramas, from The Dustbinmen (1970), Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973) and Never the Twain (1982) to The Sweeney (1976), Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1997) and Heartbeat (2005). There were longer sitcom runs as Paula Wilcox's mother in Man About the House (1973, 1975, 1976), the village shop-owner Mrs Patterson in To the Manor Born (1979-81), Miss Denham, Anton Rodgers' secretary, in Fresh Fields (1984-86) and Evelyn Spurling in Land of Hope and Gloria (1992).
Oxenford also played the mother in the original screen production of John Mortimer's autobiographical play A Voyage Round My Father (1969), the aristocratic dog owner Mrs Pumphrey in the TV film All Creatures Great and Small (1975) and the Queen Mother in the American TV movie Prince William (2002). Among her rare film appearances was the role of Jenny Agutter's mother in Sweet William (1980).
On radio, Oxenford was in the regular company that performed in Les Dawson – Man of Fiction (1970) and the long-running Listen to Les. She also appeared in the stand-up comedian's television shows The Dawson Watch (1979) and Les Dawson on Christmas (1980). Her West End stage roles included Violet in a revival of TS Eliot's The Family Reunion (Vaudeville Theatre, 1979) and Pauline Collins' mother in Shades (Albery Theatre, 1992).
In 2001, Oxenford and her husband moved to Essex, where they lived until his death two years later. The actress spent her final years at Denville Hall, the actors' retirement home in Middlesex. She was last seen on television as Muriel, John Nettles's mother-in-law, in Midsomer Murders (2004, 2006, 2008). Her elder daughter, Sophie Marshall, was casting director at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre for 20 years.
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The QuickMAN fast Mandelbrot generator can now save images in the PNG format, which provides lossless compression and is recognized by most web browsers and image viewers. Whenever you have a pleasing image in the window, click the Save Image button to save a copy.

You can also save the image at an arbitrary size. It will be the same image that's in the window, just higher (or lower) resolution. Or, optionally, you can change the aspect ratio to be different from that of the window image.

There are no real limits on image size except your patience. I saved one image at 60,000 x 60,000 resolution, which took 36 minutes, produced a 3.5 GB file, and severely drained my laptop battery. Unfortunately, no imaging application I have was able to open it. I did manage to successfully open a 30,000 x 30,000 version. Anyway, if you want to create Mandelbrot wallpaper for your house, or a billboard, etc., now you can do it.

Since saving can take awhile, QuickMAN spawns a copy of the calculation engine in a separate thread to do the save, so you can keep on browsing while saving is in progress. There is no hourglass to wait for. You can also abort the save at any time by exiting the program. :)

This version also allows you to set the default algorithm and rendering mode from quickman.cfg. I use it to set Normalized rendering with the Exact algorithm, but this is slower than Standard rendering with the Fast algorithm, which remains the default.

QuickMAN v1.07 released: Further aesthetic enhancements2008-03-05T07:50:27Z2008-03-05T07:50:27ZPaul Gentieuhttps://sourceforge.net/u/pgentieu/https://sourceforge.net7041cd4735175f08158b621b353c87131accdda7

The QuickMAN fast Mandelbrot generator now includes the Normalized Iteration Count algorithm as a rendering option; this algorithm greatly improves the quality of many images by replacing bands of color with smooth gradients. See the Screenshots page for some examples. For background on the algorithm, see the Wikipedia entry on the Mandelbrot set.

There's a new Rendering dropdown box that allows you to select either the Normalized or Standard (color band) rendering methods.

Unfortunately, Normalized rendering requires that every pixel be iterated in order to work correctly. This means that if you really want top image quality, you need to use an Exact algorithm, which can be quite a bit slower than QuickMAN's fast algorithms. However, the amount of degradation caused by the Fast algorithm is highly dependent on the palette in use. It's often quite tolerable.

Ever since I tried to delete the My Documents folder but was told that I *must* have one, I've been annoyed with software that thinks it knows what's best for me, the user. So even though the Fast algorithm isn't recommended with Normalized rendering, QuickMAN still allows you to use it (though it dings you with a Warning message). You can make the speed/quality tradeoff based on your own tolerances.

One unexpected benefit of Normalized rendering is that it allows the use of "high frequency" palettes, which usually don't look good with Standard rendering. v1.07 includes a new Acid palette (replacing the old Deco) that takes advantage of this. It's even louder than the Loud palette. Check out the Screenshots page for some examples.

All other things being equal, Normalized rendering isn't much slower than Standard rendering. It's only noticeably slower with realtime zooming, and then only with simple images that are very fast to calculate. Panning speed is pretty much unaffected. When I get around to optimizing the Normalized algorithm in ASM, the slowdown should be even less noticeable.

Bugs and annoyances fixed:

1. There were still some logfile corner cases that would cause a crash.

2. Clicking Next or Previous with a missing logfile caused unexpected behavior (reversion to the previous logfile).

3. Logging of images with inverted palettes didn't work correctly if the inversion was the result of a logfile setting rather than the 'I' key.

4. The palette locking function didn't lock the current inversion state.

QuickMAN v1.05 released: New palettes and related features2008-02-18T10:58:01Z2008-02-18T10:58:01ZPaul Gentieuhttps://sourceforge.net/u/pgentieu/https://sourceforge.net7e0d3fa43bb34a0b3009b87194e27181f7eda101

The QuickMAN fast Mandelbrot fractal generator really needed a palette update. It's been stuck with basically the same set of palettes ever since the first version, and only a few of those were nice. I've tried to address that in this release.

The first palette to go was the old Ugly palette, which has been replaced with a nice Monochrome. The next was Murky, which I don't think has ever made it into a single saved image; it's now history, replaced with a new Dreamy palette. There are also new and improved versions of Earthy and Loud. I think all four of these are vast improvements over the originals. You can see some examples on the Screenshots page, and in the most recent images from quickman.log and auto_panzoom.log.

If by some chance you still want to use any of the old palettes, let me know and I can make you a loadable .PAL file... or you can extract it yourself from earlier source code.

v1.05 includes a new feature that makes creating palettes much easier. QuickMAN can now load palettes directly from Windows Bitmap image files. It uses the last horizontal line of the image as the palette, and the image width becomes the palette size. So, you can use your favorite imaging program to create a .BMP, and then instantly apply it to Mandelbrot images. No more fiddling with text files.

The palette dropdown box now picks up all .BMP files in the current directory (in addition to .PAL files, which are still supported). And to make testing easier, you can now "lock" a palette using the 'L' key- this makes QuickMAN ignore the palettes specified in logfiles, and use only the one that's currently selected in the dropdown box.

Rounding out the palette features, you can now invert all the colors of the current palette using the 'I' key, effectively giving you a new palette (there's an example image that uses the inverted Angry palette on the Screenshots page). Logging an image saves the inversion status using the new "pal_xor" logfile command, so images with inverted palettes will display correctly when later reloaded.

Since the number of hotkeys is getting large, I finally added a Help box, instead of trying to cram all the info into the title bar. Just press F1 or click the little '?' button to access this minimal Help. For full instructions you should still go to the Documentation page.

Bugs and annoyances fixed (or not):

1. Clicking Next or Previous would cause a crash if the selected logfile was missing.

2. The window size changing logic often resulted in unexpected behavior. Now, if the size changed due to a logfile command, it autoresets to the quickman.cfg default value when you move to the next image. Also, size changes are ignored in Fullscreen mode.

3. Logfile corruption would cause the file reading function to permanently lose sync to the image data. It now resyncs whenever it sees the "Real" coordinate tag.

4. This bug became a feature. While zooming with the Z-pointer and simultaneously dragging the image using Space, the zoom would become locked and keep going if the mouse button was released before Space. So, there is now a "Zoom Lock" feature.

QuickMAN v1.03 released: Fullscreen mode and some bug fixes2008-02-10T07:10:35Z2008-02-10T07:10:35ZPaul Gentieuhttps://sourceforge.net/u/pgentieu/https://sourceforge.netb4f500a4bb1b319dba59093c10a2434608f6a797

This minor release adds finally adds fullscreen mode. Click the Fullscreen button or press 'F' and you'll get a whole screen full of Mandelbrot imagery, without any annoying windows, icons, or taskbars to distract you.

By default the control window is hidden in fullscreen mode. You can toggle it on or off by pressing 'C'. To make fullscreen navigation easier, there are some new hotkeys: 'N' and 'P' perform the functions of the Next and Previous buttons for moving through logfile images, and 'H' goes to the home image. These keys also work in non-fullscreen mode.

You can press 'F' again (or the universal panic button, Esc) to exit fullscreen mode and go back to the normal window.

There are a couple other small features: there's a new Options configuration file setting that allows you to specify 1) whether the image should be recalculated immediately when you resize the window, and 2) whether the control window should initially be shown or hidden when you go into fullscreen mode. These are just the first two of 32 bits available; I expect to have more Options in the future.

This release also fixes the following bugs:

1. The maxiters_color failed to reset properly to the default value in quickman.cfg. It also reset itself at inappropriate times.

2. The control window got mangled when using large fonts in Windows Vista.

3. The panning algorithm went haywire and painted the screen incorrectly at very high magnifications.

As often happens, I found a new bug shortly after releasing v1.02 yesterday. So v1.03 fixes this additional bug:

4. Any image that was panned after being calculated would be logged with incorrect coordinates (showstopper!)

QuickMAN v1.0 released: Multicore support and other goodies2008-02-02T09:58:27Z2008-02-02T09:58:27ZPaul Gentieuhttps://sourceforge.net/u/pgentieu/https://sourceforge.net447aab337c1d6c789bb93bf014c1c4d876d8d0a8

With dual and quad-core CPUs the norm these days, I felt the time had come to finally update the QuickMAN Mandelbrot generator to take advantage of them. Massive performance increases seemed possible with only a little bit of effort.

That's how it turned out- performance is now pretty much proportional to the number of CPU cores in your machine. On a dual-CPU Opteron 280 system (four total cores), the speedup is about 3.9x compared to previous versions...

A dual AMD FX-74 system would be in stupid-fast territory, with an estimated performance of 4.4 billion iterations per second, or close to 40 Gigaflops. Even my modest Pentium D 820 system is now at 1.7 billion. My main development machine, an Athlon 4000+ that formerly seemed so fast, is now a laggard because of its single core. Time to get a new PC.

This version of QuickMAN supports up to 32 threads. You can run as many threads as you want, but there's no point in having more threads than CPU cores- things won't get any faster. If for some reason you need more than 32 threads (for instance, if you have some kind of parallel supercomputer system) you can just change a constant in the code and recompile. However, I've noticed that the speedup factor starts to drop off somewhere between 8 and 16 threads. It just gets hard to divide up the work evenly enough to get good efficiency.

One consequence of multicore support is that QuickMAN now runs at wildly different speeds on different systems. There's no longer any one set of settings that's good for all. So, I added sliders for zoom and pan rate control- these allow you to set any rate from molasses-slow to faster than you'd probably want.

To my surprise, I found I really liked the super-slow settings. There's something mesmerizing about watching a Mandelbrot image creep across the screen at a few centimeters per second. To facilitate these sorts of displays, there are now logfile commands that allow you to set auto-panning or auto-zooming, among other things. When you load the image, it starts moving automatically.

This release includes an example logfile (auto_panzoom.log) that demonstrates these features. Take some time to try it out; kick back and just watch for awhile. Most of the pan sequences remain interesting for several minutes. If you do find any boring stretches, you can just crank up the pan rate slider to speed over them. If your system allows it (and it probably will), maximize your window for best effect...

A new "pan lock" function allows you to pan over the image in a hands-free mode. To try it out, press and release the Shift key while panning with the arrow keys. The image will keep moving in its current direction. You can then press the arrow keys again to adjust the direction, or press Shift again to bring things to a halt.

There is finally a "quickman.cfg" file that the program loads on startup. It allows you to set default settings such as window size, pan and zoom rates, color for the maximum-iterations points, and even some algorithm tuning values. You can do all the same stuff on a per-image basis in logfiles. In fact, "quickman.cfg" is just another logfile.

I removed the Buddhabrot function that was in v0.95. It wasn't complete, and was adding a lot of complexity to the code. I may put it back in again later when it's in a better state.

One little rant to wrap things up... one thing I've learned while working on this project is that modern bloatware operating systems and software apps do a great job of masking the true speed of today's CPUs. Whenever an app I'm using takes few seconds to do something simple, I think "wow, that was about 20 billion clock cycles." I wonder what kind of intensive computations the apps are doing with those cycles. The little half-second pauses (some 2 - 5 billion cycles) that seem to happen everywhere are inexcusable too. We really shouldn't tolerate this...

Anyway, enjoy this new and improved QuickMAN. I've been having a blast working on it.

Note: QuickMAN no longer works under Windows 98. If you absolutely must run it on a Win98 system, send me an email and I can make you a custom version (it will be somewhat slower than the normal one).

QuickMAN v0.95 released: Buddhabrot2006-12-03T06:58:58Z2006-12-03T06:58:58ZPaul Gentieuhttps://sourceforge.net/u/pgentieu/https://sourceforge.net49a4a01ecee8ecfbf1394c8adbe632f39a643db8

This version of QuickMAN adds Buddhabrot image generation, a rendering technique discovered by Melinda Green. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhabrot for more information.

This was my first stab at it and it's very incomplete- it needs more user control over counter-to-color mapping, iteration point selection, oversampling, etc. I think a whole new dialog box will be needed. Unfortunately I haven't been able to work on QuickMAN much recently; maybe someone else can have a go at it...

For an example image, hit the "Buddhabrot" button while the home image is displayed. Try adjusting the Buddha Max Iters. The calculation works on the current image in the window, so you can pan and zoom normally and then do a new calculation to get various strange effects. The technique works best when the image has a lot of black (non-diverging) area.

The algorithm currently uses brute-force oversampling (it iterates about 200x the number of points in the window), so it can be slow. Use a maximum window size only for final rendering.

I just noticed that the Intel routine has a bug in it when calculating the Buddhabrot, so set the Algorithm to "Fast, AMD" (or "Fast, C", which is cleaner but slower).

QuickMAN v0.9 released: Realtime zooming, user palettes2006-07-19T09:55:54Z2006-07-19T09:55:54ZPaul Gentieuhttps://sourceforge.net/u/pgentieu/https://sourceforge.netefa1526be938c7e20ead4aea973a5c640e71c9a2

If you've been looking for an excuse to get a faster computer, this may be it. The QuickMAN fast Mandelbrot image generator now includes realtime zooming, a brutally CPU-intensive operation that can always benefit from more speed.

You control the zooming by pointing to an interesting area with the new "Z pointer" cursor and holding down the left or right mouse button to zoom in or out. While zooming, you can move the mouse around to change the zoom point, hold down the spacebar temporarily to drag the image to a new position, and change the maximum iterations with the mousewheel to make speed/quality tradeoffs on the fly.

(The old Magnifier zoom mode is still available- just hit the Z key to switch between realtime zoom and magnifier modes).

The newly implemented Zoom button does a zoom-in starting from the home image, and ending at the current image on the screen. This is great for seeing where an image "came from", or just for entertainment value.

v0.9 also adds support for user-defined color palettes. Now you can disregard the authors' aesthetic choices and color the Mandelbrot set however you want. It's simple- you create a human-readable text file containing a list of colors, and it automatically shows up in QuickMAN's palette dropdown menu, ready to be used. You can also edit it on the fly and see the results immediately.

Two example files are included. The simplest, a two line black and white palette, is surprisingly nice- many images take on the look of snowflakes. The other one was designed as an example of the file format rather than to look good.

We need more palettes- please send in any good ones you create. If there's enough interest I'll look into making a separate release package just for palettes (and logfiles).

There are a lot of new features in this release so try to read the manual on the Docs page. If you don't want to read the whole thing, at least check out the Quickstart section.

QuickMAN v0.8 released: Fullscreen panning hits 100 Fps2006-07-08T08:42:05Z2006-07-08T08:42:05ZPaul Gentieuhttps://sourceforge.net/u/pgentieu/https://sourceforge.net321cb574e5b11141ab0590ce152aafdb07e30deb

The QuickMAN fast Mandelbrot image generator has an all-new panning algorithm for v0.8. The new algorithm eliminates a costly memory copy operation that was previously done every frame. The result is a large speed increase- 30-70% faster than v0.75 for most images. My Athlon 64 4000+ system can now reach 100 frames per second at an image size of 1600 x 1140.

The only panning overhead remaining is the screen update. Since the code should now be close to optimal, finally, I can move on to other features... the new algorithm really made my head spin so I'm happy to be done with it. :)

v0.8 also adds alternate panning keys (A, S, D, and W) to make it easier to go from panning to zooming with the mouse.

The previous version had a larger than usual number of annoyances (issues that don't quite reach the level of bugs)- most of those should be fixed in this release.

QuickMAN v0.75 released: Faster panning, smoother operation2006-06-30T05:21:59Z2006-06-30T05:21:59ZPaul Gentieuhttps://sourceforge.net/u/pgentieu/https://sourceforge.net721513c469989d18a53596a1756623ab5ba86a4c

The QuickMAN fast Mandelbrot image generator's panning algorithm has been improved; it's now about twice as fast as the v0.7 algorithm for most images. Panning a 1600 x 1140 image, a sluggish operation in v0.7, now occurs with satisfying speed.

The default panning mode has been changed to Smooth (the Fast mode had become too fast). While in Smooth mode you can temporarily go to Fast mode by holding down the CTRL key.

Drag-panning with the mouse has also been enhanced for a more pleasing and intuitive experience- the image now updates continuously as you drag it along.

See the release notes for additional enhancements and bug fixes.

QuickMAN v0.7 released: Adds realtime panning2006-06-24T08:39:58Z2006-06-24T08:39:58ZPaul Gentieuhttps://sourceforge.net/u/pgentieu/https://sourceforge.netd7c251e30c2f299a69f6c5344ee031cc95b8f26d

The QuickMAN fast Mandelbrot image generator now includes realtime panning- on fast computers, you can navigate large, highly complex images in realtime using the arrow keys, or drag images to a new position using the mouse.

v0.7 also adds auto-precision mode. This feature automatically selects the fastest calculation precision that yields a quality image. Surf with confidence, knowing that you're always getting the maximum speed possible.

In keeping with anti-bloatware goals, the code has been converted to pure C/ASM and the exe size reduced to 112K (thanks to Luciano Genero). QuickMAN requires no DLLs, .NET frameworks, or other such baggage to run.

This release also includes the usual bug fixes and useability enhancements.


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A guy who [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger looks like he could be]] VideoGame/DukeNukem's uncle informs you that the President has been kidnapped by {{ninja}}s, and asks you if you are a bad enough dude to rescue the President. The correct answer is to [[ConservationOfNinjutsu beat up an army of ninja]], while shouting "I'M BAD!!!", and repeat until the President is rescued. Said President thanks you for your troubles, and suggests burgers for lunch.[[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pinstripegames/bad-dudes-2 There was a crowdfunding campaign for a sequel.]] Sadly, it never reached its goal.----!!Are you a bad enough dude to provide examples of tropes?* AWinnerIsYou: "Hey dudes, thanks for rescuing me. Let's go for a burger.... Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!"* AdaptationNameChange: Some of the bosses are named differently on the Famicom version's manual compared to the enemy roll call in the end of the Japanese arcade version.** Iron becomes Nenail** Akaikage becomes Killer Joe** Devil Pole becomes Kon Bōsai* AntagonistTitle: The game is known simply as ''Dragon Ninja'' in Japan.* BlindIdiotTranslation: Especially the arcade version. "Rampant ninja-related crimes these days. White House is not the exception."* TheCameo: Karnov, hero of his self-titled Data East game, is the first stage's boss.** [[DegradedBoss He later reappears as a normal but tough enemy]], sporting the same grey coloration he has in the NES version after he's taken damage. His official name is "Kusamoci Karnov".[[note]]Kusamochi is a green Japanese rice cake made from a type of leaf.[[/note]]* CatchPhrase: "I'm BAD!" Or through the NES's sound system, "GWAM BAAA!"* ConservationOfNinjutsu* ColorCodedMultiplayer: In the arcade version, Player 1 wears white parachute pants, while Player 2 wears green.* DamnYouMuscleMemory: A to attack and B to jump?!* DareToBeBadass: "The forces of good have never been so BAD!" claimed one advertisement for the home version.* DegradedBoss: Kusamochi Karnov and Zombie Animal. Inverted with the third boss, who is literally a BossInMookClothing.* DistressedDude: The President. Maybe BadassInDistress too, depending on your point of view.* DoppelgangerSpin: The {{ninja}} boss in the [[DownTheDrain sewer level]].* DragonsUpTheYinYang: The BigBad is named "[=DragonNinja=]".* {{Eagleland}}: Bad Dudes saving the President of the US in a game made in Japan. A lighthearted use of the positive version.* ExcusePlot: Albeit one of ''[[MemeticMutation legendary proportions.]]''* FightingWithChucks* FingerlessGloves* GuestFighter: Karnov was actually the star of a previous, more obscure Data East game. * HighlyVisibleNinja* HurricaneKick* KingMook: The green ninja boss in Stage 3.* ManOnFire: The aptly named Fire Ninjas will light themselves on fire. The only way to kill one of them is to do a spinning kick on their head.* MarketBasedTitle: Known as ''Dragon Ninja'' in Japan, ''Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja'' for the American arcade release, and then shortened to just ''Bad Dudes'' on the NES.* {{Mook}}s: The blue ninja mooks are appropriately called "Zako Ninja" in the end credits ("Zako" means mook in Japanese). The red-clad weapon-wielding variants are called "Buki (Weapon) Ninjas", and the black-clad shuriken-throwing ninjas are called "Nage (Throw) Ninjas". There are also Kunoichis, dwarf-sized Mini Ninjas, and helmet-wearing/sword-wielding {{elite mook}}s called Kabutos.* {{Ninja}}: Ninjas are the main adversaries of the games.* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed** The President was changed from Ronald Reagan ("Ronnie") in the arcade version to George H.W. Bush (just "The President") in the NES version.** One of the bosses is a Road Warrior/Legion of Doom lookalike named "Animal".* NamedByTheAdaptation: ** The two player characters were nameless in the arcade version. On the NES, they were called Blade and Striker.** The third boss, a green ninja with a body-splitting technique, is the only boss not named in the arcade game, although all the other ninja enemies are simply referred to as such, but with a moniker identifying their attack patterns (e.g. ''zako ninja'' for the unarmed blue ninja {{mook}}s, ''nage ninja'' for the shuriken throwing ninja, ''buki ninja'' for the armed ninjas). On the Famicom version's manual, he is referred to as Hanzo.* PaletteSwap: The three basic types of ninja mooks (Zako, Nage, and Buki) are the same sprite with different colors for their outfit (blue, black, and red), while the boss of Stage 3 is a green ninja who can make duplicates of himself. The DegradedBoss versions of Karnov and Animal, Kusamoci Karnov and Zombie Animal, are the same guys with weirder skin colors.* PowerGlows: You can charge your Dude's punches to make him glow and take out enemies in fewer hits.* RatedMForManly: Or alternatively: Rated B For Bad(ass).* SleevesAreForWimps* TotallyRadical: You can ''smell'' TheEighties radiating off this game.* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Burgers* TraintopBattle: The second level.-----> ''I'M BAD!''----